Its been over a month since there was any activity on the Anthem Twitter. A couple of days ago Bioware finally revealed new details of the next patch, and...that's it. While the post does suggest they're doing work in the background that'll improve the game in the long run, I think the fact there's still no new content, or loot fixes, suggests it'll be a while yet before anything else happens (perhaps E3?). The fact the Tweet only got 3,000 likes, when Anthem has 300,000 followers on the social media, suggests its fallen pretty far out of favor. 

Lastly, there was a dev stream yesterday to detail what's up and coming. The Cataclysm event will hit the Public Test Server, but it's limited in time: 8 weeks only. I'm not sure that's a good thing...

Game Update 1.2.0 brings new features to Freeplay mode, additional Legendary Missions and more.

Here's what else is coming up: https://t.co/vtnemweNf4 pic.twitter.com/If7CfaU7LW

— Anthem (@anthemgame) May 29, 2019

Summary

The Cataclysm Event

• 8 week event
• First 2 weeks: Pre-events
• 3 new missions
• New area: The Cataclysm
• New systems: Scoring, inversions, leaderboards
• New power & new rewards

A new faction is formed from the remnants of the Dominion. They trigger the Cataclysm and the freelancer has to stop it.

Pre-Event

• The pre-event will be the first two weeks of the Cataclysm.

• During the pre-event, gear will not be rewarded but new cosmetics will.

The Cataclysm Overview

• The Cataclysm takes place in a new area of the map

• The objective is to get to the boss, Vara, and kill her before time is up.

• You earn a score along the way.

• There will be "arenas" where you can complete objectives and increase your score and extend your timer.

• Not every arena will be available from the start.

• While you're in this area, a storm is raging and you need to create "safe zones" to protect yourself from it.

• There will be secrets and mysteries to solve in the new area.

• There will be leaderboards so that you can compete with friends and the rest of the world.

• You will earn currency by playing the Cataclysm and that can be spent on warchests that contain gear.

• Warchests will rotate.

• A feature called inversion will be active in the cataclysm.

• Inversions are like modifiers to gameplay, e.g. increased ultimate charge rate, decreased ability cooldowns, certain weapon kills giving bonus points etc.

• Inversions will change from time-to-time e.g. weekly, daily etc.

• There will also be 3 new main missions that include new cinematics and progress the story.

Cataclysm loot

• New weapons

• New masterwork gear (different Masterwork/Legendary variants of existing gear)

• Melee equippable slot (not items but variants, e.g. a detonator for Ranger rather than a Primer)

• Masterwork and Legendary Support Gear

• All NEW items will have a higher power level than existing items. Currently, the Masterwork and Legendary items are 5 levels higher.

Public Test Server

• PTS will start next week.

• They are looking to run it for 2-3 weeks.

• It is PC-only.

• It will not always be up e.g. it may be up for a couple of days, then go down for a while before coming back online.

• If you own Anthem or have a subscription to EA Origin Premiere, you will have access to the PTS.

• It will be a separate client that you have to download.

• The first week will include the Cataclysm but not the rewards.

• It's a PTS, so it will be unfinished. It will be buggy and may crash.

• Patch notes will be made available for changes.

Luck

• Luck has been removed from the game.

• All suits will now have max luck by default (90%).

• Any exisiting luck rolls will change to armour.