Blizzard continues to investigate its games for inappropriate references: This time it affects the NPC “Gorge the Corpsegrinder” in WoW. The Orc is based on the musician George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher, frontman of the band “Cannibal Corpse.” In an interview in 2007, he said he passionately plays World of Warcraft, but he considers the Alliance a bunch of “emo faggots.”
Which NPC is it about? The NPC “Gorge the Corpsegrinder” (German: Gortsch der Leichenmalmer) is an NPC in Garrosh’s Landing, an area from the 2008 expansion “Wrath of the Lich King.”
The NPC is a clear reference to the musician George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher.
This is the change: As reported by Wowhead, the character will be renamed with the WoW Patch 9.1.5. From now on, he will be called “Annihilator Grek’lor.”
Musician loves WoW, hates the Alliance
Why is Blizzard renaming him? The musician gave an interview in 2007 (via youtube). There he emphasizes his love for WoW, saying he has 4 accounts with 7 characters at the then max level 70, takes his laptop on tour, and always plays. He doesn’t just play WoW, it is his “damn life.”
But then the interview derailed:
I don’t play damn Alliance. I don’t play fucking Night Elves and Gnomes. There are only damn Orcs and Undead! Screw the Alliance! Die, you damn emo faggots.
George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher
Apparently, Blizzard originally named the NPC after the musician because they were aware of his passion for WoW. However, they have now decided to remove the reference from WoW, as it is no longer considered acceptable in 2021.
The background for the change is a sexism lawsuit that Blizzard faced. Subsequently, employees announced that they would examine games for references that no longer align with Blizzard’s values.
This makes the change spicy: In 2011, there was already an uproar over exactly this video: During BlizzCon 2011, Blizzard played a heavily censored version of the interview (via youtube).
Afterward, so many people complained about the inappropriate interview that the head of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime, had to apologize for playing the video during a concert of the Blizzard band, Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain. That was insensitive and shortsighted.
However, Morhaime’s apology had no impact on the game at the time: The NPC remained unchanged in WoW for more than a decade. That has now come to an end.
New World is currently experiencing an economic crisis. The Taler, the in-game currency, is simply too rare and is needed for too many things. That’s why players are now starting to trade their goods in cities instead of selling them at the trading post.
What is the problem with the economy in New World? Most MMORPGs experience strong inflation over time. Prices rise because players can generate endless gold and can hardly spend it.
However, in New World, the opposite is currently happening. It’s hard to come by many Talers in the game, and at the same time, there are many fees and ongoing costs that players have to pay.
How are players reacting to this? Some players have now begun to trade their goods directly with other players. As reddit user Puffelpuff reports, about 1,000 linen is being traded for 600 iron bars and 20 eggs on his server.
No trading taxes apply in this way, and players do not have to give away any of their rare Talers to another player.
The material system is well thought out, but there is a lack of Taler sources
Is the problem caused by crafting? No, because New World actually has a well thought out system for crafting and materials.
Since materials from starting areas are constantly needed to craft higher crafting materials and ultimately endgame items, they remain constantly relevant and should actually have a stable price.
If you need steel bars in New World, you first have to produce iron bars. This ensures that older materials remain important.
What is the problem then? Mainly that there are too few sources for Talers:
Quests provide too few rewards, especially in the endgame
Monsters hardly drop Talers
Found equipment can only be disassembled, but not sold to an NPC for money
At the same time, there are many fees that players have to pay in New World, including rent for houses, taxes at the trading post, and even a fee for crafting.
Since some settlements impose exorbitant taxes on these things, players in the endgame are running out of money. Those who own 3 houses to travel faster and more comfortably can hardly keep up with farming Talers for the rent.
What does the future look like? If Amazon does not intervene, prices will continue to fall. At some point, many players could even reach a scenario where they have almost no quests left in the endgame. This would push the Taler down even further and could even cost them their house.
Suddenly, players who hoarded their Talers during the leveling process and do not own any houses could become the richest people in New World.
However, it is more likely that Amazon will tackle the deflation with a fix or at the latest with new content. After all, some players could be frustrated that they have achieved the highest level in crafting but cannot earn any money.
How do you see the economy in New World right now? Do you also have problems with too few Talers?
In addition to the economy, New World also has several other issues that we have summarized here:
The new WoW book has been postponed again – and probably also the release date of Patch 9.2. We still have to wait almost half a year.
The community of World of Warcraft has to deal with another bad omen. The upcoming WoW book has been postponed again. However, this could also mean that the next major content patch of World of Warcraft is being pushed further into the future.
Patch 9.2 could therefore still be over 5 months away.
What happened? The next book about World of Warcraft, simply titled “Sylvanas” by Christie Golden, has been postponed again. After the release was originally moved from November 2021 to February 2022, there has now been another change. According to current plans, the Sylvanas book will now be released in English on March 29, 2022. The German version will generally follow a few weeks or months later.
What does this have to do with WoW? In the past, Blizzard has often ensured that books are released in time with important events in the game, such as an intro to a new expansion or as a link between two expansions.
The fact that the Sylvanas book is now being postponed again could be an indication that the next major patch 9.2 – which is sure to reveal new aspects of Sylvanas’ story – has also been delayed. A new release date for the book could therefore coincide with a release date for the patch.
The Sylvanas book with the new release date on Amazon. Image source: wowhead
This is of course not confirmed by Blizzard, and an official statement regarding Patch 9.2 will probably only come in a few months after Patch 9.1.5 is released.
More news about World of Warcraft and Blizzard can be found here:
What does this mean for WoW players? Probably not much good. Patch 9.1.5 brings some minor innovations, but is heavily criticized for “too little, too late.” As a result, players of World of Warcraft are heading towards a new content drought, which will likely cast Shadowlands in an even worse light.
Because there won’t be any really new content – like raids, a new area, or dungeons – until Patch 9.2. Since Blizzard has been struggling with delays throughout the entire “Shadowlands” expansion while also dealing with the fallout of a huge sexism scandal, it seems that work is once again delayed.
Were you already looking forward to the book? Do you believe that it is related to Patch 9.2? Or could there be other reasons?
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Since the evening of October 20th, there is a new Limited Research in Pokémon GO. This is content brought by Niantic to apologize to you. One of the Halloween contents did not function correctly.
What kind of research is this? If you now open your Pokémon GO app, you will find a new research under the “Today” overview named “Limited Research”. Some trainers are confused about what the tasks involve. However, the developers explained that it is a kind of apology.
Because the development of Galar-Slowking has been faulty in recent days, frustrating some players.
Limited Research from October 20 – What’s inside?
Here are the tasks: The requirements are quite straightforward. After just one chapter, you will have completed the new research:
Catch 1 Pokémon
Reward: 10 Poké Balls
Catch 3 Pokémon
Reward: 50 Slowpoke candies
Catch 5 Pokémon
Reward: 1 Incense
Stage Reward: If you successfully complete all tasks and claim the rewards, you will receive an additional 1,000 Stardust, 1,000 experience points, and an encounter with Galar-Slowpoke.
From now on, you can again evolve your Galar-Slowpoke into Galar-Slowking without issues. And this is how the evolution works:
Here was the problem: For the Halloween event 2021, Niantic activated the new evolution of Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking. For many trainers, this evolution is considered one of the highlights of the spooky event. Accordingly, the mood was poor when the news about the broken evolution spread in the community.
Some trainers evolved their Galar-Slowpoke with the corresponding requirements using the button for the Galar-Slowking evolution, but received Galar-Snorlax instead.
Niantic explained that the error was on their part. On Twitter, the developers wrote on October 20:
“Trainers, we thank you again for your patience while we resolved the issue with the Galar-Slowpoke evolution. As compensation for the inconveniences, a limited-time research is now available to all trainers.”
With this new Limited Research, Niantic apologizes for the development issues.
The server transfer in New World is live. We show you how to transfer your character to other worlds and servers in New World.
What is it about? In the first days after the release of New World, the game struggled with endlessly long queues. To counteract this problem, many more servers were opened. To enable you to play with your friends now, New World offers free server transfers for your character.
Update from October 20: With the new Update 1.0.3, server transfers became available in New World today.
New World: How can I transfer my character?
This is how the server transfer works:
Log in to the game with the character you want to transfer
Go with the character to a safe place like a settlement or outpost
Leave your current company
Remove all active buy and sell orders at the trading post
Open the game’s shop and select “World Transfer” on the left side
Click the button for the Free World Transfer
Select “Buy” at the bottom (a free world transfer is available to you)
Then select the world you want to transfer your character to from the list
In the next window, you can confirm the transfer with “Confirm Transfer”
You will then be logged out and redirected to the main menu
In the following video, you can see how the character transfer works in New World:
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Which worlds can I choose? In your region, you can generally choose any world as the destination for your transfer. However, this does not apply to worlds that are already full, those currently undergoing maintenance, or those in world sets where characters from your account already exist.
What do I take with me during the character transfer? Your entire character progress including level, weapon mastery, titles, and so on will be transferred. You will also take the following with you:
Inventory and storage contents
Gold and other in-game currencies
Housing and decorations
Progress on quests
What is lost during the character transfer? Since you must leave your company before the transfer, it will not be transferred. You should also remove your active buy and sell orders, as they will not be carried over during the transfer.
Additionally, your friend lists only apply to the specific worlds you play on – they are not transferred to other worlds.
Oops, I chose the wrong world: If you have chosen the wrong world for transfer for whatever reason, there is currently no additional free transfer available. Another transfer requires a new token. However, Amazon wants to monitor and evaluate the situation:
In the patch notes (via newworld.com), the team writes:
Another transfer requires another token. Our team will monitor world populations and queue times and evaluate the necessity of whether another issuance of free server transfer tokens is sensible. Once we are sure that players have had enough time to find the right server for themselves, we will offer server transfer tokens for purchase in the shop. We will notify you in advance when the tokens can also be purchased for a fee.
Server switches in New World repeatedly postponed
This is how it went recently: On October 16, Amazon stated that slightly more time was needed for the feature. They plan to release server transfers in the current week. The developers do not specify a concrete date.
This was initially planned: In the patch notes for New World from October 6, the team states that the feature for server transfers was to be activated during the week of October 10. However, due to technical difficulties, the release has now been postponed by one week – to October 17.
We have implemented the foundations for character-server transfer, and you can see elements of this work in the in-game shop. We continue to work on this feature and will have more information about how the system works later this week when we release server transfers.
This is how it should proceed: In a forum post on October 9, the development team explains how exactly the transfers work and mentions that more time is needed for additional tests. However, they are aiming for a release in the week of October 17.
Some elements should be visible immediately after today’s patch. However, the function will not be released until the server transfer is completely developed.
Switching between regions, world set, and more information
Is a regional server switch possible? In the New World community, players are asking whether the free server transfer could also allow switching between regions.
“We do not have a system for regional switching. You can play in any region, but you have to start with a new character from scratch,” explains Camulos from customer support in the New World forum. You can read more about the rules and possibilities for switching:
Does the world set matter? In a response from Camulos, players learn that the world sets do not matter for the server transfer. The employee mentions that you could choose a server, but only with the regional restrictions.
What does this mean? You cannot switch between AP Southeast, SA East, US West, US East, and EU Central. However, you can switch within a region, like from Fomax (world set Vanaheim Air) to Ravenal (world set Vanaheim Rho).
Why is the switch necessary? The New World team wanted to ensure that everyone could log in quickly, especially during the time after release when hundreds of thousands wanted to play. To achieve this, many new servers were brought online and the capacities of existing servers were increased.
Players created characters on servers with low player counts during this time so they could log in without long queues. Often with the disadvantage of not being able to play with their friends. With the free server transfer, players can think carefully about whether they want to switch to their friends and play together on a populated server, or settle down on a smaller server.
Have you considered using the server transfer to play on a server with high population or low population with your friends?
Today marks the start of the new MMORPG Elyon (PC) on Steam and in its own client. We at MeinMMO are accompanying the launch with a live ticker and will answer your questions about the game in the comments.
Update 1:20 PM: We have created a short video to introduce you to Elyon again:
Update October 21 7:50 AM: Scheduled maintenance work has been announced for today. It will run from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. We will update the ticker accordingly if the maintenance extends.
Update 7:30 PM: The queue on Andromeda is now at nearly 90 minutes. Over 3,000 players are waiting to enter. The number of players alone on Steam has also grown to over 13,000. However, Elyon also uses its own client, which can be downloaded directly from Kakao Games.
Update 6:00 PM: Unfortunately, we had to take the giveaway for the mounts offline. The keys we received from Kakao Games are invalid for an unclear reason. We will let you know when the issue has been resolved.
The people who have already won a key will definitely get a key as soon as we are supplied with new ones. It’s currently the middle of the night in Korea, so this may take some time.
Update 5:50 PM: The servers were temporarily down but are now back online.
Update 5:45 PM: The queue is currently about 50 minutes. However, a second EU server named Sagittarius has been added. You can play there directly.
Update 5:12 PM: Now there are indeed the first queues. Currently, the wait time is 30 minutes – trending upward.
Update 4:50 PM: In-game, there are already a lot of players who have completed the tutorial and are milling about in the starting area.
This is what it currently looks like in the starting area.
Update 4:40 PM: The MMORPG is currently running stable, and there are no queues yet. However, as there is only one European server, it is possible that this will change over the course of the day.
Update 4:20 PM: The launch is now set for 4:30 PM, as the developers have communicated on Discord.
Update 3:49 PM: The maintenance is being extended. However, there is currently no information on how long the launch will be delayed.
Update 3:40 PM: Elyon is still undergoing maintenance. Anyone who has already downloaded the client for the head start must download a new patch. It took us about 5 minutes.
When does it start? Elyon celebrates its official release on October 20 at 4:00 PM local time. Then all players can try the new MMORPG, as it is free to play.
Previously, a head start took place on October 17, but only those who paid in advance could participate.
What happens here in the live ticker? We will accompany the launch of Elyon and keep you updated on any server problems, queues, and other issues. So if you want to play Elyon today, you should follow this post.
The game is currently in maintenance, so even head start players cannot play. This maintenance runs from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. We will report live on the state of the game starting at about 3:30 PM.
At the focus of the game is the action-packed combat system, which resembles a mix of TERA and Black Desert. This allows you to grind in the open world, complete dungeons, and participate in various PvP activities. This includes fights in the open world at higher levels.
Additionally, it offers a special system where all skills can adapt to your playstyle.
A detailed overview of the contents of Elyon can be found in this article:
The Battle Royale Warzone is facing its biggest change yet. With the new Call of Duty: Vanguard, Warzone takes over many gameplay elements and may become a completely different game. We will show you how this could affect loadouts on MeinMMO.
With Call of Duty: Warzone, the popular shooter series has created a free title that connects the annual paid CoD games. Warzone adopts parts of the setting and creates connections in the story. The Battle Royale even allows you to use cosmetics from the main games and gets all the new weapons from each title.
Call of Duty: Vanguard takes this “connectedness” to the extreme. Warzone will get the fresh graphics engine from CoD 2021, including a new, large Pacific-style map. The exact details of the integration are not finalized yet. However, we want to take a look with you at what a loadout in Warzone could look like after the transition to Vanguard.
Warzone loadouts in Vanguard – A thought experiment
How do loadouts change with Vanguard? The basic conditions likely won’t change. You will navigate to the “Weapons” tab and can adjust your loadouts just like in the past years of Call of Duty. The view of the complete loadout also feels familiar:
This is what the loadouts looked like in the Vanguard beta.
The devil is in the details. While the loadouts will visually resemble those of the past, the way they are assembled will change. And the changes might be drastic. We will go through the individual points with you:
Gunsmith
Perks
Grenades
Tactical Equipment
Field Upgrades
The Gunsmith: 10 Attachments as the New Standard
How does the Gunsmith change with Vanguard? The weapons from the new Call of Duty are said to be significantly more flexible than in its two predecessors, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare. There will be a total of 10 attachment slots, with each slot able to be equipped with an attachment. Instead of 5, we will have 10 attachments in Vanguard.
Currently, the first Vanguard weapons are already available in the “Cold War” Warzone, and this strengthens the hints that this 10-attachment system will also make its way to “Warzone: Pacific”. The laser attachments may no longer play a role with the new weapons, and extra attachments from Modern Warfare might return:
In the blueprint version of the StG 44, which you can already organize in Warzone, you will find the ammunition type attachment in the laser slot. The long-range ammunition shown here would then increase the bullet velocity of the weapon, for example.
Since new weapons in Warzone have always matched the number and selection of attachments one-to-one with those from the premium titles, the ammunition types will likely also come to the Battle Royale. This would introduce a few new gameplay elements to Warzone:
Subsonic – Works like a silencer
Fragile – Enemies are slowed
Incendiary – Ammunition with fire damage
Hollow Point – No reduced damage to extremities
What advantages or disadvantages this will ultimately bring is still difficult to assess. However, weapon balancing will likely not be easy if the firearms want to be this flexible. This problem has already occurred with the weapons from Cold War and Modern Warfare.
The “Cold War” weapons are often considered stronger because they generally provide better mobility. However, there are a few strong extra attachments for the weapons from CoD MW. There is currently no real balance between the weapons.
What happens to the old weapons in Warzone? The weapons and your blueprints will remain in the game, that much is certain. However, how the Gunsmith will function is still unknown. So far, it appears that the weapons will remain as they are.
An FFAR 1 from Cold War or M4A1 from Modern Warfare keeps all of its attachments and you can equip only 5 attachments. The models of the weapons will be implemented into the new Vanguard engine and everything stays as usual.
The other possibility would be a standardization, similar to what has already happened with Cold War. Here, the “Third Barrel Attachment” of a weapon class always has the same function. This was different in Modern Warfare. Such an adjustment would facilitate a general balancing, but would also require many adjustments.
Then there is still the question of whether the old weapons might also adopt the new 10-attachment system. There are still many questions to clarify.
The Perks: Ghost and Overkill Separated
How do the Perks change with Vanguard? When you build a loadout in Warzone today, the first question arises: Ghost or Overkill?
With Ghost, you hide from heartbeat sensors and drones
Overkill allows a second primary weapon in the loadout
If Warzone transitions to the Vanguard engine, that could change – Ghost and Overkill are in 2 different perk categories. Currently, Overkill is set in the Vanguard Warzone, as there is only a little competition in that slot. The perk belongs to the yellow category “Bonus & Equipment” and shares the space here with bonuses for grenades or sprinting.
Everyone could then directly grab their 2 primary weapons with the first loadout and also get Ghost – if they even want that.
However, due to the change of conditions, the currently very strong perk could become less appealing. The heartbeat sensor is currently the best tactical item because it allows you to detect enemies without Ghost. Whether this sensor still exists is doubtful.
You can read about which perks for Vanguard are already known and what data miners have discovered here:
How will grenades change with Vanguard? According to current standards, the biggest change is that the Claymore is now part of the tactical equipment in Vanguard. Additionally, the targeted Claymore mines will disappear.
Furthermore, the Semtex grenade, known as the “gambler bomb,” no longer has a timer but explodes immediately on impact. C4 only receives a cosmetic update and a bundle of dynamite – but can still be operated via a remote detonator.
Tactical Equipment: Bye Bye Heartbeat Sensor
How does tactical equipment change in Vanguard? As mentioned, the “S-Mine 44” will become part of the tactical equipment, seemingly replacing the proximity and Claymore mines. However, the biggest change revolves around another item in that category: the heartbeat sensor.
If Warzone really adopts the gameplay of Vanguard, there will be no more heartbeat sensor. The item currently shows you when enemies without the “Ghost” perk are within a 50-meter range.
The removal of the heartbeat sensor would strip away an important mechanic of Warzone and allow for significantly fewer scouting options. A small change with a huge impact – also on the relevance of the “Ghost” perk, which would become less important.
Bonus: Field Upgrades
Unlike in multiplayer, you do not choose field upgrades in the normal battle royale of Warzone beforehand; instead, you find them during matches. In the Vanguard beta, some of these gadgets were already visible:
Supply Box – Provides ammunition and equipment
Armor Plate – Gives you some body armor
Goliath – Explosive mini-tank to control
Directional Microphone – Shows nearby enemies on the mini-map
Dead Silence – Silences footsteps briefly, weapons and knife kills reset the timer
The Trophy System, which intercepts grenades and rockets, may disappear completely. Vehicles would therefore be significantly more vulnerable to missile fire. It is also likely that “Special Ammunition” could vanish, as the weapons from Vanguard have their own ammunition types.
Whether the small drone or the ballistic shield will be included is also currently doubtful.
When does Warzone change? There is currently no exact date yet. Vanguard will be released on November 5, and so far it seems likely that Warzone will transition to the new engine with the start of Vanguard’s first season.
However, there is no date yet for the season start. The current Season 6, the last live season of Black Ops Cold War, ends on December 2, and there is speculation that Season 1 of Vanguard will start then.
Officially, it only says: this year near the Vanguard release.
How likely is a complete transition to the Vanguard mechanics? Many details about the transition are still unknown. However, during the stream for the multiplayer reveal of Vanguard, Creative Director Amos Hodge from developer Raven Software stated:
With the release of Vanguard, we want to ensure that the game feel and character of the game reach into Warzone beyond the multiplayer experience.
This could mean that the feel of multiplayer served as a model for how Warzone should feel after the “merger” with Vanguard. Trophy systems and heartbeat sensors seem to fit less into this picture. The mix with the modern weapons would fit – because there are also weapons in multiplayer, regardless of the year of manufacture.
How does the new evolution from Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking in Pokémon GO work? We’ll show you in the guide.
What’s new? In Pokémon GO, since the start of the Halloween event in 2021, the new Slowpoke evolution from Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking has been active.
We’ll explain what requirements the evolution to the new wizard Pokémon has so that you can evolve it without any issues.
Update from October 21, 2021: The evolution from Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking now works without any issues. Niantic has fixed the bug that cost trainers the evolution.
Evolution to Galar-Slowking – What you need to do
This is how the evolution works: If you want to evolve Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking, you must:
Choose Galar-Slowpoke as your buddy
Catch 30 Psychic-type Pokémon while Galar-Slowpoke is your buddy
Have 50 Slowpoke candies for the evolution
If you have met these requirements and select Slowking as the evolution button in your Galar-Slowpoke overview, the following preview window will no longer show a question mark.
What you need to pay attention to: If you have caught a Galar-Slowpoke and select it in your collection, you will see an evolution with the silhouette of Galar-Slowking (recognized by the shell crown) at the bottom of the evolution options.
In the next window, a question mark may then be displayed on the right side of the Pokémon preview. If this is the case for you, you should not evolve it. Because you still lack the requirements.
This bug existed: Many trainers could not evolve Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking. (As of October 15 at 1:10 PM). For them, Galar-Slowpoke evolved to Galar-Politoed.
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For the error with the evolution, Niantic started a new limited research that provided trainers with Slowpoke candies and also an encounter with Galar-Slowpoke. So you can conduct another evolution.
Could the bug be worked around? On reddit , trainers explained that the evolution works if you walk 2 kilometers with Galar-Slowpoke in addition to the official requirements as your buddy. However, this is not a requirement on Niantic’s official blog.
Have you already successfully evolved Galar-Slowpoke to Galar-Slowking? Did you try it with the 2 kilometers or did the evolution succeed for you due to another requirement?
Share your experiences with us here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers in the community.
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The former eSports caster Jack “CouRage” Dunlop is a legend in Call of Duty. However, in recent weeks, he has completely immersed himself in New World and streams it almost daily on YouTube. Yet the wars for territories, which should actually be so much fun for him, are currently just causing frustration.
What is the problem? CouRage has expressed negativity regarding the wars in New World in several tweets. However, he does not mind the massive number of false reports that lead to bans, nor the lags caused by AoE attacks.
CouRage complains that the Syndicate faction on his server supposedly has four times the number of players. Meanwhile, there are 6 larger streamers fighting against him. This makes it impossible to wage a reasonable war against the Syndicate.
That’s why he now wants to send a tweet to the developers every day to remind them of the balance problem:
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Is this really a problem? Yes, on almost all servers, either one faction dominates or two are fighting for supremacy, while the third faction is completely left behind. Currently, there is also no function that helps an inferior group, such as through buffs or cheaper declarations of war.
In fact, new players can even see which faction dominates on their server before they join a faction. This often leads to more players joining the “winning faction”.
The unbalanced factions are generally one of the major points of criticism players currently have against New World:
Where does CouRage currently see a solution? On Twitter, the streamer was asked what his approaches for a solution to the problem would be and whether a fourth faction would help.
CouRage denied this and instead suggested that there should be a maximum number of players who can do PvP quests for a faction while being in an arena. This would at least make declaring war easier.
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Another possibility would be that the costs for attackers increase the more often they unsuccessfully attack the same territory. This would reduce the attacks themselves. Additionally, a portion of the costs incurred by attackers should go to the defenders to reward them more.
What do you think about his suggestions and what do you generally think about the problems with faction balance? Feel free to write it in the comments.
CouRage is a CoD legend, but now is addicted to New World
Who is CouRage anyway? Jack “CouRage” Dunlop is a 27-year-old American who started his career as an intern at Major League Gaming.
Later, he moved to Activision Blizzard and became a host and commentator for the professional league of Call of Duty. He is now an active streamer on YouTube and has over 3 million subscribers there. He is also part of the clan “100 Thieves”.
How active does he play New World? Since the release, CouRage has already streamed New World on 13 days – sometimes for up to 12 hours straight. On October 13th, he reached the max level 60 and has since experienced the highest dungeons, invasions, and some wars.
On Twitter, CouRage shared that he would love to play New World for 16 hours a day.
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On the occasion of an important holiday in the history of the Fallout universe, the survival spin-off Fallout 76 is currently free to play. We at MeinMMO show you what the game is about and who should take a look.
What is Fallout 76? After a brief but intense nuclear war, the USA and possibly even the whole world lie in ruins. You are among the few survivors who managed to find safety in one of the protected vaults.
As some of the first to return to the surface, you are now tasked with cleaning up and rebuilding the USA – starting in Appalachia, West Virginia. This is where Fallout 76 begins, in which you slowly reclaim the nuclear wasteland.
The day the atomic bombs ultimately fell is October 23rd. This date is both a reminder and a holiday in the Fallout universe. With this date also approaching in our world, Fallout 76 is hosting a free week where you can try out the survival game for free.
How long is Fallout 76 free to play? The promotion started on October 19th and ends after a week on October 25th.
During this period, you can try out the entire scope of the game. If you purchase Fallout 76 afterwards, you can carry over your progress.
Here is a trailer for the Day of the Atomic Bomb:
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Who should take a look? Fallout 76 is particularly suitable for people who want to get into the survival genre. One of the reasons for this is the community. Most veterans will greet you warmly and help you get started.
Some may even provide you with gear. As in any game, there are people here who want to ruin the fun. Overall, however, you will mostly encounter helpful wastelanders.
Additionally, the PvP mechanics are hardly relevant, so enemies cannot “grief” or kill you if you don’t want them to. This makes exploration easier at least in terms of other players.
If you also love the Fallout universe, you will find enjoyment in Fallout 76. The game delivers the typical quirky humor and bizarre sci-fi weapons, armors, and mutants.
Thanks to the camp system, fans of their own housing can let loose, designing it according to their wishes. However, the camps are not limited to just shelters; you can also build all sorts of other things with them.
For instance, one player repeatedly built elaborate traps to take other players out. Restaurants and own vault bunkers are also possible with the camp system. You can easily pack the camps up and take them to other locations.
Big Halloween Event and celebration for the Day of the Atomic Bomb announced
What is happening right now in Fallout 76? On the occasion of the Day of the Atomic Bomb and Halloween, which is just around the corner, Fallout 76 has announced numerous events and promotions.
With the latest update from October 19th, Fallout 76 is adorned with spooky decorations, and even the Scorched (zombie-like creatures) are roaming around in Halloween costumes. If you take them out, there is special loot to be had. There’s also an event centered around collecting candy.
In addition, there are daily and weekly challenges that bring you special rewards:
Consumables
Skill card packs
Lunchboxes
Repair kits
S.C.O.R.E.
Halloween costumes.
Completing both weekly challenges will reward you with a popcorn machine for your camp. You can find more information about the event in the announcement (via fallout.bethesda.net).
In addition to these promotions, there will also be a weekend with double chances for legendary scripts, weapons, and armors.
How long do the Halloween activities last? The events have been running since October 19th and end on November 2nd.
What do you think of the free promotion? Will you give Fallout 76 a chance? Are you still playing actively? Or do you think nothing of the Fallout MMO?
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The TOTW 5 in FIFA 22 is now known. We show you which players made it into the new Team of the Week.
What is the TOTW? In the TOTW, players who have made notable performances in real-life football are featured each week. They receive a so-called “Inform” card that reflects this performance.
Additionally, there is always a “Featured” card in the new TOTW. This represents a weaker player who receives a few extra rating points.
How to get TOTW cards? You can pull TOTW cards from packs, but you will need a lot of luck for that. Alternatively, you can find the Inform cards on the FUT transfer market, but they cost quite a bit. We show you how to get the necessary coins in our trading tips.
The TOTW 5 in FIFA 22 – All Inform players
This is the TOTW 5: The new Team of the Week offers a range of strong cards that should be particularly interesting for Bundesliga teams. Besides Gnabry (86) and Kramaric (85), Szczesny (88), Ilicic (86), and Firmino (86) have also received high ratings.
The featured player for this week is Damian Suarez from FC Getafe. He receives a strong upgrade from 78 to 84.
TOTW 5 Starting XI:
GK: Szcesny (88)
CB: Ginter (86)
LB: Chilwell (84)
RB: Suarez (84)
RM: Gnabry (86)
CAM: Ndombele (84)
CAM: Savanier (83)
CM: Bellingham (82)
ST: Roberto Firmino (86)
ST: Ilicic (86)
ST: Kramaric (85)
TOTW 5 Bench:
GK: Cota (81)
CB: Ogbonna (83)
CM: Guendouzi (81)
RM: Pedro Santos (81)
ST: Laborde (83)
LW: Ansu Fati (81)
ST: Alvarez (81)
LB: Wendt (81)
CM: Seko (75)
LW: Mitoma (79)
ST: Carlitos (79)
RW: Rabihic (76)
The Bundesliga in TOTW 5
These Bundesliga players are involved: This week, four Bundesliga players have made it into the new TOTW.
Bayern’s Serge Gnabry scored 2 goals over the weekend and is now rewarded with a TOTW card. The new card offers improvements mainly in passing and physicality.
Matthias Ginter receives an interesting new card this week with an overall rating of 86. While the new card is still a bit slow, it shines with top stats in defense (88) and physicality (82).
Jude Bellingham makes a significant leap with his first Inform card in FUT 22 to an 82 rating. He has solid stats in all areas, which should be interesting for many players with Bundesliga teams.
Hoffenheim’s Ante Kramaric gets an interesting Inform upgrade and now offers very strong shooting stats and decent dribbling stats.
Are you satisfied with the TOTW, or do you think other players should be featured in the Team of the Week? Let us know in the comments!
More strong cards that are surprisingly cheap can be found here:
The Cycle: Frontier is a shooter from the Berlin studio YAGER, which has now officially entered beta on Steam and the Epic Games Store. While player numbers on Steam are currently quite low, the game is ranked 2nd in the trends on Twitch.
What kind of game is The Cycle? The new free-to-play shooter is reminiscent of a mix between a survival game and Hunt: Showdown:
You spawn on a vast map after entering the game. You can stay there as long as you want, although the server restarts every 6 hours.
The focus is on collecting equipment as well as resources like ores.
Like in Hunt: Showdown, you lose your equipment if you die. You only keep the loot if you successfully make it to the rescue ship during your game session.
To keep you entertained, there’s a social hub with various factions that give you missions. Through these, you can unlock new weapons and upgrades.
This new trailer gives you an insight into the game:
What is the current status of the game? Since September 30, 2021, The Cycle: Frontier has been in beta. You can request access on Steam or the Epic Store. More detailed information about the beta and the contents of the shooter can be found here:
The gameplay of the shooter seems to be well received. Because although the player numbers are still small, the first larger streamers have become aware of the game.
The Cycle is ranked 2nd in Twitch trends
Where does the game currently stand on Steam? In the last 3 days, The Cycle has achieved some initial successes on Twitch. With nearly 1.1 million streamed hours, the game ranks only 23rd in all categories on Twitch, but hardly any other game has reported such strong growth.
In the previous 3 days, it was only viewed for about 200,000 hours.
In the last 3 days, The Cycle ranks 2nd among trending games, right behind Fortnite. The trends are based on how many viewers the game has gained compared to the previous 3 days.
The number of channels streaming The Cycle has also increased significantly. On October 15, there were only about 25 channels online at the same time, but by October 19, there were over 250, or ten times as many.
The number of simultaneous viewers (left) and the channels streaming The Cycle (right) – via Sullygnome.
Where do the viewers come from? The biggest boost for The Cycle came from streamer Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar, who is among the top 30 streamers on Twitch.
He is known for trying different games and has spent over 33 hours live with the new shooter.
One of the highlights was a kill from a player who had called him a “fool” over the in-game voice chat.
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His longest session, lasting over 11 hours on October 17, ended with him being killed by simple wolves while he was collecting ores.
In addition to summit1g, well-known streamers xQc (8th place among the most watched channels on Twitch) and LVNDMARK (88th place) also played the game.
It’s quite possible that other streamers will follow this example.
How do player numbers compare? While summit1g had up to 21,000 concurrent viewers in his livestream of The Cycle, the game currently only has an average of 711 players on Steam (via SteamCharts). We do not know the player numbers from the Epic Store, but based on our previous experience, they tend to be slightly lower.
The low player numbers are likely due to the fact that The Cycle is still in beta and one has to actively request a key. Additionally, the new shooter from German developer YAGER is still relatively unknown.
If you want to try the game yourself, you can still apply for the beta on Steam or Epic Games.
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In Destiny 2, the annoying overload champions are becoming bolder and driving players insane. They are hardly impressed by disruptions, and even if they are, they continue to shoot coldly or dodge cheekily. What is wrong with these disturbed champions?
“How good it is that there is infinite kinetic ammunition in Destiny 2,” many players are surely thinking by now. At least it makes the fight against the rampaging overload champions a bit more bearable. But it does not change the fact that players have been trolled by the crazy overload champions for almost 7 months. No matter where you encounter the champions, they are completely insane.
What is wrong with them?
Overload champions, especially captains, quickly heal back to full health, despite the disruption buff.
Once disturbed, they become cheeky and shoot back like crazy.
Cooldown? These champions don’t know it, but they can dodge perfectly.
Overload champions also teleport around wildly and take cover.
Stasis makes the problem even worse.
It is primarily the overload captains in Destiny 2 who simply do not want to die. And that, despite players doing everything right. How hard it is to deal with them right now is also shown by the PvE god Esoterickk in one of his latest videos.
An almost endless fight, as if from a creepy time loop.
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Disruption mechanics are not triggered correctly: Players report that they often hear the disruption sound, rely on it, but the champion is not stopped at all. Or the timing does not align between disruption and effect. The endgame enemies feel so broken because of this.
Players want a nerf for these enemies
Why has the problem been in the game for so long and not been fixed, players wonder. Is it supposed to be this way? Is it intentional by Bungie for the overload champions to react this way? Hardly believable, as the encounters are in many situations way too harsh for Bungie to have intended it this way.
The community hopes not only for a patch: Many players now believe that these tough enemies fundamentally need a nerf. Overload champions are too strong in their opinion and far too often not beatable, even without their crazy behavior.
This sentiment is also shared by player Bug who comments under the video:
Overload captains are by far the most annoying champions/enemies in all of Destiny. They seriously need to be nerfed a bit and are super buggy.
User kgosietsile sere replies: “Having two overload champs side by side is the worst. Constant stuns then make them ‘unstunned’ and they return to full health faster than the speed of light. It’s a bug that needs to be fixed.”
Especially because Esoterickk is now prominently drawing attention to it, it shows: These overload champions actually do not belong in the game, but in a straightjacket.
You don’t know Esoterickk? Here is more information about the undisputed Destiny 2 PvE god:
When will the obvious problem be fixed? Bungie has not reacted at all so far to the fact that their overload champions are rampaging in the game. And that, despite the problem having existed since Season 14. The community has pointed this out multiple times on reddit and in the Bungie support forum. However, so far the developer has not added this issue to the list of known problems. Players are now hoping that the problematic situation might get more attention thanks to the influential YouTuber.
Player kf jokingly comments: “I now know why Bungie gave us infinite primary ammunition, so we can work overtime on stunning. Yes! Just stunning, let them regenerate, don’t kill them lol.”
What are your experiences? Do you have the crazy overload rampagers under control or is this actually a problem in Destiny 2’s gameplay that Bungie should urgently address?
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Finally, it is confirmed: God of War is getting a PC version. The Game of the Year 2018 was originally released on PS4, and now it is coming to Steam. MeinMMO will provide you with all the important information.
What kind of game is it? God of War for PS4 is the latest installment of the previously PlayStation-exclusive God of War series and is considered the fourth part by connoisseurs. After almost 3 years, the title is now coming to Steam.
The game was released in 2018 and won the Game of the Year award. It managed to outshine competitors like Red Dead Redemption 2.
What is it about? You take on the role of Kratos, a Greek god. While in earlier installments you hunted down other gods in ancient Greece, God of War 4 immerses you in Norse mythology. There, you experience an epic journey, accompanied by Kratos’ son Atreus.
When is God of War releasing for PC? The official release on Steam is on January 14, 2022. The price is €49.99. (via Steam)
Here you can watch the announcement trailer:
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PC features with graphic enhancements like DLSS and bonus items
What is special about the PC version? While there are no changes to gameplay, the PC will mainly receive graphic updates. These include:
Nvidia’s DLSS and Reflex
Support for 21:9 aspect ratios
Ambient Occlusion with GTAO (Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion)
SSDO (Screen Space Directional Occlusion)
As is typical for a PC version, there is also support for native 4K resolution included. Additionally, there are no limits on frame rates.
What are DLSS and SSDO? With Nvidia DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), the game is internally calculated at a lower resolution and scaled up to a higher resolution like 4K using an AI algorithm to increase FPS. With the RTX 3060, the performance gain is up to 30%.
Nvidia Reflex, on the other hand, is supposed to reduce system latency and thus accelerate performance.
Additionally, there are a few extra bonuses for PC players. Buyers of the Steam version will receive some bonus items:
Death Oath armor sets for Kratos and Atreus
Warden of the Exiled shield design
Forge’s Shield shield design
Souls Shield of the Light Elves shield design
Dökkskjöldur shield design
The system requirements for God of War
What must my PC be able to do? If you want to play God of War on your PC starting January 2022, you must meet the following system requirements. We will add more information as soon as Sony provides further specifications regarding graphics card and processor.
Minimum requirements:
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Coming Soon
Graphics: Coming Soon
DirectX: Version 11
Storage space: 80 GB available storage
Recommended system requirements:
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Coming Soon
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DirectX: Version 11
Storage space: 80 GB available storage
God of War completely revamped the series
How does God of War play? While earlier parts became famous as hack-and-slash games, God of War 4 completely revamps the gameplay.
You play as Kratos from a third-person perspective, exploring a more or less open game world, collecting equipment, unlocking new abilities, and upgrading your stats using skill points and gear.
In combat, you are actively supported by Atreus, who can also be indirectly controlled. The gameplay is quite demanding.
The game world is open but rather compact and labyrinthine. As you progress, you unlock new paths and explore the mysterious world of Midgard.
Midgard also serves as a hub to access the other worlds from Norse mythology via the World Tree. You explore places like Helheim, the Norse hell.
In 2020, the sequel God of War: Ragnarök was announced. However, there is still no exact release date for it. The game is also supposed to come out in 2022.
Will the sequel also come to PC? This is currently unknown. So far, Ragnarök has only been announced for PS4 and PS5.
Streamer Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofsetter (29) is the biggest gaming streamer in the world. She is now promoting a product that she has allegedly worked on for 2 years: The skincare line “RFLCT” is supposed to protect against blue light emitted by monitors or smartphones. She is facing a lot of criticism for the products. Twitch streamer Hasan Abi says it’s just soap.
This is Valkyrae:
Until January 2020, Valkyrae was a Twitch streamer who made a name for herself with Fortnite while maintaining an Instagram account and being active on YouTube.
This is how the streamer promotes her product: The streamer claims to have worked for two years with a team on RFLCT: The product line is designed to protect users from the harmful effects of “blue light” (HEV light) emitted by screens.
The product page cites a study stating that there is “increasing evidence” supporting the thesis that blue light contributes to skin aging.
In an interview that accompanied the product launch, it states: Especially someone like Valkyrae, who spends so much time in front of a monitor, must be careful to avoid the “ugly side effects” associated with blue light. It is said to cause “DNA damage” and “tissue and cellular damage”. Blue light has a negative effect on the eyes and contributes to skin aging.
Valkyrae says the idea for the product came to her after she suffered from acne and felt constantly unwell due to streaming so much. Therefore, she decided to focus on her health and skin health. The cream now fits into a lifestyle that mainly takes place in front of a monitor.
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In a YouTube video, Valkyrae promotes her product line.
“This is just damn soap”
Dhis is the criticism of the product: Essentially, the criticism is: It is not scientifically proven that blue light really has a negative effect on the skin.
A user on Twitter says, for example, that the whole company aims to explain to the average customer that the product is based on actual science. This is not the case. There is a lack of studies proving that blue light really has significant negative effects on the skin (via twitter).
This is how Valkyrae responds: Valkyrae tweeted that she was told to wait until tomorrow before commenting. She is also confused.
The tweet was later deleted.
As the site Dexerto reports, changes have already been made to the RFLCT website. Now it is stated that there is evidence that blue light negatively affects the skin. In earlier versions of the site, this had been presented as a clear fact.
MeinMMO is a site that deals with online gaming. That is our expertise. We refrain from making an assessment of the extent to which “blue light” affects the skin.
Valkyrae is aware of the downsides of being a streamer – one can probably fear that in the coming days some new experiences will emerge:
Raid Hour with Giratina (Altered Form) – Start and Counters
When does the Raid Hour take place? Just as you know from previous events of this kind, the raid hour will also take place today from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM local time. As always, you will see the dark eggs over the individual gyms beforehand, indicating where to find the legendary raids.
The best counters against Giratina (Altered Form): The legendary Pokémon Giratina is from Generation 4 and belongs to the Ghost and Dragon types. It thus has a weakness against attacks from the Dark, Ghost, Ice, Dragon, and Fairy types.
To defeat Giratina as quickly as possible, you should use these types. We have put together a selection of various counters that can help you defeat Giratina.
Pokémon
Moveset
Rayquaza
Dragon Tail + Outrage
(Shadow) Salamence
Dragon Tail + Outrage
Palkia
Dragon Tail + Draco Meteor
Garchomp
Dragon Tail + Outrage
Darkrai
Shadow Ball + Shadow Ball
Dragonite
Dragon Tail + Dragon Claw
(Shadow) Dragonair
Dragon Tail + Outrage
Dialga
Fire Fang + Draco Meteor
Zekrom
Fire Fang + Outrage
(Shadow) Snivy
Shadow Ball + Avalanche
Mega Evolutions: Mega Evolutions are also very effective against Giratina (Altered Form). If you want to use one, then use the following counters:
Mega Gengar with Shadow Claw + Shadow Ball
Mega Houndoom with Shadow Ball + Snarl
Mega Gyarados with Bite + Crunch
Here, on MeinMMO, we have summarized more good counters against Giratina (Altered Form):
How many trainers do you need? To defeat Giratina (Altered Form), just 3 trainers with a team of the most effective attackers are enough. However, we recommend having a few more trainers.
Is there a Shiny Giratina? Yes, you can already find Giratina (Altered Form) in its shiny form in the game for some time. You can clearly recognize it by its yellow body, white bones, and blue decorations on its neck and wings.
Giratina in the Altered Form – Left normal, right as Shiny
Who is it worth it for?
Giratina can appear in both Altered Form and Origin Form. It is currently available in Pokémon GO in its Altered Form.
With strong stats in defense and stamina, it is a good fighter in the Ultra and Master League. However, if you are playing raids, then Giratina in Altered Form is less important for you.
It is especially worth it for collectors and PvP players to have strong specimens of Giratina.
What’s next in Pokémon GO? There are still several events coming up in the game for October. Next Wednesday, a raid hour with Darkrai awaits you. In a few days, the second part of the big Halloween event will also start.
This glitch is used by the talented player: The glitch he uses is the “clipping glitch”. You have to place some item on the ground and then take a second item, which you shake wildly back and forth between the first item and the free space.
Make sure that the item’s mark changes between blue and red:
Blue indicates that the item can be placed.
Red indicates that something is in the way.
If you do it quickly enough, the item will only have a blue mark, and you can place it wherever you want. You can even place two pieces of furniture inside each other afterward.
The video shows you again how this and some other glitches work in practice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlebxCVWmA
Player Creates Detailed and Grandiose Dinosaurs
Who is behind it? The talented player is from China and calls himself 烤硬币3块半 (Google Translate translates this to 3 1/2 roasted coins) on the video platform bilibili (via bilibili). He publishes his gigantic creatures there and sometimes shows how he builds them.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Screenshot of the Tyrannosaurus Rex from his video (via bilibili).
This is what the artist created: The video has over half a million views and showcases the king of dinosaurs: the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Everyone knows this gigantic carnivore – whether from the movie Jurassic Park or a museum.
As a lower jaw, the creator has used the new fish tank for help and even humorously placed a chair inside. In the video, he sits on it and leaves the character Qiqi as dessert for the Rex.
Godzilla, Stegosaurus, and the Blue Dragon with the Icy Gaze
Many Pot of Transience tokens have gone into these creatures.
In addition to dinosaurs, such as the T-Rex or a Stegosaurus, the player also builds classic creatures from well-known series. Among them, the fearsome Godzilla or the blue dragon with icy gaze from the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!.
A certain nostalgia feeling comes up.
For those of you who can’t relate to creatures and anime, the artist even constructs machines:
Screenshot of Azhdaha from his video (via bilibili)
This is his most famous work: The video featuring the boss named Azhdaha from Genshin Impact has reached over 11 million views so far and is the most clicked on his bilibili channel.
What does he use for his dinos and other artworks? The Chinese player primarily uses the following materials quite frequently, which you can buy in the treasury in the housing system:
Palace stone, for larger structures – Price: 80 Pot of Transience tokens per piece
Sunset stone, for legs or tails – Price: 80 Pot of Transience tokens per piece
2 different types of adeptus amber, for eyes, horns, and spikes – Price: each 120 Pot of Transience tokens per piece
Craftable: Hilichurl Outpost Hut, for the body – Costs: 12x birch wood
Additionally, he uses a lot of other types of stone and wood in his builds, which usually cost between 40 and 80 Pot of Transience tokens. Except for the hut, you can only buy each of these items three times a day before you have to wait 24 hours for the shop to restock.
You can imagine how much patience, Pot of Transience tokens, time, and endurance this player must have invested in his works.
What do you think about these artworks? Have you explored the housing system of Genshin Impact, or does it bore you? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
The unusual online role-playing game Book of Travels was released a week ago in Steam Early Access after being postponed in August. The developers refer to it as a TMORPG and take a completely different approach in many ways than genre representatives.
What is a TMORPG? The term TMORPG stands for ‘Tiny Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game’, which is the opposite of an MMORPG. There, the first ‘M’ stands for ‘massively’, meaning: large.
In the case of Book of Travels, the ‘tiny’, meaning: tiny, is the program. Only seven players can be on a server at one time. This is not a technical limitation, but a core component of the game concept.
After a postponement, Book of Travels has now been released on Steam and is well-received there, despite, or perhaps because of, the new concept.
Book of Travels literally goes new ways – What does it offer?
This is how it plays: In Book of Travels, your journey begins with the classic creation of your character. Its personal development is at the center of your upcoming journey. You also choose your starting point in the game world, but from there, the game does not assist you further.
Book of Travels does not hold your hand and actively requires that you discover quests, the game world, and mechanics on your own. You should always have paper and pencil ready since there is no quest log or diary. For some players, this has already become a downfall: they accepted multiple quests without knowing about the missing log (via youtube.com).
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There are missions in Book of Travels that force you to interact with other players. However, you cannot talk to them; gestures are how you communicate. Due to the limitation of seven players per server and the gigantic game world, it can be tricky to find a partner for a two-player mission, the community states.
However, the rarer you meet players, the more special it is when it does happen. This is reminiscent of a modern classic: In Journey you experience the entire adventure alone, but occasionally meet companions who make the beautiful, yet lifeless world seem a bit more hopeful.
What is the goal in Book of Travels? The only goal and at the same time the only limit that Book of Travels sets for you is the game world itself. As mentioned, it is very large and offers many different biomes, cities, villages, and sights.
Your goal is simply to travel this world, which can already take around 20 hours or more in the early access phase. In the future, more chapters with even more quests will be released, expanding the world and lore.
Book of Travels offers many different places to explore (Source: Steam Store)
Great atmosphere, many bugs: The first reviews of Book of Travels show this
Shortly after the launch of Book of Travels, most reviews were negative. By now, the ratio of positive to negative reviews has reversed, and the Steam ratings are at “Mostly Positive” (via Steam).
What is being criticized: One of the biggest criticisms, especially at launch, was bugs. Players criticize that the game is still unfinished, and the bugs are said to even cause save files to become corrupted. As a result, all invested time is “lost.”
Additionally, Book of Travels uses a day-night cycle that runs in real-time. This is irritating, as some events depend on the time. The user Cwispeydut gives a somewhat longer opinion on the game:
I currently cannot recommend BoT to anyone. It suffers from many bugs and the questing is too simplistic and unfinished. The first mission only sends you to some larger locations; the following quests with NPCs are all interchangeable.
Cwispeydut via Steam
What players praise: Some of the biggest plus points that players mention include the graphics and gameplay. The picturesque graphics remind one of paintings that players can directly explore themselves.
The game itself gives players the freedom to explore and how they want to play. There is no predefined story; instead, you essentially write your own – or collaboratively with others. Combat is not so much at the forefront; exploration and discovery are much more important goals.
The user Neilsteck praises:
Book of Travels offers a relaxed RPG experience with beautiful landscapes in a unique art style. It does not impose a story on the player; you write your own story — in theory. Book of Travels is in Early Access and has correspondingly many bugs.
Neilsteck via Steam
Since Book of Travels is still in Early Access and is an indie title, a certain development in the reviews should always be taken into account. However, the developers are apparently diligently sending out bug fixes and patches, which has helped the game quickly receive better reviews.
What do you think? Would you play Book of Travels? Are you fascinated by the art style and gameplay, or is this all not for you?
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In Pokémon GO exciting places in the real world are marked as PokéStops. These can be important buildings, parks, artworks, or signs. One stop is currently making the rounds in the Pokémon GO community. The Nightmare Pikachu.
Why is the stop making the rounds? In Pokémon GO, it is one of the main tasks to visit various PokéStops or gyms and spin their photo discs. This grants you items such as balls, potions, eggs, and sometimes a gift. This gift cannot be opened by yourself, only sent to friends.
Friends will then see the photo disc with an image of the stop when opening the gift. The image of a stop in Australia is titled “Nightmare Pikachu” and lives up to its name.
“Voldemort fused with Pikachu”
This is what the gift shows: On reddit, GlitchingNO posted a screenshot of a gift he received in Pokémon GO. The gift comes from Australia and shows a coin ride styled as Pikachu. However, this appearance is seen by many trainers as more “creepy” than “cute”.
The small Pikachu, which appears agile and sporty in the games of the franchise, looks somewhat “out of shape” in the screenshot.
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In the comments, many trainers joke about the appearance of Pikachu and say, “It will haunt you in your dreams.” User AngelDragongem writes, “Voldemort fused with Pikachu”
User BrowniesWithNoNuts mentions that this type of ride probably exists more often. When searching for “Pikachu Coin Ride” on Google, you can find more similar devices with this appearance.
Some other trainers say they have seen these pieces in real life and walked past them.
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In November, the latest installment of the big shooter series, Battlefield 2042, is set to be released. Compared to its predecessors, there will be some innovations. MeinMMO presents you the 5 biggest changes.
What is Battlefield 2042? Battlefield is considered to be one of the biggest shooter series alongside Call of Duty. The latest installment of the series is titled Battlefield 2042 and sets its location right there: in 2042. The setting will be accordingly futuristic, yet the sci-fi elements are limited.
It is more of a modern military shooter, comparable to Battlefield 3 or 4. There are some technical gimmicks like robot dogs, but not many more futuristic elements are to be expected.
For the first time, Battlefield divides its multiplayer into three large segments:
All-Out Warfare with classic modes like Conquest and 7 new maps
Battlefield Portal
Hazard Zone
As is typical for the series, there is destruction, large maps, and massive material battles with vehicles and aircraft. The newest installment of the series also gets some innovations, of which we present you 5 here.
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Battlefield 2042 focuses on specialists instead of classes
What are specialists? The specialists in Battlefield 2042 resemble the operators from CoD Warzone. They have “real” names and backstories, but they come with their own skills – unlike the operators from CoD. So far, 5 specialists have been introduced, and there should be 10 at launch.
In principle, they replace the traditional class system of the Battlefield series, in which players took on the role of “ordinary”, nameless soldiers who had a clear role distribution over the class system.
These are the 5 specialists introduced so far. (via ea.com)
How was it before? In earlier Battlefield games, a class not only determined your gadgets but also the weapon arsenal you could equip. For example, sniper rifles were exclusively reserved for scouts, while only medics had access to LMGs.
Battlefield 2042 completely breaks this principle in All-Out Warfare. Players can choose from different specialists, but their weapons and equipment are not subject to any restrictions. For example, you can select the scout specialist with a ghillie suit while also packing a rocket launcher and medkits. Only the special abilities of the specific specialists are reserved for the individual soldiers – you can choose the specialists as you like.
This change has not been well received by many Battlefield veterans, as they want the classes back. Interestingly, specialists in the new Hazard Zone mode are subject to stricter restrictions, making them practically like the old classes.
New mode Hazard Zone brings PvEvP action in battle royale style
What is Hazard Zone? It is something like Escape from Tarkov or Hunt: Showdown from Battlefield 2042. Similar to the mentioned examples, the new mode mixes PvP and PvE elements.
You will be dropped on a map in a 4-man squad and must search for data drives.
You then need to extract these.
While searching for these data drives, you will encounter human and AI enemies that will make your life difficult.
A round takes place in five different phases, from landing to final extraction.
Hazard Zone can be played on all 7 maps available in All-Out Warfare of Battlefield 2042:
Orbital
Hourglass
Kaleidoscope
Manifest
Discarded
Breakaway
Renewal
In Hazard Zone, you also choose from the new specialists. However, they are subject to stricter limitations and have predefined equipment. Additionally, there can only be one specialist per squad, so you cannot have two medics in a team.
On one map, up to 32 players can be active on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5, while on PS4 and Xbox One, a maximum of 24 players will be possible.
By collecting data drives, you earn “Dark Market Credits.” You can then use them to upgrade your character, enhance your equipment, and purchase “Tactical Upgrades” for the next round.
However, dying means losing these upgrades. You can find out what upgrades are available and what else is in Hazard Zone in our relevant special on the new mode.
Here you can watch the introduction trailer for Hazard Zone:
Weapons can be adjusted directly in matches
What is new? In previous Battlefield installments, you could only modify your equipment in the main menu or only before a spawn during a match, but Battlefield 2042 introduces a new plus menu.
This new menu allows you to modify your weapons at any time during a match. You can adapt your sights, attachments, grips, and magazines depending on the situation.
Are you in the open and need to fight at a distance? No problem, quickly attach a scope with higher zoom. Are you fighting in a building? Then you can quickly switch to a magazine for close combat.
This is what it looks like in the game:
Here are some images from the beta for Battlefield 2042.
Battlefield Portal is an editor mode with content from the classics
What is Battlefield Portal? The mode is being developed by Ripple Effect Studios (formerly DICE LA). Portal is referred to as a community-driven mode where players can access content and maps from three Battlefield classics and create their own game modes. At launch, these will be:
Battlefield 3 with the maps Noshar Canals and Caspian Border
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with Valparaiso and Arica Harbor
Battlefield 1942 with Al Alamein and Battle of the Bulge
Battlefield Portal brings some vehicles, weapons, tools, and even factions from these titles into Battlefield 2042.
Through the editor mode, these contents can be absurdly combined. For example, you could have dozens of soldiers from World War II battle against a squad of US troops from Battlefield 3, armed only with knives and defibrillators.
How should the mode work? According to EA, players in the Portal mode will have extensive tools to create custom game modes and make further adjustments.
Tools that were previously only available for developers will apparently also be at your disposal. However, you will not be able to change maps, only restrict their size based on your needs.
This is how crossplay works in Battlefield 2042: For the first time in Battlefield, players can play together via crossplay. Until now, there was a strict separation. Unfortunately, there are also hardware-related restrictions here.
PS4 and Xbox One players will not be able to play with PC, “Xbox Series,” and PS5 players. Therefore, there are two different groups for crossplay:
1st group: PS4 and Xbox One
2nd group: PC, Xbox Series, and PS5
Why is that? In Battlefield 2042, there are significant differences between the versions for PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and the older consoles Xbox One and PS4.
The older generation differs from the newer one as the hardware is significantly weaker. Consequently, players on this platform have to accept some differences. Therefore, the PS4 and Xbox One versions, for example, have significantly lower player counts and smaller maps.
The new consoles can handle battles with up to 128 players, while on Xbox One and PS4, only up to 64 players can compete. Everything you need to know about crossplay in Battlefield 2042 can be found in our summary.
When will Battlefield 2042 be released? The official release date is November 19, 2021. Then Battlefield 2021 is set to launch for PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4.
These are 5 of the biggest innovations in Battlefield 2042. Are there other things missing? What do you think about the new features and changes compared to the predecessors? Let us know your opinion.
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