Bathtub streams have been a big stir on Twitch in recent weeks. Streamers often appear in bathtubs or hot tubs wearing minimal clothing. However, a completely different channel is benefiting from such streams: An animal clinic in the USA showcases cute otters playing in the water and is now at least somewhat conquering the Hot Tub category.
This is the situation around the bathtub streams: For some time now, streamers like Amouranth or Indiefoxx have been increasingly successful on Twitch. They appear in bikinis in a hot tub and chat with their viewers.
Twitch reacted to the viewers’ criticism and introduced a new category: “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches”. Under this category, hot tub streams can continue to take place, as well as all other streams related to water and beaches.
Sweet otters rank 5th in the category
This channel is growing quickly: If you look at the most viewed channels in the “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches” category, you mainly find young women who are doing well. However, the channel “MarineMammalRescue” stands out. No humans are shown, but sea creatures that have been taken in by a rescue station.
The channel even ranks 5th in the new hot tub category over the last 7 days. More than 50,000 hours have been spent on the channel during this time.
4 women dominate the category “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches” – along with some cute otters at 5th place. Source: sullygnome
What does MarineMammalRescue show? There you mainly see cute otters playing, cuddling, or sleeping in the water all day. The channel streams day and night and shows the otters in every situation. This is enough for many viewers, as the adorable animals have averaged 754 viewers in the last 3 days. At peak times, there were even over 3600 simultaneous viewers.
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This is what makes it special: The channel of MarineMammalRescue has especially become successful due to the new hot tub category. Previously, the channel streamed in the “Travel & Outdoors” category, where there were usually only around 50 viewers at a time. Since switching to the new category, there has been a real boost in viewers.
In just the last 3 days, the channel gained almost 16,000 new followers and viewer numbers grew by almost 800%. The channel also uses funny descriptions for the streams. For example, they call their streams “#1 Cold Tub” and use words like “Thicc” or “Hot” to describe the cute sea otters.
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It remains to be seen whether the hype around the otters will last or even grow larger. After all, the new category for hot tubs only started a few days ago.
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A classic in physical education is ball sports, where players must hit each other with a ball. While games like dodgeball are more known here, EA and developer Velan Studios are now trying their hand at the English-American variant by translating dodgeball intoa PvP game. MeinMMO shows you what it’s all about and how it is received.
What is Knockout City? It is a PvP arena shooter. However, this doesn’t mean a classic shooter where you take out opponents with more or less realistic weapons.
Knockout City rather brings back flashbacks to physical education in school. Because fundamentally, it is dodgeball, a ball sport that is particularly popular in the English-speaking world.
The game mixes this sport with elements familiar from games like Rocket League, and the character design also resembles well-known games like Fortnite.
Overall, the style remains colorful, and there are crazy moves. Players can throw their teammates around and glide through the air for a time with a type of glider.
Here you can get an impression from the trailer:
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What is dodgeball? Many of you might remember Völkerball, which is very similar to dodgeball and was regularly played in physical education classes at many schools in Germany.
The pleasant feeling of just having received the ball full in the back, or simply the uplifting experience of having been in the game for an incredible 5 seconds before the ball lands right in your face. What could be better? But I digress.
For those who, depending on luck or misfortune, did not have the pleasure of experiencing similar sports in school, here’s a brief summary:
Typically, teams of 6 players face off against each other
These teams position themselves on opposite sides of the playing field
The goal is to send all opposing players off the field by throwing them
The team that eliminates all players of the opposing team wins
Knockout City translates this into their PvP game and turns it into a kind of arena shooter. In various modes, teams of 3 compete against each other. Players can dodge, jump, and glide in the air, similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.
If you have played a third-person game in recent months, Knockout City should feel familiar. It seems to work well if the initial feedback is any indication.
First reactions say: It’s quite fun
These are the first reactions: Knockout City is being received well after the first days. But let’s first look at the numbers.
On Metacritic, the PC version of Knockout City achieves a score of 76 after four days, with a user score of a fairly stable 7.2. (via metacritic.com)
The PS4 version performs better and even gets an 81, with a user score of 7.6. (via metacritic.com)
Many tests are still incomplete after such a short time. Therefore, one should wait to see how the score looks when more reviews come out. However, there are already some impressions of Knockout City that can be read.
It is often praised how accessible Knockout City is. The controls are apparently easy to learn. Nevertheless, the game offers enough depth to master it and leaves room for various play styles. (via PCGamer.com)
However, some warn about the fast pace of the game, which could initially feel overwhelming. One should not be surprised if one does not immediately grasp what is happening in a round. (via Polygon.com)
In the subreddit dedicated to Knockout City (via reddit.com), most players agree: The game is fun. The controls are smooth, but it’s not too easy, as chenDawg writes: “I had a lot of fun last night with a full group for several hours. There’s a lot more depth than I assumed before trying it. The controls feel super tight and it looks like there are numerous ways to outplay your opponents.” (via reddit.com)
Here you can see what crazy stunts are possible in the game:
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At the same time, a player mentions a concern that many others share. What about long-term motivation? Some doubt that Knockout City will really entertain for more than a few hours.
As mengplex writes: “It’s really fun – but I’m not sure how long it will hold my or others’ attention. It’s not like a fighting game with many different characters, it’s not like an FPS with a variety of weapons.” (via reddit.com)
Additionally, it seems there are some issues with mouse controls on PC, as rxh339 writes: “In the menu, the mouse is like on crack, in the game, it’s slow. When I turn up the sensitivity, it jumps everywhere and is jittery like crazy.” (via reddit.com)
Overall, the first reactions are quite positive. It remains to be seen how long Knockout City stays motivating and whether a solid player base forms. The potential seems to be there.
Knockout City available through EA Play and Game Pass
How can you play Knockout City? Knockout City is available on all major platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and the Nintendo Switch.
How can you test Knockout City? Currently, there is a free trial version available for all platforms. This is available until May 30. After that, the game can be purchased.
How much does it cost? If you have EA Play or the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you can download and play Knockout City “for free”. This specifically applies to the PC and Xbox versions.
On the other platforms, you will need to purchase the game, and the price is set at 20 euros. For online gameplay on the Nintendo Switch, a subscription to the online service is not required.
Is there crossplay? Yes, Knockout City offers crossplay between all platforms.
What do you think of Knockout City? Have you tried it yet? Or is this not for you? Discuss with us!
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Streamer Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (29) has become the world’s largest gaming streamer on YouTube. But that comes with some disgusting things, as people online are crazy and cross boundaries, Valkyrae explains. Besides tasteless videos and masturbation fantasies, delusional stalkers pose a danger.
This is Valkyrae:
The 29-year-old American worked in various odd jobs after college, including at GameStop, before she started streaming. Starting in 2015, she streamed on Twitch and gradually built a career as a streamer. Especially with streams of Fortnite and LoL, her channel grew to just under a million subscribers.
Shortly after the switch, she faced a personal and private crisis: a move became a nightmare due to difficult neighbors, her long-term relationship ended, and the platform switch proved complicated.
Yet Valkyrae overcame the crisis and became the biggest streamer in the world during the Covid lockdown due to the hype around the game “Among Us.” This allowed her to surpass her friend Pokimane, with whom she briefly lived in a streamer house. She is now a co-owner of the eSports clan 100 Thieves and a gaming star with 3.4 million subscribers on YouTube.
“There’s nothing I haven’t seen”
This is what Valkyrae says about the “disgusting things” online: In a stream, the streamer explains what type of content she faces since she became so popular. She says:
There’s nothing I haven’t seen. I’ve seen it all.
Valkyrae
As an example, she mentioned:
A porn video titled “Valkyrae and Sykkuno doing [a sexual act].” Although the people in the video bore no resemblance to her and her streaming colleague Sykkuno, such things still shock her.
Furthermore, she has discovered Twitter accounts that were dedicated to masturbating on photos of her and her friends.
People need to know this. That’s actually one of the big downsides of being on the internet. There are a lot of crazy people you are exposed to. Be careful out there and stay safe.
Valkyrae
The big downside of the internet is: You’re exposed to crazies – a lot of crazies
This is the real danger: Valkyrae explains that it’s not just about masturbation fantasies and porn. Many of her friends have stalkers, and there’s no “internet police” to protect them from them.
This is really scary. Especially for people wanting to get into streaming, they must be aware of the negative aspects of being “famous on the internet.”
It’s frightening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8apSMzHBXM&t=69s
What does she mean by stalkers? There are some creepy stories about stalkers to Valkyrae and female streamers around her:
Valkyrae has reported about a stalker who created hundreds of accounts and kept messaging her on Twitter even when she blocked him.
One of Valkyrae’s roommates, “LilyPichu,” had a stalker who harassed her on Twitch.
The English streamer, SweetAnita, reports about a stalker who even followed her to her place of residence, waited in front of her house, and stalked her with a smile while carrying a cheap kitchen knife. SweetAnita said the police could not help her because nothing had happened yet.
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Especially when female streamers live together in “content houses” whose location is publicly known, the fear of stalkers increases. There are recurring reports of stalkers coming to the streaming location of the female streamers believing the streamer is “their girlfriend.”
In Apex Legends new skins cost a considerable amount of money. Up to 20 euros are required for the most valuable skins. Since some players consider that too expensive, they asked the developers. They named the reasons for the high prices.
What is the situation with the skins? In Apex Legends, there are various characters that you can play, known as Legends. Each of them has a large number of different skins, most of which are simple color variants. However, some skins, the “legendary” versions, change the entire appearance.
The cheeky medic Lifeline quickly becomes a demon, engineer Wattson becomes a cyberpunk, or the thief Loba becomes a Greek hoplite. Such skins cost around 1,800 Apex Coins, and 1,000 of those cost 9.99 euros. So, one such skin costs 18 euros. By comparison: Unlocking a new legend only costs 7.50 euros. This seems like quite a hefty price to many players.
Developers explain on reddit why the skins are so expensive
How were the developers asked? In an AMA-event on reddit (Ask Me Anything, a large public Q&A with the community), a user asked why the skins were so expensive. One feels a bit “ripped off” as a customer when skins are so expensive compared to the actual legends.
Ryan K. Rigney, the Director of Community and Communications, responded to him.
What did the developer say? In his response, Rigney explained that the new legends are relatively inexpensive because they want to avoid the perception of pay-to-win. Although legends certainly require a lot of work, they want to ensure that players don’t feel cheated when the new heroes are so expensive.
According to the developer, the skins would require much more work than one might think. They need to pay not just the designers for their working hours but also thoroughly test the new skins and ensure that they do not have certain advantages or disadvantages and do not trigger bugs.
Additionally, the further development of Apex Legends costs a lot of money, and features like additional maps and the new arena mode require a lot of time and thus resources.
We want Apex to be around for a long, loooong time. Our ability to continue developing the game depends on maintaining a healthy business. We hope players understand that this is something we work hard on.
Thus, the skins are an important source of income for the team and essential for the continued development of the game.
It doesn’t look like high-end skins will become cheaper in the future. On the other hand, expensive skins seem to carry the game well, as with the new season 9, Apex Legends is doing better than ever. Why Apex Legends is currently a hit on Steam can be found in our article on the topic on MeinMMO.
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The Euro Truck Simulator 2 is finally getting its well-deserved multiplayer on PC. After over 500 hours of solitude, MeinMMO editor Patrick Freese is thrilled about the solution and that he won’t have to find unofficial ways to play.
What’s it about? In 2012, Euro Truck Simulator 2 was released. Now, nine years later, an official multiplayer mode is finally coming. Fans like me have been waiting for this for years. I have already spent over 520 hours on Steam playing the title. Until now, I had to download unofficial mods to play my beloved Euro Truck Simulator 2 in multiplayer. It always felt like cheating.
Now the official solution is finally coming, and this is already one of the biggest announcements for this year 2021 for me.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 Multiplayer – When is the release?
This is known: The developers at SCS Software announced that both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator will receive official multiplayer support.
The multiplayer mode is called “Convoy Mode.” In this mode, 8 players can drive together on the same map simultaneously. To create a communal feeling, AI traffic, time, and weather can be synchronized. Additionally, all 8 players can drive the same job simultaneously, meaning they have the exact same routes.
How does it work? Players can create their own sessions for up to 8 players and optionally protect them with a password. The progress from the Convoy tour does not have to be carried over to the single-player save, and it can be simply deleted.
How to participate: Those who want to test this now can already do so in the American Truck Simulator. Open the game in your Steam library, select “Properties” and go to the Beta tab. Enter the code “XZo2orrgbG92XMQ” there and confirm that you want to download the experimental beta. You can find more details in the official forum (via scssoft.com).
When will the beta for ETS 2 come? According to the developers, the beta for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is expected to start in June or July. There is no exact date yet.
More about the beta for Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator can be found at our colleagues at GameStar (via GameStar.de).
I currently have 524 hours of gameplay on Steam with this title. A large part of these hours consisted of driving around alone. Without friends or other drivers whom I can meet on my tours.
This has always been the big question for me in recent years. Why is there no official multiplayer?
In recent years, I could only help with unofficial mods. This is how I have been playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 multiplayer so far. With friends, I have unofficially played multiplayer using a third-party mod. But it always feels a bit like cheating the developers of ETS 2. I would much rather use a feature developed by them to drive with others.
I can hardly wait to finally try out the beta. I can manage to start in American Truck Simulator until it kicks off properly in Euro Truck Simulator 2. Then I will finally be driving with my friends in Euro Truck Simulator 2. Together we will explore the new regions and roads and can compare trucks directly on the routes.
Do you also play the simulator and are you looking forward to the new feature, or is this type of simulator not for you? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other gamers about it.
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One of the funniest humiliations of ex-boss Jeff Kaplan will be part of Overwatch 2 and will forever remind us of the old Game Director.
Even though Jeff Kaplan has left Blizzard and thus the Overwatch team, the developers commemorate him in Overwatch 2 – reminding us of a small humiliation but also one of the most entertaining moments at Blizzard.
Who is Jeff Kaplan? Jeff Kaplan was a long-time employee at Blizzard and worked on the major projects. He was one of the original quest designers for World of Warcraft and notably responsible for particularly notorious quests like “The Green Hills of Stranglethorn.” In Overwatch, he held a leadership position for a long time as Game Director and was quite the figurehead until recently, when Aaron Keller took over and Jeff left Blizzard.
What kind of Easter egg is this? In the new map “New York,” which was presented during a PvP demonstration of Overwatch 2 with major changes, there are two little Easter eggs that remind us of the former Game Director Jeff Kaplan. In one of the subway lines, there is a coffee cup with the inscription “Jeph,” which sits on the book “The Green Hills of Stranglethorn” by Hemet Nesingwary.
“Jeph” and the green hills of Stranglethorn.
Both are direct references to Jeff Kaplan.
What does this refer to? The coffee cup and the book are separate references to different eras of his work.
The book is a reminder of Kaplan’s time as a quest designer at World of Warcraft. The quest “The Green Hills of Stranglethorn” was one of the most dreaded tasks in the original WoW, as it took an extremely long time to complete. Players had to collect many pages of a book that could be dropped by all creatures in a very large area.
However, there were no restrictions on which pages dropped or how often. So, for example, one could have dozens of copies of “Page 2” in their inventory without ever getting the missing “Page 23.” Many players realized too late that they could trade pages with other players, which significantly simplified the process.
The cup with the inscription “Jeph” – an apparently misspelled version of Jeff – is, on the other hand, a reference to a photo that gained fame on Twitter. In 2017, a Starbucks opened on the Blizzard campus, where Kaplan immediately got a coffee. The employee apparently had no idea who he was standing in front of and simply wrote the name phonetically. Jeff “Jeph” Kaplan’s facial expression with the cup in hand says it all.
A leak promises three free games for subscribers of the PS Plus service in June 2021. These include, among others, two really good titles.The third title has not yet been revealed, but is expected to launch right in time with the start of PS Plus in June 2021.Once again, there are games for the PS4 and the PlayStation 5.
What does the leak say? According to the leak, you will get three games for your PS4 and PS5 with PS Plus in June 2021. The three games are expected to be as follows:
Star Wars: Squadrons (PS4)
Operation: Tango (the Spanish site indicates this may be exclusive to PS5)
Virtua Fighter 5 / Ultimate Showdown (PS4)
The games have not been officially confirmed by Sony.
Where does the leak come from? The Spanish-speaking site “Areajugones” explains that there was a leak regarding PS Plus (via areajugones.sport.es). The site states: “Once again, they had early access to the information.”
The leak itself is not shown or named in more detail. This initially seems a little untrustworthy. However, it supports the leak that one of the named titles will be released right in time with the start of PS Plus in June.
According to the leak, the Star Wars game and fighting game will be free in June
What kind of games are these? With Star Wars: Squadrons, you will get a fast-paced, action-packed dogfighting title where you hunt enemy spacecraft. You can fight on either the side of the Alliance or the Galactic Empire. The Star Wars game has received positive reviews from the press.
With Virtua Fighter 5 / Ultimate Showdown, you will have access to a fighting game if this title is included in the free PS Plus games in June 2021. The game has not yet been officially introduced, nor is there a trailer for the game.
The predecessor is Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, released in 2012, and is considered a very good fighting game title, rated 86% by GamePro colleagues, and is said to be one of the best fighting games of its generation (via GamePro.de). It is supposed to be a new “Virtua Fighter” title that connects to the predecessor. The game also briefly appeared in the Asian PlayStation Store:
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The third title is Operation: Tango and has not yet been officially released. It is a cooperative spy adventure where you must work with a friend to solve various tasks around the globe. The release date is June 1, 2021. Like Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, this game could also be officially released with PS Plus.
You can easily play the PS4 games on your PS5 using the backward compatibility feature. PS Plus games for the PS5 cannot generally be played on the PlayStation 4.
People who own a PS5 and are PS Plus subscribers have access to PlayStation Plus Collection, giving them access to 20 high-quality titles every month that they can play at any time on their PS5.
PS Plus games for June will be officially announced on May 26
When will the games be officially announced? The games for PS Plus in June 2021 will be officially announced on May 26, 2021. From June 1, you can then download the games.
You can currently still play the free PS Plus games for May. Included is the strong shooter Battlefield V, which you should definitely try out if you haven’t already.
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The aim assist is a major topic of debate in the crossplay title Call of Duty: Warzone. Mouse players find the aim assistance unfair, while controller players say, “It’s not that bad.” However, in certain situations, the aim assist indeed offers some sneaky advantages – as it allows players to locate enemies through walls.
What are people complaining about? With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from 2019, the crossplay era began for CoD. For the first time, CoD soldiers could play together – and against each other – on different platforms. Since its launch, the aim assist for controller players has faced criticism. Mouse players criticize that the aim assistance is too strong and offers an advantage in certain situations – for example, when getting hit by a stun grenade.
On the other hand, controller players do not see the bonus as very significant. They argue that it compensates for the generally higher precision of a PC mouse. However, a case has emerged that clearly demonstrates that the aim assist provides unfair advantages. It can be used as a wallhack – at least in certain areas.
What is a wallhack? Wallhacks are usually cheats that allow players to see enemies through walls. Such programs access game data and mark enemies even when they are not directly visible. However, there are also wallhacks that work without cheats – like the exploit described in the article with the aim assist.
Aim assist can “see through” some obstacles
What does this look like? On the discussion platform Reddit, user “ThePizzaCook” shows a clip from Warzone.
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PizzaCook is standing on the roof of a house in the west of the “Salt Mine”. He knows that at least one enemy is running around in the house beneath him. PizzaCook checks all directions to ensure that the enemy does not leave the house unnoticed.
After looking around for a few seconds, the player notices that his crosshair slows down slightly when he looks north over the roof. Here’s how the aim assist works in Warzone – near an enemy, the sensitivity of the crosshair decreases for a moment, giving a small aim boost.
This allowed ThePizzaCook to determine where the enemy was approximately located in the house below him. Not only that – since his AK-47 can shoot through this roof, he takes out his enemy safely from the secure roof. While PizzaCook states that he had to fire blindly a bit to hit the enemy, he also thinks, “That shouldn’t be a problem.”.
Why does this work? Normally, the aim assist does not work through obstacles. The commentators in the thread suspect that the specific roof on which PizzaCook stands is to blame. It’s not the aim assist that is broken, but the roof that is faulty.
User “Funny_Val” mentions that there are even more structures on the map where “wallhacking” is possible. As an example, Funny_Val cites gas stations and suggests that the roofs over the fuel pumps also allow aim assist.
Players revive the old discussion about aim assist
What do players say about it? In the thread about the topic, discussions about aim assist are heating up again.
PC players face off against console players,
mouse players against controller users.
Everyone agrees that the mechanic shown in the clip is not right and needs to be fixed.
However, players using mouse and keyboard go even further and demand that aim assist should be completely removed from Warzone. Or at least that players with a good K/D should no longer benefit from it. Controller players argue that the aim assist is not as strong as mouse players portray it.
Will it stay that way? Currently, there is no entry about this on the developers’ Trello board (via trello.com). On the linked board, the developers display problems in the game they are working on. If the issue reaches the developers, they will surely address it. However, it is not currently a pressing problem.
The Canary Islands are not only an ideal destination for families and sun lovers, but also for players of Pokémon GO. They are indeed a paradise for regional Pokémon.
What is there on the Canary Islands? For Pokémon GO players, there is a bunch of new Pokémon here, as a total of 9 monsters await you, which you cannot catch here in Germany.
This means that the Canary Islands are quite unique. Hardly any region in the world has as many different monsters that you cannot get in Germany.
Here’s the explanation: The Canaries are counted by Niantic as part of Africa. So, if you can catch a Pokémon regionally in Europe, then the Canary Islands no longer count. Pantimos is not available there, even though the island group belongs to Europe and Pantimos spawns exclusively in Europe.
The Canary Islands are located off the coast of Africa, yet belong to Europe. Regional Pokémon from Africa spawn here nonetheless.
For that reason, there are numerous other Pokémon on the Canary Islands that do not exist in Europe. In addition to Africa, the Canaries also belong to the Western Hemisphere, which is why more regional Pokémon spawn here.
These Pokémon you can catch on the Canary Islands: You can find 9 regional Pokémon there that do not exist here. They spawn there:
Corasonn
Tropius
Illumise
Sonnfel
Vipitis
Western Schalellos (pink)
Furnifraß
Jiutesto
Western Barschuft (blue)
All these Pokémon can be caught on the Canary Islands
Here’s why a trip is worthwhile: The Canary Islands are not far from Germany. Other important vacation spots for Pokémon lovers can be found in Australia or the USA, but for that, you have to travel much further.
So, if you still don’t know where to go on your next trip, consider the Canary Islands. Besides the regional Pokémon, high temperatures and countless beaches await you there.
This is also different on the Canary Islands: While we often have a city or forest biome here in Germany, there are either water or desert biomes there. The spawns are therefore quite different.
Here you will find many fire and ground Pokémon that are often difficult to find in Germany. You have good chances of encountering shinies of Sandan, Fukano or Digda, which are mainly found here during events.
An overview of all available shinies can be found here:
In FIFA 21 two new TOTS (Team of the Season) are coming into play today. These are new TOTS cards from the Dutch Eredivisie and the Chinese Super League (CSL).
When do the new TOTS cards come out? The new teams are available from today, May 24th at 19:00 in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team.
These are the strongest cards: The Eredivisie TOTS contains some really strong cards, but the best cards are probably those of Koopmeiners (91), Malen (90), and Tadic (90).
CDM: Koopmeiners (91)
ST: Malen (90)
LW: Tadic (90)
RW: Berghuis (89)
RB: Dumfries (89)
CB: Blind (88)
ST: Giakoumakis (88)
LB: Max (87)
CAM: Klaasen (87)
CB: Bazoer (86)
GK: Pasveer (85)
The complete Chinese Super League TOTS (CSL)
These are the strongest cards: The CSL TOTS features 4 players with ratings in the 90 range. These are: Alessandrini (92), Bakambu (91), Oscar (91), and Marcao (90).
RM: Alessandrini (92)
ST: Bakambu (91)
CAM: Oscar (91)
ST: Marcao (90)
CDM: Moises (89)
CAM: Jonathan Viera (89)
CAM: Mierzejewski (88)
CB: Sunzu (87)
LB: Wang Shenchao (86)
CB: Memisevic (86)
GK: Liu Dianzuo
How to get the new TOTS cards
You have the following options: To obtain TOTS cards, you have several options:
You achieve at least 11 wins in the Weekend League. For more wins, you will receive additional player picks with TOTS cards.
You visit the FUT transfer market. There you can get the TOTS cards of your choice, but the prices are usually not low.
You can complete a TOTS SBC (Squad Building Challenge) and hope for a good yield.
If you are still looking for reinforcements for your team, we have some really strong cards for you that currently cost under 100,000 coins:
The new MMORPG Swords of Legends Online (SOLO) features an interesting housing system where you can buy your own island and design an area according to your wishes. We at MeinMMO will tell you everything you need to know about housing.
This is how you get your own house: To utilize housing in Swords of Legends, you must first reach the maximum level Student 1. We have explained how this works in our leveling guide to SOLO.
Once you have reached the maximum level, you will receive the quest “Residence in the Clouds” through cultivation. You must follow this quest to get your own island.
However, to buy your own island, you need 200 gold. When purchasing, you select one of the available islands, which are all the same size but differ slightly in layout. For some islands, the building area is in the north, while others have it in the west, south, or east.
What can you do in housing?
You grow various materials that you can harvest at regular intervals. However, these materials are only usable for housing.
With these materials, you can expand your fields, stone areas, as well as the storage and workshops.
You can also use the materials to craft houses, walls, decorations, and plants that you can then place on the building area as you wish.
However, housing does not provide gameplay advantages, such as materials for crafting or bonuses in the open world. It is mainly for personal enjoyment.
Can you visit the houses of other players: Yes, if you interact with one of the portals around housing (for example, in Cloud Heights, but also on your own island), you can activate the residence teleport. You will then have various cloud realms and islands to choose from.
In SOLO there are various realms, areas, and multiple islands. This ensures that every player has their own house.
You can also post your island as a code in chat, allowing other players to teleport directly to your house with one click. To do this, you just need to open the housing menu (CTRL+J) and click on “Share”.
This is how you get materials in housing
As a basis for housing, acquiring materials plays an important role. You have 2 options:
Farming in the Soul Soil (2x on your island)
Farming in the Soul Vein (also 2x on your island)
In this process, you grow each material together with an element. The material determines what items you will receive when harvesting, and the element brings an additional effect, such as 10% more material, faster growth, or additional other materials.
In housing, there are several 4 fields where you can grow materials.
What materials does Soul Soil provide? Through the Soul Soil, you obtain the following materials:
Unknown level – Night Fire Wood and Phoenix Dress Grass
What materials does Soul Vein provide? Through the Soul Vein, you obtain:
Level 1 – Cinnabar Mine (Metal) and Dolomite (Stone Material)
Level 2 – Sea Gold Ore and Mysterious Stones
Unknown level – Purple Morning Trench and Hundred Color Stone
How long does it take to grow materials? It takes 23 hours each time until you can harvest the material you have sown. However, this time can be reduced by upgrading certain workshops or through a corresponding element.
What do upgrades of Soul Vein and Soul Soil provide? With each upgrade, new materials are unlocked, and you receive more material when harvesting. It is sufficient to upgrade the Soul Soil or the Soul Vein once to directly achieve both fields at level 2.
Where do you get the essences? While you can grow materials at any time without costs, you must carry the essences in your inventory. You receive these for various activities, such as fishing, the treasure compass, or as a reward for harvesting materials on your own island.
This is how you obtain buildings in housing and place them correctly
Where do you get the recipes? On your island, you will find the research and crafting station. There, you can learn new recipes using the “Spirit’s Handbook” and by using “Cloud House Treasure Coupons”. However, some recipes require a higher level of your residence.
Where exactly you can get the Spirit’s Handbook is currently unknown to us. We will update the guide accordingly. However, during our gameplay, we always had enough of it in our inventory.
You can get the Cloud House Treasure Coupons by exchanging excess materials for them. You can do this at the housekeeper of the residence (by the entrance portal).
Crafting objects: Crafting objects also takes place at the research and crafting station. There, you can see all objects, including those you have not yet learned. Crafting requires materials from housing, Cloud House Treasure Coupons, and activity points.
You earn activity points for logging in and completing tasks in cultivation.
Crafting the objects is quite easy but costs many materials.
Placing objects: To do this, you must first enter your building area. There you then select “Build Home” and end up in the building menu. The most important part is the “Arrangement of Objects” button. There you can select and place objects.
Under “Blueprint”, you can also save your current house and then build something new. At the beginning, you have one save slot but unlock additional ones as you upgrade your residence.
How many objects are there in housing? In total, there are 1,588 recipes, including:
20 different houses
Over 300 different walls, fences, and gates
Over 50 different floor coverings
20 beds and dozens of cupboards, tables, and benches
Countless small objects like plates, jugs, or books for house decoration
Dozens of trees, stones, and other objects for landscape decoration
The possibility to dig a pond
Additionally, there are other housing objects that you can purchase in the shop for real money, including 2 large temples, as well as various holograms and walls.
Tips and tricks for building:
Activate the grid if you want to build symmetrically.
When placing an object, you can resize it using the F1 or F2 keys as desired. This works for almost all items, except houses.
By clicking “Show Stock Only” in “Arrangement of Objects”, you will see only items you can place.
The most important functions related to housing are highlighted in the interface.
What else can you adjust in housing? In addition to the area you can decorate, you can also influence the weather on your island. To do this, you need to visit the housekeeper of the residence at the portal. She offers you the options:
Sun
Snow
A mix of sun and snow
Additionally, on a mountain, there are the “Melodies of Legends”. Through this, you can adjust the music on your island. Some music pieces are even tied to dungeon bosses and are dropped by them.
Various melodies can be played on your island.
Upgrading the residence
For some recipes and higher levels of Soul Soil and Soul Vein, you need to upgrade your residence. This costs material but also requires others, such as upgrading your workbenches or researching a certain number of recipes.
The upgrade always takes place through the “Upgrade” button in the upper right corner. This applies to both your residence itself and the various workbenches.
What is the maximum residence level? So far, we have found recipes that require residence level 10. However, since growing materials takes a lot of time, it may take several months to reach this level.
My housing area currently at night.
The various workbenches and their functions
Basically, only the research and crafting station, as well as the Soul Soil and Soul Vein have an active function. The other workshops only provide passive effects.
This is what the Baigong Workshop provides: The higher the level of the workshop, the more Soul Grass you can store. Additionally, the growth time of grass is reduced (by 2.5% at level 2).
This is what the Millstone Platform provides: The higher the level, the more stone material you can store. Furthermore, the growth time of stone is reduced (by 2.5% at level 2).
This is what the Planer provides: The higher the level, the more wood material can be stored. Additionally, the growth time of wood is reduced (by 2.5% at level 2).
This is what the Forge provides: The higher the level, the more minerals can be stored. Additionally, the growth time of minerals/metals is reduced (by 2.5% at level 2).
This is what the Storage provides: The storage increases the space for storing residence objects (i.e., the items that can be placed in housing).
Now it’s out: Most of you play World of Warcraft as a single-player title. Only a small part prefers to play the game in a group.
Are MMORPGs actually games that should mostly be enjoyed in groups or even must? This is a discussion that is repeatedly held in the comments and in various forums. A few days ago, we wanted to know and started a survey on the subject regarding World of Warcraft. Almost 1,800 of you participated and painted a pretty clear picture of opinions.
You conclude that World of Warcraft can easily be played as a solo game. And you enjoy it that way.
The result was quite clear.
Over 50% play only very rarely in groups
More than half of you (52%) stated that you mainly play World of Warcraft alone. You spend most of your time solo in the game and use the rest at most as a little chat to have a few conversations on the side. The actual gameplay, however, takes place solo. Exceptions are absolutely necessary group quests, occasionally the current world boss, or a visit to LFR. However, the majority of the content in WoW is tackled solo.
This is what Rene Mantek wrote on Facebook:
I mostly play alone, I run dungeons in random groups, and raid when it’s LFR. Not because I don’t want to achieve anything in the game, but the game environment is currently simply too toxic for me to have to deal with that stress. If I want to get upset, there are other ways to raise my blood pressure. When I’m gaming, I want to relax and have peace.
Still, 15% belong to the hardcore loners. You play World of Warcraft completely as a solo game. Group tasks are not even attempted or are completely tackled solo, which can also present a nice challenge. Relying on other players is simply not your thing – and especially annoying, as you have to adapt to their time when you just want to dive in for a few hours without complication.
The reason for this can sometimes simply be found in the preferences or problems of the player. Sinpai admits on MeinMMO:
I play Retail alone, very stereotypically because I don’t have any friends at all. This shouldn’t sound silly, but I have social deficits, which makes it difficult for me to play in a group with others even online. (…) So yes, I’m one of those who gets looked at sideways because he plays an MMORPG alone.
If you add these two statements together, there is a group of 67% – that is, 2 out of 3 players – who predominantly or completely play WoW solo.
Group play is still important to many – but not to a larger group anymore.
A quarter enjoys both – Solo and Group
The next large group makes up 24%. These are the players who play equally solo and in a group. Every fourth of you maintains a balanced combination. From time to time, there are phases where you play solo, tackling quests and world quests or other content. But later there is always time to dive into dungeons with the guild or friends, join a raid group, or dip into PvP. Here, the contents also complement each other perfectly. Those who grab good gear from group activities are also more effective as a solo player. And those who stock up on buff food in solo play benefit in the group as well.
Melanie Evers agrees on Facebook and explains:
I mostly play solo when questing, but I also enjoy playing with guild members. We have a raid team and M+, where we play internally in the guild. Personally, I enjoy that the most rather than alone and with randoms.
Still, 7% of you prefer to play World of Warcraft in groups. While you also complete necessary tasks alone, that is rather rare. Most of the fun you draw from activities with other players. Sure, some things, like questing or preparing for the raid can also be done alone. But real joy only comes when it’s time to battle with friends.
Nico writes on MeinMMO that unfortunately, that is not always possible:
I primarily play MMORPGs in a group. With many MMORPGs like WoW, I leave the game after a while because I repeatedly realize how solo-heavy the game is. I just miss group play, alongside things like dungeons and raids or, for example, elite areas, elite quests, open dungeons, etc. Regardless of whether it’s ESO, WoW, SWTOR, etc. – that is often not possible. Because what do you want to do in a group when the mobs aren’t a challenge even solo?
Only a very small fraction – namely 3% of you – can only play World of Warcraft in a group. The communal experience is not only in the foreground, it is the sole argument to even log into Azeroth. This group includes the hardcore group players, but also role players who always rely on interaction with other players. Because reading self-written emotes all day will eventually get boring.
If you add these two groups together, you get 10% who predominantly or completely perceive World of Warcraft as a group game.
Did you expect this result? Did you think that the proportion of solo players would be so massive and that only a few see group play as the heart of WoW?
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In Destiny 2 there was trouble with the experience point system in Season 14. A tool tip promised players extra EXP, but there were fewer experience points than in the previous season. Bungie now admits in a dev blog: The system is so complex that they lost track of it themselves.
This is what Bungie says now: In a blog post, the developers of Destiny 2 now admit (via bungie.net):
We know that XP in Destiny can be confusing – sometimes it goes to the point where we overlook things ourselves.
Bungie, Dev Blog
What was the problem?
In Season 13, there was a problem where players could carry over XP bonuses from the Season Pass of Season 12 into the new season. These bonuses should have been reset.
As a result, Destiny players received way too much XP in Season 13. However, Bungie neither fixed this bug nor addressed it at all. They only corrected the error in Season 14 without mentioning it in the patch notes.
In the patch notes for Season 14 on May 11, they promised this “extra many XP” in the game. They actually intended to convey with the renaming to “extra many XP” that players should preferably do the seasonal challenges for EXP instead of other activities or bounties.
However, Bungie did not communicate this thought clearly, leaving it open what exactly was meant by “extra many EXP”.
Players felt tricked.
Bungie apologizes for the confusion. People should now earn the “right XP” like they did with Season 12 in Season 14. They will now look at the data and the feedback and then really inform the players if they will change anything for Season 15.
What’s behind it: The issue with the seasonal experience is not a huge deal for most players, but it shows that Bungie still has communication deficits with players after 7 years and has difficulty clearly communicating what changes they are making in the game.
This is a lesson Bungie is learning for the umpteenth time: When they change something in the game, they should communicate that to the players as accurately as possible to avoid misunderstandings. Especially when it comes to sensitive topics, such as weapon balance, cash shop items, or experience points, communication is important.
Here, Bungie missed 3 or 4 chances to explain to the fans why they are changing something in the game. Overall, the impression arose: Bungie says we get more XP, but in reality, they are giving us less.
Bungie has a fluctuating communication pattern with players: What’s really happening in the team rarely comes to light:
Although at times they had long blog posts from Luke Smith on how they imagine the vision of “Destiny”.
In the area of “We say in the patch notes what we actually do”, there is still apparently room for improvement even in 2021.
Another communication problem with Destiny 2 is discussed here:
Microsoft has closed a loophole that allowed users to get the “Xbox Game Pass” at half price. A conversion error in the duration change from EA Play to the Ultimate Game Pass made it possible to purchase the pass for half the price.
Microsoft and EA now had to solve a problem: if a subscriber of EA Play already had the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, he had to be compensated in some way; otherwise, he would have paid for an EA Play subscription that would no longer be useful since he already owned the Xbox Game Pass and thus had EA Play twice, effectively paying for it “for nothing”.
Therefore, subscription time for EA Play was converted into additional time for the Xbox Game Pass, as long as the “EA Play” subscriber already owned the Game Pass.
This, however, created a loophole:
Normally, one month of Xbox Game Pass costs 12.99€.
However, it was possible to get a year of EA Play for 24.99€ and then convert it into subscription time for the “Xbox Game Pass Ultimate”. With 1 year of EA Play, one could obtain 4 months of access to the Game Pass Ultimate.
This meant that one month of Xbox Game Pass cost only 6.25€ – just half the normal price.
This is the change now: In the FAQ for the Xbox Game Pass, you can see that Microsoft has now closed this loophole.
Anyone who, as an owner of an Xbox Game Pass, obtains an “EA Play” code for the Xbox console will still have their time automatically converted.
But now, one year of EA Play only brings 2 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate instead of the previous 4 months.
Loophole status: Closed.
This means: Microsoft has maintained the basic idea of conversion but has adjusted the exchange rate so that a buyer no longer receives an advantage from it.
Are there any other loopholes of this kind? There is still the possibility to save money on the Xbox Game Pass through the “Xbox Live Membership”. How this loophole works exactly, we explain in an article:
In Pokémon GO, on Tuesday, May 25, some exciting bonuses will be unlocked for you. More experience points and the release of the Eevee evolution “Feelinara” are highlights of the event phase.
What happens on Tuesday? As planned, the second phase of the “Luminous Legends Y” event starts on Tuesday, which brought Yveltal into the game. A bonus will be activated that Trainers around the world have unlocked. Since you have defeated so many Rocket Grunts, the rewards are due to you.
Find out in our overview which bonuses will be available for you starting May 25.
Feelinara is being released
You need to know: For the very first time, you can obtain the Eevee evolution Feelinara in Pokémon GO. This will be available starting May 25 at 10:00 AM local time. As the name suggests, this Pokémon is of the Fairy type. It comes from Generation 6 and is a favorite of many Pokémon fans because of its appearance.
You can take a look at Feelinara and other Eevee evolutions in this YouTube video:
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The evolution: Even before its release, players discovered the name trick for Feelinara in Pokémon GO. For each evolution of Eevee, you have one name trick available, allowing you to specifically evolve the Pokémon.
As an alternative to the name trick, you can take Eevee as your buddy and earn a certain amount of hearts. If you manage that, Eevee can evolve into Feelinara without the name trick. The exact amount of hearts needed is still unclear.
Eevee event begins – What changes?
When does it start? The Eevee event is the second part of “Luminous Legends Y” and starts on May 25 at 10:00 AM. The event will run until May 31 at 8:00 PM.
What happens there? During the Eevee event, you can expect the highlighted evolution Feelinara. Additionally:
Wilderness: Eevee, Trasla, Parfi, Flauschling, and other Pokémon will be found more frequently in the wild
7-km Eggs: If you receive 7-km eggs during the event, they will contain Eevee, Pii, Fluffeluff, Togepi, Azurill, Parfi, and Flauschling
Raids: In level 3 raid battles, you can find the Eevee evolutions Aquana, Blitza, Flamara, Psiana, and Nachtara
Selected field researches will reward you with Eevee and its evolutions
In AR tasks, you will receive Knurspe as a reward
In the shop, Feelinara items await for your avatar
Rewards for the Rocket Challenge with 3x XP and Shiny
This is included: Pokémon GO set you the task of defeating a total of 25 million Rocket Grunts within a certain period. Because you accomplished that, you will receive the following rewards:
For the remainder of the “Luminous Legends Y” event, you will receive three times the catch XP. Remember that you can further increase the experience points with a lucky egg and thus boost the bonus even more. This is a great help on the path from level 40 to level 50.
For the rest of the event, you can encounter Galar Zigzachs in level 1 raids. This Pokémon is also associated with the third bonus.
Starting Tuesday, you have the chance to encounter shiny Galar Zigzachs. This chance will continue even after the current event ends.
Which new content for Pokémon GO are you most looking forward to? Is it the new Eevee evolution or do you want to take advantage of the triple catch experience points again? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other players.
The millionaire Steven Sharif is behind the new indie MMORPG “Ashes of Creation“. In response to fan inquiries, he explains the advantages of his MMORPG over traditional “industry MMORPGs” and dispels prejudices against himself. With a controversial “multi-level marketing system,” he claims to have made less than 2% of his fortune.
This is the situation:
Ashes of Creation is funded through crowdfunding. Behind the new MMORPG is entrepreneur Steven Sharif, who invests his own money in the product and wants to build “his dream MMORPG”.
Sharif now explains in a thread on reddit what the advantages of his MMORPG are and emphasizes the benefits of his studio’s business structure. There is no board of directors he has to account to.
Moreover, Sharif states that it is not true that he made his money with “multi-level marketing” (pyramid scheme). Products in that sector only made up 2% of his fortune.
Sharif states why Ashes of Creation is great: In a reddit thread (via reddit), fans discuss the hype around Ashes of Creation. One says: He does not understand why there is so much fuss around the MMORPG. To him, it feels like “Star Citizen”: The cosmetic shop is already ready, but nothing else.
Moreover, the head of the game made his money with juice that supposedly cures cancer.
Sharif himself jumps into the thread and explains about Ashes of Creation:
I believe, from a player’s perspective, there are 2 main aspects that excite people about Ashes of Creation.
The first: What are we doing? Essentially, it’s about risk vs. reward. Not everyone is a winner; the world evolves around the player. There is no pay-to-win, no “quality-of-life” items, a massive open world, and a focus on social and community systems.
The second: Who are we? We are not determined by greedy “business leaders”. I fund the project, so there are no investors on board, no board of directors I am accountable to, and no publisher I need to please. We talk WITH our community (not to them), and we really listen to feedback and value and respect our players.
Of course, we will not make everyone happy. That is not the goal. Are we the next “WoW Killer?” Certainly not. That’s not our goal. Nor should it be.
Sold products from a multi-level marketing company at 18
Where does this pyramid scheme idea come from? In 2017, Steven Sharif gave an interview to the website MassivelyOp (via MassivelyOp), in which he said he was recruited by the multi-level marketing company XanGO when he was 18. They sold juices among other products.
XanGo uses a “multi-level marketing” system: This is highly controversial. As a “pyramid scheme” or “Ponzi scheme,” it is considered a fraudulent scheme where sellers do not earn money by selling products, but by recruiting more sellers. The later you are recruited, the harder it is to find new sellers, and ultimately, you could be left with high costs.
Sharif stated in the interview: He started a website to sell the products, and the website was very successful. At 24, he then got involved with investments and real estate, which gained him a large part of his fortune.
However, many people were left with the impression that Sharif owed his fortune to this “juice” company. Especially since Sharif utilized a “recruitment” program in Ashes of Creation that bore similarities to a multi-level marketing system: Those who recruited others to the game were to receive a share of the expenses their “recruits” incurred in the game.
Steven Sharif (left) talking with Dawid Hallmann from Mein-MMO.de at Gamescom 2018.
Sharif considers rumors about him as attempts to harm the project
This is what Sharif says now: Sharif claims that lies about him are being spread to harm the project. He did not make his fortune through multi-level marketing. He was an 18-year-old child when he created a website that sold many products: shampoo, toothpaste, vitamins, weight-loss products AND also a juice from XanGO. Sharif never recruited people for multi-level marketing, was never employed there, and certainly was not on the board. He also never claimed that it cured cancer and thus did not earn his fortune from it.
It makes him sad when such lies about him are repeated. The website and the income from it make up less than 2% of his fortune.
What’s behind it: This “multi-level marketing” thing came up in 2017 mainly because the “recruitment” program of Ashes of Creation seemed so controversial. Because YouTubers began to actively promote Ashes of Creation. At the time, the impression arose that YouTubers could cash out the money they earned through their “recruits”.
This had the flavor of such a “multi-level marketing” system. This has given the MMORPG Ashes of Creation an unprofessional tone from the beginning, against which Steven Sharif has been fighting since.
As for the remainder of Sharif’s statements, it should be critically noted: Having no “business bosses” is not only advantageous. Because ultimately, Sharif has no one above him to exert pressure to meet timelines or fulfill release dates.
The indie MMORPG Ashes of Creation has already been postponed several times, and fans currently expect that it will take several more years before it is truly playable. Much longer than originally planned. This is indeed a parallel to Star Citizen.
We have extensively discussed the problems of crowdfunding MMORPGs. Because they may sound great on paper, but repeatedly face the same issues:
In Destiny 2, the Glass Chamber has brought the infamous “Vex Mythoclast”. How strong is the nightmare weapon from back then now in Season 14, and should you still be afraid of the Exotic?
This Exotic is about: The weapon Vex Mythoclast was the terror of the Guardians in 2014. We at MeinMMO rightfully titled it back then “The strongest weapon in Destiny: Vex Mythoclast = God-Mode“. With the return of the iconic raid “Glass Chamber”, the infamous Exotic has also arrived in Destiny 2.
We will see how the Vex Mythoclast performs today in PvE and PvP in Season 14 and how you can add this cult weapon to your arsenal. In the end, we will also unveil the secret of the new exotic masterpiece catalyst.
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What can the Vex Mythoclast do today? The Exotic is a fusion rifle with solar damage. However, the Vex Mythoclast does not require special ammo like other fusion rifles and behaves quite differently. This is due to the two exotic perks:
“Timeless Mythoclast”: Fires a single projectile with each trigger pull. The weapon does not reveal it in the description, but the Vex Mythoclast is fully automatic. You can hold down the trigger and fire until the magazine is empty.
“Temporal Outlaw”: Defeating enemies generates overload stacks. If you hold down the reload button, you switch fire modes.
In the alternative fire mode, you hold the shoot button to charge and fire a strong shot like a linear fusion rifle.
So you effectively have 3 weapons in one. The Vex Mythoclast is classified as a fusion rifle, but the bolts come individually, directly, and without loading from the weapon – think of it like an automatic rifle. Additionally, you can convert the Exotic into a linear fusion rifle for high damage at range. Remember, the weapon only requires primary ammo, regardless of the use.
How to get the Vex Mythoclast from the Glass Chamber
Where can you find the weapon? From the raid boss Atheon. Nothing has changed here. The final boss of the Glass Chamber is the only option to obtain the Exotic.
You need a fair amount of luck. Many teams report that often not even one Guardian in the team received the Vex Mythoclast after defeating Atheon.
By the end of Season 14, the raid Glass Chamber will receive additional difficulties. Whether this offers a higher drop chance for the Vex Mythoclast, we cannot reveal yet. In the new modes, according to database entries, the well-known legendary weapons such as Fatebringer or Vision of Confluence are also expected to appear as “Timelost” variants.
The massive Vex Minotaur Atheon is the only source for the Vex Mythoclast
Does the Vex Mythoclast shred PvE or PvP in Destiny?
This is how the Exotic plays: With the Vex Mythoclast, you essentially have a 360 auto rifle in hand. These are the slow-firing representatives that hit hard. Comparable automatic rifles are, for example, False Promises from the Umbral Engrams or Halfdan-D.
Now in Destiny 2, the Vex plays better than in Destiny 1; it feels smoother in your hands. This is due to the good status values. Especially the hidden 100 aim assist and 80 recoil direction contribute to that. But the solid handling and reload speed also give the hybrid weapon a pleasant feeling.
However, the damage is lower than back when the Vex tore the sandbox apart. What sets the Vex apart from other weapons is the alternative firing mode through the exotic perk Temporal Outlaw.
How does the charging of Temporal Outlaw work?
Gaining charges for the Vex: To transform your Vex Mythoclast into the alternative fire mode, you need overloads. Only at 6 stacks of this charge is the linear fusion rifle available to you.
You get stacks simply by defeating enemies. The stronger the opponent, the more charge you get:
1 stack from an add (regular enemy with a red health bar)
2 stacks from a major (stronger enemy with an orange health bar)
3 stacks for an enemy Guardian (and likely bosses, as accurate tests are missing)
The collected stacks remain with you indefinitely. They only disappear if you die or they are consumed. Once you have diligently collected 6 stacks, you have exactly 3 shots available with the linear fusion rifle (after holding down the reload button).
This is how strong the linear fusion is: In overloaded mode, you have a linear fusion rifle that works with primary ammo. How hard do these shots hit? After all, comparable weapons usually require rarer special or even power ammo.
Vex Mythoclast deals 32,570 damage in a Lost Sector. The reload time is quite slow at 820.
Arbalest deals 38,500 damage. This Exotic requires special ammo but has a shorter reload time of 533.
Sleeper Simulant even deals 63,590 damage – with a really slow reload time of 1024 (without the catalyst). However, remember that the Sleeper Simulant is currently still bugged and will only deal its full damage after a soon upcoming patch.
Therefore, the Vex deals less damage than the heavy hitters. However, you enjoy a lot of flexibility. You have a hard-hitting solar fusion auto rifle for close quarters. If needed, you can transform the gun into a solid ranged weapon or switch to linear fusion mode when a stronger opponent is bothering you.
The Exotic looks like a ripped-off Vex arm
Should Guardians fear the Vex in the Crucible?
In PvP, the Vex Mythoclast kills quite quickly at 0.83 seconds. That is a good TTK for a primary weapon. The dominant 120 hand cannons need exactly one second. Additionally, the weapon is supposed to cause severe flinch due to the solar bolts.
The damage also corresponds in the Crucible to that of a 360 auto rifle: 36 on headshots and 22 on body shots.
The damage drop-off is at 22-23 meters. That is not particularly much range.
However, due to the strong status values, the Vex shreds in this close to medium range very well.
After 2 Guardian kills, Temporal Outlaw is charged; one shot from it will always finish a Guardian on a precise hit, even most supers drop immediately with a headshot.
A Guardian usually has just under 200 health points; the Vex deals 431 damage with a linear fusion shot on a precise hit. However, a body shot is not enough for a one-shot.
Based on current experiences, you do not have to have nightmarish fear of the Vex Mythoclast in the Crucible. Due to the shotgun meta, the few Vex-Guardians need to be very careful – after all, the weapon is currently a true rarity. Only after 2 kills can they activate the dangerous 2nd mode, which thanks to maximum aim assist allows 3 kills at almost any distance.
It didn’t take long for the ingenious Guardians from Raid-Secrets to uncover another secret from the cult raid: The Vex Mythoclast has a catalyst that makes the Exotic even stronger (via reddit).
This is what makes the Vex as a masterpiece:
Stacks of Temporal Outlaw increase stability
Quick kills generate spheres of power, which charge your super or can be used for the “Charged with Light” mechanic
As a masterpiece, the weapon rewards you with an even steadier gun in your hand, as long as you don’t use the linear fusion mode. Whether there are still hidden features is currently unknown.
This is how to get the catalyst: Also, for the exotic masterwork catalyst, you need to go back into the raid Glass Chamber. Throughout the raid, and even before you enter the Glass Chamber, you can find 5 hidden plates. When you enter them, you need to shoot Vex Oracles.
If you destroy all oracles on all 5 plates in one go, you will receive the catalyst from a portal at the end. You then level the catalyst through 700 kills to become a full masterpiece.
Here in the video you can see all the locations of the plates and oracles:
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Are you one of the few lucky Guardians who were gifted a Vex Mythoclast by Atheon? Does the exotic return meet your expectations and was it right for Bungie to leave the sandbox as it is this time? Or did you already suspect that the weapon wouldn’t be OP, after all, it wasn’t really overpowered at the end of Destiny 1 either? Let us know and other Guardians in the comments.
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Do you want to make the Maw in World of Warcraft more bearable? Blizzard is helping you out by providing a round of mushrooms with great effects.
Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination has been playable on the PTR for quite a while now. However, new content and details continue to be added regularly, which players are discovering gradually.
If you have ever thought, “Wow, the Maw is unbearable sober” – don’t worry. Blizzard has apparently heard you and introduced a series of mushrooms that alter your perception.
Where can you find the mushrooms? The mushrooms grow everywhere in the new area Korthia, which is located in the Maw. You can find the “Invasive Mushrooms” on trees or bone formations. They mostly contain only relic fragments for one of the new factions and Anima tokens. Occasionally, however, they may also contain “Questionable Mawshrooms” that trigger strange effects when consumed.
What do the mushrooms do? The mushrooms trigger a series of effects that are quite reminiscent of a strange drug trip. The folks at wowhead have already sampled the mushrooms and described what each of them triggers.
The first “buff” causes a strong gray filter to be applied over everything. This makes the environment of the Maw – but also any other environment – even more dreary and barren. Nothing but a mood killer.
Once without mushroom, with a bit of color …
… and with mushroom, completely gloomy.
The second effect allows you to take the “joys” of the Maw with you anywhere. Because once eaten, all creatures appear as if they come from the Maw for 10 minutes. All NPCs are then visually replaced by Maw-bound warriors, floating eyes, and souls fused into armors. That’s sure to lift your spirits.
All NPCs as Maw creatures.
The last effect maximizes paranoia. Because the player can see a giant image of the Jailer slowly and incessantly approaching, accompanied by his stomping sounds. At least nothing bad happens when the Jailer reaches the player.
When is Patch 9.1 released? There is no fixed release date for Patch 9.1 yet. However, since new content is still being added and Blizzard has said that Patch 9.1 will not be released simultaneously with Burning Crusade Classic, we will have to wait at least until mid-June. Most players expect a release in early July.
As soon as there is an official date for the patch, we will of course inform you about it on MeinMMO.
What do you think of these drug mushrooms?
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What role does DPI actually play in gaming? We from MeinMMO explain the basics around DPI settings and also give you tips on how to properly set up your mouse.
Almost every gaming mouse offers you the option to set the DPI value. But how do you set the DPI value correctly and what is it anyway? In our article, we explain to you:
What does DPI mean?
How much DPI do you need for gaming
How you can set your DPI
Tips and tricks on how to find your individual DPI values
We also explain to you how you can test your gaming mouse to find the best DPI values for yourself personally.
What does DPI mean?
What is DPI? The abbreviation stands for “dots per inch”. The more dots the mouse can capture in this section, the higher the value. The DPI value specifically indicates how many dots per inch my mouse can detect.
Specifically, this means: If you set your mouse to 800 DPI, then you move your mouse pointer 800 pixels for a movement of one inch (2.54 cm).
Why is DPI important? The pointer of your mouse is visually transferred to the screen. You do not move the pointer directly, but through movements of the mouse. The movements are then transmitted.
The higher the set DPI value is, the more sensitive and precise the tracking is. This also means that the sensor essentially receives data and can forward this data to the PC.
While cheap office mice often have a fixed DPI value, you get the option to adjust the DPI value to your needs with software or a button with more professional office and most gaming mice.
What is better – more or less DPI? There are currently both players with high (high sens) and low (low sens) DPI settings. Often, one talks about the DPI setting, but the sensitivity setting in the game is also relevant.
Those who play with “low sens” have to move the mouse further than “high sens” players to cover the same distance on the screen. The higher the DPI value, the shorter distances you have to cover on your mousepad.
Simply put, with lower settings, you can hit more accurately, as wrong movements do not count as much.
With high DPI values, however, you can perform movements and turns faster, for example, if you are attacked from behind. However, you lose some precision when hitting.
How much DPI should you have? Here, no universally valid recommendation can be given, and this is due to several factors:
On one hand, from the game you want to play.
On the other hand, from the individual person sitting at the PC and wanting to play.
If you work at a desk or surf the internet, a different DPI setting comes into play.
Here is our recommendation: Many modern gaming mice now also offer integrated memory that can save DPI values or various DPI levels. Here, we would recommend you to create profiles for your favorite games. For an RTS like Starcraft II, you need different DPI values than for a fast first-person shooter like Call of Duty: Warzone.
How much DPI for gaming? The majority of competitive gamers use a DPI setting between 400 and 800 DPI (via prosettings.net). Overall, there are hardly any professional players who use a higher DPI setting than 3200. In games like CS:GO, lower values are typically used, and instead, the sensitivity of the mouse pointer in-game is increased.
The best gaming mice for shooters can be found here on MeinMMO. Here you can also find the G Pro Wireless, which is one of the most popular gaming mice among eSports players.
Gaming mouse: finding and setting DPI
How do I set the DPI of my mouse? Basically, it depends on which gaming mouse you have. Depending on the manufacturer, it may differ how you can change the DPI value:
Either you can use the software of the respective manufacturer.
The mouse has a DPI button. With this, you can also change the value. Some manufacturers place the button on the underside of the mouse, such as with the Roccat Kone Pro, which MeinMMO tested.
If your mouse offers software, it is very easy to find and set your DPI setting.
Download the corresponding software suite, and within the software, you can make all the settings. You can find 6 important manufacturers and their software in an overview in the following gray box.
6 important mouse manufacturers and their software with download link in overview:
Corsair: Download the Corsair ICUE software directly from Corsair
Endgame Gear: Download the corresponding “Configuration Software” for your mouse directly from Endgame Gear.
Logitech: Here you can download the Logitech G Hub software directly from the manufacturer Logitech.
Razer: Here you need Razer Synapse. You can get the software directly on the website of Razer.
Roccat: Here you need the Roccat Swarm software. You can also conveniently get the software directly on the website of Roccat.
SteelSeries: For the gaming mice of the Danish manufacturer, you need the SteelSeries Engine, which you can download directly at SteelSeries.
If there is no software for your mouse, but you can still change the DPI, then you need to take a look at your packaging or manual. You will normally find the different DPI values of your mouse there.
If your mouse offers, for example, 400, 800, 1600, and 3200, then the mouse pointer is slowest at 400 DPI.
Gaming mouse: testing DPI
Take your time to try out your gaming mouse and its settings. Use practice areas like in Overwatch, Apex Legends, or Call of Duty: Warzone before you jump into real matches or even competitive battles where every mouse click can be crucial.
We can give you some assistance with what can help you when testing:
Time needed: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Gaming mouse: testing DPI
Search for test environment
Find a practice area or a map from the workshop in your favorite shooter.
Test with fixed points
First test your setting on fixed points. These can be any points like a lamp post or Find targets on the map and try to aim at or hit them quickly.
DPI test at fixed points
If you often glide past the target while aiming, the DPI value is too high. If you feel you have to move your hand too much, the DPI value is too low.
Test with moving targets
In a second test, look for moving targets or move yourself. Moving targets like in Apex Legends or Overwatch are particularly good for this. Now, try to keep the moving target in the crosshairs the whole time. If it is a stationary target, move around it, jump, or turn.
DPI test with moving targets
If you have trouble keeping the target in the crosshairs at a distance, then the DPI value is too high and you should lower it. If you have difficulty keeping the target in the crosshairs at short distances (close combat), then the sensitivity is too low.
These settings should be considered for your gaming mouse
With your gaming mouse, you should pay attention to various settings. In addition to sensitivity (DPI), there are three things you should also consider:
Polling Rate: The polling rate describes how often information is sent to your PC. Gamers should choose at least 500 or 1000 Hz here.
Scroll Speed: If you have, for example, your weapon or ammunition selection on the mouse wheel, it is important to adjust this setting to your needs.
Click Speed: With some mice, you can set the click speed. This matters if you need to click quickly in succession or how double clicks should be recognized by the system.
Sword Of Legends Online, the new MMORPG from Asia, launched today, on May 21, in its first Closed Beta. After initially running smoothly, there are now some issues. The situation at a glance.
What is currently happening in Swords of Legends? After the beta for the MMORPG was scheduled to start at 2:00 PM, there seem to be initial problems with the servers. More and more players report that they keep getting kicked from the game.
We will keep you updated in this article.
Server Status Updates
Update May 23, 5:15 PM: After nearly 24 hours of running almost flawlessly, there is now an emergency maintenance in Europe. The servers were taken offline at 5:00 PM. When they will go back online is currently unknown.
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Update 5:00 PM: The start of the developers’ official livestream has been postponed to 6:00 PM our time, to fully focus on the server issues (via Twitter).
Update 4:35 PM: The developers have now announced an emergency maintenance. It is set to begin at 4:45 PM. When the servers will be back online is not known:
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Update 4:00 PM: Those logging in now receive a notice stating that the next beta events will take place from May 21 to May 25 and from June 1 to June 8. The servers are currently completely down.
Update 3:27 PM: A statement from the developers has just appeared on Twitter. They are working on the issues with maintenance and authentication messages when players get disconnected from the servers.
They apologize to players for the delay and ask for patience.
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Update 3:24 PM: More players are reporting issues. They are apparently being kicked from the servers repeatedly. The developers are still investigating the problem, we do not have further details yet.
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What do the developers say? The official Twitter account has already reported and stated that they are looking into the issue. As of now (2:53 PM), there are no further updates from the developers.
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What could this mean? The servers may be somewhat overloaded with the initial influx of players. That would at least be nothing unusual. According to the developers, the servers are not offline.
Comments on Twitter indicate that the problems are particularly occurring on the EU servers.
What must be done to redeem the beta key? You first need the Gameforge client, which you can download from the official site. There you can log in and click the button “Redeem Voucher”.
