![]() ![]() “Exceptional items are about getting the exact types of bonuses you want, instead of maxing values on every bonus” – Christian explained. What are those really? Christian doesn’t specify exactly if these items will be a new tier or a unique category of items, or perhaps a new slot in our Javelin’s gear screen. What are Exceptional Items in Anthem? Items with the exact stats that you want for your build would be my answer. Exceptional itemsĪmong the things you loot there will also be a chance to get something exceptional. Your loot would be tailored to your current gear rating. In Anthem’s terms this could mean that if such a system is implemented, it would mean that you wont be able to pick up Legendary 80 items if your Javelin is equipped with primarily Purple gear. ![]() SWTOR’s vertical progression almost forces you to go through each tier of gear to reach the top. It’s all randomized, but to a much lesser extend than Anthem’s loot system. This game nailed down the loot system in its 6.0 expansion. All tiers of items will have more meaning and strategic places throughout the progression.Īs many of you probably know, I have nine years worth of experience with another of BioWare Austin’s video game titles – Star Wars: The Old Republic. The items you get will have more meaning for your build and be more competitive. Loot drops will be more viable in Anthem 2.0. The blog post states that BioWare wants to “respect our time”. The increased frequency of quality loot drops is target number one for Christian and his team. Many players don’t even bother picking up blue items, even purples. The current Anthem version drops a lot of loot, but the way the inscriptions system is designed, nearly all of the loot drops end up thrown away. Based on this research, along with your thoughts and feedback, we planned some high-level goals and changes we wanted to try” Increased Frequency of Loot Drops We fell short here and we realized that building something new from the ground up was going to be required – starting with taking a long look and understanding the best in class of the many great games that inspire us. “A good player experience depends on the loot system being extensible and robust, and a lot can go wrong. ![]() Christian’s team lists the loot system revamp and redesign as their major goal. In the current version of Anthem the loot system is not horrible. It may be Anthem NEXT or even Anthem 2020/2021. So, let’s explore what news we got this time! Keep in mind that Anthem 2.0 is still in early development and nothing of what you hear or see is final, including the name.īioWare has not yet officially named this as Anthem 2.0. Nothing happens easy within EA, so this blog post had to wait for quite some time before it’s finished, approved and now finally live – on the last day of the month – July 31st. He teased a new faction coming, new melee weapons and builds and a possible PvP mode coming to Anthem at some point.Ībout two weeks ago Christian said that he started the next blog post. The first blog post from Christian back in May was more of an introduction of himself and to calm us all down by telling us that the Anthem 2.0 development has begun and is going well in its early stages.ĭuring the month of July Christian was very active on Twitter sharing insights of Anthem 2.0’s development process. BioWare finally released the Anthem 2.0 July Update blog post and as promised earlier by Anthem studio director Christian Dailey we got a first glimpse of the major goals and changes planned for the Anthem Revamp Prioject! The major goal before the team is to create a new loot system, while also improve the existing Gearing methods and redesign the UI of the game!Ĭhristian Dailey is Anthem’s new studio director and his small team of around thirty developers are currently exploring new ideas and testing various implementations for the upcoming Anthem 2.0 revamp.
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