Yesterday the developers of Anthem at BioWare showcased the new Stronghold in a live stream. However, the stream received criticism. The disappointment of the fans was particularly directed at one scene.
What kind of stream was it? In fact, a live stream for Anthem was announced last week. The developers intended to present the new update. However, the stream was postponed due to technical issues.
The stream was made up for last night, but the patch was already live by then.
Developer Ben Scott and Community Manager Jesse Anderson showcased the new stronghold “The Sunken Cell”, in German “Die Versunkene Zelle” live on Twitch.
What was the problem? The expectations of the fans for the stream apparently differed massively from what BioWare had planned for the stream.
- The fans wanted clear answers on how Anthem will be developed and statements about the current issues, especially regarding loot. After a long silence from BioWare, expectations were high.
- However, the developers only wanted to talk about the current patch and show its contents. BioWare seemed mainly interested in discussing the design of the new stronghold. The team in the stream referred to a forum post regarding the future of Anthem.
This already led to an annoyed atmosphere in the chat because the chat predominantly wanted to talk about loot – but the developers did not respond to this.
This was the decisive scene: The most discussed scene is one where the developers stand in front of a chest from which loot is expected.
Apparently, the developer hesitates to open the chest because he expects that there will be loot that will disappoint the viewers and lead to mockery. No one else on the team opens the chest either.
In fact, the Community Manager addresses this hesitation: “Are you waiting for someone else to open the chest? Just open it quickly and then leave.”
When the chest is finally opened, the loot is indeed weak: Some epics and masterwork ember drop. At this level, players are looking for masterwork and legendary weapons and items.
Once the chest is opened, there is silence in the stream.
This is the reaction: On reddit, many express their anger over the stream, calling it “embarrassing”. BioWare has not answered any of the important questions and ignored the “elephant in the room”.
In the Reddit forum, the chest scene reminds many of a legendary sequence from a Destiny stream.
Back then, Bungie’s Community Manager DeeJ promised that this time there would be better loot, stating that the new event in the DLC Osiris would be the most lucrative of all time.
When a chest was opened live in a stream during the new event, it contained “2 tokens and a blue item“, which became a hashtag for the loot problems in Destiny 2.
Currently, the debate about loot in Anthem seems to overshadow everything else and continue to create a bad atmosphere.
How Anthem will be developed further has been discussed in this article:
