The Star Guardian Event 2022 brings back a popular anime-style skin line. To promote this, League of Legends releases a music video set to music by Porter Robinson. It goes viral immediately and moves fans to tears.
The situation in brief:
On July 14, the LoL summer event “Star Guardian 2022” started
The story takes place in an alternate universe and is about Magical Girls
In typical LoL fashion, there are 12 new skins
The music video reaches 2,559,425 views in 20 hours (as of July 15 / 1:30 PM)
The official music video for the Star Guardian 2022 event
Video shows schoolgirls and magical transformations
What is it about? Just in time for the launch of the ten-week summer event “Star Guardian 2022”, Riot released a music video on the official LoL YouTube channel. The event brings back the titular Star Guardian skin line, which belongs to a popular alternate universe.
The Star Guardians are a group of students chosen to protect the universe from dark forces. They can transform into Magical Girls (and Boys!), similar to what has been known since the 90s from Sailor Moon.
The associated skins must of course be promoted, which is why Riot teamed up with American musician Porter Robinson and released a video in anime style. It already reached several million views and thousands of likes and comments on the first day.
“Everything Goes On” is the title, depicting the events after the short story “Twin Stars” by Cat Cheresh. In the now fourth edition of the popular alternate universe, you can expect not only the return of familiar faces but also a new generation of Star Guardians. (via Riot Games)
Fans react emotionally
There are big feelings and tears: Especially the story of the champs Rakan and Xayah resonates well with fans. Many react emotionally and even state that they are moved to tears. But not only their love story, but also the friendship between Kai’Sa and Alkali evokes emotions.
I did not expect to actually cry while watching the video, but here we are. Bringing together Riot’s animation team with Porter Robinson’s emotionally charged music creates such a dangerous piece of art. This time you win, Riot. I will play your broken game a bit more.
The inclusion of male characters, which is rather unusual for the genre, is also well received. Some are even so excited that they wish for the next LoL series from Netflix after Arcane.
But not all reactions are positive. While the story and the video are well received, criticism of the event itself is growing. Especially for a large summer event, the rewards are not significant enough and hardly worth the grind:
In the event, you fight through missions to collect tokens. The chapters are unlocked weekly and each consists of 3 acts. A new chapter can only be started when the previous one has been completed by defeating the 2 bosses.
World of Warcraft Dragonflight is not yet released, but collectors are already unhappy. Blizzard has to take back a mount on the very first evening of the alpha.
World of Warcraft has not only held up over the years because of its gameplay, but also because of the many other things you can do in Azeroth. Especially collecting various items is part of it – right at the forefront are mounts. The major milestones, such as 100, 200, or 300 different mounts, are further rewarded with additional bonuses. This should also happen in Dragonflight – but fans immediately take to the barricades. Because they feel deceived.
What happened? The alpha of Dragonflight is live, and many are already roaming the Dragon Isles. Thus, the massive data mining has begun, and many new contents are already viewable. There is a new achievement awarded to characters who possess at least 500 different mounts.
As a reward for that, you get the 501st mount on top – a large yeti with a saddle.
That was at least Blizzard’s original plan.
This is how the yeti was supposed to look. Image source: wowhead
Why are fans angry? The yeti mount triggered numerous negative comments. Whether in the official forums or on fan pages, almost everywhere there was criticism that the yeti should be the reward for 500 collected mounts.
There are already several yeti mounts in the game, and it would have essentially been just a “recolor” – that is, a reskinning of an already existing mount.
In the eyes of many fans, this is absolutely unworthy of the achievement of having collected more than 500 mounts. Accordingly, the comments are quite negative, such as:
“Boring, ugly mount. One could hardly make a more boring decision for the achievement.”
“Yes, this is disappointing. At least it’s … something. But in an expansion that revolves around dragons, getting a ground mount from Warlords of Draenor feels bad. Like, really bad.”
“Gah. I mean … thanks for the achievement when I log in, but … the yeti is one of the least popular mounts ever.”
The timing is also quite unfortunate, as World of Warcraft has just offered a new mount in the shop, which is also available for completing a 6-month subscription.
Blizzard promises immediate change: On the same evening, Blizzard spoke out in the form of developer “Chimes” in the official WoW forum. He said:
Yes, we agree. The yeti will be replaced with another mount in a future build (not a yeti), but that may take some time. Feedback like this is always helpful, and please remember that things you see in the alpha can still change.
This calms the fans for the time being. That it was a “placeholder” yeti is, by the way, unlikely. Because the achievement was named “Thanks for the Carry!” and the mount was the “Carrier Yeti” – Blizzard had already thought about it matching well.
Which mount will replace the yeti is still unclear. Let’s hope it will be something more exciting that fans will be satisfied with.
Would you have liked the yeti? And how many mounts have you actually collected in WoW?
The MeinMMO editorial team recently stumbled upon an absurd-looking gadget on the internet that allegedly claims to make you a better gamer.
As a passionate gamer, one might want to improve a little as a player or even start an e-sports career. We found a company deep in the internet that offers a product to enhance gaming skills.
This is about finger weights from the company FingerWeights. We took a look at their website to see what this curious product promises (via fingerweights.com).
This is what the finger weights for gamers look like. Source: fingerweights.com
An important note: We at MeinMMO are gamers and not doctors. Therefore, we cannot assess whether and to what extent these finger weights can positively or negatively affect the body. We want to share our curious discovery with you in this article but make no buying recommendations.
Here is a video with the most important gamer terms so you can understand your gamer friends as well:
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What principle are the FingerWeights supposed to work on? The weights are supposed to serve for “progressive resistance training” of the fingers. Through training, the range of motion, flexibility, dexterity, precision, and strength in the fingers are expected to improve. Additionally, the player should be able to better perceive their finger movements using this product.
As further aspects that should improve through training with the weights, the company mentions an increase in the duration the player can train and a faster reaction time. Allegedly, these effects are said to occur after the first use.
The gamer in the FingerWeights advertisement. Source: YouTube
What should improve according to the manufacturer? Allegedly, the following skills should improve through gaming/training with the weights:
Endurance
Strength
Dexterity
Flexibility
Precision
What does the manufacturer say should NOT happen? The manufacturer specifically states these points that are not caused by the finger weights:
Comments range from “Yes, this is just niche nonsense […]” (User Jewbaka) to serious concerns regarding health: “[…] All exercise equipment to build strength in fingers and hands will not help your guitar playing and you could very likely injure yourself. The best way to build strength is to keep practicing […]” (User 808strafe).
How much does a gamer set cost? Specifically for “console or PC gamers”, there is the “Level Up” set available for approximately 39.83 euros (via fingerweights.com). Unlike the other sets, the weights are only on three fingers (thumb to middle finger).
In addition to gamers, there are also other target groups for which the company produces finger weights. Musicians (of all instruments) and athletes are also addressed on the website.
The developers of the popular shooter Hunt: Showdown are fed up for good with people who just don’t play their game properly. As nerfs and so on did nothing, the entire leaderboard is now being removed from the game. We at MeinMMO summarize.
What has been removed? With the major update 1.9, Hunt: Showdown has made many changes, improvements, and alterations. However, alongside the usual changes, one aspect stands out in particular. Observant players should have noticed that a complete tab in the main menu of the game is missing, namely the leaderboard.
You can no longer check your friends’ KD, how many kills, or bosses they have. But globally, there is currently no way for you to compare yourself with other players anymore. However, the system has not been entirely abolished.
Everything that the leaderboard recorded is still tracked by your profile. You can still keep an eye on your own stats and improve yourself. Only now, no one else sees them but you. And according to developer Crytek, that’s the crux of the matter.
Why was the leaderboard removed? According to a developer’s note in the patch notes of the update, it is because players no longer play Hunt as it was originally intended due to the leaderboard. The leaderboard was meant to serve as a means to find and crown the best hunter, but it measures according to false metrics, as Crytek states.
New accounts just to storm the leaderboards. Crytek no longer wanted that.
Since the leaderboard was automatically sorted by KD (Kill/Death Ratio – how many kills per death), players began to ignore the actual game principle more and more frequently. The values of teamwork, strategy, caution, and the hunt for loot, which the whole game actually revolves around, were often disregarded.
Competitive players just wanted to have the highest KD and be at the top of the leaderboard. This led to “the best hunters” spending their rounds well camouflaged with a sniper rifle in the same spot, ignoring the events around them.
However, both the developer and many in the community see this playstyle as fundamentally wrong and not intended. A good KD does not make a good hunter, and the leaderboards should no longer pretend that it does. So say the voices of the fans.
Here you can see the trailer for the game:
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Hunt: Showdown shows hard-hitting action in the trailer
Community breathes a sigh of relief – “The leaderboards were a joke”
How are players reacting? Primarily relieved. Fans have been calling for changes to the leaderboards for quite some time. The argument is that people who only play for KD spoil the fun for others. However, many can imagine a new leaderboard sorted by successful extractions or killed bosses.
Crytek itself does not want to permanently remove the leaderboard from the game. They are currently working on an adjusted version but did not want to wait for it to be finished to tackle the problem.
Moreover, there is currently much schadenfreude in the community on reddit. The KD campers, often referred to by the community as “Bush Ewoks”, should now have less fun in Hunt. This pleases many players.
Some also emphasize that it simultaneously addresses the problem of smurf accounts. That is, experienced players creating new accounts to face newcomers. In the leaderboards, such fresh hunters were often seen at the very top. Values such as a KD of 35 with 70 kills and 2 deaths could regularly be found in the leaderboard. Here it quickly becomes clear that it is a smurf, say the fans.
This is what the fans say: We would like to share some voices from the community so you can form your own opinion:
Kom_ writes (via reddit): “What a fantastic update. I am so proud to be part of this community. I can’t wait to see the game continue to grow.”
Titan228 writes on Discord: “As soon as you enter the leaderboard lobbies, the game just becomes dumb. The people can hit well, I’ll give them that, but then it somehow becomes CSGO, just with cowboys. That took the fun out of the game for me.”
totally not a spy complains about the update: “Great, now that the leaderboard is gone, we can’t even see the hackers anymore.”
fnetma writes (via reddit): “I’m completely satisfied with their removal. People play more naturally when they are not just focused on their stats.”
What do you personally think about the update? Do you think it’s sensible to completely remove the leaderboards right away? Or did you enjoy fighting for the top spots? What do you think about Crytek telling you how you should play the game correctly? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
Prime Gaming users can look forward to new items in Pokémon GO again, as the next gift is ready for collection. We at MeinMMO will show you what content you can expect and how to secure your package.
After there were already a total of four such boxes in May and June, the 5th gift is now ready for collection at Amazon Prime Gaming.
Gifts from Prime Gaming – All content & how to get them
This is what awaits you: As Pokémon GO announced via its Twitter account, you can now secure the next bundle from Amazon Prime Gaming. Just like in the last packages, there will be 36 items in this one as well. The following are what you can expect:
30 Poké Balls
5 Max Revives
1 Incense
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How can you get the gift? To generate a corresponding code for the bundle, you must have an Amazon account with a Prime subscription. If you have this, you can proceed as follows to retrieve the promo code:
Now you just have to enter the copied promo code and you will receive the items in Pokémon GO
Special feature for Android users: If you are using an Android device, you can alternatively switch directly into the game after copying your promo code on the Prime Gaming page. Click in the game on the in-game shop and scroll down to the “Promos” field. Here you can also enter the promo code to receive the items.
When is the next package coming? As Niantic communicated on the Pokémon GO blog, new gifts from Amazon Prime Gaming are expected roughly every 2 weeks. And it can also be seen on the Prime Gaming page that another package is to be released in July 2022. This will thus probably be available for collection in the last week of July.
What do you think of the regular gifts from Amazon Prime Gaming? Do you secure them every two weeks? Or do you find the content totally unnecessary? Feel free to share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments.
Currently, the “Hungry Moon” event is running in Diablo Immortal. For completing certain tasks, you will earn a special currency and can score some rewards. You can find all the important information on MeinMMO.
What kind of event is this? First of all: it’s a short one. You have only 2 days to complete the tasks in the game and must play on both days to catch the big fish.
In the first live event of Diablo Immortal, you will be assigned a few gameplay tasks and earn the special currency “Moon Shards” for completing them. You can exchange these for random rewards.
Once you have organized rewards seven times, you gain access to the “Favor of the Moon” with additional rewards. All information about the event can be found on MeinMMO, you can read more about the new Season 2 here.
One of the rewards of the event is a Legendary Emblem, for which you receive a Legendary Gem. You can find more about the gems in the video:
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Diablo Immortal: What are legendary gems? Facts and locations in 3 minutes
Diablo Immortal: Hungry Moon Event
How can I participate? Log in and you’re right in the middle of it.
How long does the event run? From July 15 to July 18 (03:00 server time). In total, you have 48 hours for the tasks.
What do the tasks look like? You can find your current tasks in the menu on the left under “Events.” The tasks are divided into daily tasks and those that are online on both days.
If you want access to the “Favor of the Moon,” you must play on both days and complete all the tasks, as you need 140 Moon Shards for that.
The most challenging task for some hardcore players might be “Level up 2 times,” as this can take a while at high Paragon levels. Otherwise, the tasks can be completed quickly with a bit of grind.
With the event, there’s a bit of life coming to the Diablo realm after a rather weak update for Season 2. However, the simple gameplay tasks do not promise much action.
Leave us a comment with your thoughts on the event.
In Destiny 2 the Solstice event 2022 starts next week. Bungie has let slip some details about what players can expect there. One piece of information is particularly interesting for every player: the new armor options. You can craft them into a God-Roll and we will show you how that will work.
When does the Solstice event 2022 start? The Solstice event 2022 will take place on July 19 after the Weekly Reset. Bungie will also conduct a longer downtime on that day, which will bring the update and some fixes.
But the most important thing is the new armor that you can earn for the event 2022. It not only has a particularly appealing look in 2022. You can also specifically adjust it to your desired armor stats.
New armor can be shaped by you
How does the new armor work? As usual, you will receive an upgradeable armor piece. Your task is to refine it through your efforts. To increase its rarity, you must complete Solstice event challenges.
The final form of the Solstice armor 2022
Through these completions you will then receive “Kindlings” that you can insert into your still miserable armor. By inserting them, your armor will increase in value. If you do this often enough, you will gain stats on the armor.
To influence the stats now and craft your God-Roll, you must socket the item “Silver Ash” into your refined armor. You will receive this ash when you earn “Silver Leaves” in various activities. To turn these leaves into ash, you just need to play the new activity “Campfire Party”.
Every reroll costs you 60 silver ashes
With the ash you can finally select from various “Sparks” and determine your stat bonus yourself. By using the ash, your stats will be rerolled, but with the stat focus you have chosen.
So it is not guaranteed that you will get a God-Roll, but the new system gives you the chance to take your luck into your own hands.
Who is the armor for? For every player who is still looking for their last God-Roll armor piece or has no armor at all yet. With this mechanic, you can somewhat influence which stats with higher values should drop. This is also interesting for players who want to specifically push a few of their armor stats.
With a bit of luck, you might even get such good armors to raise three stats to their maximum level of 100. So participating in the event is worthwhile if you are keen on the best stats for your armors.
What do you think of the mechanic that Bungie has incorporated here? Do you think it’s cool that you can take your luck into your own hands? Let us know in the comments how you feel about it!
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For current graphics cards, you are paying less than you have in years. However, many do not want to buy a GPU now, even though they are currently so cheap. Because many would rather wait for the next generation.
Graphics cards are becoming significantly cheaper again. The days when you had to pay thousands of euros for an RTX 3080 are over, and the first users report that you can buy many graphics cards at normal prices from various vendors again.
Graphics cards are getting cheaper and Nvidia is luring with game bundles
For example, PCGamer reports that Nvidia has reduced prices on many top graphics cards. On average, we are talking about $100 per graphics card. Currently, these are prices below the normal recommended retail price. For the RTX 3090 Ti, you now pay only $1499 instead of $1999, which corresponds to a price reduction of $500.
Additionally, Nvidia is trying to entice interested customers with a game bundle to convince them to purchase a graphics card. This is especially worthwhile for people who had already kept an eye on certain games.
How are gamers reacting? After many years and months in which it has been incredibly difficult to buy a graphics card at a reasonable price, many gamers are not interested in buying an RTX 3000 or RX 6000 graphics card now.
At first, the graphics cards were way too expensive, and now sellers are competing with the best offers. Many gamers do not like this very much. For example, a user on reddit explained that the RTX 3080 can now be purchased at the suggested retail price. In response, another user says what many probably think:
Yes, they can keep these [graphics cards] now. First, they [the sellers] tricked us and now they are trying to get rid of their stock to be ready for the 4000 series. If you want to impress me: MSRP for the 4000 [series].
Many gamers would rather wait for RTX 4000 and RX 7000
What is the general attitude? Many users believe they have recognized a tactic of the manufacturers behind the low prices. Now that the latest generation from AMD and Nvidia is coming soon, they are trying to get rid of old stock. And many gamers do not like this after the last few months.
The general attitude is now to rather wait for the next generation from AMD and Nvidia. According to leaks, they are supposedly coming in autumn 2022. Many users believe that for the same money they would have spent on an RTX 3080, they could then get an RTX 4080 with 25 – 30% more performance in autumn 2022.
Since many users have been waiting for sensible offers in recent months, it is not a problem for many to wait another three months.
With Dragonflight, World of Warcraft receives its 9th expansion and once again 10 levels that you need to climb to the new endgame. MeinMMO reveals how long you will approximately need for this.
This is how long it takes to reach level 70: MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus was able to test the currently running Dragonflight alpha together with Marylin Marx from GameStar beforehand. However, we only had one area available and we played from level 65-68.
For the 3 levels, we needed roughly 5 hours. From playing, we can therefore deduce that the path to level 70 will take about 15-20 hours. However, this depends on several factors, such as:
Are you playing in a group? We were always just two.
Are you reading the quest texts thoroughly? We skipped most of them.
Which class are you playing? With 2 DPS classes, it goes quite quickly.
How many other players are around and fighting with you for quest mobs? It was empty for us.
Are you completing dungeons along the way? No instances were available for us during the test.
You can see alpha gameplay of dragon riding in the video here:
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4 Minutes of Gameplay for Dragon Riding, the new feature in WoW Dragonflight
If you are particularly fast, you might even finish in 10 hours. If you prefer to take your time or master the dungeons along the way, it can take considerably longer. You can find Mary’s assessment of Dragonflight on GameStar.
How much story is in Dragonflight? The pure campaign quests made up about a quarter to a third of the tasks in our test. We had already completed the story in the Azure Mountains before reaching level 68 and still had 4 quest hubs open.
More than just the campaign – The contents of Dragonflight
How much is in the new addon? After reaching level 70, a plethora of further activities will be available to you – “endless amounts,” as Product Director Pat Dawson mentioned in the interview. We have identified 8 dungeons so far and one raid, although we have not tested any of them yet.
In addition to dragon riding as a new feature, the Dracthyr Evokers come into play as a new class. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus has played the Evoker for 7 hours and is excited about the new class.
3 Minuten Gameplay zu Rufer, der neuen Klasse in WoW Dragonflight
However, Dragonflight aims to do without so-called “borrowed power.” Instead, the expansion focuses on traditional content like talent trees, which are set to return for everyone. You can find everything about the contents of Dragonflight in our overview article here.
When does Dragonflight launch? The release of the new expansion is still scheduled for 2022. An exact date is yet to be announced, but many fans are discussing late November. This would also coincide with sales for the Christmas season.
Until Dragonflight is released, WoW Shadowlands will first receive one last season and at some point in the future, the Classic version of the 2nd addon Wrath of the Lich King will also be released. So there’s still a bit to do for everyone waiting for Dragonflight.
Are you already looking forward to Dragonflight?
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The Twitch streamer Asmongold is known for speaking his mind clearly and has no reservation in his opinions. He appeared unconcerned when he dropped the words “virgin”, “simp”, and “incel”. He wanted to see if Twitch would actually enforce any rules.
Who is Asmongold?
He is the largest MMORPG streamer on Twitch with over 48,000 average viewers and more than 3.2 million followers.
Career and life of Asmongold in 3 minutes – What makes him special?
Asmongold conducts the test: Will he get banned for saying simp, incel, and virgin?
What do the words mean?
Simp: In short, a simp is a man who would do anything for a female streamer and gives her a massive amount of attention. This happens through messages, donations, or other support. You can find more details in our article: Twitch deletes emotes related to “Simp” – What is a Simp?
Incel: Incels refer to a culture of heterosexual men who involuntarily do not have sex but believe they are entitled to it. The term originated from the words “involuntary” and “celibate”.
Virgin: This is the English word for virgin. It is often used to accuse people of being “unable to get a partner”.
Why are they banned on Twitch? The words have often been used on Twitch to denounce and insult certain user groups. The platform eventually found this unacceptable and decided to impose consequences in the form of bans whenever chatters or streamers used those words.
What did the streamer do? Asmongold stated that he had no awareness of the ban on these words and was surprised. At the same time, he challenged Twitch:
I think that people who are upset about hot-tub streams are virgins. I think that people who have subscribed at level 3 to them are simps. And I think that people who comment on and get upset about what I’m saying regarding hot-tub streams are incels.
I believe we will see if I get banned tomorrow, right?
Asmongold
He is testing this to see if the rule actually exists. Asmongold believes: if he is not banned, then this policy does not exist. He cannot believe that using these words is no longer allowed.
Moreover, then hundreds of users would also need to be banned, as they were spamming incel, simp, and virgin in the chat.
You can watch the full clip here:
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Was Asmongold banned? As of now, the streamer is still able to go live and has not been banned by Twitch. Whether there will be further consequences remains to be seen.
More and more Twitch streamers are switching to YouTube. After Myth left, the icon Pokimane has also hinted at possibly considering such a deal:
A small change is making waves in World of Warcraft. Because characters will soon no longer be just “male” or “female” during creation.
The alpha of WoW: Dragonflight is now live, and many selected individuals are already roaming the Dragon Isles and providing feedback on the new features. But alongside the major updates, like the revamped professions, the Dracthyr or dragon riding, there are also countless small changes to details. Some of these catch the eye and spark discussions, because:
Blizzard has removed the symbols for “Male” and “Female” from character creation.
What was discovered? Those creating a new character in the Dragonflight alpha will no longer see the symbols for Male and Female when selecting a race. Instead, there are 2 silhouettes of different body shapes, simply named “Body 1” and “Body 2”. The functionality behind it hasn’t changed – it still leads to the same options as before.
The current gender options will now be called “Body 1” and “Body 2”. Image source: Wowhead
Why is Blizzard doing this? A while ago, the developers of World of Warcraft set the goal of offering players more options when creating their characters. The possibility for many diverse characters should be created. Therefore, in recent expansions, numerous new cosmetic adjustments have been made, such as new skin colors for humans and elves, new eye colors, or adjusted hairstyles and face shapes. All players should be able to create a character according to their wishes. This also includes a possible representation of non-binary characters.
By the way: World of Warcraft is not the first game to move away from the binary “Male/Female” designation in character creation. Other games such as Monster Hunter Rise, Halo Infinite, or Elden Ring now also refer to their body shapes neutrally.
More about WoW: Dragonflight can be found here on MeinMMO:
Is there more to come? This can be assumed. Lines of code have already been found in the game data that suggest more updates are on the way. Although they are not yet implemented – and may not be – there are already hints that players can choose their character’s pronouns, meaning “he/him”, “she/her”, “them/they” in English. Should this be implemented, it would likely have little impact on the game and would only come into play in some NPC dialogues (like quest texts).
A change that is already considered confirmed, however, is expected to hit the alpha in the coming weeks: it should be possible to choose the character’s voice, which has been confirmed by Game Director Ion Hazzikostas in an interview (via wowhead). This would make it possible to give a character with a – so far – female body a male voice and vice versa.
World of Warcraft is trying to become more inclusive and introduce more options for representation – this is just another step in that direction.
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Have you met people you got to know online while gaming in real life? Share your stories with us.
The biggest feature of online games is that you play them together with other people. People meet in matches, dungeons, hubs, or simply in the open world and do something together.
Often, they permanently band together in guilds or clans to tackle the content of online games. From this, friendships often grow that extend beyond the confines of the games.
Time and again, we hear about friends who met through online games going out for a beer or coffee in real life. Some even organized big meetings for all guild and clan members.
Have you ever been to such a meeting or made plans with your online friends?
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Have you ever met your friends from online games in person? Under what circumstances was it (guild meeting, convention, private meeting)? Were the experiences positive or not so great? Or do you prefer to play with people you already know in person and avoid online friendships?
Let us know in the comments and have fun voting!
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Conan Exiles is a popular survival game that has received new DLCs since its release in 2017. However, with the latest features introduced by Funcom for their title, the developers have caused frustration among some players.
What features are we talking about? The developers of Conan Exiles announced that for the first time, the survival hit will include a Battle Pass and an in-game shop for various items with the expansion Age of Sorcery.
On the game’s website, they wrote that the included items will only be cosmetic content (via conanexiles.com).
There will be no items that strengthen the player in any way. This applies to both the Battle Pass and the in-game shop, which they call Bazaar.
Furthermore, the new Battle Pass is set to replace the previous DLC system.
Recently, Conan Exiles extensively presented the new expansion Age of Sorceryin a video that you can watch here on MeinMMO:
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Survival MMO Conan Exiles presents the new expansion in detail in the video
“If you add a Battle Pass, maybe you should make the game free”
How are the players reacting? Players are not thrilled about the new Battle Pass and the Bazaar, as they made clear on Twitter. MeinMMO shows you a selection of the reactions:
Mogamipl via Twitter: “The Bazaar is okay, but the Battle Pass is not. I prefer buying a DLC instead.”
Athilora via Twitter: “I would rather pay for the DLC content than pay and then have to grind for access to the Battle Pass levels.”
Chucky2910 via Twitter: “I agree. It sucks to be forced to play every day or miss the content forever […].”
ThatMasonBro via Twitter: “Yes, I am not a fan of time-limited, unlockable content through the Battle Pass system.”
TimedPlanet via Twitter: “If you add a Battle Pass, maybe you should make the game free because that is ridiculous.”
VixiaChick via Twitter: “Would it be possible to just buy the DLCs anyway? I would prefer that rather than having to grind everything through the Battle Pass.”
The Battle Pass and the Bazaar will be part of the “Age of Sorcery” expansion of Conan Exiles. On MeinMMO, you can find out what else is included in the biggest expansion of the survival hit so far.
Battle Pass brings cosmetic items and invisibility spells
What do you need to know about the Battle Pass? The Battle Pass is supposed to have 60 levels in which you can level up by completing challenges. For each level you rise, you receive a reward.
You can also level up in the tiers even if you haven’t purchased the Battle Pass yet. This means you could, for example, buy it only once you are already at level 60. According to Funcom, you will still receive all the rewards for the levels reached until then.
Regarding the contents of the Battle Pass, Funcom makes the following statements:
Includes recipes for crafting weapons and armor, not the finished item
Values are equivalent to the base game
A new feature allows you to transfer the appearance of the new equipment to other items of the same category
Includes a range of new items like spell flasks that cause effects like “Lava Float” or invisibility and can only be used once
What items are included in the Battle Pass? Funcom has published a list of the item categories for the first Battle Pass on the Conan Exiles website, which lists the following:
Armors
Weapons
Building parts
Pets
Emotes
Decorations
Flasks
War paints
Mounts
Saddles
Crom Coins
What are Crom Coins? Crom Coins are a new currency introduced with the Battle Pass in Conan Exiles. According to Funcom, you will receive them every few levels of the Pass.
What are Crom Coins for? With Crom Coins, you can purchase the next Battle Pass, if you have fully played through the first or previous one, according to the developer. The included Crom Coins should be sufficient for that.
The idea behind it, as Funcom stated, is that you theoretically only need to buy the first Battle Pass and can earn all subsequent ones.
However, there is a catch: Crom Coins are also the currency with which you pay in the new in-game shop.
How does the Bazaar work? In the Bazaar, you pay with Crom Coins, which you exchange for individual cosmetic items or bundles.
There is always a limited number of items in the Bazaar, but these change over time.
While Conan Exiles is currently preparing for the major expansion Age of Sorcery, another survival game, Raft, recently left “Early Access” status. For MeinMMO author Maik Schneider, it is shortly thereafter the best survival game on Steam.
Hell 3 is currently a point that many players in Diablo Immortal are struggling to master. They simply cannot progress – which may be due to the fact that they are playing incorrectly. At least that is what a veteran of the game suggests.
Where do players fail? In Diablo Immortal, you can switch between different difficulty levels. Traditionally, these are labeled especially, such as with Torment or Hell.
Diablo Immortal has Hell levels 1-5. Each higher level provides better loot and is sometimes necessary to obtain certain parts of the popular sets. However, many players currently find that Hell 3 is the limit.
What makes Hell 3 so difficult? Those who play actively without paying in Diablo Immortal are currently stuck around Hell 2 and want to ascend to Hell 3. However, there is a problem: Hell 3 is designed for a combat rating of 2,120.
Combat rating determines your strength in PvE. If you are below a required value, you deal less damage to enemies, while also taking more damage yourself. This is exactly where players are currently struggling to progress.
Once you reach a combat rating of about 1,800, progress is only slow if you do not spend money. This criticism has already been made about the overly difficult new raid boss Vitaath. One player now explains how to easily overcome this limit.
The controversial legendary gems also provide combat rating, but are primarily responsible for resonance. You can learn how they work here in the video:
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Diablo Immortal: What are legendary gems? Facts and locations in 3 minutes
3 Tips to Help with Hell 3
Here’s how to make it easier: On reddit, user iseebirdsfly speaks up. He provides tips for free-to-play players to increase their combat rating faster. Apparently, many are simply doing things wrong because they are not adequately explained in the game:
Farm Paragon: Until you reach Paragon 80, combat rating does not matter. Set this as your first goal. In our guide, we reveal where the best farming spots are.
Obtain sets: Even if you have not reached a combat rating of 2,120 yet, you should aim for a 4-piece set bonus from Hell 3 dungeons. For this, you will need help from teammates or your clan.
Only then increase your combat rating strategically through various methods:
master the challenge portal at level 60
defeat Vitaath at level 1
look for groups for hidden hoards – the bosses there have high chances for legendaries.
If you seek help, some classes are better suited for this than others. You can find the best classes in our tier list of Diablo Immortal with pros and cons as well as gameplay for all classes in the video:
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Diablo Immortal: All 6 Classes in Brief Overview with Gameplay
Once you have reached a combat rating of about 2,000, your damage should be high enough according to iseebirdsfly to farm in Hell 3 without immediately dying – despite warnings. From there, you can also search for loot in the open world.
Only with a sufficient number of legendary items will you ultimately reach a combat rating of 2,120. From here, you will be able to farm for quite a while, as Hell 4 already requires a rating of 3,250.
The reason so many players are currently hitting this limit is that a large portion of players simply haven’t had time for long grinding. Because a very special group loves Diablo Immortal:
It is going into the hot phase for World of Warcraft Dragonflight. The alpha test has started and the first invitations have already been sent out.
Another expansion of World of Warcraft is supposed to be released in 2022. Time is running out for an alpha or beta test… but now it is finally happening. The developers have announced that the alpha of Dragonflight begins today, on July 14, 2022.
How can you participate? If you’re among the lucky chosen ones, you can easily check in the Battle.net launcher. Select World of Warcraft and open the drop-down menu right under “Game Version & Account.” If you already have access to the alpha, you should see the menu entry “Alpha of Dragonflight” there. Select this and click “Install” to download the alpha version of the new WoW expansion.
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What’s included in the alpha? Blizzard has announced that there will be “targeted tests” during the alpha, meaning that only specific content will be available. Initially, it will be “The Azure Span” as well as the new Dracthyr Evoker class. Other areas will come in the following weeks. This way, Blizzard aims to gather focused feedback on individual game areas.
How do you sign up for the alpha and beta of Dragonflight? We have explained how the registration for the beta of Dragonflight works in this article. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get immediate access to the latest expansion. Typically, Blizzard sends access in waves, and over time, the number of invitations increases.
We were able to take a sneak peek and have some info for you:
When is the official release? There is currently no firm release date for WoW: Dragonflight. However, Blizzard has already indicated during the pre-sale of the game that Dragonflight is to be released in 2022, so no later than December 31, 2022. However, it is likely that the actual release will happen a few weeks earlier. Once there is reliable information about this, we will, of course, report about it on MeinMMO.
Do you already have access to the early version of Dragonflight and will you use it? Or do you want to avoid too many spoilers and stay away from the expansion until the official release?
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The new addon from World of Warcraft, Dragonflight, is expected to be released in 2022. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus was able to take a look at the game before the alpha and is excited about the new class. The Evoker is really fun!
The press event lasted only 2 days, but I made the most of it. I spent over 10 hours exploring the new content of Dragonflight, including UI enhancements, crafting, and one of the new zones. In our hub, you can find the summary of features from Dragonflight.
However, most of my time was spent playing the new class. I spent 7 hours checking out the Evoker, a truly special class.
Because it is closely tied to the new race of Dracthyr. Every Dracthyr is an Evoker and every Evoker must be a Dracthyr. All of this comes with almost unnecessarily many customization options, which made my character creation take 10 minutes.
Honestly, I didn’t expect much from the Evoker. A spellcasting class that comes with only 2 specs, wears chain armor, and fights with elemental magic? Sounds like shamans, and I found them boring.
Generally, I do not like casters. Since Cataclysm was released in 2010, I have only played melee characters as my main. I always leveled my warlock to max level, but I have only raided actively with warriors, rogues, paladins, and death knights for the past 12 years.
Now the Evoker comes and shows me how much I may have missed. Because wow, it is really fun!
We have compiled some highlights from my test here for you in a handy 3 minutes of gameplay. Keep in mind that this is an early alpha and the gameplay may change before release:
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3 Minuten Gameplay zu Rufer, der neuen Klasse in WoW Dragonflight
Only 2 Specs, but many playstyles
Similar to demon hunters from Legion, Evokers only have 2 specializations: Devastation (DPS) and Preservation (healing). However, they don’t really fight with elemental magic, but with the colors of the various dragonflights:
Red and blue deal magical damage
Green and bronze are responsible for healing
Black brings defensive abilities – maybe even for a future tank role
Dracthyr are descendants of dragons and accordingly, they can also fly. As in the new dragon riding system, Dracthyr can take to the skies and then glide, build momentum with abilities, and cover great distances. However, this requires practice.
The special feature of the Evokers is 2 brand new spell mechanics: Essences and Empowerment. Essences are needed as a resource to cast stronger spells. Empowerment makes spells stronger the longer they are cast with different effects.
Read more about the new Evoker class in our special:
All of this may initially sound standard for a new class, perhaps even somewhat less than usual. What makes me consider the Evoker after 12 years as the first caster is the versatility.
With Dragonflight, a talent system returns. And here the Evoker clearly stands out from all previously known talent trees. Because even within its specializations, there are further refinements available that allow me to play in my own way:
A focus on blue abilities increases “cleave” damage and spontaneous spells
Red abilities resemble the fire mage with strong AoE spells
Green spells are for direct healing and regeneration
Bronze abilities require foresight, can prevent damage, and even repeat spells
I really feel like a descendant of the famous dragon aspects as a Dracthyr Evoker and that is exactly why the new class is so exciting. Additionally, the Evoker’s ability kit feels rounded, perhaps even a bit too strong.
I tested alongside Marylin Marx from GameStar – she as a red dragon, I as a blue. We started directly at level 65, the maximum was 68. Our experiences were quite different, as I could gather from our conversations.
4 Minutes of Gameplay for Dragon Riding, the new feature in WoW Dragonflight
Versatile and fun, but also really hard to learn
Even as a DPS Evoker, I can heal fairly well with at least 2 spells and keep myself and my group alive. The spells flow – at least as a blue dragon – smoothly into each other with harmonious variations of long casts, spontaneous spells, and channeling.
All of this revolves around the dragon fantasy. Things like fire breath or the infamous devastation flight of Deathwing, which even has a healing version, are part of the kit. The last time I got so immersed in a class fantasy was with the Order Halls in Legion. Especially the rogue with his pirate rework back then completely captivated me – just like the Evoker does now.
On the downside, the Evoker is quite hard to play. Already during the character creation, there’s a warning that this is an “advanced class” and you might be better off playing another if you are not experienced.
In fact, it’s hard to figure out when to use what, overwhelmed by new talents and abilities. Even after 7 hours of intense play, I am not sure if I am really doing everything right. But at least it felt better over time.
Since the press event was designed for us to quest through a new area, I mostly played the DPS spec. There were no dungeons, so I couldn’t really test the healer, just a little experimentation.
What I have seen and tried so far seems just as unique as the damage spec. Green dragons play differently than bronze ones, similar to discipline and holy priests healing in different ways.
By the way … now that I can talk about it: The leak about inventory in Dragonflight is true. There really is a new bag slot, and at least in alpha, some materials can stack up to 1,000 times. Whether this will be taken over remains to be seen.In the video, we reveal everything you need to know about Dragonflight in 3 minutes:
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Everything you need to know about the new WoW expansion “Dragonflight” in 3 minutes
The Evoker as a Model for the Future
One reason why I find Evokers better than all other casters is their range. Unlike most spell classes, Evokers have many abilities that only have a range of 25 meters.
This makes Evokers a “mid-range” class, as Product Director Pat Dawson also told me in the subsequent interview. They fill a gap between melee and ranged fighters, and in terms of positioning, they are unique.
There have been player ideas for such classes since at least Legion. Demon hunters or hunters with two ranged weapons like hand crossbows or pistols. Outlaw rogues as real gunslingers with ranged capabilities at medium distance.
So far, these classes do not exist yet, and the Evoker is the first to truly test this range. Dawson mentioned that they are currently observing how the new ideas are received. However, Evokers may serve as a model for future class changes or new specs.
If you want to get a picture of the new features and the Dracthyr for yourself, you can register for the beta test of Dragonflight. The alpha starts today (July 14, 2022), but only for a few selected players. The beta is expected to be more accessible to more people.
Dragonflight is set to be released in 2022, and according to Dawson, everything is on the right track to achieve this goal. Internally, the game is already much further along. Even my test felt … more complete than the alpha of Shadowlands at that time. But whether everything really works out remains to be seen. The community is still divided:
The Wizard of Diablo Immortal is a class that can control disastrous elements and unleash them on its enemies. MeinMMO shows you a powerful build with all the important components: skills, attributes, and equipment.
In Diablo Immortal, it is primarily about optimizing your build with better equipment. To prove yourself, you need not only strong gear but also the right skills in your loadout. We show you the following things so that you can prepare your Wizard in the best way:
Attributes
Skills & Rotation
Legendary Equipment
Best Set
Gems
By the way, at a later time a feature for class switching will come. You can check out all 6 classes with gameplay in our video:
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Diablo Immortal: All 6 Classes in Brief Overview with Gameplay
Diablo Immortal: Wizard Build
What kind of class is this? The Wizard class is known for its magic. It fights exclusively with a staff and spells, capable of destroying many enemies at once. With elemental synergies, the Wizard can produce diverse attacks.
Fire storms or even laser beams that can obliterate a group of monsters are characteristics of the Wizard. With the right combos, you support your teammates and keep many enemies in check.
With your magic, you can teleport to a safe distance and deal damage to your enemies from afar. However, since you mainly rely on your skills, you must approach strategically, as the cooldowns of the Wizard are associated with a long wait time.
Here you will find the most important attributes for your gear ranked:
Intelligence – Increases damage
Persistence – Increases armor penetration and armor
Vitality – Gives you more health
Willpower – Increases potential and resistance
Strength – Provides no bonuses to the Wizard
For weapon and off-hand, choose the maximum damage first and only then pay attention to the attributes.
Wizard Build: Skills and Rotation
The following 4 skills will bring you the most damage with the build. However, keep in mind that most skills are also changed by legendary equipment:
Meteor
Arcane Wind
Disintegration
Magic Missile (Primary Attack)
Teleport
Rotation: Use Meteor on the boss or the group of enemies. When the monsters are burning, send the Arcane Wind next. This causes a fire storm that deals 50% more damage to your enemies.
You can then use the Disintegration skill. This weakens your targeted enemy by 10% so that your teammates can deal more damage.
If you’re a solo player, you can equip the “Black Hole” skill instead. This ensures that you can pull all targeted enemies to one point.
If your skills are still on cooldown, you can keep your enemies at bay from a distance using teleportation and your magic missiles.
You can find the best legendary 1 or 2-star gems for the build ranked by power here.
Eye of the Berserker
Increases your overall damage
Bloody Influence
Increases damage at range
Fervent Fang
Enemies receive more damage after hits
Lightning Core
Deals damage to your enemies
Ca’arsen’s Reinforcement
Attack speed for primary attack
Endless Torments
Deals a large amount of damage to your enemies over time after you achieve a critical hit
You can find the best legendary ?/5-star gems for the build ranked by strength here:
Blood-Soaked Jade
More damage and movement speed – damage bonuses decrease at low health
Dripping Gall
Attacks can poison, poison spreads
Stony Flesh Shard
Control loss effects inflict explosive curse on enemies
Call of the Howler
Primary attack can summon a wolf
Echoing Shadow
Attacks can generate a shadow clone that uses your abilities
Zwenson’s Haunt
Defeated enemies summon a dark beast that attacks once
You obtain legendary gems from Elder Rifts with legendary or rare emblems. Additionally, they can be purchased for platinum at the market and crafted with random probability against runes.
With this build, you can scorch your enemies from safe distances while supporting your teammates. So if you are looking for a nimble class with cool synergies, the Wizard is the right choice for you.
If you have your own build tips for the Wizard or see potential for improvement, feel free to leave a comment on the topic.
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Andy “Reginald” Dinh is a former professional player of League of Legends and founder and owner of Team SoloMid. However, an insider report from the Washington Post painted a grim picture of him. He is said to insult employees and throw out people who ask tough questions. He has now been officially condemned by the developer Riot Games.
This is the situation:
Reginald transformed a LoL fan site into one of the largest e-sports organizations in the world within 12 years. Team SoloMid is now not only active in LoL, but also in Valorant, DOTA 2, and CS:GO.
Fine, executive training, and a probation period of 2 years
What does the report say? Riot Games announced on their website that they had brought in an independent investigator to review the allegations by Doublelift. This investigator concluded that Andy “Reginald ” Dinh exhibited a pattern of derogatory and harassing behavior.
However, this behavior is said to have been limited to performance-related issues concerning players or employees and not related to gender, nationality, or sexual orientation. The report states:
It was also noted that he insulted professional players and TSM employees and made humiliating and derogatory remarks. Nearly all witnesses agreed that Dinh’s outbursts and insults generally were limited to the perceived performance of a player or employee.
None of the witnesses could recall a situation where Dinh’s insulting behavior targeted a protected group (race, gender, age, sexual orientation, sexual identity, etc.), and there were no reports of actual or threatened physical violence against a TSM player or employee.
What is the verdict?
TSM must pay a fine of 75,000 euros. This is three times the amount of a single offense because there were multiple instances of insults by Reginald over the years. The money will be donated by Riot to an anti-bullying or mental health organization.
Andy “Reginald” Dinh must undergo sensitivity training and executive training – within the next 60 days.
Reginald will only work in the Riot ecosystem on probation for the next two years. Should there be any misconduct, further sanctions will follow.
TSM itself came to a similar conclusion in its own investigation. The team committed to sending all executives to coaching. Additionally, a hotline is to be established through which employees can complain anonymously. This will now be set up by Riot Games itself.
What do Reginald and TSM say? They have not publicly commented on the punishment so far. However, Riot Games reached a similar conclusion as TSM itself, so they will probably accept the punishment.
It is unclear whether former professional player Doublelift is satisfied with the outcome. He was already disappointed with the consequences TSM drew from its own investigation:
The loot shooter The Division is coming to mobile: The Division Resurgence will be released as a free-to-play mobile title and aims to deliver a full Division experience. MeinMMO author Maik Schneider provides you with the currently most important info and why the timing is not necessarily optimal.
A new Division game has recently entered the gaming stage: The Division Resurgence is designed as a mobile game and lures players with real Division gameplay and the familiar mechanics from PC and console.
By now, there is already quite a bit of info about the game, and I will definitely check it out and shoot around once it hits the market.
I’ve gathered an overview of what is currently officially known and will list the most important info for you. And even though I’m looking forward to it, I still view the release critically. Because the mood regarding mobile adaptations is currently not exactly the best.
We will embed the latest trailer with a gameplay introduction here:
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The Division Resurgence – Trailer for Introduction to Gameplay
Division Resurgence looks good – Please without Immortal surprise
You probably guessed it, my skepticism is related to another mobile title: Diablo Immortal.
The mobile Diablo has managed to get many mobile skeptics to play a larger game on their phone for the first time. Including me.
But how things have developed since then is heavily debated. Diablo Immortal is a pay-to-win game. Not only that: It uses virtually every psychological trick to lure players into the cash shop.
We even have a podcast on the topic of pay-to-win in Diablo Immortal on MeinMMO:
And although Diablo Immortal has managed to lure inexperienced mobile players onto the platform, the game has not helped to reduce the reservations against mobile games. It’s rather the opposite.
And The Division Resurgence comes at a time when the memories of the monetization of Diablo Immortal are still fresh and emotionally charged.
Similarly, the reactions of MeinMMO readers under the article about the Resurgence announcement reflect this. User “Bodicore” is already counting the upcoming pay-to-win headlines, while “CandyAndyDE” sees a shitstorm brewing.
My first impression of the gameplay: “Yes cool, Division for mobile. But please without the Immortal surprise”.
At the moment, there is not much info, but here’s a first little overview:
When is Division Resurgence coming out? There is no release date yet. The game is still in development. For now, it is only said: “Coming soon”.
Will there be a test phase beforehand? Currently, you can sign up for a closed alpha test phase. Whether there will be later open test phases is unknown.
How is the game financed? Division Resurgence will be free-to-play and will accordingly be financed through microtransactions and a cash shop. However, the developers have not shared any details yet.
So far, the responsible parties have also not revealed which partners they are working with in development, which could suggest a connection to the monetization of other mobile games.
It is only stated: “The Division Resurgence is a free-to-play third-person shooter for mobile devices, developed by a core team at Ubisoft in collaboration with other studios and partners around the world”.
How close is it to the “normal” Division games? There will be targeted changes. But overall, they want to deliver the familiar Division experience on mobile:
Third-Person Shooter
RPG Character Development
MMO Approach
Cover Mechanics
Looting & Leveling
Open World
Resurgence takes place in New York like Division 1 but follows a completely independent story and introduces new factions as well.
The Freeman as a new faction
There are already overlaps in skills, gadgets, and specializations, but they also want to take different paths in some areas. This includes a kind of progression tree for individual weapons. Although Division 2 has had something similar since Season 9.
The biggest stated difference currently is the general duration of missions or tasks. These will be adapted to the needs of mobile players and will accordingly be shorter.
In PvP, they are also orienting themselves on the known Division recipes. There will be different PvP modes, and the Dark Zone is expected to return (via twitter.com).
We will continue to follow the development of the mobile Division on MeinMMO. Until then, we are interested in your opinion about the game. Leave us a comment on the topic.
A warlock pet is going completely crazy in World of Warcraft. The culprit is a bug that inflates demons to absurd power.
Warlocks often rely on their demons in World of Warcraft. Especially in the case of the Demonology specialization, the demons frequently deal the most damage. But what is currently happening with some Felguards is something no one could have imagined. Because that Felguards are suddenly able to clear dungeons on “Mythic+27” almost solo was probably not expected by Blizzard.
What happened? There are currently some videos circulating on the internet showing warlocks tackling the hardest dungeons almost single-handedly with their demons. In some cases, Felguards reach almost 3,000,000 hit points and deal over 175,000 DPS continuously throughout the dungeon – far more than any player could even remotely achieve.
In fact, the damage is so high that the Felguard can one-hit all normal enemies with its Blade Storm attack – only bosses can survive these attacks for a few seconds longer.
This has led to some groups now even completing “Mythic+34” within the time limit – all thanks to the Felguard (via icy-veins.com).
How extreme these effects are can be seen in this video:
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How is the bug caused? We won’t reveal how exactly the bug occurs. However, it is obvious that it has something to do with the various buffs from Torghast that demons can gain there. These include primarily effects such as:
Pact of Robustness: Your demons have 50% more hit points and deal 50% more damage (stackable multiple times).
Pact of Hellish Proximity: Your demon deals up to 500% more damage.
These effects can be carried from the tower into the world and are also active in instances there. This allows warlocks to achieve completely absurd damage numbers that trivialize any challenge in PvE.
Should the bug be reproduced? No. Even though the bug was probably discovered rather by chance, one should not try to create and exploit it oneself. This clearly counts as an exploit and is usually punished by Blizzard with severe account penalties lasting weeks or months. Saying “But I didn’t know anything” won’t help – Blizzard is quite strict about this. We strongly advise against trying to exploit this.
Nevertheless, it is a rather curious incident that once again shows how error-prone large MMORPGs like WoW can be – and how devastating the effects can be when something does not work as planned.
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