Asmongold is back on his main account on Twitch after a break. There, he streamed the Lost Ark at the start. Although he is regarded as one of the biggest WoW streamers, it is the new MMORPG that has brought him his own viewer record.
Who is that? Asmongold is one of the biggest streamers and YouTubers in the MMORPG space worldwide. With over 2.4 million followers on Twitch and 933,000 subscribers on YouTube, he is among the most influential personalities in the genre.
He became known mainly through his streams in the game World of Warcraft, in which he has been active since 2006. However, for about half a year, Asmongold has also been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XIV and has fallen a little in love with the game.
He is also considered controversial and often shares his opinion on various MMORPGs, which are often hotly debated.
This is how the streamer’s comeback went: At the peak of the stream, he had 285,726concurrent viewers. He broke his previous record from 2019 with around 283,000 viewers.
He himself doesn’t seem to be quite sure how he feels about his comeback:
I still can’t believe that I went live today. I’m going to lie down and think about it, it’s kind of crazy.
Asmongold has already confirmed that there will be more streams for Lost Ark. This is not surprising, as Lost Ark is currently extremely popular and has been the biggest game on Twitch just before release.
This is Lost Ark: It is an MMORPG played from an isometric perspective and can be downloaded for free. At the start, there are 15 different classes to choose from.
It is often compared to games like Diablo and offers dungeons, raids, shipbuilding and shipping, housing, and various PvP elements. It is controlled with mouse and keyboard. The game is fully localized in Germany and even has German voice actors.
In the new MMORPG Lost Ark, there are a variety of different currencies. What they are, what they are used for, and how to obtain them, we explain in this guide.
In addition to normal money, you can trade a large number of currencies in Lost Ark . They are not only needed for trading at the auction house but also for exchanging with NPCs.
As a reward, valuable items, upgrades for your endgame equipment, cosmetic items, or new cards for the mini-game of Lost Ark await you.
You can either buy these currencies with real money or earn them in-game through various activities, and with few exceptions, they are usable across accounts. What they are and how it works, you will find out in this guide.
Currency that can be purchased
Royal Crystals
What are they good for? The crystals can be spent to buy exclusive items in the cash shop. This includes pets, mounts, or cosmetic outfits. On the other hand, they can also be exchanged for Blue Crystals or Gold.
Anyone who wants to change the appearance of their character and the name of their guild or buy a new character slot will also need this type of crystals.
How to obtain them? This type of crystals is the premium currency of Lost Ark and can only be purchased with real money in the Lost Ark cash shop.
Blue Crystals
What are they good for? This type of crystals is more versatile than the royal ones. You can use them to buy cosmetic items like mounts and pets in the cash shop. They also provide you with booster items that instantly complete certain activities.
The crystals are also necessary to expand your inventory or buy new slots for the skin presets of your characters.
How to obtain them? Blue Crystals are earned through various activities in the game or as daily login rewards. However, you can also purchase them in the shop for royal crystals or acquire them with Gold currency.
Gold Coins
What are they good for? Gold is the common currency for trade between players at the auction house; you pay with Gold there. Later in the endgame, it is needed when you want to reroll the stats of your gear.
Anyone who urgently needs Blue Crystals and does not want to spend real money in the shop can exchange them for Gold, keeping in mind that the exchange rate may change.
How to obtain them? You earn the coins from a variety of activities in the game. Quests, raids, relationships with NPCs, certain dungeons, etc. can all reward Gold. Alternatively, you can buy it with royal crystals.
Pheons
What are they good for? Pheons are a bit of a strange currency, as they basically serve only one purpose. When you want to buy armor or accessories at the auction house in Lost Ark, you have to pay a small amount of Pheons in addition to the usual Gold. Aside from that, it has no other use.
How to obtain them? You can buy Pheons in the Lost Ark cash shop for royal or blue crystals. Sometimes you can also earn them during events in the game.
What are they good for? Silver is the basic currency in Lost Ark, used for various things. You can use it to repair your armor at the blacksmith, buy items from NPCs, and when you use the triports to teleport, you also pay with silver.
Silver is also used in large quantities when you want to reroll the effects and stats on your armor or gemstones.
How to obtain them? A large part of the activities in the game will provide you with silver in one way or another. It drops in small amounts from enemies or treasure chests or is obtained as a reward from dailies and quests. Sometimes you also get platinum coins, which you can sell for a lot of silver to NPCs.
Stones of Providence
What are they good for? You need these cute stones in large quantities if you want to buy cosmetic items from NPCs. Also, when you want to improve your relationship with various NPCs, these stones will speed up your work, as they can be exchanged for gift boxes.
How to obtain them? You receive these stones as rewards from various quests given by NPCs. Killing certain rare monsters will also yield smaller amounts of Stones of Providence.
Pirate Coins
What are they good for? Pirate coins are required for all activities related to your ships. Whether upgrading, purchasing materials, or hiring new NPCs for your crew, you need these coins for everything.
How to obtain them? The fastest way to get these coins is through events at sea. Otherwise, you can find them from treasure chests that you fish out of the sea while sailing, by defeating ghost ships, or a variety of other activities on the sea.
There are also some subspecies of these coins that are particularly valuable and can be exchanged for a large quantity of the regular pirate coins.
Silmael Bloodstone
What are they good for? Also known as guild crystals, they are exchanged at the guild vendor for various rewards. These can be chests with silver, various boost potions, or upgrade materials for gear.
How to obtain them? Bloodstones can exclusively be obtained from guild activities. This includes daily logins in the guild, donations to the guild, research, or guild wars once they become available in Europe.
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What are they good for? All items available in Lost Ark’s PvP are purchased with the Coins of Courage. This includes not only usual cosmetic items like titles, auras, or mounts but also more useful items.
For example, you can also exchange them for EXP potions, upgrade materials for your armor, or other important resources.
How to obtain them? These coins are earned from various PvP activities that Lost Ark has to offer. When you fight against other players in the arena in various modes, you receive the Coins of Courage as a reward at the end.
Both victory and defeat grant coins, but you naturally get more for a victory.
Shard Fragments
What are they good for? The fragments also belong to the simpler currencies of Lost Ark and serve only to purchase special chests. These chests contain secret maps that you need to enter specific dungeons.
The loot in the dungeons is valuable and ranges from gemstones to catalysts to books that improve your engravings.
How to obtain them? Rift fragments are received as rewards for completing chaos portals. These are special events in the open world that occur at certain times and only allow a limited number of players.
What are they good for? These three are endgame currencies of high level. You need them to improve your equipment. You add them to an armor item like EXP, and once the display reaches 100%, the item can receive an upgrade. The shards are also required for that.
The different types of shards are used for different tiers of equipment. T3, for example, requires the yellow shards.
Another peculiarity of these shards is that, unlike all previous currencies, they are not account-wide. They are bound to your characters and must be earned by the respective character.
How to obtain them? The shards are given as rewards for completing chaos dungeons, for daily quests, for dismantling high-level gear, and from many other endgame activities.
All our guides to Lost Ark can be found in the corresponding hub:
In other words: If the killer falls down rather late while carrying – for instance, at the entrance to the dangerous basement – the survivor is immediately freed. In such cases, the perk still pays off and can save one or another life.
What do you think about this perk change? A sensible step in the right direction? Or was the perk just right before and is now too weak?
A perk of the survivors in Dead by Daylight has turned out to be “OP” – now the developers have helped the killers.
A rather spontaneous patch for Dead by Daylight appeared, which was declared a “bug fix patch”. In fact, the update also brings some perk changes. The infamous “Boil Over” had become too strong and needed to be toned down, as killers were otherwise almost powerless.
What was the problem? It concerns the perk “Boil Over” of Kate Denson. The perk had only received a minor rework with the last patch. Instead of just amplifying the effects of wiggling on the killer’s shoulder, there was a new effect: Whenever the killer drops the survivor from a “great height,” the survivor immediately receives 25% of the wiggle bar as a completed bonus.
A “great height” is rather vaguely defined in Dead by Daylight. In some cases, it can be small falls of a few centimeters, just as well as deep drops of several meters. Thus, it could happen that after two consecutive “falls” of a few centimeters, the survivor is almost dropped.
The survivors accordingly found ways to exploit this perk. In some maps, there are positions where the killer has virtually no other chance but to drop somewhere. This led in some cases to a guaranteed escape. Since the survivors could always run back to this safe “safe spot,” it was apparently not intended that way.
The killers looked dumb – a perk was pretty overpowering.
What has changed? With the update, the perk now functions a little differently. It still retains its basic functionality of providing an advantage when falling from a great height – but not as massively anymore. Instead of granting 25% of the total wiggle progress, the perk now provides a bonus of 33% on the wiggle progress made during a fall.
More news about Dead by Daylight can be found here:
How does this affect gameplay? Essentially, this means that the progress on the wiggle bar is greater the later the killer jumps down while carrying.
Here are a few examples:
If you have already filled 20% of the wiggle bar and the killer falls, you only get a bonus of nearly 7%. The effect is therefore relatively small.
If the wiggle bar is already at 75% when the killer falls, however, there is a significant boost of a solid 25%.
In other words: If the killer falls down rather late while carrying – for instance, at the entrance to the dangerous basement – the survivor is immediately freed. In such cases, the perk still pays off and can save one or another life.
What do you think about this perk change? A sensible step in the right direction? Or was the perk just right before and is now too weak?
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In New World the new update 1.3.2 is released today, on February 8th. There will be a server downtime. The update includes bug fixes, changes for the endgame and new features. We will show you what changes for you.
What is the server status? Since 08:00 the servers of New World are down. The maintenance work is expected to last for about two hours. If everything goes according to plan, you should be able to play again around 10:00. Keep in mind that there have been extensions of the server downtime in the past.
What is in the patch? The new update 1.3.2 for New World is a mix of bug fixes, adjustments, and minor new features. Especially a pesky bug around the camp has been fixed, which had disturbed some players.
We will show you in the patch notes what changes for you.
Patch 1.3.2 for New World – Patch Notes in English
New features and bug fixes in the endgame:
A bug has been fixed that caused the unlock messages to be inconsistent at higher mutator difficulty levels. For levels 1 to 5, the rank Silver is still mentioned as a prerequisite. However, for levels 6 to 10, it is now the rank Gold.
A bug caused you to be unable to equip gear when your storage was open and contained shadow shards. This has now been fixed.
General changes and bug fixes:
For the item “Absolute Terror,” the second “Eager” effect has been replaced by the “Refreshing” effect.
Fixed a bug that caused players in PvP to enter a state where their movement speed was adjusted incorrectly for long periods.
Fixed a bug where a player could appear multiple times in the participant list for war/invasion.
Fixed a bug where entering an instance (such as expeditions) could cause global chat channels to stop functioning until the player logged out and back in.
(Axe) Fixed a bug where the passive skill “Critical Hit” provided an increasing damage bonus for critical hits.
(Axe) Fixed a bug where the passive skill “Critical Hit” did not guarantee a critical hit on every third attack.
(Axe) Fixed a bug where damage over time reset the hits of the passive skill “Gathered Power,” causing it not to trigger consistently.
We will update this article for you when there are changes to the update or extensions of the maintenance work.
Have you been affected by the bugs and do you think it’s good that they have now been fixed, or should the developers have tackled other issues first? Share your opinion with us here on MeinMMO in the comments and talk to the community about it.
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Halo is a shooter franchise traditionally developed for controllers. Even in Halo Infinite, the controller is the tool of choice for the best players in the game. MeinMMO will show you how to get the most out of your controller.
Although Halo Infinite can also be played with mouse & keyboard: The game plays better and easier with a controller.
The incredibly strong aim assist in Halo Infinite is not the only reason: Due to the shield mechanic in Halo, body shots are usually more important than headshots. The mouse thus loses its biggest advantage over controllers.
This is not just a personal assessment: A fan has statistically proven that an average controller player is about as precise as one of the top 100 mouse players.
For this reason, we reveal the best controller settings for Halo Infinite. These recommendations are based on our own experience and the settings of professional Halo experts. But as with all settings, all recommendations are only guidelines, not objective truths. Feel free to adjust the options to suit your needs.
Update from 02/10/2022: With further experiences from the author and new trends in the pro scene, the recommended settings here have been updated.
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The best settings for button mapping
Button Mapping
Button Mapping: Standard with “Drop Weapon” on the D-pad right
Why this setting? In Halo Infinite, there are many important buttons. Unfortunately, not all important buttons are easy to reach while aiming with a standard controller – regardless of the button mapping.
The standard button configuration is therefore not optimal, but a very good option. If you prefer classic Halo controls, Legacy is also highly recommended.
Due to the complexity of the controls, we recommend an elite controller. A detailed justification can be found further down in the article.
Recommendations from MeinMMO author Marko Jevtic: Personally, I have had the best experiences using the standard controls with the following adjustments:
– Melee: LB – Throw Grenade: RB – Use Equipment: RS – Drop Weapon: D-pad Down or Right
With these settings, you can keep up with other Onyx players. I can seamlessly start a melee attack from shooting. Equipment is rare in multiplayer, but more frequent in the campaign. On RS, you can use equipment easier and faster while shooting in both game modes.
Additionally, I use the elite controller, as described below, with SCUF Paddles and the highest resistance of the right stick (screw turned to the lowest point).
Another important addition is to assign a button with the function “Drop Weapon”. This function is not assigned by default. We recommend using either D-pad Down or Right, as the AI-scan and equipment switch functions do not play a role in multiplayer.
Hold to Zoom: On / with Legacy button mapping: Off
Hold to Sprint: Off
Movement Assisted Steering: On
Keep Sprinting: Off
Auto Climb: Off
Step Jump: On
Why these settings? Most of these settings match the standard settings. The only exception in all cases is the ‘Movement Assisted Steering’: This helps you steer vehicles a bit more flexibly and easily.
Turning off keep sprinting helps you to be ready to fire again faster after a sprint. Auto climb should also be disabled because it can frequently harm you (via YouTube)
If you prefer to zoom by pressing the right stick, you should turn off ‘Hold to Zoom’. For players who use the back buttons on the elite controller to crouch, they should enable ‘Hold to Crouch’: This makes it easier to finish sliding.
Also, ‘Crouch-spamming’ – that is, crouching quickly and frequently – is much easier. This confuses the opponent and makes it harder for them to hit you.
The best sensitivity settings for controllers
MeinMMO author Marko Jevtic plays on Onyx rank. He uses these settings for controllers, with values of 5/5/5 for stick (looking around).
Sensitivity and Acceleration
Look Acceleration: 4.0
Look Sensitivity (Horizontal): 6.0
Look Sensitivity (Vertical): 6.5
Stick Movement
Deadzone (Center): 5.0
Max Input Threshold: 0.0
Axial Deadzone: 5.0
Zoom Sensitivity
Zoom Sensitivity: 1.0 (For all zoom levels)
Stick (Looking Around)
Deadzone (Center): 5.0
Max Input Threshold: 5.0
Axial Deadzone: 5.0
Why these settings? Sensitivity settings are always individual preferences. Therefore, the values we recommend should not be seen as “objectively best” settings. Adjust these as needed. For Halo pro Lucid, the looking around deadzones are the most important settings in the options menu (via YouTube).
The recommended sensitivity and acceleration settings are the averages of the most important Halo pros (via YouTube). The recommendations for the sticks’ deadzones are a mix of pro preferences and the author’s experiences.
The age of the controller can also play a role in the settings. The sticks behave a little differently with greater wear than with a brand new controller. Thus, you should set the deadzones with an eye on the ‘stick drift’ – that is, movements in the game that occur without touching the sticks.
An elite controller is expensive, but worth it
Why do we recommend the elite controller? The elite controller for Xbox is indeed an expensive buy, but especially in Halo Infinite it is a great help. This is due to 3 important features:
The elite controller has up to 4 extra buttons on the back.
You can adjust the length of the analog sticks
The resistance of the sticks can be increased with an included tool.
The 4 additional buttons on the back are the most important feature. These so-called ‘paddles’ are pressed with the middle and ring fingers, which otherwise cannot do anything. The paddles share their function with another freely selectable button on the controller. This allows you to reach important functions in Halo Infinite more easily.
With the replacement paddles from SCUF, which can be purchased for only 25 €, it works even better. Why that is, you can find out here:
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What are the best elite controller settings? For Halo Infinite, we recommend the following elite controller settings:
These settings are recommended for the paddles.
Left Paddle Top: B (Crouch)
Left Paddle Bottom: D-pad Up (Mark)
Right Paddle Top: A (Jump)
Right Paddle Bottom: D-pad Right (Drop Weapon)
Left Stick: Standard
Right Stick: Long and convex
Resistance of the Right Stick: Increased to maximum
Why these settings? With the paddles, it is significantly easier to stay in motion: You can keep your thumb on the right stick and still jump, crouch, and slide. In addition, you can drop your weapons more easily and provide your team with important info using the marking function.
The longer right stick makes fine aiming movements easier, increasing precision in the game. Smaller deadzones are also much easier to use – with all their advantages.
It is also worth experimenting with the right stick resistance. This can be adjusted on the elite series 2 with the included tool by tightening a screw underneath the stick attachment. We recommend trying particularly the highest resistance level (screw tightened to the lowest point).
The bad news for Battlefield 2042 just keeps coming. A petition claims that the game has mocked and deceived customers. Therefore, they should get their money back. Over 200,000 players have already signed this petition – thanks in part to support from a well-known insider. MeinMMO has more information for you.
Battlefield 2042 is in a catastrophic state that satisfies neither players nor investors. Apparently endless bugs, connection drops, and unpopular new features – the game is so broken and unpopular that even cheat providers have pulled out.
Currently, a petition is gaining traction, demanding a refund for Battlefield 2042 on all platforms. Over 200,000 players have already signed it – and the numbers are rising rapidly. We will tell you what’s behind it and how realistic the chances of success are.
Update from 16.02.2022: The mark of 200,000 signatures has been reached.
Update from 10.02.2022: So far, the petition has collected well over 100,000 signatures.
Update from 09.02.2022: When the article was initially published (in the morning of February 8), there were just over 18,000 signatures on the petition. Now the threshold of 50,000 signatures has been surpassed, and the numbers continue to rise.
50,000 voices were mentioned in the petition as the threshold at which “one of the best attorneys for class actions in the entire country is ready to take our case against EA.” We will report if something develops in this direction.
“The release of Battlefield 2042 by EA was an insult to all customers”
What does the petition say? The petition titled “Allow refunds for Battlefield 2042 on all platforms” by Satoshi Nakamoto targets Sony, Steam, Microsoft, developer DICE, and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
It demands that players on all platforms should receive a full refund of the price for Battlefield 2042 – regardless of when the game was purchased or how long it was played.
What reasons are mentioned? The reason is that EA “did not keep many promises at launch, and Battlefield 2042 was unplayable when released.” The petition states that “Battlefield 2042 still has bugs that significantly affect the gameplay, which many community members view as an unfinished version.”
The petition claims: EA has engaged in “false advertising” and thus lied to the players. Consequently, Battlefield 2042 “has caused consumers millions of dollars in damages and outraged thousands of customers worldwide.”
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“The gaming community should not tolerate this abuse!”
What do players hope for? The petition hopes for more than just the permission for a full refund of the money. Moreover, it sees itself as a signal against corporate greed:
The gaming community should not tolerate this abuse and harassment from billion-dollar companies that produce unfinished games and engage in false advertising.
Creator of the petition Satoshi Nakamoto on change.org
In fact, Battlefield 2042 is “so poorly made that even Steam, a highly regarded provider of PC video games, grants its customers a full refund.” This gesture from Steam should not remain an exception, but become the rule:
If you sign this petition, you’re one step closer to a refund for Battlefield 2042. If this petition gets 50,000 signatures or more, one of the best class action attorneys in the country is ready to take our case against EA. Signing this petition is equivalent to stating: “I wish I had gotten a refund for this game.”
Creator of the petition Satoshi Nakamoto on change.org
Petition receives a lot of attention thanks to a well-known insider
Why is the petition gaining traction? Tom Henderson is one of the best-known insiders surrounding Battlefield 2042. He usually has the most important information about the game before and after its release. He enjoys a lot of trust in the community – also because he is a vocal critic of Battlefield 2042 and the development team.
Now he has shared this petition on Twitter, which has existed on the website change.org for about 4 weeks:
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This was a successful signal: Since Henderson’s tweet, the number of signatures has skyrocketed (via Twitter).
Can the petition be successful? This whole situation reminds one of the debacle surrounding Cyberpunk 2077, when the game was removed from the PS Store and players were able to get their money back.
However, Henderson does not believe that the petition will be successful. Instead, he thinks that EA and DICE will continue to put pressure on:
By the way, I don’t think the people will get refunds.
But if enough people sign, I’m sure it will be picked up by various parties and the pressure will remain.
There is still no apology to the community that has wasted their money.
What do you think about it? Do you believe the petition is justified? And do you think it could be successful? Do you hope that you can get your money back? Or do you think all this excitement is an exaggeration? Let us know in the comments.
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On Pokémon GO today, February 10, 2022, the big Valentine’s Day event starts. Of course, you can look forward to numerous highlights. We from MeinMMO will show you which spawns and bonuses await you and which 3 monsters you should definitely secure.
What kind of event is this? A special event takes place in Pokémon GO every year on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. Naturally, thematically appropriate Pokémon are in focus. There will be another such Valentine’s Day event this year.
Of course, you can look forward to numerous bonuses, special spawns and shinies, as well as two cool challenges. Additionally, a new Pokémon and its evolutions will make its debut in Pokémon GO (via pokemongolive.com).
When does the Valentine’s Day event take place? The Valentine’s Day event starts on February 10, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time and runs until February 14, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.
The Valentine’s Day Event – All Spawns and Shinies
As with every event, there will also be numerous spawns and shinies for Valentine’s Day. You can find these in the wild and in raids. Additionally, you can encounter the Fairy-type Pokémon Flabébé for the first time. Below, we summarize where you can find which monsters. We have also marked all Pokémon with a (*) that are available in their shiny form in the game.
Pokémon in the Wild
In the wild, the following thematically appropriate Pokémon will primarily spawn during the Valentine’s Day event:
Chansey*
Plusle*
Minun*
Volbeat*
Illumise*
Swablu*
Fleknoil*
Coiffwaff (Fluffy Form)
Flabébé with Red Flower (in Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
Somewhat rarer to find are:
Miltank*
Ohrdoch*
Mascarin*
Flabébé (with White or Orange Flower)
Pokémon in Raids
In the raid battles, you can also encounter one or the other new raid boss during the Valentine’s Day event:
During the entire Valentine’s Day event, you can look forward to numerous bonuses and features. Additionally, there will be a global challenge that brings you an extra bonus. Below we show you what to expect.
Bonuses:
More items from your buddy
Double candy when catching
Lures last twice as long
Event field research with Pikachu, Eevee, Swablu, Trubbish Male, Trubbish Female, Mascarin, and Pandir with Heart Pattern
New stickers
New boxes
New avatar items
Features:
Coiffwaff can be transformed into the Heart Form for the first time
Gallade and Gardevoir learn the event move Synchronoise when evolving or catching
Challenges
Collector Challenge
Global Challenge: worldwide, 70,000,000 gifts must be sent
Reward: triple candy bonus for the remaining time
Notice: The global challenge starts on February 9, 2022, at 9:00 PM local time and runs until February 15, 2022, at 9:00 PM local time
You should definitely secure three monsters during the Valentine’s Day event: Flabébé in its various colors, Coiffwaff, and Illumise. Additionally, there are more Pokémon that are worth it. We show you why.
Flabébé
The Fairy Pokémon Flabébé celebrates its debut during the Valentine’s Day event in Pokémon GO. This monster from the 6th generation will be available in 5 different colors: red, yellow, orange, blue, and white. However, not all variants are available in every region.
While you can catch Flabébé with a white or orange flower anywhere in the world, the red flower is only found in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The blue flower can be found in Asia and the yellow on the American continent.
Flabébé and its evolutions
Flabébé can be evolved into Floette and then into Florges. Even though Florges is not particularly strong and has just a high defense value, you should secure Flabébé in all possible colors during the event to complete your Pokédex. As a shiny, it is unfortunately not available yet.
Coiffwaff
This Normal-type Pokémon comes from the 6th generation and has no pre-evolutions or evolutions. However, Coiffwaff can take on a total of 9 different forms. It made its Pokémon GO debut at the Fashion Week event in 2021 and brought a special feature for changing its form into the game.
After Coiffwaff was less prominent after that event, it is now returning to the wild and raids. In keeping with Valentine’s Day, its Heart Form will be available for the first time. So if you are still missing some forms of Coiffwaff or want the new form, then this is your opportunity to gather enough candies for it.
But be careful: There are also forms of Coiffwaff that you can only get in certain regions.
Coiffwaff (Fluffy Form)
Illumise
Illumise is also mainly interesting for the Pokédex, but also for shiny hunters. This Bug Pokémon comes from the 3rd generation and is the female form of Volbeat. In contrast to Volbeat, it is usually only found in America and Africa.
Additionally, the small bug is also available in its shiny form in the game. You can recognize it by the golden embellishments on its body. So if you are missing a shiny or have not registered it in your Pokédex yet, you should not miss this chance.
Volbeat and Illumise normal (left) and as shiny (right)
Other Interesting Pokémon
If you are looking for one of the strongest gym defenders, you should focus on Chansey. This Normal-type Pokémon can evolve into Blissey and has extremely strong stamina. Also, it is available as shiny.
What do you think about the new Pokémon for the Valentine’s Day event? Will you secure the various specimens? And are you looking forward to the various challenges? Feel free to leave your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange thoughts with other trainers.
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Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter is one of the biggest streamers in gaming. The 30-year-old was recently asked if she has tips on how to become a professional streamer. Her first advice: “Don’t quit your job, first get a real job”. Then you need to be clever, pay attention to the numbers, and build your “own brand”.
This is Valkyrae:
The 30-year-old Rachel Hofstetter began her streaming career in 2015 on Twitch. Even in 2016 and 2017, she was a small streamer with about 300 viewers, primarily showcasing LoL.
She made her breakthrough in 2018 with Fortnite, where she had an average of 1,900 viewers watching her build and score headshots. In early 2020, YouTube recruited the American and she flourished there during the Corona pandemic, becoming the biggest gaming streamer in the world with “Among Us”.
“Don’t stream with 0 viewers – hardly anyone scrolls to the bottom of Twitch”
Here are her tips for young streamers: Valkyrae says:
I’ll tell you straight: Don’t quit your job. First get a real job! If you want to stream so that it’s your job and you want to make money with it [Valkyrae laughs] – you can’t start streaming with that expectation. It won’t work. You have to do this for many years.
Valkyrae
Valkyrae advises to see streaming as a hobby while also approaching it wisely. There is simply no point in streaming with 0 viewers and 0 followers. Hardly any viewer would scroll down the list on Twitch so far to find someone without an audience.
How to grow as a streamer: Valkyrae says streamers should:
Expand their brand, create profiles on Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok, and YouTube and actively engage with them
Create content that interests others – preferably content that the streamer is passionate about
Enter into many partnerships and collaborate with other streamers
Try new content – if one thing doesn’t work and another thing works well, it’s probably best to intensify the thing that’s going well and benefit from it
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Valkyrae is extremely successful with the same advice
What’s behind it: Valkyrae knows what she’s talking about. She is a streamer who wasn’t part of the Twitch hype from the very beginning like shroud, for whom streaming is incredibly easy. Valkyrae entered later, had to compete against established competition and work her way up.
She benefited from exactly the tips she now gives. She rode two hype waves, first with Fortnite, later with Among Us. Whether those were her “favorite games” or not doesn’t matter.
Valkyrae has particularly benefited from networking well with other streamers and then leveraging the interactions of those connections. She is personally friends with streamers like Pokimane, but also has contacts with streamers like Disguised Toast, Corpse Husband, or Sykkuno.
Especially Fortnite and Among Us were and are games that are ideal for such “synergy effects” because they offer modes for 4 or 8 players who can interact and fully express their streaming personalities. Valkyrae was in streamer cliques that ensured that viewers practically shared and grew strongly together.
The advice to first get a job is also sensible, as it keeps the financial pressure at bay. Streamers who desperately need money and almost beg their few viewers to donate rarely go over well:
Are you in Lost Ark also looking for the little Mokoko seeds? Many of them present you with bigger or smaller challenges, but the 3 in the Zagoras Mountains are particularly tricky. We at MeinMMO explain to you how to get them.
Which seeds are we talking about? The green Mokoko seeds are collectible items in Lost Ark. In total, you can find 1,209 of them in the world of Lost Ark. So it’s a good idea to collect all of them you come across.
This can sometimes be more difficult than initially assumed. Many of them are really well hidden and some are right in front of you, yet you still can’t reach them. The seeds in Mount Zagoras are of the latter type.
Right there, 3 of the valuable little plants are hiding behind a barricade that seemingly refuses to give way. One also searches in vain for a way around the barricade.
It is about the 3 Mokoko seeds at the bottom of the Zagoras Mountains.
How do you get to the Mokokos? Further back in the area are cannons aimed at the barricade. However, this is a trap that you must ignore.
In fact, you simply have to fight against the barricades. Unlike most other barricades in Lost Ark, these do not break after a few hits but can withstand as much as a fully grown world boss.
Unfortunately, the wooden enemies do not have a health bar. The only tip we can give you is: Just don’t stop attacking the barricades. Eventually, they will give way and you will reach the valuable seeds.
If you let yourself be locked up like we did, use a teleporter.
If you are alone, this can sometimes take up to half an hour. Therefore, we recommend either bringing friends with you or asking in the general chat if anyone could help.
With 8 people, it took us about 5 minutes to destroy the barricades. You then just have to hurry to collect the Mokokos. The wooden enemies respawn very quickly and will trap you again.
If that happens to you, simply use the teleporter on the map beforehand. It’s faster than destroying the barricades again.
Have you already managed to grab the three Mokoko seeds or have you also been distracted and annoyed by the barricade? Did you have enough stamina to beat the pesky wooden enemies? Or are you not collecting the Mokoko seeds on the first run but want to pick up all the collectibles later? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
However, the Gunslinger is very demanding in PvP because you have to actively avoid incoming damage and enemies. You have a lot of damage, but very little defense.
The complete build can be found at Maxroll (via maxroll.gg).
What do you think about the Gunslinger? Does the class appeal to you, or do you play another? And how will you play the Gunslinger exactly? Feel free to write it in the comments.
All guides for Lost Ark, including builds and general beginner tips, can be found here:
The Gunslinger is one of the strongest, but above all the most fun classes in Lost Ark, because it is so mobile. In this guide, we at MeinMMO reveal which skills it has, how you should level it, and which builds are useful in the endgame.
What kind of class is this? The Gunslinger is the only playable version of the starting class “Gunner” and feels most comfortable at ranged combat. It is quite mobile and has some useful AoE attacks.
Thanks to its special ability, it can switch between three weapon sets: the rifle, the shotgun, or two pistols. This means that you have access to 16 skills in combat. Other classes usually have between 8 and 12.
Due to the constant switching of weapons, the class is also somewhat more demanding in its rotation than some other classes.
Pro
Has access to 16 skills
Is very mobile
Has a very high damage potential
Is one of the most fun classes in the game
Contra
The Gunslinger has very low health points
The many skills make it hard to master
For which game content is the Gunslinger useful? The Gunslinger is – if played well – a DPS in the S-tier. However, due to its abilities, it goes down faster and needs to be mastered first, which is why we rated it slightly lower in our Tier List for PvE.
In PvP, it is basically an easy target for almost all classes in the low-level area. However, the better you master the Gunslinger, the harder it becomes to counter it. In high-rank PvP, it is therefore an A-tier.
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All Skills of the Gunslinger
Here we list all the skills of the Gunslinger. The exact damage numbers are omitted, as they depend on your attributes and partially on the allocated skill points.
Spiral Seeker – Pistol stance: Throws a spinning pistol at the target position within 10 m, dealing damage over 15 hits.
AT02 Grenade – Pistol stance: Throws a grenade at the target position within 10 m, dealing damage.
Quick Step – Pistol stance: Dash 6 m forward and fire your weapon to deal damage.
Plasma Ball – Pistol stance: Fire a slowly flying plasma ball that deals continuous damage.
Meteor Storm – Pistol stance: Fire a salvo of bullets into the air and then direct it to the cursor position. It hits there, deals damage, and launches enemies into the air.
Somersault Shot – Pistol stance: Move forward with a somersault and fire your pistol to deal damage.
Hour of Judgment – Shotgun stance: Fires 3 bullets that spread out in a cone and deal damage, with each bullet dealing 1/3 of the damage. These bullets shatter on impact, and the shards deal damage to enemies behind the hit targets.
Spiral Flame – Rifle stance: Shoots a powerful fireball that launches enemies into the air and deals fire damage. Sets the ground ablaze, dealing damage for 2.4 seconds every 0.8 seconds.
Balance – Pistol stance: Fire your pistol over a large area and deal damage.
Shotgun Rapid Fire – Shotgun stance: Fires the shotgun three times to deal damage.
Catastrophe – Rifle stance: Throws a landmine at the cursor position and detonates it, dealing damage and launching enemies into the air.
Death Fire – Pistol stance: Fires a salvo of bullets lasting 2.9 seconds at all nearby enemies, dealing damage over 9 hits. Hit the perfect area to bounce back and throw a grenade that deals damage and launches enemies into the air.
Last Request – Shotgun stance: Fires a strong, exploding bullet that deals damage and launches enemies into the air.
Perfect Shot – Rifle stance: Fires a high-caliber, high-velocity bullet that deals damage. Hit the perfect area to deal more damage and knock back enemies.
Skilled Shot – Pistol stance: Glide forward 6 m and fire your pistol four times to deal damage to nearby enemies. The ability can be used up to X times consecutively.
Peacemaker – Pistol stance: Fires the pistol to deal damage. When a combo is entered, the character fires the pistol explosively, dealing more damage. When another combo is entered, the character first performs kicks that deal damage and then quickly fires the pistol.
Double Shotgun – Shotgun stance: Fires the shotgun twice to deal damage. If another attack follows this one, the character spins the weapon to reload it for another shot and deals damage.
Focused Shot – Rifle stance: Fires the rifle twice, dealing damage each time and reducing the movement speed of enemies by 80% for 2 seconds. Then fire a projectile to deal damage and knock back enemies.
Bullet Rain – Pistol stance: Fires the weapon forward for 2 seconds, dealing damage.
Sharpshooter – Shotgun stance: Fires the shotgun forward seven times to deal damage. The ability can be interrupted by changing stance.
The Gunslinger in the Leveling Process
How do I play the Gunslinger most effectively at the beginning? At the start, it is helpful to invest a lot in mobility and AoE damage. You achieve this by leveling Quick Step, Somersault Shot, and Rapid Fire in the shotgun.
Level the skill Perfect Shot as well to deal as much damage to a single target (bosses in dungeons) as possible.
In terms of equipment, make sure to collect and equip the Critical and Specialization stats. These significantly increase your damage.
These two attributes are important for leveling.
How should I distribute my first skill points?
Until level 12, you should put 4 points into the skill Quick Step and there the bonus Excellent Mobility, and another 4 points into the skill Somersault Shot with the upgrade Agile Mobility.
By level 22, invest all 48 points into the skill Balance. There you activate the bonuses Exposed Weakness, Assault on the Enemy, and Nerve Shot.
By level 26, increase the skill Perfect Shot by 20 points and use Stable Healing and Kill Confirmation.
At level 31, invest 20 skill points into Death Fire and level it with Eager Strike and Flame Bomb.
By level 35, invest additional points (a total of 48) into Death Fire to unlock the third bonus Infinite Elimination. Also invest the first 20 points in Focused Shot with Rapid Targets and Double Shot.
By level 40, invest more points to activate the third bonus (48 points) of Focused Shot, Final Strike. In addition, you should invest 4 points in Sharpshooter in Ranged Combat.
By level 48, increase Sharpshooter to 48 points and unlock Circular Fire and Breath of the Guardian. In addition, you put 4 points into Peacemaker with Excellent Mobility.
At level 50, invest another 48 points in Target on the Ground, your latest ability.
Your distribution at the end looks as follows:
Level 4 and 4 points in Quick Step
Level 4 and 4 points in Somersault Shot
Level 10 and 48 points in Balance
Level 10 and 48 points in Death Fire
Level 4 and 4 points in Peacemaker.
Level 10 and 48 points in Sharpshooter
Level 10 and 48 points in Focused Shot
Level 10 and 48 points in Target on the Ground
The Gunslinger in Endgame
In the endgame, the Gunslinger can be played with various builds and a focus on different weapons. While you will constantly need to rotate through the weapons, the emphasis can be shifted according to your wishes.
The DPS in Raids: In raids, a build is currently popular that focuses on rifle and shotgun. Your damage comes from the skills Perfect Shot, Focused Shot, and Target on the Ground.
The focus of this build is on the Critical attribute. Accordingly, you apply critical debuffs to enemies with the pistol.
This build has high range and lots of damage, but very little defense and a high skill cap. You can find the complete guide on Maxroll (via maxroll.gg).
The DPS in Dungeons: In chaos and cube dungeons, it is advisable to focus more on AoE. Therefore, the skills from the pistol are more important here. Damage primarily comes from Balance, Bullet Rain, Death Fire, and Sharpshooter from the shotgun.
This build is somewhat easier to play than the rifle build from the raids. A more detailed explanation can be found at maxroll (via maxroll.gg).
The Gunslinger in PvP: In both 1v1 and 3v3, the Gunslinger is played with a mixed build. The focus here is mainly on high mobility through Quick Step and Somersault Shot. In addition, CC is taken into account, for example through points in Catastrophe and Focused Shot.
However, the Gunslinger is very demanding in PvP because you have to actively avoid incoming damage and enemies. You have a lot of damage, but very little defense.
The complete build can be found at Maxroll (via maxroll.gg).
What do you think about the Gunslinger? Does the class appeal to you, or do you play another? And how will you play the Gunslinger exactly? Feel free to write it in the comments.
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Amazon has released some Prime rewards for the launch of Lost Ark, providing you with valuable items for the MMORPG. These include an aura that is otherwise only available for purchase in the in-game shop. MeinMMO will tell you how to claim your Prime rewards.
What are Prime rewards? Every month, Amazon Prime members receive some free content. This includes smaller gimmicks like cosmetics or skins, as well as free games.
At the launch of Lost Ark, there are also free items for the MMORPG that you can now claim as Prime members.
What content is available? The Prime rewards for Lost Ark include several valuable items that will be very useful at the beginning:
A crystalline aura – lasts for 5 days, provides free triports, reduces cooldowns, and brings additional bonuses.
An amethyst shard package – contains a special currency from Lost Ark.
Three treasure chests – containing various items for combat.
To claim these rewards, you need to follow a few simple steps that we will outline here.
On the website, you will find the various bonuses for the games.
Select Lost Ark and you will be redirected to the account linking.
First, you need to log in with your Prime account (a two-factor authentication is required here).
Then, link your Prime account with your Steam account, with which you play Lost Ark.
You should now be able to redeem the content on the website.
Once you have redeemed your rewards, you just need to log into the game and collect the items from the product inventory that you open via “F4”.
Then you will find the items in your normal inventory. However, note that the items go to the character you are currently logged in with. So consider beforehand who you are collecting them with.
How much does the Lost Ark shop cost? You shop there with Royal Crystals, the premium currency of Lost Ark, which you can buy for real money. The crystals cost:
1,000 – 9.99 euros
2,200 – 19.99 euros
5,750 – 49.99 euros
12,000 – 99.99 euros
The system can be a bit confusing since there are additional intermediary currencies with the Blue Crystals and Gold. Here is an example: A crystalline aura costs 420 Blue Crystals. 475 Blue Crystals currently cost 1,084 Gold in exchange. 1,110 Gold currently costs 1,200 Royal Crystals. 1,000 Crystals then cost 9.99 euros.
By the way: Normally, a crystalline aura lasts at least 30 days and is worth around 11 euros. The price for the 5-day variant would thus be slightly less than 2 euros.
The FIFA 22 TOTW 21 is released today, on February 9th, and brings Inform cards for strong players again. Who is included this time, we will show you here.
What is the TOTW? The Team of the Week (TOTW) appears regularly on Wednesdays and brings new special cards into the game. Players who have performed well in real life are eligible – they receive an “Inform card” with improved stats.
When does the TOTW 21 come? The TOTW 21 has been live in Ultimate Team since 7:00 PM on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. It will remain available for a week. Meanwhile, the Future Stars event continues.
The TOTW 21 in FIFA 22 is live and modifies Headliner Zakaria
The TOTW 21
The complete TOTW 21:
GK: Neuer (91)
LB: Jordi Alba (87)
CB: Koulibaly (87)
CB: Tah (84 – Featured TOTW player)
CM: Luis Alberto (87)
CAM: Talisca (86)
CM: Zakaria (85)
CM: Danilo Pereira (84)
RW: Marco Asensio (84)
ST: Milik (84)
ST: Ünal (84)
Bench:
GK: Sergio Herrera (82)
RB: Guilbert (84)
CAM: Sensi (83)
ST: Livaja (84)
RW: Pablo Sarabia (83)
ST: Giroud (82)
CB: Djilobodji (79)
CM: Hatate (77)
ST: Kvilitaia (79)
ST: Glatzel (77)
ST: Eckert Ayensa (77)
These are the cards in TOTW 21: The best card in the new Team of the Week has been awarded to Manuel Neuer, whose overall rating rises to 91. Following him are Jordi Alba from FC Barcelona (87) and Koulibaly (87), whose owner of the Headliner card can look forward to another upgrade.
However, Koulibaly is not the only Headliner in the TOTW.
What changes with Zakaria: Denis Zakaria also has a Headliner card that is particularly popular among players with Bundesliga teams. Not only does it have great stats, but it could also be obtained for free through tasks.
A strong card for no coins in the Bundesliga, which, however, cannot be profitably sold on the transfer market.
The Headliner card of Zakaria will switch to Serie A
The problem: Zakaria has transferred to Juventus Turin. With the new TOTW card and the upcoming upgrade for the Headliner version, the club will also change on that card. Officially, the explanation from EA Sports regarding such a case states:
If a Headliner player is transferred or loaned during the season, he remains with his previous club until he either receives an upgrade at his new club or his new club (after the date of transfer) achieves a club winning streak. At that point, the Headliner item will be updated with the player’s new club.
Headliner explanation for player transfers (via EA Sports)
After the upgrade, Zakaria will be listed at “Piemonte Calcio”, the FIFA version of Juventus – and thus in Serie A, no longer in Bundesliga. Anyone who has still set up his Bundesliga team with Zakaria will have to prepare for a chemistry loss.
The “Corrupted Love Pack” was supposed to create mood for Valentine’s Day in the MMORPG New World. However, after just 6 hours, the developers had to remove it again. The skins caused massive issues for the players.
What is this pack? The “Corrupted Love Pack” is supposed to bring several skins into the game that are themed for Valentine’s Day on February 14.
The pack includes various weapon skins and furniture pieces and was originally available for purchase in the item shop for real money.
The developers shared some images of the contents of the pack via the official Twitter account. The images show a skin for the bow, the rifle, and the hammer, and you can also see the pink Valentine’s look of the furniture:
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Currently, you can no longer purchase this pack. Just 6 hours after its release, it was removed by developer Amazon.
This is linked to massive technical issues that were apparently caused by these skins. Other items were also removed.
New World removes 14 items due to issues
Which items are affected? In addition to the new skins from the “Corrupted Love Pack,” other shop items like the “Angels and Demons” skins are also affected.
A total of 14 skins were removed because they were apparently causing crashes for players. Here is the list (via massivelyop.com):
Cupid’s Bow
Glowing Admiration
Love’s Cool Embrace
Piercing Beauty
Heartpiercer
Crush
Hallelujah Cannon
Angelic Bulwark
Spark of Light
Moloch’s Fall
Labor of Love
Knight of Devotion
Fool for Love
Waveborne
How are players reacting? Many fans express their frustration with the problems under the Twitter post. Many wonder how such skins could lead to game crashes. While many of them like the game, they wish that the developers could get the ongoing issues under control.
So the mood swings between pity, anger, and frustration. Many describe their relationship with New World as a “love-hate” situation.
When will the items return? This is currently unknown. The developers have not provided any information on the possible waiting time until a fix is available. So we don’t know if the Valentine’s Pack will be online in time for February 14.
What is the situation in New World? After the big launch at the end of 2021, New World has recently been losing more and more players and has been struggling with several issues.
The numbers currently lie at a maximum of around 50,000 concurrent players per day. Around the release, these were still over 900,000.
Whether New World will regain motivation in the future remains to be seen with the upcoming updates. But what do you think? Have you already purchased the Valentine’s skins? Did you experience any problems with them?
With Patch 12.2, the new champion Zeri was released in League of Legends. She is an AD carry and especially made a name for herself with a lot of damage in the early game. However, with the upcoming update 12.4, there are a number of nerfs for Zeri.
What changes are being made to Zeri? Zeri was released on January 19 and was immediately considered strong, although not overpowered. However, with the upcoming update, all of Zeri’s abilities will be adjusted and especially noticeably weakened in the early game:
The damage from her auto-attacks with right-click has been weakened, both in pure damage and scaling with AP
The slow from auto-attacks has been weakened in duration
The slow from auto-attacks has also been reduced in the early game
The damage of her “Q” has been reduced
The cooldown of her “W” has been increased in the early game
The cooldown of “E” has been increased in the late game
The cooldown reduction from “E” has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second
The attack speed from the ultimate “R” has been permanently reduced from 30 to 40% to 30%
In return, there were also three small buffs. The slow from auto-attacks has slightly increased in the late game, her “Q” can now land critical hits, and the cooldown of “W” has been slightly reduced in the late game.
You can view the complete changes in this tweet from RiotPhlox:
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When will the patch be released? The update 12.4 is expected to be released on February 16, 2022. Also included is the new, “evil” supporter Renata Glasc.
New Patch 12.4 buffs 11 champions and nerfs 6
Which champions are getting a buff? With Patch 12.4, there are quite a few small buffs, especially for champions that do not have a strong position in the meta, including Aatrox, Ashe, Kalista, and Rumble.
A particularly curious change involves Neeko, as her hitbox will be reduced. It was very large at 80. Additionally, she will receive more damage on her “Q” and a reduced cooldown on “W”.
Which champions are being weakened? Besides Zeri, Dr. Mundo is particularly affected. He will receive less AD per level and a higher cooldown on his ultimate.
Furthermore, there are minor adjustments to Qiyana, Veigar, Blitzcrank, and Nunu.
What changes are being made to support items? Here there are two small nerfs:
In the future, there will be a penalty after 2 last hits per minute. Supporters will then receive less gold for additional last hits. Previously, the threshold was 4 minions per minute.
The gold earned through support items will now play a role in bounty hunting. Additionally, there is less gold in bounty hunting when a team has more than two support items.
What do you think of the changes? Do you think Zeri will be more playable and not constantly banned anymore? Feel free to write it in the comments.
A permanent ban has been put on one of the two new dragons. Since it was just too problematic:
In the MMORPGThe Elder Scrolls Online has allowed players to travel to guild members or friends since release. Two clever minds thought to use this feature for a practical add-on. We spoke with them about their work and what they enjoy the most.
What are add-ons? Add-ons refer to extensions for ESO that give players the opportunity to enhance their gaming experience. This includes things like user interface customization, buff and skill trackers, or extensions that collect data in a clear manner to determine average prices for guild stores, etc.
There are actually no areas where add-ons are unthinkable. Existing add-ons differ massively in complexity. It starts with add-ons that display a particular font in a different color and ends with add-ons that extract countless amounts of data from guild records.
However, add-ons must adhere to certain conditions and rules set by ZeniMax Online Studios. Therefore, they are also reviewed by developers to ensure they comply with the allowed conditions (via ESO website).
Unlocking wayshrines while saving gold
We spoke with the developers of the add-on “BeamMeUp – Teleporter” about their work and what they like most about it.
What does BeamMeUp – Teleporter do?
In ESO, you can travel to another player without gold costs through the guild or your friends list. Once the process is started, the corresponding wayshrine for teleporting is unlocked. However, you have only discovered it when you complete the traveling process.
BeamMeUp utilizes this function and provides you with a clear list of locations you can currently visit when traveling to one of your friends or guild members. Additionally, there are other functions that read your treasure maps and discovery reports and then output the possible travel destinations.
With the wayshrine function, you can unlock all possible wayshrines by selecting all players in your lists within the same area. This method of traveling also saves you a lot of gold because if you do not travel via a wayshrine yourself, it costs you something.
Who are the developers of BeamMeUp?
They are David (@DeadSoon) and Josef (@Gamer1986PAN), who have divided the work areas for the add-on among themselves. In our community interview with the two, we asked about what motivated them and which areas they particularly enjoyed.
Have you seen the BeamMeUp guild house?
Is this your first time doing something like this?
Josef: “I previously created various Excel spreadsheets with background calculations for different games, but mostly distributed within the guild I played in that game. The scope of BeamMeUp is something completely different and would not have been possible without David, as learning to program became too dry for me after a short time, and the successes did not come quickly enough. “
David: “For me, BeamMeUp is my first large leisure development project. I also develop professionally, but that’s obviously something different. Thus, we both grew into ESO add-on development together.”
You both have divided up the work on the add-on a bit. Do you have specific areas for each?
Josef: “Since I have almost no idea about the code and can only roughly estimate how something affects, I prefer to let the professional handle that while I gather information for him. This includes the IDs of zones and what type of area it is for new DLCs and chapters. This way, David can fully concentrate on the changes he has to make in the code.
Especially early on, I looked for weaknesses in the base game, which we then adjusted together to make it more intuitive and clearer. This also includes adjusting individual icons, the graphic editing of the screenshots including short explanations on the ESOUI page.
However, you should still read the description as BMU offers so much more. Additionally, I mainly manage 4 guilds each on the EU and NA servers.
However, even these 2000 slots per server are usually not enough, so we also asked the community to trust us with their guilds as partner guilds – these can be accessed with the second icon at the top left – including your community guild “The Magical Miezmuschel” on the EU server.”
David: “I would say we complement each other excellently. Since communicating and interacting with the community (guilds, Discord, etc.) takes up a lot of time, I’m very grateful that Josef diligently takes care of the majority.
In this area, he is truly a natural talent as he always communicates in a friendly and constructive manner and pays close attention to the integrity (e.g., compliance with rules) of our guilds and our Discord. Furthermore, it’s very valuable for our discussions to have a “non-developer perspective”.
When we talk about new potential features, I consider everything from a programming effort and technical feasibility perspective. Josef then adds a clear and technically independent perspective as a user. The composition or sometimes compromise of both usually leads to a really good idea.”
For add-ons in ESO, there is the add-on manager Minion. How does the whole process work when someone wants to offer their add-on there?
Josef: “The ESOUI website guides you very well through it. Since anyone who can program usually speaks English, there should be no problems here. Ultimately, you have to fill out a detailed description to allow the operators to check it. With the appropriate changelogs, you should briefly describe each change if you want to post updates.
The operators of ESOUI then check whether there are any prohibited files in the download to exclude viruses or malware or to ensure that the author does not automatically send gold from each user.
This means that if someone wants to misuse it, it is prevented through ESOUI and Minion; how well this is done through other sources, I cannot judge. Minion and ESOUI are definitely the most up-to-date sources for add-ons.”
David: “ESOUI is the only official add-on platform for ESO, run by ZOS developers and the developer community. Minion essentially only uses the interface to the ESOUI platform to provide simplified browsing, installation, and automatic updates of ESO add-ons to the user’s PC.”
A well-functioning add-on requires continuous effort
This is what BeamMeUp looks like in-game:
On the left side, you see the list of BMU. You can select your own 5 favorites that will always be at the top and highlighted in yellow.
Programming and maintenance always require corresponding effort. When and why did you decide “let’s do this”?
Josef: “There are several reasons – to name just 2:
We are our own biggest customers: I have saved over 4.5 million gold since our first beta. We benefit from having the add-on provide as many comprehensive and clear functions as possible.
You want to do something for the game you love to play, or at least for fellow players.
David: “I can only agree with Josef. I can’t imagine not having our add-on and our download numbers (already over a million, thank you dear community) show that many other users worldwide feel the same way. The fact that our add-on has now been translated into 8 languages by users from all over the world is proof that it is a tool for everyone.
Of course, we don’t want to brag about it, but one is a bit proud. In particular, the feedback from users during the early development phase (whether positive or negative) has motivated us to invest our free time into the project further.”
While we are on the subject of effort, how much time do you approximately spend per week on the add-on and everything around it?
Josef: “To manage the guilds, I need about 10–30 minutes daily. For the upcoming update, I have additionally invested about 1 hour – which should represent only a fraction of David’s contribution.”
David: “Where Josef has a very regular, almost daily effort, for me it is more bundled. Of course, I also check my in-game mails and Discord almost daily to respond to direct questions. But these do not come in every day. It becomes really time-consuming when we want to implement a new feature or have to fix an elaborate bug.
When we want to implement a new thing, I often get the drive to do so, which often leads to me losing myself in the code for 10 hours a week. However, once the update is out, I also need a 1-3 week break where I invest significantly less time.”
Have there been any changes to the base game that have impacted your add-on?
Josef: “Oh yes, when it first really took off, shortly after that came the map progress/area guide. Fortunately, David quickly found a way to switch between that and BeamMeUp.”
David: “Apart from the map progress, changes to the map and travel system due to a base game update are usually minimal. The API functions that we use are very rarely altered by ZOS. However, new options are sometimes added that we then want to fully utilize.
For example, ZOS introduced the functionality to travel to your own house (i.e., to the front door instead of inside the house) not too long ago. Since we already displayed all of the player’s houses in a clear list, it naturally made sense to incorporate the new functionality of the base game into our add-on interface as well.”
What aspects have you had to really sink your teeth into?
Josef: “Subzones, such as the Brass Fortress in the Clockwork City or the combination of Auridon/Summerset or Wailing Prison/Graveyard/Broken Docks, are always a challenge because ESO constantly comes up with new hurdles that David has to react to. But the interaction with other add-ons is also a tough nut to crack every now and then.”
David: “We are generally very agile. We want to respond to user wishes and also need to consider changing technical aspects (including performance and changes in the base game). Implemented functionalities are therefore often rebuilt or expanded.
And with some problems, one can really sink their teeth into it. Whether it’s because you made a typo (self-inflicted) or because an API function or an element in the game does not behave as expected. This happens again and again, and fortunately, there are very few problems where one eventually gives up and looks for an alternative or workaround.”
Gratitude and feedback from users are worth the effort
In every activity, there are both positive and negative aspects. How does it look regarding the work on add-ons? What are the negative or frustrating aspects, and which aspects give it value and motivate you to continue?
Josef: “Especially some dungeons where ESO somehow makes it impossible to travel in, like the open caves in Blackwood or the Grimhollow Reformatory in the Wailing Prison, always bother us personally since all we can do is hope that ZOS takes care of it themselves.
Next to the personal motivation to make things easier through technology – during my training, we had a saying in the classroom: ‘Technology is the effort to save efforts’ that still drives me today. This means you put work into something to optimize it and afterwards save a lot of time and nerves.
And players keep showing us how grateful they are for our work – whether through donations, exuberant thanks in application texts for our guilds that have brought me many smiles, or also YouTube videos from our users where they praise the add-on highly.”
David: “I don’t have much to add. If I had to create a prioritized list…
These are the aspects that motivate me the most:
Feedback and gratitude from users
Finding algorithmic solutions to technically challenging problems
The feeling of having created something enduring for the community
These aspects frustrate me sometimes:
When I cannot find a solution to a technical problem.
When I look at some old code blocks and think that I should actually rewrite all of that.
The programming language for add-ons is even beginner-friendly
What are the prerequisites for programming such add-ons? Are YouTube tutorials enough, or do you need to delve deeper into the subject?
Josef: “With enough time and the willingness to learn, that would be a good start, and with useful tips, a large part of the authors’ community is available. For us, it was mainly Baertram, whom you might know from FCO ItemSaver, and who wrote LibZone for us, which saves us a lot of work – another big thank you if he reads this. But for complete newcomers, it might be difficult with an add-on the size of BeamMeUp. One should first build small add-ons – maybe initially just for oneself – and grow from those successes.”
David: “I can only agree with Josef. You grow with the challenges that arise from developing the desired functionalities. You should have a bit of programming understanding. The scripting language LUA, which is used, is quite forgiving and, like Python, very beginner-friendly.”
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Programming will certainly not be all that is required. What soft skills should one also bring?
Josef: “In my case, it was primarily persuasion and perseverance to convince David to adapt and improve the add-on that BeamMeUp is based on (Luminary Teleporter) to the then-current game version. Once I got him on board, I just had to feed him with new ideas about what we could improve and help him track down bugs.”
David: “Along with a healthy dose of ambition, communication is key to success. Of course, the following greatly depends on the purpose of the add-on, but generally, communication with the user base and with other developers is extremely helpful and valuable for all parties.
On one side, the ESOUI forums or chat platform provide all developers with the opportunity to exchange ideas, help each other, and connect with the game developers (ZOS). On the other side, there are no boundaries to the communication and interaction with the users of one’s own add-on.
The possible channels range from forums, Discord, to in-game guilds, as in our case. The gratitude and feedback from the community is the greatest reward and motivates us to continue investing our free time into the project.”
Do you have any tips for aspiring add-on programmers? What should one definitely pay attention to or plan for?
Josef: “Stay ambitious if the idea comes from you and you hope for a certain ease from it, from which you can later benefit yourself, the effort is definitely worth it. Just make sure to include as many comments in your code as possible, so you can quickly get back into it or others who may take over your add-on later can find their way around more easily.
And find a few people who frequently deal with add-ons and try to win them as beta testers for you. The fewer bugs make it into the Minion version, the better it will be received by players.”
David: “Josef has already hit the nail on the head. I would only add:
Always try to think long-term. Prevent having to manually maintain any data as much as possible. Instead, try to source everything dynamically from the game’s interfaces. This keeps your add-on current even when a new update to the base game is released, with new zones, new items, etc.
Reach out to the developer community, whether personally or via the forum. Many questions have already been asked, and many technical issues have already been solved by other developers. Additionally, the exchange is usually beneficial for everyone and motivates finding new solutions together.
Have fun with what you do. Even if it’s often sensible to respond to user wishes and ideas, it remains your add-on. Develop what you want, how you want, and most importantly, at the pace you want. Only then will the joy of the project remain for a long time.”
If you would like to support the two of them, you are warmly invited to join their BeamMeUp guilds or especially the partner guilds as they have even more slots available.
Do you use any add-ons? Feel free to tell us what your favorite add-on is and whether you have heard of BeamMeUp or if you became aware of it through our article for the first time. I (MiezeMelli) for my part, am a huge fan of add-ons. You can read about it in my article about my 195 add-ons in ESO.
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Since yesterday, players in Destiny 2 know the name of the upcoming Season 16: “Season of the Risen”. It will be a journey into the past of Light and Darkness. MeinMMO reveals what has been announced so far, what you can expect in the new Season 16, and why new players can still jump in.
Players of Destiny 2 already know that Savathun will be one of the greatest threats in the universe. She may even be the most cunning and diabolical enemy the franchise has ever had. The highlights of the “Season of the Risen” are meant to kick off this arc while simultaneously replacing the old “Season of the Lost”.
No one knows exactly what Savathun is planning or whether, once she has stolen the Light, she will be more friend or foe. But players already know a few of her “creations”:
Savathun has created “Moths” that can “charge their fighters with Light”.
The Throne World is a treacherous mirror of the Witch Queen’s consciousness.
The Throne World offers a vast area full of secrets
Additionally, Bungie has already promised players greatness in advance, stating: “2022 will see more Destiny than ever before”. The Witch Queen itself is said to be “the most ambitious expansion in a long time” for all interested players.
New players should be able to jump in easily
The Witch Queen marks the seventh year of Destiny expansions and concludes narrative threads that date back to the first Destiny 1 and the “Taken King” expansion.
Many interested players are unsure if it is still worth it to join. But Bungie gives the green light for that. The new DLC and the upcoming Season 16 are said to be the perfect entry point even for new players, as Bungie’s Project Lead Blake Battle revealed to MeinMMO.
Savathun has her eyes everywhere!
Currently, Mara Sov, the Queen of the Awoken, has only one task to fulfill in the current Season 15: the “Worm Exorcism” of Savathun. Once it starts, it will likely kick off the content of the new Season 16.
So far, nothing has been heard for a long time about the powerful Queen of the Reef, except that she can keep a massive bridge construction extremely secret.
This is what players can expect in the upcoming Season 16
In the new “Season of the Risen”, players will not only discover new exotic and legendary weapons and armor. The known activities will also bring changes for players in Season 16 of Destiny 2.
The Season 16 begins on Mars: Players will initially return to Mars. However, it has changed and features strange fissures that glow green. The Guardians will have to find out what has happened to the planet after it was swallowed by Darkness. Ikora Rey, who has also been leading the investigation against Savathun, will assist players in Season 16.
The Mars has escaped the content vault.
A Cabal Princess supports the Vanguard: In the Destiny 2 Collector’s Edition, it was already hinted and the ViDoc confirmed it. Caiatl, the current Cabal Princess and Calus’ daughter, will assist the Vanguard in their fight against the “Radiant Brood”.
Zavala personally asks her for help (no marriage, as hinted in the Collector’s Edition), and she not only provides him with new weapons but also stylish Season 16 armors with tusks for his Guardians.
Apparently, she also has a particularly large pipe for him. This “special delivery” has at least been hinted at briefly in the ViDoc. Here, you can see how a Cabal ship flies in a kind of “mega-cannon” or a “component”. What technology that exactly is, we do not know yet. – but it is definitely huge.
Is that a cannon? Or a component?
Perhaps the Psions of the Cabal, until the Guardians find other solutions, will disrupt the powers of Savathun’s forces by suppressing the Hive Spirits. These allow the “Radiant Brood” to be repeatedly revived and to stab players in the back.
By the way, you will become your own weapon master: During an initial quest mission in Season 16, you will also discover a kind of forge on Mars. The “Enclave” houses a mysterious, abandoned “Pyramid Relic”. This will grant players access to the new weapon crafting in Destiny 2 and their first glaive. Is this a gift from the Darkness?
Players can forge a desired weapon with their favorite perks there
The perks of new exotics can also be “shaped” in the Enclave
If the requirements change, the shaped weapon can be altered again
Upgrades for your Void abilities: However, not only the weapons will be “improved” in Season 16. Your abilities will also receive the long-awaited Void 3.0 upgrade.
In the “Season of the Risen”, players can earn various aspects and fragments, thereby changing their playstyle and trying out effective builds. What we know so far is that there will be three new aspects:
“Feeding the Void”
“Chaos Accelerant”
“Child of the Old Gods”
Players can expect a lot of Void 3.0 fragments to earn.
This way, soon all three classes in Destiny 2, Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters, alongside the other grenade types, will also be able to use suppressor grenades.
When will the rework for Arc and Solar come? The last two subclasses, Arc and Solar, are also set to be transitioned to the 3.0 system later this year. Bungie will focus on the healing and burning aspects of Solar, as well as the chaining and lightning aspects of Arc.
Whether players will have to unlock the new abilities like Stasis is unclear. Bungie has not yet provided any specifics on how you will be able to get these abilities in Witch Queen. However, it is rather unlikely that this upgrade will be fully served on a silver platter.
Season 16 brings new and changes old activities
A new raid, but likely no dungeon: Season 16 will also see the launch of a new raid on March 5. Bungie had announced that there would be either a raid or a dungeon each season. Since a new dungeon “Shroud of Greed” recently debuted, there will likely be none in Season 16.
However, the raid leads the Guardians into the Pyramid that has already been seen. It is hidden in the swamps of Savathun’s Throne World. In the raid, players must confront the ancient danger trapped within.
The open world offers new secrets: Even though Destiny 2 is a shooter, fans love to puzzle and discover new secrets. In the upcoming Season 16, it seems that Guardians will first need to think, then shoot. In Savathun’s Throne World, alongside mocking enemies, there is much to discover.
Various collectibles and chests that can be found
There are patrols that players can start and public events
In the open world, you can use “Deepsight abilities” to “uncover” secrets
A seasonal triumph seal will present Guardians with many different tasks
Alongside the open-world activities, something will also change in Season 16 regarding the offerings from Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit.
Wander through the swamps in Savathun’s Throne World.
Initially only two old maps for the Crucible: PvP players can initially look forward to two maps in Season 16. These are revamped Destiny 1 maps that Bungie has “rebuilt” for Witch Queen.
With Season 17, a brand new PvP map with new territory, possibly in the Throne World, will come into play, as Joe Blackburn announced on Twitter.
Gambit fans will have to wait in Season 16: Although Bungie has already discussed Gambit in one of the upcoming “This Week at Bungie” blogs, it is unclear whether changes will come in Season 16. Bungie only stated that “the team would like to gather data for another season before making adjustments.”
It is quite possible that Bungie is planning a revision of the ranking system for Gambit, resembling that of Trials of Osiris. At least, it makes sense, as this system has been very well received by Guardians and is a great way to earn the loot they want.
Changes to the Vanguard: Changes are also being made to the Vanguard activities in Season 16, so that playlist strikes are worthwhile again.
The Vanguard rank will increase twice as fast starting in Season 16
Nightfalls on higher difficulty levels will also grant faster gains
The changes will be closer to the rank gain of the Crucible playlists
New modifiers will rotate out or come in
Will the artifact of Season 16 be a weapon? Observant Guardians have also noticed a special secret for the new Season 16. In the announcement photo of the “Season of the Risen” from Bungie, the Guardian is holding a kind of spear.
From what was seen in the ViDoc, this seems to be the artifact for the upcoming Season 16. However, whether this is just a collage or if Guardians will actually use the artifact as a weapon, we do not know yet.
When does the “Season of the Risen” start? The upcoming Season 16 will launch simultaneously with the new DLC “The Witch Queen” and also promises the return of familiar faces. Not only will the seasonal content of the “Season of the Risen” go online, but players will also be able to explore the Witch Queen campaign.
Season 16 will provide all players with a season pass. It has 100 levels and rewards gameplay with Season 16 weapons, various materials, items, and cosmetics. By the way, the entry into Destiny 2 is free via New Light and offers a good insight into the Destiny universe.
This is what to expect in Destiny 2 for Witch Queen:
Even now, “The Witch Queen” and the first Season 16 feel big and significant and have far-reaching implications for the entire plot in Destiny 2. Just like the Forsaken expansion had with the death of Cayde-6.
What do you think? Can Bungie keep its promise, and will this Season 16 bring a new experience for Guardians and make Destiny 2 more exciting? Or do you think Bungie is overpromising? How do you personally gauge the hype around the new expansion “The Witch Queen” and the first Season 16? Please let us know in the comments.
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For Valentine’s Day in Pokémon GO, Flabébé is entering the game for the first time. The Pokémon has different regional forms and two evolutions. The finding of the forms is now causing concern for collectors. They are already losing motivation.
What is it about? Flabébé has been confirmed as a new Pokémon for the Valentine’s Day event in Pokémon GO. Shortly after that, data miners found all the forms that can be unlocked for Flabébé and its two evolutions in the code. But instead of joy over the find, there are mainly concerns. Collectors are asking themselves: Should I really catch them all?
We will show you the forms of the Flabébé family, where you can catch them, and how the community is reacting.
All Forms of Flabébé – Shinies and Regional
This is known: We know about the entry of the following Flabébé forms from Niantic:
Flabébé (Red Bloomer) – Can be caught in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Flabébé (Blue Bloomer) – Can be caught in the Asia-Pacific region
Flabébé (Yellow Bloomer) – Can be caught on the American continent
So these are the regional Flabébé that you can catch in the wild from the start of the event. In addition, there are two forms that you can find all over the world: Flabébé with a white flower and Flabébé with an orange flower. However, Niantic states that you will need “some luck” to find white or orange Flabébé. They are therefore significantly rarer.
In addition to this, the evolutions Floette and Florges can also appear in all the shown forms. Without Shinies, that’s 15 possible color combinations that you can catch from the new Pokémon family. Should Niantic ever release the Shinies, you would have 30 possible variants.
Collectors are thus faced with the task of catching the regional Pokémon and the rare Pokémon. And if Niantic then also releases the Shinies, trainers would have to accomplish the same again and also need more luck for the Shiny forms.
What do they look like? Data miners from PokeMiners have found the models of Flabébé, Floette, and Florges in the code and shared them with trainers on reddit. We are embedding the graphic for you here:
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Players Already Feel Overwhelmed Prior to the Release
These are the reactions: Players react to the graphic in the comments. After all, the motto of the Pokémon games is “Catch ’em all”. So, mcea0006 writes (via reddit): “At this point, I’m wondering if I really need to catch them all…” Another trainer responds: “I’ve already decided that I don’t need to. Assuming we can catch all Shinies and the regional color variants, that makes 120 Poké Coins just for this series in the collection.”
Trainer Two2die477 writes: “Wow. Catching the full Shiny collection of this Pokémon sounds like an impossible task.”
In other comments, collectors note that their Pokémon storage will be significantly impacted.
Other trainers are writing on reddit that there will be many more Pokémon with many colors and forms. For people who want to have one form and the Shinies of every Pokémon in their collection, that will be a big task.
What is your opinion on the topic? Do you want to have a variant of every Pokémon, including the forms, in your collection and can understand the overwhelmed trainers, or do you see this as finally a true collector’s task that you are looking forward to? Please share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments.
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The new MMORPG Lost Ark was released in soft launch yesterday, February 8. This means that only those who pre-ordered are allowed to play. Nevertheless, the game is already overwhelmed – and even more people are watching on Twitch.
Lost Ark surpasses New World on Twitch: Lost Ark amazed an incredible 1,273,119 Twitch viewers on February 8 at 7:00 PM. At that time, this was about four times the number of people watching League of Legends and more than double that of those in Just Chatting (via SteamDB).
The big competitor, the MMORPG New World, captivated at its peak on September 16, 2021, with 985,738 viewers.
WoW peaked at 1.1 million viewers in 2020.
Lost Ark thus crowns itself the MMORPG king on Twitch.
How is that possible? At the launch of Lost Ark, there were some issues with unpacking and the servers. Many users could not play right at the start and had to wait until they could unpack and start the game. This pushed the numbers up.
Additionally, Amazon started the Legends of Lost Ark event, where viewers could earn in-game rewards via Drops by watching on Twitch. For these Drops, you had to watch Lost Ark for at least 4 hours, which is exceptionally high for Twitch Drops.
Furthermore, many of the big streamers played the new MMORPG, which drew a lot of attention. MMO icon Asmongold had over 220,000 viewers at times just on his channel.
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The community is thrilled
How is the game received? On Steam, the MMORPG currently has a 96% positive rating, which is an extremely good value. This means that only 78 out of a total of 1,942 reviews for Lost Ark are negative.
Also, on Metacritic, which aggregates ratings from various professional sites, the game currently has a score of 81 / 100 based on 23 reviews. Of these, 21 give a positive rating, and only 2 are undecided about the new MMORPG.
This gives Lost Ark currently the 4th place among the best-rated PC games of 2022 on Metacritic, just behind Monster Hunter Rise, God of War, and OlliOlli World. The website TheGamer even gives the A-MMORPG a flat 100 points.
What do the players say? The community around Lost Ark celebrates the game. Only the issues at launch concern the players, which is not necessarily noticed on reddit. Most fans take the launch difficulties with humor and are looking forward to traveling to Arkesia soon.
The positive reception of Lost Ark is likely also due to the fact that players already knew relatively well what to expect. Since the game has been running in Korea since 2018, many fans had already formed a clear picture of the MMORPG before trying it today.
But even those who were unsure could determine beforehand that the game might not be for them at all. Both could be good reasons why the general sentiment in the communities around Lost Ark is very positive.
Have you played Lost Ark yourself? How do you find the new MMORPG so far, and have you been able to have fun in the world of Arkesia despite the initial difficulties? Or have you still not been able to decide on one of the 15 classes? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
The beta of Overwatch 2 is on the horizon – at least that’s what several leaks and hints suggest for this month.
Few communities in the Blizzard universe are as disappointed as the one for Overwatch. This is because Blizzard announced Overwatch 2, which failed to impress at its unveiling – simultaneously, the further development of Overwatch 1 was drastically slowed down. There is a drought of content, and apart from some new skins during events, there have been hardly any significant new contents for years.
Now, finally, there’s some momentum coming back to the franchise – as the beta of Overwatch 2 could be just around the corner.
What happened? A few days ago, there were some updates to the Battle.net servers. These included new data that clearly points to an alpha or beta test of Overwatch 2. The updates concern the entries “Overwatch 2.0” and “Demo 2” – Twitter user Naeri captured a screenshot of the altered version.
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This also aligns with other leaks. Several sources report that there was a meeting of the developers with some content creators a few days ago. Apparently, a demo of Overwatch 2 was shown there.
Such pre-meetings with content creators are common at Blizzard, as was also the case previously with Hearthstone.
The leak also stated that “more information about Overwatch 2 will be available in the week of February 3” – which is just a few days away.
What does this mean? Since all the information and leaks align very well with each other, the likelihood is quite high that there is some truth to it. This would mean that the beta of Overwatch will start around February, and we will finally get a first, more comprehensive look at the game.
As soon as there is concrete information from Blizzard regarding a specific date, we will, of course, report on it.
More about Blizzard and Overwatch can be found here:
What is Overwatch 2 actually? That’s still a bit of a question mark. Essentially, Overwatch 2 is an evolution of Overwatch 1 – players should also be able to play together with Overwatch 1 players. However, new are story missions for multiple players, where you can play as the familiar heroes and go through a campaign. You even distribute skill points among the heroes and enhance their abilities.
However, many players are still not entirely clear on why Overwatch 2 should be a standalone game and not just an addon. Blizzard still needs to clarify this.
What do you think about it? Are you already excited for Overwatch 2 and want to participate in the beta? Or does Blizzard still need to convince you that “Overwatch 2” was actually a good idea?
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The German YouTubers and streamers Gronkh, PapaPlatte, and Trymacs are launching the Spielesause again in 2022. However, this time it will take place without gamescom and a little later than the previous year. MeinMMO presents all the information about the start, participants, and the planned games.
What is the Spielesause?
The Spielesause is a live event hosted by the Twitch stars Gronkh, Trymacs, and PapaPlatte that combines gaming with real games like soccer and the community.
The streamers will broadcast their regular stream from the event location. They will take turns, and the rest will take over via the shared IRL stream.
Various guests from film, television, streaming, and music are also invited to compete in the games.
In addition to sports activities, there will also be games to help raise money for a good cause. Last year, there was a poker tournament and a cooking show.
Spielesause 2 in Autumn – What to Expect at the Live Event
Via Twitter, the event organizer announced that the Spielesause returns this year – under the grand title “Spielesause 2”. Last year, the livestream event took place during the gamescom period. The reason was that the gamescom could only take place online due to the ongoing Corona pandemic. The Spielesause aimed to give fans the feeling that the game fair was in full swing, at least via Twitch.
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When does it start? Since the gamescom 2022 is apparently going to be held on-site in Cologne again, the hosts Gronkh, Papaplatte, and Trymacs are postponing the Spielesause by a few weeks. All fans looking forward to it will have to be patient until Autumn 2022 when the event is supposed to start. When exactly is yet to be revealed by the organizers and hosts.
Who are the participants? So far, not many participants have been announced, and all are from the streaming sector. However, this is likely not because the Spielesause 2 is smaller, but due to the early planning phase of the event. In the following list, all announced participants are included, and as new ones are added, we will include them:
Gronkh
PapaPlatte
Trymacs
Reeze
Rumathra
PhunkRoyal
The exact location where Spielesause 2 will be held and which games and setups are planned is currently still unknown. Due to the postponement because of the on-site gamescom in Cologne, it is likely that the streamers will host the event again in the halls of the Cologne Exhibition Center.
We will keep you updated on this article in the coming weeks and months. As soon as new information about the event, games, or guests arises, we will inform you here on MeinMMO.
In 2021, the first Spielesause took place. The dimensions of the project were boldly massive and perhaps that’s why it can claim to be the gamescom event with the highest reach. Millions of people tuned in on all broadcast platforms. A total of 41 million times, content related to the Spielesause was accessed (via gameswirtschaft.de):
Twitch: 9.4 million viewers
YouTube: 2.3 million views
Instagram: 7.7 million impressions
TikTok: 6.9 million impressions
Twitter: 7.5 million interactions
The new Spielesause has to face these numbers even without the gamescom promise behind it. For all fans of livestreaming events, the Spielesause 2022 is a must. So mixed with people from every entertainment industry and so many activities, there has never been an event like this. If you were at the first Spielesause and what games were played, you can find out here: Spielesause for gamescom 2021 – All info about the stream with Gronkh, Trymacs, and PapaPlatte
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