The new MMORPG Lost Ark is coming out next week and you can still pre-order one of the Founder’s Packs to get in early and receive exclusive content. However, you should be careful about when you redeem these bonuses.
What are the Founder’s Packs? Although Lost Ark will be completely free to play, there are four different Founder’s Packs for the new MMORPG. These grant you some in-game advantages as well as cosmetic items.
A head start is also included in the packs, allowing you to enter the game three days earlier than Free2Play players. You can find an overview of all the contents of the packs in our guide to the Founder’s Packs.
Why do you need to be careful? If you have purchased one of these packs, you can claim your goodies at release. To do this, you just need to activate the pack, and all that stuff finally belongs to you.
However, as soon as you activate your bonuses, they will be bound to the server you are currently logged into. This is not optimal at the beginning, as friends or streamers might suddenly be playing on a different server, and you might want to switch.
If you decide to start over on another server, you cannot bring any of your bonuses with you. This can be quite painful with packs worth up to €100.
You can still purchase the Founder’s Packs until the release on February 11th and thus buy them again for a different server, but you would be spending money that doesn’t need to be spent. So activate your pack only when you are sure you want to stay on that server.
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Where does the information come from? In a post in the official forum, community manager Roxx confirmed how the Founder’s Packs work. It’s also clarified again whether the platinum avatars are automatically bound to the first class you choose.
Roxx explains that this is not the case, and the avatars are sent to the expedition chest and then bound to the first character that equips them. However, this expedition chest is bound to the server.
She also confirms again that the avatars from the gold and platinum packs can only be redeemed for the 15 classes that exist in the game at the time of release.
The statement from Roxx in the forum
How can you retrieve the bonuses? If you have pre-ordered one of the packs, the head start automatically activates, and you can start directly on the 8th. In the game, you will receive a gift notification about your items.
When you open it, you can claim and retrieve the items. However, as soon as you do that, they remain bound to the server on which you opened them.
If you are not entirely sure about your choice of server, just leave the items in your gift inbox.
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The community is annoyed with the servers
What’s the mood like? A reddit thread on the topic has already gathered 315 upvotes on the first day and currently lists 130 comments on the topic. Many of them are questions, but some players also express their annoyance with the game’s server structure.
People are puzzled as to why Amazon is still using such a strictly separated server method and not making it possible to handle such things across servers. The debate about reserving names resurfaces here as well.
Amazon has now confirmed that they use a different server structure than the other publishers of Lost Ark, which is why names are only reserved in our version, but not in Korea or Russia.
What do the fans say? Along with the questions, many users express their annoyance with the restrictions imposed by Amazon.
MishjahDK writes: “I’m so tired of this old-school server thing. It was already super annoying in New World and is now happening again. Why aren’t they using the same structure as Korea?!”
My2copper also doesn’t understand: “This is just crazy. How can such ridiculous restrictions even occur? […] Amazon is one of the richest companies in the world, and they didn’t even have to develop the game themselves and still make so many mistakes.”
djcetra sees the problem more in America: “This will be a disaster for the American servers. People will switch servers because they have West America and East America separated. This will not be good in the long run.”
What do you think? Have you purchased a Founder’s Pack and want to use it directly at launch? Are you already sure which server you will play on, or is there still a chance that you might switch servers? Feel free to tell us in the comments here at MeinMMO.
Genshin Impact started in the second half of Patch 2.4 with the annual Lantern Festival in the city of Liyue. The event already took place in January 2021 and was eagerly anticipated by players this year as well. Now there is initial feedback from the community, and it is quite positive.
What is the event about? The Lantern Festival in Genshin Impact is celebrated because the Chinese New Year usually begins from late January to mid-February. The festival lasts several days and concludes with delicious food, fireworks, and the lantern festival.
How do you participate in the Lantern Festival? You must reach or already have Adventure Rank 28 and complete the quest “A Rising Star.” After that, you will receive the quest “Return of the Crane with the Wind,” which you must also complete. Following that, the Lantern Festival will be unlocked.
This is what the Lantern Festival in Genshin Impact looks like
There are 4 categories in which you must complete challenges to earn all rewards:
“Colorful Flames”: Perfectly manufacture fireworks to achieve the highest score. You can even fire it afterwards and create a proper fireworks plan.
“The Great Gathering”: You are on the high seas with your ship, completing passages within a certain time and defeating enemies.
“Beautiful Shadows”: Solve increasingly tricky shadow plays by rotating the given material appropriately to form an image as a shadow.
“Sea Defender”: Defeat the sea monster “Beisht” and complete separate tasks there.
“Colorful Flames” is tied to lore about various characters, especially Keqing. Those of you who enjoy funny dialogues and more background information about individual characters will definitely get their money’s worth.
You will receive various fireworks, depending on how far you have progressed in the quests for “Colorful Flames”.
What rewards are there?
A 4-star character of your choice, including the new Geo character Yun Jin.
Valuable Original Resin to draw on the game’s gacha banners.
Weapon minerals, talent books, Mora, and other smaller goodies.
The Lantern Festival in Genshin Impact is a “huge hit”
What is the community saying? Not only are the challenges praised in a reddit thread by GodConcepts, but also the ability to communicate with NPCs in the overworld and the aforementioned quests around Keqing in “Colorful Flames”.
He also emphasized how great he thinks the NPC feature is. He suggested that this should be consistently established in Genshin Impact in the future, allowing players to meet known characters in between to chat with them.
GodConcepts called for continued careful completion of the surveys to inform developers about what the community likes or dislikes. He stated: “The current Lantern Festival is a huge hit, and it shows how important player surveys and feedback are.”
Here are the responses to GodConcepts’ thread:
NerdNurse223 loves creating the fireworks: “Is the firework launcher permanent? I love the item! Does anyone know?” Since no expiration of the item is indicated, it is presumed that the launcher and thus the fireworks will remain permanently in the game, but this is not certain.
Rock3tPunch says: “I liked both [events], last year and this Lantern Festival. Last year, I liked that people could put wishes in their lanterns and learn their stories.”
mangotcha was also a fan of the small quests about the characters: “I’d like to add that the quests for Xinyan, Ningguang, and Beidou were so much fun – the quests were one of my highlights of this event.”
Some share GodConcepts’ opinion and wish for known characters in appropriate areas and establishments to interact with them in between.
Even though there were voices expressing that the quests were too lengthy and the dialogues did not interest them, the overwhelming majority of the community was very positive. They hope that next year will be just as beautiful, if not better.
What do you think about this year’s Lantern Festival? Did you enjoy it or not? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
Recently, hackers made headlines in Dark Souls 3. They simply took over the PC of their victim while visiting them in their game world as an invader in multiplayer.
What is this hack about? This is the so-called “Remote Code Execution” exploit, abbreviated RCE. This exploit is due to errors in the netcode of Dark Souls 1–3. All of these games use the same engine and it seems that this has not been fixed since the first part.
The RCE exploit allows players from their PC to execute codes on your computer and manipulate it, even theoretically destroy it.
This was made possible by the invasion feature of the PvP mode and the coop mode.
The RCE has been known among hackers for some time but was held back.
This exploit became widely known in mid-January, when a Twitch streamer fell victim to this hack. However, he was lucky, as the hacker only wanted to draw attention to the exploit and caused no major damage.
You can watch the clip here:
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In response, developer FromSoftware took all multiplayer servers of Dark Souls 1-3 offline. It has been almost a week now, but the developer has not presented any statement or solution since then.
Meanwhile, we also know that there is supposed to be a second, similar exploit. While it is known how the aforementioned RCE is used, the second method has not yet been revealed. According to VGC, however, it is already being discussed in hacker circles.
VGC.com spoke with some community members, including one of the hackers responsible for the attack in the clip. It was revealed that the exploit has been in the game for years and was reportedly reported to FromSoftware at least once in 2020.
Hacker says: Developer was aware
Here is the information from the community: A player who is said to have discovered the latest RCE reportedly reported this exploit to FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco at the end of 2021. The hacker sent emails to Bandai Namco’s support on December 11 and 16, with all the information about the RCE that he had gathered.
They confirmed receipt of the emails, but more than a month later, no changes had been made. This then led to the revelation of the RCE and the clip shown above.
Another player also states that the second, yet undisclosed method is believed to have been discovered and forwarded to FromSoftware as early as 2020. Again, there were no reactions.
Only the case shown caused more attention to be drawn to the problem and forced the developers to act.
Furthermore, the person states that the problems go far beyond the exploit. The FromSoftware games all have the same issues: faulty netcode that makes multiplayer extremely vulnerable to cheaters and hackers.
Meanwhile, there is a list of over 100 bugs that the community has found in the multiplayer of Dark Souls 3. The list includes issues like game crashes, corrupted save files, and also more serious problems like the RCE.
Many issues that have not been addressed in the past
What has been going on? Over the years, there have been recurring problems in the various Dark Souls games. Anyone actively playing multiplayer on PC is likely to have countless stories of strange encounters with hackers or cheaters.
But these are usually still the harmless events. Overall, there have been increasingly severe problems that could mean broken save files and the loss of hundreds of game hours in the worst case.
One of the most severe bugs in recent months was discovered in Dark Souls 3. Hackers could simply send players into New Game Plus and then attack them or reset their New Game Plus, make items disappear, or manipulate monsters to chase the host.
Players had to fend for themselves and find ways to circumvent this. On reddit, you can still find a huge guide on this.
According to the hackers behind the release of the RCE, the state of the online multiplayer in the FromSoftware games is quite terrible, “nothing has even come close to the ‘broken’ Souls network. […] It really seems like online play is ‘stuck’ over a single-player game and no thoughts have been given to security.”
So fans have helped themselves and created the “Blue Sentinel” mod for Dark Souls 3 which is a fan-made cheat and hacker protection that aims to help with some of the most annoying problems.
This security modification was developed by user LukeYui, who also has some concerning predictions for the upcoming Elden Ring.
Creator of the Blue Sentinel mod worries about Elden Ring
Why is he worried? According to LukeYui, Elden Ring is not better equipped in terms of security than the previous Dark Souls games. He says:
I had the opportunity to see the code of the closed network test and can already tell you that there are a lot of crashes and vulnerabilities in the netcode of Elden Ring, exactly the same as in Dark Souls 3! So I suspect it will only take five minutes for cheaters from Dark Souls 3 to port their scripts to Elden Ring and turn the release date into a hell trip.
While fans may eventually rely on the Blue Sentinels mod here as well, there is a catch. Unfortunately, this mod is considered a violation of the terms and conditions by Bandai Namco, as it uses external tools. “This puts players in a position where they are faced with two options,” LukeYui said. “Either they risk being banned by a cheater or they risk being banned by using an external tool for protection against cheaters.”
Could a new tool help? In Elden Ring, FromSoftware is now relying on Easy Anti Cheat. But can that help? According to Luke Yui, much less. While the tool can stop “smaller” hackers, it will be difficult with more experienced ones:
What it is supposed to prevent is that inexperienced cheaters kill other players immediately on the first day after release and generally cause chaos, […]. What it will not prevent are people who have experience with cheat tool development who can keep it private, sell it, or share it. […] Even with the best anti-cheat software in the world, if the base product [here, Elden Ring] is still exploitable by cheaters, it will be exploited.
According to LukeYui, there is only one way to eliminate the problems. FromSoftware must revise its faulty netcode.
When and if this will happen is questionable. If you want more details and background from the community on the topic, we recommend the English article on VGC.com.
By the way, we have requested a statement from publisher Bandai Namco and will update the article as soon as there is news.
When will Elden Ring be released? The release is on February 25. The action RPG will then be available for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.
Until then, the developers still have time to address the issues.
What do you think about the topic? Have you ever been affected by cheaters and hackers on PC? Feel free to share your experiences with us.
Every account in Pokémon GO is unique and many trainers take pride in what they have achieved in the game over time. It is all the more painful when one can no longer access their profile and everything seems lost. This is now being reported in the Reddit community. We at MeinMMO will tell you what happened.
What is it about? Anyone who wants to play Pokémon GO has to create a player profile at the beginning. This is where all progress is saved. Unlike other games, however, Pokémon GO is about much more than just leveling up. Due to the various options in the game, every account is something quite special.
Especially the numerous Pokémon that one has caught and traded over time, as well as the collected medals, make many players proud. But now, trainer Amyrantha_verc reports in the Reddit community that his friend’s account has suddenly disappeared. But what happened?
Trainer can no longer access Level 50 account
As Reddit user Amyrantha_verc reports in his post, his friend recently reached Level 50. When he tried to log in with his Google account, the login failed and a new player profile with Level 1 was created using the same Google email address. In search of help, he turned to the Reddit community (via reddit.com).
The post drew significant attention and received nearly 2,000 upvotes within a short period of time (as of February 3, 2022, at 11:30 AM). For most trainers, it is unthinkable to lose their account and have to start over at Level 1.
The user aarpcard jokingly asks if this is what happens when one finally reaches Level 50 (via reddit.com). But what could be the reason that Amyrantha_verc’s friend can no longer log into his account? This question is being explored by the Reddit community as they try to help.
Possible reasons from the community’s perspective
Many users initially suspected in the comments that the login data was entered incorrectly and also recommended checking whether the nickname is still listed in the friends’ list.
For example, Vulpes_macrotis writes: “Are you both sure it was connected to this specific Google account? Was it not via Facebook, another Google account, or something? I mean, are you more than just sure? Sometimes memory can be faulty. Also check if you can see his nickname in the friends’ list.” (via reddit.com)
Others trainers also suspect a change in the email address due to switching smartphones or registering in another Niantic game, such as Pikmin Bloom. Therefore, some recommend contacting Niantic support.
Another suspicion is unauthorized access by a hacker. Turbulent-Ad6384 reports that during a previous update, user names were hacked, and people could no longer log into their accounts (via reddit.com).
Experiences of other trainers and how you can protect your accounts
However, in the comments, there are also like-minded individuals. Other trainers also report that they have experienced similar issues in the past (via reddit.com):
IllustriousGuide3450: “This happened with my main account from 2016 about a year ago, and since I had already opened a new account, they could do nothing as they told me. You could try, but don’t get your hopes up.”
Axenrott_0508: “I got mine back just a few months ago. Something similar happened to me.”
Deoxys_nuts: “This has happened to me as well. My Gmail account (which I logged in with) disconnected from my Pogo account. And when I logged back in, a new account was created with that email. I completed the tutorial because I thought it would magically remember my old account. Luckily, I was able to log in with Apple login. If he doesn’t have it, try his Facebook account if it was ever linked.”
That reactivating a profile is not entirely unthinkable is also explained by Level-Particular-455 in the comments. According to him, Niantic does not delete accounts, even if one wishes this.
How can you protect your accounts?
From personal experience, Reddit user Deoxys_nuts has a clear opinion on this and advises all players: “Everyone should check their account and link it with multiple services to avoid this situation.” (via reddit.com).
This is indeed a sensible tip. If the connection to one of the services disconnects due to technical difficulties, you then have another login option and your account is not completely lost. It is also important that you do not share your login data with other trainers.
As Amyrantha_verc has now reported, however, his friend’s Pokémon profile was indeed hacked. Probably by a trainer he knows. The matter has been reported to Niantic. Whether he will get his profile back remains to be seen for him (via reddit.com).
Has something like this happened to you as well, that you suddenly couldn’t access your profile anymore? How could you save your account? Or did you really have to start all over again? Share your thoughts and experiences here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange views with other trainers.
In Destiny 2, the new Worm Launcher “Parasit” from Witch Queen is causing some discussions. However, it’s less about the type or damage of the weapon, but rather about a fundamental moral conflict. Is it okay to shoot with worm larvae, meaning the babies? MeinMMO has gotten to the bottom of it.
Normally, the functionality and especially the advantages of a specific weapon are the topic of discussion when new weapons are introduced in Destiny 2. However, after the release of the first trailer for the brand new weapons from Witch Queen, Guardians have entirely different concerns. It is primarily the special ammunition that is currently in focus.
Which weapon is it about? The discussion revolves around the new Worm Launcher “Parasit”, which comes into play with the Witch Queen expansion. This is a projectile launcher that uses worm larvae as ammunition.
In the trailer, you can see a Guardian using the weapon
To load the weapon, the Guardian takes a worm larva and stuffs it into the magazine
Then, the worm larva can be fired as a projectile
The damage of the weapon increases continuously
The new Worm Launcher from Witch Queen shoots worm larvae
Is it okay to shoot with “worm babies”? What initially looked cool became strange when Guardians began to think more deeply about this rather special ammunition. “But these aren’t baby worms?” user Economy_Vermicelli90 on reddit wonders.
The term “worm larva” would already imply that they are babies, meaning an early developmental stage.
I can just imagine our bags filled with the slimy little guys and we are digging our hands in to grab one and stuff it into the weapon.
Because the little worm larvae are always seen with the Hive, some players think they also belong to the Hive race. However, players who are familiar with the lore point out that they are not actually true Hive larvae but rather the larvae of the Worm Gods. In the case of the Hive, thralls are the youngest developmental stage.
This, however, does not change the fact that the not particularly cute and rather slimy little guys are still babies. Is the idea of designing such a weapon crazy or genius?
What is currently known about worm larvae in the Destiny universe
According to Destiny lore and a Ghost scan, worm larvae are bred in nest cores. Each individual, such as thralls or acolytes, possesses such a worm larva. However, they are not Hive but actually originate from the Worm Gods.
The worms themselves do not control the host. They only strengthen him and provide access to the Sword Logic. In return, their “hosts” feed them with bloodshed and violence through their terrible deeds. Their appetite grows as their hosts become stronger.
When a Guardian shoots an Acolyte or Knight in the head, the worm larva jumps out and wriggles onto the ground. As they are no longer bound to a host, they starve within a short time and burst. The worm larvae themselves apparently do not possess any special intelligence. Only their divine parents are something else. They were the ones who originally convinced the proto-Hive to take in the worms and exploit their fears and insecurities. Evolutionarily, the Hive is about as smart as millions of years ago, only their biology has changed.
Already the second moral dilemma: In the season of the Splicer, there was a similar controversy. Back then, it was cute Fallen babies that quickly won the hearts of many Guardians. The motto back then was: “Protect the fallen babies!” Before anyone knew about the cute Eliksni babies, no Fallen foe was safe from the weapon of a Lightbearer.
The Destiny 2 community was so enthusiastic about the cute Eliksni babies that Bungie even created the emote “Eliksni Hatchling” for them and even brought a replica of the little rascals as a plush toy to the Bungie Store.
The Fallen often carry many cute babies with them
The opinions on the subject are controversial: Some players have no issue shooting little worm larvae at their opponents.
Other Guardians are still confused. GawainSolus ultimately sums it up when he says: “Worms are not Hive babies, but parasites.” And that is ultimately also the name of the new Witch Queen weapon “Parasit”.
What is currently known about Destiny 2 Witch Queen:
What is your opinion? Do you have a problem with shooting the little worm larvae? Will we perhaps even cuddle cute worm larvae as plush toys soon or will Guardians give the slimy little guys a treat in a new emote? Please let us know in the comments.
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A graphics card was sold on eBay for over 4000 euros. Yet, you can’t even game with it. But what kind of GPU is this?
Graphics cards are still quite expensive or hardly available at the moment. It’s no surprise that gamers are using every opportunity to get a graphics card at reasonable prices. Because currently, the chances of getting a graphics card are very low.
Now a graphics card was sold on eBay for 4650 euros. It is a unique prototype, supposedly the only prototype that works, according to the seller.
Intel graphics card sold for 4650 euros
What was sold? An Intel graphics card, known by the codename “Larrabee”, was sold on eBay for 4650 euros. The graphics card is something special, as it was never officially released for sale.
The seller writes about the graphics card on eBay:
The first and only functioning Larrabee prototype in the world.
If you are a serious collector, this is probably your only chance to get this piece of history. The [card] outputs video on every connection, so it works completely. Unfortunately, I do not have drivers for it [the graphics card].
At least behind the statement about the “only functioning prototype in the world” lie big question marks. Because there are several YouTube videos showing a functioning graphics card of this type ( YouTube and YouTube).
This is what the completed listing on eBay looks like.
What kind of graphics card is this anyway? The manufacturer Intel developed a graphics card under the codename “Larrabee”. However, Intel decided in 2009 not to manufacture the graphics card for the regular market. It was meant to be just a graphics card for its own research and lab purposes.
The performance of the Larrabee graphics card was about one tera-FLOP. Nvidia’s Fermi generation already offered twice the performance, and ATI was also significantly faster with the Radeon 5870.
This is probably why Intel chose not to go for a wide release, as they could not keep up with the competition from ATI, AMD, and Nvidia even at the presentation.
Does the graphics card still work today? There are no official drivers or software for the graphics card, as it is just a prototype. Intel likely provided internal software for developers, which, however, never went public.
A YouTube video shows how the Intel Larrabee graphics card can boot Windows 10 without any issues and is then recognized by Windows. However, gaming with the graphics card is probably nearly impossible. Intel never officially developed the graphics card as a gaming graphics card.
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The Larrabee graphics card in action in the YouTube video.
Other graphics cards are also being purchased, even though they are of little use for gaming
For example, a graphics card that is now 8 years old is still a bestseller on Amazon. This is mainly because the graphics card is available and can be purchased at a reasonably decent price. However, you should not buy such a graphics card if you want to game:
With the Season of Mastery, World of Warcraft: Classic has already fulfilled many wishes for some fans. The bosses have become tougher, leveling goes faster, and there is even an “Iron Man” buff, where players have only a single life before they lose the buff and fail the challenge.
Now Blizzard has decided on even more major changes to better adapt to the changed wishes and game systems of the season of mastery.
What will change? Essentially, the PTR brings three major changes that will shake up the game:
Bosses in Onyxia’s Lair, the Molten Core, and Blackwing Lair drop an additional item.
Max-level Alchemists have a chance to “proc” when creating potions, elixirs, and flasks, thus producing multiple alchemical products.
The bonus experience from the buff “Adventure Awaits” has been increased from 40% to 100%.
Why is Blizzard doing this? There are various reasons for the changes. Essentially, the developers are responding to the changing wishes of the player base. After all, most players of the “Season of Mastery” have a different expectation of the game compared to those who prefer traditional WoW: Classic.
The changes aim to ensure that players spend less time on content that brings them little or no enjoyment.
Additional loot enables faster gearing of the entire raid. Since the season of mastery progresses through the various phases faster than the actual WoW: Classic, there is also less time to farm the “Tier 1” or “Tier 2” set completely. More items thus increase the chance of having the current content truly “completed” before the next phase starts.
Alchemists will soon create more potions – but they are needed.
The fact that Alchemists will soon be able to produce multiple flasks and potions simultaneously and save materials through “procs” is likely also a result of the increased difficulty. On one hand, tougher battles mean that players consume more buffs in the form of potions and flasks, and on the other hand, farming flasks for personal use already takes a lot of time that players would rather spend on other activities.
The additional experience points will drastically accelerate leveling and ensure that many can reach the endgame faster with secondary characters and do not have to spend many weeks leveling.
More current news about WoW and WoW Classic can be found here:
The developers of New World have released the first patch notes for the big update in February. Patch 1.4 is set to fix many bugs, make combat smoother, and boost PvP. Many players on the forum and reddit are excited about the update.
What new content does the February patch bring? Update 1.4 will not bring any new content. After new quests and a new weapon were released in November and dungeon mutators and endgame adjustments were released in January, the focus of the new update is on bug fixes and rewards.
But that’s exactly what players appreciate.
What are the main changes? The major focus of the update is primarily on adjustments to the combat system.
It will now be possible to switch weapons while moving, dodging, or using consumables. The weapon switch was a major point of criticism, as it was essentially interrupted by all actions.
Additionally, you can queue a skill immediately after switching weapons. So if you switch weapons and then press “Q” immediately, the “Q” will be executed by the new weapon, not the old one.
Generally, the animations for dodging will also be shortened. Blocking and dodging will now overwrite skills if activated within the first 2 frames of the animation. These changes are intended to make the combat system overall smoother.
Moreover, there will be several balance adjustments regarding rewards and weapons, which are generating many positive reactions in the community.
Outpost Rush becomes truly lucrative
What changes are coming to Outpost Rush? The PvP mode is receiving some updates and will now arguably be the most lucrative mode in the game:
Players will now earn faction tokens for participating in Outpost Rush.
There will now be a chance for a fourth piece of equipment in the reward chests, which will be a piece of jewelry.
The damage dealt to other players will now be included in the scoreboard.
If multiple players capture a point, it will now happen faster (up to 10 players).
The chance for a competence increase at the end of the match will be increased.
Several bugs will be fixed and adjustments will be made to the mobs on the map.
On reddit, players are celebrating these adjustments as they make Outpost Rush really interesting. The user Jacob_Kemp writes:
If it goes well, this will be the best patch ever. Outpost Rush will provide a repeatable, unlimited supply of Shadow Shards, faction tokens, and competence increases, and even potentially good equipment with named gear drops and the reduction of non-PvP perks. And of course, they also provide gold and Azoth.
In Outpost Rush, you fight in PvPvE for fortresses, but also for resources on the map.
Faster crafting and more useful fire staff
What other changes are well received? Players are praising several small things from the previous patch notes, including:
Jumping over small objects will no longer consume the entire animation, which should make movement faster
A new trade-only chat will be introduced
The experience required to level up Arcana, Armoring, Weaponsmithing, Jewelcrafting, and Carpentry will be reduced by 10%
Projectiles from the fire staff will be larger, and fireballs can now land critical hits
Fixes for the ice gauntlet
A significant overhaul of the musket
Several bug fixes and reworks for dungeon enemies
Overall, the patch is receiving many positive comments. The reddit user Humledurr heavily criticized New World in recent months, but now has renewed hope for the game: “I have complained a lot about New World lately, but this is really promising! It actually gives me new confidence in the game. I still need to try it out before I’m convinced.”
Was that really all? No, the previous patch notes are only the beginning of the February update. More bug fixes will be announced in the coming days. You can find the previous patch notes in the New World forum.
When does the PTR go live? Anyone who wants to try out the changes can visit the PTR starting February 3rd at 7:00 PM German time. A large part of the bug fixes and changes to the combat system will already be implemented there.
When will the patch go live on the live server? The update is expected to be released sometime in February. No specific date has been given, but it was recently stated that there should be at least two weeks between the PTR and the live version.
The developers also provided an outlook on future updates two weeks ago. Included was an important feature for PvP:
In Pokémon GO, with the change of the month, the field research tasks and their rewards have also been adjusted. We at MeinMMO have taken a look at which quests you can secure in February and what rewards are hidden behind them.
What kind of tasks are there? If you spin a PokéStop in Pokémon GO, you will receive a so-called field research task. The quests and rewards are always adjusted with the change of the month, which is why there will be new tasks in February as well.
Once you have earned the research, you can find it under the “Field” category, which you can open by clicking on the binoculars. You can hold up to 4 tasks for processing there. So if you want to collect more tasks, you must first redeem some or delete them. Otherwise, you have unlimited time to solve them.
Field Research in February 2022 – All Rewards
As in every month, the field research can also be divided into different categories in February 2022, such as Catching, Throwing, or Battling. With the help of the overview from Leekduck, we have summarized all tasks and their rewards below (via leekduck.com).
All Pokémon that you can encounter in their shiny form are marked with an (*).
All Field Research for Catching
Research
Reward
Catch 5 Pokémon
Encounter with Pidgey* Pidove* Doduo*
Catch 7 Pokémon
Encounter with Magikarp*
Catch 5 different species of Pokémon
Encounter with Paras* Krabby* Krabhammer Shuckle*
Catch 5 Pokémon with weather boost
Encounter with Vulpix* Seadot* Hippopotas* Snorunt*
Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon
Encounter with Dratini* Bagon*
Use 5 berries when catching Pokémon
Encounter with Tangela*
All Field Research for Throwing
Research
Reward
Land 5 curveball throws in a row
Encounter with Kastadur*
Land 5 good throws
Encounter with Dummisel*
Land 3 excellent throws
Encounter with Snubbull* Lileep* Anorith*
Land 3 excellent throws in a row
Encounter with Onix*
Land 5 excellent curveball throws in a row
Encounter with Pandir* (Fur pattern 4)
Land 3 fantastic throws in a row
Encounter with Kaumalat*
All Field Research for Battling
Research
Reward
Win a raid
Encounter with Panzaeron*
Win a level 3 raid or higher
Encounter with Amonitas* Kabuto*
Win 5 raids
Encounter with Aerodactyl*
Battle in the GO Battle League
Encounter with Meditite*
Defeat 2 Team GO Rocket Grunts
Encounter with Nidorina Nidorino
All Field Research for Friends & Your Buddy
Research
Reward
Collect 5 hearts with your buddy
Encounter with Fleknoil*
Earn 2 candies by walking with your buddy
Encounter with Scoppel*
Earn 3 candies by walking with your buddy
Encounter with Flunschlik
Trade a Pokémon
Encounter with Starmie*
Open 3 gifts
Encounter with Parfi Flauschling
All Field Research about Evolving & Power-Ups
Research
Reward
Evolve a Pokémon
Encounter with Eevee*
Use 3 power-ups on Pokémon
Encounter with Bulbasaur* Charmander* Squirtle*
Use 5 power-ups on Pokémon
Encounter with Chikorita* Cyndaquil* Totodile*
Use 7 power-ups on Pokémon
Encounter with Treecko* Torchic* Mudkip*
All Field Research about Snapshots, Eggs & PokéStops
Research
Reward
Hatch an egg
Encounter with Mantyke
Hatch 2 eggs
Encounter with Tanheal* Masqerain*
Take a snapshot of a wild Pokémon
Encounter with Bellsprout Yanma* Hoothoot* Vileplume* Oddish* Roselia*
Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms
Encounter with Treecko*
Spin 5 PokéStops or Gyms
Encounter with Taillow*
Which monsters are most worth it?
This month, Pandir is particularly worthwhile again. The monster can currently only be found in field research and has different fur patterns. This month you will encounter the fur color 4. With a bit of luck, you may even encounter a shiny.
Additionally, Kaumalat and Dratini are worth it due to their strong evolutions. These belong to the best attackers in Pokémon GO, so a strong specimen should not be missing from your collection.
In addition to the field research tasks, the research breakthrough has also changed as usual in February. If you redeem at least one field research on each of the 7 days, the research breakthrough will be unlocked and bring you another encounter.
In February 2022, you can encounter the Psychic Pokémon Psiau. It can evolve into Psiaugon. This can be visually distinguished as male and female. Of course, it is now finally available as shiny. You can recognize shiny Psiau by its pink body.
Psiau, Psiaugon (male) and Psiaugon (female) normal (top) and as shiny (bottom)
What do you think of the field researches in February? Which ones do you definitely want to secure? Feel free to write your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange views with other trainers about it.
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Matches in League of Legends can vary significantly in duration. Sometimes a match ends after just a few minutes because one team dominates, and sometimes it lasts over an hour. But what has actually been the longest LoL match so far? We will reveal it to you.
What was the longest LoL match? The answer to that is not so easy. Theoretically, any player can start a match on their own and play indefinitely. However, looking at eSports, there is a clear answer.
The longest match there lasted 94 minutes and 40 seconds. The record was set in January 2018 during the first week of the Korean LCK. At that time, the teams T1 with superstar Faker and Jin Air Green Wings faced off. Numerous records were broken during the match, including:
The most minion kills in a match was collected by Jin-seong “Teddy” Park with 1,460 CS. He collected nearly 500 more minions than the previous record held by Zven.
9 Barons were defeated in a match.
A total of 355,000 gold was farmed.
However, there were surprisingly few kills. The match ended with a score of 15:8 kills for Jin Air. A score that one often sees in matches lasting 25 minutes.
You can still watch the record match today on YouTube:
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What records are known? In 2017, the developers responded to the question of what the longest LoL match to date was. They reported on a match in the solo queue that lasted 2:42:28, almost three hours. This took place in Oceania in 2017 (via LoL).
However, this value only applied to the longest match in the last 12 months. It’s quite possible that there was a ranked match in the previous or following years that lasted longer.
What do you think of these times? Did you think that a ranked match could last so long? And what has been your personal record match so far? Feel free to write it in the comments.
The abbreviation OTP is frequently used in LoL, but what does it actually mean? We reveal it to you in this article:
A YouTuber wanted more realism while playing GTA 5. The right vibrations are not provided by a reinforced controller, but by an extreme modification of his desk. The viewers love it.
What is it about? GTA 5 has a huge selection of vehicles such as supercars or motorcycles. However, players like the YouTuber Teenenggr prefer it to be realistic. It’s not enough to feel the vibrations of the vehicles through a cheap controller and to hear the powerful engines. No, it has to be bigger. And better.
He therefore quickly built a completely exaggerated realism amplifier to his desk to truly feel his motorcycle.
Engine as a vibration amplifier? Viewers love it
What the YouTuber shows: At first, he plays Grand Theft Auto V normally at his desk. He rides around with the character Franklin on a motorcycle, does burnouts, and then comes to a stop. Then he enters a fictitious cheat code that says: I want to feel the motorcycle. Suddenly, an engine appears next to his monitor.
Then follow some funny scenes in which the YouTuber demonstrates how he connected the engine and the controls for it.
One controller is apparently connected to his game and detects how strongly a vehicle accelerates in the game. The controller is then connected to the throttle of the engine and raises the actual engine’s RPM when the vehicle in the game reaches a higher RPM.
It should be noted that the engine on the desk is a real engine, probably from a scooter. When it revs up, the tabletop vibrates intensely.
After a few tests, he rides through Los Santos on the bike and has to hold his keyboard down tightly so that it doesn’t vibrate away from under his hand.
In a race, this works very well. But apparently, the YouTuber is unhappy with the sound and vibrations and then quickly removes the exhaust. The engine now roars properly and pushes the table from its spot when he accelerates for a longer time.
We embed the video of the action here. On his channel, you can find more wild experiments like a recoil simulator for his mouse when he plays shooters.
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What do the viewers say? On the YouTube channel of Teenenggr, the video is received very well. Generally, people are happy that the engineer has taken on a new project. But the small details also receive praise.
One user writes, “With the rubber chicken as a starter, you got me.” Additionally, the moment when the Shin-Chan figure loses its head is also well received.
Others joke that Samsung should pay the YouTuber for the stress test of the monitor.
How do you like the project? Do you enjoy watching such crazy ideas that allow you to experience your video games in a completely different way, or are you more interested in modifications that you can really implement at home?
Let us know your opinion on the video here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other players about it.
New World has released the new patch 1.3.1 today. This fixes several bugs related to the major monthly update. Included is a fix for the bag of juniper berries, which some players had exploited.
What are the highlights of the update? The new update is very small and only addresses bug fixes that were introduced with the monthly patch 1.3. The biggest change concerns the bag of juniper berries. It is currently dropped 3 times a day by random mobs and brought between 50 and 150 Talers before the patch.
However, some players seem to have exploited the system by repeatedly creating new characters and temporarily storing the gold. Therefore, Amazon is introducing a fix that now provides Talers based on the level:
Level 1-9 – 1-5 Talers
Level 10-19 – 5-15 Talers
Level 20-29 – 10-30 Talers
Level 30-39 – 20-50 Talers
Level 40-49 – 30-75 Talers
Level 50-59 – 40-150 Talers
Level 60 – 50-200 Talers
Further bug fixes have been made regarding housing, dropping items, and various weapons.
When will the patch be applied? The update was released today, February 3rd, at 8:00 AM German time. The maintenance is expected to last two hours, until 10:00 AM.
Fixed a bug where quickly dropping and picking up items could cause them to disappear from the bag and inventory.
Fixed a bug where the collision geometry at region edges could disappear.
To prevent an exploit regarding the limited-time bags of juniper berries and to introduce a level of progression and potential extra Talers for players in the endgame, we have adjusted the Talers rewards as follows:
Level 1-9 – 1-5 Talers
Level 10-19 – 5-15 Talers
Level 20-29 – 10-30 Talers
Level 30-39 – 20-50 Talers
Level 40-49 – 30-75 Talers
Level 50-59 – 40-150 Talers
Level 60 – 50-200 Talers
The way data is stored in the housing system has been revised. This is to prevent players from losing their homes or items within them.
Fixed a bug where players, after leaving the game and logging back in, could not fast travel home or respawn at home.
Known issues: The weekly mutators schedule may not cycle properly. We have added additional code to address this issue.
Speculative bug fix:
Fixed a bug where the UI would briefly select the wrong item after scrolling. Now, the item selected is always the one under the cursor at the time of the click. We suspect this caused players to accidentally break down the wrong item.
Combat Updates
Void Gauntlet
Fixed a bug where “Healing Dodge” reset the shortest active cooldown.
Rapier
Fixed a bug where sheathing the rapier after triggering dodge gave players a permanent bonus to movement speed.
Ice Gauntlet
Fixed a bug where “Mighty Storm” of the Ice Gauntlet increased damage for all player types, not just Ice Storm.
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We are giving away three fan packages with rare merchandise for GTA 5. Included are T-shirts, stickers, and Franklin’s loyal companion, the Rottweiler Chop. Join in and give the cute plush toys a new home.
Why is there “now” Chop the Dog? Recently, Rockstar Games released the “The Contract” update for GTA Online. In it, you meet Franklin and Lamar again, whom you know from the story of GTA Online.
Chop is Lamar’s Rottweiler, Franklin’s buddy. In the single-player story, you are responsible for the dog for a certain time, can play with him and throw the ball. Now Franklin has returned with The Contract to the players in GTA Online, and to the surprise of many fans, he also brought Chop along.
Meanwhile, the plush figures of Chop, which were available for purchase a few years ago, are collector’s items. And right now, with the quick Rottweiler taking on a new role, it is a good opportunity to get yourself some plush toys.
This is what you can win: In collaboration with Rockstar Games, we are giving away a total of 3 fan packages with GTA 5 merchandise containing the following items:
“Chop The Dog” plush toy
“Love Fist” T-shirt (size L)
“Pogo Space Monkey” keychain
GTA-5 sticker set
These are the items you can win
This is how you can participate: To register for participation, you first need a MeinMMO account. Log in with it, refresh the page, and you will see the participation form for the raffle further down.
Update: The giveaway has ended.
The winners will be contacted by us via email at the address used for registration. For the delivery of the prizes, we will forward the full name and address of the winners to Rockstar Games. The data will only be used for shipping purposes and will be deleted afterwards.
The giveaway ends on February 6.
Good luck!
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The streamer Preach talks about the changes to World of Warcraft. He believes that some of it can be attributed to FFXIV.
Many things are currently changing in World of Warcraft. Especially the news that Horde and Alliance will soon embark on adventures together has drawn many streamers and content creators to express their opinions. Preach is no exception. He believes that this might partly be the “fault” of Final Fantasy XIV.
Who is speaking? Preach, sometimes also known as “Preach Gaming”, is a fairly prominent streamer who has accompanied World of Warcraft for many years and has conducted interviews with the developers. He has always advocated for the community’s wishes and asked critical questions. However, in recent months, with the emergence of the sexism scandal, Preach has turned away from World of Warcraft and now treats the game as a secondary matter. However, he continues to cover major announcements.
What does Preach say? Preach is among the numerous streamers and players who have turned away from World of Warcraft in recent years and have given the competitor Final Fantasy XIV a chance. Like many others, he has found a new home in the MMORPG from Square Enix. After all, there has been quite a large exodus of players who, disappointed with WoW, have looked for other MMORPGs.
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Preach discussed the announcement of Cross-Faction play and said the following:
Perhaps the flow of [players] towards Final Fantasy is the best thing that could happen to World of Warcraft. Maybe it’s the best thing that could ever happen. That’s great. I think that’s awesome.
Preach refers to what he has said multiple times in his streams. He believes that Final Fantasy has contributed in some way to the changes currently happening in World of Warcraft. The mere fact that WoW players had a comparable alternative and could thus “let go” of WoW is, in his opinion, causing the developers to rethink their strategies. Considering that Final Fantasy XIV was originally influenced by World of Warcraft, it’s nice to see how the games would now grow together.
Later, he adds:
I hope this opens the door for some really big, cool raids, perhaps with multi-guilds, raids for 40 characters. That would be cool because you would have access to all [players]. If something really big in the story involves the factions, that would be outstanding.
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Will this have story implications? Although Preach hopes that the introduction of this cross-play feature will have an impact on the story, it seems that this is not the case for now. Blizzard has already announced that this feature will likely not be justified or necessary within the story. After all, there is currently a truce between the Horde and Alliance, although some parties within the factions (survivors of the Night Elves or Genn Greymane) do not think much of this.
One should not expect large “story raids” that require the presence of both factions, as this would also contradict the goal of optionality.
Do you agree with Preach that perhaps Final Fantasy played an important role in the changes occurring in WoW? Or do you see no connection?
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On February 4, Dying Light 2 will be released. MeinMMO author Tarek Zehrer was able to test an early version of the survival game – the cut version. How much the cut affects the game and how he liked the zombie slasher otherwise can be found out here.
Genre: Survival Action RPG | Developer: Techland | Platform: PC via Epic Games Store and Steam, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5 and PS4 | Release: February 4, 2022
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What is Dying Light 2? It is a survival game with an open world and action focus. Players take on the role of Aiden, a survivor of the zombie apocalypse that broke out over 20 years ago in the world of Dying Light.
While Dying Light 1 sends players to Harran, a city reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro, the sequel brings us to “The City”. Our goal: The search for Aiden’s sister.
In this search, we find ourselves caught between several factions, have to do favors for information, find allies, and above all: loot and take out zombies/bandits. In the vast open world, we move primarily through a parkour system. However, there is also a glider that you unlock during the game.
You collect equipment, improve your abilities in combat and parkour. Additionally, you make decisions that affect the game world.
But how does Dying Light play? Is the story any good? How much does the cut version affect the game? In my preview, I want to answer these questions for you.
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Everything you need to know about the new survival game Dying Light 2 – with gameplay
Cut vs. Uncut – How it Plays and What the Story is Like
What was playable? I had access to a complete early PC version of Dying Light 2. In the game itself, there were theoretically no limits, I could do whatever I wanted.
Since it is a beta, one can only make limited statements about the technical state of the game. I played the Steam version. However, I found hardly any shortcomings and only encountered one bug, which is supposed to be fixed by release.
Unfortunately, the servers were not online yet to test the co-op mode. I have only played solo so far. In doing so, I played for nearly 40 hours and tried nearly all the content that had been unlocked by then.
First, I want to address a big topic for the community: the differences between the cut and uncut versions. I was able to try both, but spent most of my time in the cut version.
Cut Primarily Affects Human NPCs
What gets censored in our version? The cut version of Dying Light 2 differs from the standard version in two aspects:
Human enemies cannot be decapitated or dismembered
Neutral NPCs cannot be killed
Is that noticeable while playing? The short answer: it depends. If you are one of those who likes to push the limits in this type of game, the cuts might be bothersome.
I personally am not someone who runs around in open-world games slaughtering neutral NPCs. That humans cannot be decapitated is also not a problem for me personally.
However, I have noticed, and this has been confirmed by other testers: It seems that other gore effects, such as blood, are also reduced in the cut version. This is also not a huge difference, but something that does bother me retrospectively.
However, if you hadn’t told me it was the cut version: I probably wouldn’t have noticed. Whether cut or uncut: Dying Light 2 is brutal and has moments that feel like a horror game.
This depends largely on the time of day in the game, as the horror begins at night.
At Night, Dying Light 2 Sometimes Feels Like Real Horror
Why is the night so dangerous: Unlike many other open-world games, the day-night cycle in Dying Light 2 has a crucial impact. The differences are huge. In Dying Light 2, zombies are primarily nocturnal. While this was only true for some specific types in the first part, now most zombies follow a daily rhythm.
During the day, most zombies “sleep” in houses, while the streets are swarming with them at night. Then, more dangerous variants also come to light. As a player, it is advisable to keep on the rooftops at night and avoid being on the streets as much as possible.
If you are spotted by so-called screamers, they make a hell of a noise and summon the entire zombie neighborhood onto you. If that happens, a so-called “hunt” begins. All zombies in the vicinity hunt you down if they can see you.
The longer it takes to shake them off, the higher the hunt level rises. There are a total of four levels, with each comes more and more dangerous zombies. Usually, there is only one way to protect yourself from them: safe houses.
In the game world, there are small and large refuges for humans equipped with UV lamps. These UV lamps are dangerous to zombies, which is why they cannot enter these illuminated areas. Thus, you must keep an eye out for the next place illuminated by UV lamps during a hunt.
Additionally, you are also infected. If you spend too much time in the darkness, your immunity runs out and you turn into a zombie, which means game over. You have only a limited amount of time before you need to return to the light. The time pressure creates additional stress and can even lead to slight panic, especially if you’ve focused too much on looting and have no time left to get to the light.
Relatively harmless during the day, but should avoid zombies at night.
Why should one be out at night? Well. When zombies leave their homes at night, they are not full of zombies anymore. Valuable loot awaits to be found there. There are several quests and side activities that can only be completed at night.
But just because most zombies are on the streets, doesn’t mean there won’t be any problems indoors. Some homebodies can usually still be found.
All these factors make the night in Dying Light 2 feel threatening, and being chased by a horde of zombies is quite a kick, especially at the beginning when you are still poorly equipped.
But how does Dying Light 2 play?
Dying Light 2 Mixes Survival Horror with Action Gameplay and RPG Elements
How does Dying Light 2 play? First of all, I must say that I did not play Dying Light 1 back then. The game is on the index in Germany and I was too lazy to order it from abroad.
Now, after playing a good chunk of Dying Light 2, I have to say: That was a mistake. Because Dying Light 2 mixes elements that I really enjoy.
The combat system is easy to control but gains more depth through additional skills. I played with a controller, which I prefer for story-focused action games.
Parkour feels incredibly fluid with some practice. It’s a lot of fun to move through the game world and look as cool as possible while doing so. It reminded me a lot of Mirror’s Edge (or Assassin’s Creed when it still focused on parkour).
These two systems are influenced by the skill system, with which you unlock more climbing and combat abilities.
You gain experience by fighting and climbing. Both values receive continuous experience points for their respective activities.
Through crafting, you can create useful items like medicine and various boosters that help you. You can also make various mods for your weapons.
All systems are meaningfully interconnected. Your gameplay automatically ensures that you improve your character and unlock more skills. Thus, you become stronger, which in turn allows you to find better equipment.
Every loot in the game world, from rice to alcohol, has a use, either as crafting material or for sale. All of this does not feel overwhelming, but is learned quickly.
In close combat, you have one-handed and two-handed weapons at your disposal. There are also bows and items like grenades, Molotov cocktails, C4 explosives, UV light sticks, throwing knives, and various baits. With the right blueprints, these can also be crafted.
With these tools, you can either charge straight into battle or take a tactical approach and distract zombie hordes. Be cautious when using grenades and such, as the noise attracts zombies to your position.
The inventory of DL2.
Here you see the various crafting items and materials.
Here you see the two skill trees.
However, many of these points can also be criticized in Dying Light 2. The equipment system is not particularly deep, and you cannot build real builds. Some potential has been left untapped here.
Dying Light 2 Tells Interesting Stories and Has Tough Decisions
What role does the story play? The focus on the narrative is surprisingly strong for a zombie game. At the start, I was immediately thrown into conflicts between the factions. I had to make moral decisions right away and consider who I wanted to ally with and who could be trusted.
The plot may not win an Oscar and the presentation usually happens plainly through dialogues. However, I had no major expectations for the story and was pleasantly surprised.
There were some interesting characters and twists that kept it exciting. Aiden’s goals often conflict with the goals of other characters, or they help each other out because both sides benefit.
It can indeed happen that you must make decisions for or against a faction. However, I haven’t been able to officially join any so far. Aiden is regarded by the inhabitants as an outsider who must first earn trust. This allows us to navigate and find ourselves with Aiden in this unfamiliar city.
It is hard to estimate how far along I am after around 45 hours. According to other tests, I should be in the last third of the main story. It is said to take around 80 hours to complete everything.
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New cinematic trailer shows how hard it is to remain human in Dying Light 2
What about side missions? There are several, and some of them offer really interesting stories. While some missions are multi-stage quests, others are simply short dialogues in which you learn more about the people.
Techland has made an effort to make the game world and its inhabitants feel believable. However, there are also plenty of simple collect quests that have never bored me because it is simply too much fun to dash through the game world via parkour.
This is how the open world is structured: While the game world is open, you cannot just jump from one part of the city to another. You can only leave the first area called Old Villedor by progressing in the main story.
Old Villedor is located away from the center. Here the buildings are mostly a maximum of 2-3 stories high and it seems to be primarily residential areas. Later, I managed to reach the Central Loop. This is the city center. Here there are many skyscrapers and some wooded areas.
Due to the varying heights of the buildings, street widths, and many other factors, the gameplay changes depending on the district. While you can seamlessly run over rooftops in Old Villedor, it is more challenging to stay on the rooftops in the center.
However, you quickly receive a glider that allows you to overcome these hurdles. In the game world, you can find ventilation shafts that provide uplift and can elevate you into the air.
The game world is designed quite varied except for some repetitive assets and interiors. There is almost always something to find and see. Nice details like graffiti scattered throughout the city also add to this, reminding me of games like The Division.
Some parts of the city occasionally resemble each other strongly, and interiors sometimes seem copied. More effort was needed here because some parts of the game world feel very…generic.
Technically Mostly Clean, Only One (Almost) “Gamebreaking” Bug
What about the tech? My Steam version runs mostly without problems. However, it seems that in the early version, some graphic features like upscaling or ray tracing do not work smoothly yet.
While upscaling provides a decent performance boost, it has visibly degraded the visuals in some areas, while ray tracing consumes considerable performance without making a significant difference.
Now and then there were framerate drops, but apart from that, I had no major issues. Until a bug appeared that blocked my progress.
What kind of bug is that? It pertains to the travel from Old Villedor to the Central Loop. At one point, I fast traveled back from the Loop to Old Villedor. Then I realized: I couldn’t get back into the Central Loop to continue the story.
There was no fast travel point, and the original path was only open on a story mission that was no longer accessible. Therefore, my game progress was blocked.
Fortunately, I found a trick with the glider to get back. Before that, however, I had reluctantly completed nearly everything there was to do in Old Villedor. Annoying, but this bug should not be in the game at release. The developers have explained to me that many bugs will be fixed at release – including this one.
Some players might be bothered by the graphics, which appear somewhat outdated. Personally, it did not bother me at all; I find the quality sufficient.
My Conclusion So Far: So far, I am really positively surprised by Dying Light 2. The story keeps me well entertained, the combat and parkour systems are a lot of fun, and the RPG elements are integrated thoughtfully. I am also usually not the biggest fan of survival elements, but here I enjoy them.
The plot is not on the level of anything like The Last of Us, but compared to many other open-world games, it’s clear that effort has been put in.
Especially impressive is how progress is designed in the game. Everything I do moves me forward in some way and makes my character stronger. The more skills I unlock, the more options I have in combat, and the more depth the parkour and combat systems gain.
If the story doesn’t suddenly decline at any point, it is at least solid and entertaining, fitting the otherwise praiseworthy gameplay.
I can recommend Dying Light to anyone who enjoys fast-paced action, loves collecting loot, likes parkour systems in games, and enjoys bashing zombies. Plus, there’s an entertaining story and plenty of content. I am already looking forward to testing the co-op mode.
Tarek Zehrer
Freelance author at MeinMMO
By the way: The preload for Dying Light is already running. You can already download it to start on time.
What Happens After Release? According to developer Techland, Dying Light 2 will be provided with new content for over 5 years. This will include both free and paid DLCs.
Riot Games has introduced a new champion in League of Legends, the 159th in LoL. The dark support Renata Glasc revolves around money and manipulation. Some fans are already praising it: This is the best champion concept League of Legends has ever had.
What is the idea behind the new champion?
Riot Games said about the new champs for 2022 that they looked at the roster of enchanters in LoL: These are supporters who assist and buff their partners in the bot lane. The existing enchanters are all colorful and cheerful beings – they wanted to contrast that with something “dark and gloomy”: A supporter who secretly despises their ADC for taking all the glory.
Out came Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness. The parents of the entrepreneur were selfless alchemists and philanthropists, which always rubbed young Renata the wrong way, as she sought power and wealth. Her parents were ultimately killed by business rivals; Renata lost an arm in the attack, and since then, nothing has been worse for her than weakness and poverty. She is described as a greedy and cunning entrepreneur who devises long-term plans to achieve her goals, radiating a confident arrogance along the lines of “Get out of the way, low-income earners”.
Fans love that they can see muscles and wrinkles on Renata Glasc
What do people like about the new champion? Actually, Renata Glasc’s abilities are being discussed quite controversially. Especially her “W” ability is viewed critically, as it involves a revival and many have a problem with that in LoL.
But almost everyone highly praises the champion concept behind Renata Glasc:
The champion is seen as a desperately needed change. As LoL is teeming with slim, young women – Renata Glasc, on the other hand, is older, broad-shouldered, and muscular. Fans love that her wrinkles and muscles are visible. One user claims this is the best champion concept that Riot Games has brought to LoL.
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She is seen as a “dominant female figure” and is nicknamed “Mom”.
There is already fantasizing about a “girl power” bot lane with Renata Glasc and Samira.
The fantasy of manipulating opponents and pitting them against each other seems to be well received. Strangely, many even seem to like the idea of being manipulated by Renata Glasc, taking out their own teammates.
The anticipation for the new champion is expressed on Reddit in a post titled “Step on me, please”.
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Renata Glasc’s voiceover also receives much praise; her voice lines reveal her complex past, her relationship with the death of her parents, and her thoroughly capitalist and manipulative nature.
There are some very cynical and malicious gems, especially when listening to her interactions with other characters from her city Zhaun. For example, she tells Viktor that he seems to have forgotten which money made him what he is.
In the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, there was a rogue who also sparked such “step on me” reactions, even from the game’s mastermind, Naoki Yoshida:
The zombie sequel “Dying Light 2” celebrates its release on February 4, 2022. There are already first reviews and ratings on Metacritic. We summarize the first impressions of Dying Light 2 here for you.
This is what the ratings say on Metacritic: Currently, Dying Light 2 receives slightly different scores depending on the platform.
On PC, it currently stands at 79 out of 100 points, based on 23 critic reviews
On Xbox Series X, it also has 79 points, with 26 critic reviews
On PS5, it is currently at 77 points, based on 45 critic reviews
For PS4 and Xbox One, no Metascores are available yet.
Overall, the sequel has a slightly higher score compared to its predecessor “Dying Light”. The original had a Metascore of 75 on PC, and 74 on PS4 and Xbox One.
These are the scores for Dying Light 2: Even before the release, some critics and media were able to test the game. Their ratings will now be included in the Metascore.
In the following overview, you will find 15 ratings of the game organized by platform. The highest and lowest ratings are always included.
Dying Light 2 (PC) on Metacritic – The Points
Gamegrin – 95
CG Magazine – 90
IGN France – 90
MGG Spain – 87
CD-Action – 85
PC Gamer – 84
MGG – 80
God is a Geek – 80
Dexerto – 75
GameWatcher – 75
PC Invasion – 70
GamesRadar+ – 70
Shacknews – 70
NME – 60
PCGamesN – 60
Dying Light 2 (PS5) on Metacritic – The Points
Hobby Consoles – 95
Trusted Reviews – 90
Attack of the Fanboy – 90
Dual Shockers – 90
Atomix – 88
Gamepressure – 85
Gaming Trend – 85
VG247 – 80
Daily Star – 80
Wccftech – 80
Destructoid – 75
Inverse – 70
VideoGamer – 70
VGC – 60
Guardian – 40
Dying Light 2 (Xbox Series X) on Metacritic – The Points
Xbox Tavern – 98
Game Informer – 95
GameSpew – 90
Games.CH – 86
LevelUp – 85
Jeuxvideo.com – 85
Windows Central – 80
Eurogamer Italy – 80
Gfinity – 70
MMORPG.com – 70
IGN – 70
Screen Rant – 70
EGM – 60
Game Rant – 50
Pure Xbox – 50
What do the critics say in the reviews?
Here we summarize some of the reviews on Metacritic for you.
Overall, Dying Light 2 seems to score in areas where its predecessor already received praise. This particularly applies to the fluid gameplay. The parkour elements are highlighted, which allow for quick and creative exploration of the post-apocalyptic open world. The combat elements, especially focused on melee combat, are also described positively.
However, criticism is directed at the story, which did not captivate some, as well as a lack of variety and innovation. Additionally, several testers reported encountering bugs that disturbed the gaming experience.
Praise for the open world and movement, criticism for bugs – IGN
Travis Northup wrote the review for IGN, giving it a 7 out of 10 and initially highlighting the exciting, well-designed open world that invites exploration. This is particularly enjoyable, just like the thrilling battles.
The clear highlight of Dying Light 2 is its liberating and smooth parkour system.
Travis Northup – IGN
You essentially play “the floor is lava”, as enemies constantly inhabit the ground below, away from the rooftops, which must be avoided. Various parkour skills unlocked during the game provide fun.
However, Northup expresses clear criticism of bugs that would hinder the gaming experience:
If your tolerance for bugs is low, I do not recommend jumping into Dying Light 2 on the first day. Or day 10. Maybe day 30? I managed to play it to the end, but only just. […] Techland is aware of all these issues and is reportedly working hard on patches to fix them, but if the story is any indication, it will take more than a few real day-night cycles to resolve these many problems.
“Great gameplay, surprisingly strong story, but open-world monotony” – GameStar
The colleagues at GameStar emphasize in the review that the story can be seen more as a plus point. The main storyline is well done, and the side quests are particularly exciting, featuring fantastically written characters. Moreover, the parkour gameplay is praised. You can find the GameStar review here (via GameStar).
However, criticism is directed at the fact that the decisions in Dying Light 2 do not have the significance one might hope for. Additionally, the open world is not quite as diverse as it initially seems:
In the first section of Dying Light 2, I did not notice this so clearly. But as the game world opens up further, one thing becomes particularly clear: The open world has a significant problem with variety.
Rémy Bournizel – Gamestar
Here you can also see Dying Light 2 in the video review by GameStar:
“It could have been so incredibly good” – GamePro
In the GamePro review, it sounds similar that especially the first 10 hours in Dying Light 2 would do everything right. However, the story would weaken as the game progresses, particularly towards the end. Especially the protagonist remains bland. Parkour and combat system are praised here as well, but monotony is criticized.
Worldbuilding, characters, decisions, impactful fights, and the parkour system initially convinced me. However, as the playtime lengthened, the framework began to crumble. Very little is made of the characters and the world. Fights lack variety to keep players engaged throughout the long playtime, and parkour became quite exhausting for me (as I assigned all areas to the Peacekeepers).
Stephan Zielke – GamePro
Familiarities in Bigger and Better – DualShockers
The review by Kyle Knight for DualShockers turns out very positively with a score of 90. Especially the combat system is convincing, as it has significantly improved compared to its predecessor. Fans of the first part would feel right at home in the new game.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human is a sequel of epic proportions. Everything that fans loved about the original title is still present, but now with a larger story, new features, and a massive open world full of areas to explore and loot.
Kyle Knight, Dual Shockers
“Not able to capitalize on the strengths of its excellent parkour and combat mechanics” – PCGamesN
One of the more critical reviews (60) comes from Dustin Bailey for PCGamesN, who highlights gameplay elements positively but feels there was overall too little to do in the game. He describes spending 30 hours with the game, of which he liked 10, tolerated 10, and had little patience with the last 10.
Bugs, repetitive side content, poor storytelling, and the unfulfilled promise of the choice and consequence system prevent Dying Light 2 from capitalizing on the strengths of its excellent parkour and combat mechanics.
In FIFA 22 the new TOTW 20 is now live and we know which players made the team. You can find everything about the new Team of the Week here.
What is the TOTW? The Team of the Week consists of 23 players each week who have excelled with strong performances on the real football pitches. These players then receive so-called “Inform cards”, where the stats get a boost.
New in FUT 22 is also that there is an additional “Featured” card, which has a stronger boost than the normal TOTW cards.
How to get TOTW cards: With a large portion of luck you can pack Inform cards from packs. Alternatively, the cards are also available on the FUT transfer market, where they can be quite expensive.
How to earn the necessary coins, you can find out from our trading tips.
The TOTW 20 in FIFA 22 – All Inform Players
This is the TOTW 20: Alongside the strong new card of Sadio Mané (91), who can impress especially with pace and dribbling, there unfortunately aren’t many highlights in the new Team of the Week. Only Di Maria (88) gets a decent RF card with good pace and strong dribbling and passing stats.
This week, Toko Ekambi is the featured player. He receives an upgrade from 78 to 84.
TOTW 20 Starting XI:
GK: Ryan (84)
LB: Barisic (81)
RB: Alvaro Tejero (78)
CB: Torres (76)
LB: Adekugbe (76)
RM: Otavio (84)
LM: Jahanbakhsh (79)
CDM: Frei (79)
LF: Mané (91)
RF: Di Maria (88)
ST: Toko Ekambi (84)
TOTW 20 Bench:
GK: Ilic (76)
CDM: Brannagan (75)
ST: Rondon (81)
ST: Dykes (77)
ST: Ruben Castro (77)
ST: Atik (77)
ST: Sissoko (76)
LB: Mishra (67)
CM: Reeves (72)
LM: Mileusnic (72)
ST: Charles (75)
RF: Achahbar (73)
Sadio Mané receives the strongest card
You can tell that the new TOTW reflects that there were no games last weekend in most major leagues. Nevertheless, some players delivered strong performances, and among them is Sadio Mané.
The Senegalese player from FC Liverpool receives his second Inform card in FUT 22. The card offers really strong stats and could be a dangerous weapon on the left wing. The biggest jumps he makes are in the following areas:
Shooting: 84 -> 86
Passing: 82 -> 84
What do you think of the new TOTW? Are you satisfied with the selection? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
If you want to know who could land in the Future Stars event on Friday, take a look here:
Normally, players in FIFA 22 only have a few positions where they are truly useful. However, Joao Cancelo’s TOTY card turns this system upside down.
Which card is it? The Portuguese full-back Joao Cancelo from Manchester City has been chosen as this year’s left back of the Team of the Year.
Since TOTY cards are generally extremely strong cards, it is no surprise that Cancelo has very high stats. This is also reflected in his price: One must currently shell out about 850,000 coins to get the card on the transfer market (via futbin).
Nevertheless, some players have either packed the Portuguese or invested the necessary coins to secure him. And they have noticed that this card is much more than just a damned strong full-back.
Players can do whatever they want with Cancelo
What makes the Cancelo card special: The TOTY card of Cancelo essentially has no weaknesses. The lowest stat is the shooting stat with 85, which is mainly brought down by the finishing detail.
Cancelo can do everything
Otherwise, Cancelo has basically everything that even the strongest icon cards make look outdated. He even boasts a “weak” foot with 5 stars and skill moves with 4 stars, despite being a defensive player.
Players in the FIFA subreddit have also noticed this, having freed Cancelo from his defensive roots to use him in almost any other position. Apparently with success.
Several threads are discussing the card. “TOTY Cancelo is absolutely ridiculous,” says a post by user “joaofelix9”, who describes his experience with the card: “Play him wherever you want, CDM, CAM, ST, on the wing, it doesn’t matter. This guy is damn ridiculous, he intercepts everything like a magnet and moves like Messi with the ball while he glides over the pitch and even has a solid shot. Completely crazy,” said the user (via reddit).
Another user describes how Cancelo helped him to an extremely successful Weekend League as a striker (via reddit).
Also, “Canadian Carlos” has pushed the Portuguese forward to find out: “He is unbelievable in front of goal. I wasn’t even aware that he had 5-star weak foot, but with a finisher, he overshadowed TOTGS Ronaldo and WW Martial” (via reddit).
Moreover, having such a defensively strong player in attack is very helpful. He can immediately regain possession when the ball is lost.
Cancelo indeed seems to be able to do everything. Or, as user Watermelonite writes: “Personally, I prefer him as LB, RB, CAM, CM, CDM, CAM, LM, RM, or ST” (via reddit).
Only as a goalkeeper does it seem that nobody has used him yet.
How to get the card? Unfortunately, it’s not easy. Cancelo is the third cheapest card in the TOTY – only Hakimi for about 700,000 and goalkeeper Donnarumma for 224,000 come behind him – but he is still hard to obtain. Getting over 800,000 coins requires a lot of work in Rivals and Weekend League.
The main problem is that the chance of getting TOTY cards in packs is negligibly small. One should not hope to pack the coveted cards – it takes an insane amount of luck to do so.
Furthermore, the TOTY event ends this week, removing the cards from packs. However, they will be replaced by the Future Stars, which are also likely to be very strong. Who knows – maybe there will be a card that can do basically everything again.
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In League of Legends, the champion Janna received a minor rework two weeks ago. This was supposed to make her a more useful supporter again. However, the change and some adjustments in the meta led to Janna now being played alone on the top lane and dominating it.
How is Janna doing right now? Janna has been increasingly played on the top lane since patch 12.2 and even dominates it.
Currently, Janna is the champion with the highest win rate in the game, at least when looking at ranked games (via u.gg):
From platinum+, she wins on average 55.96% of her matches. In second place is Veigar with a win rate of “only” 54.02%.
As a support, Janna also ranks 5th with a win rate of 53.53%.
In the Challenger tier, the highest rank in the game, even 66.27% of all matches with Janna on the top lane are won.
Janna is so strong that a nerf is already being requested on the reddit of League of Legends. However, since patch 12.3 was released today, February 2nd, without any changes, it could take another two weeks for an adjustment.
Minor rework and new strategy make Janna suddenly super strong
What changes were made to Janna? With patch 12.2, Janna received a minor rework. Her shield on “E”, the range of her “W”, and her base attack damage were buffed. Her movement speed was also slightly increased.
Although there was also a small nerf to her attack range and her bonus damage from movement speed, this does not seem to have negatively affected her performance on the top lane.
What makes Janna so strong? Janna is not played as a classic top laner, but as a roamer. This is due to her high movement speed and the fact that she is useful in every gank with her shield, her knockup, and the slow.
Additionally, she does not need items and therefore no gold to be strong. She is already strong from the beginning and only needs a partner to deal damage.
With the new Janna playstyle, you do not farm, do not push towers, and do not even fight on the top lane. You constantly roam the map and attack enemy champions.
Even Smite is used as a summoner spell, which is otherwise only carried by junglers. The idea behind this is to annoy the enemy jungler with this spell.
This video by YouTuber HappyChimeNoises shows you exactly how Top lane Smite Janna is played:
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Is Janna the only reason? No. Currently, several problems are coming together:
Many top laners, especially tanks like Renekton or Tahm Kench, can no longer decide a match alone. Therefore, it is not so bad that they get farm and towers.
Another reason is the new bounty system from Season 12. If a champion has more minion kills, the bounty on them increases. While Janna roams and kills enemies, the top laner constantly collects minion kills. If they are defeated once and Janna gets the shutdown, the gold difference hardly matters anymore.
Can only Janna do this? Years ago, there was the meme of “River-Shen”, where a Shen constantly roamed the map and killed enemies instead of farming in the top lane. Janna is now doing exactly that, but much better.
Currently, there is no champion that reaches the level of “Top lane Janna”. However, some users on reddit fear that in the future, champions like Karma or Pyke could take on this role if Janna is nerfed.
What do you think about the new meta with Janna in the top lane? Does the playstyle appeal to you or should Riot act quickly against it? Write it in the comments.
With the next patch, Riot Games could change something in the meta. However, that is not yet certain. However, we already know the next champion to be released with patch 12.4:
