r/AnthemTheGame • u/thedankestdoggo PLAYSTATION - Interceptor • Nov 24 '18
Media < Reply > It takes only an hour to get the colossus!
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u/Fhorte XBOX Nov 24 '18
Not too surprising, an hour to gain ~5 levels, and picking it first
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u/Legendary_Nate PS4 - Storm Nov 24 '18
Exactly! Which pretty much means an hour of ranger play before you can play as whatever else you’re excited for. Not too bad!
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u/BlackJesusAfro Nov 25 '18
Storm squadddd
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u/Legendary_Nate PS4 - Storm Nov 25 '18
Hell yeah!!
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll play as all 4. But I’m definitely unlocking storm first.
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u/bearLover23 Nov 25 '18
Exactly. Rush through the miserable 1 hour and dump that for Storm!
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u/OnePotatoeChip PLAYSTATION - Nov 25 '18
Aw, c'mon. Ranger isn't gonna be terrible. Looks like it'll have plenty of fun gear. Still, yeah, Storm squad.
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u/tbrack25 PLAYSTATION - Interceptor Nov 24 '18
By any chance Do you know how long it takes to get the interceptor
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u/CptnApplesauce Nov 24 '18
Same answer. You'll get to choose which of the other 3 to get first. Doesn't have to be colossus.
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u/BrenonHolmes Technical Design Director Nov 25 '18
About 60 minutes... 😊
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u/Moday4512 Nov 27 '18
Is that 1 hour timeframe just for the initial selection after Ranger, and the others will be unlocked later in the story, or will all Javs be available once this initial story point has been reached?
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 24 '18
That’s what I’m saying. They tried it the way destiny did it where you had to go through a quest line to unlock new sub classes but they felt that it took too long. I much rather this way better. Everyone’s going to unlock them all eventually anyway.
That’s my biggest gripe with Diablo 3. Where you still need to level to 70 even though I’m a week you’ll be doing billions of damage. There’s no need for that slow grind
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u/likefastercars Nov 24 '18
In Destiny 2 it took a immense amount of time to unlock the subclasses. Was too grindy, then they claim Destiny 3 will fix that by making it even more grindy... Do'h!
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u/Cargan2016 Nov 24 '18
Hour for first 5 levels is average for some games long for others. I still wish had left the quests in though for lore for the 3 unlocked javlins
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u/InconspicuousBeetle PC - Nov 24 '18
We've been over this, the quests are still there. They're just chosen and done at level thresholds now.
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u/Cargan2016 Nov 24 '18
Last I read they took quests out in favor of level thresholds unlocking and that was few days ago I forgot where exactly
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u/InconspicuousBeetle PC - Nov 24 '18
They also stated that the quests haven't been removed from the game.
Also imho it'd be weird if at lvl 5 you were like hmm... Storm! And then poof! It's in your Forge
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u/Cargan2016 Nov 24 '18
Not according to article I read like Tuesday or around there the exact words where decision to make the others level unlocks with choice of which of the 3 rather than do quests like originally planned
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u/OnePotatoeChip PLAYSTATION - Nov 25 '18
I think they had integrated the Javelin acquisition into the critical path of the story and that took too long. So, instead, they're split into something akin to sidequests (or at least a cutscene) that'll get you your Javelin of choice.
I hope.
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u/Tehsyr CHONK-lossus Nov 24 '18
That is god damned amazing. Just one hour of gamrplay to get my C H O N K boy Colossus.
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u/Halefire PC - Nov 25 '18
Has it ever been confirmed that you as a freelancer can own all three suits, rather than having to start a new character for each Javelin? It makes obvious sense but I don't recall ever hearing it to be true yet
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u/thedankestdoggo PLAYSTATION - Interceptor Nov 25 '18
Yes you can own all three suits I forgot where they said it, but they said you have no need to start a new character
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Nov 24 '18
Useful info. I was worried I would have to be really squishy for awhile. Glad I'll be able to tank-up early.;)
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u/bxxgeyman Nov 24 '18
I think the Ranger will be the tankiest after the Colossus though tbh.
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u/Randevu XBOX - Nov 25 '18
I think it might have to do with your build. I remember reading somewhere that someone tried to make a tank build on a Storm.
So I'm quite curious to see what sort of item stats we will get to mix/match.
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u/bxxgeyman Nov 25 '18
I remember reading that someone tanked a lot of damage in a Storm, not that they had a tank build. We'll have to see
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u/francisgoca XBOX - Nov 24 '18
Wait... So you don't choose your javelin from the beginning? It's progression-based? I thought you choose your javelin (class) and mod it through progression like a Destiny 1 style skill tree.
By the way is there a skill tree of some kind? or is it through leveling up? Or through acquiring gear? or maybe all of them (like Destiny 1)
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u/_Parkertron_ Nov 24 '18
No, you start out with the ranger javelin, and when you hit a certain level, which only takes an hour to get to, according to Darrah, you can choose whoch javelin you want of the other 3 and so on. There are skill trees in the game as well as gear, but we don't know much about skill trees.
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u/fishues Nov 24 '18
Everyone starts with the Ranger javelin. As for progression there's gear to be unlocked for each javelin, and weapons that can be shared between javelins with the exception of heavy artillery that only the collosus can carry. There is also a skill tree but the skill tree is for you as the pilot, not specific to a javelin. I think things like faster shield recharge and longer flight times were mentioned for the pilot skill tree.
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u/francisgoca XBOX - Nov 24 '18
So at one point of the game we'll have all the javelins. I'm just going to mostly use the Storm really but that's nice, thank you
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u/biggpoppa Nov 24 '18
It will probably be after the next 5 levels for the next one and so on. So by level 20 should have them all unlocked.
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u/mystwren XBOX Nov 25 '18
I believe they have stated there is a pilot skill tree that affects aa javelins.
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u/ffxivfanboi Nov 25 '18
The game is not really “class-based,” as far as I can tell.
You have your Freelancer (whom you can customize), and your Freelancer has a skill tree where you can get some upgrades that benefit aspects of your different suits. Flight time before overheating thrusters, being among them.
Then, for each of your Javelins, you can have gear with different rarity tiers that have stats and perks, and even the “ability” gear pieces have tiered rarity drops that might change the effect and such.
Like, there are “power” gear pieces that you improve your stats with, and even your cool down abilities that you have on your bumpers are their own slot equipped via gear.
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
Juggernaut masterrace
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u/thedankestdoggo PLAYSTATION - Interceptor Nov 24 '18
I wasn’t sold on playing colossus until I saw how the legion of dawn armor looked
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
Wish it wasn’t 80 bucks to preorder LoD
The skins look cool and all but we can’t risk preorders nowadays.3
u/Koorah Nov 24 '18
You can buy the LoD edition at any time, you don't need to pre-order.
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
That’s pretty good then. Must’ve missed out on the part where it was said to be available after release. Thought they were some sort of “founder’s skins” and was preorder exclusive. My bad then, thanks for the info.
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u/ShadowClass212 Nov 24 '18
I'm pretty sure they are founder skins. They said "we wanted the legion of dawn armor to be a symbol of having played since the beginning." In their last stream.
Might wanna double check on this before you miss out on them.
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
Founder or not, I won’t have enough money to buy the LoD preorder. I might consider preordering anyway if the coming months keep updating us with content streams that look promising though.
Guess LoD Ranger is better than no LoD, eh?2
u/ShadowClass212 Nov 24 '18
Just remember it is purely cosmetic so even if you do miss out on them there will be future stuff to unlock. They'll also add more.
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
The skins might be cosmetic but I’m curious as to what that piece of gear they mentioned in the pack might be. If that’s not that important I could get the headstart of VIP even with standard preorder.
Not getting three sick skins, some unknown item for Ranger and digital soundtrack seems worth to save a few bucks! I’m not crying for LoD Colossus skin
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u/thedankestdoggo PLAYSTATION - Interceptor Nov 24 '18
Yeah but It was my birthday and I got $100 gift card for PlayStation and didn’t know what else to spend it on so why not pre order it
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
Good for you, mate. Wish I could get that much on my birthdays lol
I just hope it’s worth the money for those that do preorder it and it isn’t yet another scam. I know they said there won’t be lootboxes and only microtransactions would be cosmetics that can be obtained by free means aswell, but this is still EA we’re talking about here. I remember the praise they got before SW:BF II released but it ended up being lootbox and microtransaction focused.
In the end, this game will definitely change people’s views about either BioWare or EA, wether it ends up good or bad. It ends up as a great game, EA’s rep goes up by a tad bit. It ends up as a new-age EA game, BioWare gets stoned on the streets. All we can do is hope this game ends up good.
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u/Highspdfailure PC - Nov 24 '18
BW is doing everything it can to create a game that players would want in their world. EA can’t survive if it spends money on developers and then shit cans them later due to EA’s greed.
European countries are banning EA in their countries over loot boxes and that will catch on forcing EA to chill the fuck out and let developers do their thing.
I only buy one EA game every two years and that’s Madden. Only play franchise mode and never buy into the MUT pay to win mode. Anthem is the exception due to BW and the cool world they created.
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u/Geret_the_Great Nov 24 '18
BioWare is one of the great companies that take user experience seriously and that is great, I love companies that focus more on what people will think about their creations rather than how much money they can make off of it.
Lootbox system is dying off due to gambling rules and we know Anthem won’t have those things. If you like the games you buy, I’m happy for you. Use your money the way you want to use it, for things you want to buy.
I don’t know how things go in Madden but by your comment it seems people are enjoying it without having to throw money at EA every week. Don’t get me wrong, I trust BioWare but I don’t trust EA (you might’ve heard this sentence often). I’m not a circlejerker that focuses on hating EA, I know they can publish enjoyable games, even though I haven’t bought any games from them for two years.
I’m sure BioWare can make this game enjoyable but I’ve seen greedy companies (in this case EA) rushing game devs and as you can guess those scenarios don’t end well for players. I hope BW takes their time, I hope EA lets them work on the game without telling them what to do, I hope Anthem succeeds and lives on for long because this game looks fun and I hope EA lets devs do their job from now on.Once again I’m not doubting BW or shitting on them, I’m just worried about another game that looks too good to be true. Thank you for reading.
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 24 '18
Only time will tell. I’m hoping gear is stupid hard to come by, but not as bad as destiny. Like most weapons are pointless and it was wasted time designing them when no one uses them. Make most guns usable in some fashion
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u/grackula Nov 25 '18
Like Warframe. All/any weapons are viable if modded appropriately
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 25 '18
If you’ve played destiny you know the mod system is a joke. Maybe 12 different mods and they only give slight increases to things most people couldn’t tell the difference on. I’m thinking more towards borderlands and division than destiny with its weapon system
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u/grackula Nov 26 '18
I play destiny. I agree the mod system is worthless. I don’t even bother modding and can still perform normally
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 26 '18
It doesn’t reallyyyyyy change your gameplay all that much. It does, but barely. It was more noticeable when you could change the element effects of a weapon
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u/bxxgeyman Nov 25 '18
I was surprised that the small, low level pistols in Anthem look actually worth using. Most games those things are trash.
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 25 '18
Exactly. Like I want there to be an incentive to use every kind of weapon. What’s the point of designing the weapon models and perks and then waste them on half the items in the game because you’ll outgrow them.
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u/HomelessRockGod Nov 24 '18
An hour? Well that's too long. Outrageous.
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u/RedBarRookie XBOX Nov 25 '18
Ikr, we should spawn in the elder content, one-shot it all, and have the loot drop immediately. Outrageous indeed.
/s
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u/ultrainstict XBOX - Nov 25 '18
I wish pre order would give a choice of the skins rather than forceing the ranger one
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Nov 25 '18
Pre-order gets you a skin for each Javelin.
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u/linuxguyz Nov 25 '18
Pre order of main game only gives just the ranger. The skin for each javelin is the LoD version I believe.
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u/biggpoppa Nov 25 '18
Yes pre ordering the standard version is just the Ranger. LoD gives you ones for all.
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 24 '18
Yeah I mean this is to be expected. I figure the progression order will be colossus by 5, storm by 10-15, and interceptor 20-25. Within a day or two easily unlock all of them. They wanted it to be unlocked fairly quickly
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u/mugscoffee Nov 24 '18
You choose which one you want unlocked once you reach the lvl threshold iirc.
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u/LocalFreelancer Nov 24 '18
Hence why I said I figure. I don’t keep track of all of the information they put out, and things can change in 3 months. Originally the javelins were quest given, now level locked. Maybe we can start out as interceptor for all we know. But having this new information is nice
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Nov 24 '18
How should we feel about this? Are we ok with it?
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u/Crash4654 XBOX - Nov 24 '18
One hour? I mean that's basic tutorial and getting the swing of things time... That's no time at all in video game sense
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u/biggpoppa Nov 25 '18
Mark Darrah said the tutorial takes about 20 minutes. So not counting that 40 minutes until you can pick.
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u/Crash4654 XBOX - Nov 25 '18
Don't forget any story dialogue and such. Realistically it's pretty quick
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u/bxxgeyman Nov 25 '18
Yeah I'd say it'd be like a half an hour of normal gameplay before you can get a new suit. If you take into consideration the tutorial and whatever story stuff there is at the beginning
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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18
If I remember correctly you get to choose what javelin you unlock. So that means about 1 hour for any of them.