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Post by Sartoz on Apr 23, 2019 23:33:11 GMT
Communication "A lesson we have learned is we have been talking about things too early. There are so many factors that can cause us to pivot on our plans – whether it’s bugs & stability issues, player feedback, or complications with a feature that require us to take more time to deliver it. Our goal is to tell you about new content and features once the work is closer to being done."
"Bio has million of players", according to some in the BSN. Therefore, there is no problem here.
Also, we need your feedback but don't expect an answer any time soon. Plus, it's your fault. Your feedback caused some of the delays.
Just what are you realistically expecting communication-wise? They’re being upfront in their explanation, which is simply that they’ve had a lot on their plate and juggling QoL changes with new content development and needed fixes has been a challenge. It’s a very frank answer about the state of development and I really don’t think it’s a reason to mock them.
Ah.. I see. A challenge... well, I hope you like the new silence.
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 23, 2019 23:58:19 GMT
Just what are you realistically expecting communication-wise? They’re being upfront in their explanation, which is simply that they’ve had a lot on their plate and juggling QoL changes with new content development and needed fixes has been a challenge. It’s a very frank answer about the state of development and I really don’t think it’s a reason to mock them.
Ah.. I see. A challenge... well, I hope you like the new silence. If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures...
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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 24, 2019 0:14:28 GMT
Ah.. I see. A challenge... well, I hope you like the new silence. If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures... To me, the problem is "We know you have been waiting for these updates, and that you might not be pleased with where we are today. We understand and respect these perspectives." No mentioning of how they share this perspective, because apparently from their PoV everything is fine, and it's our fault we don't like it. The sense from the whole message is more "I'm sorry that you're upset" than anything else. What a familiar response from Bioware, one I'm damn sick of seeing. Edit: They could've posted the patch notes last week and commented on it themselves saying that they will mostly talk about level design, lore etc during the live stream. Would've saved 33 minutes and possibly large amounts of disappointment, instead they decided to get salty because no one wants to talk about freaking Level Design and the Weather in Edmonton because their Loot system is total crap and continue to say nothing about it.
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Post by melbella on Apr 24, 2019 0:24:38 GMT
CataclysmThe Cataclysm is an important addition to the game and it’s currently a big focus for the team. The Cataclysm will bring new challenges and rewards and pushes the story of Anthem forward. As our work continues, we will share more with you in May. How is something like this supposed to work? Say this part of the game goes live in May, or whatever. If you don't start playing the game until June, is this something you completely miss out on or ??? Is it part of the story, that everyone will get to play whenever they get to that point, or something more like a ME3MP weekend challenge where if you miss it, you miss it forever?
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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 24, 2019 0:28:38 GMT
CataclysmThe Cataclysm is an important addition to the game and it’s currently a big focus for the team. The Cataclysm will bring new challenges and rewards and pushes the story of Anthem forward. As our work continues, we will share more with you in May. How is something like this supposed to work? Say this part of the game goes live in May, or whatever. If you don't start playing the game until June, is this something you completely miss out on or ??? Is it part of the story, that everyone will get to play whenever they get to that point, or something more like a ME3MP weekend challenge where if you miss it, you miss it forever? No one knows, because they insist on saying nothing about it, other than how awesome and game changing it's going to be.
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 24, 2019 0:44:02 GMT
If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures... To me, the problem is "We know you have been waiting for these updates, and that you might not be pleased with where we are today. We understand and respect these perspectives." No mentioning of how they share this perspective, because apparently from their PoV everything is fine, and it's our fault we don't like it. The sense from the whole message is more "I'm sorry that you're upset" than anything else. What a familiar response from Bioware, one I'm damn sick of seeing. Edit: They could've posted the patch notes last week and commented on it themselves saying that they will mostly talk about level design, lore etc during the live stream. Would've saved 33 minutes and possibly large amounts of disappointment, instead they decided to get salty because no one wants to talk about freaking Level Design and the Weather in Edmonton because their Loot system is total crap and continue to say nothing about it. They have acknowledged that Anthem needs a lot of hard work several times in that single post, so I have no idea where did you get 'from their POV everything's fine' from? I'm also pretty darn confident 'nobody wants to talk about level design' was a self-aware joke - also... how are they not talking about loot system? It's there and they've acknowledged loot issues long weeks ago, admitted that they have work to do in that area and explained that this will take time and moving a ton of parts over the course of months so... what else is to say here? (also - I know from other games that combat balance and itemization will *always* be a point of contention, so I actually don't expect for a chunk of fans disgruntled with loot to EVER cease grumbling, regardless of what will actually be done)
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 24, 2019 0:49:24 GMT
How is something like this supposed to work? Say this part of the game goes live in May, or whatever. If you don't start playing the game until June, is this something you completely miss out on or ??? Is it part of the story, that everyone will get to play whenever they get to that point, or something more like a ME3MP weekend challenge where if you miss it, you miss it forever? No one knows, because they insist on saying nothing about it, other than how awesome and game changing it's going to be. We do know that Cataclysm is how they plan to shake things up and that it is also heavily related to opening another season of story for the game. Given that this will probably be the closest to the 'big game fixer' some people are looking for I'm entirely not surprised that they grow very nervous about it and want to put extra effort and time in trying to get it right (which will be challenging nonetheless, given that it will be first event of its kind in live environment).
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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 24, 2019 1:09:20 GMT
To me, the problem is "We know you have been waiting for these updates, and that you might not be pleased with where we are today. We understand and respect these perspectives." No mentioning of how they share this perspective, because apparently from their PoV everything is fine, and it's our fault we don't like it. The sense from the whole message is more "I'm sorry that you're upset" than anything else. What a familiar response from Bioware, one I'm damn sick of seeing. Edit: They could've posted the patch notes last week and commented on it themselves saying that they will mostly talk about level design, lore etc during the live stream. Would've saved 33 minutes and possibly large amounts of disappointment, instead they decided to get salty because no one wants to talk about freaking Level Design and the Weather in Edmonton because their Loot system is total crap and continue to say nothing about it. They have acknowledged that Anthem needs a lot of hard work several times in that single post, so I have no idea where did you get 'from their POV everything's fine' from? I'm also pretty darn confident 'nobody wants to talk about level design' was a self-aware joke - also... how are they not talking about loot system? It's there and they've acknowledged loot issues long weeks ago, admitted that they have work to do in that area and explained that this will take time and moving a ton of parts over the course of months so... what else is to say here?(also - I know from other games that combat balance and itemization will *always* be a point of contention, so I actually don't expect for a chunk of fans disgruntled with loot to EVER cease grumbling, regardless of what will actually be done) I'm sorry, but reapting over and over "we're not happy with the loot system, please wait for an untold period of time in silence while we look at it" is not addressing anything. Give people some idea of WHY you as a stuido are not happy with it, tell us what you hope to achive with it in the long and short term, explain as a studio what your current plan is and how that plan might change in the future. They have effectively said nothing, except a token "we're not happy with it either". That is not an answer, no matter how strongly you want to believe it is.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Apr 24, 2019 1:27:07 GMT
Groupthink over the last several weeks: Bioware’s silence is bad! They need to tell us something!
Bioware breaks silence.
Groupthink: waaaah, everything they said is bad!
———
Should they be crucified for pushing out the calendar/roadmap? It’s not good, that’s certain. It’s hard to argue they should be thanked for that, no matter how much it helps correct the over promise/under deliver problem. And it does mean that anyone who set a deadline for sticking with Anthem on any of those deliverables will probably jump ship now, when Anthem can afford it least.
But ....
My take is that this communication is a sign that finally some grown-ups are in charge. There’s a greater willingness to admit that things are broken and time is needed to fix them. Nobody renegs on a roadmap to that degree unless they have no choice. So you take your lumps and hope enough people stick around to benefit from making this tough call. Because the alternative was to ship new features on a broken foundation, proving they haven’t learned anything.
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Post by river82 on Apr 24, 2019 1:31:06 GMT
They have acknowledged that Anthem needs a lot of hard work several times in that single post, so I have no idea where did you get 'from their POV everything's fine' from? I'm also pretty darn confident 'nobody wants to talk about level design' was a self-aware joke - also... how are they not talking about loot system? It's there and they've acknowledged loot issues long weeks ago, admitted that they have work to do in that area and explained that this will take time and moving a ton of parts over the course of months so... what else is to say here?(also - I know from other games that combat balance and itemization will *always* be a point of contention, so I actually don't expect for a chunk of fans disgruntled with loot to EVER cease grumbling, regardless of what will actually be done) I'm sorry, but reapting over and over "we're not happy with the loot system, please wait for an untold period of time in silence while we look at it" is not addressing anything. Give people some idea of WHY you as a stuido are not happy with it, tell us what you hope to achive with it in the long and short term, explain as a studio what your current plan is and how that plan might change in the future. They have effectively said nothing, except a token "we're not happy with it either". That is not an answer, no matter how strongly you want to believe it is. We'll have to give them some time to fix the loot. I don't think Bioware knows exactly how to fix the loot at the moment. I think this because they've never been good at loot (outside of BG) and they recently advertised for a senior loot designer for Anthem? It'll be their job (I assume) to map a way forward in that regard, so they probably have nothing concrete to share. To give you some perspective, Diablo launched in May 2012. Their loot fix (dubbed loot 2.0) was released September 2013, more than a year later. I think they started to talk in detail about the new loot in July 2013. So we have a bit of a wait in front of us
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Post by river82 on Apr 24, 2019 1:36:51 GMT
My take is that this communication is a sign that finally some grown-ups are in charge. There’s a greater willingness to admit that things are broken and time is needed to fix them. Nobody renegs on a roadmap to that degree unless they have no choice. So you take your lumps and hope enough people stick around to benefit from making this tough call. Because the alternative was to ship new features on a broken foundation, proving they haven’t learned anything. I blame Aaryn Flynn for a lot of it. It was under his watch when Bioware seemed to turn away from the community.
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 24, 2019 6:31:17 GMT
(also - I know from other games that combat balance and itemization will *always* be a point of contention, so I actually don't expect for a chunk of fans disgruntled with loot to EVER cease grumbling, regardless of what will actually be done) Pretty much this. They don't want to burn out the loot pool too quickly for a game with a multiple-year plan. Yes, there is a balance with helping it get to still being played after multiple years.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 24, 2019 7:43:23 GMT
(also - I know from other games that combat balance and itemization will *always* be a point of contention, so I actually don't expect for a chunk of fans disgruntled with loot to EVER cease grumbling, regardless of what will actually be done) Pretty much this. They don't want to burn out the loot pool too quickly for a game with a multiple-year plan. Yes, there is a balance with helping it get to still being played after multiple years.
Burn out too quickly? Veteran looter-shooters unhappy with the loot system disconnect from Anthem and go elsewhere. So, Anthem preserves their loot at the expense of their player base. Wonderbar.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 24, 2019 8:14:51 GMT
----- ---- Snip ---- My take is that this communication is a sign that finally some grown-ups are in charge. There’s a greater willingness to admit that things are broken and time is needed to fix them. Nobody renegs on a roadmap to that degree unless they have no choice. So you take your lumps and hope enough people stick around to benefit from making this tough call. Because the alternative was to ship new features on a broken foundation, proving they haven’t learned anything.
"... Nobody renegs on a roadmap to that degree unless they have no choice..."
And there is the rub.
An admission that Anthem was launched in a f***ed state. You pays the $$$$ for a broken game.
That EA/Bio are unable to achieve their projections is worth analyzing. At the end of the day, Anthem's design / code base is so bad, EA/Bio don't have a handle on it and therefore cannot properly compute how long things take to fix or the guys who are tasked to fix/improve are incompetent or more likely, inexperienced Houston is now responsible for the support for a game written/developed by Edmonton . Whichever one chooses, it "ain't" good.
Also, while the "grown-ups" have taken over, notice the tidbit about some player feedback that forced them to pivot. Per se, very telling. No? The studio went into one direction and the players, the opposite direction.... is Bio suffering from a blindspot malaise?
Agreed on your comment that the foundation needs fixing before new features are added..... finally, the studio acknowledge this. Let's hope the player base sticks around.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 24, 2019 8:17:24 GMT
No one knows, because they insist on saying nothing about it, other than how awesome and game changing it's going to be. We do know that Cataclysm is how they plan to shake things up and that it is also heavily related to opening another season of story for the game. ---- Snip
Are you saying the loot system will be fixed by then?
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 24, 2019 8:25:25 GMT
Ah.. I see. A challenge... well, I hope you like the new silence. If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures...
Hm....
Look here to get a feel from players during the live stream.
EDIT: Also the embarrassing silence when they opened the chest and found 4 purples and some crafting materials. As spacev3gan said ... priceless.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Apr 24, 2019 8:35:01 GMT
If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures...
Hm....
Look here to get a feel from players during the live stream.
EDIT: Also the embarrassing silence when they opened the chest and found 4 purples and some crafting materials. As spacev3gan said ... priceless.
Oh my god. I'm now so embarrassed and priceless! Oh my, whats next? OH MY. In the meantime, I enjoy the gameplay and game
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 24, 2019 9:14:41 GMT
Hm....
Look here to get a feel from players during the live stream.
EDIT: Also the embarrassing silence when they opened the chest and found 4 purples and some crafting materials. As spacev3gan said ... priceless.
Oh my god. I'm now so embarrassed and priceless! Oh my, whats next? OH MY. In the meantime, I enjoy the gameplay and game
LOL, I'm happy that you do enjoy the game.
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Post by Thrombin on Apr 24, 2019 9:58:16 GMT
Apocryphal as it may be to say, I don't have a problem with the loot. I get a few legendaries a week and my Javelin's get better every week and last week I finally got to be a Legendary Javelin. It's been a steady progression and every legendary I get is a thrill (with the occasional disappointment when I find out what it is ) I can't help feeling if the loot were faster I'd soon get to a point where nothing I got would be useful. I'd be dismantling legendaries as often as Epics. I'm sure all the expert looter/shooters know better but, for me, I've never had an issue with the speed of progression.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Apr 24, 2019 10:19:26 GMT
Apocryphal as it may be to say, I don't have a problem with the loot. I get a few legendaries a week and my Javelin's get better every week and last week I finally got to be a Legendary Javelin. It's been a steady progression and every legendary I get is a thrill (with the occasional disappointment when I find out what it is ) I can't help feeling if the loot were faster I'd soon get to a point where nothing I got would be useful. I'd be dismantling legendaries as often as Epics. I'm sure all the expert looter/shooters know better but, for me, I've never had an issue with the speed of progression. Same here, this has been a good steady rise to have better stuff and to be a better player, no complaints except those blue diamonds appearing in later difficulty levels
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Post by correctamundo on Apr 24, 2019 11:55:02 GMT
Apocryphal as it may be to say, I don't have a problem with the loot. I get a few legendaries a week and my Javelin's get better every week and last week I finally got to be a Legendary Javelin. It's been a steady progression and every legendary I get is a thrill (with the occasional disappointment when I find out what it is ) I can't help feeling if the loot were faster I'd soon get to a point where nothing I got would be useful. I'd be dismantling legendaries as often as Epics. I'm sure all the expert looter/shooters know better but, for me, I've never had an issue with the speed of progression. Compared to Diablo IIIs loot ladder Anthem masterworks are the Diablo legendary equivalent. Fairly common when you level up and almost entirely scrapped. Anthem legendaries are Diablos Ancinet legendaries. They don't drop nearly as often, you're definitely not guaranteed god or good rolls, but overall you want the ancient version because it can be augmented. Well, you want the ancient with the rigt roll to augment. And then there are the Primal ancients of course. In a game like Path of Exile we get so much rubbish loot we have to install loot filters ffs. I'm not sure where the loot whiners come from but it sure as shit isn't from the World of Sanctuary.
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Post by linksocarina on Apr 24, 2019 15:19:06 GMT
Ah.. I see. A challenge... well, I hope you like the new silence. If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures... I wish they were more like Rockstar in this case. Their "we don't give a fuck about player complaints" attitude has not been detrimental in the least for them, and people still spend tons of time in red dead. We can do more of that mindset honestly.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Apr 24, 2019 15:49:26 GMT
If there are guys who can bend over backward to interpret 'we announced things too early' into 'it's players fault for delays!' then I think it's best for them to remain silent and just focus on whatever they're working on. Clearly, whenever they say or do anything it doesn't allow you to finally move on to whatever you consider being greener pastures... I wish they were more like Rockstar in this case. Their "we don't give a fuck about player complaints" attitude has not been detrimental in the least for them, and people still spend tons of time in red dead. We can do more of that mindset honestly. If you mean RDR2 Online, they can get away with it because at least the SP part of the game is stellar in quality, depth, and vision. Anthem doesn't have that street cred to fall back on. AND, they are still calling RDR2 Online a Beta -- even though that's an obvious wink and a nod that Jason Schreirer ought to go dig into. It helps give cover for criticism, in any case. I predict CDPR will follow the same pattern with CP77. They'll have a rock solid SP campaign, and experiment with an MP beta along the lines of RDR2 Online, and then ignore all complaints and do wtf they want while still collecting mtx revenue. And yes, I know they said no mtx ever ... we'll see ... they might have to break the CP77 MP mode out as a separate install, to get around that.
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Post by NotN7 on Apr 24, 2019 16:14:17 GMT
No one knows, because they insist on saying nothing about it, other than how awesome and game changing it's going to be. We do know that Cataclysm is how they plan to shake things up and that it is also heavily related to opening another season of story for the game. Given that this will probably be the closest to the 'big game fixer' some people are looking for I'm entirely not surprised that they grow very nervous about it and want to put extra effort and time in trying to get it right (which will be challenging nonetheless, given that it will be first event of its kind in live environment). What good is a story when everyone doesn't want to go to The fort because of 2 loading screens, having to run around getting contracts etc. Bioware should just use the time to fix the game.
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Post by Hrungr on Apr 24, 2019 17:23:51 GMT
Cameron Dayton @camerondayton Informal poll - who would be up for a livestream where we discuss the lore, biology, and tech of Anthem?
• Tell me some stories • Naw, just gameplay bro
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