Anthem Loot Update - Now Live!

yes, let's all live in the past and forgive no one for nothing no matter how hard they try for something they once did in a certain way that did not match your personal opinion.

That is the right way to live your life.

My dude, it is still going to be that way even after the patch/hotfix/whatever this is lol. All they did was take it out as a gear specific roll but it can still be a javelin wide roll on your gun. It appears we're still going to get plenty of jank rolls like shotgun ammo on snipers.

Is there a strategy for the heart of rage boss, am I (and my pugs) missing something? Like on the spider he disappears and you fight a wave of mini spiders. (they're deffo spiders not scorpions 🤣) then you can pop his sacks and do more damage. Then on the scar one you have to shoot the shield generators. On the heart of rage he just seems to walk about and you just shoot him maybe getting the odd crit. That fight takes so long in every group I've tried it on that every one always just leaves after 15 mins. Is there a mechanic/phase where you can do more damage to him? Because of this I've only completed it once and totally avoid it leaving my end game to 3 contracts which take about 40 mins total and then just 2 strong holds. Pretty boring when you've got 50+ master works already. I'm bored and back to Forza after a week.

I got the Upgraded MW blast back heavy pistols last night and after using it there really is no need to use any other gun. That gun ruined my fun and left me feeling like I clocked the game and have no need to play anymore. It really needs a nerf or the other guns need buffing.

I suspect his periodically glowing spots are weak spots. Apart from that stay clear of his attacks and run for armor repair drops after the AOE.

I’m curious as well.

I mean, for sure the loot needs a bigger rework than what they've done here. But it is a start, and it's better to do at least something now, for the sake of PR if nothing else, while continuing to work on a larger solution for later.

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Good, I dint want to press it, but I am as well.

Well okay since you asked nicely

The basic idea behind Galactic Command was that once your toon hit 70 they'd start to earn Command Exp and at each level would get a loot crate that would have a random assortment of armour and other things. It was introduced to replace the old date crystal system in obtaining end game gear because Ben thought it was too complicated for new players. On paper it's a good idea, in practice it's a PITA and for me sucks all the fun out of playing level 70 toons.

The problem was and still is, is that GC is RNG based and it's pot luck as to what you'll get though now you will always get armour and gear pieces that are class/discipline specific. The other major problem is the Command Exp gain is so low as to be laughable and there are 300 levels to grind. When there is a double exp event it actually makes GC almost enjoyable. It's not well loved at all though it's better than it was. Oddly enough most of the improvements were made after Ben was effectively fired from SWTOR.

Of course Ben had to try and defend his baby and that's where he came unstuck. There were a number of live streams in very quick succession, three I think and in all of them Ben kept saying "it's exciting' when everyone knew that it was anything but. Nor did he ever agknowledge any of the feedback that they were getting with what the problems were. It was so bad whole raiding guilds quit. The player base nose dived and EA had to go into damage control that ended in Ben getting the sideways shuffle. The game has never really recovered.

That's my understanding of it anyway based on my own reconciliations of the events at the time.

I remember i stopped playing because of the grind, i was preferred status (buying 5000 coins every 4-5 months) and wasn't going to subscribe for something i just played for a few hours every weekend. After my three months ended (came with the expansion) i left.


Good thing that Anthem doesn't follow this system and the changes bioware is doing should make looting better.

Yes, instead of gear-specific pistol ammo inscriptions on my sniper rifles, I'll get javelin-wide pistol ammo inscriptions on my sniper rifles. Whoopie.