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Destiny 2 finally closes the big gaps in the story after 8 years

Britta ♤ BeAngel 15. March 2022 Reading time 4 minutes

Actually, Destiny 2 could be one of those games that never end. For 8 years, players have known the story of Light and Darkness. The extraterrestrial Traveler blesses his Guardians with immortality, and now they can save the world. But since “The Witch Queen” has arrived, a lot has changed. Finally, players are facing the finale they have been waiting for 8 years, and it should not be missed.

When Destiny launched in 2014, there was very little story. Bungie loosely tied together a few story threads, and there were small and big details, albeit exciting, that flowed along rather disconnectedly for years.

More and more story and plot were added, instead of Bungie completing older stories.

In 2014, players first encounter Darkness in the Black Garden.
In “The Taken King,” the Hive god Oryx seeks revenge and receives the power to take from Darkness. He creates the Taken.
When Destiny 2 begins in 2017, other events take center stage.
Shadowkeep establishes new machinations of the Hive in 2019.
Beyond Light leads to Europa and Glovis Bray and an old truth of Darkness.
In Witch Queen, Bungie finally ties together all the exciting storylines.

The direction has always been right: It is clear that many parts of past stories consistently communicated with this great, mysterious power “the Darkness”. But no expansion brought this story to a meaningful end. Until now.

If you want to dive into the story of Destiny 2 now, we recommend our story summary of the first-person shooter.

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The story of Destiny 1 and 2 summarized quickly up to Season 23

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What players knew so far: Every player takes on the role of a so-called Guardian, protectors of the last remaining safe city on Earth, defending it against all threats the universe has in store. Guardians are chosen and imbued by a higher power that strengthens them.

But now, this “Last City” is not as chosen as initially thought. Light is no longer an exclusive gift. The Last City can lose it at any time, not because someone destroys the Traveler, but because humans are irrelevant to the Traveler.

Savathun is no stranger: One might think Bungie did not know where the journey was going or did not have a plan for how it would end. But looking closely, it becomes clear: In the Destiny universe, the name Savathun has indeed been frequently mentioned in the game for the past 8 years, though sometimes only briefly.

Basically, every Guardian has heard of her sooner or later. She is this background noise that Bungie keeps flickering in and out. As if it has always been there, but Guardians never really noticed over the many years. And she could be the one to initiate the end of Destiny 2.

Witch Queen finally reveals the truth: When the Hive god Savathun is reborn with the Light, it becomes clear: The Hive was not always evil; they were only driven to wage war against the Traveler by a disciple of the Witness named Rhulk.

From the actual enemy, she suddenly becomes a “white queen” who means more salvation than death. At the same time, the Vanguard questions everything they believed to be true about Light and Darkness, turning to increasingly questionable means to achieve their goals in the current Season 16.

Especially the new raid “The Oath of the Student” is not only one of the best raids Destiny 2 currently has, but also the biggest update to the 8-year-old Destiny story that began with “The Taken King.”

Don’t miss the exciting finale of a great story in Destiny 2.

As early as October 2021, Bungie teased that Destiny 2 would soon be more of a “shooter-adventure” than just a pure shooter. Now we know how great that can be.

Bungie has positively changed the good game and gunplay of a loot shooter with the new focus on the story. The campaign and the end of the Witch Queen significantly amplify this dynamic.

The ending of the Witch Queen has amazed many players. Therefore, it can be assumed that the biggest turns are just around the corner and an amazing finale awaits in the last two expansions “Lightfall” and “Final Shape.”

Why should you start now? In Witch Queen, players now have the opportunity to experience old story content. Bungie has integrated interactive trailers and summaries into the ongoing events. Currently, starting with Witch Queen is the optimal time if you want to know how what started 8 years ago will conclude.

Especially for a live-service game, this prospect of a grand finale for both Destiny 1 and 2, as well as for new players, feels truly epic and is something you definitely don’t want to miss. Of course, as a player, you can still shoot and loot, but on the side, you also experience one of the most exciting stories currently in the shooter genre.

What do you think? Can the Vanguard handle the events? And will you be there when the Guardians stand against the Witness and his army of disciples in the black pyramids? Or does the greatest story ever told in a first-person shooter leave you completely unfazed? Feel free to leave us a comment with your opinion.

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Frustrated Twitch streamer defends his mage build in Elden Ring, clashes with Souls fans

Marko Jevtic 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

In the community of Elden Ring, there are some discussions about whether one can play the game “wrong.” In particular, mages are often scoffed at, and their playstyle is seen as too easy. Twitch streamer Chance “sodapoppin” Morris plays as a mage himself. He has now emotionally defended himself and confronted old Souls fans.

Who is Sodapoppin?

Chance “sodapoppin” Morris is practically inseparable from Twitch. He is a veteran on the platform and has achieved cult status with his dry humor.
Sodapoppin was initially known as a WoW streamer but now sees himself as a variety streamer. There’s nothing to gain on Twitch with just games alone, he says.
Sodapoppin recently spoke about his difficult experiences with the attention drug Adderall.

In his stream from March 14, 2022, he played various multiplayer games with friends while also consuming many alcoholic drinks. In this mood, a discussion arose about the new action RPG hit Elden Ring. In this discussion, sodapoppin felt offended. Frustrated, annoyed, and tipsy, he defended himself.

“I am right, and Souls fans are stuck in outdated thinking patterns”

What annoyed the streamer? Because sodapoppin plays as a mage in Elden Ring. However, in the Soulsborne community, this playstyle is often frowned upon. True gamers would smash bosses in melee, learn the movesets, and dodge and punish them with pure gaming skill.

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In the MeinMMO podcast, we discuss whether it is actually possible to play Elden Ring wrong.

However, sodapoppin sees it differently. He himself plays as a mage and claims that some bosses are even harder this way than with a melee build.

As a result, he is laughed at and teased by his friends in the Twitch stream. sodapoppin tries to get his arguments across despite the mocking imitations. The streamer noticeably becomes louder and more annoyed.

When he is accused of using the incredibly strong Mimic Tear ashes, sodapoppin’s patience finally wears thin. With exaggerated gestures, he draws clear boundaries between this playstyle and his own.

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He then directly confronts the fans of the Souls community who want to undermine his playstyle as a mage.

I know that I am right and you want to disagree just for the sake of being contrary. I am simply right. And all the old Souls players and everyone who talks about it are just rationalizing it, and they are stuck in their outdated thinking patterns. Plain and simple.

He then starts mocking others. With an exaggerated whiny voice, he tries to speak like the players who annoy him: “Ah, if you’re not playing a strength build and rolling through the attacks, then you’re just bad and not playing right!”

He then takes a deep breath and is done with the conversation.

What do you think? Does sodapoppin have a point with his opinion? Or are magic builds really an “easy mode” that shouldn’t count? Let us know in the comments.

If you want to know what the current best weapons in Elden Ring are, we have a tier list with all 309 weapons for you:

Elden Ring Tier List – All 309 weapons ranked

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In Destiny 2 there are clear signs of the return of an old enemy – This time as an ally?

Christos Tsogos 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

In Destiny 2, much of the actual story is explained through lore entries and weapon and armor descriptions. A description of a well-known mission from Witch Queen has now announced the imminent return of an old enemy/friend.

Which enemy is being referred to? This is the well-known War AI from the Golden Age: Rasputin. This Russian fellow has frequently interacted with humanity, not always with good intentions.

Once, he nearly wiped out all of the Iron Lords and has already been labeled as unpredictable and untrustworthy by the Vanguard. However, Bungie has still made many allusions regarding Rasputin and has even dedicated a season to him. Nonetheless, many Guardians believe that another season featuring the wonder weapon “SIVA” and the unpredictable AI that controls it is upcoming.

Mission descriptions from the Exo-Phase quest could now provide more concrete hints that in Year 5, a reunion with the restored AI of Rasputin may soon be on the horizon.

Rasputin soon as an Ally with SIVA

What has happened to Rasputin? In the Season of Arrival, Rasputin was encased in an engram during the evacuation of Mars, amidst the attack of the Pyramid ships, in order to save the last piece of him. Since then, Ana Bray has been working at the Tower of the Last City, with permission from Commander Zavala, to restore him and bring him back in whatever form possible.

While Guardians are initially trying to spread out in Savathûn’s Throne World, mission descriptions from the evidence board in the Enclave suddenly provide deeper insights into Rasputin.

This information refers to the lore entry Report: TRANSCRIPT-WOUND, revealed through the Exo-Phase quest. This translates to:

“An IKO-006: Here is the transcript of the AI-COM/RSPN protocol that we extracted from the wounds. Accordingly, Rasputin destroyed all protective measures for human colonies and settlements prior to the initiation of YUGA SUNDOWN. There is a long list of codenames for the Moon, Mars, Earth, the Exodus ships, etc. … but Rasputin also refers to a place called NEFELE STRONGHOLD. No record of it in any of our databases. Forwarding to AB for a cross-reference.”

This message was addressed to Ikora and explicitly names the place “Nefele Strongholt”. Following the lore entry further, Ana Bray suggests that all entries were so thoroughly destroyed that no tracking is possible anymore. She assumes that Rasputin himself destroyed them.

Now, if you look at the two terms, you realize that they mean the following:

Nefele also Nephele – Is a cloud created by Zeus
Strongholt – Translates to fortress

Due to the rifts in reality on Mars, Ana has been able to access this information from the past. If this is confirmed, and Rasputin knows of a fortress that is floating, that could be a new destination for Guardians. In this, Rasputin may have a mobile rescue facility prepared, with SIVA resources, to be ready even in extreme cases.

As Zavala often said, a new Golden Age would be possible, but this time with Rasputin at the Vanguard’s side. His firepower and capabilities could provide a great advantage to the Vanguard in the battle against the Darkness. Aside from the Guardians themselves, it might become one of the greatest tools of the Vanguard to fend off the massive fleet of Darkness.

What is SIVA? SIVA is a nanotechnology developed by Bray-Tech in the Destiny universe. It can be specifically controlled by Rasputin and utilizes existing matter. This matter is then broken down into its components and reassembled by SIVA into the desired construct.

Useful when deployed sensibly, but devastating when evil forces misuse it. The AI destroyed the Iron Lords in Destiny 1 and transformed them into immortal and grotesque zombies. Yet, this could prove to be a powerful weapon against the Darkness.

What do you think of the theory? Could the Russian AI soon be sitting at a table with the Vanguard in an Exo body, showing the Darkness where to go? Or are you not interested in a SIVA season? Let us know!

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LoL player plays for 60 hours without sleep – Accomplishes what only the top 0.5% can do

Alexander Leitsch 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

Those who reach the highest ranks in the leaderboard in League of Legends quickly become some of the best players in the world. The Brazilian streamer Nicklink calls himself the “God of SoloQ” and has set the challenge to climb from Unranked to Master tier in a single gaming session. Only the top 0.5% of players land there. And he has succeeded.

How did this challenge go?

Nicklink started the adventure on March 11th, celebrating his birthday at the same time. He needed 60 hours and 31 minutes to reach the Master tier.
He played those 60 hours straight, without sleeping or going outside. Only a few breaks for food and the bathroom were included.
He played a total of 90 matches in SoloQ, winning 78% of them. He played 75 games with his favorite champion Jax. Otherwise, he was only active on the top lane, using champions like Fiora, Tryndamere, or Irelia (via op.gg).

The streamer shared his success on Twitter and received over 30,000 likes for it.

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It was not the first time he took on this challenge

What does the streamer say about his success? Nicklink shared live on stream that this challenge was not easy to master. He had already attempted this task once or twice before but gave up each time after about 30 hours of gameplay.

All the more, the streamer is happy about his success. However, some of his viewers expressed concerns as he played and streamed for so long without sleeping.

Nicklink himself admitted that this challenge was not the best for his body. However, after the session, he promised to go to sleep right away.

You can watch his final victory in this clip:

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How many players reach the Master tier? This varies by region. Currently, 0.33% of players in Brazil are in the Master tier, 0.06% in GrandMaster, and 0.02% in Challenger tier. Thus, Nicklink belongs to the top 0.41% of players in Brazil.

When all regions are combined, Master players are among the top 0.26% in the world.

With this account, Nicklink is now among them. However, he has already brought his main account to the Challenger tier.

Tyler1 reaches Challenger with every position

What other crazy challenges exist in LoL? In addition to Nicklink, dozens of other players have also taken on special challenges.

The famous streamer Tyler1, for example, reached Challenger rank on all five positions, which only about 0.018% achieve with an account. For this achievement, he was even honored by the developers themselves. Many pros respect him for this feat since they are usually only really good at one or two positions.

The Swede Carl Felix “MagiFelix” Boström is also another phenomenon. He has also achieved Challenger with all five roles. He is now set to be a substitute for several positions on the team Misfits:

LoL: Pro team signs the talented but cursed “God of Solo-Queue”

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Elden Ring: What is Focus?

Tarek Zehrer 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

Alongside the main attributes, there are also some secondary properties in Elden Ring that you can consider in your build. However, the game is sparse with explanations, which leads many to wonder what focus actually provides. MeinMMO explains it to you in this short guide.

This is how attributes and values work: In Elden Ring, you have 8 different attributes that you can mainly increase through level-ups.

Additionally, there are your defensive status values, the resistances. One of these is the “Focus” value, which can be influenced by increasing certain main attributes, talismans, and your equipment.

Here you will find an overview of the properties of focus and how you can easily find out in Elden Ring which value influences your build.

Focus keeps you awake and protects against Madness

What does increasing focus do for you? The value has exactly two properties:

On one hand, increased focus raises your resistance against sleep. Thus, enemies that use this type of damage will have a harder time putting you to sleep.
On the other hand, focus strengthens your resistance against madness. Some enemies use attacks that can induce madness. Once you succumb to madness, you suffer a significant reduction in your health points. The effect is similar to bleed damage, for example.

Is it worth it? Generally, you can do without increasing the focus value. There are only a few enemies that use sleep attacks, and they are rarely truly dangerous.

Madness looks a little different, as there are some stronger enemies that can literally drive you insane.

Additionally, there are some summons that can induce madness in you. These are often quite powerful, which is why madness effectively functions as a kind of balancing tool.

However, if you increase your focus, you can use such summons more frequently thanks to the additional resistance against madness.

This is how to increase your focus: You can significantly boost your resistance with the right means. However, you should keep a few things in mind.

In general, it seems that light armors have higher focus values. You should simply compare your found armor pieces; the menu will display the level of additional resistance.
With horn talismans, you can specifically raise your focus.
Additionally, there is the X talisman, which increases all resistances and thus also gives a slight bonus to focus.

There is a simple trick to find more info in the game

How does this work? Besides the descriptions for the status values and attributes, you can find additional information in the game’s menu. However, this information is a bit hidden.

Go to your status menu and press the share button on your controller, or G on the keyboard. A window with explanations will then be shown.
Select the middle option and you can now select the attributes individually and read their descriptions.

This way, you can easily and quickly look up what effect each has.

What other resistances are there? Besides focus, you can also increase several other defensive attributes.

Vitality increases your resistance against death plague, which some enemies use against you. This black fog can kill you directly if you linger in it too long.
Immunity increases your protection against poison and rot. Both have similar effects and deal damage over time. Rot is often more lethal than poison.
Robustness increases your resistance against frost and bleeding. Frost can take away some health points after enough hits, and it also reduces your stamina regeneration for a period. Bleeding works like madness and takes away a significant chunk of health points if you take too many hits.

Additionally, there are resistances against elements like fire, magic, or holy. You also have your physical resistance against blunt, thrust, and slash damage types.

What weapons you can use yourself and which are among the best can be found in our comprehensive guide: Elden Ring Tier List – All 309 Weapons Ranked

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Pokémon GO: 15 days after the smoke change, how do you like it?

Franzi Korittke 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO changes regarding the effectiveness of incense were made at the start of the new season. These changes have now been active for 15 days and we at MeinMMO want to know how you feel about them.

What changes are involved? Coinciding with the start of the Alola season on March 1, 2022, Niantic made several changes in the game.

These concerns adjustments to incense and raid passes. The reason for this is the original game concept of Pokémon GO, which the developers want to gradually return to.

Due to the restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Niantic introduced various bonuses to allow trainers to play from home in order to prevent possible infections. Now, however, trainers should go outside more and explore their surroundings.

What has changed regarding incense?

A first step back to the original principle of Pokémon GO is the adjustment of incense effectiveness. This had been increased over the past two years. This allowed trainers to play from home, that is, while stationary.

The incense lasted 60 minutes and attracted about one Pokémon every minute for trainers. This was particularly helpful during special events, such as Community Day. However, with the current change, this is no longer the case. Instead, trainers who move will be rewarded with new features.

The following changes have been made:

Effectiveness while stationary: Incense is now ineffective when stationary. If you do not move, it will attract only one Pokémon in 5 minutes.

Duration of incense: In the past, your incense lasted 60 minutes. This duration has now been increased, and you can benefit from this item for 90 minutes.

Effectiveness while moving: If you go outside and move, your incense will be more effective and attract more Pokémon. You get about 1 Pokémon per minute.

How do you like the incense change?

Now, 15 days have passed since the introduction of these changes, and we would like to know how you feel about them. Participate in our following survey and vote:

What are the community’s reactions to this?

Opinions on this topic are widely divided on social networks. However, many trainers are upset about this change. This was also evident recently in the trainer’s conclusion on Community Days with Sandan.

Due to the reduced incense effectiveness while stationary, some players could catch only a few event Pokémon. This is especially difficult if one cannot leave the house for health reasons.

And our MeinMMO editor Patrick Freese has had bad experiences with it and thinks that the incense changes ruin the game for village players.

Other trainers, however, are happy about the longer incense effectiveness and that this change will encourage more players to go outside again. Our reader Melly hopes that trainers will better network on-site and form communities to go on raids or shiny hunts together. (via MeinMMO)

How about you? What do you particularly like about the incense changes? And what bothers you the most? Or maybe you don’t even use incense? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.

Currently, the next event is taking place in Pokémon GO. We have looked at which spawns, shinies, bonuses, and new monsters await you for the Color Festival.

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Genshin Impact: “A Sip of a Tipsy Dream” – All Event Recipes Overview

Sayumi (Lena) 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

In the new event of Genshin Impact, you take on the role of a bartender. You have to apply one of 21 different recipes each time. However, some recipes are only unlocked if you discover them yourself. MeinMMO shows you all 21 event recipes at a glance.

How can you participate in the event? You must reach Adventure Rank 28 and also complete the Archon Quest “The Return of the Crane with the Wind” and the Legend Quest “The Sea Unveiled”.

After that, you can go to Luka from Mondstadt, who stands in front of the city tavern and starts the event quest “A Sip of a Tipsy Dream”. The map marks the event symbol with a coffee cup.

This is how the event works: You take on the role of a bartender and have various options to mix drinks: You can mix coffee, black tea, and juice with 6 other ingredients or together. After that, you need to indicate the correct directions with WASD to stir the spoon.

Finally, you determine the size of the drink, but don’t be confused: The cup shown in front of the Traveler does not matter for the size. For example, a small coffee cup can also hold large portions.

All 21 available event recipes at a glance

How do you discover a new recipe? Talk to Charles in the tavern, who stands to the right of the counter. There, you can mix 3 ingredients together to discover new recipes.

We have created an overview of the recipes for you, showing which ingredients you need to combine to get the corresponding drinks:

Coffee:

Athenäum ⇒ 3x Coffee
Golden Eden ⇒ 2x Coffee, 1x Milk
Night of the Whirling Stars ⇒ 1x Coffee, 2x Milk
Caramelized Pine Cones ⇒ 1x Coffee, 1x Milk, 1x Caramel Sauce
Moonlight Alley ⇒ 1x Coffee, 1x Milk, 1x Chocolate Sauce
Foamy Reef ⇒ 2x Coffee, 1x Sparkling Water

Black tea:

Afternoon of Scholars ⇒ 2x Black Tea, 1x Milk
Crown of Glory ⇒ 1x Black Tea, 2x Milk
Northwind Watch ⇒ 1x Black Tea, 1x Milk, 1x Mint
Joyful Delight ⇒ 1x Black Tea, 1x Milk, 1x Chocolate Sauce
Bitter Brilliance ⇒ 2x Black Tea, 1x Lemon
Foggy Garden ⇒ 3x Black Tea
Love Poem ⇒ 1x Black Tea, 1x Milk, 1x Caramel Sauce

Juice:

Sweet Mostsee ⇒ 1x Juice, 2x Milk
Dusk Dew ⇒ 2x Juice, 1x Sparkling Water
Barbatos’ Blessing ⇒ 1x Juice, 1x Sparkling Water, 1x Mint
Sunset in the Valley ⇒ 3x Juice
Snow-Covered Kiss ⇒ 2x Juice, 1x Milk
Birch ⇒ 2x Juice, 1x Lemon

Mixture:

Toll of the Night ⇒ 1x Coffee, 1x Black Tea, 1x Milk
Dusk ⇒ 1x Black Tea, 2x Juice

This is how you solve the challenges of the guests: In the challenges, you can mix up to 5 ingredients together. It may happen that guests want an “extremely strong” black tea or coffee, then just add an additional tea or coffee to the mixture.

The same applies for “particularly fresh” or “particularly sour”. An additional mint or lemon can help with such requests.

Have you already served your guests in Genshin Impact or have you not been able to discover all recipes yet? What do you think of the novel event? Feel free to let us know in the comments.

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Elden Ring: How you can avoid dying from falls with a trick

Tarek Zehrer 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

Elden Ring presents you with numerous challenges and threats. However, what players did not expect is the confusing fall damage. An item tells you when a fall or jump is deadly.

What is the problem with fall damage? Actually, fall damage is a common mechanic in open-world games. However, it occasionally happens that games make their damage from high falls difficult to estimate.

Normally, the transitions from no, low, and even deadly fall damage are relatively clear, and one can estimate which jump is risky and which is not.
However, looking at player reactions since release, it seems that Elden Ring does not handle this very well.
In the Subreddit for the game, you will find numerous posts criticizing fall damage or making fun of it.

But when is a jump deadly? A player has figured out how to determine that at least on foot.

Rainbow stones can save you from deadly fall damage

Here’s how it works: The player phatrequiem demonstrates in a clip how he lays out glitter stones to test fall damage in a dungeon.

Position yourself at the edge from which you want to jump down. Go into your inventory and select the glitter stone in the consumables.
Check if it breaks upon impact or continues to shine. If the stone is still intact, you can jump safely.

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Unfortunately, it cannot be said exactly whether the stone breaks at the slightest fall damage or only with deadly falls.

Either way, it is very useful and can be crucial in dungeons where healing potions eventually become scarce.

The item’s capability is even mentioned in the menu, but the description is easy to overlook. Generally, Elden Ring is full of such items, whose properties are often not immediately apparent. For example, there is a torch that keeps the most annoying enemies at bay.

Here is the description of the rainbow stones:

Does this work with Torrent as well? From your horse, it is harder to estimate the exact fall damage.

You can survive deeper falls unscathed with Torrent, but the limit is even trickier here.
The double jump also helps only to a limited extent, so do not rely on it. There’s no point in jumping from a great height and using the second jump just before impact. The fall damage will not be reduced.
Before a fall is guaranteed deadly, only your horse will take fall damage. So you can “train” a bit and find out from which height it becomes dangerous with Torrent.

If you want to further reduce your damage, there’s also a very useful talisman:

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You can also reduce your overall fall damage by increasing Dexterity. But how much impact does that have?

Dexterity reduces your fall damage

How much does this attribute affect? The YouTuber Skumnut tested how the Dexterity attribute affects your fall damage. He had a character perform a jump with 9 Dexterity to test the fall damage.

But be careful: These data are based on the network test from November. There’s a possibility that the values in the final game differ. You can try it yourself by resetting your stats and redistributing the attributes.

He continued this in increments of 10, up to the maximum value of 99. Here are the results:

9 Dexterity	146 damage
20 Dexterity	133 damage
30 Dexterity	131 damage
40 Dexterity	128 damage
50 Dexterity	122 damage
60 Dexterity	123 damage
70 Dexterity	122 damage
99 Dexterity	113 damage

At first glance, it does not seem that Dexterity has a really significant influence on fall damage if the data remains consistent in the final game. You take 35% less damage with maximum Dexterity.

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As soon as there are more recent tests, we will update the results here. But what do you think about it? Have you also had problems with the difficult-to-estimate fall damage? Or have you not encountered any difficulties so far? How do you proceed to avoid this? Feel free to share your experiences with us.

If you are looking for more guides about Elden Ring, feel free to check our overview of all articles that explain the various features of the game.

Elden Ring: All our guides, beginner tips, and builds in the overview

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Players in WoW are angry about the new gear set because they do not understand it

Jürgen Horn 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

In World of Warcraft, with patch 9.2, there is a new relic set that players can grind. However, many players interpret the set as gear for catching up and see it as far too expensive. But they are mistaken, as this stuff is not meant for that. Read all about the controversial gear set on MeinMMO.

Which set is it? Since the new patch 9.2 of WoW, you can encounter not only hardcore bosses in WoW, but also grind a new level 246 relic set for “Sand-polished Relics”. However, it is quite expensive, requiring between 160 and 300 relics per item.

According to a reddit user, the entire set requires a total of 2,070 relics, which is a lot and takes up a lot of time.

What bothers the players? The reddit user boxonhead11 has a problem with this. It would require a gigantic effort to farm that many relics. Instead, wouldn’t it be enough to complete a mythic dungeon at keystone level 5? That would also yield useful gear of item level 246. That would be much less effort than grinding relics for hours.

And in any case, the stuff doesn’t even look good and is useless for transmog. It’s just a reskin of another set.

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What does the community say? Other players also share the creator’s opinion in the thread. They say the gear is “absolutely useless”. Other users do not understand why anyone would want to grind something like that after just a week. There are much faster methods to get good gear.

Even as catch-up gear, meaning stuff that returning players get to quickly catch up in the endgame, it is unsuitable. The cipher gear would be much better suited for that.

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The relic set is not what many players think: So is the relic set from patch 9.2 really for nothing? Far from it, as the set is not intended to be grind through mindlessly. It doesn’t work well, as relics only drop from certain activities.

Rather, according to our MeinMMO editorial demon Cortyn, it is a nice set for casual gamers who play World of Warcraft solo.

They regularly receive relics through their regular activities, and when they have enough of them, a nice set item pops out here and there.

To stand there for a week and grind over 2,000 relics is not what is intended here. Rather, it is a nice way for casuals to get a reasonably strong item. Because casuals, who mostly play solo, also don’t use mythic+5 dungeons, even if there is faster top gear available there.

The entire fuss about the supposed “uselessness” of the relic set is therefore based on a misunderstanding and a misinterpretation of the true use of the set.

Do you see it that way too, or do you think that the relic set is still nonsense? Let us know in the comments. More about WoW can be found here: WoW is currently the biggest trend on Twitch – why does everyone want to see this MMORPG?

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Hate raids are back on Twitch and are now attacking streamers in the LGBTQIA+ community

Sayumi (Lena) 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

In 2021, hate raids on various streamers caused a huge outcry on Twitch. Although the platform took several measures against it and a user even provided a tool that is supposed to combat hate raids, they are back now. This time, they pose a real problem, as they are coming neither from bots nor from Twitch, but from outside. MeinMMO reports.

What are hate raids?

Hate raids are primarily bots sent to streamers to insult them. Hate messages are spammed in the chats, flooding the normal messages from the streamer’s fans. Sometimes, however, real people are also incited by other Twitch streamers to carry out hate raids.
The well-known streamer Pokimane became a victim of such a hate raid. The Twitch streamer JiDion sent his viewers to spam “L+Ratio” in her chat. This means something like a loud booing. He was ultimately permanently banned by Twitch for this.
On September 1, a strike was even initiated, where a huge number of streamers simply skipped their streams. They wanted to send a message to Twitch that the hate raids cannot continue like this.
Now, hate raids are back, but this time they consist solely of real people behind the accounts. They send transphobic and racist messages in the Twitch chats. Additionally, they come from an external livestream platform “cozy.tv” (via Twitter). This platform was founded in 2021 by Nick Fuentes, a far-right white nationalist.

CEO Nick Fuentes celebrates the hate raids of his platform

What does the founder of cozy.tv say? Nick Fuentes made a statement after the situation was brought to his attention (via streamable.com). He had a broad grin on his face and metaphorically stated:

Hmm, it’s so delicious. I’ll eat it all up. It’s so delicious for me to see: The boiling with rage and panicking transgender individuals. The panicking leftists when there is no moderator, admin, or report button, or a support ticket they can follow. There is something that makes it so fulfilling and satisfying.
Nick Fuentes

Fuentes is thrilled that there is nothing that can be done about it and that there are no moderators for his livestream platform. He continued to say that he is very proud of his platform and relishes the fact that people now have to crawl to him.

Cozy.tv has now added a report button. These reports are “of course taken very seriously,” Fuentes joked, and “they will certainly not be deleted directly”.

Reports about hate raids have already been received by the “moderation team”; however, the users who sent these raids did not violate any platform guidelines, so no action is being taken.

What does Twitch say about the new hate raids from cozy.tv? Twitch has spoken out on Twitter and emphasized that hatred has no place on the platform. Furthermore, the Twitch accounts created by those who participated in the hate raids were banned. Additionally, Twitch will take legal action against anyone involved in the incident.

Whether cozy.tv will continue to exist after the incident and whether the hate raids will stop now remains to be seen.

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Pokémon GO: Spotlight Hour today with Stardust and Growlithe

Patrick Freese 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO today, on March 15th, the Spotlight Hour with Fukano begins. There is also a bonus that gives you more Stardust. Learn all about the start, shinies, and bonuses of the event here.

What kind of event is this? Every Tuesday evening, a Spotlight Hour runs in Pokémon GO. During events of this type, a Pokémon selected by the developers is in focus and spawns almost everywhere in the wild.

The whole thing is accompanied by a bonus that is supposed to make the event even more interesting. Today, on March 15th, Fukano from the first generation is in the spotlight and brings a bonus of more Stardust.

Spotlight Hour with Fukano – Start, Bonuses & Shiny

When does the Spotlight Hour start? As usual, the event starts at 6:00 PM local time. It is active for one hour and ends at 7:00 PM.

What bonuses are there? During the event hour, you will find Fukano spawning very frequently in the wild. If you light a incense, it will mostly attract Fukano as well. However, keep in mind that Niantic weakened incense and you should now move for it.

Additionally, there is a Stardust bonus. For catching Pokémon, you will receive double the amount of Stardust. So those who take advantage of the event can fill up this resource well.

Can you catch Shiny Fukano? Yes, if you are lucky, you may encounter Shiny Fukano in Pokémon GO.

Is the Spotlight Hour with Fukano worth it?

What you need to know: As fighters, Fukano and Arkani are not overly strong, but the Stardust bonus is again a reason for many trainers to take advantage of the event today.

Those who are very lucky can also secure a shiny. Even if the chances are not increased.

Are you participating in the Spotlight Hour today? Or is that not really your thing and you prefer to skip today? Feel free to share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers about it.

In the coming weeks, many events are still on the way for you. The overview of all Pokémon GO events in March 2022 – Mark these dates.

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GTA Online: What you should definitely know before transferring from PS4 and Xbox One to next-gen

Patrick Freese 15. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

In GTA Online the next-gen version for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S is now available. If you want, you can transfer from the PS4 and Xbox One to the new generations for free. But first you should know what consequences this brings.

What is new now? Since midnight on March 15th, you can now play the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S version of Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online. If you were playing on the last gen, you can take advantage of a free account transfer.

At first, there were issues where some players could not transfer
- Rockstar Games fixed the problems
If you transfer from older generations, you will lose your account there
The old generation cannot play with the new generation

We will show you in detail what consequences a transfer has. This way you can picture whether you want to take advantage of the offer now.

This is what happens to your PS4 or Xbox account from GTA

What can you do? It is now possible to transfer your GTA profile from the PS4 or Xbox One to the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S. In doing so, you take your progress, cars, statistics, properties, money, weapons, clothes, and everything important with you. This transfer is available once.

This is the consequence: If you use this transfer, your profile on the PS4 and Xbox One will be wiped. If you want to continue playing GTA Online on the old generation, you will start from scratch and have to earn everything again. So make sure which generation you want to play your profile on now.

This also relates to the second point that is important for your decision.

PS4 does not play with PS5, Xbox One does not play with Series X|S

Who can you play with? If you are playing the PS5 version of GTA Online, you can only play together with other players who are also using the PS5 version (via GTANews on Twitter).

If you are playing the Xbox Series X|S version, you can only play together with other players who are also using this version.

Players of the PS5 version cannot play with PS4 players
Players of the Xbox Series X|S version cannot play with Xbox One players

If you use the transfer and want to continue playing with your friends, make sure that your friends also use the new version.

If you are playing the backwards compatible PS4 version on PS5, you can still play together with PS4 players.

Shortly after the release of the next-gen version, there was a problem with transferring. Players who had already transferred their accounts from PS4/Xbox One to PC could not use the new transfer and were blocked from the service. In the meantime, the problem has been fixed and the service is available.

Rockstar Games points out that GTA Online profiles from PC cannot be transferred to PS5 or Xbox Series X|S.

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Pokémon GO: 4 Event quests worth attending the Color Festival

Franzi Korittke 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

In Pokémon GO today, on March 15, 2022, the Color Festival begins and brings you new quests. We from MeinMMO have looked at what tasks and rewards await you and show which ones are particularly worthwhile.

What tasks are involved? On March 15, the Color Festival starts in Pokémon GO. On this occasion, there will be new field research tasks throughout the entire event period.

As you know from the normal field research, you will receive these by spinning a PokéStop. The new quests are marked with the note “Event”. You can find the tasks in your “Field” view in the game, which can be accessed by clicking on the binoculars.

What is the time frame for the event quests? The field research for the Color Festival is available in the game from March 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time until March 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.

7 new quests for the Color Festival

On the occasion of the Color Festival, Niantic has provided you with 7 new field researches. Below we have summarized all the tasks and rewards for you (via reddit.com):

Task	Reward
Catch 3 Pokémon of Grass type	– Encounter with Bulbasaur* – 20 Mega Venusaur Energy
Catch 3 Pokémon of Water type	– Encounter with Squirtle* – 20 Mega Blastoise Energy
Catch 3 Pokémon of Fire type	– Encounter with Charmander* – 20 Mega Charizard Energy
Catch 5 different species of Pokémon	Encounter with – Shellos (East Sea Form)* – Shellos (West Sea Form)*
Catch 8 different species of Pokémon	Encounter with – Burmy (Plant Cloak)* – Burmy (Sand Cloak)* – Burmy (Trash Cloak)*
Catch 10 different species of Pokémon	Encounter with Choreogel
Hatch an egg	Encounter with Alolan Grimer*

All the monsters that you can also encounter in their shiny form are marked with a (*).

What should you consider? The new Pokémon Choreogel comes in a total of four different forms, which are only available in certain regions. Thus, the encounter with it in your reward depends on your location:

Flamenco Style: Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Cheerleading Style: America
Hula Style: African, Asian, Pacific, and Caribbean Islands
Buyo Style: Asia-Pacific

4 tasks you should take advantage of

The new event quests offer some interesting rewards for you. We have summarized below which tasks you should take advantage of:

Tasks for Mega Energy

Especially trainers who often rely on their Mega Evolutions will be pleased with additional Mega Energy for Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard. To complete the 3 corresponding tasks, you only need to catch 3 Pokémon of the respective type (Grass, Water, or Fire).

This shouldn’t be a problem, as Pokémon like Turtwig, Seel, and Snorunt will spawn in the wild during the event.

But why is Mega Energy worthwhile for you? Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard can be temporarily transformed into Mega Pokémon using the corresponding amount of Mega Energy.

These are slightly stronger than other attackers and thus provide support in raids or Rocket battles. In addition, they enhance the attacks of all other Pokémon of this type in raids.

Choreogel

For some trainers, the task related to Choreogel will also be interesting. This monster makes its debut in Pokémon GO at the Color Festival. That’s why it is something special, and you should not miss the opportunity to catch it.

In Europe, however, you can only encounter its Flamenco Style. This is recognizable by the red plumage of the small bird and the black embellishments on its wings. It has no pre-evolution or evolution.

Unfortunately, the Alolan Pokémon is not particularly strong, which is why it plays no role in raids and the PvP league. However, you should not overlook it for completing the Pokédex and collecting a few specimens for trading.

Due to the variety of Pokémon that will spawn during the event, completing the quest shouldn’t be a problem either.

How good are the other rewards?

The other rewards are particularly worthwhile for Shiny hunters. Pokémon like Shellos or Burmy are not particularly strong, which is why they are not suitable for use in raids or the GO Battle League. However, those still looking for a Shiny can try their luck here.

What do you think of the new field researches? Will you secure one or the other of them? Or are the rewards rather uninteresting for you? Feel free to share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.

In the coming weeks, a lot is still happening in Pokémon GO. We show you which events await you in March.

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CoD Warzone: Level Weapons Completely in 1 Hour – Expert Reveals Most Efficient Technique

Maik Schneider 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

There are players who like to level up new weapons in Call of Duty: Warzone. For many soldiers, leveling up in the free Battle Royale can often be a tedious task. Warzone expert James “JGOD” Godoy now explains an efficient method to level up weapons in 1 to 2 hours.

Here’s what it’s about:

When you play a weapon in Call of Duty: Warzone for the first time, it starts at level 1 and you have no attachments available
However, the attachments make the weapons truly effective. If you don’t specifically collect weapon XP, it can feel like it takes forever
With JGOD’s method, you can fully level up the weapons in about an hour – MeinMMO shows you his technique

CoD Warzone: Quickly level up weapons – It doesn’t get more efficient

How to level up weapons the fastest? If there isn’t a special game mode online, then the small map “Rebirth Island” is best suited for leveling up weapons.

Before starting a match, pay attention to the following requirements:

Activate a double weapon XP token or play during a double weapon XP event
Take the red perk “Pointman” – preferably the entire team
Grab the weapon you want to level up

Start the match, pick a contract for landing, and stay together as a team at the beginning. It’s best to choose a simple contract to start, so no bounties.

At this point, you can already check the ground loot weapons to see if you find a gun you want to level up.

Once you’ve completed the first contract and collected enough cash, buy your loadout and get the right weapons to level up.

From now on, it’s about completing as many contracts as possible. Stockpiling, supply delivery, looting, maybe even a “TOP SECRET” contract – but initially avoid bounties.

Clear all the other contracts first before getting into dangerous fights. The more you focus solely on leveling up weapons, the faster you will progress.

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How fast do you level up with the method? According to JGOD, you level up weapons in 1 to 2 hours. However, it also depends on whether the whole team participates.

Together, you can complete 10 to 15 contracts per round. Solo it’s more like 5 to 8 contracts.

It’s important that you as a team completely forgo the red perk “Overkill” and instead take “Pointman”.

This perk means that the bonus multiplier increases more significantly after each completed contract than usual. With each completed contract, your weapon XP yield increases. And the more of you have the perk, the more significant the multiplier increases.

JGOD states that with this method, you have the opportunity to max out a weapon in 5 or 6 Rebirth matches. He also mentions the average XP needed for a weapon:

Weapons from CoD MW: 115,000 XP
Weapons from Cold War & Vanguard: 145,000 XP

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For JGOD, leveling weapons on Rebirth Island is the best method in the game. In Plunder, too much depends on luck, and on the big Caldera map, you have to travel much longer distances to get new contracts.

If you have any tips for leveling up, feel free to leave us a comment.

If you’re looking for a selection of weapons to level up now, check here: The best weapons of CoD Warzone with setups

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Lost Ark: “How to Become a Hero” – This is how you solve the story

Mark Sellner 15. March 2022 Reading time 4 minutes

In the new MMORPG Lost Ark, in addition to numerous collection quests, there are also so-called stories. These are multi-part story sections that you can find in the world and contribute to the completeness of your adventure journal. We at MeinMMO show you how to find and complete “How to Become a Hero”.

What kind of story is this? The side story “How to Become a Hero” awaits you still on the first continent in the land of West Luterra. It requires you to find four pieces that are interconnected and thus complete the story.

Similar to most other stories, you have a time limit. This is 20 minutes for each piece of “How to Become a Hero”. So when you collect the first piece, you have 20 minutes to find the second. Then another 20 minutes for the third, and so on.

Since “How to Become a Hero” chases you across four complete maps, we recommend starting this story only when you have finished with West Luterra and can freely march through the maps.

The locations of the story

Where do you start? The first part of the story awaits you in the quaint little town of Lakebar. You have to go through it when you follow the main story. In Lakebar, you also learn how tools work and hang out with King Thirain by the lake.

In the middle of the village, you will find the artisans and their stalls. Exactly between the General Merchant and the blacksmith stands an apple tree behind a fence. Run to the tree and interact with it. Now the story “How to Become a Hero” starts, and you have 20 minutes to find the next piece.

Where is the second part? For the second part of the story, you must travel one map further to the Medrick Monastery. Once you enter the map, just follow the path straight ahead, then left, briefly right, and into the great hall.

Once there, of course, the first thing you do is get the teleporter on the left side of the room. Directly opposite it, in the lower right corner of the wall, is the second part of “How to Become a Hero”. Press G to interact with it and unlock the 20 minutes you have to reach the next location.

Don’t get confused!

Where is the third part? Again, you go one map further to complete the next part of the story. This time, you are taken to the Bilbrin Forest, where the third part awaits you relatively early.

Once you enter the Bilbrin Forest, follow the only possible route towards the local dungeon. Until you reach a place where you can turn right and left. Here you turn left to a lonely courtyard, which however has two stories for you.

In the left corner of the courtyard, the story “Lost Letters” begins, which you of course do not want to click on right now. Follow the courtyard to the lowest tip of the map and interact between barrels and a large stone with the 3rd part of “How to Become a Hero”.

Where is the fourth part? You move on to the next map of West Luterra again, because for the fourth part of the story you have to visit the battlefield. Unlike the previous pieces of the story, the last part waits more at the end of the battlefield.

Just follow the course of the map until you pass the first teleporter and have to cross the large stone bridge. On this bridge, among other things, is the viewpoint “Battlefield”. Use it as a guide, as it glows white and is hard to miss.

Diagonally opposite the viewpoint, you will find a small apple tree. Interact with it to collect the fourth part of “How to Become a Hero” and complete the story.

Now you know how to complete the story “How to Become a Hero”. It provides you with progress for your adventure journal and is thus essential for the Ignea Token of West Luterra. Did you have difficulty finding the story? Or are you currently having problems with another story?

You can find guides to Lost Ark in our guide overview

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Story about the boss who ruined his company on Twitch in 59 seconds gets crazier and crazier

Schuhmann 15. March 2022 Reading time 4 minutes

The company “Artesian Builds” manufactures custom gaming PCs. The CEO of the company, Noah Katz, changed the rules for a giveaway during a livestream and excluded a Twitch streamer from the prize. This triggered a catastrophic backlash, and the company had to shut down. But it becomes clear that the story is even worse.

What exactly happened?

The head of the company “Artesian Builds”, Noah Katz, held a live giveaway on Twitch at the beginning of March for a gaming PC that a small Twitch streamer won. However, Katz thought the winner was too insignificant and hadn’t generated any sales as a brand ambassador, so he excluded her. His tone was triumphant.
The streamer reacted indignantly on Twitter, feeling belittled and defamed by the treatment. The complaint exploded on social media: there was a shitstorm against “Artesian Builds”, sponsors withdrew, and partners distanced themselves from the company.
On March 9, the company announced that it would cease operations. They now want to seek outside help and restart anew.

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Fired employees leak many embarrassing internals to YouTubers

Why is the story getting crazier? In the aftermath of the scandal, some YouTubers have looked into “Artesian Builds”, including the YouTube channel “Gamers Nexus” (via youtube) and the YouTuber “Onepeg” (via youtube).

Gamers Nexus wrote an email to Noah Katz, which then circulated internally within the company, and many employees privately sent him “information” about the state of the company.

Onepeg also received numerous internal messages that showed him how dire the situation of the company was. According to many employees, Katz apparently should never have been allowed to run such a company.

The incident with the Twitch streamer is not an isolated case, but a logical consequence of the CEO’s business practices.

These are the consequential seconds on Twitch:

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In total, 40-50 employees should have become unemployed overnight.
The head of the company, Noah Katz, lives above the office building in an apartment but has rarely been seen at work, appearing late in the day. Employees found it difficult to even contact him.
Katz’s parents financed the company and hold their son in high regard, who works like crazy.
Katz sought to place the blame for the mistake on others: a female employee supposedly made a mistake when selecting the streamers eligible for the giveaway.
A moderator had live during the Twitch stream asked to be informed next time Katz goes live to change the rules.

The company’s management, the CFO, and the COO have resigned in recent months – the positions are now vacant.
The East Coast branch, where the majority of the PCs are manufactured, has also been dissolved – employees were fed up with Katz.
The company had such a bad reputation with suppliers that they had to pay cash for every delivery. Hence, the end came so quickly; everything points to the fact that the company is insolvent.
The employees’ paychecks have been blocked, and all company accounts are frozen while Katz works to resolve the issue.

youtube-onepeg — YouTuber Onepeg can’t believe how things are going in the company.

A PR statement could not yet be published because the “Katz family” could not agree on a text and rejected the first draft.
One opportunity to present their position on a major YouTube channel with 1.26 million subscribers was missed by Katz.
Even in communication with the YouTuber “Gamers Nexus”, Noah Katz made a serious mistake, as he initially shared confidential information, but later told the YouTuber he could not use it because it was confidential.

“The guy should be devastated”

How the YouTubers are reacting: Both YouTubers are utterly shocked. The more information they have about the situation, the worse the CEO comes across in the depiction of the employees. Apparently, many employees took the opportunity to vent their frustration about the CEO and their situation.

“Gamers Nexus” is upset that Katz wrote to him in an email about the layoffs, which surely makes the story even more interesting for the YouTuber:

“That’s the problem, exactly that. I’m responsible for two people, and that’s just my family, but we have a team that we have gone through a lot with. I just can’t imagine then writing ‘Oh, that gives you a better story’ – No! The right answer is: I completely messed it up and messed it up for 50 people. The guy should be devastated.”
Steve Burke, editor-in-chief Gamers Nexus

What happens now? This is currently unclear. One problem is that the company is in the hands of Noah Katz and his parents. There is no one who can intervene regulatorily:

Employees have offered to buy the company and oust the CEO.
Additionally, Twitch streamer Trainwreck said on Twitter that he wanted to take over the company and lead it “correctly” – how serious this is is hard to say.

But for the moment, this is a mess for everyone involved: The employees are unemployed for now. Those who still have open orders with the company are advised by the YouTube channel “Gamers Nexus” to urgently recall transferred funds.

If Trainwreck really buys the company, he apparently has enough resources available for it, at least at the moment:

Twitch streamer wins 12.7 million euros in a spin – Warns viewers: “Don’t ruin your life”

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Lost Ark: New update brings bug fixes and an event – All about patch notes and server down

Alexander Leitsch 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

In Lost Ark, a new update is released today, March 15. This brings some bug fixes, new login rewards, and a new event. We have collected the patch notes and everything related to the server maintenance.

Update 11:20 AM: The servers are already back online.

What are the highlights of the update? The patch today primarily focuses on bug fixes:

For example, a bug regarding the spawning of tornadoes during the Tytalos guardian attack has been fixed.
Green and blue potions are now tradeable.
A bug related to the rewards for the new “Arkesia Grand Prix” event has been fixed. The event was launched with the first content update last week.
The login rewards in EU-West will be restarted. However, you will keep your progress. Those who were already at day 4 of the rewards will be able to claim the first 4 days again and thus receive a lot of loot.

Additionally, the update introduces a new weekend event to the game. Every Saturday and Sunday, you can secure a “3-Item-Chest” once per squad. More about this below in the patch notes.

How long will the servers be down? The new patch will be deployed at 8:00 AM German time. The maintenance is expected to take about four hours. Therefore, the servers are expected to come back online around 12:00 PM.

We will keep you updated in this post if the server downtime lasts longer or if the servers come back online earlier.

Patch Notes from March 15

Notes

The problem preventing tornadoes from spawning during the Tytalos guardian attack, which caused players to be unable to evade the attack with high damage, has been fixed.
The issue that prevented unbound uncommon (green) and rare (blue) HP potions from being traded has been fixed.
The problem that caused the game to crash when a search field was used with a controller has been fixed.
The issue where a popup window did not appear when the “Escape” option was used in the game menu while the language was set to French has been fixed.
The item level payment restriction at the Arkesia Grand Prix exchange has been lifted, allowing players to receive a higher reward.
The timers for in-game events that were shifted by one hour due to daylight saving time have been corrected. However, players must have their computer clock set to daylight saving time for the time to display correctly.
The daily login rewards for Europe West will be restarted. This applies from the first day, meaning players can claim the first 4 days of the event again (without losing previously claimed rewards).

Hot Time Weekend Event

This hotfix also marks the kickoff for the Hot Time event in the game. Every weekend until April 10 (at 10:00 AM), a character in the player roster can receive a “3-Item-Chest” containing the following 3 items on Saturdays and Sundays:

Chest with healing combat items x5
Chest with consumable items x5
Chest with offensive combat items x5

The chest with the 3 combat items can be picked up between Saturday 10:01 AM and Sunday 09:59 AM when the event time resets. The Hot Time will occur every weekend until April, so make sure to secure the rewards while you still can!

Known Issues

Users in the Europe West and South America regions cannot connect to voice chat.
Monthly and weekly crystal bonus packages do not grant the corresponding bonus percentages. The crystals will be granted retroactively to all players who purchased these bonus packages.
Procyon’s compass refers to UTC time for adventure islands.

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We asked Bungie how the dark setting of Destiny 2: Witch Queen came about

Christos Tsogos 15. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

Destiny 2 is known for its recurring settings from slimy Hive monuments to the steel machinery of the Cabal. The Witch Queen, on the other hand, mixed a lot of familiar elements with new features, creating the mysterious Throne World of Savathûn. We asked Bungie what inspired them for this world.

MeinMMO asked Bungie: We from MeinMMO were invited by Bungie to talk with the developer about Witch Queen. Since especially the new setting has captivated many new but also old Guardians, we wanted to know what inspired Bungie to remodel familiar scenes of environments.

To this end, we spoke directly with the Bungie developers:

Blake Battle, the Project Lead
Adam Grantham, the Narrative Director
Guillaume Colomb, the Senior Narrative Lead

The Contrast between Darkness and Light

Blake Battle, the Project Lead of Destiny 2, answered the question that the world of Savathûn is a wonderland of mysteries and lies. Blake emphasizes that the Throne World is a reflection of Savathûn herself. This contrast of darkness and light is something the developers wanted to capture.

From a design perspective, Savathûn’s Throne World is very complex and also unsettling. You can see the influence of the Hive, but there’s also so much light, which shines in pure splendor. It was intentional that this contrast creates such a controversial effect, appearing alien and perhaps even difficult to understand.

Additionally, Adam Grantham comments and expresses the following regarding the question:

We were really inspired by Savathûn and her transformation. We wanted to create a place that truly reflects that. […] The Throne World manifests the past that Savathûn has tried to bury while she embraces her new version (reborn through the Light).

Furthermore, Guillaume Colomb mentioned that the architecture, as well as the gardens of the Throne World, are inspired by the French palace of Versailles from the High and Late Baroque. This is where the developers drew their inspiration.

When comparing the neatly trimmed gardens of Savathûn with those of the famous castle from France, similarities can be noted. It’s interesting to see that Bungie also incorporates elements from history and reinvents them in their game.

On Jupiter’s moon Europa, which came into play with the Beyond Light expansion, parallels between reality and the implementation in the game could already be recognized. The red veins, which you see in images from NASA, indicate the presence of heavy minerals in the ice. Bungie likely incorporated these details into the design of Europa in Destiny 2 to make the impression of the Jupiter moon as realistic as possible.

Bungie also had to make a decision. Either the Throne World would have become another Hive location, or they would take a completely different path with the setting to create a highly contrasting backdrop.

When looking from a distance at the beautiful towers, windows, and buildings, it looks stunning. But as soon as the Guardians gain a glimpse behind the facade, Bungie wanted you to notice: Not everything is as it seems here. The facade crumbles and only conceals the true nature.

The more you explore, the more threatening the new location becomes. It indeed seems that the world created by Savathûn hides a dark truth behind the Light. What that truth is, the Guardians must discover for themselves with their Deep Sight ability.

Witch Queen hasn’t been out for long, but the interesting design of Savathûn’s Throne World makes us hope for cooler environments, which may be implemented with the new DLC “Lightfall” in Destiny 2.

What do you think of Bungie’s mix composition of Hive locations and the French castle? Do you like the Throne World? And do you find such background information cool or are you not interested in closer insights into game development? Let us know!

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Lost Ark has a skin problem that goes beyond sexy costumes and pay-to-win

Mark Sellner 15. March 2022 Reading time 7 minutes

Few topics divide the community in Lost Ark as much as the issue of skins. Because these cosmetic items have a different problem: they cause players to experience a tangible gameplay disadvantage, regardless of whether they spend money or not.

What is the problem with the skins? In Lost Ark, currently, there are hardly any purchasable skins for some of the most popular character classes, like the Berserker. This is not only frustrating for fashion icons, but also leads to gameplay disadvantages.

A problem that significantly degrades the gameplay experience for many fans and goes beyond the usual discussions about sexy outfits or Pay2Win in Lost Ark.

Skins give you advantages

With the Omen skin set released in early March, the first complete skin set for all characters has come out. While this slowly addresses the problem, many players believe it is far too late and does too little. Even if Amazon has partially responded to the criticism about sexy outfits for women.

The biggest issue lies in the gameplay advantage that skins provide in Lost Ark. Not only do they look good, but they also grant you so-called Off-Stats like Charisma or Kindness.

You particularly need these values when interacting with NPCs. For example, there are status checks to see if you are nice enough to take on the next quest from the person. If your values are too low, you cannot do a favor for your favorite NPC and miss out on valuable loot.

Later, starting from the continent Rohendel, you will also need these values to obtain Mokoko seeds, which can also provide you with exciting loot.

While you can also gather these Off-Stats through roster levels and certain quest lines, skins provide you with a lot of additional Off-Stats. This is a significant advantage, especially at the beginning of the game, as you can scoop over 60,000 silver in Prideholm if your Off-Stats are good enough, which they definitely are with a skin.

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Where does the discussion start? Now many of you may be saying aloud and indignant that this is Pay2Win. Well, that is up for debate. The big discussion among fans arises not from whether players who spend money are better off than those who do not.

It is more about the fact that until recently, there were not an equal number of skins available for all classes. So even people willing to spend money to get better stats sometimes could not or only conditionally did so.

This primarily affected players who did not participate in the MMORPG’s head start. Because the gold and platinum pre-order packages also included skins for a class of your choice. After that, things did not look very good.

While classes like the Artillerist had various skins available right from the start, the Berserker had to do without skins almost entirely. The Alar skin was an exception, but many ignored it because the in-game armor simply looked better.

So if you did not pre-order anything, the Omen skins are your first chance, a month after release, to grab a nice skin and the associated bonuses as a Berserker.

What groups are there?

While one half of the community believes that the existing skins are simply too ugly and that there are primarily too few of them, many players hold a different opinion.
They think that the standard skins in the game are already pretty enough but find it frustrating to have to forego Off-Stats because of that.
One group feels forced to buy skins they do not want, while another would like to buy more that are not yet available to them.

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No solution and just a weak start

What is the current status? With the Omen skins, cosmetic content that all classes can use has finally arrived. However, the problem is still not completely resolved, at least not for the community.

Many users feel that these skins are not what they envision, and no one wants to present a skin that they do not like at all. Furthermore, the Omen skins are merely a stopgap solution.

The reason for this is quite banal, yet the Omen skins look exactly the same for every subclass, just like the Northern Lawmaker skins from the gold pre-order package. Therefore, there are differences between warriors and sorceresses, but Berserkers and Paladins look identical.

A large part of the community thus wants to put more money into the free-to-play game and have more skins, while their primary criticism lies in the confusion over why Amazon is handling the skins the way they currently are.

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The other side of the coin

What do other fans say? Another part of the community sees an additional problem with the skins in Lost Ark, aside from the availability of the cosmetic items.

Here, fans are frustrated that they must buy skins to obtain the valuable Off-Stats at all. The criticism is not aimed at possible Pay2Win aspects, but rather the desire to be able to purchase these values in another way.

They find the standard skins in Lost Ark too beautiful and see no reason to buy skins at all. However, due to the additional attributes, users feel forced to buy and wear skins they do not like. This is a sore point for many fans.

“Until there is a skin that truly convinces me 100%, I will stick with the standard outfits of my Deathblade. She just looks really great.” writes a fan in the official Lost Ark Discord.

What is the solution? For both groups of players, Lost Ark has a clear solution in mind: more skins, and fast. A large variety of good skins would at least alleviate the problems of both discussion groups.

So far, it is still unclear when Amazon will release the next skins for Europe. Besides bots and the new raid, the discussion surrounding skins is one of the most active in the community.

A discussion that seems incomprehensible to many outsiders, far removed from the Pay2Win or liberality issue.

What do you think? Do you have everything you imagined in terms of skins in Lost Ark? Do you want more skins or different ones? Or are you perhaps already completely satisfied? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.

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Many fans are thus disappointed, as truly unique skins for the specific subclasses are still very rare and withheld from a few specializations.

What’s next? This is likely a problem that will resolve itself over time. More skins will continue to come into the game, and eventually every class should have a selection that most players will find appealing.

However, the community does not think this is fast enough. The criticism is clear, and fans are primarily complaining that the skins already exist in Korea and just need to be imported.

In general, criticism about Lost Ark’s handling of skins is growing. While new cosmetic content is always showcased on the MMORPG’s website in Korea, you have to log into the game here and sometimes still do not have a decent preview of the skins.