If you catch a lot of monsters regularly in Pokémon GO, you need to send them from time to time. But you should still have a bit of patience with this for now. We at MeinMMO looked into why it might be worth it for you to wait before sending the monsters.
What is it about? Trainers in Pokémon GO are currently rushing from one event to the next. It’s not surprising that Pokémon storage fills up quickly and you want to sort out the bad specimens. After all, you receive a candy for each monster sent.
However, if you wait for now, it might really pay off for you. The reason is the upcoming Valentine’s Day event, which starts on February 10, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time. We will show you what bonus you can look forward to if you are patient now.
Update from February 11, 2022: The global challenge has been completed by you, and the bonus is now active. What you need to know about the bonus and how long you can use it is explained in our related article:
During the Valentine’s Day event, there will be a global challenge in Pokémon GO for you. As you know from other events in the past, you will have to reach a certain goal together with all other trainers worldwide, earning a special bonus in the process.
Although the actual Valentine’s Day event starts on February 10, you can already access the global challenge starting tomorrow, February 9, 2022, at 9:00 PM local time. To unlock the bonus, a total of 70,000,000 gifts must be sent to friends. Once you achieve this, you will receive triple candy for sending during the remaining time.
In the past, the goals of global challenges were usually completed relatively quickly, and it is also to be expected that this task will be solved. For this reason, you should wait before sending your monsters.
Which Pokémon are particularly worthwhile?
The candy bonus is especially useful for monsters that you still need candy for or that have a strong evolution. After all, you get three candies for each Pokémon sent instead of just one. This gives you the opportunity to level up strong specimens accordingly. But you should also wait to send your legendary Pokémon until you achieve the candy bonus.
In the past few days, you could encounter Magikarp, Gyarados, or Electabuzz more frequently in the wild during the Lunar New Year event. These are particularly suitable for this. But also with the current raid bosses like Regirock, Charizard, and Flareon, the extra candies are worthwhile.
For the Valentine’s Day event, Roselia, Chansey, Shuppet with its evolutions Gardevoir and Gallade, as well as the legendary raid boss Registeel will benefit from additional candies. But also for Pokémon like Swablu, which require a lot of candies for their evolution, you should definitely take this opportunity.
To avoid having to sort your monsters for a long time after achieving the candy bonus from the global challenge, it’s advisable to do this in advance. It’s best to use the filtering functions in the game, such as 0*, 1*, 2*, where you can specifically search for worse specimens.
It’s also advisable to create a corresponding tag in which you can store the sorted-out Pokémon. Click on “Tags” in your Pokémon storage and then on the “+” to assign yourself a new tag.
Then, select the desired Pokémon by holding them down. Now you’ll have the option to assign your desired tag. Under the “Tags” category, you will find the assigned monsters and can send them at the appropriate time.
Tag function in Pokémon GO
Which Pokémon will you save until the global challenge for the Valentine’s Day event? Or are you less interested in the candy bonus when sending? Feel free to share your opinion with us here on MeinMMO in the comments.
You can find a secret room full of Easter eggs in Dying Light 2. It also contains the blueprints for a completely ridiculous but very powerful weapon: The “Left Finger of gLoVa”. This is an absolutely deadly finger pistol. You can learn how to get the super weapon here at MeinMMO!
What is the “Left Finger of gLoVa? Actually, most weapons in Dying Light 2 are melee weapons, which can only be repaired with this trick. Guns are extremely rare. Yet, a true super weapon is a “pistol”, but a very special one.
Because the “Left Finger of gLoVa” is actually just a “finger pistol”. So, a gesture where you shape your hand like a gun and aim your index finger at the opponent while saying “Bang” loudly. Pretty much every kid has played cops and robbers like this before.
And those who know the legendary adventure “Tales from the Borderlands” will surely remember the legendary “Finger Gunfights”, with which the employees of Hyperion enhanced their dreary office life.
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But unlike in children’s games or in Borderlands, the finger gun in Dying Light 2 is a real killer weapon that usually shreds your opponents into a thousand pieces with a “shot”. So how do you get the thing?
How to get the finger pistol “Left Finger of gLoVa”
What you need to do first: The secret room with the blueprints for the finger weapon is located in the Garrison District in the southwest of the city. However, you should first complete the mission “Broadcast”. During this mission, you will receive the grappling hook. This is essential for reaching the secret room.
How to reach the secret room: First, climb the VCN Tower again; fortunately, this is quite easy with the winch that is now at street level (near the hideout). Then use the elevator to get back to the top.
Once you’re back at the top of the skyscraper, you must glide with the glider to the skyscraper with the large antenna in the southwest.
There, you can expect some miserable climbing where you have to connect various cables to finally open the secret Easter egg room with your key.
We have embedded a video here that shows you exactly how to proceed.
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But be careful, as soon as you open the secret room, a disgusting Boomer Zombie staggers towards you. So make sure to neutralize the nasty creature so it doesn’t blow you up and ruin your progress.
Once you have survived the zombie, you can enjoy Easter eggs in the developer’s secret room and admire previous games by Techland. As soon as you get comfortable on the bed with the plush toys, the blueprint for the Left Hand of gLoVa will appear in the Techland poster.
How to build the finger gun: Once you have the blueprints, you can build the Ginger cannon with a proud 369 scrap parts. But use it wisely, as after 16 “shots” the miracle weapon is gone again, and you will have to build it again.
What are the backgrounds of the weapon? The name of the weapon comes from lead designer Bartosz “Glova” Kulon. Those who know Techland games may have found the “Left Hand of gLoVa” in Dead Island or discovered the “Right Hand of gLoVa” in the first Dying Light. Therefore, the latest version of this Easter egg weapon is referred to here as the “Left Finger of gLoVa”.
Dying Light 2 is currently thrilling hundreds of thousands of players and most of them are having fun. However, a small group is currently complaining loudly: Some Italians are offended because there is no Italian voiceover. For their criticism, they are ridiculed.
However, player reviews on Metacritic are currently striking. The game has only between 4.1 and 6.1 points of approval, depending on the platform. Mainly two problems are addressed.
On Metacritic, there are almost exclusively reviews of 9-10 or 0-1 points from players for Dying Light 2 and little in between. The platform is often used for “review bombing”, both positively and negatively. Therefore, player ratings are usually critically questioned.
Where do the bad ratings come from? One of the biggest problems seems to be technical difficulties. The annoying copy protection, non-functioning co-op, or poor performance on Xbox are some of the most common reasons that Techland is already working on.
Another group of players, however, is loudly complaining that there is no Italian voiceover. Dying Light 1 still had that and there are, after all, two different Spanish voiceovers, but no Italian.
A user on reddit has gathered some of the responses. It is stated, for example, by a user who gave 0 points on Metacritic: “I think Techland has deliberately taken measures to remove Italian from the voiceover for the sole reason of mocking our country.”
The anger over Dying Light 2 due to the lack of voiceover, however, meets more ridicule than approval in the community.
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This is how the community reacts: Many users on reddit are criticizing the critics. They say, for example: If they can already complain in English, they can also play in English. Or like everyone else without native voiceover, just use subtitles.
Supposedly Italian users are embarrassed for their compatriots. There are even cynical comparisons with other languages like Urdu or Zulu – they also have no localization. A particularly sarcastic user even suggests creating a mod filled with stereotypes.
Even if such a suggestion certainly goes too far, it shows that the topic moves the community. Apparently unfounded bad ratings anger fans who enjoy the game.
What’s next? Techland is already working on a series of new updates and patches for the upcoming time on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Among them are mainly performance and co-op improvements as well as bug fixes. There is still no information about an Italian voiceover.
In the next 6 months, the Switch version of Dying Light 2 is also scheduled to be released. And the developers have already revealed in a roadmap what to expect after release:
Today, on February 8th, the Spotlight Hour with Parfi starts in Pokémon GO. There is also a bonus for more Stardust. We will show you the details of the event, start, and end.
What kind of event is this? Every Tuesday evening in Pokémon GO, a Spotlight Hour takes place. For 60 minutes, a selected Pokémon is in the spotlight. This means you will find it nearly everywhere in the wild. This is accompanied by a bonus that aims to make the Spotlight Hour appealing.
We will show you what to expect tonight, on February 8th, and for whom it is worthwhile.
Spotlight Hour with Parfi – Start, Shiny, and Bonuses
When does the event start? The Spotlight Hour begins today, on February 8th, at 6:00 PM local time. You can play the event for one hour until it ends at 7:00 PM.
These are the bonuses: Typically, during Spotlight Hours, Event Pokémon spawn in almost every corner of the wild. So expect many Parfi spawns. Anyone who wants to increase their yield can ignite incense, which will also attract Parfi.
As an additional bonus, you will receive double the amount of Stardust for catching Pokémon. Even if you don’t necessarily want to catch Parfi, it is still worthwhile to replenish your dust reserves.
For whom is it worthwhile? Parfi is not particularly strong in PvP (Trainer battles) or PvE (Raids). Its evolution, Parfinesse, plays in the midfield at least in the Super and Hyper League, but has many stronger alternatives. Therefore, Parfi and Parfinesse are mainly considered entries for your PokéDex.
The Stardust bonus, on the other hand, is something you should definitely take advantage of. If you want, you can activate a Star Piece and receive even more dust for catching.
In Pokémon GO the Valentine’s Day event will take place in a few days. On this occasion, three new Pokémon will celebrate their debut in the game and there will be a new form of Coiffwaff. We at MeinMMO will show you what bonuses, spawns, and special features await you.
What kind of event is it? In honor of Valentine’s Day, there will be a special event in Pokémon GO. As in previous years, thematically appropriate Pokémon will be the focus. You can also expect several bonuses and the following highlights:
a special global challenge
a new form of Coiffwaff
the new Pokémon Flabébé, Floette, and Florges
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 lasts until February 14, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.
The new Pokémon Flabébé, Floette, and Florges
As part of the Valentine’s Day event, there will be a new Pokémon available to catch in the game: Flabébé. This Pokémon comes from Generation 6 and is of the Fairy type. It can evolve into Floette and then into Florges. The evolution has a special feature for you.
To evolve Flabébé into Floette, you only need 25 Flabébé candies. However, for the final evolution, you will need not only 100 Flabébé candies but also to earn 20 hearts with Floette as your buddy to trigger the evolution.
Flabébé and its evolutions
Flabébé will be available in Pokémon GO starting with the Valentine’s Day event in the colors red, yellow, orange, blue, and white. However, not all its forms will be available everywhere. As you may know from other monsters in the game, the red, blue, and yellow variants will only be found in specific regions of the world.
Below, we have summarized where you can find each form:
Pokémon
Location
Flabébé (Red Flower)
Europe, Middle East, Africa
Flabébé (Blue Flower)
Asia-Pacific
Flabébé (Yellow Flower)
North America Continent
Flabébé (Orange Flower)
worldwide
Flabébé (White Flower)
worldwide
Is there a Shiny Flabébé? No, Flabébé will initially not be catchable in its shiny form in Pokémon GO.
All Spawns for the Valentine’s Day Event
In addition to the three new Pokémon Flabébé, Floette, and Florges, you can encounter thematically appropriate monsters in the wild and in raids. You can look forward to the following spawns:
Pokémon in the wild:
Chansey*
Plusle*
Minun*
Volbeat*
Illumise*
Luvdisc*
Fleknoil*
Flabébé
Coiffwaff (Fluffy Form)
Miltank*
Ohrdoch*
Mamolida*
Pokémon in Raids:
Level 1 Raids: Miltank*, Roselia*, Ohrdoch* and Coiffwaff (Fluffy Form)
All monsters that you can also encounter in their shiny form with a bit of luck are marked with a (*)
All Bonuses and Challenges for the Valentine’s Day Event
Of course, during the Valentine’s Day event, you can also look forward to one or the other bonus. Additionally, the event also holds two challenges for you. Here’s what they are:
Coiffwaff can be changed from the Fluffy form to the Heartcut form
Gallade and Gardevoir will learn the event move Synchronoise
As you may know from past events like GO Fest 2021, there will also be a global challenge during the Valentine’s Day event. The goal is for all trainers worldwide to send a total of 70,000,000 gifts.
If the set goal is reached, you will unlock the following special bonus for the remaining time of the event:
3x candies when sending your monsters
When will the global challenge be unlocked? This challenge will be available starting February 9, 2022, at 9:00 PM local time and will extend beyond the actual event period until February 15, 2022, at 9:00 AM local time.
What do you think of the spawns and bonuses for the Valentine’s Day event? Which monster are you most looking forward to? And did you expect Flabébé as a new Pokémon for Valentine’s Day? Feel free to share your thoughts with us here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss it with other trainers.
The new MMORPG Lost Ark is just around the corner, and we have already had a few hours to play it. We have made some mistakes, which is why we have 10 tips for you to help you start better than we did.
The tips in this list are mainly aimed at newcomers to the new MMORPG who are not yet familiar with the game. They have been selected by the author and are not prioritized in any particular order.
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1. Try out as many classes as possible
Why is this important? In Lost Ark’s endgame, many activities await you to be done daily. Additionally, many of them require a minimum gear score to even access.
If you don’t have a lot of time for the MMORPG, you’ll have to limit yourself to 1 to 3 classes that you really want to actively play as your main character. To avoid wasting time, you should use the beginning of the game to test different classes.
How do you do that? With 15 classes available at the start, the MMORPG offers a wide selection. You don’t necessarily want to play every class up to a certain level to be sure whether it’s right for you.
Classes like the Berserker can also be relatively boring and immobile at the beginning, but they play completely differently later on.
Lost Ark has a solution for this problem. When you create a character, you first arrive on a kind of heavenly platform. There, you can try out all sub-classes for as long as you want, spawn monsters, and even fight bosses.
You receive the sub-class directly at a high level with many skills. With just a few clicks, you can switch sub-classes and try another. You only need to create 5 characters to try all 15 classes in the endgame.
Why is this important? Once you have decided on a class, the tinkering with your character is far from over. In the so-called Tripod system, you can modify each of your skills in three different ways. You have to make decisions here as well.
But don’t be too sure of your choice and let it become set in stone. In the Tripod, you can choose from a total of 8 different modifications for each skill and combine them differently, providing many opportunities to try yourself out.
You should do this regularly. Change your skills and their mods often. It costs you nothing, and you can do it anytime, as long as you’re not in combat.
This not only helps you progress in PvE and learn your character better, but it also aids you in defeating your friends in PvP. Different abilities and mods are often much stronger in PvP than in PvE.
Each skill has several options into which you can invest your skill points. This system is called Tripod.
How do you do that? Lost Ark provides you with tools so that you don’t have to redo everything for each situation. These are the various skill pages. You have only a limited number unlocked, but they can be expanded with real money.
They offer a kind of empty templates where you can save your skill builds and then change them completely at the push of a button. Use this especially for switching between PvE and PvP as well as between fights against many monsters and fights against a boss.
You are best advised to keep these 3 aspects in mind and build three different builds for each of these situations. While playing, you’ll notice where you can still adjust and improve, and modify the modifications quickly.
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Why is this important? Flirting with NPCs should be one of your main tasks at the beginning of Lost Ark. It may sound strange, but it actually helps you. The so-called Rapport Quests or Affinity Quests ensure that these characters like you more.
As NPCs gradually like you more, you will rise in their esteem until they fall in love with you. This is often associated with funny quests and also brings in-game benefits.
Especially the first lady you can woo, Neria, quickly gives you a hefty 10,000 silver if you just complete a few tasks for her. You don’t always get silver from NPCs, but these quests and tasks are always worth it.
So always try to do well in front of NPCs. It brings you juicy rewards, and eventually, you can even invite companions to your island, where they can provide you with even more bonuses.
How do you do that? In general, you can increase your affinity with NPCs by completing their associated quests. These are marked purple on the map, directly indicating where something can be obtained.
But that’s not all, you can also fight for the favor of partners in other ways. For instance, you can play songs for characters, dance for them, show your emotions, or simply bring them gifts.
Every NPC in Arkesia has something they particularly like. You can’t just use the same strategy over and over; they won’t fall for it! Additionally, you need to consider which character you want to prioritize first.
These “love actions” are limited to 5 per day. So be mindful of whom you first bring a bar of chocolate. With the optional subscription service of the crystalline aura, you actually have 6 attempts per day to gain the affection of the populace.
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4. Don’t ignore your personal tropical paradise
Why is this important? At level 26, you will receive your own island as part of the main story. This lays the foundation for housing in Lost Ark but offers much more than just decoration.
Of course, you can simply use the island as a chill-out area, walking around with up to 49 other players and having a cozy guild meeting. However, the island also has gameplay advantages that you shouldn’t ignore.
You can also deploy NPCs that you have already won over as a kind of mercenary group. From your island, you can send them on missions that earn them experience points and loot for you.
You can also craft on your island and have healing potions made through alchemy. Naturally, you build all the furniture for your lovely tropical paradise yourself and gradually unlock new areas on your island that provide even more bonuses.
How do you do that? Every action on your island consumes a bit of your stamina, which you can spend daily there. It regenerates almost completely within a day. To go from 0 to full, it takes exactly 25 hours.
You should try to use your island’s energy completely every day if possible. This will allow you to develop it faster, giving you a day of peace. The system is perfect for taking care of your island for a while right after logging in until the energy runs out.
After that, you can turn your attention to your further adventures and collect tons of gold and silver.
This is what your island could look like
5. Spend silver, keep gold
Why is this important? In Lost Ark, there are countless different currencies. Even if you’re used to the coin chaos of games like Guild Wars 2, Lost Ark will surprise you with all its different payment options.
In addition to crystals, royal crystals, pirate coins, PvP coins, and more, there are also two currencies that have made their way into almost every MMORPG: gold and silver.
It’s important to note that silver is not, as in many other games, the precursor to gold. On the contrary, they are two completely different currencies earned in different ways.
You will also quickly notice that you can get silver much faster than gold. This is important because you need silver for most items from merchants, which you can usually buy calmly. But you should be more cautious with gold.
How do you do that? You will find silver everywhere. For almost every quest and everything else you can do, you earn silver. You can spend it as quickly as you earn it, without hesitation. You’ll have more soon enough.
Especially at the beginning of an MMORPG, players tend to hoard all currencies, but with silver, that is not necessary at all. So go ahead: buy the better equipment that the NPC has for you, even if you’re only level 25. You will quickly make that silver back.
Gold is different. It is a currency you should collect because it becomes important in the endgame, and at the beginning of the game, you only sporadically encounter gold.
Our tip is therefore: spend silver freely for whatever you like, but save your gold for the endgame; you will need it.
6. Please do not buy the first gathering tools
Why is this important? This statement contrasts a bit with what I just wrote, but in this case, your silver would be completely wasted.
During the story, you will come to a village at around level 27, where you will first encounter gathering resources. The MMORPG player of the world, like I was and many of you are, discovers these resources and immediately runs to the nearest merchant. There, he buys gathering tools to collect the valuable stones and logs.
In Lost Ark, you shouldn’t do this, as it costs you half a fortune at this level and is completely pointless. Just about 30 minutes after you first enter this village, you can take on quests that teach you how to harvest various resources.
How do you do that? The quests are so-called tutorial quests, which are not directly handed out by an NPC but rather distributed to you by the UI on the right side of the screen. You should always accept these as they teach you new mechanics.
In this case, they not only show you new things but also provide you with the tool for it. Throughout the quests, you will receive each gathering tool as a gift, which you would otherwise have had to pay a lot of silver for at the NPC.
That’s why our tip is: do not be tempted by gathering and wait; your wallet (or silver) will thank you.
You can find valuable resources not only on land
7. The struggle for resources is not worth it – you can share them
Why is this important? If you’ve played another MMORPG, like New World, you give every other player a dirty look when they run towards a tree you wanted to fell.
And who could blame you? The struggle for resources is often common in MMORPGs because everyone wants a piece of the pie or, well, the tree. Unfortunately, it is often the case that only the first one at the tree gets to keep what comes out of it.
In Lost Ark, this is only partially true. While resources like stones or plants are one-time only, you can also share water for fishing or the aforementioned trees. You can even support each other in doing so.
The reason it works only with wood is quite simple. The stones and plants in the game respawn incredibly quickly. It’s not annoying if someone snatches a bronze vein right in front of your nose; it will be back for you within seconds.
How do you do that? Just walk up to a tree and start chopping it down. As soon as another person comes up to the tree and tries to do the same, your axe will turn into a big saw.
You then share this saw, and each person pulls on one side. This not only makes the tree fall faster, but it also looks really cool and offers a pleasant surprise the first time.
By the way, you won’t end up with fewer resources. Both players receive the same amount of wood as if they had had the tree to themselves – just faster. This is a nice idea that moves away from the annoying competition for resources.
Another small tip from us: you also have stamina for harvesting things, which regenerates over time. You can have a maximum of 10,000 energy, consumed when gathering resources.
This energy regenerates by around 4,200 points within 24 hours. This is the approximate guideline you should orient yourself to. Ideally, you should harvest raw materials for 4,200 energy every day.
8. Don’t fear tough dungeons
Why is this important? After about an hour in Lost Ark, you will already face your first dungeon. Virtually every subsequent map holds one or even multiple dungeons for you, and you will constantly be challenged since the beginning of Lost Ark.
Initially, you can enter these dungeons in two different difficulty levels; easy and hard are available to you. Lost Ark can get really challenging later with its Guardian Raids and Abyssal Dungeons, but at the beginning, the game does not present you with overwhelming challenges.
Additionally, you generally receive better loot from the instances when you select the harder of the two difficulty levels. You obviously want that, but the “hard” label can be intimidating for group content when you’re playing solo. Don’t let that discourage you.
You don’t need to fear nasty boss fights like these in dungeons
How do you do that? Even if you play the new MMORPG alone, you should always select “hard” for dungeons at the beginning. In the first 35 levels of the game, the MMORPG never presents you with insurmountable tasks.
On the contrary, with a bit of skill, seasoned MMORPG fans may even find the hard dungeons quite easy. They are still worth it since you earn more silver and higher-value items from the hard dungeons.
We can assuredly tell you here that you should not shy away from the “hard” label. Feel free to give it a try, and even if you do die once, it doesn’t matter much in dungeons. In the end, it’s worth it.
9. Your pet can do more than pick up loot and look cute
Why is this important? Very early in the story, you will first encounter the fact that you can have a little companion. Your pet is introduced to you in a cute side quest and is primarily there to automatically collect your loot.
However, the little critter can do more than that. At the pet master in each city, you can teach your pet various stat bonuses for a small fee. This way, the animals will support you in battle as well.
The first pet you get has only one bonus and only defensive bonuses. However, what your pet can do depends on the pet itself. This is why some pets are better than others.
With the initial bunny, you can choose whether you want 5% more HP or to take less physical or magical damage.
How do you do that? There are various pets in Lost Ark. Some you obtain during the game, while others you must purchase from the real-money shop. They all offer different bonuses, which you also need to unlock first.
So, if you receive your first bunny at level 10 or 11, it currently cannot do anything except collect your loot. But if you spend a little money or silver, the little critter will soon become your battle companion.
Depending on the pet, you will then endure more, deal more damage, or be more efficient against certain enemy classes. Additionally, a dedicated inventory for your loyal companions can be unlocked, giving you much more space.
Moreover, pets in Lost Ark are available for your entire account. You don’t need a new companion for each character; you can use the same one for all your characters.
You can change your pet’s attribute bonuses for free any number of times
10. You can ignore side quests, but please not all of them
Why is this important? While the side quests in Lost Ark are often humorously told or allow you to experience exciting stories, most of them don’t get you very far gameplay-wise.
If you want to level up particularly efficiently, you should actually tend to only accept the story quests that provide the majority of experience points. However, a few side quests in Lost Ark are really worth doing, so you shouldn’t overlook them.
Even if you ignore all the other quests along the way to reach the maximum level as quickly as possible, you should always pay attention to the color of the various quests. This indicates whether you can safely ignore them or really should do them.
How do you do that? The quests in Lost Ark all have different colors and symbols so you can easily tell them apart. The larger orange tasks are always your main quest.
Side quests are usually marked yellow, or yellow with a symbol if they are part of a quest chain and involve a lot of effort on your part. Everything that is yellow can be ignored without worry.
The quests in other colors are especially important, and you shouldn’t ignore them. Particularly the blue skill quests that give you additional skill points should never be ignored and should always be picked up.
Also, you shouldn’t completely ignore the purple quests I mentioned earlier. They help you increase your bond with NPCs and promise meaningful loot.
It’s also smart to complete all tutorial quests. While they can be a bit annoying at times, they provide you with useful knowledge and items needed to implement that knowledge.
Why is this important? The number 11 in our list of 10 tips is marked as a bonus because it is generally useful to have a group of fellow players in every MMORPG. This is also the case in Lost Ark.
Most endgame content requires a group, and even donating to a guild fund can ultimately benefit you. For donations, you receive one of many currencies that you can then spend on cool items.
It is definitely worthwhile to look for a guild that can support you with advice and assistance.
How do you do that? You can either ask in the world chat if there is a guild currently looking for players like you or use the integrated guild browser that Lost Ark provides.
This allows you to search for guilds that are currently recruiting, much like a LFG (looking for group) in other MMORPGs, and send a join request directly. If the leader accepts this, you are in and have found a guild.
It’s important to mention that the guilds in Lost Ark are not available to your entire account. Each of your characters can be in a different guild, and an invitation is only valid for that particular character.
These were 10 tips from us that we wish we had known while playing Lost Ark. Do you have any additional suggestions? What would you advise new players, and have you made any mistakes that other fans can learn from? Feel free to share in the comments directly here on MeinMMO.
On February 8, the Head Start of Lost Ark begins. The game, often referred to as a Diablo MMORPG, is finally coming to the West after years of waiting. But who is the game really interesting for? We at MeinMMO will reveal it to you in this brief overview.
What kind of game is this? Lost Ark is a Free2Play MMORPG in isometric perspective. You view your character from above. Accordingly, the controls are adjusted, as you use the mouse for movement and normal attacks. Throughout the game, you will unlock various abilities for which you can then use the keyboard.
While the controls and visuals are reminiscent of Diablo, Lost Ark mainly offers MMO features, including:
For a quick overview, we have included a brief checklist for you. We have prepared 10 statements for you, and if you answer at least 7 of them with “yes,” you can confidently start with Lost Ark. More detailed information can be found further down in the text.
I am generally looking for a new MMORPG in which I can invest a lot of time.
I love action-packed combat.
I have no problem with the isometric perspective.
The PvP must be fair and should take place in arenas.
Asian aesthetics do not put me off.
I have no problem leveling and playing multiple characters.
Grind for new gear is a must for me.
A detailed crafting system is not that important to me.
Navigation is a really cool system.
I have always wanted a Diablo MMORPG.
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Everything you need to know about the MMORPG Lost Ark – in 2 minutes
Lost Ark is an action-packed MMORPG that may not appeal to everyone
Why should I check out Lost Ark? Lost Ark is one of the most anticipated MMORPGs of 2022. Since its release in 2019 in Korea, players here in the West have been eagerly awaiting their own version. This is primarily due to the combat system and the multitude of content that Lost Ark offers.
Right at the start, you can level up to level 60 and put hundreds of hours of grind into your gear. The MMORPG offers numerous dungeons and raids that must be mastered in a group.
Solo players have the Shadow Peak and the Tower of Fate ahead of them. Both are solo instances where you can fight your way up 50 levels.
Who will have problems with Lost Ark? There are some points that make Lost Ark very special, which is why the MMORPG is not for every player. The biggest points are the controls and the visuals.
Anyone used to a classic “over the shoulder” view from WoW, Guild Wars 2, or Final Fantasy XIV will have to adjust significantly to Lost Ark. Moving with the mouse is just very different from WASD.
Visually, the game switches through several genres, including dark fantasy, high fantasy, and steampunk. There are also some elements reminiscent of classic Asian MMORPGs, including the “girl class” Painter, which was released last.
The shop also receives some criticism. In addition to a premium aura for 30 days, there are pets with bonus stats, items that instantly complete daily quests, and revival feathers that can also be used in dungeons. You can learn more about the shop here:
Which server should I choose? As with New World, Amazon does not explicitly publish a server for a language in Lost Ark either. However, the German communities have decided to join together on the server Asta.
While Lost Ark is just now appearing for us, it is constantly breaking new milestones in Korea. It is currently the second most popular online game, right behind League of Legends. Recently, the game reached a new record with the Painter: Over 260,000 players were online at the same time.
The success can also be attributed to the fact that there are always new content for the MMORPG. While we start in Germany with 15 classes, there are already 22 in Korea. For this year, new story content, new raids, a battle royale, and new mini-games have been announced.
Our author Mark Sellner is already very excited about Lost Ark:
For the leveling process, you should focus on the attributes Critical and Agility in your gear to increase your damage and speed. You also have access to the ability Charge, with which you can jump forward and move faster.
The attributes Critical and Agility are important for leveling.
How should I distribute my first skill points? The important thing when distributing the points is that you never need to raise the skill levels higher than level 10. Skill level 4 is needed for the first tripod, skill level 7 for the second, and skill level 10 for the third.
However, the number of required skill points varies. For level 1, you need 4, for level 2 you need 20, and for level 3, you even need 48 skill points.
Level 12: Distribute the first 4 points into the abilities Charge to unlock Great Agility there. This way, you can cover more distance with the ability. Also, invest the first 4 points into Lightning Strike for the ability Law of the Jungle.
Up to level 16: Invest 20 points into Lightning Strike to learn Chain Attack.
Up to level 20: The next 20 points go into the ability Purifier. Here, you skill Swift Fingers and Divine Punishment.
Up to level 26: Here you invest additional points in Lightning Strike until you unlock the bonus at 48. There you select Lightning Enhancement.
Up to level 32: You invest the full 48 points into Executor’s Sword. There you skill Stigmata, Will of the Challenger, and Wide Strike.
Up to level 36: You invest 20 points into Holy Explosion, into the skills Swift Fingers and Expansive Explosion.
Up to level 45: Invest 20 points into Holy Sword. Here, you unlock Stigmata and Weakness Detection. Also, invest 20 points into Justice Execution and select Rune Prison and Power Release.
Up to level 49: Maximize the ability Holy Explosion and use Prepared Explosion there. Maximize Holy Sword and invest the points in Concentrated Energy. Also, invest 20 points in Wrath of God and use them for Law of the Jungle and Thunder.
From level 50: Play the story until you get the awakening skills. Then remove the points from Purifier and Wrath of God and invest them in Heavenly Blessing.
By the way, you can reset your skill points anytime for free if you don’t like a certain playstyle.
This is how you distribute the points in the individual abilities up to level 49.
The Paladin in Endgame
In the endgame, there are various Paladin builds you can play, which we would like to briefly introduce to you.
The Supporter in PvE: If you enjoy being active in dungeons and raids, you should play the support Paladin. Here, the focus is to provide your group with shields through the abilities Holy Protection and God’s Sent Law. Additionally, you can create a field with Holy Land in which teammates receive 25% less damage.
Through Wrath of God and Heavenly Blessing, you also distribute some useful buffs to your group, and with Light Shock, you place a strong debuff on enemies that increases your group’s damage by 10%.
The focus in terms of stats lies on Agility.
You can find a detailed guide with explanations and the right equipment for the supporter on Maxroll (via maxroll).
The DD in PvE: Although the Paladin focuses heavily on support, he can also be played as a damage dealer in Chaos dungeons. Here, the focus is on the abilities Lightning Strike, Executor’s Sword, and Holy Explosion, similar to the leveling process.
However, the Paladin is significantly weaker in damage compared to some other classes.
The focus of the stats here is on Critical.
The Paladin in PvP: The Paladin is one of the strongest classes in PvP. With Heavenly Blessing, Holy Protection, and God’s Sent Law, you have useful shields to help yourself and your group members.
The damage, on the other hand, comes from Holy Sword, Justice Execution, and Executor’s Sword. The focus of the stats lies on Agility and Toughness.
There is also a detailed guide on Maxroll (via maxroll).
What do you think about the Paladin? Does the class appeal to you or are you playing another one? And how do you plan to play the Paladin 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 Paladin is one of the most useful and strongest classes in Lost Ark. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch will play him right from the start and will tell you what makes him so good and what you should pay attention to while leveling up.
What kind of class is this? The Paladin (Holy Knight in Korea) is a melee fighter with a sword and belongs to the warrior class. He has some useful AoE abilities that are particularly helpful in the early game. In the endgame, however, his focus is more on support.
His special ability lies in the fact that he can switch between Holy Aura and Holy Avenger. In Holy Aura, he increases the damage of allies within a radius by 10%, while as Holy Avenger, he increases his attack range and enhances his own attacks.
However, the Paladin is relatively weakly armored compared to the other warrior classes.
Pro
Very popular as a supporter in groups
Brings many useful buffs
Easy to level up
Good defense values for solo players
Many AoE effects
Contra
The support really only becomes useful through an engraving
As a DPS in the endgame fairly weak
Bard has more direct healing
For which game content is he useful? As one of two supporters, the Paladin is a welcome guest in group content such as dungeons or raids. With Holy Barrier, for example, you create a shield for all teammates in the radius.
Here we list all the skills of the Paladin. We have left out the exact damage numbers as these depend on your attributes and partly on the distributed skill points.
Whirlwind Strike – Costs 38 Mana: Spin quickly twice while attacking and deal damage for each hit
Lightning Strike – Costs 53 Mana: Quickly thrust 4 times at your position with the sword and deal damage. Then thrust one last time and deal damage again.
Charge – Costs 67 Mana: Rush forward 6m and stab at enemies with your sword to deal damage.
Light Shock – 53 Mana: Hold the sword backward and use both hands to create a light shockwave that deals damage.
Light of Judgement – Costs 77 Mana: Emit powerful beams of light that deal damage.
Sword of Justice – Costs 77 Mana: Let a sword of light fall at the target location to deal damage to your opponent.
Lightning Attack – Costs 77 Mana: Move slowly forward and attack your opponent 7 times.
God’s Sent Law – Costs 91 Mana: Use holy writings to summon a magical circle of light. The writings spin in a circle and deal damage to enemies over 2 seconds.
Purifier – Costs 77 Mana: Attack your opponent with a one-handed, cross-shaped strike. Deal damage with each hit. Then, swing your sword with both hands to deal damage.
Wrath of God – Costs 108 Mana: Call forth the energy of holy thunder to fill your weapon. Deal damage to nearby enemies.
Holy Land – Costs 85 Mana: Create a holy land at your target location for 6 seconds, dealing damage over time.
Sprint Strike – Costs 85 Mana: Reposition yourself and sprint forward. At the end of the sprint, swing your sword to deal damage to your opponent and knock him into the air.
Executor’s Sword – Costs 85 Mana: Hold your sword with both hands and swing it to deal damage, knock opponents into the air, and initiate a counterattack. Use the skill again to gather your power in the sword and deal damage with another strike, afterwards slamming the sword into the ground.
Holy Protection – Costs 114 Mana: Use the powers of holy light to create a barrier for all group members within 24m, which has X % of your maximum hit points and lasts for 6 seconds.
Justice Execution – Costs 101 Mana: Hold your sword with one hand and quickly spin in a circle, dealing damage. Then execute a devastating strike that deals damage.
Holy Explosion – Costs 114 Mana: Gather holy power for 2 seconds that explodes at the target location, dealing damage.
Holy Sword – Costs 108 Mana: Gather the energy of light in your sword and then perform a thrust attack that deals damage. Afterwards, light flows from your sword, dealing additional damage.
Heavenly Blessing (Awakening) – Costs 127 Mana: Summon the Sun Guardian and deal damage to nearby enemies. The Guardian blesses himself and all group members within a radius of 24m. Damage taken is reduced by 11% for 8 seconds.
The Paladin in the Level Process
How do I play the Paladin most effectively at the beginning? At the start, it is important that you always group up your enemies and place them in front of you. This way, you can effectively use your AoE effects to take down opponents.
At level 16, you unlock the ability Purifier. This will be your damage skill against individual, strong boss opponents. Otherwise, you primarily use Lightning Strike and Whirlwind Strike in the first levels, and later Executor’s Sword (level 24) and Holy Explosion (level 36). Holy Sword, which you unlock at level 40, will later replace the ability Purifier for single-target damage.
For the leveling process, you should focus on the attributes Critical and Agility in your gear to increase your damage and speed. You also have access to the ability Charge, with which you can jump forward and move faster.
The attributes Critical and Agility are important for leveling.
How should I distribute my first skill points? The important thing when distributing the points is that you never need to raise the skill levels higher than level 10. Skill level 4 is needed for the first tripod, skill level 7 for the second, and skill level 10 for the third.
However, the number of required skill points varies. For level 1, you need 4, for level 2 you need 20, and for level 3, you even need 48 skill points.
Level 12: Distribute the first 4 points into the abilities Charge to unlock Great Agility there. This way, you can cover more distance with the ability. Also, invest the first 4 points into Lightning Strike for the ability Law of the Jungle.
Up to level 16: Invest 20 points into Lightning Strike to learn Chain Attack.
Up to level 20: The next 20 points go into the ability Purifier. Here, you skill Swift Fingers and Divine Punishment.
Up to level 26: Here you invest additional points in Lightning Strike until you unlock the bonus at 48. There you select Lightning Enhancement.
Up to level 32: You invest the full 48 points into Executor’s Sword. There you skill Stigmata, Will of the Challenger, and Wide Strike.
Up to level 36: You invest 20 points into Holy Explosion, into the skills Swift Fingers and Expansive Explosion.
Up to level 45: Invest 20 points into Holy Sword. Here, you unlock Stigmata and Weakness Detection. Also, invest 20 points into Justice Execution and select Rune Prison and Power Release.
Up to level 49: Maximize the ability Holy Explosion and use Prepared Explosion there. Maximize Holy Sword and invest the points in Concentrated Energy. Also, invest 20 points in Wrath of God and use them for Law of the Jungle and Thunder.
From level 50: Play the story until you get the awakening skills. Then remove the points from Purifier and Wrath of God and invest them in Heavenly Blessing.
By the way, you can reset your skill points anytime for free if you don’t like a certain playstyle.
This is how you distribute the points in the individual abilities up to level 49.
The Paladin in Endgame
In the endgame, there are various Paladin builds you can play, which we would like to briefly introduce to you.
The Supporter in PvE: If you enjoy being active in dungeons and raids, you should play the support Paladin. Here, the focus is to provide your group with shields through the abilities Holy Protection and God’s Sent Law. Additionally, you can create a field with Holy Land in which teammates receive 25% less damage.
Through Wrath of God and Heavenly Blessing, you also distribute some useful buffs to your group, and with Light Shock, you place a strong debuff on enemies that increases your group’s damage by 10%.
The focus in terms of stats lies on Agility.
You can find a detailed guide with explanations and the right equipment for the supporter on Maxroll (via maxroll).
The DD in PvE: Although the Paladin focuses heavily on support, he can also be played as a damage dealer in Chaos dungeons. Here, the focus is on the abilities Lightning Strike, Executor’s Sword, and Holy Explosion, similar to the leveling process.
However, the Paladin is significantly weaker in damage compared to some other classes.
The focus of the stats here is on Critical.
The Paladin in PvP: The Paladin is one of the strongest classes in PvP. With Heavenly Blessing, Holy Protection, and God’s Sent Law, you have useful shields to help yourself and your group members.
The damage, on the other hand, comes from Holy Sword, Justice Execution, and Executor’s Sword. The focus of the stats lies on Agility and Toughness.
There is also a detailed guide on Maxroll (via maxroll).
What do you think about the Paladin? Does the class appeal to you or are you playing another one? And how do you plan to play the Paladin exactly? Feel free to write it in the comments.
All guides for Lost Ark, including builds and general beginner tips, can be found here:
In the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online you can complete a crafting quest once a day, rewarding you with gold and materials. For many characters, this can take some time, and not everyone is at the same level. Here, we show you useful tips for daily provisioning crafting.
What is provisioning crafting? It involves the creation of drinks and food. These provide strengthening effects that improve your maximum stats or regeneration. The foods or drinks created are generally referred to as buff food.
Once a day, you can complete one quest for each crafting profession. For all quests with a character at level 50 and the appropriate Champion Points, you can earn up to 5,100 gold per day per character. Additionally, you will receive materials and other items as rewards, which also have some value.
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Everything you need to know about The Elder Scrolls Online – in 2 minutes
Craft items for the daily provisioning quest in advance
To speed things up, it is advisable to create a whole stack of provisioning food and drinks at the appropriate level. By the way, it doesn’t matter which of your characters crafts your food for the quest. You can craft everything with your main character and store it in the bank for all other characters.
Provisioning: Level 1/6 in recipe improvement
You can acquire the appropriate recipes from the chef or brewer for 270 gold.
You need to craft these foods for the daily quests alternately:
Banana Surprise
Baked Apples
Fish Sticks
Grilled Corn
Chicken Breast
Carrot Soup
Baked Potato
Grape Compote
You need to craft these drinks for the daily quests alternately:
Gold Lager
Clear Syrah Wine
Mazte
Nut Brown Ale
Red Wheat Beer
Swamp Iron Ale
Surilie Syrah Wine
Four-Eyed Grog
Citrus Blossom Mazte
Provisioning: Level 2/6 in recipe improvement
You can acquire the appropriate recipes from the chef or brewer for 540 gold.
You need to craft these foods for the daily quests alternately:
Alik’r Vegetables with Goat Cheese
Bataglir Soup
Breton Meat Sausage
Pumpkin Seeds with Garlic
Nibenese Garlic Carrots
Pellitine Tomato Rice
Redoran Pepper Melon
Whiterun Cheese Trout
Game Meat Pie
You need to craft these drinks for the daily quests alternately:
Bitter Citrus Tea
Eltheric Fusel
Barley Nectar
Gossamer Mazte
Honey Whiskey
Ginger Beer
Sea Blossom Tea
Syrupberry Tea
Water Nymph Whiskey
Provisioning: Level 3/6 in recipe improvement
You can acquire the appropriate recipes from the chef or brewer for 810 gold.
You need to craft these foods for the daily quests alternately:
Chorrol Corn on the Cob
Cyrodiilic Fried Pumpkin
Elinhir Grill Antelope
Rabbit in Garlic Sauce
Jerall View Carrot Cake
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Senchal Curry Fish with Rice
Stormhold Baked Bananas
Cinnamon Grape Jelly
You need to craft these drinks for the daily quests alternately:
Pass-through Whiskey
Mulled Wine
Maormer Tea
Nereid Wine
Sour Mash
Torval Mint Tea
Tutmir Leid Lager
Spiced Berry Chai
Spiced Mazte
Provisioning: Level 4/6 in recipe improvement
You can acquire the appropriate recipes from the chef or brewer for 1080 gold.
You need to craft these foods for the daily quests alternately:
Cyrodiilic Cornbread
Skyrim Jazbucht Crostata
Mammoth Trunk Pie
You need to craft these drinks for the daily quests alternately:
Bluestone Marathon
Double Storm Tea
Holy Straw Sack
Provisioning: Level 5/6 in recipe improvement
You can acquire the appropriate recipes from the chef or brewer for 1350 gold.
You need to craft these foods for the daily quests alternately:
Canned Carrot Mash
Pickled Smoked Rabbit in Argonian Style
Fresh Apples with Eidark Cheese
Stuffed Pork Loin with Millet
Orc Ruins Apple Jelly with Garlic
West Marsh Corn Soup
You need to craft these drinks for the daily quests alternately:
Arenthian Brandy
Etheric Tea
Grandfather’s Night Tonic
Pretty Maid Whiskey
Imgaton Tonic
Khenarthis’ Soaring Chai
Provisioning: Level 6/6 in recipe improvement
You can acquire the appropriate recipes from the chef or brewer for 1620 gold.
You need to craft these foods for the daily quests alternately:
First Harvest Cheese Plate with Fruits
Hearty Corn Soup with Garlic
Lilmoth Vettelfish with Garlic
You need to craft these drinks for the daily quests alternately:
Markarth Mead
Muthera’s Regret
Raven Vettelt Tonic
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This is how to complete your daily provisioning quests the fastest
Once you have stored your appropriate food stacks in the bank, there is one more trick to speed up the process. This works similarly for the daily alchemy quest.
Ideally, this can be optimized with one of the “mobile bankers” and the add-on “Lazy Writ Crafter”. If you have your banker on quick access and speak to him, the add-on automatically retrieves the appropriate food and then puts it away again. This takes a maximum of 1-2 seconds in total.
If you do not have a mobile banker, I recommend the city of Vivec in Vvardenfell for the crafting quests. Because in the middle of the crafting stations, there are 2 bankers. Otherwise, you will have to take detours to reach your stash.
If you have a banker, then the cities of Leyawiin in Dark Forest or Gramfeste in Deshaan are a good choice.
For more gold, set your Champion Points correctly
Once a character reaches level 50, you have access to the champion point system. In the green tree: Dexterous, you can increase the gold earned by up to 2% per level if you allocate up to 50 points in “Gold-Plated Fingers.” The points are cross-character.
How far are you along with crafting in ESO? Do you have any questions about guides or specific crafts? Let us know in the comments.
The Twitch streamer Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker is known for his critical stance towards the excesses of turbo-capitalism. But he is also a privileged Twitch streamer who enjoys indulging himself, most recently with a Porsche Taycan for over €180,000: He can only laugh at the criticism. He is not a socialist Jesus.
Who is HasanAbi?
Hasan Piker is an American with Turkish roots. He streams practically daily on Twitch: On average, 28,000 people watch him, making him one of the top 50 on Twitch.
HasanAbi is not a typical gaming streamer but sees himself as a political commentator. He frequently expresses his views on current events and politics. During major U.S. elections, his channel receives a significant influx of viewers, where he is seen as an alternative to news channels for the Twitch generation and acts as a political explainer, clearly advocating for a specific political stance.
HasanAbi is politically left and progressive. He aligns himself with politicians like Bernie Sanders. Hasan Piker advocates for unions, healthcare for all, restrictions on gun rights, and demands more rights for the LGBTQ+ community. He is critical of super-rich individuals like Jeff Bezos.
This is the ongoing controversy: Despite his leftist views, HasanAbi often makes large purchases that are financially far beyond what an average earner can afford.
He first drew attention to himself in August 2021, when he bought a villa for $2.7 million. He justified the purchase with the absurdly high real estate prices that prevail in Los Angeles. He also needs a house for his family.
Socialism could hardly mean that he should not be allowed to buy a house, he tweeted at that time.
This is what he is doing now: HasanAbi has treated himself to a Porsche Taycan for around $200,000. His editor had fun staging the purchase in a video.
HasanAbi appeared like a hip-hop star, treating himself to his “dream car.”
HasanAbi had apparently fallen in love with the Porsche as early as May 2021, when he went car shopping with other Twitch streamers like Mizkif, Sodapoppin, and Esfand at a luxury car dealership (via YouTube).
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This is being discussed: The purchase is already viewed critically:
One user says: “It will never stop being incredibly funny that the biggest socialist streamer is such an unbelievably materialistic person. What a clown!”
Other users say: This is now real satire.
One user explains: Well, Porsche is a German car. And Germany is a “socialist country”, so America cannot get enough of these “sexy socialist cars”
HasanAbi of course streamed the purchase live on his Twitch channel:
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This is what HasanAbi says: He mocks the criticism. He says he was already expecting this criticism.
No one would see him as some kind of “socialist Jesus.” He is a Twitch streamer who explains to people why they are probably angry.
His content is available for free everywhere. He even allows people to make money through their fan channels, but some choose to give him money. Eventually, people will stop being angry at him.
People have the idea that his audience gives him their last cent, instead of buying bread for their families, while he tells them they should finance Kalashnikovs for the revolution in Idaho. And then people would be angry at his “imaginary fans”.
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From his fans’ perspective, HasanAbi is incredibly successful and can afford to treat himself. There’s nothing wrong with that.
HasanAbi also seems to see no conflict in arguing for a good cause while driving a car that costs as much as five years’ salary for others. Somehow, for HasanAbi, everything is always a bit ironic, placing him alongside Twitch streamers like xQc.
Fortnite gives you cool and free items once again, which you can earn without much effort. We will show you step by step how to qualify for it and what you need to do for the event “Love is in the Air!”.
What is this event about? In this event, Epic provides small gifts for a chance to get to know the Creative mode better. In it, you can play fun matches with friends or start daring Death Runs.
To participate, you need to register and then have the chance to snag two items. We will show you how to do it.
Creative Madness – Two Items for Valentine’s Day
The items in this event are themed around romance. They are inspired by Valentine’s Day:
Once you’ve done that, you’ll receive the emote. To get the pickaxe, you need to play the Creative Madness map for 30 minutes. You can find it in the Creative Hub. If you need the map code, it is as follows: 7266-3680-0768
When does this end? Alongside this event, you have a chance to win $100,000 with your favorite influencer. Therefore, we assume that the deadline for the Death Runs with the influencers is also the same date as for the items.
Therefore, we believe you have time to earn the items from February 7th to February 22nd.
How do I win the $100,000? To play with your influencer like HeyStan or Standartskill, you need to complete the Death Run in a best time. Here’s how to proceed:
Register on the website with your Epic Games account.
Play the Creative Madness map. You can access the map via the Discover screen or by entering the island code.
Record your attempt on the Creative Madness map.
Choose your favorite creator.
Upload your video to YouTube.
Share the link to your video and your best time on the website.
Once you’ve done that, you’ll have to wait until February 22nd. Until then, all submitted videos will be reviewed, and the lucky finalists will be crowned. After that, you’ll have to compete against eight influencers from different regions and also against their community from February 26th to 27th.
If you and your influencer qualify, you will compete against the other finalists on March 12th in the finale. The winners will receive the prize money.
What do you think of the event? Do you find it cool and will you participate? Or is it not for you, and will you just grab the free items? Let us know!
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In World of Warcraft, the Valentine’s event has started again. Time to farm one of the rarest and most sought-after mounts.
Even though the community around World of Warcraft is a bit excited right now, as Cross-Faction Play is coming soon, love is also in the air. The annual Valentine’s event has started and offers one of the rarest mounts that WoW has to offer. The former “Pink Love Rocket,” which now goes by the name “Heartbreaker X-45.”
Why does the mount have a different name now? The infamous “Pink Love Rocket” has been renamed to “Heartbreaker X-45” since the last patch. The renaming took place as part of greater efforts to eliminate some offensive remarks and double entendres from World of Warcraft. These changes brought both criticism and support and now result in the new name of the rocket.
How to farm the mount? Basically, you only need a few minutes per character – tanks and healers can do it almost without any time investment, pure damage dealers may have to wait a few minutes. Just sign up through the dungeon browser for the current event “Chemist Crown” (“The Crown Chemical Co.”). Once 4 players are found, it will lead to a visit in Shadowfang Keep with a single boss fight.
The Heartbreaker X-45 – you only have a few days.
Characters above level 50 receive the epic box “Heart-Shaped Box” at the end, which has a very low chance of containing the coveted Heartbreaker X-45. You can defeat the boss once per day to receive the box.
This applies per character. You can complete the fight in Shadowfang Keep with any character who has reached at least level 50, giving you a chance to obtain the rocket. The more high-level characters you have, the more chances you will also have to get this coveted mount.
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How long do you have? However, you should start farming sooner rather than later, as the event only lasts exactly 2 weeks, from February 7 to February 20. After that, the event will be inactive for another year, and the chance to get the rocket will only return in February 2023.
Do you already own the Heartbreaker X-45 rocket? Are you trying to get it this year? Or have you long given up on this endeavor?
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In Pokémon GO trainers have the opportunity to challenge the grunts of Team GO Rocket. However, the reddit community has requested a small change that would be very important for all players. We at MeinMMO will show you what it is about.
Who is Team GO Rocket? Just like in the original Pokémon series, there are villains in Pokémon GO causing trouble: Team GO Rocket. Its members, consisting of grunts and Rocket bosses, regularly take over PokéStops to steal items and eggs, or visit you in the typical black Rocket balloon.
To stop them, you can battle them and, of course, after winning, you will receive a reward as well as an encounter with a Shadow Pokémon. However, regarding the occupied PokéStops by Rocket grunts, some trainers on reddit wish for a small change that would be a significant improvement for everyone. We will show you what that is.
Time Display for Team GO Rocket
If you want to face a Rocket grunt, you can look for the occupied stops on the map in the game. They are relatively easy to identify. From a distance, they flicker a bit dark. As you get closer to the respective stop, it turns black. Clicking on it then opens the grunt’s dialog and you have the opportunity to battle them.
However, the PokéStops are only temporarily occupied by the grunts. This means that, unlike the Rocket bosses, who remain in one place for an entire day, they disappear again after a certain time. The PokéStop will then return to normal.
Rocket Grunts
However, it is not easy for trainers to see how long a grunt stays at this location, which is why it is frustrating when you walk to a specific stop with the intention of defeating the grunt and then they disappear in the last few meters.
This also frustrates reddit user BazF91, who asks in his post why Rocket grunts do not have a time display at PokéStops. He writes: “If raids can have timers, why can’t GO grunts? Does Niantic somehow make more money by not having the timer? Maybe the timer should not be visible above, but only when you click on the PokéStop. What are your thoughts?” (via reddit.com).
Community Reactions
BazF91’s post sparks much discussion and receives support from many trainers in the comments. Some of these trainers already have specific ideas on how the timer could be implemented (via reddit.com):
gizmotherat: “I agree that Grunt PokéStops should 100% have a timer. Too often I have seen Rocket grunts at 2 neighboring PokéStops and fought one only to find that the other disappeared while I was battling the first. It would be great to have a sense of which one to prioritize.”
gyroda: “This just happened to me today. Very frustrating. Even if they don’t want a literal numerical timer, a circular progress bar could be placed around the photo of the PokéStop (visible when you tap on the stop).”
TheAdmiral90: “Timers on the map would be too cluttered, but timers when you call up a PokéStop would be great.”
0525125625: “A color change like the leveled up PokéStops that get lighter over time would be very pleasing to me.”
However, some trainers find a visual representation of such a timer especially difficult for color-blind individuals. For them, a gradual color shift from black to blue would be hard to notice.
Further Community Wishes
In addition to a timer for occupied PokéStops, some trainers also wish for more time displays in the game that would also be useful (via reddit.com):
Shayfleafcht: “There should also be a timer for Lure Modules.”
tkcom: “Also: Timer for gyms with completed raids. How many minutes are left until the gym is back to normal.”
MonkeeBrain: “And a count of how many GO Battle League sets have been completed. Particularly useful on GO Battle Days.”
Whether Niantic will respond to these community wishes and possibly implement a timer in one place or another in the game remains to be seen. If there are official updates regarding this, you will surely find out on MeinMMO.
What do you think of BazF91’s suggestion to introduce a timer for Rocket grunts? Have you ever wanted to defeat a grunt only to have them suddenly flee from the stop? Or do you rarely battle against Team GO Rocket? Feel free to share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and engage with other trainers about it.
In Destiny 2, the gap until the release of Witch Queen is constantly narrowing, and more and more information about the big expansion is being revealed. One of them includes a catalyst for a popular weapon and mods for exotic weapons. We will show you all the info on this.
What happened? Bungie’s Weapon Feature Lead Chris Proctor has now answered two important questions regarding the future of Exotics in a podcast. One of them concerns a certain Exo, namely the bow “Le Monarque“. He is supposed to receive a catalyst.
Furthermore, the question was raised about whether exotic weapons will eventually get mod slots to embed Vorpal Weapon or similar into the respective guns. Bungie also had a clear answer on this.
Catalyst for Le Monarque and no mods for Exotics
The exotic bow “Le Monarque” was released when the Black Armory celebrated its launch. As a random drop in the forge rounds, this bow particularly shone due to its toxic perk. It has found use in PvE and PvP, and Guardians have long hoped for a catalyst for this bow.
This is the noble Le Monarque
Is a catalyst finally coming? Chris Proctor was asked about this and his response was simply “Soon”. Such a word leaves much room for interpretation. Whether “soon” refers to the start of Witch Queen or only generally in Witch Queen is unknown.
No mods for Exotics: In the interview, a question was also asked as to why Guardians cannot embed mods in exotic weapons. Chris replied that Exo weapons with mods would completely destroy the game balance. Bugs and glitches would arise that could affect the entire game.
For example, a Falcon Moon with Backup Mag could elevate the stackable crit damage to such insane heights that this effect would be nullified.
Another example would be the Pika. With the mod “Icarus Grip”, the precision in the air would be so high that it would be unacceptable.
Exotic weapons are exotic because they stand out from the legendary weapons. Many intrinsic perks lead to drastic effects, where such a mod would be overkill. One might assume that mods were mainly created for the so-called refinement of the legendary category.
However, it is still interesting that the developers have also dealt with this question, right? What do you think about the upcoming release of the catalyst for Le Monarque? Are you excited about the effect and do you find it a shame that exotic weapons will not get mod slots? Let us know what you think!
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This week, there are mainly two retailers where you can presumably buy a PS5. MeinMMO presents what you need to consider. Hot candidates this week are once again Otto and Amazon.
What is the current situation? Anyone looking to buy a PS5 needs to be very lucky at the moment. Interested users are competing with scalpers and other buyers for every available console. Currently, there are few options to purchase a PS5. Sony itself recently sold only a few consoles directly.
January 2022 was one of the weakest months for buying a PS5. There were hardly any drops, and many users still want to buy a next-gen console. February is not looking much better so far.
But how does it look this week? MeinMMO presents the most exciting opportunities this week.
Here is where the chance to get a PS5 is currently the highest
What speaks for new PS5 drops? Currently, the sales situation is very poor, and there are hardly any actions where you could buy a PS5. However, there might be chances in some shops this week.
On February 2nd, the French Amazon sold PS5 consoles. This is also a sign that a sales action in Germany is coming up soon. Both France and Germany are supplied from the same warehouse.
The further back the last drop is, the higher the probability that sellers will have PS5 consoles available again. At Amazon, it has been almost 3 weeks since anyone could buy a PS5, and at Otto, it has been over 50 days. The last PS5 drop at Otto was in December in the morning, and Otto even dropped twice.
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When do drops usually take place? Normally, most retailers sell their consoles in the morning. After noon, the chances of getting a PS5 noticeably decrease. So if you want to buy a PS5, make sure to check our PS5 ticker, especially in the morning hours.
Didn’t get a PS5? If you haven’t managed to get a PS5, then be sure to check our ticker. Here we keep you updated daily and explain how you can best get a PS5 and show you drops around the coveted console.
A higher level brings you new skills, passive bonuses, and generally a higher chance to survive in the infected open world in Dying Light 2. We will show you how to level up faster and what you can do to grind your level on MeinMMO.
In Dying Light 2, you fuel three types of leveling systems with your gameplay:
Account Level – Determines the tier of your equipment
Combat Points – Unlock combat skills
Parkour Points – Unlock parkour skills
You increase your levels by completing tasks in the world and using the two actions “Fight” and “Parkour”. We will show you how to progress faster in 5 simple tips.
1. Quests – Experience the People
Every story mission, every side quest, gets you ahead faster than most other leveling methods in the game.
Engage with the problems of the people in Dying Light 2 and help them with their concerns – then they will help you with your level.
Stay alert in the safe zones with people and pay attention to challenges. There are challenges for combat and your parkour skills. In a parkour challenge, for example, you have to complete a delivery with a time limit.
Our 5 tips will help you level up faster on the side. If you prefer to grind your experience points between missions, check out our Extra Tip: The Grind Methods
2. Exploration – Discover the World
If you are not under time pressure, keep your eyes open for special missions during your elegant parkour journeys through the city.
If you see a blue marker on the mini-map or in your HUD, it is usually worth a small detour. The blue signals lead you to special zombies or a poor soul in need of your help.
It can also be worthwhile to climb to a high spot and use binoculars to check the surroundings. This way, you will find new challenges and locations like windmills and other interesting spots.
Some are time-dependent – dark zones are full of zombies during the day, who roam the streets at night. Particularly worthwhile are the GRE research facilities. They provide you with inhibitors for stamina and health, are full of loot boxes, and give you a nice amount of combat and parkour XP upon completion.
Other points of interest offer you further advantages, like the metro stations in the Central Loop. With the stations, you unlock fast travel points and ensure an extra portion of combat XP. But you should feel strong enough before tackling the metro.
Explored but not looted locations can be found in your journal under the “Activities” section.
During the day, don’t get too distracted by the open world if you want to level up quickly.
3. Nights Make Everything Worthwhile
At night, it makes more sense to let yourself get distracted. The darkness gives you generally more experience points for your actions.
When it comes to hunting, it can rain a lot of XP for you. At hunting level 1, a 2x XP multiplier starts immediately. Combat and parkour actions will then accelerate your progress. With each hunting level, the multiplier increases by 1.
However, since it’s not exactly safe on the streets at night, you will have to earn the extra XP with an increased pulse.
If you venture into danger at night, make sure to check which direction the nearest safe zone is with the saving UV lights. You only get the extra XP if you go to sleep without dying.
From hunting level 3, the really nasty creatures crawl out of their holes. For a small level hunt, you should better stay at level 2.
4. Be a Parkour Enthusiast and Martial Artist
The more you immerse yourself in the parkour and combat system, the more lands on your experience points account.
Use the learned combat skills in your battles, block a lot, and combine your hits with parkour movement. If you use the skills from your repertoire more than normal attacks, the XP yield will significantly increase.
It’s similar with parkour. Instead of just sprinting straight over a space or roof, use the ubiquitous parkour elements. Jump, slide, and balance your way through the world.
Through all the jumps and elegant shortcuts, you will often progress faster across the world – not just in level.
5. Wear Appropriate Clothing
Even in the zombie apocalypse, there is a dress code. To an extravagant weapon of your choice, the right survival outfit belongs.
Focus on equipment that guarantees you an XP bonus. So, if you have to choose between 2 pieces of clothing, prefer the extra experience.
Taking a look into the inventories of different traders can also be worthwhile to get XP gear. However, don’t spend your hard-earned money too early in the game. Save up at the beginning and spend when you have a bit of money left.
Finally, we want to show you 2 methods with which you can increase your combat and parkour skills.
Combat Skills: You can use the hunting function to quickly gather a lot of combat XP. Find a safe zone that you can enter quickly and easily and that is not far from a zombie-infested street.
Equip yourself for the fight and ambush a howler nearby with an action of your choice. A well-thrown brick does the job just as well as a blunt object to the head of the annoying screamer.
This starts the hunt and the XP multiplier kicks in. Slice through the hordes of zombies and always stay close enough to the safe zone to make a quick escape.
At the latest, by hunting level 3, you should go to sleep. If you die before the end of the night, the bonus XP is gone. With stronger equipment and in co-op, you can also stay out longer – at your own risk.
You can see how the leveling method works in the English video by the YouTuber “Idicus”:
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Parkour Skills: The farm method for movement skills is less action-packed. In fact, it can be quite monotonous, but efficient if you want to specifically increase your parkour skills.
There is a jump south of the Saint Joseph Hospital that you can repeat over and over again. The hospital is located just north in the “Houndsfield” area. The jump is safe, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s day or night – your training won’t be interrupted.
Jump across, back, and again!
However, you need at least 3 skill points in the parkour tree for this. The skill “Long Jump” (2nd row, left of the first skill) allows you to jump much further using obstacles. This way, you can grind parkour XP undisturbed until you run out of desire.
If you want to see the method in the video, we are embedding a short English video by the YouTuber “Grrae”:
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These were our simple tips for leveling up faster in Dying Light 2. If you know any tricks yourself, feel free to leave us a comment and share it with the community.
Call of Duty Mobile is getting Season 2 2022. There will be new content. What to expect in Season 2 of 2022 and when the release date should be, you can find out here on MeinMMO!
When is the release of Season 2 2022? An official release date for Season 2 2022 of the popular mobile game CoD Mobile has not yet been revealed. However, we can reasonably estimate when Season 2 2022 should arrive. Season 1 2022 was released on January 19 and is likely to last for about a month.
Accordingly, Season 1 should end on February 17. Season 2 should then start on or after the following days. Expect a start from February 18, 2022. However, this is just speculation. If the developers decide to extend Season 1, the release of Season 2 will naturally be delayed.
New Shotgun and Familiar Map
What weapons are coming? A teaser image from February 7 shows an empty weapon crate. Based on the outlines, it quickly becomes clear that it is likely a JAK-12 shotgun.
The weapon was introduced in Season 6 of CoD Modern Warfare and is one of the last weapons that ultimately made it into the mobile version. The JAK-12 is one of the fastest firing shotguns in Modern Warfare and should clean up well in the mobile version.
What about the new map? A new map has also been teased. It is a familiar map called Hardhat, which translates to “construction hat”. It is a construction site in New York where ruthless shootouts will take place.
If the teaser is to be believed, the setting has changed, and the battle will take place not in sunshine, but at night and in the rain.
The Hardhat map first appeared in 2011 in Modern Warfare 3 and is therefore a true classic among CoD fans.
What else do we know? In addition to the information mentioned here, it is also confirmed that there will again be a Battle Pass in Season 2 2022. It will, as usual, consist of 100 tiers that you unlock throughout the season.
The hardcore MMORPG Mortal Online 2 recently launched on Steam, and the developers seemingly underestimated the interest in this online role-playing game. More players than expected joined, and due to some questionable design decisions, players were sometimes stuck in queues for 24 hours or longer. Read the full story here on MeinMMO!
What is Mortal Online 2? Mortal Online 2 is a hardcore MMORPG on Steam developed by the Swedish company Star Vault. In Mortal Online 2, you fight actively from the first-person perspective. You need to aim and time your attacks well to hit anything.
There is full, always-active PvP, where you can lose everything if you die. Additionally, you should be able to learn about 600 skills. As mentioned, the game targets hardcore MMORPG PvP players.
The predecessor, Mortal Online, peaked with just over 1,100 players (via SteamDB). However, Mortal Online 2 exceeded all expectations of the developers.
Mortal Online 2 more successful than developers thought
This, in turn, led to massive login issues. Players reported queues that lasted 24 hours or longer. One player even claimed that he had to wait 36 hours straight before he could finally get back into the game.
But what are the reasons for these enormous wait times? One cause seems to be that a “feature” of the game is that all players from a continent are playing on a single server. Its capacity was likely reached faster than the developers anticipated.
Additionally, an important feature common in many MMORPGs is missing. In Mortal Online 2, you are not automatically kicked from the server if you are AFK for too long. Instead, once you are in the game, you can stay online indefinitely, blocking your slot on the server.
How are players reacting? Players are flooding the game with negative reviews on Steam. As of February 7, 2022, only about 50% of the currently 3,896 reviews are positive. And this is despite many players appreciating the game and enjoying it very much – if only they could.
However, the queues from hell frustrate players, and some players make things worse by clinging to their slot in the game and never logging out, as they are sure they would have to queue for a long time again afterwards.
A really great game that looks good and finally picks up the old values of an MMORPG like Ultima Online.
It is really fun, and the combat system is challenging and not as monotonous as in all the others.
But now comes the big BUT:
By the time you finally get into the game, a normal person runs out of their free time.
Spent 3 hours in the queue yesterday, with no success. Frustrated, I went to bed. I’ve had the game for a week now, and out of my playtime, I was in the queue for 2/3 just to get on the server.
Once you are in, it’s top, no question. But as I said, getting in [is] a disaster.
And as long as they don’t get this under control, I can only advise everyone to wait with the purchase.
Developers change the concept, moving away from “one single server”
What do the developers plan to do? On February 6, the developers finally addressed the issues via Steam and stated with heavy hearts that they will indeed implement additional servers and instances into the game. While this contradicts the original concept of the game, where everyone should be on the same server, there is no other way to cope with the influx of players.
However, there have already been some minor patches and adjustments that should slightly increase the player count. Additionally, the developers advise players to roam only in the tutorial area at first and not to venture into the vast world immediately. They are also temporarily suspending subscription fees while players have such difficulty getting into the game.
So much for the current problems and planned solutions for Mortal Online 2. If you want to know if the game is still good, then read the review from our MMORPG expert Alexander Leitsch:
Amazon released a blog post last night that finally reveals the exact launch times for Lost Ark. We now also know when you can preload and which servers will be available at launch. Even the times for the Weekly Resets are now known.
When can you download Lost Ark? The preload for the game begins on Monday, February 7, at 5 pm GMT or 6:00 pm German time. It does not matter whether you own one of the preorder packages and can start on February 8, or if you are waiting for the free-to-play variant on February 11.
Anyone who wants to play Lost Ark can download the 50 GB that the game requires in advance starting Monday. This should ensure that you can get started on time. The download of Lost Ark is exclusively via Steam.
When can you play? Now the differences between free-to-play players and those who preordered one of the packages begin. The preorders among you can start on February 8 at 6:00 pm, exactly 24 hours after the preload begins.
Those who did not purchase Lost Ark will have to wait another three days and can then start playing on February 11 at 6:00 pm.
How do the preorder packages work? If you haven’t preordered the game yet and become envious while your friends are playing on the 8th, that’s no problem. You can also purchase the packages between February 8 and 11 and gain immediate access to the game.
The bonuses of the packages will be automatically added to your inventory if you purchased them directly via Steam. If you preordered through Amazon, you will receive a key that you must activate in Steam to receive the items.
What servers are available? For now, we will have access to 9 different servers in Central Europe. However, there is no dedicated German server. Lost Ark is thus focusing more on mixing communities from various countries and building a broader player base on the servers.
The following servers can be chosen from February 8 for Central Europe:
Neria
Kadan
Trixion
Calvasus
Thirain
Zinnervale
Asta
Wei
Slen
When are the resets? Many activities in Lost Ark are limited in that you can only perform them a limited number of times per day or week. Thus, it is also important to know when a new day begins for the server and when you can resume your adventures.
The daily and weekly resets occur at 1 am server time. The time differences of the various regions, as well as daylight savings time, are taken into account. For the Central Europe server, the time difference is UTC +1.
This means for us that the reset will take place at 2 am in winter and at 3 am in summer.
A little tip: Don’t let the clock in the game confuse you. It does not show your PC time, but always the time of the server you are playing on. If you check the time in the game, the reset will occur at 1 am.
Have you already preordered Lost Ark? Are you excited for the release and will you jump in directly on the 8th, or do you prefer to wait until February 11 to see how the MMORPG turns out without investing money first? Feel free to tell us in the comments here on MeinMMO.
The free Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone regularly changes its playlist. This brings new modes into the game, old ones become available again, and team sizes also change. The developers have now explained in detail why they rotate the modes. The reactions have been clear.
A part of the content strategy for Call of Duty: Warzone consists of changing modes.
New game modes with different team sizes come at least weekly, providing a certain variety.
This regularly generates discussion in the community, especially among players who miss their favorite mode when it drops from the playlist.
The developers have now thoroughly discussed why the playlist updates exist in their current form.
Developers want to find “the next big experience”
How do Warzone’s playlists come about? The developers at Raven Software have explained in a detailed blog post what considerations lie behind the playlists (via ravensoftware.com).
Basically, it’s about bringing a certain variety into the game and receiving feedback from the community.
With the start of a new season, the Warzone creators consider which modes should be in the game at which time. They take the following influences into account:
Player motivation
Surprise and excitement
Squad sizes
Communication/feedback
Player motivation: When creating the new playlists, the developers want to please as many players as possible.
They are aware that the tastes of the community differ. However, they always keep in mind that the developers want to appeal to as many players as possible with their playlists.
Surprise and excitement: New modes should bring surprises and are also an opportunity for the developers to experiment. They are always on the lookout for the “next big Warzone experience”.
Changing playlists help with this. If a player’s favorite mode is not available, they are more inclined to check out the new modes.
The Warzone creators are always looking for a balance between “experiment” and “old favorites”.
The current playlist always provides discussion material.
Squad sizes: The developers admit that the different squad sizes often led to potential conflicts. They have treated team sizes similarly to their own modes and are now realizing how difficult it is to find a balance there.
Because often, the team sizes are less dependent on what one wants to play. It’s more about the player’s social situation.
Here you can expect more stability instead of rotation in the future. Whether this means that the modes will now always come with all team sizes cannot yet be deduced from this. However, squad sizes are expected to cause fewer problems in the future.
Communication/feedback: As another point, the developers state that they would receive less feedback if they always had all modes in the game.
Currently, for example, the mode “Vanguard Royale” is not on the playlist. Players are now demanding that the mode should come back to the game – preferably permanently.
This type of feedback the developers would not have received without a rotating playlist. They can better gauge how important certain modes are to some players, which they can use for future playlist considerations.
Players are not enthusiastic about the announcement
What do players say about it? The playlist information and the blog were shared by Raven Software on Twitter. Under the tweet, the developers also received a wave of “feedback” again. The tweet has already collected more than 900 comments (as of 07.02. – 12:20 PM).
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Some CoD fans write that they are happy about the new way of communication and that the developers now share more about why they approach certain things.
However, a large part of the commentators express their dissatisfaction. It is often criticized that the mode “Vanguard Royale” has been missing from the playlist for several weeks. In this mode, only guns and equipment from CoD: Vanguard are allowed, and planes populate the skies over Caldera.
For example, @gypsypickle_ on Twitter writes: “It’s quite clear that you’re not considering community feedback when so many tweets about your new playlists revolve around the absence of Vanguard Royale.”
What was not mentioned in the blog post: the splitting of the player base due to too many modes. If there are more modes, players spread out more across the different rulesets.
In the community, this thought long considered one of the main reasons why Call of Duty offers a rotating playlist. If too many players spread out, matchmaking takes longer.
Officially, the splitting of the player base is therefore not a reason for the rotating playlists.
Feel free to leave us a comment and let us know what you think of the playlists. Would you prefer to have all modes available in the game at all times, and do you think it’s right to make us players try out other things with the rotation?
