Not so easy: Player shows how hard Dying Light 2 can really be

In Dying Light 2 nights are less difficult than in the predecessor. There are reasons for this. But what happens when you completely mess up a night outing and attract pretty much every super zombie? This happened to a player. Read here what became of him.

What is the problem with difficulty in Dying Light 2? Dying Light 2 relies on a slightly easier gaming experience at night. Unlike in the predecessor, you progress better at night despite the more dangerous zombies. This is because in the first part, only a few players dared to venture out at night and thus missed a larger part of the game.

What happened to the player here? Nevertheless, the night in Dying Light 2 is no walk in the park. Because once the zombies have spotted you, they chase you across the map until you either reach safety or they catch you.

The player and reddit user StokedMetal18 experienced exactly that. According to his own statements, he challenged “every volatile in the game” at night and provocatively asks in his thread, “Who would win? The zombies or a crazy person on drugs?”

The player actually attracted a very large horde of zombies at night and was confronted by them.

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Player brawls like crazy through hordes of zombies

So the fight continued: Indeed, one can hardly see much of the environment in the thread due to all the volatiles. Constantly, angry super zombies rush towards the player, eager for their meal.

But he takes massive drugs and swings wildly with his melee weapons. Pieces are flying in the literal sense of the word. Nevertheless, more and more zombies are rushing at the poor player from all corners. Then the video suddenly cuts off.

Various comments on reddit already anticipate the brutal death of the player in the game. After all, volatiles are considered one-shot killers according to many players, and you should avoid them.

Player still wins: Indeed, most players in Dying Light 2 are likely to reach their limits and die miserably. However, StokedMetal18 equipped himself with high-grade boosters and claims to have slaughtered through the zombies all night without dying.

The zombies, on the other hand, suffered total losses. When asked why he hadn’t recorded the entire fight, StokedMetal18 replied that his Xbox didn’t have enough storage for such long videos. However, he assures that he survived the fight.

If you want, you can definitely find a challenge in Dying Light 2 that you can survive with enough combat power. If you want similar strong items, check out our guide: Dying Light 2: Locations of all safes with codes – Here’s strong loot

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The most well-known expert on Destiny 2 has a clear opinion on Witch Queen

Destiny 2: Witch Queen was released on February 22 and not only enjoys a smooth start but also a lot of positive feedback regarding the campaign. Even the most well-known Destiny expert “Datto” has spoken out.

Who is Datto? Datto is one of the veterans of the Destiny community. He has been there since the beginning and has created countless videos comparing weapons and stats. He is regarded as an expert and professional in the loot shooter community. Datto mainly streams on Twitch and produces many analyses for YouTube on topics in Destiny. Since Witch Queen was released, Datto has been involved and even played through the story.

The best Destiny campaign ever

Datto’s opinion is clear: He describes the story as the best Destiny campaign ever. Anyone who knows Destiny knows that the story missions follow a pattern. Land on Planet Mars, Kill the enemies, Investigate an unknown signal.

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These missions usually last 10–15 minutes and repeat throughout a campaign, which can be really boring. That was the case until Witch Queen appeared.

In the new DLC, each mission resembles a mini-dungeon, where you receive a reward for each step and are encouraged to keep going. Bungie has broken its stereotypical mission pattern and created something new with Witch Queen that even impresses Datto.

What do other players say? The story is not only well-received by the expert, but also our freelance author on MeinMMO and users on YouTube find the story finally worthwhile, captivating, and smooth.

YouTube user Dylan Corbett says the following:

Legendary solo campaign completed. One of the best Destiny experiences I’ve ever had. This revelation at the end just got me hyped for so much more Destiny.

So if you haven’t started Destiny 2 yet and you want to finally feel the magic that the loot shooter radiates, you should definitely start with Witch Queen. The Guardians have a lot to process here and Bungie is weaving a story that, at the current state, might become the best storytelling experience one could ever have in a shooter.

Were there complications at launch? In the past releases, such as Beyond Light and Shadowkeep, players were faced with long queues. Despite successfully logging in, players couldn’t play for long as they often got kicked with error messages like “Calabrese” and “Baboon.”

But Bungie kept its word and the release didn’t turn into a rollercoaster for all Guardians. There were short queues and error messages were also reduced. Only PS4 players had to re-download the loot shooter due to a system error, but everything ran smoothly despite that. Many players on Twitter thanked Bungie that evening for the seamless process.

What is your opinion on the new campaign of Destiny 2? Do you find it good and share the same opinion as Datto? Or do you want the old story pattern back? Let us know!

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FIFA 22 Maintenance Work: How long are FUT and VOLTA offline

FIFA 22 is undergoing maintenance today (February 23). As a result, matches in Ultimate Team and VOLTA are currently not possible. You can find out when the servers should be back online here.

Update, 12:10 PM: The servers seem to be partially online again and players are regaining access to FUT.

How long are the servers down? Today, maintenance of the servers is scheduled for FIFA 22. This will be communicated to players when starting the game in a new pop-up window.

According to EA, the server work is supposed to take place between 08:00 AM and 12:00 PM (German time). However, matchmaking for VOLTA and Ultimate Team was deactivated 30 minutes earlier (since 07:30 AM) to prevent sudden match interruptions.

Which modes are affected? The maintenance work today in FIFA 22 affects only the two online modes VOLTA and Ultimate Team. All other modes like Career Mode, Pro Clubs, as well as online and offline friendly matches should function without any issues and not be affected by the maintenance work.

FIFA 22 Maintenance

What is being worked on? Why EA has to perform maintenance this morning has not been disclosed by the development studio. More stable servers are likely always welcome for FUT players.

However, it may also be that the maintenance work is related to Title Update 6. The patch was already released on February 15 for the PC version of FIFA 22. However, the update is still pending for the consoles PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

We hope that the maintenance work will be finished on time and that you can quickly start playing FUT matches again. Perhaps you want to earn tokens for Icon Swaps 2 directly? How to quickly get tokens and what you should pay attention to, we will tell you here:

FIFA 22: 3 Tips for Icon Swaps 2 – Here’s how to quickly gather all tokens

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Which of the 7 missing classes should Lost Ark bring to Europe next?

The new MMORPG Lost Ark has been playable in the West for several weeks now. However, Western players cannot yet enjoy all the classes that have already been released. Which of the missing classes would you like to see next?

While Lost Ark is still fresh for us, it has been running in Korea for several years. There is already more content that players can enjoy, including all the classes currently available in Lost Ark.

Players in Europe and the USA received a somewhat unique mix of 15 new and old classes at release. Launch classes like Destroyer and Summoner were left out, but the brand new Sorceress came directly to us.

These classes are still missing: Of the total 22 classes 7 are still missing in the West. Some of them are fan favorites that have not made it to us yet. They include:

  • Summoner is the subclass of Sorceress. Despite the name, it is not a typical pet class. Instead, it summons elemental spirits that carry out an attack and then disappear.
  • Arcana is also the subclass of Sorceress, but it is not a classic mage class. It uses tarot cards as a weapon and randomly draws cards from its deck that can buff the group and debuff enemies.
  • Lance Master is the subclass of Martial Artist. She switches between a spear and a halberd in combat, granting her different sets of abilities.
  • Destroyer is the subclass of Warrior. It is one of the slowest classes in the game, swinging a massive hammer and utilizing the forces of gravity for its advantage.
  • Painter belongs to the newest cross-class of Specialist. Armed with a large brush, Painter switches between white and black ink to deal damage or buff the group.
  • Scouter is a subclass of Gunner and is somewhat the “Iron Man” of Lost Ark. He relies on high-tech equipment like lasers or a drone, merging with it in his Hyper Sync mode.
  • Reaper is part of the base class of Assassins. She is one of the fastest classes in Lost Ark and, like her colleagues, relies on close combat. In battle, she collects 3 different resources through her skills that grant her different buffs.

They all sound cool and fun, but which one should come to us next? Let us know your wish in our survey.

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Here’s how you can vote: You can cast your vote as always using the tool below. Everyone has only one vote, so you need to decide which of the 7 classes you want to see the most.

Explain your decision in the comments: Which class did you vote for and why? Do you want to see one of the launch classes or one that appeared in later patches? Do you perhaps have a ranking of the order in which the classes should be released?

Tell us!

If you’re looking for guides on the currently playable classes, check this out:

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1.1 million people watch a video on the topic that has everyone in LoL puzzled

In League of Legends the US club Cloud9 has fired its coach Nick “LS” de Cesare. A puzzling decision, as it seemed from the outside that the season was going excellently for Cloud9. Cloud9 had won 3 out of 4 games and appeared to be exceptionally strong. Coach LS had even changed the meta of LoL with innovative ideas. Now the club has released a statement regarding LS’s termination, which has already garnered over 1.1 million views within a few hours.

This is the situation:

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Despite all efforts, collaboration did not work

What does Cloud9 say now? In a clip to the fans, Cloud9’s head, Jack Etienne, talks about LS’s firing. The central sentence is:

“The reason we got to this point with LS is that Cloud9 has developed a system over the years on how we want to coach and lead our team. And despite our best efforts to work with LS, we could not implement it in reality.”

Jack Etienne, owner of Cloud9

Otherwise, there is no real information. It is also said that they completely trust new coach Max Waldo. The highly praised Waldo then says that the goals will remain, and Cloud9 should perform well internationally.

Players from Cloud9 speak to the camera that everything is great.

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1.1 million views in a few hours show how big the topic is.

“I hate PR”

How is this received? The video has an extremely high number of views but leaves many viewers disappointed. There are no indications of what exactly went wrong between LS and Cloud9.

Generally, there is a lot of confusion, even among the biggest LoL experts. The German Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider says, for example: “I hate PR. You raised more questions than you answered.” Stückenschneider criticizes the lack of transparency in connection with the severity of the problem.

The expert’s statements resonate with what many say: A huge video that says nothing, but with great lighting, another user remarks.

Especially puzzling for many people is that Cloud9 has actually done everything to become the perfect organization for LS and has implemented his ideas for years, only to now fire him. Yet the results were so good.

People say: Now someone comes and really changes something, has even succeeded, and then he is fired.

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The former coach of the team, LS.

What is behind this: It is noticeable that even close friends of LS or the players who have greatly benefited from him say in the aftermath of the firing things like: “Well, it had to happen” or “This had been brewing for some time.”

Apparently, something must have occurred during the daily routine, as it shows: Something is simply not right 

LS is apparently recognized as a “thought leader” and “strategist.” However, it could be that Cloud9 expected other things from their coach that LS could not fulfill.

However, it is incredibly difficult to speculate here.

At the moment, one must accept that we will not get definitive answers on the topic. One fears that it could become the next big unresolved mystery in gaming, right after “Why did Twitch actually ban DrDisrespect?”

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Lost Ark: This is the best class for solo players

In your equipment, focus on Crit and Specialization to maximize the damage from the Berserker.

Lost Ark Stats Berserker
These are the two stats you should focus on with the Berserker.

How should I distribute my initial skill points? Important when distributing points during the leveling phase is that you should never raise the skill levels higher than level 10. This only becomes interesting when heading towards the endgame.

Skill Level 4 is needed for the first tripod, Skill Level 7 for the second, and Skill Level 10 for the third. However, the number of skill points required varies. For level 1, you need 4, for level 2, you need 20, and for level 3, you need even 48 skill points.

  • Level 12 – Invest the first 4 points in Shoulder Charge. There, you skill Great Mobility for more range. Invest another 4 points in Finishing Blow to activate Persistence.
  • Up to level 20 – Invest more points in Finishing Blow and choose the bonuses Weak Point Detection and Confirm Kill.
  • Up to level 25 – Invest the first 20 points in Strike of Storms. There, select Quick Preparation and Enhanced Strike.
  • Up to level 31 – Invest the remaining points in Strike of Storms for the bonus Driving Strike and distribute 4 points in Whirlwind for the Preservation Enhancement.
  • Up to level 35 – Get the second bonus from Whirlwind and skill Broken Blade there. Additionally, invest 4 points in Dive Combat Strike and choose Great Mobility for more range.
  • Up to level 41 – Distribute 20 points in Hell Blade for the bonuses Jump and Merge. Distribute another 20 points in Red Dust for the bonuses Quick Preparation and Nerve Strike.
  • Up to level 44 – Get the last bonus for Hell Blade. There, choose Earth Salto.
  • Up to level 48 – Get the last bonus for Red Dust. There, choose Red Wave.
  • Up to level 50 – Invest 20 points in Strike Wave for the bonuses Quick Preparation and Calberoth.

At level 50, you then get your Awakening Skill. How exactly that works, we will explain to you here: Lost Ark Awakening Quest – This is how you obtain and start it.

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The Berserker in the endgame – Is the solo class still useful?

What role does the Berserker play in the endgame? The Berserker belongs to the classes with the strongest DPS in dungeons and also provides a useful buff for the group.

With the ability Red Dust, you apply a debuff that causes the opponent to take 12% more damage from all sources. However, the buff needs to be well placed to enable a strong burst phase for the entire group.

In PvP, the Berserker is easy to play and quite strong in low-rank PvP. However, his abilities are somewhat slow and predictable. This makes him weaker in high-rank PvP. But those who play PvP just for fun should have no problems with the Berserker.

Which class did you choose at the start? And how satisfied were you with this class choice? Feel free to write it in the comments.

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Lost Ark is an MMORPG, but it can also be played excellently solo. So which class is the best for solo play? We at MeinMMO will reveal it to you.

Which class is the best for solo players? Basically, every class in Lost Ark works completely on its own during the leveling process. So you are not forced to choose a specific class.

After numerous hours of gameplay in Russia, the beta, and now the live version in Europe, we conclude that the best classes for solo players are the warrior classes, namely Berserker, Paladin, and Gunlancer.

However, the Berserker is the best solo class among them:

  • He has a large pool of health points and defense
  • He is very easy to play
  • He has good AoE damage
  • His mobility is decent
  • Thanks to the good damage and the debuff from Red Dust, he is a strong DPS class in the endgame

All three warrior classes, however, are in our PvE tier list in the highest section, the S-Tier.

The Berserker, however, has a significant damage advantage over the Paladin, which makes leveling a bit faster. Paladins primarily land in the S-Tier because their support is so important. The Gunlancer is very strong but much harder to play.

This makes the Berserker the best class for solo players and also for newcomers.

The best solo class in the leveling process

This is what the Berserker can do: The Berserker wields a greatsword, with which he smashes enemies. All his abilities deal AoE damage, although for some attacks, you need to position enemies directly in front of you.

For his special class mechanic, you build rage to activate Berserker mode. This temporarily increases values such as damage, speed, and critical hit chance. Once the ability has expired, you need to gather rage again by defeating enemies.

How do I play the Berserker most effectively at the beginning? As a Berserker, you need to learn to group your enemies together and position them in front of you. Afterwards, you can defeat them all with powerful sword strikes in one fell swoop.

Helpful here is the ability Shoulder Charge, which gives you mobility at the beginning. You defeat your enemies initially with Finishing Blow and Whirlwind. You need to hold the latter down, and you can also move while doing so. From level 14, the Strike of Storms is added.

In your equipment, focus on Crit and Specialization to maximize the damage from the Berserker.

Lost Ark Stats Berserker
These are the two stats you should focus on with the Berserker.

How should I distribute my initial skill points? Important when distributing points during the leveling phase is that you should never raise the skill levels higher than level 10. This only becomes interesting when heading towards the endgame.

Skill Level 4 is needed for the first tripod, Skill Level 7 for the second, and Skill Level 10 for the third. However, the number of skill points required varies. For level 1, you need 4, for level 2, you need 20, and for level 3, you need even 48 skill points.

  • Level 12 – Invest the first 4 points in Shoulder Charge. There, you skill Great Mobility for more range. Invest another 4 points in Finishing Blow to activate Persistence.
  • Up to level 20 – Invest more points in Finishing Blow and choose the bonuses Weak Point Detection and Confirm Kill.
  • Up to level 25 – Invest the first 20 points in Strike of Storms. There, select Quick Preparation and Enhanced Strike.
  • Up to level 31 – Invest the remaining points in Strike of Storms for the bonus Driving Strike and distribute 4 points in Whirlwind for the Preservation Enhancement.
  • Up to level 35 – Get the second bonus from Whirlwind and skill Broken Blade there. Additionally, invest 4 points in Dive Combat Strike and choose Great Mobility for more range.
  • Up to level 41 – Distribute 20 points in Hell Blade for the bonuses Jump and Merge. Distribute another 20 points in Red Dust for the bonuses Quick Preparation and Nerve Strike.
  • Up to level 44 – Get the last bonus for Hell Blade. There, choose Earth Salto.
  • Up to level 48 – Get the last bonus for Red Dust. There, choose Red Wave.
  • Up to level 50 – Invest 20 points in Strike Wave for the bonuses Quick Preparation and Calberoth.

At level 50, you then get your Awakening Skill. How exactly that works, we will explain to you here: Lost Ark Awakening Quest – This is how you obtain and start it.

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The Berserker in the endgame – Is the solo class still useful?

What role does the Berserker play in the endgame? The Berserker belongs to the classes with the strongest DPS in dungeons and also provides a useful buff for the group.

With the ability Red Dust, you apply a debuff that causes the opponent to take 12% more damage from all sources. However, the buff needs to be well placed to enable a strong burst phase for the entire group.

In PvP, the Berserker is easy to play and quite strong in low-rank PvP. However, his abilities are somewhat slow and predictable. This makes him weaker in high-rank PvP. But those who play PvP just for fun should have no problems with the Berserker.

Which class did you choose at the start? And how satisfied were you with this class choice? Feel free to write it in the comments.

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If you have ever loved Destiny 2, play Witch Queen now – It hasn’t been this good in years

How was the first evening in Destiny 2: Witch Queen? Surprisingly stable and with a touch of insight. Savathun’s Throne World and the other content completely captivated the Guardians last night. MeinMMO had tea with the Witch Queen and asked her what she thinks about the influx into her world.

However, the bad news first: Nothing that Guardians can do in Destiny 2 since yesterday is a coincidence. Savathun planned everything, and a certain person also helped her. But no spoilers.

The smoothest launch in years: When Bungie announced that they would do their best to ensure a smooth launch of Witch Queen, many Guardians just smiled tiredly. With the two previous expansions, Shadowkeep and Beyond Light, they had already had bad experiences.

Also, due to the many pre-orders, hopes were low that one could even start on release night. In the end, it turned out to be the smoothest launch Destiny 2 has ever had.

Savathun’s “Temple of Deceit” – a dark place in the Throne World

Some Guardians speculated that this could be because PS4 players couldn’t start right away. Whether that’s really the case is anyone’s guess. Nevertheless, the Destiny 2 community was thinking of the stragglers, as everyone knows the feeling when you want to play but can’t. So, it’s no wonder that some PS4 players were very upset that they had to wait again.

Later that evening, however, they too were able to explore the new content. And it looks really nice visually. Not only did the starting map in Destiny 2 get a sharp visual rework. The game itself also felt much smoother on all platforms.

  • The movements of the characters are well done, and those who master their Guardian have a real “Movement Star”.
  • The new locations are designed in the last detail. It stands out that Warlocks wear stylish knitted sweaters under their armor, and Savathun has excellent taste in artistic ceiling design. The interior design student will likely get to know the Guardians soon.
Just Savathun’s ship is a huge location in Witch Queen.

At the latest, after the first “Cool stuff!” and “Awesome!” in the Throne World, every Destiny 2 player was fully on board and explored everything from Savathun’s Throne World. The Grand Dame of Deceit has indeed created great, creepy, and varied places to explore with her mind. Whether strolling through the vast gardens or exploring the depths of the undermined Mars, it was captivating.

  • The world is open almost everywhere. You can peek into every corner, and with the hidden secrets you can only unlock later, it will remain that way for a while.
  • Due to the low power level, some fights are a challenge, such as Lost Sectors or the Guardians of the “Radiant Brood”.
  • The story is thematically captivating and reminds more of lots of little mini-dungeons than of the old Destiny 2 campaign missions from Shadowkeep or Beyond Light.
  • On top of that, there are the contents of the current and new Season 16. The elegant turtle lady has just cheekily parked in the tower hangar. Zavala can simply refuse her nothing. This leads to a unique alliance. Guardians and Cabal fight side by side in the Season of the Resurrected.

This is truly Legendary: Especially the Legendary campaign is really fun. Longtime Destiny 2 players will get their money’s worth there. In addition to the tasks that need to be solved in some campaign sections, the individual story sections offer a great challenge.

This is ensured by the fact that in the Legendary mode, during boss fights, you do not have unlimited revives available. Players already know the system from Destiny 2 raids. Each player on the team has only one revive and not much time for the resurrection. You need to be careful and “manage” your lives; otherwise, a wipe follows.

The “Radiant Brood” are the new Angry Birds in Destiny 2. Their light powers bring fresh air to the enemy types, and they like to growl. Currently, they are also not instantaneously defeat due to low power level. And if the Titan in the team forgets to kill the Ghost, they come back with full force. But even at the appropriate power level, they will be a pleasant change for the Guardians in the harder activities.

Moths are lightning-fast bombs: Other enemies, like the small light moths, are always good for explosive surprises, especially if you overlook them. To put it simply: These flying flutterers are simply fantastic. So be sure to bring some Moth Ex.

The moths are lightning-fast, fly towards the Guardians, and explode.

Cool weapons, abilities, and crafting: After the first quest steps in the campaign, the Guardians also come to weapon crafting, where they are accompanied by Ikora. During the Witch Queen campaign, first craftable weapons already drop.

  • The Glaive can be forged and leveled up as well.
  • And via the season pass, there was already the Exotic “The Great Overture” at the start.
  • Many Void 3.0 aspects are directly usable, provided you’ve fully unlocked the Stasis abilities on your character.

What is your personal opinion on Witch Queen?

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New and old story details are explained: By then, Bungie had already explained many peculiarities of the game through interactive buttons. In fact, this should provide new players with good help to get into the game. In addition, there was also an in-game cinematic that fundamentally summarized Savathun’s story.

The cinematic briefly summarizes the lore past in Destiny 2.

Engaging and with exciting twists: Savathun herself also lives up to her deceptive role. Figuring out her plan is anything but easy. The story constantly takes interesting turns, and the Guardians will also encounter an old friend again. She then grants the first honest insight into Savathun’s plans and a mysterious third party involved. And also the betrayal of a “time-lost friend” comes to light. This twist was surprising as well.

Beyond Light was significantly more boring: Essentially, Bungie has taken the best of Destiny 2 and given the Guardians exactly what they have been looking for for a long time. A cool story with interesting turns and a DLC campaign that is like many little mini-dungeons full of challenges, especially at the Legendary difficulty level.

While the campaign in Beyond Light was predictable, Witch Queen offers one surprise after another. The Witch Queen plays with the minds of the Guardians, and one inevitably begins to think about how she will trick them again.

Overall, the campaign of Witch Queen is captivating, surprising, and has the potential to strongly influence the future story of Destiny 2. At the latest, in the new raid, which starts on March 5th, players can expect the next truth.

How was your first evening in Destiny 2: Witch Queen? What did you personally enjoy the most? And have you already spotted any favorite weapons? Let us know in the comments.

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Everything about the archery event in Fortnite: How to find bows and complete quests

Fortnite: Battle Royale brings back the prehistoric bows. There’s also a new event focused solely on bows. It’s called “Bow Boom” and offers you 5 quests that you should complete using bows. What these quests are, how to complete them quickly, and where to find the bows, you will learn here on MeinMMO.

What kind of event is this? On February 22, 2022, the Bow Boom event (in English “Bow-Nanza”) started in the 3rd chapter of Fortnite. However, it is not a separate mode, but a series of quests that you can complete until March 1 at 2:59 PM.

What are these quests? As the name suggests, it’s all about bows and you get the opportunity to complete certain quests using bows for the week until March 1. You will temporarily receive the cool prehistoric bows that were last available in Season 6 of Chapter 2.

  • Hit IO personnel with the prehistoric flame bow (7) – 8K points
  • Knock away wildlife in different matches with a mechanical shockwave bow (2) – 8K points
  • Hunt wildlife with a bow (3) – 8K points
  • Deal damage to players with a prehistoric stink bow (250) – 8K points
  • Eliminate opponents with a mechanical boom bow (3) – 8K points
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How to complete the quests

All these quests are easy to complete in regular Fortnite matches alongside. The 8K points each are not too exciting, but you can easily collect them while playing regular Fortnite.

Note in the quest with the IO personnel that you do not need to kill them, but only hit them. Therefore, avoid fatal headshots to land as many hits as possible. You can find IO personnel in the IO camps, which are located in the middle of the map as well as in the south and north.

You can also complete the quests with wildlife on the side. It’s best to use the shockwave bow to knock the creatures away and then kill them for the “Hunt wildlife” quest.

The last two quests are ideally completed in the squad modes, as you will encounter many more opponents and have respawns here.

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How to find the prehistoric bows

Unlike in Season 6 of Chapter 2, you do not have to painstakingly assemble the bows from scrap. Instead, the bows are available as regular loot in chests, and the corresponding arrows can be found in ammo boxes.

The bows are indeed quite slow, but they deal good damage and when you shoot with them, you have helpful aim assistance.

By the way, the bows are only available in regular matches. The items of the “Bow Boom” week are not available in competitive game modes.

Cool, when you use bows: Fortnite has a quirky control method with which you can aim well without aim assist.

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WoW: Patch 9.2 Eternity’s End is live – What you need to know

The latest major patch of World of Warcraft is finally live. The end of eternity has begun and brings many new contents.

It was one of the more strenuous content droughts in World of Warcraft, but now it has come to an end. The latest update is finally live. The Patch 9.2 End of Eternity has been deployed on the servers and the realms are accessible again since 10:30 AM. After you have installed the patch, you can start right away.

What’s in Patch 9.2? Basically, Patch 9.2 appears rather classic. There is a new area, Zereth Mortis. However, those expecting a small area the size of Korthia are mistaken. Zereth Mortis is significantly larger and more extensive, resembling Nazjatar. There is thus much more area and therefore much more to discover and accomplish day by day.

The tasks include weekly and daily quests, a new reputation faction, plenty of rare mobs and treasures, as well as numerous rewards in the form of mounts and battle pets.

While there are no new dungeons, fans of “Mythic+” can enjoy visiting Tazavesh, divided into two smaller dungeons, each with 4 bosses.

The Tower of Torghast has been expanded with new layers and even a new game mode. In the “Jailers Gauntlet,” you must overcome a series of increasingly challenging boss fights, for which cosmetic rewards await.

WoW Zereth Mortis Promo Picture
The story of Zereth Mortis also affects the dungeons – with the new affix.

What’s coming next? In the upcoming weeks, more content will be unlocked. Besides the additional chapters of the Covenant campaign, Shadowlands Season 3 for PvP and Mythic+ will start. Additionally, the raid Mausoleum of the First with a whopping 11 bosses will open. As usual, this unlocking will happen progressively – we have all the dates for the Mausoleum of the First here for you.

Also new is the feature to soon be able to wear 2 legendary items at the same time. This will significantly boost character power and drastically simplify progress in the new raid.

What comes after? How exactly World of Warcraft will continue after Patch 9.2 is still not entirely clear. However, it is certain that 9.2 was the last major update and the saga of Shadowlands will be concluded. A smaller Patch 9.2.5 has already been confirmed, which primarily brings “Cross-Faction Play,” allowing Horde and Alliance to visit dungeons and raids together.

How it continues with 10.0 is currently unknown. But perhaps the cinematic at the end of the raid “Mausoleum of the First” will provide an answer.

Are you already in Patch 9.2? How do you like Zereth Mortis and the other new content?

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Pokémon GO: Trainers believe they have found the new mysterious Pokémon

An advertisement image for one of the upcoming events of Pokémon GO might have revealed which is the next mysterious Pokémon to be released in the mobile game. We show you the image and the community discussion here.

What is it about? The Niantic team regularly releases new Pokémon in the mobile game Pokémon GO. This type of Pokémon doesn’t have to be particularly strong but is usually extremely rare and obtainable through specific research.

With the announcement for the upcoming air event, which brings costumed Pikachu and Corasonn, the Pokémon team has shared some advertisement images. Among them is one that shows previously unreleased monsters. For trainers, a hint: they could be coming next.

Release of Shaymin in the Spring Season?

This is the image:

Pokémon GO Flying Pikachu

Here you see the costumed Pikachu and also Corasonn, both of which are part of the air event in Pokémon GO. However, you can also recognize the Pokémon Sankabuh from the 7th generation (the sandcastle with the shovel, to the left of Pikachu) and Shaymin at the top right in the clouds.

Who is Shaymin? This is a mysterious Pokémon of type Grass (and in its Sky Form also Flying), originating from the fourth generation. Shaymin exists in Land Form and Sky Form – the latter can be recognized in the artwork.

There are also more exciting images that are available as promotional material on the website flying-pikachu.com.

This is the discussion: On reddit trainer duskyxlops shared one of the artwork images that is currently being discussed. He wrote the assumption “This artwork was used in connection with the upcoming air collaboration event and features Shaymin and Gen 7. This could mean that Shaymin [the reward] for the next mysterious task series in spring is.”

With over 700 upvotes, many trainers agree with the theory. However, there are also some concerns. User Byotan wrote “In 2022, they showed Mega-Lucario and Mega-Mewtwo in the promotional images and they have not been released yet. Knowing Niantic, I would keep my expectations low.”

In response, user ZekromFPS: “We should also remember that the anniversary artworks were made for Niantic. These air collaboration artworks are not for GO; they are for the whole thing that should have started 8 months ago. I see everyone focusing on Shaymin, even though Curelei, Sankabuh, and Lusardin are visible in the same image. But Alola isn’t coming anytime soon. It’s just artwork.”

Other trainers suspect that Shaymin might become part of the seasonal research like Hoopa.

What do you think? Is Niantic going to release new Pokémon from the 7th generation in the upcoming season in March, and could Shaymin become the mysterious Pokémon of this chapter, or are you skeptical and don’t believe that this Pokémon will come?

Let us know your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss it with other trainers.

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Destiny 2: Unlocking Osteo Striga – Here’s how to get the new Exo-SMG

In Destiny 2: Witch Queen, the Exotic weapon “Osteo Striga” was included in the Deluxe Edition. However, it was not immediately unlocked at the Cryptarch upon logging in, but must be obtained through other means. We will show you how.

What kind of weapon is this? This submachine gun, which looks like a hermit spider from past times, was promised to players of the Deluxe Edition of Witch Queen. However, once Guardians logged in, there was no sign of the Exotic along with its catalyst and ornament.

Thus, we will show you what the weapon can do and, most importantly, how to obtain it and if you can get it even without the Deluxe Edition.

How to obtain the Exotic weapon – Osteo Striga

As a pre-order or latecomer of the Deluxe Edition, you will not receive this new Exotic submachine gun as loot for completing the story quest as usual, but you must forge it. To do so, you must have unlocked the enclave on Mars.

This is the new poison syringe – Osteo Striga

However, you also need the right materials and the blueprint for crafting. To unlock the blueprint, you must own and complete the story of Witch Queen. Only then can you forge your poison syringe in the enclave.

Can I obtain it without the Deluxe Edition? Not for now. The weapon was “given away” in the Deluxe Edition package. Therefore, you must either own it or purchase the “Season Pass” bundle later.

What can the weapon do? You fire homing, poisonous projectiles with your weapon. However, you must aim at your opponent for the bullets to track them.

If you have killed your opponent with a dose of poison, it will release poison to surrounding enemies. They will receive moderate poison damage over time. Similar to the Exotic Arms of the Warlock “Necrotic Grip”.

How do I obtain the catalyst? You can obtain the catalyst when you level up your forged Osteo Striga to level 10. You must continuously play with it and achieve kills to reach this level.

What can the catalyst do? If you have filled your catalyst, you will receive ammunition back for every poison kill. This can be especially advantageous for large groups of enemies.

What do you think of the Exotic weapon “Osteo Striga”? Have you got it yet? Or did you not get to play at all yesterday? Let us know what you think of Witch Queen so far!

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Lost Ark: New patch brings fix for matchmaking and breaks trick with the Crystalline Aura

Lost Ark received a hotfix on February 23 that resolved several bugs. The focus was on matchmaking and a trick with the Crystalline Aura, which no longer works.

What was this patch? The hotfix on February 23 is only a few megabytes in size but brought some important changes. The matchmaking for dungeons and PvP was worked on, which caused many problems on the European server in recent weeks.

Another important change concerns the login rewards on the EU-West region servers. These previously provided 44 free days for the Crystalline Aura. However, the update changed the rewards so that there are now additional completions for Una’s Tasks and a rare engraving instead of the Aura and the crystals.

However, those who had already reached the three logins before could keep their extended Aura.

Additionally, a display bug with the “Launch Event” rewards and a bug with the Battle Item Bundle were fixed.

When does the patch come out? The patch was applied at 6:00 AM German time. There was a server downtime of two hours, but since just before 8:00 AM, all servers are active again. So anyone who wants to play now can start right away.

Lost Ark Update on February 23 – Patch Notes

  • Applied a fix to help address matchmaking issues. We will continue to monitor matchmaking closely after tonight’s hotfix.
  • Fixed an issue with the Launch Event showing an item level 1420 Rapport Chest as the Day 15 reward.
  • Fixed an issue where the [Weekly] Battle Item Bundle stated it can be claimed 10 times. This has been changed to reflect the actual purchase limit of once a week.
  • Fixed an issue with the 10 day Attendance Event on the Europe West region. The Day 3 reward has been changed to Una’s Tasks [Daily] +1 x10, and the Day 6 reward is now Rare Combat Engraving Recipe Selection Pouch x10.
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Too strong weapon kills the meta in CoD Warzone – Now the developers react

The PPSh-41 submachine gun is completely out of control in Call of Duty: Warzone. Due to a bug, the weapon deals way too much damage. Now the developers are stepping in – for now, the weapon remains strong.

This is the situation:

  • Season 2 came out just over a week ago and brought a ton of weapon changes
  • It took a few days, then players discovered that the PPSh submachine gun is completely “overpowered”
  • Now the developers clarified: This is a bug that will be fixed soon

CoD Warzone: PPSh rampages over Caldera

Is the weapon really that strong? Absolutely, it’s exaggerated. The time-to-kill of the PPSh from Vanguard can drop to 400 milliseconds with close combat setups – without headshots.

500 milliseconds are already considered very strong in Warzone and the PPSh can offer less in many situations and is very easy to use.

If you want to take advantage of the OP power in the next few days, here are 2 setups for your enjoyment:

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How long will this last? Unfortunately, it’s not possible to say for sure at the moment. The developers are talking about a “problem” and not a “bug” with the balancing.

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The increase in damage was not intended and the problem is still being investigated. Therefore, unfortunately, it can’t be said for sure how long the broken gun will remain in the game.

However, it shouldn’t take too long, and you can expect a nerf this week or, at the latest, next week.

The broken PPSh submachine gun in Warzone is now one of the most unpopular weapon metas and the power has only been known for a few days.

Right now, while a double-XP event is currently running, such overpowered weapons are annoying, because you can really only rely on the OP gun to keep up in close combat.

If you are not impressed by this, you can find all the info on the 2XP event and tips for leveling up here.

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Funny Easter Egg in Dying Light 2 causes dancing zombies

In the new survival horror game Dying Light 2, a curious Easter egg is currently causing a stir in the community. It involves a soccer ball, fireworks, and a dancing zombie. We at MeinMMO summarize.

What is this Easter egg? The curious secret is hidden in an abandoned soccer field in Dying Light 2. There, you can find not just the usual abandoned buildings and containers, but also a soccer ball. The goal of the field is still somewhat intact.

You can probably guess what happens next. You have to kick the ball into the goal. To do this, you need to place it in front of the goal and then use your kick function to send the round object into the square.

If you succeed, it triggers a kind of electric fireworks around the goal. This is not just visually impressive, but it also drops a sword into the goal that you can take with you.

If you pick up this sword, a large zombie will appear and scare you. This is a kind of mini-boss, but only at first glance. After a few seconds, the zombie starts dancing and cheers for your goal.

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Where can you find the goal? The goal is located on a secured level in the north of the Saint Joseph Hospital. From there, you can go to the soccer field and find the ball in front of you that you need to kick into the goal.

The community celebrates the hidden gimmick

How do the fans react? The Easter egg appeared in the afternoon of February 22 on reddit and generated 216 upvotes within the first 6 hours. This is relatively high for the subreddit.

In the comments, users celebrate the soccer game and are already wondering how many hidden gimmicks are still hidden in the survival horror game. Many also make jokes about how they could make the Easter egg even more bizarre and funny.

  • User GalacticRabaut writes: ‘Instead of playing alone, you should do this at night. Then you can attract a lot of zombies and play goal hunt with them on the field.’
  • chunksofstuff is thrilled: ‘Definitely not! This is just genius!’
  • sixyoutraitor is a little confused and writes: ‘What the hell did I just see?’
  • Petepeyote simply says: ‘This is beautiful.’

Have you found funny Easter eggs in Dying Light 2 or are you more into other games? What do you think of the dancing zombie and the little fireworks above the goal? Or do you think that such things have no place in a horror game and are rather annoyed by such things? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.

Dying Light 2 pretends to be a hardcore survival reality, but is actually totally relaxed.

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WoW: Ban Wave! Blizzard takes players’ rewards away

A ban wave has rolled over the World of Warcraft. Numerous players have lost access to their accounts – and items.

Some players attempting to log in today for Patch 9.2 “Eternity’s End” might rub their eyes in disbelief – as their accounts have been temporarily suspended. A ban wave has rolled over World of Warcraft, excluding numerous players from the MMORPG. The cause is likely assistance in the Mage Tower, which violates the terms of use.

What happened? Yesterday, on 22.02.2022, an outcry went through the various WoW forums and the game’s subreddit. Numerous players reported that they or their friends had been banned. The bans range from a few days to several months. Particularly bitter is the fact that a new patch is on the agenda today, which these players will miss.

Why were the accounts suspended? The reason for the ban dates back several weeks, as it concerns the Mage Tower. Apparently, many players have sought help in completing these tasks by sharing their account details with other players, who then completed these tasks for them.

WoW Legion Mage Tower
In the Mage Tower, some players apparently sought help – and shared their account.

If Player A shares their account with Player B to complete a task, then this is account sharing. This is not only dangerous, as it involves sharing login credentials with others, but is also prohibited in the terms of use.

Account sharing can usually be easily proven, as Blizzard can see from the IP address when an account logs in from two widely separated locations in a short period of time.

Which items are involved? Blizzard has since confirmed that they will remove the items obtained through account sharing from the respective accounts. Specifically, this concerns the Mage Book, a special mount that was awarded for completing all Mage Tower challenges.

Additionally, individual sets associated with the Mage Tower successes will be removed from the affected players. They will need to achieve the successes and the associated rewards again after the ban expires – this time without outside assistance.

Community Manager Kaivax explained in the official forum:

It’s important for me to clarify that the prevailing opinion in this thread exactly reflects what we will do. We do not believe that it is enough to simply impose a temporary suspension and then let players log back in with their unjustly obtained rewards.

We will remove both the rewards [sets, mounts] and the kill evidence [achievements] from all players whose accounts have been sanctioned.

What do you think of this approach? A good step that Blizzard is taking a hard stance? Or is the punishment too harsh for “10 minutes of account sharing”?

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Pokémon GO: All Raid Hours and Legendary Bosses in February 2022 – Today Deoxys

In Pokémon GO you will encounter the strong raid bosses Regirock, Registeel, Deoxys in various forms, Mega-Houndoom and Mega-Ampharos in February 2022. We will show you the dates for boss switches and the raid hours in overview.

What kind of overview is this? In Pokémon GO you will regularly encounter new raid bosses in the 5-star raids and also during the weekly raid hours. In this overview, we show you all confirmed 5-star and Mega bosses for February 2022.

Update from February 23: Today, the raid hour with Deoxys in its defense form starts. In our counter guide to Deoxys in its defense form we show you the 20 best attackers.

Raid hours and bosses in February 2022

Mark these dates for raid hours:

DateBosses
February 2Regirock*
February 9Registeel*
February 16Deoxys
(Normal form)*
February 23Deoxys
(Defense form)*
Bosses marked with an asterisk (*) can be caught as Shiny

Boss switches and Mega raids:

Until February 1Regice* in
5-star raids
Until February 1Mega Aerodactyl* in
Mega raids
From February 1 until
February 9
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Regirock* in
5-star raids
From February 1 until
February 16
Mega Houndoom* in
Mega raids
From February 9 until
February 16
Registeel* in
5-star raids
From February 16 until
March 1
Mega Ampharos* in
Mega raids
(counter guide)
From February 16 until
February 19
Deoxys (Normal form)*
in 5-star raids
(counter guide)
From February 19 until
February 22
Deoxys (Attack form)*
in 5-star raids
From February 22 until
February 25
Deoxys (Defense form)*
in 5-star raids
From February 25 until
March 1
Deoxys (Speed form)*
in 5-star raids
On February 26
(Johto Tour)
Raikou*
Entei*
Suicune*
Lugia*
Ho-Oh*

On February 26, the Johto Tour raids will run from 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. Before and after the event, you can then encounter the Speed form of Deoxys in the 5-star raids as usual.

Best counters for raids in February

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Regirock counter: In raids against Regirock, you can use attackers of the types Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, and Grass. Crypto Metagross, Mega-Blastoise, Crypto Machamp or even Crypto Swampert are quite suitable.

In our raid guide to Regirock, we show you the best counters.

Pokémon GO Registeel Title

Registeel counter: Against Registeel, you can use attackers of the types Fighting, Ground, and Fire. Use attackers like Mega Charizard Y, Crypto Moltres, Crypto Entei, Crypto Machamp, and Reshiram.

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Deoxys counter: Against Deoxys, attackers of the types Bug, Ghost, and Dark are strong. In your team, rely on Mega Gengar, Mega Houndoom, Crypto Tyranitar, Darkrai, or Mega Absol.

In the counter guide to Deoxys, we show you strong attackers for the raid.

For the Johto Tour raids, we will create a comprehensive article here on MeinMMO.

Counters for Mega Raids in February

Mega Houndoom counter: Against Mega Houndoom, you can use Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water. Suitable are Mega Blastoise, Crypto Swampert, Terrakion, Crypto Feraligatr, and Mega Gyarados.

Mega Ampharos counter: Against Mega Ampharos, you should use Ground, Ice, Dragon, and Fairy. As attackers, Crypto Dragonite, Crypto Salamence, Crypto Mamoswine, Garchomp, and Rayquaza are well suited.

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Destiny 2: Witch Queen Release – All Patch Notes for Update 4.0.0.1 in English

Bungie has just released the new patch notes for Destiny 2: Witch Queen. We list all the innovations and highlights for you.

These are the highlights for Update 4.0.0.1: Bungie has revealed a huge list of changes. This includes adjustments for known strikes, as well as information on the PvEvP mode “Gambit” and more.

Other highlights include:

  • Adjustments to known Exotics
  • Listing of new aspects and fragments for Void 3.0
  • Adjustments for various vendors
  • Locations of the respective “missing” catalysts
  • Information on the level caps from base level to hard cap

When will Update 4.0.0.1 be released? Players on all platforms from PS4 could already download the new DLC. The downtime is still ongoing. This, if everything goes as planned, will last until 6 PM. From then on, the Guardians can log back in.

If you need more information about the server downtime, we have set up a live ticker for you that will be updated continuously:

Destiny 2: Witch Queen – Update 4.0.0.1 – All Information

Below we have gathered all the patch notes for you. Alternatively, you can also view them on the official Bungie page.

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ACTIVITIES  

STRIKES 

  • The Glassway:  
    • A rare issue has been fixed that prevented players from starting the strike directly from the Europa map. 
  • Fallen from Grace:  
    • An issue has been fixed where some players got stuck behind a door after joining an ongoing strike.  
  • The Scarlet Keep:  
    • An issue has been fixed where the dialogue at the end of the campaign version of “The Scarlet Keep” was prematurely cut off due to the timer. 
    • An issue has been fixed where players were sometimes teleported to higher floors of the tower before the elevator arrived there. 
  • Guardians of Nothing:  
    • The start node for this strike now appears in the Navigator on the map of the Dreaming City. 
    • There are new copies of “Guardians of Nothing” triumphs in the “Legends” triumph category. Players who have already earned these triumphs will see their corresponding progress in their legacy triumphs and their triumph score. However, the triumphs can be earned here again for additional triumph points. 
  • Fallen S.A.B.E.R.:  
    • A location has been fixed where players could hide from danger. 
  • Wanted enemies no longer spawn in Vanguard playlist or strikes started directly from the map. 
  • The seasonal modifiers of the Season of the Lost have been removed from the benefit and drawback slots of the Vanguard playlist. 

DAWN 

  • At all dawn difficulty levels EXCEPT the top tier, the “Acute Burning” modifier applies. This burning increases player damage of the corresponding element by 25 % and incoming damage from enemies by 50 %. The burning element is set per strike. 
  • All strike-specific modifiers like Sedia’s Captivity or Grask’s Sickness have been removed. 
  • Seasonal modifiers now apply in dawns on the difficulty levels Hero, Legend, and Grandmaster instead of in the Vanguard playlist. These modifiers rotate weekly. 
  • Three seasonal modifiers from the Season of the Resurrected have been added to the game. 
  • The mock modifier “Crimson Breach” has been replaced with “Empath” for mock activities that have rotating modifiers. 
  • Dawns now display a modifier with a list of shield types you will encounter when playing on a difficulty level with “Precision”. 

DUNGEONS 

  • An issue has been fixed where Shadow Thralls in “The Broken Throne” incorrectly granted rewards. 
  • The Wishender quest has been updated to no longer include steps in the Tangled Shore. 

RAIDS

  • Glass Chamber:  
    • Invisible geometry has been fixed that prevented players from reaching the first secret chest. 
    • Top-tier reward sources have been moved to “The Witch Queen Raid”. The “Glass Chamber” rewards are now powerful. 

GAMBIT 

General 

  • The activity node “Freelance: Gambit” has been added. 
  • The combat encounter variants in Gambit have been updated. 
  • The Dregs now retreat first.  
  • The energy shields of combatants have been increased. 
  • The health of medium-sized blockers (Phalanx) has been increased from 500 to 1000. 
  • Large blockers (Knight) can now perform Stasis attacks. 
  • The waypoint for the bank, when it is locked, is now displayed from a distance and when it is out of screen view. 
  • The Gambit rules are now displayed in Gambit and Gambit Freelance in an activity modifier. 
  • Gambit now has Gambit-specific loading screen tips. 

Ammunition

  • Combatants no longer randomly drop ammo bricks. 
    • Ammo finder mods still work. 
  • After clearing a wave of combatants, ammo crates now spawn.  
    • These crates grant both heavy and special ammo. 
  • High-value targets now drop heavy ammo when defeated. 

Death and Revival 

  • Players now drop half of their shards when defeated. 
  • Players can now be revived by others two seconds earlier; the automatic respawn has been extended by two seconds. 
  • Respawn points have been added at all fronts for players. 

Invasions 

  • One of the particle-phase invasions has been removed. 
    • Invasions are now triggered at 40 or 80 shards delivered. 
  • If you, as an invader, use the target device, the opponents’ nameplates will not be displayed. 
  • Invaders can no longer see how many shards the opponents are carrying from the nameplates. 

Time Lords 

  • The Time Lord gains a shield that makes him invulnerable. This shield is removed once the Time Lord’s emissaries are defeated. 
  • The health and healing rate of the Time Lord and the “Time Breacher” stack scaling have been adjusted. 
  • “Time Breacher” stacks no longer impact Time Lord’s emissaries, but the health of Time Lord’s emissaries has been reduced from 2000 to 1000. 
  • Time Lord’s emissaries and Obsessed now spawn at the fronts. 
  • The Time Lord Servitor variant has been removed from Gambit. 
  • The quest for the Time Lords is now granted upon defeating any Time Lord. 
  • Clearing the bank will continue to increase your team’s shard count, even if the opposing team has summoned a Time Lord. 

Bug Fixes 

  • An issue has been fixed where the visual effect for an invader in their field was not displayed for players returning from invasions. 
  • An issue has been fixed where invaders dropped shards even though the opposing team was already in the Time Lord phase. 
  • Overboard: An issue with the movement and placement behavior of AI combatants has been fixed. 
  • An issue has been fixed where miniboss combatants collided in the same shot fields. 

CRUCIBLE 

  • An issue has been fixed where the medal “My MG and I” was not granted. 
  • An issue has been fixed where the winning streak of the triumph “Unyielding Glory” was not properly reset. 
  • “Vostok” and “Eternity” have been re-added to Crucible playlists. 

IRON BANNER 

  • Xûr now sells Fatebringer and Tale of a Dead Man.  
    • He will now offer a unique roll for both weapons each week.  
  • Master Rahool now offers a material exchange and will be the source to purchase upgrade prisms and ascendant shards. 
  • Banshee-44 and Ada-1 now offer four mods at once (previously only two). 
  • Banshee-44 has been updated to utilize the new reputation system that other vendors in the Tower (Shaxx, Zavala, the Drifter, and the 14th Holy) are already using. 
    • Dismantle gear and weapons to earn gunsmith reputation. 
    • There’s now a small amount of gunsmith reputation earned for completing Banshee-44’s daily bounties. 
    • Gunsmith materials, mod components, weapon telemetry, and pure matter glass lenses have been removed. 
    • Ghost mods that create weapon telemetry have been removed: 
      • Arc Analyzer 
      • Solar Analyzer 
      • Void Analyzer 
      • Omni-Telemetry 
      • Banshee-Special 
  • The Drifter now offers weapon and armor focusing. 
    • New Gambit Engrams can now be spent for focused equipment from the Drifter or decoded by Master Rahool.  
  • Shaw Han 
    • Shaw will no longer offer repeatable bounties to new characters before they complete “A Guardian Rises”. This way, New Lights can save their precious glimmer. 
    • A new exotic quest called “The Queen Calls” is available at Shaw Han for players who purchase the Witch Queen expansion.  
      • Completing this quest rewards the exotic auto rifle “Workhorse”. 
    • The exotic quest “Salutations from the Past” has been moved to Variks in Europe. 
  • Ikora Rey 
    • From her vantage point in the Tower Bazaar, Ikora will now teach all classes about Void abilities, aspects, and fragments they have not unlocked on their characters yet. 
      • However, learning new Void abilities has its price: every new learned ability requires large amounts of programmable matter (glimmer) and a nearby meditation device to advance the process. 
    • For returning characters with Void focus, most abilities will already be unlocked upon login. 
      • The use of grenades that were not available for a class before the launch of “The Witch Queen” must still be learned from Ikora. 
    • Ikora will offer new characters quests to earn their Solar and Arc focuses once they reach the corresponding step in the “A Spark of Hope” questline.

NEW LIGHT  

  • Changes accompanying Void 3.0: 
    • All new characters start with the revamped Void 3.0 focus, regardless of their class. 
    • Solar and Arc focuses can still be unlocked for all classes in quests. These quests become available after completing the quest line “A Guardian Rises” and after speaking with Ikora Rey in the quest “A Spark of Hope”. 
    • New characters start with the Void focus abilities that are designed to be more enjoyable for new players. Additional abilities can be unlocked by speaking with Ikora in the Tower. 
      • Hunter: 
        • Super Ability: Möbius Quiver 
        • Class Ability: Sniper Dodge 
        • Movement Ability: Triple Jump 
        • Charged Melee Attack: Tangle Bomb 
        • Void Grenade: Scatter Grenade 
      • Titan: 
        • Super Ability: Sentinel Shield 
        • Class Ability: Towering Barricade 
        • Movement Ability: Catapult Jump 
        • Charged Melee Attack: Shield Throw 
        • Void Grenade: Magnetic Grenade 
      • Warlock: 
        • Super Ability: Nova Bomb: Vortex 
        • Class Ability: Healing Rift 
        • Movement Ability: Glide 
        • Charged Melee Attack: Pocket Singularity 
        • Void Grenade: Vortex Grenade 
    • New Quest: Learn from the Light 
      • During the “Fusion” mission, players will receive the new quest “Learn from the Light” to discover more about their focus abilities. 
      • This quest is only available for new characters and existing characters who haven’t completed the “Fusion” mission in the “A Guardian Rises” questline. 
      • The quest is not required to complete the “A Guardian Rises” questline.
  • “A Guardian Rises” Questline 
    • The second “Victim” questline step, where players must purchase a bounty from Shaw Han, has been removed. 
    • In the questline step “Search and Destroy,” you are no longer required to complete a bounty for progress to count.
    • The questline step “Welcome Committee,” where players first meet Ikora, now features a new introduction to her character via audio.
  • Questline “A Spark of Hope” 
    • After completing the first step of this questline, Zavala will now require players to complete the first mission of “The Witch Queen” campaign instead of the “Beyond Light” campaign. 
  • Kosmodrom Destination 
    • A dangerous but useful path has been forged to help New Lights climb from the Rift into the Lost Sector “Exodus Garden 2A”. 
    • An issue has been fixed where players could not see the passing Ketch in the Rift during the “A Guardian Rises” mission if other players in the same mission were already present.
  • Europa Destination 
    • Europa has been added for New Lights as a destination that unlocks based on XP.

LOCALIZATION 

  • The audio for Eris has been re-recorded in Portuguese (Brazil) to replace the similarly sounding voice. 
  • The audio for the Ghost has been re-recorded in Spanish (Latin America) to replace the similarly sounding voice. 
  • The audio for the Ghost and the Drifter has been partially re-recorded in Spanish (Europe) to replace the similarly sounding voice. 
    • It will be completely re-recorded in a future update.
  • The voice acting for Zavala in Spanish (Latin America) has been replaced and re-recorded. 

What do you think of the patch notes released by Bungie? Do you find the adjustments reasonable or does something bother you? Let us know!

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Insider says: There will be no new Call of Duty for the first time in 17 years in 2023

Jason Schreier is a well-known gaming journalist who regularly shares insider information. In a new report, he says that there will be no new installment of Call of Duty in 2023. It would be the first time since 2005.

What exactly does Schreier say? According to his sources, Schreier claims to have learned that Activision Blizzard is skipping a new installment of the shooter series next year.

Since 2005, a new Call of Duty has been released every fall for 17 years. Because there is already a new installment in the pipeline for 2022.

Since the first installment of Call of Duty in 2003, over 400 million copies of the franchise have reportedly been sold.

Why was this decision made? The latest installment of the series – Call of Duty: Vanguard – has underperformed expectations for Activision. Some executives are said to have concluded that new installments are being released too quickly.

Also, Warzone, the free-to-play game of Call of Duty, is said to have drawn players away from the premium versions. The studio that was supposed to develop a new title is reportedly assisting with Warzone instead. More seasonal updates are planned here.

Schreier emphasizes in his report that skipping a new Call of Duty is not related to Microsoft’s acquisition. The company recently acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.

However, there could be a change in plans if the acquisition goes through. That is expected to happen around summer 2023.

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When is the next installment coming? According to Schreier, there should be a new installment in 2024.

Warzone is successful and likely to get a second installment in 2022

When is CoD: Warzone 2 coming? It has been confirmed that Warzone will get a sequel. This new game is expected to address ongoing problems that cannot be improved technically. Warzone 2 will thus represent a restart of the game on new and better hardware.

It is currently unclear whether Warzone 2 will be released in 2022 alongside Modern Warfare 2 or a few months later. This was the case with Warzone, which was released in March 2020 – several months after the release of Modern Warfare (2019).

The latest information from Jason Schreier suggests that Warzone 2 will be released in 2022, thus closely following Modern Warfare 2. However, there is still no exact date for both games.

You can find out more about a possible second installment here: CoD Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 have been officially announced – This is what we know currently.

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Sci-Fi MMORPG was completely dead on Steam for 4 years – suddenly comes back, gets good reviews

The shooter MMORPG Global Agenda: Free Agent was gone from Steam for years and even the servers were dead for a while. Now the first game from the Smite developers is back and is even receiving good reviews on Steam.

What happened to the game? Global Agenda: Free Agent has had an exciting development. In 2010, the game launched as the large and first project of Hi-Rez Studios, the same developers behind Smite and Paladins. However, Global Agenda could not convince in the long run.

Just 14 months after the release, the developers changed the payment model of the title to Free2Play to become more accessible. But the big turnaround did not happen. Between 2014 and 2015, the title completely disappeared from the Steam platform. However, the game’s servers remained online until 2018 before they were finally shut down, and no one could play Global Agenda anymore.

A planned Global Agenda 2 was also canceled in 2012. Since then, things have been quiet about the game. In 2018, the news came that the last servers would also be shut down and that the game would not only die on Steam, but would be completely taken offline.

A petition from fans wanting to bring the title back failed with only 31 signatures. Apparently, the sci-fi MMO was simply not meant to be.

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What is new? Surprisingly and without prior announcement, Global Agenda has been back since February 1, 2022, exactly 12 years after its release. At least partially. Because while fans report that the game can be downloaded and played, many complain that some services are not functioning and that login issues occur repeatedly.

Additionally, the game is listed as hidden on Steam. This means that you cannot find it when searching for Global Agenda. But if you click the link to the shop page, it works, and you can at least download the game.

According to a note on Steam, it is a request from the publisher that is the reason why the MMO cannot currently be found and does not appear in the search. According to fan statements, nothing has been changed about the game itself. It is simply back without any announcement.

The community loves the game – After all these years

How are the players reacting? Global Agenda receives exceptionally good ratings on Steam. The overall reviews of the title are 81% positive. Even more interesting, however, are the ratings over the last 30 days. Here, the title fares even better with 91% good ratings.

However, Global Agenda does not have a very large community. You can also tell by the fact that these 91% come from a total of 37 reviews. It is also notable that a large part of the reviews comes from people who have played the game before and invested well over 1,000 hours.

Only three reviewers from the last 30 days (as of February 22) have played less than 100 hours. Of these, two are positive and one is negative.

What do the fans say? You can find some old fans of the title in the comments and reviews who wish that Hi-Rez would resume the development of Global Agenda:

  • As Sidoniss writes: ‘In 2022, it’s actually not worth playing anymore. Nevertheless, I would like to leave a good review here, because maybe HiRez will finally make Global Agenda 2, that would be really cool.’
  • Also, BAMMIN writes: ‘A great game that definitely needs a remake or a comeback. The community is great and the game is just too good to go away.’
  • iShayne is simply happy and writes after 5,541 hours: ‘The game is back on Steam, the servers are online again – come back Agents, there’s work to do! The best game that Hi-Rez has ever made is back!’

What kind of game is this? Global Agenda is a sci-fi MMO shooter that focuses heavily on PvP and grinding. The game has no level restrictions, and despite the Free2Play model, it is possible to obtain all items in the game without spending real money. The colleagues from GameStar tested the game back at launch.

Similar to New World, you fight for control over areas in an open world, only as an agent in 2155. There are various PvE content such as dungeons and raids for 4 to 10 players.

The game also included PvP content. This came in the form of open-world PvP zones, 4v4 and 10v10 modes. A guild vs. guild mode is also present in the game, and in the ‘Double Agent’ mode, you have to fight against both players and NPCs in PvPvE.

Did you play the game back then and are now happy that it is back? Or will you give Global Agenda 2022 a chance for the first time? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.

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LoL: New Champion Revives Allies Three Times in a Fight: “That is Absolutely Crazy”

League of Legends released the new supporter Renata Glasc last week. She can revive an ally for a short time. How powerful this can be is shown in a video clip where the supporter brings Olaf back to life three times in 30 seconds.

What happens in the clip? The video shows a team fight involving all players from both teams. At the start, things look promising for Blue as they manage to take down the opposing AD Carry, a crucial source of damage.

Even Olaf from the red team is about to die when Renata Glasc uses her special ability “W”. The supporter has only been in the game for a few days.

The two manage to turn the team fight around together and are the only ones to survive. The fight impressively demonstrates how strong Renata Glasc can be.

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What exactly is happening with Renata and Olaf? With the ability Bailout (W), Renata Glasc can increase an ally’s attack and movement speed for a short time. If this ally dies while under the influence of the buff, they are revived for 3 seconds. If they manage to get a kill within those 3 seconds, they remain alive permanently.

That is exactly what Olaf accomplished in the team fight three times.

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Cooldown too low for such a strong ability

How are players reacting to the clip? On the League of Legends subreddit, the clip is currently one of the most discussed threads. However, Renata Glasc is not being received well there:

  • Antinomy_Magnus finds Renata far too strong: “In the late game, Renata’s ‘W’ has a cooldown of only 6 seconds. That’s absolutely crazy.”
  • User DwooMan simply writes: “That’s… that’s not okay!”
  • TheWarmog is even really frustrated with overpowered champions: “I would really appreciate it if we could stop creating broken and mega-frustrating champs, at least for a season. Senna, Aphelios, Samira, Yone, all within a year. Please, for heaven’s sake, make cool champions that don’t have frustrating mechanics.”

What’s special is that Renata Glasc can also use the ability on herself. Focusing her in a team fight is a good solution, but it doesn’t guarantee that revival will be absent.

However, many users already expect nerfs in the next patch. A simple adjustment could be, according to user 2legittoquit, to set a cooldown on the revivals of the same champion. Then not much would need to be changed about the ability itself.

Have you encountered Renata Glasc yet? Do you find her too strong or is this video an extreme case? Feel free to write it in the comments.

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