Destiny 2: Witch Queen – All new Exo-armor in overview

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 4 minutes

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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Lost Ark: What are pirate coins and how to farm them best?

Mark Sellner Mark Sellner Reading time 4 minutes

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
Focus on the quests of these islands

Since you also need 16,500 coins to buy the Song of Resonance, which you then need to use on the Lullaby Island, you practically get the song for free through the quest chain, provided you can advance.

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.

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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.

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Elden Ring is an RPG with classes, but they don’t work the way you think

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 3 minutes

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. 

With the release just around the corner, the hype around Elden Ring is growing. Recently, some content from Elden Ring was even leaked by Twitch streamers.

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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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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You cannot avoid practice

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.

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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.

Xbox players can already download Elden Ring, while PC and PlayStation players still need to be patient. Here’s an overview of Elden Ring: All info on start times, preload, and download sizes on PS5 and Xbox

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Pokémon GO: Johto Tour comes in golden and silver edition – These monsters you’ll get

Franzi Korittke Franzi Korittke Reading time 3 minutes

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.

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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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One of the most popular gaming mice among professionals is currently available at a great price

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 3 minutes

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.

A gaming mouse and a keyboard are part of the standard equipment for gamers, alongside a microphone or headset. MeinMMO also explained to you why the mouse pad is an important part of the gaming setup.

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.

The G Pro and G Pro X Superlight are also among the recommended gaming mice for shooters that we can currently recommend to you.

Who uses this mouse? Many well-known streamers and athletes use the G Pro X Superlight to play games like Fortnite or Dota 2:

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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.

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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:

Player transforms popular gaming mouse into a bow, raving about the experience

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Twitch streamer resolves to not be banned for a year – got banned twice instead

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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.
  • The streamer regularly comes up with funny ideas for his livestream. For instance, he once streamed with rainbow-colored hair and a colorful beard or let himself be tortured by viewers with flashbangs while gaming.
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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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Why was the first ban imposed? The first ban was imposed because Quin69 said during his stream:

If you can see the butt cheeks, that’s too much. (…) I mean, it’s like they’re [the women] asking to be sexually abused by some damn lunatic.

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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.

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Why did the 2nd ban come only 1 month later?

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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Could the MMORPG Lost Ark also be banned in Germany? We asked a lawyer

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 3 minutes

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?

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.

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What’s next for Lost Ark?

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:

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WoW: The End of Sylvanas in 9.2? The Story Chief says this

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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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WoW: New Sylvanas Cinematic Explained What Everyone Wanted to Know

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.

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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, companies are currently being divided because the server transfers are chaotic

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

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.

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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).

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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?

At least the upcoming February patch looks promising. We have summarized all the important information for you here:

New World makes the “best patch since release” even better

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LoL: Champion gets a rework 10 years after release, is now really popular

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In Season 12 of League of Legends (LoL), Ahri surprisingly belongs to the meta now, after not being very popular in previous seasons. A rework provides excitement. We show you the numbers.

Which champion is it about? Ahri was released in December 2011, making her one of the older champions in the MOBA League of Legends. Now, nearly 10 years after her release, the mage is thriving again. In Season 12, she is now performing really well – with both pros and casual players.

We show you how often Ahri is played now and how often she wins and what actually happened during the rework.

How strong is Ahri in Season 12 of LoL?

This is new now: With the release of Patch 12.3, the rework for Ahri came, transforming the wannabe assassin mage into a mobile mid-laner with much endurance.

After about two weeks, you can already see how significantly the rework impacts her. Currently, she has a pick rate of 13.28%. Before Patch 12.3, it was just over 5%. She is also banned in 12.47% of all matches. The data comes from the website lolalytics.com.

Her win rate also increased: Before the patch, it was 50.21%, now about 51.98%. In the Diamond league and above, it is even at 54.41%.

How does Ahri perform in e-sports? As DotEsports reports, the mage is now well-received by professional players as well. Since Patch 12.3, which was released on February 1, pros in Europe, North America, the second league of Korea, as well as smaller leagues in Japan and Oceania have played her 45 times. According to gol.gg, Ahri achieves a win rate of 51.1% in the professional scene and was banned in 33 games.

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What has changed about Ahri? The developers observed that Ahri’s exciting way of playing was only possible when her ultimate ability was available. They revised the mana costs and damage of the mage and adjusted her passive ability as well.

The developers state, “We also redistributed the initial mana costs and damage of her abilities so that every use really matters. To balance it out, we slightly reduced her damage peaks and defensive values.”

Although Ahri is now also liked by professionals, the exact opposite is true for other champions. A pro refuses to play a trendy heroine in LoL, saying “That’s inappropriate.”

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Destiny 2 improves Gambit mode for Witch Queen – Removes the most annoying boss

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 5 minutes

In the new TWaB of Destiny 2, changes regarding the PvEvP mode “Gambit” have been announced. These will take effect with Witch Queen. Bungie is polishing some mechanics and even removing one of the most annoying bosses. We will show you how Gambit is changing soon.

What was the TWaB about? In Bungie’s new weekly post, the development team finally provided new information regarding Gambit. The PvEvP mode made its entrance into the loot shooter with the Forsaken expansion. Some time has passed since then, and not much has changed.

The mode has not received any updates or other changes that could have brought a fresh breeze. Bungie has noticed this and has promised many changes for Witch Queen, which Guardians can expect on February 22.

The changes are coming!

Bungie has categorized the changes into five categories:

  • Core Activity 
  • Primal Tuning
  • Ammunition Economy 
  • Invasions 
  • Rewards

Here we list the most important information and show you what could potentially be problematic.

Core Activity

Players who have played Gambit enough know how nerve-wracking it can be when matched solo with randoms. Usually, the match proceeds uncoordinated and the opposing team, consisting of four players, quickly wins the round. This should become a thing of the past with the introduced Freelance mode.

Freelance mode is now available

But the Freelance mode isn’t the only new feature. Invaders will now receive new spawn points. This way, you can’t simply “spawn trap” them, allowing your team to re-enter the combat more quickly after dying.

The Primals and Blockers

These possessed beasts can quickly throw a good round off balance in groups. Adjustments have also been made here.

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The fight against the primal will be intense, brother.
  • The 10th particle blocker will receive increased health, as they appeared too weak in relation to the particles deployed.
  • The 15th particle blocker will receive a Stasis weapon instead of the Void thrower now. They are not as deadly anymore but still pose a tactical challenge, especially if there is also an invader on the field.

The most annoying feature of particle removal while two blockers relax on your bank has also changed. You will no longer lose particles while fighting the blockers. As soon as someone from your team is near the bank, you will also stop the stealing.

However, note: If your team has already summoned the primal, summoned blockers will still steal your particles. This gives the losing team the chance to catch up.

What else was removed? The most famous and incredibly annoying boss in Gambit history will finally be removed with Witch Queen. It is the flying, possessed Servitor. Due to its shield mechanics, the damage phase often became bugged. It stressed players and sometimes led to outbursts of anger. Bungie noticed this and has sent him to the afterlife – forever.

Are there changes in the boss fight? An important change is the spawning of the envoys in the boss fight. They no longer spawn near the boss, but in one of the three areas. As a result, Guardians must remain in motion to receive the “Butcher buff”.

This can become frustrating, especially if invaders prevent you from getting there. You also cannot ignore the envoys as they now grant the boss an invulnerability shield.

Ammunition Economy

Ammo is often scarce in Gambit. Occasionally, a heavy ammo pack spawns in the middle of the map, but only one player on the team can pick it up. This mechanic has often been counterproductive. Many players often had only primary ammo for too long. Therefore, Bungie has completely renewed the ammunition system.

Destiny 2 Forsaken Gambit 2
There wasn’t much to counter the primal.

You will now receive an ammunition box after completing an area in the center of the battlefield.

Upon interaction, this gives a bit of special and heavy ammo. The good thing is that anyone can interact with this box and supply themselves. But don’t take too much time, the box disappears after 20 seconds.

Killing a high-ranking target also rewards your team with a package of heavy ammo. To be prepared for the final fight against the primal, you will also receive an ammunition box every 60 seconds. This also spawns in one of the three areas.

Invasions

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Invader in Gambit Prime

There have also been minor adjustments in invasions:

  • Invasions are now granted at 40 and 80 particle progress.
    • You cannot hoard invasions anymore; either you use them, or you miss them.
  • The invader no longer sees how many particles the opponents have.
    • So you can no longer spot the 15-particle carriers.
    • You also can no longer see the players’ names.
    • Players can still be seen through walls, though.

Thus, Bungie has shifted the focus away from bullying the invader to teamwork and quickly hoarding particles.

Rewards

Since all items from Gambit are pure RNG, you can now focus on engrams for specific Gambit weapons and armor in Witch Queen. These engrams will cost you 10,000 Glimmer and 50 Legendary Shards per focus. This makes Gambit the second mode to receive this overhaul. Bungie plans to apply this to other activities in the future as this system is well-received by players.

New Gambit weapons will only be available as RNG drops and will be ready for focus after the past season.

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Old shaders missed from the Vagabond will also have a chance to drop after completed matches, making the games more attractive again.

That wasn’t all. We have introduced you to most of the changes. If you want to read and capture all the changes, we have included the TWaB in the sources.

What do you think of the changes that are coming soon? Are they interesting, and do they make Gambit more attractive? Or are the changes not enough for you? Let us know!

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A “small” number could soon cause huge problems in Firefox and Chrome

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 2 minutes

The browsers Firefox and Chrome receive regular major updates with new features. However, the upcoming update is worrying for developers. It only changes a small detail, but that has significant effects.

Every user browsing the internet uses a browser to surf online or download things. Chrome is now the market leader, followed by various large and small browsers, all vying for a share of the users. For example, there is a gaming browser that MeinMMO tested for you.

What exactly is changing? With one of the upcoming updates, the browsers are approaching version number 100. This may sound trivial to us, but for our internet – or at least the websites you want to access there – it poses a real problem. MeinMMO explains what exactly is behind it.

The internet cannot handle the number 100

What is the problem? Websites need to identify your browser via a “User-Agent” string that includes the browser name, the main version number, and the minor version number.

The browser is the user agent and thus the intermediary between you and the website. As a string, that is, a sequence of numbers, the browser provides certain data to the website. This includes the name of the browser, but also your operating system or language.

This is important so that certain websites like Facebook or Twitter can automatically redirect you to the appropriate language version. Tracking services also use this data (so-called fingerprint) to identify and categorize you across the vast internet.

An example of such a “User Agent String” would be: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:97.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/97.0.

What exactly is the problem? The transmission of numbers does not work with the browser version when it reaches 100. Many websites reportedly cannot handle the three-digit number and thus cause the browser to crash. Many users are reporting on Github that they are experiencing major issues with the current beta.

Websites cannot be opened, causing the browser to crash. How many users and especially how many websites are affected, developers cannot say yet.

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When are the new versions coming? Chrome and Firefox plan to release their version 100 on March 29 and May 3. Until then, the developers still have plenty of time to address the issues and potential impacts.

Numbers have caused problems before.

Have there been such problems before? This is not the first time the internet has had issues with three-digit numbers: On December 31, 1999, many computers had trouble rolling over the date to the next year. After 99 comes 00, and there was a fear that computers might interpret this as a step backward instead of forward. This was also known as the “Millennium Bug”.

Games like Diablo II: Resurrected, which received a refresh, initially struggled with many network requests. This was also because the game’s code is very old and does not necessarily meet modern requirements.

Internet issues arise repeatedly and are often caused by people: Last year, many users had problems as crucial services like Twitch, Amazon, Twitter, and other internet services suddenly stopped working. However, it was not a version number that caused the issues, but a faulty router setting that caused internet issues worldwide.

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Twitch streamers leak content from Elden Ring – Be careful if you don’t want spoilers

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 3 minutes

Just before release, numerous spoilers and leaks about Elden Ring suddenly appear. Fans are discussing spoilers and whether they ruin the anticipation.

What kind of leaks are these? Apparently, a playable version of Elden Ring is circulating for press and influencers. At least that’s what the colleagues from PCGamer.com report.

In recent days, several streams from influencers went online, showing them playing Elden Ring for several hours on Twitch, and without restrictions.

Publisher Bandai Namco had them taken offline, but numerous spoilers and screenshots are now circulating. Therefore, it is also difficult to verify which streamers are among those responsible.

If you have a problem with such information before the official release, you should avoid places on the internet like the Elden Ring subreddit or Twitch chats in the coming days because the risk of spoilers is particularly high there.

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Fans salute moderators who have to deal with all the spoilers

Fans are discussing spoilers: Not all fans are on Reddit to check out spoilers for the game, and many of them have already stumbled upon information they didn’t want. Because many of them are not clearly marked as spoilers.

However, most of them have since been deleted by the moderators of the subreddit, which was well received in the community:

They are virtually saluting and demanding a pay raise for the unpaid Reddit moderators. The post has nearly 4000 upvotes so far (as of February 18, 11:30):

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“The true champions of the Golden Order.”

In the discussion that arose below, players express their opinions on spoilers and whether they increase or lower their anticipation for a game. There are particularly sensitive player types who try to avoid any information as much as possible in order to be surprised.

However, some of them do not find spoilers that bad. For example, noah1831 writes quite dryly: “I don’t know what could be so great to spoil about the game. It’s not like I’d understand the plot without looking it up.”

He refers to the typically cryptic stories from developer FromSoftware, which are often difficult to decipher.

But if you are totally into spoilers and can’t wait to see what information is circulating, you can read the discussions of the fans in the forum on resetera.com. They have already gathered quite a substantial amount of information.

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Elden Ring releases in a week and fans are about to burst

This is the mood one week before release: The Elden Ring subreddit shows quite well in what state many of the fans are. They are counting every second until the release in a week, on February 25, and creating appropriate memes as if there were no tomorrow.

Here are just a few small examples:

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With the sheer number of memes from the last weeks, one could probably create an entire art book.

Fans typically discuss under such posts about which class they want to start the game with, which weapons and spells are most interesting for them, and what they hope for from the game.

However, the good mood was recently dampened by the official system requirements of Elden Ring, which did not satisfy everyone in the community. In particular, the requirements for RAM caused confusion.

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If you want to play Elden Ring directly at release on Friday, you can download it in advance.

While the preload is already available for Xbox users, PlayStation and PC players still have to wait a few days.

All information about the start times of Elden Ring, preload, and download size on PS5 and Xbox

While the preload is already available for Xbox users, PlayStation and PC players still have to wait a few days.

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Small Twitch streamer unexpectedly receives huge donation – Now must stream for 4 days straight

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

Itsgng belonged to the lesser-known streamers. He averages about 60 viewers. However, to celebrate his 24th birthday, he started a Sub Marathon for his fans. The longer he streams, the more subscriptions he receives. But now he unexpectedly has to stay online for more than three days straight.

What exactly happened during the event?

  • Itsgng is a small streamer who only averages 60 viewers. He plays a variety of games, including Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Bloons, or Teamfight Tactics.
  • On February 16, he started a stream marathon. It began with five hours, and for each subscription, the stream was extended by five minutes. Direct donations and bits also increased the time accordingly.
  • After nearly 10 hours, the streamer finally went to sleep for the first time. He doubled the time for each subscription as long as he wasn’t actively playing. Instead of five minutes, the stream was extended by ten minutes.
  • Exactly during this time, a viewer donated 400 subscriptions and increased the stream duration by more than 66 hours. This means that the streamer currently has nearly ten times as many subscriptions as viewers.
  • Itsgng then returned from his nap and couldn’t comprehend the donation at all.
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Streamer expected a marathon of 39 hours, now has to stay online for over 100 hours

How did the streamer take the extension? With much surprise:

What the hell? What the devil is this? Dude, is this wrong? Are you serious? Holy shit, this can’t be real.

Afterward, the streamer checked his data and realized that a user had gifted him 400 subscriptions, exactly during the time when there was a 10-minute extension for each subscription.

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According to his own statements, Itsgng expected to stream for about 39 hours straight in this subscription marathon. That he now has to stay online for over 100 hours surprised him greatly.

This is really crazy. I woke up and thought we were done, to be honest. I thought I would come to the stream and there would be four hours left and I would wrap it up. But this exceeds all expectations.

Will this stream affect the future of the streamer? Although he currently has over 600 subscriptions, only 70 people have been watching on average since the stream started more than 30 hours ago. The average for the last 90 days is 62 (via Sullygnome). He also gained only 12 new followers.

Itsgng will probably remember this week forever, but he will not make the leap to the big streamers with this marathon.

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Ludwig gained massive fame and broke records with Sub-Marathon

Can someone become famous with a marathon on Twitch? Yes. In 2019, the streamer Ludwig, with an average of 924 viewers, was among the smaller streamers. In 2020, he significantly increased his viewer numbers, but he had his real breakthrough in March 2021.

At that time, he started a Sub-Marathon and even appeared on camera while sleeping. He was virtually visible for 24 hours a day to his viewers, except when he had to go to the bathroom. And it paid off:

However, Ludwig has since switched from Twitch to YouTube. He felt he wasn’t loved enough by the platform and apparently received an offer from YouTube that he couldn’t refuse.

This, however, did not come without consequences. Twitch conveniently left his remarkable achievement out of their 2021 Year in Review:

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FIFA 22: Future Stars Token Tracker – Here’s how to get them

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 3 minutes

In FIFA 22, the Future Stars event is in full swing. Ultimate Team now offers you various ways to secure rewards.

What is Future Stars? “Future Stars” is an event that has established itself as a regular part of the Ultimate Team season over the past years. Here, young, talented players are equipped with strong cards that are meant to reflect their potential in the future.

In the past, players like Vinicius Jr. or Erling Haaland have been included because they impressed early in their careers with great performances. The talents in the games often give hints about who might receive such a card – it’s quite possible that some of the best talents in FIFA 22 will be part of Future Stars in 2022.

Future Stars Tokens hide in FUT – Get them for rewards

Where can I find the tokens? You can find the tokens in various places in FUT. They are available in:

  • Special SBCs
  • Tasks
  • Squad Battles
  • A specific shop pack will also feature a token that is set to arrive during the event.

Important: Always keep an eye on new SBCs and tasks, and check the rewards. Because it’s not always obvious where a new token is hidden.

Future Stars Token Tracker – These are already available:

  • Nunes Objectives (expires March 31)
  • Silver Stars Tasks (expires February 23)
  • Future Stars Challenge 9 (expires February 17)
  • Silver Stars Tasks (expires February 21)
  • Future Stars Challenge 8 (expires February 15)
  • Future Stars Challenge 7 (expires February 14)
  • Future Stars Pack in the FUT Shop (expires February 18)
  • Future Stars Challenge 6 (expires February 13)
  • Marquee Matchups SBC (expires February 17)
  • Silver Stars Tasks (expires February 16)
  • Future Stars Challenge 5 (expires February 11)
  • Future Stars Challenge 4 (expires February 10)
  • Future Stars Fever Tasks (expires February 14)
  • Future Stars SBC Challenge 3 (expires February 8)
  • Squad Battles Rewards (Gold 3 or higher)
  • Future Stars SBC Challenge 2 (expires February 7)
  • Chalobah Objectives (expires March 9)
  • Future Stars SBC Challenge 1 (expires February 6)
  • Top Matches SBC (expires February 10)
  • TOTY Challenge 9 SBC (expires February 5)
  • Silver Star Milestone Task (expires February 9)
  • 84+ Player Pick SBC (expires February 4)
  • TOTY Challenge 8 SBC (expires February 4)
  • Token in the “Year In Review” task series (February 1)
  • Token in SBC “TOTY Challenge 7” (January 31)
  • Free Token upon Log-In (January 30)
  • In SBC “TOTY Challenge 6” (January 30)
  • In Loan Maldini SBC (January 30)

What do the tokens bring? Tokens are special player items that are only meant to be exchanged for rewards in SBCs. We are already familiar with this principle from events like the Icon Swap or also Winter Wildcards.

How many tokens are there? There will be a total of 28 Future Stars tokens that will be available in the game starting January 30. Important: They do not all appear at once, but are spread out over several days and weeks.

When can I redeem my tokens? That will take a little longer: Redemption will be possible from Friday, February 11, until February 25. So don’t be surprised if you are collecting tokens now but can’t use them anywhere yet.

What prizes are available? During the event, the following rewards are set to be available. You need to pay close attention to what you are getting – because the tokens are not enough for all rewards.

  • 25 – Future Stars Team 1 Player Pick (x3 Options)
  • 20 – Future Stars Connor Gallagher (89 OVR)
  • 15 – x10 Player Pack (85+)
  • 12 – Future Stars Jeremie Frimpong (88 OVR)
  • 12 – Future Stars Team 1 Pack (x1 Player)
  • 8 – Future Stars Jeremie Frimpong (86 OVR)
  • 5 – Ultimate Pack
  • 3 – x10 Player Pack (81-89)
  • 2 – Rare Players Pack

Many of the Future Stars have been extremely strong in the past and could even compete with Icons. However, there is currently a problem that Icons in FIFA 22 have become too weak.

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Streamer complains after ban about the extreme double standards of Twitch

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Streamer Danyell “TheDanDangler” Lanza complains about the double standards of Twitch after being banned from the platform. She vents her frustration on Twitter, and does so quite abundantly. MeinMMO reports on what happened.

What does TheDanDangler do on her Twitch channel?

  • Danyell Lanza plays only Call of Duty: Warzone in her livestreams or spends her time in the “Just Chatting” section, where she chats with her viewers.
  • TheDanDangler streams almost daily for about 1,000 viewers. She also has 231,000 followers on the platform.
  • The last time the streamer was banned from Twitch, she requested paid sick days from the platform and received little support for it.
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TheDanDangler criticizes the double standards of Twitch

Why was TheDanDangler banned? The streamer was temporarily banned from the platform due to her inappropriate outfit. The ban was supposed to last 24 hours, but Lanza immediately appealed and vented her frustration on Twitter.

What did the streamer write? TheDanDangler posted a tweet with a photo showcasing her outfit. She said: ‘I just received a ban from Twitch for this outfit, meanwhile…’ and attached a screenshot of Amouranth’s stream.

https://twitter.com/thedandangler/status/1494402078923448320?s=20&t=aDIi9rkUcRayXy2peYUMpw

The screenshot of Amouranth showed her typically scantily clad in a bikini while for some reason reaching between her legs. TheDanDangler, on the other hand, was simply wearing leggings and a cropped top with a neckline.

The streamer finds this unfair and states that Twitch operates with a harsh double standard. While Amouranth and many other female streamers are live half-naked without facing a ban, she now has to deal with a strike and the ban.

Following this, TheDanDangler posted many more screenshots of female streamers who were live in bikinis or skimpier outfits than herself. She emphasized that she did not want the pretty girls to be banned, but she simply finds it unfair.

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What does Twitch say about it? Twitch has already responded to TheDanDangler’s objection and considers itself justified: Her ban has not been lifted. They also added that further violations of the guidelines could lead to a permanent ban from the livestream platform.

The streamer directly addressed Twitch on Twitter but received no further replies. Many Twitter users are on TheDanDangler’s side and find the double standards questionable. However, since Amouranth reportedly brings Twitch a lot of money, they likely turn a blind eye more often, according to the community.

Streamer Amouranth mocks a dozen of her colleagues on Twitch in one go

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Fans say: Dying Light 2 is too easy – But critics say: You are just too strong

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In Dying Light 2 you fight for survival in a city plagued by zombies. However, according to some fans, the struggle for survival is not as tough and everything was much harder in the first game. Yet there are also numerous counterarguments. Find out here what the discussion about the difficulty in Dying Light 2 is all about and whether more difficulty levels are really needed.

What is the problem with the difficulty in Dying Light 2? Dying Light 2 promises tough survival struggles. Among other things, that weapons can only be repaired with this trick or that there are no firearms, only bows and crossbows.

According to many players on Reddit, the game is still too easy. One user writes:

My problem with the difficulty level of the game is that I felt very strong from the very beginning. When you play DL1 on hard mode, you have to choose your fights carefully, easy zombies are a big threat. I felt that I could [in DL2] fight many zombies and/or humans much too quickly [well].

Other users on Reddit say that it was no different in Dying Light 1. You quickly reached top stats and then it was easy as well. Additionally, the character in Dying Light 2 is not an ordinary human, his superiority is part of the game world and is plausibly explained.

Nonetheless, even these players often wish for a greater challenge.

Does Dying Light 2 need an ultra-hard difficulty level?

What do both factions of fans wish for? In one thing, both groups of fans agree: An even tougher difficulty level would be great. Something like a nightmare mode, where you die even faster and actually have to consider whether to engage this group of enemies or risk confronting the deadly super zombies at night.

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Currently, Dying Light 2 has “only” three difficulty levels: “Easy”, “Normal”, and “Hard”. The main differences are that there are fewer resources in the higher levels, enemies have more health, and they should behave smarter overall.

But enough about the wishes of fans on Reddit. What does the MeinMMO community think about it? Is Dying Light 2 too easy for you, and do you want a harder challenge? Vote in our poll here and let us know!

But no matter how hard the game is, with super weapons that you get from Easter eggs, you can take down your enemies nicely. One of them is called “Left Finger of gLoVa” and is actually just a finger gun! How to get this powerful Easter egg weapon, you can find out here: One of the best weapons in Dying Light 2 is a totally ridiculous finger gun – Here’s how to get it

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Apex Legends rigorously swings the ban hammer, accidentally hitting victims and innocents

Marko Jevtic Marko Jevtic Reading time 3 minutes

In Apex Legends, there are increasing reports that innocent players are being banned by EA. Players who reported others for hate speech and insults are being punished instead of the offenders. Apparently, completely unrelated players have also been affected for no reason. MeinMMO tells you what it’s all about.

Apex Legends celebrated its 3rd anniversary this month and was once again impressive with the start of Season 12. However, reports are piling up in the community that something is wrong with the ban system.

In recent days, EA has banned several players—due to “toxic behavior,” as the ban message reveals. The issue: It is not the players who were reported for toxic chat messages that are getting punished. Instead, the victims and innocents are the ones affected.

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“I reported this guy because he said the N-word, but I was banned for it.”

What have players noticed? Both on reddit and Twitter, there have been increasing reports in recent days that the ban system in Apex Legends punishes the victims instead of the wrongdoers.

On reddit, for example, Apex fan y0ungee shared an email he supposedly received from EA support.

The email states:

Hello,
Thank you for contacting us to inform us about the actions taken regarding your account. The action relates to the following violation: Hateful behavior

[Representation of the reported racist insult]

After a detailed review of your account and concern, we have found that your account has been treated correctly and will not remove this sanction from your account.

However, according to his own statement, it was not y0ungee who used this racist insult. He was the one who reported it in the game. He says: “I reported this guy because he said the N-word, but I was banned for it.”

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A similar story was also shared by MasterBarbosa on reddit:

In this case, a player named starboy is said to have written a nasty insult in the in-game chat. For this reason, the account of the reddit user was banned. However, the reddit user’s name in Apex is also masterbarbosa, so he is a completely different player than the insulting starboy.

Even in this case, the email from EA support contains the same message mentioning a “thorough review.” This is not the first of these cases shared on reddit. Just a week ago, user GGiAlwaysCarry reported a similar problem on reddit.

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Users and developers react to these incidents

What do players say? Other users on reddit could not resist making comments.

  • In response to EA’s statement that they supposedly reviewed the cases thoroughly, a user says: “I very much doubt they did that.” (via reddit)
  • “Great customer service, EA. You use macros to respond to customers without even looking at the case. You are the worst,” finds JewishDonut.
  • The also affected GGiAlwaysCarry says: “Welcome to the club. The reporting system is broken, no one should use it, not even the chat system, because you could get a false ban.”

How do the developers react? A Respawn developer, with the reddit name el_sanchimoto, has also stepped in.

The case of y0ungee was handled, he says. The ban of masterbarbosa was also acknowledged as an error and the player’s account was successfully returned.

As the Associate Quality Designer of Respawn says:

It’s good that we could take care of it, but we’re sorry that this happened. We are working with the teams to understand and resolve the issue. Players should be able to use existing support channels to get a satisfactory result, and not rely on attention in social media.

el_sanchimoto on reddit

The developers of Apex Legends are aware of the problem. From what it sounds, they do not yet know the underlying reasons. Therefore, currently faulty bans of this kind need to be looked at individually. This should not be a satisfactory situation for EA, Respawn, or Apex fans.

Recently, there was also another story about Apex Legends, where the help looked different than expected: Twitch streamer yells for help in Apex Legends so loudly that the police shows up

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Pokémon GO: All new field research in the ball event for the Johto tour

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO you can now find new field research tasks that you receive by spinning PokéStops. We will show you what rewards they bring you now.

Why are there new research tasks? On February 26th, the big Johto Tour in Pokémon GO takes place. From February 18th to 25th, a preparation event is active, which primarily aims to provide you with Poké Balls. During the tour event, there will be many exciting Pokémon to catch.

Since February 18th at 10:00 AM, there are now new rewards in selected field research tasks. They provide you with Poké Balls and silver Pinap Berries. We will show you the new quests in the overview here.

New field research tasks from February 18th – Where to find what?

These are the new tasks: Trainers from New Zealand were already able to fully dive into the new event due to the time difference and shared the new field research tasks.

  • Task: Catch 2 Voltorb
    • Reward: 3 Poké Balls
  • Task: Land 3 great throws
    • Reward: 3 Ultra Balls
  • Task: Land 3 good curveball throws in a row
    • Reward: 3 Pinap Berries
  • Task: Land 5 good throws
    • Reward: 10 Poké Balls
  • Task: Land a fantastic throw
    • Reward: 3 Hyper Balls
  • Task: Land 4 great curveball throws in a row

To provide you with even more Poké Balls, there is also a new Time-Limited Research for you. It is again divided into four chapters and requires you to spin at stops, send gifts, and complete field research tasks. All tasks and rewards of the Time-Limited Research for the Poké Ball event can be found on MeinMMO.

What else is happening in the event? For the first time, you will find Hisuian Electrode in the game. A few weeks ago, Hisuian Voltorb was introduced, but it could not be evolved. Now, finally, the successor is available for you.

Additionally, your buddy Pokémon will now bring you gifts that contain Poké Balls. We have compiled all information about the preparation event for the Johto Tour for you.

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Lost Ark: Should paying players have priority in the queue? You say: Yes

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 4 minutes

The MMORPG Lost Ark currently has long queues. These affect all players equally. However, the majority of you say: If I own a founder’s pack or a crystal aura, then I should be prioritized.

What was the exact outcome of the survey? We wanted to know from you whether players who spent money on Lost Ark should be allowed to skip the queue or not. At the time of the evaluation (February 18 at 8:25 AM), 3,617 people participated in the survey:

  • 1,552 votes (42.92%) said: Buyers of founder packs should be prioritized
  • 1,166 votes (32.23%) said: No, everyone should have the same chance
  • 739 votes (20.43%) were in favor of prioritizing owners of the crystal aura (premium buff)
  • 160 people (4.42%) don’t care whether someone is prioritized or not

In total, 62.72% of you voted for prioritization and 32.23% against it.

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The expiring buff and funding of new servers support it

What do the pro arguments say? In the comments, several arguments for prioritization were mentioned. One of the major points is the crystalline aura, the premium buff for 30 days. Many bought it with real money at launch, but it expires over time whether you play or not. That’s why many are in favor of prioritizing these players.

Our reader Chris says:

I see no problem with prioritizing players with the crystalline aura. After all, it says for them: Time is money. In real life, you enjoy various advantages when you pay for such things.

Our reader Chris also makes a comparison from real life, stating that there are also fast lanes in amusement parks that you can pay extra for.

The second argument for prioritization is the server costs. Some say: To offer more servers, more money must be spent. Therefore, players with founder packs or crystal auras should be prioritized. Our reader Eldarsarius also emphasizes the profitability of the game:

In other MMOs, you cannot play at all [without spending money] or are restricted accordingly. Therefore, I am in favor of prioritizing paying customers. The game must also remain economically viable, and this has always been a solid form of funding. Those who pay should also have advantages, as long as it doesn’t lead to Pay2Win.

Many readers have also pointed out that such models already exist in games like Albion Online or TERA. Those who use a premium account enjoy queue advantages there. And this has happened in Albion Online since the switch to Free2Play repeatedly. Even Final Fantasy XIV was mentioned as an example. Because when the servers were full at Endwalker, especially free-to-play players had to wait.

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Should there be a prioritization within the buyers? Three of our readers have also established a ranking of how there could or should even be a prioritization among buyers. Our reader Todesklinge demands:

Clearly, buyers of the founder packs should always have priority. In the following order:
1. Platinum
2. Gold (me)
3. Silver
4. Bronze
5. 100€ current package
Etc.
The more expensive the base package, the more prioritized in the queue, because that’s what you paid for.

“If they bring such things, I’m definitely out”

What are the counterarguments? Some readers demand equality in the queue because players with founder packs already had their huge advantage. They were able to start playing three days earlier. Our reader Curry-Meister says:

Of course not. Was it stated anywhere that you can definitely play earlier? No! You have early access, nothing more. And now retrospectively, no, as now everyone can play free-to-play. The extras were clearly communicated, and nowhere did it say anything about 100% play time.

Our reader Caliino even goes so far as to say that he would quit the game if Amazon favored paying players:

No and again no. If they bring such things, I’m definitely out. It’s already enough that many stand “AFK” somewhere just to avoid the queue and block space for others. Paying customers don’t need another advantage.

While in the comments about 50% were for and 50% against prioritization, the survey results are oriented towards 2/3 in favor and 1/3 against.

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On Friday, February 11, Lost Ark was officially released for all players. There was initially a long delay in the launch and subsequently quickly to queues. These are still ongoing. If you want to play during prime time, you sometimes have to line up already at noon.

The new servers that started on February 17 didn’t change that at all. It will probably take a while until the queues become significantly shorter. This coming weekend they are expected to get longer again.

What do you think about prioritization now after the arguments and the survey results?

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ThisIsThaWay finds the idea of prioritization unjust and also considers its implementation difficult:

The system is unjust and unnecessary. If it were easy, this would have been implemented a long time ago, as the greed for money would have brought it forth by now. But these are two criteria. It’s absolutely unfair and fundamentally something bad. Also, the implementation is definitely not simple, and the servers must be able to handle such a thing.

Our reader Caliino even goes so far as to say that he would quit the game if Amazon favored paying players:

No and again no. If they bring such things, I’m definitely out. It’s already enough that many stand “AFK” somewhere just to avoid the queue and block space for others. Paying customers don’t need another advantage.

While in the comments about 50% were for and 50% against prioritization, the survey results are oriented towards 2/3 in favor and 1/3 against.

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On Friday, February 11, Lost Ark was officially released for all players. There was initially a long delay in the launch and subsequently quickly to queues. These are still ongoing. If you want to play during prime time, you sometimes have to line up already at noon.

The new servers that started on February 17 didn’t change that at all. It will probably take a while until the queues become significantly shorter. This coming weekend they are expected to get longer again.

What do you think about prioritization now after the arguments and the survey results?

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