They made an MMORPGYeah, it is. The online mode in ME was super limited in scope and very easy to design around, as it wasn't designed to be a core "looter shooter", but a multiplayer activity to bolster your single player experience (and generally be a fun horde-wave shooter).
They've never worked on a looter shooter or purely loot driven game like Anthem before, and it's painfully apparent that's the case.