Everything we know about Anthem

So there's no way to put a different head,arms, or legs onto the Ranger/Interceptor. The only difference will be the colors we put on our javelins.

that's good news thanks. so those can be obtain from chest or we have to buy them from shops in Fort Tarsis?

Still looks like Andromeda armor.

Anthem is tackling a lot of tough problems: "Our World, My Story," MP-first live service game architecture, new IP in an new, larger, and more competitive market, etc. And all of those things have been talked about to a exhaustive extent, but I don't think enough has been said about this problem: how to make a loot-shooter scale the Power Fantasy in a fun and attention-grabbing way and make it fun for all your friends, regardless of their time-investment or skill with the game.

It would be easy to get that wrong. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's certain to be wrong in the first iteration. Too many unknown variables, too many assumptions that could be off the mark.

But, live service could save the day. Let's say they favor fairness in the first iteration, compromising Power Fantasy so that noob friends aren't left too far behind. Objective (analytics) and subjective feedback could tell them that they missed the mark, and after gathering enough data and doing enough small tests, they decide to shift the balance more towards Power Fantasy and trust emergent co-op play to fill in the gap -- who knows, maybe spend some "training" time in Free Play is all noobs will need to catch up? They could rejigger everything in the game that contributes to that adjustment through live service updates.

Consequently, the first few months after launch are going to be a pretty rough ride, as data is collected to confirm or reject the assumptions they made and that will reveal the things they didn't anticipate. This will be on top of outright bug fixes.

I thought D1's public events were one of it's best features. Anthem's Free Play might have something like them, but given that there can only be a max of 4 players on a server, it won't be quite the same.

Ben @dagnabbitben
It was great, would love to see more thing about our life as a freelancer, maybe the apartment feature @biomarkdarrah mentioned in the 123 Rapidfire questions video? I would love to hear more about our everyday life in Fort Tarsis if possible also

Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah
Uh oh.
Unfortunately, we have removed the apartment.
It wasn't started and ultimately served no purpose.



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Titans as I understand it are world events, so I imagine they'll show up in specific locations that make for good combat arenas.

So will I need a PSPlus subscription, then?

Ugh, boo.

I am sooooort of considering it, it would be my first multiplayer-focussed game ever. But I only have one acquaintance who is definitely planning to get it, and if our gaming schedules don't line up, then it is probably not worth the effort

i have a question regarding the Ranger's Grenade Gear. Since the Ranger have grenades, Can the Ranger carry two different types of grenades or can the ranger only carry one type of grenade.

aww dam, was hoping to combine the sticky bomb with the inferno grenade. thanks for the information Hrungr