Patch 2.4 of Genshin Impact is entering the 2nd banner phase this evening, January 25th, bringing familiar faces back into the game for 3 weeks: Zhongli and Ganyu. But is it worth spending your precious saved Primogems on them? MeinMMO reveals it to you.
Additionally, the Lantern Rite Festival starts today, welcoming you with several events. Through these, you will receive valuable additional Primogems.
The extra Primogems could benefit you if you are interested in Ganyu, Zhongli, or one of the future characters.
Zhongli is a great supporter with the strongest shield
Why is Zhongli worth it? Despite the nearly 50 characters in Genshin Impact, Zhongli is still considered the best support and especially the best shielder in the game.
Based on his own HP, he creates a shield that protects the active character of the team from damage. Zhongli’s shield is the best in Genshin so far due to its duration and strength.
If you already own Zhongli, his constellations can also be worth it. You unlock these as soon as you pull a copy of him. To deal more passive damage, Constellation 1 could already pay off, as it allows you to summon one more pillar with his elemental skill.
The 2nd constellation even grants all characters on the field a protective shield from Zhongli as soon as he uses his special ability. This makes him even more valuable in co-op.
Zhongli’s pillar can also be used to dodge or initiate falling attacks.
Ganyu is one of the best archers
Why is Ganyu worth it? The cryo archer deals high damage at long range. Whether you are a good shooter or not – with her fully charged shot, Ganyu will hit as several icicles will rain down from the targeted spot thereafter.
This ability also works well against multiple enemies at once. With her elemental skill, Ganyu can distract the enemies while continuing to fire arrows at them. Additionally, her special ability deals high area damage.
Ganyu is regarded as one of the strongest archers and certainly won’t disappoint you as a strong main DPS in the team. Her constellations further enhance her damage potential.
If you started playing after January 2021, this is your first chance to get this 5-star character. She is the character who has gone the longest without a rerun. So, it is uncertain when she will next appear in the game.
The 4-star characters in both rerun banners are also quite impressive
Who else is coming? In addition to the two 5-stars, as always, three 4-stars will be included that you can obtain from the banners. They can also be quite worthwhile.
The same 4-star characters apply for Ganyu and Zhongli.
Particularly, the 4-star character Xingqiu is one of the best sub-DPS in the game. With his Rain Swords, he can not only deal damage to enemies over time, but he also heals you when they disappear. Ganyu can continuously freeze enemies with him, preventing their advance or attack.
Beidou and Yanfei are also strong main DPS units, capable of dealing significant damage in certain teams. While Beidou needs a bit of help from other heroes, Yanfei can take down enemies with her strong pyro attacks on her own.
When is it better to save your Primogems? If you already have Ganyu and/or Zhongli and aren’t looking for constellations, it can definitely be worth saving. With Patch 2.5, Genshin Impact has already announced the character Yae Miko as a new playable figure.
Destiny 2 plans to offer more freedom in build compositions with Witch Queen. However, the gameplay already provides many creative opportunities for anyone who likes to experiment. YouTuber Marsix has compiled great exotic combos in a video. We will tell you what they are and why you should try them before Witch Queen.
Over time, it can get boring to always play the currently strongest meta build in Destiny 2. There are so many exotics and combinations with exotics that can drastically change playstyle, are incredibly efficient, and are also fun.
You can bomb your enemies away with the chaining of explosion damage
Make yourself invisible for an eternity and strike from ambush
Be so toxic that you can clear a raid encounter solo
In his current video, YouTuber Marsix presents the coolest and craziest build combos with exotics that you can currently use in the game. His suggestions significantly enhance even poor exotics.
The video is especially interesting for players who have not yet delved deeply into exotic builds and the possibilities in Destiny 2. It can serve as good inspiration on how to combine exotics, meaning two yellow items, effectively.
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The video shows the exotic combos in the game and explains the details
The exotic combinations for all three classes
We will introduce the builds for all three classes in more detail here and tell you which exotic armor pieces and weapons you need to combine.
Warlocks master the void and are masters of space magic
The exotic combos for the Warlock
“Necrotic Grip” + Exotic Hand Cannon “Dorn”
This build has long been a must-have for Warlocks. Combining the exotic “Necrotic Grip” and the exotic hand cannon “Dorn” makes you an effective mass killer and especially highly contagious. The spreading corruption is extremely toxic against smaller enemies.
“Fugitive” + Exotic Pulse Rifle “No Time to Explain”
With this exotic combination, you turn your Warlock into a walking turret. Thanks to “Fugitive,” you can turn your grenade into a small turret (arc soul) that supports you in battle.
If you also trigger the perk “Rewind” of the exotic weapon “No Time to Explain” 10 times, a small time portal opens up additionally. This gives you basically two effective turrets at the same time. Precision hits extend the duration of this time portal.
Titans love to hit hard and are the kings of the big shoulder pads
The exotic combos for the Titan
“Rift Plough” + Exotic Bow “Ticcus’s Prophecy”
An explosion is good, multiple explosions are better. With this combination, you can really make things blow up. A shot with the bow from the hip followed by a melee attack triggers two explosions simultaneously. At least in normal to medium challenges, this brings you massive area damage that blows things away.
“Actium War Rig” + Exotic Auto Rifle “Workhorse”
The Workhorse is named that for a reason. With it, you can hold down the trigger until the magazine is empty. Then you usually have to reload. But if you combine it with the exotic “Actium War Rig,” which constantly reloads part of the magazine from reserves, you can seemingly hold down the trigger indefinitely.
Hunters are masters of invisibility and act from the shadows
The exotic combos for the Hunter
“Oathkeeper” + Exotic Bow “Le Monarque”
The exotic void bow “Le Monarque” has long been considered one of the best bows in Destiny 2. It has proven very effective against the crazy overload champions in Season 15, provided you can always trigger its poison damage. If you can’t always manage that, you should definitely play it with the hunter exotic “Oathkeeper”.
Actually, the exotic is supposed to simply extend the duration for which you can hold a bow drawn. But with “Le Monarque,” it ensures that the poison arrow perk is always active. If you combine that with the mod “High-Energy Fire,” you can kill a Guardian in the Crucible with a single shot.
“Graviton Lance” + Exotic Hand Cannon “Rat King”
Do you want to run through all enemies without taking damage? Then just make yourself almost permanently invisible. Thanks to the exotic “Graviton Lance,” the duration of the invisibility effect can be doubled to about 12 seconds. At the same time, the exotic grants faster melee regeneration.
You get even more invisibility when you play the exotic hand cannon “Rat King” and crank your strength up to 100. Reload immediately after a kill, and you have time to wait for your melee charge to regenerate, allowing you to remain almost permanently invisible.
Before you try one of these builds in Destiny 2, we want to recommend our latest podcast to you. There, shooter fans can learn which releases to expect in early 2022. After a 2-click authentication, you can already listen to this:
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Why you should try the exotic builds before Witch Queen: Currently, we already know some details, but no one knows exactly what might change with Witch Queen regarding abilities and exotics.
Therefore, our recommendation is to simply try the combinations now, before Witch Queen is released on February 22, 2022. Perhaps you will even find the perfect build that you can use to start the new campaign, as long as nothing changes.
These topics are currently also interesting in Destiny 2:
Do you know all the exotic build combos, or was there something you didn’t know? Do you perhaps use other exotic builds that you absolutely want to recommend to other players? Or are you among the players who choose a fixed build at the beginning of a season and design their Guardian accordingly? Let us know in the comments.
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Justice Online is an MMORPG for PC that was launched in China in 2018. It impresses mainly with its strong graphics and action-packed combat. In 2022, the game is expected to be brought to the West by the developer NetEase.
What kind of game is this? Justice Online is the flagship MMORPG from NetEase, known mainly for Revelation Online and the development of Diablo Immortal. The world is based on a Wuxia novel and offers exciting “Martial Arts” battles.
Justice Online is mainly characterized by the following contents:
An extremely detailed character editor without gender lock
At least 8 different classes – 7 at launch and recently the class Hong Yin (via YouTube)
An action-packed combat system without fixed targets
A very deep story with many choices and cutscenes
Cool movement styles with air jumps and running on water
A detailed housing system with personal fields and animal breeding
Dungeons and raids in PvE
PvP in various arenas, possibly also in the open world
In basic features, Justice Online is reminiscent of Swords of Legends Online, which was released here in 2021. However, it focuses on a more dynamic combat system, a completely open game world, and more diverse biomes such as deserts or rocky islets with lava.
You can get a glimpse of the gameplay in this video by TheLazyPeon from 2019:
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When is the game coming to us? According to the website MMORPG.com, NetEase is planning the release of Justice Online for the fourth quarter of 2022 (i.e., October to December). A western and international release of the MMORPG is planned.
However, it is unclear how much of the current content will already be included in the western version. While the release for the international market is planned, there will be further updates for Justice Online in China.
How does the game finance itself? In China, it operates similarly to Swords of Legends, with an initially free version, for which you will later need to purchase playtime in hours.
How the payment model will look in the West is currently unknown.
Is the game Pay2Win? This accusation exists because you can directly purchase equipment items with real money. They are not stronger than the items you can obtain in the game itself, but they are a direct shortcut to the endgame.
However, it is not known whether this will also be the case in the western version.
Can you play Justice Online from Germany? Sort of. For a while, you could create an account for Justice Online with a phone number from the West and use the free time. However, NetEase now only accepts phone numbers from China.
If you can organize such a number through contacts, you can already try out the MMORPG. However, there is no English patch for the game.
What do you think of Justice Online? Are you interested or have the latest MMORPGs from Asia rather put you off?
Diablo 2: Resurrected will receive new runewords such as Pattern, Wisdom, or Mist with Patch 2.4. We will show you how they are assembled and what properties each new runeword has.
What is it about? The major Patch 2.4 is highly anticipated by the community surrounding Diablo 2: Resurrected. Among other things, the ladder will finally start, where you can compete with special ladder characters on the leaderboards. Additionally, there will be numerous buffs for the various classes and builds.
One of the highlights is the seven new runewords. In this overview, we show you everything we know about the new runewords.
20 % chance to cast level 12 Decrepify on hit 25 % chance to cast level 15 Poison Nova on strike Level 13-17 Cleansing Aura while equipped (varies) +1-2 to all skills +20 % increased attack speed +220-320 % increased damage (varies) -23 % to enemy poison resistance 0.3 % (0-29.7) Death Strike (based on character level) +25 % chance for open wounds Freezes target +3
23
Tal+Ort+Thul – Pattern
3
Claw
+30 % faster block rate +40-80 % increased damage (varies) 10 % bonus to attack rating Adds 17-62 fire damage Adds 1-50 lightning damage Adds 3-14 cold damage +75 poison damage over 5 seconds +6 to strength +6 to dexterity All resistances +15
63
Fal+Io+Ith+Eld+El+Hel – Unbending Will
6
Sword
18 % chance to cast level 18 Taunt on attack +3 to Barbarian Skills +20-30 % increased attack speed (varies) +300-350 % increased damage (varies) +9 to max damage +50 to attack rating +75 % damage to undead +50 to attack rating against undead 8-10 % life stolen per hit (varies) Prevents monster healing +10 to strength +10 to vitality Damage reduced by 8 +1 to light radius Requirements -20 %
64
Pul+Ith+Eld – Wisdom
3
Helm
+33 % piercing attack +15-25 % bonus to attack rating (varies) 4-8 % mana stolen per hit (varies) +30 % enhanced defense +10 energy 15 % slower stamina drain Cannot be frozen +5 mana per killed enemy 15 % of damage taken goes to mana
69
Zod+Ist+Lem+Lum+Io+Nef – Obsession
6
Staff
Indestructible 24 % chance to cast level 10 Weaken on hit +4 to all skills +65 % faster cast rate +60 % faster hit recovery Knockback +10 to vitality +10 to energy 15-25 % increased max life (varies) 15-30 % mana regenerated (varies) All resistances +60-70 (varies) 75 % more gold from monsters 30 % better chance of getting magic items
55
Nef+Pul+Vex – Flame
3
Helm
Level 4-8 of Fire Aura when equipped (varies) +3 to fire skills -10-15 % to enemy fire resistance (varies) +30 % enhanced defense +30 defense against missiles +50-75 to mana (varies) Halved freeze duration +5 % to max fire resistance Poison duration reduced by 50 %
67
Cham+Shael+Gul+Thul+Ith – Mist
5
Bow & Crossbow
Level 8-12 of Concentration Aura when equipped (varies) +3 to all skills 20 % increased attack speed +100 % piercing attack +325-375 % increased damage (varies) +9 to max damage 20 % bonus to attack rating Adds 3-14 cold damage All resistances +40 Freezes target +3 +24 to vitality All resistances +40
These are the new runes from Patch 2.4 in Diablo 2: Resurrected. As soon as we have further information, we will update the article for you.
Which of the new runewords are you most looking forward to in the new Patch 2.4, and which classes and builds will you use them with? Share your ideas for the use and discuss them in the comments with the community. Perhaps you will find a cool tip for the runewords that you want to try out yourself.
We briefly asked you before the end of the year which Community Day you liked best in 2021 in Pokémon GO. Over 1,600 readers participated. We will show you which C-Days were your absolute losers and which one you crowned as your favorite.
What is it about? In Pokémon GO, a special event takes place every month: the Community Day. A special monster is always in the spotlight, so you can catch it more often on that day. The shiny odds are also slightly higher than on other days.
Of course, there were again 12 different Community Days last year. For this reason, we wanted to know from you in the past weeks, which C-Day you liked best in 2021. You naturally participated actively in our survey, so we do not want to withhold the results from you.
Here are your tops and flops of the Community Days 2021
In our survey from December 28, 2021, you had the opportunity to vote for all Community Days from 2021 to see which one you liked best. The following options were available:
Community Day January with Machollo
Community Day February with Roselia
Community Day March with Dartiri
Community Day April with Serpifeu
Community Day May with Wablu
Community Day June with Kaumalat
Community Day July with Floink
Community Day August with Evoli
Community Day September with Ottaro
Community Day October with Zwirrlicht
Community Day November with Sheinux
Community Day December with all C-Day monsters from 2020 and 2021
A total of 1,609 people participated in our survey as of January 25, 2022, and voted for their favorite Community Day. Below, we have summarized all the tops and flops in the ranking.
Rank 12: Floink
Floink
Result: 0% (6 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? Floink is a Fire-type monster from the 5th generation and is one of the starter Pokémon in the Unova region. It can evolve into Flambirex through Ferkokel. Although Flambirex has solid attack power, there are better alternatives for use in raids.
Moreover, in the PvP league, Floink and its evolutions are rather uninteresting. This was likely the opinion of the participants in our survey, as they relegated Floink to the 12th and last place in our ranking with only 6 votes.
Rank 10: Serpifeu and Zwirrlicht
Serpifeu (left) and Zwirrlicht (right)
Result: 1% (11 votes)
What kind of Pokémon are these? The Grass-type Pokémon Serpifeu, just like Floink, comes from the 5th generation and takes the place of the Grass starter Pokémon there. It can evolve into Serpiroyal through Efoserp. Neither Serpifeu nor Efoserp are particularly strong, and Serpiroyal does not score high in attack either.
However, Serpiroyal is a suitable candidate for the Hyper League. Nonetheless, the votes for a better place were not enough, and Serpifeu only makes it to Rank 10, which it shares with the Ghost-type Pokémon Zwirrlicht.
Zwirrlicht is a monster from the 3rd generation, which can evolve into Zwirrfinst through Zwirrklop. However, the Ghost-type Pokémon are not particularly strong. Zwirrfinst can only score in defense. Its attack and defense stats are rather average. Thus, it is not suitable for use in raids and the GO battle league.
The Pokémon was obviously quite uninteresting during Community Day and, like Serpifeu, failed to convince trainers.
Rank 9: Wablu
Wablu
Result: 1% (13 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? Wablu is a Pokémon from the 3rd generation of the Normal and Flying types. It can evolve into Altaria using 400 Wablu candies. Both monsters have only solid defense and stamina values, making them rather unsuitable for use in raids.
However, Altaria can impress in the PvP battles of the Super League and is considered an excellent candidate there, according to PvPoke. Additionally, Altaria has a temporary Mega Evolution of the Dragon and Fairy type, which can also be useful in one battle or another.
Nevertheless, the Community Day with Wablu in May 2021 did not really impress you, so the monster only secures the 9th place in this ranking with just 13 votes.
Rank 8: Roselia
Roselia
Result: 1% (14 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? The Grass and Poison-type Pokémon Roselia also originates from the 3rd generation. It is the evolution of Knospi and can evolve into Roserade. Roselia is not particularly strong; however, Roserade can score properly in raids.
The monster has a strong attack, and its moves deal significant damage. Thus, it is one of the strongest attackers in Pokémon GO in both the Grass and Poison categories. Additionally, Roserade was able to learn two Event Moves, Kugelsaat and Meteorologe, during an evolution up to 2 hours after Community Day.
Although Roselia has a really strong evolution, it only made it to 8th place in our ranking.
Rank 7: Ottaro
Ottarodar
Result: 1% (17 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? Another starter Pokémon from the Unova region is Ottaro. The Water-type monster can evolve into Admurai through Zwottronin. Similar to Serpifeu and Floink, Ottaro and its evolutions cannot convince with their values.
Admurai has strong stamina, but its attack value is rather solid, and its defense value is only average. There are far better candidates for use in raids and the PvP league.
This was also evident in our survey, as Ottaro received only 17 votes from you, securing just 7th place in our ranking, just ahead of Roselia.
Rank 6: Dartiri
Dartiri
Result: 1% (22 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? Dartiri, a Normal and Flying-type Pokémon, comes from the 6th generation. It can evolve into Fiaro through Dartignis. The little bird isn’t particularly strong, and neither are its evolutions in raids.
However, it is a different story in the Hyper League of the PvP battles. There, Fiaro can score well and is one of the best candidates. The monster can also convince in the Super League.
Despite Fiaro being a really strong Pokémon in the GO battle league, the Community Day with Dartiri did not score well with you. Thus, the little monster only makes it to 6th place in our voting with just 22 votes.
Rank 5: Machollo
Machollo
Result: 5% (82 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? The Fighting-type Pokémon Machollo can evolve into Machomei through Maschok. The monster from the 1st generation may not have the best stats itself, but its final evolution, Machomei, has strong stamina and attack values.
This makes it one of the best fighting attackers in Pokémon GO. Machomei is also an excellent candidate in the GO battle league. For this reason, it is helpful to have one or two strong specimens in your Pokémon storage.
Despite its popularity among many trainers, it received only 82 votes in our survey for the best Community Day 2021, which is only enough for 5th place.
Rank 4: Sheinux
Sheinux
Result: 5% (83 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? The Electric-type Pokémon Sheinux comes from the 4th generation and can evolve into Luxtra through Luxio. In the wild, you cannot encounter Sheinux outside of events, but you can occasionally find it in raids or eggs. Thanks to the Community Day in November, you could hope for a strong specimen and also farm appropriate candies.
Although Sheinux itself is not particularly strong, its final evolution can score especially well in attack with a strong Electric move. This makes it one of the best Electric attackers in the game. However, it is less interesting in the GO battle league.
Furthermore, the Community Day provided you with bonuses such as triple candies when sending Pokémon, 3 free raid passes, and reduced stardust costs for trades. With just one vote more than Machollo, you placed Sheinux in your 4th place for the best C-Days 2021.
Rank 3: Evoli
Evoli
Result: 11% (175 votes)
What kind of Pokémon is that? Evoli is a Normal-type Pokémon. It comes from the 1st generation and has a total of 8 different evolutions. It can evolve into Aquana, Blitza, Flamara, Psiana, Nachtara, Folipurba, Glaziola, and Feelinara.
Unlike most other Community Days, the event with Evoli spanned two days, during which each of its evolutions could learn a special event move.
The stats of Evoli are not particularly strong, but some of its evolutions can score big. Psiana, Folipurba, Glaziola, and Feelinara stand out with high attack values and are among the stronger attackers in Pokémon GO.
Moreover, the evolutions of Evoli are suitable for the GO battle league. Nachtara can particularly impress in the Super and Hyper leagues. Feelinara is an excellent candidate in the Hyper and Master leagues.
That the Community Day with Evoli was worth it for some of you is evident from our survey. With more than double the votes of Sheinux, you placed Evoli at Rank 3 in our voting.
Which possibilities exist to evolve Evoli and which tricks you can use have been summarized in our accompanying guide:
Rank 2: C-Day with all monsters from 2020 and 2021
Result: 13% (204 votes)
What kind of Community Day is that? In December 2021, a very special two-day event took place, as unlike all other C-Days, this one featured a total of 25 Pokémon. All of them were available to be caught during Community Days in 2020 and 2021.
During this event, you could encounter Machollo, Roselia, Dartiri, Serpifeu, Wablu, Kaumalat, Floink, Evoli, Ottaro, Zwirrlicht, and Sheinux in the wild. Furthermore, in eggs and raids on the two days, you could find Glumanda, Hornliu, Abra, Nebulak, Rihorn, Karpador, Porygon, Elekid, Elektek, Magby, Magmar, Samurzel, Plinfa, and Knospi.
This Community Day thus primarily offered the opportunity to secure the monsters from the last two years whose events were missed. Additionally, it provided the chance to secure a strong specimen or gather candies.
For instance, Elektek, Plinfa, Karpador, and Rihorn feature strong evolutions that are among the best attackers in Pokémon GO. Moreover, during this weekend, you could enjoy various bonuses, such as double XP and Stardust, reduced egg hatch distance, or a limited-time research task.
This clearly convinced some trainers, as the Community Day in December received 204 votes from you. Thus, this event secures the 2nd place in our ranking.
What kind of Pokémon is that? The Dragon and Ground-type Pokémon Kaumalat comes from the 4th generation. It can evolve into Knakrack through Knarksel. Although Kaumalat can generally be found in the wild, it is one of the rarer Pokémon in the game.
Furthermore, Knakrack can impress with strong attack and good stamina, making it one of the best attackers in the game. Knakrack can also shine in the Master League.
For this reason, the Community Day in June provided some trainers the opportunity to finally secure a strong specimen and gather candies. Thus, it is not surprising that the Community Day in June with Kaumalat received by far the most votes and thus emerges as your winner from our survey.
For MeinMMO reader erzi222, this day was a very special highlight. As he told us in the comments, he particularly enjoyed that many people were out and about on this Community Day (via MeinMMO). Moreover, from his perspective, it was a great opportunity to get the Dragon Medal to platinum.
What do you think about the results of our Community Day survey? Did you expect Kaumalat to take first place? Or were you hoping for a different Pokémon? Feel free to share your thoughts with us in the comments here on MeinMMO.
With The Smugglers, developer EON46 has announced a new co-op game for Steam. In it, you can either take on the role of smugglers who must steal and transport valuable items or protect them from criminals as law enforcers. MeinMMO introduces you to the game.
What is The Smugglers? The developers refer to the game on Steam as “the essence of co-op”. Players either work as smugglers against the law enforcers or as cops against the criminals.
The goal depends on the faction, involving stealing and smuggling goods, while the opposing team aims to prevent just that.
This is supposed to create a fun kind of cat-and-mouse game, where both sides take turns switching roles. Thus, the looting tour escalates into a battle between criminals and the law. Here you can check out the chaos in the trailer:
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What’s in the game: So far, the developers are holding back detailed information about the content. The Steam page only has a vague description of what the developers have in mind.
At least there is information about the processes in the game:
At the beginning of a round, you choose whether you stand with the smugglers or the law enforcers.
Both groups are then dropped onto a map.
The smugglers must collect as many valuable items as possible on this map.
The cops’ task is to prevent and stop them.
Each round consists of two phases in which players switch roles with the other team.
There are supposed to be different maps featuring different eras, and there are also mentions of over 100 weapons and vehicles. Here are some screenshots:
What kind of developer is that? EON46 is a rather unknown, small development studio. So far, the studio has released mostly unknown titles.
One of them is the turn-based tactics game “Pest Control” which unfortunately has too few reviews on Steam to be rated. Additionally, there are some mobile titles like Zombie Horde Attack or Tap Tap Hero. (via eon64.com) The game is published by G-DEVS.com, which is also relatively unknown.
When is The Smugglers supposed to be released? The release is currently only loosely set for the year 2022. So we do not know exactly when it is coming.
What will it cost? The price is currently unknown as well. Therefore, we do not know if the game is planned as a free-to-play title or will be a paid game.
What do you think of The Smugglers? Do you like such games? Or is this not for you? Do you know similar co-op titles?
Call of Duty: Warzone offers various weapons as well as vehicles. According to a player, they are too strong, as he achieved two dozen kills with an SUV and won a round. However, on reddit, his supposed secret weapon was quickly debunked.
What is the “secret weapon” all about? The Warzone player and reddit user Jamcowl was playing solo in the Warzone and had picked up a big SUV during the game. With this, he leisurely drove around the island map at the endgame, and whenever he saw enemies, he jumped out and took them out.
In the cover of his vehicle, he claims he received no hits while fighting the last 6 opponents and was able to change his position quickly.
In the end, he won the round with 24 kills. This made him suspicious, as 24 kills and a final victory are not exactly the norm?
Therefore, he posted the clip of the last minutes of his round online and claimed in the title, “The SUV is OP in Solos!”
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Secret weapon debunked “It’s not the SUV that’s OP, your enemies aren’t shooting back!”
What was the real reason for the strong win? However, many readers on reddit reacted differently than Jamcowl expected. Instead of agreeing with him, they pointed out that his opponents were definitely not worthy.
“It’s not the SUV that’s OP,” said one user. “Your enemies aren’t shooting back!”
Indeed, the enemies seem not to be very clever, and one opponent shot so poorly that even a Stormtrooper from Star Wars would have been ashamed. Even Jamcowl admits this:
Yes, I have no idea what my Big Game Bounty [one of the opponents had this feature] was doing. I exposed myself massively, but he still missed every shot and just kept shooting into the void. The whole game felt like a very weak bot lobby, but that was shockingly bad even for that.
Then a reddit user said the following wise words: “We all get a lobby like that sometimes. You did what you had to do and cooked them. GG!”
Jamcowl then left it at that and enjoyed his victory against the bot lobby. This is what one calls rounds in Warzone where extremely poor opponents participate, nearly resembling bots. However, there are no real bots in Warzone.
On Twitch, full-time streamers rely on subscriptions and donations from their viewers. Therefore, most streamers show gratitude when they receive money from their fans. However, it was quite different for Twitch streamer Chance “sodapoppin” Morris (27), who was not at all pleased with the kind message in a viewer’s donation.
He donated $5 to the streamer with the message: “I am so happy to see you happy, it has been a really long time. This is for both of you [sodapoppin and Veibae] and the chat.”
Sodapoppin reacted with just three statements and then continued with the game:
“Okay, first of all. Shut your damn mouth.”
“Second: Thank you for your money.”
“Third: Bitch, you don’t know me at all.”
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The chat responded with a flood of laughing emotes and referred to the donation as “cringe,” meaning second-hand embarrassment. They also labeled the donor as a “parasocial viewer,” which is not necessarily a compliment on Twitch.
Parasocial viewers are on the rise in Twitch streams
What is a parasocial viewer? Parasocial refers to those individuals who have a deep interest in another person, but that person does not feel the same way. The viewer may quickly assume that a Twitch streamer is their friend and that the streamer feels the same way as the viewer.
This can lead to an intrusive viewer who pressures the streamer to respond to them at all times, read their messages, or treat them as something special. Additionally, the viewer assumes they know how the streamer feels and thinks in certain situations.
For some time now, there have also been tweets from streamers on Twitter addressing the issue, trying to make it clear that they are really only live for entertainment and not friends to every viewer. Streamer Shurjoka has summarized the problem in a thread.
The clip by sodapoppin was also shared on reddit: It also discusses a parasocial viewer. Not only does the title imply this, but also some of the comments:
Nitramz: “I think it’s the ‘it’s been a really long time’ that was added that makes it a bit parasocial. As if the viewer knows that sodapoppin hasn’t been happy for a long time.”
dulpir3: “The person donated money to a multi-millionaire to express how happy they are that Soda, a content creator who plays a character for entertainment and whom they [the viewer] have never talked or chatted with in their life, is happy. Seems a bit strange and overly clingy.”
PleaseStopUs: “Donating to someone to express that you’re happy that others are happy is kind of weird. Imagine walking up to a stranger and giving them $5 because you see them in Starbucks.”
Others, however, recognize the donation as a nice gesture and see nothing wrong with it. The donor themselves has also spoken up and said regarding the accusations: “I’ve been watching the guy for over 5 years and tried to be nice. I’m sorry if it came off as weird. I just wanted to be nice (…)” (via reddit).
Under their comment, some people try to make it clear to them that they did nothing wrong and should not be ashamed. The streamer is rather the villain of the story, as they do not truly appreciate the money.
In Fortnite has had golden crowns that can be earned since the launch of Chapter 3. However, many do not know what they are for, how to earn them, and especially how to best keep them. We will show you everything you need to know on MeinMMO.
What are crowns? Crowns are new items that were implemented with Update 19.00 and the new Chapter 3 in Fortnite. You can only get them if you are good, and they are placed in your inventory when you prove yourself in a match.
If you have snagged a crown, you can prove yourself again in a match, and you will receive a free emote from Epic that you can flaunt to your friends.
New bonus mechanic for good players
What does the crown do for me? Crowns are used to increase your crown victories for the special emote “Crowning Achievement.” You will earn this immediately after you have snagged your first crown victory. So if you have snagged a crown and win a round with it, the number in your counter will increase.
This is what the crown looks like with few victories
This is what the crown looks like with many victories
The crowns change their appearance the more victories you have
However, that’s not all, if you have a crown in your inventory, every XP interaction gives you double the amount. So if you get 1,000 XP for a kill, you will get 2,000 XP with a crown. Thus, the crowns are also worthwhile if you are not after boasting.
How do I get a crown? You can only get crowns through two ways. Either you kill a player in a match who has a crown. You then pick it up and automatically receive it in your inventory. Or you win with an epic victory and safely receive a crown.
How can I lose them? Every death results in the immediate loss of the crown. So avoid carelessly fighting with your status symbol.
Many players also try to always find a good lobby by leaving the match when the Battle Bus is moving to search for suitable players. So if you are not satisfied with your players, leave the match before the bus takes off, or you will lose them.
How do I best keep them? If you are equipped with the new status symbol, careful play is a must.
Try to match in a match with other premium players. Pay attention to the bar that shows the name and skin icon.
If these players also have a royal symbol, it will be shown there. From experience, players with the rare headgear fight more cautiously and carefully than players without.
Also, make sure to keep your distance from other opponents during a new storm phase. Every time a new storm eye forms, your jewelry will blink, thus revealing your position.
What do you think of the new mechanic and how many crowns do you have? Let us know in the comments what you think!
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We present to you the best center-back talents in the career mode of FIFA 21. These young center-backs have great potential and are worthwhile for your defense.
That’s why center-back talents are worthwhile in FIFA 21: To keep your goal clean in the career, you need a solid defense that stands strong at the back and keeps the ball away from the goal.
And unless you have chosen an absolute top club, top defenders like Van Dijk, Ramos, or David Alaba are quite unrealistic, especially due to the high prices that these clubs demand.
That’s why we show you here center-back talents that have great potential and will become better with time. Your next defense chief could also be an absolute bargain.
But keep in mind that players in FIFA 21 have dynamic potential. The potential values are not fixed. Whether a talent can fully exploit or even exceed its potential also depends on how well you train the player and how they perform on the pitch.
The 10 best center-back talents with the greatest potential in FIFA 21 career mode
These are the 10 best center-back talents in FIFA 21: Here you can see the talents with the greatest potential in the center-back position. These players are also a maximum of 23 years old and can thus improve even more. Some are already superstars and correspondingly expensive.
Matthijs de Ligt is by no means a stranger anymore. The defender from Juventus Turin already has a strong rating of 85 and can reach an extremely strong 92. However, the 20-year-old is not cheap; his market value is a staggering 99 million.
Dayot Upamecano plays for RB Leipzig and starts with a rating of 81. However, his potential is enormous and stands at 90, which means costs of 37 million euros.
Rúben Dias is already 23 years old and has a strong rating of 85. However, it can still increase to 89. However, you need to invest 69.5 million euros.
Edmond Tapsoba can reach a rating of 88; however, he starts with 81. His market value: 48.5 million euros.
The Frenchman Jules Koundé starts with a rating of 82 and can improve to 88. He costs 44.5 million.
Joe Gomez already has a rating of 83, which can improve to 88. His costs: 49.5 million.
Joska Gvardiol has a rating of 73 with potential of 87. His market value: 6.3 million.
Éder Militão is at home in the center-back position but can also be deployed in the right-back position. His rating is 80 and his potential is 87. He costs 29.5 million euros.
Ibrahima Konaté is a talented center-back with a rating of 78. His potential is 87 and his price is 29.5 million euros.
Alessandro Bastoni can achieve a strong rating of 87, but it takes some time, as he starts with a rating of 78. The market value: 29.5 million euros.
Cheap, young center-backs in FIFA 21 career – under 10 million
Here you can find cheap center-back talents: If your club does not have the necessary money to afford an already established center-back talent, take a look at this lineup. These center-backs are relatively cheap and have very high potential:
Joska Gvardiol has a rating of 73 with potential of 87. His market value: 6.3 million.
Leonidas Stergiou costs 2.4 million euros and is not expensive. His rating is 67 and he can improve to 86.
Radu Dragusin starts with a strength of 65 and can improve to an impressive 85. His market value is 1.9 million.
Bright Arrey-Mbi is very cheap at 1.2 million euros and can reach a rating of 85.
Tanguy Nianzou starts with a rating of 71, which can develop towards 85. Cost: 4.1 million euros.
Jurrien Timber can achieve a rating of 85. He costs 7 million euros.
The German talent Armel Bella Kotchap costs 3.3 million and starts with a rating of 69. With some patience, he can reach a strong overall rating of 85.
All young center-back talents U20 with potential 84 or better
The best center-back talents under 20: In this list, we show you all center-back talents under 20 years with their respective market values. They have a potential of at least 84 points.
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If you are looking for the best center-back talents in FIFA 22, you will find them here:
The secretary of the Liyue Qixing, Ganyu, has joined as a new 5-star character in Genshin Impact in mid-January. MeinMMO presents you with the best build you can currently play. We also showcase some alternatives.
This is Ganyu: Ganyu is the secretary of the Liyue Qixing and is a follower of the Geo god Rex Lapis. She has made a contract with him and has served her god for many thousands of years.
The 5-star character fights with a bow and relies on the Cryo (Ice) element. In our Genshin Impact tier list, you will find Ganyu in the SS-tier, making her one of the strongest characters you can play in the action RPG.
How was our guide created? For this guide, we have looked at several important sites about Genshin Impact, such as Game8.co. We also examined various guides on YouTube and tried out the character Ganyu ourselves in the game, collecting and using the sets.
The guide to Ganyu was published on January 14, 2021. On January 25, 2022, we updated the guide to the latest version. For this, we updated two sets and also added characters that are really worthwhile in combination with Ganyu. With update 2.4, you will also have the chance to pull Ganyu from the wish again.
Overview of Ganyu’s abilities
What abilities does Ganyu have? Especially her burst and area damage can be enhanced, and in combination with other elements like Pyro (Fire) or Electro, she has no problem taking out large groups of enemies. But Ganyu also offers you interesting options that make her really strong:
With her charged shot, she can easily take out groups of many small enemies on her own. Here you play Ganyu as a damage dealer.
Her special ability is an Ice Lotus that she places on the field. This bloom explodes after a while, dealing ice damage in the vicinity. The bloom also remains active when Ganyu is no longer on the field.
In the next section, we will take a closer look at the abilities and show you how they work.
What you need to know about Ganyu
Ganyu’s bow works a bit differently than the other archers in the game. While characters like Amber or Fischl deal high elemental damage with a charged shot, Ganyu’s shots work differently. A fully charged Cryo shot from her deals Cryo area damage.
This is Ganyu’s special ability: The combat talent “Tracks of the Qilin” summons an Ice Lotus and provocatively draws the attacks of enemies to it. Thus, it is primarily a support ability and comparable to Amber’s combat talent “Explosive Puppet.” After a time, the Ice Lotus explodes, dealing Cryo area damage to enemies.
Ganyu’s combat talent “Tracks of the Qilin” in action.
This is Ganyu’s ultimate ability: Ganyu’s ultimate is “Raging Descent.” With this, you let icicles fall on the enemies in a specific area, dealing high Cryo damage.
Ganyu’s ultimate ability “Raging Descent” in action
Ganyu’s talents: In general, it makes sense to upgrade the talents and constellations of the characters as much as possible.
In combination with other characters, you should mainly improve “Heavenly Shooting Art” and her special ability “Tracks of the Qilin” as much as possible. If you want to level a talent to level 10, you will need a Crown of Wisdom, which you can obtain through events.
Ganyu’s constellation: In Ganyu’s constellation, the 1st level is important because here, with every heavy hit from the bow, the Cryo resistance of enemies is reduced by 15% for 6 seconds. Additionally, Ganyu generates 2 points of elemental energy with each hit.
For those who want to get the most potential out of Ganyu, the 6th level of the constellation, “Indulgence,” is important. Because after using the Ice Lotus, you do not need to charge your weapon for the next heavy hit. This allows you to attack significantly faster.
In our guide, we present the resources you need if you want to ascend Ganyu.
This is the weapon she fights with: Ganyu fights with a bow. We present you with the currently best weapon for the character, but also an alternative that free-to-play players can easily obtain. The presented weapons are at Refinement Level 1. This means the bonuses of the weapon can still increase if you refine the weapon further.
The best weapon for Ganyu: The best weapon for Ganyu is the legendary weapon “Amos’ Bow.” This weapon increases the damage of your normal and charged attacks by 18%. Additionally, the weapon increases the damage of your arrows the longer they travel to the enemy. The attribute of the weapon is Attack.
The best free-to-play alternative: The best alternative for players who do not want to spend money is “The Stringless.” This weapon increases the damage of elemental abilities and special abilities by 24%. This not only amplifies her heavy attacks but also her Ice Lotus.
“The Stringless” is a good 4-star weapon that free-to-play players can also obtain relatively easily.
Another alternative for free-to-play players: The Prototype Amber enhances attack and also has Attack as an attribute. Uniquely,
the weapon increases your attack by 36% with heavy hits on weak points for 10 seconds.
Additionally, your movement speed increases by 10% for 10 seconds.
The advantage: You can craft the Prototype Amber at the blacksmith Wagner in Mondstadt. For this, you need 50 pieces of white iron and crystal along with an “Unrefined North bow.”
Here, Ganyu’s passive talent “Hidden Bow” is also helpful: If you craft a bow with it, you get 15% of the ore you used back. If you have not crafted the weapon yet, definitely use Ganyu for the crafting.
You can craft the Prototype Amber at the blacksmith
The right artifacts for Ganyu
With Ganyu, you have four options when selecting artifacts:
Focus on Cryo damage
Enhance the burst and area damage of the character and their abilities
Alternatively, focus on an increased rate of critical hits. Critical hits are also the attribute that grows the most upon leveling Ganyu.
In addition, you can rely on a pure damage set.
For every playstyle, there is a set you should use to enhance the corresponding attribute. These sets are:
Wandering Reek: This set focuses entirely on Cryo damage. The set was newly added with update 1.2. You currently only obtain it in the dungeon “Vindagnyr’s Peak.” You must first unlock this with a quest series. But the bonuses are worth it:
2-piece bonus: Increases Cryo damage by 15%.
4-piece bonus: Increases critical hit chance against enemies affected by Cryo effects by 20%. Further increases critical hit chance against frozen enemies by an additional 20%.
Ancient Court Ritual: You can already obtain some set pieces when you increase your adventure rank. As a reward, you receive legendary pieces from the set. Alternatively, you can also get the set from the dungeon “Clear Water and Rocky Heights.” This is located in the far northwest of Liyue.
2-piece bonus: Increases damage caused by special abilities by 20%.
4-piece bonus: Increases the attack of all team members by 20% for 12 seconds after using a special ability. This effect cannot be stacked.
Wander Orchestrate: This set increases your elemental mastery and all reactions with other elements. If you equip all four pieces of the set, heavy attacks with a bow are increased by 35% (with golden items). This is particularly beneficial when combined with Ganyu’s charged attack.
2-piece bonus: Increases elemental mastery by 80 points
4-piece bonus: Increases damage dealt with heavy strikes when the character is holding a catalyst or a bow by 35%.
What is the best set combination for Ganyu?
Which set or combination is most worthwhile for you depends on how you like to play or want to play Ganyu. Therefore, there are a total of 3 options:
Focus on charged attacks: If you primarily play Ganyu as a damage dealer and mainly use the charged attack, you should rely on the Wander Orchestrate set. If you equip a full four-piece set, you can significantly enhance your attack. Additionally, this improves reactions with other elements.
Focus on supportive attacks: If you primarily focus on Ganyu’s Ice Bloom and her ultimate ability “Raging Descent,” then you should use the following combination:
2-piece set “Ancient Court Ritual”: Increases damage caused by special abilities by 20%
2-piece set “Wandering Reek”: Increases Cryo damage by 15%.
What to pay attention to with the artifacts: While the flower always offers health points and the feather always offers attack, the attributes may vary with the other items. Important artifact attributes you should pay attention to are:
Chalice: Cryo damage bonus
Headband: Critical damage or attack (in %).
Sundial: Attack or critical damage
You can find additional tips and tricks about artifacts in this guide, here on MeinMMO:
Where can you see Ganyu in action? The YouTuber Zy0x (currently 142,000 views as of January 14, 2021) has presented a strong Ganyu build in (English) video. Here you can also see how powerful Ganyu can be when played with the right set.
Starting from minute 13:10, you can see how much damage Ganyu deals in the Spiral Abyss.
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Zy0x shows on YouTube how to get the most out of Ganyu.
Which characters synergize particularly well with Ganyu: Especially certain characters are worth it if you want to have Ganyu in your team. Electro and Fire cause strong elemental reactions with Cryo:
The 5-star character Klee benefits from the elemental reaction “Melt.” This is especially powerful with Ganyu’s combat talent “Tracks of the Qilin,” as Klee can deal a lot of damage in a small radius this way. Free-to-play alternatives here would be Xiangling, who can also deal high area damage, or Bennett.
Razor and Fischl also benefit from Ganyu. The elemental reaction “Superconduct” increases damage, and through elemental mastery, you enhance the reaction with other elements.
With the new character Shenhe, you can also give it a try. Because through her elemental ability “Summon Spring Spirit,” allies gain the effect “Ice Shafts” and add additional Cryo damage. When normal, charged, elemental skills and elemental burst attacks deal Cryo damage to enemies, the damage dealt is increased based on Shenhe’s current attack.
Characters like Klee greatly benefit from the elemental reaction with Cryo.
What do you think? Have you already pulled Ganyu from the past wish and are playing her, or will you pull her from the upcoming wish in update 2.4? Or do you prefer to save your primogems for a different wish that is coming up?
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Chain Lightning in World of Warcraft is actually weak. However, with a few tricks, it can execute any player with a single hit.
In a game of the complexity and size of World of Warcraft, there are always bugs and exploits that players can take advantage of. However, few have found as many interesting combinations as player Rextroy. In his latest video, he found another combination of abilities that allowed him to kill enemies with a single blow. The reason: Shamans have a “boss ability” that is much stronger than expected.
What happened? WoW player Rextroy revealed a trick with the Shaman in his latest video. He can execute enemies instantly with his Chain Lightning. This is absurd since Chain Lightning usually deals very little damage and could never create a “one-hit”. Once again, however, stacking numerous effects and a peculiar boss ability ensures that Horde players are sent “instantly” to the ground.
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How does it work? The core of the combo is the PvP talent “Storm Circle”. According to the description, it fires an additional Chain Lightning bolt at the opponent when using “Stormstrike”, which can hit up to 3 enemies. However, what is not mentioned in the tooltip is that the attack is not the actual Chain Lightning of the Shaman, but a boss version from raids like the Throne of Thunder! This Chain Lightning bolt has the unique feature of becoming 50% stronger with each jump, causing the 3rd target to take significantly more damage.
This alone doesn’t deal enough damage, so Rextroy incorporates even more modifications. All other buffs that enhance Chain Lightning also affect this boss lightning strike:
125% bonus from the boss ability
The legendary “Chains of Devastation” provides a 50% bonus
Maelstrom weapon gives a 110% bonus
Stormcaller grants a 300% bonus
Since the bonuses affect each other, this results in a whopping increase of 2,735%!
Now Rextroy just needs to ensure that the Horde player is definitely the 3rd target of the Chain Lightning strike. For this, he uses the already infamous frogs once again.
All of this combined ensures that the enemy is often hit with 60,000 to 70,000 damage points and is thus completely eliminated from digital existence in nearly all cases.
More WoW and news about Rextroy’s crazy tricks can be found here:
Is it allowed to use such exploits? Generally no. Anyone who exploits such exploits in PvP to gain an advantage must expect their account to be banned. However, in the case of Rextroy, he always informs the developers about the bugs and issues he finds. He then gets the “okay” from Blizzard and only publishes his video after the developers have already applied a hotfix. This ensures that other players cannot repeat the exploit.
What do you think of this combination? Interesting that such a thing can be found in the game? Or is it becoming embarrassing that there are still so many bugs in WoW?
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In December, the developers of Lost Ark announced the next, new class for the MMORPG. Now the Painter has joined the game in Korea, directly causing new player records. We at MeinMMO summarize.
What has happened in Lost Ark? On January 12, the new class was launched in Lost Ark. The Painter is not just a new sub-class for existing base classes, but brings a completely new base class with it.
The new base class is called Specialist and will be further fed with classes in the future. So far, however, the Specialist can only become a Painter. A type of weather mage has already been hinted at in a teaser.
How is the new class being received? Very well. As a base class, it even brings a new race with it, which resides on a new continent. Players in Korea have therefore received several new contents.
The hype around the new base class and the versatility of the Painter has even caused player numbers to soar. Smilegate announced that last week over 260,000 players were online at the same time – and that was just in South Korea.
How is the game developing? Since its release in Korea in 2018, Lost Ark has been continuously breaking new records and is therefore developing splendidly. Currently, the MMORPG is the most successful game of its kind in Korea, a country where MMORPGs are generally very popular.
It can thus claim the 2nd place among the most popular online games overall. Only League of Legends stands above Lost Ark in Korea.
Comparing the numbers from the week before the Painter release with the week after, the number of new players has increased by 144% and the number of returning fans has risen by 227%.
What can the new class do? The Painter works with two different ways of drawing. Whenever he switches between these methods, the skills of the new class change.
This allows the Painter to fluidly switch between damage and support, as he can deal considerable damage with the black ink while the white ink buffs his allies and himself.
Why is it so popular? In Lost Ark, there have only been two classes so far that are actually treated as support. These are the Bard and the Paladin. In a pool of 21 classes, the supporters have been relatively poorly represented.
This is one of the reasons why the Painter is currently so popular. Many fans are also looking forward to trying out a new base class. The Specialist and the relatively childlike character that comes with it is something that many fans in Korea can appreciate.
One cannot rely on chronological orders, as for the EU release we are receiving the Sorceress, which only entered the game in Korea in August. The Arcana, for example, will not be available in the EU version for now, although it has been in the game from the very beginning in Korea.
Since Amazon wants to loosen the gender lock a bit for us in the West, it is likely that we will initially get the female version of the Berserker, which was also announced at LOA ON, a trade fair specifically for Lost Ark. Whether and when the Painter will follow remains uncertain.
What do you think of the new class? Can you understand the rush on the Korean servers and would you also like to be there to try out the Painter immediately? Or are you less excited about the new Specialist base class and are happy with the 15 classes we are getting?
Rainbow Six: Extraction is becoming a bit of an insider tip among players. In the meantime, they are even comparing the quality of the co-op shooter to that of the Steam hit Ready or Not. Their argument: Both games offer great tactical gameplay – even if one has aliens.
In the online communities, there are many voices reporting very positively about the game. Fans see a lot of potential in the shooter and hope that Ubisoft will support the game in the long term.
On reddit, fans are now talking about how Extraction feels more like a ‘true’ Rainbow Six game than the PvE shooter Rainbow Six Siege. The favorable comparisons to the Steam hit Ready or Not are also noticeable.
What’s behind that?
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Rainbow Six: Extraction is a real tactical shooter – despite aliens
What is it about? On the Rainbow Six: Extraction subreddit, reddit user thatsnotwhatIneed argues that the co-op game is a real tactical shooter despite aliens (via reddit).
He compares it not only to SWAT 4 and old Rainbow Six games but also to the latest shooter phenomenon on Steam, Ready Or Not.
What is Ready Or Not? Ready Or Not is a tactical shooter that was once ridiculed and has now continuously been one of the most popular games on Steam for months in Early Access.
Especially fans of the old Rainbow Six and SWAT games are thrilled about Ready Or Not and say: The game is “what Rainbow Six Siege should have been”
The argument of the reddit users: Despite aliens, Extraction is the tactical shooter we wanted to play.
Why do tactical fans love Rainbow Six: Extraction?
Why is the game well received? On reddit, fans like thatsnotwhatIneed say that the gameplay in Rainbow Six: Extraction reminds them of the best tactical shooters in gaming. It is very tactical and is “relentless and intense” like the hardcore gameplay from games like SWAT 4 or GTFO.
The gameplay in Rainbow Six: Extraction requires, in their eyes, a strategic approach, as they know and love it from the best tactical shooters:
You have to gather information with drones or scan grenades. Then you need to come up with tactics on how to clear an area with the team, whether you want to do that with stealth or a quick and aggressive attack before the enemies can raise the alarm.
There are different tasks you can solve with firepower or quietly. Surprise moments and ambushes are crucial for success, and open firefights with an alerted enemy can be very dangerous and can quickly overwhelm you.
He says that combines the game successfully with the most popular gameplay mechanics from Rainbow Six: Siege. Rainbow Six: Extraction is a good balance between the hardcore gameplay of the toughest tactical shooters and a casual PvP match from Siege.
In his words: The game “is like SWAT 4, old Rainbow Six terrorist hunts, and Ready or Not, only that you are always allowed to escalate deadly.”
What you need to know about Rainbow Six: Extraction before you start:
Other users like z7a7a7 agree with these statements in the comments: “I was addicted to the game after playing 3 or 4 matches. It’s amazing.”
The fact that in Rainbow Six: Extraction you fight aliens instead of criminals and terrorists is only mentioned casually by the user. The context and the nature of the enemy seem to be less important than the convincing gameplay that Extraction offers in their eyes.
Do you agree with this assessment? Have you tried the game yet? Do you think you can compare Rainbow Six Extraction to games like Ready or Not? Let us know in the comments.
If you enjoy Rainbow Six: Extraction or co-op games in general, you’re in luck right now. Because the Game Pass currently has a fantastic lineup of games for co-op fans:
They are also excited that whips, as a weapon category, are making a comeback. Some are already planning their “Belmont” build for the release of Elden Ring.
The combat scenes of the trailer also receive widespread praise, as some have discovered improvements compared to other games. Especially in animation, a lot has changed.
When is Elden Ring being released? Next month, on February 25th, the action RPG from FromSoftware will be released on PC via Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PS4. Then you will be able to try out the mechanics yourself.
Many other fans echo this sentiment. They hope that dual-wielding in Elden Ring will be more useful through Power Stance than it was in previous FromSoftware games.
They are also excited that whips, as a weapon category, are making a comeback. Some are already planning their “Belmont” build for the release of Elden Ring.
The combat scenes of the trailer also receive widespread praise, as some have discovered improvements compared to other games. Especially in animation, a lot has changed.
When is Elden Ring being released? Next month, on February 25th, the action RPG from FromSoftware will be released on PC via Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PS4. Then you will be able to try out the mechanics yourself.
At the Taipei Game Show 2022, developer FromSoftware presented its latest title Elden Ring. There, it was also revealed: The game has now officially achieved Gold status. In addition, there were new gameplay scenes showcasing a returning feature from Dark Souls 2. Fans are excited.
FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco took the opportunity to give insight into the current state of development at the show. It was revealed that Elden Ring has now reached Gold status.
What does Gold status mean? It means that Elden Ring is now ready for production. However, it does not mean that development is entirely complete. Work is still being done on the game in the background.
It was also announced that the action RPG will receive a Day-1 patch at release.
This should bring several improvements or fixes into the game.
Additionally, there was information about the gameplay duration. According to FromSoftware, it is expected to be around 30 hours if players focus solely on the main quest. However, the highlight of the show for many fans was the fresh gameplay scenes.
These showcased many elements such as stealth, riding the new horse, and the game world, as well as a popular feature returning from Dark Souls 2: “Power Stance.”
Here you can initially check out the edited scenes from the Taipei Game Show:
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Elden Ring shows Power Stance, a popular feature from Dark Souls 2
What is this feature? It was a new mechanic introduced in 2014 with the release of Dark Souls 2. That was 8 years ago, and since then, it has not appeared in any other game from FromSoftware. Now it is back.
Power Stance can only be used in combination with certain weapons. It is based on the character’s ability to wield different weapons in each hand.
While this is possible in every Dark Souls game, it had a special twist in the second part.
If you combine weapons of certain categories together and equip one from each, you can activate Power Stance with a button press.
Your character then wields both weapons together, has new moves available, and deals damage simultaneously with both.
In certain cases, you could even combine weapons of different categories.
This expanded the already large selection of weapons even further.
Even though Dark Souls 2 is not necessarily the most popular installment in the community, many players miss the Power Stance feature.
This is how it looks in Dark Souls 2:
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Players celebrate the return of the feature – “That looks damn badass!”
In the new gameplay, you can now see (03:37) how the character being controlled uses two whips to whip the enemies. It clearly employs the Power Stance mechanic.
The return is causing great anticipation among fans, as can be seen from enthusiastic comments on reddit and YouTube.
The scene with the double whip reminds some of the Netflix series based on the game series Castlevania and one of its main characters, Trevor Belmont:
User One-Sorbet-2333 states: “Did anyone see the whips in Power Stance at TGS? It looks damn badass!”
Many other fans echo this sentiment. They hope that dual-wielding in Elden Ring will be more useful through Power Stance than it was in previous FromSoftware games.
They are also excited that whips, as a weapon category, are making a comeback. Some are already planning their “Belmont” build for the release of Elden Ring.
The combat scenes of the trailer also receive widespread praise, as some have discovered improvements compared to other games. Especially in animation, a lot has changed.
When is Elden Ring being released? Next month, on February 25th, the action RPG from FromSoftware will be released on PC via Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PS4. Then you will be able to try out the mechanics yourself.
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The German eSports organization ESL (Electronic Sports League) has been acquired in a surprising mega-deal by the company Savvy Gaming, which is backed by the powerful Public Investment Fund from Saudi Arabia.
What kind of deal was it? As recently announced, ESL has a new owner. The Swedish Modern Times Group, which previously owned ESL, sold the company for a hefty $1.05 billion to Savvy Gaming Group (SGG) – approximately €930 million (via Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and SportsBusinessJournal).
This is led by former Activision-Blizzard vice president Brian Ward as CEO. SGG, on the other hand, has the estimated $320 billion PIF (Public Investment Fund) behind it.
What is ESL? ESL (Electronic Sports League) is the oldest eSports organization in the world that is still active. It was founded in 2000 by Ralf Reichert, who organized LAN parties and transformed his startup into a large company that hosts several major tournaments each year. Nevertheless, ESL is reported to have incurred larger financial losses recently (via GamesWirtschaft).
What is the PIF? The Public Investment Fund (PIF) is a sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. With an estimated total asset of over 320 billion US dollars, it is one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world. The fund’s purpose is to secure the kingdom’s wealth away from oil. Therefore, the PIF is now also acting globally as a powerful investor.
Two major eSports organizers are now under Saudi control
What else has been bought? In addition to ESL, the eSports platform FaceIT was also acquired for around €441 million. This means that Savvy Gaming and thereby indirectly the Saudis hold two strong eSports organizers.
What implications could this have? For now, operations at ESL are said to continue as usual. Ralf Reichert, the founder and co-CEO of ESL, is also reported to have ceded his remaining shares valued at around €80 million. However, he will continue to serve as Executive Chairman at ESL in the future.
The website Kotaku fears that this purchase could also be used for the controversial “sportswashing” in the future. This refers to the practice of obscuring issues in the country with lavish sporting events.
For instance, Der Spiegel reports that Saudi Arabia is notorious for systematically buying up sporting events, which is sharply criticized internationally. The mentioned example was about a desert rally.
What are your thoughts and opinions on the purchase of ESL? Let us know in the comments below this article!
In Pokémon GO trainers have the opportunity to collect various medals. While some of them are relatively easy to achieve, two badges in particular frustrate many players. We at MeinMMO show you which ones they are and what change the community desires.
What is it about? Every trainer can collect different medals in Pokémon GO. These cover a wide range of areas, such as a complete Pokédex for a region, a certain number of trades, or catching specific monsters.
Each badge is divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. To achieve these, a certain number of a specified goal must be met, such as catching 1,000 Pikachu for the Platinum medal “Pikachu Fan”.
However, some trainers are expressing particular difficulties with the two medals “Teenager” and “Angler” and are frustrated. We will tell you why.
Why are “Teenager” and “Angler” so difficult to achieve?
In the reddit community, there is currently a heated discussion about the two medals “Teenager” and “Angler”. The reason is the specific challenges that trainers must overcome to achieve these two badges in Gold or even Platinum.
Even though both medals involve catch tasks, they are quite unique. To achieve the “Teenager” badge, a certain number of tiny Rattata must be caught. The “Angler” medal, on the other hand, requires large Magikarp.
Besides the fact that it is generally quite difficult to catch the required tiny or large specimens, the game also requires a significant number to achieve each medal. For Gold, 300 must be collected, and for Platinum, even 1,000. Many trainers find this too challenging.
We have summarized the 6 most difficult medals in Pokémon GO in our special:
Even Cerborealis finds the challenge too difficult and writes on reddit that he believes the two badges are outdated. They were introduced at a time when Rattata and Magikarp could still be found more frequently in the game, making the task challenging but still solvable.
Since both monsters are now significantly rarer in the game during spotlight hours or specific events, catching them is additionally difficult, making the achievement of Gold and Platinum medals, according to Cerborealis, out of reach for some trainers (via reddit.com).
Many trainers agree in the comments. Among the statements found there:
nils_w: “Angler was always difficult, Magikarp was very biome-dependent. I have been playing since 2016 and I am halfway to Platinum for Rattata, but still 12 away from Gold for Magikarp.”
srozo: “I have also been playing since 2016, and I have 119 large Magikarp and 169 Rattata… caught 800 and 1500 respectively.”
lewisisb: “Even when they were available, XL/XS are just too rare.”
Bruceeb0y: “Level 50 with a total of 330,000 catches; caught 4,974 Magikarp, medal at 839/1,000; caught 6,594 Rattata, medal at 754/1,000.”
The only way to meet the required counts for Rattata and Magikarp and get closer to the medal goal, aside from catching, is trading the respective monsters. Even if they were not caught themselves, they are still counted for the medal by Niantic.
Possible solutions from the community
The reddit community agrees that Pokémon GO needs to make some changes regarding the two medals. One possibility, according to Cerborealis, is that the two badges should not be limited to Rattata and Magikarp but expanded to other monsters like Oddish, Lotad, or Barboach (via reddit.com).
The reddit user lewisisb, on the other hand, suggests that the medals should be adjusted so that all caught Rattata and Magikarp count towards the achievement, similar to what is done for Pikachu. This way, size would no longer have to be a consideration (via reddit.com).
It is currently unknown whether Pokémon GO will take up these suggestions and appropriately adjust the two medals in the future. If Niantic provides new information about it, you will find it here on MeinMMO.
Have you already reached Platinum for the two medals? Or are you also frustrated because you can’t get the respective monsters? What changes would you like to see for the two badges? Feel free to share your opinion and experiences here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
In Destiny 2, many creative Guardians are reinventing various ways to defeat bosses. Now Titans have found a way to casually destroy almost every raid boss with Stasis and their fists. We at MeinMMO will show you the build.
Why are Stasis Titans so strong? In the YouTube video by HaterTheOne, it is shown how Stasis Titans benefit from a change by Bungie from the shattering. For this purpose, five Titans with the Colossus Super are needed and one Titan with the protective bubble.
Due to an update that Bungie rolled out weeks ago, the explosive damage from the shattering of the Stasis crystals in PvE mode has been increased to 60%. This mainly benefits Titans, as their supers spawn many crystals that explode and reappear from subsequent strikes.
With icy fists through every boss
What is needed? The foundation of this tactic is mainly the Colossus Titan. This is required with the following aspects and fragments:
Tectonic Harvest – Aspect
Diamond Lance – Aspect
Whispers of Dread – Fragment
Whispers of Shards – Fragment
Whispers of Rending – Fragment
Whispers of Conduction – Fragment
Whispers of Chains – Fragment
Is shattering the new secret tip?
Once you have equipped these, you should also wear the exotic arms “Synthoceps,” as they cause increased super and melee damage when surrounded.
You can freely choose the mods, but the YouTuber opted for the mods: Elemental Shards, Elemental Charge, and Protective Light. Shattered Stasis crystals count as elemental sources, and with the mod “Elemental Charge,” he gets charged with Light.
This way, if his shield runs low, he gains increased damage resistance and can take more hits.
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How does the build work? When you are at Riven, the Thousand Voices, you prepare and position yourself next to her arm. When she jumps out, one Titan sets his bubble and fires with the Tractor Cannon at the boss.
The remaining Titans activate their supers and use their Glacierquake throughout the entire damage phase. This generates the devastating crystals on Riven’s arm for all Stasis Titans. When these explode, they deal immense damage to the raid boss.
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Is the build worth it? The build is definitely worth a try. With the new adjustment regarding explosive damage, other builds in raids can also shine, and it does not always have to be the Thundercrash combo.
The good thing about this is that anyone who has extensively played Beyond Light holds the required aspects and fragments for this build. Therefore, you just need to insert these and select a Titan as the “Tractor Cannon holder.” You don’t need quest exotics or special mods to get started.
The listed mods are recommended but can be exchanged or reassigned according to your standards, if you do not have them. If you feel like a bit of a change in the raids, you should give the build a chance.
What do you think of the build? Have you tried something like this before, or did Bungie’s change from December 2021 pass you by? Let us know in the comments what you think!
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If you want to buy a television, a computer monitor, or a TV, the size will be given in inches. But why is that?
This is what it’s about: If you are considering buying a new monitor, you will sooner or later stumble upon the unit of measure inches. A unit of measurement that we actually encounter very rarely in everyday life. For instance, we at MeinMMO asked you how big your current TV is and wanted to know the size in inches.
MeinMMO explains what this designation means and why many devices are still referred to this way today.
Countries like the USA use a different unit of measurement than Germany
In Germany and almost all other European countries, we uniformly use centimeters and meters. This is also called the “metric system.” It hasn’t been like this for long, as until the 19th century, many European countries still used inches as a unit of measure.
How much is an inch and where does it come from? The inch is several centuries old and first appears in an English legal text from the early 7th century. An inch referred to three barley grains laid end to end. In the German-speaking area, the “thumb” was also frequently used as a unit of measure.
When we talk about “inches” today, we mean the “international inch” which is 2.54 centimeters long.
What does that have to do with the TV? The USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom still use inches as a unit of measure (in English “Inch”). Since many manufacturers have their main sales market or headquarters in the USA, many goods are specified in inches. This also applies to many devices that we can buy here in Germany.
In Germany, some devices now also show the unit of measure in centimeters behind the inch specification. This is the case on Amazon, for example. But even in German, we almost always discuss screen sizes in inches as a unit of measure.
On Amazon, many devices are specified in both inches and centimeters.
Monitors and TVs are not the only devices that are measured in inches. There are also several others where inches are used as a unit of measure. Most devices have probably crossed your path in everyday life as well. Although presumably, none of you will buy a TV with a size of 325 inches that LG announced a few weeks ago.
Many devices are specified in inches today
What is measured in inches? Not only monitors and TVs are measured in inches. Other items include
hard drives, floppy disks, and cassettes
smartphones, navigation devices, e-book readers, and tablets
weapons
optical devices such as lenses on cameras
sports equipment
musical instruments
or rims of tires on cars and bicycles
… measured in inches. And that’s by no means the complete list. In Germany, alongside inches, there is often also a specification in centimeters. In electronic devices, inch specifications are still most commonly encountered in everyday life.
What do you think about this? Do you care whether you have to buy your monitor or your hard drive with inch or centimeter indication, or have you long wondered what these specifications mean? Tell us in the comments.
Today, on January 25th, the new Patch 1.3 is released in New World. It brings among other things the dungeon mutators, a new equipment level, and some general adjustments. The patch comes along with server maintenance. We from MeinMMO will tell you everything about the downtime and the patch notes.
Here are the highlights of Patch 1.3: The big January patch brings as a main highlight the dungeon mutators. These are 10 new difficulty levels for the three endgame expeditions Shipyard of the Dynasty, Lazarus Instrumentality, and Garden of Origins.
About these mutators, and also about the crafting and the Gypsum system, you can earn shadow shards. With them, you can improve your equipment from an armor value of 600 to a value of 625. Additionally, there are new perks for equipment suitable for the mutators.
Other highlights include:
Better drop rates from named enemies in dungeons
Reduction of Azoth costs when traveling
Leveling between levels 23 and 45 will be adjusted and sped up
Balance changes in the Outpost Rush
Several balance changes to weapons and AI in the game
The base tax in the game will be revised again
When does Patch 1.3 come out? The big update will be brought to the live servers today at 1:00 PM. This update is also accompanied by maintenance work.
Below we have collected the complete patch notes for you. You can also find them on the official website of New World.
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Mutated Expeditions
Players need a codex to open a mutated version of an expedition. Upon completing an expedition on normal difficulty, players receive the codex for that expedition and a sound orb of the mutated expedition as a one-time reward.
Note:
Players invited to a group that already has the codex and orb will receive both items upon completion.
When re-running expeditions on normal difficulty, there will be no sound orb of the mutated expedition as a reward.
When players call up the expedition menu and interact with it, they will see the type of available mutator, the mutation level, the recommended equipment level, and finally, whether they meet the requirements to participate.
Mutator orbs are universal. Players can craft 1 per week and can buy additional orbs in the faction shop.
Scoring and ranking
The score is performance-based and is derived from a combination of categories. The score is also a shared value for group members.
The following categories count towards the group’s total score:
Time: The better the time, the higher the score. Calculated at the end of a run.
AI kills: A target value for killing a predefined number of enemies within the expedition.
AI Kills: A target value for killing “named enemies” within the expedition.
Team wipes: Each team wipe during a boss fight significantly reduces the score.
Respawns: Each respawn reduces the score moderately.
There are also bonus multipliers for run efficiency, minimal respawning/wiping, speed, and eliminating all targets. These are calculated at the end of the expedition run. There are score ranks of bronze, silver, and gold.
To level up in the individual mutator difficulty levels, you must achieve a certain performance level within the highest level. Higher scores mean ascending to higher difficulty levels, which in turn lead to greater rewards.
Mutation effects
Elemental
Elemental mutations grant enemies in the expedition a specific type of elemental damage, increase their resistance to that damage type, convert a large portion of their damage into this type, and grant them powerful elemental-based skills.
Hellfire: Soaks enemies with fire, allowing them to burn players blocking their path.
Eternal: Grants enemies the power of evil and gives them skills that weaken players or strengthen their allies imbued with evil.
Upgrades
Upgrade mutations grant creatures in the expedition powerful new skills.
Wild: Wild AI enemies reduce healing and shoot harmful beams around them.
Unconquerable: Unconquerable creatures withstand damage with life-draining skills and can summon a phalanx that blocks all projectiles aimed at them from players.
Curses
Curse mutations inflict players with dangerous effects and force them to cooperate to break the power of the curse. At higher difficulty levels, curses are intensified and present players with additional tactical challenges.
Withered: Withered players occasionally ignite in flames due to elemental energy. When the curse is intensified, players must cleanse themselves by approaching the burning player.
Censored: Censored players must find that their skills are turned against them. After players in the group have activated a certain number of skills, explosive silence zones appear around all players. When the curse is intensified, players lose natural mana regeneration and must enter the silence zone to regenerate their mana.
Endgame Innovations Part 2 & Shadow Shards
Shadow Shard Equipment System
Players can spend shadow shards to increase the armor value of individual equipment pieces from 590 to 625. We have reduced the requirement for this from RW 600 to 590, based on feedback from the public test area and because legendary items should be required to use the shadow system.
Players can obtain shadow shards in three ways:
Expedition mutators are the most efficient way to earn shards. The higher the difficulty and the achieved score rank, the more shards players earn.
By opening gypsum casts once players have reached a competence of at least 600 in this type.
By crafting items with RW 600 once players have reached a competence of at least 600 in this type.
When an item is upgraded with shadow shards, it becomes bound to the player.
Skill Innovations
Players can increase their competence with current means (gypsum casts and random boosts in the open world) from 590 to 600.
With the shadow system, competence can be increased from 600 to 625.
Equipment scaling based on competence.
For items purchased at the trading post or obtained via P2P after the January patch that have armor values higher than the player’s competence, the effective armor value will be downscaled to the average of player competence and the item’s armor value.
General and Quality of Life Improvements
If players craft an item with RW 600 and their competence for that item type is less than 600, a competence boost is triggered. This is another good way for all crafters to increase their competence to 600 (in addition to the emerald gypsum from skill reward containers).
If you receive a competence boost from a random drop in the open world, the loot ticker will now indicate which item granted you the boost.
If you receive an expedition boost by opening a reward stock, you will see in the opening sequence which item granted you the boost.
The attunement potion: Topaz gypsum can now be crafted at every arcana station and in every R5 campsite.
The chance to receive Topaz gypsum when killing enemies while attuned has been increased.
We fixed an issue where gypsum casts only offered +1 bonus when opened over armor value 585 for an item. Gypsum casts should now provide at least +2 improvement between competencies 585 and 600, except at 599.
To allow players to use the received gypsum more freely, we removed the crafting cooldowns on gypsum balls.
Game World
Changes to Expeditions
With the release of expedition mutators, we made some balance changes and updates to existing content.
We made expeditions more attractive by updating rewards and drop rates and aligning them with other endgame activities:
The drop rates for “named enemies” in expeditions have been significantly increased.
R5 equipment has been added to the loot tables of the Shipyard of the Dynasty when you play in the mutated expedition.
We adjusted the number of certain enemies:
Lazarus Instrumentality: The number of enemies when sealing the Azoth portals of the Ancients in the Ostium has been reduced.
Expedition sound orbs
Expedition sound orbs for Amrhein excavation, starlight burial mounds, depths, and shipyard of the dynasty can be purchased daily in the faction shop. Expedition sound orbs for Garden of Origins and Lazarus Instrumentality can be purchased weekly.
To make crafting expedition sound orbs more accessible, the following previously player-bound materials can now be traded:
Rot seeds
Corrupted magnetite stones, crystals, fragments, shards, and pieces
Chisels
We significantly reduced the crafting costs for expedition keys.Global changes to key crafting:
Chisel costs (starmetal) reduced from 200 to 150 coins.
Chisel costs (orichalcum) reduced from 400 to 200 coins.
Asmodeum chisels reduced from 500 to 250 coins.
Everlasting heart: All elemental particle costs reduced. Crafting now costs 10 instead of 30 of each particle.
Elemental heart: All elemental particle costs reduced. Crafting now costs 10 instead of 30 of each particle.
Immortal heart: All elemental essence costs reduced. Crafting now costs 2 instead of 6 of each essence.
Dynasty sound orb: Number of required corrupted crystals reduced. Crafting now costs 1 instead of 2 of them.
Dynasty sound orb: Number of required evil stones (obsidian) reduced. Crafting now costs 8 instead of 10 of them.
Lazarus sound orb: Number of required corrupted magnetite stones reduced. Crafting now costs 1 instead of 3 of them.
Origins sound orb: Number of required corrupted magnetite stones reduced. Crafting now costs 1 instead of 2 of them.
Changes to mutated sound orbs from the public test area:
Number of required runestones reduced. Crafting now costs 5 instead of 10 of them.
Number of required powerful raw gemstone dust reduced. Crafting now costs 5 instead of 10 of them.
Now only 1 instead of 2 chisels is needed.
Fast Travel Costs
We have noted your frustration with the costs of fast travel, and this version includes an update that dramatically reduces the distance factor for the amount of Azoth required for each travel. Accordingly, the faction control point bonus associated with fast travel now reduces the distance factor to zero.
There are new fast travel shrines!
Exposed shrine has been added to the Amrhein excavation.
Starlight shrine has been added at the northeastern wall by the destroyed obelisk.
Grief province shrine has been added directly before the entrance to the depths.
Origins shrine has been added before the entrance to the garden of origins.
Melpomene’s shrine has been added under the siren amphitheater.
Lazarus shrine has been added next to the entrance to the Lazarus Instrumentality.
Open World
Fixed an issue where players were not consistently inflicted with the appropriate torment effect upon entering visibly affected areas in the following elite bastions:
Distorted Heights
Ambusti Inferior/Superior
Gloomholm
Deceptive Evil
Siren’s Camp: Several elite chests have been placed closer to the corresponding named enemies.
Distorted Heights: An elite chest in the Blightgate has been slightly adjusted.
Important Bug Fixes
The displayed name of Eridanus has been standardized.
Fixed an issue where incorrect values were displayed in patrol faction missions in Wind Circle.
Players will now no longer receive duplicate objectives.
Yetis have been changed from elite bosses to elite opponents after the Winter Gathering.
Enemies have been added to the abandoned outpost on the Unstable Coast.
Spawn times at waypoints level 35+ have been extended as it takes longer to kill enemies there.
Fixed an issue found in the public test area where a fallen tree would rise into the sky.
Fixed an issue where the
Disciple of Disorder in Gloomholm only appeared once.
Some loading times have been shortened.
Fixed an issue where a fence in Weaver’s Fen was not visible to all players.
A small area with invisible water in Everfall, north of Orion, that could slow or drown players has been removed.
Fixed an issue where an elite chest was clipped by an orichalcum ore vein, making looting difficult in Gloomholm.
Various bug fixes for collectible items and plants under or in collision in the game world.
Various bug fixes for holes in collision in the game world.
Combat and AI
AI
General AI Opponents
Bears
Hitboxes for standing bears have been enlarged to allow players to consistently damage them.
Skeletons
Skeletons are now revived with 40% instead of 70% health.
Villagers
Villager potions now only heal 20% instead of 35%.
The cooldown of potions has been increased.
Varangian Knights
The Varangian Knights have laid down their weapons on the occasion of the Winter Gathering and have repainted them to match the color of their armor.
Vines (Corrupted and Angry Earth Creatures)
The damage from leg sweep attacks has been reduced by 40% and their frequency has been reduced, but the reaction to a knockdown is now stronger.
The damage from stab attacks has been reduced by 50% and the staggering reaction has been removed.
The damage from harvest attacks has been reduced by 40%.
The damage from projectile attacks has been reduced by 50% and the staggering reaction has been removed.
Arena Boss: Swamp Beast
Fixed an issue that prevented the swamp beast from properly swallowing minions.
AI Opponents in Expeditions
Garden of Origins
Fixed an issue that prevented enemies from disappearing after the sapling was not defended.
Alluvium Clay – Removed the unintended effect that minions could weaken the Alluvium Clay upon their death.
The Decayed Garden Guardian – The graphic effects of the decayed garden guardian have been revised and are now more visible.
Combat
Mutator Effects
Weapon Effects
Flame Attunement: Attacks deal an additional 15% weapon damage as fire. (2 sec cooldown)
Frost Attunement: Attacks deal an additional 15% weapon damage as ice. (2 sec cooldown)
Nature Attunement: Attacks deal an additional 15% weapon damage as nature. (2 sec cooldown)
Doom Attunement: Attacks deal an additional 15% weapon damage as evil. (2 sec cooldown)
Armor Effects
Flame Conditioning: Grants 4% fire absorption for 5 seconds after taking damage from fire. Each armor piece with this effect increases the effectiveness of the effect.
Frost Conditioning: Grants 4% ice absorption for 5 seconds after taking damage from ice. Each armor piece with this effect increases the effectiveness of the effect.
Nature Conditioning: Grants 4% nature absorption for 5 seconds after taking damage from nature. Each armor piece with this effect increases the effectiveness of the effect.
Doom Conditioning: Grants 4% evil absorption for 5 seconds after taking damage from evil. Each armor piece with this effect increases the effectiveness of the effect.
Revised Formula for PvP Damage
When calculating damage mitigation through armor, the enemy armor value is now used instead of your average armor value.
To compensate for the difference in armor mitigation, we increased the damage that lower-level players deal to those with higher levels and reduced the damage that higher-level players deal to those with lower levels.
Outpost Rush
The Azoth costs for the Wastelander tokens have been increased from 500 to 750.
Summoning stones now drop upon death.
Summoning stones now have a rarity: “Epic” for Bear and Specter tokens and “Legendary” for Wastelander tokens. This should clarify to players when they drop from other players.
The Outpost Rush Alpha Wolf no longer summons minions.
Collectibles in Outpost Rush no longer have weight.
Lady Hain’s ice mines now slow players by 30% for 3 seconds instead of staggering them.
No more water can be gathered in Outpost Rush.
There are two additional gate points on the sides of the team spawns.
The cooldown of the Wastelander’s “Corrupted Ball” in Outpost Rush has been extended.
Outpost Rush Wastelanders now use their spell “Corrupted Ball” much less frequently when players are inside the fort.
Important Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where light attacks with musket and bow could be activated underwater.
Fixed an issue where aiming with the bow was blocked when switching from the musket’s sniper zoom to the bow.
The tooltips for the rapier skill “Tondo” and the bow augmentation “Spike Arrow Rain” have been revised and now indicate damage over time as damage per second instead of total damage.
Fixed an issue where player movement speed would occasionally increase when placing a campsite.
Tooltip for fine corrupted seal has been corrected: It now correctly refers to lightning damage instead of impact damage.
Flying text upon triggering “Rapid Rain” has been removed.
Exploit fixed that allowed players to combine multiple benefits for granting ammunition and recover ammunition with attacks that hit multiple times per use. A cooldown for ammunition granting has been added so that it can no longer be triggered more often than every 2 seconds per skill/effect/attribute bonus.
Fixed an issue where animations would stutter while aiming with bow or musket or performing a navigation action while holding the shift key.
Fixed an issue where players could get stuck after interacting with NPCs.
Fixed an issue where players could cancel “Poison Shot” or “Piercing Shot” if they held down the right mouse button while activating the skill.
Fixed an issue where the bonus became infinitely effective when removing various status effects.
Fixed an issue where the ultimate skill “Bow Concussion” was applied to all attacks, not just headshots.
Fixed an issue where Healer’s Protection did not function correctly. The following changes were made:
Healer’s Protection has been reworked and can now be reapplied by any healing with protective sphere, even when recovered through the blessing of the protector.
As compensation, the duration was shortened and the effect reduced. Previously, it only ranged between 5% and 40% for 5 seconds when the skill was first used. Now it acts 5% to 25% for 3 seconds. This duration can be extended with each healing effect and additional application of the protective sphere.
Fixed an issue where the war axe skill “Haul” did not deal damage when both the modifier “The Collector” and the passive skill “Gravity” were unlocked.
Widespread bug from the public test area fixed where cooldown reduction for Evil Gauntlets was triggered by damage over time.
Fixed an issue where the Ancient Bear Paw could not be used for crafting.
Fixed an issue that led to desynchronization when using Shield Crusher while moving.
Desynchronization bug fixed that occurred when aiming with the skill “Ice Rain.”
Fixed an issue that caused desynchronization when reaping when players were fully upgraded with the passive skill “Blood Rage.”
Fixed an issue where damage from “Bleeding Leg Sweep” of the spear triggered a cooldown reduction.
Fixed an issue with Evil Gauntlets that caused the status effect “Sinister Bindings” to be neutralized when crouching or lying down.
Economy, Progress & Loot
Base Tax
As compensation for players affected by issues with server time last year, we have reduced the base tax for all players by 90%, based on the tax rate set by the companies controlling the areas. We have also communicated with this change that we would revert these taxes in a future update. While the tax relief was active, we identified an imbalance in wealth distribution to the detriment of homeowners, and we decided to tighten the base tax rates. We will continue to closely monitor player reactions and the data surrounding this aspect. We are adjusting the taxes to make them fairer for homeowners and companies. We will continue to evaluate and observe the overall wealth distribution and the effects of the territory tax system. In this patch, we have:
Reversed the 90% reduction of the base tax.
Reduced the minimum base tax rate from 5% to 2.5%.
Reduced the maximum base tax rate from 20% to 10%.
Reduced the standard base tax from 10% to 5%.
Skill Rewards
With the introduction of skill endowment, we have introduced an imbalance in the acquisition of Azoth vials, which became excessive. The surplus of these items for some players has diminished the value of Azoth vials as a reward overall. Since these can be traded, we want to ensure that Azoth vials remain rare and special. We will continue to monitor player reactions and the data on this and make further changes if necessary.
Azoth vials have been removed from R1 collection skill chests.
R2 collection skill chests now contain 1 to 2 Azoth vials instead of 2 to 3.
R3 collection skill chests now contain 1 to 3 Azoth vials instead of 3 to 5.
R1 crafting and refining skill chests now contain 0 to 1 Azoth vials instead of 2 to 3.
R2 crafting and refining skill chests now contain 1 to 2 Azoth vials instead of 2 to 3.
R3 crafting and refining skill chests now contain 2 to 3 Azoth vials instead of 3 to 5.
Rewards
Fixed an issue where players below level 60 could earn gypsum in darkness events. Players must now be level 60 to earn gypsum in these events.
The Surgeon, Gravekeeper Daehi, Baines, and Mordici the Gravedigger previously did not drop combat trophy materials. That has been fixed!
Crafting
Fixed an issue where timeless shards were not consumed during crafting.
Fixed an issue where the Creator’s Mark axe was incorrectly displayed as “legendary” with an additional effect in the crafting menu.
The graphics for “Energy Providing Small Ration” and “Energy Providing Travel Ration” have been revised to better match the ingredients needed for crafting.
The recipe for “Blackened Mandje Mandje with Corn Succotash,” which actually requires a lava barbe, has been corrected. The title now names the correct fish.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from crafting arcana items with RW 600 using winter patterns.
Fixed an issue where no onyx could be used when crafting rings with timeless shards.
Equipment and Loot
To stimulate the economy after the holidays, we have introduced the limited-time rare drop “Bag of Juniper Berries” into the game, which gives players coins and juniper berries. It can yield coins between 50 and 150 each time and is only found 3 times a day.
Fixed an issue where the Putrid Gators were dropping excessive raw leather.
Fixed an issue where certain named items with an armor value of 600 were increasing competence.
Fixed an issue where the Lazarus Bow had a lower dexterity value than other bows of its rank and armor value. The bow now has an appropriate dexterity value.
Fixed an issue where the earring “Petal” could not be repaired.
Fixed an issue where Egwene’s cloak was stretched during certain animations.
Fixed an issue where the Mutator Ring in the Shipyard of the Dynasty displayed an incorrect name and description. The name and description are now displayed correctly.
Fixed an issue where players could not place gems into mutator accessories.
Fixed an issue where players could not place gems into Old Ring, Old Earring, and Old Amulet.
Progress
The leveling up in the midgame (levels 23 to 45) has been accelerated by 20%. We found that leveling in the midgame took a bit too long and did not match the pacing of the content.
Expedition Sound Orbs
Materials used for crafting expedition keys: chisels, corrupted fragments, shards, crystals, and magnetite stones can now be traded.
Expedition mutator sound orbs can now be crafted once a week and can also be purchased in the faction shop.
To align with expedition mutator sound orbs, normal sound orbs for Shipyard of the Dynasty, Garden of Origins, and Lazarus Instrumentality have also been added to the faction shops and can also be purchased there once a week.
We reduced the durability damage of items in the inventory upon death: Now only bound items lose durability upon death.
Fixed an issue where players lost progress when switching back to a faction they had previously belonged to. Players will now retain their faction rank reputation and their faction token balance when switching back to a faction. Unfortunately, we cannot restore the lost progress of players who switched back to a faction before this update.
UX/UI & Social
There is now a narrative assist for the beginning of the game.
This system helps visually impaired players enter the world of Aeternum with a spoken guide for character creation and navigation to the starting beach.
It is no longer possible to give gold to others outside of the P2P trading system.
New tooltip on the loading screen explains how the “strong against/weak against” mechanic works.
Players must now play the game for at least 2 hours and own it for at least 72 hours before they can use the chat. This should help get rid of more troublesome gold sellers.
In-Game Shop
Decoration packages now show the number of furniture items included.
Items in the shop can now simultaneously show that they are on sale and that they are only available for a limited time.
Currency symbols are now displayed correctly in all regions.
Trading Post
Fixed an issue where the “Sort by Time” function in the trading post did not work correctly.
Inventory should no longer scroll back up in the trading post after closing the sale window (regardless of whether you sold something or canceled).
Important Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where group chat could be interrupted after leaving a house.
Fixed an issue where companies owning multiple territories were not receiving compensation for merging. Companies now receive compensation based on the number of their territories (instead of a fixed amount).
Fixed an issue where the reward screen in Outpost Rush only displayed one reward even when there were multiple.
Fixed an issue where the icons for breaches of corruption occasionally did not show up on the map.
Fixed an issue where the territory reputation improvement UI remained on screen when players began a trade while it was being displayed.
Fixed an issue where items occasionally did not display as repaired after players repaired everything.
Fixed an issue where trading from a split stack occasionally traded the wrong items.
The evil gauntlet icons now match the colors of the gauntlet models.
A number of user interface issues with overlapping text have been fixed.
Fixed a bug with sorting by time in the trading post.
Fixed an issue where some timeless shard icons displayed the wrong weight.
Fixed an issue where the boss music was heard just outside the arena: Eternal Pools.
Fixed an issue where sounds were not always played in Navarro’s kitchen.
Mission tooltips are now docked to the side of the tiles so that details about the missions are more readable.
There is now a sound when players capture points in Outpost Rush.
Fixed an issue where players were not always able to hear Snap, the wolf, when they accepted the “Snap’s Blessing” quest.
Fixed a server crash that was likely triggered by territories abandoned by their governors.
Fixed a discrepancy in server, client, and system time on the war declaration screen.
Fixed an issue where the map incorrectly displayed an upcoming invasion when a war was imminent.
What do you think about the new update in New World? Are you excited about the changes? Feel free to write it in the comments.
The developers also spoke last week about the new patch, the update in February, and a new PvP feature:
