In Fortnite, not only old players have returned for the new season, but also well-known streamers like Ninja. Recently, he found an absurd bug in a match that made him almost unable to fight. We will show you what happened.
What is happening in Fortnite right now? The new season 2 has begun. Players struggled with the fact that no leaks were published beforehand, leaving many fans in the dark. Now that the release is over and fans can finally play Fortnite, they were surprised by a No-Build Mode.
What is the No-Build Mode? You cannot build anymore, at least for an indefinite time. Consequently, players can no longer erect buildings or cover that protect them. This is well received and has even prompted many old Fortnite icons, like Ninja, to re-enter the BR mode.
But new releases don’t go without hitches, and Ninja was immediately hit by a bug. This made him and his teammate almost unable to fight.
Don’t trust any rocks in Fortnite
What happened to Ninja? Ninja started a round of Fortnite Duo with SypherPK. They had set up in the mines of Shifty Shafts to gather loot and ammunition. On Twitter, Ninja then posted a video of a bug that trapped him and his colleague:
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You can see how Ninja and SypherPK got stuck in the pile of rocks. Ninja is crouching while his colleague seems to be floating and cannot get out of the “falling” animation.
Both are thus stuck in the mine and could not free themselves. If something like this happens to you, you either have enough time until the storm arrives, or you are seen as easy prey by other opponents and immediately eliminated.
How is the bug triggered? They are not quite sure. We at MeinMMO ventured to the location to determine that this cannot be triggered solo. Probably, the two streamers timed their jump and slide so well by chance that SypherPK trapped Ninja in his animation. Since you cannot end the “falling” animation, you are thus doomed to stay stuck until the end of the round.
Have you noticed any other bugs or things that shouldn’t be happening in Fortnite? Let us know in the comments if you’ve discovered something or if you’ve experienced the same scenario!
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After the boss staggers and you have dealt damage for a while, he will glow blue and teleport to the center. He will now spawn four swords that will fly around and chase one player each.
Each player is chased by a sword. Source: YT/Phubrothers
You must touch the swords one after the other. Once the first player touches theirs, all players will receive a debuff for one second. If someone else touches a sword during this time, all party members will immediately die. You need to communicate well here. Set an order beforehand and use this tactic from Korea to make such mechanics easier.
While executing the sword mechanic, the boss must be staggered again. So, whoever touched their sword should immediately run to the boss and attack him with stagger skills, clay, and whirlwind grenades. The second, third, and fourth person should join as soon as they have touched their swords.
If you are too slow with the stagger check, all party members will again die immediately. So you must execute the mechanic quickly while always keeping an eye on the one-second spacing between the swords. Timing is key here.
If you manage to stagger the Phantom Legion King successfully, you will need to execute the sword mechanic a second time to defeat him.
Have you reached item level 460 and mastered the Abyss Dungeon? How many attempts did it take you for the Phantom Legion King? Were you in Discord with your group and communicated well? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
The Towers it spawns around it should be destroyed quickly, as they will otherwise block the path of the shadow ball.
The player is positioned correctly so that the Tower hits the Bishop. Source: YT/Shearley
Additionally, it is important to attack both the Tower and the Bishop equally. If one of them goes down faster, the other will go into a rage and deal a lot of damage to you. It will become more difficult to defeat it, but it is not impossible.
The Phantom Legion King
In the last part of the dungeon, you will encounter the King of the Phantom Legion, whom you will initially attack normally. However, you should save the attacks that cause staggering for a moment.
When the King’s health reaches 16, a yellow bar will appear beneath him, and you must stagger him. Use the aforementioned attacks and the clay and whirlwind grenades you brought along. But save a few grenades for later, when you have few stagger skills.
After the boss staggers and you have dealt damage for a while, he will glow blue and teleport to the center. He will now spawn four swords that will fly around and chase one player each.
Each player is chased by a sword. Source: YT/Phubrothers
You must touch the swords one after the other. Once the first player touches theirs, all players will receive a debuff for one second. If someone else touches a sword during this time, all party members will immediately die. You need to communicate well here. Set an order beforehand and use this tactic from Korea to make such mechanics easier.
While executing the sword mechanic, the boss must be staggered again. So, whoever touched their sword should immediately run to the boss and attack him with stagger skills, clay, and whirlwind grenades. The second, third, and fourth person should join as soon as they have touched their swords.
If you are too slow with the stagger check, all party members will again die immediately. So you must execute the mechanic quickly while always keeping an eye on the one-second spacing between the swords. Timing is key here.
If you manage to stagger the Phantom Legion King successfully, you will need to execute the sword mechanic a second time to defeat him.
Have you reached item level 460 and mastered the Abyss Dungeon? How many attempts did it take you for the Phantom Legion King? Were you in Discord with your group and communicated well? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
Can you defeat the Phantom Legion King?The Hall of the Twisted Warlord is an Abyss Dungeon that offers players a particularly difficult challenge. Those who know the mechanics and attacks will be able to defeat the Warlord.
What kind of dungeon is this? The Hall of the Twisted Warlord is an Abyss Dungeon and is part of the endgame content of Lost Ark. From item level 460, you can enter the Hall through the corresponding statue in one of the capitals. You will need a party of four players to do so.
Inside, you will encounter two different challenges whose mechanics you should know to successfully master the Abyss Dungeon.
As with the Guardian Raid, you can only use combat potions. So remember to stock up your bottom bar beforehand. In addition to TP potions, you should bring clay grenades and whirlwind grenades, as you will need to stagger your opponents.
What rewards will I receive? As a reward, you will receive gold, jewelry of item level 420, legendary card packs, legendary skill stones, and engraving instructions.
However, you can farm each of the Abyss Dungeons only once per week, and there is a weekly gold limit, which means you will receive gold only six times if you enter different Abyss Dungeons.
Tower and Bishop
In the first crucial part of the Abyss Dungeon, you will encounter two chess pieces: The Great Tower and the Little Bishop.
As soon as the Tower has eight health bars left, it will unleash a shockwave. Crosshairs will appear above your heads, three of which will disappear immediately, one will linger a bit longer.
A purple, circular aura now surrounds three of your characters. Position yourselves away from each other, otherwise, you will push each other away.
The player without an aura around their body should quickly run behind the Bishop and try to line up the Tower, Bishop, and themselves in a straight line. The Tower will then shoot a shadow ball that hits the Bishop if you have positioned yourself correctly. If the Bishop has four bars left, the mechanic will repeat.
The Towers it spawns around it should be destroyed quickly, as they will otherwise block the path of the shadow ball.
The player is positioned correctly so that the Tower hits the Bishop. Source: YT/Shearley
Additionally, it is important to attack both the Tower and the Bishop equally. If one of them goes down faster, the other will go into a rage and deal a lot of damage to you. It will become more difficult to defeat it, but it is not impossible.
The Phantom Legion King
In the last part of the dungeon, you will encounter the King of the Phantom Legion, whom you will initially attack normally. However, you should save the attacks that cause staggering for a moment.
When the King’s health reaches 16, a yellow bar will appear beneath him, and you must stagger him. Use the aforementioned attacks and the clay and whirlwind grenades you brought along. But save a few grenades for later, when you have few stagger skills.
After the boss staggers and you have dealt damage for a while, he will glow blue and teleport to the center. He will now spawn four swords that will fly around and chase one player each.
Each player is chased by a sword. Source: YT/Phubrothers
You must touch the swords one after the other. Once the first player touches theirs, all players will receive a debuff for one second. If someone else touches a sword during this time, all party members will immediately die. You need to communicate well here. Set an order beforehand and use this tactic from Korea to make such mechanics easier.
While executing the sword mechanic, the boss must be staggered again. So, whoever touched their sword should immediately run to the boss and attack him with stagger skills, clay, and whirlwind grenades. The second, third, and fourth person should join as soon as they have touched their swords.
If you are too slow with the stagger check, all party members will again die immediately. So you must execute the mechanic quickly while always keeping an eye on the one-second spacing between the swords. Timing is key here.
If you manage to stagger the Phantom Legion King successfully, you will need to execute the sword mechanic a second time to defeat him.
Have you reached item level 460 and mastered the Abyss Dungeon? How many attempts did it take you for the Phantom Legion King? Were you in Discord with your group and communicated well? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
A data leak in Apex Legends reveals an enormous amount of new content. This includes the descriptions of the next 9 legends, new game modes, weapons, and maps. How legitimate this leak is and what content you can expect in the next 27 months, you will find out here on MeinMMO.
For an unknown leaker recently released a data leak of epic proportions. It apparently involves an internal developer build of the game that was uploaded as a complete folder.
Among other things, 9 new legends with their skill descriptions can be seen. We also learn quite a bit about new weapons, game modes, and maps.
On reddit, the now (and very quickly) deleted information from the original upload circulated vigorously, and the community is completely in an uproar. Since Apex Legends releases a new legend each season and a season lasts 3 months, the leak may have revealed 27 months’ worth of future content.
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Is this really real? Of course, such leaks should be viewed with caution, and no official confirmation from developer Respawn is available. We at MeinMMO have already requested an official statement from publisher EA.
However, the material shown looks extremely real, especially the video featuring the new legends and their models.
The community agrees that this information is indeed legitimate and that the content of the next 2 years has truly been revealed. The rapid deletion of the original data also suggests that an extremely secret internal build was uploaded.
But even if all this data is 100% legitimate, development plans can change at any time. So this leak does not guarantee how Apex Legends will proceed in the coming years.
The likely content of the next 27 months in Apex Legends
These are the new legends: The “highlight” of the leak is, of course, the 9 new legends. We know all their names, titles, and descriptions of their skills. Some of them even have more or less finished models, while most appear as placeholders.
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According to the current state of the leak, the upcoming legends and their skills are as follows:
Conduit (Support): This legend has the title “Empathic Shielder” and can charge shields faster and strengthen allies. As an ultimate, he can strip enemy shields and give himself one.
Scryer (Recon): The title of this legend is “Haunting Stalker.” This legend is a recon character who apparently monitors his killer after his death. He is also said to be able to blind enemies and attach surveillance cameras to them.
Newcastle (Defender): This legend is already well developed and bears the title “Mobile Defender.” It seems to be a mobile version of Gibraltar. He should be able to carry fallen teammates to safety while reviving them. Additionally, he can erect shields in one direction and actively rotate and move them. Moreover, he can jump into a target area and establish a fortification in one direction. Apparently, he also received Lifeline’s revival shield.
Uplink (Defender): This legend has the strange title “Satellite Survivor” and possesses some truly bizarre skills. He can summon a satellite that follows and heals teammates and even revives them. As an ultimate, the satellite can even prevent you from dying.
Vantage (Recon): This legend carries the title “Survivalist Sniper.” A rough model is already available for her as well. She can gather tactical info about enemies from a distance and seems to have a bird that functions like a drone. She can mark enemies, who then take increased damage, and as an ultimate, she has a unique sniper rifle.
Catalyst (Defender): This legend is known as “Creative Builder.” He appears to be heavily inspired by Fortnite, as he can build ramps and towers from a substance called “Ferro-Fluid.” Additionally, he can strengthen placeable objects, like Rampart’s walls or Gibraltar’s shield.
Phantom (Support): This legend is said to be an “Agile Assassin.” He can perform double jumps and swing along walls with a grappling hook. Furthermore, he can temporarily send enemies into another dimension with a grenade.
Jester: This legend calls himself “Tricky Trapper.” He starts with a grenade and can lay it out as mines. Additionally, he is said to be able to summon combat robots that then guard specific areas. As an ultimate, he has a cloaking shield that makes everyone invisible for 6 seconds.
Caliber (Support): This legend has the title “Apex Arms Dealer” and is likely a weapons supplier. He can carry a third weapon (!) and set up a turret that uses one of his weapons. As an ultimate, he can place an ammo crate that supplies everyone in the vicinity with free ammunition without needing to reload.
All this information is, of course, with no guarantee and may change before release.
What else is coming? Further information from the leak also shows the heirloom for Valkyrie, which receives a spear. There is also talk of a new map called “Divided Moon.” Additionally, there should be new arena maps and 3 new weapons. 2 of them are known by name, “Nemesis B-AR” and “Fanatic Energy Pistol.”
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These are the reactions: On reddit, where the information has continued to circulate cheerfully since the deletion of the original data, the leak has sent all users into a frenzy. Particularly, the likely next new legend Newcastle has caused excitement:
“Newcastle just became my new main. This ultimate is simply INSANE!”
“It really looks like Rampart can place her walls beside Newcastle to inflict insane damage without risking her walls being destroyed during use.”
Newcastle will be able to revive with a shield AND move at the same time, he can also deploy a new shield after the revival. Essentially, he can revive in the middle of a field. Meanwhile, Lifeline is still waiting for her teammate to crawl behind a rock (if there is one), just for the teammate to die before they can even get back up.
Jesus Christ, Respawn, you killed Lifeline, lol. I hope they give her the shield back in some form because even with that, she would no longer be comparable [to Newcastle].
The former speedrun star Narcissa ‘NarcissaWright’ Wright (32) was banned from Twitch on March 21. However, the streamer couldn’t handle it well and let her displeasure run free on Twitter. MeinMMO tells you who the streamer is and what exactly happened.
Warning: The article deals with the topics of rampage and suicidal thoughts. If such topics are uncomfortable for you, then you should avoid this article.
Who is the former celebrated streamer?
NarcissaWright was known as CosmoWright until 2015 and was a celebrated Twitch streamer known for her extraordinary Zelda speedruns. Sometimes tens of thousands of viewers were captivated in front of their screens. Incredible numbers for that time.
In 2015, she switched to the name NarcissaWright, came out as transgender, and began to live as a woman.
From then on, she no longer did Zelda speedruns, but streamed most of the time in the “Just Chatting” category. Narcissa usually lay on her bed or sometimes sat silently in front of her screen. Her viewer numbers dropped to below 100.
Now the Twitch streamer has been permanently banned from the platform and she did not take it well. She spammed on Twitter and even threatened to go on a rampage.
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NarcissaWright wanted to kill herself and other people
Why was she banned from Twitch? This question is answered by Narcissa herself on her Twitter channel. According to her, she was in a Discord call with a troll and showed the chat window with the troll in her stream. Consequently, the troll apparently sent an “ugly not-safe-for-work image” in the chat, which led to Narcissa being banned.
How did the streamer react? The permanent ban triggered a flood of tweets on NarcissaWright’s Twitter. She wrote around 40 tweets afterwards. While some were song lyrics reflecting her feelings, others were less benign.
She threatened to end her life and shoot people at Twitch’s headquarters. She continued to write that Twitch was making her want to die, the internet and real life were hell.
All tweets have since been deleted by the streamer, but a reddit user has published screenshots of them:
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The thread has now nearly 11,000 upvotes and comments have been disabled. The responses below are sure that NarcissaWright will not be unbanned in any way.
She herself tweeted that she was “EXTREMELY isolated in real life” and that her Twitch account was what she needed. Narcissa just wanted to stream and not make mistakes. She was also open to a conversation with Twitch staff, as she was sure they could resolve it (via Twitter).
What does Twitch say about it? Twitch has not yet responded to the inquiries and has not addressed the threats either. Whether there will still be a statement is questionable. NarcissaWright will most likely remain banned.
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Sony has released a new system software update for PS5 and PS4. Included are improvements to party chat and more features for the PS App and PS Remote Play. We present the content to you on MeinMMO.
Here’s what it’s about:
A new system software update for PS5 and PS4 is available
This time there’s more than just “performance improvements” – including better handling of party chats
We explain what new features and adjustments are included in the updates here
PS5 / PS4 System Software Update 23.03 modifies party chats
When will the update arrive? The new system software is online and can be downloaded at any time. Usually, the download starts automatically.
How large is the update? On the PS5, the update was just over 1 GB in size.
An update for the DualSense controllers is also included. It’s best to connect the controller directly via USB to the console so that the update isn’t suggested to you repeatedly in the coming days.
What’s included in the update? In the blog post about the update, PlayStation lists 3 improvements:
Improvement of party chat features
PS5: Adjustments in the user interface / Game Base
Improvements for PS App and PS Remote Play
If you want to view the blog post yourself, you can find it here (via playstation.com). In the following paragraphs, we will show you what the adjustments mean.
Improvement of party chat features
Since the release of the PS5, chatting in a party has been unnecessarily complicated. Particularly, leaving a voice chat was almost a challenge.
With the latest update, this has changed a bit. The active party chats are now bundled in a menu and are easier to leave.
In the Game Base, there is now a party menu – When you select a party, you can leave it quickly.
Also new are “open” and “closed” parties. When setting up a party, you can now choose whether you determine who is allowed to participate or whether anyone can join.
PS5: Adjustments in the user interface
There have been some minor adjustments to the operation, but no major changes. You can now pin apps or videos to your screen broadcasts more easily.
There should be notes about this in the “Pro Tips” cards – a new feature in the Control Center. However, we could not discover a new tile for the “Pro Tips” after the update. They may come later.
Improvements for PS App and PS Remote Play
There is a major update for the PS App tomorrow (March 24), which has now also established a foundation for PS4 and PS5. You can create and join parties. This was partially possible before, but cumbersome.
The user interface in the PS App will also be adjusted.
Users of the mobile PS Remote Play App will receive a “Dark Mode,” which reduces the brightness of the display. Additionally, there are many new languages for the screen reader of the remote app.
What else is there to know? The blog post also provides a small outlook on future updates.
For the PS5, there will soon be an option for “variable refresh rate (VRR).” This is intended to improve visual performance on HDMI 2.1 compatible display devices.
Sony states: “Playing many PS5 titles appears smoother as scenes are rendered instantly, graphics look sharper, and input lag is reduced.”
However, there is no date for this yet. However, older games that do not support VRR are also expected to benefit from the feature through a patch.
In World of Warcraft a big change is coming: The borders between the factions are being partially abolished. However, there are restrictions. At the moment, the new Cross-Faction feature is being tested on the PTR.
For years, fans have been calling for this repeatedly, and well-known streamers explain why this is important. Because although the entire Warcraft series is based on the war between the factions, MMORPG players want to play together with friends.
With the upcoming Patch 9.2.5, this will now be possible. But even now, the feature can be tested on the PTR.
How can I test Cross Faction? You need to download the public test realm of WoW (PTR). However, you first need an account for that. You can create one in the account management under Games & Subscriptions under the entry “Starter Edition & Public Test Regions.”
You will then need to download the actual client again via the Battle.net client. It is best to use the same folder as for your WoW installation to save space. In the game itself, the feature works quite easily:
Group leaders can invite friends from both factions directly via BattleTag or Real ID
in organized groups for raids, mythic dungeons, and rated PvP, you can set whether you want to play Cross Faction or only with your own faction
Communities have the option to accept members from both factions
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What restrictions are there? In a Bluepost in the forum, community manager Linxy explains that not all activities in WoW support the new feature. Guilds, for example, remain tied to the faction.
Also, content with matchmaking, such as heroic dungeons and random battlegrounds, does not offer an option for cross-faction play. All other dungeons and raids, however, can be accessed by both Horde and Alliance, except for some special cases:
The instances have special mechanics that are tied to the faction. Therefore, groups here must belong to the same faction, otherwise, they would theoretically have to compete against each other.
What comes next? With Patch 9.2.5, Shadowlands will likely end, as 9.2 is already the last content patch of the expansion. After that, the next addon will follow.
We do not yet know exactly which addon it will be, but the expansion will be presented in April. A release date is still pending, but it will probably not be released in 2022.
We also cannot yet say when exactly Cross Faction will come to the live servers. However, it may still take some time, as Shadowlands is likely to last longer than originally thought. Although there will be no official new “content update” after Patch 9.2, a new season that brings great changes is still coming in 2022:
TheGrefg is one of the streamers with the most followers on Twitch. However, he has now been banned. How long exactly is still unknown, as is the reason. The assumption is that the ban comes from a strange rule established due to Dr Disrespect.
This is the situation
TheGrefg is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch and ranks 7th among the streamers with the most followers (via sullygnome).
According to Streamer Bans, he was banned on March 22, 2022, initially without a precise indication of how long the ban will last.
Who is the streamer? TheGrefg is a Spanish-speaking streamer and YouTuber who excels primarily with variety content. He showcases all kinds of games on his livestream and has achieved great success with it. In 2021, he even received his own skin in Fortnite.
He owes his fame in part to the linking of his videos with his content on Twitch, as well as his language offerings. Many gamers worldwide have Spanish as their first or second language, including many residents of South American countries, where Twitch is extremely popular.
The recent, second ban has consequently led to many speculations. The exact reason is unknown. Some of TheGrefg’s fans suspect that the ban is related to a social media post in which the streamer shows his rear.
However, a more plausible theory is that he violated a rule: the “Dr Disrespect” rule.
Strange rule leads to ban – the reason is Dr Disrespect
Why was TheGrefg banned? It is prohibited on Twitch to play live in-stream with people who are banned from the platform. This means: joint streams and even just playing games like Fortnite in a team with banned streamers can result in a ban.
TheGrefg is said to have played with Brunenger, who has been banned from Twitch since March 2021 (via Streamer Bans). Brunenger seems to be permanently excluded from the platform. In a tweet, TheGrefg himself confirms that he played with Brunenger and that this was likely the reason for the ban.
Twitch has drastically tightened its own rules, because after the prominent ban of Dr Disrespect, many people continued to play with him. Since this was apparently not desired, streamers are now being punished for providing banned individuals with any platform.
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The rule has previously faced criticism, as it is not always possible to influence who plays in a team in matchmaking games like Fortnite or CoD Warzone. Chance can therefore decide who gets banned and who does not.
When will TheGrefg be unbanned? Depending on how strictly Twitch punishes the “offense,” the length of the ban may vary. However, particularly prominent streamers are usually rarely banned for minor infractions. Therefore, TheGrefg will likely just have to expect a few days of ban time at most.
In contrast, over 200 partners in the Middle East are currently facing a different situation. There seems to have been a larger conflict, where Twitch has suddenly taken a hard stance:
In Elden Ring you have a loyal mount that allows for swift travel. But did you know that this strange creature can also “fly”? To achieve this, you must first sacrifice the loyal steed in a devious way. Learn all about this strange glitch here on MeinMMO.
What is the deal with the flying mount? Torrent is a kind of ghost horse that looks like a mixture of a horse, a cow, and a goat. This loyal mount allows for quick travel across the open world of Elden Ring, where cruel traps and terrible bosses are lurking.
However, thanks to a very bizarre glitch, Torrent can also carry you through the skies. But first, you must let the poor creature meet a gruesome fate.
Looks easy, but it’s very difficult
This is how the glitch works: To make Torrent fly, it must first die. If you can bear that, proceed as follows:
Go to the steep cliffs at the locations “Bestial Sanctum” or “House Vulkan”
Ride steeply up the slope
Find out where the “Death Plane” begins, which is the point from which you would fall to your death
Then jump from the back of the creature and let it helplessly and desperately plummet to its doom
Save yourself by jumping to a safe spot
Call Torrent again. It may not appear at first; instead, a healing potion will be consumed when the horse spawns. That’s how you know if it worked
Do it again and call Torrent again.
The mount now appears, and its gruesome death experience has likely changed it. Because now you can ride it through the air without worry.
You can see what all this looks like in action in this video here.
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This is how players react: What looks very easy in the video is actually extremely difficult to pull off. Because you need to do everything in a very specific spot and have good timing, so you don’t follow Torrent to its gruesome end.
In Lost Ark, the first PvP season starts on March 24. We will tell you here what ranks there are, what rewards await you, and what else the season brings.
What kind of season is it? The first PvP season will be held in the “Team Deathmatch” mode:
It will be played in 3v3 with a fixed time limit
The team that gets the most kills within this time limit wins
Those who die will be revived after a short time
You can easily enter the Team Deathmatch mode outside the rankings with a group of friends. However, in the rankings, you must sign up alone and will encounter two completely random team members. We have already criticized the lack of teamwork in a group.
How long does the season last? The season starts on March 24 and is expected to last about six months. A specific date for the end will be shared in the future.
To participate in the season, you must reach level 1 in the arenas without rankings.
Is it worth playing the season? For playing the season, you can earn special coins that you can exchange with a vendor. This vendor offers various rewards, including enhancement materials and XP potions. These materials are also supposed to help you overcome the dead zone in gear score faster.
Additionally, there will be exclusive cosmetic rewards such as mounts and titles. The highlight is, of course, climbing to the highest ranks, which are reserved for only a few players. Based on this, there will also be a special reward at the end of the season, which the developers will announce later.
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Those who want the highest rank in PvP must put in a lot of effort
How are the ranks structured? The ranks in the first PvP season are tied to a competitive rating. You improve this rating by winning matches, and it decreases if you lose or do not participate in any ranked matches for two weeks.
The top 200 players in a region will be displayed on a special leaderboard. The top 30 also get their own separate rank. Here you can see the exact distribution with a placement or the respective competitive rating:
Grandmaster: Top 30 players in the region
Master: Top 31-100 players in the region
Diamond: 2000+
Platinum: 1800 – 1999
Gold: 1600 – 1799
Silver: 1400 – 1599
Bronze: 1399
A combination of region-based and skill-based matchmaking will be used for the matches to ensure balanced games.
What are the best classes for PvP? If you want to play at the top level, you should master the classes Bard, Paladin, Deathblade, or Gunner perfectly. These are among the strongest classes in endgame PvP.
If you are just starting with PvP, you can first try “beginner classes” like Berserker or Artillerist.
FIFA 22 has to remove one of the greatest football legends from the game: Maradona. Here is how this looks in the game.
Who is it about? Diego Maradona (1960-2020) was an Argentine football star, often mentioned alongside players like Pelé when discussing who the greatest player of all time was.
Accordingly, he was also very strong in FIFA 22: His four icon cards in Ultimate Team, representing different stages of his career, have ratings of 91, 95, 97, and 98.
He was thus one of the best players in the game.
Maradona is one of the best dribblers in the game
FIFA 22 has to remove Maradona due to lawsuit
This is why Maradona is removed: A message from the FIFA team appears in the game, explaining that Maradona must be largely removed from FIFA 22 due to a lawsuit from third parties.
The price range of Maradona items will be established
He will also be removed from the “Soccer Aid World XI Team”
The latter is the legends team that you can play in the Kick-off mode. In the live version of the team, Maradona is already unavailable – his previous position in attack has now been taken by Puskas.
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What happens if I already have Maradona? If you already have a Maradona card in Ultimate Team, it currently looks like you can continue to use it. So far, Maradona has only been removed from the packs in Ultimate Team and the Draft.
Already active cards are expected to still be playable. Tradable Maradona cards will likely still be available on the transfer market.
However, it is possible that the cards may soon become even rarer on the market than before – after all, no “new” ones will come in.
In conclusion, the announcement emphasizes that EA hopes to have Maradona back in the game in the future. It is possible that a solution will continue to be sought – but currently, Maradona is not available.
Shadowlands will receive another season, although no patch is planned. What does this mean for World of Warcraft? Is this good?
Actually, the big reveal of World of Warcraft and its next expansion is still a few weeks away, but Blizzard has already presented players with some changes to bridge the waiting time. Especially fans of instanced endgame content should be pleased: There will be a Season 4 in Shadowlands.
With Season 4, Blizzard will initiate several experiments. Not only will the “Mythic+” pool be significantly modified, but the Shadowlands raids will also be revamped.
What happened? Blizzard has unexpectedly announced another season for Shadowlands, which will take place after the current third season. While there won’t be any new major content patch for Shadowlands, patch 9.2.5 will likely bring numerous small adjustments, ensuring that at least raid and dungeon fans will have something to look forward to.
What will happen to the raids? The developers plan to make all Shadowlands raids relevant for Season 4. This means there will be boss fights in the raids Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Mausoleum of the First that will still be quite challenging with current gear. Along with this, loot will be available that exceeds the item level of the current Mausoleum of the First.
In other words: In Season 4 you can obtain good loot in all Shadowlands raids that strengthens your character.
Beating Denathrius again – it will be worth it in Season 4.
Will the raids be harder? Yes. To ensure that the raids drop better loot, the difficulty level will also be increased. This is expected to function through a “thematically tied to the Progenitor affix system.” It seems that Nathria, the Sanctum, and the Mausoleum will have additional affixes in Season 4 that will make boss fights particularly tricky and add a new twist. It is also quite likely that the general strength of the bosses will be appropriately increased.
Which affixes will be available, whether there will be multiple of them, and if they will rotate in some way – that is all still unknown.
What does Blizzard hope to achieve? Probably several things. On one hand, this is comparatively easier content to bridge the gap until the next expansion and to offer at least a part of the player base something fresh.
On the other hand, it is simply an experiment – as Blizzard itself states. They want to find out how a season in World of Warcraft can look and what changes can be made to keep the content challenging and appealing.
In doing so, Blizzard is also responding to a significant criticism from recent years. Developers have repeatedly been accused – with some justification – of devaluing old content too quickly and rendering it essentially irrelevant once a new patch is released. While this is part of the nature of an MMORPG like WoW, a revitalized final season at the end of an expansion could bring a breath of fresh air.
More current news about WoW: Shadowlands can be found here:
What do you think of this idea of a “final season” in which all raids of the current expansion are made relevant again for one last hurrah? Is this a good way to refresh the content and give all players a final look back at the expansion? Or is this just reheated content that you have long been tired of?
Let us know in the comments!
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Warhammer: Odyssey is an MMORPG for Android and iOS that aimed to bring real PC feeling to the smartphone. Accordingly, it does not utilize autoplay. However, the servers have been offline for almost a week. The reason for this is an attack on the game’s database. The developer has now hired an outside firm to solve the problem.
What is the nature of the attack? On March 17, the developer Virtual Realms announced that the servers of the two games Celtic Heroes and Warhammer: Odyssey would be taken offline. The company cited a security breach as the reason.
The databases are said to have been hacked by one or more individuals. The complete code of the games was extracted and even publicly leaked.
Initially, it was unclear whether account data was also affected, but the developers stated that these are stored securely on the servers of Apple, Google, and Facebook.
Meanwhile, Virtual Realms has engaged an outside firm to close the security hole. However, due to additional DDoS attacks on the games, the servers of Warhammer: Odyssey will remain offline for the time being.
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The return of Warhammer: Odyssey does not have a fixed date yet
What exactly do the developers say? In a statement, the developers addressed their players via Discord. It states:
Last week, we found that one or more unauthorized individuals had accessed our internal network and acquired the source files of Warhammer: Odyssey and the database. This weekend, this information was uploaded and made publicly accessible. Our team has obtained this data, and we are now investigating the extent of the leak and whether sensitive player information is included.
Since Warhammer: Odyssey employs a one-time login for account creation (Google Play, Apple, and Facebook), we do not store passwords for these accounts, and your Google Play, Apple iCloud, and Facebook accounts are not compromised.
However, there will be a rollback of the servers to a time before the attack occurred. The developers currently do not know exactly when that will be:
As mentioned, Warhammer: Odyssey will require a rollback of the database to a time before the breach, but that time has yet to be determined. All Sovereigns purchased and acquired since then will be fully refunded. Once the servers are back online and we observe the situation, we will re-enable downloads in the Google Play and Apple App Store as soon as it is safe.
I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused all players, and we understand your frustration at having to wait a few more days to play again.
When exactly Warhammer: Odyssey will be back online is still unknown. It is certain that this will not happen today, March 23.
Warhammer: Odyssey aimed to be a PC MMORPG for Mobile
What kind of game is this? Warhammer: Odyssey is basically a classic MMORPG that you play on your smartphone or tablet:
You create your hero from the 6 classes Archmage, Shadow Warrior, Witch Hunter, Warrior Priest, Slayer, Engineer.
You complete many quests, including side missions from well-known NPCs from the Warhammer world.
You explore places like the city of Marienburg or the Drakwald Forest, known from the Warhammer Universe.
It is possible to form a Mercenary Company, which is essentially a guild.
The unique aspect compared to many mobile MMORPGs is that you really have to play and fight actively. There is no auto-play, not even automatic walking to quest objectives.
You can get a glimpse of the gameplay in this video from YouTuber Gaming Hardcore:
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What has been the reception of Warhammer: Odyssey? Mixed. In the first reviews, it received a fair amount of praise. However, the game now has 3.0 stars on the Play Store and 3.5 stars on the App Store, placing it more in the middle of mobile MMORPGs.
Criticisms include monotonous quests, high grind with poor drop rates, and relatively weak graphics.
However, those looking for really good mobile MMORPGs will find them in this list:
In League of Legends, the mid laner Faker has earned a reputation as the greatest player of all time. Now he has established the champion, Kai’Sa, in a new variant for the mid lane as a meta pick, despite the fact that she is actually a bot laner that few wanted to play. Yet, regular players wonder: Is the champion really as good as she seems in Faker’s hands?
What kind of champion is this?
Kai’Sa, the “Daughter of the Void”, is an unusual ADC champion who relies primarily on skill shots with long range on her W. The special twist of the champion is that her abilities “evolve” when she reaches certain thresholds with her items: her Q changes at 100 AD, and her W at 100 AP.
Kai’Sa was popular around 2020 but got nerfed so much in 2021 that she was hardly played. Her laning phase is considered too weak, she has no crowd control and practically no escape options when things get tough, which in the eyes of some fans is already way too sexy.
The currently trending bot lane champs in LoL are Jinx or Aphelios. Kai’Sa was mostly played in the bot lane as artillery from the backline. She does have high burst damage but no sustained high damage. However, a new variant of Kai’Sa is surfacing: she is being played as an “AP champion” in the mid lane.
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AP Kai’Sa is a killer from a distance – At least in Faker’s hands
How did the trend come about? The trend is primarily due to superstar Faker. The South Korean national hero pulled out Kai’Sa in the mid lane in a series against Kwangdong Freecs in mid-March and finished the match with this unusual pick with a KDA of 4-3-5. In the hands of the ultra-talented mid laner, Kai’Sa suddenly looked like the new meta overpick or simply “unfair”.
Faker only played Kai’Sa twice in the LCK but also repeatedly used the champion in SoloQ, delivering strong performances there.
How does Faker do it? Faker plays Kai’Sa with an AP build and takes advantage of her immense burst damage late in the game to deal a lot of damage from the background.
This fulfills the power fantasy of a mid laner, influencing the match significantly from the safety of a great distance, by bringing enemies to the brink of death even before the start of the actual fight and softening them up.
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Is Kai’Sa really as strong as it seems? That is still up in the air. The site Inven has spoken to some professionals who currently see high potential in Kai’Sa but also clear weaknesses:
Kai’Sa is a champion with clear strengths and weaknesses and needs specific situations to function perfectly.
Pro player Palafox explains: Kai’Sa can reach a point where she deals 1,000 damage with her W over half the map, which is already great.
However, this takes a while. Only once she has 100 AP does her W really start to shine, as Inven notes. Before that, she has a rather weak laning phase. Everything gets better once she has her first items.
Inven further concludes: Even in long team fights, Kai’Sa cannot really convince because she lacks the sustained damage typical of marksmen. She rather plays the role of an assassin.
How difficult many “normal players” find it to play Kai’Sa is evident from her mixed statistics. As reported by AFKGaming, she has a win rate of only 44.8% as a mid laner in solo queue. It is believed that many “normal players” do not understand how to play this champion.
Mid laner Faker is considered the greatest LoL player of all time.
However, Faker believes that “his champion” could succeed. In an interview with Inven he says:
I think it is a lot of fun to play Kai’Sa. I had a lot of fun with her, and I think other pros will also play her when they realize how much fun it is.
Faker
The season in LoL is now heading into the hot phase with the playoffs. It will be exciting to see if Kai’Sa can establish herself as an interesting pick in the mid lane.
One of the key topics was the character creator. A debut for the Borderlands series: For the first time ever, you can create your own character from scratch in the crazy world of the series, regardless of which class you play in Wonderlands.
Of course, in the past, you could also make quite extravagant costume changes to the Vault Hunters of the Borderlands games. But in “Wonderlands,” it takes things a step further.
This is what the new character creator in Wonderlands looks like
What’s in the character editor: In the character editor of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, you have numerous options to customize your characters.
Much experimentation happened during the Wondercast stream (via Twitch)
You can customize hair, beards, and faces
Body type and size are customizable
You can also choose a personality
Details for eyes such as eyelashes, eye color, and shape – all that is customizable
The same applies to ears, lips, nose & co.
Nothing has to be symmetrical
Skin colors and shapes are selectable
Makeup can also be customized
The armor can be decorated
Back in November 2021, the developers explained to us in an interview during the Wonderlands interview that it was important for them that players could fully express themselves in their characters, referencing tabletop RPGs.
A wide range of options are available (via Twitch)
Accordingly, the editor would come with few limits: “You get tattoos, makeup, hair, helmets, not just skin colors, but also skin types – like diamond or gold. You can be a fish person or a dragon being. You can have one big and one small eye. It doesn’t have to be symmetrical either. You can mix everything you want,” Art Director Adam May explained at the time in the interview: “Probably a lot of monsters will be created there.”
Customization items for your appearance will be scattered throughout the world along with the usual weapon loot.
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Overall, an editor element in Wonderlands offers more than, for example, in Borderlands. In Borderlands, you typically do not see your character – with few exceptions – but play from the first-person perspective. So only teammates can enjoy the cool new outfit. This is also possible in Wonderlands thanks to multiplayer and crossplay.
This time, along with the familiar first-person elements, there is also an additional tabletop-style map that plays an important part in the game. On it, your character is represented as a small figure – including the customizations.
Blizzard has announced major changes for World of Warcraft. By the end of Shadowlands, a Season will start, which will run differently than you are used to. In the popular Mythic+, old dungeons will return – and the system will even be expanded.
This is what Blizzard says: In a new post in the US forums, community manager Kaivax talks about the upcoming changes in WoW Shadowlands. Initially, the expansion was supposed to end after Patch 9.2, but apparently, there will be more content after the current story.
“Later this year” the 4th Season of Shadowlands is set to start. This applies to both PvP and PvE. In PvP, there will be a new title called “Eternal Gladiator” and in PvE, the developers aim to approach the Mythic+ system with a completely new approach.
Which dungeons are returning? In Season 4 of Shadowlands, 8 dungeons will be included in the M+-instances pool, including 6 from past expansions:
Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder and So’leah’s Gambit (Shadowlands)
Mechagon: Junkyard and Workshop (Battle for Azeroth)
Upper and Lower Karazhan (Legion)
2 dungeons from Warlords of Draenor
Which dungeons from Draenor will return will be decided by a vote. You can participate in a poll in the official forum and choose from the 8 dungeons of the expansion. The two dungeons with the most votes will be included.
The announcement of the new season and the returning dungeons is not everything. In the Bluepost, the community manager also talks about a completely new system: raids with additional mechanics.
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This is also in the announcement: In the last paragraph, Kaivax mentions introducing some “mechanical tricks” into the raids of Shadowlands: Castle Nathria, the Sanctum of Domination, and the Mausoleum of the First.
The goal is to make all three raids relevant again in Season 4. With increasing difficulties, there will also be better raid loot in all three raids. However, which affixes will be introduced and how exactly they will work has not yet been revealed.
The idea of “Mythic+-Raids” has been floating around for years. In 2017, WoW head Ion Hazzikostas was asked what he thinks about it. Back then, it was said that the target audience was hard to grasp. However, these considerations seem to have evolved since then.
When is Season 4 coming? So far, there is no specific date for Season 4. The current Season 3 started only with Patch 9.2 on March 1 and will certainly run for several months. Late summer or autumn 2022 seems likely for the start.
That another season is coming also means that the new expansion will likely take longer to arrive. The content from Shadowlands will therefore be stretched a bit longer until Patch 10.0 finally releases.
However, Season 4 promises significant changes that players have been waiting for some time. What do you think about making old content interesting again?
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New World has issued permanent bans against 500 players. But how many players are currently still on board, nearly half a year after release?
This is the ban: A duplication bug recently circulated in New World. Although it was quickly removed, it still led to some players securing some valuable item duplicates.
“We have removed a considerable number of duplicate items from the game,” describes Community Manager “Luxendra” in the New World forum. This also included some extremely valuable items, which have now been removed again. A few items seem to have remained: “The team believes that the remaining items will not have long-term effects on the economy” (via New World forums).
However, the “removal” was not limited to items but also included some of the offenders: “Regarding bans, we have permanently banned over 500 players who most frequently broke the rules,” explains Luxendra.
Additionally, some temporary bans were also issued, which have now already expired.
For the accounts of over 500 players, however, it is now first over with New World. But how many are actually still there?
This is what the numbers for New World currently look like on Steam
How many are still playing New World? Looking at the numbers on “SteamCharts”, it is quickly apparent that a large part of the player base has now apparently turned to other games.
In the “last 30 days”, New World counts an average of about 22,807 players (via SteamCharts) and a peak of 43,078 simultaneous players. For comparison:
In February 2022, there were still 32,387 on average and 67,943 at peak
In January 2022, New World averaged 65,107 players and had a peak of 117,042 active players.
Currently, New World ranks 42nd among the top games in the Steam charts – surrounded by games such as
So New World is certainly still being played, but the record times with six-figure player numbers are over for now. Will the future change that? In any case, New World has just presented a roadmap showing what to expect from the game in the coming months.
Destiny 2 bids farewell to the Iron Banner this week. Lord Saladin will leave the Tower again and focus on his seasonal tasks, as the legendary PsiOps Battlegrounds begin. What awaits you in Destiny 2 this week is explained by MeinMMO.
This is happening this week: In the story, the last rotation at Operation Elbrus in the seasonal campaign on the Moon has been completed. Now the question arises whether the alliance with the Cabal can last permanently. At least Caiatl, the current leader of the Cabal, is ready to entrust Commander Zavala with her people’s legacy blindly and to sacrifice everything down to the last fighter.
This week, players are also getting a reputation rank boost from the Vagabond. However, this is currently not the favorite pastime of the Guardians, as a weapon is currently dominating Gambit with a reign of terror. But don’t worry, that will end today, as Bungie has addressed the bug in today’s hotfix 4.0.0.4 just in time.
In the Throne World of Savathun and in the Enclave on Mars, Guardians have also become somewhat accustomed to weapon crafting. They have discovered that they can even create improved versions of their old favorite weapons that once fell victim to sunsetting.
You must prevent the Devils from taking control of Rasputin’s warmind satellites again this week. If this were to happen, Golden Age turrets would be aimed at the Tower and the Last City within minutes.
Playlist Strikes have these modifiers:
Arc Burn Heavyweight
Blackout
The burn modifier accompanies you throughout the week, while the others change daily.
These weapons drop from Nightfalls: Each week, players can receive certain weapons from the Nightfall strikes. Currently, there are eight weapons in rotation in the loot pool. Two of them are available each week.
The Comedian, Void Shotgun
The Hot Head, Arc Rocket Launcher
The Palindrome – 140 Void Hand Cannon
Duty Bound – 600 Kinetic Auto Rifle
Silikonneurom – 72 Kinetic Sniper Rifle
Plug-One.1 – Arc Fusion Rifle
Top Nightfalls: On April 5, the Hardcore mode in the Nightfalls will start. Then you can also earn the current Nightfall weapon as an improved Master version (Adept).
In the Glass Chamber, you can take on the challenge “Wait for it…” In this challenge, you can only kill the Wyverns during the encounter once they begin to sacrifice themselves at the Conflux. This is not as easy as it sounds. If only one successfully sacrifices itself, you must start over.
As a reward, in Challenge Mode, the Time-lost weapon “Vision of Confluence” awaits. This weapon will then guarantee to come with 2 perks per slot. However, note that Hard and Normal modes share the loot.
The armor focusing in the raid “Glass Chamber” this week: Intelligence
This week, challenges also start in the new raid “The Oath of the Student.” However, the specifics of these challenges and what you need to do for them is currently not known.
Savathun’s Throne World – Weekly campaign mission
“The Last Chance”: This week, you can play the eighth campaign mission of Witch Queen as a repeatable story mission. It involves following Eris’ trusted source, who informs you about an artifact in the Throne World that might hold the answer to how Savathun gained the Light.
Crucible – These are the PvP playlists:
Private Match
Rumble
Control
Elimination
Glory Survival
Glory Survival: Freelance
Conflict
Trials of Osiris (March 25 – 29 / 6 PM)
Active bonus this week: The Vagabond releases the primordial and grants you a Gambit reputation rank boost this week.
Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City
Petra Venj can now be found in the Dreaming City right at the spawn point – as always during the 2nd curse week. At the same time, the 6th Ascendant Challenge is active.
Sources for top loot in Season 16 of Destiny 2
This is the new max level: In the new season of the Resurrected, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,560. This means that the power level at the start of the DLC has increased by +230 power levels compared to the previous Season 15. However, all players will also be raised to a base power level of 1,350 at the start, and there are many sources to level up quickly.
Complete 3 Vanguard operation strikes with matching focus (+1)
Hawthorne’s clan task (+1)
Trials of Osiris (+2)
Glimmer highlights in the Eververse
A Guardian in Destiny 2 likes to visit Tess Everis and get a nice cosmetic for their character. There you can pay with your earned in-game currency (Glimmer).
A highlight this week from the Eververse.
This week, you can also get the following for Glimmerfrom Tess:
Another ornament for the “Abyss Walker Set”
Exotic emote “Spring Shower”
Exotic ghost shell “Terrain Shell”
Exotic sparrow “Canopus Trireme”
Exotic sparrow “Terran Sidecar”
Exotic ship “Constellation Artist”
Exotic weapon ornament “Gjnkr” for the rocket launcher “Gjallarhorn”
Rare emote “TaaDaa”
Legendary ghost projection “Stasis Projection”
Shader “Clear”
Will you take on the raid challenge in
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In Destiny 2, on Tuesday, March 22, a server downtime for hotfix 4.0.0.4 is scheduled. This also includes downtime on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and Google Stadia. MeinMMO is tracking the downtime and will inform you when exactly you cannot play today.
What you need to know today: New content also brings several possibilities for bugs in Destiny 2. Some are already known, which is why Bungie is releasing hotfix 4.0.0.4 today. However, the server downtime today is expected to be very short, so hopefully, you won’t have to wait long to play.
MeinMMO is tracking hotfix 4.0.0.4 and will constantly update this article with fresh information.
Update history for hotfix 4.0.0.4: 7:00 PM: Maintenance went as planned and has just been completed. Console players experiencing issues updating to 4.0.0.4 should restart their console and try downloading the update again. 6:00 PM: The update has been completed and is now rolling out across all platforms. The update on PC is 126.9 MB. 5:45 PM: Maintenance has begun, and players have been removed from all activities. Bungie has also published the patch notes for the update. You can find them further down in the article.
Maintenance on 22.03. – All times and server downtime
These times are important today:
At 5:00 PM German time, maintenance begins on all platforms.
From 5:45 PM, the servers will go offline. You will be kicked from activities, and downtime begins.
Around 6:00 PM, the servers are expected to be back online, and hotfix 4.0.0.4 can be loaded.
By 7:00 PM, the maintenance is expected to be fully completed.
It is important: Even if you have downloaded the update, there may be connection issues until the end of maintenance around 7:00 PM. You might have to expect queues at login.
Today, Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks will have to be patient for a while.
What changes with hotfix 4.0.0.4 in season 16
What the hotfix bringstoday: It is firmly planned for today to remove the resource caps for weapon crafting. What else is being addressed in the latest hotfix 4.0.0.4, we do not yet know. However, Bungie has already published a list of known issues in the last TWaB blog (This Week at Bungie) that are on the to-do list.
This includes the bug that armors are only available with very low stat values, which currently affects the NPC vendors in the Tower, Ikora Rey in the legendary campaign and Xur.
What is currently on Bungie’s hotfix list:
Increased occurrence of error codes Marmot, Centipede, and Calabrese.
Players who go flawless in Trials do not receive weapons or rewards after their victory. Also, no Mementos drop in Trials of Osiris.
The progress tracking for “The Oryx’s Leviathan” raid teams seems to be broken.
Season 15 Pathfinder and Season 14 Lightbearer armor sets can no longer be applied as ornaments if they have been unlocked through armor synthesis.
The yellow subtitles on the PS5 platform are either not visible or appear and are only displayed as white text.
And unfortunately, there is also still an issue with the Bungie names, as not all players have been able to change their Bungie name after the release.
These errors have additionally been reported by players:
The charge banners in the activity “Source” on Grandmaster and in the raid “Oryx’s SotN” do not always work correctly. Sometimes it takes a while for players to charge.
In the activity “Vox Obscura” on Grandmaster, errors occur where players can fall through the map with the tank and have to start from the beginning.
If you notice any issues in the game, it is recommended to report them directly through the official Bungie Help Forum to raise awareness.
So you don’t get bored during the server downtime:
What is in the patch notes? The patch notes for today’s update will be released later. Traditionally, the information is published together or a bit later after the update itself. As soon as we have them, we will add them here as a link.
Many Guardians are primarily waiting for the fix for the poor armor values at the NPCs, so that visiting the vendors becomes worthwhile again. Are you in the same boat? And have you also noticed errors in the game that Bungie may have overlooked? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
At least you can expect the first improvements for weapon crafting after the update:
The old school MMORPG Gran Skrea Online (PC) is shutting down, just 4 years after it started. The developers explain what happened to the game and how it will proceed after the MMORPG ends. We at MeinMMO summarize.
What kind of game is this? Gran Skrea Online was meant to appeal to the old school community. It relied on a medieval fantasy world and a role-playing concept that you would expect more from older games. Players could distribute their skill points freely and even completely misallocate them.
Furthermore, the game offered the following activities:
A focus on story and a well-told narrative
PvE for solo players and groups
Open-world PvP with full loot, meaning you lose items when you die
A complex crafting system that allowed you to create better equipment
A moral system that punished bad deeds
Player housing
In the future, ships, more cities, and guilds were to be introduced, but that is now history.
Gran Skrea launched with big plans in June 2018 as Early Access on Steam and remains there to this day. The MMORPG struggled with serious technical issues until the end and could only win a few players.
However, it has mostly positive reviews on Steam, as the few fans that the game managed to attract were enthusiastic. Nevertheless, the developers found themselves in a dead end, leading to the game’s shutdown.
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“The game would never have worked without significant investments”
Why is the game shutting down? In a statement on Steam titled “Gran Skrea Offline”, the developers honestly reveal why Gran Skrea was no longer salvageable. They explain that the MMORPG started as a hobby project in 2014 and that they drastically underestimated the ongoing costs of an online role-playing game.
They say that while their team could have developed new content and provided regular updates for the game, they could not manage the technical issues at the same time.
This led to frequent lags and server crashes, the causes of which were clear and what needed to be done was known. However, these tasks were so massive that they would have required significantly more manpower to address. This additional workforce would also have needed more funding, presenting the next challenge.
Ultimately, only an average of 2 players were playing the MMORPG simultaneously on Steam. (via Steamcharts.com).
Focusing on attracting more players to the game, which would also mean more revenue, would not have worked. The game was technically unable to handle larger player numbers. If we had focused on fixing the bugs bit by bit, there would have been no new content and thus no new players, so that was not really an option either.
We let it run for a while longer, but the truth is that the game would never have worked without significant financial investments.
What’s next? On June 1st, almost exactly 4 years after the launch of Early Access, Gran Skrea Online will be discontinued, and the servers will go offline for good. However, you can no longer purchase the game even now.
They also reveal that there are no realistic plans to restart the MMORPG in the future. Instead, they want to focus on a single-player project that would better match the size of the team and financial resources, according to the developers.
The new game is titled The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker and aims to set similar focuses as Gran Skrea. The developers promise that you will enjoy the new game if you had fun in Gran Skrea.
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The community reacts surprisingly positively
How are the fans reacting? The comments under the announcement in the Steam forum are overwhelmingly positive. Many players thank the team for the shared experience and the honesty.
Some also admit that they are looking forward to the single-player project just as much as to the MMORPG and assure the developer team of their continued support. Of course, the fans are still sad that Gran Skrea is being permanently shut down. Overall, however, the tone is positive and understanding.
What are the players saying? This is how the last players of the MMORPG are responding in the forum (via Steam):
Helecaraxe writes: “Thank you so much for the game. It was an honor to meet you and the game, and I look forward to playing your new game soon.”
Torac also thanks: “I really enjoyed Gran Skrea. Thank you for all the hard work on the game. I will definitely keep an eye out for your new project.”
Bungus and his friends say goodbye: “I loved this game so much. It’s a shame it never really took off, but at least I managed to convince five of my friends to play with me. It was truly a Gran Skrea time! Thank you for the game and the unwavering support over the years.”
What do you think of the MMORPG? Have you ever played Gran Skrea Online? Are you sad that the game is shutting down, or did you see it coming like some of the fans? What do you think of the developers’ statement? Feel free to leave your comments here at MeinMMO.
Recently, the new expansion End of Dragons was released for Guild Wars 2. The developers have now provided a glimpse into the future of the MMORPG, which looks quite promising. In addition to the return of Living World Season 1, a new expansion and a Steam release are also planned.
What have the developers announced?
In the coming months, adjustments will be made to the game to implement the release on Steam, which is expected to bring a new wave of players to the MMORPG. The release is firmly planned for 2022, although there is not yet a specific date.
The Living World Season 1 will return with 5 episodes throughout the year 2022, finally closing an important gap in the story. The first episode will be released on April 19.
Further maps and story content for the continent Cantha are planned.
At the end of the blog post, the developers revealed that Guild Wars 2 will continue for the long term. Accordingly, the 4th expansion has already been announced, although it is still some way off.
What will happen in the coming weeks in Guild Wars 2? In line with the major announcements regarding the next expansion and the Steam release, the developers have also given an insight into the upcoming updates.
The roadmap shows 7 patches by June 28:
March 15 – Polish build of End of Dragons
March 29 – Super Adventure Festival and polish build of End of Dragons
April 19 – Episode 1 for Season 1 of the Living World and challenge mode for Aetherblade Hideout
June 7 – Dragon Bash Festival and challenge mode for Harvest Temple
June 28 – Balance update and new variant for legendary weapons
In addition to these updates, adjustments are planned for World vs. World and class balance, although there is not yet a specific date for this.
The roadmap for the coming weeks in Guild Wars 2.
Guild Wars 2 triples player count compared to the previous expansion
What do the developers say about End of Dragons? According to ArenaNet leaders, TJ and Colian Johanson, the expansion is said to be a tremendous success:
The blog post states that the active player numbers have tripled in the last two years.
End of Dragons has already sold more frequently than the previous expansion Path of Fire.
This is also one of the reasons why the studio is focusing on the continued development of Guild Wars 2.
Is a new game from ArenaNet coming soon? The blog post also states that communication with the fans of Guild Wars 2 will now be handled by Josh “Grouch” Davis as the new Game Director and Amy Liu as Executive Producer.
The ArenaNet leaders, in turn, will take care of the operation and leadership of the studio at macro level. The fact that ArenaNet is working on new games has been suspected for some time due to job postings:
