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Hidden_Stapler: How will Anthem deal with Toxicity?
Weve had so many good multiplayer games like Siege or Destiny...1. But how will anthem catch people doing exploits, or people cheating? Rage quiting, going AFK in the middle of a mission, ect.

Siege was nice because it had a vote to kick system... Until it was abused. They also have battle eye which can auto ban. Apparently Bungie was slow with the Ban hammer.

Will Anthem have a Ban hammer that swings all at once? Or an individual basis? Will it have a report player option? Will it auto ban?

And are if there are bans would these be IP bans? Or simple Account bans?

Of course no community is perfect, but it would be nice to get a head start on it... Just saying. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Bio Chris Schmidt (Senior Systems Designer)
Hey there! This is a topic near and dear to me, so maybe I can shed some light on it.

There a few moving parts here. One thing you're asking about is how will we action players caught cheating, exploiting, etc. That falls to our outstanding Customer Experience team and is outside the scope of my area of responsibility.

The general toxicity question is a great one. There has been quite a bit of talk about this recently in game development, led by the Fair Play Alliance. There are some great learnings about methods to combat toxicity that have been shared by several studios for the greater good. The tricky part is before you launch the game you don't really know how much toxicity will surface in your player community.

The approach we have been taking is a proactive one: studying best practices and success stories around the game industry and applying some of those in Anthem. I can't really speak to details at this point, but I'm working with a holistic plan with the ability to both be proactive and reactive to whatever flavor of community standards settle in around Anthem.

It's an important issue, and i'm encouraged that game developers are openly talking about it and sharing solutions among the dev community.



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Overwatch is PvP, a solely PvE environment doesn't attract that level and amount of toxicity. I think making sure the game design leaves out competitive parts will go a long way avoiding most toxic behaviour.

This has probably been mentioned already, but it's the first time I've seen the Interceptor's repair support function confirmed:



Completes the Holy Trinity, which I thought they weren't emphasizing?

For the record, I think both gameplay and narrative are the wrong thing on which to focus.

Give us a coherent ruleset and roleplaying freedom and set us loose. If we break the game, we break the game.

Oh, wait. Multiplayer. Crap.

is the live stream for November 1 still on,and if so where can i watch it.

ok, thanks.