MEAMP Builder

New version of the builder released: MEA MP Builder (Digest November 4th - November 17th)

Thanks Ronik82 , for pointing it out. It was a silly mistake, I used the local environment link (where I code) instead of the production one... I've updated the links now and it works.

The first build is very unconventional, I play her as a weapon platform by taking advantage of Invasion's debuff, Elemental Tech and Shatter damage.

The second build is more or less the same, but use the Remnant VI to draw some aggro from you and detonate Cryo combos.

hey just a heads up - malwarebytes blocks "suspicious ip's" constantly the instant I go to your site. Guessing you are using monero?

New version of the builder released: MEA MP Builder (Digest December 2nd - December 15th)

New version of the builder released: MEA MP Builder (Digest May 8th)

Just dropping in to say... I miss your voice

Your dedication to this builder and the fans of this game is impressive. Good on ya!

I have this hope that Anthem will bring the whole band back together.... Playing with you and FreekOne and our other many friends back in the day was some of the most fun I have ever had in gaming

Welcome back hanskey!

Yeah, most people have gone dark by now. The game is much better than it was at launch, but Bioware cut the cord way too early to keep veterans interested...

The short answer to your question is the best source you're gonna get is the MEA MP Builder. I'm pretty much the only one that kept up with the balance changes (or at least the ones Bioware said they were doing).

The longer answer is we never had a perfect method from the start.

Some people like helloisaac were mining the data files with the help of tools like Frosty. It gives a good idea of the values, but people forget that "balance changes" are pushed from the servers, they don't overwrite the files directly, they only do it in memory. Thus, while the data files are a good source, there are updates not taken into consideration. It wasn't so bad as long as Bioware integrated the new values into the data files when they made official patches, but it all came crashing down after patch 1.10. All the new balance changes are only server side and are pushed in memory while the game run, so any semblance of accuracy for data files went out the window at that point...

Personally, I worked with another BSN user that was able to trick the Android app into giving up the data received by the Bioware/EA servers. Again, that isn't a perfect method either. The app was full of errors here and there, but Bioware pushed updates relatively fast for the app and most of the data was very reliable. Of course, they also stopped updating the app a while ago so I got into the same problems as the data files, I didn't have any info about updates...

What I did, that others didn't, is to stick around and try the best I can to update the data according to the balance changes. Let's just say there's a lot of "calculated guesswork" since Bioware only gave ranks 1 and 10, nothing about 2 to 9... Most of the time, each weapon has an upgrade pattern with ranks. It's pretty easy to build on the pattern and update the different values manually. These updated values are fairly reliable, I'd say just as much as the mobile app was pretty reliable. Alas, some weapons saw a complete change of pattern and I did the best I could to give a "relatively good estimate" of the intermediary values (rank 2 - 9).

I also integrated a lot of results from peddroelm (Numeric Data thread) into the builder. I've done my best to reproduce most of the bugs the game has so the builder represents what you can see in-game in reality, not just the values Bioware tells you...

In any case, I do believe the builder has the most reliable data for the game. It's important to realize that the numbers are theoretical in many situations. In some cases, no human being can use the weapons to their full potential. In theory you could hit those numbers with perfect timing, but in-game there are multiple factors that can prevent you from hitting those. The builder use the same formula for all weapons so you can compare apples to apples.

The best tip I can give for weapons is to check the sustained DPS first, then test in game the rhythm of the weapon. Sometimes, lower DPS weapons are beasts when you find the right rhythm and how to use them effectively.

P.S. I've opened a channel with Anthem's team to see if we could work something out for an eventual builder for the game. They were opened to the idea of an API that would give anyone the values as soon as they're updated in game, but they haven't committed to it either. I'll have to check with them again if they're now open to begin some work on that or we'll have to rely on good old hard work to get those values on our side...

You know, while technically the MEA MP Builder is a webpage, it's designed to work on mobiles too.

Beside the fact you have to either type in the address or bookmark it from your browser, the builder will resize itself to fit your screen. It's designed to work from 320px to 4K, you won't have to zoom in.

Most phones should be more than fine with the layout, only tablets might see something less appealing.

New version of the builder released: MEA MP Builder (Digest November 26th: N7 Day changes)

Doesn't it concern the APEX HQ app only?

Not sure if it's just rambling or there's a legit question here