Prospero's Vanity Store, Shards and Coin

You're correct, of course, but it would be naive of us to think the developers don't keep an ear to the ground regarding this sort of things.

On a related matter, we still don't have any consensus on the coin grinding rate, do we?

But what separates Anthem from any other MMO? It'll be receiving constant updates, it has NPCs that offer quests, you can group up with other people, it includes dungeons and other endgame activities, freeplay is inhabited by other players, and there are different archetypical classes and progression systems involved. I'm not here to say the game does any one thing significantly well, but it ticks off a lot of the hallmarks of what makes a game an MMO.

Action RPG is pretty apt for Anthem. You type in action RPG in a search engine and games like Destiny, Borderlands, and Diablo come up. Even the genre definition falls in line with what Anthem is:



Even if EA doesn't want to explicitly state what the game is, people can look at Anthems gameplay systems (on the whole) and make conclusions as to what genre it falls into. EA doesn't list Anthem as a looter-shooter, but it absolutely falls into that category. As far as Microtransactions and Transparency goes, the only aspect of it that I feel they've lacked transparency on is:

- What the prices were going to be prior to launch
- Whether higher ranks of cosmetics can appear in the store

If you're willing to agree that the game could be classed as a MMO (or MMO-lite even), most MMO's charge you the upfront cost of the game ($40-$60), a subscription fee ($10-$15 a month), future expansions ($30-$40), and still have a MTX store that can sometimes have items that cost more than $40. Anthems doing cosmetics for $10 for less, and future content is free. I get people have their problems about Anthem and it's MTX pricing/existence, and I've seen my own fair share of bad MTX practices. But I don't think Anthem is the most egregious thing ever.

We could use some more details. Did he play all those hours solo or with a team? What was the difficulty? If he played 15 hours, then he gained coins at a rate of 4,000 coins/hour (what isn't too good imho). If you wanted to buy an armour pack, it'd take you 10 hours, replicating conditions like difficulty and solo/team play, among others we may not be aware of. I could login and tell you how much I've made in the 3 hours I've put into the game, but it'll almost certainly be a lot less than 4,000 coins/hour. Then again, I haven't undertaken any challenges than I'm aware of, and maybe those pay a lot better than completing story/side quests.

If anything that is below competitive rates from similar titles for the same content if thats the number. It usually goes to 10 to 12 bucks.

I am 43k/20 hours, solo only. No Strongholds yet, only main/secondary quests and freeplay. Explored quite a bit in the world, checked every nook and cranny in FT, checked all NPCs for dialog. So slow play all in all.

I gotta say I am perfectly fine with the rate at which you can aquire coin (even if it will be slower later). Not sure what people expect... play five hours and get an epic set for your whole Javelin? lol

My only EA games are ME, Dead Space and Titanfall 2, so not sure what you mean?

Also, unlike Destiny, we're not stuck with awkward mismatched colors by default. (I'm a big fan of the paint system).

If people start leaving I predict less support for the game, not 3x coin week events lol. There's no way EA would ever do that.

I'm a bit over 90k I think. Haven't spend anything. Didn't do special farming tactics or anything, just playing the main game and some free-roaming. I'm around Level 20, playing on hard, which is pretty much easy mode and I'm not sure if that factors in. Origin says 12 hours played, but that's not true... must be double that at least I'd say.

I had to quote this post, for the irony it reveals to me.

My intent here is comparison; not trying to talk politics.

What you just described is socialism, and the "whales" are happy to be the benefactor to the plebs.

It is curious that it works here, and the whales support it, whilst IRL for them Capitalism Rules bruh.

I would feel bad for the whales, if they weren't actually fucking everything up with their "help".

I am not sure the process you describe is actually what goes on Sofa. In the short term, yes you get benefit from whale behavior. Long term, the gaming industry has changed to accommodate these idiots because EA doesn't need billions playing their games if the few playing it spend billions.

It is a very bad catch-22, and I am always wary to praise it as I see it for what it is.