Many players find “Tomb of the Legionnaires” to be the worst quest in Anthem. It is highly grind-heavy and plagued by bugs. BioWare has already responded before release.
What kind of quest is it? The tomb quest, also known as “Tomb of the Legionnaires” takes players out into the free play in the middle of the story campaign. Here, they must gain access to four tombs.
What do players find so bad about the quest? The quest has no clear direction, unlike other story quests. It consists of grunt tasks in the open world, such as “kill 50 enemies in melee” or “open a specific number of chests”. Additionally,
- the descriptions of the challenges are unclear
- the quest has a bug where players cannot open chests that they need to open if a team member has already done so.
- the sudden grind quest disrupts the narrative flow of the story
What’s improved in the tomb quest
It is now possible to start grinding faster: With the adjustment from BioWare, players can now start collecting progress for the challenges from level 3. This was confirmed in the EA Forum (via PCGamer).
If players now explore the open world in free play from level 3, they can already prepare for the tomb quest challenges alongside. This theoretically prevents players from spending too long on the grind until the story continues.
How it was before: So far, challenges only counted from the point when players had unlocked the quest “Tomb of the Legionnaires”. This happens at around level 10.
Is more improvement coming?
The chest bug will be removed: For the release of Anthem, there will be a large day-one patch. This fixes many problems and bugs that players are currently struggling with in early access. Among them is the bug with the treasure chests, where players do not get credited for chests that were opened by a team member.
After the release of Anthem, an opened chest will also count for oneself if another player opens it.
No further improvements are known: The quest still has a few more issues that annoy players. For many, the descriptions of the challenges are unclear.
For example, they may simply not understand the term “killing series”, as it is not clear what counts as a killing series. What is meant here is that you must complete 8 kills and there can be a maximum of 10 seconds between the kills. The descriptions could be more detailed here.
It is also criticized that the quest disrupts the narrative flow, which, however, is inherent to the quest type itself.
Live stream to provide more clarification: In a live stream, Lead Producer Ben Irving will talk about the problems and adjustments in Anthem. Anthem’s roadmap for March will also be a topic of the stream. Here comes the first Cataclysm. This will be an event in which the world of Anthem is supposed to change drastically.
The stream is today (Wednesday), February 22, at 10:00 PM
Guide to the tomb quest: We have a guide for you on how to complete the challenges of “Tomb of the Legionnaires”. We will, of course, adjust it accordingly when something changes upon release.
