@efesell: My major issue with Anthems loot is that it's boiled down to boring numbers with no chance at lucky drops.
What I mean is first and foremost, for me at least, the way you can make normal loot exciting is design difference. Yeah that next step up sword is basically just a bit of a higher number but if it looks cooler, has a neat design and color scheme it can make it fun anyway. In Anthem all the gun types look damn near the exact same. You AR is going to look almost exactly the same to the upgraded one you just got, and that makes it a huge bummer. Also the lack of armor bits for the Mech is also a bummer.
The other decision that makes the loot boring is the quality of the loot is tied to level. Early levels its commons, then as you level it becomes uncommons and epics, then mostly epics. It may seem dumb but the chance at a high quality drop no matter what can add a bit of excitement to all drop chances. Maybe not perfectly balanced for early to mid levels but since this game is purely PvE why not have it in?
There are lots of ways to make loot fun and exciting outside of endgame through some tricks and systems to keep drops interesting, even if its mostly just in your head.
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