Found gear provides you with advantages in Anthem for various aspects of the game. However, a clever player has now found that this does not apply to all perks. One ability causes the exact opposite of what it is supposed to do.
What are perks on equipment items good for? Found weapons, components, and gear provide bonuses for various aspects in the game. This way, you can find more ammo, improve the damage of abilities, or charge faster.
These perks are supposed to provide bonuses that make it easier for you to survive in the world of Anthem. However, for at least one aspect, this does not seem to be the case, as Redditor Sashweed found out after some tests. What is going on?
Which perk doesn’t work as it should? A certain perk reduces the time your Javelin needs to cool down after it has overheated. This happens when you fly too long without cooling your engines or if you stay in hover mode for too long.
Especially annoying is an overheated Javelin in battle against titans. Their fire attacks can be devastating, especially at higher Grandmaster levels. You will be bound to the ground for a while and have to wait until your suit cools down enough for you to take to the skies again.
During this time, you are exposed and need to be especially cautious of your enemies. It only makes sense to want to reduce the cooling time.
Redditor Sashweed thought the same and added the corresponding perk to his gear. On paper, his suit should now cool down significantly faster than without the perks on his gear. Well, it should, but unfortunately, the exact opposite is the case.
This is how the Redditor tested the cooling delay: Sashweed conducted two trials:
- Once with corresponding perks that were supposed to reduce the cooling delay by a total of 35% and
- once without corresponding perks on the gear
The result was the opposite of his expectation. The Javelin with perks took 20 seconds before the suit finally started to cool down. Without perks, it was only 12 seconds.
You can also watch the results of his tests in the following videos:
Is this really a bug? Or is it even intended by BioWare? This question has also been raised by the Redditor. He does not want to rule out that this behavior might be intentional and that equipment can also be affected by negative effects.
This would, however, make little sense. Players would simply avoid equipment that comes with negative effects. Furthermore, there have been no other known cases where negative effects occur. “Luck” occupies a special position here, which in the opinion of many players simply has no benefit at all.
What does this mean for me as a player? Stay away from equipment that has the corresponding perk unless all other stats on that gear are perfectly rolled or you have no alternative in your inventory.
Additionally, numbers in the low percentage range likely won’t be very noticeable. However, especially when fighting enemies that throw fire around, you need to get back in the air quickly in case of a hit.
Have you noticed this problem as well? Or do you generally avoid this perk?
