The release of the Steam–Shooter secret tip The Cycle: Frontier has been delayed once again according to Yager Development. Instead,the closed beta test phase 2 has been extended again.
Release postponed, when does the beta end? The German developer studio Yager Development has announced that the release of the shooter The Cycle: Frontier, scheduled for April 2022, cannot be met and will be postponed again.
Furthermore, the studio announced that with the postponement of the release, the currently running closed beta test phase will be extended until April 25, 2022. The current beta has already been running for a month.
Yager Development announces the extended beta on Twitter
When is the release and why was it delayed?
When is the release? Yager Development did not specify a new release date in the press release. A release in April 2022 seems unlikely.
Even though no new date has been announced yet, the developer studio stated that another announcement regarding the release will be made “early enough.”
Why is the release delayed? The developers cite the current state of the game as the reason for the postponement of the release.
The studio wants to ensure that the shooter is released in a “perfectly matured state.” However, this also means that the developers need more time and will not be able to release the game as planned in April 2022.
What is The Cycle: Frontier? The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play shooter that you play in the first-person perspective, with a focus on PvEvP. A major aspect of the game is collecting loot and survival. So far, it has not been officially released, but early testing phases have already attracted a lot of interest on both Steam and Twitch.
In March, according to SteamCharts, even 15,700 players were active simultaneously at peak times, with an average of about 6,700 players over the last 30 days.
In recent weeks, the LEC Spring Split playoffs for LoL took place. It was evident that 3 champions were either banned or picked in every game. We will show you who they are.
What’s happening with LoL? Recently, the LEC Spring Split playoffs ended with a victory of G2 Esports against Rogue. During the tournament, there were three champions that ended up in almost every team or were banned.
LeBlanc, Hecarim, and Zeri are the three champions. Here, we show you their stats and how often they were played.
Stats of LeBlanc, Hecarim, and Zeri at the LEC Spring
Where does the information come from? The website Oracleselixir has compiled the champion stats of the tournament and shows the three champions with a 100% pick-ban rate. They were thus chosen for a team or banned by a team in every game.
Here are the stats:
LeBlanc has a pick rate of 37.5% and a ban rate of 62.5% as a midlaner
Hecarim has a pick rate of 25% and a ban rate of 75% as a jungler
Zeri has a pick rate of 25% and a ban rate of 75% as an ADC
Just behind them are the ADC Jinx and the midlaner Twisted Fate, who have a pick-ban rate of a remarkable 95.8%.
LeBlanc was actually played in 9 games. Among the professional players of LoL, the nimble sorceress is very popular with her burst damage.
Zeri is one of the newest champions in LoL. Her high mobility plays an important role in team fights, which is why she holds a firm place in the hearts of many players. She was played six times.
And Hecarim is also a champion known in the MOBA for his mobility. With his skills, he is very agile in fights and easily penetrates the vulnerable backline. He can also use his skills defensively to escape ganks. Just like Zeri, Hecarim was only played six times.
Will it stay like this? Until the next major tournament, the popularity of the champions will probably change, although LeBlanc has been chosen often by professional players for years.
For the big Mid-Season Invitational, we expect many changes that will have meta effects. It will be exciting to see which characters take center stage and how well LeBlanc, Hecarim, and Zeri perform then.
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World of Warcraft offers 11 professions and 3 secondary professions, but which ones are truly rewarding? MeinMMO explains which professions complement each other best and which are lucrative.
WoW is one of the MMORPGs with the best crafting system. However, you need resources to craft first. For that, there are gathering and crafting professions. You can learn a maximum of 2 professions at the same time.
In our comprehensive profession guide for Shadowlands, you will find explanations for the individual professions. However, we have listed for you which professions complement each other and which are particularly worthwhile.
These pairings apply not only to Shadowlands but also to WoW Classic and Burning Crusade Classic. If you have already learned a profession or want to learn one, you can click on the corresponding profession in the table of contents and read what fits:
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Which professions are the most worthwhile?
The question of the most rewarding profession is not easy to answer and largely depends on what you actually want from a profession. Some players want to equip their character with gear, others want to make a lot of gold, and others want toys. All of this is possible to some extent with most professions, but some are more flexible than others. We have listed some combinations that are particularly worthwhile.
The standard choice: If you are looking for the simplest way and play a lot solo, you should go for the classic. That is, one crafting profession and one gathering profession (with the exception of cloth-wearers). Depending on which armor class your character has, you should choose the following combinations.
Armor Type
Professions
Cloth
Tailoring + Enchanting
Leather
Leatherworking + Skinning
Mail
Leatherworking + Skinning
Plate
Blacksmithing + Mining
These combinations allow you to craft solid gear that you can wear yourself while also selling excess materials and crafted items. For players who want to treat themselves a little, it’s a solid choice.
Mining + Herbalism: If you want to earn a solid amount of gold on the side and do not want to bother with the auction house much, this combination of gathering professions is for you. You won’t be able to craft items, but you can mine almost everything you find in the wild. You can just put the ores and plants in the auction house during your next visit to the capital and have a solid, continuous cash flow without much effort.
Herbalism + Alchemy: Likewise, the combination of herbalism and alchemy is quite rewarding. Both professions can together create potions and flasks. Especially in the endgame, these are eagerly bought by nearly all players. However, you do need to invest a bit more time and keep an eye on the auction house. Prices for potions fluctuate significantly, especially right after a new raid is released.
Mining + Engineering: No other profession has as many toys and fun effects as engineering. Whether cool gliders, rocket boots, numerous teleportations, exploding sheep, or even a resurrection in combat – the engineer’s repertoire is vast. Mining provides most of the resources needed, but you will have to buy a few from the auction house.
Combos for Herbalism
Alchemy if you want to brew potions
Skinning or Mining if you want to earn gold
Combos for Mining
Blacksmithing for weapons and armor
Engineering for firearms and toys
Skinning or Herbalism if you want to earn gold
Combos for Skinning
Leatherworking for mail and leather armor
Herbalism or Mining if you want to earn gold
Combos for Alchemy
Herbalism if you want to supply yourself or the auction house with potions
any other professions if you are part of a raid guild
Alchemy has a special status in retail WoW. As an alchemist, you have the advantage that strengthening flasks last twice as long. Therefore, especially professional players in raids are often alchemists to save money. They then do gathering professions with secondary characters.
any other professions if you get resources elsewhere
Jewelcrafting has a special status in Burning Crusade. Since you can craft unique gems that only jewelers can wear, many progression players choose this profession regardless of their secondary profession.
Combos for Leatherworking
Skinning to supply yourself
Combos for Tailoring
Enchanting to disenchant crafted items
Alchemy for an advantage in raid
Skinning, Mining, or Herbalism
As a tailor, you do not need a gathering profession to supply yourself, so you can choose any profession that seems useful for your second profession. Enchanting is a commonly chosen pairing because you can disenchant crafted items directly and thus have materials for enchantments. But gathering professions are also popular for earning gold.
Secondary Professions in WoW – Archaeology, Fishing, Cooking, First Aid
In addition to your professions, you can learn three additional secondary professions. These do not count toward the limit of 2 simultaneous professions and usually stand on their own:
Archaeology rewards you with toys, mounts, and more for collecting relics
Fishing provides you with fish and is strong in combination with cooking since you save yourself the trouble of slaughtering wildlife
Previously, there was also First Aid, which was removed after Legion. Nowadays, tailors craft bandages that can heal slightly. This ability is no longer a standalone profession in retail.
If you play Classic, you can still learn First Aid – however, not Archaeology. Leveling here is worth it, as bandages often heal faster and more efficiently than food.
If you are new to WoW and are unsure which class you want to play in addition to your profession, here is help:
During a Twitch stream, Zack “Asmongold” looked at the statistics of the most talked-about games on Twitter. He was visibly surprised by the figures of Genshin Impact compared to Final Fantasy XIV and other games.
The “Best MMORPG Streamer” on Twitch found a statistic in his own subreddit that showed the top 10 of games. The data revealed how many tweets and retweets there were for each game.
You can view the statistics in this reddit post:
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What did Asmongold say about it? The streamer was quite astonished when he saw that Genshin Impact had been able to gather more than double the number of retweets as the MMORPG classic Final Fantasy XIV. He could only utter a surprised “Oh my God” (via YouTube).
He then discovered that Elden Ring only holds 5th place on the list, and World of Warcraft isn’t represented at all. “Is Genshin really that powerful? Is it really that big on Twitter?” he asked his viewers and had an intriguing idea.
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Asmongold tests Genshin Impact’s power on Twitter
What did the streamer do? To test how strong Genshin Impact really is on Twitter, he himself wrote a tweet regarding the game. He just typed the title and sent the tweet. Asmongold stared at the post: “That was 2 seconds and it has 47 likes. That was 5 seconds and it has 200 likes. What? What? Why? What is this?”
The streamer acknowledged the “power” of Genshin Impact and then mentioned that he might eventually give the game a try. Previously, he had always avoided it because he was bothered by the Pay2Win aspect and the microtransactions.
For comparison, a few days later he posted a tweet with “Final Fantasy 14”; so far it has garnered 532 retweets and 9,429 likes. “Genshin Impact” has until now 1,163 retweets and 22,696 likes, so the numbers reflect the statistics very well.
Whether Asmongold will really try Genshin Impact is still unclear, but he sees the potential behind it and may eventually stream it in the future.
Dead by Daylight doubles the bloodpoints. This is not only worthwhile for veterans, but also for newcomers it is the perfect opportunity.
Update 04/14/2022: The event has changed. Instead of double bloodpoints, there are 100,000 bloodpoints for login every day.
Original story: Easter is just around the corner and with it the time begins in Dead by Daylight to hunt colorful eggs nasty survivors. The developers want to give you a little more incentive to play as killers or survivors during the Easter holidays. Bloodpoints are raining again, allowing all players to make significant progress much more quickly.
A leak reveals that a “Blood Hunt” is coming up in the next few days. So far, the leak account “DbDLeaks” on Twitter has always been right – and the timing also sounds plausible. However, keep in mind that an official announcement is still pending.
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What kind of event is this? At more or less regular intervals, Dead by Daylight hosts a so-called “Blood Hunt”. During this event, the acquisition of bloodpoints is doubled for all players. This applies to all bloodpoints that you can earn during a match.
Exceptions to the bonus are bloodpoints that you receive through quests, challenges, or codes.
How long does the “Blood Hunt” last? The event runs over the entire Easter weekend, from April 14th to April 18th. You can benefit from the increased bloodpoints for this duration and stock up properly – either for immediate new unlocks or with the next new killer and survivors.
Why is this particularly good for newcomers? The entry into Dead by Daylight is relatively tough. This is not only due to the many subtleties and details that you only learn over hundreds of hours of gameplay but also because of the grind that is initially necessary. Most strong perks are tied to specific characters and are only accessible through unlocking for all characters. This unlocking is done through bloodpoints – so receiving double the amount is a pretty strong bonus for beginners.
Of course, the double bloodpoints are also worthwhile for veterans who want to complete their perk collection or unlock some of the particularly bloody “Prestige” skins.
Are the bonuses combinable? Yes. The 100% additional bloodpoints can be combined with all other bloodpoint bonuses. So if you also use offerings or perks that increase your bloodpoint gain, then that can be combined and increases your bloodpoints even further.
Keep in mind that the bonuses are additive and not multiplicative.
Will you catch some survivors over Easter or try to escape the killer? Or can such an event not excite you?
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Bayern Munich has been eliminated from the Champions League. This also has an impact on FIFA 22 Ultimate Team for some fans.
What happened in real football: On Tuesday evening, April 12, Bayern Munich unexpectedly exited the Champions League.
After the German record champions had already fallen behind 0:1 against the Spanish FC Villarreal in the first leg, the 1:1 in the second leg was not enough to advance to the next round.
Although Robert Lewandowski had given Bayern the lead, which would have been enough for extra time, a second goal to turn things around just wouldn’t come – on the contrary. Samu Chukwueze completed a counter-attack just before the final whistle to make it 1:1 – leading to Bayern’s elimination from the competition.
This is also noticeable in FIFA 22: Two expensive, strong Bayern cards in Ultimate Team were directly tied to the result of the match.
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Bayern’s RTTF cards in FIFA 22 crash
These are the cards: In Ultimate Team, there are so-called “Road-to-the-Final” cards. These cards get better the further the player’s team progresses in the real Champions League. Bayern has two: Corentin Tolisso and Lucas Hernández.
Both cards are strong, but there are no further upgrades
Both cards are strong, but a large part of their high price was due to the prospect of further upgrades. Many players had seen Bayern as the favorites against Villarreal – and must now face a significant drop in value.
The prices on the PlayStation transfer market are currently as follows (via futbin):
Tolisso’s card peaked at about 280,000 coins and already crashed to about 210,000 coins after the first leg. Since the elimination, he is now only at 74,000 coins (as of April 13, 2022).
Hernández once cost over 700,000 coins, then dropped to about 500,000. After last night’s defeat, he now stands at “only” 230,000 coins.
In both cases, while the prices might rise again in the coming days – after all, they are still good cards – the shock of the defeat has given the prices a significant blow.
“And suddenly I have, just like that, a 90-rated fodder,” writes a user in the FIFA subreddit (via reddit). In FIFA, “fodder” refers to players who no longer fit into one’s own team but are only used as material for Squad Building Challenges.
“Mine went directly into the Lahm SBC,” writes another user (via reddit). That was just unlocked in the FUT Captain event.
“Literally the only damn RTTF card I had was Tolisso. And Bayern managed to lose. I didn’t even check the halftime score, so I couldn’t sell at the 1:0 hype,” writes user akira136 (via reddit).
At the same time, there is criticism that FC Villarreal did not receive any RTTF card from EA – despite the fact that the club has already eliminated Juventus Turin during the current Champions League season.
What else is going on in FIFA 22? In addition to the ongoing Captains event, there will also be a new update in FIFA 22. Everything about Title Update 9 in FIFA 22 can be found here.
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Twitch streamer Alpharad played Pokémon with his community in the stream, but then went to sleep. The viewers continued – and meanwhile they hatched him a rare monster using chat commands.
What happened in the stream? Alpharad played a format called Twitch-Plays-Pokémon in the stream. In the game, viewers can control the game with chat commands. With certain commands, they can for example make the character run.
As it got later, Alpharad decided to go to sleep. To allow his viewers to continue playing without having to interrupt because of him, he stayed live and let the game continue.
Alpharad’s viewers, who were playing the “Pokémon Crystal” edition, received a so-called Odd Egg in the meantime. They then hatched the egg and got a rare Shiny Pii.
On Twitter, Alpharad shared a video of the stream where the successful hatching of the Shiny Pii can be seen:
Alpharad shares the clip of the hatching via Twitter
Why is the Pokémon so rare?
The rarity of Shiny Pii: The Pokémon hatched through the chat is a Shiny Pii. Shinys or shiny Pokémon are common Pokémon in unusual colors that differ from the normal case.
Shiny Pokémon are considered very rare and are therefore coveted by many Pokémon players. The chance of obtaining a shiny Pokémon from an Odd Egg is increased and is at 14%.
Nonetheless, Alpharad can consider himself lucky. The chance of getting a Shiny Pii from the Odd Egg is only 3% (via Bulbapedia.net).
Shiny Pokémon are rare and coveted beings in the world of pocket monsters. It is indeed something special to own one or even several.
Since April 12, the Spring Event has been online in Pokémon GO. Just in time for the upcoming Easter festivities, you have the chance to benefit from new spawns and bonuses, alongside Shiny ones. MeinMMO author Franzi reveals what you need to know about the Spring Event of Pokémon GO.
Rabbits are a good source to quickly acquire food in New World. During the ongoing Easter event, these rabbits even become real killers and provide good loot. We reveal where you can find rabbits everywhere.
Where can you find rabbits in New World? Rabbits can basically be found everywhere in the game world, often hidden in the grass. Those who keep their eyes open will find a rabbit sooner or later.
However, there are also special rabbit spawn points in the world where an entire colony can sit together. These spawn points are particularly interesting for the currently ongoing Easter event, as you can earn new items and Diamond Gypsum through them.
These are the large rabbit spawns in New World
Where is the rabbit spawn in the Unstable Coast? The spawn point in the Unstable Coast is likely one of the most famous in the game. You can easily find it just north of the town, and it is even marked as a spawn point on the map because there is the Rabbit Island.
Where is the rabbit spawn in Everfall? In Everfall, many rabbits simply appear around the town. There, you just have to wander through the grass. Another popular spawn point is to the left in the area Torn Coast:
Where is the rabbit spawn in First Light? In First Light, you can find some rabbits directly north of the settlement:
Where is the rabbit spawn in Brightwood? In Brightwood, you need to follow the road from the settlement southbound. At the Uncanny, there is a larger rabbit spawn.
Where is the rabbit spawn in Weaver’s Fen? In Weaver’s Fen, you need to go into the triangle of Brackwater and Unstable Coast. There, you can also find some rabbits.
Do you know any other good places to farm rabbits? And what do you think of the new Easter event? Feel free to write it in the comments.
Since the release, we have been accompanying New World with news, opinions, and guides. You can find all important guides for beginners and pros here:
On April 14, the weekly update of Lost Ark will be released, but players are already disappointed. Although the developers are accommodating fans, many players feel the lack of content. We at MeinMMO summarize.
Update 12:20: Surprisingly early and already after about 3.5 hours, the servers are back online. Originally, an 8-hour maintenance was announced.
What’s in the update? This week, the weekly update of Lost Ark is once again a bit smaller than we are used to. Nevertheless, the patch brings new gifts for you in the MMORPG and extends the login rewards for this month.
With this, Amazon and Smilegate respond to a discussion that flared up this week in the forum and on reddit. Players felt punished by the fact that there are too few gifts for their taste.
Otherwise, the update leaves much to be desired. Neither the still incorrect in-game clock was fixed, nor do new contents find their way into the game.
You can find the full content of today’s update here:
Some preparations are being made in the backend of the MMORPG to prepare the game for the contents of the coming weeks.
The login event is being extended by one week and 6 new rewards, and now ends on April 21.
The 6 rewards consist of a total of 500,000 silver, 3 combat item chests, 30 Phoenix feathers, 2x fusion material boxes, 3x jump essences, and 5 tickets to complete daily tasks immediately.
The update has received little support in the community so far. Because the bug that shows incorrect event times since the clock change in Lost Ark will not be fixed this week either. However, it was announced in the patch two weeks ago that work is being done on it. Furthermore, many players were expecting the new class and the new continent.
How long will the maintenance last? The servers will be taken offline at 9:00 AM German time and are expected to be offline for 8 hours. So you can only start again at 5:00 PM at the earliest.
We will keep you updated on the maintenance work in this article.
What do the fans say? Under the tweet announcing the update, the very first reactions to the patch notes are not very positive. Many fans are upset that the clock bug has still not been fixed. However, most players are more annoyed that the big April update is also not coming this week.
However, some players have hope that the patch next week will finally introduce the new class, the Lance Bearer, into the game. Users had this hope for this week as well because many expected that with the end of the login event, the big update would come. Since this update has been postponed by a week, some players are now expecting the patch next week.
Others praise Amazon for improving the game, even if in small steps, every week. They argue that you can’t expect something super exciting every week.
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We would like to share some of the comments here to capture the initial sentiment:
Paru writes, and gets 90 likes, for: ‘No South Vern, no Lance Bearer, oh man. At least we have 5 PvP tournaments that nobody cares about.’
SeibaX_ writes: ‘Finally! It looks like the April update, which I am so much looking forward to, will finally come in May.’
MightyKaseroo writes: ‘Oh man, this post is getting so much hate, I should have gotten popcorn. But let’s be fair, none of us thought they would release the April update in the last week of April.’
Eike sees it more positively: ‘Then at least I have more time to farm materials for my Lance Bearer, that’s nice too. I can hardly wait for the end of the month.’
What do you think about the update? Are you happy that you have another week to prepare for the big things? Or do you also think that the update comes way too late in April? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
Lost Ark has a Battle Pass in Korea and shows in a new developer video that it might soon come to us in the western version. We would like to know what you think about a Battle Pass and have created a survey for this.
What is the Battle Pass all about? In a video about the new season in Lost Ark, the text for a Battle Pass is briefly shown in the menu. Additionally, there are several places where the Ark Pass is visible. It is very likely that this refers to the same content.
The Battle Pass for the western version is unlikely to be a big surprise. Because there is already a Battle Pass in Korea, even in three versions:
A free version.
A premium version for around 20 euros.
A super premium version, which includes 500 additional blue crystals, an exclusive outfit, and a weapon skin. The pass costs around 50 euros.
The pass has 30 levels that you can climb by completing various tasks. Every 5 levels, there is a particularly interesting reward, such as a skin, a card pack, or exclusive pets.
The Ark Pass is visible here.
What tasks await in the Battle Pass? To reach new levels, you need to complete tasks that you would mostly do anyway, including:
Complete a raid
Do a dungeon
Kill bosses
This is primarily about additional rewards for completing typical tasks in the MMORPG.
Will you buy the Battle Pass? Since the pass has already caused considerable discussion in previous news, we would like to know from you now whether you will buy the Battle Pass or not.
You can cast your vote as usual in the survey tool below. Everyone has only one vote and the choice cannot be undone:
So tell us: What is your opinion on the Battle Pass? What speaks for or against it for you? How do you see the general development of Battle Passes in service games? Feel free to write this in the comments.
The Battle Pass is currently not part of the roadmap. This provides an outlook on the contents in April and May:
Since the release of CoD Vanguard, one of the biggest criticisms from the community has been the poor spawns. The latest update is supposed to finally improve this – yet the players are not satisfied. They demand even more improvements for the entire game. MeinMMO tells you more.
On the evening of April 12, Sledgehammer Games, the developer of CoD Vanguard, introduced a long-awaited improvement to the WW2 shooter.
After some test playlists and a survey, they have adjusted the spawn system in the game. On Twitter, the developers write that “with your feedback and the data we were able to analyze from the game, the spawn adjustments have proven to be an improvement”:
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These changes were previously only implemented in experimental playlists. Now they have been rolled out across the entire game.
However, the community is not satisfied. On social media, they complain that the spawns are still poor – and that the game has many other issues. They are calling for significantly more changes in the game.
Vanguard has “the worst spawn system in CoD history”
What is the problem? Players who have been killed in CoD Vanguard often spawn too close to an enemy for their next life. This frequently leads to a “death spiral,” where one death leads directly into the next, leaving the player unable to properly defend themselves.
Even before the release of CoD Vanguard, the spawn system was one of the biggest points of criticism. Players referred to it as “likely the worst spawn system in CoD history” (via reddit).
This clip from the perspective of a user suffering from poor spawns illustrates how bad it can be:
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Especially on small maps like Das Haus and Shipment, the spawns are an incredibly annoying problem. According to the developers, the latest update is supposed to help here, but the players are not convinced.
How is the community reacting? There is hardly any praise for the change in the community. Instead, there is a lot of disbelief that anything has actually improved:
@darryljoyzce1 says on Twitter: “Yeah, no, nothing has improved. The spawns for Das Haus and Shipment are still completely messed up.”
@JONNYTEE2010 says: “What a joke, I’m literally playing 4v4 on Dome and still spawning in front of or behind people, every update makes it worse.”
@freebandztrev writes: “lol try harder, I’m still a monster and destroying people at spawn.”
The developers’ analysis tools apparently show that the latest update is supposed to have brought improvements. But skeptical comments like these from the community reveal that not much has changed for the fans during gameplay.
There is also a lot of criticism about many other aspects of the game. Instead of praise for the changes, players are demanding improvements for latency issues, weapon balancing, or map rotations.
Cheating is also a major point of criticism. Here, the community desires a better solution, as unfair cheaters are present even at the highest level. Recently, a well-known player was exposed:
The last 4th challenge in the raid “Oath of the Student” was in Destiny 2 and players could secure another extra loot box. MeinMMO explains what the challenge “Loop Catalyst” is and especially how to master the challenge optimally.
What is a raid challenge? Each raid in Destiny 2 is already a demanding group activity and part of the endgame. Players face tricky puzzles together, overcome jumping passages, to ultimately defeat the final boss. This promises prestigious weapons and armor that can only be found there.
For those who find this already reasonable challenge not enough, they can face a so-called challenge or challenge in a raid every week. While they still include the classic raid mechanics, they also restrict certain playstyles. Depending on which challenge is currently active, one often has to adjust their playstyle slightly to master it.
All challenges usually take place in a specific raid encounter or phase. In the raid “Oath of the Student”, there are a total of four such encounters – the jumping passages are usually excluded from the challenges. They rotate every week but not in random order.
How to succeed in the challenge “Loop Catalyst”
This is the fourth encounter with the final boss: If you plan to play the raid challenge “Loop Catalyst”, your goal is the fourth phase in the raid “Oath of the Student”, which is at Rhulk, the final boss of the raid.
Previously, you had to pick up special bounties from Hawthorne for this, but that has changed. The challenge is automatically active at the start of the raid. You will see the corresponding information about which challenge is currently active at the bottom left when you start the raid. Additionally, MeinMMO will also inform you in the Destiny 2 weekly resets in the future.
Here’s how to succeed in the challenge: To complete the challenge “Loop Catalyst”, your team must maintain at least one stack of the buff “Siphoning Strength” before the damage phase on Rhulk.
Seen this way, it’s not really a big challenge, as this is already part of the usual strategy for most teams. The challenge can even be completed quite easily in a 3-player fireteam as long as the Guardian distributing the buff maintains it at any time.
If it fails nevertheless, you will see the notification “Challenge failed”. To try again, you can all die and the encounter will restart.
In this video, you can see the completion of the challenge “Loop Catalyst”, and Destiny 2 player IPhiniX will give you some tips:
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How to secure the 4th challenge in the raid Oath of the Student
Tips for the challenge
Even if it sounds simple, we still have a few tips for you. You should proceed carefully when sharing the buff, as the final boss likes to focus its gaze on the center while you are on the plate.
Your raid team should keep an eye on the buff timers and always try not to die when you have your “Siphoning Strength” active. Especially in the first part of the encounter, this will be important, as you may need longer than the 45 seconds duration of the buff.
Once the final boss Rhulk starts climbing the stairs, you can execute your normal final boss strategy. Basically, that’s all you need to pay attention to, so it can be said that “Loop Catalyst” is one of the easiest raid challenges in Oath of the Student.
All challenges from the raid “Oath of the Student”:
What do you get as a reward? If you successfully complete the challenge, there’s bonus loot and it’s worth it. In addition to the standard chest at the end of the encounter, another box will appear after a short time. This also contains high-end gear. So you should always try to carry the challenges in the raid.
In Destiny 2, you can slightly influence the desired loot, as each encounter offers very specific loot.
With the final boss Rhulk, after a successful run, you have a chance at the raid exotic “Group Pressure”, an exotic pulse rifle.
Additionally, these weapons and armor can also drop in the final encounter:
Pulse rifle “Deceitful”, the glaive “Lubrae’s Ruin”, and the grenade launcher “Aftermath”
Armor: “Resonance Fury” helmet, “Resonance Fury” gauntlets, and the “Resonance Fury” mark.
You can find an overview of all available weapons and armor in the raid here:
Do you enjoy such challenges to get extra loot? Or is just the normal run enough for you? If you have already mastered the challenge “Loop Catalyst”, we would be pleased if you share your experiences and let us know in the comments how difficult you found this challenge.
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In Destiny 2 there are new challenges in the current raid “The Oryx’s Curse”. We explain to you what that is exactly and, above all, how to master the 3rd challenge “Defense Failure”.
What is a raid challenge? All raids in Destiny 2 are a demanding group activity and thus belong to the endgame. Players face tricky puzzles in raids, overcome jumping passages, to ultimately kill the toughest bosses, who drop prestigious weapons and armor.
For those who find that not enough, they can take on a so-called challenge in a raid. These challenges still include the classic raid mechanics but also restrict certain play styles, so that you often have to adjust your team tactics to master them.
All challenges typically occur in a specific raid encounter or a phase. In the raid “Oryx’s Curse” there are a total of four such encounters – the jumping passages are excluded.
These weapons are available in the raid “Oryx’s Curse”.
How to succeed in the challenge “Defense Failure”
This is the third encounter: The raid challenge “Defense Failure” takes place in the third phase of the Witch Queen raid “The Oryx’s Curse” at the relics.
Previously, you had to pick up special bounties from Hawthorne for this, but that has changed. The challenge is active automatically when starting the raid. You will see the corresponding information at the bottom left when you start the raid.
To specifically complete the challenge “Defense Failure”, you may only kill one Taken Knight with your relic. If that fails, you will get the message “Challenge Failed”. To try again, you can simply let everyone die to restart the encounter.
To give you a visual idea of how the challenge “Defense Failure” is completed and works, we recommend the video from IPhiniX.
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The challenge can be easily managed if you have already determined the “runners” and their order before starting the phase. So, coordinate when it’s your turn to kill a knight. For this, you need to swap the laser artifact in the various rooms once each to defeat the knights and master the challenge.
Players also report a total of seven knights that can spawn, but each member of the fireteam may only eliminate one knight. So, in this case, you need to leave one knight alive and proceed through the next rooms.
What is the reward? If you successfully master the challenge, there is bonus loot. Besides the standard chest at the end of the encounter, another chest will appear after a short time. This one also contains top-tier equipment. It’s worth taking on the effort.
Since each encounter offers you special loot, this means that for this challenge you can earn either the “Resonance Fury” chest piece or the boots, or you get the submachine gun “Subjugation” and the fusion rifle “Redemption”.
Do you like taking on such challenges for extra loot, or do you prefer a normal run? If you have already completed the challenge, we would be happy if you share your experiences in the comments and let us know how difficult you found this challenge.
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Currently, a player in the Elden Ring community is particularly celebrated. This player has named themselves “Let me solo her” in the game, which means something like “Let me kill her alone” in German. They have taken it upon themselves to take down Malenia, one of the toughest bosses, for other players – Alone, naked, and wearing only a pot on their head.
What kind of boss is this? Malenia is one of the hardest bosses in the late game of the action RPG:
Malenia has very fast and powerful attack combos that can be deadly with just a few hits.
Additionally, she restores her own health with hits.
As if that wasn’t enough, she has a second phase, where she replenishes her health.
Then her attack pattern also changes, and she attacks you with the status effect Scarlet Rot.
Many players have trouble with her. But the player Klein Tsuboi has made it his mission to help them. As “Let me solo her” he not only stands by other players.
He kills Malenia solo, without armor, and only with a pot on his head. The community is already celebrating him as a legend, his video has gained a lot of attention on reddit .
Here you can see him kill Malenia without taking damage while two other players watch:
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Naked warrior kills Malenia for others – “A champion among men”
Why is this so special? Aside from the fact that the boss is already considered difficult, Klein Tsuboi makes it even harder for himself.
Because without armor, he can’t take much damage. Moreover, the health points of bosses scale with the number of co-op partners. Thus, Malenia can withstand significantly more than she would otherwise.
As the video shows, Klein Tsuboi has no problem with Malenia’s attack pattern. He manages to avoid taking any damage throughout the entire fight.
This way he can gradually add frost and bleed damage to Malenia. He himself writes:
If you have played Elden Ring and tried to fight Malenia on PC, you may have encountered a summon named “Let me solo her”. I have helped countless tarnished defeat Malenia by going in naked except for a pot on my head. […] My sign will always be down for desperate tarnished.
This is how players react to his idea: The community is hard on Klein Tsuboi. A commenter on YouTube, for example, DaitoByte writes: “A champion among men. A hero in the dark. Legends are told of the man who wears nothing but a pot and wields two blades. The goddess of rot can only flee from the one who bears the name: Let me solo her!”
Many in the community are happy when players take such measures to support others. They also praise how easily he takes down Malenia.
On reddit OneOfManyDucks writes: “Is that it? Is that the legendary “git gud” that people talk about?” To which realfakedoors000 responds: “This man is born ‘gud’.”
shidmaster64 reminisces about a similar hero: “This guy reminds me of a guy when WoW first came out. A player named Swampy, an orc warrior, […] helped newbies and warded off alliance gankers. A true hero.”
Players also exchange their own stories and experiences in Elden Ring, discussing how to overcome certain areas or which tactics and builds work particularly well.
Klein Tsuboi’s post has now received over 1400 comments and around 29,000 upvotes (as of April 13, 12:57 PM). His YouTube video is also extremely successful and has over 85,000 views. Normally, his uploads there receive only a few clicks; his last video is 2 years old. Now the YouTuber has probably gained many new fans.
What do you think of the story? Have you perhaps even encountered him yourself? What has happened to you in Elden Ring? Feel free to share your experiences with us.
Today, the new Patch 1.4.2 is released for New World. This includes the new event “The Revenge of the Rabbits”, where you can earn gypsum, reward chests, and a new item for more luck in the game. Additionally, an exploit with a dungeon boss has been fixed.
What kind of patch is this? The update 1.4.2 is a small patch that focuses primarily on the event and important bug fixes. The main ones are:
An exploit with the bosses Neishatun and Isabella in the new dungeon Heart of the Stormwinds has been fixed. There, players could bypass the boss mechanics by lying down or entering a certain area where they could not be hit.
New measures have been implemented to prevent players from entering a restricted arena.
A bug has been fixed that caused elemental plants to not drop the correct resources when harvested.
When are the changes in the game? The maintenance for the patch began today, April 12th, at 8:00 AM. A first patch was rolled out at 12:00 PM. It is approximately 700 MB in size. However, the servers are still offline.
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Killer Rabbits Raid New World for Two Weeks
What is behind the rabbit event? This special Easter event is expected to remain active for about two weeks. Since the launch of New World, players have repeatedly killed rabbits, but now these are said to want revenge on the players.
The rabbits have been tainted by Azoth and have become stronger. This somewhat resembles the turkey event in November. They are found in all areas and can usually be taken down with one hit. You can find all important spawn points here:
What rewards are there? You can look forward to three rewards that can be dropped by the rabbits:
Corrupted Hare’s Feet, an enchanted consumable that grants players additional luck for 40 minutes when used. You can get 5 of these per day
Corrupted Bunny Storage Chest, a rare item that increases housing inventory capacity by 1,050. You can receive a maximum of one per account, and it is not tradable.
What do you think of the idea of this bunny event? Or how do you generally feel about New World? You can find an overview of what has changed in New World since its release here:
In FIFA 22 the Title Update 9 will be released. This brings some new features to the game, but it also removes all Russian teams, as EA had announced.
When will Title Update 9 come to FIFA 22? Title Update 9 was announced via Twitter for “soon”. However, this currently applies only to PC. On consoles, players will have to wait a few more days before the update is ready for download.
Typically, it can take up to a week for the latest updates to also be available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
With Title Update 9, the following steps will be taken:
The selection of the favorite club has been changed to PSG if the Russian national team or another Russian team was previously selected.
The stadium of Spartak Moscow will be removed.
The selection of arena players and goalkeepers has been changed to PSG players if players from the Russian national team or another Russian team were previously selected.
In career mode, the Russian national team and other Russian clubs can no longer be chosen in new careers. They will also no longer appear as opponents in competitions.
In Pro Clubs, jerseys and stadium items will be changed if they were selected.
Some of the changes will be activated with a server update. However, that is not everything that Title Update 9 includes.
Patch Notes: What Title Update 9 brings to FIFA 22
What’s also in Title Update 9: Among other things, the update will affect the CONMEBOL content. Among other things, the competition structure for both the Libertadores and Sudamericana competitions in career mode will be updated.
In addition, clubs that qualified for the group stage of both competitions in 2022 will be added, and the rosters will be adjusted. However, these contents will only be activated after a server update.
In Pokémon GO the Spring event is currently running, and it brings you modified contents in the 2-km eggs. Now trainers on reddit show how rare the best Pokémon from these eggs really are. We at MeinMMO took a look at this and show it to you.
Which Pokémon is it about? Since April 12, the Spring event has been running in Pokemon GO. In this event, you can encounter not only some new spawns and wilderness but also the new legendary raid boss Kapu-Toro as well as modified contents in 2-km eggs.
This includes among others costumed Pokémon like Togepi with a flower crown, but also rare specimens like Riolu. The event has been underway for some time now, and many trainers have already diligently hatched event eggs. Now they are sharing their experiences on reddit and showing how often they really got Riolu from the 2-km eggs.
Chances of getting Riolu from the eggs in the Spring event
As the reddit user GothamReigns states in his reddit post, he has hatched 206 2-km event eggs so far and shows a statistic on how these are distributed among the individual Pokémon. He also included the frequency of Shinys in his data. His rates were as follows (via reddit.com):
Pokémon
hatched
rate
Azurill
39x
18.93 %
Fluffeluff
39x
18.93 %
Pichu
38x
18.45 %
Mampfaxo
31x
15.05 %
Togepi
18x
8.74 %
Wonneira
13x
6.31 %
Owei
11x
5.34 %
Riolu
9x
4.37 %
Klingplim
8x
3.88 %
Of these hatched Pokémon, he was able to secure a total of 4 Shinys: one each of Fluffeluff, Pichu, Togepi, and Riolu.
Are there further data? Other trainers also share similar results in the comments. They have also recorded the monsters from the 2-km eggs and show how often they have gotten Riolu. For example, DaybreakHorizon was happy to have 2 Riolu from a total of 54 hatched eggs (via reddit.com). This corresponds to a rate of about 3.7 %.
Other trainers, however, had less luck regarding Riolu. For instance, YesilFasulye could not secure a single Riolu from 60 eggs. The same applies to Own_Fortune_6940, who hatched 18 2-km eggs (via reddit.com).
Also among the reports of these trainers, especially monsters like Azurill, as well as Mampfaxo and Pichu were often present. Therefore, Riolu is thus alongside Klingplim the rarest Pokémon from the event eggs. This is also indicated by the overview from Niantic regarding the probabilities that you find under the 2-km eggs. So you will mainly have chances of Azurill, Fluffeluff, and Pichu when hatching.
Is it worth hatching the 2-km eggs with Riolu at all?
Even if Riolu is currently very rare to find in these eggs, you should still take the opportunity. The fighting Pokémon is the pre-evolution to Lucario, which is among the top 10 fighting attackers in Pokémon GO.
Normally, Riolu can only be obtained from 10-km eggs. Thus, the event eggs are a good opportunity to secure one or another Riolu. Additionally, the hatching distance is currently reduced.
Thus, you only have to walk 1 kilometer with a regular incubator to hatch a 2-km egg. Therefore, you can hatch significantly more eggs in a short time than is usually the case with 10-km eggs. Thus, you have more opportunities to encounter one during the event.
How do you find the current 2-km eggs for the Spring event? Have you managed to secure a Riolu? And maybe even succeeded in getting a Shiny? Share your experiences with us here at MeinMMO and exchange ideas with other trainers in the comments.
The revealing streamer Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa announced on Twitter the end of an era: She no longer wants to be an E-Girl and has probably invested huge amounts in Twitch content. MeinMMO reveals more about this topic.
Furthermore, she writes that she wants to stop with OnlyFans in June, give it her all before that, and disappear from the platform with a grand finale.
Amouranth plans completely new content on Twitch
In addition, Amouranth is also planning drastic changes on Twitch, as she has invested over 300,000 euros in the future content. Everyone is invited when she announces more about it at the end of this week. The announcement is likely to happen over the weekend, between April 16 and 17.
Amouranth mentions in the further thread that she is “ALL-IN”. This is the first time she is putting “real time, muscles, and money” behind her efforts. Either it works or it doesn’t, the streamer also said.
Amouranth wants to leave the internet: She also mentioned that this is just the beginning, larger investments are to come. “This is just the beginning (or the beginning of the end – of me disappearing from the internet),” she continued.
In the past, Amouranth revealed in a conversation with Mizkif on Twitch that she plans to retreat from the public eye at some point to invest in an animal rescue and spend the rest of her life that way.
Do the Joy-Cons of the Nintendo Switch slip out of your fingers during heated battles? But you also don’t want to buy an expensive Pro Controller? MeinMMO editor Benedikt Schlotmann has found a small, affordable solution.
What is the problem? I’m in the middle of a heated battle and I just need to land one hit on the opponent. But exactly then, my Joy-Cons slip out of my fingers. When I’m under stress, my fingers get damp and sweaty.
An alternative would be to buy a Pro Controller. There are now many versions of it, but they can be really expensive. However, there are also some manufacturers that sell so-called “Thumb-Grips”. These are caps that you attach to the thumbsticks of your Joy-Cons.
But is the money really worth it for such “caps”? After all, you only pay an average of 10 euros for such caps for the thumbsticks. I tried it out and was positively surprised. In my article, I explain why such parts might be worth it for you too if you are looking for an upgrade for your Switch.
Thumb-Grips cost less than 10 euros
These Thumb-Grips cost on average 5 to 10 euros and are available in various styles. I immediately ordered two sets because these things look kind of nice.
The biggest disadvantage first: It’s incredibly fiddly to attach the caps to the Joy-Cons. Once you’ve gotten them on one side, they slip off the other side again. I cursed loudly more than once during assembly when the pieces flew off again. But somehow they fit in the end and sit really tight.
What does it bring in practice? The small caps not only look stylish but also give the Joy-Cons significantly more grip. I still have damp fingers, but while gaming, I now have a much better grip on the thumbsticks. For my large hands, the Joy-Cons with these attachments are much easier to hold.
Moreover, these parts really look nice, even though that – like RGB lighting – isn’t really game-changing.
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Who is it worth it for? Do you get damp fingers quickly while gaming like I do or are your thumbsticks generally too small? Then these Thumb-Grips are definitely worth it for you.
If you are still looking for a way to personalize your Switch further, I can also recommend these Thumb-Grips to you. Because they look really nice in some cases and stand out from the Switch.
Cap options in different styles: With claws and in Pokémon style.
More upgrades for the Switch: Are you looking for more tips and upgrades for the Switch? I recently bought an upgrade for the Switch that I can recommend to anyone who likes to game on the go:
Tier Sets in World of Warcraft are extremely powerful – and starting today, you can “craft” them. We will explain how to use the “Creation Catalyst”.
One of the major features of Patch 9.2 in World of Warcraft was the return of Tier Sets. They provide really strong bonuses and will soon likely be mandatory for almost all classes. But what about players who don’t raid or always have bad luck with drops? For these characters, there is now help, as today (04/13/2022), the Creation Catalyst is active!
What is the Creation Catalyst? The Creation Catalyst allows you to convert items into Tier Set items of the current Tier Set from the Sepulcher of the First. The items retain their original item level but gain the bonuses of the Tier Sets, their appearance, and their secondary stats. Socket slots, upgrade state, and tertiary stats (such as avoidance or leech) will be carried over during the conversion.
You will find the Creation Catalyst in Zereth Mortis. It is located in a floating complex at coordinates 48 / 88. You can simply fly to the Catalyst or use the teleporter under the building if you haven’t unlocked flying yet.
The Creation Catalyst helps you to obtain Tier Set pieces.
Which items can the Catalyst convert? Basically, a variety of items that you have obtained in the current season of Shadowlands. This includes the following list:
Items from the raid Sepulcher of the First
Items from Mythic+
Items from PvP
Items from the world boss Antros (Zereth Mortis)
Items from merchant Rafiq (Zereth Mortis)
However, keep in mind that only the 5 main items of the set grant their 2-piece and 4-piece bonuses, namely helm, shoulders, chest, gloves, and pants. All other items do not grant set bonuses, but acquire a new appearance, fitting with the Tier Set – which is of interest to transmog collectors.
How much does it cost? Using the Creation Catalyst costs cosmic flux. However, moderately active players are likely to have this resource in abundance, making the costs negligible. Depending on the equipment slot, the costs vary:
Equipment Slot
Cost in Cosmic Flux
Bracers
600
Cloak
600
Belt
800
Boots
800
Gloves*
1,200
Shoulders*
1,200
Chest*
1,500
Helm*
1,500
Pants*
1,500
Slots marked with * grant a Tier Set bonus.
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How often can you use the Catalyst? The Catalyst can currently be used only once per character per week. However, the Catalyst receives a recharge each week. So, for example, if you skip this week, you can use the Catalyst twice in the following week. Those looking to catch up their alts in a few weeks can use the Catalyst multiple times in a row – as long as the necessary costs can be covered.
What do you think of this method of being able to craft Tier Set pieces? A cool, sensible thing? Or should Tier Sets, like before, only be available through raids?
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