Whatever you guys do, please don't delay the loading of the game just to finish the animation. Getting into the game faster is I think our highest priority.
If the animation could play during the loading time, that would be ideal, since there is plenty of time to watch the entire animation during loading, and it wouldn't cost us extra time getting into the game.
Yep, absolutely... I don't think we want to aim for longer load times... 😜
How about drop quality?
I don't think there's been any discussion about item drop frequency variance, indeed it seems stable, but there's a ton of discussion about quality, which is most definitly affected by factors such as pilot level and luck.
Base drop quality is currently determined by pilot level and then further influenced by difficulty level, enemy type and luck. 😊
Just curious... do you say that because that's how you know it's coded, or because testing was done in-game to confirm this after the adjustment last week, or both?
To be clear, I'm not trying to be overly critical or a jerk or anything. I'm just genuinely curious about how it's confirmed on your side. I'm sure quite a few people are a little skeptical about things that are unconfirmed via in-game testing, but just "That's what the code says, so that's how it is." because of things like the Lvl 1 rifle bug, etc that have shaken confidence a bit. Thanks for taking time to post on the sub. It's really awesome that so many of you take time to engage this and other social media communities. :D
That's a good question!
With all of this, things look like they're working correctly. Hope that helps! 😊
Ok that make sense. Thank you for confirming it. Sorry about the extra comment but you replied quicker then I expected before I could edit links but the shared drop rate on power level presented in this post is just a coincidence I assume?
I'm not sure, the data is interesting... but it is (as the OP points out) also a small sample size.
The design of the system (and also what is implemented, and testable) does not include anything like this. That's all I can absolutely say, I'll bring it up though as something to keep an eye on. 😊
Good to know. Can you reassure us that the loot update is still in place? A lot of players in this subreddit are reporting that their loot seems to have dropped off in the last two days. It feels like it did before the update.
I ran GM3 for an hour and only ended up with 3 MWs, no legendaries. I ran GM2 for four hours and only got 2 MWs. This is with 96% luck. That seems low, way lower than how great the loot was on Friday.
I know that's a small sample size, and if you say this is just variance, ok. But it seems like a huge dropoff, and a lot of people are reporting the same thing.
I can't from home, but I can look at the data when I get in to the office tomorrow and make sure. 😊
wow didn't expect a dev reply! Thank you for your time! Ok i know im being kinda paranoid after all the grind :) still believe you guys can deliver much more better contents and gameplay! :)
Thanks! Happy to help provide some context! 😊
Can you comment on why power level effects the drop chance of MW/legendary items? Higher power level you are the more they drop.
Like in this post -https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGame/comments/b29457/played_250_hrs_and_50_legendaries_loot_rarity_is/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
It does not, power level has no effect on the drop chance.
If I had to guess, people might be killing stuff more quickly as they gain power... Which would result in more drops (more chances), but that's just a guess. 😊
There are... reasons... But you're not wrong, we'll be looking at stuff like this a bit later on 😊
Drop rates are fixed and do not change over time.
You have the same % chance to roll a MW or Legendary on a drop no matter what activity you're doing and no matter how long you've been doing it for. 😊
Read moreMods unlocked the thread so I'll put this here now.
In regards to the damage formula, the primary concern is that too many things stack additively as opposed to multiplicatively. Currently, damage is calculated as follows:
DAMAGE = (Base * (1+A)*B*(1+C)*D*E)+1where
- A is sum of all damage bonuses on gear.
- B is the base crit multiplier of your weapon/ability.
- C is the sum of all critical damage modifiers
- D is the damage type modifier (things like Lightning doing more damage to shields)
- E is the sum of all debuff modifiers. Currently just Target Beacon/Taunt (33% each and they don't stack with each other) and Acid (25%) for a Max of +58% damage.
The issue here is that almost...
Some confirmation on this... (sorry it's taken me a bit of time to get back to the thread!)
Generally, I think we agree with the overall assessment and this is something we're looking at. 😊
Hello Brenon
Different issue if you monitor the millions of replies you get to posts...
The blue sigil blue prints; I was awarded items instead of the blueprint
Do I contact support for that? Or is it an incoming patch that would fix something like that?
I do look at all the replies! 😊 (Though it's hard to respond to them all)
Contacting support is generally a good idea if you have a critical account problem - it also helps us ascertain how many people are affected when we have to triage issues.
I'll make a note of this on the active discussion section of this issue. If this is affecting your ability to play, I'd also recommend you reach out to EA help.
I love you so much.
Also got my first legendary for the correct class this morning.
Congratulations! 😊
Please fix legendary components for the wrong class.
I have loved this game since early access, 150 hours. After 1.03, I have gotten four legendary components for classes i don't play, and zero for the class I play.
I'm not even gonna pull punches. It's depression-triggering. I haven't had a problem with the loot grind in any versions of the game until this began to happen. Every time I get a legendary now, I cringe and await the heartbreak.
We're working on it! 🙁
Just have posted a ticket to EA support forum. So there is too early.
However i have found people with same problem:https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Wrong-payment-info/td-p/7578025
However they don't have an blueprint item (or they didn't notice). They have the same error and they suggest to play without sigils. But that's not an option. I'd rather don't play than play as a weak ineffective party member.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/I-got-BLUEPRINT-as-an-ITEM-in-my-LOOT-and-it-RUINED-my-game-with/m-p/7695215
Can you DM me your account name and platform? It might help us figure out what is going on.
Please reach out to EA Help, they can likely get you sorted out. https://help.ea.com/
Separately, I'll raise the issue on our side and we'll see if we can figure out what is going on.
Sorry, you're running into this. 🙁
Is it solely for updating your side stuff or is there game changes/patch stuff with that too? Just curious
Just "our side stuff" 😊.
For the uninitiated, what does that mean?
We use a lot of different technologies for manging how the game service functions.
Occasionally, we may need to update the software or hardware that drives some of these technologies. 😊
Yep! We're updating some back end tech. 😊
Can we please also look into Ranger's seeker missile not refilling on combo kill like it should? Please!
Sure thing, I'll poke QA and see if there's an issue logged.
How about being able to launch the expedition map right at the end of an expedition after receiving loot? That way we can skip loading Fort Tarsis just to turn around and bring the map up to launch another expedition.
I could see something like that working in certain circumstances, most quests have an "acquisition phase" where you actually have to go talk to someone before you can launch it from the expedition menu.
Assuming you had a few queued up, or if it was an activity that was always available that could be an option! 😊
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