In Anthem there is a problem in Strongholds: invisible barriers. One player has been affected by the issue so badly that the responsible developer apologized to him and promised improvement.
What is the problem? In the dungeons of Anthem, the Strongholds, “invisible barriers” can occur, separating a player from the rest of the group and locking them out.
The system is actually meant to prevent players from “flying back,” but it causes issues when a player is lagging behind.
This is usually an annoyance, but in this particular case, it was brutal.
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This was the particularly gruesome scene: A player on Reddit shared a video and wrote: “After more than 80 hours, I dropped my first Legendary item, but a force field cut me off from the drop.”
In the video, you can see that the player with his Colossus gets a bit off-course, arrives too late for the loot, and is stopped by the barrier. He can’t grab his Legendary item. It’s permanently lost, and he won’t even find out which legendary item it was.
Truly a sight of horror.
The player then says: “I’m so done with Anthem – the first 30 hours were great, but since then, it’s just grind and glitches.”
Next patch should remove some force fields
This is how BioWare responds: The Stronghold lead for Anthem contacted the player and personally apologized for this “terrible player experience”:
- In the next patch, they have disabled these force fields in the Heart of Rage and the Temple of Scars. Patch 1.0.4 will arrive in March, but he doesn’t know exactly when.
- In the future, they will not use such things anymore, except for extremely important reasons that are crucial for the mission.
- They plan to remove some of the fields from the game later as they go on.
- Until the patch arrives, players should call up the map and use either the left stick of the controller or the “Y” key (with mouse and keyboard); then they will respawn on the right side of the wall.
The developer apologizes again that they have not been able to fix this issue so far. He promises that the team will do better in the future to regain the community’s trust.
The apology is very well received by players on Reddit. They welcome the fact that responsibility is being taken here.
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