One of the most important things in Pokémon GO is collecting coins. To do this, players must occupy and change the colors of gyms. This often leads to conflicts among the trainers. Our MeinMMO author Franzi Korittke has experienced these situations multiple times and shares her opinion about them.
Why do gyms need to be changed? To earn coins in Pokémon GO, trainers must take over the game’s gyms and defend them for a certain period. Per day, you can earn a maximum of 50 coins this way.
For each coin, you need to hold it for a full 10 minutes. This means to reach your daily goal, you need to hold a gym for at least 8 hours and 20 minutes. You can achieve this by occupying just one gym or by multiple gyms. However, once you reach your daily limit of 50 coins, you won’t earn any additional coins, even if your Pokémon return from the gyms.
Why do rural players have difficulty obtaining their coins?
The conflicts surrounding gym occupations mostly relate to the distribution of the gyms. While in cities, there seems to be one every few meters, trainers in rural areas have to live with a limited number. Depending on where you live, it can be quite a distance to the nearest gym.
Accordingly, rural players have to cope with this problem and often find specific regulations regarding the use of the respective gyms. These are not officially stated in Pokémon GO’s rules, but are accepted as unwritten rules in some villages.
Instead of a constant change of ownership, as is common in city gyms, certain agreements are made among the trainers here. According to these, players may only be thrown out of the gym after a certain period. Often, the existing gyms are also divided based on the colors of the players present, so that everyone has a chance at their coins.
But what’s the problem if rural players establish their own regulations?
In most cases, these agreements are only known to local players because they often know each other in smaller villages. Therefore, once a new or non-local player wants to take over one of these gyms and is unaware of these regulations, the agreements get disrupted and the trainers respond annoyed or upset.
The recurring conflicts among trainers due to the gyms being changed are also evident in reports from players shared on social media.
In some cases, these disputes even escalate, leading to physical injuries or property damage. For instance, last year a trainer destroyed a car mirror because another player took over his gym.
My experiences with changing gyms
I also live in a rather rural area and can somewhat relate to the conflicts surrounding the gyms. After all, most players here also want to earn their coins, and the number of corresponding gyms is often quite limited compared to the number of players.
Getting immediately thrown out of the gym is quite frustrating. Especially when that player claims as many gyms in the surrounding area as possible and defends them to the last.
These are the regulations in our Pokémon community
It’s no different in my region. Although we have a number of gyms in the area through diligent applications for PokéStops, we also have several players in our Pokémon community who would like to claim them for themselves.
To avoid disputes, there is also a clear distribution of the gyms here. Each color is assigned a specific gym that they can use overnight. Thus, trainers can gather their coins by the next morning. During the day, the gyms can be freely used by all trainers.
And yet, we also regularly encounter new players or trainers who are just passing through and are unaware of our agreements. However, this doesn’t merely lead to the changing of individual gyms, but rather all that can be found in our village and neighboring areas.
Please stop immediately changing gyms!
From the game’s perspective, it is not a problem for trainers to defend up to 20 gyms simultaneously. However, does this number really need to be utilized in rural areas? Do all gyms in a small place really need to be changed, thus potentially depriving trainers of the chance to earn their coins? I have a clear opinion on this:
Rural players also want their coins, so please give them a chance to earn them. Please stop throwing players out of the gyms in small communities after just a few minutes!
My advice to non-local players is to check if there are still spots in a nearby gym with your color. With a bit of luck, that might be the case. This way, there won’t be any disputes, and everyone can enjoy the game.
Do you also live in the countryside and have had these experiences? What regulations are there in your local Pokémon communities? Or are you more of the players who take over all gyms in villages first? Feel free to share your opinions and experiences here on MeinMMO in the comments.
More and more MMOs and MMORPGs have discovered the console market. In recent years, games like Black Desert, ESO, and Final Fantasy XIV have been released there. However, none of these games fits consoles as perfectly as New World does, says MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch.
What’s the situation with MMORPGs and consoles? MMORPGs are actually classic PC games. They rely on:
Huge game worlds
Many different skills
An in-game chat to interact with players nearby
Frequent updates to fix bugs
All of this actually speaks against a classic console game, which is played alone or with friends in short and fun rounds on the couch. Especially the updates always lead to problems, as they must first be approved by the manufacturers Sony and Microsoft.
However, New World has many features that actually speak for a port to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. I would like to present these points to you here.
Who’s speaking? Alexander Leitsch is the MMORPG expert at MeinMMO. He spends his time mainly in Guild Wars 2, ESO, Black Desert, and WoW. He has played ESO quite intensively on the Xbox Series S. In New World, he has invested about 30 hours of gameplay since release.
The perfect combat system for controllers
What makes the combat system so good for consoles? New World features an action combat system, where you need to directly target your enemy. Classic “tabbing” through mobs, as seen in WoW or FFXIV, does not exist here. Targeting can be done with the controller as precisely as with a mouse.
Additionally, each weapon only comes with 3 abilities. These can be easily accommodated on the controller.
Besides these abilities, only functions for dodging, jumping, crouching, and the 4 food slots are needed. That should also be easily manageable.
3 weapon abilities, 4 slots for food, weapon swapping, and the dodge roll. These are the buttons that need to be assigned on the controller.
Players want controller support: In fact, one of the most requested features regarding New World is a controller support implemented by Amazon. Many players feel that New World would be perfect for playing with a controller even on PC.
While it doesn’t exist yet, you can still use a controller for New World. How exactly that works, we will explain here:
What makes the gameplay so good for consoles? Classic MMORPGs focus on long sessions. You either follow a grand story, fight in long dungeons or raids, or grind world bosses for a specific drop. This is usually very time-consuming.
While there are also console players who enjoy getting lost in long sessions, consoles generally invite shorter and snappier gaming rounds. It’s no coincidence that FIFA, battle royales like Fortnite and Apex Legends, and the game Dead by Daylight are at the top of the PlayStation game charts (via PS-Timetracker).
New World also relies on strong grinding, but you always have the feeling that you are making progress. Especially chopping wood or gathering iron with a pickaxe feels incredibly satisfying and consistently advances the corresponding life skill.
Even the longer dungeons or wars can usually be experienced in about 30 minutes. This way, you can make good progress in short gaming sessions. Perfect for the console players out there.
I, on the other hand, find the interface ideal for players using a controller. Navigating with a stick through the various menus is much more intuitive than currently using a mouse. And on consoles, players tend to use the chat less frequently anyway.
Therefore, Amazon wouldn’t need to change much to bring New World to consoles.
The entire user interface with many tiles invites you to be controlled with a controller.
An in-game voice chat, so you don’t need an external program
What makes the voice chat so good for consoles? While players on PC often gather in external programs like TeamSpeak or Discord to communicate with their friends, I find using external programs on the Xbox Series S always annoying.
New World makes it much easier for me. Through the proximity chat in the game, I can directly talk to my dungeon group, my team in war, or just with random players around me. This adds more immersion, and I can imagine this feature being used even more intensely on consoles than on PC.
What makes the game size so good for consoles? Storage space is scarce on consoles. I constantly need to think about which titles I keep on my Xbox Series S and which ones I take off the console.
However, New World is relatively small for an MMO. The game takes up 39.98 gigabytes of space on my device. For comparison:
ESO occupies about 80 gigabytes of storage
WoW Retail + Classic consume about 75 gigabytes
Guild Wars 2 takes up nearly 52 GB
SWTOR takes up 48 gigabytes
While 40 GB is still a lot of storage space, New World is overall a bit smaller and more manageable than classic MMORPGs. You can also see this in the player numbers per server.
With about 2,000 to 2,500 players, it doesn’t take a large community to fill a server. Moreover, the low numbers are another plus regarding performance on consoles.
What do you think of the idea of New World on consoles? Would you play it there? Or are you already playing other MMORPGs on consoles? Feel free to write it in the comments. We have summarized the best MMORPGs for consoles here:
During the week of October 4 to 10, much was again about New World. But Guild Wars 2, Lord of the Rings Online, and WoW also made headlines. We from MeinMMO summarize all the important MMORPG news of the week for you.
The highlight of the week: New World is still extremely present. However, more and more complaints about the game are also emerging:
That was the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything exciting this week? Or did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments and discuss with us.
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Is the new MMO New World suitable for casual players? The streamer shroud says “No”. But how valid is his statement? We discuss this in the latest episode of the MeinMMO podcast.
This is the topic: Leya, Schuhmann, and Alex talk about the major issue of the past weeks: The new MMO New World from Amazon Games. It is played by many thousands of players, with an all-time peak of almost a million on Steam.
The rush to the servers was so great that Amazon provided over 200 servers in the EU, of which 46 were intended for German-speaking players. And even then, there were huge queues, and players had to wait for hours before they could finally play. We at MeinMMO covered the launch of New World extensively:
However, despite the initial success, shroud, one of the largest Twitch streamers, claimed that the MMO is not for casual players and that one needs to invest more than just an hour a day to be successful. We at MeinMMO take a look at what is behind this statement.
In addition to the news, we also regularly offer special episodes, where we focus on a specific topic. For example, we talked with an expert about the current state of e-sports.
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The first players in FIFA 22 have already received their Weekend League Rewards. However, there is a problem with the Player Picks – which is why they are currently disabled.
Update, October 10: According to EA, the Player Picks are now being added back to the rewards, as announced on Twitter. Furthermore, players who have already claimed their incorrect rewards will be contacted in-game and will receive the correct rewards. However, this may still take some time – no timeframe has been provided.
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Why are there already Weekend League Rewards? In FIFA 22, the Weekend League rewards now run with a new system. You no longer receive rewards on Thursday after the Weekend League, but directly once you have completed all matches (or when the competition is over).
The first players have apparently already reached this goal, as the first Weekend League started on October 8. Accordingly, the first players have already received their Player Picks – the untradeable, red versions of the current TOTW players.
However, there was an error with the Player Picks: The reward players were not untradeable this time.
Currently, isolated Player Pick players can be found on the transfer market
EA Sports disables tradable Player Picks
This is the error: Normally, Player Picks consist of a selection of special, red FUT Champions cards that cannot be sold. However, it seems that the Picks from the rewards of the first Weekend League were tradable, as players report on reddit.
Even now (Friday, 4:10 PM), corresponding cards can still be found on the transfer market, which should not exist there. Thus, some players can now hope for coin profit from their Player Picks.
This is how EA reacts: They have apparently quickly noticed the error, as it was announced on Twitter that the Player Picks will be disabled for now.
So if you claim your Weekend League Rewards now, you will not receive any player choice for the time being. Affected players are to receive their Player Picks “at a later time” – that is, after the problem is resolved.
As soon as there are any updates on this, we will keep you informed.
In addition to the Weekend League, a new card was also a topic in the community today: Cristiano Ronaldo is the Player of the Month in the Premier League. However, the POTM Ronaldo card is causing trouble among players.
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A survey on gaming behavior in the USA has delivered an interesting insight. Apparently, most players from the Millennial and Generation Z generations are fans of mobile games on smartphones. How exactly the numbers play out, what might be the reasons, and what this means for gaming, you can find out here on MeinMMO!
What is this study about? The analysis company Tapjoy (via Tapjoy), which deals with mobile games, has released a survey report. This report primarily focused on the gaming habits of the current parent generation in the USA, specifically Millennials born between 1981 and 1996. A total of 5,498 people were surveyed.
What are the results? In summary, the survey arrived at the following results regarding the primary gaming platforms of Millennials:
90 percent of respondents play on smartphones
31 percent also use consoles and handhelds
23 percent game on PC
The numbers arise from the fact that various players indeed use multiple platforms and were not asked about a single platform.
According to the study, their gaming behavior is quite close to that of the next generation, the youth of Generation Z.
According to the study, 64 percent of eligible players play “very often” on their mobile phones. For Generation Z, this figure is 62 percent.
What contributes to the widespread popularity of mobile games?
What are the reasons? According to Tapjoy, the popularity of mobile games among these two generations stems from the fact that both Millennials and Generation Z members are very tech-savvy, and smartphones are widely available and used excessively.
They have a unique perspective: they remember life before the internet, but they also can’t imagine life without it. And they are just as tech-savvy and dependent on their mobile devices as Generation Z, especially when it comes to gaming and shopping.
Lauren Baca, Senior Director of Marketing at Tapjoy
What games are being played? According to Tapjoy, especially popular are Free2Play games they have seen either in funny advertisements or from friends. The most popular genres are:
Particularly the latter genre is very popular with games like CoD Mobile, Fortnite, and PUBG Mobile.
How does the COVID-19 pandemic factor in? According to Tapjoy, the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have further intensified mobile gaming behavior. 73% of respondents stated that they played more mobile games due to the pandemic. 59% downloaded new game apps at the time of the survey, and 60% claimed that they would continue their new gaming habits even after a potential end of the pandemic.
This Millennial parent generation also includes MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn, who has a fondness for mobile games like Moonlight Sculptor or the new Marvel Future Revolution. Because for a quick round on the phone, you don’t have to go to the room with the computer, and you can play a little anytime and anywhere when there’s time.
What could all this mean for the future? The high popularity of mobile games suggests that playing on smartphones will continue to take up an increasingly larger share of gaming in the foreseeable future. Mobile games are no longer just casual puzzle games but increasingly complex graphics sensations that are hardly distinguishable from games on consoles or PCs.
Additionally, better gaming-compatible smartphones keep emerging, such as the new foldable phones, which offer greater gaming comfort with particularly large screens. There are also useful gadgets, like specific controllers that can turn a regular smartphone into a kind of Switch.
Moreover, more and more major studios are pushing into the mobile segment with their AAA titles. This includes the upcoming Diablo Immortal or the planned mobile version of the Battle Royale hit Apex Legends. And we might even see a high-quality mobile version of WoW one day.
So much for the study by Tapjoy on mobile gaming among Millennials and Generation Z. Are you also big mobile fans, or do you fall out of the norm because mobile games don’t appeal to you at all? Let us know in the comments.
In October, 4 new MMOs and online games are being released, which we have included in this list. In addition, there are some major updates, and the hype from New World still carries over into the new month. We at MeinMMO present you the highlights of October.
What kind of games are they? The selected games are online games that you can experience together with friends or unknown players. Each game celebrates its release in September 2021 or receives an update that brings significant innovations.
On the last page, there is also a brief outlook on what else is happening in September. This includes smaller updates, beta events, or releases that will only take place towards the end of the month.
How was this list created? This list is meant to inform you about new releases and updates and was compiled by MMORPG expert Alexander Leitsch. Each game will be presented in more detail throughout the article, and it will be revealed for whom the respective title is worth playing.
Genre: MMORPG | Developer: Amazon | Platform: PC | Release date: September 28, 2021 | Model: Buy-to-Play
What kind of game is this? In New World you play as a shipwreck survivor who reaches the mysterious island of Aeternum, where Azoth – a mystical material – is located. This material awakens human greed and corrupts them.
On the island, you will encounter wild beasts, the hostile NPC faction called the Corrupted, which has come into contact with Azoth, as well as hostile players that you can fight in optional PvP encounters.
The endgame revolves a lot around dungeons, world events, PvP, and the fight for various territories.
The Highlights of New World
New World was originally a PvP and survival game, but it has increasingly incorporated PvE elements. It now feels like a solid MMORPG for all types of players:
You can level up a character to level 60, as New World does not rely on classes. Your weapon determines your playstyle.
From level 10, you can join one of 3 factions and optional fight the others in the open world and in instanced battles for fortresses.
In PvP, there are wars in 50v50 and the Outpost Rush, a mode for 40v40 fortress battles.
Why you should play New World in October
On September 28, New World was released after being delayed multiple times. At launch, New World faced long wait times, but now enough servers have been opened so that you can play right away.
Now is the ideal time to start playing Amazon’s MMO. The game is aimed mainly at fans of action combat systems, explorers, crafters, and PvP players. However, you should not expect a classic hero story, like the one told in GW2, or a tab-targeting combat system like in WoW.
Again: Don’t ask why this is the case. You just want to survive, right?
5. Copper is a team resource – use it that way
In Back 4 Blood, there is a primary currency: copper. You will find it repeatedly in the levels and receive it as a bonus when you are particularly quick or complete secondary objectives.
With copper, you buy weapons, ammunition, healing – pretty much everything available. Each player has their own copper supply, but you should always share it brotherly (or sisterly).
This is especially true for the particularly expensive team upgrades. They grant more equipment slots for the whole group or increase the effectiveness of equipment.
But even if a teammate has too little copper to fully equip themselves – help them out and give them coins so that every player starts optimally into the new match.
At the latest, when friendly Holly saves your butt with the Molotov she could only buy with your donation, you will understand this as a good investment.
In the end, the question remains: What good are the 3,000 copper you have accumulated if you can no longer spend it because your team has been wiped out and the last “Continue” has been used?
6. Always have a toolkit in the team
From the very first map on, you should adhere to this rule: Don’t leave the safe room until it’s ensured that at least one player has purchased a toolkit.
In (almost) every map, there is one or more locked rooms that can only be opened with a toolkit. These rooms are a true loot paradise, often containing powerful weapons, frequently cards for the whole team, and not rarely more copper per person than the toolkit costs.
Occasionally, there are even healing stations in the rooms, allowing players to refresh their health points.
Toolkits are worth every single copper coin as long as you use them for the bonus rooms.
7. Use different weapon types
Even though you can stock up on a lot of ammunition in the safe room, after the first 100 meters it becomes a rare resource.
So don’t hesitate to ask your team for ammunition. After all, all characters can carry all types of ammunition and lay them on the ground for another cleaner to use if necessary.
For this to work, however, it is important that you all use different weapons. If the entire team consists of 4 shotguns, you are guaranteed to run out of breath halfway through the map.
A well-mixed team, where no weapon type occurs more than 2 times, simply has much more and sustained firepower.
Everyone in the team should have a different weapon – it’s worth it.
8. Leave the safe room quickly
Before you open the door from the safe room, you are completely safe inside. You can shop to your heart’s content and plan the strategy.
However, the seconds immediately after opening the door of the safe room are crucial. Typically, you attract a whole bunch of zombies shortly after leaving, along with some special infected.
If you retreat into the safe room, a single tallboy can quickly take your whole team down.
So only fall back into the safe room if there is really no other option – many matches end in the first seconds, and often there are much better positions nearby to set up against the zombies.
There are exceptions to this rule. Particularly large safe rooms can indeed be a nice retreat. The smaller the room, the more you should avoid posting up there for long.
9. Those who lead should crouch
On the lowest difficulty levels, “friendly fire” is not a big issue – but it is very much so at higher levels. To avoid as much crossfire as possible, you should adhere to a very simple rule:
Those who lead in tight areas should crouch.
That way, the other players can easily shoot over the frontman, while the crouched player clears out with a melee weapon, for example.
Generally, it is good if the team has relatively “fixed positions,” meaning who leads and who brings up the rear. Then it rarely happens that you walk through a teammate and blast 80 health points away with a shotgun.
Between the beta and launch, not much has changed in Back 4 Blood – most are fine-tuning.
However, one particularly important change concerns the healing item “Medi-Kit” and bandages that survivors can carry. Both can now heal trauma damage if the items have been upgraded through a team upgrade. Thus, you should prefer a Medi-Kit in most cases over other healing items, like pills.
Especially at the highest difficulty, trauma damage is extremely annoying, and every way to regenerate these health points will bring you one step closer to victory.
With these tips, you should be well-equipped for higher difficulty levels and able to slowly but surely tackle the maps.
Do you have any additional tips that Back 4 Blood players should keep in mind? Share your tricks and tips with us in the comments!
Back 4 Blood has launched. Don’t want to be the noob of the team? Then we have 10 tips for you to become a better team member.
Back 4 Blood is a zombie shooter, but those who just shoot wildly will not find success on the higher – and more fun – difficulty levels. To ensure you are well-prepared for the start of the cooperative slaughter, we have 10 tips for you to automatically become better team members and earn more achievements.
The tips are generally suitable for all difficulty levels, but are especially useful for “Nightmare” and “Veteran”.
1. Communication is key
Back 4 Blood is a cooperative game, and only those who act as a team will find success on higher difficulty levels.
Therefore, continuous communication with your team members is essential. The best way to do this is through voice chat. Discuss your strategy before the round and assign rough roles. Who is buying a Molotov? Who wants to be the melee fighter? Is there enough money for a team upgrade?
But whether you use the voice chat or not, you should definitely make use of the ping system (PC standard: Q). This marks all kinds of things in the game. Do you see a special infected? Mark him with a ping. Did you find a cool weapon with an awesome upgrade that you don’t need? Just mark it.
As long as you don’t spam the button continuously, your character will also always say a little phrase about what you have discovered.
This way, you can quickly relay important information to the team, even without needing to use voice chat.
2. Build your own decks to increase your chances
The card system in Back 4 Blood is not well received by all veterans, but it is an integral part of the game. After you have completed your first matches and unlocked new cards, you should definitely spend a few minutes building your own decks.
The standard deck is enough for the first matches, but later you will want to further customize yourself. Do you want to focus on melee weapons? Or are you more of a supporter who heals efficiently and can carry more healing items? How well can you handle trauma damage and how much ammunition can your character carry?
All of this and more can be adjusted through cards. So if you have a few minutes to catch your breath between runs, prepare several decks for different play styles.
It takes a little while to get used to the system – but once you have embraced it, it enhances the fun of the game and your utility to the group.
Moreover: The cards are always drawn in a fixed order. How you arrange the cards in the deck completely decides which card you receive first and which card you get last in the match. There is no random factor here.
Building decks may be annoying for some – but once you get used to it, it allows for many different play styles.
3. You can kill birds
Even in the first missions, you will encounter flocks of birds. These are more or less randomly scattered annoying points on the map. If birds are startled – for example, by a nearby shot or because a player walks through them, they will fly into the sky, screeching, and alert a horde.
You can simply bypass the flocks and avoid them, but you risk a stray shot going in the wrong direction causing an unpleasant surprise later.
However, it is better: You can kill the flock. If your group proceeds in a coordinated manner and opens fire simultaneously, you can catch all the birds before they fly high and alert the horde.
Alternatively, you can simply throw a grenade or a Molotov cocktail at the birds to eliminate them immediately.
Please don’t ask why a flock of birds can alert a horde but a grenade cannot – you won’t get far with logic in the next safe room.
4. You can trick alarm doors
Some doors in Back 4 Blood appear as special “alarm doors,” which are indicated by a red symbol. When opened or smashed by a player, a loud alarm sounds, attracting a horde.
However, you can trick the alarm doors. With a toolkit, you can bypass the security and open the door without triggering the alarm.
Even more efficiently, let the zombies do the work. If there are zombies behind the locked alarm door, you can simply attract them with noise – usually a few shots are enough.
The zombies will then break down the door and destroy it without activating the alarm.
Again: Don’t ask why this is the case. You just want to survive, right?
5. Copper is a team resource – use it that way
In Back 4 Blood, there is a primary currency: copper. You will find it repeatedly in the levels and receive it as a bonus when you are particularly quick or complete secondary objectives.
With copper, you buy weapons, ammunition, healing – pretty much everything available. Each player has their own copper supply, but you should always share it brotherly (or sisterly).
This is especially true for the particularly expensive team upgrades. They grant more equipment slots for the whole group or increase the effectiveness of equipment.
But even if a teammate has too little copper to fully equip themselves – help them out and give them coins so that every player starts optimally into the new match.
At the latest, when friendly Holly saves your butt with the Molotov she could only buy with your donation, you will understand this as a good investment.
In the end, the question remains: What good are the 3,000 copper you have accumulated if you can no longer spend it because your team has been wiped out and the last “Continue” has been used?
6. Always have a toolkit in the team
From the very first map on, you should adhere to this rule: Don’t leave the safe room until it’s ensured that at least one player has purchased a toolkit.
In (almost) every map, there is one or more locked rooms that can only be opened with a toolkit. These rooms are a true loot paradise, often containing powerful weapons, frequently cards for the whole team, and not rarely more copper per person than the toolkit costs.
Occasionally, there are even healing stations in the rooms, allowing players to refresh their health points.
Toolkits are worth every single copper coin as long as you use them for the bonus rooms.
7. Use different weapon types
Even though you can stock up on a lot of ammunition in the safe room, after the first 100 meters it becomes a rare resource.
So don’t hesitate to ask your team for ammunition. After all, all characters can carry all types of ammunition and lay them on the ground for another cleaner to use if necessary.
For this to work, however, it is important that you all use different weapons. If the entire team consists of 4 shotguns, you are guaranteed to run out of breath halfway through the map.
A well-mixed team, where no weapon type occurs more than 2 times, simply has much more and sustained firepower.
Everyone in the team should have a different weapon – it’s worth it.
8. Leave the safe room quickly
Before you open the door from the safe room, you are completely safe inside. You can shop to your heart’s content and plan the strategy.
However, the seconds immediately after opening the door of the safe room are crucial. Typically, you attract a whole bunch of zombies shortly after leaving, along with some special infected.
If you retreat into the safe room, a single tallboy can quickly take your whole team down.
So only fall back into the safe room if there is really no other option – many matches end in the first seconds, and often there are much better positions nearby to set up against the zombies.
There are exceptions to this rule. Particularly large safe rooms can indeed be a nice retreat. The smaller the room, the more you should avoid posting up there for long.
9. Those who lead should crouch
On the lowest difficulty levels, “friendly fire” is not a big issue – but it is very much so at higher levels. To avoid as much crossfire as possible, you should adhere to a very simple rule:
Those who lead in tight areas should crouch.
That way, the other players can easily shoot over the frontman, while the crouched player clears out with a melee weapon, for example.
Generally, it is good if the team has relatively “fixed positions,” meaning who leads and who brings up the rear. Then it rarely happens that you walk through a teammate and blast 80 health points away with a shotgun.
Between the beta and launch, not much has changed in Back 4 Blood – most are fine-tuning.
However, one particularly important change concerns the healing item “Medi-Kit” and bandages that survivors can carry. Both can now heal trauma damage if the items have been upgraded through a team upgrade. Thus, you should prefer a Medi-Kit in most cases over other healing items, like pills.
Especially at the highest difficulty, trauma damage is extremely annoying, and every way to regenerate these health points will bring you one step closer to victory.
With these tips, you should be well-equipped for higher difficulty levels and able to slowly but surely tackle the maps.
Do you have any additional tips that Back 4 Blood players should keep in mind? Share your tricks and tips with us in the comments!
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announced its final character on October 5, to be added to the roster. In the great finale, none other than Sora from Kingdom Hearts has made it into the game. The community and MeinMMO author Lena were moved to tears.
Hundreds of thousands sat excitedly in front of their screens and followed the livestream from Nintendo about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In recent years, numerous new fighters have been added to the roster that could be purchased as DLC. On October 5, the very last character was announced: Sora.
What is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one of the most well-known games in the fighting game genre, where you can compete with characters from various game series.
Many characters come from the Nintendo universe. But also heroes like Sephiroth from Final Fantasy and Steve from Minecraft are included.
All fighters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (via Twitter)
What is Kingdom Hearts as a game? The Kingdom Hearts series originated from the collaboration between Square Enix and the Walt Disney Company. In the action RPG, you travel through various Disney worlds to protect them from darkness and enemies known as Heartless and Nobodies.
There are currently 9 main series entries and 3 HD remasters. This is complemented by 2 games alongside the main games.
Who is Sora? Sora is the likeable protagonist from Kingdom Hearts, with whom you travel through the Disney worlds and wield his Keyblade, which is the weapon that defeats enemies.
Alongside him are the iconic characters from Disney: Donald and Goofy. Mickey Mouse also makes occasional appearances, helping the group or giving them new missions.
The fans’ reactions were overwhelming
What does the community say about Sora in Smash? The community was overwhelmed and completely ecstatic. Many of them grabbed their chairs or nearby objects and threw them in joy around the room. Others could hardly believe it, screaming or bursting into tears.
We would like to share some tearful, joyful, and absolutely beautiful reactions with you:
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SarahKey, who is a YouTuber and streamer, is a big fan of the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy series. Her reaction was a mix of screaming, pure joy, tears, and disbelief:
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For mobile users: From 2:37, you can follow SarahKey’s reaction.
The YouTuber Hungrybox cheers: “They actually did it!”, and then sits down for a moment before his dam breaks (via YouTube).
And for those who like mashups – meaning many reactions played simultaneously – there is also something here (via Youtube).
That’s why Sora in Smash is such a big deal: Sora is the character that most fans wished for – this was also confirmed by Sakurai in the Smash livestream. However, many did not expect Sora anymore, as they suspected that the creators of Smash and Disney could not reach an agreement or that Disney did not want to give up Sora.
Although Sora and his companions were developed by Square Enix, they belong to Disney. Hoeg Law summarizes well in his YouTube video who owns what and how to recognize it (via YouTube).
This is how I experienced the reveal
This is how the livestream went for me: I was in a Discord call with one of my best friends while watching the livestream. Since the release of the first DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, I had been hoping for Sora as a playable character. So you can imagine what kind of hot coals I was sitting on when the livestream started.
Who is speaking here? MeinMMO author Lena is a huge fan of the Kingdom Hearts series and first experienced the game during her elementary school years. With Kingdom Hearts 2, she found her entry into the series and has since completed every part. When it comes to Smash, she is rather semi-good and just enjoys the game since it became available on the Nintendo 64.
It was all or nothing – the last character appears: if this isn’t Sora, I won’t touch the game anymore – that’s how I decided. The first light particles sparkled, and I made fun of both of us: “That’s Sora!” I called out while laughing.
But when the Keyblade appeared, I could hardly believe my eyes. Is that Sora? Really? Or is Sakurai pulling our leg? Then he flew out of the keyhole – the dam broke. I have no idea what kind of sounds we were grunting into each other’s headphones, but it was amazing!
Even when I watch reactions like the ones above today, tears of joy well up in my eyes.
That’s why I’m so excited about Sora: Although I’ve invested some hours in Smash, I never found THE character for me. Pikachu and Greninja are great fighters, but for me, they were still not the highlight.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has no character that could keep me in the game. Therefore, no one could motivate me to really learn the game and get better. In Smash, there are naturally tricks, tips, and the best moves at the right time. Learning that? No, not interested.
That is changing now with Sora. Kingdom Hearts is my absolute favorite game and has been with me forever. I’m eagerly waiting for every part and every little piece.
Sora has breathed new life into the game for me, and I am extremely excited to soon start my Switch and download the DLC.
Did you also watch the reveal and cheer along, or are you not interested in Smash? What do you think about Sora as the final fighter? Feel free to share in the comments.
Bots are an integral part of the multiplayer of Battlefield 2042. Even in the open beta, you can encounter them repeatedly. These encounters vary greatly; sometimes they are unbeatable, sometimes incredibly stupid. One case strongly resembles the movie “The Matrix.”
What’s up with the bots? The main function of the bots in Battlefield 2042 is to fill spots in matches that are not occupied by players. So, for example, if you end up on an empty server, you will still encounter AI opponents in a match.
These bots seem to be quite immature based on feedback from previous players. They often behave sluggishly and foolishly, and they created ridiculous situations, especially in the Early Access phase. For instance, they use vehicles like tanks but barely hit their opponents and only obstruct them for their “real” teammates.
However, one case from the player TGehT11 shows that they are also capable of incredible moves that one usually only sees in The Matrix. You can check it out in the clip here:
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Bots are “out of control” – dodging bullets and trolling their opponents
What can be seen in the clip? The player is currently in a tunnel when an AI opponent runs into him. TGehT11 is supposed to shoot him, but the bot just “jumps” quickly and without an animation sequence into the air, easily dodging the bullet.
After this crazy jump, the bot runs toward the player and simply “machetes” him down. This resembles a scene from The Matrix where the characters can simply dodge bullets:
Here you see one of the iconic bullet-time scenes with Neo. (via filmstarts.de)
The user RustyFork97 also thinks so: “Holy damn Matrix, dude.” monsieur_beau19 thinks the bot could be the One.
Many players are amused by the erratic behavior of the bots and make other comparisons to other characters from pop culture, such as Jason Bourne or Aang from Avatar, The Last Airbender.
What is The Matrix actually? For those who don’t know the film: It is a dystopian action sci-fi film from 1999. It is considered a masterpiece and established techniques like slow motion as a means for filmmakers. The plot revolves around the Matrix. Our world is just a computer simulation, and humanity is held captive by it.
In another situation, a player was killed by a bot and the bot then seemed quite rude in his victory. In any case, he sits over the corpse of his victim and pulls off the classic teabag move that players usually use to troll their opponents.
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On good days, bots can not only be buffers until real players join the match but can actually achieve something.
Even if the Matrix jump looks more like a glitch than intentional AI behavior. Developer DICE will need to adjust this before the release of Battlefield 2042.
Until then, you can familiarize yourself with the bots in the open beta, as long as your sessions are not filled with players.
What else are bots good for in Battlefield 2042? As far as we know, players will also be able to create their own matches with bots and thus will not be forced to compete against other players.
They will probably also play a significant role in the “Hazard Zone” mode if the previous leaks are to be believed. So far, EA has not revealed the mode in detail.
By the way: You can still play the beta of Battlefield 2042 until tomorrow. The servers will close at 9:00 AM, so you can still test the conquest mode on the orbital map until then.
New World has published a post explaining the rules for server transfers. MeinMMO summarizes the most important information for you.
What are these transfers? Amazon has already announced that free server transfers are coming to New World. This allows you to move your characters to another server – even for a transfer at the beginning for free.
How to use the transfer: In a post in the forum, the development team explains how exactly a free transfer will take place. You just need to follow a few steps:
log in with the character to be transferred – even if you have to go through a queue
navigate to the shop and look for the tab “Transfer”, claim the transfer token stored there
leave your company if you are in one
remove all ongoing auctions from the trading post
stand in a city or outpost
The explanation stops here, but we assume that you will have to use the token to select a target server afterwards. The context menu of the token itself will probably provide an explanation.
On reddit, some fans are already discussing whether these tokens can be “stored” after being claimed. If the free phase ends, they want to be able to transfer for free later, in case their server changes again.
FAQ about server transfers in New World – rules and possibilities
When will the transfers come? There is still no specific date. The wording mentioned “this week”, but it says in the post that there were some difficulties. They want to improve these, but it will take a little longer. At the moment, they expect “next week”, starting from October 11.
Is it only possible once? No, in the future, the tokens will apparently be available for purchase, as stated in the post. However, this service will then be chargeable, only the first transfer is free. It is also possible that more free tokens will be issued in the future.
To which servers can I transfer? All servers in your region that are not already full should initially be possible as targets. Basically, the world must not be full, must not be undergoing maintenance, and you may not already have a character there. In Germany, many servers are already blocked for new characters. Players like MeinMMO author Mark Sellner might be especially pleased if they hit completely empty servers:
What can I take with me? You retain all character progress and inventory, your faction and your rank there, your houses including facilities, and all currencies you have collected. Only your friends list and your standing in the company, as well as any remaining auctions in the trading post will be lost.
Even now, there are countless players and even entire companies that have announced they are waiting to transfer servers as soon as the option becomes available.
With the transfers, the concentrated mass of players is expected to spread from a few servers to significantly more. Whether this will work as intended or whether new population centers will emerge remains to be seen.
Will you use the option?
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In Destiny 2 there are hardly any players who haven’t had one of the cool Western weapons of the sci-fi shooter in their hands. Gunslingers are always incredibly cool in PvP. But why is that? A YouTuber has now named four reasons why shotguns and hand cannons will forever plague PvP.
Everyone wants to be a gunslinger: Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Billy The Kid: they are all cool guys and had the reputation of being good with their revolvers. Anyone who crossed them was casually shot with one shot from their shotgun or revolver. No wonder players in Destiny 2 love to show off their cool space cowboy style.
Western weapons are really popular in PvP: In the regular Crucible as well as in the trendiest PvP event, the Trials of Osiris, the big guns regularly dominate the charts. Hand cannons and shotguns are always at the top. And that doesn’t matter which weapon meta is currently in Destiny 2. This is also reflected in the statistics from Trials Report.
The top choices of players in PvP are:
PikAss: Exotic 140 kinetic hand cannon
Chaperon: Exotic slug shotgun
The Last Word: 225 kinetic hand cannon
PikAss is a unique weapon. It belonged to the greatest gunslinger in all of Destiny 2 – Cayde-6.
The player Bloodi says about PikAss in PvP: “This is a weapon that simply has cult status, similar to the ‘Not Forgotten.’ With Memento Mori and 100% aim assist, you can take out opposing Guardians with two shots. This makes it still a good choice in PvP.”
PikAss is also a mainstay in PvE: PvE players who have inherited Cayde-6 as a gunslinger through the Forsaken quest are reluctant to put PikAss down. For example, N4RC0TIC4 can boast almost 100,000 kills with his PikAss.
PikAss will likely never lose its cult status in either PvP or PvE of Destiny 2. It is one of the few revolvers that many players can recognize just by the sound of its gunfire.
The Chaperon, the exotic shotgun, and The Last Word, an iconic exotic hand cannon, both come from Tex-Mechanica, the Western weapon forge No. 1 in Destiny 2. Both weapons deliver the perfect Western look.
RussischThere is totally into Tex Mechanica, as he emphasizes in reddit: “Tex Mechanica is style, performance, and utility in one, without relying on crazy technology. I love the aesthetics and feel of Tex-Mechanica weapons. Really great props to Bungie for that […]”
Compared to other forges, Tex Mechanica weapons always stand out with their special Western look and unique reload animations.
Häkke: produces strong utility weapons, but only standard military style
Veist: modern energy weapons made from lightweight high-tech materials
Omolon: liquid ammunition is a common feature of all weapons from this forge
Suros: the pioneer of weapon manufacturing, very classic
Chaperon – Stylish shotgun in Western look
The YouTuber True Vanguard explained in a video why hand cannons and shotguns are so popular. After all, players have a huge selection of firearms to choose from.
YouTuber True Vanguard claims: Hand cannons and shotguns will always plague PvP in Destiny 2. They are overall the best weapons, with the greatest variety that a player can choose from. Furthermore, they are resilient, versatile, and forgiving compared to literally all other weapons in Destiny 2.
He even goes so far as to claim: Especially shotguns do not require any special skill. Anyone can do it.
Even a 7-year-old can get shotgun kills in Destiny 2
As proof, True Vanguard mentions his young son: Especially shotgun kills in Destiny 2 do not require much skill. He justifies this with the performance of his 7-year-old son.
He has little experience in Destiny 2 so far and is just starting to learn the gameplay of the first-person shooter. His favorite weapon is the Telesto, but he can’t get any kills with it in PvP. On the other hand, he easily gets two to three shotgun kills in a PvP match.”
True Vanguard, about his 7-year-old son
The YouTuber explains in the video why that is:
Revolvers and shotguns are weapons that allow for fast gameplay. This allows for agile movement. Players love this fast-paced style of play. It gives them a lot of freedom in their own gameplay.
Famous PvP players often use hand cannons or shotguns in their videos. Players think: “That must be good.” and equip themselves similarly.
Hand cannons and shotguns are versatile. There are a lot of great perk synergies.
Hand cannons are more forgiving of mistakes. They offer high aim assist and deal a lot of damage.
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With a revolver or a shotgun, you don’t need a specific playstyle. You just shoot at your enemies to your heart’s content. No wonder Destiny 2 has a tiny problem with “shotgun apes.” It simply plays way too well.
That’s why you should still become a space cowboy: It’s just cool. The weapons have a brilliant Western design, incomparable sound, and unique reload animations. Especially the revolvers provide you with a sense of power and elegance in Destiny 2. They are crisp, satisfying, and deal a lot of damage. What more could a true gunslinger want?
Now it’s your turn: Do you share the opinion that you really don’t need skill in Destiny 2 to play a shotgun? And do you find that hand cannons and shotguns are just annoyingly powerful in the Crucible? What do you play instead?
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Since the beta of Battlefield 2042 started, several videos of spectacular kills and actions have been circulating. One player stands out, as he achieved a spectacular sniper kill not with a mouse, nor with a controller, but with a flute.
Some players apparently need a new challenge time and again. The player leDeanoBeano has found this in Battlefield 2042.
Instead of playing regularly with mouse/keyboard or controller, he has been using a flute in the beta. He even scored an impressive sniper hit at nearly 500 meters.
Here you can watch the impressive kill in the clip. Ideally with sound:
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Headshot with Flute and Recorder – “What just happened?!”
What do other players say about it? In the reddit post, players react impressed. Even community manager TOTALfps can’t help but say “What just happened?!” (via reddit)
ZpinDex writes: “I am very impressed and at the same time quite confused.”
Kunibert_der_zweite says: “Seriously? Sometimes it takes me a whole magazine to finally kill something with a sniper and the guy just uses a flute?!”
How exactly does it work? It is a little complicated. In short: Musical instruments, both acoustic and electronic, can be used as human control interfaces for electronic games.
The inputs are extracted from the played tones of the instruments and transferred to the game’s control parameters. This is how the player in the video does it. This is also known from various players who complete the brutally hard action RPG Dark Souls with drums. (via YouTube.com)
Instead of a standard input device, leDeanoBeano uses a recorder and a flute. And ultimately goes on a sniper tour with it. In the video, you can see and hear how his sniper rifle reacts to the played tones.
This raises the difficulty level of aiming, shooting, and targeting to another level and looks cool. Many people seem to have problems with sniping in Battlefield 2042, making this kill even more impressive.
How long will the beta last? You have until tomorrow, October 10th at 9 AM to play the open beta. After that, the servers will go offline again and it is currently unknown if there will be another beta before release.
The official release is on November 19th for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
Are you looking for strong players for your Ultimate Team in FIFA 22? Then here you find 7 players who cost a maximum of 10,000 coins and can strengthen your team.
What kind of list is this? In this list, you will find players who are priced between 5,000 and 10,000 coins. While they are a bit more expensive, they are well-suited to reinforce your starter teams.
This list contains players who offer specific values for their positions and can strengthen your team. We did not focus on a specific league or position, but rather took a broad approach – so there should be something for everyone.
Federico Chiesa
Price: approx. 7,600 coins
What makes Chiesa special: With Chiesa, you get a fast, dribbling-strong winger who is ideal for penetrating the penalty area and looking for a shot. With four stars on skills and weak foot, he is dangerous from most positions.
And if he can’t take a shot himself, Chiesa can still be wonderfully used as a playmaker. In Serie A, there are plenty of cheap, strong teammates available. For example…
Ciro Immobile
Price: approx. 8,300 coins
What makes Immobile special: The Italian forward has proven to be extremely goal-dangerous in the first weeks of the new FIFA installment. When Immobile finds himself in good finishing positions in the penalty area, you can also expect the ball to hit the net – and thanks to good positioning, that happens repeatedly.
This man cannot defend, but he is also not on the pitch for that. With Immobile, you get an affordable, highly rated forward for your team.
Kevin Mbabu
Price: approx. 9,900 coins
What makes Mbabu special: Mbabu has just fallen below the 10,000-coin mark – it’s possible that the price may fluctuate a bit up or down. That the Wolfsburg player is more expensive than other 79-rated cards is probably due to his values making him the currently most useful right-back in FUT Bundesliga teams.
Thus, Mbabu is particularly an exciting option for Bundesliga teams. Together with speedy center-backs like Klostermann, Lacroix or St. Juste, you can build a very fast defense in the Bundesliga.
What makes Depay special: After his transfer to FC Barcelona, you get a really good option for your LaLiga attack with Depay. The forward scores well in all offensive areas. He can shoot, pass, run, and dribble.
What makes di Maria special: When thinking of “Argentinian, right winger, PSG,” most people probably think of the newly transferred Lionel Messi. But his compatriot di Maria is also extremely goal-dangerous – and costs only a fraction of Messi’s price.
Di Maria has good pace, especially strong dribbling skills, and good passing values. He can also hit the opponent’s goal from a distance well. You can find some tips on shooting in FIFA 22 here.
Jordi Alba
Price: approx. 8,100 coins
What makes Alba special: Jordi Alba is a speedy full-back who, in addition to defensive qualities, can also score points with a healthy urge to go forward. The Spaniard is always looking to tear open gaps on the flank – and with good dribbling and passing values, he also has the skills to act as a playmaker.
With Alba, you get a ball-secure defensive man. If you equip him with an Anchor style, he is actually solid in all areas – except for shooting.
Renato Sanches
Price: approx. 6,100 coins
What makes Sanches special: Renato Sanches has very balanced, good values in terms of pace, dribbling, and physicality. At the same time, shooting, defending, and passing are also quite good. In short: Sanches can take on almost any role in central midfield.
This made him quite expensive at the start of FIFA 22, he was initially around 30,000 coins. However, since then, his price has fallen to currently 6,000 coins – making him a good option to strengthen starter teams.
The user msmithjr1993 also reports on the apparently unjustified bans and calls for Amazon to ban the players who exploit the system:
Just 4 players on my server were mass reported. People are using the reporting system as a weapon, even though the players actually did nothing wrong. They are being kept from the war just because they are on the opposing side of the factions.
Please set an example with them. Ban the players who abuse the reporting system and falsely report other players. […]. Act against this now before it becomes an even bigger problem than it already is.
Overall, we have found reports of at least 30 bans on reddit or in various Discord channels. However, this method currently seems to be primarily taking place on American servers.
Why does this work? Players explain the situation by saying that with mass reports, either an automatic ban occurs or so many reports come in that support cannot check them quickly enough manually.
Therefore, a temporary 24-hour ban occurs.
Some players are also reporting that they were able to play normally again after the 24 hours. Nevertheless, the ban had an impact on the outcome of the war.
Currently, there is still no statement from Amazon regarding these bans.
The wars for territories invite planning and intrigue. One guild leader even decided to rob his guild and switch to the opposing faction with the gold:
The wars for territories are among the most important and interesting content of New World. However, it seems that nasty tricks are used, especially on American servers, to win them. Many players are reported and banned so that they cannot participate in such a war.
What happens during the wars? As several users on reddit report, just before a war, the strongest players of the opposing faction are mass reported at Amazon.
After that, the reported players initially face a temporary 24-hour ban. This, however, excludes them exactly from participating in the war.
This method is not exactly fair, and correspondingly, there is a big outcry in the community. Meanwhile, New World has just introduced new “Don’t Be a Jerk” rules.
24-hour ban for not doing anything wrong
How do players describe the situation? One of the first threads on reddit came from a user on the Rylynn server on the east coast of the USA. He describes the situation as follows:
If you play on this server, you probably have never seen my name because I almost never post in chat. I was just banned for 24 hours for “disruptive behavior.” And that just before tomorrow’s war of our company.
The incentives and rewards are huge, which is why there is currently mass reporting. There is basically no chance that the tickets will be reviewed before the war, so it can be guaranteed that several enemy players are removed from the war. We have already confirmed 3 bans, all from players at level 60.
The user msmithjr1993 also reports on the apparently unjustified bans and calls for Amazon to ban the players who exploit the system:
Just 4 players on my server were mass reported. People are using the reporting system as a weapon, even though the players actually did nothing wrong. They are being kept from the war just because they are on the opposing side of the factions.
Please set an example with them. Ban the players who abuse the reporting system and falsely report other players. […]. Act against this now before it becomes an even bigger problem than it already is.
Overall, we have found reports of at least 30 bans on reddit or in various Discord channels. However, this method currently seems to be primarily taking place on American servers.
Why does this work? Players explain the situation by saying that with mass reports, either an automatic ban occurs or so many reports come in that support cannot check them quickly enough manually.
Therefore, a temporary 24-hour ban occurs.
Some players are also reporting that they were able to play normally again after the 24 hours. Nevertheless, the ban had an impact on the outcome of the war.
Currently, there is still no statement from Amazon regarding these bans.
The wars for territories invite planning and intrigue. One guild leader even decided to rob his guild and switch to the opposing faction with the gold:
Apex Legends is back as the top battle royale game on Twitch. After a rough start to the year, the fast-paced shooter from Respawn is back at the top. The main reason lies in the weakness of the large competitor Warzone. Read everything about this topic here on MeinMMO.
How is Apex Legends currently doing on Twitch? Looking at the current (as of October 9, 2021) Twitch charts of the last 7 days (via TwitchTracker), Apex Legends ranks 6th with 93.3K viewers and 15.7 million hours streamed. Only games like the new New World, DotA 2, GTA V, and League of Legends are ahead of Apex.
If we look only at the charts in the battle royale genre, Apex Legends is unchallenged at the top. Next comes Fortnite, which, with 12.4 million streaming hours and 73.4K viewers, finishes significantly behind in 2nd place.
CoD Warzone comes in 3rd place with 67.7K viewers and 11.4 million hours. By the way, neither are among the general top 10 on Twitch. They are ranked 11th and 12th respectively.
What was the situation like earlier? However, Apex Legends did not have these top numbers beforehand. After a very weak year in 2020, where Apex averaged around 33,000 viewers on Twitch, the game saw significant growth in the spring, but peaked in the summer of 2021.
Curiously, during this time, the numbers for Fortnite and especially Warzone fell.
What is the reason for Apex’s success? The main reason for the success of Apex Legends is partly at the expense of Call of Duty: Warzone. The large BR mode that combines all CoD games since Modern Warfare still has a massive hacker problem.
Cheaters ruin the fun for numerous players, and especially high-ranking streamers like NICMERCS, TimTheTatman, and CouRage left the hacked Verdansk behind and turned to Apex Legends among other games. And it seems their viewers stuck around.
What is next for Apex Legends? Currently, Season 10 is ongoing in Apex Legends with a Halloween event, which will likely last until November 2nd. Season 11 should then continue on November 3rd, which will probably feature a Christmas event with some crazy new skins. According to rumors, the cyborg Ash is set to be introduced as a new character. We even had to assemble her components ourselves in a previous season.
However, there are also issues with Apex Legends. The servers have been unstable for some time, and there are also numerous DDoS attacks from hackers, sabotaging servers in the top leagues of the rankings out of malice. This currently leads to players struggling through hacked sessions to avoid losing rank points.
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Twitch streamer Jenelle “Indiefoxx” Dagres has been banned from the platform 6 times already in 2021 alone. However, the latest ban is now permanent, as she herself states. Her consequence: Now she streams on YouTube.
This is the situation:
Indiefoxx is known for her rather revealing content and mastering the “Hot Tub Meta”. This caused quite a stir, even among other streamers.
On social media, the streamer now shares: The last ban was permanent. From now on, she can be found on YouTube.
This is the current status of Indiefoxx: With the last ban from Twitch, Indiefoxx also lost her partner status. Afterwards, there was largely silence from her regarding Twitch.
The reasons for her bans were never specifically stated.
In a new tweet, Indiefoxx revealed that she will be streaming on YouTube Gaming. Her first stream has taken place on Saturday, October 9, on her YouTube channel JenelleCat.
The streamer is joining some other names who have also switched to YouTube. The others are primarily well-known shooter streamers who are migrating from Twitch to YouTube. Most of them have not faced any bans.
Who is the streamer? Indiefoxx has polarized strongly during her time on Twitch. With over 2 million followers, she has built a noteworthy fan base. However, she has often come under fire from critics and other streamers for her streaming style.
Often showed in revealing clothing, Indiefoxx was mostly seen in the “Hot Tub” section on Twitch, where she chatted with viewers. The entire category is controversial as it appears to place sexualized content in the spotlight.
Well-known female figures like Pokimane criticize that such revealing streams are both made possible and tolerated on Twitch. She believes that such content poses a danger to the future of Twitch. Users also say: Streamers like Indiefoxx ruin Twitch for all women.
A major point of criticism is also how Twitch handles the bans. The policy, according to some streamers, gives the impression that double standards are being applied. Female streamers like Indiefoxx received only short bans, while there are much harsher penalties for seemingly less offensive behavior.
Also, the entire section is not good for the image of female streamers. “Just because some female streamers do this, it puts other female streamers in a situation where they experience bullshit,” criticizes the streamer QTCinderella.
Currently, however, Twitch seems to be taking a stronger stance against content creators who stretch the rules of what is acceptable too far. Another well-known name in the sector is Amouranth. She is primarily known for her ASMR content. Amouranth received a ban in June for licking her microphone. Apparently, that went too far.
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New World is a new favorite game of Twitch streamer shroud. That’s why he plays it often and with pleasure. However, one round was suddenly interrupted when shroud’s PC power supply spectacularly blew up.
But the grind in New World also excites him, and so he was playing the MMORPG one night, unsuspecting, when suddenly there was a bang and then his PC turned off.
The reason was that apparently the power supply had failed. But it not only burned out, according to shroud, it actually exploded!
His viewers were puzzled until a few minutes later shroud reported via Twitter and explained the situation.
Shroud needs to replace hardware
How is shroud and his hardware? In a statement to his fans, shroud said the following:
“That was damn crazy. I’ve never seen a power supply explode like that, it was insane, it was cool. It scared the hell out of me, but it was cool.”
The streamer apparently escaped with a scare this time.
But apparently the explosion left damage on the hardware of the top streamer. Because in another tweet he stated that he did not know if he could stream today because of this incident. But one thing is clear. The grind in New World must not stop.
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Was New World responsible for the damage? Since New World already has a reputation for melting innocent graphics cards, one might also wonder if the explosion of the power supply was caused by the game itself.
But according to shroud, it wasn’t due to New World. Rather, he blames a voltage spike in the line for the damage.
So you don’t have to worry about the safety of your power supplies while playing New World. It’s better to invest in a surge protector to be safe.
The new grappling hook has introduced some new movement freedoms for infantry soldiers in Battlefield 2042 . This also includes a trick that veterans among you have certainly known for over 20 years: Bunny-Hopping. MeinMMO shows you what it is all about.
What is Bunny-Hopping? In its basic form, Bunny-Hopping means that you jump at the right moment during a forward movement and thus hop through the map in a constantly hopping form.
If Bunny-Hopping is done correctly, you do not lose speed and continuously shift your hitboxes, making precise hits very difficult. The method originates from the ancient shooter Quake from the late 90s. It was first used in 1998 in a “Quake done Quick” (via sourceruns.org).
In the case of Battlefield 2042, Bunny-Hopping not only helps to dodge bullets; it actually makes players significantly faster. They use the grappling hook as a starting aid and build up considerable speed, as seen in this clip:
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“I really love Titanfall, but such nonsense should stay in Titanfall”
The advantage of this trick is clear: You are not only faster and better at dodging bullets, but you can also catch other opponents off guard.
Moreover, it seems that the grappling hook itself is bugged. Normally, it has a cooldown after being used once. By canceling the flight at the right time, you can apparently avoid this and swing across the map like Tarzan.
Such tricks have already been used in other major shooters:
Overall, the trick with the grappling hook also strongly reminds of the multiplayer shooter Titanfall. LittleKing2002 also expresses this: “I really love Titanfall, but such nonsense should stay in Titanfall” (via reddit.com).
The reactions are far from enthusiastic, and Battlefield players are now fearing that soon there will be numerous Tarzans in Battlefield 2042, affecting regular gameplay.
RidCyn writes: “If this stays in the game, everyone will play Tarzan because you need to in order to keep up with others. This is no longer Battlefield. It’s just Apex and Warzone” (via reddit.com).
Whether this trick will stay in the game or be removed by release remains to be seen. The beta still runs for a short time, and players have to live with the fact that others can swing across the map for now.
In any case, players are using the beta to thoroughly test the mechanics of Battlefield 2042, and the grappling hook is one of the new features in focus.
How long can you play the beta? You have time until tomorrow, October 10th at 9:00 a.m. to try out the open beta of Battlefield 2042.
When is Battlefield 2042 coming out? The official release is on November 19, 2021. Battlefield 2042 is then supposed to be released for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.
One can discuss whether New World is an MMORPG or just an MMO, but our author Mark Sellner would like to completely disregard the MMO part. He plays New World as a single-player RPG and only has one problem: other players.
What is New World? New World is the new game from Amazon. It falls into the genre of MMOs, an online game where many people come together and usually play together.
That’s why it often happens that you end up going alone for your quests or crafting, even if you initially plan to play together.
However, that cannot happen to our author Mark Sellner because he feels right at home in New World as a solo player.
Who is writing here? Mark is an MMORPG author at MeinMMO and is accordingly at home in this genre. There are few representatives of the genre that Mark has not seen from the inside. In some of them, he has already invested many thousands of hours, but even after 100 hours, New World is still the most fun for him to play alone.
As a Gothic fan, New World feels like coming home
What makes New World so different? In most MMORPGs, you choose a class at the beginning, which then determines your life and limits what you can do. However, that is not the case in New World.
Here, there is a classless system in which you get better with the weapon you are using. It feels freer and less limited than it is in many MMORPGs. Something that is actually more common in single-player games.
Where does the single-player feeling come from? At the beginning, you land as a castaway on an island threatened by dark magic. You start on the beach, dressed in rags, with a rusty sword and a dilapidated shield in the hands of a character who can do absolutely nothing.
Many Gothic fans among you might already find this familiar. Because we experience almost exactly the same beginning in Risen, the single-player RPG from the Gothic makers from the year 2009.
The start in Risen (2009)
The start in New World (2021)
Both games let us arrive stranded on an island as a good-for-nothing
You then fight your way on the beach and search for better equipment until you soon find a person who at least explains what you could do next.
Shortly after that, you find yourself in one of the towns on the island and have to decide which of the three factions on Aeternum you want to work for. There are the scientists and wizards of the Syndicate, the cutthroats of the Marauders, and lastly, the devout fighters of the Covenant.
If you have played Risen and do not immediately think of the devout fighters of the Inquisition, the researchers, and wizards of the Fire Mages, and the cutthroat bandits from the swamp, then you probably won’t be helped. So from the start, I felt like I was coming home to one of my favorite games. Home to Risen.
Not least because the combat system feels very similar. Although there is no stamina in Risen that you need to pay attention to, it’s about combos, targeted blocking, and a few special attacks. Therefore, I felt right at home in New World, even though I still didn’t know exactly why. Because most of these parallels only became apparent to me many hours later.
Also, one of my recent forays into the single-player genre strongly reminded me of New World. It is the 2019 release GreedFall, which focuses on a similar setting and centers around the colonization of the “New World”.
So I had two excellent single-player titles in my head that set in the same, rather unused setting. However, that is not the only reason why I prefer to play New World alone.
What brought me back? Already at level 3, so still very early on and on the beach, one thing bothered me in New World: the chat that was constantly chatting and completely broke my immersion.
After a little searching through the menu, I managed to completely turn off the MMORPG’s chat, which I haven’t changed even now, 100 hours later.
But even if the start, the setting, the factions, and the weapons were very similar to my favorite game Risen, it wasn’t dark enough. No one hit me hard right away. So I was constantly reminded that I wasn’t playing a single-player game.
GreedFall (2019)
New World (2021)
Even if the color palette of New World is friendlier, the setting has many parallels
I simply have more fun alone
What does New World offer for solo players? Since level 3, I have been very focused on consistently excluding and ignoring all other players, which I am doing very well. While I regularly play with friends, we are not playing together.
We talk together on Discord about the game and occasionally trade, but we handle the actual gameplay all alone, and no one has a problem with it. On the contrary, we even find it quite pleasant.
Because New World is an open-world sandbox in which you can set your own goals as a solo player. The quests are interesting, and the locations in Aeternum tell exciting stories. Especially those who read the diary entries they find learn many fascinating details about the world.
But even if you don’t care about the story, New World encourages exploration. The lack of a mini-map bothered me at first, as it is virtually indispensable in an MMORPG. However, when you see New World as a single-player RPG, the mini-map is suddenly no longer missed.
On the contrary, the compass at the top of the screen encourages you much more to discover what lies ahead.
Overall, I experienced something in New World that hasn’t affected me like this since Guild Wars 2 – I want to get to know this world. It’s not enough for me to just know that there is an old ruin ahead; I also want to know why it is there and what its purpose is or was.
What makes the world so exciting? Even though I consistently ignore other players, they determine how my single-player world changes. Because even if I don’t participate in wars, invasions, or PvP as a solo player, the world of Aeternum is constantly changing.
Areas change hands, taxes change, and new factions gain influence in areas where they were not previously. This struggle between the factions could not be represented so well by a single-player game, which is why New World feels absolutely alive for solo players.
The areas in New World are controlled by various factions
“No, I just want to chop wood today”
Life Skills are the most fun: I constantly use the sentence from the headline as a response when someone asks me if I can help somewhere. Improving life skills feels incredibly satisfying in New World and has already captivated me for hours.
Because you don’t have to chop down 200 trees and suddenly be better at it; no. With each tree you chop down, every ore you mine, and every fish you catch, you get better.
Here again, Risen comes to mind. Because the principle is quite similar when it comes to resources. I see a gold ore vein, which is great. However, it doesn’t help me at all if I don’t have a pickaxe and don’t know how to mine gold yet.
Although I initially thought that these life skills would not interest me much, I had already chopped wood to level 20 before I had even seen the first city from the inside.
As you also unlock new things whenever you improve the corresponding skill, you often find yourself in situations where you set your own goals. And so I found myself again with a strong desire to also have woodcutting at level 100.
This enthusiasm and the setting of goals has not stopped since then. Also due to the fantastic sound effects and the visuals. Because nothing feels as satisfying as watching and hearing a huge tree trunk fall to the ground.
Mining this ore is simply satisfying
Sound design that brings joy: I usually play most games either completely without sound or with soft sound through my speakers. I admit, when it is not gameplay relevant, I pay little attention to how a game sounds.
However, in New World, I even put on my headphones and turn the volume up, because the soundscape on Aeternum will surely captivate you. It is more than just the soundtrack and the sometimes very good dialogues.
It even starts with how good it sounds when your axe hits the tree. That is then only surpassed when your pickaxe strikes the rock. The clattering of the metal of the pick on the hard stone can be heard over many meters. This way, you can hear a quarry long before you see it.
Also at this point, New World encourages you to explore again. Because that ore deposit over there that I just heard, I can’t see on the map or on the compass. However, ore is rare, so I have to take a look.
And suddenly I find myself in a quarry full of enemies that tells me a new, exciting story.
One thing does bother me, though
What disrupts my immersion? In general, it is you, the other players, even though I can usually ignore you. Of course, it annoys me when people loot a mini-boss in front of me that I actually needed. However, I can live with that.
What bothers me, however, are the few points where New World suddenly forces me to play with others. This is understandable for an MMORPG, but it simply doesn’t feel smooth. Especially when I can manage almost everything else alone.
Without wanting to spoil, I can reveal that the main story forces you fairly early on to play at least once with other people. And that is annoying.
Because for me personally, the gameplay as a group feels not very smooth yet. It is chaotic, everyone is everywhere, and somehow everything is very disorganized.
New World does not even provide a group finder tool. So I had to turn my chat back on at level 25 for the first time. Just to find someone from whom I can get annoyed.
Why other players are still important: Even though I want nothing to do with other players in New World, they make the game a better single-player experience. Because the lively world, the area takeovers and wars, as well as the hustle and bustle in the cities, ensure that Aeternum feels alive.
Forests are being cleared, stones are being removed, and through the company mechanic, settlements can be built up more and more. Where yesterday there was a simple cauldron as a kitchen, tomorrow there can be a house with ovens.
The world of New World lives and changes even when I am offline and not playing. Every day when I log in, the world has changed a bit. Then there are new things I can discover, and that is great.
Therefore, it is precisely the other players that make New World a better solo game. In the end, that’s also somewhat genius. Then I also accept that I have to fight my way through a chaotic unorganized group through a dungeon. After all, I can feed a dog afterwards.
How do you approach this? Do you play New World alone or as a classic MMORPG? Do you all think I am crazy for finding that New World is a great solo RPG? Feel free to share your opinions in the comments here at MeinMMO.
