Haha, I'd like to see the faces of all the silly people who've been grinding 24/7 for weeks to get "legendary" gears
Serves them right though. Play stupid games (literally), win stupid prizes
And after a "thorough review" alongside PlayStation, BioWare has confirmed no consoles were left "bricked" by the issue, despite numerous reports to this effect circulating on websites and social media earlier in the week.
Below you will find the update notes for all of the fixes and improvements that the team has been working on. The current plan is for patch 1.0.3 to go out between 7am and 9am Central Time on March 9th.
Everyone here at BioWare is already hard at work on the next update to continue making Anthem better with each patch.
We thank you for all of your feedback, bug reports and support!
Strong Alone, Stronger Together!
-Jesse (@Darokaz)
High level fixes and changes
Respawn restrictions have been removed - Respawn timers are now based on the activity a player is in. Crit-Path, Agent Missions and other non-end game missions now have a respawn timer of 10 seconds. Strongholds, Legendary Contracts, and other end game missions now have a respawn timer of 30 seconds. The respawn timer Freeplay remains unchanged.
Loot Changes - Common (white) and Uncommon (green) drops will no longer appear for players that are level 30.
Improved stability for all platforms - this includes fixes for a number of issues that were causing crashes or connection problems
Audio Improvements - Fixed a number of issues that could cause audio to drop out
General Fixes and Improvements
Fixed a number of issues that were blocking players from accessing the Forge
All missions should now properly end when all conditions have been met
The inbox now properly displays information on PC (the inbox is found in the newsfeed)
Fixed an issue that would cause players to be unable to interact with NPCs in Fort Tarsis
The vault is no longer accessible from the Forge. This change was made to improve performance
Fixed an issue that would cause the game to hang when entering menus while on an expedition
Titans will no longer respawn on missions after they are defeated. Example: if players defeat 2 out of 3 titans and then wipe on the third, the first two will not reappear when players respawn during a mission
Server shutdown messages should now appear less often
The ability to Quickplay into a Stronghold has been added back to the game
Mouse button 4 is no longer bound to the back button for PC players
Crashes that occurred while selecting certain conversation options when interacting with an NPC have been fixed
Players should no longer get stuck at the end of the “Tomb of General Tarsis” mission
Players should now run into less issues during Quickplay missions. Additional improvements to Quickplay will be coming in future updates
Players should no longer get stuck behind fogwalls on missions or in strongholds as often
Players should now receive credit for the “There Be Giants” challenge when they are downed and when the event is active
Improved the audio when defeating creatures to provide better feedback
Changed wording for server shutdown messaging to better indicate that it is just the players server shutting down, not the entire game server
Players may now launch an expedition from anywhere within the launch bay and Fort Tarsis.
PS4 led lights will now change based on the javelin being used
It should now be harder for players to get stun locked by certain enemy compositions
The values on max flight time inscriptions have been increased
The appearance of the N7 vinyl on Legion of Dawn armor has been improved
Haluk will now properly face players during certain dialogue scenes
The message “Open the Cortex to track the legionnaire Challenges” will no longer pop up after completing the appropriate challenges
Strongholds
Fixed an issue that would cause players to get stuck at the entrance to the sewers in the Temple of the Scar Stronghold
Creature Updates
Titans: We have made several balance changes to all variations of Titans
Reduced overall damage mitigation from 100% to between 70% and 75% depending on the damage type.
Increased the time that weakpoints are exposed.
Fixed an issue that prevented effects from applying and thus preventing combos.
Increased the damage the Titan takes from weakpoint hits.
Lesser Titan’s weakpoint’s have been changed to always be active.
Improved the collision on the ring and seeking projectile attacks. This should make them easier to dodge.
Decreased the radius of the seeking projectile attack.
Decreased the damage done by the self-destruct ability.
Frozen Scar Enforcers and Scrappers can no longer move or attack while frozen.
The Monitor’s health has been greatly reduced in the Heart of Rage Stronghold.
Force
Players will be less likely to be repeatedly staggered by heavy attacks.
Adjusted the force applied by some creature attacks down which will lower the frequency of player’s being staggered.
Damage and Item Scaling Changes
Adjusted the damage scaling of secondary damage sources. These now scale with Average Item Power. This will allow these damage sources to better scale in the Grandmaster Difficulties. This will increase the scaling of the following:
Melee Damage
Combo Damage
Ultimate Damage
Status Effects
Item Procs (e.g. Proc from Yvenia’s Thunder)
Item Power scaling has changed to better reflect the actual power of the item based on its rarity. This is applied to all items retroactively. Players will see the Power of their items go up.
Gameplay Bug Fixes
The Ultimate ability bar will no longer appear full at the start of a mission when it isn’t actually full
Weapon recoil will now stop once an exo is looking straight up
Fixed a number of animation issues that could occur when the Colossus was using its shield
It should no longer be possible for the Interceptor to become Frozen while starting up their ultimate
Interceptor Aura damage will now deal the correct type of damage based on the active aura
Players can no longer equip abilities from one javelin to another
The Colossus can now use gear faster after being attacked by a heavy hit from enemies
The Colossus can now shield charge through destructible objects such as explosive canisters or harvest nodes
The Colossus now recovers faster after crashing into walls
Item Balance Updates
Increased the base health of Wind Wall and Bulwark Point to provide better scaling in higher difficulties. The duration of these has been reduced to 20 seconds, down from 60 seconds
Burst Mortar’s damage has been increased to 300, up from 145 and its cooldown has been reduced to 6 seconds, down from 10 seconds. Its description has also been fixed
Flak Cannon’s damage has been increased to 42, up from 30
Battle Cry’s description has been updated to explain that it also reduces the resistances of affected targets
Wraith Strike’s damage has been increased to 250, up from 200 and it will now apply elemental effect to targets based on the active aura
Note: Description text for Wraith Strike will be updated in 1.0.4.
Item Bug Fixes
Wind Wall should no longer block or interfere with other player abilities
Ranger Grenadier Component will now correctly lower the cooldown of grenade abilities
Fixed an issue where certain weapons were not firing where the crosshairs were aimed
The Ice Blast ability for the Storm javelin now has the primer icon correctly displayed
Inscription Bug Fixes
The Thruster Delay Recovery inscription is now correctly applying a bonus
The Overheat Delay Recovery inscription is now correctly applying a bonus
The Weapon Reload Bonus inscription is now correctly applying a bonus
Note: These will have non-updated text values until the next patch (1.0.4)
Masterwork Item Balance Updates
Increased the base damage of the following Masterwork Weapons.
Ralner’s Blaze
Rolling Carnage
Cycle of Pain
The Last Stand
Glorious Result
Insult and Injury
Sentinel Vengeance
Gnosta’s Balm
Vassa’s Surprise
Soothing Touch
Renewed Courage
Artinia’s Gambit
Masterwork Item Bug Fixes
Ralner’s Blaze - Will no longer roll with incorrect inscriptions
Ablative Shielding now provides the proper boost in shield and armor
Badge of Devastation will now generate more ultimate charge when triggered
It should no longer be possible to stack the effect from Gunslinger’s Mark more than once
In addition to the above updates, we wanted to let you know of some other known issues that the team is working on fixing:
When loading into the game for the first time after a patch the Shields and Armor on a javelin will be incorrect. The first time a player enters and exits Freeplay or any other activity the issue will fix itself.
Players are not receiving their level 20 Match Consumables. Players were granted item blueprints instead of the recipes when they hit this level previously.
Some players may experience audio crackling while in Fort Tarsis.
There may be some instances where players are unable to quit out of a Quickplay mission through the map UI.
A number challenges may not be tracking properly, such as the objectives under the “Legendary Freelancer” challenge.
Some players may encounter a bug where they are unable to interact with any objects or players.
Visual effects on javelin thrusters are not functioning properly while stormy weather is present in game.
Inactivity messages may not be able to be dismissed after a player returns from being away.
There are a number of Origin error messages that some PC players may encounter, including Origin showing that it is offline when it actually online.
The UI may not display events for some players when an event has spawned nearby in Freeplay.
There is a bug where armor pips can change in between activities. This is both a display and gameplay issue.
I know this may come off as shilling as I defended the game from the get go:
Yes, there are a lot of bugs in the game. Yeah, the endgame is scarce. Yes, it should have been in development and testing for at least another 3 month or so. BUT. The combat is fun, the lore is great, I like the main character, main quests, sidequests, even the funny npc banters. This was the subjective part of my argument. The objective part is: they have been communicating, streaming and patching non-stop since the release. This big patch was scheduled for 03.12. release, yet they release it 3 days sooner, working on a Saturday. I hate what the gaming industry has become, detest both the developers/publishers and yt streamers /"reviewers"/"gaming professionals" with a passion. But when I see an unfinished game but with a good foundation, with developers breaking their backs just to fix everything, listening to the players, I want to give them a chance.
TLDR: Anthem shipped unfinished, full of bugs, not worth the full price, but in a few months with active developers like the Bioware team, it can become a great game. Give it a chance in the summer.
A beer before dinner, makes you a winner.
Drink it before breakfast, then you're a sinner.
Dude, i played it for 120 hours, i kinda forced myself to play, because i was so stupid to pay 10€ There is NO existing endgame.
Most annoying things for me: no minimap in freeplay, you can set no waypoint, no marker for which enemy to hit, just the same enemies everytime, no basic chat(seriously who uses voice-chat in this), slow walk in city/not spawning besides your javelin(i heard they fixed that?), just 3 boring strongholds, much wow. Seriously the game feels rushed in the making.
always the same crappy lot - you could just put on 2x defenders/elemental rage that gives you 2x150 harvest bonus and make a harvest build, thats 5-8 mw embers per node. Then do it for like 12 hours and you get you're roll a build with almost perfect rolls. So that makes strongholds absolute, i just did them because of the legendaries BUT the game kinda forces you into HoR chest farming because it's the fastest way, so that's like 5-10 minutes per run, do it more than 20 times and you're going crazy, it's absolutly no fun at all...
for annoying bugs that occured to me: freezes on my pc, 100% cpu usage and the game just freezes out so i just lag though the game. I had so many rage moments because the game froze like 50 times or more, can't count them
So after not buying an EA game after SimCity, i'am back to never buy an EA game again. Same old crap story aka "they will fix it" that the community believes. Ofc could be, when EA decides to release such an early access game, it will be maybe good in 1-2 years but i don't see me playing it, ever again. infact, fuck you EA
I still have the Anthem or Battlefield 5 bundle key from my RTX deal if anyone is interested I can sell it for cheap. But it has to be activated via Geforce experience and on the nvidia page it says it only works if you have an RTX card.
Guess it should work, as long as there are no country restrictions with Origin accounts. Then I could also activate it either with a dummy account or with someone elses Origin account
Guess it should work, as long as there are no country restrictions with Origin accounts. Then I could also activate it either with a dummy account or with someone elses Origin account
How much do you want for that Anthem key?
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
24€? Lowest deal seems to be 50€ so that's less than half.
Not too bad. Unless somebody buy it from you before I decide, I am interested.
Edit: Decided that its too much to spend on a game that most people seem to dislike. I might aswell go for a month of Premium if I wanna try it. Cheers still mate!
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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In the latest server-side update, we’ve made some notable changes to the loot drop rate in specific scenarios, which will take effect immediately in a server-side tuning update (i.e. you will not need to download anything.)
These changes include:
Masterwork & Legendary drop rates have been increased for Grandmaster 2 and Grandmaster 3 difficulty levels.
Masterwork & Legendary drop rates have been increased for harder enemies at all difficulty levels. This includes: Legendary Ancient Ash Titan, Elite Ancient Ash Titan, Legendary Fury, Legendary Ursix, and Legendary Luminary.
As a reminder of Chad's post on Twitter last weekend, the team is planning to make significant changes to loot in the coming months, but we’re starting with some incremental changes (like today's,) so we can better navigate that evolution.
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
I somehow doubt that. But then again I wouldn't be surprised. It seems that most gamers either don't follow the news at all or don't care. That's why EA keeps pumping out shitty titles, cause it makes money.
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it was fun, for a while (for 15E).
There is NO existing endgame.
