MMORPG completely renounces PvP – Remove the subscription now so that everyone can play it

On October 15, 2022, the MMORPG Embers Adrift celebrated its release. The game features a huge sandbox in a medieval world, but it has only PvE. Until now, you had to subscribe to enter this game world. That will change in June.

What kind of game is that? Embers Adrift is an MMORPG where you experience a real adventure and must cooperate with other players. Because even in the starting area, there are monsters that can only be defeated in a group.

Additionally, there are dungeons, raids, and bosses in the open world, but you have to assemble your group through chat or the guild as in Old School games. Those who want to go solo can do so, but will miss out on some experiences.

  • The game relies on a Holy Trinity of tank, healer, and DPS.
  • During character creation, you can choose the class Defender, Striker, or Supporter. At level 6, you can then choose a second specialization from the same 3 types. This results in a total of 9 different combinations.
  • Embers Adrift avoids larger quest hubs and boring farming tasks. All quests in the game tell a story and provide useful rewards.
  • There are some elements designed to enhance immersion, including the absence of a minimap, unnecessary tooltips, and a reduced interface.

Embers Adrift wants to be a true Old School MMORPG, which you can also feel in the combat system. It is very slow and offers little dynamism, although it is supposed to gain strategic depth in the endgame. You can also feel in the graphics and the significant time investment that the title is aimed more at a niche audience.

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New sandbox MMORPG will be released in 2022 – Developer explains Embers Adrift in 1 minute

Subscription will be optional, but with some useful upgrades

What is changing now with Embers Adrift? Those who want to play the MMORPG must first pay $39.99 and will then receive one month of subscription included. If you want to continue playing afterward, you must pay $9.99 per month.

Currently, however, Embers Adrift is only $29.99 as part of a sales promotion. Additionally, starting at the end of June, you can play completely without a subscription and gain access to the entire game world and all classes.

However, there are some limited restrictions:

  • You only have access to one character slot.
  • You have fewer bank slots.
  • You have access to fewer emotes.

Subscribers will also receive some bonuses in the future, including a private chat, unique titles, and a portable crafting station. You can check the exact details on the official website (via Embers Adrift).

How has Embers Adrift developed? Since the release in October, there have already been several updates that brought additional dungeons and bosses, revamped crafting, and introduced new hairstyles.

The last major update was released in May and brought new quests, new loot, and improved performance settings. The developers are therefore actively working on further developing Embers Adrift.

What do you think of the changes? Will you check out Embers Adrift in the future, or is the game “too” Old School for you?

Twitch streamer critically reviews massive 15-minute boss fight of the MMORPG hope Ashes of Creation

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Eevee from Pokémon is missing 9 evolutions – Which ones do you miss the most?

One of the most popular monsters in Pokémon GO is Eevee with its evolutions. But with these, the possibilities are far from over. We at MeinMMO show you which types are still missing and want to know from you which ones you would wish for the most in the game.

Which monsters are we talking about? In the anime and various Pokémon games, some monsters enjoy particular popularity among trainers. So does Eevee, a small brown monster from the first generation of games. What’s special about this Pokémon is its many evolutions.

Currently, it has a total of 8 evolutions, which all belong to different types and some even are among the best attackers in Pokémon GO. However, there is clearly still potential to grow, as of the 18 different types that exist in the Pokémon world, only 9 are currently occupied by Eevee and its evolutions.

Which types are still missing and what they might look like, we have summarized for you below. We also want to know from you which evolution you would wish for the most.

Here’s how the missing evolutions of Eevee could look like

Which types does Eevee represent? Eevee itself belongs to the Normal type Pokémon and is therefore, along with its stats in the game, less interesting for battles. However, collectors especially appreciate encounters with Shinies or the various costumes it wears for different events in Pokémon GO throughout the year.

However, Eevee can score points with its numerous evolutions, which are also referred to as “Evolutions.” The following types take on these:

  • Aquana (Water)
  • Blitza (Electric)
  • Flamara (Fire)
  • Psiana (Psychic)
  • Nachtara (Dark)
  • Folipurba (Grass)
  • Glaziola (Ice)
  • Feelinara (Fairy)

In the following image, you can see what Eevee and its evolutions look like:

Eevee family Feelinara Pokémon GO

Here we show you which tricks you can use to evolve Eevee.

How could additional types look like? Besides the mentioned types, the Pokémon world still has the following: Ground, Dragon, Flying, Ghost, Rock, Poison, Bug, Fighting, and Steel. Many trainers therefore repeatedly express the wish on social media that Eevee should receive further evolutions that are assigned to the still missing types.

The TikToker decekayy has also dealt with this topic and therefore shows in one of his videos through fan art how these evolutions could look:

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Which type do you miss the most among the Eevee evolutions?

The reactions to the TikTok are clear, as many players, according to the comments, can well imagine new Eevee evolutions in the game and hope that these will soon become a reality (via tiktok.com).

But what about you? Which of the evolutions do you miss the most? Vote anonymously in our following survey. Each person has one vote available. You can also let us know in the comments why you made your choice and which evolutions you would also find cool.

Are new Eevee evolutions even conceivable? Yes, even though there are currently no official information from the developers regarding such plans, it is not impossible that Eevee will receive further evolutions in the future.

With the introduction of new generations, new Pokémon keep coming into play. For example, Feelinara only celebrated its release with the introduction of Generation 6.

Whether this will happen someday remains to be seen. However, if there are any new updates regarding this, you will, of course, find out here at MeinMMO.

How do you like the ideas for new Eevee evolutions? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments here on MeinMMO and exchange ideas with other trainers.

In Pokémon GO, the 11th season is now running, bringing you new monsters. We show you all spawns, bonuses, and events of the season “Hidden Gems”.

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LoL: The 7 strongest champions in patch 13.11

Patch 13.11 of League of Legends has been released, and along with some changes, the strength of various champions has also changed. This list shows you 7 of the strongest champions in Patch 13.11.

We evaluate the strength of the champions based on several statistics, their pick rate, and their associated win rate. Just because a champion has a high win rate on a certain build but is played by very few people does not automatically make them strong.

For the statistics and numbers, we compared the sites Mobalytics, U.GG, and OP.GG, looking at all ranks. (As of: 02.06.2023) You can find the sources at the bottom of the article.

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Kha’Zix – An Assassin for Snowballing

Role: Jungle

Why is he so good?: The nerfs to Youmuu’s Ghostblade in Patch 13.11 do not seem to bother Kha’Zix, and he remains just as good as before.

As an assassin, he is particularly good at taking down the currently very strong ADCs, he has a decent jungle clear, and through his passive ability, he can also engage in fights in the enemy jungle in the early stages of the game.

His ability enhances him when fighting against individual enemies. Surprising people in the jungle or while warding is his strongest moment. If you accumulate some kills in the early game, you can build on that and help the other lanes to victory.

Malphite – A Tank for All Occasions

Role: Toplane

Why is he so good? Malphite has long been a giant on the toplane and remains so in Patch 13.11. With his W and passive, he is incredibly tanky on the lane, especially against AD opponents.

Malphite is a natural counter against strong ADCs. His W grants him a lot of armor, and his item build also makes him strong against AD champions. Additionally, armor boosts the damage of his W and E abilities.

However, his glory time mainly begins outside the laning phase in team fights. His ultimate knocks enemies up in an area for 1.5 seconds. Moreover, his ultimate deals solid damage and is hard to anticipate. Such an ability fits into any team and provides a strong initiation for a fight.

You should definitely always try to surprise the enemy carry with the ultimate to take them out of the fight.

Annie – Simple but Effective

Role: Midlane

Why is she so good? Annie is a classic among midlaners and gains a lot from her simple playstyle.

Due to the nerfs to Force of Nature in Patch 13.10, more and more AP champions are gaining importance. Annie’s abilities are simply designed, making her easy to learn. She deals good damage, and through her passive ability, almost all of her spells can stun enemies.

If she hits a group of enemies with her W or even her ultimate while her passive is active, she can stun an entire team and thus poses a huge threat in team fights.

She is particularly strong against midlaners with less range and will have hardly any problems in the laning phase.

Jhin – Pure Damage in the Botlane

Role: ADC

Why is he so good: Jhin automatically relies on pure damage through his passive ability. The buffs and changes to crit and other ADC items benefit him, and he is a big threat in the botlane.

Through his passive, Jhin deals incredible amounts of damage, and with the rune Fleet Footwork, he not only has a heal but also temporarily boosted movement speed, allowing him to poke the enemy well in the lane.

In team fights, he can use his ultimate to kill enemies with low health from a great distance. He also has good synergy with many of the currently very strong enchanter supports.

However, you should be careful with Jhin against aggressive ADCs like Draven.

We have created a guide for Jhin in Patch 13.10 for you, which you can also use well in the current patch.

Milio – The New Support is Really Good

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Role: Support

Why is he so good: Milio is the newest champion in League of Legends and is immediately a support that plays at the top level.

His abilities work with virtually any ADC, and he brings many useful tools with his abilities.

He can heal, has CC, provides range for attacks, and enhances attacks. All buffs that work with any ADC. His ultimate, which can remove CC, is the cherry on top and can turn any team fight in favor of his team.

The task as Milio is to enhance and support the carry, and he has been fulfilling this task brilliantly since his release.

The nerf to Ardent Censer does not seem to bother him, and he continues to perform at a high level.

Blitzcrank – The Counter Against Enchanters

Role: Supporter

Why is he so good: Blitzcrank is basically the anti-enchanter, and a good Blitzcrank is always a threat during the lane phase. His Q, which can pull an enemy towards him, is the most dangerous ability.

If a Blitzcrank player can hit his Q well, the lane phase is often won. Especially in a meta with enchanter supports and few mobile ADCs, like Kog’Maw or Jinx, Blitzcrank is a good choice.

His abilities have good base damage, and the combination of his Q and E allows guaranteed kills in many situations.

Blitzcrank is also there in team fights to prioritize which enemy should be pulled with his Q. ADCs and other carries are his main targets. Tanks should preferably not be pulled in the later stages of the game.

Ahri – Midlane Assassin

Role: Midlane

Why is she so good? Ahri benefits like Annie from the nerf to Force of Nature and the current focus on ADCs as carries.

Once she reaches level 6, she can roam to the botlane to secure kills. She has a fairly strong CC spell with her E, and with her ultimate, she is mobile.

Through her main item Everfrost, she gains an additional CC opportunity, and with the new teleport changes, she can show presence across all lanes starting from minute 10.

As Ahri, you should be careful against champions with simple and hard CC. Annie poses a significant threat to Ahri, and her fights should focus on targets with low health.

If a specific champion or secret tip is missing, please write it in the comments!

In the professional scene of League of Legends, players are threatening strikes and want to put pressure on Riot.

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ESO: Today the new expansion Necrom is released, but who is it worth it for? The brief check

On June 5, Necrom, the latest expansion for the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, will be released. But what’s inside, and is it worth coming back? We at MeinMMO summarize all the important details for you.

What does Necrom offer? The new expansion brings the usual new features, including:

  • About 30 hours of new story content, which will also be fully voiced. Together with the Daedric Prince Hermaeus Mora, you will pursue a mysterious threat and uncover a conspiracy.
  • Two new areas – the Telvanni Peninsula on the east coast of Morrowind and Apocrypha, a region in the realm of the forgotten.
  • A new raid for 12 players.
  • Two new companions, as is usual since Blackwood. The Rothwardonian Arcanist Azandar al-Cybiades and the Argonian Keeper Gerissen-wie-die-Nacht.
  • 10 new item sets, new antiquities, new collectibles, and new achievements and titles.
  • A new card set for the card game “Glory Stories”.

However, the big highlight is the new class Arcanist, which will be playable right at the release of the expansion. It comes with three skill lines designed for damage, support, or tanking. At an initial play event, it already made a really good impression: I tested the new Arcanist class in ESO and say: You will love it.

What does Necrom cost? Anyone who already owns a version of ESO only has to pay 39.99 euros for the expansion. For 59.99 euros, you get Necrom along with access to the base game and all previously released expansions. Optionally, you can invest 20 euros more to purchase a deluxe version with additional skins, pets, mounts, and other small bonuses.

When does it start exactly? The release for PC takes place on Monday, June 5, 2023. There is no exact time, but the servers came online at some point between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM during the last expansions.

Console fans will have to be a little more patient. Necrom will be released on PlayStation and Xbox only on June 20.

Here you can watch the latest gameplay trailer:

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom gameplay trailer

Checklist – Should I play ESO Necrom?

For a quick overview, we have included a short checklist for you. We have prepared 10 statements, and if you answer at least 7 of them with “yes,” you can confidently start with Necrom. More detailed information can be found further down in the text.

  • I am a big fan of ESO and play every new expansion anyway.
  • I prefer to play PvE content and have no problem playing an MMORPG alone.
  • A focus on the story and voiced dialogues are important to me.
  • I love ESO, but I need some fresh air for the gameplay, such as a new class.
  • An action combat system is really fun for me.
  • I want to be the hero in the game who defeats evil.
  • I generally feel at home in MMOs.
  • I enjoy collecting new gear sets and cosmetics, even if they don’t necessarily make me stronger.
  • I’m looking for a (new) MMORPG with easy entry.
  • I am a big fan of Morrowind or other games in the “Elder Scrolls” series.

Is a complete new start worth it? ESO has the peculiarity that you can start directly into the latest expansion with a brand new character. For this, the character is dynamically scaled to the maximum level and equipped with good gear.

New expansions are always a good starting point for newcomers because you can start adventures together with veterans, the new areas are always well populated, and you can have a great MMO feeling, even if you can easily complete many of the story-related content alone.

Necrom also has the advantage that with the Arcanist, a brand new class is introduced. It could, based on initial assessments, become a bit too strong, which is particularly beneficial for newcomers.

How much playtime is in the expansion? Those who just want to “rush through” the new story will need about 10 to 20 hours for it. However, if you also complete side quests, achievements, and want to visit the raid, you will easily reach 200+ hours.

With the new class Arcanist, there will be even more playtime because you will have to level this class first, equip it, and potentially revisit other old game content.

Necrom brings hope, but it won’t revolutionize ESO

How is the expansion received? Necrom excites fans with some unique features. These include not only the class, which plays fresh due to its combo system, but also the setting in Morrowind. For many, it’s a kind of homecoming because the area was already included in the third part of the single-player campaign.

The new area Apocrypha with its dark atmosphere and twisted, eerie layout is also praised. Part of the zone is a labyrinth of floating books.

Overall, Necrom seems to be a very solid expansion with small highlights. After rather weak years with Blackwood and High Isles, ESO needs a success experience again.

However, some testers warn that many new features still rely on a modular system and do not distinguish themselves too much from old content. Companions, raids, the basic structure of the areas, and the rewards have appeared in a similar form in other expansions.

A highlight in 2023 will, however, be the patch in the 4th quarter, which is expected to bring a completely new game system. You can find more about this and generally the content for this year here: ESO: Everything about the new expansion Necrom, the Arcanist class, and the 2023 content.

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Diablo 4: Season 1 Start – Everything you need to know

Diablo 4 can currently be played in Early Access, but only the base game. Season 1 has not yet started, and many are wondering where it is. We show you everything about the launch and what you can expect.

When does Season 1 start? Diablo 4 has not yet set a specific start date for Season 1. Despite this, the developers have discussed the topic of Seasons and the Battle Pass in an older Blizzard stream. This also included the start of Season 1.

This is scheduled to take place in mid to late July 2023.

Why does Season 1 start so late? Diablo 4 has two release dates:

  • The Early Access for pre-order customers of the digital Deluxe and Ultimate Edition
  • The regular release for purchasers of the Standard Edition

Players in Early Access would thus have a 4-day head start over players who did not spend as much money. Blizzard wants everyone to start with the same chances in the Ladder.

We also show you how to quickly reach Level 100 in Diablo 4:

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Diablo 4: How to quickly reach level 100

What content will there be? Seasons will bring, in addition to a Battle Pass, new quests, a theme, as well as new monsters and items.

Players can then start afresh with a seasonal hero, loot, and level up, thus trying out new builds. There will also be a Ladder where players compete for their position in the ranking.

Blizzard is taking a new approach, as while Diablo 3 only worked with its Seasons, Diablo 4 will also have Battle Passes, which notably will not include Pay2Win.

You will only receive a cosmetic advantage, as these Battle Passes will predominantly feature skins for your heroes, weapons, and mounts.

How long does a Season last? A Season in Diablo 4 will last up to 3 months.

We also have a tier list for all classes if you want to know which is the best: Diablo 4: Tier List – All classes ranked at release

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Thousands of fans love the co-op mode in Diablo 4: “It’s just so perfect”

Diablo 4 is receiving a lot of criticism for its MMO approaches, online enforcement, and shared world, which brings foreign players onto your screen. However, at least the cooperative mode is being heavily celebrated by many players.

The early access of Diablo 4 is online and many players are already bustling on the servers of the action RPG. And as many tests have already announced: The game is “hellishly” good. Even if that phrasing may have been used a bit too often.

Really strong are also the cooperative mode and level scaling, at least if you believe the currently largest thread in the subreddit of Diablo 4.

Thousands of players are excited about the possibilities and MeinMMO shows you what is so great about it and why many users still have some objections.

If you are still considering whether to get Diablo 4, you can find an assessment from colleague Benedict Grothaus here. Also in the video:

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How good will Diablo 4 be? The expert’s conclusion after the test

How is the cooperative mode received? It is mainly about being able to play together casually without having to pay too much attention to the level difference. This is especially a great feature now, where many players are still in the leveling phase. The thread creator on reddit writes (via reddit.com):

The level scaling is the most incredible thing that has ever been in a game.

My buddy and I worked hard after the launch and played around 30 hours since release. Every time another friend joined (he has 2 kids), he could directly jump into our group and play with us, even though he was 20 or 30 levels lower.

We all face the same challenge. We all get good loot. We all make progress.

We can play together and chat the whole time, and we are currently discussing during every session how groundbreaking this is. It’s just so perfect, it does everything you expect from a good cooperative game.

Nearly 6,000 upvotes make the thread the biggest topic after the release. Over 1,400 comments testify to how many opinions there are on this.

Because even though thousands of players agree with the thread creator and celebrate the cooperative system with him, there are also many opposing opinions in the thread. And not just because later areas and dungeons actually have a minimum level.

Some players are completely against level scaling. User Yorgachunna writes: “I hate that. Loot feels so meaningless to me.” User cutmeme also joins in and explains that he considers the system a bad design decision.

He even accuses the developers of laziness and states that the entire game becomes meaningless because level and loot are not decisive.

Although most readers are on the side of the thread creator, there are many discussions around the topic.

What do you think about level scaling in Diablo 4? Great for the cooperative mode or bad for the overall significance of loot and level? Leave a comment on the topic.

To better assess which equipment is really strong, you should make certain settings: Immediately activate 2 settings from Diablo 4, otherwise you will miss important equipment stats

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Next week in Pokémon GO: Water event and Crypto-Articuno are coming

Which events are starting in the next days for Pokémon GO? You can look forward to a Water Festival, a big Spotlight Hour, a Raid Hour, a Community Day, and also Crypto-Articuno. In our overview, we show you the dates.

What are we showing here? Pokémon GO regularly has new events that bring you various bonuses, altered spawns, or even new Pokémon. For an overview of what is coming up in the next week, we summarize the upcoming dates for you.

So you can easily decide on which days and at what times you want to play.

Pokémon GO Events from June 5 to June 11

DateEvent
June 6Event: Water Festival starts
June 6Spotlight Hour with Krabby, Kabuto, Krebscorps, Scampisto, and Krabbox
June 7Raid Hour with Selfe, Vesprit, Tobutz (depending on the region)
June 10Community Day with Milza
From June 10Crypto-Raids of Tier 5 with Crypto-Articuno*, on weekends

The Water Festival: Here you can expect the new Pokémon Sankabuh, which you can find in the game for the first time at the start of the event on Tuesday. There are also extra candies for nice, great, and excellent throws, as well as additional XL candies. Rain lure modules last longer, and a Timed Research is available for purchase.

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Sankabuh and its evolution Colossand

Spotlight Hour: In the first Spotlight Hour of June, 5 Pokémon are in focus at the same time. On Tuesday evening, you will meet Krabby, Kabuto, Krebscorps, Scampisto, and Krabbox. For all except Krabbox, you have the chance for shiny encounters. Additionally, you will receive triple XP for catching Pokémon.

Raid Hour: In the Raid Hour on Wednesday, the three Pokémon Selfe, Vesprit, and Tobutz are in focus. You can battle all of them through Remote Raids. In Europe, you only encounter Vesprit.

Community Day: On Saturday, the Community Day with Milza takes place. An event many trainers are looking forward to. Because the rare monster is in focus for several hours, and you also have the chance for shinies. For our author Franzi, the C-Day with Milza is so important that she is skipping her birthday celebration.

Crypto-Raids with Articuno: Starting Saturday, you will encounter the special Pokémon Crypto-Articuno in Crypto-Raids. Every June weekend, you will have the opportunity to battle and catch the Pokémon in Crypto-Raids.

Which of the dates next week are you most looking forward to and why? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments here on MeinMMO.

We have summarized all events in June for Pokémon GO for you.

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“I was absolutely overwhelmed” – “Dark Knight” director is impressed by an actor from Peaky Blinders

Christopher Nolan recently spoke about his new film “Oppenheimer”. The renowned director expressed his deep admiration for the performance of a particular actor.

Director Christopher Nolan is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of our time, known primarily for complex storytelling in his films.

His works include:

  • Tenet (2020)
  • Dunkirk (2017)
  • Interstellar (2014)
  • Inception (2010)
  • The Dark Knight Trilogy: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Through his projects, the director has worked with many well-known Hollywood actors. However, one particular performer seemingly impressed Christopher Nolan quite a bit recently.

Here you can see a trailer for Christopher Nolan’s latest film Oppenheimer:

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Oppenheimer – New Trailer

“One sets a standard for an actor that very few actors in film history can meet”

Christopher Nolan spoke to the Total Film Magazine about his upcoming film Oppenheimer. In doing so, the director praised the performance of the lead actor Cillian Murphy, known from the Netflix series Peaky Blinders or the Dark Knight films as the villain Scarecrow.

“In truth, there aren’t many actors that can say directly: ‘Yes, we will be this guy for three hours,'” Nolan said.

The director further explained: “One sets a standard for an actor that very few actors in film history can meet.”

Despite having collaborated with the actor several times in the past and being aware of the actor’s talent, he was once again amazed:

“I must say, despite my already great trust in him, he was able to surprise me every day on set. And when we came into the editing room and pieced together the performance and saw the authenticity behind it, I was absolutely overwhelmed.”

When will Nolan’s new film be released? The historical drama Oppenheimer will hit theaters on July 20, 2023. Cillian Murphy plays the lead role of the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”

Alongside Murphy, other familiar faces include Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., and Matt Damon.

The Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently praised a former colleague for all his successes:

Terminator Schwarzenegger uses a Rambo quote to honor Bruce Willis

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Diablo 4: How to find free skins and armors for your mount

In Diablo 4 you can unlock many free skins and armor for your trusty horse, but the game does not explain where to find them. We will show you all the known locations and everything worth knowing about the skins.

Where can I find skins and armor for mounts? Players on Reddit have revealed their information regarding the locations of the skins and armor for mounts. The following sources are currently known:

There is also the option to purchase armor and skins in the shop for real money, but Diablo 4 already offers a diverse range of cosmetic items that can be obtained for free without the shop. You just need to invest patience and time.

Where can I find trophies for my mount? Very little is currently known about mount trophies. It is unclear whether they can be found in the world or if they can only be obtained through battle passes or the shop.

The only known free trophy was the “Cry of Ashava” trophy, which could only be obtained during the server slam. If further information arises, we will update our post.

How can I activate the skins? To activate skins for your mount, you first need to unlock your horse. To do this, you must complete the quest “Donan’s Favor”. We have summarized everything important for you in a video:

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Diablo 4: How to unlock your first mount

After that, you go to a stable master and can decide how your horse should look and what armor or trophy it should wear.

What skins are available? It is still unknown how many mounts and armor for your horse can actually be obtained for free. We had already listed some of the previously published examples before the release of Diablo 4, so if you want to take a look at them, we will guide you to the list with this link.

What advantages does a mount bring? With the mount, you will be able to travel faster through the world of Sanctuary. It is beneficial to complete the quest so you can more easily explore the broken world and complete dungeons.

For more information on how to quickly reach level 100, you can find it in our detailed guide: Diablo 4: Level up quickly – Guide to level 100

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Diablo 4: Patch Notes show serious nerfs for all classes – One of the best builds has been destroyed

Diablo 4 has released its first major patch notes, and we will show you the changes from update 1.008 in English. Small spoiler: All classes are now weaker.

On the morning of June 3rd, a slightly inconspicuous update for Diablo 4 went live. It was again around 300 MB, which hardly makes a dent on the hard drive.

But the adjustments are significant. All classes have been nerfed, the Whirlwind build of the Barbarians has even been utterly destroyed.

MeinMMO has translated the patch notes for you, and you can find all officially announced changes here. You can go directly to the English patch notes.

If you are still on your way to the endgame, check out our video on leveling to level 100:

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Diablo 4: How to quickly reach level 100

Diablo 4: Update 1.008 – Patch Notes

When is the update coming? The patch is already live.

How big is the update? You only need to download around 300 MB.

What’s included in the update? Adjustments for skills, Paragon glyphs, items, and aspects. Additionally, the developers provided an explanation of the thoughts behind the latest changes. You can find the explanation here under the patch notes.

Barbar Changes

  • Skill: Challenging Shout
    • Damage reduction at increased skill ranks from 4% to 2%
  • Aspect: Bold Aspect
    • Cooldown per enemy reduced to 1.0 to 1.9 seconds (previously 2.7 – 5.4)
    • Maximum cooldown reduction of 6 seconds
  • Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind
    • Critical Chance per second increased only by 3% to 8% (previously 5 – 10)
    • Maximum only 9% to 24% (previously 20 – 40)
  • Item: Gohr’s Devastating Grips
    • Explosion damage at the end of Whirlwind reduced to 16% to 26% (previously 50 – 70)
    • Damage against stationary objects no longer counts
    • Explosion damage increased only by the first 100 hits
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Diablo 4: Barbar Level Guide & Build – How to level up quickly and easily
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Druid Changes

  • Skill: Pulverize
    • Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 33% to 25%
  • Skill: Storm Strike
    • Damage increased from 32% to 40%
  • Skill: Grizzly Rage
    • Bonus damage increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%
  • Specialization: Obsidian Slam
    • Kills required increased to 20 from 10
  • Specialization: Calm Before the Storm
    • Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 15% to 10%
  • Passive: Electric Shock
    • Bonus damage increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%.
  • Shockwave Aspect
    • Damage reduced to 60% to 100% (previously 90 – 130)
  • Shattering Aspect
    • Critical Chance reduced to 30% to 40% (previously 40 – 50)
  • Lightning Dancer’s Aspect
    • Damage increased to 0.7% – 0.8% (previously 0.5 – 0.6)
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Necromancer Changes

  • Skill: Blood Lance
    • Damage increased to 80% (from 67.5)
  • Skill: Army of the Dead
    • Damage increased to 45% (from 30)
    • Cooldown reduced to 70 seconds (from 90)
  • Skill: Blood Wave
    • Damage increased to 120% (from 90)
  • Passive: Shadowblight
    • Damage increased to 22% (from 20)
  • Passive: Grim Harvest
    • Essence reduced to 2/4/6 (from 3/6/9)
  • Passive: Serration
    • Critical Chance reduction to 0.3/0.6/0.9% (previously 0.5/1.0/1.5)
  • Passive: Death’s Defense
    • Maximum damage increased to 60/45/30% of life (previously 75/60/45)
  • Specialization: Raise Skeleton
    • Damage increased by 10%
  • Specialization: Golem
    • Damage increased by 10%
  • Specialization: Blood Golem
    • Life drain increased to 90% (from 40)
    • Healing per hit when draining life increased to 5% (from 4)
  • Specialization: Iron Golem
    • Slam damage increased to 175% (from 25)
    • Shockwave damage increased to 40% (from 30)
  • Paragon: (Hulking Monstrosity)
    • Damage and life bonus from the golem increased to 40% (previously 30)
  • Paragon: (Cult Leader)
    • Bonus damage increased to 15% (from 10)
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Rogue Changes

  • Skill: Twisting Blades
    • Cooldown reduction per enemy hit reduced from 0.25 to 0.1 seconds.
    • Maximum cooldown reduction reduced to 2 seconds (from 3)
  • Skill: Rapid Fire
    • Damage increased to 30% (from 24)
  • Skill: Dark Shroud
    • Damage reduction per shadow from skill ranks reduced from 8% to 4%.
  • Skill: Dash
    • Enhanced Dash critical strike damage bonus reduced from 20% to 15%.
  • Skill: Caltrops
    • Damage increased from 30% to 40%.
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Sorcerer Changes

  • Skill: Arc Lash
    • Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 30% to 14%.
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 0.25 to 0.15 seconds.
  • Skill: Teleport
    • Damage Reduction duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds.
  • Legendary Aspect Changes
    • Aspect of Control: Bonus damage reduced from 30-40% to 25-35%.

General Changes

  • Summons of Necromancer and Druid
    • Now take only 1% damage from maximum life from damage-over-time effects
  • Paragon Board adjustments: Nodes
    • Attack Speed nodes give 50% less bonuses
  • Paragon Board adjustments: Glyphs
    • All Glyph scaling has been reduced by around 34%, except for the following
    • Critical Strike Damage Glyph: Bonus reduced by around 66%.
    • Vulnerable Glyph: Bonus reduced by around 66%.
    • Glyph Bonus for rare nodes reduced by around 50%.
    • Glyph Bonus for magical nodes reduced by around 40%.
    • Glyph Bonus for Cold/Fire/Lightning/Physical/Non-Physical nodes reduced by around 62.5%.
  • Treasure Goblins
    • Significantly lower spawn rate in PvP zones

You can view the complete list of patch notes at Blizzard (via blizzard.com) or here in the spoiler box:

English Patch Notes 1.08

Barbarian 

Skill Changes 

Challenging Shout 

  • Damage Reduction gained from Skill Ranks reduced from 4% to 2%

Legendary Aspect Changes

Bold Chieftain’s Aspect 

  • Cooldown reduction per Nearby enemy reduced from 2.7-5.4 seconds to 1.0-1.9 seconds. 
  • Maximum Cooldown reduction from 12 to 6 seconds. 

Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind 

  • Increased Critical Strike Chance per second reduced from 5-10% to 3-8%. 
  • Maximum Critical Strike Chance bonus reduced from 20-40% to 9-24%.

Item Changes

Gohr’s Devastating Grips

  • Explosion damage gained from Whirlwind reduced from 50-70% to 16-26%.
  • Damage against wreckable objects no longer increases explosion damage.
  • Explosion damage is only increased by the first 100 hits of Whirlwind.

Druid 

Skill Changes 

Pulverize 

  • Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 33% to 25%. 

Lightning Storm 

  • Damage increased from 32% to 40%. 

Grizzly Rage 

  • Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%. 

Class Specialization

Obsidian Slam

  • Kills required for bonus increased from 10 to 20.

Calm Before the Storm

  • Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 15% to 10%.

Passive Changes

Electric Shock

  • Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%.

Legendary Aspect Changes 

Shockwave Aspect 

  • Damage reduced from 90-130% to 60-100%.

Crashstone Aspect

  • Critical Strike Damage reduced from 40-50% to 30-40%.

Lightning Dancer’s Aspect

  • Flat damage increased from .5-.6 to .7-.8. 

Necromancer

Skill Changes

Blood Lance

  • Damage increased from 67.5% to 80%.

Army of the Dead

  • Damage increased from 30% to 45%.
  • Cooldown reduced from 90 to 70 seconds.

Blood Wave

  • Damage increased from 90% to 120%.

Passive Changes

Shadowblight

  • Damage increased from 20% to 22%.

Grim Harvest

  • Essence gained reduced from 3/6/9 to 2/4/6.

Serration

  • Critical Strike Chance reduced from .5/1/1.5% to .3/.6/.9%.

Death’s Defense

  • Maximum Minion Life lost in a single damage instance reduced from 75/60/45% to 60/45/30%.

Class Specialization

Raise Skeleton

  • Skeleton Warrior attack damage increased by 10%.

Golem

  • Golem attack damage increased by 10%.

Blood Golem

  • Blood Golem Life drain damage increased from 40% to 90%.
  • Blood Golem Life drain healing from enemies hit increased from 4% to 5%.

Iron Golem

  • Iron Golem slam damage increased from 25% to 175%.
  • Iron Golem shockwave damage increased from 30% to 40%.

Necromancer Paragon Board Changes

Hulking Monstrosity                                                        

  • Golem Life and damage bonus increased from 30% to 40% Life.

Cult Leader

  • Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%.

Rogue 

Skill Changes 

Twisting Blades 

  • Advanced Twisting Blades Cooldown reduction per enemy hit reduced from .25 to .1 seconds. 
  • Advanced Twisting Blades maximum Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 2 seconds. 

Rapid Fire 

  • Damage increased from 24% to 30%. 

Dark Shroud 

  • Damage Reduction per shadow gained from Skill Ranks reduced from .8% to .4%. 

Dash 

  • Enhanced Dash Critical Strike Damage bonus from 20% to 15%. 

Caltrops 

  • Damage increased from 30% to 40%. 

Passive Changes 

Concussive 

  • Critical Strike Chance reduced from 5/10/15% to 4/8/12%. 

Legendary Affix Changes 

Repeating 

  • Maximum Minion Life lost in a single damage instance reduced from 75/60/45% to 60/45/30%.

Sorcerer

Skill Changes

Arc Lash

  • Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 30% to 14%.
  • Glinting Arc Lash Cooldown reduction reduced from .25 to .15 seconds.

Teleport

  • Shimmering Teleport’s Damage Reduction duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds.

Legendary Affix Changes

Aspect of Control

  • Bonus damage reduced from 30-40% to 25-35%.

General

Miscellaneous Class Changes

Druid Companions and Necromancer Minions

  • Maximum damage over time taken per damage instance reduced from 2% to 1% of maximum Life.

Paragon Board Changes

Rare Nodes

  • Player Attack Speed nodes reduced by 50%.

Glyphs

  • All Glyph Bonus scaling has been reduced by ~34%, except for the following:
  • Critical Strike Damage Glyphs’ Bonus reduced by ~66%.
  • Vulnerable Glyphs’ Bonus reduced by ~66%.
  • Glyphs’ Bonus to Rare nodes reduced by ~50%.
  • Glyphs’ Bonus to Magic nodes reduced by ~40%.
  • Glyphs’ Bonus to Cold/Fire/Lightning/Non-Physical/Physical nodes reduced by ~62.5%.

Monster Changes 

  • Significantly reduced the spawn rate of Treasure Goblins within PvP zones. 

What do the developers say about the adjustments? Blizzard explains that they are mostly satisfied with the overall class balance. The current changes fall into three categories:

  • There were synergies that kept some classes alive for too long
  • Some skills and builds were too weak, and they received a buff
  • Paragon glyphs are too strong, and adjustments were needed

As a result, many skills that were considered the best options for a class after release were adjusted. Consequently, all classes received substantial nerfs, but also some buffs that may lead to new strong builds.

If you are looking for an assessment of which classes are strong after the release, check out our Tier List: Diablo 4: Tier List – All classes ranked at release

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8 Items you should never buy from vendors in Destiny 2

Guardians in Destiny 2 fight against the enemies of humanity and acquire increasingly powerful gear to face numerous challenges. But caution is required, as not everything that the vendors offer in the game is worth buying.

In Destiny 2, there is a variety of NPC vendors where Guardians can buy weapons, armor, shaders, and other items to equip their characters.

One might think that all the offers presented are good. But beware. Not every item that you can buy in Destiny 2 is worth your materials.

Destiny 2 automatically rewards players with a variety of items while playing. Therefore, it is wise to learn which items are truly worth buying from vendors and which are not.

Here we list the items that you should better avoid, as you can often unlock them for free.

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1. Ascendant Alloy from Master Rahool

Ascendant Alloy is used in Destiny 2 for weapon crafting to enhance attributes. So those who frequently craft weapons need this material regularly. But sometimes it’s just not enough, and you quickly buy one from Master Rahool in the Tower to craft a weapon.

Much too expensive!

However, you should not do that. The Ascendant Alloy from Master Rahool is far too expensive, which is easy to overlook.

  • 1 Ascendant Alloy costs Guardians a whole 400 Legendary Shards.

Too much when you consider that you would need to dismantle, on average, about 120-150 weapons to gather that amount.

It’s better to earn Ascendant Shards and Alloys. The Nightfalls or the Lightfall campaign missions at higher difficulty levels offer the option for Ascendant Shards, and the Witch Queen activity Supplicant offers Grandmaster Ascendant Alloys.

2. Enhancement Prisms and Cores from Master Rahool

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Quite an expensive affair: Buying Enhancement Prisms

In addition to the Ascendant Shards, Enhancement Prisms are a rare and valuable item in Destiny 2. Equally important are the Enhancement Cores. Some players swim in them, while others have to painstakingly save them to upgrade gear for endgame content.

It’s tempting to buy them from Master Rahool in the Tower.

  • 1 Enhancement Prism costs there 400 Legendary Shards.
  • 1 Enhancement Core costs 30 Legendary Shards.

Don’t let the offers seduce you here either. Enhancement Prisms and Cores can be obtained much faster and for a small time investment for free. For example, through rank-ups in playlists, conveniently from the Season Pass, or from Nightfalls.

3. Glimmer for Always Here Pieces from Master Rahool

Destiny-Rahool
Master Rahool sometimes asks too much of you

The maximum amount of Glimmer one can have in Destiny 2 is currently 250,000. But you quickly notice: If you create many masterpieces, buy bounties, craft weapons, or treat yourself to a new Exotic at the Monument of Lost Lights, that sum can quickly disappear.

If you’re low on funds, it’s tempting to quickly swing by Master Rahool and buy Glimmer there, so you can perhaps take all bounties at the Tower stop.

  • There you can exchange Legendary Shards, Dark Fragments, Illusory Fragments, or Always Here Pieces for 10,000 Glimmer.
  • The exact price may change daily.

Anyone with enough Legendary Shards can do that. But you should really only sacrifice an Always Here Piece if you have plenty of those rare drops. Because you need them on Europa to buy bounties from Variks for the “Beyond Light” weapons, like the auto rifle “Arctic Mist” or the rocket launcher “Under Zero Salvo.” They each cost you 30 Always Here Pieces.

You need Always Here Pieces for Variks – so keep an eye on your stock before buying Glimmer

However, since Season 19, it has become much easier to get Glimmer, as Bungie activated the Glimmer Boost for that.

  • Guardians can earn between 10,000 and 12,500 Glimmer when completing Heroic Public Events.
  • And those are just the base values without Ghost mods that boost Glimmer and without activated bonuses. So there’s quite a bit more to be earned per event. 

So the next time you’re low on cash, take a moment, hop out of your Sparrow, and help other Guardian comrades get some of that pretty shiny Glimmer for yourself instead of buying it at a high price.

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4. Glimmer and Legendary Engrams from the Star Horse

Say hello to the “Price Gouging Horse” in Eternity

Don’t be dazzled by the glittering Star Horse offer in Eternity at Xur. Here too, some offers are pure extortion.

Apparently, the Star Horse is not only fond of sugar cubes but also of Strange Coins. It offers players two extortionate deals to acquire this valuable item from them.

  • So it wants a pitiful sum of 1000 Glimmer for 5 Strange Coins.
  • For 3 Strange Coins, you also get a Legendary Engram from it.

So be warned: None of these offers makes sense and is a waste of your Strange Coins. Especially the Legendary Engram is absolutely not worth this expense. You can get that for free in the Open World at any Public Event.

It’s better to buy the Paraversal Fragments. Because they usually drop more and better items, making this investment worthwhile.

On the next page, you’ll find out why you should also pay close attention to weapons from Banshee-44.

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One of the best games for PS5 from 2020 is currently available for half price

Currently, you can get Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS5 and PS4 on sale in the PlayStation Store. According to Metacritic, the game is one of the best PS5 games of 2020.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is an action-adventure game and a single-player title where you must prove yourself as a young aspiring hero.

The game was developed by Insomniac Games and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in November 2020.

Here you can see a trailer for the Spider-Man game:

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Step into the shoes of Peter Parker as Miles Morales

The game picks up after the events of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. The teenager Miles Morales fights crime in Manhattan as Spider-Man just like his mentor Peter Parker.

A gang war between the Underground, led by the leader Tinkerer, and the private army of an energy company threatens the home of Miles, whose abilities as a superhero are put to the test.

In third-person view, you swing through the open world and complete missions where you capture criminals, rescue civilians, or destroy jamming devices.

Miles possesses special powers, like the “Venom Blast,” where he performs an electric attack. He also has the ability to become invisible.

Additionally, useful gadgets assist you in your crime-fighting, such as “Gravity Wells,” which can hold multiple enemies at once.

At the PlayStation Showcase 2023, several trailers for upcoming games were presented. Gameplay for Spider-Man 2 was also shown:

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How much does Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales cost? You can currently get the action game with a 50% discount in the PlayStation Store. Instead of €59.99, you pay €29.99. The offer ends on June 13, 2023, at 00:59 (as of June 4, 2023).

The game is also included in the PlayStation Plus Extra subscription.

How is the game rated? Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales scores very well on Metacritic, both with critics and players:

The Metascore for the PS5 version is 85, while the user score is 7.7. The Spider-Man game ranks 4th in the Metascore ranking of the best PS5 games of 2020.

Many players praise the beautiful graphics of the game as well as the fun gameplay, although some users feel the scope of the game is too small:

  • myskQl: “Beautiful game. Wonderful story and open world. There are many additional missions. The environment has become more lively and realistic”.
  • Ihead_shotu: “I would give it a 10, but 7 is appropriate because the story and gameplay are great. But what was not good was the length of the game. It felt like a DLC to me because it was so short. […]”.
  • Haydentheman: “I just got a PS4 and the first game I played was Spiderman Miles Morales. I’m a huge Spiderman fan and this game finally does him justice in the video game world since Spider-Man 2. This is my favorite game of all time and the graphics are stunning, even on a PS4. […]”.

If you prefer to play together with others in an open world, you might be interested in this upcoming Steam game:

New co-op game on Steam mixes open world with roguelite: “My most anticipated game this year”

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Expert makes a big mistake in Diablo 4: Wastes over 70 hours so that this doesn’t happen to you

Legendaries are a complex topic in Diablo 4. Effects can be extracted and then transferred to other items, but what should you keep in mind? An expert on Diablo made a big mistake and explains to you what you should pay attention to.

Who is the expert? DM: Diablo 4 is his name. He became known on YouTube through his videos about Diablo Immortal and has been active in Sanctuary again since the release of Diablo 4, streaming and informing players with useful guides about things to consider in the hack & slash.

This time DM made a mistake and now warns you not to make the same one. It’s about legendaries and their effects that you can extract at the Occultist.

Another mistake you can make is selecting the wrong world level. We show you why level 1 is better:

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A wrong decision can be very costly

What was the big mistake? Players can get legendary items in Diablo 4 and then convert them into aspects at the Occultist. Aspects are basically materialized legendary effects that you can imprint onto other rare or legendary items.

The problem, however, is that Blizzard does not explain to anyone how exactly the system works, whether aspects can be used infinitely, and how this relates to the values and their increase.

That’s why the YouTuber now regrets his decisions at the Occultist and warns you not to hastily waste your legendary aspects.

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Aspects have their own tab in your inventory

What should you consider? DM: Diablo 4 advises you (via youtube.com) to be careful about when you use your legendary aspects, as these are consumed once the Occultist has fused them into other items.

If you remove an aspect from a legendary item, you can only use that aspect once – unlike the aspects from the Codex, which you find in dungeons.

So if you ever find an item with nearly perfect percentage values of a legendary effect, keep it and imprint it into an item that you will never get rid of. Also, make sure to pay attention to the breakpoints so you know when items become stronger.

If you don’t do this, you are basically wasting your aspect and, as DM: Diablo 4 says, even hundreds of hours if you waste an aspect that is close to perfect values and fits your build. The YouTuber has now played for 70 hours and already feels bad.

So take your time and don’t waste your aspects. Try to understand the system and secure your legendary effects in your chest before you accidentally consume or leave them behind.

Two settings you should activate in Diablo 4 are important for better sorting your armor.

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Pokémon GO: Why everyone needs a strong Tyranitar now

In Pokémon GO a new season begins and a few attacks are changed. This suddenly makes an old favorite brutally strong.

This is happening in Pokémon GO: In Pokémon GO, the new season “Hidden Gems” started. It not only brings some new spawns or fresh events like the Water Festival, but also a new program for the Battle League. 

As part of the Battle League updates, the move pool of some Pokémon will also be adjusted. New attacks are added, some moves become stronger, and some Pokémon simply get a few new attacks in their set. 

This includes Tyranitar. It will indeed receive the move “Whirler” in its move pool. And with that, the monster becomes a must-catch for all trainers. 

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How strong is Tyranitar with Whirler

This is what makes Tyranitar special: Tyranitar is already a quite popular attacker, but with Whirler it gains a new quality. Because with the new attack, it is catapulted to the top of the Dark attackers.

The regular version of Tyranitar now ties with the current top attacker Trikephalo, while the Shadow version of Tyranitar with Whirler even surpasses it, writes Pokémon GO analyst Teban54 (via reddit). In terms of damage per second, the Shadow version is even slightly stronger than the currently unavailable Mega Evolution of Tyranitar itself. 

However, you shouldn’t just look at the Shadow version of Tyranitar, as the upcoming Mega Evolution could also turn “normal” Tyranitar into particularly powerful raid attackers. 

Here, you just have to wait until the evolution is available. And even if the damage per second will be slightly below that of the Shadow version, the Mega Evolution is more durable and also brings bonuses for the other battling Pokémon in raids. 

This will make Tyranitar a damn strong monster in raids that you should add to your team – especially when facing Psychic or Ghost Pokémon. And even as a Rock attacker, it remains a very good option.

You must keep this in mind: To get Shadow Tyranitar, you first need a Shadow Larvitar and must evolve it accordingly – otherwise, you won’t get access. Additionally, it will be necessary to unlearn the move “Frustration” before you can equip Tyranitar with Whirler. Here, some effort is needed.

Mega Tyranitar, meanwhile, won’t appear until July. So, there is still some time left. Nonetheless, it’s already worth starting the search for a powerful Tyranitar that can eventually be leveled up.

By the way, you don’t need a Charged TM for Whirler. You can teach Tyranitar the move with a completely regular TM.

If you want to know what’s going on in Pokémon GO, all the events in June 2023 for Pokémon GO can be found here.

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Black Desert: New expansion attracts players who usually do not like the MMORPG – Focuses on more story, less grind

The MMORPG Black Desert will receive its new expansion “Land of the Morning Light” on June 14. This will do away with the usual grind spots and replace them with boss fights. Additionally, it offers some unusual innovations. We at MeinMMO will present you the contents in more detail.

What is included in Land of the Morning Light? A major focus of the new expansion is on the story. However, it is not told in a linear quest series, but instead features 15 different, small story chapters that you can follow in a new “Story Book” within the framework of 8 stories. As already in the “Eternal Winter” expansion, there will be cutscenes and spoken dialogues.

Typical grind spots, for which Black Desert is well known, will also be omitted. Instead, there will be the Boss Rush. In the new area, you can expect a total of 8(+1) bosses, each with 10 difficulty levels. The fights are designed to be challenging and equipped with various mechanics.

The interesting thing about the boss fights is that your gear does not play a significant role. Instead, you can level new attributes specific to these fights. This especially helps players who have not yet grinded for strong gear.

Moreover, the expansion brings:

  • New enemy types
  • 2 new housing spots
  • A new ship
  • A new minigame for the life skills
  • New endgame equipment

You can watch the first trailer here:

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Black Desert – Trailer “Land of the Morning Light”

Beautiful environment, immersive story and a new mechanic for boss fights

What is the setting of the expansion? The new areas are said to look graphically beautiful, with huge bamboo trees and colorful flower fields. You can also expect several new enemy races, including the Horang – two-legged tigers – as well as the Hare (rabbits) and the Tortoise (tortoises). Additionally, new workers and a production node will be included.

Black Desert’s Executive Producer Jaehee Kim said in an interview with us:

With Land of the Morning Light, players will be able to experience breathtaking new graphics that are inspired not only by the Korean Joseon Dynasty [the last phase of the royal era], but also have never been seen before in any currently available video game, allowing them to experience something entirely new.

We believe that the new expansion will bring a certain freshness to the game that goes beyond the weekly updates that Black Desert provides to players.

A part of this freshness comes from the story. This will be told in over 100 cutscenes and 5,000 voice lines. However, it deviates from the overarching story of Black Desert and focuses specifically on the island and especially the bosses there. Land of the Morning Light is therefore designed to function “standalone” and make sense even if one only plays the expansion’s story.

Overall, there will be 15 story chapters, all of which begin in the new city of Dalbeol Village. You will activate them via a story book. The order does not matter, but you can only follow one story at a time.

Although developing stories with such a focus is costly and requires various review processes and localizations, we will continue to face these challenges as we want our players to enjoy our game in an even more immersive and exciting environment.

Jaehee Kim

By the way, anyone who completes all 15 chapters will receive +1 AP and +1 DP for the entire account family – a nice little bonus.

Black Desert Story Book
This is what the new story book looks like.

What is behind the boss rush? The centerpiece of the new areas is the boss rush, which replaces traditional grind spots. There are 9 bosses, each with its own theme, 10 difficulty levels and its own attribute, including sun, moon, and earth.

You should be able to defeat the low-level bosses without the special attribute, but for the high levels, you will need to focus on that. There are the “Jewels of Light,” which you can collect in the new area. You can then invest these into an attribute. However, their number is limited, so you can only specialize in a few attributes and not be ideal for every boss. For 2 million silver, you can reset the distribution at any time.

According to the developers, about 90% of the damage and your defense comes from the new attributes and only about 10% comes from your normal equipment. This means that even players without ideal endgame gear can be useful.

The system is intentionally aimed at new players, the developers say. However, for veterans, there are leaderboards for speedkills. In this case, every little percentage of gear also matters. You can take down up to five bosses per week.

What other new contents are there? In addition to new endgame armor, life skills have also been worked on. There is a quest line for collecting plants, which then unlocks a minigame. This will randomly appear during further collection activities, and upon success, you will receive more loot.

For hunting, there is also a new Marni rifle, which deals more damage and gives more loot when you take down creatures with a headshot.

How do I access the new content? To be able to enter the new expansion, you must complete the “Abyss One: Magnus” questline. This consists of a total of 110 quests starting at level 15. However, for newcomers, this should be feasible in a few hours.

Land of the Morning Light will be released in the first half of the year

When will the expansion be released? In Korea, the expansion was released on March 29, while the western version will be released on June 14. The developers mention localization as the main reason for the delay between the two versions.

The localization process for Land of the Morning Light is proceeding more smoothly than in previous updates, and we expect it to be completed earlier than originally planned […].

Is it worth starting anew with the expansion? We also asked Jaehee Kim this question. He says:

Black Desert welcomes everyone in the world who wants to join our adventure. We want to provide an experience where every player can enjoy the game as they see fit, which is why we are always thinking about the experience of new players.

What we are really trying to achieve is to bring joy to all players, whether they enjoy fishing, gathering, or fighting monsters – so much so that they don’t even realize they are staring at the ocean all day, thinking how beautiful it is. […].

We hope that Black Desert becomes more than just a game: a companion and a place where players can come together and share their joy, sorrow, frustration, and happiness in life.

A good time to start in Black Desert is the new seasons. In them, you level up characters faster, get useful gear from quests, and PvP is temporarily disabled. Currently, the spring season is running until April 19. The next season is expected to begin in May.

What do you think about the new expansion? Do the ideas and concepts appeal to you? Or can you simply not warm to Black Desert? Feel free to write it in the comments.

Our colleague Mark Sellner has already been able to play for three hours in Land of the Morning Light and is positively thrilled.

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Researchers want to know how you react to the end of the world – thanks to an MMORPG

Researchers attempted to depict and analyze player behavior towards the end of the (virtual) world in a study. They received support from the developer XLGames, who had provided data from a beta of the MMORPG ArcheAge for this endeavor. You can find out what conclusions can be drawn from this here.

How was the investigation conducted? The company behind ArcheAge provided data in the form of a MySQL database with a size of 45 GB. The database contained information on when and which activities users engaged in. Meanwhile, the developer is already working on ArcheAge 2.

The scientists studied the dataset and categorized it into 11 areas. These included:

  • Combat
  • Party
  • Dungeons
  • Battlefield
  • Siege combat (including guild vs. guild)
  • Raid
  • Family/Guild
  • Interaction with the game world (e.g., farming, wood gathering)
  • Creation of items
  • Housing
  • PvP

The dataset came from the fourth closed beta of the MMORPG ArcheAge and thus covers 11 weeks. Over the weeks, the game data was analyzed based on which of the mentioned categories players engaged in and to what extent.

Additionally, aspects such as the chat history during the closed beta or PvP, as well as virtual deaths, were examined during the testing phase. A total of 270 million lines of data were considered for the study. By the way, ArcheAge: War is gearing up for 2023.

Check out the trailer for ArcheAge: War here.

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Trailer for the new MMORPG ArcheAge War

What do the measurements show? If we start with combat, players fought intensely through the game world during the entire time. Only in the last week, just before the end of the virtual existence, did the slaughter decrease.

Additional content such as dungeons was engaged with intensively starting in the third week, but was nearly abandoned by week 9 of 11. Raids, on the other hand, started in the second week but were not played further past the tenth week.

Players began experimenting with housing from the third week onwards. However, housing failed to generate further interest from the tenth week of the closed beta.

The creation of items, however, found favor with players well into the tenth week. Yet this category, like interaction with the game world, receded into the background afterward.

Grouping peaked early on, in the second week, but steadily declined over time. By the tenth week, there was also a lack of group participation and activity here.

PvP and battlefields started moderately in the third week and ended with similarly low intensity between the ninth and tenth weeks. Siege battles were hardly ever conducted.

Family and guild activities were measured highest at the beginning of the testing phase. However, these activities also disappeared from the tenth week onwards.

Interestingly, virtual deaths increased significantly in the last third of the closed beta. On the other hand, the guild chat stood out positively towards the end, as the content was friendlier than at the start of the closed beta.

When the world ends, many of you will be fine

What do the measurements say? The researchers conclude that many of us will be doing quite well should the end of the world loom.

The increased virtual deaths, however, are a sign that some of us players can become bloodthirsty beasts. Furthermore, players do not engage in their normal activities towards the end, but give up, or rather, the character development. This is evidenced by the radical decline in all activities during the last 2 weeks of the closed beta.

Certainly, this behavior is observed in a game, but according to colleagues at PCGamer (via PCGamer), these studies are based on the so-called mapping principle, namely: a behavioral and explanatory model.

The principle behind it allows us to transfer results from players of the MMORPG ArcheAge to the behavior of those individuals in a real situation. Of course, this is a theoretical model that is not 100% accurate. It merely offers a way to derive behavioral patterns in real-life situations.

In addition, it was noted that the chat assumed a more positive tone towards the end than at the start of the closed beta. In the end, it seems that tempers cooled down somewhat, and more attention was given to interaction among one another rather than the game itself.

Whether MMORPG players are better equipped for an apocalyptic scenario due to the complexity of the games is debatable. Nevertheless, the data reveals interesting details about how precisely a developer monitors a testing phase and how it unfolds.

What do you think of the study? Do you agree or do you doubt the transfer of behavior to real situations or an apocalyptic scenario? Please share your thoughts in our comments.

If you are interested in researching gaming behavior, the following article may also be of interest to you: Do games make kids dumb and violent? New study says the opposite

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Source(s):
  1. PCGamer
  2. arxiv.org

Steam: Civilization 6 has a new favorite leader and he defeated Abraham Lincoln

In Civilization 6, the strategy hit on Steam, 12 new leaders have been added since November 2022. And it seems like in real life: China is ahead and surpassing the USA. We look at the new fan favorite: Yongle.

What role do leaders play in Civilization 6?

  • Each civilization in Civilization 6 has special bonuses and traits. They are suitable for different play styles and determine what type of victory one aims for. With the Chinese, one particularly enjoys building wonders, with the Dutch, the focus is on trade, as the Macedonians, one wants to conquer the world.
  • The leaders set the additional rules under which one plays Civilization 6. They bring their own flair and bonus abilities to gameplay: Germany plays differently depending on whether you approach as Barbarossa or as fairy-tale castle king Ludwig II, who is rewarded by the game for placing foundations for wonders in the landscape that are never completed.
  • Since the release in 2016, more and more leaders have been added to Civilization 6, so that some civilizations now have multiple leaders to choose from that allow different playstyles. Some leaders even have “alternative versions”.
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This is now the most popular of the new rulers: Civilization 6 introduced the most popular rulers from the Leader Pass on May 31. The pass brought a total of 12 new leaders to the game from November 21, 2022, to March 29, 2023. Now, after 2 months, Firaxis evaluates which of the 12 is the most popular new hero:

  • In 1st place is Yongle, a Chinese ruler – he was added to the game on January 19, 2023
  • Abraham Lincoln comes in 2nd place – he joined Civ 6 in November 2022
  • Tokugawa takes 3rd place, he entered the strategy game in December 2022
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Yongle can quickly unleash cities and grow an empire

Why is Yongle so strong? Even in January 2023, right at the release, the community agreed: “Yongle belongs in S-Tier” or “Yongle is simply OP”:

Yongle gives his cities access to 3 special projects that convert 50% of their production into food or faith, or 100% of the production into gold. When cities reach a population size of 10, they also generate gold, science, and culture for every additional citizen.

On reddit , it was already said in January that Yongle has insane potential:

  • You can either play tall with him (few but large cities) or wide (many but small cities)
  • First, you can found as many cities as possible and let them grow extremely fast due to the food bonus
  • Once they are large, the bonuses really kick in

Apparently, players of Civ 6 love that they can use Yongle so flexibly to prioritize food, faith, or gold depending on the situation. Once you have built a huge empire with large cities and see how the values explode, it feels fantastic:

Steam: I am obsessed with the perfect start in Civilization 6 and have been loading the same save file for 2 years

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A new MMORPG looks totally crazy while another one has to die this month

This week saw new footage for the MMORPG Palworld and the sad news that Swords of Legends will be shut down. Additionally, new gameplay for Ashes of Creation was shown and WoW faced negative headlines surrounding Activision.

The highlights of the week:

This week’s controversy: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick stated in an interview that the company has never had a problem with systemic sexism. External forces have unfairly impacted the company and caused an image problem.

A former developer reported that he was fired for funny goblin quips like “Another record for the quarterly report!”.

This week in the podcast: In their own podcast MMO News, editors Alexander Leitsch and Mark Sellner discuss the most important news surrounding MMORPGs again this week. Topics included the “Lord of the Rings” MMORPG from Amazon, Throne and Liberty, the release delay of Blue Protocol, and the new patch for New World.

You can listen to the podcast on AppleYouTube or here on Spotify:

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Trouble in WoW, a test in Palia, and new gameplay for Ashes of Creation

What happened with the major MMORPGs:

What happened with the smaller MMORPGs:

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What happened with MMORPGs in development:

These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything interesting this week that you would like to share? Or have we perhaps forgotten something important? Feel free to write it in the comments here at MeinMMO.

If you are looking for the currently best MMORPGs, you will find them here:

The 10 best MMORPGs 2023 – Which one is right for me?

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Small trick in Diablo 4 makes leveling easier and saves you unnecessary deaths

In Diablo 4 you can gain advantages with elixirs, provided you do not die in combat while trying to consume one. We show you a small trick on how to safely consume elixirs in heated situations.

What is the problem with the elixirs? In Diablo 4, there is a wide range of potions that heroes can brew and consume to gain bonuses. These “elixirs” also provide an additional 5% more experience points for 30 minutes.

The problem, however, is that consuming such potions is cumbersome, takes many seconds, and leaves you motionless before you can break free from the menu. Moreover, it is easy to forget to regularly drink the elixirs.

In the worst case, you may die while trying to consume a potion because the enemies are chasing you and will tear you apart. But there is an easy way out of this misery: it’s your emote wheel.

You can also escape from enemies on a horse. We show you how to get one:

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Emote wheel saves you time and can store potions

How does the trick work? You can store any potion in your emote wheel to use selected elixirs with just 2 clicks. Here’s how:

  • Open the emote wheel
    • On PC with “E” and on console with the D-pad up
  • Now you can select the option “Customize”
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  • Now a new window opens with various tabs – here you select “Consumables”
  • A list of all possible potions opens, now select a potion
  • Now you can assign this to one of the three available emote slots

After the process, you have customized your emote wheel and can consume a potion of your choice faster. Now you just need to remember to take the elixirs as well.

What advantages do potions provide? Each potion offers its own advantages. Whether you want more armor or increased attributes, the potions assist you with that.

Nevertheless, many heroes consume elixirs to benefit from the 5% XP buff, as every elixir that can be crafted or found provides this buff.

We have summarized further leveling tips for you here: Diablo 4: Level quickly – Guide up to Level 100

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Immediately activate 2 settings of Diablo 4, otherwise you will miss important equipment values

In Diablo 4 it is all about the hunt for the next powerful equipment piece. If you play with the standard settings, you cannot see how powerful your pieces actually are.

What are these settings? In the options under the “Gameplay” tab, you will find the following settings:

  • Advanced tooltip comparison
  • Advanced tooltip information

Enable both options to get significantly more information about your equipment pieces.

diablo 4 settings options tooltips

What do the values mean? This unlocks important displays on the info panels of your equipment.

With the tooltip comparison, you get shown every time which values / affixes you lose or gain when you change your equipment piece. The change of a value is also visible.

The tooltip information is even more powerful. It shows you the range that the values of an equipment piece can have. Only then can you see if your piece has good values compared to the maximum value.

Additionally, there is information on whether a value is added (+) or if the values have multiplicative (x) effects.

You can see the difference in the images:

Tips for leveling can be found here or in our video:

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The tooltip settings allow for a deeper insight into your own values and are essential for understanding which equipment pieces are truly strong. You need to see whether you are at the minimum of a value or if the piece even has a maximum value that cannot be better.

During the leveling process, this is not as important, but the further you progress in the game, the more you should know about your equipment and the possible values.

More on important values on your equipment can be found here: Diablo 4: 6 numbers you should remember now to become stronger while leveling

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