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It's automatic and equips on the weapon you have selected when you pick it up.

4 hours ago, elbobo said:

just an FYI, make sure you visit your captured control points ever 24 hours, the supply rooms restock except for the large chest 

I noticed this yesterday!

36 minutes ago, atom631 said:

A few questions:

 

. In the character screen - top left it shows your level. then around you level is a circle of 3 different colors (i think red, blue, yellow) which then have a marker with a number in it. What is this? 

 

. Do you need to use SDH cache points to unlock weapon mod slots? Or do the points just give you default attachments to play with? 

 

. Why do attachments now suck? Almost not worth using at this point bc of the debuffs. 

You have 3 different types of attributes, talents, perks or whatnot on your gear. Offensive, defensive and electronics. Red is your offensive, Blue is your defensive and yellow is your electronics. Later on you'll see purple gear or high end gear that might have extra perks that will have requirements like having 4 electronics perks equipped. That extra perk would then be equipment focused for example. It's just the number of each that are equipped. 

I don't know if SHD is used for everything, but in the main perk list at the quartermaster, you can use it to unlock different magazines, scopes, etc..

I don't know if the attachments suck, but they did standardize them. All the perks have a positive / negative combination. I think the weapons and gear at higher levels will be where you see the best perks or attributes, not to mention that you can also mod your deployables. 

Jesus guys. Did you watch the end game video? Replaying invaded missions is a fraction of the detailed planned progression that Massive and the other studios have plotted through 5 world tiers. There is going to be a shit tonne to do after max level and the best part is it will be in the open world, which is one of the game's best features. Unlike the first game with their incursions. 

Might not be everyone's cup of tea for sure, but from what I've seen, it's about 5 times the game that the first one was. 

The latest state of the game was awesome! 

They went over everything happening after level 30 and it's a lot! I twice as excited to be honest. Can't wait for Tuesday! 

PS: Ignore the ponytail. 

4 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

 

Not tha it isn’t happening, but I had not had the game crash my entire system, nor had I seen it talked about. Could be real, could be people making it up to get a refund on a game they are unsatisfied with. 

I don't know how widespread, but it's happening.  It's happened to me twice when I've tried to shut down the game.  I'm tempted to give it a rest and see if a fix is announced if it's actually bricked a couple consoles.  The other crashes in the game have been just with the game.

I expect everything to improve over time with this game, but they need to get the fuck on this right away and get this game more stable.

2 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

Tried it out for a bit and have to say it doesn't feel all that different from the first one. Nothing particularly wrong with it, but not a day 1 purchase by any stretch. 

If you didn't play and enjoy the first division, I don't know that this changes your mind.  There are quite a few changes, but at first glance or play, it's going to feel like the Division.  No doubt about it.

Just now, ARZ said:

I don't get it...then what's the point of a "Gold Version" that has the Season 1 pass for an extra $50 bucks if all it does it give you 3 days early access to all the DLC? Sound pretty stupid if you ask me. I'm with @skillzdadirecta, vanilla version for me

I'm not saying it's worth it or not, but did you watch the year 1 road map?  It details what the year 1 pass gives you.  It's not just early access.

Quite frankly, when I pre-ordered it, I forgot the DLC was free and just ordered it with the pass out of habit. 

Yeah, I'm pretty jacked for this one.  Played the pre-order demo and liked what I saw quite a bit.  Watched the year 1 road map and liked what I saw even more.

I've got around 650 to 700 hours in on D1, so a nice alternation between this and Anthem should hit all the spots. 

That trailer was hilarious!  Who hired this guy? What the fuck!  lol.

Played a lot this past weekend.  Outside of a couple of crashes, It was a pretty good, bug free experience.

I'm level 18 and haven't quite finished the story yet.  I'll say right now that I've enjoyed the story.  Not so much the main arc as the Monitor isn't exactly setting himself up yet as villain of the year, but it's all the different characters that you meet.  A lot of them have their own little multi part arcs and they all have their own little quirks.  The voice performances are quite good and quite frankly, most of them are pretty likable.  I feel that anyone calling the story garbage is clashing with the expectation of a typical Bioware RPG story in a game that isn't an RPG.

Too many people go into games like these with all sorts of expectations.  It really is a stupid thing to do and will only set yourself up for disappointment.  I had no expectations other that hoping they nailed the moment to moment gameplay and that it was fun.  They did, end of story.

Also, the world is insanely detailed.  Don't forget to dive into the water and explore that shit.  I dropped into some and it looked like maybe 5 metres deep.  I saw a resource and plucked it, turned around and swam towards what look like an edge.  I looked down and holy fuck, it must have gone down another 50 metres or more with structures and everything.  I can see where the six years went to when you really pay attention to what they've built.  Remember that Bioware doesn't have 1000 people to throw at this, only a few hundred.

I also think that the freeplay is way more engaging than Destiny or the Division ever were.  it looks like from their road map that they'll be building on that quite a bit.

3 minutes ago, atom631 said:

What the FUCK do you do inside the tomb of Yvenia? It said greet the guardian or something but nothing works. 

I thought I heard something about paying respects somewhere?  Haven't gotten there so don't know for sure.

Anthem.  Going to hit it hard.

24 minutes ago, ARZ said:

 

Right, can't you craft gear/guns to your highest level gear/gun type owned? Or something along those lines.

 

22 minutes ago, JPDunks4 said:

Yeah more or less.  Once you get stuff in your inventory you can start crafting that item.  I think you may need to do certain challenges to unlock the ability though first.

Yeah.  If you get a weapon that you like, there are challenges to unlock blueprints at different levels for that gun. Uncommon, Rare, Epic.  The blue prints scale to you, so you can craft that gun later if you have the resources.

I think that's how it works.

1 hour ago, Biggie said:

Played for about an hour before crashing last night. Graphics are awesome. Gameplay was smooth as butter. Question though. After competing the first few missions I was showed my loot. Should I be salvaging all those weapons or hold onto them all? 

It's been mentioned that you get quite a bit of loot thrown at you, so it's always best to go with the highest level stuff and salvage the old items.  No use for them once you've gone up a couple of levels.

Started the game last night without a hitch. Excited to really dig into this tonight. Went with the storm as my first javelin. 

I saw that they added like 100 items to Stronghold specific chests.  That's a good add.  Kind of like the strike specific loot from Destiny.  Definitely a reason to replay those.  They're also popping these "daily" events.  I saw some sort of outlaw one and they'll be having the giants one this weekend.

If they've designed this game to be able to make quick changes and improvements, I think they're in good shape.

2 hours ago, mikechorney said:

I have to admit, that your feelings echo my own concerns.  I had hoped that BioWare Edmonton's trademark storytelling would get into the game -- but it appears that it largely hasn't.

 

But you're pretty brave posting in this thread.  The Anthem defence force isn't open to anything but glowing praise about Anthem.

Defence force? Give me a fucking break.  Nobody is shitting on anyone for having an opinion or for the game not being the game that suits them. 

What pisses me the fuck right off is people that like looter shooters, mainly various youtubers, broadcasting to the world that it's a huge piece of shit before the actual release is even here.  Angry Joe posting a video right now about that "nasty" tomb grind knowing full fucking well they've rectified the situation already. 

Has nothing to do with universal praise, but giving the game a chance to launch, improve over time like literally every other game in this genre. 

Just to be clear, none of the above is directed at you, just my general disgust with what I'm seeing these idiots do. 

2 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

 

I had the same thought regarding Skill Up and Arrekkz... ironically they're like two of the ONLY guys whose videos I will watch. Skill up does put together very well thought out videos but his biases do show from time to time and he's gotten called out in the past about it. I also agree that I want Anthem to get the same chance The Division and Destiny got but the community seems DETERMINED to not let that happen.

Bioware just needs to continue what they're doing by being paper thin transparent, keep their heads down and constantly improve the game.  People appreciate the fuck out of that shit, which Bungie has RELUCTANTLY done because they had to.

8 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

 

That seems to be Skill Up's position and this sentiment is what I meant earlier when I said folks had turned on Bioware. Andromeda didn't leave a good taste in folks mouth and this game seems to be heading for the same fate.

Skill up is an intelligent guy that does well thought out reviews and videos for the most part.  He absolutely has a serious bias in this case though.  Also, he can go fuck himself for his snappy little thumbnail.  He doesn't need to do that with the subs he has and announcing to the interwebs that the game is garbage is not only inaccurate, but will definitely affect sales.  He is also not the only one that does this.  You only have to look at Arekkz for the correct way to do it.

I just want Bioware to get the same chance that Bungie had with Destiny (even though year one of that game should have killed the fuck out of it) and Massive had with the Division.  So fuck all of the youtubers that feel the need to wave that flag to the whole world instead of just putting a video up with their impressions where they can say whatever the fuck they want.  Again, with the subs they have, they don't need to do that.

On 2/9/2019 at 6:54 AM, Hurdyb1 said:

Okay, that Uncanny X-Men 11 may be the best issue of X-Men I have read in years. I was apprehensive about it cause of the price but this was a wonderful issue to see Wolverine and Cyclops put their issues to the side to team up in an hour of darkness. Good one. I hope Marvel builds on this issue.

You weren't kidding, @Hurdyb1!

This issue was REALLY good!  Felt like an old school X-Men book.  Also, no filler or reprinted stories, which you see a lot in these extra size issues.

20 hours ago, Bataar said:

I'm level 39 and can't beat that damn farting pig. 

Those legendary pigs are the hardest thing in the game.  I fucking shit you not!

Jesus Christ, I don't know what the fixation is with having a single game that has to be your life hobby. Makes no fucking sense. 

I've put in around 900 hours into D1 and D2.  I've put around 650 hours or so into the Division.  I have preordered both Anthem and the Division 2 and I think both games have huge potential. 

I'll be playing Anthem, the Division and even Destiny 2 when the have compelling content. 

Really looking forward to the 22nd. I fully expect this game to be something completely different a year from now, based on feedback and improvements they will make. In the meantime I will enjoy the evolution. I know the base experience is fun from what I've played. 

Saw Alita yesterday. I enjoyed it quite a bit. 

3 hours ago, Biggie said:

It was GOW. Nothing special about. In fact I hated it.

That just means you need help because something's broken inside. :P