Studio Update from Casey Hudson

Probably.

If it’s like Destiny, they could have both SP missions and MP missions. If it’s like SWTOR, then you could bring your friends with you into SP missions if you want.

Which of course is your choice and a position you have articulated diligently on BSN(s) over the years.
I guess it remains to be seen whether Anthem has sufficient content of a format to your taste.

In fairness to Iakus , because the 'you can kind of solo it' message remains fairly vague,
I can understand that the 'no multiplayer thanks' crowd are dancing on the sidelines.

To such a player, the question is not 'is there only stuff I like' (because there is co-op content), but 'is there enough stuff I like' and at the moment we don't know. (hope I understood that right)

I guess, for myself, whether or not the game ends up being something meant for me doesn't necessarily concern me that much.  I'm open to what they have to offer and will buy or not buy accordingly but we are still a year away from release so I can't get that worked up about it.  I primarily play SP RPG's but if it's a good game with cool features, even if there is a heavy emphasis on CO-OP or MP, it won't initially deter as it will all come down to what I can do in the world.  If I can play as a "party member" with my friends in a CO-OP shared world RPG with BioWare's emphasis on character and storytelling, I'm down for that as I have been surprised by BioWare in the past by quality of their ME3 multiplayer.

I also used to play exclusively singleplayer games. It wasn't until I gave Destiny a try (And really not until I got curious and found a group to do the Raid with) that I became much more comfortable with playing co-op online.

likely you will not get the answer until the game is released because, again likely, what they have planned, if made public pre launch, would cause more backlash than the marketing and branding department wants to deal with.

In this world(the gaming industry) vagueness means generally "if we told you straight up we would piss off a lot of people"

Of course the other reason could be they are planning a huge walkthrough at e3 showing us all of the "it feels like a bioware game" features and mechanics but again remember that EA wants a destiny, their destiny, not a bioware game, they want monetization and skinner box mechanics to keep the player base returning so I am skeptical.

IF and I say if they make it required to be episodic...
Or make it required to be online or to wait to download updates...
I understand these things may be a necessity for a co-op game but I would still prefer to play solo and offline.
My internet is crappy and still bonks out on MMO's every 10-15 minutes so if no solo and offline then I am done it would seem.
Unless you want me to be the cause of mission failure...
SURE!
I am happy to help!
Then again maybe I could pull the same trick I did with ME:A ---> Run origin crap|launch ME:A|closed origin down completely|play the game.

I would LOVE a co-op story campaign and team exploration like in Far Cry 5 (even though I haven't played that game yet tbh). I would HATE it if they made an entire game play like MEA "exploration" with enemies dropping from the sky and nothing else to do in a sterile world.
Now, in the trailer the world looked already a hundred times more interesting just visually. So I'm optimistic gameplay is going to be something new.

Hmmm, I assume the co-op experience is designed with voice chat in mind like in the demo?
All these communication issues are instantly resolved by people talking with each other directly. And this is the default by which I envision the gameplay. You head out to explore an area. One person stumbles upon something interesting and tells the others via voice chat, or maybe a built-in textchat. The others might then join you. Or keep doing their own thing. If you run into enemies, again, you can decide to team up or not.

I recently played SOMA with a coworker via voice chat. It's NOT a co-op game, we just started the game simultaneously and shared what we found. This way we managed to solve the puzzles quicker together. He went into one room first, I checked out the other room. It was a lot of fun.

I do prefer my SP gaming experiences that ideally suck me in like a black hole so I lose track of time and everything around me. Gaming is quite a personal thing for me. A link between my mind and the narrative that is highly private. BUT I have also come to appreciate team gameplay and voice chat communication with friends. The main reason ME3MP keeps being so much fun is playing with friends. Being in the same match, laughing and crying together. I'm kind of excited about the prospect of having this experience in an open world environment. I would throw money at Bethesda for a Fallout or Elder Scrolls co-op experience. NOT on an open server though. Just inviting people to play with you like in Far Cry 5. I don't want strangers polluting my experience...

Do we have details on how match-making works in Anthem? I haven't been following the newsfeed that closely, sorry. If the maximum number of people who can be in the world with you is limited to 3 or something and you can control who teams up like in the ME3MP lobby, that would be ideal. If it's this massive server of hundreds of people running around next to you, that would suck.

I'm really looking forward to finding out what Bioware has been cooking up. Might turn out to be not at all my kind of thing but I won't hold that against them if the game is well made.