Beginner resources, guides, etc...

I actually did see some of yours already, since I was peeking in the 'today in anthem' thread. The gameplay is useful from a "what I can expect" point of view, also that I've been soloing everything up to this point.

Some of the rest of it will probably come with time, but I'll check out the rest of what you linked and see where I go from there. Thanks for the quick response!

Agree on Vulkk guides, if you're looking to figure out all the hidden extras without spending hours looking for them, that's where you can watch the run of it. Also good for each Stronghold (basically a dungeon with the big bad guy at the end which can contain spoilers (kind of) if you haven't finished the main story line as it reuses "levels")

You probably hear about inscriptions a lot - modifiers on an item which boosts certain stats, and "god rolls" which is where you need to sacrifice a small nation to the RNG gods who will then bless you with like, maybe +85% armour vs 10%.

Items (weapons/cosmetics/everyhing else) comes in tiers - common (white), uncommon (green) rare (blue) epic (purple) masterwork (orange), legendary (also called limes due to colour, which is yellow). As you go up in rarity, the items get more inscription slots. Here's the kicker though.
A masterwork item can be better/more useful than a legendary, due to it's inscriptions. You could finally get the item you want in a legendary, and guess what, you got 2 x + whatever reload speed % and + whatever % pick up radius. But your masterwork item could be something ridiculous like +80% damage and + 80% armour. Thereby your legendary item which you've spent a 3rd of your lifetime hunting for, is rubbish .

Other than freeplay and strongholds, there's also replayable missions from the game, obviously legendary missions will be harder and give better rewards. Also minor spoiler alert for those if you haven't done that part of the story line.

Cataclysm was this big arena of where you needed to do all these small events as such, and if you wanted to get the high scores on it, you would to need to read up on the best ways / orders of doing it all in for that sweet sweet multiplier bonuses.
Icetide was a seasonal event like cataclysm but on a stronghold per week where there were more things to do in each one than standard. Also in freeplay as well. Also seasonally decorated for what that's worth

For both cataclysm and icetide you were given major/minor crystals for currency to use in the vendor store.

Some players have multiple pilots - this is more for RP'ing than anything else, as it doesn't grant any bonuses as far as I'm aware. Unless you've been playing from the start and got bugged collectibles, as they add up across all pilots.

You can also unlock multiple javelins as you progress, yay more grinding for items!

Items and weapons (to a lesser extent) can be either javelin specific or universal (this is noted on the item), and you can use the same equipment at the same time on all your javelins. Only Colossus can use heavy guns.

Each javelin obviously has its specific advantages, colossus is the tank, storm has the fun "magic", interceptors are agile and fast, rangers are all rounders.

All javelins have their ultimate abilities- aka god mode for a limited time so you can crush your enemies in a satisfactory manner. This recharges over time and can be buffed by certain inscriptions.
I'm trying to think of any of the other stuff we talk about there, anyone want to correct anything I've said (its been a while lol)

All in all, i didn't feel like anything was well explained by the game, i basically learnt it from playing it repeatedly til I figured it out .

You could try googling anthem basics or on YouTube, but I don't know off the top of my head anyone to recommend specifically, or anyone one stop site.