11 things you might have missed about Anthem, but really need to know

With Bioware’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Anthem game finally out of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Anthem demo period, you probably already know that there are four Javelins to play as, there are various things to shoot, and you can fly. Duh. So far, so obvious. But hidden on the internet are tons of cool, tiny details about Anthem that might have escaped your notice. On the surface it might seem like just another shooter with added jetpacks, but there’s plenty beneath the hood that make Anthem stand out, whether that’s tiny details abou♛t Fort Tarsis or how to keep your hands on all the uncommon loot you leave at the end of missions. Here are 11 small details about Anthem that you might have missed. 

1. Fort Tarsis is named after an ancient hero

Fort Tarsis, the place you’ll soon call home (and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:be able to sprint in at launch), is – General Helena Tarsis. She led the Legion of Dawn (hence the Legion of Dawn Collectable Edition 💛of Anthem), who are the precursors to the Freelancers (psst- that’s you). 

2. You won’t ever lose your loot at the end of mission

Once you’ve done all you need to do to finish a mission, a countdown timer starts that’ll boot you back to either Fort Tarsis or freeplay once it🍌 runs out – which can mean it gets a tad stressful trying to snatch up all of the loot enemies and chests have dropped. But don’t worry about losing any of your hard-earned bits and bobs. All loot above uncommon will be delivered to you via the Store, which can be accessed in Fort Tarsis, so you don’t have to run around like a headless space-chicken trying to collect all those glowing bits of lo🦹ot. 

3. There won’t be any loot boxes, period

In the words of Michael Gamble, “” when it comes to loot boxes – or, more accurately, the lack of them. You can use the in-game currency to buy vanities, but that’s all. No pay for power (i.e. XP), and if you prefer you can earn your vanities instead of shelling out cash for them, although we don’t have any concrete details about how this would work just yet. Gamble is of the opinion that loot boxes “[serve]ဣ no purpose”, so you won’t find any of them in Anthem, which means no more rolling the dice t๊o see what cosmetics you get. Woo!

4. Those Javelins in Fort Tarsis are Anthem’s police

During the Public and VIP demo you probably noticed some Javelins in Ranger gear standing around Fort Tarsis holding guns and generally keeping an eye on you while you walked around minding your own business. These are Sentinels, which are kind of like Fort Tarsis’ police. They uphold law and order...so yeah, actually they’re definitely Anthem’s version of the police. Relationships between Sentinels and Freelancers are sour, as they see us lot as unreliable and untrustworthy. Just because we like to go out and see the world...harsh. 

5. You can change your banner

When you were matched with other players during the demo you’ll have seen your details pop up on the side of the scꦡreen, and they all probably looked incredibly similar. But there is a way to change your banner to something different, even if it’s not immediately obvious how. Before you start an Expedition by hitting ‘Launch’, go to the social tab and select ‘Change Player Banner’. There you’ll be able to alter what your nametag looks like when you’re squadding up for expeditions, making you stand out from the crowd...until everyone else figures out how to do it too. 

6. There’s a Konami Code musical easter egg hidden in the game

Because no game is complete without at least one Easter Egg, you can find a use for the classic Konami code hidden inside Anthem. When you’re in the title screen, push ♏these buttons to unlock the easter egg (which alter depending on the platform you’re💛 playing on):

Xbox: Up - Up - Down - Down - Left - Right - Left - Right - B - A
PS4: Up - Up - Down - Down - Left - Right - Left - Right - O - X
PC: Up - Up - Down - Down - Left🍒 - Right - L💫eft - Right - B - A

Then the mꦦusic will turn deli💦ghtfully retro and 8-bit, in true old-school Konami fashion. 

7. You’re flying the bad guys’ Javelin

That Storm Javelin definitely looks powerful and brimming with space magic, but it’s not always been a force for good. The technology is in fact stolen from the Dominion, the baddies that you’ll be fighting against for most of Anthem, so that’s why when you’re flying around the world in freeplay you’ll come across enemy Storms and their damned spherical shields, but not ꦫany other kind of Javelin. 

8. New weather and regions are on the horizon

One of the things BioWare has con♏firmed for certain is that once the game is out, though what form that will take is yet to be seen. More shaper storms, rain, maybe even snow? Who knows. Well, BioWare does, but they’re staying quiet for now. 

9. 1 million Strongholds were completed and 2 million Grabbits were killed during the VIP demo

You heartless, heartless beasts. A whole bunc♍h of you during the when all they wanted to do was happily hop around the world. Just you wait until a boss Mamma Grabbit shows up to exact revenge, and then you’ll be sorry! Those of you who did the right thing and protected the pure beasts will be happy to know there’s a advocating for the Protection and Ethical Treatment of Grabbits. At least there’s some good left in the world. Plus during the VIP demo of yesterweek a whole , which is one heck of a feat. These are Anthem’s toughest locations and are the game’s versions of dungeons, so I applaud anyone who could get through to the end of a Stronghold with their sanity intact. 

10. You can fly as an Interceptor for 10 seconds longer by using this trick

Only being able to fly in the air for about 15 seconds can get a bit frustrating, but has figured out how to stay airborne for a whole 10 seconds longer than usual as an Interceptor. When compared to just straight flying, they found that cancelling flying by dashing let you stay airborne for🌼 about 10 seconds longer. So there’s a mini hack for you if you don’t want your pristine Javelin boots to touch the dirt more than they have to. 

11. There’s a ton of potential future additions on the cards

Because Anthem devs have been taking on suggestions about what should be included in Anthem further down the line, Bioware isn’t ruling out a lot at the moment – so - which means these suggestions are still on the table. Cross platform, bows “like Robin Hood style”, photo mode, and (like ) have all been vaguely discussed according to the thread, as well as customising the colour of your Javelin’s thrusters, lights, and elements (ice, fire, shock, etc). With Antജhem being released on February 22, none of this will be available at launch, but that doesn’t mean it won’t appear in the future. More potential additions further down the line include . 

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