Destiny 2 has unexpectedly scheduled nighttime maintenance. All night owls can expect downtime today, on February 15, on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and Google Stadia. The most important times and information on MeinMMO.
What you need to know today: For night owls, gaming will be interrupted today, Tuesday, by maintenance work. Bungie had announced downtime on Twitter late at night.
As the community manager stated, it is about “ducks” and preparations for Witch Queen. He also apologized for the relatively short notice.
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Maintenance on 15.02. – All Times and Server Downtime
These times are important tonight:
At 00:30 CET, maintenance will start on all platforms
From 00:45, the servers will go offline. You will be kicked from all activities – the downtime begins
Around 02:00, the servers are expected to come back online
By 03:00, the maintenance is expected to end
Update History: 01:30: Destiny 2 has already brought the servers back online. Apparently, the maintenance was completed faster than initially expected. Players can log back into the servers now. So the Destiny 2 maintenance ends already at 02:30.
Also note: Even if the update is finished, there may be connectivity issues until the end of maintenance around 03:00. You may experience queues when logging in. Additionally, remember that third-party applications and the official companion app may not be accessible correctly.
Tonight, the Guardians are taking a break.
What Changes with the Update
The maintenance brings these changes: It is a preparation for Witch Queen, as Bungie has communicated. However, what exactly is not disclosed. Also not whether any bugs might be fixed.
As always: If you encounter problems in the game, the recommendation is to report them directly through the official Bungie Help Forum to raise awareness.
Patch Notes for the Update in Destiny 2
What’s in the Patch Notes? The comprehensive list of all changes to an update is published by Bungie in the form of patch notes. These traditionally appear together with the update itself if Bungie has made changes.
If the developer releases something on this, we will add it for you in this article.
To keep you entertained during the server downtime:
Were you also surprised by the downtime, or did you miss it? Do you find it quite pleasant when Bungie carries out such server and maintenance work in the middle of the night? Let us know in the comments.
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In Pokémon GO the dates for the upcoming Community Days for the next months are now set. In March, April, and May, you can look forward to one Community Day per month as usual. We at MeinMMO summarize.
When do the Community Days take place? Pokémon GO has now announced the dates for the next Community Days on their website. So you should keep the following dates free in your calendar:
Which Pokémon the respective Community Days will revolve around is still unknown. Some trainers on reddit are currently speculating strongly about Staraptor, but this has not been confirmed yet; it is merely a frequently appearing speculation.
What is a Community Day? This feature of Pokémon GO involves certain days where a specific Pokémon is in the spotlight. For several hours, you can catch this Pokémon much more frequently, and the Shiny chance is increased.
Additionally, incense items and lures usually last longer, and another bonus, such as more candies, is active on this day. Also, the Pokémon that is the focus that day can learn a special move.
When will there be more information? The season of origins is coming to an end soon, but what comes next? Trainers will find out soon in an update about the next season. In the same update, official information about the Community Day in March is expected.
When there will be further details about the days in April and May is still unknown at this time. We will keep you updated as soon as there is more to tell.
How are the players reacting? On reddit the latest update about the Community Days is already being hotly debated. But besides various speculations about which Pokémon are waiting for us on the Community Days, fans notice something else.
Some players wonder why the Community Day in April is so late and falls on a Saturday when the day in May is also a Saturday. Many fans suspect that there will be an Easter event and that Niantic does not want it to collide with the Community Day.
ZlaRaca writes: “There will probably be an Easter event in April, and since Easter is always on a Sunday, the Community Day will be on a Saturday.”
JRE47 writes: “It’s always good to know the date for such events well in advance, especially since Niantic otherwise tends to communicate sparingly.”
TheRealHankWolfman refers to the Classic Days: “The Classic Community Day for Bulbasaur was a test and was announced separately. Just because none are listed here doesn’t mean there won’t be one. They may just announce it as its own event.”
What do you think of the fans’ speculations? Are you looking forward to the Community Days? Which Pokémon do you expect on the special days, and are there any you don’t want at all? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO; we are looking forward to your opinion.
The new Season 2 of Call of Duty: Warzone is now online. The new update 1.53 brings extensive changes to the game, and MeinMMO shows you all the new content and highlights from the patch notes.
Here’s what’s currently going on in Warzone:
The free battle royale Warzone has kicked off its 2nd shared season with CoD: Vanguard
Update 14.02. – 6:00 PM: The new Season 2 is live, and we have adjusted the article accordingly. You will find all the info about the update, the adjustments in gameplay balancing, and highlights from the patch notes (bug fixes and weapon balancing) here.
CoD Warzone: Update 1.53 – Release and Content
When is the update coming? The new update is live and the content is available to you.
How large is the update? The developers state the following download sizes:
PlayStation 5: 14.1 GB
PlayStation 4: 14.1 GB
Xbox One Series X / S: 13.7 GB
Xbox One: 13.7 GB
PC: 11.5 GB (Warzone only)
PC: 15.5 GB (with Modern Warfare)
What’s new in Season 2? The list of innovations in the battle royale Warzone is relatively long. There are new gameplay mechanics and map changes:
Gameplay adjustments
Massive bug fixes
Extensive weapon balancing
“Nebula V”: Comes as a bomb and new ammunition into the game
P.D.S.: New field upgrade that protects against gas
New POIs: A new chemical factory and underground labs on the map
NPCs: Soldiers of the Axis powers patrol the “Nebula V” facilities
Transport Tanks: An armed tank vehicle rolls across Caldera (throughout the season)
Bombers: The 2nd type of planes for the Vanguard modes
New mode: Large deathmatch at launch
Fresh battle pass with over 100 rewards
Redeploy Balloon: The balloon shoots you up into the air
New weapons: Assault rifle and LMG at launch, SMG and Ice Axe mid-season
Rebirth mid-season: Change of the island in mid-season and Trials mode
What’s up with Vanguard? Season 2 also kicks off in Vanguard tonight at 6 PM. You can find patch notes and content here.
Here you can also take a look at the extensive roadmap for Season 2:
Warzone with deadly gas and crazy bombers in Season 2
What is Nebula V? The story of the new Season 2 revolves around this deadly gas. Evidence of the production of the chemical warfare agent has been discovered on Caldera, along with indications of stockpiles from the Axis powers.
While in Vanguard you destroy the stockpiles, in Warzone it’s more about learning more about the nerve gas and preventing the Axis from producing more.
The battle royale will receive a few exciting innovations:
Bomb (During the season): The item comes into the game as a “very rare” item and allows you to flood an area with gas for 2 minutes. Nebula V works much like the gas from the play area circle. Once the bomb is armed, it can neither be destroyed nor defused, and it explodes after the countdown in a small area. The gas area is larger than the explosion area.
Ammunition: Similar to “special ammunition,” this field upgrade gives you a load of ammunition. However, it does not cause more damage. If you eliminate an opponent with this ammunition, the player releases gas and hinders revival.
P.D.S.: The countermeasure for gas. You use the item like a trophy system, place it in front of you, and are protected from gas in a small area. It protects against Nebula V and also against the play area gas.
The innovations apply to both the normal battle royale and Vanguard Royale. How the gas from the story side enters the game is shown in the cinematic trailer for Season 2:
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What are these new POIs? The factory between the mines and the docks in the north is changing and becoming the new chemical factory. The outlines of the building don’t change much, but inside you can discover new features. The loot in the factory is better than at other POIs.
Moreover, “bunkers” are opening on Caldera. There will be a total of 7 underground labs, and the open labs are marked in yellow on the map. Here you will find top loot, but there is only one entrance/exit. Enter at your own risk.
What are these NPCs? Also away from hostile players, there will be more dangers on Caldera in the future. NPCs, soldiers of the Axis powers, patrol certain areas, adding more action to the areas where they appear.
Chemical factory: The factory has a personal guard unit that protects the premises.
Weapon labs: Each underground lab has an enemy security unit.
Tank vehicle: A large transport vehicle drives across Caldera (coming throughout the season)
Especially the tank vehicle sounds crazy. The transporter follows a set route and attacks you with machine gun positions if you get too close. If the tank vehicle is low on health, even NPC airplanes will help it.
If you take down the unruly vehicle, you can expect a nice load of loot and even a chance at the nasty Nebula bomb.
Nasty tank rolls across Caldera …
What can the new weapons do? Through the battle pass, 2 new weapons enter the game again. Both weapons are free rewards:
Assault rifle at level 15: KG M40
LMG at level 31: Whitley
The assault rifle is described as very stable and suitable for medium and long distances. At 600 rounds/minute, it has the 2nd highest damage among Vanguard assault rifles and offers the range of the NZ-41 with a recoil similar to that of the Cooper Carbine.
The LMG is also expected to perform well at medium to long distances. The Whitley comes with the highest damage in its weapon class in Vanguard and fires relatively slowly. However, there are also attachments that reduce damage and allow up to 1,000 rounds/minute.
WhitleyKG M40
What can the new mode do? Right at the start of the season, a new mode is available: Caldera Clash.
48 players divided into 2 teams fight for the most points and the victory. You start with your own loadout, can complete contracts and challenges for more points, and spend your cash at the buy stations for killstreaks.
Clash is a large team deathmatch with respawns, where you can collect many kills. There have been similar modes in Warzone before.
What is the redeploy balloon? The balloons will be shown on the map and offer a way to move quickly over long distances.
Attach yourself with your team to the rope, get lifted into the air, and find a new place to land on the map.
What’s in the new battle pass? In addition to the weapons, the battle pass offers you a lot of cosmetics and new operators. Anne Drake you get immediately upon purchase.
The battle pass costs 1,000 CoD points (about €10) and can deliver you more than 100 items if you level it up to the end. Included are:
A total of 1,300 CoD points
New weapons
Limited-time extra XP
Many cosmetics
General XP boost
Also included is a “sticky bomb” – a sticky grenade. However, it is still unclear whether the grenade will also come to Warzone. The last battle pass grenade was only for Vanguard.
If you want to know more about the new battle pass, check out the English blog on the pass (via callofduty.com).
What happens to Mid-Season? In the mid-season, 2 more weapons will enter the game:
Armaguerra 43 – prototype submachine gun
Ice Axe – melee weapon
Moreover, exciting changes to Rebirth Island will occur in the mid-season. The popular map, which makes the battle royale of Warzone a bit smaller, will receive some significant changes.
The developers are not going into detail yet, but the changes should be extensive.
Furthermore, the popular Iron Trials will start on Rebirth Island in the mid-season. The Trials modes provide you with different rules and come, for example, with a higher time-to-kill. You can read here how the mode played out in Verdansk ’84:
Highlights from the Patch Notes – Bug Fixes and Weapon Balancing
What has changed in gameplay? The balancing in Season 2 is not limited to just the weapons. There are also some exciting changes beyond the firearms that affect the gameplay experience:
You generally find less cash
Loot on the ground and from chests has been overhauled in all modes
You now always equip a full armor plate, and only at the end do you refill a broken armor segment
The gas mask no longer activates when aiming through the sights, and you take damage in gas. Only when you exit the sights do you put on the mask.
In the Gulag, the steps of the spectators are now quieter. Further adjustments are forthcoming.
Parachutes now have the same speed whether you are flying straight or sideways.
Parachutes can be deployed at lower heights and cut off.
Planes are now significantly weaker – easier to destroy and without auto-aim
Overall, some interesting, minor changes. Particularly the overhaul of general loot and planes was overdue. The adjustment of the cash economy also sounds reasonable. Caldera was very generous in this regard.
What important bug fixes have occurred? The list of general bug fixes is quite long. Here’s an excerpt of the most important points:
Issues with texture streaming on consoles resolved
Broken graphic elements removed on all platforms
Many causes of game crashes fixed
Invisible skins fixed
The 2nd loadout drop is fixed – now comes in the 5th circle
Players can no longer exit the Gulag with a full loadout
Many broken attachments repaired
Inverted mouse control is working again
It remains to be seen whether Warzone runs better on consoles. However, many of the issues mentioned in the bug fixes have been raised by the community in recent weeks.
If you want to know what other issues the developers are working on, you can take a look at the English Trello board (via trello.com).
What has happened with the weapons? The list of balance adjustments is almost exclusively focused on Vanguard weapons. Only the C58 from Cold War has also been affected:
C58 – Nerf
Recoil deviation and recoil strength increased
What do the recoil values mean? In a previous update, the developers explained what the different types of recoil mean:
Recoil adjustment
The recoil pattern has changed
Recoil deviation
Determines the randomness in the recoil pattern (bloom effect)
Reduce, increase recoil
Magnitude of recoil
Visual recoil
Effects of camera or weapon movements not directly related to recoil behavior
At the start, the developers write: “The ballistic behavior of all Vanguard weapons has been adjusted to better match MW and BOCW weapons.” How this will be affected remains to be seen.
However, many adjustments have also been made, of which we will show you the most important ones here:
STG 44 – Nerf
Slower aim down sights and several attachments nerfed
Volksgewehr – Nerf
Slower aim down sights
Bren – Nerf
Less damage to limbs, many barrel attachments nerfed/adjusted
MP40 – Nerf
Less range, meta barrel and magazine nerfed
Welgun – Nerf
Less range, strong attachments nerfed
Almost all weapons that are currently very popular with players and are considered too strong have been affected. However, this list is only a small excerpt from the balancing.
The changes are so extensive that it is difficult to predict how this will affect the weapons meta. You can find more on MeinMMO soon.
Season 2 brings a lot of content for Warzone and Vanguard. However, many players wish that the current bugs in the game would first be removed. It remains to be seen whether that will succeed.
After all, Season 2 was even delayed because of this.
In Pokémon GO you can earn up to 50 coins per day by placing your Pokémon in a gym. However, it is important that your Pokémon is then knocked out of the gym. Only then will you receive the coins. If your Pokémon do not return from the gym, it can be very problematic. Why this is such a big problem, you can learn here at MeinMMO.
On reddit, the user TheSilphRoad posted a contribution in which he describes his tricky and frustrating situation. His progress in Pokémon Go is limited when his Pokémon do not return from the gyms.
What happens when the Pokémon do not return from gyms? There is a limit to the number of Pokémon that can be in a gym at the same time. If they do not return, no new Pokémon can be placed in other gyms, nor will the player earn Pokécoins for defending a gym.
Player is stuck with his 20 Pokémon in the gyms
The user mentions in his post that he was surprised to find out that he could no longer place a Pokémon in a gym at some point. It said that he had reached the maximum number of defenders. So he checked and unfortunately found that his total of 20 defenders are placed in gyms located in extremely remote areas.
Therefore, it is unlikely that another trainer will kick his Pokémon out of the gyms in the near future. This means that he is stuck in this situation. As long as there is a limit to the number of Pokémon that can be placed in gyms, and no other trainer sends his Pokémon back by defeating them, he cannot take over any more gyms.
If you have placed a total of 20 Pokémon in gyms, you cannot use another Pokémon to place it in a gym.
Moreover, there are not even Pokécoins, as the player only receives these after his Pokémon has returned to him. He is dissatisfied and wonders why Niantic thinks it is a good idea to limit the number of gym defenders to 20 Pokémon.
This would ruin the part of Pokémon Go that is supposed to encourage players to go outside and explore the world. He perceives the limit and the exact number as extremely arbitrary and restrictive. Therefore, he wishes that Niantic would raise the limit of 20 Pokémon to a higher limit.
What you could do if the Pokémon do not return
But what can you do if your Pokémon are stuck in the gym and you thus have no chance to earn Pokécoins? In principle, there is only one way: the Pokémon must definitely be knocked out, otherwise it will not progress.
Here are your options:
If you have friends or know other trainers who play on another team, you could ask them to knock your Pokémon out of the gym.
If you do not know anyone who could kick your Pokémon out of the gym, it is advisable to connect with other players. Maybe try a post on your social media apps and tag the location of the gym. Perhaps another trainer who frequently stays near the gym may stumble upon your post.
If you have a friend who is on another team but is not nearby any of the gyms: How about taking a Pokémon day trip together and “liberating” some Pokémon from gyms?
Have you ever faced the problem that you could not move forward or backward because your Pokémon were lingering in remote locations in gyms? How did you free yourself from the predicament? Or do you generally have other ideas to help trainers in this situation? What do you think about the limit of 20 defenders in gyms? Let us know!
If you want to lift your mood, even when you are in such a situation, then briefly distract yourself with other activities in Pokémon Go. For example, you can do raids together with friends. In our guide on the 10 best fighting type attackers in Pokémon Go as a list, you will learn how to fight successfully against raid Pokémon.
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Currently, you can win a PS5 on Amazon with a bit of luck and some knowledge about the world of the PlayStation-exclusive Horizon: Forbidden West.
On the occasion of the highly anticipated release of Horizon: Forbidden West this Friday (February 18, 2022), Amazon is currently hosting a sweepstakes in which one of the coveted consoles and four copies of the otherwise more or less out-of-stock Collector’s Edition of Horizon: Forbidden West is being raffled off.
To participate in the sweepstakes, you just need to answer four questions about the game world of the AAA game. Here is the link to the sweepstakes.
But because today is Valentine’s Day, we have the answers to these questions for you right here:
QUESTION 1: In Horizon: Forbidden West, Aloy …? ANSWER: DIVING
QUESTION 2: Which machine looks like a cross between a mammoth and a war elephant? ANSWER: HEADERBITE
QUESTION 3: What is the name of the outpost settlement of the Oseram? ANSWER: CHAINSKRAINT
QUESTION 4: Which tribe lives in complete harmony with nature? ANSWER: UTARU
If you are lucky, you can win a currently almost unattainable PlayStation 5 console along with the Collector’s Edition with these answers. Three other people will “only” receive the collector’s box.
However, the coveted Collector’s Edition alone is worth 229 euros and comes with a SteelBook case, a mini art book, Headerbite & Aloy figurines, and many other digital contents and in-game bonuses.
The deadline for participating in the sweepstakes is Sunday, February 20. The winners will be determined by random drawing.
How good is Horizon: Forbidden West? MeinMMO was allowed to play Horizon: Forbidden West already. In our preview report, you can read how good the game really is and why it might be worth it for you if you also had a lot of fun with the first part.
No PS5 received? If you did not get a PS5, be sure to check our ticker. Here we will keep you updated daily and explain how you can best get a PS5 and show you drops related to the coveted console.
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The MMORPG Lost Ark is by far the biggest game on Steam in 2022. It is even the second biggest game of all time on Valve’s gaming platform when looking at concurrent players. MeinMMO author Schuhmann says: the situation with Lost Ark is currently a “Perfect Storm”, but most importantly for the success is: once someone starts leveling in Lost Ark, they simply don’t stop. Because the game has no “cliffs”.
These are the circumstances for success with Lost Ark: There is not “one” reason why Lost Ark is currently so successful on Steam that player numbers are exploding and the queues are reaching proportions that drive people insane. At least five factors come together:
Hunger for MMORPGs: The demand for MMORPGs remains enormous and the supply has been limited for 8 years. The strong demand can be seen in how even weak MMORPGs like Bless attracted a lot of players. When something big like “New World” came, the rush was huge. Existing MMORPGs like Final Fantasy XIV or ESO also experience regular hype cycles with new player records.
Hunger for “Diablo-like” games: Lost Ark appeals not only to MMORPG players but also to fans of Diablo 3 due to its isometric perspective and hack and slash gameplay. In Lost Ark, you don’t kill one mob and then move on to the next, but rather slash through entire groups of enemies. Players in the “hack and slash” genre are notoriously underfed because Blizzard has provided little supply since 2014. This can be seen in the success of games like “Wolcen”, which became much bigger on Steam almost exactly 2 years ago than it had any right to be.
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New video about Lost Ark shows what makes the free MMORPG special
Good reputation in South Korea: Unlike new MMORPGs like New World, you don’t buy a pig in a poke with Lost Ark. The MMORPG has been on the market in South Korea for 3 years and has been excellently developed. It has a lot of content that can be added. In the circles of MMORPG experts, Lost Ark has been considered the “next big thing” for at least two, if not three years.
Maximum accessibility: The game has been free to play since Friday, has a decent translation, and is thus highly accessible. Although many fans have purchased one or more Founder Packs, it is not necessary to spend money to play Lost Ark. The high player numbers of Lost Ark on Steam also arise from the fact that it can only be played on Valve’s platform, so players are not scattered like in other MMORPGs across multiple launchers.
Hype level over 9000: In our algorithm-driven economy, big things get bigger. Lost Ark exploded (also thanks to drops) immediately on Twitch, attracting more streamers, which brought even more viewers. News about “huge queues” work according to such a “what is big gets bigger” pattern: the more people are in a queue, the better what they are waiting for must be — so you queue up too.
Twitch streamer Asmongold had 400,000 people watching him as he couldn’t log into Lost Ark:
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What is the one point that brings Lost Ark to the top? Of the 5 factors, some apply to other MMORPGs as well: The hunger for new MMORPGs fuels many releases, and the “hype dynamics” are behind practically every surprise success.
What makes Lost Ark so successful is the polish that the leveling process has gone through.
I claim: once someone has started leveling their character in Lost Ark, they will find it hard to find a point at which they will stop.
Normally, there are “cliffs” in MMORPGs from which you can fall. Video game companies observe the playtime and behavior of their gamers closely through analytics tools.
A difficult jumping puzzle that frustrates the player
A quest where you are not sure how to proceed
The transition to a group quest where a player has to show socially and find teammates
A monotonous area where a player gets stuck for too long and feels they are not making progress – also known as the “legendary ice hell depression”, the “desert fiasco” or the “underwater level dilemma”
Increased grind tasks like “Kill 10 bears” or “Collect 200 pieces of wood”
All of these are points at which an MMORPG loses a certain percentage of players who log out and do not come back.
There is also talk of a “climb”, a rise to the top of the leveling process. It seems normal that now and then someone falls off.
Lost Ark has eliminated “bottlenecks” from other MMORPGs during leveling
What makes Lost Ark different? In Lost Ark, there is no such “climb”; the leveling process resembles more a water slide in a theme park:
Lost Ark avoids the “slow start” by giving the player the opportunity to completely skip the prologue and already starting with level 10 and numerous skills, allowing them to find and play a skill rotation early on.
Bottlenecks in quests are practically non-existent. It is always clear where the next quest continues. The quests are arranged in clear quest hubs that constantly give the player the feeling of unlocking the world quest by quest.
Area changes occur quickly; you rarely stay in one area long enough to become tired of the landscape.
After just a few hours, you already enter the first quest dungeons, which are easy to handle, and an automatic group search ensures that no time is wasted.
In this way, players can make decisions early on in the skill system regarding which abilities they want to strengthen in which way and see the effects of these decisions directly in the game.
The loot system during the leveling process is not a masterpiece, but the exotic relationship system and the relatively late-starting crafting system bring variety.
Furthermore, Lost Ark is filled with systems that hint at how much depth awaits in the game later: there are card systems, complex collectible items, achievements, dynamic quests, and achievements around every corner.
It is also noticeable that players receive “comfort improvements” early on, such as a pet that collects loot and a mount that significantly increases movement speed. A teleport system that can be used as needed and costs only a little silver increases mobility and reduces the time investment that was often criticized in other games.
The MMORPG Lost Ark removes practically all cliffs and hurdles during the leveling process that players usually encounter in MMORPGs and risk uninstalling the game.
That is why the player base of Lost Ark is so high right now: during the leveling process, only very few will be able to escape the pull of Lost Ark. After all, nobody gets off a water slide in a theme park. Well, nobody can.
Admittedly – not all players are completely thrilled with Lost Ark. Some even manage to escape this seemingly irresistible pull:
A player in League of Legends says that Riot Games has banned him for two weeks. He had tried the “Supporter Top” strategy, but it had failed. Riot Games interpreted this as sabotage and has taken him out of circulation for two weeks.
What is this new, strong strategy?
In League of Legends, everything currently revolves around the “Enchanters”, a class of supporters that heals or buffs other champions. Normally, supporters in LoL are only played in the bot lane, alongside an ADC that they support, leaving all kills and thus the gold for them.
Supporters have the opportunity to achieve a constant flow of gold through certain items, even if they do not get any kills themselves.
With the new strategy, however, the supporters are not played in the bot lane, but are active on one of the solo lanes:
Why was the player banned? The player “Saidenhide” says on reddit that he played the supporter Maokai in the top lane, but left as early as possible to cause trouble in other lanes and give his team an advantage on the objectives. That is his playstyle that he maintains in LoL. He calls it a “roaming strategy”.
The player says he usually has a lot of success with this strategy, having won 5 out of 8 games, and that this strategy had also led him to the “Master title” in previous seasons.
But this time the strategy apparently failed: The player was banned for 2 weeks.
When asked if anything could be done about the ban, he received the following response from support:
The ban was applied manually
They reviewed the replay again and apparently the player tried to help the opponent with Maokai
He left the top lane and was then hanging around the dragon area to avoid experience points and gold
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Player speaks of “legitimate strategy” that went wrong
This is what the player says: He feels unfairly treated. He says this is a “legitimate strategy” that unfortunately “went wrong” in the game.
The strategy is still strong, as even though it brings little gold and XP, it has a great impact on each individual lane in the game.
These are the reactions: The case actually divides the community:
One side says: The player is right. The ban is unfair, his strategy is legitimate.
Others say: “If you play with the bull, you get the horns”: The player apparently tried to exploit game mechanics but failed – and everyone reported him because the tactic is so unpopular that even his own team hates it. The devil is in the details.
Apparently, the top meta won’t hold for long. Riot Games has already announced that they will change it this week. And the player also says that once the nerfs come, he will play a different strategy in the top lane:
All information about the upcoming Patch 9.2 Eternity’s End in World of Warcraft can be found here on MeinMMO.
The next patch for World of Warcraft is slowly approaching us. Patch 9.2 Eternity’s End will be the finale of the storyline of Shadowlands and probably the last update before the new expansion. To ensure that you know exactly what to expect, we have created this article, which contains all the details about the patch.
Note:This article will be regularly updated as we publish new contributions and more information about Patch 9.2 becomes available. Currently, this article is up to date as of 14.02.2022.
The official release date for Patch 9.2 is February 23, 2022
The story takes place in the new area Zereth Mortis
The new raid “Mausoleum of the First” will feature 11 bosses
When will Patch 9.2 be released? An official release date for Patch 9.2 “Eternity’s End” has been announced by Blizzard. The update will be available to us on February 23, 2022. In America, the patch will be released one day earlier, on February 22.
New area: Zereth Mortis
The centerpiece of the patch is the new area Zereth Mortis. This is where the Jailer disappeared at the end of the raid “Sanctum of Domination”. Zereth Mortis is the place where “the First” essentially have their workshop. There, the various Shadowlands were created and tasked. This also means that in Zereth Mortis you will see many creatures in their mechanically appearing primal state before they were given more defined forms.
A special feature in Zereth Mortis is the progress system. Instead of filling a reputation bar, players must first learn the language of the inhabitants there. The Automa native to Zereth Mortis speak in a mechanical singsong. Therefore, players must first comprehend this rune-like language, the “Cipher of the First”, to interact properly with these creatures. This gradually unlocks new content, more quests, and more story.
The story of Patch 9.2 – What we know so far
In a nutshell, the forces of the Jailer from Korthia have moved on to Zereth Mortis. Zovaal’s goal is to conquer the forge there to kill the planet Azeroth and thereby initiate a process that reshapes the rules of the universe.
We will be hindered in this, among other things, by the Dreadlords, who have even learned a new trick – they disguise themselves as heroes and give instructions to NPCs that mislead them!
Meanwhile, players are of course trying to free Anduin, to utilize his knowledge about the Dominion runes and to redeem him from his current condition.
How this all unfolds will probably only be revealed with the PTR. The resolution of this story is likely to happen later, when the final cinematics are known. That will likely be several weeks after the patch’s release.
The Jailer’s goals have now been revealed, but are met with criticism. He apparently wants to destroy the World Soul of Azeroth in order to create a new reality.
It is also known how the machinery of death is to be healed. The Kyrian Pelagos will be installed as the new Arbiter and will ensure that all souls are sent to the correct realm of the Shadowlands.
Lastly, a quite significant cinematic featuring Sylvanas has already been released. Her soul fails to rejoin. The protector of Silvermoon cannot accept what she has become after death – until Uther offers her help.
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New raid: Mausoleum of the First
The Mausoleum of the First will be the final raid of Shadowlands. A hefty 11 bosses await to be defeated by players. The raid opens in 2 stages, telling 2 different stories. The first 8 bosses will be released simultaneously, the last 3 will follow in the weeks after. This was done to also highlight the passage of time between the two raid parts.
The 11 bosses in the Mausoleum of the First are:
Solitary Guardian
Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle
Artificier Xy’mox
Prototype Pantheon
Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener
Halondrus the Reclaimer
Lihuvim, Principle Architect
Anduin Wrynn
Lords of Dread
Rygelon
Zovaal
Thus, the final boss of the first section will be the fight against Anduin Wrynn. Interestingly, we will also encounter Xy’mox again. We last met him in Castle Nathria, where he sought to plunder the treasures of Denathrius. Something similar is probably in store for the Mausoleum.
The final boss is – not surprisingly – the fight against Zovaal, the Jailer. He seeks to destroy Azeroth.
The Jailer will be the “Bad Boss” – the final opponent of the raid.
New content – What’s in Patch 9.2?
In addition to Zereth Mortis and the Mausoleum of the First, there are a whole host of new content and the return of already known features. We want to briefly introduce them here.
Return of Tier Sets: With Patch 9.2, there is again a tier set for every class, including associated set bonuses. However, these sets cannot exclusively be earned in the raid this time. Players can also acquire these set items through PvP and “Mythic+”. This allows players to earn the coveted sets through other gameplay content as well.
Two Legendary Items simultaneously: Also great will be the ability to wear two legendary items on your character at the same time. However, this is subject to certain restrictions, which we have explained here in more detail. In short, this means that you can only combine one covenant legendary with another legendary of your choice.
It is also important to know that Patch 9.2 brings a belt whose legendary power changes with each covenant switch. This allows you to bind the covenant legendary to a belt and freely switch covenants without losing the appropriate effect or having to manage much equipment.
New Torghast mode only with bosses: Also new in Patch 9.2 Eternity’s End is a fresh Torghast mode, the “Jailer’s Gauntlet” – presumably translated as “Jailer’s Gauntlet”. Here, new cosmetic rewards are at stake and the chest of countless things is not active. Particularly cool: there are almost only bosses and very few trash groups. Here, it’s about the strongest combinations possible with Anima powers to defeat the bosses.
Flying must be unlocked again
As is customary in subsequently added endgame zones in World of Warcraft, the ability to fly must be manually unlocked again. In Zereth Mortis, you will initially be traveling only on foot and with your ground mount; the flying ability will come several days later.
However, the requirements for flying are relatively simple. At the earliest, you can unlock flying with the start of the 3rd week of the patch – that is, on day 15 – as only then can you complete the story up to the necessary point.
In addition to all the highlights and improvements, there will of course also be a whole range of small items that will be improved with the new update. These are not necessarily particularly large changes that can be presented as a “selling point”, but they are still meaningful for some players. Here are some of the minor improvements that will come with Patch 9.2:
Buff food will soon be a matter for the entire raid. With the new “Stone Soup”, there will be no more excuses for buff food procrastinators.
Aside from that, there are numerous new pets, mounts, and toys. In the coming weeks, we will present the most interesting and strangest of these in more detail.
What do you think of Patch 9.2? Do you like what is known about the patch so far? Or are you dissatisfied with what has been shown so far?
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Patch 2.5 of Genshin Impact arrives on February 16. The official livestream with detailed information took place on February 4. We at MeinMMO will tell you what exactly is coming with the new patch.
Update from February 14: The upcoming banners from the release of the patch have been announced. You can find all the information about it under “Upcoming Gacha Banners in Patch 2.5“.
These are the highlights of Patch 2.5 from Genshin Impact:
The story involving Raiden Shogun and Yae Miko continues to progress.
Yae Miko will be available as a new playable 5-star character in the character event wish.
The 5-star characters Raiden Shogun and Kokomi Sangonomiya will receive reruns.
2 new weapons.
A new weekly boss and enemies.
New and familiar events.
“The Great Rift” has been announced for Patch 2.6, and a small glimpse was shown.
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Trailer for the new version of Genshin Impact:
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Who is Yae Miko? Yae Miko is the shrine maiden of the Narukami Shrine in Inazuma. She also has a fox form and is the eternal friend of the all-powerful Raiden Shogun. Additionally, she is the head of a publisher that releases books.
Yae Miko’s Japanese voice actress “Ayane Sakura” voices characters from well-known anime such as Ochako from My Hero Academia, Nero from Black Clover, or Mika from Psycho-Pass 2.
What can Yae Miko do? Yae can deal high damage with her special ability while she is on the field and consistent damage when she is off the field.
Normal attack: ‘Spiritfox Sin Eater.’
Elemental ability, ‘Yakan Evocation: Sesshou Sakura’: Yae leaves an Electro marker called ‘Sesshou Sakura’ with each use while she moves swiftly. The markers can deal Electro damage.
Special ability, ‘Great Secret Art: Tenko Kenshin’: Destroys previously left ‘Sesshou Sakura’ and summons a large lightning strike from the sky that deals damage to enemies.
Passive talents of Yae Miko:
‘The Shrine’s Sacred Shade’: Each ‘Sesshou Sakura’ destroyed by the special ability triggers a cooldown reset of one use of Yae Miko’s elemental ability.
‘Enlightened Blessing’: Each point of elemental mastery increases the damage of ‘Sesshou Sakura.’
‘Meditations of a Yako’: Can craft an additional talent material from the same region when crafting talent material.
Upcoming Gacha Banners in Patch 2.5
Which character banners are coming? Starting February 16, you can obtain Yae Miko as a new character from the character event wish for three weeks. Additionally, Thoma, Diona, and Fischl will join as 4-star heroes.
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From March 8, both Raiden Shogun and Kokomi Sangonomiya will be available together as reruns. All three characters will appear in the story, which is why Raiden and Kokomi will receive a rerun so early.
It is uncertain which weapons will appear in the second part of the patch. However, it is possible that both ‘Grasscutter’s Light’ and ‘Eternal Moonshine’ will be included in the second weapon banner, as they are the signature weapons of Raiden Shogun and Kokomi Sangonomiya.
New weekly boss and new enemies in the Overworld
What new weekly boss is expected? It was not confirmed in the livestream if it is indeed the Raiden Shogun, but the new weekly boss looks very much like her. Players are supposed to do the story quests to find out who she really is, as was mentioned in the Genshin Impact stream.
What new enemies are there in the Overworld? The new enemies are called “Shadowy Husk” and they come in three different forms:
Standard Bearer – Pyro Attribute
Line Breaker – Hydro Attribute
Defender – Cryo Attribute
All forms of the Shadowy Husk have their own mechanics and attacks.
The Events in the new Update of Genshin Impact
As with every new patch, several events are coming this time that hold rewards for you:
‘Ritual of the Three Worlds’: Monsters and items in Enkanomiya are shrouded in thick black fog, and Kokomi gives you the task of clearing this fog. As a reward, you can get a Crown of Wisdom, Original Resin, and a new 4-star weapon along with refinement materials. The weapon is called ‘Eye of the Promise’ and is a catalyst.
‘Created by Divine Hand’: You can create your own sphere in an editor and share it with other “Genshin Impact” players for them to complete. Rewards include Original Resin, EXP cards, and weapon materials.
‘A Sip of a Tipsy Dream’: As a bartender, you must work in the pub of Mondstadt and create drinks that you can serve to guests. As a gift, you will receive an event-exclusive name card, Original Resin, and other goodies.
‘Hyakunin Ikki’: You can borrow characters you do not own or use your own to form team compositions and participate in timed battles. You could already play this event in Patch 2.1. While you received a name card back then, this time there are only smaller goodies in the form of Original Resin, talent materials, and weapon materials.
‘Overflowing Mastery’: You receive double loot from spheres.
As a bartender, you can discover various recipes while interacting with well-known characters.
A brief insight into “The Great Rift” for Patch 2.6
What is “The Great Rift”? Fans and leaks have long debated about the great rift seen to the west of Liyue on the map. It has often been said that the rift would appear soon, but rumors have always proven false.
But now it’s finally here: In Patch 2.6, the great rift is supposed to come into the game. Legends say that Morax and Azhdaha fought each other.
Due to special geological conditions, the plants in the area have a unique color. Over the years, a mine has formed in the rift, where the people of Liyue gather valuable resources for their classic porcelain.
In the great rift, new dangerous monsters like the ‘Ruin Serpent’ await you.
What do you think of Patch 2.5 in Genshin Impact? Are you looking forward to the new events and the gacha banners? Are you already excited about the great rift? What are you most looking forward to in the upcoming updates? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
The next mini-set for Hearthstone is just around the corner. We will reveal which cards are included in “Onyxia’s Lair”.
The current Hearthstone expansion, Divided in Alterac Valley, has passed about half of its lifespan. Therefore, it’s time to shake up the meta a bit and implement new cards. To this end, Hearthstone will release the new mini-set “Onyxia’s Lair” on February 15, 2022. This brings 3 fresh cards for each class as well as 5 neutral cards. All cards revolve around the dragon theme and are likely to create exciting new decks.
What is the set about? The mini-set mainly revolves around dragons and spells that interact with or summon dragons in some way. This fits thematically with Onyxia, who was known in Stormwind as “Lady Katrana Prestor” and smuggled dragons into the city of humans.
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We have sorted all new cards here by class. Each class gets 3 new cards. Additionally, there are 5 neutral cards that can be used by all classes.
All new Druid cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Hunter cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Mage cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Paladin cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Priest cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Rogue cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Shaman cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Warlock cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Warrior cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new Demon Hunter cards from Onyxia’s Lair
All new neutral cards from Onyxia’s Lair
How to get the cards? As usual in Hearthstone, it’s much easier to acquire the entire mini-set. Instead of relying solely on card packs and luck, the entire set, consisting of 35 new cards (66 cards including duplicates), can be purchased directly. This can be done through several options:
2,000 gold, i.e., earned in-game currency
€15, real money
€70 to buy the entire set in fully golden form
When does the set launch? The mini-set “Onyxia’s Lair” will be available from February 15, 2022. Generally, updates go live in Hearthstone in the early evening hours, usually between 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM. You only need to start the game, and the new cards will be available – no matter how you want to unlock them.
What do you think of the new cards? Do you like them? Are they too powerful or too weak? What is your favorite?
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In Pokémon GO there is the Pokémon Flabébé for the Valentine’s Day event. It can be evolved into Floette and then into Florges. But you need to collect hearts, and you must pay attention to something important. We from MeinMMO give you the most important tips on this.
What kind of Pokémon is this? Flabébé is a Fairy-type Pokémon from the 6th generation of Pokémon. You can encounter it in Pokémon Go in its five different forms. Learn more about this in our article on the Valentine’s Day event in Pokémon Go.
This is necessary for the evolution of Flabébé and Floette
The following requirements must be met for evolution:
from Flabébé to Floette: 25 candy
from Floette to Florges: 100 candy, as buddy
What you need to pay attention to is the following:
Tip: You can only collect the hearts for Florges after you have already evolved your Flabébé into Floette. If you have set Flabébé as your buddy, the hearts will not count for the final evolution.
Here’s how you can earn hearts with your buddy:
go for a walk together (2 km each): ♥♥♥
give your buddy a snack: ♥♥♥
play together: ♥
fight together: ♥♥♥
take a snap: ♥
visit a new place: ♥
You can repeat these activities every day to earn hearts.
Have you already evolved your Flabébé or do you still need to collect more hearts until you can make the evolution? What forms of Flabébé have you encountered so far? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
Have you heard about the Johto Tour? Or have you maybe already bought a ticket? In our article on the Johto Tour 2022 in Pokémon Go you will find all the important information about the event.
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The great German Twitch streamer Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris has been promoting various NFTs on his Twitter profile for some time now. However, he now has to endure a lot of criticism for a particular promotion, as these specific NFTs he advertised are now considered highly controversial. There is even talk of a scam case. MeinMMO reports what happened.
MontanaBlack has been interested in NFTs for a while and has frequently promoted them on his Twitter profile. He also hosted giveaways for NFTs, which were sponsored by the companies behind the respective NFTs, as MontanaBlack revealed.
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are limited, digital objects that can be sold, collected, and traded. NFTs are based on blockchain technology and are currently popular speculation objects, similar to stocks or cryptocurrencies.
Some buy NFTs with the intention of reselling them later for more money. However, NFTs are currently under criticism, especially in gaming. Players are afraid that these speculative objects will enter their games and turn the hobby into a kind of work that also attracts investors wanting to make money in the game.
Which NFTs are specifically involved? The streamer promoted the NFTs from “Squiggles” and may have stepped into a huge minefield. Allegedly, these NFTs are said to be a scam (via Twitter).
One of the largest German Twitch streamers promoted a possible scam
Why are the NFTs said to be a scam? A report claims that the team behind “Squiggles” has already pulled off multiple scams. The team is said to have drawn $10 million from the pockets of investors.
Accordingly, they are said to be using bots to generate reach, leveraging exciting topics to hype individuals genuinely interested in their projects, and then abandoning their NFT project to disappear with the money (via watcher.guru).
There is talk of so-called “rug pulls”: “pulling the rug out.” This refers to a situation where an investment faces a sudden, catastrophic price drop that severely decreases the value of the object. A “rug pull” is when there is malicious maneuvering behind the price drop.
Squiggles was even banned from the largest marketplace for NFT projects (OpenSea) following these allegations. Whether there is any truth to the accusations has not yet been confirmed. However, Squiggles claims to be innocent (via Twitter) and is working to get reinstated on OpenSea (via Twitter).
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A video from YouTuber Rutkay sharply criticizes MontanaBlack.
MontanaBlack will refrain from NFT giveaways for now
This is what MontanaBlack says: He made a statement via voice message on Twitter, which he later deleted. A little later, he posted another statement:
He cannot really determine whether Squiggles are a scam or not. He will now refrain from NFT giveaways for the time being. Nevertheless, MontanaBlack believes that his interest in NFTs will not diminish. He will continue to “like posts or something.”
Twitter absolutely did not celebrate the action, and MontanaBlack managed to trend on Twitter for a while due to the faux pas. Here are some reactions to the streamer’s statement:
Rafinesse: “Too bad, brother. You hurt the crypto and NFT community a lot. I’ve been passionately in the cryptogame since 2017 and in NFTs since 2021. The German community is already very difficult, but I hoped you could do something about it. Unfortunately, you’ve only hurt the whole thing more.”
albion: “And in 2 weeks, the next scandal will come from you. Worse than all the trash YouTubers from back then, always just talk from you.”
crusix: “Hypocrite. As if Tanzi and others hated because they say [NFT] is trash. And now this.”
Only one week left until Witch Queen, and Bungie continues to release information about the major new expansion for Destiny 2. This time a nerf has been mentioned that is not only devastating for Titans but also for the most popular class: the Hunters. We will show you what Bungie has planned.
What was released? In a DCP podcast on YouTube, Bungie developers Kevin Yanes, Bungie’s Sandbox Discipline Lead, and Samuel Dunn were interviewed about Destiny 2. They revealed painful details that will affect two classes.
In Witch Queen, Titans and Hunters will receive substantial nerfs. This will be particularly noticeable in PvE.
Hunters will be weakened in PvE
In Destiny 2, the Hunter has gone through a lot. Whether it’s nerfs affecting your Super or abilities or the class-specific Exotics, which have been massively adjusted in just a few days. The Hunter won’t have an easier time in Witch Queen either.
The Hunter and his old bow
The perk of “Heart of the Pack” from the Mobius Quiver ability will be completely removed. You will not be able to use this ability in Witch Queen. This means bound enemies that are killed afterwards will not spawn Light orbs for your Hunter. Your teammates will also no longer receive a boost in recovery, mobility, and resilience.
The Hunter will also have to forgo the “Combat Provision” ability starting with Witch Queen. It previously allowed Hunters to receive melee ability energy when they dealt damage to enemies with their grenades, as well as grenade energy when they went invisible for allies. This will also weaken the only supportive Exotic of the Hunters, the Omnioculus chest piece, in the future. Hunters will receive grenade energy for their kills in the future through a Void 3.0 fragment.
Who else is affected? The sturdy Titan will also have a tough time. The popular “Bubble”, often used in raids, will now grant you only a 25% damage buff instead of the usual 35%. This pushes the Warlock further into the spotlight regarding who offers the best support.
The announcement was also frustrating as one of the recent TWaB blog posts from Bungie suggested that “The Dawn Shield” would be a stronger alternative. However, the nerf that has now become known was not mentioned there.
Why are these changes coming? The changes will be felt by the Guardians only in Witch Queen. With Void 3.0, you will be able to mix your Supers just like with the Stasis ultimate. Bungie took a closer look at the individual classes and changed them so that the old perks of Void 2.0 do not conflict with the new aspects and fragments of Void 3.0.
What does the community say about this? The community does not understand the change and the Titans are very upset with Bungie’s decision. YouTube user RoachdoggJR stated:
The sheer confidence of this man, when he said: “You can’t get caught in a bubble,” while desperately trying to explain this nerf, he did not realize that by simply saying that word he angered every Titan.
Players realize that the Warlock’s Well will now be the better alternative for endgame content. So the Titan can leave the support to the Warlocks in the future. The Hunters, on the other hand, are being further weakened, but with Void 3.0, aspects and fragments could ensure that the Hunter can still prove himself.
What do you think about the change? Do you find it reasonable or does it annoy you that Bungie has the Hunter in its sights? Let us know what you think.
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With the first part of the Authority Pack, Dying Light 2 brings its first DLC after release today. MeinMMO reveals what’s inside and why fans wish for other things instead.
What is the Authority Pack? It is a DLC package consisting of three different parts. With the complete package, you get a Peacekeeper outfit and a unique weapon.
The package includes a total of 7 items:
Top
Pants
Shoes
Mask
Armguard
Gloves
Weapon
The first part of the package includes the top, pants, and shoes. In the second package, you will receive the mask, armguard, and gloves, while in the last part of the package, you will get the weapon. If you are already looking for strong weapons, here are the best weapons in Dying Light 2 and how to obtain them.
When are the DLCs released? The first part is already released today, on February 14 during the day. You should then be able to download the package from the respective store of your platform.
Techland has also released a trailer for the package:
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Much Praise for Dying Light 2, but Fans Have Specific Demands
This is how fans react to the trailer: In the comments on the DLC trailer, it’s less about the content and more about the things that many players would wish for.
These include, for example:
Fixes for numerous blocked quests and other bugs
A New Game Plus mode for players who want to carry their progress into a new playthrough.
Nightmare difficulty
Manual save system
However, there is also a lot of praise for the survival RPG. Many comments express positive thoughts about the main story and its choices, but especially the parkour system is being praised.
This mood of satisfaction and the desire for more is also captured by the comment that currently has the most upvotes:
Please, for God’s sake, give us multiple save slots and the ability to save the game manually! Please! I love this incredible game!
Roy ARJ in the comments of the trailer
There have also already been some confirmations that these wishes will be implemented. It has been strongly hinted that a New Game Plus mode will come after release.
Overall, fans seem to be looking forward to the future of Dying Light 2. By the way, it should look rosy for at least 5 years according to the announcement by developer Techland.
He has already presented a roadmap before release and stated that the game will be supplied with new content at least until 2027.
If everything goes according to plan, you can look forward to many more DLCs for the zombie apocalypse.
The first major story DLC is set to be released in June. By the end of the year, various challenges and events will follow.
Currently, there is a new special card of Neymar in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team that doesn’t cost a fortune. We reveal why Flashback Neymar is so strong and how you can get the card.
What kind of card is this? The new special card of Neymar is a Flashback card, meant to remind of the early days at FC Santos when Neymar was not yet the world-renowned top star. Although the card is a bit weaker on paper than his other cards, it still has top-level stats to offer.
We explain to you what the differences are and why Flashback Neymar is still a top card.
The young Neymar in FUT 22.
How strong is Neymar’s Flashback card?
This is how expensive the new Flashback card is: To get Flashback Neymar, you have to complete an SBC and submit players worth approximately 250,000 coins. A really excellent price when you look more closely at the card’s stats.
Flashback Neymar is surprisingly strong: Since Neymar’s Gold card is currently even cheaper (about 180,000 coins) than the new Flashback card, it makes sense to compare it with his 92-rated Inform card (about 800,000 coins) that offers similar stats.
When comparing the two cards, the following differences become clear:
Flashback Neymar is faster than Inform Neymar.
The shooting stats are comparable, and Flashback Neymar is slightly ahead.
Inform Neymar has significantly stronger passing stats.
Inform Neymar has slightly better dribbling stats.
Flashback Neymar only has 4 stars for the weak foot – Inform Neymar has 5 stars for the weak foot.
Overall, this means that Neymar’s new Flashback card, while slightly weaker than Inform Neymar, still offers really strong stats. He has higher speed, similar dribbling stats, and even slightly better shooting stats than his 800,000-coin counterpart. The only downside is the 4 stars for the weak foot and the weaker passing stats make the card a bit less appealing.
However, many goals should still be possible with Flashback Neymar. Because for 250,000 coins, you get an absolute top card, about which one can say very little negative. If you then also use the Chemistry style “Deadeye,” the already strong shooting stats improve further and the passing stats increase to 88.
This is what the stats look like with the Chemistry style “Deadeye.”
Is the card worth it? If you’re looking for a strong winger with 5-star skills, high speed, and decent finishing, then Flashback Neymar is the right choice for you. He doesn’t cost a fortune and still has extremely strong stats that not many cards offer for this price.
Furthermore, Flashback Neymar remains extremely agile in dribbling and should feel just as nimble and agile in the game as his other cards.
This is what you need to do: To get the strong Neymar card into your team, you must complete 2 SBC tasks. You still have time until February 27.
Task 1 – Seleção
The following requirements must be met:
Players from Brazil: At least 1
Inform cards: At least 1
Team rating: At least 85
Team chemistry: At least 65
Number of players: 11
This is what a possible solution could look like:
The solution will cost you about 100,000 coins. Source: futbin
Task 1 – Ligue 1
The following requirements must be met:
Players from Ligue 1: At least 1
Inform cards: At least 1
Team rating: At least 86
Team chemistry: At least 60
Number of players: 11
This is what a possible solution could look like:
The solution will cost you about 150,000 coins. Source: futbin
What do you think of Neymar Jr’s new Flashback card? Do you find the price enticing, and will it make it into your team? Or do you prefer to choose his Gold or Inform card instead? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
And why EA had to remove the Icon card of Marc Overmars from FIFA 22, we will explain to you in the following article.
CoD Vanguard starts tonight with Season 2. There are new maps, more explosions, and better field equipment. Zombies also get a lot of content. However, weapon balancing is completely missing. MeinMMO tells you more.
On February 14 at 6 PM, Season 2 of CoD Vanguard starts after a delay of weeks. Developer Sledgehammer Games is skipping weapon balancing this time; instead, the focus is clearly on new content.
In multiplayer, there are new maps, more explosive toys, and perks that enhance your field equipment. Fans of the zombie mode can particularly look forward to: the highlights are a completely new map and 2 new wonder weapons.
Multiplayer gets more explosions, no weapon balancing
What new content is coming? The multiplayer of CoD Vanguard is getting several new contents. This includes a new top killstreak for the best players, sticky grenades and 2 perks that improve operational equipment. There are also 2 new medium-sized maps.
What improvements are there? What’s missing in the patch notes is weapon balancing in any form. Instead, there are numerous smaller bug fixes that address issues with camouflage challenges, among other things. You can read about these bug fixes on the website of developer Sledgehammer Games (via sledgehammergames.com).
Here are all new contents in the game with Season 2:
2 new maps – Casablanca and Gondola
Casablanca: Casablanca is a medium-sized map. It has the typical 3 paths through the map, which lead through a busy marketplace. The map also emphasizes vertical combat as several buildings require close and long-range tactics.
Gondola: Gondola is also a medium-sized map with 3 paths. However, the special feature here is the namesake gondola that can take you slowly across a large gorge to a lookout tower. Players can also use the long sightline provided by this gondola route or go through the power plant and caves to engage in close combat.
Casablanca
Gondola
New game modes: Ranked and Arms Race
Ranked Mode: Players can now battle through the ranks with the rules of the Professional League of Call of Duty.
Arms Race: This mode is meant to appear later in the season. It’s more than just infantry combat. Armored war machines such as motorcycles, transport vehicles, and tanks are in focus here. The goal is to destroy enemy strongholds.
New content in the Battle Pass: Explosive killstreak, sticky grenade, 2 perks
New killstreak: Hull-mounted Gunner
Players who have played CoD WW2 already know this new killstreak. The Hull-mounted Gunner can be activated after 12 kills in a row. For 30 seconds, you can rain explosions on the map.
This is what this killstreak looked like in CoD WW2:
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New perks: With Season 2, you gain access to 2 new perks, one for Slot 1 (Blue) and one for Slot 3 (Yellow). Both perks help your field equipment.
Armory (Blue):
Deploy equipment faster. Your equipment is immune to the Technician perk and cannot be hacked or seen through walls.
Mechanic (Yellow):
Field equipment reloads 20% faster.
Zombies: New Egypt map, Easter eggs, and wonder weapons
Terra Maledicta is the new hub map in Zombies after “The Beginning”. It takes place in Egypt and contains gates to three new arenas: Corrupted Lands, Eastern Desert, and the Hall of Truth.
You will complete a new story quest and fight new enemies with friends. Wonder weapons and Easter eggs also return.
The Ray Gun returns
The map Terra Maledicta and the new enemies
The wonder weapons Ray Gun and Decimator Shield
Here’s what’s new in CoD Vanguard Zombies:
New hub map: “Terra Maledicta”
3 new locations: Corrupted Lands, Eastern Desert, Hall of Truth
2 wonder weapons: Decimator Shield and Ray Gun
New ally: Vercanna, the Last
New enemy: Zaballa, the Deceiver
New artifact: Staff of the Wild (Healing Aura)
New mission: Sacrifice
New covenant: Artifact Watch
New story quest
New weapon support: KG M40, Whitley
3 new Pack-a-Punch camouflages
20 new season challenges
Also included are many small stability improvements and bug fixes for Zombies that you can read about on the website of Sledgehammer Games (via sledgehammergames.com).
What do you think of these patch notes? Are you satisfied with the new contents of Season 2? Or would you have liked more adjustments to old content? What do you generally think of the current state of CoD Vanguard? Let us know in the comments.
If you want to know what new features and changes are coming to Warzone with the release of Season 2, you should check out this article:
A new MMORPG has been released with Lost Ark. Now many users want to know if they can play Lost Ark on the Steam Deck at launch. MeinMMO explains what the situation is with Lost Ark.
What is the Steam Deck? The Steam Deck is a handheld console by Valve. On this handheld device, which resembles the Nintendo Switch, you can play Steam games on the couch without needing your gaming PC.
Many users are now hoping that they will soon be able to play the MMORPG Lost Ark on the couch with the Steam Deck. Lost Ark is a huge success on Steam with over 1 million players simultaneously.
Does Lost Ark work on the Steam Deck?
This is the current status: Valve tests all games for the Steam Deck and verifies them afterwards. However, Lost Ark has not yet been officially tested for the Steam Deck. Therefore, there is still no official statement from Valve on whether the popular MMORPG works on the device.
What is certain, however, is that Lost Ark uses “Easy Anti Cheat” (EAC) as a protection mechanism. This is meant to prevent players from cheating in the game or doing other bad things. However, Anti-Cheat does not currently work seamlessly with Linux and therefore also causes problems on the Steam Deck. There are already several multiplayer games that currently do not work on the Steam Deck.
Anyone looking at the unofficial list from Steam Deck will see: All games that do not work on the Steam Deck rely on anti-cheat programs that cause problems on Linux (via steamdeckverified.avery.cafe).
Valve had indicated that in the future anti-cheat should also work on Steam, but we cannot currently tell you when that will be. However, if Valve makes a statement, we will keep you updated.
So far, it seems that you cannot play Lost Ark on the Steam Deck.
What other options are available? Generally, there is also the option to install Windows 10/11 on the Steam Deck. However, there is little user experience so far regarding how good the performance is on the Steam Deck under Windows. You also need basic knowledge of how to install an operating system and create a new partition on a hard drive.
Additionally, Windows 10/11 is not optimized for the Steam Deck, as Microsoft has not adapted the design or interface of Windows for the Steam Deck.
Cool alternatives to play Lost Ark on the couch
What alternatives are there? If you still want to play Lost Ark on the couch, there are at least a handful of alternatives you can currently try:
For example, you can stream Lost Ark via Steam Link. Here, you stream your gaming PC to your smartphone. This requires a fast internet connection and hardware.
Alternatively, you can also use Moonlight. This is another streaming service where you can stream your games to your phone. However, you need an Nvidia graphics card, AMD Radeon graphics cards are not supported.
GeForce Now is officially supported according to Nvidia (via nvidia.com), but the game is currently not available via GeForce Now.
Mobile alternatives: If you are still interested in mobile gaming, there are exciting alternatives available besides the Steam Deck. MeinMMO presents the most interesting alternatives that you can also play on the go and are already available:
The Korea MMORPG Lost Ark finally launched in Europe and North America on Friday. But judging by the reviews on Steam, the online role-playing game is only a mediocre 3. Out of nearly 30,000 reviews, only 68% are positive.
This is the situation:
Lost Ark is regarded as a high-production quality MMORPG that has been excellently further developed since its launch in South Korea in 2019, enriched with new classes, raids, and continents.
Since the release of Black Desert (2016), it is the first renowned MMORPG on PC worldwide that has truly established itself. Other than that, mainly mobile titles dominate the market in Asia and thus the global MMORPG market, as no MMORPGs have been released in the West since 2014 – except for New World, whose long-term success is still to be awaited.
New video about Lost Ark shows what makes the free MMORPG special
Almost 30,000 Steam Reviews – only 68 % positive: A solid 3
What are the Steam reviews like? On Steam, Lost Ark now has 29,185 reviews in German and English, a total of 46,433 reviews. Of the nearly 30,000 reviews, 68% are positive – by a school grade, that would be a solid 3.
Why does the best MMORPG in 6 years only get a 3? The ratings are heavily influenced by the Amazon phenomenon: it is not the product that is evaluated, but the delivery. And the delivery is problematic for the MMORPG that is actually released in the West by Amazon.
The negative reviews mainly complain that testers could not play the MMORPG at the stated times because the servers were overloaded and they were stuck in queues.
Players are especially annoyedif they bought a Founder Pack to play the MMORPG early – which was not always possible due to the overloaded servers.
However, many of the negative reviews admit that the game is “great” or “really good.” But “Amazon Game Services” is criticized repeatedly. Players apparently experience flashbacks to the launch of New World, which suffered from similar problems.
What is praised in the MMO? The people who praise the MMO say things like
“I’ve waited 10 years for this. It’s exactly as I imagined it. I’m incredibly hyped.”
As is usual on Steam, there are also some ironic comments:
“I like the quests where you pick things up and put them back down.”
“Talk to this one, talk to that one. Kill this, collect that.”
And the queue can be nicely fantasized about as well:
“Queue of 26,890. Waiting time until playing 6-8 hours. The animations of the ships and the seagulls are a dream. The cries of the seagulls, best sound ever.”
“Now I finally have time to clean my apartment, cook food, do laundry, visit my grandparents, take my dog out, and spend time with my girlfriend. She is very grateful to me for this. Thank you, Amazon!”
But maybe Amazon will still get the problem under control – and the dog, girlfriend, and the cleanliness of the apartment will suffer again:
The alarm doors in Back 4 Blood have been reworked. However, what they do now, players just find ridiculous.
In Back 4 Blood, the main focus is on defeating a lot of zombies. Of course, the zombies should behave realistically so that the gaming experience is not spoiled. However, the latest patch has “improved” a small detail. The culprit is an almost insurmountable issue in game design.
What is the problem? Since the last patch, there has been a change to the alarm doors. They can no longer be opened by regular zombies unless there is an incoming horde.
This means that players now have to open these alarm doors themselves, triggering a horde, or use a toolkit to bypass the alarm.
A generally sensible change to give alarm doors more significance in the game – but it simultaneously leads to problems.
Because alarm doors can no longer be opened by zombies under normal conditions, some absurd sights emerge, like the clip from Ibutterz420. There you can see the entrance to a police station where dozens of zombies are milling about – but they simply cannot get through the glass door.
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This is also commented on by some other players, such as MeatloafAndWaffles:
“It’s unrealistic for zombies to break alarm doors without triggering an alarm.”
Yeah, but masses of zombies struggling to open an alarm-secured glass door while NOT triggering the alarm is obviously much more realistic. /s
What is actually the problem? The underlying problem lies with alarm doors in Back 4 Blood. When players carelessly open them, they trigger an alarm that attracts a horde. At higher difficulty levels, a single horde can wipe out the entire group. So this is a danger that must be avoided.
The previous strategy was to “lure” zombies from the other side of the door so that they would smash the alarm door, which did not trigger an alarm. Of course, that made little sense – because how should an alarm door know whether a zombie or a human broke it down and why should it react differently?
The answer lies clearly in game design. It simply feels “bad” for players if alarm doors could be triggered by zombies that they could not deactivate beforehand. For the same reason, zombies are also unable to trigger alarms from police cars – it simply feels “unfair” from a gameplay perspective, even if it would be realistic.
What do the developers have planned now? Actually, this new “feature” is more or less a bug. The change that alarm doors can no longer be torn down by zombies is intentional, but it should have come in a later patch. Along with it, a new player card was planned that would allow alarm doors to be opened safely without having to use a toolkit every time.
Since the change to the doors went live, but the new card is not yet available, there is now this strange situation where zombies can be held back by glass doors indefinitely.
How would you solve this issue? How could alarm doors and zombies interact without it feeling “unfair”?
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In Destiny 2, Guardians can no longer use the Stasis aspect “Diamond Lance” since this week. The reason is a glitch that allowed Titans to fire this ability at insane speed. MeinMMO knows how long you will have to do without the aspect.
What exactly happened? A few days ago, YouTuber Cheese Forever released a new glitch for the Stasis aspect of Titans, the “Diamond Lance”, which spread like wildfire in the community.
The glitch turned Stasis Titans into spear-throwing PvE tyrants, allowing them to throw an infinite number of Diamond Lances at breakneck speed at their enemies for 10 seconds. This worked as long as they had not fully charged their Super. This ability became an extremely powerful boss killer in PvE as well.
Although it took some practice to execute the glitch, it wasn’t long before more and more Titans were encountered in Destiny 2, turning their opponents into a “Stasis Cactus”.
The Titan’s Diamond Lance can be picked up and thrown.
According to the player’s own statement, it was a crazy 36084 Diamond Lances that he and his Titan team threw at the Ogre at insane speed, just to take him down with this ability.
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Bungie has noticed this: On early Friday evening, the developer put an end to the Titans’ “machine-gun adventure”. Bungie informed the Destiny 2 community via Twitter that the Stasis aspect “Diamond Lance” will be locked until a fix is ready.
What exactly is the Diamond Lance? The Diamond Lance is a Stasis aspect of Titans and has been a frequently used ability for general add-clearing since its revision by the players.
When defeating enemies with Stasis abilities like Shatter damage, a Stasis Lance is created.
The Lance is picked up and carried for a few seconds until it disintegrates.
When thrown, the lance deals damage to the target and freezes it. Alternatively, you can slam the lance into the ground for an area attack.
The Diamond Lance can also be picked up by the team. Multiple can be active on the field at the same time.
Currently, Guardians in Destiny 2 are also talking about these topics:
How long will the aspect be disabled? By now, Bungie has also communicated the timeframe in which Titans have to do without their cool aspect. As dmg04 revealed on Twitter, the targeted fix date is the start of Witch Queen, which is February 22.
However, he also emphasized that this could still be delayed. The Titans will have to wait at least until that date and hope that Bungie will provide the fix then.
Did you use the “Diamond Lance Glitch” with your Titan too? Or have you noticed others exploiting the glitch? Share your experiences with us in the comments.
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