The new weekly box starting July 4 in Pokémon GO is known. You will receive these 2 items in the week from July 4 to July 11 for 1 coin in the event box.
Dataminers, who are dealing with the game’s content and changes, already know what items you will find in the box starting Monday, July 4.
1 Coin Box starting July 4 – Contents
What’s inside? In the box, you will find:
1 Unova Stone
1 Snivy
The box is significantly smaller in terms of the number of items compared to the 1-coin boxes of the past weeks. It seems that Niantic is still experimenting with which items players want in these packages. While there were still berries or pokéballs in the last weeks, this box focuses on two items. The new contents of the weekly box were shared by the Twitter account of the PokeMiners.
When will the box be available? Around 06:00 am on July 4, the box should be available for you. If you cannot see it, it is recommended to restart the game. After that, the package should become visible to you.
You will find the box next to the other packages in the shop.
How long is the box active? You can find the box in the shop for a week and have enough time to clear your inventory and make space for the items.
A week later, on July 11, there will be a new box bringing other contents for you. What will be inside cannot be estimated at this time.
How do you like the contents of the 1-coin event box this time? Please leave your opinion about it here on MeinMMO in the comments and let us know if the Unova Stone and Snivy are worth the 1 coin to you, or if you will save the box this week.
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The birthday of Pokémon GO will be celebrated in just a few days for the 6th time. For this reason, Niantic is hosting an anniversary event. We at MeinMMO have looked into what spawns and bonuses you can look forward to and what new costumes and features await you.
What kind of event is this? On July 6, 2016, Pokémon GO celebrated its release, making it a perfect occasion for the developers to crown the birthday of the mobile game with a special anniversary event.
It will feature numerous spawns and Shinies, various bonuses, as well as new costumes and a distinctive weekend. Look forward to the following event highlights:
Pikachu with a cake costume
Charmeleon and Charizard with party hats
Battle weekend with Team GO Rocket and new Shadow Pokémon
When does the anniversary event start? The birthday event for Pokémon GO starts on July 6, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time and runs until July 12, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.
Update from July 4, 2022: You have completed the global challenge during the GO Fest in Berlin and earned a bonus for the anniversary event as well as the Rocket weekend. We have added all additional bonuses in the article.
New Costumes for Pikachu, Charmeleon, and Charizard
As you know from such events, there will also be various Pokémon at the anniversary event that will dress up especially for you. Naturally, a new costume for Pikachu cannot be missed.
During the entire event, look forward to a Pikachu with a cake costume. And Glumanda has put on a party hat for you. For the first time, you can evolve the Fire-type Pokémon into Charmeleon and Charizard, also wearing party hats.
New costumes for the anniversary event
You can find the costumed Pikachu and Glumanda in the wild. Pikachu also appears as a raid boss in level 1 raids. You can also find Charizard with a party hat in the raids.
All Spawns for the Anniversary Event
During the anniversary event, you won’t just encounter the costumed Pokémon. In the wild, in raids, and in field research, numerous other Pokémon await you. With a little luck, you might even catch a Shiny. All Pokémon that you can find in their shiny form are marked with a star (*).
Level 3 Raids: Venusaur*, Charizard with party hat*, Blastoise*, Tyranitar, Metagross
Level 5 Raids: Zapdos*
Mega Raids: Mega Charizard X (until July 7), Mega Charizard Y (from July 7)
Pokémon from Field Research:
Bulbasaur*
Glumanda*
Squirtle*
Chikorita*
Cyndaquil*
Totodile*
Treecko*
Torchic*
Mudkip*
Chelast*
Panflam*
Piplup*
Snivy*
Emolga*
Oshawott*
Igamaro
Fynx
Froxy
Rowlet
Litten
Popplio
All Bonuses for the Anniversary Event
In addition to the many spawns, you can of course also look forward to one or another bonus during the event. However, as of now (June 30), these are not yet complete, so you can improve them again. Pokémon GO changed the bonuses in 2022.
This year, you could not earn a special bonus event during the GO Fest, but you can secure additional bonuses for other events at the various GO Fests.
If the global challenge for the GO Fest in Berlin is completed, you can look forward to even more bonuses at the anniversary event. The following bonuses are available regardless:
Event Field Research
New avatar items in the in-game shop
New stickers from gifts and PokéStops as well as in the in-game shop
Battle weekend with Team GO Rocket and new Shadow Pokémon
New avatar items
The battle weekend with Team GO Rocket
What is this event? During the anniversary event, you can expect a mini-event in the form of a special battle weekend. The members of Team GO Rocket will be in the spotlight.
During this time, you will not only encounter the black balloons more frequently, but Giovanni, the big boss of Team GO Rocket, is also back with a new Pokémon. In addition, trainers who like to participate in the GO Battle League can also look forward to one or another bonus during this time.
Rocket boss Giovanni with Shadow Latios
The following bonuses will be available:
Rocket balloons spawn every 3 hourshas been improved by the bonus
with a charged TM, you can remove Frustration from Shadow Pokémon
20 battle sets per day in the GO Battle League
4x Stardust upon winning in the GO Battle Leaguehas been improved by the bonus
Special research on Giovanni
Reward: a Super Rocket Radar
New Shadow Pokémon: Additionally, the members of Team GO Rocket have new Shadow Pokémon. Therefore, look forward to the following monsters:
Shadow Latios
Shadow Geodude
Shadow Shinx
Shadow Espurr
When does the battle weekend with Team GO Rocket run? The mini-event runs from July 9, 2022, at 12:00 AM local time until July 10, 2022, at 11:59 PM local time.
Bonuses for the Anniversary Event and Battle Weekend
What kind of bonus is this? Since you completed the global challenge during the GO Fest in Berlin, you can look forward to additional bonuses for the anniversary event and the battle weekend.
All bonuses for the anniversary event: Throughout the entire anniversary event, you can look forward to encounters with 3 additional Pokémon:
Grillmak, now also available as Shiny, in the wild and in raids
Unown E in raids, with a little luck you can catch it as Shiny
timed research
Encounter with Wash Rotom
All bonuses for the battle weekend: You have also earned additional bonuses for the battle weekend. The following are waiting for you:
Rocket balloons spawn every 2 hours
2 mysterious parts after defeating Rocket Grunts
double Stardust upon defeating Rocket Grunts
double XP in the won raid
one additional raid pass per day
5x Stardust as a reward for won battles in the GO Battle League
chance for encounters with legendary Pokémon from rank 16 of the GO Battle League
What do you think of the contents of the anniversary event? Are you excited to finally face Giovanni again? And what additional bonuses would you like? Feel free to share your thoughts here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss them with other trainers.
In Forza Horizon 5, car enthusiasts can fulfill their dreams. The racing game offers over 600 vehicles and features a variety of popular manufacturers. Those who play a lot, earn money, and successfully complete numerous races can quickly have a huge fleet. However, some cars are very rare, and only a fraction of players own them. MeinMMO shows you 5 of the rarest cars in Forza Horizon 5!
What criteria were decisive? The five cars selected by us are among the rarest vehicles in Forza Horizon 5. Since there are no official and publicly available numbers on how many players own a particular car, we determined our list based on the following criteria:
Availability in the car show
Availability in the auction house
Length of availability in the auction house
Physical limitation or binding to IRL purchases
Frequency of availability in festival playlists and the Forzathon shop (providing insights into possibly limited time availability)
All vehicles on this list cannot be purchased in the car show and are sometimes tied to orders for real-life items. Moreover, they appear – if at all – only extremely rarely in the auction house and then at very high prices.
1. Maserati 8CTF
What kind of vehicle is this? The Maserati 8CTF is a racing car from 1939 that brought great success to the Italian sports car manufacturer in motorsport and is one of the few European brands that won the 500-mile (approximately 805 km) race at the Indianapolis Oval.
How do you get the car? The Maserati 8CTF was included as a prize in Series 2 of the festival playlist of Forza Horizon 5. If you wanted to unlock the car, you had to earn 45 points in the summer season game list.
The Series 2 ran from December 9, 2021, to January 6, 2022, with the summer season reportedly ending on December 16, according to forza-fandom.com.
Since the end of Series 2, the historic car has not been part of a festival playlist or the Forzathon shop (as of June 2022). If you want to own the Maserati 8CTF in Forza Horizon 5, you have to hope for the auction house, where it is only rarely offered.
It is also unclear at what price the racing car would be offered in the auction house. During our research, we kept an eye on the auction house for several days and only encountered the Maserati in the screenshot, which was supposed to cost “only” 8,000,000 CR. It is quite possible that future sales could cost more.
Screenshot of the rare case that the Maserati 8CTF is offered at a relatively low price in the auction house of Forza Horizon 5.
2. Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
What kind of vehicle is this? The Vauxhall Lotus Carlton is a rear-wheel drive sports car from the United Kingdom. The Carlton is a joint product of the car manufacturers Lotus and Vauxhall from 1990. The latter is a subsidiary of Opel.
How do you get the car? The Carlton appeared in Series 3 of Forza Horizon 5 and was available as a milestone (45 points in the festival playlist) in the spring season. Those who did not unlock it at that time must currently hope that it will be offered in the auction house. However, this is extremely rare, just like with the Maserati 8CTF.
If the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton is sold in the auction house, the seller will most likely demand 20 million CR.
However, during our research, we did not have the luck to see the sports car even once in the auction house. For us, this is enough evidence that it is one of the rarest vehicles in Forza Horizon 5.
What kind of vehicle is this? The 2017 Ford GT is the successor to the legendary Ford GT 40, which owes its fame to winning the 24-hour race at Le Mans. With the 2017 Ford GT, the car manufacturer wanted to prove that it is still capable of producing sports cars at the highest level.
The Ford GT in the ‘OPI Edition’ is an exclusive version of the super sports car available only in Forza Horizon 5 and features not only the special paint job but also improved performance. The standard performance of the OPI Edition is in Forza Horizon 5, the performance class S1 at 900, while the standard version of the Ford GT has a standard S1-863.
Another special detail distinguishing the OPI Edition from the standard version is the possibility of swapping the engine during tuning. The OPI Edition has the Racing V6TT as an option and can be fully upgraded with this engine to reach the performance class X-999. The standard version’s maximum is only in the middle of class S2 at 953.
How do you get the car? To get the Ford GT in the OPI Edition, you have to place an order in real life to then receive a code for the car. However, the item you need to order is not an object that you can use to play Forza Horizon 5 or that is otherwise directly connected to the game.
To get the Ford GT OPI Edition, you need to order nail polish from the American nail polish manufacturer OPI Products. Specifically, it must be OPI nail polish from the Xbox Collection (via xbox.com), which is available in Germany in the product lines Infinite Shine, Nail Lacquers, and GelColor. After ordering the nail polish, you can request the code for the special vehicle.
It is not possible to buy the Ford GT OPI Edition in the car show or obtain it in a wheelspin. It has also not been included in the Forzathon shop or in a festival playlist as a reward.
The Ford GT in the OPI Edition
4. Wuling Sunshine S
What kind of vehicle is this? The 2013 Wuling Sunshine S is a van from the Chinese car manufacturer Wuling, which has partnerships with international companies such as SAIC Motor and General Motors, selling its vehicles only in China.
How do you get the car? The Wuling Sunshine S was available as a prize in Series 4 of Forza Horizon 5 during the autumn championship of the festival playlist and could be unlocked by reaching 25 points. If you did not take this opportunity, you will have to invest a lot of CR to own the extraordinary car – if you are lucky.
The Chinese van is only rarely offered in the auction house by other players and usually costs around 20,000,000 CR. However, this did not prevent competing bidders during our research from ending the auction within a minute using the buy-it-now price.
The Wuling Sunshine S has only once been a part of a festival playlist, has not been offered in the Forzathon shop, and is also not available in the car show.
The rare Wuling Sunshine S at a top price in the auction house of Forza Horizon 5.
5. De Luxe Five-Window Coupé Forza Edition
What kind of vehicle is this? The Ford De Luxe is a coupé from 1932 and features standard rear-wheel drive. In the limited Forza Edition, the coupé is transformed into a so-called hot rod through special modification.
How do you get the car? The Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupé in Forza Edition is definitely one of the rarest cars in Forza Horizon 5. You cannot buy the special hot rod in the car show, nor can you obtain it in a wheelspin. It has also not been included in the Forzathon shop or in a festival playlist as a reward.
If you want the De Luxe Five-Window Coupé Forza Edition, you must buy the limited Forza Horizon 5 Xbox controller (via xbox.com) and receive a code with the purchase. You can then redeem this code and receive the hot rod once in the game.
Each ‘Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupé Forza Edition’ thus originates from a purchase of the FH5 controller. Therefore, there is a very limited number of vehicles in circulation, and the controller is also rarely available.
Attention: When purchasing the controller, make sure to order from an official dealer if you also want the hot rod. During our research, we read some stories from players who received the controller through a private purchase but were disappointed to find that the code was either not included or already redeemed.
The De Luxe in the limited Forza Edition. Image source: DJKustoms via YouTube
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Why are other rare vehicles not included in the list? There are still several other vehicles considered extremely rare in Forza Horizon 5 that we did not include in the list for various reasons.
For example, some of the rare vehicles were frequently offered in the auction house during our research or were noticeably cheaper than the collector’s items we chose. We also decided against cars that appeared more often in the Forzathon shop and/or the festival playlist than the Maserati, Carlton, or Wuling.
What do you think of our list of the rarest cars in Forza Horizon 5? Do you think vehicles like the 2016 Honda Civic Coupé, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performance, or the 2003 Toyota Celica SS-I are missing? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments!
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The Steam Summer Sale is only a few days away. MeinMMO gives you some tips for co-op games that you can still get for little money and that are absolutely worth it.
What kind of games are those? We present various genre games that can all be played in co-op with at least one friend.
The Steam Summer Sale has been running since June 23 and ends on July 7. So you only have a little time left to secure the games.
In the list are some of the highest-rated co-op games on Steam, but the author can personally recommend all of them. However, this is not a ranking, but an unordered list.
You start without tools after a plane crash on an island full of cannibals and strange mutants. In search of your son, you must uncover secrets and, above all, survive.
The game offers a gloomy atmosphere, crafting and building elements, and various endings in the story. It is played rather in longer but completed sessions than in a continuous game.
The offer of The Forest is ideal to prepare you for the release of the upcoming sequel. Read in our special everything about Sons of the Forest and see gameplay of the new part here:
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See new gameplay of Sons of the Forest, the sequel to the survival hit ‘The Forest’”
Don’t Starve Together
Genre: Survival/Sandbox | Release: April 21, 2016 | Rating(Steam): 96 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-6 | Price: €5.09 (66 % discount) | Link: Don’t Starve Together on Steam
In the survival game Don’t Starve, you are transported to a strange world and must survive. As the name suggests, you mainly fight against hunger, but also against madness and countless monsters.
The world is procedurally generated and offers various biomes with materials for crafting and building your own base. Don’t Starve Together is the multiplayer offshoot of the popular survival game and receives constant new updates with content.
See the trailer for the latest update with pirate monkeys here:
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One of the best survival games on Steam gets DLC with pirate monkeys 6 years after release
Special features include the hand-drawn world and musical accompaniment. All characters are “spoken” by instruments, which gives the game a unique charm.
If the embedded review video does not play for you, you can find it here on YouTube:
Portal 2 is probably one of the most well-known co-op games. You play as one of two robots that must solve various puzzles and levels with their “Portal Guns”. This is seasoned with a good portion of dark humor and dystopian future visions.
In addition, you create portals in the world. The portals connect two places together, and you must use them to bring objects or yourself to otherwise unreachable parts of the levels or even to catapult yourself.
Physics is an important factor in the game, as sometimes you depend on falling into a portal with enough momentum to reach another place at the correct angle. Ideal if you like puzzle tasks.
Portal 2 is the successor to the physics-based puzzle game Portal, which even inspired the crazy shooter Splitgate. Portal is also responsible for some memes such as: “The cake is a lie”.
In the video, we explain some more terms from gamer jargon:
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Do you not understand your gamer friends? Here are 14 terms you should know
PayDay 2
Genre: Action/Heist | Release: August 13, 2013 | Rating(Steam): 89 % – very positive | Players: 1-4 | Price: €0.99 (90 % discount) | Link:PayDay 2 on Steam
If the heists in GTA Online are not enough for you, you should check out PayDay 2. Together with up to 3 other players, you need to plan a heist and rob a well-secured bank.
Coordination and timing are important here, as you obviously do not want the police to stop you. An escape vehicle and specialists to crack the locks are just as important as someone who can deactivate the alarm.
See here the test of PayDay 2 by the colleagues from GameStar:
PayDay 2 is considered a quite challenging co-op game. Expect to repeat the missions multiple times to win them. After all, a bank vault should not be a walk in the park.
If you are interested in the gameplay but looking for a different setting, then check out GTFO. Some former Payday developers are working on a crazy alien shooter here. GTFO is also on offer for €29.99 until July 7 (via Steam).
Terraria can simply be described as 2D-Minecraft. In a huge world, you search for valuable materials, build your own home and equipment. You also have to defend your home against waves of enemies and even giant bosses.
The survival sandbox game plays with your urge to explore and encourages you to delve deeper into the world and discover new areas. NPCs can also appear from time to time, who can sell you useful items if you host them.
Terraria offers not only a co-op mode but also PvP. If you want, you can fight with your friends for control of your world instead of exploring and building peacefully together.
Bonus: Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition
Genre: Tactical RPG | Release: September 14, 2017 | Rating(Steam): 95 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-4 | Price: €17.99 (60 % discount) | Link:Divinity: Original Sin 2 on Steam
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a bit more expensive than the games presented here but still deserves a mention. After all, it is one of our top 25 co-op games. The story-driven RPG is heavily based on Dungeons & Dragons.
Your party consists of up to 4 characters with different classes. The special thing about the game is the turn-based combat system. You do not fight “live” against your opponents but plan your move. Movements, spells, and attacks are limited by points, and an initiative determines the order of the fighters. This creates a tactical factor.
These are the improvements of the Enhanced Edition:
Divinity: Original Sin 2, however, stands out primarily with its stories. Each companion has its own story and motivation. If you do not play in a full player group, the NPCs can even be won over as romance.
Interestingly, the developers are already working on the next title in a similar style: Baldur’s Gate 3, which even has an official D&D license:
At the beginning of Destiny, there were few options to get good loot. By accident, however, Guardians discovered that a measly cave could drop legendary and also exotic loot. Do you remember the Loot Cave?
What is the Loot Cave? In Destiny 1, there was a cave that Guardians dubbed the “Loot Cave.” Players accidentally discovered at that time that Hive enemies would stream out of the aforementioned cave over and over again.
Basically, that sounds like nothing special, but at the time, it was a blessing. No matter what activity you were engaged in, the loot was abysmal. You could try your hardest, but the chances of getting legendary or exotic gear were minimal back then.
That’s why players named this cave. It was the original form of effective farming in Destiny.
Guardians stared for hundreds of hours into a measly cave
Why did players use this method? Many new players from Destiny 2 do not know this at all when they are not buried under loot. After almost every strike, Gambit, or Crucible match, legendary engrams are waiting for you, but in Destiny 1, they were considered a real rarity.
The entrance to the Loot Cave
Even exotic engrams could sometimes only be obtained after hundreds of hours. However, once you got one in your hands, the joy was indescribably huge. To speed up the process and finally get rare loot quickly, the accidentally discovered “Loot Cave” was super practical.
Unlimited Hive enemies would phase out from the cave, and the Guardians just had to stand around farming for hours to get the coveted loot.
How did this method work? It was as simple as it was monotonous. You simply positioned yourself right across from the cave with a weapon and shot down all the enemies that came into your view. You repeated this as often as you wanted.
Wasn’t it boring after a while? Surprisingly, quite the opposite. Players actually had fun blasting the same enemies for hours and finally getting loot they had worked hard for.
But note: Destiny 1 cannot be compared to Destiny 2 in this case. Nowadays, no one, except for catalysts, would sit in front of a cave and kill the same enemies for hours.
The loot is unfortunately thrown at you in Destiny 2, and exotics are no longer as rare as they used to be. Times have changed, but it is always interesting to see how Guardians earned their cool loot back then.
Can I still visit the cave in Destiny 2? With the return of the Cosmodrome, the Loot Cave has also returned. You can find it in the same place in the Cosmodrome. Even the speaking remains of the dead Hive have been implemented. These were added in Destiny 1 to remember the Loot Cave and the countless hours farmed.
A dungeon has also been dedicated to the famous cave. “Sands of Avarice” is its name and takes you on a journey filled with greed and thirst for loot. However, the dungeon is included in the 30th anniversary package from Bungie and must be purchased beforehand.
Do you remember the Loot Cave, and if so, did you spend hours trying to get your first legendary or even exotic piece of equipment? Please let us know in the comments if you experienced the cave cult in Destiny 1 yourself.
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Blizzard has shared new details about the WoW expansion Dragonflight. In the latest episode of the MeinMMO podcast, we discuss the information regarding the release, the price, and the players’ skepticism.
In the last 14 days, there have been several new details about Dragonflight. For instance, the release period and the price of the different versions of the expansion have been announced. However, this has raised skepticism among many players.
This is how you can contribute: You can actively participate in improving the podcast. If you have feedback such as suggestions or criticism, or simply want to submit a cool topic suggestion that should urgently be discussed, then feel free to visit our Discord server.
Alternatively, you can also directly send an email to [email protected] and share your thoughts with us. Let us know your opinion in the comments.
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Chimeraland is a new MMORPG coming to PC, Android, and iOS. Back in January 2022, we reported that a version launched in Malaysia, which was also playable for us in the West. Now the game finally gets its own western servers and even a release on Steam.
Update July 3: Now it’s official. The global release of Chimeraland will take place on July 14.
Because you can cross a human with various animal species, resulting in an octopus, a bird, a rhinoceros, or a panda bear on two legs. You can also dye the animals in different colors and adjust their proportions and appearance to your liking.
What can come out of the editor can be seen in this screenshot. I decided on a shark, gave it a corner in the head, spread the eyes as far apart as possible, and made the legs as small as possible:
Aside from this editor, the game offers typical MMORPG fare:
There is a classless system, so armor and weapons determine your playstyle
You follow a story that is told through the main quest
There is an open game world with multiple continents without loading screens
There are collection and crafting systems, through which you can also actively level up – like in New World
You can sprint with Shift and jump with Space
You can tame and cross different animal species to create new monsters
The game is funded through a real-money shop with cosmetic content, XP buffs, boxes with materials, and automatic completions of daily quests, as well as an additional purchasable battle pass.
Chimeraland is coming to Steam in Summer 2022 – Pre-registration is already underway
When is the game coming out for us? There is no concrete release date yet. However, the developers have now revealed that Chimeraland is set to be released in Europe, North America, and on Steam in the summer.
You can already pre-register and the more players do, the more rewards there will be. Additionally, the developers are gearing up for the release with a new trailer.
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Chimeraland Trailer zur Pre-registration
Is the download worth it? It depends. I had a lot of fun with the character editor, and it is a clear recommendation. The gameplay itself, however, resembles more of an indie survival MMO and cannot compete with classic AAA games like WoW or ESO.
However, since the game is free, you don’t have much to lose aside from a little time. However, you will be able to play Chimeraland only in English and not in German.
If you are waiting for a new, modern MMORPG in 2022, you will find it in this list:
On Saturday, July 2, the famous YouTuber and Twitch streamer Trymacs hosted a football event. He assembled a team himself and played against Knossi and his team. The match was a huge success, both in terms of numbers and overall entertainment value.
What kind of event was it? After Trymacs’ big boxing event, there was a new sports event on Saturday. The two Twitch streamers Trymacs and Knossi each assembled a football team and then faced off against each other in a match.
In the teams were other streamers and YouTubers, celebrities like Steven Gätjen and football players from the local league.
The game turned into a huge spectacle, also because the streamers had thought up some special rules:
Three halves were played, each lasting 30 minutes. This gave the streamers a bit more break during the match.
During the breaks, there were various challenges. For example, 3 celebrities played against 50 kids for a short time, and the celebrities were mercilessly outplayed.
Despite a clear victory, there was a penalty shootout at the end – just for fun.
Knossi and his team managed to win the regular match, while the penalty shootout went to Trymacs. Both have already promised a rematch, which is to take place in winter.
Who participated in the event? In addition to streamers Trymacs and Knossi, other well-known personalities from Twitch and YouTube were present, including EilasN97 – the currently largest German streamer, MontanaBlack, Aaron Troschke, Inscope21, and UnsympathischTV.
Several celebrities were also present, including Steven Gätjen, Pietro Lombardi, Gustav Schäfer (the drummer of Tokio Hotel), and Olivia Jones.
You can watch the recording of the event here:
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How did the match go? The ball was kicked off at 17:04. The game was commented on by Robby Hunke, who also works for Sportschau.
For long stretches, the match was mainly carried by the local league players. They were significantly fitter and technically stronger than the YouTubers, streamers, and celebrities.
However, Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris stood out positively in goal for Trymacs. He had several good saves, so he was also referred to as Marcel Neuer in the Twitch chat. Nevertheless, he could not prevent his team’s loss.
Trymacs (left) and Knossi (right) during the coin toss.
Although Trymacs’ team took the lead first and maintained it through the first halftime break. But in the second half, the equalizer and the lead for Knossi’s team were achieved. In the end, Knossi and his team won 4:2.
However, there were also unpleasant scenes during the game:
Still in the first half, Filip Pavlović got injured. He sustained a muscle tear in his thigh.
In the second half, Steven Gätjen got hurt. He injured his ankle, but nothing was broken.
In the third half, Paul from Team Trymacs got injured. He sustained a shoulder injury.
What challenges were there? During the first half-time break, there was a crossbar challenge. An audience member won together with Pietro Lombardi and received a jersey signed by Luka Modrić.
During the second half-time break, Knossi, Dave, and Fritz Meinecke played against 50 kids. The kids won clearly with 7:0.
At the end of the match, there was also a penalty shootout. The team of Trymacs won it 4:1.
How was the event received? During the football game, over 140,000 people watched simultaneously on Trymacs’ Twitch channel at peak time. This made the event the livestream with the most viewers worldwide on Saturday. It also surpassed shoutcasts for the LEC in LoL, Rocket League, and Summer Games Done Quick.
Over the entire four hours, the event averaged over 104,000 viewers (via Sullygnome). This is also rank 1 on Saturday and rank 3 in the last 7 days. Later, Knossi also hosted an “Aftershow Stream” with 68,550 peak viewers.
Additionally, there were hundreds of spectators on site and a lot of positive feedback in the comments. So it’s hardly surprising that both streamers are already planning a rematch.
Hundreds of fans were present in the stands.
For Trymacs, however, the topic of football is taking on even larger dimensions. His team is supposed to regularly play in the Kreisklasse B, with mostly the same squad. He has already promised vlogs from the training and livestreams of the matches.
What do you think about this event? Did you follow the match or are you not interested in football?
Besides the football event, Trymacs is currently also doing great things in the game Clash of Clans. Because he is currently destroying it with his community:
Pretty much every gamer uses Discord. However, scammers are now using a new trick to steal your account. MeinMMO explains how you can protect yourself.
The most important points at a glance
Currently, messages are circulating on Discord claiming that you have supposedly been “exposed”. You will receive an invitation to a server.
The messages can even come from supposed friends.
Under no circumstances should you click on the corresponding links. Change your password immediately instead.
What kind of trick is this? As some users report on Twitter, they receive private messages from their friends’ accounts. According to these, perverse pictures or information about them are circulating.
They are said to have sent naked pictures of themselves and are now being exposed on a public Discord to defame them. An invitation to the respective Discord is also attached.
The respective contact will then block you directly because they “don’t want anything to do with you.” A click on the link leads you to the server, and you will reportedly be asked for authentication. You should definitely not do that.
Verification steals your password, hacks your account
That’s why it’s dangerous: As one user reports, his account was stolen after authentication. A stranger logged in to his account, sent further scam messages, and subsequently blocked people.
Corresponding messages can therefore also come from friends’ and acquaintances’ accounts and not just from strangers on a server. Since the contact blocks you directly, you can’t at least ask them via Discord whether the message is actually serious.
Furthermore, the links and the respective servers often differ, making it impossible to warn against just one specific server. Therefore, this new trick poses particularly high risk potential.
This is how you can protect yourself: If you receive messages that are phrased similarly, you should definitely not click the link. Notify your respective friends outside of Discord.
If you are affected yourself, you should quickly change your password and possibly contact Discord support. A good way to create secure passwords is through password managers, so you don’t forget them, which can easily lead to problems:
Exactly 10 years ago, The Secret World was released, an MMORPG like no other since. A completely new experience that MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus extensively played back then. For the anniversary, he wants to take another look – and hopefully can handle it.
On July 3, 2012, The Secret World was released. My account for it is even a few weeks older, as you could sign up earlier and secure some advantages. The MMORPG completely captivated me back then.
In The Secret World, I play in an alternate reality with Lovecraftian flair. Monsters from the Cthulhu Mythos are real, just like magic and all sorts of conspiracy theories.
As a player, I can join the famous Illuminati, the Templar Order, or the Asian “Dragons”. Strange things happen all over the world, and I must uncover them together with my companions.
In this, I am one of the chosen ones who cannot easily die, as glowing “bees” bring me back to life repeatedly. Dark, bizarre, spooky, and with a good dose of dry humor. Exactly my kind of game!
That was my Templar back then. I miss her.
So why is it a mistake to install the game now? Quite simply: because it failed and for good reasons. I know that nostalgia will drive me to play again. But I also know that I will be bitterly disappointed.
The Secret World is a dream for all nerds, and that was the problem
The fresh approach to the genre, the completely unspent setting, and the MMORPG market that wasn’t so flooded back then were enticing for many gamers, including a group of friends and myself.
The Secret World had – or has, as it’s still running – many mechanics that are absolutely unusual for the MMORPG genre.
But exactly these factors ensured that the game never really reached the broad masses.
One of the biggest innovations of The Secret World was the “Investigation” quests. With just a few clues, I must uncover a secret, discovering more and more hints that lead to the solution – like a real investigator.
I follow trails, speak to NPCs, or – which is absolutely wild – I have to use the fully functional web browser integrated into the game to access company websites created specifically for The Secret World. Even NPCs have their own Twitter accounts.
Such a thing has never happened before. I’m not talking about looking up a quest on wowhead. I actually had to check which employees were at a company because I was supposed to search for their names in some secret files.
Very cool for someone who wants to immerse themselves in the world. Super annoying if you just want to play casually. Because these quests are also the ones with the absolute best rewards. But no one wants to puzzle for so long for XP and a new weapon…
The “Kingsmouth Code” is the first investigator mission you receive. Here is a walkthrough of the quest:
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Weapons were also a pretty cool idea. For healing, you wielded an assault rifle or claws, because what else would make sense, right? Chaos magic is there for tanking and you deal damage with pistols of course.
For me, as a relatively young gamer at 19, it was all really cool. A change from WoW, an interesting world. I played intensely for half a year.
It was damn cool to join the Templars or see what the Illuminati headquarters looks like. How the secret organizations operate to lead supposed conspiracy theorists around by the nose.
Or simply to dive into a world where monsters from Lovecraft are real. What would well-known cities look like if they were suddenly overrun by disgusting creatures? An enticing thought.
But eventually, something was simply missing. Today I know what caused the failure of The Secret World.
Although The Secret World never intended to
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The new field research in July 2022 for Pokémon GO is known. We show you all tasks and rewards that are now available.
What type of research is this? By spinning PokéStops, you receive the field research. Every month, the developers adjust some of these researches in the tasks and rewards.
Here we show you the overview of the researches you will receive in July 2022.
Field Research July 2022 – Overview
The new field researches are again available in the categories Catching, Throwing, Battling, Hatching, and other typical tasks.
The overview has been compiled by the community. As a source, we use Leekduck and show you the new tasks here. Pokémon that you may encounter as Shiny are marked with a star (*).
How do you like the modified field researches in July 2022? Do you think Niantic made a good choice with rewards and quests, or would you have liked more variety and different encounters? Please share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers on the topic.
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In June 2021, the first alpha of Ashes of Creation took place. At that time, many were disillusioned, especially because the combat and animations did not look impressive. However, the developers have now shown a new video of the combat system. This gives many hope.
What was the main criticism of the alpha? In Alpha 1, Ashes of Creation felt very unfinished. However, the developers also emphasized that this is a “real alpha” and not a promotional event for the game. Criticism included the following:
What is new now? In a livestream, the developers presented their latest adjustments to the combat system. They showcased combat with melee weapons, including attacks with a two-handed sword and daggers.
These combats were very well received by the players. Especially the mobility and the improved animations are being praised. However, there is also criticism.
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What do players say about the combat? Under the video on YouTube, many positive comments are gathering:
PhilTCasual is excited: “The combat update was exciting! I’m a big fan of the direction this game is taking.”
Deserteagle writes: “For a while, I was wondering if Ashes of Creation would only be ‘okay’ in combat and have great systems. But after the update, I feel like you all really nailed the combat. So, good job to the team, it looked great overall, especially compared to what came before.”
Laydra writes: “This is a massive improvement to melee combat from a year ago, it looks really good.”
The user Highlander also praises the changes but already has improvement suggestions: “It’s finally starting to look good. I think when it comes to giving the combat more weight, it’s also important how the target reacts when hit. If the target’s animation does not change or respond on impact, a large part of the ‘combat feeling’ is lost.”
This is also a common point of criticism from other users under the video and on reddit. The attacks still lack some heft.
What do the developers say about the initial reactions? Steven Sharif, the head of Ashes of Creation, already mentioned in a comment on YouTube that this is the first of many major changes to the combat system before the launch of Alpha 2.
Margaret Krohn, the Community Manager, also emphasized under the livestream recording that this will not be the only adjustment to the combat system. She mentions again that the MMORPG relies on a hybrid combat system, where you can switch between action and tab-targeting. This system still needs time to mature completely.
What do you think about the adjustments shown to the combat system? Do you like the adjustments, or does the game still look too unfinished?
For anyone wanting general more information on Ashes of Creation and the current status of the game, everything is summarized here:
Coughing, sneezing, smacking noises, keyboard clattering, noise from traffic – all of that is annoying in every Discord chat and distracts the team. MeinMMO author Marko Jevtic definitely does not want to be one of those annoying teammates who make the voice chat noticeable with disturbing or even disgusting noises. His solution to this is as unconventional as it is effective.
No one likes teammates who misuse their microphone. For us, they are among the most annoying and worst people to play shooters with. But you can’t completely prevent this, at least not if the microphone is on all the time.
Even the quietest gamers have to clear their throat, cough, or sneeze sometimes. Occasionally, one may accidentally smack, take a sip from the coffee cup too close to the microphone, or sniffle more often during pollen season. Perhaps one also has a really satisfying but loud keyboard that annoys your friends quite a bit.
That’s all human, but it doesn’t have to be. Because during an intense raid or a tight team deathmatch, no one prefers to hear the bodily noises of teammates over the digital footsteps of enemies. However, constantly turning off the microphone is impractical.
Only a push-to-talk button can help. But pressing this while doing the keyboard-twisting that you have to in some games is not that easy. That’s why I use a device just for this purpose, which uses the often lazy lower half of my body. Under my PC desk sits a foot pedal, and only when I step on it, can you hear me.
I specifically recommend the foot pedal from the well-known streamer brand Elgato, called the Stream Deck Pedal:
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Thanks to Elgato foot pedal, I can only be heard when I want to
What are the advantages of a foot pedal? What many gamers overlook is that there are two helpful things dangling down from your gaming chair that can be used. Besides the impatient bouncing of your feet, you’re probably not using your legs while gaming at all. But you can change that, and I recommend doing so.
The Elgato Stream Deck Pedal connects easily with USB-C to your PC, sits on the floor under your desk, and with that, you’ve done most of the work. All you have to do next is assign push-to-talk to one of the 3 buttons on the foot pedal.
All settings are simple and completely straightforward via the Elgato software. You just drag the desired function onto the desired button.
The Elgato foot pedal is inconspicuous but very practical and versatile
How does this help with gameplay? Push-to-talk is actually extremely clever but often very impractical. With this setting, the voice chat only activates while you are actively pressing the assigned button. If your finger isn’t pressing that button, you’re silent as a fish. But try finding space for that button on the keyboard. That’s why the foot pedal comes into play.
After all, you want to run, switch weapons, fire skills, reload, jump, crouch, slide-cancel, ping, or whatever else you’re doing in your games. You also don’t need to be an experienced drummer to operate this thing while you’re gaming.
What I personally find even more practical right now is the opposite, which is push-to-mute. The microphone then deactivates when I step on the pedal. This way, I can also lean back in my chair when making small talk and only step on it when I need to cough.
How to set up the pedal properly – and a mistake you should avoid
I’ve set up my own Elgato Stream Deck Pedal:
Left Button:Alt-Tab – This is practical when I, for example, play Elden Ring with the controller and want to switch windows without leaning forward to the keyboard.
Middle Button:Push-to-Mute – This allows me to quickly and easily mute my microphone when I don’t want to be heard (for example, when I have to cough).
Right Button:Screenshot – Even during fast-paced action, I can take a screenshot right in the middle with my foot. Especially practical for my job when I want to capture gameplay images for articles.
These are my settings with the Elgato Stream Deck Pedal
No matter how I finally set it up: The teammates thank me for ‘talking with my feet’, as no one likes to hear those unnecessary noise disturbances. Especially not when the raid boss is putting a lot of stress on. And I feel more comfortable because I know I’m not annoying anyone.
But of course, you can also set up the pedal differently. There are some players from Rainbow Six: Siege who have assigned leaning around corners to the pedals. This way, they can keep their fingers free for WASD while still looking around a wall.
Avoid this mistake: I still have a small recommendation that comes from a funny anecdote from Reddit – operate the pedal with your left foot, not your right. A poor guy on Reddit had the idea of the foot pedal years ago and got into the habit of only talking when he pressed a pedal with his right foot.
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That was a great idea until he was behind the wheel of a car, waiting at a traffic light, and his mother in the passenger seat asked him a question. Instinctively, he pressed the pedal with his right foot – and unfortunately this time the gas pedal in an automatic car. He rammed the car in front of him and was speechless despite pressing the pedal. Therefore: If you drive cars, place the Elgato in front of your left foot.
Regardless of this Reddit story: What do you think of a foot pedal as a solution for gamers? Do you find it practical or completely stupid? Have you perhaps been using such a foot pedal on your gaming PC for a while? Let us know in the comments.
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This week there were some good news at WoW and Lost Ark. On the other hand, TERA has been permanently shut down. Furthermore, we introduced three new MMORPGs. All the important news of the week is summarized here.
These were the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. Tell us, what was your personal highlight of the week? Or have we perhaps forgotten something important? Feel free to write it in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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SEGA announced that the MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis will also be released for Playstation 4 on August 31.
What kind of MMORPG is this? Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is one of the MMORPGs with the best action combat systems. The game was released in 2021 as a successor to Phantasy Star Online 2 with the aim of being a true MMO.
PSO 2: New Genesis is completely Free2Play, but does offer a cash shop. It does not build on its predecessors aside from the name, so you can play without any prior knowledge.
What’s new: Now there’s good news. The developer studio SEGA announced that the game Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is set to be released for the Playstation 4 on August 31.
So far, only PC and Xbox players could play PSO 2: New Genesis. The only exceptions were that only the Japanese version could already be played on the PS4. However, soon the other versions will also run on the Sony console.
It is not yet known how the adaptation for the Playstation 5 will look.
What content will be available at launch on the PS4? The release on the PS4 will include additional content such as the “Frozen Resolution” update and the new “Waker class”.
Cross-play will also be possible between all platforms.
If you are fans of MMORPGs, you might also be interested in this trailer:
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How successful was Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis on Steam? The player numbers for the MMORPG speak for the game. In June 2022, there were still 3,271 players concurrently on Steam (via steamcharts.com).
Since the release of the game on Steam on August 5, 2020, the average number of players has been around two to sixteen thousand people. The figures from Xbox are not included, as the corresponding data is missing.
Recent reviews of PSO 2: New Genesis on Steam are balanced. Overall, of the 19,541 reviews, most are positive, with 72% (as of 02.07.2022, via Steam).
More about Phantasy Star Online 2 can be found here:
Who is Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis interesting for? PSO 2 New Genesis aims to attract fans of PSO 2 but is also suitable for anyone who enjoys MMORPGs.
Especially fans of anime games and complex combo mechanics may enjoy the game. But you should not have a problem with having to grind a bit for your gear.
Mario Gomez is actually the epitome of a goal scorer. But now the FUT Hero has received a card in FIFA 22 that forces him to prevent goals. Crazy, but not bad at all!
Who is Mario Gomez? Mario Gomez is likely still a name known to most football fans, as his career end was not long ago. As an active player, he chased goals first for VfB Stuttgart, then for Bayern, Florence, Besiktas Istanbul, Wolfsburg, and finally Stuttgart again.
He was known as a dangerous scorer, who primarily scored in the penalty area with a quick movement, a surprising header, or a powerful shot. He also went for goals in the national team – but unfortunately, he had his share of bad days there. So he was often haunted by images of missed big chances.
“Preventing goals,” that is not something a striker likes to do. But in FIFA 22, Gomez now has a card that is meant to allow him to do just that.
Shapeshifter Mario Gomez gets a whole new role
What kind of card is this? Currently, the “Shapeshifters” event is taking place, where various players receive entirely new positions and changed attributes. The new “Team 3” also included some of the “FUT Heroes”, meaning players from days gone by. One of them is Gomez.
And those who used to joke that Gomez is more likely to prevent goals than to score them can now look forward to a new card: Here is Mario Gomez as a center-back.
How strong is Gomez as a defender
This is how good the card is: In fact, Gomez has received all the attributes you would expect from a really good center-back. He has 90 Pace, 95 Defense, and 93 Physical. Moreover, he still has his high shooting value of 91, which distinguishes him as a striker.
Gomez, who sometimes appears a bit sluggish as a striker in FIFA 22, could actually fill the center-back position perfectly with these attributes. And: His card will also be changed to Serie A. Thus, he fits perfectly with the currently perhaps best center-back in FIFA 22.
A combination of Chiellini and Gomez could indeed be really difficult for opposing strikers to overcome. Additionally, he provides a good connection to Bundesliga cards – and there are also some in the new team.
FIFA 22 seems to want to increase the fun factor in Ultimate Team with crazy cards. Is this card for you, or are you looking for other candidates for your team? Feel free to leave us a comment.
With a seemingly harmless tweet, the famous publisher Electronic Arts (Apex Legends, Battlefield, FIFA) has made the internet its enemy. Less than 140 characters were enough to leave even its own employees speechless.
The official Twitter account of EA has posted a tweet that wanted to follow a trend. In the form of a seemingly harmless meme, an employee tweeted: “They are a 10, but only like singleplayer games.”
The “10” refers to a rating of someone’s attractiveness. On a scale from 1-10, people rate individuals. In the corresponding meme, they find the perfect partner, a 10, but have a flaw that ruins everything. In this case: singleplayer games.
EA has already caused quite a stir among singleplayer fans with the lack of a campaign in Battlefield 2042. Now the latest tweet is receiving heavy mockery, even from employees of studios that are part of EA.
Battlefield 2042 is considered an absolute disaster. The studio is supposed to be rescued with the first season:
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Head of Apex Legends shakes his head over EA
This is how the internet reacts: The tweet collected tens of thousands of replies, quotes, and retweets in no time. Among them are well-known names like journalist Paul Tassi, streamers JackSepticEye and Gladd, or the well-known YouTuber VideogameDunkey.
While there were mainly cynical responses or even questionable comments such as: “How are your tweets actually worse than your games?”, Vince Zampella, the head of Respawn Entertainment (featured image), only reacted with an emote showing a person facepalming:
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Respawn develops Apex Legends, the popular battle royale, which is published by EA. Apex Legends was a huge hit upon its surprising release in 2019 and is still widely played.
The developers support it with new seasons and regularly release new videos with story content:
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Zampella is not the only developer at EA who is upset about the tweet:
The writer of Dragon Age, David Gaider, says: “As usual, EA jumps on a trend, totally misses the mark, and slaps itself in the face.”
This is how EA reacts: In response to the criticism, EA’s Twitter account spoke up again. In a new tweet, it states: “Mockery well deserved. We accept the defeat because singleplayer games would actually make someone an 11.”
However, the attempted rescue only works to a limited extent. Many singleplayer games have a large fan base, and even many multiplayer games and MMOs are often enjoyed solo. We even have a whole list of games that are suitable for solo play:
A new gift promo code for Pokémon GO with Amazon Prime is ready. We show you what 36 items are included this time and how you can redeem the gifts.
How do you get the gifts? If you are an Amazon Prime customer, you will regularly receive special content for various games for free with your Prime Gaming membership. There is also the possibility to receive such packages in Pokémon GO.
Every few weeks, new gaming bundles are made available for pickup. The contents change from time to time.
Prime Gaming Package 4 – What’s inside?
What’s included: With the code you get from Prime Gaming, you will receive 36 items.
How can you get the bundle? The requirement to pick up such a package is an Amazon account with a Prime subscription. If you don’t have that yet but don’t want to miss the gifts, you can alternatively sign up for a 30-day free Prime membership to test it.
If this requirement is met, then proceed as follows:
Here you can now enter the promo code from Prime Gaming
The items will be credited to you in the game
If you are using an Android device, you can also enter the promo code from Prime Gaming directly in the game. Click on the in-game shop and scroll down. There you will find the field “Promos” where you can enter the code, just like you can enter all other promo codes from Pokémon GO.
When will the next bundle be available? According to Niantic, the codes should be available approximately every 2 weeks. In July, two more bundles are still expected on the Prime Gaming website.
What do you think of the contents this time? Do you think it’s good that the contents repeat, or would you have preferred something completely new?
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For several weeks, Guardians in Destiny 2 have been battling the nightmares of NPCs and gaining emotional insights into their past. But it has all been for nothing. Instead, you have probably fallen into the trap again. Once again a perfect distraction, obscuring the important events. MeinMMO has a theory about what is going on in Season 17 and beyond, and invites you to come along.
Season 17 of Destiny 2 is superficially not impressive for the Guardians. Content-wise, they have helped Crow, Zavala, and Caiatl leave behind their old, painful memories over the past weeks.
But beneath the surface of the haunted season and the nightmare story, something is crawling around that is continuing to spread uncontrollably.
This developing “contamination” has been brought by Calus, the former emperor of the Cabal and father of Caiatl. He is the returned antagonist from the Content Vault that some players already know from past content. He has also brought his ship, the turned and abandoned Leviathan, along with a parasitic gift called “Egregore“.
If you do not yet know him, we have a brief story context about him here:
The Egregore spore plant is now everywhere – you can hardly escape it. Even the containment measures installed at the H.E.L.M., the mobile operations center of the Vanguard, have failed and the fungus is spreading ever further. This is also evident in the story of Destiny 2.
That we will not be able to stop it in this Season 17 has been revealed by an image released by Bungie. The control panels of the H.E.L.M. and the floor are completely overgrown with the Egregore plant. No windmills can help to get rid of the spores anymore.
Everything is infected – Are we about to experience the explosion of the H.E.L.M.?
What is this strange plant? Egregore seems to be a kind of fungal system that has likely existed in the Destiny universe for quite some time.
The Wanderer knows the plant and has long possessed a sample that is thriving on his ship. You can see it while waiting for the round to start in Gambit. In her investigations during Season 17, Eris Morn has already tried to extract all the details from it, but without much success.
We Guardians first came into contact with the Egregore spores during Season 13. There, the plant had spread in the Exo mission “Foreboding” on the Cabal ship “Glykon Volatus”, where Calus conducted cruel ritual experiments using mockery.
Ikora Rey also personally inspected the Glykon at the time and reported on it in her notes, which can be found in the Collector’s Edition of Witch Queen. There she notes that one must directly connect with the plant to pass through the energy barriers created by the fungus.
During a patrol in the Lust Gardens of the Abandoned Leviathan, one learns about it precisely.
The Egregore fungi apparently do not, as some Guardians suspect, come from the anomaly, nor are they an impure product of Calus’s experiments with the Darkness. Rather, they originate from a distant planet that the opulent Cabal Emperor discovered during his exile travels with the Leviathan.
The Wanderer is breeding Egregore spores on his ship.
So he reports in a patrol message on the Abandoned Leviathan:
I have been quite fond of this fungus since I discovered it on a world far away from yours. It thrived in great forests across the planet. Even infinitely far away from the place where the first spore was harvested, it remained connected. The Darkness is many things, Guardians. Many things.
Calus, in a patrol message at the Lust Gardens on the Leviathan
Basically, we have a huge swarm organism that consolidates Calus’s thoughts and perhaps even his self into a unique “singularity”.
That these sarkophilic Egregore spores are not harmless has also been proven. Katabasis, the chosen lightbearer by Calus, was apparently impaled by the spores. Once they have entered a Guardian, this infestation continues to spread. It almost seems as if it whispers evil things that cloud perception, ultimately to reach its fungal prey.
It is apparently not just a fungus: Calus himself has revealed to us that the fungus is “attracted by the unique psychological phenomenon of death” and that “the death of sentient beings” promotes its growth. A strong-willed individual like Calus could therefore nurture the fungus through many deaths and allow it to grow further. Deaths that he finds among loyal Cabals, who are repeatedly destroyed by the Guardians.
You wonder if I am a ghost, if I have become something that lies beyond the Cabal, if I have ascended like Acrius when he held the sun in his hands. Allow me to quell your curiosity: Yes, I have become all that you imagined, and much more. […] I do not promise that every Cabal standing on the Leviathan will survive this journey, but under my care, you will live and die with nothing less than greatness.
Calus in the lore book “Voices of the Haunted” entry #7, Season 17
Is the Darkness an organism made up of many beings? Somehow, the spores “open” the mind to the darkness. Perhaps it is even possible for the Witness or another entity to observe and even influence the actions of the infected. It was noticeable in this context: Regardless of when, the Witness and the Darkness never speak to us Guardians with only one voice. It always sounds like a multitude of beings merging into one voice.
The voice of the Witness is many – an organism of multiple realities or a plant?
Additionally, Calus once allowed his physical form to wither and break apart because it was “an inefficient vessel” for his purposes.
At that time, it was his first encounter with the Darkness, during the exile on the Leviathan, that left him in a semi-dead state and as a jelly-like mass in a precarious physical condition. The only way out: technical avatar automatons
The Egregore fungus could have been an escape for Calus’s collective presence. This would mean that Calus’s new form is now a kind of parasitic consciousness that lives and spreads through the abilities of the Egregore spores.
This is once again confirmed by a voice line found numerous times in Season 17:
In this patrol mission on the Abandoned Leviathan, he says: He can feel how we Guardians move around the ship, every fired bullet, every fought battle he would feel.
The “Calus Spore” has implemented its plan unimpeded
What happens next in Season 17? Let’s take another look at the current Season 17 and its story, and it quickly becomes clear: There will probably not be another separation mission or nightmares.
On one hand, we have completed all separation triumphs.
On the other hand, all robot automatons of Calus have been found, and his bobbleheads have been collected.
The final triumphs must therefore have a different story base, which we might find out about next Tuesday.
If we now continue to follow our theory, then everything up to this point has essentially been a distraction for the Guardians. A kind of occupational therapy. Something that Calus masters superbly, as only for him did the Guardians once play in his raid and menagerie circus, being the entertaining lightbearers jumping through his fire hoops for loot.
The Guardians believe they have victory in their grasp, but soon they will recognize the truth they have so resolutely ignored. […] They served to firmly anchor my plans in the foundation of the universe. […]
Calus in the lore book “Voices of the Haunted” entry #7, Season 17
That this is the case has also been confirmed by Eris Morn last week when she mentioned that Calus is trying to merge with the Moon Pyramid.
He has evidently been pursuing this plan for quite some time, and in Season 17 has officially referred to himself as “The End,” as shown in the story trailer for the dungeon “Duality”:
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In the worst case, we have even helped him with this infiltration. Due to his spores, which Guardians have most likely absorbed and transported during this Season 17, his altered existence may now already reside in the Moon Pyramid.
Perhaps the goal was always to infect the Moon Pyramid from the inside out through us and emptied Cabal shells filled with Egregore spores.
Now, in the last story beats of Season 17, he is slowly allowing his mycelium to grow to ultimately break the Pyramid’s defenses to take control of it. A new harbinger of Darkness.
That this has been his goal is also presumed by other Destiny authors. We know, the Moon Pyramid seems extremely important. Precisely because it is the only one that lies in direct proximity to the Traveler, as Paul Tassi has already speculated:
Therefore, I wonder if the plan is to “reactivate” the pyramid within the “security zone” of the Traveler, considering how close the moon is to Earth, and if there is some kind of invisible defense perimeter, it would already be within that zone.
The former Cabal Emperor also wants to prove himself to the Witness and the Darkness. If he succeeds in extending his mind or in this case his consciousness to the Moon Pyramid, it might make him worthy in the eyes of the Witness.
Optionally, it could also be a direct command from the Darkness before it takes him in as a disciple or harbinger. He may have to do something unspeakably evil, like Rhulk.
Calus will soon “transcend” all trivialities.
Calus prepares for the arrival of the Witness in Season 17
No matter what Calus plans: It seems logical that the current Season 17 and the following 18 and 19 must prepare for the arrival of the Black Fleet. In the new expansion of Destiny 2, the Light will likely fall and war will begin.
There, the Psion prophecies in the voice lines at the end have already provided us with some interesting insights that have since proven to be true. What if they are also right about the remaining predictions?
Then Guardians should expect a “besieged city” and “a Darkness-infected Traveler” after the “reborn Leviathan” in “Lightfall”.
If Calus, as we suspect, no longer holds a physical form but instead spreads his mind and will only through the spores of the Egregore, he may have become the perfect key for the Witness to infect the Traveler and thus the Light. To combat this, players in Destiny 2 will need to set the world on fire!
Whether this also means that we Guardians may no longer be able to use the Light in the new expansion “Lightfall” due to this intentional infection is something that could very well become possible in our theoretical scenario.
And after Lightfall? The ultimate “Final Form”, the last DLC of Destiny 2 planned for early 2024, could then bring us to the so-called Gardener. Here, it is particularly interesting that this one has been referred to several times in the history of Destiny as “The Formless”.
What do you think? Do you believe Calus could indeed have mutated into a spore and aim for the Traveler with his newly acquired Moon Pyramid as a target? Or will the spores of the Darkness simply spread until the Traveler is also affected and we lose our Light due to its “deactivation”? We look forward to your story interpretations and opinions in the comments.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Many are worried that World of Warcraft Dragonflight is coming too early and might not be good. But is that really true? We dare to analyze.
When Blizzard announced the next expansion Dragonflight a few weeks ago, there was a positive mood. The developers wanted to return to their roots, build fewer major systems, and especially tell a more classic fantasy story – indeed, an ancient, unexplored island and plenty of dragons.
However, the anticipation for the expansion quickly faded when shortly thereafter the announcement for pre-ordering came. Because it revealed: Dragonflight will be released in 2022, namely no later than December 31, 2022.
Some were happy about the early release, but many are worried: is that not too early? Is it not coming too quickly after Shadowlands? Did the developers even have enough time to create a better expansion here?
Reddit user creates useful graphic, shows problems
In the subreddit of World of Warcraft, Disargeria published a quite interesting graphic. The graphic shows the various durations of the different expansions of World of Warcraft and considers the duration of the alpha and beta tests as well as the duration of the individual patches.
This way, one can see at a glance how long players had to wait for new content or how big the gap between the individual addons really was.
Note that the information on “Dragonflight” regarding the alpha and beta is currently provisional and speculative. The duration assumes that the beta test is imminent. Accordingly, this time window is getting smaller every day.
The graphic also shows the problems that Shadowlands and thus the players had to contend with. Because Shadowlands had the longest release phase of any expansion ever – meaning the longest period after the launch without new content. Players had to wait over half a year for patch 9.1.
To the disillusionment of most, patch 9.1 also turned out to be very sparse. Korthia was unpopular among many players since it was just an extension of the Maw and therefore a rather bleak area and relatively small.
Additional new mechanics, such as the fragments of domination, caused even more systems to interact and brought initial problems. Because the new socket system conflicted with the legendary items, and anyone who wasn’t lucky enough to get their correct fragments early found their performance in dungeons and raids drastically hampered.
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Everything you need to know about the new WoW expansion “Dragonflight” in 3 minutes
Is Dragonflight coming too early? In the WoW community, there is currently a general feeling that Dragonflight somehow seems “too early”. The impression arises mainly because the release must now happen within 6 months and there has not yet been a beta for Dragonflight started.
Additionally, there is the perception that Blizzard did not take enough time for Shadowlands and the accompanying expectation that this mistake should not be repeated with Dragonflight.
If one only compares the past time between expansions, then Dragonflight, should it actually be released on or before December 31, is not coming too early. Shadowlands would then have only run a few weeks longer than Battle for Azeroth and a few months longer than Legion. The time difference between the addons has hardly changed.
Does Dragonflight need a long beta? That is probably the crucial question. Because Dragonflight is in many ways not a classic addon, but does things differently. And “differently” means in this case mainly “less new”. There are to be no major new gameplay systems, like Torghast, covenants, or Azerite armor. Instead, Blizzard focuses on the core elements of recent years that made World of Warcraft great:
An exciting, large game world with plenty to discover.
There will also be no large, nested systems. Dragonflight will be classic and will come without “borrowed power”, aside from items like tier sets. There is no covenant to level, no secondary and tertiary power systems like soul binds, and no legendary items that become mandatory immediately. One also wants to largely avoid parasite systems that make the game worse.
There are indeed a number of major revisions, such as with the talent system or professions. However, these are not entirely new systems, but simply revisions of already existing game content. The testing time here is expected to be comparatively short. Any problems can presumably be resolved much faster. It is simply easier to move a few talents around in a tree than to drastically overhaul a system like Torghast multiple times.
All of this should make Dragonflight significantly slimmer and testing more focused. Therefore, even a shortened beta phase should not weigh too heavily when the developers are now able to “get back on track” after the setbacks during the Covid lockdowns.
Everyone can probably only form a truly comprehensive picture once the beta is playable. Then it will become clear whether Blizzard can indeed release the expansion by the end of the year – or whether a few more months will still be necessary.
The big question about the “after”: In the end, it might not even be so important whether Dragonflight appears too early or too late, but rather how it goes on after that. Blizzard recently acquired over 100 new employees who are largely also supposed to work on World of Warcraft.
The true test will be whether Dragonflight can deliver new content faster than was the case in Shadowlands. There, fans had to wait extremely long and were even bitterly disappointed in the case of patch 9.1. Only patch 9.2 with Zereth Mortis brought enough new content – but too little to end the expansion worthily.
What do you think about the “early” release of Dragonflight? Is it all happening too quickly? Or does it fit as it is now?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
