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.
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“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.
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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:
With an Essential subscription to PlayStation Plus, you get a few games to download for PS4 and PS5 each month at no additional cost. We’ll show you the schedule for the PS Plus games in December and what rumors are currently circulating through the community on MeinMMO.
Update at 5:23 PM: There is now an unconfirmed leak about PS Plus in December 2022. According to the leak, one of the best game series of the last few years could be part of it.
What does the schedule look like? Every month, the reveal and release occur simultaneously. The following dates are important:
PS Plus: Games available starting Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Usually around 12:00 PM
Possible announcement: Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Reveal of the games often around 5:30 PM
However, especially the “announcement” is not set in stone, the games could also be presented a little later or earlier. Based on experience, the dates should fit.
Remember to secure the PS Plus games from November for your account in time:
Which games could come in December? Currently, there are no credible leaks about the new PS Plus. However, we have asked around in the community and present you a few titles that could be possible candidates for games in PS Plus.
The Last Of Us Remastered
What speaks for it? On January 15, 2023, the new series “The Last of Us” premieres on HBO. Offering the first part for free in PS Plus would at least be one way to further increase interest in the series. Alternatively, The Last of Us could also be released for free on PS Plus in January.
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The Last of Us Part 1 Launch Trailer PS5
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
What speaks for it? EA has announced the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for 2023. This is set to take place 5 years after part 1 and will likely require elements from the predecessor. A great opportunity for players to catch up on the action-adventure. Therefore, it would be a good option for PS Plus in December 2022.
Back For Blood
What speaks for it? In the co-op shooter, you battle through thousands of undead. The shooter has already received several DLCs.
With free access through PS Plus, the player base of the game could be expanded again, and also gamers who are unsure if Back For Blood is really for them could be drawn in.
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Back 4 Blood: The long-awaited DLC “Tunnels of Terror” starts today
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
What speaks for it? Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a 3D platformer where you have to save your friends. The multiplayer title was originally presented as a cross-gen game: PS4 and PS5 players could therefore play together.
A cult co-op title would therefore be a great addition for the cold season when you’re sitting alone or together with friends in front of your PS4 or PS5.
What does PS Plus Essential bring? The subscription is important if you want to use multiplayer on your PlayStation. Because very few games open the online mode without PS Plus.
Additionally, you regularly receive cosmetics or in-game currencies from various games as gifts and have extra discounts on some games. Check the PS Store regularly and look at the PS Plus section so you don’t miss bonuses for games you find interesting.
Furthermore, save files can be moved to the PS Cloud and there are the monthly games in the subscription. However, you can only use them if you are currently a member of PS Plus.
MMORPGs are constantly being expanded through new updates or larger addons. But what were actually the best MMORPG expansions of all time? We at MeinMMO looked at the ratings on Metacritic and created a ranking from that.
What kind of list is this? This list focuses exclusively on the ratings from the testers at Metacritic. The focus is on the test result for a single expansion, where in the event of a tie, the expansion with more reviews takes precedence. We also only included expansions that have received at least 10 reviews.
It is striking that many MMORPGs’ expansions are not tested as thoroughly and intensely as the release version anymore. As a result, expansions for smaller MMORPGs often simply have no rating on Metacritic.
Place 11: Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles – 10 reviews and a score of 85
Place 10: The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria – 24 reviews and a score of 85
Place 9: EverQuest: The Ruins of Kurnak – 11 reviews and a score of 86
Place 8: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood – 21 reviews and a score of 87
Place 7: World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – 49 reviews and a score of 87
Place 6: World of Warcraft: Legion – 62 reviews and a score of 88
Place 5: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
Developer: Square Enix | Platform: PC, PS3, PS4 | Release Date: July 2, 2019 | Score on Metacritic: 90 | Number of reviews: 25
What was special about the expansion? In Shadowbringers, players traveled for the first time to another world, the shard world of Hydaelyn. There, players must first turn to the darkness and collaborate with an enemy.
The expansion also brought new jobs, new playable races, and for the first time, the ability to travel between the servers of a data center.
Additionally, Shadowbringers contained the most dialogue and cutscenes of all Final Fantasy XIV expansions up to that point. The tragic story and many plot twists also make the content so popular among players.
What is the best score on Metacritic? Shadowbringers achieved the benchmark of 100 three times. Screen Rank referred to it as the “best MMORPG expansion of recent times – perhaps even of all time”.
Daily Star ruled in the review:
Shadowbringers exceeds everything that has come before. The perfect blend of engaging gameplay and a truly memorable story, able to stand alongside tales that fans have proclaimed for decades. It is time to step out of the shadows and become what Final Fantasy XIV must be: the best MMORPG in the world.
What is the worst score on Metacritic? Cubed3 gave the expansion only 70 points. They criticized high grind and slow pacing. It is said, for example: “It is an entertaining but forgettable pastime that is boring with its lengthy retelling and the dull ‘A to B’ mission style.”
GameSpot also criticized the story:
Although Endwalker suffers from pacing issues and the sheer amount of plot lines, the entire story is carried by a certain seriousness. Endwalker is exuberantly sincere in its treatment of life and death, inevitable failure, and the weaknesses of humanity. It does not shy away from grand proclamations that would seem cheesy in any other game and with any other cast of characters. Endwalker is a fitting, emotional conclusion to a years-long journey for us adventurers, and I can hardly wait to see how it continues.
How do players see the expansion today? Endwalker and Shadowbringers both compete for which is the best expansion of Final Fantasy XIV. Overall, however, Endwalker is well received and receives a lot of praise from core players. After all, Square Enix had to temporarily halt the sale of the expansion due to overwhelming demand.
So Endwalker is rightly in first place on this list.
What about ESO, Guild Wars, and SWTOR?
In the list of the largest and most successful MMORPGs in the West, titles like The Elder Scrolls Online or Guild Wars 2 play an important role. However, their expansions miss the jump into the top 11:
Guild Wars 2 received a score of 82 for Hearth of Thorns, 83 for Path of Fire, and 81 for End of Dragons.
ESO received the best rating for Summerset – an 83. Elsweyr with 80 and High Isle with 79 follow behind.
Guild Wars 1, surprisingly with a score of 91 among the best MMORPGs on Metacritic, only achieved a score of 83 for the expansions Factions and Nightfall.
For SWTOR, hardly any expansions were even given a detailed review. Shadow of Revan, which many see as the best expansion of the game, does not have its own entry on Metacritic.
What do you think of this ranking? Did you expect WoW and FFXIV to dominate everything? Or do you miss an expansion that you think should have been rated higher?
The currently best MMORPGs can be found in our tier list:
My overall impression is “somewhat disappointed”. There are quite a number of technical issues, and the lack of new classes is a huge disappointment. Additionally, it is the ever-present feeling that everything remains the same that prevents me from singing praises.
How do players see the expansion today? Burning Crusade remains a favorite among WoW players, even if the expansion gets somewhat overshadowed by our number 2 spot in hype.
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What kind of PS5 will there be? Likely, several bundles and maybe even “naked” consoles will be offered again. However, it is already clear that these bundles will be available:
Even nearly one and a half years after its market launch, the PlayStation 5 is still in absolute shortage. Accordingly, the joy is of course great when drops or sales take place at reputable retailers.
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Destiny 2 is losing more and more of its player base. According to the latest statistics, the loot shooter has reached its worst low ever. We show you what this is all about and why it’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Last but not least, there are the endlessly repetitive 6-player activities and events every season that bring no innovations and just pull guardians to the cash register again. Essentially, there is a huge accumulation of discontent, dissatisfaction, and especially disappointment. Many guardians share their suggestions for improvement and concerns with the developers via Twitter and reddit, but these are ignored.
For this reason, Destiny 2 is now drawing its consequences, as the loot shooter has reached its lowest player count on Steam. In the past 30 days, Steam Charts reports an average player count of 39,294.4 players (as of November 29, 2022) and the trend continues to decline.
Aztecross, a well-known YouTuber for Destiny 2, has now compiled a video about the dire situation of the loot shooter. In it, he states that the player numbers are not decreasing because this is the end of the season, but because the fans have had enough.
Bungie is to blame for the downfall of Destiny, not Activision
What are the problems? In the video by Aztecross, the YouTuber primarily addresses the current situation in Destiny 2. Lack of innovations, poor decisions in development, bad balancing, and missing content in PvP and PvE.
Basically, the YouTuber does not understand what Bungie is doing. The AAA studio signed a multi-billion dollar deal with Sony, and many guardians believed this was the moment when the development team would have more resources available, but that was not the case.
We are embedding Aztecross’s video here again in case you want to watch it:
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A huge discussion has arisen, as Activision apparently seems to be the bad guy. Bungie had to struggle with underground working conditions while Activision wanted to split the loot shooter into several parts. Many guardians wanted at that time the separation of the developer teams, as many feared that Activision would be the downfall of Destiny 2.
Now, almost three years after the separation, it is not Activision that is the problem, but Bungie itself. Aztecross believes that Bungie will bury the title if they continue like this.
What will happen with Destiny 2? Unfortunately, no one knows for sure. However, one thing is certain – the player base is getting smaller, and they are slowly getting fed up. So it’s just a matter of time how long Bungie can still keep its boat afloat before it sinks.
If nothing changes in the coming months, the loot shooter will meet its end before the story between light and darkness concludes.
What do you think about the current situation with Destiny 2? Are you following the downfall, or do you hope Bungie will still turn things around and save the loot shooter? Let us know in the comments!
Bungie is also bringing back old gear from Destiny 1, do you remember them?
In 2023, the early access launch of the new shooter “Starship Troopers: Extermination” on Steam has been announced. The game is based on a film from 1997, which is why fans of the sci-fi story are excited about the new game.
What kind of game is Starship Troopers: Extermination? The game is based on the film “Starship Troopers,” which was released in 1997. There are already games that build on the film’s story, such as a game of the same name launched in 2005.
Starship Troopers: Extermination is an action shooter with a sci-fi setting and first-person perspective from the game studio Offworld Industries, which also developed the tactical shooter “Squad”.
You eliminate giant insects as a special unit in a futuristic setting and fight as a trooper of the special unit “Deep Space Vanguard” against aliens on the planet “Valaka.” Your goal: Recapture the fallen colonies of the Federation.
Here you can see the announcement teaser for Starship Troopers: Extermination:
Defeat bug aliens in co-op mode and survive on Valaka
What will the gameplay in Starship Troopers: Extermination look like? Together with 11 other people, you will fight in online co-op against the giant plague represented by aliens in insect form.
Together, you explore the planet and complete missions. At the same time, you must take care of your survival: collect resources in the game world and build a base that you must defend against the aliens. To escape the planet, you search for an extraction point.
Here you can see some screenshots from the game
Three different classes are available for you to choose from, depending on your play style:
Assault
Support
Defense
As you rank up, you can unlock more weapons, equipment, and perks for each class that will assist you in the fight against the insects.
There will be a large map consisting of 5 different zones. You will fight against entire swarms of enemies, made up of hundreds of opponents. At the early access of the game, you will encounter 5 different alien types:
Drone
Warrior
Shooter
Plasma Grenadiers
Tiger Elite Enemies
What does the multiplayer mode in Starship Troopers look like? A total of 12 players can play in online co-op: You form squads of 4 people each.
Communication is supposed to be essential in gameplay, which is why you can quickly communicate with your teammates via a ping system.
Here on YouTube, you can find a first gameplay trailer of Starship Troopers by IGN.
More about games on Steam can be found here at MeinMMO:
What does the community say about the gameplay trailer? On YouTube, especially Starship Trooper fans are excited about the new game:
Brent Epps: “Yes!!! As a huge fan of the film Starship Troopers, this will be a must for me. The sound of bullets hitting the bugs will always remind me of my teenage years.”
Dallas Curtis: “Finally, we are getting more Starship Troopers games”.
lester_2020: “The 1997 movie vibes are present in the game”.
When is the release of Starship Troopers: Extermination? No specific date for the game’s release has been announced yet (as of November 29, 2022). Starship Troopers: Extermination is set to be released in early access on Steam in 2023.
You want to treat yourself to a new gaming mouse for the release of WoW: Dragonflight? MeinMMO presents you a few mice that could be worth your while.
With Dragonflight, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft has launched. Some take the opportunity to renew their settings.
MeinMMO author Benedikt Schlotmann introduces you to a handful of gaming mice that are suitable for WoW: Dragonflight. The most important details about the launch of WoW: Dragonflight can be found in the following article:
What kind of mouse is this? The Naga Trinity from Razer is one of the most well-known MMO mice available. The mouse comes with three side panels and can therefore theoretically be used not only with MMOs but also with shooters and MOBAs.
With its 12-button module, the mouse is very well suited for complex MMORPGs like WoW. You can freely assign all buttons and also programm macros. This way, you can quickly use abilities without having to hit the right key on the keyboard.
However, the mouse is not suitable if you have small hands. Because then you won’t be able to reach all the buttons.
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What kind of mouse is this? The Scimitar Elite is a gaming mouse that also relies on 12 thumb buttons. Corsair uses mechanical switches that provide a pleasant haptic feel. One special feature is that you can easily arrange the button field so that the area is perfectly within reach of your thumb.
Outside of MMORPGs, the mouse seems a bit much. In a fast-paced shooter, you probably won’t need all the buttons, and the high weight could also be a drawback. If you’re just looking for a mouse for extended use in games like WoW, then this mouse is a tip for you.
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What kind of mouse is this? There is also an improved version of the Naga line from Razer. The Naga Pro offers you an even better sensor, better mouse feet, and above all, a wireless connection with your computer. Compared to the Trinity, you pay around 30 Euros more.
MeinMMO has tested the Naga Pro and we can recommend the extra cost if you definitely want a wireless version of the Naga. By now, there’s also a second version of the Naga Pro, but for under 100 Euros, the previous Naga Pro is still the better (and cheaper) recommendation.
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What kind of mouse is this? The G604 Lightspeed is a special case among MMO mice. It only relies on 6 buttons in the thumb area. This makes it a recommendation for players for whom the 12 buttons of a Naga or Scimitar are too much and whose main game isn’t an MMORPG.
It also has a good battery life, according to the manufacturer, of around 240 hours. Additionally, the Logitech mouse is quite unobtrusive and does not have the “gamified” look of the competition. However, the downside is the high weight. At 135 grams, the G604 is the heaviest mouse on this list.
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What kind of mouse is this? The G502 Hero is an all-rounder among gaming mice that is not specifically aimed at any particular type of player. You can freely assign and set up the 11 buttons of the mouse.
The G502 Hero has another strength compared to the other MMO mice: Unlike most MMO mice that concentrate all additional buttons on one side of the mouse, here the buttons are distributed across the entire model. This is especially practical if you do not want or need to operate all buttons only with your thumb.
The successor, the G502X Lightspeed, has been tested by MeinMMO for you. The mouse is better in almost all respects, but it is currently also 40 Euros more expensive. Given this price difference, the G502 Hero Lightspeed (still) remains our stronger recommendation.
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Further mouse recommendations: Are you looking for more peripheral recommendations? Then take a look at the following list. Here MeinMMO editor Benedikt Schlotmann has tested wireless mice and explains which mouse he currently considers the best:
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Microsoft continues to fight for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Now, the U.S. tech company is willing to make initial concessions to competitor Sony so that EU competition regulators can quickly approve the deal. The main point is: A licensing agreement with Call of Duty that runs for 10 years.
According to the news agency “Reuters”, Microsoft is reportedly planning initial concessions to Sony in the $69 billion deal with Activision Blizzard (via reuters.com).
The biggest opponent: competitor Sony. They regularly argue that Microsoft would gain too much control with the “Call of Duty” brand. Sony expresses concern that many PlayStation players would be lost if CoD were to be released exclusively for PC and Xbox.
While competition authorities in countries like Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia have already approved the deal, negotiations continue before the British authority “CMA” and the European body “ECA”. The deal has not yet been cleared in the U.S. either.
And apparently, Microsoft is now ready for initial concessions.
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Call of Duty: Contract should secure CoD on PlayStation for 10 years
What concessions are these? Reuters reports, citing individuals familiar with the case. Microsoft is planning a series of concessions to Sony.
The key point is a licensing agreement. This is supposed to legally ensure that Call of Duty remains on PlayStation for 10 years. Other points from the document are not mentioned.
Why is Microsoft making concessions? Reuters states that such “behavioral concessions” could help accelerate the acquisition process in the EU.
Currently, the EU authorities are creating a list of competitive concerns, with a deadline in January. The publication of this list could be expedited by the new concessions.
Stephane Dionnet, partner at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, told Reuters: “Ultimately, such a move could secure an early approval from the European Commission and then be used by the parties before other antitrust authorities.”
Is this a strong concession? Compared to other competition cases, this is just a small concession. Microsoft is offering what they have been repeating for months:
In other cases, acquiring companies had to give up part of their business or divest other parts of their business fields.
An example is provided by Handelsblatt (via handelsblatt.com). The German company Linde AG wanted to acquire the U.S. firm Praxair. This would have resulted in the world’s largest gas company.
Linde made significant concessions. They sold Praxair’s entire gas business to a Japanese competitor and even exited the joint venture that had formed as a result. The EU competition regulators then approved the deal.
However, that was not enough for the American authorities: they demanded further divestitures of Linde’s business in the U.S.
This also illustrates that different authorities set different standards – but the composition of the market also plays an important role.
In the case of Linde and Praxair, the former number 2 and 3 in the gas market sought to merge, and the $60 billion deal had been controversial from the start.
The distribution in the gaming market looks different. According to Statista, Microsoft was in 4th place in Q1 2022 with just over $3 billion in revenue and Activision Blizzard in 9th place – between EA and Bandai Namco (via statista.com).
Together, the two companies would slightly exceed Sony and move up to 2nd place. Sony reached just over $4.3 billion in revenue in the first quarter (all figures excluding hardware sales).
The streamer Hans “Forsen” Fors (31) is a brand in its own right on Twitch. The Swede is known for his sometimes rather peculiar opinions. But a wild rant about Call of Duty: Warzone 2, driver updates, and iPhones is now going viral on Twitch.
What is Forsen going viral about now? The Twitch streamer Forsen shared some somewhat convoluted thoughts in a stream last week. He says:
No one needs driver updates or Windows updates
These updates only lead to the PC breaking down and needing to buy a new one
It’s just like with the “damn smartphone companies”
A clip of his remarks has now garnered over 130,000 views on Twitch:
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Don’t fix it, you stupid fucks. Every Friday you tell me to update my drivers while I’m sleeping with your mother. It does nothing. It just makes things worse. What the fuck proves that yesterday, with the fucking bluescreen. Okay? Fuck you and fuck your fucking driver updates!
Ultimately, updates would just lead to PCs breaking down and needing a new purchase. So anyone who recommends updates is an idiot. Forsen even sings this at the end of his remarks.
Forsen updates his drivers once and everything goes wrong
What happened there? When starting Call of Duty: Warzone 2, the shooter had some technical problems: there were glitches or crashes.
Forsen experienced these problems too and tried to start a match, but his computer crashed. NVIDIA released a driver update to fix the issues.
A user donated money to Forsen with the message: “You idiot are using 26-year-old drivers, you can’t stream like that.”
But Forsen responded: He had updated his PC’s drivers before starting CoD Warzone and had also applied a Windows update before starting the Warzone stream. So checkmate.
For him, apparently, it’s proof that updates don’t help, but only make everything much, much worse.
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How is this being discussed? On reddit, people are delightfully mocking Forsen’s convoluted explanation. People are saying:
“He’s right about the smartphone companies, but yes, he’s currently a turbo boomer.”
“Boomer buys a new PC instead of reinstalling Windows”
“Hermit complains about technology”
“Old man yells at clouds”
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The preseason for the 13th season in League of Legends has been ongoing for several weeks. It didn’t take long for players to come up with new tricks to win games for their team. Thus, a strategy from 4 years ago has resurfaced.
What kind of strategy is this? The approach involves a player becoming very strong very quickly. With the introduction of the new jungle items, a bug has crept in that the staff at Riot Games did not anticipate.
This bug allows every player with the “Smite” spell to buy and sell the jungle item. Midlaners with control mages are currently taking advantage of this.
They buy the item on their first recall to base. When the purchase is canceled, they get their money back. The problem, however, is that the effect of the jungle item remains. So the player without the jungle item still collects cookies for the pet.
If this player has collected the stacks – around minute 15 – then they can repurchase the jungle item and redeem the stacks by defeating jungle monsters. For each monster slain, the champion loses a cookie and receives 50 bonus gold. This results in an unexpectedly large influx of gold.
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Where does this strategy come from? The strategy has established itself as the “Funneling Strategy” in the League of Legends universe. This means that all gold is funneled into a single character to give them an incredibly strong advantage in experience and gold. The top lane was also a focus of the preseason and there they have already increased gold and experience values.
So far, players have only used this tactic in the mid lane. Due to the adjustments, this tactic could also be exciting for top laners.
The key player, who the gold and experience are focused on, receives necessary protection from their teammates to freely gather experience and gold. This playstyle then leads to a game-changing advantage for the team that employs the tactic.
Riot Games had previously patched this tactic out of the game because there are few counters to this playstyle. They did this by ensuring players with the jungle item receive less gold when they kill minions on the lane. Conversely, players without the jungle item earn less gold from opponents in the jungle.
Here you can check out a video about the strategy again:
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What is Riot Games doing about it? On reddit, Riot Ray Jonggi commented on the problem. The team around him did not focus on finding and fixing small niche bugs in the preparation for the preseason. Instead, they utilized 99.9% of their time for revisions. The team has implemented some changes for the preseason.
Furthermore, he explained how they plan to address this issue promptly. Presumably with the next patch. And as long as a player does not have the jungle item, they should not be able to gather stacks either. This way, the tactic won’t work as it has so far.
This approach has allowed them to fix the problems with 5% or less effort, rather than trying to launch everything completely ready for preseason.
What do you think about Riot Games’ new approach to making the game enjoyable for everyone and nipping such niche problems in the bud? Let us know in the comments.
