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Anthem |OT| GaaS Effect
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Same here, I got a Colossus legendary while using my Storm :(
I've never gotten a Legendary for a different jav than I was using, luckily. Also luckily, I like all of them except Ranger for now, so I don't mind switching it up.
However, I generally think it's a bad practice. I hated it in Destiny 1--at least in Anthem, a separate javelin isn't a new playthrough. I've just never understood game mechanics that force you to play a way that you don\t want to or don't enjoy. Another shitty incarnation of this spirit is the Assignments in the Battlefield games.
However, I generally think it's a bad practice. I hated it in Destiny 1--at least in Anthem, a separate javelin isn't a new playthrough. I've just never understood game mechanics that force you to play a way that you don\t want to or don't enjoy. Another shitty incarnation of this spirit is the Assignments in the Battlefield games.
I also got a Colossus legendary on my storm yesterday evening, not the first for the wrong class since the patch. When it happened a 2nd time and it was the same component (Reinforced Hull), I checked reddit. Found a few threads on the subject, one saying playing Storm, got Colossus component and a later edit said it was a known bug (but I can't find any actual evidence of that). One of the replies said a Colossus got a Storm component, too. Maybe I should have played more Colossus if I wanted to strive for a pointlessly higher power level for my Storm :/
I knew you could drop lower tier stuff for the other classes, and at lower levels that's fine and a little boost for when you go try them out. But it's a bit painful when they've nerfed almost every source of the rarest drops, so I can't just go and do whatever I fancy with the reassurance that I'm just as likely to be lucky... and it seems most of the class-specific legendaries drop for another since 1.3. Not that it bothers me too much right now, I got almost 20 legendaries so far and got kinda burned out smashing HoR over and over just for a rare chance of a good drop and don't feel the urge to play for a bit, at least not until they revisit loot and add in some worthwhile new content not just trivial freeplay nonsense. One thing I haven't got is any ranger-specific legendary, zfg on that one lol.
It's a bug to get several in a row for a different javelin, not to get any for another jevelin. That's intended.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG...g_notes_from_103_update/eibonbu/?context=1000
I'm done playing for now, but a general good vs trash and good vs bosses build that I used was: Stasis Chain and Venomous Blaze. I also used a decently rolled Wyvern Blitz for boss, turret and those big yellow colossus type's weak points. Either that or the Avenging Herald. I also wouldn't bother with the component that lowers weapon damage at all if you can help it. It's not worth the minuscule gains you get for elemental damage. With the way the bonuses stack in this game, each additional bonus to a certain type has diminishing returns. So that 35% bonus elemental damage on top of everything else is only going to add maybe 10% at best, while the -35% physical damage hurts a lot.
Haven't heard a word. They said it was a server side thing and doesn't need a patch, but they didn't announce anything.
thanks, I tried it yesterday afternoon (EDT) and got nothing after 20 nodes with ~300 harvest. Guess I'll try again later. Also random side note, having an SSD in my ps4 pro is a godsend for this game. Shaves so much time off FT and forge loads
GM3, right? There's definitely a correlation between masterwork embers and luck, and GM3 naturally boosts luck.
I got about 100 embers last night in about 75 minutes time. Before 1.0.3, my rate was slightly better but that could be chalked up to RNG.
Yeah in GM3. hmm i didnt have any luck on, just in my best harvest gear. maybe I should do a luck set instead
Is there a good way to get guns? I know Strongholds for gear, and Legendary Contracts for Components, but I need some Colossus weapons!
Not really, no. Just keep doing strongholds/legendary contracts/freeplay and pray you get MW/legendary drops from enemies or chests.
do 'Agent Contracts' constantly repeat or do they have an end?...I've been doing the same type of Contracts for awhile now and after I finish them they don't show up under my 'Completed Quests'...I'm not talking about the Agent Quests but Agent Contracts...I've also started getting Legendary Contracts even though I'm not at Lvl 30...how can you tell if the Contract is a Legendary one before accepting it?
Regular Contracts that you pick up from the three faction leaders never end. After finishing the faction Agent Missions (which it sounds like you've done) unlocks the ability to do a Legendary Contract per faction, per day. You have to pick up 1 regular contract each day for each faction before the Legendary Contract pops up. Where the regular contracts appear on the boards as yellow icons the Legendary Contracts appear as purple icons.
Once you complete your daily Legendaries head back to the boards and pick up the regular contracts. Do not finish them. When you log on the next day you will notice that your Legendaries are ready to be picked up right away. There is little reason to ever do the regular contracts again, the faction XP earned is paltry and rewards... lol.
Legendary Contracts will show up as purple not yellow. And I think they are all never ending.
Anyone want to run legendary contracts on GM2? or grind strongholds on PC?
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good to know...thanks...I thought I read that you needed to be Lvl 30 to start receiving Legendary Contracts but I guess that's not true...so I don't need to complete 1 normal contract before the Legendary one pops up?...I just need to view the normal contract?
i am thinking about starting new classes. i have seen collosus completely wreck shit and interceptors deal insane DPS during my GM2 runs. Collosus especially makes GM2 a breeze.
also still tinkering with my main storm build. i think with the right recharge and dps i can be viable in GM2.
That's why I never complete normal contracts. I grabbed them the day I unlocked legendary contracts but never started them. This way I save myself the time of going through both contract spiels before accepting.
Gotcha. I think I'm almost there...
E: I'm on the last mission now, so that's a plus.
Also, where do I get these special contracts?
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Well, Bioware posted two big responses to some reddit threads/concerns.
The first was about the invisible walls in Strongholds: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG...t_legendary_drop_locked/eihady9/?context=1000
Big response from the community manager for a huge list of complaints: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG..._bioware_whats_going_on/eih2azb/?context=1000
The first was about the invisible walls in Strongholds: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG...t_legendary_drop_locked/eihady9/?context=1000
Big response from the community manager for a huge list of complaints: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG..._bioware_whats_going_on/eih2azb/?context=1000
I hope they continue to release communications like this. I know it takes a lot of time, but these direct responses help me feel a lot more confident in the game's future.
It sucks, but at least you should have the MW items next time you get to the end expedition screen.
Guns have been really low on drops lately. I've been trying to get the MW versions of the Colossus guns, and it's been real slow.
Hopefully they get it sorted out soon.
Look, I'll repeat again the same thing I said previously, take it from me, as a player who brought into Rainbow Six Siege in he beginning, at this point no form of feedback, from unconstructive statements to essays on the loot will solve the problems like lack of content and reworking systems. They will take months of work, of Dev time, and the result is your not gonna see instant change. On Reddit particularly, I see a ton of responses regarding the player population fading away, pleas for Bioware to do something but the simple fact is that this content needs time to be made and nothing can be done to change the game here and now.
If you can't play the game anymore cause you finished the content, drop it. If your frustrated, drop it, if your spending your days waiting for new stuff, just walk away. Check in every so often on Reddit if you want, but don't spend your time focusing on the game in the hopes things will change immediately. There are plenty of games to enjoy and the best thing about GaaS is that you have maybe 50/50 Anthem will be supported long term. If your feeling ripped off, I can't smoothe that than to warn you about preordering and buying new games. If it makes you feel better, I brought Andromeda at full price....on one hand I sympathize with criticism about the game, on the other, alot of people need to walk away and accept the current situation as is.
If you can't play the game anymore cause you finished the content, drop it. If your frustrated, drop it, if your spending your days waiting for new stuff, just walk away. Check in every so often on Reddit if you want, but don't spend your time focusing on the game in the hopes things will change immediately. There are plenty of games to enjoy and the best thing about GaaS is that you have maybe 50/50 Anthem will be supported long term. If your feeling ripped off, I can't smoothe that than to warn you about preordering and buying new games. If it makes you feel better, I brought Andromeda at full price....on one hand I sympathize with criticism about the game, on the other, alot of people need to walk away and accept the current situation as is.
what difficulty are you playing on?
On GM2, i got two legendaries. one weapon and one component. i played three contracts and three strongholds. got around 20-25 masterworks. one stronghold dropped 7 masterworks, one dropped five. out of of those 20-25, i would say 5 were weapons.
I was able to do GM2 pretty easily today. there were some games where no one could do any damage and i had to quit out, but in some games we pretty much breeze through it.
i know reddit wants them to open the floodgates but i think 4-7 masterworks per stronghold isnt that bad. of course i had my luck up very high but oddly enough, i only got 4 masterworks when my luck was 140, and 7 when my luck was only 50.
i think what they should do is guarantee a legendary from the GM2 boss. it will keep players coming back for more. and maybe slightly increase the chance of enemies dropping MW in GM2. right now, most of my MWs come from chests despite high luck.
I truly believe that they want people to go to GM3 and no one is doing it. everyone is upset over the loot cave nerf. its bizarre tbh. i am a destiny player and we grinded for weeks just to do the raid and then another few weeks to do that hard raid. the BEST loot was in the hard mode raid. The Vex Mythlocast, the Fatebringer, the legendary helmet that you needed to get to level 30. i dont know why the anthem community is so apprehensive about not wanting to try out harder difficulties. yes, GM2 was grindy in the beginning but after some experimentation and research i found a build that lets me survive and deal massive damage.
im not saying loot shouldnt be fixed. there needs to be more of it. but i think GM2 is where its at and i just dont see people here and on reddit playing on GM2 regularly.
This is good.
It sucks that... well, the game can suck so much. Cause Bio's communication can be top notch when they're willing to do it, but I wouldn't wade into a toxic cesspool either. Trouble is, the toxicity can be somewhat justified here.
I agree and I think it's well said. I've enjoyed the game a lot and now at the post game stuff. besides jumping in here and there to get some MW loot, I'll probably play other games until a new update. I think it's best for a lot of people to just come back to this instead of getting frustrated. If they don't support it, it doesn't matter, if they do then you'll have new stuff to come back to.
Masterwork universal components suck when you're gearing up a new class to get over the initial squishyness moving into GM1. Used to be you'd be set after a few LC's but no more! Apologies to all of the people who matched with me last night and either had to spend too much time reviving my ass or because I spent too much time out of the fight. :(
There's a small pool of MW items that drop in hard that include 8 weapons (9 if you're playing colossus) so that's a decent way to get a few, and as an added bonus you can get through the content nice and quick. Once you have all of those though it's GM1+ and pray to RNGesus.
The point of QP is to backfill missions that are short, so in that mode you have a chance to drop in after the start (and possibly/probably) with a bugged mission. If you select it just from the SH menu it *should* start you from the beginning. So until QP gets more stable I wouldn't do it unless you a) could use the XP (pointless at the moment once you're max level) or b) you need them for the Challenge of Valor.
I'm going to assume your wording here isn't the best, but as far as I'm concerned toxicity can NEVER be justified. Of course people can be (and are) justifiably disgruntled with their experience and are welcome to share feedback on it, but there's never an excuse to cross the line into toxic behaviour.
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