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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 4, 2019 20:15:11 GMT
Hey All. Don't know if anyone else has posted this, so I apologize if it has been said before.....But I"ve been playing on GM1 and 2 for a while now since I hit Level 30 sometime ago (though I haven't played any games- ANTHEM in particular since mid March) and I've also had some PC troubles (which mysteriously seem to have vanished) so that has also prevented me from enjoying a session with my fellow Freelancers.....But today, I played with the always amenable, Ms Dingley Dell....and we did some Freeplay and some Legendary Contracts together....And one thing I noticed and am a little annoyed about is the drop-rate for any Masterwork or Legendary Embers, Components, Items or anything of the sort at the GM level. Everything is still Rare or Epic. Even strongholds rarely and scarcely yield anything above Epic loot.
I'm sure this has been voiced before, and I know it is a hardline consensus of the general ANTHEM playerbase (not just here on the BSN), but I am alarmed at the lack of higher tier and higher quality loot of any kind (MW and Legendary) when playing at the GM levels. At those levels the shiny stuff should be bronze and yellow only-- NOT green, blue or purple! And.....maybe it's just me, because I'm usually playing with Dell or Talon or KirtheSid (whom I simply refer to as "Sid" in honour of Vetra's sister, haha)
....But even at the GM levels, Titans don't feel like they're all that hard to beat....And that's disappointing. There are days when my Freelancer specifically go out into the field looking for a fight; not that she has an attitude problem....sometimes, she gets the feeling that other people-- other Lancers, or even civilians, may think she has a deathwish. Or maybe that she's bat-sh** crazy. A few rounds short of a full clip. But she likes that false perception of the latter. Gives her an edge in the field. Yet when she comes up against a Titan, she expects a challenge. She knows she will win, but she expects the victory to be hardfought and well earned. She flies away disappointed when even with the assistance of her squad, a battle with a Titan is over before she's emptied her complement of 50 cal shells from her Sniper Rifle or has not burned through her entire complement of high-yield warheads for her shoulder cannon. There's a reason why she packs so much heat. She wants to use it. And she expects the pay off to glitter like gold or bronze. Not emerald, amethyst or sapphire.
ANyone else share my thoughts on this? Or maybe have different thoughts?
I'd like to open up discussion on this, or other players' experiences and how they get around it.
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Post by XCPTNL on Jul 4, 2019 21:56:14 GMT
I don't wanna sound rude but I'm not really sure if this is a troll post or not because it's been all about the loot since the early days of the game. I mean people complaining about greens and blues and epics. It's one of the reasons (if not THE reason) a lot of people stopped playing. The problems goes beyond that though: the droprates for legendaries are not even the problem for many, the quality of what you get is though because more times than you can count you get useless inscriptions and can't do anything about. Can't go farming for specific items either. And there is basically no real use for embers. You can craft consumable but let's be real: I have around 600 green consumables, 1200 blue consumables crafted and got over 10.000 epic embers to craft even more consumables. And you get stuff like 100 Masterwork embers for the monthly challenge even though there is no use whatsoever for them if you don't use Masterwork items anymore and don't need to craft gear. And you get nothing special for salvaging legendary items either. Can't sell them (or embers) for coins either. Yesterday I salvaged around 70 legendary items to make room because my inventory space was almost full and it was really painful because there is nothing to gain from salvaging them.
As far as difficulty goes: Titans have been nerfed early on. They were much harder during the first one or two weeks of the game, then they nerfed them and now they are not even worthy of the name Titan anymore if you ask me. I mean... a Legendary Scar Enforcer on GM3 is sturdier than a Titan (aside from the one in HoR on GM3). Freeplay is relatively easy, even solo on GM3. I wish it was a bit harder. Not on the same level as GM3 strongholds but a bit harder than it is right now. Then again the balancing is way off at times anyways. Some enemies in GM3 strongholds have a shitload of health while others are dying superfast. That's what you get for not really adjusting difficulties but just increasing everything with a set percentage.
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Post by PillarBiter on Jul 5, 2019 14:05:34 GMT
Summon the loot!
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 5, 2019 15:10:08 GMT
I don't wanna sound rude but I'm not really sure if this is a troll post or not because it's been all about the loot since the early days of the game. I mean people complaining about greens and blues and epics. It's one of the reasons (if not THE reason) a lot of people stopped playing. The problems goes beyond that though: the droprates for legendaries are not even the problem for many, the quality of what you get is though because more times than you can count you get useless inscriptions and can't do anything about. Can't go farming for specific items either. And there is basically no real use for embers. You can craft consumable but let's be real: I have around 600 green consumables, 1200 blue consumables crafted and got over 10.000 epic embers to craft even more consumables. And you get stuff like 100 Masterwork embers for the monthly challenge even though there is no use whatsoever for them if you don't use Masterwork items anymore and don't need to craft gear. And you get nothing special for salvaging legendary items either. Can't sell them (or embers) for coins either. Yesterday I salvaged around 70 legendary items to make room because my inventory space was almost full and it was really painful because there is nothing to gain from salvaging them. As far as difficulty goes: Titans have been nerfed early on. They were much harder during the first one or two weeks of the game, then they nerfed them and now they are not even worthy of the name Titan anymore if you ask me. I mean... a Legendary Scar Enforcer on GM3 is sturdier than a Titan (aside from the one in HoR on GM3). Freeplay is relatively easy, even solo on GM3. I wish it was a bit harder. Not on the same level as GM3 strongholds but a bit harder than it is right now. Then again the balancing is way off at times anyways. Some enemies in GM3 strongholds have a shitload of health while others are dying superfast. That's what you get for not really adjusting difficulties but just increasing everything with a set percentage. XCPTNL, I'm not intent on trolling..... I apologize. I haven't played in several months, so I was hoping that things had changed somewhat, for the better. Obviously I was wrong. Please accept my apologies for any annoyance caused by posting about something that had already been talked about to death.
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Post by XCPTNL on Jul 5, 2019 18:45:19 GMT
No need to apologize. I just wasn't sure if you were kidding or just not up to date about what's going on within a large part of the community (and I don't mean the haters but all the people who just stopped playing).
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 5, 2019 18:59:39 GMT
No need to apologize. I just wasn't sure if you were kidding or just not up to date about what's going on within a large part of the community (and I don't mean the haters but all the people who just stopped playing). THanks for understanding. Hey, so, I'm watching your GM2 vids on youtube with the Ranger....currently watching you do The Sunken Cell, which I had trouble with this morning at the end. Could really use you on my squad! Would welcome you anytime, if you're looking for someone to fly with on GM 1 or 2. If you play on PC, look me up on Origin (Rumbler1138).
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Post by XCPTNL on Jul 7, 2019 1:56:47 GMT
I added you but I mostly play GM3 only with my Interceptor and GM2/GM3 with my Ranger usually and I'm often playing invisible and try to get solos done. But we might play a game or two sometime. My Ranger still needs better equipment, the damage output is not enough in GM3 strongholds. It's okay in GM2 solo and GM3 freeplay but anything above that is still a challenge without better inscriptions and all the components I want/need for survivability. I've put up two more videos: Interceptor GM3 Legendary Contract Full Solo and Ranger GM2 Temple Of Scar Semi Solo (Solo until Scelos, then some people are forced into my ongoing game unfortunately) - that one was a lot of fun.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Jul 22, 2019 5:31:22 GMT
Hey All. Don't know if anyone else has posted this, so I apologize if it has been said before.....But I"ve been playing on GM1 and 2 for a while now since I hit Level 30 sometime ago (though I haven't played any games- ANTHEM in particular since mid March) and I've also had some PC troubles (which mysteriously seem to have vanished) so that has also prevented me from enjoying a session with my fellow Freelancers.....But today, I played with the always amenable, Ms Dingley Dell....and we did some Freeplay and some Legendary Contracts together....And one thing I noticed and am a little annoyed about is the drop-rate for any Masterwork or Legendary Embers, Components, Items or anything of the sort at the GM level. Everything is still Rare or Epic. Even strongholds rarely and scarcely yield anything above Epic loot. I'm sure this has been voiced before, and I know it is a hardline consensus of the general ANTHEM playerbase (not just here on the BSN), but I am alarmed at the lack of higher tier and higher quality loot of any kind (MW and Legendary) when playing at the GM levels. At those levels the shiny stuff should be bronze and yellow only-- NOT green, blue or purple! And.....maybe it's just me, because I'm usually playing with Dell or Talon or KirtheSid (whom I simply refer to as "Sid" in honour of Vetra's sister, haha) ....But even at the GM levels, Titans don't feel like they're all that hard to beat....And that's disappointing. There are days when my Freelancer specifically go out into the field looking for a fight; not that she has an attitude problem....sometimes, she gets the feeling that other people-- other Lancers, or even civilians, may think she has a deathwish. Or maybe that she's bat-sh** crazy. A few rounds short of a full clip. But she likes that false perception of the latter. Gives her an edge in the field. Yet when she comes up against a Titan, she expects a challenge. She knows she will win, but she expects the victory to be hardfought and well earned. She flies away disappointed when even with the assistance of her squad, a battle with a Titan is over before she's emptied her complement of 50 cal shells from her Sniper Rifle or has not burned through her entire complement of high-yield warheads for her shoulder cannon. There's a reason why she packs so much heat. She wants to use it. And she expects the pay off to glitter like gold or bronze. Not emerald, amethyst or sapphire. ANyone else share my thoughts on this? Or maybe have different thoughts? I'd like to open up discussion on this, or other players' experiences and how they get around it. Sir, I would like to offer you my sympathy, for finally meeting the core Anthem problem. What you describe is literally THE primary problem with the game. The reason myself, and many many MANY others have just moved on with life. I also share your pain in regards to the Titans. I've been moaning and harping on about Titans on these forums for months, but no one else around here seems to see anything wrong with a giant monster called a Titan dying in 5 seconds. In fact the entire game has been more or less wussified, nerfed into Oblivion (Sorry I had to  ) The sight of a Fury, or a Titan, use to fill me with Dread in the early days of the game, as honestly I feel like they should. Now? all the "Apex Predators" are sad, pathetic jokes. But to be honest, at this point it's every mob now, not just the Apex ones. One by one Bioware has utterly ruined every mob that was even remotely difficult with crippling nerfs. It's extra painful for me, because my fondest memory of Anthem came during those first couple of weeks before the nerfs began. It was my first Legendary Contract. To help Matti, at the end we had to go into the mine dungeon. Thats was when I first encountered 3 Lesser Ash Titans at once. To say the fight was brutal would be a gross understatement. It was one of the hardest things I had done in a game since end game WoW Raiding. That fight must have lasted almost half an hour, me and the 3 other ppl I was with were committed though. None of us left the group. We wiped probably at least 5 times, and came within a razor's edge of wiping probably about 5 other times. But finally, when the last Titan exploded. I physically jumped from my couch, tossed the Controller onto the cushions and screamed to the heavens in triumph. I didn't even care that all I got for that fight was a bunch of worthless purples that I didn't need. That fight was balls out amazing, and it was at that moment I knew this game had the potential to me truly amazing..... And now here we are...a world where every enemy is pathetic, Loot is still a stinking pile, the game barely functions, and Titans now die in 10 seconds on GM2 when I solo it..... I truly weep for this game...because I had that taste of what it could have been, and all I have now is whats left.
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Post by Pounce de León on Jul 22, 2019 8:42:02 GMT
Hey All. Don't know if anyone else has posted this, so I apologize if it has been said before.....But I"ve been playing on GM1 and 2 for a while now since I hit Level 30 sometime ago (though I haven't played any games- ANTHEM in particular since mid March) and I've also had some PC troubles (which mysteriously seem to have vanished) so that has also prevented me from enjoying a session with my fellow Freelancers.....But today, I played with the always amenable, Ms Dingley Dell....and we did some Freeplay and some Legendary Contracts together....And one thing I noticed and am a little annoyed about is the drop-rate for any Masterwork or Legendary Embers, Components, Items or anything of the sort at the GM level. Everything is still Rare or Epic. Even strongholds rarely and scarcely yield anything above Epic loot. I'm sure this has been voiced before, and I know it is a hardline consensus of the general ANTHEM playerbase (not just here on the BSN), but I am alarmed at the lack of higher tier and higher quality loot of any kind (MW and Legendary) when playing at the GM levels. At those levels the shiny stuff should be bronze and yellow only-- NOT green, blue or purple! And.....maybe it's just me, because I'm usually playing with Dell or Talon or KirtheSid (whom I simply refer to as "Sid" in honour of Vetra's sister, haha) ....But even at the GM levels, Titans don't feel like they're all that hard to beat....And that's disappointing. There are days when my Freelancer specifically go out into the field looking for a fight; not that she has an attitude problem....sometimes, she gets the feeling that other people-- other Lancers, or even civilians, may think she has a deathwish. Or maybe that she's bat-sh** crazy. A few rounds short of a full clip. But she likes that false perception of the latter. Gives her an edge in the field. Yet when she comes up against a Titan, she expects a challenge. She knows she will win, but she expects the victory to be hardfought and well earned. She flies away disappointed when even with the assistance of her squad, a battle with a Titan is over before she's emptied her complement of 50 cal shells from her Sniper Rifle or has not burned through her entire complement of high-yield warheads for her shoulder cannon. There's a reason why she packs so much heat. She wants to use it. And she expects the pay off to glitter like gold or bronze. Not emerald, amethyst or sapphire. ANyone else share my thoughts on this? Or maybe have different thoughts? I'd like to open up discussion on this, or other players' experiences and how they get around it. Sir, I would like to offer you my sympathy, for finally meeting the core Anthem problem. What you describe is literally THE primary problem with the game. The reason myself, and many many MANY others have just moved on with life. I also share your pain in regards to the Titans. I've been moaning and harping on about Titans on these forums for months, but no one else around here seems to see anything wrong with a giant monster called a Titan dying in 5 seconds. In fact the entire game has been more or less wussified, nerfed into Oblivion (Sorry I had to  ) The sight of a Fury, or a Titan, use to fill me with Dread in the early days of the game, as honestly I feel like they should. Now? all the "Apex Predators" are sad, pathetic jokes. But to be honest, at this point it's every mob now, not just the Apex ones. One by one Bioware has utterly ruined every mob that was even remotely difficult with crippling nerfs. It's extra painful for me, because my fondest memory of Anthem came during those first couple of weeks before the nerfs began. It was my first Legendary Contract. To help Matti, at the end we had to go into the mine dungeon. Thats was when I first encountered 3 Lesser Ash Titans at once. To say the fight was brutal would be a gross understatement. It was one of the hardest things I had done in a game since end game WoW Raiding. That fight must have lasted almost half an hour, me and the 3 other ppl I was with were committed though. None of us left the group. We wiped probably at least 5 times, and came within a razor's edge of wiping probably about 5 other times. But finally, when the last Titan exploded. I physically jumped from my couch, tossed the Controller onto the cushions and screamed to the heavens in triumph. I didn't even care that all I got for that fight was a bunch of worthless purples that I didn't need. That fight was balls out amazing, and it was at that moment I knew this game had the potential to me truly amazing..... And now here we are...a world where every enemy is pathetic, Loot is still a stinking pile, the game barely functions, and Titans now die in 10 seconds on GM2 when I solo it..... I truly weep for this game...because I had that taste of what it could have been, and all I have now is whats left. The titans were annoying as fuck with their attacks through cover and stagger spam. I was more busy trying to figure out this broken bullshit than doing any damage. Most bullshit enemy in the game.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Jul 22, 2019 10:53:16 GMT
Sir, I would like to offer you my sympathy, for finally meeting the core Anthem problem. What you describe is literally THE primary problem with the game. The reason myself, and many many MANY others have just moved on with life. I also share your pain in regards to the Titans. I've been moaning and harping on about Titans on these forums for months, but no one else around here seems to see anything wrong with a giant monster called a Titan dying in 5 seconds. In fact the entire game has been more or less wussified, nerfed into Oblivion (Sorry I had to ) The sight of a Fury, or a Titan, use to fill me with Dread in the early days of the game, as honestly I feel like they should. Now? all the "Apex Predators" are sad, pathetic jokes. But to be honest, at this point it's every mob now, not just the Apex ones. One by one Bioware has utterly ruined every mob that was even remotely difficult with crippling nerfs. It's extra painful for me, because my fondest memory of Anthem came during those first couple of weeks before the nerfs began. It was my first Legendary Contract. To help Matti, at the end we had to go into the mine dungeon. Thats was when I first encountered 3 Lesser Ash Titans at once. To say the fight was brutal would be a gross understatement. It was one of the hardest things I had done in a game since end game WoW Raiding. That fight must have lasted almost half an hour, me and the 3 other ppl I was with were committed though. None of us left the group. We wiped probably at least 5 times, and came within a razor's edge of wiping probably about 5 other times. But finally, when the last Titan exploded. I physically jumped from my couch, tossed the Controller onto the cushions and screamed to the heavens in triumph. I didn't even care that all I got for that fight was a bunch of worthless purples that I didn't need. That fight was balls out amazing, and it was at that moment I knew this game had the potential to me truly amazing..... And now here we are...a world where every enemy is pathetic, Loot is still a stinking pile, the game barely functions, and Titans now die in 10 seconds on GM2 when I solo it..... I truly weep for this game...because I had that taste of what it could have been, and all I have now is whats left. The titans were annoying as fuck with their attacks through cover and stagger spam. I was more busy trying to figure out this broken bullshit than doing any damage. Most bullshit enemy in the game. Well I'm sorry you feel that way about it. I never found the mechanics, which haven't changed at all, to be overly cheesy. The only changes that I've seen is their attacks now do basically zero damage and they have the durability of wet toilet paper. To me it is a great tragety.
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Post by PillarBiter on Jul 22, 2019 10:59:43 GMT
The main problem I had (and have) with titans is that their attacks are overly home-ey (they are nigh-impossible to dodge as a non-interceptor).
And also, since their weak points are only visible when they attack, and can mainly only be atatcked by guns, and gun damage is laughable... well. The are a slow grind fest.
As they are now, I'm okay with them.
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) The sight of a Fury, or a Titan, use to fill me with Dread in the early days of the game, as honestly I feel like they should. Now? all the "Apex Predators" are sad, pathetic jokes. But to be honest, at this point it's every mob now, not just the Apex ones. One by one Bioware has utterly ruined every mob that was even remotely difficult with crippling nerfs.