Do you want to improve your Ultimate Team in FIFA 23 with strong players? Then we have 7 cards for you here that cost at most 20,000 coins.
What kind of players are these? In this overview, we show you players who currently cost between 10,000 and 20,000 coins. They may be a bit more expensive, but they offer a lot in terms of value.
This list includes players who are particularly strong in their positions and can improve your team. We did not focus on a specific league or position, but looked broadly – so there should be something for everyone.
Keep in mind: This list is not exhaustive, there are many other interesting cards in Ultimate Team. If you have any player tips for us – please leave them in the comments!
Furthermore, the transfer market is dynamic and prices can change at any time. The current price status is as of October 8.
Darwin Nunez (82)
Price: Approximately 13,000 coins
This is what makes Nunez special: The newcomer from Liverpool FC is becoming a popular striker card in FIFA 23. He strongly resembles Erling Haaland (price around 370,000 coins), who currently dominates the meta of FIFA 23. Just like Haaland, Nunez is tall, has strong physical stats, and is also fast. A combination that is currently very trendy and quite dangerous.
If you then apply the Hawk chemistry style, his shooting stats improve enormously and he even gets the popular Lengthy Sprint style.
The only downside: Nunez has only 3 stars for weak foot and 3 stars for skill moves. But exactly the same applies to Haaland.
Rafael Leao (84)
Price: Approximately 12,000 coins
This is what makes Leao special: Rafael Leao is a lightning-fast and agile winger who can mainly score points with his speed and strong dribbling stats. If you then apply the Finisher chemistry style, his shooting stats improve to extremely strong 86 and his dribbling stat rises to 93.
The strong stats of the winger are rounded off with the strong 4-star combination for weak foot and skill moves.
Eldor Shomurodov
Price: Approximately 13,000 coins
This is what makes Shomurodov special: Another strong striker can be found with the Inform card of Eldor Shomurodov. He also fits the profile of the big, strong strikers and can impress with very good pace and shooting stats.
If he also gets the Architect chemistry style, he becomes a Lengthy sprinter with a strength value of a staggering 99.
Aurelien Tchouaméni (82)
Price: Approximately 13,000 coins
This is what makes Tchouaméni special: The young Frenchman is a real 6, who provides the necessary stability at the back and can build the game excellently with his very good passing stats. He is physically very robust and can impress with strong defensive stats.
The Shadow chemistry style suits him, boosting his speed to 78 and significantly improving his dribbling stats. However, you shouldn’t shoot at the goal with Tchouaméni.
This is what makes Jesus special: Jesus is the first striker on this list who does not fit into the Haaland category. But that doesn’t matter at all, because the newly transferred striker to Arsenal is fast, skilled at dribbling, and has a strong finish.
He also has 4-star skill moves, giving you more options to get past the opponent’s defense. A multitude of goals should therefore be guaranteed.
Cody Gakpo (85)
Price: Approximately 14,000 coins
This is what makes Gakpo special: With Cody Gakpo, there is currently a surprisingly cheap winger on the transfer market. He has top stats in all areas and should make a fabulous figure on the left wing. He is very fast, has strong dribbling, very good shooting stats, and is also physically strong.
Additionally, he has 4 stars for his weak foot and can impress with 4 stars for skill moves as well.
Diogo Dalot (82)
Price: Approximately 18,000 coins
This is what makes Dalot special: If you are looking for a new right-back for your team, you must take a look at Diogo Dalot. The Portuguese has everything a full-back needs. He is fast, skilled at dribbling, has good defensive stats, and is physically stable.
If you then apply the Shadow chemistry style, he becomes even faster and, above all, stronger defensively.
Which players do you use in your teams? Do you have a secret tip? Feel free to tell us in the comments!
Currently, the TOTW also offers really strong cards:
On Steam, there are numerous MMORPGs with beautiful anime graphics, most of which are even free to play. We at MeinMMO present you with some of the most popular anime MMORPGs.
Some find the graphics off-putting, others love them. If you are a fan of games like Genshin Impact and want to play with many other players, you are in the right place.
How was the list created? We searched Steam for anime MMORPGs that have received at least a “mostly positive” rating and selected some relevant ones from that. We refer to the ratings of the last 30 days. We will sort the games for you, placing those with the highest percentage at the end.
Additionally, we include player counts that we read from the site SteamDB. The number given is the peak of the last 30 days. Some of the games also have their own client besides Steam, which means the numbers from SteamDB cannot represent the total count.
What kind of game is this?NosTale is a classic among anime MMORPGs. It is considered a classic within the genre and has been playable on Steam since 2017. You create your character and enter the village of NosVille. Shortly after, you engage in your first, rather simple, battles. Every few levels, you pass through a timespace, the dungeons in NosTale.
Later, you can choose between several classes: swordsman, archer, martial artist, and mage. As the gameplay progresses, you can further specialize your character.
Long-time players particularly love the community in NosTale. Guilds are called “families,” and it should feel that way. NosTale still has a charm for many players that keeps bringing them back to the MMORPG.
What kind of game is this? The game world of MapleStory is set up like a side-scroller and features 2D graphics. Your characters are cute chibi figures. You choose from one of 4 professions, which function like classes. As you level up your character, you gain access to further professions that allow you to specialize your playstyle.
It was released in 2003 in South Korea and slowly expanded to the rest of the world. MapleStory became playable in Europe starting in 2005.
Although it is almost 20 years old, it is still loved and played. Since 2012, it has even been available on Steam. Players especially appreciate the unique aesthetics of the MMORPG.
Toram Online
Developer: Asobimo | Release: 2021 for PC, 2015 for Mobile| Rating: 71% positive | Player Count: 1,136
What kind of game is this? Toram Online was initially a pure mobile MMORPG but received a standalone PC version on Steam in 2021. It is a classic MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy environment. Toram offers you an open world, dungeons, PvP and PvE battles, as well as quests and story.
Unlike many other MMORPGs that are developed with a focus on mobile, Toram does not rely on features like auto-play or numerous assistants. You still have to play yourself, which the community appreciates.
Developer: SEGA | Release: 2012 | Rating: 72% positive | Player Count: 3,931
What kind of game is this? Phantasy Star Online 2 mixes science fiction elements with fantasy. In the open world of the game, numerous PvE missions await you, which you can complete alone or with others. Additionally, the MMORPG features an action-packed and dynamic combat system. You fly around and constantly change your position.
Although it was released in 2012, it only arrived in the West 8 years later. It has been playable on Steam since 2020. You can also start the free MMORPG on Xbox and PlayStation. Crossplay between all platforms is possible.
With New Genesis, the game received a fundamental remake of the game system and graphics. Since then, it is more of an MMORPG than it was before. It gives the option to switch between the old and new version of the game. So when you download PSO2 New Genesis on Steam, you automatically get the older version as well.
What kind of game is this? Elsword is a 3D sidescroller with cute graphics. The story of the game is told through small comic sequences.
You start with one of 14 characters that you can improve over time. You fight with bows, swords, or magic and engage in dungeons and bosses in PvE. PvP is also available in Elsword. You fight either in 1v1 or in team battles.
The combat system is a particular highlight. You don’t just hit, but allow your character to perform unique combos, leading to strategically thought-out fights.
The MMORPG focuses equally on PvP and PvE. There are raids and dungeons, but also arena fights and large battles between players. The graphics look rather like the game is a few years older.
At a certain level, you can then explore the world of Aero Tales Online while flying. Other cool features include farming, music, and housing.
The player counts have been relatively low since release. According to reviews on Steam, however, most who have tested it like it. Additionally, Aero Tales Online is still in Early Access. Therefore, player numbers could rise again by the time of the full release of the MMORPG.
Final Fantasy XIV
Developer: SquareEnix | Release: 2013 | Rating: 87% positive | Player Count: 45,237 |Costs: Base game €9.99 + subscription €12.99 monthly
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What kind of game is this? Final Fantasy XIV is one of the most popular MMORPGs ever. It focuses on an emotional story and offers players the opportunity to purchase several DLCs to further the story and level up. The expansion Endwalker was released in 2021.
In addition to the story, you can expect PvE content like dungeons, raids, and boss battles. However, in FFXIV, you only need one character, as the classes are called jobs and those who bring a lot of time can level each one to level 90.
Additionally, you can level various crafting and gathering classes, buy a house, and design your own island, which was recently added to the game with an update.
Meanwhile, you can play the game for free up to level 60, but afterwards, you will have to purchase an expansion and subscribe to continue playing. The free trial version is unfortunately not available on Steam.
You create a character and choose a class, which you can later switch. In the world of Traha, there is a war between two warring kingdoms.
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You join one of the two kingdoms, which engage in massive RvR battles against each other. A total of 100v100 players participate. In addition, Traha Global also offers numerous PvE contents such as classic raids and dungeons.
Traha offers you various weapons and classes to switch between. You can also level professions, which works similarly to Final Fantasy XIV. Through crafting and cooking, you create items that benefit you in battle.
Tower of Fantasy
The MMORPG Tower of Fantasy strongly resembles Genshin Impact and was already released in August 2022. The release on Steam was certain, but until recently there was no fixed date. We now know it will be playable on Steam starting October 20, 2022.
The MMORPG offers you daily quests, an exciting main story, and stunning graphics. Furthermore, you’ll be traveling on various mounts, climbing, flying, or swimming. In PvE, you encounter world bosses and other monsters, can explore the world and collect cores, with which you can draw the characters. PvP is also possible.
What do you think of our list? Which of the anime MMORPGs have you played, which are you currently playing? Which ones do you want to try in the future? Are you more a fan of free-to-play or paid models in MMORPGs? Which MMORPG has the best graphics for you? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
Back 4 Blood is one year old. How is the zombie shooter that many have considered to be “The Legacy of Left 4 Dead” doing?
It has been almost a year since Back 4 Blood was released – in October 2021. The game came with considerable hype and promised to refine and enhance the popular “Left 4 Dead” formula to offer a solid zombie splatter experience.
However, shortly after the launch, there was a lot of criticism. Especially the “Versus” mode fell out of favor and was not well received by many players. Old veterans from L4D wished for a “Campaign Versus,” which the developers ultimately denied.
Other launch problems, such as unreliable difficulty, minor and major bugs, and a complex card system that newcomers found hard to navigate, created further issues.
How is Back 4 Blood doing now? How has the game evolved since the launch, what do the player numbers say, and how does the gameplay feel nowadays?
About the Author: Cortyn has been involved with Back 4 Blood since the first alpha tests and has regularly played the game through the beta, the launch, and the following year.
With just over 400 hours of gameplay and an exaggerated fondness for melee weapons and the Desert Eagle, several thousand zombies have been killed. Only the tendency to throw “fear grenades” at one’s own feet remains.
Back 4 Blood was considered by many as “Left 4 Dead” successor. This only partially succeeded.
What has changed in Back 4 Blood since launch?
Since Back 4 Blood was released, a lot has changed in the game. Here’s a quick overview of some of the biggest and most important innovations:
2 DLCs have been released, each expanding the campaign.
The “card-drawing system” is gone from the campaign.
There are new maps for both players and enemy AI.
There are “brand cards” that can only be used once.
There is a new, extremely hard difficulty level called “No Hope”.
There is now a solo mode.
Numerous new enemy types.
Many new weapons.
At its core, what Back 4 Blood aims to be has changed little: A cooperative zombie shooter where you can massively customize your character and where each run of the campaign is supposed to offer a new experience. However, a few important changes have influenced the player experience since launch.
The deck system has been completely overhauled
Even though this sentence is used way too often in gaming: Back 4 Blood has become a different game a year after its launch. And this is mainly due to a change that the developers implemented a few months ago.
You probably still remember the “deck-building” mechanic. You created a deck before the match, drew a few cards in the first map of a campaign, and then drew another in each map.
The system is gone completely. Instead, you now create a deck of 15 cards and draw it entirely on the first map. You build a character with skills, strengths, and traits and play this character throughout the entire campaign at full strength.
The removal of this mechanic has made the game feel much more rounded. On one hand, you no longer have to think about which cards to draw at the beginning of a match, on the other hand, it has eliminated some odd occurrences. Often the case was that the first maps of a campaign were particularly hard because you didn’t have many cards yet – the later maps were then significantly easier.
The “Ridden” – the zombies of Back 4 Blood, have many different traits.
This is now history. The difficulty now has a nice curve and becomes increasingly harder (with some peaks) as you progress through the campaign.
During a campaign, you can still find cards and buy them for copper. However, you have to explore the maps a bit and consider whether the copper might be better suited for a weapon in the next safe room.
Overall, the entire deck mechanic feels much more rounded and meaningful now.
DLC brought cool “risk and reward” mechanics
Even the first DLC “Tunnels of Terror” has integrated very well into the gameplay. Because the “Tunnels of Terror” were not a separate act of the campaign, but an expansion for all previously existing maps. On each map of the campaign, there is a chance that you will find a tunnel entrance. The access is optional and does not have to be utilized.
If the team decides to go for it (the decision must be unanimous), you skip the rest of the current campaign map and instead enter one of several underground maps. Here, zombies swarm and there are peculiar effects.
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If you search particularly attentively, you can also find skeleton totems in the tunnels, which can later be exchanged in the shop for special cards or cosmetic items.
The tunnels can be exited at several exit points, but they are always found in different locations. A “quick detour” into the tunnel can easily turn into a 20-minute survival battle.
Entering the underground vaults is therefore always a matter of weighing pros and cons. Because on one hand, lucrative rewards such as legendary weapons, totems, and extra copper may await, on the other hand, the tunnels are often littered with traps and can also mean the end of the campaign if you don’t find an exit quickly.
More of everything with DLC 2
The second DLC “Children of the Worm” has also improved the entire game. There is a new act, which has relatively few maps, but they feel quite challenging and fit well into the story. However, the most interesting aspect is the new enemy types, the “Children of the Worm” – a mix of zombie and human who have formed a strange cult.
Although the new enemy types actually only belong to the final act, they also appear in all other maps at higher difficulty levels, which significantly increases the variety.
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The third DLC is still pending and is expected to be released in the coming months. However, there are no reliable details yet.
It is difficult to make concrete statements about the current player numbers, as the player base of Back 4 Blood spans several platforms. Back 4 Blood is not only available on Steam but also on Xbox Game Pass, in the Epic Games Launcher, and on consoles, which are connected with crossplay.
As a rough guide, you can take the Steam player numbers – keep in mind, however, that this is only a fraction of the total amount.
Player numbers on Steam have shrunk by almost 90% in the months following the release. From the initial 65,000 concurrent players at the peak of the day, there are now just under 7,000 left.
On average, between 2,500 and 3,000 players are active in Back 4 Blood at the same time over Steam.
The player numbers of Back 4 Blood – only on Steam. (Image source: steamcharts.com, as of 06.10.2022)
When waiting for new players in co-op mode, it usually takes 2-3 minutes – if you play at very unusual times (like early in the morning), it can take a bit longer.
Overall, however, Back 4 Blood still feels alive, waiting times are quite short, and through “Quick Match,” you typically enter a game with only a few seconds of waiting.
A constant in the game collection
If you haven’t given Back 4 Blood a chance yet, you should do so in the coming weeks. Take a bit of time, and preferably 3 friends with you, because that’s when the zombie shooter is definitely the most fun.
For my friend group and me, Back 4 Blood has become a constant game that you can always play again to play through a campaign with new deck ideas or to struggle through the two hardest difficulty levels. The two DLCs have meaningfully expanded the campaign, offering more campaign content and especially more variety in the already known maps.
Especially the removal of the “deck-drawing” mechanic has drastically improved the game. You now build a character at the beginning, and that character can do all that you have chosen – this makes the game much more cohesive.
Due to the rather lackluster “versus” mode, Back 4 Blood does not quite reach Left 4 Dead in its entirety for me. However, if you only consider the co-op component, Back 4 Blood is, in my eyes, the clearly better game, as it simply offers more variety and greater replayability through numerous different effects.
Back 4 Blood is a game that I can’t imagine my evenings without, and I hope that after the final DLC of the first season pass, more content will still be released. Because bashing zombies has never been as much fun for me as it is in Back 4 Blood.
Cortyn
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What is your opinion on Back 4 Blood? Have you checked in during the past weeks and months?
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In Pokémon GO, trainers often lose their precious passes due to the behavior of other players. A trick is supposed to save you some frustration. Our MeinMMO author Franzi Korittke tested it for you and explains how it works.
Which passes are involved? In Pokémon GO, trainers have been able to invite other players to remote raids or participate in raids in other regions using so-called remote raid passes for quite some time.
However, trainers often leave the raid lobby just before it starts. This naturally causes frustration among players, because they often lose their valuable remote raid passes. I recently tried a tip from reddit that is supposed to help with this. I have summarized below how you can use it yourself.
How to secure your remote raid passes in the future
What problem are we talking about? Trainers often report that they were invited to a raid and other players left the raid lobby just seconds before it started.
This is particularly annoying when you don’t notice it in time and can’t complete the raid on your own. Typically, you find yourself fighting alone and losing your precious remote raid pass. This was also recently reported by reddit user Kangabolic, which is why trainers gave important tips on how to behave in raids.
Some trainers also revealed a trick on how not to lose the passes in such a situation. I wanted to find out more and tried it for you.
How the trick works
Make preparations: Before you get invited to a raid next time, you should make a few preparations. You will need a team of “dead” Pokémon for the raid, meaning monsters that you would normally have to revive. You can create this easily. It’s best to proceed as follows:
Tap on the Pokéball in the center of your screen and open the “Battles” menu option.
Swipe left once to open the “Team” tab.
You will now see the different leagues of PvP battles and below that the “Gyms & Raids” option. Click on the “+” behind this menu item.
Now you can come up with a name for your team. I called it “dead team”.
Next, you should select Pokémon for your team. I chose weak Pokémon with low CP because I wouldn’t need them in battle anyway.
This is how you set up a team
Once you have chosen your team, you will need to have the Pokémon battle, because as already mentioned, you need a “dead” team. I initiated a gym battle, selected the team, and let myself be defeated.
Important! You must not revive these Pokémon afterward, because otherwise the trick won’t work!
How to use the team in the raid: When you get invited to a remote raid, you can initially join normally and observe the situation in the lobby. If you are unsure whether the trainers might leave the lobby just before the start, you can now select your “dead team”.
In addition to the suggested Pokémon that the game shows you automatically, you can also select previously set teams. Just swipe through the Pokémon area until you find the prepared team you want. Since you have already sent the Pokémon into another battle, they are now grayed out and have no energy left.
Once the preparation time of the raid has expired and the battle begins, you will land in a separate screen. Your Pokémon are not alive, so they cannot fight the raid boss. Here you have the option to choose another team. You can also see how many trainers are in the raid.
Comparison of my remote raid passes before (left) and after (right) as well as the process of the trick
In my attempt, there were two of us, a friend and I. If that feels like too few trainers, or if you are left alone on the list, you can completely close the game at this point, delete it from your phone’s history, and restart it.
If you did everything correctly, your remote raid pass should still be in your item bag. As you can see from the previous image, I had 3 remote raid passes in my item bag both before and after.
By the way: If all players stayed in the raid, instead of closing the game, you can also simply assemble a corresponding team and return to the raid via “back to battle”.
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My conclusion on the reddit trick
My expectations: When I read about the trick on reddit, I honestly couldn’t imagine that it would really work. But I thought it was an interesting approach to save your pass in such a situation, which is why I had to try it out.
Because I have also been confronted with such issues numerous times, I could empathize with the frustration of the players very well. After trying it for the first time, I expected to be able to simply leave the raid as usual. However, the corresponding icon was not available, which is why I simply closed the game.
I have since tried it multiple times this way, and it has always worked with my “dead team”. According to some trainers, it should also work if you use a team without monsters, but I cannot confirm that for the moment.
Would I use it again? Yes, I find it a good way to secure my remote raid pass if players leave the lobby just seconds before the raid and I am left alone. Therefore, I will mainly use my team when I do not yet know the other trainers who invited me or know that they like to change their minds at the last minute.
However, I believe it should really only be a stopgap in such cases. Better communication among trainers would definitely be preferred here.
What has your experience been with remote raids? Will you try this trick in the future as well? Or do you play more with people you know and don’t have these kinds of problems? Feel free to share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers about it.
With Wrath of the Lich King came a new expansion to WoW Classic – and the most popular one, as many players still believe to this day. They explain that the reason for WotLK’s success actually lies in very simple systems.
How popular WotLK was back then: Looking back 14 years to the release of the original Wrath of the Lich King, the excitement for WoW was just as great as it is today – if not greater.
Millions of players looked at WotLK during the original release. Blizzard still published official player numbers at that time. Worldwide, World of Warcraft reached its peak in October 2010 with over 12 million active players (via CNET).
This was shortly before the release of Cataclysm in December 2010 and is the last known peak of World of Warcraft. Back then, Icecrown Citadel and Ruby Sanctum were the major endgame raids. Since then, the numbers have declined, until Blizzard stopped publishing player numbers in 2015. Now there are only estimates.
The reason is that you can easily achieve everything, but you’re not completely under-challenged. AlpacaWoolHat explains on reddit:
The raids are fun. 10-man for a fun togetherness, while you still need to pay attention. 25-man for a challenge. I think it was more challenging back then. You can easily get into PvP. You can easily farm gear and do stuff on multiple characters […]
The characters are fun, not as complex as in MoP and not as brain-dead as in TBC. Most classes are balanced with a few outliers. There are no MANDATORY TASKS in the game. It’s actually fun.
The user can see that Cataclysm became too hard for some players and why they love WotLK. Especially the point about mandatory tasks is well received in the community.
Within a few hours, the thread gathered over 3,500 upvotes and over 1,100 comments. There, players praise that WotLK is simply more accessible. As soon as you reach level 80, you don’t need any additional prerequisites like a campaign. You can just get started.
It is said: ‘You can just hop into an activity of your choice, enjoy the grind, and see the numbers you pump out grow. It’s like a drug.’ Many agree that WotLK was the best time they ever had in gaming. Others even discover that they have as much fun now as they haven’t had since childhood:
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In the community, fans often discuss what makes WotLK so good. Elements that are mentioned repeatedly are the design of the world and quests, as well as Arthas as the big villain of the expansion.
There are indeed players who don’t want to know much about all of this and just want to achieve everything as quickly as possible. However, many enjoy the time they can spend in Northrend. And for those who want to jump in now, they can experience it all without any problems:
In League of Legends , a developer error has apparently caused 2 items to be revealed too early, which offer the Summoner Spell “Teleport” and the ultimate of the champion “Shen” in a modified form as usable effects. This would completely change the game and open up new possibilities.
What are these 2 items? Riot Games is currently preparing the preseason 2023 in LoL, which is always the time when the MOBA undergoes the biggest changes of the year.
Players have browsed the new items in the shop on the test server, PBE, and found 2 new secret items they thought might go live soon:
The “Boots of Teleportation” cost 1200 gold and allow players to teleport to a friendly structure, ward, champion, or minion every 4 minutes.
The item “Sword in the Stone” for 3400 gold would allow players to teleport a friendly champion. Upon appearing, it would grant friendly players a powerful shield.
Why would the items change the game so much? Players in LoL can choose 2 summoner spells, which are usually Flash and Teleport for top lane and mid lane:
Flash is used to make a short jump and is often crucial to either achieve a kill or escape certain death. A flash is practically “worth half a death” because players who have lost their flash are often the focus of the next attack.
Teleport is essential for either returning to the lane from the base, launching surprise attacks on the enemy base, or preparing a gank in another lane.
If players could use teleport through the boots, they would be able to save the spell and take an alternative instead. This would be particularly attractive for top laners who often feel like they are isolated on the top lane, stuck like on an island for 20 minutes.
The weapon, in turn, resembles the effect of the ultimate of the champion Shen and would be an extremely strong cooldown for team fights, potentially deciding matches single-handedly.
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Sorry Amigos – must have slipped into the build somehow
This is what Riot Games says: Developer Riot Phlox comments on the boots on Twitter:
“Sorry amigos, this must have slipped into the build somehow, I guess. We currently have no plans to bring the boots; that was an early attempt for top lane stuff.”
The Riot dev, however, leaves a backdoor open: “Unless…” and makes strange gestures.
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On October 7th, the simulation SuperPower 3 was released on Steam. However, the new game from GolemLabs (The Guild 3) is not well-received there. The 679 reviews so far are 93% negative. The list of problems is quite long.
What kind of game is it? SuperPower 3 is the latest installment in the series and caused quite a stir with its announcement in 2021. After all, nearly 18 years have passed since the release of the second part in 2004. Many players were looking forward to a continuation and eagerly awaited it.
SuperPower 3 is said to place particular emphasis on realism, depth, and stunning graphics. You simulate the entire Earth with a total of 194 playable nations and make military, diplomatic, and economic decisions. In the end, you could theoretically rule the entire world, whether in single-player or multiplayer.
What is the problem? The launch on Steam went anything but smoothly. Players complain of technical and content issues. Many are disappointed because their expectations for the series have not been met in the slightest.
A proper introduction and a good tutorial are said to be missing.
The gameplay is said to be contentless and dominated by sliders. It is also said to become slower the longer you stay in the game.
The world is said to look beautiful but be quite empty, and nothing ever seems to happen.
There are said to be many bugs and lags, even on powerful PCs.
Some images and icons are said to simply be missing.
The AI is said to be among the slowest and worst ever.
User Voltan also criticizes that “50% of the content from part 2 is missing” and that everything feels “simply empty.” CYKAbIYAT asks in his review whether the game is a “prank.” Overall, it particularly lacks depth, which was touted as a core feature for the game.
Is there anything positive? Yes, the music, the trading system, and the world map itself receive praise. The character editor is said to be crafted with great care and extremely detailed.
But overall, nearly all players come to the conclusion that SuperPower 3 currently feels more like an alpha or in early access. A finished release version has to look different.
What are the player numbers like? On release day, a peak of 1,343 players played simultaneously on Steam. Just 24 hours later, the peak was only 265. By October 9th, only 121 players had logged in at the same time.
What do you think about SuperPower 3? Were you looking forward to the game or did you not even catch the release?
What a different bad game on Steam looks like, we have presented to you here:
The new hero shooter Overwatch 2 was released on October 4th. Fans have been able to get an impression of the game despite connection issues. Although many are having fun, there are some points that are receiving significant criticism.
By the weekend, many players could play, although there were still bugs and error messages. The mood is still heated.
What is the problem? In forums and on the Overwatch subreddit, there are plenty of opinions about the new shooter. The biggest point of criticism that many keep mentioning is the monetization.
Overwatch 2 relies on a Battle Pass, which allows players to unlock new content. The loot boxes from the first part are gone. You can now see what you are working towards, random rewards are a thing of the past.
In a popular thread on reddit, the user dreadul explains: ‘Play the game, but don’t buy a damn thing. At best, Blizzard adjusts the prices. At worst, they’re pissed. I’m cool with either.’
Even though he is having fun with Overwatch 2 and it is a ‘step in the right direction’, not everything is fully thought out, and the monetization is simply greedy. Other players feel the same way.
The cinematic on the theme “Hope” received mixed reactions from the community. Fans saw a certain irony in this:
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Unleash Hope – Overwatch 2
‘Overwatch 2 is very unsatisfying’
This is what bothers players: In the current largest reddit thread with over 12,800 upvotes and more than 1,700 comments, user Murram9 addresses the things that bother him. He explains what exactly Overwatch 2 lacks to create a sense of reward. Things that the predecessor had:
Medals for damage and more.
‘On Fire’ display on the portrait to see when you are doing particularly well.
Missing levels (except in the Battle Pass).
Maps that show achievements at the end of the match.
Portrait frames to be proud of as a player.
Other players agree. The removal of the ‘On Fire’ display is particularly strange, as even new characters like Sojourn have voice lines for such a state, and others like Moira have received new lines for it. But it can no longer be seen.
According to some fans, the progress system with the Battle Pass is so annoying that many wish for loot boxes back – a feature that was actually heavily criticized. Even MeinMMO demon Cortyn has noticed this:
Additionally, there are poor adjustments like hero balancing, especially with Orisa, or that the overview tab in the game loads too slowly. Important information such as ready ultimates is seen too late. Moreover, some bugs are concerning players.
Overwatch 2: Der animierte Kurzfilm zur Fuchs-Heldin Kiriko
Is it really that bad? Indeed, Reddit is currently flooded with complaints about the state of the game and particularly the monetization. However, the platform is also known for often complaining and highlighting negative aspects.
In a smaller thread, user zbin17 goes a bit more into the problems and how they can be easily solved. Especially things like the interface, the ‘On Fire’ display, and missing information such as maps could be easily delivered by Blizzard. Only the money issue seems to be a bigger point that requires more discussion.
There is still work to be done on connection issues and more, and there is “much to do”, but Overwatch 2 is not “at the beginning of the end”, as many are currently predicting. The change to 5 players per team is just right, bringing fresh air and making the rounds much more intense.
Interestingly, this was also the impression of MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus after just 2 hours of playing. Now, after a few days, this has only become clearer:
In FIFA 23, you could purchase a Heroes Pack briefly on October 8. It cost 25,000 coins and could only be purchased once per account. However, it was already deactivated after just 15 minutes. The players who couldn’t buy it are now angry because it was the best pack ever offered in FIFA.
What was in the pack? A guaranteed FUT Hero. And each of these players is impressive:
The worst card is Jorge Campos, a goalkeeper with an 87 rating and a value of 20,000 coins – thus a relatively small loss compared to the purchase price.
At the top is David Ginola with a value of 1.75 million coins. In total, 7 players have a higher value than 500,000 coins.
Those who purchased the Heroes Pack could also list the card on the FUT transfer market, as the card was surprisingly tradable. And since only Jorge Campos was under the 25,000 coins paid for the pack, it was a nearly risk-free investment.
Players therefore refer to the pack as the strongest of all time. Too strong, it seems EA thought.
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FIFA 23: Use the power shot correctly – This is how you score epic goals
The Heroes Pack was probably a mistake, but it really angers players
What happened after the pack’s release? Shortly after the Heroes Pack was released, it was deactivated again. According to a post on reddit, it was online for just about 15 minutes. Those who managed to grab a pack during that time were very lucky.
What do the players say? They are quite angry because those who didn’t log in immediately missed out. However, the lucky ones could secure a strong player cheaply or convert a few coins into significantly more. Some players also complain that their card has lost a lot of value due to the action, effectively causing them to lose coins indirectly.
Players are now demanding justice:
Hazard1900 writes: “It would be disgusting if they don’t give us all a Hero now.”
Ballaman200 calls the action “the biggest mistake EA has made since the introduction of FUT.”
At the same time, this action also carries anger from other areas. Many players complain that bug fixes can sometimes take weeks, while a pack that was only purchasable once and offered all players the same opportunity was removed after just a few minutes, making it truly unfair. Meanwhile, some players are demanding compensation for the pack in FIFA 23.
What does EA say about it? There is still no statement regarding the pack. It is unclear whether other players will receive compensation or if the original buyers will lose their Hero. We at MeinMMO will keep you updated.
If you are still looking for good cards, you should keep an eye on the new “Road to the Knockouts” event:
Sony has gone through several attempts to find the name under which the company is now known worldwide. In this trivia article, we will reveal some history about it.
The name “Sony” is now a familiar term to every gamer, as the company is one of the three largest console manufacturers in the world and a massive gaming publisher. However, Sony was not always known by this name and had to face many challenges before they found their identity.
This was the beginning of Sony: The origins of the entertainment giant trace back to a small electronics shop that opened in early 1946 in a bombed-out department store in Nihonbashi (Tokyo).
With a startup capital of around 3 million dollars (accounting for inflation) and 8 employees, entrepreneurs Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the company “Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo”. In German, it roughly translates to “Tokyo Communication Industry Company”.
The founders were looking for a short and memorable name
This was the first problem: Ibuka and Morita had grand plans for their company and decided to think internationally. Their products needed to be easily marketable abroad, which is why the name of the company should be short, catchy, and memorable.
They initially decided that the company’s name should have a “Romaji” version. This term refers to Japanese words written in Latin letters (in simplified terms).
The first version of the new “international” name was to be the initials of Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, hence TTK. However, this already posed the first problem with the name: There was already a railway company in Japan called Tokyo Kyuko which was abbreviated as TTK.
Ibuka and Morita had to come up with another name for their company.
Sony is one of the companies whose logo has hardly changed over the years (Image source: logos-world.net)
This was the second problem: After the TTK initials were out of question, the company resorted to an acronym. The first syllables of Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo were combined to form “Totsuko” and used as a name for some time.
However, during a business trip to the USA, Akio Morita found that Americans had trouble pronouncing Totsuko, so the search for an appealing name continued.
The name “Sony” was originally heavily criticized in Japan
On the third attempt, they decided to borrow from various foreign languages. One of the suggestions was the name “Sony”, which is familiar to us all. The word was composed of two similarly sounding words:
It was partly derived from the Latin word “Sonus”, which means “sound”. Since the company originally made its money by selling radios, it fit well with their products.
Sony also reminded people of the Anglicism “Sonnyboy” (sonny / clever boy), which was common in Japan after World War II. It was used for “respectable and smart men”, as Morita and Ibuka believed they were.
Sony was indeed the perfect name for the growing company, which even secured a licensing deal with the already massive company Nokia in the 1950s.
This was the third problem: But another problem arose that almost cost the company its name. Sony was supposed to be written in Latin letters from the start, which at that time was also known as “American script” in Japan. They were thus the first Japanese company to do so.
In the early 1950s, the memory of World War II was still very fresh worldwide, and especially in Japan. The country had fought mainly against the Americans in the Pacific and suffered a heavy defeat. Accordingly, the fact that a Japanese company used “the script of the enemy” instead of Kanji became part of the public debate and was heavily criticized.
It went so far that Sony had problems with their main bank, Mitsui. Mitsui is still one of the largest companies in the world today, and the then-chairman had a strong opinion about Sony’s new name. The bank demanded that the company name be changed to something else, but Akio Morita remained firm and fought for it.
The name “Sony” has now been used unchanged for over 60 years and also adorns the official logo of the company.
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This week, two MMORPGs were particularly in the spotlight. In WoW WotLK Classic, the first raids opened and problematic bugs were fixed. New World, on the other hand, introduced the new patch and new servers. We at MeinMMO summarize everything important for you.
A new MMORPG called ArcheAge War has been announced. However, no details are available yet, with one exception: the game will be rated “18+” in Korea (via MMOCulture).
These were the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What is your personal highlight? Did you experience anything interesting this week? Or might we have forgotten something important? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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We show you how to unlock flying in WoW: Shadowlands. In the overview, you can see the requirements and locations.
Players can also mount their flying mounts in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and explore the four major areas from the air – at least once flying has been unlocked. This has been possible since Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination, and we will reveal what you need to do in order to fly in Shadowlands.
What requirements must be fulfilled? To unlock flying, you must have completed the original covenant campaign on the corresponding character. This is the basic requirement that you cannot bypass. After that, you need to take care of the following things:
Reach Glory Level 44: You probably completed this alongside. If not, finish a few campaign quests or visit dungeons.
Play the new covenant chapter: At Glory Level 44, you unlock the next chapter of the covenant campaign called “The Last Seal.” Play this chapter all the way to the end. Just follow the quest progression, and you won’t miss anything.
Once you have done this, you will receive the item “Memories of the Sunless Sky”.
This item allows you to fly – you just need to use it!
Use it – and voilà! You have unlocked flying in Shadowlands!
Flying in Shadowlands – Where can you do this?
Who can fly? Once you have unlocked the flying capability on one character, it automatically applies to your entire account. From then on, all characters in the four main areas of the Shadowlands can fly. This also applies to characters under level 60 who are still in the leveling phase. Therefore, you can already take off in the Shadowlands starting from level 50 and drastically shorten many time-consuming tasks.
Where can you fly? Flying is generally possible in all areas of the four covenants. These are:
Bastion (Kyrians)
Maldraxxus (Necrolords)
Ardenweald (Night Fae)
Revendreth (Venthyr)
What does flying in the Shadowlands bring? Basically, it saves time. Most activities are significantly faster with a flying mount, as you can cover more distance in a shorter time and simply fly over obstacles. This makes you more effective when:
Leveling twinks and flying directly to mission objectives
Completing world quests, for example, to farm Anima
Farming herbs and ores to gather materials for professions or for sale
How can you fly in Zereth Mortis? If you want to unlock flying in the endgame zone “Zereth Mortis,” you need to complete a few additional steps. We explain this in our guide to unlocking flying in Zereth Mortis.
More current news about World of Warcraft can be found here:
Where can’t you fly? A flying ban still exists in the Maw and therefore also in the new mini-area Korthia. There you must continue to rely on ground mounts and cannot simply look down on the problems from the sky.
Will you unlock flying immediately? Or will you take your time?
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Guild Wars 2 remains one of the most popular MMORPGs in the West in 2022. In this guide, MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch reveals everything important that you need to know as a newcomer to the MMORPG.
What kind of game is it? Guild Wars 2 is a theme park MMORPG from the American developer ArenaNet. The game is mainly aimed at casual players who want to experience a hero story and explore diverse areas.
The focus of the game is on:
Personal story instances
An action-packed combat system with dodging
An open world that forgoes classic quests and instead relies on general tasks in the open world and event chains
A leveling and equipment system that has only been slightly adjusted since 2012, so you don’t have to constantly farm for new gear
Fractals (instances for 5 players), strike missions (as a precursor to raids), and raids for 10 players
PvP arenas where gear does not matter
Large battles server vs. server vs. server
To help you get started in the game, we have created this beginner’s guide. If you are interested in whether Guild Wars 2 really suits your gaming style, you will find the answer here: Is it still worth starting Guild Wars 2 in 2022?
Who created the guide? Alexander Leitsch is better known in the Guild Wars 2 community as Sputti. For almost 7 years, he operated the fansite Guildnews.de and reported daily about GW2. In-game, he has achieved over 8,000 play hours and nearly 36,000 achievement points (Top 3%). He has also invested over 10,000 play hours in the predecessor Guild Wars 1.
This article was last updated on October 9, 2022.
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Account Creation and the Different Versions of Guild Wars 2
What does Guild Wars 2 cost? The base game of Guild Wars 2, as it was released in 2012, is completely free to play. You can simply visit the official website of the MMORPG and create an account there. However, this free account has some restrictions, including:
Only 2 instead of 5 character slots
Unlocking cities, PvP content, LFG tools, and chat only after a certain level
Whispering is only possible with players who have added you to their friends list or are standing next to you
No access to guild banks or raids
No access to daily login rewards
No access to the trading post and thus no possibility to trade with other players
If you want to bypass these restrictions, you can theoretically still buy old versions of the main game. However, the second expansion Path of Fire for €29.99 – which automatically includes the first expansion Heart of Thorns – or directly purchasing the standard collection is more profitable. For €49.99 you get the base game, the two already released expansions, and the upcoming expansion End of Dragons.
The two versions that are most worthwhile for beginners.
Have I unlocked everything with this? No, because between the expansions, Guild Wars 2 released the so-called Living World. These are small episodes that introduced new areas, new story content, and new achievements and rewards.
Currently, there are 5 seasons of the Living World with 6 to 8 episodes each. An episode was free if you logged in during the month it was released. However, currently, you have to pay 200 gems, which is equivalent to €2.50 or about 60 in-game gold per episode.
However, there are occasionally promotions where the content is reduced or even available for free for a short time.
Classes, Races, and the Server Systems
The choice of the right server: Anyone who installs Guild Wars 2 and starts with a new account has to first choose a server. For players from Germany, it makes the most sense to generally select a European world.
Some servers also have the [DE] suffix, indicating that there are mainly German players there. However, some servers are marked as “Full,” so you cannot join.
However, the choice of server does not play as big a role as one might think. Guild Wars 2 uses the so-called mega servers. These ensure that players from different servers can play together in PvE, and new versions of a map are created when too many players are present.
The overview of the servers in Guild Wars 2.
The mega servers sort in the following way:
You will be grouped with players from your group and guild on a map
Then players from your server are prioritized
Then players of your language
And then possibly players from other languages will join
This leads to the fact that maps in Guild Wars 2 are never empty, and you are usually always playing with German players. However, occasionally a foreign player might be mixed in.
If you end up on a different server than your group or raid teammates, you can simply right-click on the character portrait and join the map version of your teammate.
The server currently only plays a significant role in the large PvP mode World vs. World. Because there, servers fight together against other servers. If a world is marked as “full,” it specifically means that many active WvW players are present. However, this display makes no statement regarding PvE.
What does character creation look like? In Guild Wars 2, you first choose a playable race that you want to represent. You can choose from:
Humans
Norn – huge humans from the North
Sylvari – plant creatures modeled after humans
Charr – feline beings with horns that can also move on all fours
Asura – small beings with huge ears that once lived underground
The races differ in lore, size, and animations. But in the classic hitbox, which can be hit by enemies, they are all the same. Additionally, each race has its own abilities, which can only be used in PvE and are so weak in balance that no one really uses them.
The races from left to right: Humans, Charr, Norn, Asura, and Sylvari.
What classes are there? Currently, you have a choice of 9 different classes, with the class Revenant requiring the expansion Heart of Thorns. The base game came without a classic classification into tank, healer, and DPS, as each class has its own healing skill and dodging abilities, enabling them to survive alone.
With the later expansions Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire, the so-called elite specializations were introduced. These brought the specialization Druid to the Ranger, enabling healing, or the Chronomancer to the Mesmer, which is often used as a tank in raids.
The 9 classes differ first in their armor value:
Heavy Armor (2,271 points) – Warrior, Guardian, Revenant
Medium Armor (2,118 points) – Ranger, Thief, Engineer
With End of Dragons, the new siege turtle as a mount will be introduced. Two players can sit on it, with the second player then controlling the giant cannons for attacks.
General Beginner Tips
In this section, we compile general tips that have accumulated over the years:
In Guild Wars 2, the motto is: The journey is the goal. Rushing into endgame provides little advantage and destroys the story and the real cool discovery factor.
Complete 3 of the possible 10 daily quests every day. This provides 2 gold, resulting in a relaxed income.
Make sure to have enough recycling kits to disassemble items and receive materials. Alternatively, you can purchase an indestructible recycler in the real-money shop. The copper one is the better choice.
You can earn larger bags through achievements or at the trading post. Everyone needs inventory space!
Use buff food in the open world, as it grants you 10% additional experience points and useful stats. It’s best to combine this with leveling the cooking profession.
If you decide to purchase real-money items, your first choices should be a shared inventory slot, the copper indestructible recycler, and indestructible tools. They make your life easier and save a lot of gold in the long run.
If you are looking for group members, you can find someone for common activities like events in the open world, fractals or world bosses using the LFG tool. You can also search for group members in story instances, but those are harder to find randomly. You can open the tool with the “Z” key.
Which stats are right for you? If you play a character focused on Power, that is, physical damage, berserker stats will always serve you well. A character dealing damage through conditions should consider using viper stats.
It is wise not to delete your first character, as there are birthday gifts each year and achievements depend not on account age, but character age.
There is a wardrobe system through which you can visually change your gear to any skin you have owned or recycled. Changing appearance requires transmutation crystals that you can obtain through achievements, daily login rewards, or the shop.
In the wardrobe, I can choose any shoe skin I have ever owned.
Important Settings
When it comes to settings, the general rule is to make adjustments that suit you best. However, we would like to provide you with some tips:
Activate the content guide, as it ensures that new tasks appear on the compass when you otherwise have nothing to do.
Enable, as soon as available, Auto Loot and Loot in Range when interacting. This will automatically pick up everything that drops for you. Even chests are sometimes automatically opened.
Enable show skill cooldowns, so you can see the exact seconds of cooldowns.
In the “Combat and Movement” section, activate options to dodge with double key presses and interrupt auto-attacks when switching targets. This way, you can dodge quickly and won’t accidentally continue to attack old targets.
Activate the option to “Display Enemy Health in Percentage” – many bosses trigger special phases or attacks at 75, 50, 25% etc. It is important to keep an eye on these.
Optionally, you can activate Set Ground Target at Maximum Range. This way, you cannot accidentally use AoE effects outside of the actual range but see the exact effective radius.
What to Expect in the Endgame of Guild Wars 2
What to expect in PvE: The endgame of Guild Wars 2 includes dungeons, raids, world bosses, many achievements, and the grind for better-looking gear. Because you will quickly have the strongest ascended equipment in your hands. For many, an endgame goal is therefore to look as good as possible. There are hundreds of skins that you can collect and unlock in the wardrobe. For fun, the game is also jokingly referred to by many fans as Fashion Wars.
The MMORPG has recently placed a stronger focus on fractals in dungeons. These are different instances for 5 players, which have difficulties ranging from 1 to 100, and some even have a challenge mode. For higher levels in the fractals, you will need more Agony Resistance, which you can imbue into your ascended gear.
There are also classic 5-player dungeons that can be accessed via portals in the open world, but these have not received updates or new content in years. Nevertheless, they provide exciting background stories about the world and its history and are always accompanied by a story.
For challenge enthusiasts, raids have been available since Heart of Thorns. In these 7 instances, you will face several bosses with 10 players and earn good rewards. Coordination and especially high damage are required here.
The Talwächter is one of the first raid bosses in Guild Wars 2.
For the casual player of the open world, world bosses mainly appear on the older maps and meta-events on the maps from Heart of Thorns and Silverwastes. Here, you face opponents with a large group of up to 100 players and receive many rewards for usually little effort.
Additionally, Guild Wars 2 places a strong emphasis on achievements. These exist for story content, hidden treasures, jumping puzzles, as well as in PvP and WvW. Each achievement awards achievement points, and there are rankings even there. For fans who want to complete everything, this MMORPG offers plenty.
What to expect in PvP: In endgame PvP, you can expect mainly arena PvP and world vs. world.
In the arenas, you play traditionally in 5-vs-5 and are tasked with being the first to reach 500 points. Points are earned from holding capture points and killing other players. Each map also has special side effects that provide buffs or additional points.
One of the maps from arena PvP. There are 3 capture points and 2 boss creatures that provide a buff temporarily when defeated.
This content offers Guild Wars 2 a ranked mode with seasons and several automated tournaments a day, culminating in monthly tournaments.
Between seasons in a leaderboard, there are sometimes special events, such as a shortened 2v2 season or an experimental arena.
What is WvW? In World vs. World, three servers battle each other, attempting to capture and defend structures, towers, and camps across 4 different maps. Servers can earn points and thus win a matchup.
Matchups are reset regularly on Fridays, with new enemies assigned. There is also a leaderboard, ensuring evenly matched servers face each other. A major overhaul to the World vs. World system is also planned, transitioning to an alliance system, where guilds will fight against each other.
In WvW, there are 4 massive maps with numerous forts, towers, camps, and smaller objects like ruins or flags that can be captured.
How do you generally find Guild Wars 2? Are you satisfied with the MMORPG? And do you have further tips that you would give to beginners? Feel free to write your comments.
The big highlight in 2022 will be the new expansion End of Dragons, which will lead players to the continent of Cantha. You can learn more about this in our extensive overview:
Warriors therefore have a lot of armor and many hit points. This makes the class very beginner-friendly. The Ranger is also suitable for beginners, as they can send a tamed animal ahead and do not have to take damage as often themselves. More information on the classes can be found here:
Finalization of character creation: During character creation, you will be asked various questions about your backstory and your attitude towards the world. These influence the story missions that you experience on your way up to level 30.
After that, you choose a pact that also influences your story. However, the personal decisions made during character creation no longer play a role from that point on.
First Steps in the Game
How does the introduction to Guild Wars 2 work? You start in the world of Tyria in a tutorial mission. This explains the basics of the game and already contains first story content. Each race has a slightly different tutorial.
After completing the tutorial, you will learn about the so-called heart quests. These differ somewhat from classic quests because you do not have to accept them, have several options for completion, and receive the reward automatically.
Such tasks include supporting an apple farm. For this, there are various options:
You can collect apples and bring them to the heart NPC
Karma can be used to buy from a heart that you have completed. The NPCs usually offer you simple gear, buff food, or other useful items.
Besides the hearts, there are also other things that you can discover on the map and use for leveling:
Sightseeing spots – special places that you just need to walk over to gain XP
Waypoints – you can teleport to them at any time for a bit of in-game currency. Discovering them also provides some XP
Vistas – red flags on the map that show a small cinematic upon interaction and also grant XP
Hero points – challenges that grant you hero points and XP. Hero points are used to unlock new abilities or effects in specialization trees.
Guild Wars 2 also offers an interesting reward system for all this content. If you complete all hearts, sightseeing spots, waypoints, vistas, and hero points on a map, you receive bonus rewards. If you complete all maps in the entire world, you receive an Exploration Gift, which is later needed for legendary weapons.
There are many hearts, waypoints, and other content to discover.
However, the highlight in the open world are the dynamic events. These reappear in the world, such as when harpies suddenly attack a farmer or bandits raid a village. Some of these events even have consequences.
If a village is raided and taken over by bandits, there will be no more merchants there. Additionally, the tasks for the heart quests will change. Instead of helping with the harvest, you will suddenly have to defeat bandits.
In some areas, these dynamic events even lead to the appearance of boss monsters or, in the event of a failure, the blockade of large areas. Also, there are numerous world bosses with additional daily rewards that appear after a fixed timer. These bosses can also be found in low-level areas, which are then suddenly populated by high-level players.
But don’t worry – you can still participate in the boss fight because in Guild Wars 2, even high-end players are scaled down to the level of the area. Thus, everyone has a fair chance, whether you have played for 3 or 3,000 hours.
The Personal Story: Alongside the adventures in the open world, you will also frequently unlock story missions. A set of new missions appears every 10 levels, so at level 10, 20, 30, and so on.
You can complete the missions either alone or together with other players. If someone has to do the exact same mission, they will even receive credit for the progress. For the other players, there is only the loot that drops during the mission.
You can review your entire story afterward in your chronicle. Episodes of the personal story can, however, only be played once. Later episodes of the Living World or expansions are repeatable, also because there are some interesting achievements there.
In the chronicle, you can read about your story and replay some old content.
All About the Combat System in Guild Wars 2
How does the combat system work? Guild Wars 2 uses a special combat system. While you can select an enemy using the “Tab” key or by clicking with your mouse, and keep them permanently targeted, if you are not in the range of your weapon, you will simply hit nothing.
Additionally, the MMORPG has many abilities that rely on movement and dynamics. Accordingly, dodging is also very important. During the dodge roll, you become untargetable for 3/4 of a second. You can use this to avoid strong attacks from enemies.
Really dangerous abilities have a telegraph, clearly indicating them. You should quickly move out of such fields.
Each class has access to different weapons, but not every weapon. You can see which weapons you can wield by pressing “H”.
On the left, you see the weapons, on the right the abilities.
How do I get abilities? Abilities in Guild Wars 2 are quite simply explained. The 5 abilities to the left of your hit points are determined by your weapon. The 5 abilities to the right are “utility abilities,” with the first always being a healing skill and the last always being an elite skill with a longer cooldown.
Each class also has special abilities that are usually assigned to the F1 to F2 keys but can be remapped at any time. Rangers can control their animal companions, Mesmers their clones, or Elementalists change their element.
How does the downstate work? Another special feature is the downstate, which happens when your hit points fall below 0. You will be knocked down and receive 4 new abilities:
The 1 deals damage and is the same for all classes
With the 2, you can interrupt enemies
The ability 3 is different for each class
With the 4, you can slowly regenerate hit points, but a point of damage interrupts the ability and puts it on cooldown
Ability 5 is a bonus that you unlock later through an episode of the Living World
If you manage to kill an enemy in downstate or fully refill your hit point bar, you will get back up as if nothing happened. Other players can help by walking to you and assisting you in getting back up.
It is worth mentioning that it also counts as a kill if another player defeats a monster you dealt damage to before going into downstate. If the enemy falls afterwards, you will get back up immediately. This often goes faster than helping the downed player.
This downstate exists not only in PvE but also in PvP and World vs. World.
The downstate is one of the coolest mechanics in Guild Wars 2.
What are combos? Another feature of combat in Guild Wars 2 are combo fields. These are usually round or elongated AoE skills that react with an ability that has combo finish in the description.
For example, if an arrow described as a combo finisher for Physical Projectile flies through a wall of flames, it will additionally inflict the condition “Burn” on the enemy, in addition to the normal effect. The following combos exist:
Explosion
Projectile
Leap
Whirl
Aether
Chaos Armor for Allies
Attack inflicts Confusion
Chaos Armor on yourself
Attack inflicts Confusion
Lightning
Swiftness for Allies
Attack inflicts Vulnerability
Attack inflicts Stun
Attack is armor-penetrating and inflicts Vulnerability
Darkness
Attack inflicts Blindness
Attack steals health
Attack inflicts Blindness
Attack steals health
Ice
Frost Aura for Allies
Attack inflicts Chill
Frost Aura for yourself
Attack inflicts Chill
Fire
Might for Allies
Attack inflicts Burning
Fire Shield for Allies
Attack inflicts Burning
Poisons
Attack inflicts Weakness
Attack inflicts Poison
Attack inflicts Weakness
Attack inflicts Poison
Light
Revenge for Allies
Removes conditions from allies near the attack
Revenge for Allies
Attack removes conditions from allies nearby
Smoke
Stealth for Allies
Attack inflicts Blindness
Stealth on yourself
Attack inflicts Blindness
Water
Healing for Allies
Grants Regeneration
Healing for allies near the attack
Regeneration for Allies
Buffs & Debuffs or Blessings & Conditions
What are blessings? Blessings are positive effects that can be received by yourself or given to allies. In other games, they are often called buffs. Some of these blessings stack in intensity, others in duration. However, enemies may have abilities that can remove or even corrupt blessings into conditions.
These blessings stack in intensity:
Might: Each stack grants 30 power and 30 condition damage. It can contain a maximum of 25 stacks. Thus, through the blessing, you can get a total of 750 additional attributes in both values. Stacking Might is particularly important in dungeons and in PvP/WvW. The most effective way to gain Might is through fire fields combined with explosion finishers.
Stability: It can theoretically be stacked an unlimited number of times. Each stack blocks the next control effect, such as being knocked down or interrupted. Thus, if you have three stacks of Stability, you will only be affected by the fourth CC.
These blessings stack in duration:
Fury: Duration adds up. So if you already have 10 seconds of Fury and receive another 8 seconds of Fury, you will end up with 18 seconds. Fury increases critical hit chance by 20%.
Protection: Also adds up in duration. The blessing prevents 33% of incoming damage. Fall damage and condition damage are not reduced.
Resolution: The blessing reduces incoming condition damage by 33%.
Regeneration: Grants healing over time. At level 80, it is 130 + 0.125xHealing Power per second. Increased duration of regeneration thus also enhances total healing.
Aegis: Blocks the next attack that would hit us. Aegis is removed upon blocking. Unblockable attacks cannot be blocked.
Revenge: Deals damage to the attacking enemy (198 + (0.075xPower)). It counts the power value of the one who distributed the revenge.
Swiftness: Increases movement speed by 33%.
Elan: Increases the endurance regeneration (for dodging) by 50%.
Quickness: Speeds up skills and actions by 50%.
Resistance: Duration adds up. Grants the player immunity to conditions that do not deal damage to them.
What are conditions? Conditions are negative effects that regularly inflict damage on players, limit movement, reduce healing, or change a character’s accuracy (for example, through blindness). In other games, they are often referred to as DoTs (Damage over Time).
There are two types of conditions. Some stack in intensity and, for example, cause more damage per stack, while others stack in duration, holding us at a certain place for longer. Prematurely removing a condition (through skills) automatically eliminates all stacks regardless of duration or intensity. Conditions also ignore the target’s armor.
These conditions stack in intensity:
Bleeding: Causes 22 damage per second and stack. For every 100 condition damage, the damage increases by 6.
Burning: Causes 131.5 damage per second and stack. For every 100 condition damage, the damage increases by 15.5.
Poison: Causes 33.5 damage per second and stack. For every 100 condition damage, the damage increases by 6. Additionally, Poison reduces the target’s incoming healing by 33%.
Torture: Causes 15.9 damage per second and stack. For every 100 condition damage, the damage increases by 4.5. The damage is doubled if the target does not move and remains still.
Confusion: Causes 10 damage per second and stack. For every 100 condition damage, the damage increases by 3.5. Confusion also deals an additional 49.5 damage per stack when using a skill. This damage increases by 6.25 for every 100 condition damage.
Vulnerability: Inflicts a debuff on the opponent that allows 1% more damage and 1% more condition damage per stack. A maximum of 25 stacks is possible.
These conditions stack in duration:
Chill: Reduces movement speed and increases the recharge time of skills by 66%. Necromancers have a trait where Chill can inflict damage. The damage is 352 per second and increases by 96 for every 100 condition damage.
Blindness: Causes the next attack to miss. Blindness is removed upon missing.
Cripple: Reduces movement speed by 50%.
Fear: Causes the target to flee and prevents them from using skills and moving freely. Necromancers have a trait where Fear can inflict damage. The damage is 444 per second and increases by 40 for every 100 condition damage.
Weakness: Prevents critical hits and reduces regular damage by 50%. The recharge of endurance is also reduced by 50%.
Immobilize: Holds the opponent in one place.
What are Stagger Bars? The last important aspect of the combat system in Guild Wars 2 is the so-called Stagger Bars. This is a blue bar that is primarily found under the hit points of bosses.
This bar can be reduced by using CC, whether knockback, knockdown, cripple, or immobilize.
If the bar falls to 0, the opponent is weakened for a short time, often even stunned. Sometimes you also need to destroy Stagger Bars to initiate certain phases in boss fights.
The blue bar must be emptied to stun the boss.
Character Development
How do I develop my character further? Character development plays an important role in MMORPGs, and there are several systems for this in Guild Wars 2:
Level
Equipment with certain attributes
Specializations
Masteries
You can relatively easily level your character from level 1 to 80 in Guild Wars 2. This can be done quickly with exploration and the Personal Story.
Moreover, with each level, you receive bonus rewards and learn more about the game.
What attributes are there? Primary attributes directly increase damage or defense. They level up with you and are at 1,000 at level 80.
Power – Increases direct damage; Calculation: Power x Weapon Damage x Skill Damage / Target’s Armor
Toughness – Reduces incoming damage
Vitality – Increases hit points; 1 point = 10 health
Precision – Increases critical hit chance; 1% per 21 Precision; Condition damage cannot crit.
Secondary attributes, on the other hand, do not level up with you and provide additional bonuses:
Ferocity – Increases critical hit damage; 1% per 15 Ferocity
Condition Damage – Increases damage dealt by conditions per second; Calculation: Condition Damage x Condition Damage Coefficient x Damage of Condition.
Healing Power – Increases healing that you cause yourself. Healing from us to allies depends on our values, while healing received from allies depends on their values.
Expertise – Increases the duration of all conditions you cause. 1% per 15 Expertise
Concentration – Increases the duration of all blessings you distribute. 1% per 15 Concentration
Additionally, there are two special attributes:
Luck – Increases the chance for rarer items
Agony Resistance – Reduces incoming damage in Fractals (a specific 5-player content)
In your character menu, you’ll also find final values based on the attributes.
In the hero menu (H) you can find your equipment and your attributes.
How does equipment work? In Guild Wars 2, you can obtain various equipment items with the rarities white (normal), blue (fine), green (masterwork), yellow (rare), orange (exotic), pink (ascended), and purple (legendary).
It is important that ascended and legendary equipment does not differ in pure values. However, legendary equipment can change its attributes at any time, allowing you to adapt it to your playstyle (tank, healer, damage, or condition damage).
For the perfect equipment, it’s sufficient to own ascended equipment. You can obtain this through achievements or crafting. Direct trading is not possible.
What are specializations? Each class in Guild Wars 2 has 5 specializations. These offer various passive bonuses, such as increased damage for certain abilities, similar to skill trees. However, you can always equip 3 of the specializations at the same time.
For example, Rangers have access to:
Marksmanship – For the bow
Combat Mastery – General combat bonuses
Survival in the Wilderness – General defensive bonuses
Nature Magic – Focused on healing
Pet Mastery – Focused on the animal companion
In this interface, you can select 3 specializations and choose a talent for each row.
With Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire, elite specializations were also introduced. You can combine only one of these with 2 of the normal specializations. Elite specializations significantly change the playstyle of the class and unlock a new weapon.
What are masteries? Masteries are a new system from the Heart of Thorns expansion that allows you to further level your character, but does not earn you additional attributes, instead, you make vertical progress.
Through mastery levels, you can unlock the ability to use mounts, glide in the world, or bounce on mushrooms. New equipment or new merchants can also be hidden behind the system. However, this system has so many facets that we do not want to expand on it too much for beginners here.
Dynamic Scaling
Players entering a weaker area with a higher level in Guild Wars 2 are automatically reduced in attributes. This lowers your damage and health points. This even makes entering old content somewhat interesting and dangerous and prevents you from soloing certain world bosses. However, you are overall stronger because you have more abilities and experience than are actually intended for the content.
The scaling also works the other way around. For example, if you enter the World vs. World, you are scaled up to level 80 in terms of attributes. However, you have the disadvantage that you lack abilities and experience. There is also a restriction for free-to-play players here, who for some reason do not get scaled.
For arena PvP, however, you are also scaled up to level 80. Here, however, equipment does not matter, as you get a special PvP interface in which you can select your attributes.
Inventory, Crafting, Trade, and Currencies
What is important with inventory? Once you survive the first hearts and fights, you will notice that your inventory overflows with items. Therefore, it is important in Guild Wars 2 to have a recycling kit on hand. Because any item that you do not wish to keep can be disassembled to obtain materials.
Additionally, you can send collected materials to your storage with just one click. This keeps your inventory clean and ensures that you have plenty of materials when you want to start crafting.
As a tailor, leatherworker, and armorsmith, you can also craft larger bags or buy them directly from the trading post.
The button in the upper right corner is your best friend, as it stores materials directly for later use in crafting.
The Crafting: In Guild Wars 2, you can generally collect all materials you find in the open world. However, you need a pickaxe for ore, an axe for trees, and a sickle for plants. There are different tiers of gathering tools that you need to replace over time or alternatively obtain infinite gathering tools from the shop.
Materials spawn for every player in the same spot, and there is no need to fight over them, unlike in New World.
The collected or recycled materials can then be used for crafting. In Guild Wars 2, there are 8 self-explanatory professions:
Tailor – For light armor
Leatherworker – For medium armor
Armorsmith – For heavy armor
Weaponsmith – For iron weapons
Huntsman – For wooden weapons like bows, torches, or warhorns
Engineer – For backpacks and magical weapons like staves
Jeweler – For jewelry
Chef – For buff food
You can only have two professions at a time and skill them but do not lose progress if you suddenly learn another profession. Switching professions costs only a bit of in-game currency. Thus, theoretically, you could bring all professions to the maximum level of 500 on one character.
When using the professions, materials are automatically drawn from storage, with items in inventory being prioritized first.
The Most Important Currencies in the Game: Guild Wars 2 offers numerous – and for many players, too many – currencies that you can possess. Fortunately, they are stored in their own slot in the inventory.
We present to you the most important ones:
Gems – The real-money currency
Gold, silver, copper – The classic in-game currency, with which you pay at the trading post and with merchants
Karma – A currency mainly for hearts and events, used to buy from special NPCs
Spirit Shards – Obtained for level-ups beyond level 80 and can be used to upgrade special items
Laurels – A login reward through which you can earn materials and even special ascended gear. Laurels are exclusively received by purchased accounts, as free-to-play players do not receive login rewards
Guild Commendations – Earned for completing missions with the guild
Transmutation Charges – Used for the wardrobe to change skins
Honor Badges – Earned in WvW for various activities. They are particularly good for cheaply purchasing the first usable level 80 armor
There are numerous currencies for PvP, WvW, specific areas, raids, festivals, and much more. Overall, there are over 50 currencies that should not be a concern for you at the beginning.
An overview of currencies in GW2.
How does trading work in GW2? In Guild Wars 2, there is no direct trading between players. Instead, an auction house is used that operates across towns and even across servers.
However, you can send items to other players and hope they respond with their own message and gold. But you should only do this with close friends, not with strangers. There’s always the risk of being scammed.
They all differ visually but mainly in gameplay. The raptor can jump particularly far, while the springer can jump particularly high. The griffon can glide through the air, and the holographic dragon can hover like a helicopter. The roller beetle is particularly fast, but only when rolling downhill. The skimmer, on the other hand, floats over the ground or swims underwater.
The skimmer is one of the cool mounts in Guild Wars 2.
The first mount, the raptor, is available theoretically when you activate the “level 80” boost that you receive when purchasing an expansion. After that, you just need to play the first mission of the Path of Fire expansion to unlock the raptor account-wide. You can then theoretically use it on a level 2 character.
This trick is often recommended to beginners, as mounts make life much faster and easier. This trick is fine, but we generally recommend that you level a character from level 1, rather than jumping right into level 80. This way, you only spoil your enjoyment of the game.
More about mounts and how to unlock them can be found here:
With End of Dragons, the new siege turtle as a mount will be introduced. Two players can sit on it, with the second player then controlling the giant cannons for attacks.
General Beginner Tips
In this section, we compile general tips that have accumulated over the years:
In Guild Wars 2, the motto is: The journey is the goal. Rushing into endgame provides little advantage and destroys the story and the real cool discovery factor.
Complete 3 of the possible 10 daily quests every day. This provides 2 gold, resulting in a relaxed income.
Make sure to have enough recycling kits to disassemble items and receive materials. Alternatively, you can purchase an indestructible recycler in the real-money shop. The copper one is the better choice.
You can earn larger bags through achievements or at the trading post. Everyone needs inventory space!
Use buff food in the open world, as it grants you 10% additional experience points and useful stats. It’s best to combine this with leveling the cooking profession.
If you decide to purchase real-money items, your first choices should be a shared inventory slot, the copper indestructible recycler, and indestructible tools. They make your life easier and save a lot of gold in the long run.
If you are looking for group members, you can find someone for common activities like events in the open world, fractals or world bosses using the LFG tool. You can also search for group members in story instances, but those are harder to find randomly. You can open the tool with the “Z” key.
Which stats are right for you? If you play a character focused on Power, that is, physical damage, berserker stats will always serve you well. A character dealing damage through conditions should consider using viper stats.
It is wise not to delete your first character, as there are birthday gifts each year and achievements depend not on account age, but character age.
There is a wardrobe system through which you can visually change your gear to any skin you have owned or recycled. Changing appearance requires transmutation crystals that you can obtain through achievements, daily login rewards, or the shop.
In the wardrobe, I can choose any shoe skin I have ever owned.
Important Settings
When it comes to settings, the general rule is to make adjustments that suit you best. However, we would like to provide you with some tips:
Activate the content guide, as it ensures that new tasks appear on the compass when you otherwise have nothing to do.
Enable, as soon as available, Auto Loot and Loot in Range when interacting. This will automatically pick up everything that drops for you. Even chests are sometimes automatically opened.
Enable show skill cooldowns, so you can see the exact seconds of cooldowns.
In the “Combat and Movement” section, activate options to dodge with double key presses and interrupt auto-attacks when switching targets. This way, you can dodge quickly and won’t accidentally continue to attack old targets.
Activate the option to “Display Enemy Health in Percentage” – many bosses trigger special phases or attacks at 75, 50, 25% etc. It is important to keep an eye on these.
Optionally, you can activate Set Ground Target at Maximum Range. This way, you cannot accidentally use AoE effects outside of the actual range but see the exact effective radius.
What to Expect in the Endgame of Guild Wars 2
What to expect in PvE: The endgame of Guild Wars 2 includes dungeons, raids, world bosses, many achievements, and the grind for better-looking gear. Because you will quickly have the strongest ascended equipment in your hands. For many, an endgame goal is therefore to look as good as possible. There are hundreds of skins that you can collect and unlock in the wardrobe. For fun, the game is also jokingly referred to by many fans as Fashion Wars.
The MMORPG has recently placed a stronger focus on fractals in dungeons. These are different instances for 5 players, which have difficulties ranging from 1 to 100, and some even have a challenge mode. For higher levels in the fractals, you will need more Agony Resistance, which you can imbue into your ascended gear.
There are also classic 5-player dungeons that can be accessed via portals in the open world, but these have not received updates or new content in years. Nevertheless, they provide exciting background stories about the world and its history and are always accompanied by a story.
For challenge enthusiasts, raids have been available since Heart of Thorns. In these 7 instances, you will face several bosses with 10 players and earn good rewards. Coordination and especially high damage are required here.
The Talwächter is one of the first raid bosses in Guild Wars 2.
For the casual player of the open world, world bosses mainly appear on the older maps and meta-events on the maps from Heart of Thorns and Silverwastes. Here, you face opponents with a large group of up to 100 players and receive many rewards for usually little effort.
Additionally, Guild Wars 2 places a strong emphasis on achievements. These exist for story content, hidden treasures, jumping puzzles, as well as in PvP and WvW. Each achievement awards achievement points, and there are rankings even there. For fans who want to complete everything, this MMORPG offers plenty.
What to expect in PvP: In endgame PvP, you can expect mainly arena PvP and world vs. world.
In the arenas, you play traditionally in 5-vs-5 and are tasked with being the first to reach 500 points. Points are earned from holding capture points and killing other players. Each map also has special side effects that provide buffs or additional points.
One of the maps from arena PvP. There are 3 capture points and 2 boss creatures that provide a buff temporarily when defeated.
This content offers Guild Wars 2 a ranked mode with seasons and several automated tournaments a day, culminating in monthly tournaments.
Between seasons in a leaderboard, there are sometimes special events, such as a shortened 2v2 season or an experimental arena.
What is WvW? In World vs. World, three servers battle each other, attempting to capture and defend structures, towers, and camps across 4 different maps. Servers can earn points and thus win a matchup.
Matchups are reset regularly on Fridays, with new enemies assigned. There is also a leaderboard, ensuring evenly matched servers face each other. A major overhaul to the World vs. World system is also planned, transitioning to an alliance system, where guilds will fight against each other.
In WvW, there are 4 massive maps with numerous forts, towers, camps, and smaller objects like ruins or flags that can be captured.
How do you generally find Guild Wars 2? Are you satisfied with the MMORPG? And do you have further tips that you would give to beginners? Feel free to write your comments.
The big highlight in 2022 will be the new expansion End of Dragons, which will lead players to the continent of Cantha. You can learn more about this in our extensive overview:
In the past weeks, it has been the biggest and hottest discussion in Destiny 2, when streamer and PvE pro player Saltagreppo called for a nerf of the raid exotic Divinity. For many players, it is unacceptable. Now the nerf is actually coming, and 26 more exotics are also under review. This is what developer Bungie says.
What has Bungie communicated? This week, Bungie addressed many questions from the Guardians in the current TWaB (“This Week at Bungie” blog) and answered them. There was information on upcoming weapon and balance changes that Bungie is currently planning, as well as a nerf announcement for exotics like Divinity.
When the topic was discussed in the community about a month ago, most Guardians were not excited about this nerf proposal at all. It seems that nothing has changed.
Divinity divided the Destiny 2 community: Many Guardians were disappointed by this proposal from pro player Saltagreppo. He completely forgets that not every player in Destiny 2 is doing a raid with links and is glad about the damage buff and critical option of Divinity.
For many traditional Destiny players, the exotic weapon is a practical option they do not want to miss and whose charming advantages outweigh any downsides. It has always provided players with security and comfort.
Divinity is considered an honorable support exotic that Guardians use to help other players hit better and deal 30% more damage.
As a raid exotic, it is certainly hard to earn, but it is also class-independent and is often the first choice for almost all endgame content.
Unlike the Tractor Cannon, its debuff through special ammo has almost always been available.
The main reason for its use is certainly the massive critical bubble it creates, which makes precision hits easier for everyone.
Divinity loses 15% of its shine.
However, these very advantages are also the biggest problem of the raid exotic, and it seems Bungie has been thinking about this for a while. Bungie shared in the blog:
We do not believe that Divinity in its current form is actually a balance problem, meaning it is not necessarily too strong on its own. Aside from that, it is incredibly dominant in endgame PvE because it trivializes aiming with precision weapons and has an extremely high uptime for a weakening. The main problem is that Divinity grants a 30% weakening, thus taking the breath out of all other sources of weakening (like the Shadowshot and Tractor Cannon).
In this context, we have been looking at Divinity for some time and have tested a series of changes in Season 19, until we eventually reduced the [Debuff] weakness of Divinity from 30% to 15%.
The nerf has been planned for a long time: Community Manager Cozmo emphasized via Twitter in this context that the adjustment of Divinity was already planned by the studio before the lively debates in social media and the community began.
Other debuff options are hardly used
Why the nerf is coming now seems basically logical.
When Divinity was involved, you didn’t need a Tractor Cannon, which carries the risk of running out of power ammo.
Grenades and smoke bombs could not measure up to Divinity either, as it simply provided 15% more.
Even the Shadowshot of a Hunter with Mobius Quiver, which, just like Divinity, provides a 30% debuff for weakening enemies, lost in most cases against the practical exotic option.
And this, despite the fact that using Divinity means that a player is completely out of the DPS phases because he must continuously maintain the heavenly debuff.
Since the Shadowkeep DLC, Divinity has thus been indispensable in almost every world-first raid or grandmaster raid. It has been used exclusively in the endgame for years, aside from a few outstanding seasonal mod options.
The nerf will not harm Divinity: When Bungie introduces the nerf of Divinity in Season 19, it will lose its significant damage boost. Nonetheless, it remains an exotic worth using, as Bungie does not want to tamper with the critical bubble.
Due to its strong critical option, for example in the raid Deep Stone Crypt, it remains a practical choice and only leaves space for well-known but neglected alternatives when it comes to damage debuffing. Additionally, it also does a great job against overload due to its intrinsic champion option.
Thus, it could very well be that it can shine more in the Nightfalls going forward and be less present in the raids.
What else has Bungie announced? In addition to the confirmed nerf for Divinity, Bungie has also announced that 26 more exotics are being reviewed for possible nerf and debuffs. They plan to revise a large portion of them in Season 19.
They will look for ways to check more exotics for the addition of champion functions.
Some exotics may also be expanded to include ability descriptions related to the new subclass revisions for Void, Arc, and Solar 3.0.
However, Bungie wants to go into the exact adjustments in more detail in future releases.
What do you think of the confirmed nerf of Divinity? Do you find it appropriate? Or does it really rub you the wrong way? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
You can find out how far the discussion about Divinity escalated in this article:
Are you looking for a shooting technique in FIFA 23 that allows you to score more goals? A simple trick shot is currently popular among players, at least when used by yourself.
FIFA 23 has undergone some changes in gameplay thanks to HyperMotion 2, and it feels quite different from its predecessor FIFA 22. You also need to get used to some new shooting techniques, such as the new power shot.
However, even though a proper power shot is a very good choice when you want to score an epic goal, another type of shot is currently gaining popularity: the outside curve shot.
What kind of shot is this? The outside curve shot, or “Trivela,” is a shot using the outer edge of the foot and thus technically a bit more demanding than the “normal” shot with the inside of the foot. Ricardo Quaresma was feared and admired for his Trivela shots.
Players like Quaresma stood out in past FIFAs due to the “outside curve shot” ability, which automatically activated such shots. This ability still exists in FIFA 23 – but now you can also trigger the Trivela shots yourself.
How to use the outside curve shot in FIFA 23
Here’s how the outside curve shot works: The execution is actually quite simple. Just press:
L2 and Circle (shoot button) (PS controller)
LT and B (shoot button) (Xbox controller)
Important: This is actually the combination for the “flair” shot. However, if you charge the shot to over three bars, you will perform the Trivela shot.
Now you just have to position your player correctly. Place a right-footed player at the right edge of the penalty area, and a left-footed player at the left edge of the penalty area. Now shoot with the outside curve shot into the far corner of the goal. The chances are good that the opposing goalkeeper will have a hard time catching the ball.
You can see how the shot looks in this video by YouTuber BorasLegend (from minute 5:19):
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What players say: In the FIFA subreddit, the Trivela shot is gaining more and more friends. Some players consider it the safest shooting technique to score a goal – even from a distance (via reddit).
However, there is also criticism that the shooting technique may currently be a bit too strong and should be nerfed in an update.
What do you think of the shot? Have you used it, has it helped you score? Or have you seen it used by your opponents more often? Tell us in the comments!
The YouTuber ChrisDaCow has recreated the universe with his planets, stars, and galaxies in Minecraft. In a video, he explains how he managed to do that.
Who is ChrisDaCow? The name of the YouTuber will sound familiar to some Minecraft fans. He is active in the scene and has already released several large videos showcasing his spectacular constructions in the game. These include the painting “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh and huge medieval castles.
One of ChrisDaCow’s constructions
Although his earlier projects were already huge and took him many months of work, ChrisDaCow decided to take it a step further in his latest video. He recreated the universe in Minecraft, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale than it is in reality.
“Ok, you finished Minecraft.”
How did he do it? The YouTuber’s construction project started (comparatively) relatively small, as he first recreated the Earth in Minecraft. He used World Edit for this, with the planets having to be about 700,000 times smaller than the originals, or else they wouldn’t fit into the game.
Nevertheless, the constructions were gigantic. ChrisDaCow needed 3 days of working time just for the Earth to complete it. After that, he moved on to the solar system.
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In a video, the YouTuber explains how he was able to recreate the universe.
When it came to the individual planets, the rings of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune were the toughest part, but the Sun also presented the YouTuber with quite a bit of work. He wanted it to look “like hot radioactive death,” which is why he used the brightest colors and recreated solar flares.
After the solar system also became too small for ChrisDaCow, he moved on to recreate other cosmic objects. These include, for example, the Pillars of Creation, which were first photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995. The YouTuber used the photo as a template for his construction project.
Fun Fact: The Pillars of Creation are a gigantic formation of “interstellar matter”, meaning gases in ionized, atomic, and molecular forms as well as dust and radiation. The pillars extend over a staggering four light years. This is about the distance from Earth to the star Proxima Centauri, which is the closest to us (excluding the Sun). More about this can be found on Wikipedia.
The Pillars of Creation: Photo and Minecraft
Once the pillars were finished, the YouTuber continued with a black hole that was supposed to look just like the one from the movie “Interstellar.” According to his own statement, it was the hardest thing he has built in the 9 years he has been playing Minecraft. Following that were the various galaxies, and in the end, the actual universe.
More about Minecraft on MeinMMO can be found here:
These reactions exist: For his creation, ChrisDaCow has been celebrated by the community on social media, Reddit, and YouTube. In the Minecraft subreddit his video received over 116,000 upvotes and over 2,600 comments, and in r/minecraftbuilds there were another 26,000 upvotes.
In the comments, users expressed their amazement at the size and beauty of the project. Many congratulated him on the completion of the construction and showered him with accolades.
“Ok, you finished Minecraft. That is incredibly impressive.” – Druss_Rua
“If this doesn’t become one of the top posts in the subreddit, I will be offended. Few people in the world can do what you do.[…]” – Filqon
“That’s really damn impressive. Well done!” – gigagone
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“Go to bed. Nothing you do today will be as good as this.” – The official English Xbox account.
Even the official UK Twitter account of Xbox has shown its amazement and shared the YouTuber’s video with its followers.
Overall, ChrisDaCow stated that the construction project took about 2 months of continuous work. Where his journey will lead him next, he did not reveal in the comments on Reddit, but it will certainly be something similarly gigantic.
What do you think of ChrisDaCow’s recreation of the universe? What were the biggest construction projects you implemented in Minecraft? Let us know in the comments.
The German team Eintracht Spandau wants to shake up the professional scene of League of Legends. Is that going to work? No, not at all. However, the team is still making waves. This is mainly thanks to the founder and YouTuber HandOfBlood, who is making a sincere effort.
More information about Eintracht Spandau can be seen in the video:
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Everything you need to know about the LoL team Eintracht Spandau – in 4 minutes
This is the crisis: HandOfBlood seems to put everything into solidifying the status of Eintracht Spandau as a real sports club.
All of this is accompanied by videos. The YouTuber himself always takes on the role of team manager Mr. Knabe, who has set himself the big goal of winning the European Cup.
In his role, Mr. Knabe berates his team and the players’ inability, demands better performance, and never sees himself as part of the problem. In response to criticism, the only answer is an indignant “Oh, come on! Without me, nothing would work here!” Later, President Knabe gets worked up:
I want to drink from this cup – And woe to you if you are the reason I cannot drink from this damn cup at the end.
Mr. Knabe, President of Eintracht Spandau
With this, the president draws the wrath upon himself. The “fans” think this has gone too far, as can be seen from their reactions – because they see Mr. Knabe as the problem.
“Knabe out! Knabe out!”
HandOfBlood gives real press conferences as Mr. Knabe in front of hundreds of live fans in large halls, such as at gamescom 2022 – the first general assembly of the club. The discontent of the fans about the defeats can be heard well there. They see the boss as a misfit, chant: “Knabe out!” and boo him.
President Knabe warns: “Anyone who boos here will be immediately thrown out of Hall 6!” However, this does not prevent the fans from expressing their anger, which in turn leads to an outburst from the boss: “You should shut up!”
The whole video of the annual review with the staged drama, victories and defeats, a janitor with a double life as a LoL pro for the competition, scuffles on stage, and a lot of shouting can be seen here:
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The production quality of the videos is enormous. For the latest video, HandOfBlood has hired the speaker from Galileo, Nina Breiter. The former Rocket Beans employee Nastassja Strobel now works as a press spokesperson for Eintracht Spandau, and there was even a trip to Korea to the headquarters of Riot – there HandOfBlood was, however, as his alter ego “Sparkassen-Hänno” (via YouTube).
HandOfBlood has even organized a travel bus for Eintracht Spandau and made a YouTube video about it.
This is the reception: The response is overwhelmingly positive. A user praises on YouTube:
After such a successful first year, making a video parody about the supposed crisis and casting a speaker from Galileo for it, that can only be done by you. Here, attention to detail is truly real.
Under many of the videos, one reads similarly positive comments and praise. Everyone feels entertained by the ideas and appreciates the effort that goes into the productions.
Even the enraged fans in Hall 6 at gamescom were not resentful – especially since everyone was just booing in their role as “angry ultras”. The general assembly ended with the club anthem of Eintracht Spandau. The whole hall sang along, many proudly with their hand on their heart.
For Eintracht Spandau, things are looking fairly good. In the Super Prime Cup, referred to in the video as the “Winter Cup”, the LoL team won the first 3 games in Group H without a loss.
While Eintracht Spandau can score with a lot of entertainment and new victories, the situation looks less rosy for other pros in Germany:
The beta of Street Fighter 6 has started and allows fans to create their own fighters. However, it quickly became clear that the character creator offers players much more freedom than they expected.
This is Street Fighter 6: The latest game in the popular beat-’em-up series Street Fighter mixes gameplay with new modes and an open world. For example, players will be able to navigate a city with their created character and fight their way to the top of street fighters or play the story.
The first beta test started on Friday, October 7, and runs until Monday, October 10. Fans of the series can try many features of the upcoming fighting game over the weekend. One of them is the character editor, which is currently causing much amusement in parts of the gaming community (header image by @ViewtifulJimm).
You can watch gameplay of Street Fighter 6 here:
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Street Fighter 6 shows in the trailer the graphics of the next fighting game generation – With real-time commentator
“No one told me Street Fighter 6 is a horror game”
This is what players are doing: The developer of Street Fighter 6, Capcom, has frequently released games with a character editor in the past. The most famous example would be Monster Hunter: World, which has sold excellently.
But none was as detailed and versatile as the creator of Street Fighter 6. Just a few hours after the beta launch, the first images of completely crazy-looking characters circulated on the internet.
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The video showcases the many possibilities of the character creator.
The editor offers countless customization options that go to absurd lengths. There are the usual adjustments that you find in many other games, like facial features, body size, hairstyles, etc.
The catch with the creator is, however, that all these adjustments can be scaled completely independently of each other. This means, for instance, that you can put an extremely large head on a small body or have the character have very muscular legs with a thin upper body. Proportions do not need to be adhered to.
Here are some examples of the creations:
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On Reddit and social media, players joke that these characters could easily come straight out of a horror game.
“This is more Saints Row than the last Saints Row” – @Cheeky_Freeky
“Can I build a character that looks like Crash Bandicoot?” – @ItsNotakin
“I can’t believe they managed to create a character creator that’s more chaotic than Ark Survival Evolved.” – @VictoryVictini4
All in all, players are definitely having fun with the first feature of Street Fighter 6 that they can try in the beta. By the end of the test on Monday, we will surely find even more such creations on the internet.
Are you participating in the SF6 beta? What do you think of the new features of the game? Share your impressions in the comments.
By the way, there was a similar situation at the release of Elden Ring:
Absolutely insane! Just over an hour after the new WotLK raids opened in WoW Classic, the first guilds have already taken them all down. Their secret weapon: Death Knights.
Who got the First Kills? Exactly one hour, 4 minutes and 19 seconds after the opening of Naxxramas, the Obsidian Sanctum, and the Eye of Eternity, the European Horde guild BEEF BAR from the Gehennas server has taken down all 3 raids. This made them just seconds faster than the competition:
Progress (Alliance, Firemaw EU) – 1h 5min 56s
Statement (Horde, Venoxis EU) – 1h 11min 23s
Noobs (Horde, 震地者 China) – 1h 14min 33s
The raids opened exactly at midnight, and just over an hour later, the Race to World First for all three instances was already over. Statement, in 3rd place, is also the best German guild. For comparison:
How did they do it? All top guilds relied on Death Knights, the new class in WotLK. The plate wearers are among the strongest DPS classes currently. While some guilds used a mix of Frost and Unholy Death Knights, BEEF BAR used 10 Unholy Death Knights.
Their special ability to summon a Gargoyle was, according to calculations from wowhead, responsible for over 19 million damage points alone. In addition, the guilds utilized several game mechanics:
World buffs like Sayge’s Dark Fortune of Damage from the Darkmoon Faire and Soul Resurrection
“Bootsweaving” and “Gloveweaving”
An early trailer for WotLK Classic introduces the new Death Knight class:
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Whoever wants to play the new class in WoW WotLK Classic should start today
The “weaving” mechanics are about exploiting engineering. With the profession, you can give gloves and boots special abilities. The players brought several pairs of these to chain the abilities together.
Of course, a large portion of experience comes into play. Wrath of the Lich King is 14 years old, and many players have practiced on private servers for years or farmed the instances solo. Accordingly, no one had to relearn the strategies.
The community is annoyed by the elitist thoughts of many players in WoW Classic and calls for enjoying WotLK in peace instead. Nevertheless, the performance of the guilds is impressive.
What’s next? After the opening of Naxxramas, the Obsidian Sanctum, and the Eye of Eternity, further phases with content will follow:
Ulduar
Trial of the Crusader and Onyxia’s Lair as well as the Argent Tournament.
Icecrown Citadel and further heroic dungeons
Ruby Sanctum
However, we don’t know exactly when these phases will appear. Concrete dates are still missing.
If you missed the big release, that’s not a problem. As you can see, a ton of new content is still coming, and those who want to join later actually have some advantages:
Shortly after the launch of Overwatch 2, Blizzard released a new animated short film. Here, Kiriko is introduced, the new healer of the hero shooter. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus experienced a rollercoaster of emotions while watching.
Blizzard has always been great at storytelling. The quality may have declined somewhat recently (I’m looking at you, Shadowlands), but the latest cinematic shows that Blizzard still has it.
When a friend showed me the video about the new hero Kiriko last night, I initially didn’t want to watch it. And oh boy! That would have been a mistake!
Early on, the scene where Kiriko communicates in sign language with an apparently deaf girl warms my heart. The girl’s laughter as she receives a big gift is just adorable.
Soon after, Kiriko explains to her concerned mother, who is first vacuuming in her “student apartment,” that she is having donuts for dinner. It reminds me a bit of anecdotes from the past and makes me laugh.
I don’t want to spoil too much, but those who have played Kiriko in Overwatch 2 know her abilities. Her ultimate makes team members faster and wilder. And… let’s just say, when a grandpa, who was just shot, and a possibly 6-year-old girl storm at gangsters like berserkers with fire axes and brooms, you can only laugh:
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Overwatch 2: Der animierte Kurzfilm zur Fuchs-Heldin Kiriko
“They need to make an Overwatch movie”
Just a few hours after release, the English version of the video alone has garnered over 140,000 likes on YouTube and dozens of comments about the quality. Users praise: “These animated shorts are always a pleasure.”
Many fans are calling for more of this. The quality of Blizzard’s cinematics has been renowned for over 15 years and there are constant demands for a Netflix series in this style. The LoL series Arcane was indeed a tremendous success.
However, not every fan is satisfied with the video. Some criticize that everything in Overwatch could be explained scientifically – only the Japanese heroes have magic from somewhere. Others are irritated that while the film is great, it can’t distract from the current issues.
The fact that a video now brings more joy to the game is probably not helpful. It’s a shame because Overwatch 2 is really worth it. I realized this already in the beta and was able to confirm it during the preview:
