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7 Things from Pokémon Legends: Arceus that must be in new Pokémon games

Sayumi (Lena) 3. March 2022 Reading time 7 minutes

Pokémon Legends: Arceus has been a huge success, generating more than 6.5 million sales in its first week alone. The game brings some new elements to the series that future Pokémon games definitely need – at least that’s what MeinMMO author Lena believes.

What stands out to you about the new Pokémon game Legends: Arceus? The widely criticized poor graphics? The empty landscapes or Pokédex entries that require you to use Splash with Magikarp about 100 times? The legendary screenshot where the protagonist stands on a cliff looking at a bunch of texture mush with water?

It’s a shame because Pokémon Legends: Arceus has much more to offer than that. If one is willing to give this completely fresh and novel game in the main series a chance, they will get to know some features that they won’t want to miss in future Pokémon games and that can greatly enhance the gameplay.

Who is speaking here? I am Lena, a freelance writer at MeinMMO. I started playing Pokémon with the Yellow Edition in 1998 at the tender age of 5. Since then, the franchise has accompanied me without pause. Consequently, I have played nearly every Pokémon game so far. I’ve also put in about 150 hours into Legends: Arceus and there is no end in sight.

Today, I would like to mention 7 features from Legends: Arceus that must continue to appear in the main series of Pokémon games and simply cannot be overlooked.

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1. The large explorable areas in open-world style

While in the other Pokémon games you run from route to route, which are not particularly large, in Legends: Arceus, you have the opportunity to travel in 5 large areas and explore them one after the other.

While the story indicates in which order this happens, you can do and leave what you want within the area.

In the areas, various weather conditions await you. While the Obsidian Fieldlands feature wide, lush green meadows partly covered with colorful flowers and trees that sway gently in the wind, the White Frostlands are marked by bitter cold, strong snowstorms, and gray trees stripped of their leaves.

In the future, I hope for more of these free, huge, explorable areas, all of which are designed differently.

It seems they might even implement this in the upcoming 9th generation of Pokémon. Game Freak advertises a seamless transition between the areas and an open world. Legends: Arceus hasn’t quite achieved this yet, as there are still short loading sequences between areas.

More on the topic

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2. Freeing Pokémon from their Balls at any time

A brand new feature that I would have even liked to promote to 1st place: You can release your Pokémon from their balls anytime and anywhere. Either to shake trees, collect berries, gather ores, or simply to admire them.

I believe I’ve already spent way too much time releasing my favorite Pokémon from the ball and just watching them sleep, sit, or make various noises.

If you catch a rare Pokémon or even a Shiny, don’t you want to see it in large on the Overworld too? Shinies or Shiny Pokémon have a different color than usual. They are not commonly found.

If they implement this feature in future generations, I would wish that they could not only be released for farming or admiration but that they could even follow you once you let them go.

Past editions like Sword/Shield, Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee, or HeartGold/SoulSilver already allowed Pokémon to follow you. Combining both features would be the optimum.

3. The freely roaming, diverse Pokémon

Also completely new: The pocket monsters now have different visible sizes. While some are tiny and light, others are real heavyweights and classified as heavy Pokémon. Sometimes it is even your task to catch different weight classes for your Pokédex.

You can see the differences even before catching them in the Overworld, as they roam freely everywhere and are always visible to the player. No Pokémon hides in tall grass and suddenly attacks the trainer.

The Pokémon even have different behaviors, because some are shy and flee from you, while others are aggressive and want to take you out. Elite Pokémon are particularly special: They are always ready for a fight as soon as they see you and are particularly large and strong.

You can catch them and it’s really amusing to see that the baby Pokémon Pii in elite form is just as big as its final form Pixi.

It would be great if they continued to take over the different sizes, behaviors, and freely roaming Pokémon. There’s nothing worse than a huge cave with 20 Zubat suddenly and continuously attacking you on the way through. Or when you’re searching for a specific Pokémon and encounter 30 Magikarp first before a Barboach finally looks you in the eyes.

4. No flood of unnecessary Trainer battles

Pokémon Legends: Arceus has done away with many Trainer battles. The focus is mainly on battling wild Pokémon and catching them. In previous editions, you had to mindlessly battle 20 Trainers in a row and became massively over-leveled, but in Legends: Arceus, you’re spared from that.

The Trainer battles can be counted on one hand and are mostly not very difficult. The focus has really been put completely on Pokémon, which I think is good, but maybe not entirely optimal.

One could find a pleasant balance between the two and place some challenging Trainers in the Overworld that can be fought if desired. Sometimes, I’ve missed some Trainer battles after flying across the map for 5 hours and catching Pokémon.

5. The new transitions and mechanics

In previous Pokémon games, triggering a battle required a new screen to load: the screen would go dark and the battle would load. Now, the transition into a battle is seamless.

As soon as a Pokéball from your own pocket monster is thrown at a wild one, the battle begins without any fuss or loading screens. It’s a small feature that I have come to really love over time.

The same goes for catching Pokémon: it resembles its counterparts Pokémon GO and Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee, where you don’t necessarily have to battle to catch a pocket monster. You can alternatively simply throw a ball at the creature.

Additionally, bait, berries, or items like sticky balls help make it easier to catch Pokémon. However, in Legends: Arceus, you still have the option to catch Pokémon the classic way, that is, through a battle. A very good mix that I wouldn’t want to miss.

6. The Crafting System

Another absolutely new feature for the Pokémon series: Crafting. You can stand in front of a workbench and use materials from the wilderness to create your Pokéballs and other items like potions and revives. Later, you also receive an item that acts like a workbench and you carry it with you. With it, you can craft different Pokéballs and more using the items in your bag.

Your Pokémon assist you in gathering materials from the Overworld. Also, wild Pokémon can drop items that will help you as well. If you don’t feel like farming or crafting, you can simply buy items for crafting and even the finished balls and tools.

It’s an optional, cool feature that kept me entertained during the first 50 hours of gameplay when I didn’t feel like doing a side quest or catching Pokémon.

7. The Quest System

The last point is the quest system in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. I have always wished for this in Pokémon games and it has finally been implemented properly.

The quests vary from “Find my lost Pokémon” to “Give me 5 berries and I will be happy.” Other residents want a specific Pokémon to be given to them or to see it. The twist? The Pokémon actually stays visible in the village with that resident when you have to give it to them.

Some Pokémon even evolve, and the bond with the NPC grows. In Legends: Arceus, the people of the world are afraid of Pokémon. It is not yet common to live and fight alongside them.

Therefore, it’s additionally nice to see in such quests how the people start to get used to the pocket monsters and even form strong bonds with them. Through the various tasks, you can even see the progress in the town.

For example, new houses are gradually built when you bring certain Pokémon to the construction manager.

This also provides players with additional variety to the usual gameplay, which I would like to see in future Pokémon games as well.

I certainly hope that this game is not a one-off and that Game Freak will continue to go in a similar direction.

Since Legends: Arceus is the prehistory of the Sinnoh region from Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, one could bring more games in this direction. The Kalos region from Pokémon X/Y or Unova from Pokémon Black/White would be incredibly suitable due to their extensive story.

We will have to wait and see whether this game ends like Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee or Quest and was only implemented once as a test, or if more will follow in the future.

What do you think about Pokémon Legends: Arceus? Did you give the game a chance despite its graphics and can you name additional features that excite you? Do you perhaps miss anything?

Some actually miss a very important feature regarding the herds: Pokémon Legends: Arceus is incredibly successful, but according to players, it lacks an important feature

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Lost Ark: You will defeat the boss Achates with these tips

Anny 3. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

The boss Achates is a major challenge for players in Lost Ark. You will encounter him in the Guardian Raids. We at MeinMMO will show you how to defeat the winged white lion.

What kind of boss is this? He is one of the strongest bosses you will encounter in Lost Ark. You will face Achates in the Guardian Raid at item level 920 or higher. He is the final boss of Raid Level 3, so you must have already defeated the bosses of Levels 1 and 2.

You should enter the raid with a group of four players and bring explosive grenades. These grenades are important for the boss’s mechanics.

The main mechanic:

Achates becomes invulnerable and teleports a short distance when he initiates his main mechanic.
He creates a shield around himself that glows in a certain color: blue, green, or orange. The color changes constantly.
At the same time, statues appear around him in the three colors. You must destroy these statues so that shards remain. You then need to throw the shards of the corresponding shield color at Achates. Pick them up with G and press Q to throw.
When his shield is broken, he briefly falls to the ground, and circles appear around his wings. All four group members must quickly throw an explosive grenade at him. Attacks that stagger the boss are also useful at this point.
If you do not manage to destroy the shield in time, Achates enters his berserk mode. He glows white and deals very strong area damage, so you should quickly move out of the radius.

Other attacks from Achates:

You also need to avoid the other attacks of the boss. Achates uses several more abilities until he can use his main mechanic again.

Beacons appear over two group members, one in red and one in blue. To avoid being attacked, you must quickly get rid of the beacons. The two players stand next to each other for about 3 seconds to neutralize the colors above their heads.
A white circle appears under you, and you need to move out of it to avoid fire damage. This circle can also injure group members beneath it, so move away from them.
Avoid the boss’s white breath. If you fail to do so, you will be injured and will additionally receive the white circle under you.
When Achates roars, avoid the radius. Otherwise, you will receive a debuff that reduces the damage you deal for one minute.
A radius may appear around the boss that looks like a sliced pizza. You are safe from his attack inside the pizza slice or outside the radius.

Ultimately, you wait for Achates to repeat his main mechanic to break his shield and deal damage to him.

If you successfully defeat Achates, you will receive Tier 2 accessories, skill stones, and upgrade materials. You may also obtain the collectible card of Achates, runes, and engraving books.

Achates is one of the strongest bosses you will encounter in Lost Ark. So do not be frustrated if it doesn’t work right away. Take your time to familiarize yourself with his mechanics.

Have you already defeated him and maybe have more valuable tips? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!

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Players argue about the “right” way to play in Elden Ring: “Magic is Easy Mode”

Irina Moritz 3. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

Elden Ring provides its players with a wide array of tools that can be used in battle to survive. However, some of these tools are considered by parts of the community to be “Easy Mode” and are looked down upon.

In the action RPG Elden Ring, players can experiment with various builds and shape their gameplay to suit their preferences. In addition to melee builds, which use swords, spears, sabers, clubs, and similar weapons, there is also a large variety of magic available.

And this magic is currently a point of contention within the community.

What’s being discussed: Elden Ring has been on the market for a little over a week, and there are now countless clips and videos showing players getting properly beaten up or referring to every animal in the game as a dog.

However, there have also been clips showing magic users easily handling supposedly tough bosses. They simply keep their distance and bombard their rather slow opponents with spells, as seen with one of the first bosses encountered in an optional dungeon:

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In comments and reactions to such videos, it is often said that magic in Elden Ring is too overpowered. It makes the boss fights, which are supposed to be challenging and difficult, far too easy. People believe the game should be played “properly” by engaging in melee combat, learning the attack patterns of the bosses, and earning the victory.

“The guy is talking nonsense and defeats the boss by spamming magic.”
“He uses magic and projectiles and acts like he achieved something. Try melee and let’s see who complains.”
“Talking nonsense while staying at a distance with magic lmao ok”

Melee builds are considered by part of the player base to be the “real” Elden Ring experience because fights with them are often more demanding.

Strategies that make boss fights easier are therefore seen as “not right” or “Easy Mode”. Even though the tools for these strategies were implemented by the developers in the game.

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The video caused a stir in the Elden Ring subreddit. The player defeats a tough boss with just one single spell. The player, however, is already at a very high level.

The counterargument: The complaints about magic users in Elden Ring have sparked heated discussions on social media. Accordingly, there were strong reactions to the statements that magic is “cheating”.

Another part of the community countered that everyone should be able to play Elden Ring however they want. The developers did not implement magic for no reason and made it much more diverse than in previous SoulsBorne games. Therefore, it is indeed fair and okay to use it.

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It was also pointed out that in the past there have been bosses and enemies that had strong resistances to magic or individual elements. Therefore, the magic users do not always have it completely easy, according to this part of the community.

Additionally, magic users have to split their potions between healing and SP regeneration, incurring further disadvantages.

Other players posted videos of their own mage builds, with which they had significant difficulties against very aggressive bosses. These bosses attack relentlessly and leave no time to effectively cast spells.

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Therefore, magic is only overpowered in certain situations. Depending on the opponent, magic users sometimes have it even harder than players who rely on strength builds and stroll through the game with great swords and heavy armor.

What do you think about the controversial topic? But what do the MeinMMO readers say? Do you think magic is too strong in Elden Ring? You can cast your vote in the poll tool below.

Everyone has only one vote and the choice cannot be undone.

Let us know what your opinion on magic in Elden Ring is. Is it unfair to rely on magic because it makes the game too easy, or is it perfectly fine? Do you play a mage build yourself and have you had experiences with it? Or do you prefer to engage in melee combat?

Share your thoughts in the comments.

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New World brings 5 small changes in March that players have been eagerly waiting for for months

Alexander Leitsch 3. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

New World has introduced the new Patch 1.5, which is set to be released in March. The major innovations of the update are the new dungeon and the new weapon Blunderbuss. However, some minor changes from the patch notes are currently receiving much greater attention in the forum and on reddit.

What kind of patch is this? The new update is titled “Heart of Madness” and brings three major innovations:

The new dungeon “Heart of the Stormwinds”
The new weapon Blunderbuss
New enemies are expected to appear in the old areas

The patch will be brought to the test server today, March 3rd, at 7:00 PM. The release is expected to take place at the end of March.

In the meantime, the developers have published the patch notes for the update. Players have noticed some minor changes that many have eagerly awaited.

Fixed resets for daily tasks and improved inventory usage

What are the changes?

Players now receive 50% of the purchase price back if they want to resell a house.
Equipment in the inventory that you do not have equipped will no longer suffer damage upon death.
Ammunition from bows and guns will no longer affect inventory weight.
Daily cooldowns will now reset every day at 5:00 AM and no longer 23 hours after completion. Weekly cooldowns will always reset on Tuesdays at 5:00 AM.
The inventory can now be used while you are moving.

These five seemingly minor changes are celebrated by the players. A thread about it is currently ranked number 1 on reddit. Because players have been wishing for these changes since the beta – possibly even since the alpha.

Especially the inventory was a point of criticism that was mentioned dozens of times on reddit at the time of release. For players from other MMORPGs, it was simply unusual to have to stop to check the inventory. An adjustment was promised back in December 2021.

On reddit, players are already joking: “If the developers keep going like this, they will soon have eliminated all problems and points of criticism from the alpha and beta and will be ready for the release of New World.”

What else is in the patch notes? The list of changes is extremely long. More than 100 adjustments will be made in March (via New World Forum).

Among the highlights is also a new boss – Rafflebones the Loot Collector. He will randomly appear on old maps and players will have 45 seconds to defeat him. There are named items and gypsum for players at level 60.

In addition, the main quests will be revised so that players only need to visit the dungeons optionally and there will be no specific prerequisites for individual steps anymore. The starting areas will also get an update.

What do you think of the update? Are you excited about both the big and small changes? At the end of March, there should finally be a detailed roadmap for the future:

New World promises new story content, new weapon, and a big roadmap for March

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Pokémon GO: The new field research in March 2022 – All rewards

Patrick Freese 3. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

In Pokémon GO there are new field researches and rewards for you in March 2022. We will show you all the quests in March with their rewards and also the research breakthrough.

What kind of tasks are there? By spinning photo discs at PokéStops, you will receive field research tasks. These are quests whose rewards change from month to month. You will find the quests under the category “Field,” which you will see after selecting the binoculars.

Here we will show you which new quests and rewards await you this month.

Field Research in March 2022 – All Rewards

We have divided all the new field researches into categories such as catching, battling, or throwing. The information about the quests and rewards has been compiled by the community. We are based on the information from Leekduck.com.

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

All Field Research for Catching

Research	Reward
Catch 5 Pokémon	Encounter with Digda* or Bidiza*
Catch 7 Pokémon	Encounter with Karpador*
Catch a Dragon Pokémon	Encounter with Dratini* or Kindwurm*
Catch 5 different types of Pokémon	Encounter with Flemmli* or Dartiri*
Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost	Encounter with Vulpix, Quapsel, Hippopotas* or Shnebedeck*
Use 5 berries when catching Pokémon	Encounter with Felino* or Wailmer*

All Field Research for Throwing

Research	Reward
Land 5 good throws	Encounter with Dummisel*
Land 3 excellent throws	Encounter with Snubbull, Liliep or Anorith*
Land 3 excellent throws in a row	Encounter with Onix*
Land 5 excellent curveball- throws in a row	Encounter with Pandir* (Form 5)
Land 2 fabulous throws	Encounter with Larvitar*
Land 3 excellent throws in a row	Encounter with Kaumalat*

All Field Research for Battling

Research	Reward
Battle in the GO- Battle League	Encounter with Hydropi*
Win a raid	Encounter with Geronimatz*
Win a raid of level 3 or higher	Encounter with Amonitas* or Kabuto*
Win 5 raids	Encounter with Aerodactyl*
Defeat 2 Team GO Rocket Grunts	Encounter with Machollo* or Makuhita*

All Field Research on Friends & Your Buddy

Research	Reward
Earn 5 hearts with your buddy	Encounter with Menki*
Earn a candy by walking with your buddy	Encounter with Nasgnet*
Earn two candies by walking with your buddy	Encounter with Scoppel*
Earn three candies by walking with your buddy	Encounter with Flunschlik
Send 5 gifts with stickers to your friends	Encounter with Waumboll or Lilminip

All Field Research on Evolving & Power-Ups

Research	Reward
Evolve a Pokémon	Encounter with Evoli*
Use 3 power-ups on Pokémon	Encounter with Bisasam, Glumanda or Schiggy*
Use 5 power-ups on Pokémon	Encounter with Endivie, Feurigel or Karnimani*
Use 7 power-ups on Pokémon	Encounter with Geckarbor, Flemmli or Hydropi*

All Field Research on Snapshots, Eggs & PokéStops

Research	Reward
Hatch an egg	Encounter with Mantax*
Hatch 2 eggs	Encounter with Alolan Exeggutor* or Tanhel*
Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms	Encounter with Mogelbaum*
Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms	Encounter with Trasla*
Take a snapshot of a wild Pokémon outdoors	Encounter with Enton, Abra, Traumato, Hoppspross, Yanma* or Kramurx*
Trade a Pokémon	Encounter with Ledyba* or Webarak*

Which Researches are Worth it?

For new collectors, the research with Pandir is exciting, as you can only obtain this Pokémon through field researches. If you do not have this form yet, you can secure it this month.

For raids and battles, the researches with Kaumalat, Dratini, or Kindwurm are interesting. Behind the evolutions await you strong fighters that you should have in your collection. They play important roles in the best attackers in Pokémon GO.

Field Research Breakthrough in March 2022

How do you get a breakthrough? By completing a field research task, you can receive a maximum of one stamp daily. After you have collected seven stamps, you will receive a research breakthrough.

In March 2022, Alolan Vulpix is part of the research breakthrough.

With a bit of luck, you can catch Alolan Vulpix in its shiny form as well. It will remain as a reward in research breakthroughs until April 1st at 10:00 PM.

A summary of all bonuses and changes for the Alola season is shown here.

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CoD Warzone: New Update 1.54 changes your health points for the first time and nerfs top assault rifle

Maik Schneider 3. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

Call of Duty: Warzone has adjusted the health points in Vanguard Royale and nerfed the powerful assault rifle XM4 with its latest update 1.54. We show you the complete patch notes on MeinMMO.

This is the situation:

The free battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone regularly releases updates with small and larger changes
With the latest patch 1.54, health points were increased for the first time in a mode, along with an important nerf and bug fixes
Also, the popular Iron Trials will go online again this evening, March 3rd – this time on Rebirth Island

CoD Warzone: Update 1.54 – Patch Notes

When does the update come? The update is already online. However, the health point change of Vanguard Royale will only go online in the evening with the playlist update.

How big is the update? You need about 1 GB of space for the patch.

What changes with update 1.54? Highlights include adjustments to health points and a minor nerf of the XM4. Additionally, the reconnaissance drone returns to Vanguard Royale:

Base health in Vanguard Royale increases from 100 to 150 (with armor to 300)
Reconnaissance drone back in Vanguard Royale – Cost: 9,000
XM4 nerf: neck multiplier decreases from 1.5 to 1.33

The XM4 remains top-tier even after the change. The good damage together with strong handling still makes it the best assault rifle – for the regular battle royale.

What bug fixes were there? Update 1.54 also came with some bug fixes. We list the most important ones here:

Resolved further collision issues on Caldera
Fixed issues with elements where players could get stuck – for example, stairs
Removed performance weaknesses and stutters in the “Chemical Factory”
189mm barrel of the MP40 (VG) now deals the correct damage
705mm barrel of the Bren (VG) now calculates the range correctly
Nebula rounds no longer penetrate deployment shields

Additionally, there were further visual adjustments in the menus or in the visualization of the effect of the nebula rounds. If you want to browse through the English patch notes yourself, you can find them at developer Raven Software (via ravensoftware.com).

CoD Warzone: Playlist from March 3rd – March 10th

A new playlist goes live at 7 PM on March 3rd, bringing the announced mode “Iron Trials” as a duo on Rebirth Island.

The mode starts with different health values and weakens sniper weapons, for example, so they only rarely land lethal headshots. This is what the rules looked like last time.

CoD Warzone: Playlist from March 3rd.
- Vanguard Royale: Solo, Duo, Trio, 4-player
- Battle Royale: 4-player
- Plunder: 4-player
- Rebirth Island: Iron Trials Duo
- Rebirth Island: Revival Duo, Trio, 4-player

The update brought some interesting changes. The popular mode Iron Trials on Rebirth Island is also likely to lead to some new motivation.

Fans of the small combat island should remain curious. Adjustments to the map are expected for the mid-season update of Season 2. Details are not yet known, but the changes are likely to be quite extensive.

Currently, we can only hope that the crazy attachment glitch does not ruin the latest changes.

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Only one day after release, WoW nerfs the new raid

Cortyn 3. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

The latest raid of World of Warcraft is reportedly too difficult. Many players are dying – and that more often than intended. Blizzard is making adjustments.

The Mausoleum of the First Ones is the latest raid in World of Warcraft. 8 of the 11 bosses are already accessible on normal and heroic difficulty – and are causing many groups problems. Especially Anduin Wrynn is currently making quick work of many groups. Therefore, Blizzard is now responding with some direct nerfs.

What was the problem? Especially Anduin Wrynn is causing issues. He is the 8th and thus the provisional last boss of the raid – at least for this week. He is indeed intended as a “mid-boss”, but Blizzard seems to have overdone it a bit with the difficulty. Especially in heroic mode, he wipes even well-coordinated groups. This is not only due to his abilities, but also a few bugs that made abilities hit harder.

What is going to change? Blizzard is currently testing mainly four changes that should go live in the next few days. These are:

The damage-over-time effect of “Hopebreaker” has been reduced by 10% in heroic mode.
A bug has been fixed that caused Stained Barrier to absorb 100% of the healing. The spell should now absorb 75% of the healing on mythic and heroic difficulty and 50% of the healing on normal difficulty and in LFR.
Dark Reflections have 20% fewer health points on all non-mythic difficulty levels.
The damage-over-time effect of Cleansing Light has been reduced by 20% on heroic difficulty.

With these changes, many more guilds and raids should be able to bring Anduin to heel and enjoy the new cinematic.

Raid will be nerfed automatically: But even if it does not succeed in defeating Anduin despite the nerfs, one should not despair. Over the coming weeks, the raid will be nerfed on its own, when the “double legendaries” and rank 7 of the legendary items are unlocked. This should provide many groups with a significant strength boost.

What do you think of these adjustments? Is it too early to nerf the raid already? Or did you also have strong problems with Anduin and find the nerfs good?

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Destiny 2: All important information about Season 16 – Artifact, Powercap and Exos

Christos Tsogos 3. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

Destiny 2: Witch Queen comes not only with a new story but also with a new season. Season of the Risen once again brings Kabal presence, but this time on peaceful terms. What Guardians can expect in the new season can be found here on MeinMMO.

What kind of season is this? Destiny 2: Witch Queen not only celebrates its big moment, but the new Season 16 also launched. With it come new activities and weapons in the loot shooter, as well as an additional story. What content awaits you and when the season ends can be found on MeinMMO.

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All important content from Season 16

What is the story? Zavala, the leader of the Vanguard, contacted Caiatl, the Kabal princess. He informed her about the schemes of the Hive. Savathûn, the Witch Queen, leads troops to various targets to conquer them. Zavala requests support to eliminate this new threat once and for all.

When does Season 16 end? Season 16 started together with Witch Queen on February 22, 2022, and ends exactly on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

New Season Exo – Grand Overture

What kind of Exo is there? In the new Season Pass, there is a new Exo, which you can redeem immediately at the first level upon purchase. It is the exotic MG “Grand Overture”.

This heavy MG fires slowly small Arc rockets that hit your enemies hard. If you score hits with your MG, rounds are stored. You can then unleash these collected rounds with a button press and rain them down on your opponents at once.

Is there a catalyst? Yes, and you receive it after you collect your MG. You need to visit the weapon master “Banshee-44” in the Tower. Complete the associated quest, fill the catalyst through kills, and benefit from its bonus.

The catalyst ensures that your rounds blind your opponents. If you kill someone with the force of a bullet, they will explode.

New Activity – PsiOps Battlegrounds

What happens in the battlegrounds? Guardians are tasked with maintaining order in the new battlegrounds. They need to capture the lieutenants of Savathûn and bring them to the H.E.L.M in the Tower. There, they will be examined by the Kabal princess’s Psions. Players must have a power level of 1500 to start the activity.

Power Caps – All Light Levels

What are the power caps? Also in Season 16, Guardians will not be spared when it comes to looting and leveling. The power limits for Season of the Chosen are as follows:

Base: 1350 (previously 1100)
Soft Cap: 1500 (previously 1270)
Power Cap: 1550 (previously 1320)
Hard Cap: 1560 (previously 1330)

You will need to invest a significant amount of time to reach the hard cap of 1560.

New Artifact – Synaptic Spear

How do I get the artifact? You receive the Synaptic Spear after completing the first mission for Witch Queen. After completing the mission “The Arrival,” you will receive the seasonal artifact from Ikora and can start leveling it up. If you need more information about the artifact, we have detailed it for you.

Are there any additional things to consider? In Season 16, Guardians can also expect a secret exo-weapon that is tied to a mission and the known Guardian games. Many new armors and season weapons. However, when these events will take place is still unknown.

What do you think of Season 16? Do you find the new season as appealing as the new story of Witch Queen? Let us know in the comments how you feel about it!

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Player shows how powerful magic can be in Elden Ring – Kills boss with just one spell

Tarek Zehrer 2. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

Just a few days after release, some players have already completed a significant portion of Elden Ring. A new clip now shows how an advanced player demonstrates his magic abilities against an optional boss, which is quite impressive.

Currently, the Elden Ring subreddit is buzzing with gameplay videos and clips from players. Many showcase their greatest successes and failures.

The user ThatJapaneseMan has uploaded a video in which he tests the powerful spell “Azur Comet” on the boss enemy “Black Knight Kindred”.

The result is impressive:

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How did he achieve that? ThatJapaneseMan hasn’t provided a detailed description or guide to his build. However, one statement suggests that he is already far into the game and wanted to take revenge on this boss. He also utilizes buffs on spell damage and a powerful staff.

If you’re aspiring wizards yourself, check out our beginner’s guide for mages.

That’s why it’s remarkable: The boss is a tough cookie for many players. In the reactions to the video, numerous players have shared their experiences, some stating that they found the boss significantly more challenging, or are avoiding him altogether.

The creator of the clip himself indirectly describes magic as “overpowered”. Some players agree with him. For example, nicklovin508: writes, “As a melee character, this guy was on my ‘Not Yet to Fight’ list.”

notthatkindoforc1121 adds: “Damn. Every time I’m on reddit, I find ‘my build for the next playthrough.’ I don’t have the time to play this game five times, why am I still thinking about it?”

oppapoocow has a similar problem: “Bruh, I’ve already got 3 characters at level 50 because people always post their crazy builds here. At this rate, I’ll never finish the game.”

The comments also discuss the level scaling of enemies in RPGs. Apparently, Elden Ring has no scaling for enemies, as you can almost obliterate foes at the start of the game with a higher level and better gear.

This is evident in this case and also in the case of an impressive Margit kill that went viral from another player. But do players see it positively?

In Elden Ring, you can take proper revenge on enemies

In the comments, many fans celebrate that Elden Ring does not employ such a system. Many believe that such a thing ruins the power fantasy, the feeling of your character’s strength.

In RPGs, it often revolves around progression, better equipment, and higher stats. In the eyes of many players, a system where enemies level with the player character is almost toxic.

SmartestNPC puts it this way: “Enemy scaling rarely works. If enemies in an RPG scale with you, what’s the point of getting stronger?” luxsalsivi summarizes it for many:

It’s so satisfying to be repeatedly defeated by a mob because you’re underleveled and then come back and absolutely wreck them! Conversely, it’s also super satisfying to finally defeat a mob when you’re underleveled. It’s kind of a win-win lol.

Many are also considering how much more room there might be and what awaits players in New Game Plus in the next playthrough.

Many people are already making their plans for this and considering what builds they want to play next.

What do you think? Do you also play magic? Or have you chosen a different path? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments.

However, there are also players who are not faring so well in Elden Ring. One player now lives in Elden Ring as a turtle because life in the Lands Between became too tough for him.

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FIFA 22: TOTW 24 is live – With upgrades for Mbappé and Dembélé

Julian Schröder 2. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

The new TOTW 24 in FIFA 22 is now known. We show you which players made it into the new Team of the Week.

This is the TOTW: In the TOTW, every week players who have stood out with strong performances in real football are featured. They receive so-called “Inform” cards that reflect their strong performances.

Also, in the new TOTW, there is always a “Featured” card. This is a weaker player who receives a few more points than the other cards.

How do you get TOTW cards? You can pull TOTW cards from packs, but you need a lot of luck. Alternatively, you can find the Inform cards in the FUT transfer market, but they cost a lot of money.

How to get the necessary coins, our trading tips show.

But now let’s take a look at TOTW 24 together.

The TOTW 24 in FIFA 22 – All Inform Players

This is the TOTW 24: In the new Team of the Week, Mbappé receives the strongest card with a rating of 92. Strong cards follow from Dembélé (85), Casteels (87), Insigne (87), Diaby (87), and Simeone (86).

The featured player this week is Baumgartner from Hoffenheim, who receives a significant upgrade from 78 to 84.

TOTW 24 Starting XI:

GK: Casteels (87)
CB: G. Paulista (84)
CB: Süle (84)
RB: Traoré (84)
LM: Insigne (87)
RM: Diaby (87)
CDM: Soucek (84)
LM: Renan Lodi (84)
ST: Mbappé (93)
ST: Simeone (86)
RF: Dembélé (85)

TOTW 24 Bench:

GK: Benitez (85)
RB: Doherty (82)
LB: Van Aanholt (81)
CM: Baumgartner (84)
RF: Vela (85)
LW: Zaha (84)
ST: Hamdallah (81)
CB: Oroz (70)
RM: Yeremy (79)
ST: Sergio León (79)
LF: Cueva (79)
ST: Helenius (75)

Mbappé receives the strongest Inform card

This week, Mbappé receives his second Inform card in FUT 22, which should particularly please owners of his Headliners card, as the dynamic card receives an additional upgrade to a strong 95 points.

When comparing the Inform card to his last TOTW card, it can be observed that the upgrades for Mbappé are rather minor. The biggest improvements are in:

Passing: 82 -> 84
Physicality: 79 -> 81

What do you think of the new TOTW? Are you satisfied with the selection? Feel free to let us know in the comments!

If you want to know which big feature might be waiting for you in FIFA 23, take a look here:

First leaks about FIFA 23 hint at a long-awaited feature – Is crossplay finally coming?

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Battlefield 2042 finally reveals how they want to fix the bad maps

Tarek Zehrer 2. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

The maps of Battlefield 2042 are among the major criticisms of the game. Now, developer DICE has extensively addressed this, naming the biggest problems and what improvements are planned for the future. This is well received by the players.

What is the problem with the maps? Even before the release of Battlefield 2042, there were concerns that the new maps for 128 players could be too big and empty to deliver the “typical Battlefield experience”.

With the release, some maps confirmed the players’ concerns, such as the urban Kaleidoscope map, which is often criticized for its structure, lack of cover, and the placement of strategic points.

In a large blog post, developer DICE has now elaborated on the situation and what changes will be made.

How Battlefield 2042 plans to improve its maps

DICE has identified five major main issues that they want to address in the future, gradually improving all the maps significantly:

Movement: One of the biggest criticisms is that the paths from base to flag or from flag to flag are way too long for infantry. Players are spread out across the larger maps. This has led to Battlefield 2042 even being called a running simulator.
Intensity: Here, especially in the Breakthrough mode, the chaos factor is often too high, and in a negative sense. Some tests on player counts have been conducted here.
Line of sight: The criticism here is that some maps have too many areas where enemies have a clear line of sight from a distance. This particularly pertains to Kaleidoscope, but other maps also have the problem.
Paths: Another revision will ensure that the important routes to objectives become clearer for players. Without these paths, fire from all directions would be favored, which is not a motivating gaming experience.
Cover: Similar to line of sight, players lack objects to hide behind on most maps.

There are already some proposed solutions for all these points. They plan to shorten the paths, possibly reduce the player count in Breakthrough to 64, place more objects for cover, and provide clearer paths.

Here’s a concrete example on the Kaleidoscope map in Breakthrough mode:

Some elements have been removed or moved to address players’ criticisms. There should also be some improvements for Conquest:

How all this will affect the game remains to be seen. Keep in mind that everything shown above is “work in progress,” so it may not necessarily be implemented in the game.

When will the improvements come? DICE acknowledges that they cannot completely overhaul all maps in one update. The innovations will be rolled out gradually.

They will prioritize which maps have the most problems. The first is Kaleidoscope, and the specific update for the map is planned to be released during the first season:

Our current main focus is on Kaleidoscope, for Conquest and Breakthrough. On this map, we can improve gameplay the most comprehensively, and here you can also expect updates first. We currently plan to deliver updates specifically for Kaleidoscope during Season 1, and your feedback will not only help us optimize these changes, but we will also learn what we should improve next.
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When does Season 1 come? After the start was postponed, the first season of Battlefield 2042 is set to launch in the summer. There is still no exact date.

However, the feedback will not only influence the current maps but also the planned maps that are yet to be introduced to the game. Thus, the first map from Season 1 will also be affected. Whether positively or negatively remains to be seen.

What do the players say about it? The initial reactions are cautious but still cautiously optimistic. After the poor mood in recent months, many are glad to receive better news again.

Especially since the scoreboard update has been postponed again. The update with some “quality of life” improvements has already been postponed multiple times.

The mentioned problems and improvement ideas are also positively rated by most. However, many are still skeptical about how much of it will actually make it into the game and when.

But what do you think of this information? Do you share the criticism of the maps? What else would you improve?

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FIFA 22 removes all Russian teams – In solidarity with Ukraine

Alexander Leitsch 2. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

EA has announced that it will remove all Russian teams and the Russian national team from its games. This affects the current FIFA 22, as well as other games. This is intended to show solidarity with Ukraine.

What exactly did EA announce? In an official statement, it says that EA, in consultation with FIFA and UEFA, has decided to remove the Russian national team and all Russian clubs from FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile, and FIFA Online.

They also reserve the right to make further changes to other areas of the games in the future.

The developers stated that they want to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine and the voices in football calling for peace and an end to the invasion.

It is currently unknown whether and how the changes will affect FIFA Ultimate Team. Typically, there are issues here because players have invested real money in certain cards.

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EA will also remove the Russian national team from their hockey games, NHL. Even the team from Belarus will be removed (via Twitter).

Current events in Ukraine concern gamers and developers alike

How are studios and gamers reacting to the invasion? EA is not the first company to respond to the current events in Ukraine.

The Belarusian game developer Wargaming experienced an internal conflict. The Creative Director spoke positively about the activities of the Russian soldiers. He was subsequently fired: Studio behind World of Tanks fires Creative Director after he supported the Ukraine war. The company also donated one million dollars to the Ukrainian Red Cross.

The Embracer Group, the company behind the developers of Neverwinter and Star Trek Online, also donated one million US dollars to organizations like the Red Cross and ACT Alliance to support Ukraine (via mmorpg.org.pl).

Our expertise at MeinMMO relates to gaming. For those who wish to learn more about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we recommend checking official pages or news magazines for information:

– Ukraine live blog (via Zeit)
– Focus: War against Ukraine (via ard)
– Solidarity with Ukraine (via auswärtiges-amt)

How are gamers and streamers reacting? The well-known YouTuber HandOfBlood, for example, promised to refrain from “typically silly intensity and provocative harshness,” but also wants to offer a way to escape reality with his content.

Other streamers organized donation campaigns or refrained from streams that involved war games. Unge and some other streamers did not go online on the day of the invasion because they first needed to process it.

Players in ESO and FFXIV, on the other hand, decided to protest for peace in Ukraine with various actions:

ESO: Hundreds of players in the MMORPG protest in a PvP area for peace in the real world

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Lost Ark announces first content update for the West – Promises completely new raid experience

Alexander Leitsch 2. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

In March, Lost Ark will receive its first update with new content in the West. This includes story content about the character Kadan and the Abyss Raid “Argos”. We at MeinMMO reveal what is included in the new patch.

What does the new update bring? The focus is on two major new features:

New story content on the islands Isteri and Illusion Bamboo Island
The new Abyss Raid Argos

Additionally, further innovations, balance changes, and bug fixes are planned, which will be explained in more detail in further blog posts and forum contributions.

When will the update be released? So far, it is only known that the patch will be released in March. There is no exact release date.

This week, the update will not be released yet. A regular weekly update is planned for Thursday, which is supposed to bring some nerfs for T1 and T2 instances.

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New story aimed at players with Gearscore 1,100

What kind of story is this? The new story revolves around the character Kadan, the first Guardian Slayer. In doing so, you are also supposed to find the last Ark to stand against evil.

The story leads to the islands Isteri and Illusion Bamboo. However, to enter these, you must complete the story quests “Let There Be Light”, “The Beginning of Our Story”, and “Illusion Bamboo Island – End of the Trials”.

Additionally, the developers recommend a Gearscore of 1,100 for the content.

Abyss Raid is supposed to be new and much harder

What kind of raid is this? Previously, there were Abyss Dungeons and Guardian Raids in Lost Ark. Now, the first Abyss Raid is coming, which according to the official blog post is supposed to be much harder than the Guardian Raids. They also describe it as a “completely new endgame activity”.

You will fight against a boss as before, having only a limited time and a limited number of respawns. Players must go through three phases and encounter different mechanics and attack patterns.

Each phase already has its own reward and can be completed once a week. The developers did not reveal which Gearscore is exactly required.

Lost Ark Argos — Argos, the boss from the new Abyss Raid.

Next Abyss Raid is likely coming in April, possibly with the next class

What’s next for Lost Ark? The next raid is scheduled for April. It is named Valtan.

Additionally, the developers already revealed that a new class should come to us every 2-3 months. In Korea, there are currently 22, while we currently only have access to 15.

Moreover, an official roadmap for new content is expected to be released in the “next months”.

What do you think of the update? Do you need new content now, or could the developers have taken more time?

More about the future content of Lost Ark can be found here: The head of Lost Ark finally reveals how quickly we will get new classes.

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3 builds in Destiny 2 that will help you with the Day-One raid

Christos Tsogos 2. March 2022 Reading time 5 minutes

Weapons – Void SMG “Trace Rifle”
- Perks – Corkscrew Rifling – Enhanced Rounds – Surplus – Rampage

Exotic Armors – Controverse Hold
Exotic Weapons – Parasite is recommended

The following mods work well with this build:

Solar Helm Mod – Ashes to Assault
Seasonal – Source of Power
Seasonal – Fluctuating Flow
Seasonal – Devouringly Strong
Elemental Well
Diverse Sources

Titan Build as an Immortal Warrior

What can this build do? This build is designed to let your Titan rampage as an immortal Guardian. You will suffer very little damage through selected mods and fragments and always have the opportunity to generate an overshield. This will benefit you and your helpers.

Moreover, an aspect will ensure that Titans take out the hordes of the Hive one by one. Enemies corrupted by Void will explode upon death and take their followers with them.

With this loadout, the Titan lives up to his protective and brutal role, in which he never backs down.

How to use it effectively? The Titan’s main goal is always to deploy a barricade where things get tricky. The barricade, thanks to the aspect “Bulwark”, gives you and your colleagues an overshield when they are near. The selected mods ensure that you quickly recharge your abilities and weaken your enemies.

This allows you to deal a lot of damage and act well as a supporter for your teammates. The exotic “Heart of Innermost Light” strengthens the abilities you do not use. So if you throw a grenade, your barricade will receive more health points.

If you’ve killed enough enemies and there’s a boss or major in front of you, you can approach him with the Worm Launcher “Parasite”. This will then deal massive damage.

You will need the following items for this loadout:

Void Super
- Super – Shield of Dusk
- Grenade – Suppression Grenade
- Aspect – Controlled Destruction
- Aspect – Bulwark
- Fragment – Echo of Exchange
- Fragment – Echo of Vengeance
- Fragment – Echo of Weakness

Weapons – Void SMG “Trace Rifle”
- Perks – Corkscrew Rifling – Enhanced Rounds – Surplus – Rampage

Exotic Armor – Heart of Innermost Light
Exotic Weapons – Parasite is recommended

The following mods work well with this build:

Solar Helm Mod – Ashes to Assault
Seasonal – Source of Power
Seasonal – Fluctuating Flow
Void Mod – Persistence Source
Void Mod – Unyielding Source Creator
Elemental Time Dilation

You can also feel free to share your feedback and thoughts about other builds in the comments. We would be interested to know which builds you start the raid with or if one of our options has inspired you. Let us know!

In Destiny 2 takes place on the weekend of March 5th, the new raid “Oath of the Student”. To be well prepared and optimally equipped, we show you a build for each class that will make it easier for you to survive in the new raid.

What are these builds? The builds we will list for you focus mainly on survival. Since in the Day One raid the enemies deal more damage, survival is the top priority.

That’s why we show you a build for each class, so you have a good chance of getting through the raid and helping your teammates. We filtered the loadouts from YouTube and present them to you here in detail.

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3 Builds with Void Focus

Since Void 3.0 came with Witch Queen and Void is now a strong option, we have focused on this super. We will explain why the builds are excellent and what makes them worthwhile.

Hunter Build with Permanent Invisibility

What can this build do? This loadout is designed to make you invisible after each kill on a weakened, suppressed, or unstable target.

Fragments were chosen that extend your invisibility and heal you and your allies after each melee kill. Paired with the glaive and the seasonal mod “Suppressing Glaive” you can slice through your enemies without being seen.

However, not only is the support outstanding with this loadout, but the damage to bosses can also be impressive. Since the Mobius Quiver does even more damage than a Thundercrash Hunters can be used flexibly.

How to use it effectively? The Hunter can benefit from his aspect “Stylish Execution” for permanent invisibility. For this, the enemies must be weakened, suppressed, or unstable. With the glaive, which counts as a melee weapon, they can be killed and lead you into the realm of the Nightstalker. The Hunter can then fight on the front lines and remain undetected. So dare to plunge into the fray.

If your Hunter kills someone with the glaive, you also trigger health regeneration for you and your teammates. Thus, the Hunter can also shine in support.

You will need the following items for this loadout:

Void Super
- Super – Mobius Quiver
- Grenade – Vortex Grenade
- Aspect – Vanishing Step
- Aspect – Stylish Execution
- Fragment – Echo of Persistence
- Fragment – Echo of Weakness
- Fragment – Echo of Remnants
- Fragment – Echo of Regeneration

Weapons – The Enigma
- Perks – Ballistic Tuning – Extended Magazine – Danger Recognized, Danger Hidden, Unyielding
Exotic Armors – Optionally FR0ST-EE5 for skill regeneration or Orpheus Rig for an additional charge of arrows
Exotic Weapons – Tractor Cannon is recommended

The following mods work well with this build:

Seasonal – Suppressing Glaive
Seasonal – Energy Vampire
Seasonal – Source of Power
Void Mod – Persistence Source
Elemental Well

Warlock Build with Fast Grenades and Ultis

What can this build do? The Warlock’s loadout is designed for ad clearing and throwing grenades. With the right mods and the exotic armor “Controverse Hold”, you will have the opportunity to get your grenades back in seconds.

For each grenade kill, a part of your super energy will be refunded. This cycle repeats until no enemies are left. Additionally, you will deal outstanding damage with the weapon “Trace Rifle” when you collect the generated Void wells you produced. Thus, you’ll sweep through many groups of enemies.

The new grenade launcher “Parasite” is suitable for this. As you can push the worm launcher to maximum damage level through your many kills. Therefore, you have a lot of firepower in your inventory. Don’t forget to use your super, as it deals more damage when you are critically wounded or Devour is active. As a Warlock, you thus cover a whole spectrum of DPS and ad clearing.

How to use it effectively? This loadout is tuned for maximum destruction. With it, you will be able to eliminate many enemies and quickly get your grenade back. With the exotic “Controverse Hold”, you gain better damage resistance when charging grenades. If your charged grenade hits enemies, you get grenade energy back.

Additionally, the Warlock benefits from the aspect “Feeding the Void”. This grants you the perk “Devour” which heals you for each kill. If you are critically wounded or have the effect “Devour” active, the mod “Devouringly Strong” will enhance the Nova Bomb.

If you’ve killed enough enemies and a boss or major is in front of you, you can slam it with your Parasite grenade. This will then deal massive damage.

You will need the following items for this loadout:

Void Super
- Super – Nova Bomb: Vortex
- Grenade – Vortex Grenade
- Aspect – Feeding the Void
- Aspect – Chaos Accelerant
- Fragment – Echo of Suppression
- Fragment – Echo of Weakness
- Fragment – Echo of Remnants

Weapons – Void SMG “Trace Rifle”
- Perks – Corkscrew Rifling – Enhanced Rounds – Surplus – Rampage

Exotic Armors – Controverse Hold
Exotic Weapons – Parasite is recommended

The following mods work well with this build:

Solar Helm Mod – Ashes to Assault
Seasonal – Source of Power
Seasonal – Fluctuating Flow
Seasonal – Devouringly Strong
Elemental Well
Diverse Sources

Titan Build as an Immortal Warrior

What can this build do? This build is designed to let your Titan rampage as an immortal Guardian. You will suffer very little damage through selected mods and fragments and always have the opportunity to generate an overshield. This will benefit you and your helpers.

Moreover, an aspect will ensure that Titans take out the hordes of the Hive one by one. Enemies corrupted by Void will explode upon death and take their followers with them.

With this loadout, the Titan lives up to his protective and brutal role, in which he never backs down.

How to use it effectively? The Titan’s main goal is always to deploy a barricade where things get tricky. The barricade, thanks to the aspect “Bulwark”, gives you and your colleagues an overshield when they are near. The selected mods ensure that you quickly recharge your abilities and weaken your enemies.

This allows you to deal a lot of damage and act well as a supporter for your teammates. The exotic “Heart of Innermost Light” strengthens the abilities you do not use. So if you throw a grenade, your barricade will receive more health points.

If you’ve killed enough enemies and there’s a boss or major in front of you, you can approach him with the Worm Launcher “Parasite”. This will then deal massive damage.

You will need the following items for this loadout:

Void Super
- Super – Shield of Dusk
- Grenade – Suppression Grenade
- Aspect – Controlled Destruction
- Aspect – Bulwark
- Fragment – Echo of Exchange
- Fragment – Echo of Vengeance
- Fragment – Echo of Weakness

Weapons – Void SMG “Trace Rifle”
- Perks – Corkscrew Rifling – Enhanced Rounds – Surplus – Rampage

Exotic Armor – Heart of Innermost Light
Exotic Weapons – Parasite is recommended

The following mods work well with this build:

Solar Helm Mod – Ashes to Assault
Seasonal – Source of Power
Seasonal – Fluctuating Flow
Void Mod – Persistence Source
Void Mod – Unyielding Source Creator
Elemental Time Dilation

You can also feel free to share your feedback and thoughts about other builds in the comments. We would be interested to know which builds you start the raid with or if one of our options has inspired you. Let us know!

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New World ends its current story in March – Brings new weapon and new dungeon

Alexander Leitsch 2. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

New World is getting a major update in March titled “Heart of Madness”. This has now been announced. It includes new story and endgame content. We at MeinMMO reveal what will happen in March.

What’s included in the March update for New World? The focus is mainly on three major innovations:

A new dungeon called “Heart of the Tempest” will be released, which picks up the main story surrounding Isabella.
The new weapon, the Thunder Gun, is coming to the game.
New enemies are expected to appear in the old areas.

Additionally, the March update is expected to include some balance changes and bug fixes.

When will the patch be released? There is no exact date yet. Typically, updates are released two to three weeks after the start on the PTR, which means towards the end of the month.

Just on February 28, the last major update in New World was released, fixing over 100 bugs and making the combat system smoother.

New dungeon concludes the current story

What exactly is this dungeon? The Tempest’s Heart is the “twisted capital” of Myrkgard and, accordingly, the dungeon will be located in Bruchberg. Inside, you will face Isabella, whom you must defeat in the final battle.

The dungeon is designed for 5 players at level 60. The developers recommend an item level of at least 550.

For those who have not been interested in the story of New World so far, here is a summary:

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Thunder Gun focuses on medium range and AoE damage

What is this new weapon? The Thunder Gun is a firearm that you fire with one hand, dealing damage primarily in close range and at medium distance. It scales with strength and intelligence, allowing it to be used by both melee fighters and mages.

As usual, there are two talent trees:

The “Containment” tree revolves around getting up close to enemies and blasting them with hot lead to the face.
“Chaos,” on the other hand, focuses on distance and large AoE explosions.

Along with the Thunder Gun, a new legendary weapon is also coming, which you can earn through a quest in Balance.

What else does the update bring? According to the latest blog post, there will be new enemies in the already existing areas, similar to Patch 1.1, which introduced the Varangian Knights.

Additionally, new bug fixes and balance adjustments are planned. More precise details are expected with the start of the PTR.

March will generally be an interesting month for New World. Because in the coming days, a large roadmap for the future will be presented. Many players are eagerly waiting to finally find out what content will be coming this year.

New World promises new story content and a large roadmap for March

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Thanks to Lost Ark and Elden Ring, Twitch has a new largest channel – But is that okay?

Schuhmann 2. March 2022 Reading time 4 minutes

In February 2022, Felix “xQc” Lengyel was no longer the biggest streamer on Twitch. Even Asmongold only made it to 3rd place. Thanks to the tremendous success of Lost Ark and Elden Ring, the channel “Fextralife” managed to take the number 1 spot in viewer hours on Twitch. However, doubts are now arising whether they truly belong at the top.

Who was the biggest Twitch streamer recently? With over 24 million watched hours, xQc was comfortably the biggest streamer on Twitch in January 2022.

He streamed like a berserker in January, logging 315 hours. That’s over 10 hours per day, excluding Sundays and holidays.

The Canadian averaged 77,000 viewers. xQc mainly showcased GTA-5 roleplay, League of Legends, Escape from Tarkov, or chatted with fans.

xQc had little love for the hyped Lost Ark:

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Twitch channel of a wiki network surpasses all other streamers

Who is the biggest now?

In February 2022, the channel “Fextralife” is in 1st place. They streamed for 368 hours (13.14 hours per day) and averaged 56,000 viewers. Thus, they were on air for 80 hours longer than xQc in February, but had about 17,000 fewer viewers on average.
In 3rd place in February is Asmongold, who had significantly more viewers than the competition (105,000 on average) but was also on air much less (“only” 180 hours).

While xQc continued to mainly show GTA5 and added 41 hours of Elden Ring, Fextralife and Asmongold were totally in the “Lost Ark” craze. Asmongold streamed the MMORPG for 118 hours, while Fextralife showed it for 272 hours. Both Fextralife and Asmongold had recently turned to Elden Ring.

It can thus be said that Lost Ark, and to a lesser extent Elden Ring, determined who became the biggest streamer on Twitch in February 2022.

Top channel accused of practicing “legal viewbotting”

What is the “problem” with Fextralife? Fextralife is not a single streamer like xQc or Asmongold. Fextralife is a “wiki network and blog” run by gamers. They have several personalities that stream – like Cas, Tyr, Yuria (featured image) and Fex.

This is already an advantage, as the burden of streaming 368 hours a month does not fall on one person but is spread across several people.

If the barricade in Zagoras falls in Lost Ark, one can certainly cheer:

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Essentially, Fextralife operates a collection of 150 wikis with information on all sorts of games, from Dark Souls to Camelot Unchained, to The Elder Scrolls Online, Elden Ring, or Lost Ark.

Twitch streams embedded small on wiki pages

Fextralife apparently utilizes these wikis to their advantage, as YouTube streamer Ludwig critically observes.

Ludwig had already expressed his surprise about Fextralife during the release of New World, 5 months ago. He noticed that Fextralife was streaming for 24 hours straight and had 60,000 viewers, but there was hardly any chat interaction on their channel.

For Fextralife’s pattern, the term “legal viewbotting” has now emerged. Other content creators, like Hasan Abi and Devin Nash, have also addressed this in their videos.

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Large complex games support the wiki approach

What’s behind it: It is actually unusual for a channel like Fextralife to be so high up on Twitch, as a “shared channel” actually also has disadvantages. The personal connection to a single streamer is then lacking; perhaps you prefer one host over the other. The “personal-authentic” aspect, which Twitch is all about, is lost with such a model.

However, Fextralife’s wiki approach seems to balance that out. At least when games are currently in hype that call for “wikis” because they are as deep and complex as Lost Ark and Elden Ring.

Therefore, Fextralife’s rise is apparently closely linked to the interest in complex games like Lost Ark and Elden Ring. It is understandable that individual streamers look on this model with a grumbling feeling:

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He then found out that Fextralife had embedded their Twitch stream on every subpage of their wiki for Dark Souls. He saw that as “farming” views:

If you look something up, for example, Dark Souls guide, then they have a wiki. And on every single page of the wiki, their stream is embedded, so that counts as a view. […] I don’t know if that’s okay or not. But it’s not a good thing for Twitch, because they’re getting all the new viewers from New World, as they all go to Fextralife and not to one of the smaller streamers.

This behavior was also discussed on reddit. Here, it was concluded that while it’s not illegal, as Fextralife remains within permissible dimensions. It is a “gray area” – for embedded streams on well-visited pages give streamers a significant boost compared to those who do not have these opportunities.

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Large complex games support the wiki approach

What’s behind it: It is actually unusual for a channel like Fextralife to be so high up on Twitch, as a “shared channel” actually also has disadvantages. The personal connection to a single streamer is then lacking; perhaps you prefer one host over the other. The “personal-authentic” aspect, which Twitch is all about, is lost with such a model.

However, Fextralife’s wiki approach seems to balance that out. At least when games are currently in hype that call for “wikis” because they are as deep and complex as Lost Ark and Elden Ring.

Therefore, Fextralife’s rise is apparently closely linked to the interest in complex games like Lost Ark and Elden Ring. It is understandable that individual streamers look on this model with a grumbling feeling:

WoW loses the throne – After more than 5 years, Twitch has a new biggest MMORPG

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Shooter Escape from Tarkov is too realistic – Ingame market strongly affected by Ukraine war

Schuhmann 2. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

The hardcore survival shooter Escape from Tarkov is known for its realism. The Russian shooter has a complex economic system with multiple currencies, the value of which is tied to real-world currencies. Because the Russian ruble is crashing in value due to sanctions stemming from the Ukraine war, it has direct effects on item prices in the game. However, the developers have said nothing about the war.

Why does the Ukraine war affect prices in Escape from Tarkov? As reported by “The Loadout”, prices in Escape from Tarkov are currently in disarray. Many items in Tarkov’s “Flea Market” are traded in the in-game currency rubles, which is based on the real Russian ruble.

However, since the Russian ruble has lost 36% of its value against the US dollar in the past week, behavior in Escape from Tarkov is also changing.

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Prices for Russian weapons fall – US dollar becomes more valuable

What does this mean? It has various effects because you can also trade in US dollars and euros in Escape from Tarkov.

The price of Eastern European weapons in Tarkov, which are usually traded in rubles, has dropped significantly in recent days. The typical variants of the AK-74, the Kalashnikov, now cost between 37% and 21% less, reports The Loadout.

Furthermore, the number of items sold to the trader Peacekeeper is increasing, as he pays out in hard US dollars. Those who sell to the Peacekeeper earn comparatively more profit from their loot than before.

Additionally, items are now increasingly being traded on the flea market in “hard currencies” such as euros and US dollars rather than in the unstable currency rubles.

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This is the discussion: On reddit a player says: The price of the ruble in the game is falling, it is getting more expensive to acquire US dollars from Peacekeeper. He asks if there is a way to profit from this. But adds: In the game, he is not a monster.

However, there are no valuable economic tips on reddit. People mainly discuss why the currencies in Escape from Tarkov are tied to real money at all. One user explains that this is an exciting gameplay element. Because it removes a part of the game from the direct control of the developers. This contributes to an engaging gameplay experience.

2021 frustrated Escape from Tarkov with Bitcoin

Has there ever been trouble with currency in Tarkov? In Escape from Tarkov, there is also a Bitcoin, which is tied to the cryptocurrency in the real world. These Bitcoins in Tarkov can be “farmed”.

In mid-2021, the developers apparently got fed up when the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed. They announced on Twitter that the value of Bitcoin had fallen by 10 to 15% and that they expected it to continue to fall “in the foreseeable future”.

This has apparently been the only intervention by Battlestate Game in its economic model so far.

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Russian developers say nothing about the Ukraine war – fans understand

How does Tarkov react to the Ukraine war? As a Russian company, they remain silent about the war.

On reddit there is a big discussion about this silence. One user says: People who want a statement from the company and are angry because none is coming must not be in their right mind.

Our expertise at MeinMMO relates to gaming. Those who want to learn more about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine are advised to refer to official sources or news magazines:

– Ukraine live blog (via Zeit)
– War in Ukraine: Belarusian troops reportedly enter Ukraine (via nzz)
– Solidarity with Ukraine (via foreign-office)

Important note: If you are having dark thoughts due to the current situation: You are not alone. Please seek help. For example, from the telephone counseling service at 0800/111 0 111 or the online counseling, where you can also use a chat. This is free and applies nationwide.

One must understand that it is completely normal to remain silent on the topic in Russia. Otherwise, one gets arrested. You can see everywhere how people are arrested for publicly protesting against the war in Russia.

Apparently, this attitude is shared by many players of Escape from Tarkov. There is a lot of understanding that the developers do not want to put themselves in danger. The discussion mainly focuses on how Tarkov should continue economically.

The Belarusian company Wargaming takes a clear stance on the Ukraine war:

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Guild Wars 2: How to get the Siege Turtle, the new mount from End of Dragons

Alexander Leitsch 2. March 2022 Reading time 3 minutes

With End of Dragons, a new mount was introduced in Guild Wars 2: the Siege Turtle. However, it is currently not easy to obtain. We at MeinMMO will tell you what you need to do.

How do you get the Siege Turtle? To unlock the new mount, Siege Turtle, you need to complete a collection. It’s called “Stomping” and can be found in the achievements under the tab “End of Dragon -> Cantha”.

For completing the collection, you will receive 5 achievement points, one mastery point, and the mount. The collection consists of a total of 8 tasks, which we will introduce to you in more detail throughout the guide.

However, even the first step of the collection is currently a major challenge.

Guild Wars 2 Stomping Turtle Achievement

Complete Stomping – Here’s how

What is the first task? The first task states that you need to obtain a turtle egg. You can find this at the end of the meta-event in the area “Dragon’s End”.

All you need to do is finish the meta-event. But this is a significant challenge. Currently, most groups fail at the timer of the final fight against the dragon.

The timer is very long, but due to many phase changes, a lot of DPS is needed.
The pre-events are quite lengthy and some players get lost during the waiting time.
Furthermore, many players are still overwhelmed by the mechanics.

Step 2 – Bring the turtle egg to Rota: After completing the meta-event, you need to visit Rota in the north of Arborstone. She will be marked with a symbol when you have the step active.

There you will receive the collection “Turtle Unlock: Everyone Starts Small”.

Step 3 – Everyone Starts Small: For this part, you need to buy food for your turtle. For that, you will need:

150 carrots
250 kale
250 lettuce
250 strawberries

Step 4 – Talk to Rota: For this step, you need to talk to Rota again. This unlocks the achievement “Turtle Unlock: Empowerment”.

Step 5 – Turtle Unlock: Empowerment: For this part, you need to feed your Siege Turtle fish. You can earn these through fishing:

100 fine fish fillets
50 wonderful fish fillets
10 fresh fish fillets
5 fantastic fish fillets

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Step 6 – Talk to Rota about crafting a saddle: After talking to Rota, the achievement “Turtle Unlock: Being Shelled” gets activated.

Step 7 – Turtle Unlock: Being Shelled: For this part of the achievement, you need to complete various events and purchase items from heart vendors:

Luxon tools – For this part, you need to defeat one of the jade striders in Dragon’s End
Turret plans – Get them for 16 gold from heart vendor Elora in New Kaineng
Turret parts – Get them from the meta-event in the province of Seitung, where you need to defeat Renyak
Allola oil – Get it for completing an event in the Echowald wilderness. It takes place in the farn valley at the Eternal Tree.
Deluxe leather seat – For this, you need to defeat a leviathan. These appear in both the meta-event of the province Seitung and in New Kaineng
Jet plans – Get them for 16 gold from heart vendor Tengu spy in the Echowald wilderness
Jet control unit – Get it from the assault mission “Ministry of Security”
Episode colors selection – Trade 25 unidentified colors with Fidget

Step 8: Here you need to talk to Rota one last time and then you will have your mount.

You can find more guides to Guild Wars 2 in our overview:

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New ‘Guild Wars 2’ expansion is flooded with praise

Alexander Leitsch 2. March 2022 Reading time 7 minutes

End of Dragons, the new expansion for Guild Wars 2, is here. On reddit and in the forum, the new content is receiving a lot of praise. Especially the story and the areas are highlighted. Moreover, the release went completely smoothly.

What kind of expansion is this? With End of Dragons, the main story of Guild Wars 2 continues. In keeping with this, you can explore four new areas on the continent of Cantha. The expansion also offers:

New elite specializations for all classes
A new 2-player mount
Fishing and sailing
A new guild hall
Jade Bots as new companions
New strike missions that are supposed to receive challenge modes for higher difficulty after release
New legendary weapons

Players and fans of the game are showering the new expansion with praise. There are numerous threads highlighting the positive aspects, and only a few detailed decisions are criticized.

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Praise for story, areas, and strike missions

What are players praising? Above all, the story! In almost every thread, it is mentioned as a highlight. User ryanmahaffe writes, for example, (via reddit):

The story (no spoilers) is the best GW2 has ever offered, with the highest production quality the game has ever seen. It is excellent and introduces new characters that fit perfectly into the existing cast and leave their mark on the franchise. This closes a book and we are ready for the next one to be opened.

User EducationalWin3363 says about the story:

The voice acting! Without spoiling the story: There are new voices and characters in the main plot, and their emotional delivery is excellent. By far better than other MMOs.

Some players also criticize a change for the endgame where buffs no longer affect 10, but only 5 players. This is an adjustment that, however, gets a bit lost in all the hype surrounding the new content. Also, missing hotkeys for the new siege turtle and fishing/skiffing are mentioned as issues that could easily be fixed quickly.

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The last meta event divides opinion

Where do players disagree? In the last area of the expansion, there is a large event where the whole map has to cooperate and it contains many mechanics. This event currently fails in more than 90% of cases because players are overwhelmed by the mechanics.

On one side, many players think it’s good because it is a challenge and highlights the best of Guild Wars 2. The whole map has to cooperate with over 50 players to bring down a giant world boss. Some also refer to the event as “Top Tier.”

On the other side, however, players criticize that this event must be completed to get the new mount, the siege turtle. This mount is one of the core features of the expansion but is currently only accessible to very few players. Moreover, each meta event takes about an hour of gameplay and an hour of waiting time because it only starts at the top of the hour.

However, many players and groups improve over time, and such an event is achieved time and again. It’s quite possible that in a few weeks it won’t be considered too difficult anymore.

Is it worth starting Guild Wars 2 with the new expansion?

Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons is primarily aimed at the veterans of the game and of course at fans of Guild Wars Factions, as it revisits the old areas. However, beginners can also get into the expansion quite well.

To experience the new content, you must first purchase the expansion. After that, you need to level up to 80. You can:

Explore areas and follow the story
Level through professions
Run the old dungeons
Activate the boost included with the purchase of the expansion

The boost should only be an option if you really want to jump directly into the expansion with friends. Because on one hand, you would miss the beautiful world of Guild Wars 2, and on the other hand, you would start completely unprepared and without experience in content that can be quite overwhelming in the first hours.

If Guild Wars 2 is generally worth it for you, you can find out here: Is it still worth starting Guild Wars 2 in 2022?

What do you think of the new expansion? Have you already played End of Dragons, or is Guild Wars 2 completely uninteresting to you?

We at MeinMMO were already very taken with the story:

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What else is being praised? Not only the story is receiving praise. The areas and the music are also positively highlighted in many contributions:

“The areas are amazing. I don’t think many other developer teams have to keep things like GW2’s mounts in mind during design. I always think: ‘Surely there will be an invisible wall up here’, and then: ‘No, they just let me traverse the map however I want.’ Quite brilliant.”
“I agree. The new expansion is great! I’m enjoying fishing and the skiffs more than I ever expected.”
“So far, I’m really enjoying it. I’m fully immersed in everything that’s happening. The graphics are simply stunning, and the music. The story is also so captivating. I can’t say much about the elite specializations. I’ve only played Untamed briefly, but I’m too familiar with Soulbeast to switch to anything else right now.”

One point that many were skeptical about is the new strike missions – boss instances for 10 players. Yet even here, the conclusion of many players is positive. They are said to be challenging and varied, but not too difficult. The rewards are good (via reddit).

For the future, challenge modes are planned that should increase the difficulty.

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An absolutely smooth launch without downtime

How was the launch of End of Dragons? Perfect. Players could play until 6:00 PM when the new patch was released on time. At 6:02 PM, the first players had downloaded the update and were able to play the new content.

There was no maintenance, no server down, no queues, and no lags or major bugs. Only two items were problematic and they were disabled in a hotfix a few hours later.

As a result, the players’ praise here was particularly positive, especially those who were used to long server wait times from other MMORPGs.

The scope of the expansion is okay

Many players were concerned that the expansion might be very small when it was announced. However, in the end, the content for 30 euros is absolutely sufficient.

The story comprises about 8 to 12 hours of content. In addition, there are numerous new contents such as the mount or the legendary weapons, new achievements, collections, and new stat combinations that you can earn.

In terms of scope, it clearly exceeds the recent expansions of ESO or SWTOR.

Criticism for elite specializations and new weapon collections

What is not well received by players? Criticism mainly comes for the new elite specializations. Each class received such a specialization and it brings a new weapon, new abilities, and new passive effects. However, you can only utilize one elite specialization at a time, and now there are three per class.

The latest specializations are criticized for their weak design and are often weaker than existing class builds. Here, many players wished for more creativity and greater innovation.

In a reddit thread, the user ymorai asked which elite specializations players currently like. The responses are very negative:

“So far, none has excited me, the quality/design of this set is too low.”
“None. They all look bad and feel bad to me. I’m very disappointed that very little to no changes were made from the last beta to now.”
“I have played all the specializations during the beta and yesterday in the PvP lobby for a while, but my first impression is that the elite specs do not trigger the hype I had with PoF and HoT.”

In addition to the specializations, the associated weapon sets are also criticized. They require too much grind, the strike missions, and force players to repeatedly complete story instances and listen to dialogues (via reddit).

Some players also criticize a change for the endgame where buffs no longer affect 10, but only 5 players. This is an adjustment that, however, gets a bit lost in all the hype surrounding the new content. Also, missing hotkeys for the new siege turtle and fishing/skiffing are mentioned as issues that could easily be fixed quickly.

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The last meta event divides opinion

Where do players disagree? In the last area of the expansion, there is a large event where the whole map has to cooperate and it contains many mechanics. This event currently fails in more than 90% of cases because players are overwhelmed by the mechanics.

On one side, many players think it’s good because it is a challenge and highlights the best of Guild Wars 2. The whole map has to cooperate with over 50 players to bring down a giant world boss. Some also refer to the event as “Top Tier.”

On the other side, however, players criticize that this event must be completed to get the new mount, the siege turtle. This mount is one of the core features of the expansion but is currently only accessible to very few players. Moreover, each meta event takes about an hour of gameplay and an hour of waiting time because it only starts at the top of the hour.

However, many players and groups improve over time, and such an event is achieved time and again. It’s quite possible that in a few weeks it won’t be considered too difficult anymore.

Is it worth starting Guild Wars 2 with the new expansion?

Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons is primarily aimed at the veterans of the game and of course at fans of Guild Wars Factions, as it revisits the old areas. However, beginners can also get into the expansion quite well.

To experience the new content, you must first purchase the expansion. After that, you need to level up to 80. You can:

Explore areas and follow the story
Level through professions
Run the old dungeons
Activate the boost included with the purchase of the expansion

The boost should only be an option if you really want to jump directly into the expansion with friends. Because on one hand, you would miss the beautiful world of Guild Wars 2, and on the other hand, you would start completely unprepared and without experience in content that can be quite overwhelming in the first hours.

If Guild Wars 2 is generally worth it for you, you can find out here: Is it still worth starting Guild Wars 2 in 2022?

What do you think of the new expansion? Have you already played End of Dragons, or is Guild Wars 2 completely uninteresting to you?

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A little trick in CoD Warzone lets you capture the highest point of the map like Superman

Maik Schneider 2. March 2022 Reading time 2 minutes

Players have discovered a small trick in Call of Duty: Warzone that allows you to attack the “Peak” area atop the volcano superhero-style.

Here’s what it’s about:

Call of Duty: Warzone has a new map that has been expanding with each new live season for several months
For example, Season 2 introduced “Redeploy Balloons” that can launch you quickly across the map
These balloons allow for daring moves that can give you a significant advantage

Balloon Attack in Superman Style

How does the trick work? In the south of the volcano, you will find one of the “Redeploy Balloons” that can quickly get you to the volcano.

If you land on the platform at “Peak” from above, you typically need to pull your parachute, costing you valuable moments.

If enemies are nearby and watching you, there’s a high probability you’ll get hit.

However, you can save the parachute if you land on “Peak” from the balloon in the south. A player on the discussion platform “reddit” demonstrates impressively how easily opponents can be caught off guard:

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The discoverer and thread creator, mugs_sgum, considers the small trick to be a glitch. Technically, however, it is a game mechanic.

When you jump from the balloon, you simply are not high enough to take fall damage – due to the long straight flight, it may seem like you have to take damage.

So, if you want to conquer the volcano next time or surprise your opponents with full speed right after a match starts – try to be Superman and zap away all enemies.

Often, it’s the little things that give you a big advantage over enemies. Knowing how certain things work can often make your life easier – or save it directly.

If you have the right weapon in hand, you are sure to have high confidence and many kills. You can find the best guns here: CoD Warzone: The best weapons with setups – Continually updated

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