In GTA Online you can currently easily earn a lot of money. A bonus from the new bonus week makes this possible. We show you how to secure that money.
Why is there so much money? A new bonus week started in GTA Online on February 17. Part of this includes double payouts for time trials. This will last until the next bonus week starts on February 24. You will now find two time trials on the map.
For the time trial with regular cars, you get double GTA dollars and RP
For the time trial with RC Bandito cars, you get the regular amount
With this, you can easily secure 309,000 GTA dollars in just about five minutes. We show you here in the guide how to easily win both races so that you can quickly collect the money.
Win the time trial “From one end to the other”
This is the race: You start the drive in the port of Los Santos. The location where you can also deliver vehicles for Simeon. The drive begins with a ride over the loading areas of the port and then leads onto the road. Your goal is the highway. Once there, simply follow the road until you reach the finish.
We have created a guide for “From one end to the other” for you that will lead you safely and promptly to the finish line and show you some shortcuts.
You have 4 minutes and 9.5 seconds for the race and win 208,000 GTA dollars if you arrive on time. (Normally, you would receive 104,000 GTA dollars here. Due to the bonus week, you now receive 208,000 GTA dollars).
The Pariah impresses with high top speed values
Which vehicle should you take? You spend most of the course at full speed on the highway. It is advisable to choose a vehicle that can excel with a high top speed. In our tests, we easily won the races with the Pariah, the Neo, and also the Vagner.
This is the race: This type of race is driven with remote-controlled RC Bandito cars. The good thing about this race is that it has a relatively small radius. It consists of many tight corners and is quickly over. The risk of having to start over again due to a small accident is low.
Tips for the race: Be sure to pay attention to the markers in the yellow checkpoints during this type of race. The number of arrows indicates how tight you have to take the corner at the checkpoint. The more arrows, the tighter the corner.
You have 1 minute and 20 seconds for the race. If you reach the finish on time, you will receive 101,000 GTA dollars here.
If you finish both races within the allotted time, you will earn a whopping 309,000 GTA dollars in just under 5 minutes. With our tips, that should be no problem.
If you’re already out and about in GTA Online, why not pay a visit to the casino? Because you can win the Penetrator there this week.
All you have to do for the car is to spin the lucky wheel. You have the chance to win the purple sports car completely for free. Don’t trust your luck? Players have allegedly figured out how to win the car at the GTA Online lucky wheel every time.
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No matter which shooter it is, one topic has been controversially discussed in recent years: aim assist on controllers. Currently, however, two games show that there is a better way: Horizon Forbidden West and Fortnite. And this with a feature that has been around for over 15 years.
Even though protagonist Aloy appears in both games, there are actually few similarities between Horizon Forbidden West and Fortnite. Nevertheless, both games are focusing this week on a feature that has so far received little attention in AAA games.
In Fortnite, it is called gyro aiming; in Horizon it is referred to as motion aiming. Generally, it is known as gyro-aiming.
What is gyro-aiming? Gyro-aiming refers to aiming in shooters using movements from the controller. It is almost as precise as using a mouse. Therefore, games with gyro-aim can do without the controversial and often disliked aim assist.
This feature could be the future of console shooters. We will tell you why the current development is promising, and why it is probably still too early for boundless enthusiasm.
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Gyro aiming can be as precise as the mouse, completely without aim assist
Which games use gyro-aim? Nintendo in particular relies on gyro-aim. Whether in Zelda or Splatoon, in Nintendo games on the Switch, Wii U, or even the 3DS, you can move your crosshair not only with an analog stick, but also by tilting the controller itself.
This is now possible on PS4 and PS5 too, in Fortnite and Horizon Forbidden West. How this looks in motion is shown to you by the developer behind Fortnite’s gyro aiming in his official video:
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The official video on Fortnite’s gyro aiming settings also has German subtitles
How good is gyro-aim? The video shows how strong aiming with motion controls can be. With a bit of practice, you can support the rough movements of a controller stick with the gyro and compensate for the biggest disadvantages.
Players can achieve a level of precision that far exceeds simple sticks and can even keep up with a mouse (via YouTube). And all this without aim assist.
Motion aiming like in Horizon Forbidden West and Fortnite becoming more popular with gamers
Why is gyro-aim so good? The strengths of gyro-aiming are literally evident to many players: Analog sticks are basically not precise enough for shooter action. Therefore, console shooters rely on all aim assist.
Since cross-play has become established, forcing controller players to often compete with mouse aimers, aim assist has become a massive controversy.
Aim assist would reward bad players, so it is said in the CoD community. And in games like Halo, completely average controller players are at least as good as the top 100 mouse players thanks to the friendly support of aim assist.
Gyro support thus bridges the gap between controllers and mice. The sticks are used for quick turns of the character, while controller movements are used for precise aiming and shooting. Therefore, aim assist can easily be dispensed with, which games like Splatoon or now Fortnite also do.
How popular is gyro-aim? If you watch the best Splatoon pros playing, you quickly realize why this feature is so popular among shooter fans on consoles. Because despite the fast movement of small characters, short time-to-kill, and the complete absence of aim assist, aiming works flawlessly.
Thanks to gyro-aim, Splatoon players easily rack up kills without excessive body movements:
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When Fortnite announced it was bringing improved gyro aiming to the PS4 and PS5, the reaction in the games subreddit was extremely positive:
“If gyro-aiming were to take off, aim assist for controllers could become redundant and finally provide more balance between controllers and mice,” thinks Exceed_SC2.
ShadowStealer7 says: “I really hope that other developers also copy this from Fortnite, as it would benefit everyone in any console shooter.”
Jamsa writes: “Nintendo proved many, many years ago with Splatoon that gyro-aiming is the right way in a competitive shooter. It’s crazy that it took so long for another AAA game to understand this, but I am glad that it’s finally happening.”
Fortnite YouTubers are currently overflowing with praise, even comparing it exaggeratedly to an aimbot.
Even if gyro-aim is good – it is not as good as literal cheats
Many players clearly see gyro-aim as the future of console shooters and hope that it becomes established and eventually replaces aim assist.
But if it is viewed so positively, why is gyro-aim present in so few games? There are both technical and “cultural” reasons for this.
Motion control is associated with bad Wii games
Motion aiming is not a new concept: The Sixaxis, the controller for PS3, had the same technology over 15 years ago – even the name of the controller is a reference to the gyro. The option to use it for aiming was not available back then. In Uncharted 1, you were allowed to throw your grenades this way; in Killzone 2, you needed to keep the controller still while sniping.
Even today, this feature is practically nonexistent on PlayStation. On PS5, the excellent Astro Bot was a rare exception. Only Horizon Forbidden West and Fortnite are following suit now.
Why do so few games have gyro-aim? The reason for this reluctance to offer gyro-aim is mainly due to the community’s attitude. They associate motion control mainly with Wii games, in which you had to flail wildly and imprecisely for every little thing. However, you only need small wrist movements for gyro-aiming to be significantly more precise.
It is also relevant that many players fear the transition. At first, gyro-aiming can be a bit overwhelming because you need to keep the controller still and also prefer a good posture in front of the monitor and TV.
In Splatoon, players were even upset that you cannot turn off gyro in the tutorial – while the advantages are so great that every known pro plays only with motion control.
Another reason why gyro will probably not prevail for now is the Xbox controller. Unlike the PS5 and Switch controllers, it does not have a gyrometer built in, so it does not support this technology.
Developers of large, cross-platform shooters will therefore rarely invest the extra work to offer good gyro-aiming. Because players with Xbox controllers will only be able to use sticks with aim assist.
All these reasons ensure that gyro-aiming will likely remain an exception for the time being rather than becoming the new standard. However, the fact that two major games have joined the exceptions this week gives many console players great hope.
Lost Ark is struggling with queues. But this applies not only to logging in. Those who have reached level 50 and want to queue for an instantiated content have a 99% failure rate according to users on reddit.
What is the problem? Anyone wanting to enter PvP or a dungeon can queue for it in the MMORPG Lost Ark. This is known from almost every online role-playing game. However, these queues are plagued by bugs and severe lags. This results in various problems:
Most of the time, a group is found, but you cannot click the “Join” button. The servers are so delayed that the click is registered much later, and the invitation has already expired. We at MeinMMO have also noticed this multiple times in our tests.
Sometimes you queue, and nothing happens for hours; simply no group is found. This happened to us on February 18th. For over an hour, no group was found for a Chaos Dungeon.
Sometimes you get ported to a dungeon and then experience a crash. If you’re unlucky, you were in an Abyssal Dungeon, which can only be played once a week. You will then be excluded from it and have to wait for the reset. A manual reset is not possible, revealed Community Manager Roxx in the forum.
Supposedly, the problem was not as severe in the early days, and even outside of prime time, there were fewer delays and crashes.
The players assume that many more players have now reached level 50 and are queuing in such queues. The servers seem to be having issues with this large number of players.
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One endures 4 hours of waiting to not be able to play
How big is the problem? A thread on reddit regarding Lost Ark currently has over 2,200 upvotes and is high on the front page. Over 100 different users are complaining about issues with the queues for dungeons, raids, and PvP (via reddit).
The user NewAccountEvryYear writes:
People spend 4 hours in the queue just to get into the game and then are unable to use any form of instantiated content. No Chaos Dungeons, no Abyssals, no PvP. If you have to queue, it fails in 99 out of 100 cases.
The servers are so delayed that pressing the accept button is registered 25 seconds later, which renders the queue ineffective. Even if everyone clicks “Accept” immediately, it fails 99% of the time.
Some users report that there were also crashes in dungeons on the Russian servers. However, the support there was able to reset the weekly restrictions (via reddit).
Many are surprised in the thread that the bugs in the queues for dungeons and PvP have not received more attention. They fear that many players are not even advanced enough to queue for instantiated content due to the queues, and the situation may get even worse in the coming days and weeks.
What does Amazon say about the problem? Community Manager Roxx has commented on the matchmaking issues. In the statement, it says:
This is related to the ongoing stability issues with the EU servers. The teams are working to alleviate this and seek a solid solution.
When a solution will be available is currently unknown.
EU servers are overloaded, in America everything is calmer
Are the problems also present in America? According to reports on reddit, there are occasional delays on the East Coast servers, but a large portion of the queueing for dungeons and PvP is said to pose no problem.
The servers there also have much lower queues than in Europe. On some servers, you can even log in during prime time without waiting.
Recently, Amazon tried to improve the situation on the EU servers by adding a new region. You can find out more about these servers and their specifics here:
World of Warcraft has ruined its players – they just can’t enjoy other MMORPGs anymore. There are many reasons for this.
The players who have been playing World of Warcraft for many years are quite a strange bunch. Many of them would call themselves “gamers” – yet they really only play one single game persistently, and that is WoW. With this, Blizzard has managed not only to bind many players to WoW but also to ruin them for other games.
A particularly significant contribution to this comes from the collections available in World of Warcraft. Anyone who has been completing their collections in the game over the course of more than 17 years will not give it up so easily. With over 600 mounts, more than 1,000 pets, countless achievements, and transmog items, the hurdle grows larger with every expansion that one must overcome to “escape” from it.
Because who wants to “sacrifice” 17 years of playtime just to chase the next hype game for a few weeks?
That this massive attachment to World of Warcraft is something beautiful on one side but can also be disturbing on the other is something that more and more players are realizing now.
Thus, “SonofSeth13” wrote in the WoW subreddit a post in which he expresses his experiences with other games and WoW. The post states, “Damn you, WoW, you ruined me for all other MMOs”:
For the umpteenth time, I download the client, create a character, start playing, and think: Yeah, this is fine, maybe the voice actors aren’t perfect, maybe the art style lacks a clear vision, maybe, maybe, maybe …
No matter which other MMO I try, be it Lost Ark, Guild Wars 2, Old Republic, Star Trek Online, there is always something that just bothers me until I can’t stand it anymore and never log in again. Most of the time it’s about how fluid the combat is and the animations, but even active combat systems like Tera or WildStar just feel less smooth than WoW, even if it’s just tab-targeting and ability-spamming.
It’s so frustrating. On one hand, I want to play something new, but when I try something new, something is always missing. On the other hand, I just can’t go back to WoW because I’ve been playing it since 2004 and simply can’t anymore.
So in that sense, thanks WoW!
Once WoW, always WoW? Many just can’t let go – because other games don’t entice.
“-Jouten-” also shares his experience:
I thought Final Fantasy XIV would be my game of choice after I left WoW. But no. I missed the “open world” feel of WoW. I knew something was wrong when I kept hitting walls while flying in Final Fantasy. The world just didn’t feel that open because I wasn’t used to having such a low ceiling for flying and bumping into walls everywhere. FFXIV is a great game, but it just couldn’t replace WoW for me. That’s why I am back in WoW now. And I see more and more people returning. So it’s not just me.
“DanteanWyatt” sees the great advantage of World of Warcraft in the ability to customize and adapt the game, especially the interface:
This is exactly how I feel. It’s strange that more realistic MMOs with more modern graphics somehow feel less realistic than WoW. But the main reason why WoW wins for me is the extensive support for add-ons. No other MMO has this amount of customization options. The ecosystem for add-ons in WoW is vast, and every other MMO can be jealous of it (but won’t implement it because it’s too much work).
Do these experiences resonate with your own? Do you also always return to World of Warcraft even though you actually long for another game? Or do you not know this problem at all?
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In Lost Ark you reach level 50, the so-called soft cap, in a relatively short time. The journey to level 60, however, takes several weeks or even months. We at MeinMMO will reveal how you quickly reach level 50 and what comes next.
How to quickly reach level 50? You achieve the soft cap relatively simply by completing quests:
Complete all quests with an orange marker – these are the main story quests
Complete all quests with a purple and blue marker – these give you stats and skill points
Complete all quests with a red marker – these are quests that disappear after a certain time. These have the highest priority
Once you have unlocked the ship journey, you should stick to the prescribed route: Tortoyk -> Anikka -> Arthetine. After that, you only need to go to North Vern. There you will receive about 33% of the last level. So make sure you already have level 49 and 66% experience beforehand.
By completing in North Vern, you will have reached level 50.
Three important tips for leveling:
Activate the Triporters in the world. To do this, you need to select them with a mouse click. Don’t forget this, as the teleports can save you some running time.
Only complete the required dungeons on easy difficulty. The dungeons give hardly any experience points, so spending a long time in them is not worthwhile.
Initially invest your skill points only in damage. You can respec for free later to focus more on auras and group support.
How long does it take to reach level 50? Experienced players will need between 12 and 15 hours for the journey. This assumes, however, that no quest texts are read and tasks are completed mindlessly.
Beginners and lore fans should probably plan around 20 hours.
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Quick leveling makes you miss out on a lot
What do players miss out on when leveling quickly? In addition to the three mentioned quest types, there are two more:
Quests with a pink marker are related to the NPCs and the flirt system. They bring useful silver, experience points, and are needed to take these NPCs to your own island later for assignments.
Quests with a yellow marker are classic side quests. Some of them you will have to complete in Arthetine.
However, there is no reason to rush to level 50. One misses the story and cheats oneself out of a piece of the content in the game.
How to level other characters to 50? Theoretically, you can endure the leveling process with other classes afterward. You will experience exactly the same quests and tasks again. However, there are several ways to skip this.
Alternatively, you can level new characters on your own island. This costs 600 gold, an in-game currency, and 8 hours of waiting time. More about this here:
What happens after reaching level 50? After reaching the soft cap, you have the next major milestones at level 55 and level 60 ahead of you. However, from now on, you will need so much experience that you will spend weeks on level-ups.
However, the additional levels bring you skill points that allow you to further enhance your abilities. This is important for later dungeon and raid levels.
You level up after level 50 mainly through new quests in the main story and through side quests and dungeons. Grinding monsters brings almost nothing in Lost Ark.
The western version of Lost Ark even received a new batch of dungeons and raids with the release. You can find out more about it in the patch notes for the release:
In FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, the next event “Road to the Final” starts. You can find everything about the RTTF event and the new special cards here.
What kind of event is this? After the RTTK event (Road to the Knockouts) accompanied dynamic cards on the way to the knockout rounds of the European football competitions last October, the RTTF event continues now (Road to the Final).
This event again brings new dynamic cards that become stronger as the player’s team progresses in the competition. There are cards for players from the Champions League, the Europa League, and the new Europe Conference League.
In total, the cards can receive a maximum of 5 upgrades. Here’s when these will be due:
When does the event start? The RTTF event started on Friday, February 18 at 19:00 and has replaced the Future Stars Event.
Road to the Final – The Complete Team
This is the team: The new RTTF team offers a lot of strong cards. Especially the new dynamic cards of Mané (92), Havertz (89), Bale (89), Sanchez (88), Kimpembe (87), and Renato Sanches (87) catch the eye.
But Ilicic (88), Lozano (87), Tolisso (88), Ansu Fati (87), and James Vardy (90) also receive strong cards that have the potential to become much better.
The complete RTTF team:
CAM: Mané (92)
CAM: Havertz (89)
ST: Bale (89)
MS: Sanchez (88)
CM: Marcos Llorente (88)
CM: Tolisso (88)
CB: Kimpembe (87)
CM: Renato Sanches (87)
LB: Alex Telles (87)
RB: Cuadrado (87)
MS: Ilicic (88)
CAM: Gomez (87)
RF: Lozano (87)
LF: Ansu Fati (87)
RM: Bowen (86)
ST: Vardy (90)
CB: Smalling (86)
CDM: Kamara (85)
What do you think of the event? Are you excited about new dynamic cards? Let us know in the comments!
Otherwise, you can currently obtain an extremely strong card of Neymar in FIFA 22:
In Fortnite, a new bundle has been released that not only offers you a cool skin with cosmetic items but also worthwhile benefits that can help you with your Battle Pass.
What’s included in the bundle? You will receive not only the skin “Monarch”, but also her back bling “Butterfly Wings” and her weapon wrap “Monarch Shine”. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to unlock a golden variant by completing associated tasks.
Furthermore, you will receive 28 levels for the Battle Pass for free. After purchase, you merely need to visit marked points on the map. After collecting such points, you will receive a “Level Up” each time.
Monarch’s Quest Bundle is worth it
If you did not participate in the XP exploit phase of Fortnite, your level will be around 120 – 150. To give you a cheap boost and to unlock the additional “Battle Pass” styles, you can treat yourself to this package.
This is what you get in the bundle
How much does the bundle cost? Considering the price-performance ratio for 1,200 V-Bucks that you will likely incur, this is a bargain. If you were to treat yourself to the 25-BP-level boost, that would be 3,750 V-Bucks without a discount, equivalent to about €28.
In contrast, the Monarch bundle offers you a skin, various cosmetic items, and additionally 28 BP levels on top for the price of €12. So if you’re still missing that crucial boost to unlock all styles, you should seize the opportunity.
What do the players say? Fortnite fans find the bundle cool and are happy that Epic gives players an affordable option to level up their Battle Pass. Reddit user forbyte_82_help states:
I needed 4 more levels to reach 200, but I still bought it because it’s a great deal. Skin + Wrap + Back Bling + 28 levels normally costs about 4k V-Bucks = 1200 V-Bucks. I really hope they do this every season.
Furthermore, players write that they cannot play Fortnite every day, and they welcome these additional levels. So if you are missing the last levels and you like the reskin of Dream, you should go for it.
What do you think of this skin? Do you find it cool and have you treated yourself to this package, or do you think it’s too expensive? Let us know!
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Today, Xur visits Destiny 2 one last time before the new expansion Witch Queen and presents you with cheap Exotics at a bargain price. Next week, he will change his offers a bit. However, we will first let you know what you can snag this week.
What happened this week in Destiny 2? Players in Destiny 2 had to wait a long time to experience the last mission of Season 15. However, since some didn’t want to watch the cutscene, this caused frustration and annoyance. The drop of the ship from this last mission was buggy and will soon be reintroduced by Bungie.
Anyone who thought the Warlock was the “one true supporter” might have to change this statement in Witch Queen. The new Hunter Exotic “Renewal Grips” has the potential to give the gunslinger an equally important supporter role.
And for all interested players wondering: “Is it worth getting into Witch Queen at all?” MeinMMO has done the check this week:
All info on Xur on February 18, 2022 – PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia
When does Xur come? The mysterious merchant will double up at 6 PM and then open his Exotic shop, as he does every Friday at the daily reset at 6 PM. You have until Tuesday at the weekly reset at 6 PM to shop his bargains.
Where is Xur? This is his lair for the weekend
Xur’s position: We found Xur this weekend in the European Dead Zone. So check in with him at the Shattered Coast. We have marked Xur’s position on the map.
You can currently find Xur here.
Xur’s inventory from February 18 to 22 – All Exotics at a glance
What does Xur have on offer? Xur sells a new exotic weapon and armor for all characters every week, including Warlocks, Hunters, and Titans. We will check his offers at 6 PM and let you know what you can buy from him.
Weapon: Trinity Ghoul– Arc Bow for 29 Legendary Shards
Titan: Citan’s Rampart – Void Gauntlets for 23 Legendary Shards
Mobility: +7
Resilience: +15
Recovery: +7
Discipline: +2
Intellect: +2
Strength: +24
Total: 57
Hunter: Graviton Forefeit – Void Hood for 23 Legendary Shards
Mobility: +17
Resilience: +2
Recovery: +11
Discipline: +6
Intellect: +14
Strength: +10
Total: 60
Warlock: Astrocyte Verse – Void Hood for 23 Legendary Shards
Mobility: +14
Resilience: +16
Recovery: +3
Discipline: +13
Intellect: +2
Strength: +18
Total: 66
Rare armor: As a legendary armor set, Xur has the “Ankaa Seeker IV set” with him this weekend.
Xur always has: You will always receive an Exotic Engram for 97 Legendary Shards from Xur, as well as the weekly quest for an exotic code.
Xur’s offer on February 18, 2022
This is how Xur’s offers change in Witch Queen
Instead of adding Exotics from removed season missions only to the “Monument to Lost Lights”, the weapons will appear in Xur’s inventory every weekend with the start of the new expansion Witch Queen. For the first time on Friday, February 25.
Xur will then offer you a unique roll for the Exotics “Fatebringer” and “The Last Word” that can be acquired by all players who own Beyond Light for the following materials:
1 Ascendant Shard
1 Exotic Code
125,000 Glimmer
200 Legendary Shards
Iron Banner fights instead of Trials of Osiris
The Iron Lords test you – Are you ready for it?
Why are there no Trials this weekend? Bungie has changed the rotation of PvP modes. When the Iron Banner event is active in a week, there will be no Trials. This is to prevent both PvP events from interfering with each other and to provide players with variety.
If you still need some XP bounties for Witch Queen, this is a good opportunity. Bungie had already announced that the Iron Banner bounties will remain available after the launch of Witch Queen. You will no longer receive top loot from them, but the experience points can help you ease into Witch Queen.
Here you can find a list of all bounties you can complete:
Do you think Xur will become even more interesting with the adjustments soon, or do you not care where you buy Exotics? How important is Xur to you, and do you also miss a shader feature in his inventory? Let us know in the comments.
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When launching highly anticipated MMORPGs, there are often long queues and server issues. What type of “Waiter” are you? Find out in our quiz.
Whether it’s during WoW Classic,FFXIV: Endwalker, New World or now also Lost Ark. During launches of major, highly anticipated MMORPGs, the servers often burst at the seams and can hardly accommodate any new players.
So people have to wait until they are let through by the server, and long queues form. That is… really, really long queues that comprise several tens of thousands of players. And they stretch out like bubblegum.
Often, players have to wait for many hours before they can finally get online. And if you happen to be particularly unlucky, there’s a connection error in the middle of waiting, you get kicked out and have to queue again.
Some people really lose their temper in such cases. Others remain calm and either play something else or continue to wait patiently until it’s their turn. And how about you?
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This is how the quiz works: To kill some time while waiting, we’ve created a fun little personality quiz for you. You can answer 10 questions, each with different weights.
They should ultimately provide an assessment of what types of “Waiters” you are. The quiz can be repeated as often as you like, but your answers cannot be changed in between.
Let it out: What results did you get? Did you expect the result or were you surprised? What answers did you pick?
Let us know in the comments about your experiences with queues in MMOs. Which were the worst? Which were handled the best by the developers?
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At around level 27, you reach Luterra Castle in Lost Ark. This place represents a small break in the story and also in the contents of the MMORPG. From there, things finally start to pick up, says MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch.
With the conquest of Luterra Castle, Lost Ark changes noticeably. This happens around reaching level 27. Suddenly, the story picks up pace. Before, my task was somehow cryptic, something with Arks and stuff. After the conquest, people know me, the characters around me become more interesting, and I finally have a reason to follow the dialogues.
However, more important than the story for me are the changes to gameplay:
I learn more about the engravings and other upgrade systems in the game
In the foreseeable future, I get my own ship and leave the first continent
Level 27 was a small breakpoint for me. At first, I bumped into a wall of features that the game had to explain to me in detail. But after that, many things just got better.
Who is speaking here? Alex is the MMORPG expert at MeinMMO. He has spent thousands of hours in games like Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, or ESO. He also tests every new MMORPG, including Lost Ark. However, it did not impress him much in the early levels.
Island and PvP are a hit
In fact, after reaching level 27, I ignored the story and PvE for a while. My paths led me to my own island, where I started research and sent my crew on voyages. After all, one wants to expand their island.
Various buildings and tasks await on my own island.
Immediately afterwards, I jumped into PvP. I am inherently a competitive person, so it was only logical for me to compete in arenas with other players. If I can’t level up the fastest, I at least want to prove my skill in PvP.
Indeed, the path to level 27 was torture for me. Leveling up to level 50 is still something I see more as a tedious obligation than as enjoyable evening entertainment. All the more I am pleased that future twinks can be leveled to 50 through other means.
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Level 27 makes things better, but it’s also a tough nut to crack
Those who reach level 27 not only gain access to more features but also have to learn a lot. You immediately receive several quests for which you have to talk to people who then explain new mechanics and features of the game to you.
These include the previously mentioned content like island, PvP, and engravings, but also gem refinement or the use of the market. Things get quite crazy when it comes to explanations of dungeons and raids, which you can sometimes not even use at that level. You experience a bit of what usually happens in the first levels of an MMORPG.
Once you have fought your way through that, the story continues. Story fans can basically ignore the beginning of the story but should follow it more closely from level 27 onwards. Because some characters undergo an interesting transformation.
How did you experience level 27? Was it a break for you too? Or did you continue playing as before?
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As Season 11 of the Battle League of Pokémon GO kicks off, Niantic announced several changes. We show you when the Season starts, when it ends, the maximum rank, and the content.
When does Season 10 end? The 10th Season of the GO Battle League runs until March 1 at 10:00 PM CET. It was extended and was originally supposed to end on February 28. On March 1, the Season of Origins also ends.
When does Season 11 start? Immediately after, Season 11 starts on March 1 at 10:00 PM CET. Niantic explains that the season will not go as you are used to. What this means for you, we will explain here in the article.
In the future, the seasons of the GO Battle League will generally run parallel to in-game seasons.
What you need to know about Season 11 of the GO Battle League
Changes to ranks and evaluations: The maximum rank you can achieve in Season 11 is rank 20. There will be no visible evaluations. Evaluations will not be activated by Niantic in the new season, so that the developers can focus on adjusting the GO Battle League. However, these adjustments are not intended to directly impact league gameplay, which is why they decided to suspend evaluations.
Rewards and formats: The developers see Season 11 as an opportunity to try new things. They want to test new formats for GO Battle Days and for rewards.
Changes to attacks: At the start of the season, there will be no changes to attacks or the availability of attacks, Niantic explains. They are avoiding interfering with the balancing to not affect the World Championship.
Based on the ranking from Season 10, it will be determined who is eligible for early registration for the Pokémon GO World Championship Series. No further details on how the team will proceed are available.
Soon, the developers want to share more information about what to expect in Season 11.
How do you like the content and adjustments of Season 11 of the Battle League in Pokémon GO? Do you have specific wishes that the team should “test” or would you rather be surprised by what Niantic is planning? Feel free to share your opinion about PvP in Pokémon GO here on MeinMMO in the comments.
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In Destiny 2: Witch Queen, new Exo weapons and armor are released. All classes receive new pieces for their collection, making it easier for them to defeat the “Radiant Brood.” We show you which Exo armors you can expect in the new DLC.
What many Exos are there? There are a total of six new pieces that Guardians can hunt for in Witch Queen. This includes new helmets, gauntlets, chest armor, and leg armor. They feature new intrinsic perks that can assist you and even your teammates in battle.
6 new Exo armors and their functions
Witch Queen spares no Exos, and Bungie has revealed all the known ones in the “This Week at Bungie” blog (abbreviated TWaB).
How to get the armors: Each class receives two new armor pieces, which you can unlock through lost sectors as well as by completing the entire legendary campaign.
Loreley Splendor – Titan Helmet
What can the Exo do? If you are critically wounded and have the “Sunbreaker Super” equipped, you create what is known as a Sunspot. This spot heals and provides you with increased grenade and melee recharge. You also receive a damage bonus.
This helmet is best suited for passionate Sunbreakers with a protective instinct.
Raureif-Z – Titan Chest Armor
What can the Exo do? This chest armor creates a massive Stasis wall when you use your barricade. The iron barrier rises from the ground and spreads wildly in the direction you are facing.
Enemies near the Stasis crystals will be slowed and frozen. You and your team will receive increased reload speed, stability, and handling for your weapons. With the Exotic, you have good control over smaller enemies that can be used in various ways.
Secant Filaments – Warlock
What can the Exo do? The Exo grants Warlocks the perk of Devouring when you use a empowering Rift. This allows you to kill enemies while simultaneously replenishing your health. Guardians within the Rift also gain the ability to disrupt enemies and Champions.
Not only Champions will fear this, but also PvP players will sense something ominous. In the Nightfalls, this armor may prove to be excellent.
Osmiomancy Gloves – Warlock
What can the Exo do? These gloves give you a second charge of the seeking Stasis grenade. Your grenades gain longer tracking, and if you hit an enemy, your grenade ability regeneration increases.
If the range boost proves generous, you will surely see them more often in the Crucible.
Blight Ranger – Hunter Helmet
What can the Exo do? This helmet for Arcstriders reflects enemy damage back to the source and generates Orbs of Light. It is excellent against Ogres or Witches.
As the Hunter receives a nerf for their Orb-generating bow, this helmet could represent the fitting alternative.
Renewal Grapples – Hunter Gloves
What can the Exo do? These gloves provide the Hunter with an increased radius for the Dawnblade grenade. You thus have a grenade with a larger effect area, and players within the effect area of this grenade take less damage from outside.
Enemies within the grenade take reduced damage as well. This is useful if you want to weaken a specific target further. As in the past, the Hunter has often not been seen as a supporter, these gloves might soon redeem their name.
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Many new Exos can be expected by the Guardians in Witch Queen, but whether they play as well as Bungie describes must first be tested.
What do you think about the new Exos? Do you like them and are you excited about a specific piece, or is there none among the gems that interests you? Let us know in the comments!
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In Lost Ark there are numerous different currencies. Almost everything related to islands or your ship requires the scarce Pirate Coins or Pirate Coins. How to best obtain them, we from MeinMMO will show you here.
What are Pirate Coins? This currency in Lost Ark is primarily needed for things that happen on the water. You can use it to pay at the trading ships you find. However, the wandering merchants on various islands also often accept these coins as payment.
Furthermore, you need them to further expand your own island and even for some Mokoko Seeds you need Pirate Coins. They unlock the Song of Resonance, which you need for certain situations in Lost Ark.
Last but not least, you can also exchange the valuable Pirate Coins for many other currencies, so they can also help you outside of sea and island. In short, you definitely want to have Pirate Coins.
Where can you quickly get many coins? If you haven’t been dealing with the system for too long, you will probably first want to have 16,500 coins to buy the Song of Resonance, which you need for some Mokoko Seeds.
Now it takes comparatively long to gather so many coins with the usual and permanent farming methods. However, there are a few quests that can help you out. It’s important to note that you must have reached level 50 for all of these tasks.
Once you have that, you can visit the following islands and complete the quest chains there. It takes varying amounts of time and is not always equally demanding, but in the end, it’s worth it. Since there is only one quest on the islands, we will limit ourselves here to the island names.
On the Giant Mushroom Island, you can collect a total of 2,000 Pirate Coins
The quest on Peyto and the Glacier Island gives you 5,000 coins
You can also take 5,000 coins on the Island of the Runaways
A bit more exalted, you will be rewarded on the Island of Exaltation with 6,000 coins
You will be even better off on the Goldwave Island, where there are 7,000 coins
On Kalthertz Island, you can collect 8,600 Pirate Coins
Fermata, the Cradle of the Sea also has 9,000 Pirate Coins for you
It gets double digits on Atropos Island, where 10,000 coins await you
Also, in Blacktooth’s Cave, you can rake in a total of 10,000 coins
You are also richly rewarded on the Island of Freedom. Here you can find 15,000 coins
The biggest reward awaits on the Lullaby Island, where you can collect a whopping 16,500 coins
In total, you can collect 94,100 Pirate Coins through the quest chains on the islands. After that, however, you will have to rely on the usual farming methods.
How to consistently collect Pirate Coins
What’s next? The best way to get the sought-after coins remains the quests on the islands even afterwards. Although the other islands do not give you anywhere near as many coins as the ones listed above, the quests there are still your best chance of obtaining Pirate Coins.
Eventually, once you have completed all the quests, you will have to rely on the rather lame farming options. You can earn Pirate Coins in the following additional ways:
As a random drop while fishing
For completing missions on your island
Through events at sea
Daily and weekly quests
What is worth it? The best way to obtain the rare Pirate Coins long term is through the events that await you at sea. These include adventure islands, ghost ships, chaos gates, and more. They all give you Pirate Coins as rewards.
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If you want to farm Pirate Coins long-term and without major deviations, this is the method you should focus on. You can also complete Una’s daily and weekly tasks during this time, as they also grant you some Pirate Coins.
It is least worth it to rely on fishing. The chances of receiving Pirate Coins are entirely random and even if you manage to catch a drop, it is usually not significantly large.
Your crew on your island should, however, always be on the move. They bring you more rewards than just the Pirate Coins.
What’s the best approach? We recommend spending some whole days farming Pirate Coins. Then you can collect many in one go and do not have to wait for events every time if you only need a small amount.
You can track the events via the calendar and the compass. If you want to actively farm, just wait until the next marine event appears and join in as quickly as possible. That way, you can consistently collect the rare coins long term.
Exchange for other currencies
How does it work? The trading ships of the Tea and Libra Guild will also offer you Pirate Coins if you bring them other currencies in exchange. The so-called Voyage Coins they request can be obtained from almost all activities related to the water. Even from bosses on islands.
Voyage Coins refer to the currencies Guienas Coin, Kraters Coin, Coin of Arcturth, Ancient Coin, and Solar Coin. They can then be exchanged for different amounts of Pirate Coins at the trading ships.
Guienas Coins are worth the least, with 10 Pirate Coins each, while Solar Coins are the most valuable at 20 Pirate Coins. The remaining Voyage Coins fall between the two currencies.
How many Pirate Coins have you already collected on your journey through Arkesia? Do you have any further tips on how to quickly obtain the desired coins? Or are you just grateful if you currently have any of the valuable Pirate Coins? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
As is customary in RPGs from FromSoftware, Elden Ring also features a class system. However, those who have never played a game from the developers might initially think of classic specializations like those in MMORPGs. MeinMMO shows you why this is different.
On this occasion, we want to take a closer look at the classes, as they might be different for newcomers than what they are used to from games like MMORPGs.
Here’s how the classes in Elden Ring work: Each of the 10 different classes has different starting equipment and a different distribution of points across the attributes.
These attributes determine your character’s properties, such as how high their health points are, how much mana they have, which weapons they carry, and how much equipment they can carry without becoming slower and more cumbersome.
This initially sounds like the choice of class plays a crucial role in gameplay. However, this is misleading because those familiar with Dark Souls and Bloodborne know that classes play a secondary role.
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Everything you need to know about Elden Ring – in 2 minutes
The choice of your class in Elden Ring is not deciding
Your class only has a larger influence on your playstyle at the beginning. A better armor or a spell can indeed be useful and facilitate progress in certain situations.
However, the progression system in FromSoftware games works “longer-term” and allows you to grow into your role.
Here’s how it works: You spend runes for level-ups. Each level-up is a skill point that allows you to increase one of the 10 attributes:
Strength: Determines health points, increases fire resistance and immunity
Spirit: Determines your FP (Mana) and focus (spell slots)
Endurance: Determines stamina and how heavy your endurance can be before you slow down.
Power: Increases the damage of weapons that have power scaling. Also increases physical defense.
Agility: Increases the damage of weapons that have agility scaling. Your spell casting time is reduced, and your fall damage is reduced. You are also more stable in the saddle of your ghost horse.
Wisdom: This is the attribute for spells, thus it strengthens all spells with wisdom scaling. Additionally, your magic resistance is increased.
Faith: This is the attribute for invocations, thus it strengthens all spells with faith scaling.
Arcane: Through arcane energy, the passive value “Discovery” is improved, which affects your loot chances. Additionally, your resistance against holy damage, spells, and invocations is increased.
Here you can see, for example, the Hero class with its attributes.
Here’s the catch: Each level-up only increases an attribute by a few points. A single level-up has only a minor impact on your entire character build.
Above all, the additionally usable equipment will have a significant impact. Thus, at the beginning, your choice of class provides certain playstyles as guidelines, but you can practically start with any class and build in any direction.
Looking at the Beggar class, it becomes clear how little influence the choice of class has. The Beggar is a completely balanced class in their attributes, starting without armor, with a shield and a small club.
At first glance, a poor choice, but the class has existed since the days of Demon’s Souls and is popular among veterans. It may save you unnecessary distributed points that you can then use for your desired target attributes.
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Ultimately, you should keep in mind: Without mastering the basic mechanics and your weapons, even the best distribution of your attributes won’t help you. It doesn’t matter what equipment you use and it doesn’t matter what spells you have – there is no free pass.
Study the movements of your enemies, try different strategies, and remain resilient to frustration. Because although Elden Ring is said to be the most accessible game from FromSoftware, it remains a very challenging game.
On February 25th, you can find out for yourself which playstyle suits you best. Elden Ring will be released via Steam for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.
On February 26, 2022, the Johto Tour will take place in Pokémon GO. During this event, you can choose between two different editions that will bring you different monsters. We at MeinMMO have looked at what you can expect from each.
What kind of event is it? Similar to the Kanto Tour, which took place in Pokémon GO in early 2021, there will be another such event on February 26, 2022: The Pokémon GO Tour: Johto. During the event, you will encounter monsters from the Johto region, and for the first time, all Shinies from the 2nd generation will be available.
Before the event starts, however, you must purchase a corresponding ticket in the in-game shop. As with the Kanto Tour, there will again be two different editions you need to choose from for the Johto Tour. We will show you which contents you can expect.
What editions are available for the Johto Tour?
Where can you get the event ticket? You can purchase the event ticket for the Johto Tour from the in-game shop of Pokémon GO. You will find it under the section “Worldwide Events.” It costs just under 12 euros. Before the event starts in February, you will then need to choose your respective edition. Options are Gold and Silver.
How can you choose the edition? Once you have secured the paid ticket for the Johto Tour, Niantic offers you the option to choose between the golden and silver editions.
Depending on which edition you choose, you will encounter different Pokémon and Shinies during the event. However, think carefully about your choice in advance, as this decision is binding and cannot be changed afterwards.
All Spawns and Shinies of the Golden Edition for the Johto Tour
Exclusive Spawns: If you choose the golden edition, you will encounter the following Pokémon with the help of Smoke:
Webarak
Skorgla
Teddiursa
Mantax
Increased Shiny Chance: In addition to the special spawns, you will receive an increased shiny chance for the following Pokémon with the golden edition:
Endivie
Feurigel
Karnimani
Webarak
Fluffeluff
Natu
Hoppspross
Sonnkern
Traunfugil
Woingenau
Skorgla
Pottrott
Teddiursa
Quiekel
Mantax
Ho-Oh
All Spawns and Shinies of the Silver Edition for the Johto Tour
Exclusive Spawns: And again with the silver edition, special Pokémon await you, which you can lure using Smoke:
Ledyba
Botogel
Panzaeron
Phanpy
Increased Shiny Chance: Naturally, you can also expect an increased chance of encountering a shiny Pokémon with this edition. Keep an eye out for the following monsters:
Endivie
Feurigel
Karnimani
Ledyba
Pii
Mogelbaum
Hoppspross
Yanma
Tannza
Botogel
Panzaeron
Hunduster
Phanpy
Miltank
Larvitar
Lugia
All Spawns and Shinies at a Glance
Below we have created a graphic where we show you all spawns and shinies categorized by edition. To make the best choice for you, we recommend comparing the respective spawns.
Monsters for the Johto Tour divided into Gold and Silver
Endivie, Feurigel, Karnimani, and Hoppspross will be available during the event in both editions. For this reason, we have highlighted them for you in the image.
What should you keep in mind? The event is primarily focused on the theme of Shinies. Therefore, you should primarily consider which monsters you are still missing in their shiny form when making your selection.
Also, talk to friends about which Pokémon they are still missing so that you can trade them later. Additionally, it would be beneficial if you choose different editions within your friend circle so that you can cover all Pokémon.
According to Niantic, it is also necessary to trade specific monsters to complete the collector challenge (via pokemongolive.com). Therefore, it also makes sense to choose different editions.
What do you think of the spawns of the respective editions? Which color will you choose? Or will you skip purchasing the ticket entirely? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments here on MeinMMO and exchange thoughts with other trainers.
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You are currently getting a gaming mouse at a really good price, used by many streamers and professionals in esports. MeinMMO introduces the mouse to you and explains why it could be worthwhile for you.
Especially streamers place a lot of value on the perfect setting when they play competitively and often for big money. A mouse that is particularly popular among streamers and professionals is currently available at a very low price.
Many streamers and athletes play with the G Pro X Superlight
What kind of mouse is this? The G Pro X Superlight is a particularly light, wireless gaming mouse from manufacturer Logitech.
The mouse is very small and especially at 63 grams very light. The gaming mouse does not offer many additional buttons and also no extensive RGB lighting. A comprehensive test of the Logitech G Pro X Superlight can be read on GameStar.
With this mouse, Logitech is clearly targeting gamers who want to forgo any extra and just want a fast and precise mouse. This especially appeals to shooter players who are looking for exactly such a “tool” for their games.
If you are looking for a large and heavy mouse or one that offers you many additional buttons for your favorite MMO, then the G Pro X Superlight is only a limited worthwhile investment for you.
Especially numerous Fortnite and LoL professionals like to use the mouse in their matches (via prosettings.net)
How good is the offer? At MediaMarkt, you currently get a 20% discount on Logitech products. The G Pro X Superlight is already reduced to €119.99, and once you add the mouse to your cart, you get another 20% off.
In the end, you will only pay €96 for the gaming mouse, which is a really good deal. The offer was even better in November 2021 when you could get the mouse for €80 (via geizhals.de).
How long does the offer last? The offer is valid until February 27, 2022. So you still have more than a week if you are interested in the offer.
Similar in popularity among streamers, but not on sale, is the Razer Viper Ultimate. This mouse is also very light and offers you a high speed in your games. The Viper series also primarily targets gamers who want to play shooters.
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With Logitech mice, you can do more than just play: Logitech mice are quite popular among gamers. A gamer has now transformed a Logitech mouse into a bow that can actually be used for gaming. You can see what the mouse looks like and how he plays with it in the following article:
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The big Twitch streamer Quintin “Quin69” Crawford was banned from the platform again on February 16, even though he had resolved to not get banned a single time this year. However, this was not his first misstep this year. MeinMMO reports.
Who is Quin69 on Twitch?
The streamer plays various games, depending on what is currently trending or what he feels like. However, his focus is on Path of Exile. In April 2021, he even played Path of Exile for a full 12 days straight. In between, he otherwise turns to games like Terraria, League of Legends, or Bloons TD 6.
Crawford streams an average of about 10 hours almost daily. He entertains nearly 11,000 viewers with his cheeky personality.
With 19,000 subscribers and 664,000 followers, Quin69 is among the largest streamers on the platform.
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Quin69 set specific resolutions for 2022
What did the streamer resolve to do? Together with his viewers, Quin69 made a list of resolutions for the year on January 1, 2022. This list included only 3 points:
Apologize to the coffee guy
Pause YouTube videos more often
Don’t get banned
The last point of the list was already broken after 14 days when the streamer was banned for a full 7 days on January 14. “At least I apologized to the coffee guy,” Quin69 wrote on Twitter while poking fun at himself in a clip.
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He was drawing an outfit that women are supposedly expected to wear. A short, crop top with pants that reveal the beginning of the butt cheeks.
This led to a massive backlash against Quin69, and he subsequently made a YouTube video, where he explained his stance further: he just wanted to say that the world isn’t perfect and that there are people who sexually abuse women because of such outfits.
According to Quin69, women could walk around naked in a perfect world, but that is not the case, and therefore they should be careful about how much they show and what they wear.
While the first ban caused significantly more drama, the second reason was relatively simple but not at all obvious at first.
Initially, it was suspected that he was banned because he showed an air gun during the stream. Showing weapons on Twitch violates the guidelines. However, that was not the reason for the ban on February 16.
In his stream, female nipples were reportedly visible for a few seconds (via Twitter). Quin69 occasionally allows GIFs or videos to be shared in his livestream, and that’s when the fail happened.
This time, the ban lasted only a day, and Quin69 can already stream again. Maybe he can tackle his resolution next year again.
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Lost Ark is a huge hit in Germany and Europe, but two countries are not allowed to play. The new MMORPG is banned there due to the prevailing laws. We at MeinMMO asked the well-known lawyer Christian Solmecke if such a ban could also threaten Germany.
What is happening in Lost Ark?
On February 11, the new Lost Ark officially launched in Europe and quickly attracted hundreds of thousands of players. After just a few days, it was the biggest game in the world on Steam.
We asked lawyer Christian Solmecke if he could explain the situation from a legal perspective and received an immediate response.
Who is the lawyer? Christian Solmecke is a specialist in internet and media law and works as a lawyer and partner at the Cologne law firm Wilde Beuger Solmecke, or WBS. Previously, he worked as a journalist, among others, at Westdeutscher Rundfunk. His portfolio also includes:
several books on online law
the founding of numerous IT startups
Solmecke is also the managing director of the German Institute for Communication and Law in the Internet (“DIKRI”) as well as the cloud-based law firm software Legalvisio.de.
Solmecke also quickly became known with his YouTube channel as the “Internet lawyer”. He often addresses current topics in the field of internet and gaming and answers questions in his videos. We were also able to ask him some questions on the subject.
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Loot boxes in a “legal gray area”
MeinMMO: How does the legal situation in Belgium/the Netherlands regarding gambling differ from that in Germany?
Solmecke: The Belgians and Dutch are a bit further along than we are. There, game elements such as loot boxes are considered gambling. Here, we are still having a great discussion about it. Gambling is only legal in the Netherlands if a corresponding license has been granted. Without a license, no gambling and thus no game. The bans are therefore justified.
If we were to also classify loot boxes and the like as gambling in Germany, it would follow that without a license, the games in their current form would also be banned.
MeinMMO: Is it possible that Lost Ark (and other games) could also fall under the gambling law in Germany?
Solmecke: That would at least be theoretically possible, yes. Unlike in the Benelux countries, however, the gaming discussion about gambling in Germany is still not conclusively resolved. Game manufacturers are therefore still operating in a legal gray area. It strongly depends on the respective design.
The difficult question always is: When is something already gambling and when is it just a legal in-game purchase? So far, there have been no known judgments against game manufacturers in Germany for providing, for example, loot boxes. The authorities have also held back so far, which is why I would rate a ban as rather unlikely. However, game manufacturers should not rely on that.
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MeinMMO: Why is it hitting Lost Ark and not other well-known games like League of Legends?
Solmecke: Lost Ark is not the first game affected by the ban. In Belgium, for example, FIFA with its packs was banned by the Belgian Gaming Commission. In the Netherlands, a ruling against FIFA packs was also made over a year ago. In the case of League of Legends, the assessment seems to have turned out differently and a gambling ban was apparently not recognized.
MeinMMO: How would Amazon need to change its shop policy to be allowed in the respective countries?
Solmecke: There is a simple answer to this: To be able to legally distribute the game, the gambling factor would have to be toned down or completely removed. I do not see any other option at the moment.
Currently, it does not look like Lost Ark will be banned in Germany. The MMORPG also has big ambitions and is growing – even in its home country Korea.
Since Lost Ark has been running in Korea and Russia for years, the game already has more content than is playable in Germany. As this content is gradually imported, the MMORPG will become even bigger.
This also allows us to predict what else will be released – even if we cannot say when that will happen. However, we can already tell you about the next classes that will become playable in the near future:
Does Patch 9.2 of World of Warcraft mean the end for Sylvanas Windrunner? The story chief explains what will happen soon.
Even before the Patch 9.2 Eternity’s End in World of Warcraft was even released, there were many hints and even a special cinematic could be viewed on the PTR. The video shows what happens to Sylvanas after she regains the missing part of her soul at the end of the “Sanctum of Domination.”
But many fans are wondering: Is this now the end of Sylvanas as we know her? Is she now simply “good” again? The WoW story chief, Steve Danuser, has commented on this.
Where does the info come from? From a “Q&A” with Steve Danuser, the current story chief of World of Warcraft. In a conversation with the magazine Dexerto, he commented on Sylvanas’ development and what her state means for her.
What did Danuser say? Sylvanas and how she deals with the guilt of her past will be an important part of Patch 9.2. Her inner conflicts will likely be seen multiple times.
Throughout ‘Eternity’s End’, we will see much more of the story and we are working towards a resolution of the Sylvanas story arc – this is something that has been built up for a very long time.
Many players are concerned that “their Sylvanas” no longer exists. Because even though the Banshee Queen has gathered many enemies in recent years, there are still numerous fans who like Sylvanas as a character and are worried that the dark Banshee Queen is now simply the sweet “Ranger-General of Silvermoon” again. Danuser said:
Sylvanas is obviously very important to the events that led us into the Shadowlands… now that the two parts of her soul are back together, it doesn’t mean that one of them has disappeared. The Banshee Queen has not vanished, the Ranger-General has not taken over; it’s more that the two parts now need to find a way into the future. They need to become one being, one soul, and not this broken thing.
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That there is more going on with Sylvanas than what has been playable so far is obvious. Danuser has confirmed that there is a “bonus chapter” that was not playable on the PTR. This should advance the storyline around Sylvanas and might even feature a cinematic:
But it’s not an easy road, and whether she can do it and in what form, you will see when you play through the new content. We are very excited about how the story comes to a climax. It will be shown as a chapter of the Covenant campaign, which we did not bring to the test realm for a special reason:
We wanted to hold back this last piece of the story so that players can discover it while playing the content themselves.
All players who are attached to Sylvanas’ old personality can breathe a sigh of relief. Because she will not suddenly be a completely different character. Danuser addresses these concerns:
It’s not as if one of these personalities has disappeared. If you look at the little, subtle things while playing the quest line or pay attention to what Sylvanas says and does, you will see that she still has her intelligence and ‘bitterness.’ That has not simply vanished – she just has this demeanor.
Is there more to Sylvanas? Pretty sure. Sylvanas is a quite important character for the Warcraft universe. And even though the next patches and updates will certainly place a significantly smaller focus on the former Banshee Queen, she will probably not completely disappear from the Warcraft saga.
We will probably only have certainty about this in a few weeks when the campaign of Patch 9.2 has fully unfolded.
What do you think of Sylvanas’ fate? Good that the Banshee Queen is not completely disappearing? Or should her story come to an end?
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In New World new tokens for a free server transfer were distributed yesterday. But this is causing chaos. Some companies wanted to switch to another server together, but that didn’t work. Now they are divided into two servers.
Where are the problems? Amazon gifted all players in New World a second, free character transfer. This allows them to independently switch servers, for example, because they want to play with another company or their server has become too empty.
On some servers, entire companies decided to switch together and establish themselves on a new server. But this failed for two reasons:
On the one hand, not all players received the item for a server transfer at the same time. The tokens are being distributed between February 17 and 22.
On the other hand, some servers were quickly marked as “full”, so switching to them was no longer possible.
On reddit and in the forum, several companies are now complaining that they were suddenly split.
9 servers are now full, have a queue again at primetime
Where was the biggest problem? On reddit the user Qwali reports that he would like to switch to the Midgard server with his entire company. It was considered quite active before the transfer, although not overcrowded.
But apparently so many players wanted to switch to Midgard that only part of his company made the jump while the rest had to stay on the old server:
My company moved to Midgard today, and while we waited for the others to join throughout the day, the server was shut down. Our company is now split across two servers. Those who couldn’t move are now stuck on a dead server.
He is not alone in this. There are several threads on reddit and in the forum reporting that their company was fragmented. Besides Midgard, there are currently eight other servers completely full:
Avalon
Bran
Brittia
Evonium
Learad
Ship-Trap
Tartarus
Vega
It is even reported that there were queues of up to 500 players again on some servers during primetime yesterday (via reddit). Since only about 2,000 players can fit on one server, logging in can take some time.
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Community blames Amazon, but also the players themselves
Who is to blame for this? There are differing opinions. Some see the fault with Amazon:
They could have given all players a token for the server transfer at the same time
They could have always equipped one server completely with tokens before moving on to the next one. This way, companies or entire communities could have completed the transfer together before the other servers were up.
Some also wish for more precise overviews of the player numbers per server to make better decisions about switching.
However, some users also say that the companies are to blame themselves. They could have waited until all players of the company had a token to switch at the same minute. They could have also made a more thoughtful choice regarding a server switch.
Some players are now gathering on a Discord server to plan together which servers should still be filled and which ones will remain barren (via Discord).
In any case, players are currently upset and Amazon has to come up with something. A free return transfer or another free transfer token for all players could be possible.
What do you think about the chaos in New World? And who is really to blame for it?
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