ANTHEM Update: Elemental Abilities, New Javelin Class (and more).

New information is starting to surface about ANTHEM, Bioware’s science fantasy shooter. During E3 we got our first look at gameplay and details about the ANTHEM game, but many questions were left unanswered. Now we have sight of a new Javelin class, elemental properties and possibly a hint towards exotic armor parts.

New Class

During the trailer we saw 2 javelins. The first was a Ranger javelin, which is basically the well-rounded class. It doesn’t excell in any particular skill but doesn’t have weaknesses.

The second is a Colossus javelin. Its basically like the tank. It most likely will sponge bullets and damage while dealing lots of damage.

The javelin you see above is similar to the one you saw during the trailer.

This one is a slim model which may be like an assassin or rogue.

Elemental Abilities

The image at the top seem to showcase some type of elemental properties. It looks to be fire, lightning and ice elemental properties. The image below also shows elemental icons next to the names of the players that joined in during the E3 gameplay trailer. How elementals will play into the game is unknown.

Exotic Javelin Armor Parts

In the first picture from the top, we see elemental properties around the arm. In the picture below, we see those same features but around the legs of the javelin on the far right. Having these features around the leg could serve a different purpose than having them around the arm.

We could take a page out the Destiny playbook and say this may be an elemental exotic leg that you can attach to your Javelin. The above picture at the top could showcase exotic elemental arm parts. These elemental properties could also be the result of the abilities that you’ve built for your Javelin or it could be completely aesthetic. All this, however, is complete speculation.

Activity Icons

Thanks to the ANTHEMwhispers twitter page, we are able to take a look at some icons for the activities in game.

We already seen some of these icons during the E3 gameplay reveal.

Each icon represent a certain feature or activity to the game. For example, the binocular icon represent different areas that you discover during your journey exploring the worlds. The skull icon could represent some kind of activity and the last icon to the right could be to mark specific areas or ruins.

I will be updating this site with more ANTHEM news as they roll in so be sure to stop back. If you want a bit more info on the Javelins, weapons and abilities visit my article here. The next gameplay we will see will be at gamescom 2017