Pokémon GO: Limited Research on “Mountains of Power” – All Rewards

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Today, on January 7, 2022, the new event “Mountains of Power” started in Pokémon GO, bringing you numerous monsters and bonuses as well as a limited-time research. We have looked at the tasks and rewards for you.

What kind of event is it? The “Mountains of Power” event continues the story around the mysterious door that Professor Willow discovered at the beginning of the season. You will mainly encounter Rock and Steel Pokémon. Of course, there is also a limited-time research.

When does the event take place? The “Mountains of Power” event started today, January 7, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time. It will end on January 13, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.

All rewards for the “Mountains of Power” event

What is a limited-time research? A limited-time research is a type of special research that you can only access and complete for a limited period. Unlike what you are used to from other research in Pokémon GO, you cannot work on these indefinitely.

The tasks are available to all trainers in their “Today” view, which can be opened by clicking on the binoculars in the map view. There you will find a total of two task blocks with three tasks each during the “Mountains of Power” event. We have summarized them for you below.

By when do you need to complete the tasks? You have the entire event to complete the tasks. But beware: You must also have redeemed all rewards from these quests by January 13, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time, otherwise, they will be lost after the deadline.

“Mountains of Power” 1/2

TaskReward
Catch 5 PokémonEncounter with Snorunt
Collect 2 candies by
walking with your buddy		Encounter with Kangerus
Hatch an eggEncounter with Alolan Geodude

Stage reward: Once you have completed all tasks, you will also receive 1,000 Stardust, 10 Ultra Balls, and an encounter with Absol.

“Mountains of Power” 2/2

TaskReward
Catch 6 different
types of Pokémon		Encounter with Palimpalim
Collect 2 candies by
walking with your buddy		Encounter with Onix
Hatch 2 eggsEncounter with Beldum

Stage reward: Once you have completed all tasks, you will also receive 2,000 Stardust, 10 Hyper Balls, and an encounter with Flunkifer.

Is the limited-time research worth it for the “Mountains of Power” event?

The tasks should generally be relatively quick to complete. It becomes particularly interesting for shiny hunters, as all monsters can also be found in their shiny form in the game.

Shiny Snorunt celebrates its debut at the “Mountains of Power” event. But Flunkifer could also be interesting for some trainers because this monster is normally only available as a reward from Team GO Rocket battles.

While Flunkifer is not particularly strong and does not belong to the best attackers in Pokémon GO, it is one of the few chances to hopefully encounter a shiny specimen.

Additionally, Absol and Steelix, the evolution of Onix, are also available in their Mega form in the game. So it’s worth catching a strong specimen.

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What do you think of the rewards from the limited-time research? Which monster are you most looking forward to? Or would you have preferred different encounters? Feel free to share your opinion and experience here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss it with other trainers.

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Diablo Immortal suddenly ends the Closed Beta – reveals today what 2022 will bring

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Without much warning, the developers announced the end of the Closed Beta for Diablo Immortal. This will end on January 7, 2022. At the same time, Blizzard intends to discuss the future of the upcoming mobile Diablo on the same day.

This is the situation:

When does the Beta end? Today, on Friday, January 7, 2022, at 6:00 PM German time, the Closed Beta of Diablo Immortal will end. Blizzard stated this just a few days earlier in an official blog post. It was already known that the Beta was only supposed to run for 3 months.

In the subreddit, many fans are quite happy about the end of the Beta – not because it was so bad, but because the community wants to play it themselves. However, since the Closed Beta was only available to a small number of players in a few parts of the world and only on Android, everyone is now eagerly awaiting new information. But it will come soon.

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Release still in 2022 – Will there be an Open Beta beforehand?

Here’s what’s next: Since 12:00 PM German time (7:00 PM in China), a well over an hour-long livestream has been running on the Chinese site of Diablo Immortal. The developers are being interviewed and the future of the ARPG is among the topics discussed.

What will be discussed in the “Outlook” is still unknown. However, Diablo Immortal is supposed to launch in early 2022 and be available for Android and iOS.

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Can I test it beforehand? It has already been discussed in the past that there should be an Open Beta between the closed test and the release. Whether and when this will happen is not yet confirmed.

It is also open whether it will be expanded to Europe or remain limited to Asia, Australia, and Canada. However, it is likely that another global test with corresponding servers will take place. Whether iOS will be invited this time is still unclear.

Some speculations suggest that an announcement or even the beta launch could happen as early as this week. We will probably learn more about this in the livestream on January 7.

If you don’t want to play Diablo Immortal on a mobile phone, chances are good that you can play it on PC via emulators or even through Google:

Google aims to bring the best Android games of 2022 to PC – Will Diablo Immortal be among them?

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New World announces January patch – Brings 10 difficulty levels for dungeons and new max gear score

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New World has released a new patch on the PTR server that includes many new endgame contents. In addition to the mutators for dungeons, the maximum equipment level is raised to 625. Furthermore, there are adjustments to the Outpost Rush and the Azoth costs for traveling.

What happens in January? The big January patch focuses on dungeons and new endgame contents:

  • The dungeons will feature the so-called mutators. These change familiar dungeons and make them harder. Each week, different dungeons should be combined with different mutators. In total, there will be 10 difficulty levels, with the highest one intended only for “true experts.”
  • New shadow shards are introduced, which allow you to upgrade your armor from 600 to an armor value of 625.
  • In the Outpost Rush, there is a balance change. The cost for the desertling summoning stone has increased from 500 to 750 Azoth essence.
  • There are a few balance changes for weapons.
  • The travel costs for Azoth are set to be adjusted with the update. Specifically, the distance costs are “drastically reduced.” When traveling to an area of your faction, the bonus ensures that the distance costs even drop to 0.

However, the patch is not well received by everyone:

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When will the patch be released? Since January 6 at 11:00 PM, you can already try the patch on New World’s test server.

When the exact release of the update is scheduled is still unknown. However, a release is planned for January. So far, patches have usually been on the PTR server for about 7 to 14 days. You can find more about playing on the PTR server here: New World on PTR: How to participate in the test server.

Mutators in dungeons reward you for playing effectively and quickly

How exactly do the mutators work? The mutators change the normal and named enemies in dungeons, making them stronger at the same time. This should require you to develop new strategies especially for the bosses. There are a total of 10 difficulty levels, with the highest ones requiring both a high armor value and, above all, a lot of strategy.

Each week, there should be a combination of different types of mutators in various dungeons. For the PTR, 8 different mutators are planned for the following 3 dungeons:

  • Dynasty Shipyard
  • Garden of Origins
  • Lazarus Instrumentality

Whether there will be more adjustments on the live server in the end and whether other expeditions will also be changed by the mutators is currently unknown.

If you wish to enter a dungeon with mutators, you need a special orb. You can craft it once a week. Additionally, more orbs can be purchased from the faction vendor for 10,000 tokens and 1,000 gold (via reddit).

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Lazarus Instrumentality is one of the expeditions that benefits from the mutators.

What mutators are there? Eight types have already been introduced in the forum:

  • Elemental
    • Elemental mutators increase enemies’ defenses against specific elemental effects and even convert a portion of their damage into elemental damage
    • Hellfire is a special effect that causes enemies to burn you continuously
    • Eternal is another effect that causes enemies to utilize the void to impose debuffs on players and buffs on themselves.
  • Promotions
    • Promotions give enemies in dungeons new abilities.
    • Savage: Enemies reduce your healing and cast laser beams around them.
    • Indomitable: Creatures withstand damage with life-draining abilities and are capable of summoning a phalanx that blocks all incoming projectiles from players.
  • Curses
    • Curses are intended to bring dangerous effects for which players must cooperate and develop new tactics.
    • Desiccated: Players are occasionally burned with elemental energy. When the curse is activated, players must cleanse themselves by approaching the burning player.
    • Censored: Players will find that their abilities turn against them. After players in the group have activated a certain number of abilities, explosive zones appear for all players. When the curse is activated, players lose their natural mana regeneration and must enter the silence zones to regenerate their mana.

Can you immediately run the highest difficulty? No, you need good scores in the unlocked levels of mutations to progress to the next level.

Points are awarded for:

  • Time: The better the time, the higher the score
  • AI kills: A target score for killing a predetermined number of enemies within the expedition.
  • AI Kills: A target score for killing “named enemies” within the expedition.
  • Team wipeouts: Each team wipe during a boss fight significantly reduces the score
  • Respawns: Each respawn moderately reduces the score

What rewards are there? In addition to better equipment and generally better loot, the new shadow shards await you in the mutators. With them, you can upgrade your armor to 625.

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New equipment cap of 625 – Here’s how it works

What is behind the new equipment? With the January update, you can upgrade your existing armor from a value of 600 to 625. For this, you will need the shadow shards. You obtain them through three different methods:

  • From dungeons with mutators
  • Crafting an item with an armor value of 600
  • Opening a gypsum mold for an equipment slot that already has a proficiency of 600

Shadow shards can only be applied to equipment that has an armor value of 600 and for which you also have a proficiency of 600.

How do you level up? Each level doubles the number of shards needed. To upgrade to an armor value of 601, you need one shard, for 602 then 2 shards, for 603 then 4 shards, and so on.

A dungeon run at level 1 in the Dynasty Shipyard yielded 27 shards (via reddit). Harder dungeons and higher levels might yield more shards.

Does the new equipment also work in PvP? Yes, the new armor value of 625 works in all game content.

We will reveal more details about the shadow shards once we have tested the patch more extensively on the PTR.

General changes

With the patch, there are also some general changes to the game, including:

  • Proficiency can now be leveled up to level 600 with gypsum. After that, you will receive shadow shards through gypsum to upgrade your equipment to 625.
  • Whenever crafters create an item of level 600, they also increase their expertise. This way, crafters can also level their proficiency.
  • With the January patch, the alignment between proficiency and armor value applies. For instance, if you buy an item with an armor value of 600 and only have a proficiency of 500, you get the average, which is 550. More about this here: New World is listening to its players and significantly softens drastic changes to equipment for 2022.
  • Adjustments to enemy AI
  • New perks for equipment suited to the mutators
  • The potion for topaz gypsum can now also be crafted at arcana crafting stations
  • An adjustment to the damage formula in PvP – The adjustments now correspond to the armor value of enemies rather than your own

What do you think about the changes from the January patch? Are you excited about the new content? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

In New World, there is currently still a winter event happening. We will reveal how you can make money with it:

New World: Here’s how you can earn a lot of coins with the winter event

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LoL nerfs new dragon twice within 4 weeks – Why is he so strong?

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The Chemtech Dragon was introduced with the start of Pre-Season 12 in November 2021 in League of Legends. Most recently, it received a hidden nerf on January 4th. But what exactly makes the dragon so strong? We at MeinMMO explain the background.

What has happened to the dragon so far? With Patch 11.23, Pre-Season 12 started on November 17th, 2021. The innovations of the season included not only a comeback mechanic and new items, but also two dragons – the Chemtech and Hextech dragons.

While the Hextech Dragon has performed relatively well in its balance, there have been several problems with the Chemtech Dragon. That’s why Riot immediately introduced two nerfs with the last two patches:

  • With Patch 11.24 in December, the dragon soul buff was weakened. The duration of resurrection and the damage during it were reduced. Additionally, a new indicator was placed above the heads of the resurrected players so they can be seen more clearly (via LoL).
  • Now with the new Patch 12.1 on January 4th, another nerf came. New plants were introduced into the game when the Chemtech Dragon alters the map.

The developer Matt Leung-Harrison explained on Twitter that these plants are intended to help the losing team to gain vision in their own jungle to avoid losing even more.

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Chemtech Dragon rewards aggressive playstyle, often makes strong teams even stronger

What can the dragon actually do?

  • If your team defeats the Chemtech Dragon, you receive a buff that grants you 6% bonus damage against opponents who currently have more health than you.
  • The third dragon in the game alters the entire map. With the Chemtech Dragon, several mist fields appear in the jungle. Players can hide in these mist fields and also deal up to 10% more damage.
  • The dragon soul, in turn, grants the team that has killed the fourth dragon a special reinforcement: they are resurrected with 80% of their health after death and can still deal damage for another 4 seconds before they finally die. This damage is reduced by 40%, and their movement speed during resurrection continually decreases.

What are the current problems? All dragons provide buffs that greatly benefit the team that defeats the dragon. However, this factor is significantly amplified with the Chemtech Dragon.

On one hand, the passive effect with the temporary resurrection is very strong. Players can land a CC or another important ability and thus provide extreme help to their remaining team. This surpasses the strengths of the other buffs, where you get additional movement speed, more stats, or health regeneration.

The much larger problem, however, is the alteration of the map. Because the mist fields generally benefit only the winning team. They tend to play much more aggressively and frequently invade the enemy jungle. They can control it much better through the mist fields, as normal wards do not make them visible. A pink ward or revealing abilities are necessary.

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The Hextech Dragon was too strong at release and may still be.

If a team once controls the enemy jungle, the defending team can no longer enter it safely. This usually pins them to their own base, and the winning team gains better control over the Baron and other dragons. A classic snowball principle.

The defenders, on the other hand, can rarely use the fields for an ambush, as they always risk that the enemies will suddenly invade their base and end the game.

A comeback is automatically made more difficult by the Chemtech Dragon’s influence on the map.

How do the other dragons change the map?

  • The Air Dragon creates fields on the map that allow characters to move faster. Both sides benefit equally from it.
  • The Mountain and Fire Dragons alter the paths, which also affects both sides equally.
  • The Ocean Dragon provides more bushes and thus potentially more ambush options. However, normal wards work here, so the influence is not as great.
  • The Hextech Dragon creates teleport fields, allowing faster movement from the base to the jungle. Even the defenders usually benefit more from this than the attackers.

The Chemtech Dragon is therefore the best dragon for an already winning team.

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What do you think of the changes to the Chemtech Dragon? Do the plants help as counterplay or does Riot need to further adjust the dragon’s strengths? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

In LoL, the tournament season starts again this January. We reveal to you which player is currently considered the best in the world:

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Project Zomboid is booming on Steam – Who is it worth it for this brutal zombie survival?

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A small indie title is currently skyrocketing on Steam: The hardcore survival game Project Zomboid. The title impresses with deep mechanics and is almost referred to as a “Walking Dead” simulator. MeinMMO presents the zombie adventure to you and shows who should take the trip.

What kind of game is this? Project Zomboid is an indie title on Steam that has been steadily developed and improved for many years. At first glance, this may seem daunting, since the “Early Access” phase has already lasted an unbelievable 9 years.

As a fan of survival adventures, you shouldn’t write off the title right away. Because what has been created over the years now offers you a unique experience with overwhelming gameplay depth, charming pixel graphics, and extremely difficult content.

Compared to previous player numbers, Project Zomboid is currently experiencing a real hype on Steam (via steamcharts.com) and MeinMMO takes the opportunity to introduce you to the hardcore sandbox with zombie population in detail.

If you want to get a direct impression, we embed the new official trailer for Project Zomboid here:

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Play the story of your apocalyptic death

What is the appeal of Project Zomboid? The game is a typical indie title that largely forgoes advanced graphics and instead offers you countless action and combination possibilities.

Project Zomboid wants to kill you … and sometimes it only takes forgetting to clean up the glass shards of a window before you climb through the broken glass.

Removing the glass by hand is not much better – if the wound gets infected, just a scratch is enough to slowly but surely initiate your death. Who finds medicine in the first hours of gameplay?

These small aspects and mechanics make the game so great. If you have 2 items and think: “Surely you can combine these,” then that is usually the case. This gives the title a fantastic depth that motivates over many hours and days.

Core mechanics of Project Zomboid:

  • Hardcore zombie sandbox with realistic survival aspects
  • Online multiplayer and split-screen capable
  • Extensive crafting and RPG mechanics
  • Hundreds of zombies with swarm behavior
  • Base building including electricity, vehicles, and washing machines
  • Farming, fishing, cooking, woodworking, collecting
  • RPG-like life skill system – improvements through reading books or using skills
  • Huge open world that continuously grows
  • Seasons and weather influence the gameplay
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A happy home, happiness alone without zombies. Source: Project Zomboid

If you go looting and have to deal with zombies, raw violence rarely helps. Stealth is the key, and if it comes to a fight, you should leave your firearms tucked away. Almost every loud shot will cause a horde of zombies to chase you.

Project Zomboid constantly encourages you to use your imagination. What things can you combine sensibly and how the hell can you loot the gas station without being chased by a mutated football team including reserves?

At first, you loot just to survive. Once you get the hang of it, it’s about building bases, including defense. This is especially fun in co-op, and if you want to go further, you can even find servers with a PvP focus in the current wave of games.

MeinMMO has already dealt with the title some time ago, and here you can find a more detailed introduction to Project Zomboid:

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What are the weaknesses? Although Project Zomboid has made progress in terms of graphics and animations, it cannot be described as having advanced optics. The title relies on a charming pixel solution, which, however, is an exclusion criterion for many players.

Furthermore, the entry is a real act due to the deep mechanics. Even with friends who introduce you to the game in co-op, it takes time until everything runs smoothly.

Additionally, advancement is player-driven. While a special story mode is planned, the main part of the game revolves around survival in the open world and the constant development of your skills and bases.

Pros
  • You will die
  • Unique zombie simulation
  • Very deep gameplay mechanics
  • Communication from the developers
  • Strong in co-op
  • Huge open world
  • Affordable price
Cons
  • You will die
  • Pixel graphics do not appeal to everyone
  • No story
  • Entry is difficult
  • Rather weak in single player

91% of 50,000 reviews are positive

What do players say about Project Zomboid? Those who enjoy browsing through reviews on Steam are familiar with the usual structure of assessments of games with such deep gameplay.

Players tell a short anecdote about how the complex gameplay slapped them in the face and how fascinated they are by the experience. Here is an example:

I woke up in a house. I turned on the TV. I watched a cooking show. I had some baked beans.

Then I went for a walk and got chased into the woods by a horde of undead. I scratched my face and tore my clothes on bushes and trees. It started to rain. So I broke into a house and cut my half-body open on the glass shards.

Breaking the window attracted another horde. I tried to fend off the horde with a spoon. I grabbed a microwave, ran upstairs, and blocked the stairs with the microwave.

All my food and supplies are downstairs … just like the TV. Now I will miss the 12 o’clock show about wooden floors. That really ruined my day.

Just buy the game. It’s great.

User Tophe via Steam

Such small stories can be found in abundance in the reviews and show how complex and mean Project Zomboid can be.

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Personal recommendation from the author: My name is Maik Schneider and survival games are a very fascinating genre for me. I have sunk thousands of hours into titles like ARK, Conan, Rust, Raft, or 7 Days to Die.

I got into Project Zomboid through a friend a few years ago and was captivated from the first moment. What depth, what an adventure! And that, even though I’m really not a fan of stealth mechanics.

But even stealth is fun in Project Zomboid. And if you can answer yes to the following three questions, you should definitely give it a shot:

  • Do you like survival games?
  • Do you enjoy pixel graphics?
  • Do you have people for co-op?

In my opinion, Project Zomboid, especially after the latest update to Build 41, is one of the best survival games on the market. And because it is also quite affordable (16.79 € on Steam), I would recommend it to every fan of the survival genre to die in Project Zomboid at least once. Or 100 times.

If you want to read more about strong survival titles, I link you here our list of the 24 best survival games 2022.

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The easiest awakening in Destiny 2 should become harder – But something went horribly wrong

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Actually, Destiny 2 wanted to make the easiest Nightfall Strike “The Lake of Shadows” a greater challenge. Thus, the strike boss received more health in the last update 3.4.0.1. But players have now found that the Nightfall is easier than ever and are farming again.

Some Nightfalls in Destiny 2 are easier to play than others. Especially “The Lake of Shadows” is considered the easiest Nightfall strike. That was also the reason why many players farmed this strike on the difficulty “Nightfall” for Ascendant Shards and good loot up and down. In update 3.4.0.1, Bungie buffed the strike boss “Grasks” and gave him more health to make it harder.

  • Grasks’ health was increased by 34% to a total of 134 % of the previous value.
  • The adjustment was meant to align the strike with the “modern sandbox gameplay”.
  • Bungie promised that the strike boss would withstand at least one or two minutes, even against the Gjallarhorn.
  • The small trick with the Taken Bubbles was also fixed, so that no more enemies can be blocked from spawning.
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The strike area in “The Lake of Shadows”.

The strike boss barely lasts seconds even after the buff: While the fix for the “Taken Bubbles” trick has worked, it seems that nothing has changed with the strike boss itself. On the contrary. Instead of being harder, he is currently even easier.

Grasks, the corrupted and possessed Cabal boss in “The Lake of Shadows”, continues to be melted by Guardians within seconds. In most fireteams, he is down before he can even spawn additional enemies in the boss room. This doesn’t seem to have changed much even after Bungie’s buff, as players have reportedly found.

The Destiny 2 YouTuber and content creator Aoterra shows a direct comparison between “The Lake of Shadows” runs before and after Bungie’s buff in a video. If there has been a change, it apparently wasn’t very effective.

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The boss kill time before and after the buff in “The Lake of Shadows”.

The before-after test shows hardly any difference: The test is conducted with the same loadout. One fireteam member uses the Divinity for additional damage.

  • Before the patch, the strike boss was dead within 9 seconds (with Thundercrash)
  • After the patch, he takes about 11 seconds

While this is fundamentally longer, it should be taken into account that in the video before the patch, a team member pulls their Arc super and flies into the boss with “Thundercrash”. This causes a lot of single damage and means: Before the patch, the Nightfall boss even had more health.

What went wrong? Bungie hasn’t commented on this yet. The buff certainly shouldn’t be that subtle. Especially since the developer spoke of the endurance of “one or two minutes” in the patch notes. The health buff that Bungie likely intended for this strike seems to show hardly any effect.

Anyone wanting to farm should hurry up: It is quite conceivable that the strike “The Lake of Shadows” will be adjusted again in the near future. However, whether this will happen this week while the strike is in the Nightfall rotation of the Vanguard playlist is unknown.

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The easiest strike in Destiny 2 can thus, until further adjustments, continue to be farmed even easier than before.

Will you now, after this news, still farm some Ascendant Shards and Exotics in “The Lake of Shadows”? Did Bungie make a mistake here or do you think that this was already the adjustment and nothing more will come?

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New World: Leveling Carpentry Quickly to 200 – Here’s How

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New World offers some professions that you can level up to level 200. In this guide, we from MeinMMO want to explain to you how to level up the woodworking profession particularly quickly and what special tricks you should pay attention to.

What does woodworking do? The woodworker primarily creates items for housing in New World. This includes chairs, tables, and curtains, but also trophies that can provide you with bonuses in the game later on.

How to level woodworking efficiently? Woodworking is relatively straightforward in the leveling process. You focus on purely crafting decorations, which, however, is relatively expensive.

However, there are some recipes that can save you a bit of money. Generally, you should expect costs around 140,000 coins if you haven’t farmed many of the materials yourself. With the recipes, you can reduce the price by about 15,000 coins.

For the cheapest way, you also consistently craft the same items. However, if you want to design your house as colorful as possible, you can always make other decorations, which will increase the price.

Leveling Woodworking – Here’s how

From Level 1 to 50: For the first levels, you should craft ash varnish and then use it for the ash wall shelf. In total, you need 179 wall shelves and the following materials:

  • 10,740 softwood
  • 895 iron ingots
  • 179 ash varnishes (which you must craft yourself beforehand, otherwise you need 186 wall shelves and accordingly more materials)

If you own the recipe for the old straw bed, you can save a lot of money. You need to craft 974 straw beds and need the following materials:

  • 974 linen
  • 974 feathers
  • 1,948 maple varnish

The special thing here is that you can recycle each bed and definitely get 1 linen in return. The total costs for linen fall to 0. On some servers, the recipe is available in the trading post. On Styx, it even cost only 3 coins, which is a really good deal.

Level 50 to 100: If you haven’t unlocked any special recipes, you can craft 63 ash rocking chairs for these levels. For that, you need:

  • 945 raw wood
  • 630 steel bars
  • 63 maple varnish

This will get you to Level 70, where you can then craft common incense. You need 1,239 to reach Level 100:

  • 1,239 raw wood
  • 1,239 iron scrap
  • 1,239 cinnamon
  • 2,478 softwood

If you have the right recipes, you can alternatively craft another 284 old straw beds to reach Level 55. Starting at Level 55, you will craft 494 old wooden double beds. For that, you need:

  • 494 raw wood
  • 494 steel bars
  • 410 maple varnish

This will then get you to Level 70, and you can also craft common incense.

Level 100 to 150: If you want to reach Level 150 quickly, the best way to do that is with oak varnish. You need it 3,181 times and the following materials:

  • 31,810 effective solvents
  • 12,724 oil

However, the costs between oak varnish and common incense are only minimally different, so you can also level through that. The same applies to old wooden double beds if you have the corresponding recipe.

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Level 150 to 200: From Level 150 to 200, you can level exclusively with mahogany varnish. For this, you need the varnish 4,953 times and the following materials:

  • 49,530 pure solvent
  • 19,812 oil

If you want to save money, level only to Level 170 with mahogany varnish and then switch to the reclaimed maritime runner. However, you need a recipe for this and must craft 1,985 of them. For that, you need:

  • 29,775 silk
  • 9,925 satin
  • 9,925 silk threads

In the end, you will only save about 2,000 coins with this, which is minimal compared to the total costs of 140,000 coins.

More about New World and crafting can be found here:

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As spectacular as in this musket clip, I always imagined New World

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In New World , a player shows a PvP fight, demonstrating how he takes down two unsuspecting opponents with a musket and rapier. MeinMMO author Schuhmann says, this is the power fantasy I initially wished for from New World.

What do we see in the clip?

  • It’s actually a typical “Look, look how good I am at PvP” clip. In other MMORPGs, such PvP clips are traditionally accompanied by music from Linkin Park and come across better in black and white.
  • A player takes aim with the musket, like in a shooter, and attacks 2 players guarding a flag. He regularly switches to melee, where he performs with a rapier and rolls around wildly.
  • The musket guy, stylishly dressed in gray and wearing a floppy hat, dominates his two somewhat unsuspecting opponents, who look surprised that someone is actually attacking in PvP. He comes off casually and triumphs in the end.
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“Power Fantasy” of the Musketeer with Rapier and Musket

What makes the clip so special? In the clip, we see the “power fantasy” that New World promised initially. A unique spin in the MMORPG genre through the mix of musket and rapier, which are weapons from eras rarely found in MMORPGs, as they deviate from the typical “fantasy” schema of sword, bow, and axe.

This “musketeer” style of action is exactly the allure that the unusual setting of New World radiated when Amazon introduced the game years ago. Over time, however, the setting was diluted for political correctness reasons.

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What diminishes the impact of the clip? Well, of course, the experts in the comments on reddit speak up, who are obviously perfect at PvP. They emphasize that the opponents of the musket guy are not exactly performing at a top level.

  • One user says: “These two had no idea how to play PvP. I can’t understand why a player with axe and shield doesn’t just hang in your face.”
  • “Why a player with a great axe and shield apparently runs around in medium armor without stamina is even more puzzling to me. It looks like the guy perhaps has a maximum of 7000 hitpoints.”
  • Another Reddit comment deliciously dissects the bow user’s gameplay. He has “little experience,” and is presumably new.

A fourth calls the opponents “paper opponents”, a fifth says it’s “the dream of a musket player”, a sixth says: “Well, actually it was just a 1vs1”, the other player panicked and really did nothing.

Thus, the power fantasy of New World is quickly torpedoed when reddit experts explain that your outstanding kill clip had nothing to do with your great way of playing, but rather that the opponents were just easy targets.

Musketiers probably never had to hear that 400 years ago!

How important power fantasies are for the success of an MMO, we will explore on MeinMMO in this article:

Power Fantasies – The Secret to Success for MMOs

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Genshin Impact: How to complete the quest ‘The Flow of Still Water’

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With the update 2.4 of Genshin Impact, the new area Enkanomiya was added to the game. However, to unlock it, you must complete a quest first. In this guide, we will tell you what you need to do.

These are the requirements: For this quest, you don’t have to run to an NPC; it will be automatically unlocked and appear in your log if you have met the following conditions:

  • You must have reached Adventure Rank 30
  • Chapter II, Act 3 “Omnipresence Among the People” of the Archon Quests must be completed
  • The world quest “The Moonlit Depths” on Watatsumi Island must be completed

The quest “The River of Silent Waters” is the follow-up quest of “The Moonlit Depths” and will lead you back to Watatsumi to the shrine maiden Tsuyuko.

How to complete the quest: You will find Tsuyuko at the Sangonomiya Shrine. After the first conversation, she will move southeast and stand by the altar. For the next step of the quest, you need to find two key patterns that are marked on your map.

You shouldn’t have any problems with the pattern in the north; it is easy to find. It is guarded by three ruin machines, which you don’t necessarily have to fight if you don’t want to. It is enough just to click the key pattern.

The eastern pattern is a bit tougher. It is located in an underwater cave, and the entrance to the cave is not exactly at the marking on the map.

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The entrance to the underwater cave is on this small island

You need to walk a little left of it along the large waterfall instead. Teleport to the Watatsumi teleport point, go north, and glide down at the marked spot. The entrance to the cave is halfway down.

Inside, you will encounter three Fatui enemies, but they are also not mandatory. You can click the pattern again and seek the wide open space.

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This is what happens next: Once you have collected both patterns, you need to activate two altars. They are also marked on your map and easy to find.

In front of the altars, you will find symbols on the rocks with which you can interact. Click each one to activate the altars.

Then you can return to the Sangonomiya Shrine and talk to Tsuyuko again. She will perform a ritual and open the portal to Enkanomiya, which will appear right in the whirlpool next to you.

Jump in, and you will land in the new area that you can thoroughly explore. As a reward for completing the quest, you will receive:

  • 30x Primogems
  • 20,000 Mora
  • 2x Guide to Knowledge
  • Achievement “How Many Miles Under the Sea?”

Have you already explored Enkanomiya? What do you think of the new area? Let us know in the comments.

Patch 2.4 has been active since January 5th; you can find all information about it here:

Genshin Impact: Everything about Patch 2.4 – Leaks, Release, Banners, Characters

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CoD Warzone disappoints with first update 2022 – “1 of 100 problems solved”

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On the night of January 5th to 6th, a small update was released for Call of Duty: Warzone. However, the patch does not convince – there were 3 bug fixes and one gameplay change. MeinMMO shows you patch notes and reactions.

The most important points at a glance:

  • The free battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone has been suffering from massive problems since the introduction of a new map.
  • Invisible skins, console performance, graphical issues – Warzone frustrated many players during the holidays
  • Expectations for the first update of 2022 were high, but the patch could not meet hopes.

CoD Warzone: Update January 5th – Patch Notes

When will the update be released? The patch is already online and available for download.

How big is the update? It is just a small data package. On consoles, the update loads at game start.

What has changed? The developers at Raven Software have published the sparse patch notes on Twitter. There are a total of 4 entries:

  • Gameplay
    • In Vanguard modes, the shot sale event now lasts as long as the circle cycle in which the event started.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed collision issues on Caldera that players could exploit to their advantage.
    • Removed a bug that caused free loadout boxes to land in the same spot for all teams.
    • The broken “Awakening” skin of Francis has been repaired – the skin could make him invisible.
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What issues will be fixed soon? With this small update, the first wave of changes after the holidays has been brought into the game.

Additionally, the developers addressed other issues and updated their Trello board (via trello.com). On the board, the Warzone makers collect bugs they are working on. This includes:

Players disappointed by the first update of 2022

How is the patch being received by players? Under the tweet about the patch, there are many dissatisfied comments. After the long update break, expectations were higher in some areas. The last update came on December 19th.

  • @jakeheasman on Twitter on the patch scope: “Cool, so you solved 1 of 100 problems that people are currently concerned about.”
  • @intheboombox on Twitter on the shot sale change: “You have lost touch with the players, […] if you let the shot sale last longer. It shouldn’t start in every match and it should definitely not run as long as it has so far. And now it is supposed to run even longer?”
  • @Sarang_srv on Twitter on Warzone stability: “I haven’t been able to start the game for 10 days now.”

Often, players also mention issues with the multiplayer of Modern Warfare. Occasionally, players simply wish the developers a happy new year.

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The list of issues in Warzone is long, and the developers are continuing to work on solutions. However, the current state is a major annoyance for many players, and the hope for further updates in the coming days is palpable.

Meanwhile, there has been some movement on the cheater front. Recently, it was reported that Activision is suing a major cheat provider from Germany – EngineOwning.

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New MMORPG with Unreal Engine 5 is coming, looks almost real

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The new MMORPG Legend of Ymir is coming for PC and Mobile. It is being developed with Unreal Engine 5 and brings realistic graphics. The trailer shows how “real” such a game can look.

What kind of game is this? The Korean developer WeMade is currently working on a new MMORPG that is set to be released for PC and Mobile devices. Legend of Ymir is being developed with the new Unreal Engine 5. In a new tech demo, the team showcases what strong graphics the engine can produce.

Keep in mind that a tech demo shows the maximum of what is technically possible. Usually, a large part of this is downscaled in the final game.

Ingame scenes from Legend of Ymir in the trailer

This is what the developers show: In the video, the developers of the MMORPG discuss the means by which they achieve the photorealistic quality and how, through the use of Unreal Engine 5, facial features and the expression of the eyes come to prominence. The video from 4 minutes and 17 seconds shows Ingame footage.

A character is presented as a model. The white dress is depicted in great detail with patterns. There are golden, detailed brooches on the straps and the cloak. The face looks proud and surprised.

We embed the video here so you can see the graphics for yourself:

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Legend of Ymir – Release, Platform, Developer

What do we know about the game? According to MMOCulture, there will be huge PvP battles in Legend of Ymir. The game is set to become a “Next Gen” MMORPG and will focus on siege battles.

When is the release? This is still unclear. In the video, the team talks about the “near future.”

On which platforms will it be available? The plan is to release Legend of Ymir simultaneously on PC and Mobile.

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What do we know about the developers? The development team WeMade is known for the MMORPG MIR4, which already broke the milestone of over 1 million concurrent players in October. Many see Legend of Ymir as a Nordic version of MIR4, featuring deities like Thor, Loki, and Odin.

A peculiarity of MIR4 is that players can mine a mineral in the MMORPG that can then be converted into cryptocurrency, which can be sold for real money. This way, some players may not actually “play” but instead are there to work in the MMORPG.

The blockchain technology of WeMade is also expected to be used in Legend of Ymir.

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LoL: Who is considered the best player in the world in 2022? This guy

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League of Legends is the biggest e-sport title in the world: LoL is played by millions of players and lived by many thousands. Who is considered the best player in the world in 2022? A hot candidate is the 20-year-old South Korean Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu. Despite his young age, the jungler from DWG KIA has shaped competitive LoL like few others before him.

Why is Canyon the best player in the world?

  • The jungler was the dominant player of the LoL Worlds 2020 and was named MVP. At the LoL Worlds 2021, he also made it to the finals with DWG KIA and had a strong tournament with a KDA of 5.4 in 19 games. The Korean league LCK is considered the toughest in the world, where Canyon and his team secured the last 3 championships.
  • The site Dotesports asked some of the absolute top stars in LoL who they think will shape e-sports for the next few years during the Worlds 2021. 3 of the respondents named Canyon. The special thing is that the respondents were Showmaker, Chovy, and Tarzan, who were themselves considered candidates for “best players in the world” (via dotesports).
  • Ultimately, it is difficult to define a “best player in the world” because the different roles in LoL are not comparable. The two “most influential” and “spectacular” roles in LoL are midlane and jungle. The best supporter, ADC, or top laner in the world would have difficulty being considered the “best LoL player overall” because the role is not as prominently focused as jungle and midlane.

Canyon is part of the most dangerous duo in the history of LoL

This is what makes Canyon so strong: LoL is a team game and it is hard to view a player in isolation. What sets Canyon apart is his blind understanding with midlane partner “Showmaker”, who is also considered a candidate for the best player in the world.

The two are probably the most dangerous duo in the history of League of Legends.

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Canyon has a wide champion pool and can adapt to the various demands placed on him by his team and the situation:

  • At the LoL Worlds 2021 he played 7 different champions, most often the jungler Lee Sin, who can excellently initiate teamfights.
  • At the Worlds 2020, there was a different jungle meta, the jungler had to lead his team to victory. Here he excelled with the dominant Graves in continuous use. At the Worlds 2020, he played 11 games with Graves and mastered the jungle.
  • When he was allowed to switch to Kindred at the Worlds 2020, Canyon achieved a spectacular KDA of 37.0 in 3 games with him.
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The “Insec” is considered a legendary play in LoL, where you isolate and kill an opponent. Of course, Canyon masters the Insec perfectly.

Korean team evolves from nobodies to world champions in just 3 years

This is the amazing thing about Canyon: The South Korean is only 20 years old. He, like Showmaker, has never played for any team other than DWG KIA. DAMWON was only formed in 2017 as a team in the 2nd Korean League, already signing Showmaker in their first year, Canyon joined in 2018 as a rookie:

  • Within two years, the team played their way from nobodies in the 2nd Korean League to the top of the world (2019)
  • after 3 years they became world champions (2020)
  • after 4 years they are considered hot candidates for a “dynasty in LoL” (2021). Canyon plays a central role in this.
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Dream trio: The three are considered top of the world in their positions. Supporter Beryl is not part of the team anymore in 2022.

How will Canyon’s future look like? Canyon will stay with DWG KIA for the foreseeable future, just like his congenial partner Showmaker.

However, there are some questions for 2022, as Canyon will lose all other teammates from the past years. For 2022, DWG KIA is restructuring completely around Showmaker and Canyon. A strong competitor is emerging in South Korea at Gen G.

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Twitch veteran is stalked by a stream sniper in Escape from Tarkov – finds perfect solution

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Jaryd “Summit1g” Lazar is a long-time shooter player and veteran on Twitch. He is often hunted by so-called stream snipers who want to take him out in-game and use unfair tricks to do so. This was also the case in a match in Escape from Tarkov. However, Summit1g shows how to handle such a situation perfectly.

What did the streamer do? Summit1g has been streaming the shooter Escape from Tarkov regularly again for a few weeks. The hardcore shooter has gained significant popularity as the new year begins and made an otherwise relatively unknown streamer number 1 on Twitch.

During a live stream, Summit1g is suddenly attacked from a distance by an enemy player. However, the opponent always knew exactly where the streamer was and was able to skillfully avoid counter-attacks. The Twitch veteran concluded that it must be a stream sniper.

Summit1g reacted to this by disabling his gameplay in the stream and commented on the action with a short: “How do you like that?”

In a minute-long battle, the streaming veteran managed to defeat his opponent, which the viewers could even witness because Summit1g briefly switched back to the overlay right before his triumph. Summit1g later explained that his opponent began to make mistakes after Summit1g’s gameplay was no longer visible.

After the kill, the streamer leaned over the corpse in-game and said: “You got caught crossing the street, huh? Because you weren’t 100% sure where I went. Kiss my ass.” In this clip, you can watch the finale of the duel:

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Stream snipers always annoy the big streamers

What are stream snipers anyway? Stream snipers are players who watch a live stream and want to disturb the player who is broadcasting his gameplay. They can track the streamer and, in some games, even attack and kill him.

Why are they a problem? Because stream snipers can observe the streamer closely, they have a tactical advantage. They can cut off their path or ambush them.

Stream sniping occurs especially frequently in shooters, but also in MMORPGs like New World, where streamers are harassed by having mobs or resources stolen from them.

A significant discussion took place in the fall of 2020 when stream snipers ruined a charity event in Call of Duty: Warzone. Back then, streamer DrDisrespect got really mad:

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Tarkov is currently a hit on Twitch, inviting stream snipers to troll

Why is Summit1g specifically showing Escape from Tarkov? The hardcore shooter has seen a resurgence every December and January since 2019. This is typically due to significant changes in December and new Twitch drops.

As a result, many shooter streamers return to Escape from Tarkov every year. This year, however, the hype is particularly large because the big shooters Call of Duty and Battlefield are struggling. This has even led to Tarkov experiencing queues again.

In 2022, the hype around Tarkov is particularly pronounced, with queues sometimes over 100,000 spots long.

If you want to start with the shooter now, here are some useful tips:

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Pokémon GO: Today starts the ‘Mountains of Power’ event – All Shinys and Bonuses

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In Pokémon GO on January 7, 2022, the “Mountains of Power” event begins and brings you numerous features in the game again. You will encounter Mega-Aerodactyl for the first time and a new Shiny.

What kind of event is it? As part of the Season of Heritage, an event called “Mountains of Power” is taking place in Pokémon GO. This event revolves around the next puzzle of the mysterious door, which Professor Willow and the team leaders found at the beginning of the season.

To solve the mystery of the encryption, Spark has reportedly set out through the mountains resembling those of the Johto and Sinnoh regions, according to Niantic. You should help him unlock the door by catching Rock and Steel Pokémon during the event (via pokemongolive.com). The following highlights await you:

  • Mega-Aerodactyl comes as a new Mega Evolution in the game
  • Encounter a new Shiny in the wild

When does the event start? The “Mountains of Power” event starts on January 7, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time. You have almost a week to take advantage of all the bonuses and actively catch Pokémon until the event ends on January 13, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time.

Mountains of Power – All Spawns and Shinies

As you know from previous events in Pokémon GO, you can also look forward to numerous spawns in the “Mountains of Power” event. You will encounter Rock and Steel Pokémon more frequently in the wild and in raids. Of course, some Shinies are also available.

Where you can encounter which Pokémon during the event is summarized below. All Pokémon that you can catch as shiny specimens with a bit of luck are marked with an (*):

Wild Pokémon:

  • Zubat*
  • Machollo*
  • Kleinstein*
  • Schneckmag*
  • Nasgnet*
  • Schmerbe*
  • Onix*
  • Kastadur*

Pokémon in Raids:

RaidsPokémon
Level-1-RaidAlola-Kleinstein*
Onix*
Tanhel*
Bronzel*
Level-3-RaidUrsaring
Donphan
Meditalis
Absol*
Level-5-RaidHeatran*
Mega-RaidMega-Aerodactyl*

New Pokémon and Shinies for the “Mountains of Power” event

During the “Mountains of Power” event, two Pokémon celebrate a very special debut in Pokémon GO. You can catch Schneckmag for the first time in its shiny form. The Fire-type Pokémon originates from the 2nd generation and can evolve into Magcargo.

Both evolutions are not particularly strong and are mainly for collecting for the Pokédex. Shiny hunters can now rejoice over the release of the shiny form. You can recognize it by its gray body.

Schneckmag and Magcargo normal (left) and as Shiny (right)

Aerodactyl’s Mega Evolution also celebrates its debut during the “Mountains of Power” event. You can only encounter it in Mega Raids. If you defeat the Pokémon, you will receive Mega Energy, which allows you to evolve your own strong Aerodactyl into a temporary Mega Pokémon.

Mega-Aerodactyl is the first Rock Mega to be introduced in the game. Like Aerodactyl itself, its Mega Evolution excels primarily in attack and is one of the strongest attackers in Pokémon GO.

Mountains of Power – All Bonuses

In addition to the numerous Pokémon you can encounter during the event, the “Mountains of Power” also offers one or two bonuses for you. You can look forward to the following bonuses throughout the entire event period:

  • Half distance to earn hearts with your buddy by walking
  • Timed Research
    • Reward: Encounter with Flunkifer* and Tanhel*
  • Event Research
    • Reward: Encounter with Alola-Kleinstein*, Schneckmag* and Flunkifer*

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What do you think of the spawns and bonuses you can expect during the “Mountains of Power” event? Will you try to secure a shiny Schneckmag? Or do you find the spawns this time rather uninteresting? Feel free to share your opinions on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.

The coming weeks still have a lot in store for you. We have looked at which events take place in January in Pokémon GO and which ones are particularly worth it for you.

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New MMORPG launched tonight – Let you play the craziest beasts

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Chimeraland is a new MMORPG for PC, Android, and iOS. In it, you explore mystical lands from ancient Chinese stories. One of the game’s features is the character editor, where you can play not only as classic humans but also as creature beings. The game was released on January 6, even though it is currently only playable on PC in Germany.

What kind of game is this? Chimeraland is a free-to-play MMORPG, where especially the crazy character editor causes a stir.

Here, you can combine a human with various animal species, resulting in a creature like an octopus, a bird, a rhinoceros, or a bipedal panda. You can also color the animals in different ways and adjust their proportions and appearance according to your wishes.

However, there are also classic humans in female, male, and very childish forms.

What can come out of the editor can be seen in this screenshot. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch decided on a shark, which he gave a corner in the head, positioned the eyes as far apart as possible, and made the legs as short as possible:

Chimeraland Character Editor
You can create such crazy creatures in the character editor.

Aside from this editor, the game offers typical MMORPG fare:

  • There is a classless system, so armor and weapons determine your playstyle
  • You follow a story that is told through the main quest
  • There is an open game world with 4 continents without loading screens, graphically reminiscent of Genshin Impact
  • There are collecting and crafting systems through which you can also level up actively, like in New World
  • You can build your own house anywhere in the open world
  • You can sprint with Shift and jump with Spacebar
  • There are PvE and PvP content, although it is not yet clear what exactly awaits you in the endgame
  • There is a real-money shop with cosmetic items, XP buffs, chests with materials, and automatic completions of daily quests, as well as an additional purchasable battle pass

Additionally, you should be able to tame various animal species as pets or mounts in the game. There is even a breeding feature to create new creatures from your animals. Spooky monsters can also be created in this way.

A glimpse into the MMORPG is provided by the beta review from YouTuber Sh1n Boo:

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Chimeraland was released tonight in Asia and is also playable on PC

When is the game coming out? The release of the new MMORPG took place on January 6 at 12:01 AM our time. However, there is a region lock for the game. For now, Chimeraland was only released in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

On smartphones, you cannot install it via the Google Play Store or the App Store. However, the download on PC works smoothly from Germany, as does the creation of an account. You can start the download via the official Chimeraland website.

The release of a global version is planned.

Is the download worth it? It depends. I already had a lot of fun with the character editor and that is a clear recommendation.

The gameplay, however, feels rather clunky in the first minutes and there are lags because the servers are located in Asia. You attack with the mouse button and use special abilities on the Q and E keys, though it could be that more abilities are unlocked at a later level.

The MMORPG is also available in English, which is why I can play it without any issues. The porting for PC looks good at first. The interface is tidy and understandable, and you only slightly notice its mobile origins.

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What do you think of Chimeraland? Does the setting appeal to you, or will you likely ignore this crazy game? Feel free to write it in the comments.

A new MMORPG called Broken Ranks is also set to release in January. It features a very special combat system:

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Twitch cancels its golden boy – Will he get the “DrDisrespect” treatment?

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The gaming streamer Ludwig Ahgren was considered the “Golden Boy” of Twitch in 2021 and a major rising star on the streaming platform. With a huge event lasting a month, he made a name for himself in April 2021. However, since his move to competitor YouTube, he seems to no longer be in favor at Twitch. He might now face a similar fate as DrDisrespect: the former favorite of Twitch simply does not appear on the platform anymore.

Who is Ludwig?

  • The 26-year-old originally comes from the fighting game Super Smash Bros., but has been a huge Twitch fan since his youth, admiring people like shroud and dreaming of becoming “a big name” on the platform. Ludwig once paid $43,000 just to play for an hour with shroud.
  • In fact, the American managed in 2021 to become one of the most important and innovative Twitch streamers. Ludwig capitalized on every trend and even set some himself, speaking non-stop. His highlight was a month-long marathon stream fueled by paid subscriptions, or “subs.” With the stream, he made $1.3 million and broke the “sub-record” of Ninja from his Fortnite peak times.
  • However, 2021 was not only the peak of Ludwig’s Twitch career but also the end. He switched to the YouTube platform because he felt “not enough loved” by Twitch. He said that he loves Twitch, but there is not enough love coming back.
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Twitch says “No” to Ludwig

What is happening now? Ludwig complained at his departure about a “too cool” attitude towards him. Twitch did not fight hard enough for him, he said, sounding like a disappointed lover.

The mood between him and his “old flame” Twitch seems to have cooled down quite a bit since then.

Ludwig already remarked somewhat sheepishly on December 16 that he did not appear in Twitch’s year-in-review. Although he was certainly objectively one of the most important Twitch streamers in 2021, he was completely absent there.

Twitch simply erased him from history.

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Completely left out of the year-in-review. That did hurt a bit.

Now, in a conversation with streamer “TheStockGuy,” it came out that Twitch has apparently also rejected him elsewhere.

“TheStockGuy,” a stock market specialist on the platform, hosted an interview show on Twitch where he suggested guests for the show, but Twitch had to approve the interview partners.

As a highlight and finale of the show, he wanted to invite Ludwig. After all, he was one of the biggest and most important creators on Twitch. But that did not go well:

Did I tell you what happened with Twitch? […] We had no one for the last episode, so I said: I’ll bring Ludwig, let’s see if he will come. […] Last episode, we’re going out with a big bang. They come to me and say: That’s a no!

I asked: “What does that mean, that’s a no, Ludwig cannot come? He hasn’t been banned. He just left Twitch. You parted on good terms. They say: No.

I said: I’m not doing this without Ludwig. So they go back to the top management, come back and say: “No.”

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This is what’s behind it: Twitch seems to have a strange policy with people who consciously or under pressure part ways with the website. This is striking:

  • After the departure of their biggest streamer, Ninja, in 2019, they used Ninja’s Twitch page to promote other streamers until Ninja publicly complained because apparently, they were promoting porn streams there.
  • For streamers who are banned by Twitch, there are strict rules, as seen especially with DrDisrespect. He is no longer allowed to appear on Twitch at all. He is even cut from “award shows” as a precaution because Twitch’s revenge is feared.
  • It also seems that Twitch is now taking a weird stance with Ludwig, simply saying “no” without further explanation.

Apparently, Twitch operates on the principle: “Whoever leaves us as a big star, no longer exists for us.” However, it must be said that they do take back remorseful streamers like shroud or Ninja with open arms.

There are many things that are sometimes a bit puzzling about Twitch:

Twitch’s banning policy is getting more ridiculous

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Pokémon GO: Shiny List 2022 – All Shinies and their Chances

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By now, there are hundreds of Shinys in Pokémon GO. To help you keep track, we show you a current Shiny list for 2022 with all Shiny chances.

What is this Shiny list? Here you see all the Shinys that can be caught in Pokémon GO. This list is regularly updated so you can see at a glance which Shinys are already in the game. The list was last updated on January 6, 2022.

Additionally, we have always noted the Shiny rate, so you can see how rare the Shinys actually are.

How can you recognize Shinys? The shimmering Pokémon always look a little different. Sometimes they are just a little brighter or darker – sometimes they have a completely different color.

You can also always recognize a Shiny by whether the Pokémon emits stars upon clicking. If that happens, you have a Shiny in front of you.

All Shinys and Rates in 2022 – Chances for Shiny Pokémon

This is important regarding the Shiny chances: No Shiny rate is 100% confirmed. They are only based on assumptions and analyses by players.

Some Pokémon actually have better Shiny chances than others. This includes Scyther or Onix. However, they are rarer to encounter in the wild.

Shinys

This is the list:

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Shinys from Raids and Field Research – Trading Shinys

Can you encounter Pokémon elsewhere? Many Pokémon on the list can also be found in quests or raids. However, these rotate regularly, which is why we have not listed them here.

Likewise, there are many legendary Pokémon that can be obtained from raids but are currently unavailable.

Can Shinys be traded? Shinys can also be traded through a special trade. However, you can only make one special trade per day, which means you can only trade one Shiny per day. The trade costs significantly more Stardust than trading regular Pokémon.

Pokémon GO Trading Title 2

Which Shinys are suitable for a special trade can be found in our listing of the 10 best special trades in Pokémon GO.

Is there a Shiny trick? Here you can find many Shinys

Are there tricks for many Shinys? You cannot manipulate Shinys. It always remains a matter of luck when catching a Shiny.

However, there are events like Community Day or raid days when Shinys appear much more frequently. There you can then much more easily get the shimmering specimens.

Trasla

How likely Shinys are and which events are particularly suitable can be found in our listing of the Shiny rates.

Can you increase the Shiny chance? No, unlike in other Pokémon games, you cannot increase the chance of encountering shiny Pokémon here.

Here you can also find help: We have compiled many other lists for you, so you can always keep track in Pokémon GO:

Don’t miss any news: Do you want to stay up to date on Pokémon GO? Then check out our Facebook page for the game and join the appropriate group for Pokémon GO to get friendship codes.

Some of the Pokémon on the list cannot be caught in Germany. This is because they are regional Pokémon. If you want them, you need to travel to the corresponding region or hope for an event that temporarily brings the regional Pokémon to Germany. An overview of all regional monsters can be found here:

All regional Pokémon and where you can catch them

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A new skin in Apex Legends is currently crashing the game

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Actually, cool skins are meant to just brighten the mood. But a new skin in Apex Legends is causing more problems than joy.

Which skin is causing trouble? The problematic skin is called “Mil-Spec” and belongs to the character Bangalore. Players found out that it causes crashes as soon as one selects Bangalore with the corresponding skin in the character selection screen.

Instead of seeing the full animation of the character, one simply gets kicked out. A user demonstrated what this looks like on reddit:

It has also been confirmed that the bug affects teammates when selecting the skin.

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The developers are on the bug

This is what the developers say: On Twitter, Respawn has already responded to the bug and stated that they are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the developers refer to a workaround: it is possible to reload back into the game after the crash and continue playing without issues. A complete solution to the bug is not yet available.

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Where does the skin come from? In Apex Legends, the so-called “Gridiron Store” is currently available, where you can purchase various cosmetics for the character Bangalore. This includes the “Mil-Spec Skin.”

The cosmetics are based in part on a new video titled “Stories from the Outlands – Gridiron,” which tells a story about Bangalore. It is a skin that you buy directly and cannot unlock in other ways. Currently, this is not advisable due to the bugs.

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Apex Legends is indeed not the only game currently facing skin problems. CoD: Warzone, a battle royale competitor, is also having issues with a costume. This involves the level 100 skin from the current Battle Pass, which somehow leads to the invisibility of some players. You can find out everything about the bug here:

CoD Warzone: Skin from the Battle Pass makes players invisible – ‘He is everywhere on the map’

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ESO: New teaser gives first insight into the content 2022 – probably focuses on Bretons

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The Elder Scrolls Online gave a first glimpse of the content for 2022 in a short teaser video. The video mainly focuses on seafaring – players therefore suspect that the Bretons could play an important role this year.

What does the teaser show? In the nearly 70 seconds, a ship is the focus, which is initially on a table where strategic decisions are made. A few seconds later, the ship is seen in action, sailing towards an island and a large city.

Later, a heavily armored warrior is seen looking at the ships that are at risk of capsizing in a storm from a balcony.

Finally, the big announcement event for the year 2022 is referenced. This will take place on January 27 at 21:00 German time.

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Players Expect Intrigue with the Bretons

What can be concluded from the teaser? On YouTube and Reddit, players are already speculating about what the cinematic teaser could mean.

Many conclude that 2022 will revolve around the Bretons. They justify this with the type of armor and the architecture of the city.

Previously, the developers revealed that this year will revolve around a playable race that has received little attention so far. The journey will likely lead to the High Isles. In addition, there should be a classic “Elder Scrolls” intrigue this year.

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How are the Bretons received? The Bretons are very well received by many players. Some players write that they have long wanted an expansion focused on this race.

The new year is already creating hype for many, while others are still skeptical because they do not yet know the special features of the expansion. Recently, the content of Blackwood disappointed somewhat:

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What exactly happens on January 27? At the announcement event on January 27, all players will receive a detailed insight into the content for 2022. Usually, we also learn about the features of the upcoming summer expansion.

You can follow the livestream via the Twitch channel of Bethesda.

By tuning into the livestream, you can also receive the new coral crab mount via Twitch Drops. To do this, you must link your ESO and Twitch accounts.

ESO Coral Crab

What do you think of the teaser and the Bretons? Are you looking forward to it, or would you have preferred another race in focus? And what do you hope for as a major feature in the new expansion? Feel free to write it in the comments.

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FIFA 22: TOTW 16 has good cards for the Premier League – But the most important one is missing

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The TOTW 16 in FIFA 22 is now available. However, while there are some decent cards for the Premier League, a certain multiple-time world footballer is sorely missed.

What is the TOTW? In the “Team of the Week,” the best players from real football are given improved cards each week if they have stood out with particularly good performances. Then there is the black Inform card, which not only has better stats but can typically fetch a few more coins on the transfer market.

Additionally, special cards, such as the OTW cards, can receive an upgrade with the TOTW.

When does TOTW 16 come out? The current Team of the Week, TOTW 16, is now available in the packs of FIFA 22. It replaced the last TOTW cards on Wednesday, January 5th at 7:00 PM and will be available for one week.

The red picks from the Weekend League rewards will also contain the cards from TOTW 16 this week.

What cards these might be – we show you here.

TOTW 16 comes without Cristiano Ronaldo, but with Kanté

Who is in TOTW 16? The current Team of the Week mainly features cards from the English Premier League and LaLiga, likely due to the winter breaks of many other leagues. The top card in TOTW 16 is N’golo Kante with an overall rating of 92.

FIFA 22 TOTW 16

He is likely the main prize for anyone hoping for strong cards from packs – Kanté is one of the best midfielders that you can put in FIFA 22. This is especially true for his second Inform card.

Here is the complete TOTW 16 in the list:

  • GK: Schmeichel (86)
  • CB: Piqué (86)
  • CB: Sanchez (Featured-TOTW, 84)
  • CB: Pau Torres (84)
  • CM: Kanté (92)
  • CM: Banega (84)
  • LM: Januzaj (84)
  • CM: Joao Moutinho (83)
  • ST: Iago Aspas (87)
  • LF: Foden (87)
  • ST: Correa (85)

TOTW 16 Bench:

  • GK: Forster (81)
  • RWB: Dallas (81)
  • RM: Bowen (82)
  • CM: Mooy (81)
  • LM: MacAllister (81)
  • ST: Paulinho (82)
  • ST: Ünal (81)
  • LM: Goodwin (79)
  • RM: Weimann (78)
  • ST: Sancet (79)
  • ST: Stewart (75)
  • ST: McKirdy (72)

Which card is missing? In the predictions for TOTW 16, one name appeared quite often: Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Especially considering his OTW card, which improves with each TOTW card, many players had been hoping for the Portuguese – also because there were generally few players available this week. Yet the first Inform card for Ronaldo in FIFA 22 is still missing.

While there are some decent cards for the Premier League in the new TOTW – at least the Featured Card for Sanchez doesn’t look bad, and you can do something with Foden. But a real top card is really only Kanté. A TOTW-Ronaldo could have definitely added some star power.

Recently, top cards in the FIFA community have not been very popular – at least not if they are on the opposing team. Just recently, there was a big discussion about whether some cards in FIFA 22 could simply be targeted for tackling.

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