Anthem App

**Anthem App** or the Anthem Guild App is a tie-in application for  the game, introduced with Update 1.3.0 along with Echoes of Reality on August 6th, 2019. See Guilds on how to use the app and join a guild, and to learn more about Freelancer Guilds' lore.

## Overview

Get your guild together and suit up for adventure! Assist other freelancers in the fight beyond the walls of Fort Tarsis with ease using the Anthem app. Join a guild or create a new one, add your friends and plan your future expeditions, all within the app. Then, add guild members to your squad in-game, and you’re ready to take on any challenge.

## Download

The app is available for download on smartphones. Create, join, and chat with guild members in-app. View your guild from the game to squad up and explore the world of Anthem together.

* Download on Apple iOS
* Download on Google Play

## Features

The Anthem App has the following features:

* Create A Guild
	+ Create your guild, customize it, and invite your friends!
	+ Only friends in your platform's friend list can be invited.
* Join A Guild
	+ Looking to meet new players, or join the guild all your friends are in? Search filters help you find exactly the group you’re looking for.
* Chat With Your Guild
	+ Guilds can only be joined through the app. However, the guild members can be seen in-game as well as the app.
	+ Stay in touch with guild members and plan your next expedition together.
* Squad up in Anthem
	+ Once in a guild, you can easily invite your guild-mates to join your squad of freelancers in-game.
* Since Anthem does not feature cross-platform gaming, separate guilds for PC/XBOX/Playstation must be created.

## Special Bonuses

Although not strictly necessary to be used, there are certain benefits of joining a Guild in Anthem:

* Guilds can be uniquely named.
* Guilds can have unique icons to represent themselves, just like in-game banners.
* The icons or logos available to represent a guild is the icon of Decals.
* Being in a guild will add the Freelancer into the Alliance System.
* The alliance bonus from the top-5 contributing members of the guild will be automatically provided to the freelancer, regardless of their friend status with them!
* Being in a guild and reaching Max alliance tier (The Max Tier must be full) will give a small amount of additional coin to the Freelancer! This doesn't happen with simply having friends in the platform's friendlist.

## Bugs and Issues

* The app will not receive updates since Anthem's development is canceled.
* Joining a guild and changing a banner in-game will incorrectly show the player's javelin's Power Level as 0 and regardless of the used javelin, it shows up as a Ranger.
* The above bug can be avoided by not changing the banner after joining a guild.
* In case the player wishes to change their banner, then the bug will manifest. In this case, the temporary solution is to leave the guild and re-join.

## Trivia

* The Anthem App i snot the first companion app released by Bioware for its games.
* The Anthem App is the first app to include social features for a Bioware exclusive IP.
* On August 6, 2019, the app's Version 1.0 was released. However, it was classified as beta at the time.
* On August 13, 2019, the App's Version 1.0.1 was released.
* On November 5, 2019, the app's version 1.1.0 was released, and unfortunately, it hasn't been updated since then.
* There is a message from the developers during the app's update:
	+ "Greetings, Freelancer! We’ve made some behind-the-scenes improvements in our latest update. Thanks for playing."