Just recently, a trick circulated that allowed players to obtain top items in Anthem without having to go through the intended grind. That’s now over!
This is how the grind spiral is supposed to work in Anthem: Anthem offers a total of 6 difficulty levels, three of which will only be unlocked once players reach the maximum level. These three Grandmaster levels are reserved for the endgame.
Players are supposed to grind for new equipment to reach higher difficulty levels that again require new gear for the next tier. Recently, however, a trick has emerged that completely undermines this mechanic.
This is how players “tricked” the grind in Anthem: Instead of farming the available Contracts or Strongholds in the game, freelancers simply started a free play on the highest difficulty level and gathered chests.
The advantage? You can safely avoid the few enemies and just open chests that are scattered throughout the world. This way, players have been able to collect masterworks and even legendary gear in a short amount of time. However, BioWare only took a few hours to respond.
This is how BioWare closed the farming method: As Mike Gamble, Lead Producer at BioWare, announced via Twitter, the chances of finding rare equipment in chests have been significantly reduced.
This only applies to chests that can be found scattered throughout the world. Excluded are reward chests from world events. Those can still contain rare items.
Players are pleased with the change, but also express criticism: The change is mostly received positively in the communities. After all, the farming method provided a significant shortcut to the general Anthem experience.
However, many players have often complained that the other loot, especially in free play, is scarce. Particularly, the world events and titans drop too little good loot. Voices are already increasing among those who simply overlook the titans as they are not worth the effort.
The reduction of the chance for rare items is therefore a sensible step, but now the loot quality of the activities in free play needs to be improved.
What do you think? Have you tried the trick? What do you think of BioWare’s change?
