How to complete the quest “Rapid Fire Plans” in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. You need to farm 8 primal flame fragments and then shape them into a sphere of primal flames.
What kind of quest is this? In the zone Awakening Coast on the Dragon Isles, you will find the side quest Rapid Fire Plans. You receive it at the Skyhigh Observatory. Unfortunately, after accepting the quest, it does not automatically show where you can find the required items.
We will show you here in the guide where to find the primal flame fragments and how to shape the sphere of primal flames.
Rapid Fire Plans – Locations for the Fragments
Where should you search? You accept the quest at the entrance at the coordinates 67.07, 56.56 approximately. Fly southeast from there, across the marked river on the map. You will then see an area with lava and glowing cracks ahead of you.
There, opponents like “Ash Spark” and “Magma Shaper of the Primalists” roam around. When you take them down, they have a chance to drop primal flame fragments.
You will find the quest area at the arrowHere the primal flame fragments drop
Just take down the mobs there until you can collect 8 of the primal flame fragments. Once you’re done, you just need to look for the fragments in your bag and right-click. After a short casting time, you will then shape the fragments into a sphere.
A right click on the fragments shapes them into a sphere
After that, the quest is ready to be handed in, and you can return to the NPC where you accepted it.
On the Dragon Isles, you will encounter quests that may not make much sense or are hard to understand at first glance. Here at MeinMMO, we will provide you with guides in the upcoming weeks and months to make questing in WoW Dragonflight easier for you.
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In the announcement for the Hoenn Tour 2023 in Pokémon GO, two Pokémon were not marked as Shiny. Trainers expressed their anger and disappointment. Now there has been an update to the announcement.
What kind of event is this? On November 29, Niantic officially announced the Hoenn Tour in Pokémon GO. It starts in February and is split into two events: One on-site in Las Vegas (USA) and a worldwide event for all players the following weekend.
This is now the third tour of this kind. In 2021, the Kanto Tour took place, and this year, the Johto Tour occurred. Highlights of these events are Shinys that appear in the game.
So now: Shiny Proto-Groudon and Shiny Proto-Kyogre
What was the problem? In the announcement of the Hoenn Tour, the Niantic team also presented the spawns and raids. As usual, Pokémon that can be caught as Shiny are marked with Shiny stars in the official graphic.
However, the new Proto-Raid battles that are active during the event lacked the marking. In the Hoenn Tour, you will encounter the Primal forms of Groudon and Kyogre for the first time worldwide. What the Proto forms of Groudon and Kyogre are about.
The absence of the markings for Groudon and Kyogre disappointed trainers. It was assumed that Niantic might be withholding the Shinys, as trainers would rush into the new raids to catch the new Pokémon (via reddit)
What’s new now: A few hours after the official announcement, trainers noticed a change on Niantic’s website (via reddit). If you now look at the official raid graphic, you will see the Shiny marking for the Proto-Raids:
Trainers are pleased that Niantic has confirmed the Shiny forms after all. However, at the same time, they criticize the team for allowing such mistakes to happen in such an important announcement.
What remains is a certain uncertainty. Because it is unclear whether the Protos will “revert” to the normal Groudon and Kyogre after being caught, similar to Mega Pokémon. Or, whether Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon are “new” Pokémon that will remain as Shiny in the collection.
In the coming weeks, Niantic plans to announce more information regarding the Hoenn Tour. Gameplay changes are also expected and announcements about items are still pending.
It is likely that the team will also reveal more about how the Proto forms of Groudon and Kyogre work. And a similarly important question: What about Kecleon – is it finally coming?
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In Pokémon GO there has been a new promo code since November 27. It works for all players, but you only have a few days to redeem it.
What kind of code is this? Promo codes for Pokémon GO are often released. You can redeem these codes either in the game or on a relevant website to easily secure some gifts.
This time, however, there are no items given away, but rather the Mini Collector Challenge: Anego and a medal. The code from November 27 is:
What’s included? The unlocked mini-research can be found in your Today overview in Pokémon GO. You are to catch Anego and will receive extra candies for it. The event with the Ultra Beasts this Sunday is quite suitable for this.
If you don’t see the research immediately after entering, it may help to close and restart your app.
How long is the code valid? You can redeem it immediately, and you should do so while you can. You can only redeem it until November 30 at 11:59 PM local time. The code was originally supposed to be shared in a livestream at an inconvenient time. But apparently, Niantic listened to the trainers’ feedback and decided to release a global code that is valid for longer than 15 minutes.
How you redeem the codes depends on your smartphone. In Pokémon GO, the procedures between iOS and Android are slightly different. While you can redeem codes easily in the game on Android, you have to go through an external website on iOS.
On Android devices: If you are playing on an Android device, you can simply redeem promo codes in the in-game shop. You just need to scroll down until you find the “Promos” field. There, you enter the code, confirm, and the items should already move into your bag.
On iOS devices: On iOS devices, entering in the shop is not possible, the corresponding field does not exist at all. Instead, you need to visit Niantic’s rewards website. You can find the link here: Redeem promo code (via rewards.nianticlabs.com).
Here, you need to select your linked account and enter the code. If everything worked, you should see a corresponding notification on the website. In the game, you can check in the diary if the items have been credited to you via the code.
The first small event with double XP is coming up. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 give you 2 days of double XP – all info is available on MeinMMO.
When does the event take place? The first double XP event from Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 starts for players on PlayStation already this evening, on November 30. The promotion lasts a total of 48 hours:
Thus, a very short XP event is coming up. It is still unclear what type of double XP it is. As of now, it is only account XP and not the important weapon XP.
If you are still looking for tips on weapon leveling, check here:
Why do players on PlayStation get an extra day? This is part of the cooperation between Call of Duty and PlayStation. PS players enjoy some advantages over other platforms:
As a result, double XP events always run one day longer on PlayStation consoles. Experience shows that it is often the first day of an XP event that is reserved only for players on Sony consoles.
In November, you will encounter legendary bosses Giratina, Anego, and the new Ultra Beast Schlingking in level 5 raids from Pokémon GO along with Mega bosses like Mega-Banette, Mega-Gyarados, and Mega-Houndoom. We from MeinMMO will show you when you can find which monster and what the raid hours will bring in November.
Which Pokémon are we talking about? In November 2022, you will encounter a new selection of raid bosses in 5-star raids and during the raid hours. The Mega bosses will also rotate in the Mega Raids.
In the overview, we will show you all the bosses confirmed by Niantic for November 2022. If there are any changes, we will report on them here on MeinMMO and adjust this article accordingly.
Raid hours and raid bosses in November 2022
The following raid hours are coming up in November 2022 in Pokémon GO:
New Ultra Beast: The raid boss Schlingking was already teased by Niantic in September for Pokémon GO. Many trainers are looking forward to a new Ultra Beast and are correspondingly excited about the release of Schlingking.
Which of the bosses are you most looking forward to in November? Write to us here on MeinMMO in the comments about what your raid highlights are in the upcoming weeks.
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In a survey, we wanted to know from you with which of the 13 classes you start in WoW Dragonflight. Over 3,000 people participated, and we present the ranking of our readers.
Here’s what it was about: In WoW, the new expansion Dragonflight has been released. We wanted to know from you with which class you start your new adventure. All 13 classes were available, including the new Caller, which was introduced just two weeks ago.
This is how you voted: A total of 3,382 readers participated in the survey. Each could only cast one vote.
Places 13 to 8
Rank 13 – Monk (4.94 %)
Rank 12 – Priest (5.06 %)
Rank 11 – Rogue (5.17 %)
Rank 10 – Mage (5.62 %)
Rank 9 – Death Knight (5.94 %)
Rank 8 – Demon Hunter (7.30 %)
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Rank 7 – Warlock
How many votes were there? The Warlock received 251 votes, which corresponds to 7.42 % of all votes.
What defines the Warlock? Warlocks are essentially mages who have focused specifically on curses and summoning demons. They wear cloth armor and are primarily responsible for damage.
With their spells, they deal hellish fire and shadow damage, while their demons are capable of tanking opponents or dealing damage as well. Also unique are the soul shards they can draw from the life energy of opponents, which are needed for some spells.
Warlocks can be played by the following races:
As Alliance – Mechagnomes, Dark Iron Dwarves, Void Elves, Gnomes, Humans, Worgen, and Dwarves
As Horde – Vulpera, Blood Elves, Goblins, Orcs, Trolls, and Undead
Rank 6 – Shaman
How many votes were there? The Shamans received 259 votes, placing them just ahead of the Warlocks. They account for a total of 7.66 % of all votes.
What defines the Shaman? Shamans are devoted to the elements, which can be very chaotic and unbalanced. Therefore, Shamans aim to bring balance to this chaos.
As a class, they have access to totems that can both deal damage and enhance the group. Shamans are versatile and can fight enemies both in melee and from a distance, using chain armor.
They are also capable of healing the group.
Shamans can be played by the following races:
As Alliance – Kul Tirans, Dark Iron Dwarves, Lightforged Draenei, Draenei, Pandaren, and Dwarves
As Horde – Vulpera, Orcs of the Mag’har, Highmountain Tauren, Zandalari Trolls, Goblins, Orcs, Pandaren, Tauren, and Trolls
On the second page, you will find the remaining five classes.
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Players of Call of Duty: Warzone 2 are currently widely discussing the update policy of the Battle Royale. Many are wondering why annoying bugs can remain in the game for weeks while XP glitches can disappear within hours.
The releases of Call of Duty: Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 were extremely successful for the people at Activision Blizzard:
CoD MW2 had more players after release than any other premium CoD before it
Warzone 2 reached the threshold of 25 million players within 5 days
However, from a player’s perspective, one cannot necessarily speak of a smooth operation. Missing features at the release of CoD MW2 and issues with a “Dev Error” in Warzone 2 led to a lot of criticism.
An XP glitch has now caused the tipping point for some players. While matches in Warzone 2 keep crashing, a glitch disappears in just a few hours.
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What’s the problem? Warzone 2 is plagued by dev errors. Matches crash and kick players out, without a chance to return to their team.
While it was annoying to simply get kicked out of a match in Warzone 1, it goes even further in Warzone 2.
If you get kicked out of the match while the team is hunting for the nuke, you stay out. The efforts were in vain. This happened to “Nadeshot”, a former CoD pro and founder of the e-sport organization “100 Thieves”. He gets a bit salty:
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He was hunting for the nuke for 9 hours, only to get kicked out of the crucial match due to a dev error.
The criticism is now reaching a peak, as other bugs that benefit players quickly disappear from the game. This concerns a severe XP glitch in the DMZ mode. This has already been criticized and extensively mocked with memes:
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While developers have increasingly explained the thoughts behind their changes in recent years, their willingness to communicate has noticeably decreased after the release of CoD MW2 and Warzone 2.
Players also understand that such glitches quickly disappear from the game. But the other issues are rarely, if ever, addressed. This currently leads to a lot of frustration… and memes.
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Warzone 2 and CoD MW2 had a successful release and are working on their bugs. However, the current technical issues and the lack of information about progress are causing unrest in the community.
What are your thoughts on the subject? Which bug is bothering you the most right now? Or are you going through without any issues and having only a few problems? We would love to read your experiences in the comments.
The Twitch streamer and esports player Michael “shroud” Grzesiek usually plays shooters like Valorant. In his free time, he probably enjoys playing the card game Marvel Snap and has a certain ambition there as well: In a stream, he explained how he used questionable methods to achieve a victory.
Who is shroud? shroud was previously a professional in CS:GO but switched relatively early and became a full-time streamer on Twitch. With his professional background, he was vastly superior to regular players and other streamers, earning the reputation of a “human aimbot.”
shroud became known for his skill and was always considered an honest and ambitious player. He recently admitted to cheating in a game of Marvel Snap; apparently, he was immediately plagued by a guilty conscience.
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It was probably an accident, but also not
How did shroud cheat? In a stream on November 28, shroud explained how he cheated to achieve a victory in the collectible card game Marvel Snap the day before by literally looking at another streamer’s cards.
shroud explained that his opponent in Marvel Snap had the abbreviation TTV in his name – which stands for Twitch.TV and indicated that the opponent was a streamer. This piqued shroud’s curiosity, and he wondered if his opponent was currently live streaming on Twitch.
shroud then watched his opponent’s stream and found that he was indeed streaming – allowing shroud to see his cards completely. However, the streamer emphasized that this was not intended:
I accidentally cheated yesterday. I admit it wasn’t really an accident. I kind of did it on purpose, but it wasn’t really intentional.
shroud quickly closed the stream after that. He was able to win the game, but he was plagued by guilt. shroud felt really bad after the incident.
I wanted to see if he was live, and he was live; I saw his hand. I should have left, dude. I should have left, but I had to win. I had to win.
However, shroud hurried to relativize the situation: The knowledge he gained in this way didn’t actually help him achieve victory in the end. He did see his opponent’s hand, but that was still pretty out of line.
Stream snipers are players who intentionally compete against streamers and gain an advantage by watching the stream simultaneously. This method is considered quite scummy and falls within the realm of cheating. It is therefore quite curious that a streamer like shroud found himself on the other side.
The German Twitch streamer Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler was not allowed to participate in the survival series “7 vs. Wild”; now he is planning his own format with “Nerd in the Dirt.” But the streamer is worried about his account in the mobile game Clash of Clans. For this, he has now developed a solution: His girlfriend should play for him.
What kind of show is this? Behind the title “Nerd in the Dirt” is a planned survival series by Trymacs: A group of gamers and streamers without survival experience tries to hike through the Finnish wilderness in temperatures as low as -30 degrees.
As an expert, the ex-soldier Otto “Bulletproof Entrepreneur” Karasch is to assist the unprepared “nerds.” He is one of the participants of the second season of 7 vs. Wild.
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Girlfriend is to take over the “Clash of Clans” account
What is bothering Trymacs before Finland? In a stream on November 24, Trymacs reacted to an episode of 7 vs. Wild. In the episode, participant Jens “Knossi” Knossala almost burned down the jungle to light a cigarette (via Twitch).
While Trymacs commented that for Knossi it was only about his cigarettes, he suddenly remembers: “Speaking of addiction.” The streamer explains that his biggest worries regarding his survival trip to Finland are currently focused on his account in the mobile game Clash of Clans.
This is not a joke, Trymacs emphasizes, he has already thought a lot about it. But the streamer also has a solution ready: His girlfriend should continue to play for him in his absence and handle the daily tasks.
This is what his girlfriend should do: Trymacs describes which tasks his girlfriend should handle for him:
Daily star bonus
Night base
keep all five workers running
run the worker in the night base
Research
Take the raid medal on the weekend
But although Trymacs explains that he taught his girlfriend the essential basics, he still has one worry: “I really worry that she might forget it one day.”
His viewers have little understanding for Trymacs’s worries and laugh in the chat, but the streamer promptly defends himself.
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Why is the game important to Trymacs? Trymacs gained fame, among other things, with content on the mobile game Clash of Clans and has already invested so much money into the game that he could exert massive influence.
At the moment, however, Trymacs is hosting a free-to-play challenge with his colleague Sebo, where the aim is to see who gets further in the game without spending real money. Over the past days, Trymacs has built up a lead that he must not lose now.
Why is everyone laughing? This is really the challenge. This is the most successful format on my channel right now; this is my profession. I can’t just not play for a week, that doesn’t work.
Whether Trymacs can win the challenge with the help of his girlfriend remains to be seen. Now, however, the streamer is heading to frosty Finland first.
In addition to his survival show Nerd in the Dirt and his free-to-play challenge, Trymacs has another project in the pipeline: for December, he planned the event “Kick auf Eis,” where well-known streamers and YouTubers were supposed to play football on an ice surface.
The quest “Omen and Incense” not working for you? We’ll tell you how to complete the mission in WoW: Dragonflight.
Many players are already inhabiting World of Warcraft Dragonflight and besides a somewhat rough start, the expansion seems to be running well. However, especially in the second area, the Plains of Ohn’ahra, some problems can arise. Many report that the quest “Omen and Incense” is not working – and that’s true under certain circumstances. We’ll reveal how you can still complete the quest.
What kind of quest is this? For the quest “Omen and Incense” you need to collect some flowers for the centaurs, then grind them and burn the powder. However, the game tells you that you do not have the necessary items – even if all of them are in your inventory.
“Omen and Incense” bugged – Here’s how to get it done
How to complete Omen and Incense? If you are also facing the problem that you cannot combine the 5 “Sweetsuckle Blooms” to burn them afterward. Coming up with the solution is relatively difficult, as the game gives no hint about it.
The trick is as follows: You must not have any quests of the type “Crafting Supply” in your quest log. These quests block some other quests and especially usable quest items. If you abandon or complete the corresponding crafting supply, “Omen and Incense” will work flawlessly.
This also explains why the quests work for some players and not for others – because only those who have a “Crafting Supply” in their quest log will be confronted with this error.
More about WoW: Dragonflight can be found here on MeinMMO:
“Stream of Time” bugged – Here’s how to complete the quest
The quest “Stream of Time” is also causing problems for some players. The workaround here is a bit more annoying and can even take some time. The error only occurs in non-English clients of World of Warcraft.
To fix the error, you have to close the game and change both the language and text in the game settings to “English”. After that, you should be able to complete the quest.
By the way, Blizzard is already aware of both issues (via Twitter). It is to be expected that a fix will be live in the coming hours or days.
By the way: The crafting supply quests can also cause errors in some other missions. So it is best to finish them quickly or leave them alone until Blizzard has fixed it.
Did you also have problems with the quest? Or were you able to complete it without any issues?
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Today marks the last week of Season 18 of Destiny 2. An important story detail is still pending, and it will be introduced to the game today. MeinMMO tells you what else is happening after the weekly reset in Bungie’s loot shooter.
This week: In the current Season 18, there is one last cinematic highlight to come – the story epilogue. There, final details will be revealed along with further information about the relics of Nezarek, one of the most mysterious characters in the Destiny universe, and more NPCs will be unveiled.
Along with the long wait for the final story details, players are currently also plagued by the general season burnout. They are struggling not only with the known routine in the game and the predictability of the season model. Annoying game bugs and the currently difficult state of PvP are also critical at the moment. All of this has led to the lowest player counts ever.
However, before players can test the announced improvements in Season 19, there are still a few familiar activities this week. MeinMMO tells you which ones.
A final expedition of Season 18.
The key information about activities from November 29 to December 6.
Strike: Nightfall – The Trial by Fire
Fallen S.A.B.E.R., in the Cosmodrome
This week, you must again prevent the devils from gaining control of Rasputin’s war satellites. If that were to happen, guns from the Golden Age would be aimed at the Tower and the Last City within minutes.
This week’s Nightfall weapon: As a reward for your run, you will always receive a special Nightfall weapon.
Earn the auto rifle “Duty Bound” this week.
Playlist Strikes have the following modifiers this week:
Void Singe
Stasis Burn
Iron
The Singe modifier accompanies you all week, while the others change daily.
In the current raid “Kingsfall”, you must face the first raid challenge to receive more loot.
To specifically complete the challenge “The Grass is Always Greener”, you must, after you have taken the buff from one side and submitted your points, switch sides. This means that once you have dealt with the witch, the knight, and submitted your points on the left side of the totem, you will move to the right side and do the same process there.
You can expect the following raid requirements and challenges:
In Normal mode, completing a challenge brings you double loot.
The requirement for each encounter for Grandmasters is at power level 1600 with champions.
You can only earn status-specific armor and master weapons from the Grandmaster raid.
You can also earn new raid-exclusive exotic cosmetics in the Oryx look from the Grandmaster.
Additional legacy pinnacle rewards from the endgame:
Be cautious in the raid “The Oryx’s Vow”.
Play the dungeon “Prophecy” for more pinnacle loot.
Weekly Activities
In Season 18, Guardians can collect cryptic couplets as a pirate with a crew and complete seasonal content. This includes:
Ketch Crash: Dive into this new 6-player activity in ship-to-ship combat to prevent Eramis and her pirate gang from plunging the galaxy into chaos. You can earn pinnacle loot once a week on Grandmaster.
Expedition: Assemble treasure maps, search for treasures, and return to your ship while fending off enemy pirate crews.
Pirate Hides: Fight through weekly missions and loot powerful relics hidden in the haunts of the pirate lords.
The final chapter of “The Witch Queen” begins on December 6 with Season 19.
In addition to Season 18, the current DLC from “The Witch Queen” are still active and can be played. For example, in the weekly repeatable campaign mission. There’s also top loot to earn there to reach the current max power level of 1580.
Savathun’s Throne World – Weekly Campaign Mission
“The Last Chance”
This week, you can play the seventh campaign mission of the Witch Queen as a repeatable story mission. It’s about following Eris’s trusted source, who informs you about an artifact in the Throne World that might contain the answer to how Savathun gained the Light.
Crucible – Here are the PvP playlists:
Private Match
Rumble
Control
Elimination
Glory Survival
Glory Survival: Freelance
Team Scorched
“Trials of Osiris” starting December 2
Playlist Bonus this week:
This week sounds threefold in the loot box. There are bonus reputation ranks in Gambit, Strike, and Crucible.
Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City
Petra Venj can now be found in the Dreaming City right at the spawn point – as always during the 2nd curse week. At the same time, the 6th Ascendant Challenge is active.
All sources for pinnacle loot in Season 18 of Destiny 2
To help you know where you can effectively grab your pinnacle loot, we provide a quick overview of activities every week.
This is the new max level: In the new season of Raiders, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,580. This means that the power level at the start of the new Season 18 has increased by +10 compared to the previous Season 17. All players receive the base power level of 1,350.
This pinnacle loot brings your power level up to 1,580:
Complete 3 Vanguard operations strikes with appropriate focus (+1)
Hawthorne’s clan task: Earn 5,000 XP (+1)
Trials of Osiris (+2)
Here’s how to get free loot: For all new and returning guardians who want to join in the fun in the future or after a break, Bungie has prepared the “Gift of the Thunder Gods” in Season 18.
You can pick up this loot chest for free in the H.E.L.M. after completing the “New Light” campaign. It will bring you to a power level of up to 1540 or more – with Arc armor and weapons, as well as two exotic and ten legendary items. You can also claim these rewards for all of your characters once.
Season 18’s Eververse Highlights
The last Glimmer engrams in Season 18 are ready.
Exotic armor ornaments:
Hunter: “Deadly Enchant” for the exotic “The Hands of the Liar”
Titan: “Thought Storage” for the exotic “An Unyielding Skull Fortress”
Warlock: “Induction Ceremony” for the exotic “Storm Dancer’s Reach”
Exotic weapon ornaments:
“Grimmest Hunter” for the exotic “Leviathan’s Breath”
“Honor of the Empress” for the exotic “Skyburner’s Oath”
Legendary emote “Great Dance”
Legendary ghost projection “Danger Projection”
Legendary ghost projection “Moonward Projection”
Legendary shader “Welded Brass”
Too little Glimmer? So many cool items, but are you already low on Glimmer? Then check out our tips on how to improve your Glimmer budget.
Are you looking forward to the new Season 19? Feel free to let us know in the comments whether you managed to complete everything in this Season 18 or not.
Exotic emote “Fiddler’s Dance”
Exotic sparrow “Featherlight Craftsmanship”
Exotic sparrow “Omen of Saturn”
Exotic ship “Journey through foreign seas”
Exotic armor ornaments:
Hunter: “Deadly Enchant” for the exotic “The Hands of the Liar”
Titan: “Thought Storage” for the exotic “An Unyielding Skull Fortress”
Warlock: “Induction Ceremony” for the exotic “Storm Dancer’s Reach”
Exotic weapon ornaments:
“Grimmest Hunter” for the exotic “Leviathan’s Breath”
“Honor of the Empress” for the exotic “Skyburner’s Oath”
Legendary emote “Great Dance”
Legendary ghost projection “Danger Projection”
Legendary ghost projection “Moonward Projection”
Legendary shader “Welded Brass”
Too little Glimmer? So many cool items, but are you already low on Glimmer? Then check out our tips on how to improve your Glimmer budget.
Are you looking forward to the new Season 19? Feel free to let us know in the comments whether you managed to complete everything in this Season 18 or not.
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It has developed into a tradition over the last few months. The new games for PS4 & PS5 in the PS Plus Essential subscription have been leaked a day before the official announcement. Once again, it is the site “dealabs”. MeinMMO shows you the games, briefly presents them, and explains how the process with PS Plus works.
Which games are available in December with PS Plus Essential? If the leak is to be believed, you can look forward to the following games:
Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PS4)
Biomutant (PS4/PS5)
Divine Knockout (PS4/PS5)
How reliable is the leak? As of now, the leak is very reliable. The site “Dealabs” has been leaking the games a day before the official announcement for months and has never been wrong (via dealabs.com).
However, it is still a leak – there is no full certainty.
When are the games available? The official announcement usually takes place on Wednesday, November 30, around 5:30 PM. The games will then be available from the first Tuesday of the month:
New games from PS Plus: December 6 at noon
Remember to download the games from last month by this date:
PS Plus December 2022 – Featuring the Epic Mass Effect Trilogy
Which games have been leaked? The headline game of PS Plus in December is the Mass Effect Legendary Edition. The remastered version of the complete Mass Effect trilogy is coming for your PS4 and is a gem in gaming history.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PS4)
Mass Effect skillfully combines shooter gameplay with story elements and allows you to form deep relationships with your companions. At times, the titles invite grinding, but those who want to experience a more or less coherent story over three parts will be fully satisfied.
The first trailers of Biomutant amazed many viewers. The action RPG with open world dazzled with a refreshing setting and great ideas.
However, upon release, the title failed to convince, landing on Metacritic with just 69/PS5 and 64/PS4 (via metacritic.com). Especially the balancing in fights and some game design decisions are criticized.
However, the title has its fans, and the setting as well as the story are likely to keep fans of wacky science fiction stories engaged for a while. We will include a trailer for you here:
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Biomutant – Release Trailer
Divine Knockout (PS4/PS5)
The platform-fighting game is being released in time for the release of the new PS Plus games on PlayStation and attempts to emulate the concept of Super Smash Bros. or Multiversus – but with a twist. Instead of just viewing the game world from the side, you are fighting from a third-person perspective.
The characters are gods and mythological beings – players of the MOBA Smite will see many familiar figures. Each comes with their own skills, which largely determines the play style of the figures.
The official announcement of the games in December for PS Plus Essential has yet to take place, but leaks in recent months have been extremely accurate.
What do you think of the games, which one would you recommend? Please write us a short review in the comments if you already know any of the games.
Embracer Group halts the sale and support of several mobile games that were previously owned by Square Enix. The games will not only disappear from the stores but will be completely unplayable.
The games in question are: A few days ago, the developer Onoma, formerly part of Square Enix, announced that several of their games will disappear from the Google and Apple app stores on December 1. In-game purchases within these games have already been halted.
As of January 4, 2023, these games will also be unavailable to buyers. They will be unplayable. While some of them are free-to-play, others were paid. The affected mobile games are:
Arena Battle Champions
Deus Ex GO
Hitman Sniper: The Shadows
Space Invaders: Hidden Heroes
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This is the background: If the name of the developer doesn’t ring a bell, it’s because it was known by another name earlier this year. The studio was originally called “Square Enix Montreal” and was part of the assets that the Japanese company Square Enix sold to the Embracer Group in May 2022.
The purchase was followed by a rebranding, during which the developer was renamed Onoma. But not even 3 months after the new name was registered, Embracer announced that Onoma would be closed.
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Here are some reactions: Some buyers and players of Onoma’s titles expressed their opinions on Twitter about the news. They posted in quote retweets, as replies to the announcement are disabled. Most of them are far from happy about how Embracer is handling the shutdown of the games:
“Imagine buying a game only to have it taken away from you […]” – @temporalwar
“Isn’t the new, purely digital world wonderful? ‘We don’t want you to play our old games’ […]” – @DarkBlueMonkey
“How is this even legal? We paid for these games, and now they’re being removed from the store. Not just ‘it can’t be purchased anymore,’ no. It takes away the ability for owners to play.” – @stikves
MMO fans will be familiar with this practice. When a multiplayer game doesn’t attract enough players, it is sooner or later shut down, and players lose access to it. Each year, entire series of MMORPGs go offline because of this.
However, Embracer’s decision has been met with confusion in this case, as Deus Ex GO can also be played offline. There was no explanation as to why exactly the 4 games mentioned are affected and whether others like Tomb Raider GO might follow.
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The Russian Twitch streamer rostilav_999 is an avid player of the MOBA DOTA 2 (Steam). He wanted to entertain his fans live with a special cosplay and represent a flaming sword, but apparently he overestimated his special effects skills and the flame protection of gloves.
This is the situation:
The streamer rostliav_999 is one of the top 10 Twitch streamers for DOTA 2 in Russia. When he shows DOTA 2, an average of 5,700 people watch him. He is also a Twitch partner.
The streamer wanted to cosplay the item “Rapier of the Burning God”: These are 2 cosmetic items in DOTA 2, one for the main hand, one for the offhand. You can acquire two flaming swords, and it looks pretty cool. The item is traded on Steam for about $50.
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DOTA 2: Cave Johnson Announcer Pack Trailer
Streamer thinks gloves protect against flames, sets his hands on fire
What was the problem? In the Twitch clip, you can see the streamer wearing black gloves and apparently spraying his hands and arms with some kind of lighter fluid.
He seemed to be under the firm conviction: The gloves would protect him. Therefore, he sprays abundantly, with a lot also going on his upper arms. He doesn’t seem to worry about his own safety.
The streamer asks in the chat: “So, are you ready?”
He then ignites – somewhat anxiously – his left hand with a lighter, reaches over to catch fire with his right hand as well, and the streamer wants to stand up to pick up the cardboard rapiers, but by then it seems to be over: He realizes how hot the whole setup is, drops the cardboard rapiers, and runs out of the frame.
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Is he okay? Just a few seconds later, the streamer was back on air, took off his gloves, and shook himself off briefly. Then he preferred to play DOTA 2 again – he seems to have had enough of the cosplay attempt for now.
Such behavior should actually also result in a Twitch ban for self-harm, but currently he is still live on Twitch.
It’s almost unnecessary to mention, but please do not attempt this at all. One learns as a child: You don’t play with fire.
The shooter “Gene Shift Auto” is a Battle Royale inspired by GTA with roguelike elements. It is currently in Early Access on Steam. The multiplayer of the game has been free to play since November 28, 2022.
What kind of game is Gene Shift Auto? It is a PvPvE Battle Royale inspired by GTA. The player is thrown into a chaotic city where they can unleash various abilities. Gene Shift Auto delivers fights, missions, and chases in the style of a roguelike game.
Make the city unsafe in the Battle Royale and grab the best loot
What does the gameplay in Gene Shift Auto look like? The setting is a Mayhem City, like the one known from GTA. You have to watch out for both other players and cops.
In each round, skills are generated randomly, so you never know in advance what to expect and have to adapt flexibly in your playstyle.
Throughout the game, you unlock additional abilities and get to choose from 3 random skills at each level up, such as:
Shield
Bullet Time
Plasmaball
Bouncing Bullets
Another important factor that determines life and death in the match is your loot. Within the game world, you search for the best weapon to survive the finale in Battle Royale mode.
Here you can see some impressions from Gene Shift Auto
A round lasts only 5 minutes, making the game especially suitable for a quick match in between. The play area gets smaller over time, so you will encounter other players sooner or later. You need to win 3 rounds in a row to win the game for yourself.
If you die, you can still participate in the match: as a zombie. If you eliminate another player as an undead, you can revive yourself.
How do players rate Gene Shift Auto? The game is rated very positively on Steam. Out of a total of 2,098 reviews, 80% are positive (as of November 29, 2022, via Steam).
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How is Gene Shift Auto funded? On November 28, 2022, the developers of Gene Shift Auto announced on Steam that the game is now available for free. Specifically, the multiplayer mode is now free to play.
The singleplayer/coop survival mode is available for those who own the Deluxe Edition DLC. This was already the case before the change of the multiplayer to free-to-play.
Additionally, there is a notice from the developer: “Anyone who has previously spent real money on the game should automatically have the Deluxe Edition in their Steam account. This is worth 15 USD, just like the game was before. So no one will lose money due to this change. If you do not have the DLC, please contact me as soon as possible via Discord or the Steam forums.
Anyone who received the game in the past as part of a free promotion will still be able to play it for free, with the same features as before […]”
The Deluxe Edition contains additional game content besides the singleplayer campaign and is currently on sale with a 20% discount. Instead of €14.79, you currently pay €11.83 (as of November 29, 2022).
The first details about the major Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn have been revealed. The event will take place on-site in Las Vegas and subsequently worldwide. We will show you the dates and the currently known contents as well as ticket prices.
What kind of event is this? The Pokémon GO Tour will enter its third round in February 2023. The Kanto Tour took place in 2021, and the Johto Tour in 2022. Therefore, the launch of the Hoenn Tour in 2023 seemed obvious and was anticipated by trainers. Now there is official information about the event from Niantic.
Here we will present an overview of everything we currently know about the major Hoenn Tour in Pokémon GO.
Hoenn Tour 2023 – Dates and Start
When does it start? The Hoenn Tour will take place on two dates. Once in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the following weekend worldwide.
On February 18 and 19 in Las Vegas
On February 25 and 26 worldwide
Here we will first show you the contents of the global event in overview.
Tickets for Hoenn Tour 2023
Ticket for Las Vegas: If you want to be part of the live event in Las Vegas (USA) with a ticket, it costs 25 US dollars. Until December 31, the ticket is on sale, after that it costs 30 US dollars.
On the Niantic website you can purchase the ticket. Addons: With ticket addons, you can unlock additional contents. The addons apply to both days in Las Vegas:
Raid Love (15 US dollars)
Up to 18 free raid passes for spinning gym photo discs
Additional 5,000 XP for successful raid battles
6 additional candies for Pokémon caught in level 5 raid battles
3 additional XL candies for Pokémon caught in level 5 raid battles
Egg Enthusiast (15 US dollars)
1/4 hatch distance*
3x hatch XP
3x hatch candies
3x hatch stardust
Higher chance for 10 km eggs by spinning PokéStops and gyms
The reduced hatch distance will not be accounted against similar bonuses.
Bonus Addon Saturday/ Bonus Addon Sunday (25 US dollars)
Increased chance for shiny Pokémon
Up to six daily special trades within the park
Half star dust cost when trading within the park
Half hatch distance
Up to nine raid passes for spinning gym photo discs
Team GO Rocket appears more frequently in balloons.
Incense (except daily adventure incense) lasts for 90 minutes during the event.
Increased chance for the field research “Creepy Crowd” and “Energy Boost”
Timed research “Point-Panda-Party” once per day (total twice)
If you have chosen an edition – either Pokémon Ruby Edition or Pokémon Sapphire Edition – this choice applies to both event days.
Specific restrictions apply to the Saturday and Sunday add-ons. The following ticket-required event features are only available once:
Event special research: An Uncomfortable Alliance
Masterpiece research: Fulfilled Wish
Ticket for global event? There hasn’t been any mention of a ticket for the global event in the announcement so far. It is only known that you can purchase the masterpiece research. Whether there will be additional purchases like for Ruby and Sapphire is unclear at this point.
Hoenn Tour 2023 worldwide – Proto-Forms, Shiny Jirachi and more
When does it start? On February 25 and 26, 2023, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm local time.
During the global event of the Hoenn tour, you will see the proto-evolutions of Groudon and Kyogre for the first time.
Masterpiece research: During the event, you can participate in the masterpiece research “Fulfilled Wish.” However, this is paid (price currently unknown). If you complete it, you will be rewarded with a shiny Jirachi.
Shiny Jirachi
A masterpiece research that leads to shiny Jirachi in fewer steps is available for trainers who purchase a ticket and participate in the event in Las Vegas on February 18 and 19. Trainers with this shorter masterpiece research cannot purchase the longer global masterpiece research.
Additionally, there are field research tasks that provide mega energy and ghost Pokémon.
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Pokémon Go Season 9: Mysterious Wishes Trailer
Medal Choice – Sapphire or Ruby?
Select medal: In previous tours, you could choose between different versions of the event. This affects the Pokémon you encounter. In the Hoenn Tour, you can choose between the Ruby Medal and the Sapphire Medal. With this decision, certain contents will change. What those are, Niantic will reveal later.
If you participate in both events: The medal you choose for the Hoenn Tour in Las Vegas will also apply to the global event.
New Proto Raids and Raid Overview
Pokémon in raids: For the first time, there will be proto raids in Pokémon GO. There you will encounter the described proto forms of Groudon and Kyogre. In the following table, you will see all raids that will be active during the global Hoenn Tour:
Pokémon marked with an asterisk (*) can be caught as shiny
Update: After the announcement, Niantic changed the shiny indicator for Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon. In the first version, this was not visible. After the update, Niantic confirmed the shinies.
Habitats and Pokémon Spawns
What is that? During the event, habitats change every hour. That means the Pokémon appearing in the wild change. There are usually collector challenges accompanying this.
What habitats and spawns are there?
Habitat Glowing Sand: Torchic*, Nincada*, Turtwig*, Drifloon* and more Pokémon
Habitat Green Earth: Treecko*, Wurmple*, Shroomish*, Swablu* and more Pokémon
Habitat Creepy Fog: Sableye*, Meditite*, Palpitoad*, Absol* and more Pokémon
Habitat Historic Coast: Mudkip*, Lileep*, Barboach*, Binnacle* and more Pokémon
Pokémon from Event Eggs
What changes: If you collect eggs during the event, they can hatch special Pokémon.
2 km eggs: Pichu*, Cleffa*, Treecko*, Torchic*, Mudkip*, Azurill* and Igglybuff*
5 km eggs: Sableye*, Swablu* and Turtwig*
7 km eggs: Snorunt*, Barboach*, Drifloon* and Beldum*
What is offered there? Ticket holders who play in Las Vegas will receive additional content besides what has already been mentioned:
A special research with Team GO Rocket (the legends hunt with Rhi is an additional aspect)
Higher chances for shiny Pokémon
Field research Proto-Alert that rewards you with Proto-Groudon or Proto-Kyogre
Legendary photo spots
Timed research with Pandir
Up to 6 special trades within the park
Half stardust costs when trading
Half hatch distance
9 free raid passes when spinning photo discs at gyms
Higher chances for costumed Pokémon and Unown through incense
Further information on new features and items will follow soon
How do you like the content of the Hoenn Tour 2023 in Pokémon GO? Will you travel to the USA to play there or will you participate in the global event?
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With the release of the new expansion Dragonflight, many players are wondering which class might be the strongest in World of Warcraft. MeinMMO provides you with an overview of the currently best assessments. But keep in mind while browsing through the tier list for the classes that everything can still change.
Where do the numbers come from? Currently, there are no logs and only little data available from the new expansion Dragonflight. Therefore, we are gathering impressions from various sources here to give you an initial picture, including:
Things to pay attention to: Most assessments still refer to numbers from the beta and the opinions of experts and professionals. Accordingly, there are no real values achieved by actual players to determine the strength of the classes.
In addition, many tier lists consider factors like defensive capabilities and usefulness of the classes, as these are more important in certain content than pure damage. So you will not find just the strongest DPS classes, but the tier list of the classes that perform best in raids and dungeons.
The first season and thus the first Mythic+ dungeons and the first raid open on December 16. From then onwards, you will find in our DPS ranking for World of Warcraft the actual results for all classes.
We will be covering the release of WoW Dragonflight in a live ticker throughout the entire week. Here are the most important features:
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WoW shows the main features of Dragonflight in the gameplay trailer, fans praise: “Finally hype again”
What makes the classes so strong? The Demon Hunter is the undisputed king in this area in all current assessments. He has the strongest AoE abilities in the game, is nearly unkillable, and brings useful control abilities.
Almost the same goes for the Rogue. Here, Assassination is traditionally the weakest spec, but Blizzard often tweaks the balancing, which can lead to shifts here. If you play Rogue, you can be sure that at least one of your specializations is always popular in dungeons.
Monks and Death Knights particularly excel with high AoE damage, but also occasionally bring good utility. Death Knights, for example, are popular for their Death Grips and can also keep themselves alive for a long time or relieve the healer.
What about the weak classes? Among the Hunters, Beast Mastery Hunters are somewhat ahead, but overall the class is weaker compared to others. They don’t bring anything that others can’t do, and usually do it better. In particular, they lack defensive abilities, which, according to many experts, is the most important criterion in Dragonflight.
Balance Druids land in the C Tier mainly due to their damage. If you can mitigate that, the class brings very useful cooldowns like Treants and Vortexes. If Blizzard adjusts their damage, the class could also rank higher.
The release of Dragonflight was … bumpy. We were there amidst the chaos:
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We were in the middle of the chaos that represents the release of WoW Dragonflight: „I can’t accept anything here“
These are the strongest classes in raids
Keep in mind that the raid bosses were only tested very briefly and many professionals are more reserved with their assessments. The assessments here are therefore more speculative than with Mythic+.
God Tier
[no class is currently too strong]
S Tier
Demon Hunter
Rogue
Shaman
Druid
A Tier
Mage (Arcane)
Hunter (Beast Mastery)
Evoker
Warrior
Monk
Death Knight
Warlock
B Tier
Mage (Frost and Fire)
Priest
C Tier
Hunter (Marksmanship and Survival)
Paladin
What makes the classes so strong? As in dungeon content, Demon Hunters and Rogues are ranked highly due to their enormous damage. The exception here is Subtlety Rogues, who performed slightly worse in raids overall.
Among Shamans, especially Enhancement Shaman rank highly because they serve as supporters for all melee fighters – especially Warriors and Rogues. This makes them a popular addition to many groups besides their decent damage – despite nerfs in the beta.
Druids bring additional to their damage useful raid buffs and abilities like a speed boost, healing, and Wild’s Mark, as well as a resurrection in combat. Owls are generally more popular and stronger than cats due to their higher damage and range.
What about the weak classes? Paladins have the huge problem that they have arguably the worst mobility of all classes. As melee fighters, this is an enormous DPS loss in fights with a lot of movement. Additionally, their damage output generally falls behind most melees.
A similar problem affects Marksmanship and Survival Hunters. They are more tied to their locations than Beast Mastery Hunters and therefore fall behind this specialization. Their damage is relatively low and they bring no useful abilities for the raid.
These are the strongest tanks: At least wowhead has also dealt with tanks and healers. We also looked around a bit in the class discords. A very good piece of news: all tanks are at least usable in Mythic+ and none are worse than A Tier.
Warriors generally dominate dungeons and raids because they bring a lot of damage along with defensive abilities and now have decent self-healing and stronger mitigation. One reason why we recommend Warriors as a class if you want to switch.
In raids, Druids, Monks, and Paladins lag a bit behind but are still not “bad” tanks.
These are the strongest healers: For healers, it’s similar: almost all healers are usable in all content. However, Evokers and Druids can particularly stand out in Mythic Keystone dungeons. Their group healing combined with damage dealt and utility is unbeatable.
Priests struggle here a bit as they can have trouble managing high damage spikes in dungeons. What’s more important, however, is that they hardly bring any useful abilities for the group like control.
In raids, it’s different. Here, almost all healers are on par and nearly every combination works. The only healer that falls behind a bit is Restoration Shamans, who, although they bring one of the strongest healing abilities in the game with their Spirit Link Totem, otherwise rank behind other healers.
If you still can’t decide which class you want to play, we have some recommendations for you:
The MMORPG Crowfall is currently puzzling everyone: The game has actually catastrophically failed, the founders are gone, the servers are offline, customers regret the loss of their money – but somehow there is also hope.
What is so special about Crowfall right now?
The servers of Crowfall shut down on November 22. The MMORPG can no longer be played.
The current developers, however, say: They are continuing to work on Crowfall, want to thoroughly revise the game and release it anew.
This is a very unusual situation: Normally, one does not “de-release” a game. Amazon attempted this with the shooter Crucible in July 2020 and “unpublished” the game, but soon gave up and shut it down.
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4 crowdfunding MMORPGs that really flopped
“EVE Online meets Game of Thrones” – MMORPG raises $1.7 million in crowdfunding
How did it go with Crowfall until the release? The indie MMORPG Crowfall raised a total of $1.76 million in crowdfunding in 2015. It was the project of MMORPG veterans J. Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton: They promised “Game of Thrones meets EVE Online.”
The game was developed for 6 years, most of the time behind closed doors: There was never a real hype around the MMORPG. Crowfall was only a topic for a small number of “backers” who paid money to support the project and play it early.
From the developers, mostly good news came: It was said that there were no money problems because the engine was licensed. Everything was going according to plan, they wanted to make a particularly good release because they only have one “chance” for it. Therefore, they took extra time.
MMORPG launches in July, is already pretty dead by September
How was it at the release? Crowfall was released in July 2021, at the worst possible time: Because at that time there was a lot going on in MMORPG gaming: With the upcoming releases of New World and Lost Ark, the two biggest MMORPG highlights of the last 5 years were on the verge of being launched.
Crowfall did not manage to break through with their release in July 2021 at all: The launch hardly interested anyone and afterwards, as New World entered beta and later released, it got worse and worse.
Developer J. Todd Coleman said:
As you know, Crowfall was released in July. The launch numbers looked great. The August numbers were … good. Not great, not bad – sufficient to keep the game going. But the numbers got worse. In September they had fallen dramatically. Big competitors, a lack of advertising money, much market fatigue […]
New studio buys Crowfall because the boss is a fan of the game – faces leave the MMORPG
What is the situation now? The current state of Crowfall looks bleak:
The two fathers of the project, Coleman and Walton, have already left Crowfall.
The game itself was sold in December 2021 to the studio “Monumental”: The head of the company was apparently a fan of Crowfall and believed in the success of the game.
However, making a success out of Crowfall proves to be even harder for Monumental than expected.
Why does the game seem dead now? Monumental shut down the servers on November 22, 2022, and will redevelop the game from scratch.
They say it is too much work to maintain the live operation of the game. The technology also needs to be improved.
Why is Crowfall officially not dead yet? Monumental says they want to revise and bring back the game, but have not given a specific date for that. They apparently are not in a hurry. The boss says:
I do not know how long it will take, but I want the team to rethink every part of the game. Nothing is taboo. I am pushing for dramatic improvements, and I hope in the end it will be a completely different game.
For many players, Crowfall is dead
What is the mood in the community now? Many have already given up hope. The shutdown of the servers is seen as the end by many.
On November 26, one of those “death of a game” videos appeared, and in forums, people discuss “what went wrong.”
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And people also regret having put so much money into a game that now yields nothing. One user writes:
So essentially they are taking down the game that can come back, or not, and former backers and their content are simply disappearing. RIP $2,200.”
The new boss, in any case, says: He loves Crowfall, they have great developers and a game with “strong bones” – they will invest in the team and not rush the MMO. It will take time.
It looks like our MMORPG expert Alexander Leitsch is right with another forecast:
The anime-MMORPG Aura Kingdom was previously playable via its own client and on Steam. However, it is suddenly no longer available there, which confused some players. We have inquired with the publisher Gamigo.
Update November 29: We have received a statement from Gamigo. It states:
A bug was introduced in Aura Kingdom during a recent update, causing some issues with Steam. To avoid unpleasant surprises for players, we have decided to temporarily lock the title for new players on Steam until the problem is resolved.
Existing players are not affected, and we hope to have the title back available soon.
Original news: The Steam page for Aura Kingdom is no longer accessible. Those searching for it can only find the successor Aura Kingdom 2.
In the publisher Aeria Games’ client (which is now part of Gamigo), the MMORPG is still playable, and the website continues to publish regular news about the game. There is no mention of the now-missing Steam page.
Publishers may have taken it offline due to shop issues
The user theStroh on reddit quotes the code from SteamDB and says he can read from it that the publishers removed the game from Steam and not Steam itself is responsible:
It is no longer on Steam because the publisher decided to remove it – Added app_retired_publisher_request – 1 and Added app_retired_was_free – 1.
His comment receives several upvotes.
“At least we know that Steam did not delete the game for some reason,” AkreonDorplasy replies. Steam itself is therefore likely not responsible for the removal of Aura Kingdom, but Gamigo is. However, only speculation can be offered regarding the reasoning.
The moderators of the Discord server for Aura Kingdom have repeatedly posted over the past few months that there are issues with payment in the cash shop.
Already in June, the moderator Lottus wrote: “We know that payment with Steam credit and Razor Gold is currently not working. It has been reported, and our team is working on it.” Similar messages followed, with the last coming in late October from moderator Lali: “The Steam version for AP purchases is not currently working. We recommend you buy it directly through the website.”
Is Aura Kingdom returning to Steam? A few days ago, another moderator on the Discord wrote that they also did not know why Aura Kingdom was no longer on Steam. “The team is working to get it back on Steam,” he assures. Meanwhile, we know that this is true.
What do you think about Aura Kingdom now disappearing from Steam? Do you believe it was really due to issues in the cash shop? Have you played the MMORPG or are you still actively playing it? Feel free to share it with us in the comments here on MeinMMO!
Asmongold is a well-known figure in World of Warcraft and on Twitch. He is the largest MMORPG streamer on the platform worldwide, but has withdrawn from his main channel for months – out of fear, as he says. Now, with the release of Dragonflight, he reappears and immediately has hundreds of thousands of viewers.
Just before the release, around 11:00 PM German time, the stream reached its peak. 201,298 people watched Asmongold as he waited for the release of Dragonflight (via sullygnome). In comparison: his secondary channel zackrawrr reached a maximum of 78,179 viewers at peak last year.
During this time, he showcased some of the great cinematics from the past, looked back at old content, and interacted with his chat. Right on cue for the launch, he then entered the new world and largely without the major issues that many players were facing.
In one of the highlights of his stream, however, the streamer recounted the story of the now old expansion Shadowlands, which comes to an end with the release of Dragonflight (finally) – and that in simple but cynical words.
In the video we show you the life and success of Asmongold:
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Career and life of Asmongold in 3 minutes – What makes him special?
Asmongold recounts Shadowlands and the viewers laugh
Shadowlands is generally regarded as one of the least popular expansions for many reasons, including too much grind and an incoherent story. Especially the story and the way it is told have been criticized repeatedly.
Asmongold was asked by his chat shortly before the release of Dragonflight to briefly summarize the story of Shadowlands:
Once upon a time, there were these guys and they made these robots. And one of these robots was an asshole. So they put this robot in jail. And they replaced this robot with another robot. Guess what? He didn’t like that.
So then there was this elf, with whom the robot somehow managed to talk and convince her to free him from robot jail. And after he got out of robot jail, he had to get a ball from the current robot he was replaced by – or through which he was replaced.
And then he used the ball, which made him, uh, I think more powerful or some shit. I don’t know. So anyway, he became really powerful. Like unstoppable-level powerful, so no one could stop him. And then we stopped him and that’s the end. Yeah, that’s pretty much what happened. […]
Oh, and then there was this other guy, this vampire dude, who doesn’t like to wear shirts. He had a house, we broke in and killed him.
That Asmongold is a real expert in WoW matters, he already proved in a quiz. But how accurate the retelling is, remains to be seen. His chat celebrates Asmongold’s descriptions with tons of laughing faces.
How well the story of Dragonflight can ultimately surpass the end of Shadowlands remains to be seen. At least the gameplay can already convince many, including MeinMMO demon Cortyn:
