This Is Anthem | Gameplay Series, Part 2: Endgame

I worry that the hardcore looter crowd out there is going to raise a fuss about not having enough endgame activity of loot to chase.

Then again my observation is that they do that in virtually every game.

I think Anthem will probably have enough content on the ground at launch to satisfy but a lot is going to depend on their content pipeline in the next few months.

Cataclysm is good.

Though I’m also a bit worried people are building up ideas for what the Cataclysms actually are that the reality just won’t be able to live up to.

Trouble is, the no lifers are usually streamers/content creators who will carp to their viewers that there's nothing left to play, the viewers will parrot that, and then it's all over the internet that there's no endgame to Anthem. Then they'll blame "The Casuals." There's already people talking about trying to make it to Grandmaster in 24 hours or less, and I just can't understand that mindset. 

Yeah, true. That can, and most likely will happen to some extent. But still most of the serious content creators understand that The Devs cannot balance for that amount of gaming hours. Streamers have another problem and that is if their viewers are interested. Well in case streaming is their livelyhood of course. If you're merely streaming the game while you're playing or working on making a show of it? 

I think BioWare knows what they are, but I think the plan is to unveil them after release as the first step of their ongoing content plan.

But I also sort of doubt they will live up to the ideas people are building up, for example I don’t think it will be a an endless procedurely generated dungeon.

It could also be about timing as well.  It's 02/06 and the EA Premier early access doesn't start for 9 more days so I'm not sure right now is when you start putting more cards on the table.  You want to build hype both leading up to early access and the Feb 22nd launch date.

I think it's a good question.

You want to build up hype, for sure, and there is certainly a timing to building up that hype to hit certain "high notes" for what the devs and publishers feel will elicit the biggest impact on potential customers.  I think it depends on if BioWare considers a "Cataclysm" more of an "endgame" content.  If it's "endgame", then, no, it won't make early access.  However, I could totally see them unleashing some type of event between what they gave us during the demo weekend and something impactful like the aforementioned Cataclysm.  I think, mid-week into the early access, if the systems and access are running smoothly, and they are not running around putting out fires, it would be in their best interests showing how all hell can break lose and that even what is considered a "minor storm" is an actual event that everyone with access to a Javelin would want to participate in.  

I don't think anyone should have assumed that would be the case. That's essentially a time event being unavailable to most of the public for a whole week.

My worry is that with Cataclysms being a "time-limited" World Event is that they will release them during hours that most people are at work (ie anywhere from 7 am to 5 pm) Monday through Friday, for maybe a few hours at any given time....and then by the time the rest of the world gets home from work there will be little to nothing left of the experience.

I know that sounds really silly, and I'm sure Bioware won't do that because they will know that people have lives, day jobs outside of their hobby of gaming, or maybe even families to be responsible for....So I am sure they will be far more flexible, forgiving and realistic with their scheduling.

This is just my brain being over-actively pessimistic, unnecessarily.

Cant remember if it was Jon Warner or some other dev, but they said that Cataclysms last for some time.

Most likely Fri - Mon.