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Anthem Players Organize Protest Over Stingy, Disheartening Loot Drops


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Apparently end-game loot in Anthem is not only extremely grindy to get, but its stats are also entirely determined by RNG and often drops end up with the wrong stats for the build you're playing, or for the right build but with worse stats than what you already have despite it being allegedly 'end-game' gear.

 

(NSFW Warning: Jim Sterling can use naughty language)

 

A game overseen by Ben "RNG is EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!" Irving being super grindy and having randomized loot drops with terrible stat distributions that are worthless to you most of the time? Is anyone surprised by this?

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Fans of Anthem are organizing a Blackout from 11th to 15th March in protest of Low Loot Drops and Loot Nerfs[1]

 

Protest to revert Loot drop changes. Bring back the Bug and let us taste the Lootshower. Stop Playing From 03/11/2019-03/15/2019 or 11/03/2019-15/03/2019 for us Europeans. to make a Point. Show them what we think by sheer player numbers alone![2]

 

 

I was debating making my own topic on anthem. this protest was was called a "blackout,' was in effect from March 11th through March 15. During the player blackout, I was going to recommend giving Division 2 a try, since that game launches March 15 and the 11th was the early access period for people who purchased the Gold, Ultimate or Phoenix edition of Division 2. It would make your protest a go by a lot easier having a good looter shooter to test out.

 

To me, Division 2, is a looter shooter that gets things right, players could give Bioware more accurate feedback on what you want to see out of Destiny, I mean, Anthem with more of those games under your belt.

 

The second point of making my thread on Division 2 while the anthem player blackout was in effect, is to announce that AFTER march 15th, Division 2 will no longer be sold on 3rd party key distributors. The only two places to buy a legitimate game key for Division 2 is directly from Ubisoft via the Uplay store or through the exclusivity partner, Epic Games Store, that cut out all of the following digital key distribution partners with their exclusivity deal.

 

 

The Division 2 to not be sold on any 3rd party sites after March 15th, following Epic's deal with Ubisoft

 

https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/tom-clancy-s-the-division-2-uplay--3777-1

 

According to Gamesplanet:

 

Notice

 

Hey Community!

 

Sadly we have to announce you that Ubisoft will not allow digital third party stores, such as Gamesplanet, to sell Division 2 after its release on March 15th 2019. After this date, the game will digitally only be available through Ubisoft's Store and another exclusive digital store. This will also be true for all upcoming game content such as Season Pass, Extensions, etc.

 

Take the opportunity to buy at Gamesplanet until March 15th 2019 and make use of the paysafecard promotion as this will be available until the game will be pulled from our stores.

 

We won't be able to solve some support requests (e.g. key activated on the wrong Ubisoft account) after March 15th, as we won't have any more keys to exchange/swap. Please address your support requests to Ubisoft directly for such cases.

 

Worry not, all purchases that have been completed on Gamesplanet will be honoured. This is also true for gifts, no matter if these have been picked up or not.

Obviously, we are not happy about this decision.

The Gamesplanet Team

 

Hurray for competition I guess ?

 

 

 

List of approved digital distributors of Ubisoft games before Epic deal: ( Prior to March 15th)

 

  1. 2game
     
  2. 4Game
     
  3. Accenji
     
  4. Amazon
     
  5. Argoplay
     
  6. Buka
     
  7. CDON Group
     
  8. DLGamer
     
  9. Digiruptor
     
  10. Diwaxx
     
  11. DNS
     
  12. Dreamgame
     
  13. EA Origin
     
  14. Eldorado
     
  15. Elkjøp AS
     
  16. Enaza
     
  17. Epic
     
  18. Esetnod
     
  19. Fanatical
     
  20. Fnac
     
  21. Gama-Gama
     
  22. GAME (Spain)
     
  23. GAME (UK)
     
  24. Gabestore
     
  25. Gamecdkey
     
  26. Gamepark
     
  27. Gameray
     
  28. Gamersgate
     
  29. Games.mail
     
  30. Gamesgrid
     
  31. Gameshock
     
  32. Gamesplanet
     
  33. Gamesrocket
     
  34. Gamestop (Europe)
     
  35. Gametreemac
     
  36. Good Old Games
     
  37. Gram.pl
     
  38. Green Man Gaming
     
  39. GzStore
     
  40. H2 Interactive / Direct Games
     
  41. Humble Bundle
     
  42. Igromagaz
     
  43. InPlay Interactive
     
  44. Indiegala
     
  45. 1c
     
  46. 1c-Interes
     
  47. Jetgamer
     
  48. JustDan
     
  49. Komplett Group
     
  50. Lauro
     
  51. MacGame Store
     
  52. MOL
     
  53. Meloman
     
  54. Medion
     
  55. Muve
     
  56. Nexway BtoC
     
  57. Okno
     
  58. Oneup
     
  59. Orange
     
  60. Ozon
     
  61. Play Day
     
  62. PlayGames
     
  63. Playkey
     
  64. Playro
     
  65. Playstore
     
  66. PlayTurk
     
  67. Razer
     
  68. Roxen
     
  69. Savemi
     
  70. SFR
     
  71. Sila Software S.L
     
  72. Softclub
     
  73. Softkey
     
  74. Softvill
     
  75. SOM Corporation
     
  76. Soyuz
     
  77. SpotSale
     
  78. StartSelect
     
  79. Steam
     
  80. StraStar
     
  81. Supermarketigr
     
  82. TKM Baltics
     
  83. Total keys
     
  84. True Digital
     
  85. Turbodom
     
  86. Ubisoft Store
     
  87. Ventes Privée
     
  88. Voidu

 

Possible list after Epic deal: (After March 15th)

 

  • Epic
     
  • Ubisoft Store

 

I am sure cutting all this stores will lead to lower prices for consumers. /s

 

 

A lack of choice is good for the consumer. /s

 

 

 

B-b-b-but Steam has a m-m-monopoly!!!

 

 

i came here with "so what? i don't care." attitude but this list is an eye opener.

 

 

 

 

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On March 9th, I read a headline that Epic Games Store made the exclusivity deal that would go into effect after March 15th and and I have never proceeded to checkout faster for a game in my life. https://i.imgur.com/Ovupvge.png

 

if Bioware is reading this, it would be nice if you could restock the 180-day prepaid subscription game codes on amazon. It has perpetually been listed "currently unavailable" aka sold out. www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Republic-Prepaid-Subscription/dp/B015OVILWS/ each and every time I looked since 2017.

 

Knocking out a bunch of birds with the same stone. I cut down three posts into one.

 

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the inventors of the modern looter shooter genre, gearbox software, makers of Borderlands series have teased an announcement with their officer twitter account. twitter.com/GearboxOfficial/status/1105543983516639232

March 28th, probably announcing Borderlands 3.

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