Why should there be a change? The issue is that the values are actually quite important, the further you progress into the endgame of Diablo 4.
Continuously, opponents throw elemental attacks at you, preferably with ground effects, which a dedicated necromancer might also cover up. The poor resistances lead to frustrating one-shot kills. Especially the damage classes suffer from the strong hits.
The good thing about it is: Currently, you don’t need to worry about elemental resistances. Whether you have 80% poison resistance or only the 30/40% from the amulet – it hardly makes a difference.
But that won’t last, as Blizzard confirmed during the “Campfire Talk” on June 16 (via youtube.com).
What will change and when? The changes are set to come into play with Season 2. It will likely take until at least October 2023 for the resistances to be adjusted. Here you can first find the info about Season 1.
What exactly the developers want to change remains open for now. What is clear, however, is that many players are currently building their builds without resistances, as they are considered weak. Once the adjustments come, the fun of building and collecting items will start all over again.
Provided our current main characters are still relevant by then.
Basements are actually much more helpful for looting than you might think:
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What else was discussed during the Campfire Talk? The stream revealed many exciting pieces of information, and we created several articles about it on MeinMMO:
The release is supposed to be just the beginning of the journey, and even now the developers are talking about changes that will not be implemented for several months. Even two expansions are already in the works, and all seasons are expected to be larger than what Diablo 3 offered in its seasons.
What changes do you want the most at the moment? Leave a comment on the topic.
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In Pokémon GO, many players are currently reporting issues finding the night spawns. Now, a trainer provides an important tip on how to still catch the corresponding monsters. We at MeinMMO show you what you can do.
Which spawns are we talking about? Currently, the Tag and Nacht event is taking place in Pokémon GO, during which you can encounter both day- and night-active monsters. They are supposed to alternate depending on the time of day. However, the night Pokémon are currently causing headaches for many players. A trainer has now explained how he was able to find the monsters. We have summarized it for you below.
Trainer finds night spawns after sunrise
What is the problem with the night spawns? While day spawns, such as Sonnfel or Ledyba, can be easily caught during the day in Pokémon GO, the night spawns pose difficulties for trainers. They literally appear in the middle of the night, requiring trainers to stay up late.
Especially due to the current collector challenge, for which some of the night spawns need to be caught, there is criticism from the community. In contrast to the special research Sternenhimmel, which is also active during the event and has no time limit, the collector challenge must be completed before the event ends to secure the rewards.
A trainer gives an important tip: If you don’t want to spend your nights chasing the night Pokémon, you can also easily catch them at another time, as Reddit user Froggo14 reveals in his post. He explains that he was able to find them early in the morning.
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He writes (via reddit.com): For anyone still needing the night spawns, you should consider taking a walk early in the morning. I am in Portugal, where sunrise is at 06:15. I went for a walk around 08:15 and got a mix of night and day spawns. I managed to catch Toxiped and Paragoni, which were the last two I needed.
What does this mean for trainers in Germany? In recent days, players on social media have noted that the night spawns can still be found about 2 hours after sunrise. Some even had a longer chance to catch them.
Depending on where you live in Germany, the sun currently rises between 04:30 and 05:30. After that, you have approximately 2 more hours to search for them.
Trainers confirm the tip: Other trainers can also confirm this tip. They have been out in the early morning hours themselves and were able to find the night Pokémon they still needed for the collector challenge Wie Tag und Nacht. You can read the following in the comments (via reddit.com):
Xavourss: I did this this morning in France on my way to work from 7:45 to 8:30. I played in the metro, on the way from the station to work, and a bit at my desk, collecting everything I needed for the collector challenge. I also caught a few Myrapla with a moss lure module (to evolve an Evoli) during full daylight.
bowserm: I noticed this morning that I had night spawns on my way to work. Until about 8:20 this morning.
fdxrobot: The sun rises here at 5:15. I take my morning walk from 5:30 to 7:00 & I caught all the night spawns without any problems.
Criticism of the situation: However, not all trainers are happy with this suggestion. Their sunrise is very early, so they would have to get up significantly earlier to catch the night spawns.
Moreover, they criticize the approach and the lack of communication from Niantic. When the spawns can be found was not officially communicated. They are expressing their frustration on social media (via reddit.com):
MattGeddon: Yes, sunrise here is currently at 4 am, so I have to get up very early if I want to catch any. Luckily, I managed to get all of them for the collector challenge because I stayed up until 1 am last night, but it’s hard to believe how poorly thought out this operation is.
jontslayer: It’s pathetic how far we have to go to access part of the game. Worse still, there has been NO COMMUNICATION FROM NIANTIC.
Efreet0: I find it crazy that people put up with this, but when you point it out, they get angry because you’re ‘telling them what to do with their time’ or something like that…
For those who are out early in the morning because of work or school, they can definitely try Froggo14’s tip. Maybe you’ll discover the missing monsters as well.
Have you completed your collector challenge yet? Or do you still need night spawns? Will you try Froggo14’s tip and go Pokémon hunting in the early morning hours in the coming days? Let us know here in the comments on MeinMMO and share with other trainers.
In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Steam), an experienced professional from Argentina played on a Brazilian platform, GamersClub. The CS:GO professional repeatedly made derogatory remarks about Brazilians. A clip of his comments went viral, leading to negative consequences for him.
Who is the player?
Nicolás “NikoM” Miozzi (26) plays Rifler in CS:GO.
He has been a professional since 2015 and has earned just over $18,000 in prize money; he is therefore not a very successful professional. His greatest successes were at “C-Tier” tournaments.
Since the e-sports scene in South America revolves around Brazil and nearly all South Americans want to play in Brazil, the Argentine often played for Brazilian teams, most recently for River Plate.
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Insults are recorded in the Twitch stream
This is what he did: The Argentine enjoys playing on “Gamers Club” and was even named “Foreign Player of the Year” in 2017. Gamers Club is a Brazilian app that brings people together to play. The goal is to promote e-sports in Brazil.
However, videos circulated showing NikoM making xenophobic comments towards a Brazilian player while he was streaming live on Twitch. He said things to a player like (via dotesports):
“dirty Brazilian”
“shitty Brazilian”
“Brazilian with cancer”
“poor Brazilian”
The player “snitched” on NikoM to the GamersClub platform and asked if they thought it was acceptable for a guy with 1,000 viewers to spread racism and xenophobia:
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How did it end? GamersClub banned the player for 5 years. Additionally, there was a clarification that they do not share such a mindset. He was also removed from a list of all the professionals in CS:GO on Faceit, which led to some cheer cries in Portuguese.
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It is also hard to imagine that the man will play for a professional team again. It seems his career is over.
Racist remarks are always wrong and should be condemned. But making xenophobic comments live in a stream about the citizens of the country from which your livelihood depends is a particularly bad idea.
It is astonishing how carelessly some people handle their careers and reputations:
FIFA 23 and Amazon Prime bring the third “Prime Gaming Pack” of the season. We will show you how to get it.
What kind of pack is this?Since FIFA 21, Prime members can regularly claim free packs for Ultimate Team. This is also the case in FIFA 23.
In FIFA 23, the ninth “Prime Gaming Drop” is now available.
When does the new pack come out? Since June 20, 2023, there is a new Prime Gaming Pack – Prime Gaming Pack number 9.
Once you have claimed your pack, the contents should be credited to you in the game. There may be delays at times.
What’s included in the Prime Gaming Pack? Every month there is a new pack, the contents of which may vary.
Typically, the bonuses include FUT items such as packs with gold players, player picks, loan players, cosmetics and similar items. This is also the case in December.
How to get the Prime Gaming Pack for FIFA 23
How to obtain the pack: Basically, you need a Prime account with Amazon to access the bonuses of Prime Gaming. If you have such an account, proceed as follows:
Connect your Prime account with your EA account when prompted
Click the “Redeem” button
Now you need to switch to the game, the web app, or the companion app. There, you should receive a message that the first Prime Gaming Pack has been redeemed. You will find it in the shop under “My Packs”.
In the past, it has happened that the pack did not appear immediately in the game but took some time. So don’t be surprised if it isn’t there right away. New packs are likely to be regularly unlocked in the future.
Destiny 2 has accidentally fixed the most annoying Gambit bug of all time in Season 21. MeinMMO reveals how you can now outsmart the pesky particle bug in Gambit and why it is just faulty luck.
What annoying problem plagues Gambit? The Gambit mode in Destiny 2 is a PvPvE mode forgotten by Bungie, yet it still has its followers. And it is here that a persistent and annoying bug has caused frustration and dissatisfaction among players for a long time.
It’s about the problem that Gambit particles keep sinking into the ground.
You painstakingly clear an area and then, when the enemies drop their valuable particles, they simply slide 1 meter deep into the ground. Almost unreachable for every Guardian.
This is not only extremely annoying but can also negatively influence a team’s progress in Gambit and even lead to defeat.
But that is now over. The problem with the particles slipping underground has probably finally been eliminated. Even though it is essentially a bug that likely happened by chance.
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“Vacuum Mod” from Season 21 grabs every particle
This is how you always collect all Gambit particles: The solution for how to still collect every particle that has been lost under the map has come about in an unexpected way. It became possible when Bungie introduced a new mod called “Powerful Attraction” in Season 21.
The mod “Powerful Attraction” automatically collects “Orbs of Power” nearby when you activate your class ability. – via light.gg
To use it, you need to have a armor capacity of at least 2 energy available.
When the Guardians tried out the new armor mod, they were astonished to find that it not only collects “Orbs of Power” nearby. The mod also reliably sucks in the particles that have slipped under the map in Destiny 2.
For that, the Destiny player ClapTrap created a Gif on Reddit showing how well the mod works for Hunters in Gambit. Esoterickk has also already tried it with his Warlock in a private match:
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“This is not a mod, this is a glitch!”: “Powerful Attraction” apparently also works in other locations. But those who are now excited and hope for relief in the particle raid “Garden of Salvation” will be disappointed. The mod, which seems more like a crazy glitch, does not work there at all.
Aside from that, “Powerful Attraction” is generally a fantastic option for Arc Hunter melee builds. It is stackable, which further increases its range, and those who equip it can constantly place 15 particles or collect an enormous number of orbs within seconds.
Once equipped, we could cover a radius of about 10 m.
With two equipped, it seemed to almost double the distance to about 20 m.
Other classes are slightly at a disadvantage: But while the Hunters are already excited, the other two classes are still somewhat skeptical. The mod “Powerful Attraction” does not seem to be as suitable for their class abilities. At least not in Gambit.
Nice for Hunters, but [for Titans or Warlocks in Gambit] stopping to place a barricade or a rift is probably not worth the effort to reach the particles underground.
he criticizes the usability of the mod for the class item
Meanwhile, Arc Titans with their exotic “Heart of Inmost Light” could actually use their abilities quite frequently, especially in combination with the Arc dash.
Furthermore, one should consider that the particles do not always and everywhere slide underground. Therefore, the mod could also be a viable option for Warlocks and Titans if they push their rift or barricade a bit with a corresponding Gambit build.
How do you get the mod “Powerful Attraction”? In order for you as a new player to use the mod “Powerful Attraction”, you must basically complete the ascents of the new Guardian rank system. Level up to rank 6 and complete the triumph “Threats and Waves”.
“Complete Strikes using a subclass that corresponds to the current wave.”
Destiny veterans have already unlocked the mod “Powerful Attraction” automatically and can socket it directly into their class item.
Is a bug that fixes a bug the solution? Thanks to the attention of Destiny players, this unexpectedly simple solution for a really annoying problem has been found. It’s actually a good thing because Gambit has been neglected by Bungie for 5 years now, and the particle bug has never been fixed.
But although the mod makes the Gambit experience more enjoyable, it also makes it unfair because you can fill your particles very quickly. In a team, it’s simply too strong to have 4x 15 particles ready within seconds. This was probably not the intention of Bungie. If the opposing team uses this mod, you will definitely notice it.
So if Bungie decides to fix this bug, Gambit would be fairer again, but the old annoying particle problem would return.
Still, many players have asked Bungie to refrain from a patch, as the mod does not work in the raid and Gambit really needs a ray of hope.
Whether the developers will heed this request remains to be seen. For now, however, the mod “Powerful Attraction” is still active and can be used in Gambit.
Did you already know how practical the new class mod is? What do you think about being able to ensure that you get all particles back in no time? And is this more of a solution or a new unfair mistake that should be fixed immediately? Please share your opinion in the comments.
If you are tired of everything in Destiny 2, you can exchange ideas with like-minded people in this MeinMMO article:
After the campaign in Diablo 4, you unlock new item types in the new world tiers. Ancestral items are very powerful items that can enhance your build. Why the ancestral items are so good and where you can find them is shown here.
What are ancestral items? In Diablo 4, you can find 3 types of items:
Normal items
Holy items
Legacy items (This is the term for ancestral items in Diablo 4)
Every item, whether white, legendary, or unique, can fall under these 3 categories. However, you will only find holy and legacy items at higher world tiers. The ancestral items are the best of the 3 and can significantly enhance your build.
We will show you why the ancestral items are so good and how to find them.
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Diablo 4: Ancestral Items – Locations and Features
Where do I find ancestral items? Ancestral items are the best of the 3 item types and thus the most difficult to unlock. You can only find them in world tier 4. For that, you must complete the following first:
Campaign of Diablo 4 must be completed
For world tier 3, you must complete the dungeon “Cathedral of Light”
For world tier 4, you also need to complete the dungeon “Fallen Temple”
Once you have completed the dungeon, you can set the world tier to 4 in Kyovashad. Generally, you should be around level 70 to be able to enjoy yourself in world tier 4.
Where is the best place to find ancestral items? Theoretically, ancestral items can drop in world tier 4 at any time. The Whispering Tree and Hell Flood are good places for farming.
For 20 years, fans have been waiting for a new installment of “Baldur’s Gate.” Now, the developers have given some insights into the open world.
What kind of game is this? Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest game in the video game series “Baldur’s Gate,” which was created in the 90s and is set in the eponymous city. Additionally, it is a spin-off of the famous role-playing game “Dungeons and Dragons.”
The release of Baldur’s Gate 3 is on August 31, 2023. The game is being developed by Larian Studios and will be released on PS5 and PC via Steam.
The turn-based role-playing game uses an isometric perspective and also offers a co-op mode where you can play together with up to three friends.
The City of Baldur’s Gate Appears as a “Seamless Organism”
What has been shown about the open world? The developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 talked in a new video about the development of the city. Images of the famous city were also shown.
The developers described the city in the video as a “large, seamless organism” that is now much larger than in the 90s and one that you can immerse yourself in. For instance, you can look down the slopes of the city and see the docks.
In addition, each person in the city is supposed to bring their own story, and it should be possible to talk to almost everyone. In general, the city should feel alive and give the impression that it is a place where people go about their everyday lives.
You can see the video with the images of the city here:
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The developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 show the legendary city
What do the fans say? In the comments on YouTube, players express their awe at the images of the city and share their excitement for the game’s release.
tominatorxx: “My God, the city looks huge and absolutely stunning!”
jemeek82: “This game has the potential to excite many people about the DnD universe. It looks totally awesome, and I am so excited!”
kel_ski: “I am more than thrilled with this game.”
fev1027: “If the whole game is as good as the first act, it will be one of the best CRPGs of all time.”
In a previous trailer, the developers gave some insights into the legendary city of Baldur’s Gate:
In Diablo 4 there are countless dungeons that reward you with fame and various aspects for the classes. One of these dungeons is Uldur’s Cave. How to find it and what awaits you there is shown here.
Why is Uldur’s Cave special? Uldur’s Cave is one of many dungeons in Kehjistan. This dungeon is easy to complete due to its structure. Additionally, there is hardly any backtracking compared to other dungeons, which makes it more streamlined.
Unlike the other dungeons, Uldur’s Cave also has no boss, but only an elite opponent that you can defeat quickly without much effort.
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The dungeons have developed alongside nightmare dungeons and the hell flood into popular sources for looting and leveling. A fairly linear dungeon without a major boss is, of course, a good opportunity.
Where can you find Uldur’s Cave? The dungeon is located in the western part of the Kehjistan area.
Here you see the location of the dungeon on the map
What rewards are there for the dungeon? If you complete the dungeon, you will receive 30 fame for the Kehjistan area and the aspect of the damned for the necromancer. This ensures that enemies affected by both Altern and Iron Maiden deal 30-40% more shadow damage.
A good aspect for the necromancer, especially focusing on his shadow damage.
What do you have to do in Uldur’s Cave? The tasks are quite simple.
You have to destroy 3 barricades
Kill enemies in an area
Finally, you must defeat an elite opponent
Uldur’s Cave is a dungeon that everyone should be able to complete, and due to its short length, it’s worth a look for players who don’t even play the necromancer.
Do you need more guides about Diablo 4? Then check out our overview:
In Pokémon GO, the special research “Starry Sky” is running. All tasks and rewards in the overview. This is how you can see which path is worth it.
What kind of research is this? Simultaneously to the event “Like Day and Night”, the associated special research that is called Starry Sky starts. Every trainer receives it once for free from 10:00 AM on June 16. You will be rewarded with a Cosmog encounter, among other things. If you want, you can also buy the research for about €6 and play it a second time to receive all rewards and tasks a second time. This will also grant you another Cosmog encounter.
In the overview, we show you all the tasks and contents of the chapters.
Update from June 18: On board 3 of the path “Night”, a mistake has occurred. We have corrected it accordingly. To complete the task, you need to catch 30 different species of Pokémon.
Research Starry Sky 1/4
Task
Reward
Explore 2 kilometers
Encounter with Monozyto
Catch 2 Psychic Pokémon
Encounter with Abra
Catch 10 different species of Pokémon
Encounter with Mollimorba
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Woingenau, 5 Himmih berries and 7 Stardust.
Choose a path: Here you should decide whether you want to help with the day research or the night research.
In the day research, you will receive a Moss Lure Module in chapter 3 of the research
In the night research, you will receive a Glacier Lure Module in chapter 3 of the research
Additionally, the tasks in the next chapters differ slightly
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Galar-Flegmon, 15 Poké Balls and 78 Stardust.
Research Starry Sky 2/4 (Night)
Task
Reward
Catch 20 Ghost or Dark Pokémon
10 Poké Balls
Take 20 snapshots of wild Pokémon
Encounter with Iscalar
Use 30 berries to catch Pokémon
10 Sanan berries
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Galar-Flegmon, 15 Poké Balls and 78 Stardust.
Research Starry Sky 3/4 (Day)
Task
Reward
Land 10 curveball throws in a row
3,000 Stardust
Catch 50 Pokémon with weather boost
Encounter with Metang
Earn 10 candies by walking with your buddy
15 Super Balls
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Starmie, 1 Moss Lure Module and 789 Stardust.
Research Starry Sky 3/4 (Night)
Task
Reward
Land 5 fabulous throws
3,000 Stardust
Catch 30 different species of Pokémon
Encounter with Metang
Complete 15 field research tasks
15 Super Balls
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Starmie, 1 Glacier Lure Module and 789 Stardust.
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Cosmog, 20 Ultra Balls and 7890 Stardust.
Stage reward: If you have successfully completed all tasks and picked up your respective rewards, you will also receive an encounter with Cosmog, 20 Ultra Balls and 7890 Stardust.
With this, you have an overview of all tasks and rewards that the Starry Sky research brings you in Pokémon GO. Which path have you chosen?
Beware when logging into GTA Online! Currently, there is a bug that removes your expensive vehicles. Players are reporting their experiences with it.
What kind of bug is this? In the online world of Grand Theft Auto V, the mood is currently bad. On social media, players are reporting that they have suddenly lost their vehicles. Now, creators are warning about this bug. Log in at your own risk, they say. As long as the issue is not resolved, your vehicles are at risk.
We will show you here how the bug works and what players are saying about it.
Community warns against logging into GTA Online
This is the warning: In a tweet from June 20, YouTuber GhillieMaster highlights the current problems in the online mode (via Twitter.com). He writes:
WARNING! Check your garages in GTA Online as soon as possible. A new bug randomly removes your insurances. Don’t let your vehicles be destroyed, or you will lose them if they have no insurances.
In a YouTube video, he also addresses the bug:
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In the comments on Twitter, some players reply who are affected by the bug. User Jackknife Finnegan writes: ‘I literally just lost my MK II out of nowhere … I thought you were joking. But this is serious and ridiculous.’
Another user asks if this could apply to all vehicles. Like the Deluxo, the Ruiner 2K, Arena War vehicles, etc., to which GhillieMaster replies: ‘If they can be stored and insured, then it can happen.’
Also on Reddit, players are discussing the topic. One writes:
‘[…] The car I have owned for months and that was automatically insured because I bought it online somehow had no insurance, I have now lost my favorite car🥲.’
What does this mean for you? If you are currently racing through the streets of GTA Online with your 3-million-dollar sports car, it may happen that suddenly your insurance coverage is no longer active. If another player in a session decides to have fun and destroys your car, then it is gone. Forever. At least according to the current state in GTA Online.
So be sure to check the insurance coverage of your vehicles if you want to play GTA Online. You can do this in your garages at the vehicle info.
Players take affected vehicles to LS Customs and have them insured again. But whether these insurances can no longer be affected by the bug is unclear.
In FIFA 23 will the Women’s World Cup 2023 be accompanied by a major update. What is in the mode?
When FIFA 23 was presented, EA Sports made it clear that it wanted to give more attention to women’s football. Among other things, some club teams and leagues for women were introduced, and Australian top scorer Sam Kerr became the cover star of the game.
In some modes like Ultimate Team, however, the female players are still missing. And even among the player community, the features surrounding women’s football apparently haven’t caught on yet.
If you look at the PS5 achievement statistics for FIFA 23, you will find the achievement “Football is everything”. You get it once you play a match with women’s teams. So far, this achievement is marked as “Very Rare”, with 9.5% of players having obtained it.
Will this number increase by the release of successor EA Sports FC? It is conceivable, as a new update for FIFA 23 is to accompany the Women’s World Cup in the summer.
What kind of update is it for FIFA 23?
EA Sports presented the update for the “FIFA Women’s World Cup” on its own website (via ea.com). There should be different ways to experience the tournament directly in the game.
One option puts individual players in the foreground: In the “Take Your Country” mode, you either play as a real player or create your own, which can then be assigned to the national team. Now the tournament is played through – either with the chosen player or the entire team.
Then there is a very classic tournament mode that you can play solo. Additionally, the World Cup will also be available in kick-off, where you can play against the AI or friends on the couch.
What content is included in the update? Besides the tournament modes, all 32 qualified nations will be available. There will also be decorations for the stadium and a special presentation of the matches including new cinematics. The commentators are also expected to specifically address the tournament.
When will the update be released? EA Sports did not provide an exact date yet, mentioning “end of June”. It will be released as a free update, so it can be easily downloaded.
By the way, the real World Cup starts on July 20, 2023, and runs until August 20. The tournament will take place in Australia and New Zealand.
Millions of hard drives (HDDs) are shredded every year. There are much safer methods to protect old data.
Many people destroy old hard drives because they believe that shredding old hard drives can prevent the recovery of valuable data. However, destruction does not stop experienced hackers from recovering your data from an HDD.
Some sell their hard drives or dispose of them without thinking about their data. As a result, sensitive business data or personal data like passport photos, forgotten by a user, are often found.
According to the online magazine PCGamer, a trained hacker only needs a piece of an old hard drive that is just 3 mm small to extract data. If you only send your hard drive through a shredder, there is (theoretically) a chance that your data will be analyzed.
Instead, two other methods are recommended if you want to thoroughly delete your data.
There are better ways to irretrievably delete data
To thoroughly delete data on an old hard drive and make it uninteresting for hackers, there are two simple methods:
Method 1: On one hand, you can overwrite your data with new data patterns. Usually, one single overwrite is sufficient. Modern HDDs today also offer the command ATA-“Enhanced Security Erase.” This is supposed to erase the entire hard drive including defective storage areas, explains BSI.
A formatting, by the way, is not enough, because it only creates a new file system structure and a new directory. Your data will still be preserved.
In a further step, you should also delete all other copies of the data that may be located in temporary files or pagefiles.
Method 2: On the other hand, you can simply delete the encryption key with which you use your hard drive. Because without the key, hackers cannot do anything with your data.
What else works? Linus Neumann, spokesperson for the Chaos Computer Club, recommends encrypting data in general (via netzpolitik.org). Once the entire hard drive is encrypted, it is no longer readable without a password. Programs like BitLocker are already integrated into Windows today and can be used by anyone.
In Fortnite went down today, on June 20th, the servers on all platforms (PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, Android). The maintenance work is being used to load update 25.10 onto the servers.
Update, 12:10 PM: The servers are back online. We have listed all patch notes below the gray box. (via fortnite.com)
The update is available for PS5 and is 6,232 GB in size. We have also presented the latest leaks. Open the gray box for that.
What new content does update 25.10 bring?
New items for combat: Fortnite has received new items with update 25.10 and removed things from the vault. These include:
Cloaking Gloves
Temporarily makes you invisible
There is also a mythical variant from the boss “Wildwatch Relic”
Relics MK-Alpha Assault Rifle
A mythical variant of the assault rifle
Can be obtained from the boss “Wildwatch Relic”
Flare Gun
Can locate enemies and set buildings on fire
Enemies covered in mud cannot be located
Shockwave Grenade
This grenade is only available in the Zero Build mode
New augments: New reality expansions have also made it into Fortnite. These include:
Mud Battle
While you are in mud or covered in it, you regenerate health and shields.
Larger SMG Magazine
Your submachine guns have an increased magazine size.
Additionally, the reality expansion “Hunting Gear” has been taken out of the vault. This gives you an immediate flare gun.
Other updates:
Chickens and air jellyfish are entering the vault.
The population of wolves and wild boars has been reduced.
The frequency of fishing spots has been reduced.
Ranked – First Reset: The ranked mode has been reset for testing purposes for the first time. You now have a reduced rank. Your progress with urgent missions is not affected.
Superstyles are active: As in every season, superstyles for your battle pass skins have also been activated in season 3 chapter 4. You can now acquire them with your stars.
All leaks from update 25.10
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What is happening today in Fortnite? Epic Games is taking the servers of Chapter 4 Season 3 down to upload a new update. According to the developers (via twitter.com), the daily login rewards from the PvE mode will be removed.
If you missed the trailer for Chapter 4 Season 3, here is the video:
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Fortnite: The Official Gameplay Trailer for Chapter 4 Season 3
Fortnite: Server Down – When and how long are they offline?
This is the downtime in the morning: The servers are expected to be taken offline by Epic Games at 09:00 AM German time. Matchmaking is already disabled 30 minutes before, so you will not be able to search for new rounds from 8:30 AM.
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When can you play again? This is a major update. It is likely that Epic Games could bring the servers back online at 11:00 AM or even 1:00 PM. This is not confirmed, though.
When will the patch notes be released? Epic Games usually publishes a short list of patch notes on their site after the update. If that happens, we will list them here briefly and clearly.
What content might arrive with update 25.10?
Epic Games reveals hardly any new information about upcoming content before a new update. However, trustworthy leakers like Shiina have been keeping an eye on the data that is hidden from normal users for a long time and know approximately what you can expect this time. You can expect the following things:
New cosmetics
New collaboration – Fortnite X Nike
Cosmetic items for summer
Super-styles for the battle pass skins
New augments (maybe)
Reset of the ranked mode
Shockwave grenade for the “No Build” mode
Crew skin for July
and more!
The first teasers of the content show Shiina in the tweet:
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One of the most important things to get the most out of your build in Diablo 4 are the gems. Gems can provide various values depending on where you use them. How to improve gems and the gem smith is covered in our guide.
How do gems work? Gems can be placed into the various sockets of your items. Depending on the type of equipment, gems improve different values. There are gems in 5 different quality levels:
Raw Gemstone
Damaged Gemstone
Gemstone
Flawless Gemstone
Royal Gemstone
Lower-level gemstones can be improved by the gem smith.
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Diablo 4: With this trick, you save inventory slots
Diablo 4: Unlocking the Gem Smith and Upgrading Gemstones
How do I unlock the Gem Smith? When you reach level 20 with your character, you receive a quest to visit the jeweler in Kyovashad. He will ask you to convert a raw ruby into a damaged ruby.
What else can you do at the Gem Smith? The Gem Smith not only improves gems but also has other important functions.
You can add sockets to equipment. The materials for this can be found with world bosses or loot goblins. This is useful when you have good equipment that lacks sockets.
You can remove gemstones from sockets if you want to swap them between equipment pieces.
You can upgrade your jewelry, i.e., rings and amulets, to enhance their values.
This is what the menu looks like when you want to craft and improve gemstones
How do I improve gemstones? To upgrade gems to the next level, you only need 3 copies of a gem and enough gold. For example, you can turn 3 damaged sapphires into a sapphire. Upgrading to the next level also improves the values provided by the gemstone.
The gold costs are as follows:
Damaged Gemstone: 4,500 Gold
Gemstone: 12,500 Gold
Flawless Gemstone: 18,000 Gold
Royal Gemstone: 50,000 Gold
Diablo 4: All Gemstones and Their Effects – Overview
All gemstones have more powerful effects depending on their type and upgrade level. We will now list all these effects and show you what bonuses you can obtain per upgrade level. To view the details of each gem, just open the gray box that bears the name of your sought-after gem:
Amethysts
RawAmethyst
Weapon: 4% damage over time
Armor: 4% reduction of damage over time
Jewelry: 11.5% shadow resistance
Damaged Amethyst
Weapon: 5% damage over time
Armor: 5% reduction of damage over time
Jewelry: 14.3% shadow resistance
Amethyst
Weapon: 6% damage over time
Armor: 6% reduction of damage over time
Jewelry: 16.9% shadow resistance
Flawless Amethyst
Weapon: 7% damage over time
Armor: 7% reduction of damage over time
Jewelry: 19.6% shadow resistance
Royal Amethyst
Weapon: 8% damage over time
Armor: 8% reduction of damage over time
Jewelry: 22.1% shadow resistance
Sapphires
Raw Sapphire
Weapon: 6% critical hit damage against enemies under control effects
Armor: 1% damage reduction while you are fortified
Jewelry: 11.5% cold resistance
Damaged Sapphire
Weapon: 7.5% critical hit damage against enemies under control effects
Armor: 1.5% damage reduction while you are fortified
Jewelry: 14.3% cold resistance
Sapphire
Weapon: 9% critical hit damage against enemies under control effects
Armor: 2% damage reduction while you are fortified
Jewelry: 16.9% cold resistance
Flawless Sapphire
Weapon: 10.5% critical hit damage against enemies under control effects
Armor: 2.5% damage reduction while you are fortified
Jewelry: 19.6% cold resistance
Royal Sapphire
Weapon: 12% critical hit damage against enemies under control effects
Armor: 3% damage reduction while you are fortified
Jewelry: 22.1% cold resistance
Emeralds
Raw Emerald
Weapon: 6% critical hit damage against vulnerable enemies
Armor: 12 thorns
Jewelry: 11.5% poison resistance
Damaged Emerald
Weapon: 7.5% critical hit damage against vulnerable enemies
Armor: 38 thorns
Jewelry: 14.3% poison resistance
Emerald
Weapon: 9% critical hit damage against vulnerable enemies
Armor: 70 thorns
Jewelry: 16.9% poison resistance
Flawless Emerald
Weapon: 10.5% critical hit damage against vulnerable enemies
Armor: 150 thorns
Jewelry: 19.6% poison resistance
Royal Emerald
Weapon: 12% critical hit damage against vulnerable enemies
Armor: 250 thorns
Jewelry: 22.1% poison resistance
Diamonds
Raw Diamond
Weapon: 7% damage from ultimate abilities
Armor: 3% barrier generation
Jewelry: 4% resistance against all damage types
Damaged Diamond
Weapon: 9% damage from ultimate abilities
Armor: 3.5% barrier generation
Jewelry: 5% resistance against all damage types
Diamond
Weapon: 11% damage from ultimate abilities
Armor: 4% barrier generation
Jewelry: 6% resistance against all damage types
Flawless Diamond
Weapon: 13% damage from ultimate abilities
Armor: 4.5% barrier generation
Jewelry: 7% resistance against all damage types
Royal Diamond
Weapon: 15% damage from ultimate abilities
Armor: 5% barrier generation
Jewelry: 8% resistance against all damage types
Rubies
Raw Ruby
Weapon: 12% overpower damage
Armor: 2% maximum life
Jewelry: 11.5% fire resistance
Damaged Ruby
Weapon: 15% overpower damage
Armor: 2.5% maximum life
Jewelry: 15.3% fire resistance
Ruby
Weapon: 18% overpower damage
Armor: 3% maximum life
Jewelry: 16.9% fire resistance
Flawless Ruby
Weapon: 21% overpower damage
Armor: 3.5% maximum life
Jewelry: 19.6% fire resistance
Royal Ruby
Weapon: 24% overpower damage
Armor: 4% maximum life
Jewelry: 22.1% fire resistance
Skulls
Raw Skull
Weapon: 2 life on kill
Armor: 3% healing received
Jewelry: 75 armor
Damaged Skull
Weapon: 5 life on kill
Armor: 3.5% healing received
Jewelry: 125 armor
Skull
Weapon: 8 life on kill
Armor: 4% healing received
Jewelry: 170 armor
Flawless Skull
Weapon: 12 life on kill
Armor: 4.5% healing received
Jewelry: 220 armor
Royal Skull
Weapon: 24 life on kill
Armor: 5% healing received
Jewelry: 250 armor
Topaz
Raw Topaz
Weapon: 10% damage from basic skills
Armor: 6% damage reduction when suffering from control effects
Jewelry: 11.5% lightning resistance
Damaged Topaz
Weapon: 12.5% damage from basic skills
Armor: 7% damage reduction when suffering from control effects
Jewelry: 14.3% lightning resistance
Topaz
Weapon: 15% damage from basic skills
Armor: 8% damage reduction when suffering from control effects
Jewelry: 16.9% lightning resistance
Flawless Topaz
Weapon: 17.5% damage from basic skills
Armor: 9% damage reduction when suffering from control effects
Jewelry: 19.6% lightning resistance
Royal Topaz
Weapon: 20% damage from basic skills
Armor: 10% damage reduction when suffering from control effects
How can I forge stronger gemstones? To be able to forge higher quality gemstones, you just need to level up your hero. Depending on your level, you will unlock higher quality upgrade levels for your gemstones:
Damaged Gemstones: Level 20
Gemstones: Level 40
Flawless Gemstones: Level 60
Royal Gemstones: Level 70
This only pertains to crafting. You can also find flawless diamonds for example at level 55.
Diablo 4 offers a built-in system to customize your appearance. Through the “Transmog,” you can assemble and quickly change various outfits. Some players use this to recreate famous characters – and quite impressively.
In the Transmog system of Diablo 4, many players are currently expressing their creativity. You can change your armor and adjust colors with just a few adjustments and even use special items that you carry on your back. Very popular: a cute wolf puppy.
Diablo 4 places great importance on the appearance of your characters. You can already make countless adjustments during character creation and find various armors in the game to create your own style.
However, the shop is under criticism. Pre-made skin packs cost up to 25 €, which is even too much for some hardcore fans. However, everything is optional and purely cosmetic.
In fact, many items from the shop can be found almost identically in the game and the armors that drop sometimes look even better. Players are now sharing their special creations on social media.
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Diablo 4: This is how the transmog system works
He-Man, Kratos and Triss Merigold in Diablo 4
As inspiration for the outfits, many heroes from movies, series, and video games served. Shortly after the release, the first user showed how he impressively transformed his barbarian into Prince Adam aka He-Man from the comic series:
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Only a day later, a user took creativity as inspiration and transformed his druid into Winnie the Pooh – albeit with a cheeky jab at the current president of China, Xi Jinping:
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In the somewhat newer creations, there are attempts to recreate the heroes from the Witcher universe. The first attempt we could discover: Triss Merigold:
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Actors as Titles and Partner-Cosplay with Your Own Golem
For some players, the Transmog system is apparently not enough. A necromancer, for instance, has not only dressed himself up but also equipped his golem with armor to recreate Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist:
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The user El_Rocky_Raccoon gives himself even more “meta” with his necromancer. Here, the appearance is less decisive than the title. Diablo 4 offers the possibility to create crazy player titles. His idea: the actor Willem Dafoe:
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Especially much effort for a fitting Transmog with title has been put in by the user BronanTheBrobarian. For his perfect Conan cosplay, he has even worked for many hours on the title: The Barbarian:
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All the outfits shown come completely without microtransactions and shop, while you can buy slightly prettier versions or “complete sets” directly if you don’t want to farm them yourself. If you are on the hunt for stylish Transmog, you should quickly find the items together.
Remember that items look different depending on the area in which you find them. Even if the stats are identical, a helmet from the peaks looks different from one from the steppe.
Diablo 4 is full of interesting stories from the community:
In Diablo 4 the Butcher is a notorious enemy that could appear at any time while you are exploring dungeons. Defeating him is no easy task at higher world levels. However, a player tricked the boss and defeated him easily – with a ladder.
Who is the Butcher? The Butcher originally comes from Diablo 1, but has been a constant presence in the Diablo series. In Diablo 4, he appears as a secret boss who can make your life difficult in dungeons or hellish floods.
He can drop good loot when you defeat him. However, this is easier said than done. With a lot of CC and damage, he is a powerful opponent, especially when he surprises players in the most unsuitable situations.
Diablo 4: Blizzard build for the Sorceress in gameplay in the Lightwatch at World Tier 3
A ladder as the ultimate trick
How did the player trick the Butcher? The user ataya47 posted a video on Reddit in which he easily defeats the Butcher. It only took a simple ladder.
He plays the Sorceress with the Ice Shard core skill. As the Butcher chases him and deals visibly high damage, the player gets the idea to climb the ladder. Suddenly, the Butcher can no longer move, and the player kills him with ice shards.
You can see the Reddit video here:
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How do other players react? The comments on Reddit are visibly having fun with the video and comment jokes against Blizzard’s nerf philosophy along with Obi-Wan memes.
stepdog65: It’s over Butcher, I have the high ground.
TechTuna1200: Blizzard’s new patch: The Butcher has been buffed and can now climb ladders.
You-cant-stop-us: Update: The Butcher can now eat ladders.
All the jokes about the patches probably refer to the many nerfs that Blizzard brings in Diablo 4. However, this philosophy was explained at the last Campfire event:
A French entrepreneur founded a startup at 25 that developed an app for League of Legends. He ran the startup without outside money or any employees. The app for LoL grew for 10 years and became increasingly popular. Now he achieved a spectacular sale.
What kind of app is this?
The company is called “Wargraphs”, the app for LoL is called “Porofessor”. A corresponding website can be found at “League of Graphs.” There are also corresponding apps for the LoL offshoots Teamfight Tactics and Legends of Runeterra.
The app helps LoL players track and improve their in-game statistics: You can check how popular certain champions are, which champion to use against them, which runes to use, and which jungle paths increase the chances of winning.
LoL players love to improve their game. According to Techcrunch the app, along with the website, has 1.25 million daily users, and the company made 12.3 million € in revenue last year.
He has also achieved a lot in the last 10 years but has not developed an app:
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The Life of Faker – Why He is a Living Legend
Never taken outside money, never hired employees
The special thing is: Behind all the websites and apps is just one person, Jean-Nicolas Mastin.
He founded the company Wargraph at the age of 25 and has led it for 10 years without hiring employees or seeking outside money.
Who bought the company now? Wargraph was recently acquired for 50 million euros by a Swedish company, MOBA Network (via techcrunch).
The CEO says: Together with the founder, who joins the team, plans have already been made to further develop the project and to bring it to new games and markets.
With the acquisition of Mastin, they have now acquired a lot of expertise, which will help the company become the world’s best company in the gaming community sector.
Being smarter than the opponent because you have more info – that is the promise of Porofessor.
The developer himself now wants to develop a game after 10 years of app development. Something in the direction of Hearthstone.
But he also wants to do that without outside money.
People in the LoL environment have fascinating lives:
In Pokémon GO, a trainer is warning against using catch gadgets at the wrong moment – as he believes it cost him his Master Ball.
What is the problem? In Pokémon GO, there is the daily adventure incense, an item that allows you to get special spawns for 15 minutes while walking.
The big win of these 15 minutes is currently the rare Galar birds that can appear randomly. However, they are difficult to catch and tend to flee. That’s why some trainers are currently using their new Master Ball for these monsters, which guarantees to catch them. So did a trainer on reddit.
But the user ExtensionEgg7233 was quite surprised when he tried to catch his new Galar Zapdos: Because apparently his autocatcher, the “PokéBall Plus”, had already selected it.
“I clicked on the Zapdos and used my Master Ball, but my Pokéball Plus must have already selected it,” the user describes. When trying to catch it with the Master Ball, he then received an error message stating that “the Pokémon could not be found, and now it’s no longer in my storage!” The Master Ball is supposed to catch every Pokémon for sure.
To make matters worse, the Master Ball was now also gone – and you only get one of those. That’s why the trainer warns against using the autocatcher in such situations with the daily adventure incense.
But other users are already reassuring him, saying: It’s okay, and the ball is likely not lost.
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Pokémon GO shows the new season ‘Hidden Gems’ in the trailer
Trainers recommend the oldest gaming trick in the world for rescue
What do trainers say about this? In the comments, there are immediately some players who have an idea about the problem. Effectively they say: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
One user writes that he had exactly the same problem: Just reload your game, it’s not gone. I did the same thing when I went to work the other morning, and it reset when the game realized I hadn’t caught it (via reddit).
Another user refers to a friend who also had the problem with the adventure incense, which was resolved by reloading. He also mentions the support, which usually suggests exactly that first.
Moreover, the support of Pokémon GO often recommends the option Update game data for bugs and similar issues. You can find this in the advanced settings. It is supposed to be used when one detects problems in the game.
Another tip from an autocatcher user: One should first throw a berry at a Pokémon before attempting a catch. If the Gotcha has already detected the spawns, an error should appear now (via reddit). This way, one doesn’t even get tempted to throw the Master Ball.
Overall, trainers recommend to the user to use these options or, if in doubt, to contact support. However, whether it worked is still uncertain – the user has not provided further updates yet.
By the way: Some players in the thread report having caught Galar birds with the autocatcher just like that. So there does seem to be a chance of success.
The new MMORPG Blue Protocol launched on June 14 in Japan. It will only come to us in 2024 and is expected to be released for Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch couldn’t wait that long and has already played it.
Since 2019, I have been following Blue Protocol very closely and absorbing everything I can find. During the last tests, I watched live streams for hours to get a feel for the MMORPG. With the release in Japan, I sensed my chance. After all, theoretically even without a VPN, you can play from Germany.
While there were significant login problems during the first two days, I made good use of the weekend to look at the essential content of Blue Protocol. And I am very enthusiastic.
Whether it’s the combat system, movement, boss fights, or graphics – each of these aspects impresses me. Only regarding the grind do I have a bit of criticism, and I can’t comment on the story because unfortunately, I don’t speak a word of Japanese.
Who is speaking here? Alex is the MMORPG expert at MeinMMO and tries every new title. He has invested around 12 hours of gameplay into the Japanese version of Blue Protocol.
Fun from the first second, even if I can’t recommend every class
Even before the actual character creation, I am thrown into a kind of intro sequence. There, I slash away a few enemies as a ghost-like creature and familiarize myself with the general controls. The game is played classically in third-person view and with WASD.
Then comes character creation, where I have various options to individualize my appearance. With 14 different hairstyles and 15 different hair colors, the options are okay, but could also be more detailed. Especially when I compare the editor with Black Desert, I miss many sliders and adjustment options. What a pity.
After that, I choose my favorite from five different classes. I started my journey with the Twin Striker, who wields two axes and plays very dynamically. He – and the Bow Hunter in ranged combat – are my absolute recommendations for beginners.
However, my class choice is not final, because similar to Final Fantasy XIV, I can switch my character’s class if I want. However, I level each one independently and can only switch between them in towns. Both in Japan and with us, there are several character slots, so you can create a separate character for each class.
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Blue Protocol presents the character editor in the trailer
In the game world itself, I enjoyed every single second with my character. Right at the beginning, I get to prove my combat skills against a werewolf boss with a huge club. The enemy’s attacks are so clearly recognizable that I can easily avoid all damage with an elegant dodge roll (default the CTRL key).
I counter with two attacks on the mouse buttons and a quick axe strike on the “Q” key. The beauty of the combat system is that I can also jump and execute some attacks from the air.
I hop, roll, and slash through the first groups of enemies and haven’t had this much fun with a combat system in a long time. Overall, the number of abilities is not that large – 4 weapon abilities, 2 pet abilities, the 2 mouse buttons, and one ultimate – but somehow I’ve never missed any further abilities. This may also be because the cooldowns are quite short.
Some players report that the combat system becomes a bit repetitive over the course of the game, and that the fun diminishes. However, I can’t confirm that at least after 12 hours of gameplay and about 40 hours of watched live streams and videos – on the contrary.
Here you can check out gameplay of my class Twin Striker:
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Blue Protocol Twin Striker Gameplay
Especially due to the clear animations of the enemies, I always felt that the combat system rewards personal skill significantly, which motivated me to read the enemies even better.
Only with the Crusher – a class with a large, clunky hammer – can I understand the criticism. Here, the animations are quite slow, and after just a few minutes, I desperately wanted to switch back to my Twin Striker.
World events that create a true MMORPG feeling
A highlight of the game are the small world events that I have really enjoyed in Guild Wars 2. Right in the starting area, bosses can appear that have a lot of health points. Within a few minutes, around 15 players gathered at this boss and pounded on it – all at levels 2 to 4.
Although the bosses in the low-level range are not a big challenge, it immediately creates a multiplayer atmosphere that often gets lost in modern MMORPGs. And despite Blue Protocol being heavily instanced, I never felt alone at any time.
Especially the first city, which I have to keep returning to for the first quests, was always populated. There, up to 200 players can find their place. In the areas, only 30 players are active at the same time, but those aren’t particularly large. In fact, this number is more than sufficient; otherwise, we would constantly snatch quest mobs away from each other.
If you want to go into the areas as a group, you also have no problems. You can press a button in the group interface, and then you will all be ported together to a version of the area, similar to how it works with overflow in Lost Ark.
At level 3, the main quest leads directly to the first dungeon, which is meant to be completed alone. It’s not really difficult, but it gives a good impression of what I can look forward to in the endgame. Because the final boss already has several abilities that can charge at me or throw me to the ground.
Already at level 9, the first dungeon managed to actually kill me. During the final boss fight, several small adds joined in, and stones rained down from the ceiling. Once these stones hit me and stunned me. Consequently, I was beaten by the adds and the boss and quickly lay in the dirt.
In attempt 2, everything went smoothly.
But these dungeons were just a taste of what’s to come. I’ve seen some videos of later instances, including raids for 20 or 30 players. The fights there look really fun. Here you can check out such a raid:
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Unfortunately, I haven’t progressed much further than level 11 with the Twin Striker and level 5 with most other classes. This is also because, in between, you need a certain gear score for the next content. Especially at level 11, you hit a barrier that needs to be overcome.
For this, I have to grind a dungeon multiple times to earn materials for upgrading the weapon and level my Imajinns. For that, there are special quests, or you kill the same elite monsters repeatedly. Since you only get mats dropped by the mobs and no better equipment, upgrading sometimes feels a bit monotonous.
The developers have significantly adjusted the drop rates compared to the beta, so the grind is no longer as endless as before. However, it still happens that you have to defeat monsters dozens of times, even for some regular quests.
The first mount in the game is this beautiful fox.
There are a few things I wish I had known earlier to spare me some frustration. This includes that I should collect all materials I encounter in the open world as early as possible. Additionally, the adventure boards with optional quests are important for quickly leveling up.
Leveling the adventure rank, which exists in addition to the actual class level, is also essential. Here, I unlock general things like mounts, which greatly facilitates movement in the game world.
The shop is borderline, but could be very different for us
A point of criticism for the Japanese version is definitely the shop. You can purchase items for real money that increase the chance of more gem slots when crafting weapons. Weapons randomly have between 2 and 4 slots.
Additionally, there is an item for real money that allows you to retrieve gems used in weapons to use them in new ones. There is no free version of this.
Lastly, the gacha elements are criticized. Although they are purely cosmetic – such as outfits – the chances are said to be so low that one might end up spending 500 euros or more for a favorite skin.
Blue Protocol brings fresh air to the MMORPG drought
For almost 9 years, we have been experiencing a phase that many call the “MMORPG drought”. In 2010, it still seemed like we could expect new releases regularly:
In 2011, SWTOR was released
In 2012, Guild Wars 2 followed
In 2014, ESO, WildStar, and Blade & Soul were released
But since 2014, it has been rather lean. The major highlights were Black Desert, New World, and Lost Ark. And Blue Protocol can outshine them all.
Especially in the combat system, it picks the best from all titles. It relies on action, but does without the multitude of abilities and combos from BDO. At the same time, dodging and tactics are extremely important, as in New World. When it comes to instances and bosses, it takes a little from Lost Ark. Large raids with 30 players are also their own highlight.
Of all four mentioned titles, Blue Protocol makes the best impression regarding “mass market appeal” due to its gentle introduction, third-person perspective, and lack of PvP. Also, players from other titles like Genshin Impact can find their way around here without any problems.
Since ESO and Guild Wars 2, I haven’t had so much fun
Blue Protocol is a beautiful anime game with a very fun and fluid combat system. From the very first second, it has given me immense joy to beat up enemies and dodge all strong attacks myself. I had such a good feeling last in 2012 with Guild Wars 2, even though the combat systems are hard to compare. Blue Protocol is much more action-oriented, but offers much fewer abilities.
The early dungeons and events in the open world directly gave me a multiplayer feeling, quite different from Tower of Fantasy, the anime MMORPG from 2022. The strong focus on the story ensures that you progress well even when playing alone. So if you enjoy playing Genshin Impact or Tower of Fantasy, you will likely enjoy Blue Protocol as well.
While you need a fondness for grind and the shop is justly criticized, I can currently overlook both because the fights and the instances are so much fun. It’s really cool that the next class is set to come out in August. New content is certainly in the works.
I miss arena PvP a little to prove my skills against other players. For pure PvE fans, however, it is by far the best MMORPG released since 2014.
Alexander Leitsch
MMORPG expert at MeinMMO
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Microsoft has built a secret restart into Windows. It’s well hidden because it allows you to reboot your system while bypassing all security systems.In some emergency situations, this can save you from a “cold reboot.”
Windows has a hidden key for emergency restart in case everything goes wrong. Microsoft introduced this switch back with Windows Vista. That was 16 years ago.
The emergency restart is designed to rescue your computer from a situation where an application or software has blocked your computer so severely that you cannot restart your PC normally.
Emergency restart as a last resort when (almost) everything is stuck
In a normal restart, Windows tries to close all programs before restarting the system. The emergency restart, on the other hand, shuts down your PC immediately without further warning, then starts it up again, bypassing the problems.
However, there is one problem: Your system must still be somewhat usable; otherwise, the emergency restart won’t work. If you can no longer click on menus or if CTRL + ALT + DEL doesn’t work, then this “tip” won’t help you much.
This is how you use the emergency restart in Windows:
First, press the classic combination CTRL + ALT + DEL.
In the bottom right, you now have three small icons for network and accessibility options and a power icon.
If you hold down the CTRL key and click the power icon, you’ll get a new screen.
This is the screen for the emergency restart. If you click OK, the computer will restart directly and without detours.
However, note that with this type of restart, the system is restarted completely without saving data. If you have your tax return open and haven’t saved it for 2 hours, then it will likely be gone after a restart.
