Yesterday, BioWare deployed a new update for Anthem. It’s nothing major and basically amounts to bug fixes and the like (check out the full notes below). However, it also preceded the removal of Elysian Stronghold Caches, where players could obtain additional cosmetics. Though BioWare stated these were limited time items, players weren’t happy about the removal of the chests.
On the one hand, there were complaints about the rewards being entirely lackluster. On the other hand, removing content – especially when Anthem has so little of that already – didn’t help people’s feelings on the matter. It also didn’t help that the update caused the Ash Titan in the Heart of Rage Stronghold to no longer drop loot.
BioWare’s Andrew Johnson said the team were looking into it and that this wasn’t an intended change. Meanwhile, EA noted in its recent financial report that support for Anthem will continue. This is despite the title not meeting its expectations (which probably means it didn’t hit five to six million units sold by March 31st, 2019, as EA had hoped it would).
Update Notes for 1.1.1
- Fixed an error where Weapon and Components stat values were not displaying correctly.
- Fixed a problem where suit power level (rarity) was not correctly being calculated based on equipped items.
- Fixed an issue with Spanish audio in a conversation in the Sunken Cell stronghold.
- Fixed an issue with French audio in a conversation in the Sunken Cell stronghold.
- Fixed an issue causing a slight delay in Salvaging at End of Expedition
- Partially defeated encounters will no longer re-dispense loot from previously defeated creatures.
- [PC ONLY] – Right clicking an item to salvage it at the end of expedition screen now requires the mouse button to be held.
