New World returns Open-World PvP with a new update, but differently

At the end of 2019, New World announced that PvP in the open world would only be optional. Those who want to can experience the MMO completely without fighting against other players. However, many incentives for PvP were lost as a result. New World is now bringing these back and simultaneously announcing 2 new dungeons and a achievement system.

What is changing with PvP? The biggest changes in the current alpha update relate to open-world PvP. Fighting against other players in the open world was rather uninteresting during testing in summer 2020. There were no incentives to activate the optional PvP at all.

However, this has now changed:

  • Fortresses in the open world can now be conquered again. To do this, you just need to mark yourself for PvP, storm the respective fort, and capture the conquest point there.
  • However, the fort will then be marked as “contested” on the map. This allows players from the other two factions to prevent you from capturing it.
  • Those who control a fort provide bonuses to their faction. In the corresponding area, all players of the faction receive 5% more XP and 20% more influence. Additionally, each fort grants a unique global bonus, including lower fast travel costs and reduced taxes. Furthermore, the storage of settlements is connected when a faction controls multiple of them.
  • The instanced wars continue to take place. Whenever these battles for a fort are underway, conquests in the open world will be disabled for 60 minutes.

In the alpha update, new rewards for open-world PvP missions and the new mode “Outpost Rush” were also presented. This was introduced to the game last month and will be featured at the end of this article.

If you want to inform yourself again about the adjustments to PvP at the end of 2019, you can find the appropriate article here: New MMO New World turns around – Mandatory PvP is gone, Open World comes.

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New World refocuses on PvP with this update.

What changes for PvE fans? PvE players will not be forgotten in this update either. Two new expeditions were presented. These are instances that a group of 5 players must complete and are meant to tell a story, similar to known dungeons from other MMORPGs.

In addition, there are now achievements that can be completed in PvE, PvP, and through crafting. Already now, there are over 400 achievements.

The new weapon Ice Gauntlet was also introduced in more detail. We have updated the old article about this.

2 Dungeons with new bosses and direct trading between players

What’s inside the dungeons? The first new dungeon is called “Lazarus Instrumentality” and is located in the new area “Brackwater Marsh”. You are sent by Legate Fulvius to explore a secret site. There, you will encounter 2 bosses:

  • Cilla: A creature that uses both deadly weapons and devastating magic. With her dual nature, she is a real test for all who wish to learn the secrets of the Ancients.
  • Chardis: This huge ancient construct guards the Lazarus well and grants those who awaken him either eternal power or a swift death.

In the second dungeon “Shipyard of the Dynasty,” you are up against a fleet of the Corrupted Empress that you must stop. Here you will again battle against 2 bosses:

  • Isabella’s pets: Joven and Oro obediently await Isabella’s commands and their next meal.
  • Zhou Taiying: This elegant, graceful, and vengeful exiled Empress commands an army that is devoted to her beyond death and wields immense energies of corruption.

We have already introduced the first expedition “Amrhein Excavation” here.

In the expeditions, you fight in instanced dungeons and experience an interesting story.

What’s changing with the interface? With the update in April, the interface of New World was also overhauled. There are now new categories for sorting quests (next, easiest) and a new system that allows you to lock your favorite items in your inventory. This way, you cannot accidentally break them down.

Another highlight is direct trading from player to player. You can open a window in which you can place either money or up to 5 items:

New World trade
New interface for player trading (image is also small in the original blog post).

What else is new? In addition to these major adjustments, there were also a number of smaller innovations:

  • New effects have been added to equipment. There are now over 150 different effects spread across all item types.
  • The rewards for reaching certain levels – the so-called milestones – have been reworked.
  • The enemy AI has been further adjusted to make it smarter.
  • There have been adjustments to the recipes in crafting.
  • Many weapons and skills have received balance adjustments.

You can find the complete patch notes of the update on the New World website (via New World).

New and exciting PvPvE mode Outpost Rush introduced

What kind of mode is this? Outpost Rush is a 20v20 endgame content for PvP fans that can be entered starting at level 60. You can sign up either alone or as a group of up to 5 players.

In general, this mode is a mix of fortress battles, kill counts, and PvPvE. Each team starts in its own fort on opposite sides of the map. Between the two forts are three outposts that can be taken through capture points.

The goal of the game is to be the first to reach 1,000 points. You can earn points as follows:

  • Outposts generate 1 point every 3 seconds.
  • Every kill of another player also gives 1 point.
New World siege weapon
Siege weapons are also used in the outpost battles.

What makes the mode interesting? If a team captures an outpost, it can also be strengthened with resources that can be gathered on the map. This includes better gates, siege weapons, and command posts that give you bonuses for damage and armor.

There are also PvE events on the map, including a world boss or a portal of the Corrupted. Completing these unlocks the following bonuses:

  • Baroness Hain appears every 10 minutes. The team that delivers the finishing blow to her gets a strong bonus to health regeneration and defense for the next three minutes. At the same time, the opponents’ score is frozen – they cannot earn points for three minutes.
  • The corrupted portal is guarded by corrupted creatures. Teams can deposit Azoth essence at the portal. When a team has deposited 500 Azoth essences, the portal is activated, and the player who made the last Azoth delivery receives an item that can summon a powerful ally.
  • Summoning circles are stone platforms located at various key locations on the map. There, players can summon a allied monster with a summoning item that defends the location against opposing players.

What do you think of the changes to New World? Do you like the new update? And will you be more active in PvE or PvP?

New World starts its beta in July and plans to release in August. You can find all the details here: New World: Release date postponed – What you need to know.

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Hearthstone: Blizzard messes up again, apologizes, promises to improve

Blizzard has once again put itself in a precarious position: For a Hearthstonetournament, they invited 18 men and only 2 women. This did not sit well with some users on Twitter. Blizzard had to apologize, while 2 Twitch streamers resolved the issue and withdrew from the event so that Blizzard could nominate more women.

This was the problem: About a week ago, Blizzard announced the participant list for the tournament “Hearthstone Crossroads Inn-vitational”:

  • This is an invitation-only tournament, where Blizzard invites well-known content creators for Hearthstone, primarily YouTubers and Twitch streamers.
  • The event takes place today, on April 21st.
  • It features a delicious prize pool of $100,000.

Blizzard invited 20 streamers and formed two teams from them: But among the participants, only 2 women were competing for the $100,000, all the rest were men.

  • This was recently criticized on Twitter with the tweet: “Only 2 women? You can do better!” (via twitter)
  • A second Twitter user added that, alongside women, People of Color were also missing from the list.
  • A third complained that no Latin American streamers were invited.
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Group picture with a lady – one woman next to 9 men was just too little for the community.
  • A fourth criticized: These are always the same 20 streamers who are put in the spotlight. There are many more people who deserve to be featured like this. Streamers like Kripparian are also invited, who have nothing to do with the “Constructed” mode anymore.

The event was already under a bad star, as Blizzard had previously promised Twitch Drops for viewers, which they had to retract.

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2 Streamers withdraw so Blizzard can invite women

This is how the streamers reacted: The problem was resolved by two of the invited streamers themselves.

For two of the streamers who were already invited, they gave up their spots so that Blizzard could invite two women in their place:

  • Kripparian (Twitch, 1.4 million followers) and RegisKillbin (Twitch, 87k followers) withdrew – Killbin explained that he voluntarily stepped down to allow more creators to shine
  • Blizzard nominated Avelline (29.5k followers) and lunaloveee (6.8k followers) as replacements
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Blizzard promises improvement

This is how Blizzard reacts now: For the 2 individuals who stepped back themselves, Blizzard has now nominated two more women for the tournament and practically renewed the images immediately.

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The images were practically changed retrospectively immediately.

In a statement, Blizzard expresses gratitude to Kripparian and RegisKillbin for generously offering their spots.

It further states: Representation and inclusion are important, and they want to hold themselves accountable to improve in this regard.

It is essential that events reflect the Hearthstone community and showcase the many talented women who dedicate themselves to Hearthstone every day.

They now want to invite more women in the future.

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Blizzard has been struggling to “read the room” for two years

This is the background: It is noticeable how often Blizzard has gotten it wrong in such decisions over the past 2-3 years, misreading the mood in the room, making wrong decisions, and later having to apologize, correct, and promise improvement. The scandal involving the Hearthstone player “Blitzchung” clearly illustrates how difficult Blizzard finds itself with these issues.

Another good example of how they miscalculated was the “Diablo Trauma” at Blizzcon 2018.

It may be related to Activision significantly reducing staff in all areas not directly related to game development. Perhaps some experienced people were let go who previously would have pointed out in meetings: “We can’t invite only 10% women to Hearthstone; that will blow up in our faces.”

In 2019, we addressed this new phenomenon where Blizzard suddenly does not make a good impression:

A year full of shitstorms – Blizzard is running headlong into the next one

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Get the Heirloom Appearance in Destiny 2 – Here’s how to get the Event Exotic

Destiny 2 gives everyone the chance to obtain the rare and powerful exotic ‘Inheritance’. Everything about the event weapon quest from the Guardian Games 2021 and a guide on how you can get the Inheritance can be found on MeinMMO.

In Destiny 2, the Guardian Games 2021 have been running since April 20th. During the event, you can quickly obtain one of the rarest exotics. However, you only have until May 11th for the exotic weapon and its corresponding catalyst – we will show you how every Guardian can achieve this.

About this rare exotic: The exotic machine gun debuted during the Guardian Games 2020 and was quite challenging to acquire back then. This resulted in only 2.1% of all players in Destiny 2 owning the exotic – making it the rarest MG in the ranking on MeinMMO.

The Guardian Games are back and allow each of you to unlock this rare exotic very easily. MeinMMO shows you how to quickly obtain the weapon – the quest takes less than an hour. Also read about what the new catalyst is all about.

The Guardian Games 2021 bring you the rare exotic

This is the preparation: First, you need to participate in the Guardian Games – all players can join as it is a free event. So first visit Zavala and then Eva Levante in the Tower. Equip your event-specific class item and accept the quest ‘The Games Begin’ from Eva.

Eva Levante Guardian Games 2021 Destiny 2.jpg

The series of tasks introduces you to the event and can be completed in a maximum of 30 minutes.

  • Laurels: You can get these event items fastest in the new playlist that you start in the Tower. By getting ability and super kills in a strike, you can easily collect over 100 laurels. Remember to pick up the sparkling items from the ground when playing strikes – in PvP, they automatically go to your inventory.
  • Aspirant Cards: You receive these event-specific tasks from Eva in the Tower, and they guarantee a medal. A card costs 100 laurels (Platinum cards 200) and requires you to complete random objectives in strikes, Gambit, or the Crucible – so far it seems that strike tasks in the new playlist are the fastest.

All quest steps for Inheritance in Destiny 2

Once you have completed the two steps in the Guardian Games, you will gain full access to Eva’s inventory. Here you will find the quest for Inheritance – and it is really simple.

You will only see the quest ‘Top of Class’ in Destiny 2 if you do not already own the exotic Inheritance in your collection. The quest consists of 2 steps.

Adorned with Laurels: Collect 50 laurels. However, only the laurels you actually picked up count. So start a round in the event strike playlist in the Tower.

Depending on the class, laurels shine in different colors: yellow for Warlocks, red for Titans, and blue for Hunters.

Machine Gun Focus: Defeat 100 enemies with machine guns. Complete this task also in the Guardian Games playlist. It does not matter which MG you use for this.

Once you have completed these two quest steps, you will be rewarded with the event exotic. Inheritance features a unique shield mechanic and turns you into a Cabal Colossus. To find out how well the power weapon performs in practice, check it out here on MeinMMO:

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What’s up with the new catalyst?

This is how the weapon becomes stronger: You can make Inheritance even stronger with the new masterwork catalyst. However, to obtain the new catalyst, you must already possess the MG.

  • As soon as Inheritance is registered in your collection, you have a chance at the catalyst with every medal you turn in at the Tower.
  • Many Guardians report that they received the catalyst after the first gold medal – as did the author of this article.
  • The catalyst enhances the shield mechanic and also reloads your weapon.

What you need to do for the upgrade has been dealt with separately here: How to get the new catalyst for the event exotic – This is what the upgrade entails.

Have you already secured Inheritance? Remember to tackle both the catalyst and the exotic itself during the Guardian Games – otherwise, you might have to wait another year.

What do you think about the fact that such a rare weapon is now almost given away? Did you grind hard in the event last year or are you happy about the decision? Let us know in the comments.

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The new gaming headset from EPOS is a strong all-rounder and a real buy recommendation

The manufacturer EPOS has introduced its latest wired gaming headset, the H3. And the first reviews of the H3 are convincing. MeinMMO explains why the new gaming headset is worth considering and who should take a look at it. Especially those looking for a comfortable and high-quality gaming headset are likely to find it here.

The most important points at a glance:

  • The EPOS H3 is a wired and closed gaming headset.
  • The 3.5 mm cable and the cushions are detachable, the microphone is permanently installed.
  • The testers are particularly impressed by the comfort, the good workmanship, and the acoustics.
  • The headset is now available for €119.99 at various retailers.

This has been presented: The audio manufacturer EPOS has introduced its latest gaming headset. It is the EPOS H3. This is a wired gaming headset that can be connected to a PC, Nintendo Switch, or console via a jack connection.

The new device is a product that EPOS has developed itself. In the Wireless model GSP 670 tested by MeinMMO, EPOS had previously worked with Sennheiser. With the H3, they are now offering another own product.

MeinMMO introduces you to EPOS’s new headset and explains what competition exists at the same price. In the €100 range, there are already some well-known competitors like Razer and Logitech.

EPOS H3 Gaming Headset focuses on high-quality materials and replaceable parts.

How is the headset structured? The EPOS H3 is a closed headset. This means that outside noises are dampened and no longer clearly perceived. Therefore, the acoustics sound somewhat muted compared to open headsets.

Both the cables and the ear cushions can be removed and replaced. This gives the headset a certain longevity, as you can simply replace the cable in case of a break.

The microphone is permanently installed and cannot be removed. This somewhat resembles the EPOS | Sennheiser Game Zero, which also features a fixed microphone. If needed, you can fold the microphone up.

What does the gaming headset look like? EPOS markets its new headset as a gaming device, but it has a modest appearance. You can get the device either in black or white; RGB or other lighting features are not offered. Overall, the headset appears unobtrusive.

With which devices does the gaming headset work? EPOS refers to the headset as “multi-platform plug-and-play.” Thanks to the 3.5 mm jack connection, the H3 is compatible with all devices that also use a 3.5 mm jack. Therefore, you can use the headset with PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. However, the H3 does not offer Bluetooth.

EPOS H3 proves to be a strong all-rounder in tests

What do the testers say? There are now also initial reviews of the new gaming headset from EPOS. And in the first tests, the new wired headset makes a good impression.

For example, Techradar describes the new gaming headset as “extremely comfortable” (via Techradar.com). The testers also praise the “balanced and detailed sound” of the headset. Thanks to the jack connection, the device is very flexible. The testers only criticize the decision to make the microphone so large and permanently installed. As a result, it is mainly useful for desktop use and not for use on the go.

The testers from TomsHardware were also pleasantly surprised (via TomsHardware.com). Here, they particularly praise the great acoustics and solid build quality. The low weight of 270 grams is also a plus point for the EPOS headset. In contrast to Techradar, they were not very convinced of the sound quality of the microphone.

The online magazine PlayExperience is also impressed with the new EPOS headset (via play-experience.com). While sound and build quality are convincing, the testers are bothered by the volume control. Here, they opted for a small wheel, which is not easy to operate.

Pros
  • high build quality and robust materials
  • very good sound
  • lightweight and high comfort
  • flexible thanks to the jack connection
Cons
  • microphone very large and not removable
  • microphone recording quality

The EPOS H3 is a recommendable gaming headset in the €100 range

For whom is the gaming headset recommendable? Anyone looking for a strong all-rounder suitable for many areas of gaming (shooter, MMORPG, MMO) should consider the EPOS H3. For €119.99, you get a recommendable gaming headset that is slightly more expensive than comparable competition but mainly impresses with its strong ergonomics and good build quality.

You can buy the new gaming headset, among others, at Alternate* or order at MediaMarkt*. At both retailers, you can currently get the device for €119.

How is the competition? There is already competition in the €100 range. With Logitech’s G Pro X and Razer’s BlackShark V2, there are already two strong representatives in the €100 range that offer good workmanship and high sound quality. Both headsets now also have wireless variants, but these are priced higher than the wired devices.

Are you looking for more gaming headsets? Then check out our best list. Here we present the best gaming headsets that you can currently buy. Among them, you will find a mix of wired devices like the EPOS H3 and some wireless options if you want to do without bothersome cables.

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LoL: Patch 11.9 nerfs the strongest jungler and the item that makes him so strong

In League of Legends, Hecarim is currently the strongest jungler. However, this could change with the next patch 11.9. Riot Games announces nerfs for Hecarim, the item “Turbo Chemtank”, and some other items and champs in LoL. 11.9 will be the update during which the important “MSI” tournament will take place. The patch is expected to come to LoL next week.

This is the situation:

  • In LoL, Hecarim and Udyr currently dominate the selection among jungle specialists: They inherently have increased movement speed. With the item “Turbo Chemtank”, they became even faster: The combination of tank and movement speed makes them so strong
  • A few days ago, Riot Games announced they were considering nerfing Hecarim or the item “Turbo Chemtank” in the next patch – but it was still unclear what they would do
  • Now it is clear: Riot Games will nerf Hecarim and the item

These are the nerfs: The balance lead at Riot Games for LoL is currently still Mark “Scruffy” Yetter. He will transition to the new LoL MMORPG in June to serve as Design Lead. However, Scruffy is still involved with LoL. He published a patch preview for the MSI Patch 1.19 on Twitter.

For the items, LoL now nerfs the two movement speed items Chemtank and Dead Man’s Plate.

Buffs will come for Moonstone Renewer, Death’s Dance, and Wits End.

The following champs will be nerfed:

  • Hecarim
  • Morgana
  • Diana
  • Dr Mundo
  • Rumble (In the Mid Lane)
  • Vlad
  • Jinx – as a bug will be fixed that will weaken her
  • Gragas
  • Heimerdinger
  • Garen
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In the next patch, the following LoL champs can look forward to buffs

  • Kindred
  • Shen
  • Xerath
  • Kog’Maw
  • Taric
  • Lulu
  • Trundle
  • Kayn
  • Sett

Update 21.4., 9:04 AM: The exact details of how the items and champs will change have now been provided by Riot Games:

For Turbo Chemtank, the buff for movement speed decreases from 60% to 40%

The adjustments to Hecarim are extensive and affect his armor, bonus damage, his W skill, and his E skill.

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Patch 1.19 is expected to come to LoL next week

When is patch 1.19 coming? It will come soon. Riot Games states this is the MSI patch: The “Mid Seasonal Invitational” will take place from May 6 to May 22.

The new LoL patch is planned for April 28.

This year, the MSI will have to do without the “usual suspects” from Europe. Because they were eliminated early:

LoL team unexpectedly loses the playoffs: “We assumed we would win anyway”

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PS4 is currently giving away one of the best couch coop games – But only for a short time

The “Play at Home” campaign for PS4 and PS5 is currently running, offering free games in the PS Store. The current lineup includes the brilliant couch co-op game “Enter the Gungeon” – but it is only available for a short time. If you enjoy crazy co-op shooting games, you should grab it quickly.

Here are free games: The “Play at Home” campaign started in spring 2020 and continues to bring free games to the store that you can grab. Recently, the free offer was expanded, while the free phases of older games will soon come to an end. One of these games is “Enter the Gungeon” from 2016.

Enter the Gungeon has been included in the lineup since March 26, but it’s only available until April 23 at 5:00 AM. So you only have about three days left to secure it for free. If you’ve overlooked it or ignored it so far, you should consider downloading “Gungeon” quickly to your PS4 or PS5. The indie game is truly a co-op gem.

Enter the Gungeon – A Chaotic Adventure

This is Enter the Gungeon: The title of the game already suggests that it might be about weapons. And that is indeed the case. In short, you traverse the namesake Gungeon in search of the weapon that can shoot the past.

Equally wacky are the other weapons in the game, which significantly contribute to the wild gameplay. The floors of the Gungeon are procedurally generated and become increasingly difficult. Depending on how well you perform, the Gungeon responds with even nastier traps and enemies.

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The game is not exactly easy. While trying to shoot down enemies, you also need to use dodging and skill to ensure you don’t bite the dust. Otherwise, you’ll have to start all over again.

The game can be played in couch co-op for two, and it’s a hell of a lot of fun to run through the insane Gungeon with friends. You obviously have to get used to the pixelated graphics of the indie game – it might not be for everyone. Overall, however, Enter the Gungeon has received good reviews and is rated “Extremely Positive” on Steam. For the MeinMMO team, it is among the best couch co-op games, and it also ranks as one of the best couch co-op games on the Nintendo Switch.

The Play at Home initiative brings Horizon Zero Dawn and more games for free

These games are still available: The latest addition from Play at Home is the “Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition,” where you take on the role of the heroine Aloy. In one of the best post-apocalyptic games ever, you must fight for survival in a world populated by machines. The game is available until May 15 at 5:00 AM.

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Horizon Zero Dawn was a big hit

You can currently find Aloy as a skin in Fortnite.

Additionally, you can currently find the following titles in Play at Home (until April 23 at 5:00 AM):

  • Subnautica
  • Abzu
  • The Witness
  • Rez Infinite
  • Astro Bot Rescue Mission (VR)
  • Moss (VR)
  • Thumper (VR)
  • Paper Beast (VR)

So if you’re looking for new content for your PS4 or PS5, you can take advantage of this offer. Are you currently looking for a PS5? Then find all the latest information in the PS5 live ticker on MeinMMO.

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Blizzard loses another icon: “Papa Jeff” is leaving

Blizzard has unexpectedly announced that Jeff Kaplan will no longer be with the company. Kaplan was last known as the head of Overwatch. After almost 20 years in his career, he is now looking for new opportunities.

With a short farewell letter, Kaplan says goodbye to Blizzard. He thanks for 19 years in the company and expresses “deep appreciation” for all employees as well as the fans of the company (via Blizzard).

He closes the brief letter with the words: “Never accept the world as it seems to be. Always see what it can be. I hope you do the same. GG.”

Who is Jeff Kaplan? Kaplan was mainly known for his role as head of Overwatch. With his charismatic presence, he quickly earned the nickname “Papa Jeff” in the community.

At events like BlizzCon, he was always considered quite close to the fans and always brought laughter and good cheer. His famous “Yule Log” streams at Christmas were watched by tens of thousands, even though he was actually just sitting silently in front of a fire.

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Kaplan started at Blizzard in 2002 after having previously assisted as a quality tester on Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. At Blizzard, he initially began as a quest designer for World of Warcraft, for which he later became game director together with Tom Chilton and J. Allen Brack.

After working on Project Titan, which was then canceled, he created the shooter Overwatch with his team. Overwatch is considered a huge success for the company.

Currently, Overwatch 2 is in development, the sequel to the shooter. The development is now led by Aaron Keller as game director, who previously supported Kaplan as a mentor.

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Blizzard loses many veterans

Kaplan is just the latest of many long-term employees who are leaving Blizzard. Most recently, in early April 2021, the “father of WoW Classic,” Omar Gonzalez, left the studio. He, like many other veterans from Blizzard before him, switched to Mike Morhaime’s new studio, the former Blizzard CEO.

Morhaime founded Dreamhaven at the end of 2020, which has two separate developer studios under its wing. However, Dreamhaven has yet to present any games.

Whether Kaplan will now join Morhaime or seek another studio is still unknown. Several former Blizzard employees have already come together again and are working on their own projects.

Generally, the current outlook at Blizzard is not very bright for the employees. In addition to those who leave voluntarily, some are also being laid off. A larger wave of layoffs occurred in March 2021, with Blizzard distancing itself from live events – and now Activision Blizzard is planning even more layoffs, including in Germany.

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New multiplayer for Resident Evil confuses even the biggest fans, beta starts tomorrow

“Re:Verse” is a multiplayer shooter set in the Resident Evil universe that is coming soon. There is now a small beta scheduled at short notice. Here, players can judge the game for themselves – so far, Re:Verse has caused confusion.

When does the beta run? As announced on the official Twitter account for the game, players who decide last minute can dive into the multiplayer battles tomorrow, on April 21, 2021, starting at 08:00 AM. However, the beta only lasts 24 hours – on April 22, it’s already over. This is already the third beta. Those who missed the previous phases can catch up now.

Who can participate in the beta? In principle, anyone who has a Capcom ID and owns one of the supported platforms can register for the beta. There is a wide selection: Re:Verse will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Steam, and can be downloaded from the respective stores. You can also play the game on next-gen consoles, but they will play the older versions.

With the beta, players get the opportunity to preview a version of the game and form their own opinion. The original announcement for the game was not particularly well received.

Fans criticize Re:Verse even before release

What kind of game is this? In Re:Verse, the well-known horror gameplay of the series is not in focus; instead, it is a multiplayer action shooter where you have to shoot each other in team battles.

Four to six people participate in the deathmatches, which are supposed to last about five minutes, where you take on the roles of classic Resident Evil characters. Among others, Claire and Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, and Ada Wong are included. Outfits inspired by the heroes were also found this year by the way, in The Division 2.

A twist: When you die, you transform into one of the series’ villains, like Nemesis, and can now take revenge on the opponents.

The online game will be released simultaneously with the upcoming Resident Evil: Village and is supposed to be free for buyers of the main game. Here you can see the trailer for the game:

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This is how fans reacted: The original trailer had quite some problems in appealing positively to the fans of the series. At the time of writing this article, there were 9,358 likes against a noticeably larger number of 12,500 dislikes.

The trailer didn’t really go over well with its arena approach and comic-like look. There was also a prevailing sense of rejection and confusion in the comments of the video as well as in the Resident Evil subreddit (via reddit):

  • “Capcom, if you insist on making multiplayer games, just make them in coop mode, I beg you…”, commented one user (via YouTube)
  • “Why do they keep trying RE multiplayer games? They are never good. Just stop” (via reddit).

The discussion about the previous beta phases is also rather critical (via reddit). Additionally, the beta struggled with significant server issues at times and was temporarily unreachable, or no matches were available.

Anyone who wants to give the game another chance and take a look can do so now on April 21. Overall, the hype for Resident Evil VIII seems to be significantly stronger. Are you a horror fan? Then you can find some good horror alternatives in multiplayer.

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Destiny 2: Weekly Reset on 20.04. – The Guardian Games start

In Destiny 2 today, on April 20, the Olympic Space Games kick off. What can you expect in the final event of Season 13 and what is still up for the new Weekly Reset?

This event starts: Today, your friends will become your competitors. From April 20 to May 11, the Guardian Games 2021 in Destiny 2 take place. Here, the goal is to earn medals for your class in sporting competitions. This will determine whether Warlocks, Hunters, or Titans are the best Guardians.

Every Guardian can participate in the Guardian Games for free – so visit Zavala at the Tower. MeinMMO will accompany the event as usual and guide you through the Guardian Games with all the necessary info and tips. But what else is happening with the fresh Weekly Reset, let’s take a look at the Destiny week?

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The most important info on the activities from April 20 to April 27.

As Nightfall: The Trial by Fire you fight through the strike

  • Terminus of Insight

You decide how difficult the outing will be. If you manage to get through the Top-Ranked Difficulty, you can earn rare weapons. This week, the hand cannon “The Palindrome” is up.

Playlist Strikes are available with these modifiers:

  • Solar Singe
  • Brute
  • Iron

As always, the Singe modifier remains the same for the entire week, while the other two rotate daily at 7:00 PM.

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In the Terminus of Insight, you fight against the Psion Kargen

Crucible: These playlists and modes are active in PvP:

  • Private Match
  • Rumble
  • Control
  • Elimination
  • Survival Glory
  • Survival Glory: Freelance
  • Showdown

Petra Venj is now in the Dreaming City right at the spawn point (as in every curse week 2). At the same time, you can tackle the 6th Ascendant Challenge .

These are the sources for Powerful Loot in Season 13 of Destiny 2

This is how Powerful Loot is structured in Destiny 2: Powerful Loot comes in various tiers, granting you different power boosts. Accordingly, higher tiers also grant higher power boosts.

  • Tier 1 (up to +3 above the current power level)
  • Tier 2 (up to +4 above the current power level)
  • Tier 3 (up to +5 above the current power level)
  • Peak Gear (+5 or more above the power level. The only gear that goes above 1300 and up to a maximum of 1310 – after that, level jumps decrease to +1)

Sources for Powerful Loot in Season 13: 

Tier 1:

  • Complete 8 Crucible Bounties
  • 7 Wins in the Glory Crucible Playlist
  • Complete 8 Gambit Bounties
  • Complete 8 Variks Bounties
  • Complete the Nightfall: Trial by Fire
  • Win 7 rounds in Survival
  • Loot from Wrathborn Hunt
  • Imperial Hunt
  • Battlefields (up to Tier 3)

Tier 2:

  • Collect Clan Experience for Hawthorne

Tier 3:

  • Decode Exotic Engrams
  • Exotic Quests
  • Primus Engrams

Peak Loot:

In line with the sports event, there are also sporty offers in the Eververse
  • The exotic Sparrow “Honorable Mention”
  • The exotic Ghost shell “Half-Volley Shell”
  • The exotic ship “Team Spirit”
  • The exotic emote “Participant Trophy” (Multiplayer Emote)
  • The exotic emote “Incarnation” (Multiplayer Emote)

Are you participating in the Guardian Games and representing your class? Who will win – Warlocks, Hunters, or Titans like last year? Let us know in the comments.

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Valheim: New update should make building cheaper, but actually costs more

The update 0.150.3 was released for the survival game Valheim and includes some small but important changes. Among other things, a tool has been improved, the hoe. This is supposed to make terraforming cheaper – but it does not.

What the update changes: One of the changes in the update concerns the hoe and the amount of stone needed to raise terrain. Initially, you needed four stones to lift a plot of land by one unit.

Raising land is important to create a level building space, so that your constructions are stable. Additionally, you may need the function when you want to dig a ship canal through the islands for easier travel.

The required amount has now been halved, so two stones are sufficient. Theoretically, this means the amount of stone for raising terrain has been reduced by 50%. Practically, however, everything has become much more expensive.

Why does building cost more now? With the update, there was also a patch that fixed a bug. Previously, it was possible to click exactly at the edge of a terrain with a hoe and immediately bring the adjacent plot to the same height.

This way, entire plateaus could be easily created by repeatedly using the “raise ground” function directly at the edge of the raised land. Each raising only cost four stones, even if significantly more ground was lifted.

This bug has now disappeared with the update. Even though raising itself has become cheaper, building now costs more stones. Some players welcome this update with memes because they have been waiting to save stones:

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Better performance and smoother gameplay with update 0.150.3

What’s also in the update: Along with the “improved” hoe, the developers have also worked on the entire terrain system. Among other things, terraforming is now supposed to be loaded before built objects.

Additionally, ships and buildings should no longer be damaged while they are still loading. These changes should reduce network load and thus improve the connection. Overall, the game should run better and smoother. You can find the full patch notes on the Steam page of Valheim (via Steam).

What’s next? Currently, the developers are still working on fixing bugs and getting the game into a state they are satisfied with. Only then do they want to focus on new updates.

However, there is already a kind of roadmap with upcoming content. Next up is “Hearth and Home”, which will introduce more building options and recipes. You can find the best cooking recipes in Valheim in our guide .

Later, more content such as new bosses, features, and biomes will come. In total, there are supposed to be nine biomes, each with its own boss. Three of them are already known:

  • Foglands
  • Deep North
  • Ashlands

All three are already in the game but not really usable yet, being empty. However, at least what we know about the Foglands already hints that the new biome will truly disgust you.

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Outriders has a new exploit that lets players farm their desired legendaries

In Outriders, an exploit has now been discovered that allows players to manipulate which legendary item they receive as a reward. They manipulate the game’s save system to do this.

That’s why legendaries are so sought after: They are the rarest weapons and armor in the game. Legendaries also have special attributes due to rank 3 modifications, which favor certain playstyles.

Through Outriders’ crafting system, these mods can be extracted and attached to other weapons and armor. Although they are usually hard to obtain, there is currently a way to choose the rare items.

What kind of exploit is this? It is related to the quest lines Historian, Hunt, and Wanted. These are repeatable quest lines, with 10 of each. Completing all 10 will reward players with a legendary item for each quest line.

However, these are random items. The exploit enables players to manipulate the save system.

Warning: There is a possibility of being branded a cheater for using this exploit. This would exclude you from regular player searches. What cheaters can expect has been clarified by the developers before release: Those who cheat in Outriders will be marked for life

According to known rules, this exploit could fall into a gray area. However, the risk still exists. MeinMMO advises you to stay away from the exploit.

Players exploit a gap in the save system to farm legendaries

How does it work? The exploit functions in conjunction with quest rewards and a repeated reset of the quests.

Why do it at all? Especially for those looking for specific mods or armor pieces to complete their set or build, such an exploit is tempting.

Those who just want to farm legendary items will likely fare better with expeditions. In our guide, we have summarized everything about farming legendaries: The 2 best ways to farm legendary weapons and armor in Outriders

The affected quest lines were already a topic at the release of Outriders. Back then, there was an exploit that allowed players to essentially harvest unlimited legendary items: Outriders fixes exploit that gave players too many legendary items

Developer People Can Fly, however, responded quickly and removed the exploit. It can thus be assumed that this newly discovered bug in the save system will be fixed quickly.

Currently, a patch is in the works that will fix numerous bugs: Outriders confirms next patch, aims to deliver many fixes

What do you think of this trick? Will you use it? Or do you find it useless? Let us know your opinion.

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Trainers in Pokémon GO complain: Due to a nasty error, they can currently not level up

Currently, there is a lot of stress from trainers in Pokémon GO who rely on Rocket Grunts. They cannot level up at the moment because Team Rocket is disabled.

This is the current status: Since April 10th, for 10 days now, the Rockets in Pokémon GO are disabled. This is due to a critical bug that occurs when trainers click on the Rocket encounter. Their entire game froze, and they had to restart.

A return of the Rocket Grunts is still pending. It is still unknown when the feature will be back online. The problem is: Many trainers rely on the Grunts to level up in Pokémon GO.

Trainer says: “I can’t level up right now”

What exactly is the problem? At the latest, at level 44, trainers will have problems. To reach level 45, you must defeat 100 Rocket Grunts and 50 Rocket Leaders. They are currently simply unavailable, so no progress can be made there.

So, if you are stuck at level 44, there’s nothing you can do but wait. There is no way to complete the task with the Rocket Grunts.

This is what trainers say about it: Currently, there is a thread on the topic in the Pokémon GO subreddit. One user suggests that at least the stardust bonus from Rival Week should be extended until the Rocket Grunts reappear.

In the thread, many trainers write that they are affected by the disappearance of the Rocket Grunts. For example, Spinkick9000 says: “Here is someone who is stuck at level 44. I really can’t level up until they fix Team Rocket.”

Another trainer reports that he only needs one more Rocket Leader for the level-up and simply cannot complete it.

What remains now? Waiting and sipping tea is the motto for all trainers stuck at level 44. However, there are also special research tasks that require defeating Rocket Grunts. This is currently not possible either, so no progress can be made there.

The Rocket feature is one of the central points in Pokémon GO, so it can be expected that a solution is being worked on at full speed. However, the PvP League, another central point, was offline for several weeks after cheating incidents. A solution for that also came late.

Moreover, this is not the only bug currently affecting Pokémon GO. There are also issues with friendship XP, which is why Niantic has warned against using lucky eggs. Here too, the question remains how long developers will take to fix it. You can find all information about this problem here:

Pokémon GO now warns players against using lucky eggs – Why?

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7 Things You Can Do in the Endgame of ESO in 2021

The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online was released in 2014 and has since received many new contents and expansions. But what does the endgame of ESO look like currently? We from MeinMMO reveal to you 7 activities to keep you occupied for hundreds of hours.

The Elder Scrolls Online impresses mainly with its exciting and voiced stories, which are expanded with each expansion and DLC. But eventually, you have not only reached level 50 but also experienced all the current stories.

Therefore, we would like to introduce you to 7 activities to engage you in ESO endgame.

If you are generally looking for tips about ESO or thinking about starting, you can find helpful guides here:

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Veteran Dungeons and Trials

What does ESO offer in terms of instances? Basically, you can start in the 4-player dungeons of ESO as early as level 10. However, these dungeons are quite simple, and you will rarely have problems completing them.

For experienced and really good players, ESO offers 3 instanced contents to try out:

  • Veteran dungeons for 4 players
  • Veteran dungeons with special hard modes
  • Trials for 12 players

What are Veteran Dungeons? These are a more difficult version of already existing dungeons. The mode unlocks as soon as you reach level 50. After that, you can access it via the open world and through group search.

Some bosses in the veteran mode also have a hard mode. This makes this particular boss fight even harder. It can be activated before the start, allowing you to approach it optionally if the group feels capable of mastering this challenge.

For veteran dungeons, you should bring some experience and also appropriate equipment. It is beneficial if you have already played the normal mode of the dungeon.

How many Veteran Dungeons are there? Currently, there are over 40 different dungeons where you can let loose. At the beginning of 2020, we reported which dungeons are considered the easiest and which are regarded as the hardest in ESO .

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In ESO, you can face huge boss enemies in dungeons and trials.

What are Trials? Trials are the king discipline of instances in ESO. You enter them with a total of 12 players and must deal with challenging boss mechanics that test your skill and team play.

Each trial in ESO offers an additional reward once a week, making it worthwhile to repeat them. Additionally, there are plenty of achievements and skins that you can only obtain through trials. If you seek the ultimate thrill, you can also find hard modes in some trials that make the fight even harder.

How many Trials are there? Currently, there are 9 trials in ESO, with Rockgrove being the 10th trial announced. It will be released with the upcoming expansion Blackwood.

Solo Arenas

If you don’t like going into groups but are looking for a challenge for solo players, you will find it in two special arenas:

  • The Maelstrom Arena is located in the Orsinium DLC and offers several boss fights that increase in difficulty.
  • The Vateshran’s Ground was introduced with the Markarth DLC and revolves around the grim Reiklanders, a people of barbarians. They prove their strength in this solo arena.

Both arenas are considered challenging and require that you have good equipment and master your class. If you want to face a boss in the Vateshran’s Ground, you can find a guide here on MeinMMO.

Collecting Sets and Styles

In ESO, as is common in an RPG, a lot revolves around your equipment. This is about your stats but also about the appearance of the armor.

In ESO, you can collect sets and unlock certain values for your equipment. Additionally, there are styles that relate to the appearance of your equipment.

What are Sets? Sets are the composition of bonuses that your equipment offers:

  • Some sets grant, for example, additional damage or additional health.
  • Other sets increase your Magicka or Stamina.
  • Furthermore, there are set bonuses that reward you with additional effects when you wear the respective set in multiple slots (e.g., head, shoulder, and chest).

Sets can be earned in various ways, including random drops in the open world, from public or instanced dungeons, as well as from world bosses, PvP, or crafting. You can find a guide here on how to get sets in ESO.

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In the collections, you will find the various sets you have unlocked.

Why is the set system so interesting? Once you have bound a set to yourself or destroyed it or sold it to a merchant, it is unlocked in your collection. This allows you to easily restore old sets using transmutation crystals, which is practical if you want to change your entire equipment once.

The crafted sets then adjust to your level.

What are Styles? Styles, on the other hand, relate to the appearance of your equipment. You can unlock styles and change them at any outfit station in the game. The styles are account-wide unlocked, so you can also immediately dress up new characters correctly.

PvP

What PvP content is there? If you are not interested in pure PvE content, you can dive into PvP. ESO also offers several variations:

  • In the region of Cyrodiil, you can engage in open alliance wars. Here, you can seek duels alone or lead huge battles with a large group.
  • In the battlegrounds, however, it is a bit smaller. Here, you fight in 4v4v4 and can easily enter these via group search.
  • The Imperial City, a mode where you fight against other players but also against minions of Molag Bal.

What exactly is Cyrodiil? If you are into brutal mass battles with heavy siege machines, hundreds of players, and months-long, fierce ranking fights, you are in the right place.

Basically, Cyrodiil is the fight for the Imperial Crown. If an alliance conquers all six fortresses spread around the Imperial City, the player from that faction with the currently highest score in Cyrodiil becomes the Emperor.

This grants buffs and corresponding advantages in the battle. Consequently, the other two factions often ally against the alliance currently holding the emperor. If the emperor’s alliance loses control over all six fortresses in the center of the map, he is instantly dethroned.

As exciting as this all sounds, the race for the imperial crown is rather insignificant for most players. They prefer to fight just for fun and for conquering fortresses. In addition, Cyrodiil also has some PvE quests and sky shards that help you progress even outside of PvP.

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In Cyrodiil, everything revolves around the fight for fortresses, but small duels are also possible.

What are the Battlegrounds? In the battlegrounds, three teams of four players each fight against each other for victory. Champion points are ignored here, which usually causes many rapid deaths because players simply do not have such abnormally high resistances.

The teams are formed randomly and independently of the alliance affiliation. You simply open the group search and sign up for a battleground. A battleground lasts until one team reaches a predefined point limit or a timer of 15 minutes expires.

Additionally, there is an extra reward for the first daily victory in a battleground.

What is the Imperial City? The Imperial City is part of the alliance war and can be accessed by pressing the “L” key. Here you mainly fight for Tel’Var stones, which you can exchange with merchants for unique equipment sets, cosmetics, and valuable crafting materials.

The Imperial City is divided into six districts. In each, Molag Bal’s minions are up to no good and beg for a beating. If you defeat the AI opponents, they drop the coveted Tel’Var stones.

Your main goal is to defeat as many enemies as possible and collect stones to buy rewards. Importantly, opponents drop more stones the more you already possess. This naturally motivates you to carry as many stones as possible. However, this has two drawbacks.

Criticism of PvP: The PvP in ESO offers many opportunities but also has some issues, including the poor performance of the game. In recent years, the content has also been neglected, claim some players:

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Achievements

Almost every MMORPG now uses a system with achievements that you can hunt and complete. These are divided into various categories, including:

  • Character achievements
  • PvP achievements
  • Dungeon achievements
  • Quest achievements
  • Housing achievements
  • Achievements related to the different DLCs and expansions

The tasks vary quite distinctly. Some focus on repeating content, while others you unlock through special challenges, such as in dungeons.

If you want to achieve all achievements, you have a lot of work ahead of you. One player has managed to unlock all achievements. He required 405 days of pure playtime:

A player achieves all achievements in the MMORPG ESO, needing 405 days

Housing

Fashion is endgame, as we mentioned in the “Collecting Sets and Styles” section. Regarding Fashion, ESO also includes Housing. Here you can seek out various residences, move in, and decorate them as you wish.

In addition to aesthetic effects, housing can be quite effective. You can earn achievements, unlock additional storage space, set up crafting stations, and even receive buffs.

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Houses in ESO can be decorated according to your wishes.

Twinks

What are Twinks? Twinks are additional characters you play alongside your main character. Here, the focus is mainly on trying out new classes, new races, or new paths in the story.

What is special about Twinks in ESO? Twinks in ESO have the great advantage that you “only” need to play them up to level 50. The champion level you earn beyond level 50 is account-wide and applies to all characters.

The same applies to general collectible content such as sets or styles. You also unlock these account-wide. This makes it significantly easier on additional characters, and you don’t have to grind as much as in other MMORPGs.

Bonus Tip: With the Right Guild, Everything Gets Better

ESO offers plenty of content, but it becomes really fun when you set out with friends and acquaintances. Therefore, we from MeinMMO recommend finding a guild and making friends with them.

Some guilds even create their end content themselves by organizing events or funny adventures. A guild like this had an interview with MeinMMO author Larissa Then:

Easter egg hunting and naked raid – A good guild makes the MMORPG ESO even better

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3 easy achievements in Diablo 3 that will secure you the sweet pet

In Season 23 of Diablo 3 you should complete 3 achievements in the season journey. You will be rewarded with a cute pet. We will show you which achievements are suitable for “Flawless Victory”.

What is happening in Diablo 3? Since early April 2021, Season 23 is running in Diablo 3. During this season, you can earn a special pet, the Lacuni Cub, for completing the season journey. However, the community often asks which 3 achievements are the easiest in Season 23 to unlock the pet.

In this overview, we show you three achievements that you can easily complete here on MeinMMO. We also provide you with tips and guides on how to achieve them.

  • Simply Divine
  • Boss Mode
  • Speed Demon

1. Simply Divine

What is it? This is probably the easiest achievement in Season 23. You need to complete a Greater Nephalem Rift level 75 in solo play.

Diablo 3 simply divine S23

How to do it? To achieve this, you need some “better” gear. A Greater Rift level 75 corresponds to the difficulty of Torment 16. With your core build (6-piece set bonus, weapons/items to enhance your build) for Season 23, such a portal should be easily possible.

For assistance, check the Tier List for Season 23 in Diablo 3. There you will find the strongest builds for various classes.

2. Boss Mode

What is it? For this achievement, you need to kill a list of bosses within 20 minutes after starting the game.

Diablo 3 Boss Mode Season 23

How to do it? This achievement works easiest in a group of three or more players. In the group, discuss before starting the game which player runs to which boss. You can secure the various portal points to the bosses through the Town Portals and subsequent teleporting across the map and take them down in order.

In our guide to Boss Mode in Diablo 3, we show you exactly which bosses to split up and how to complete the achievement easily. We also provide tips and tricks in case you are tackling this achievement for the first time.

3. Speed Demon

What is it? Complete a Nephalem Rift at Torment 10 (or higher) when your character reaches level 70. But do it within 2 minutes.

Diablo 3 Speed Demon Season 23

How to do it? For this achievement, speed builds are necessary. The difference to solo push builds is that you complete the Nephalem Rifts quickly with speed builds. However, they have little potential in higher Greater Rifts. But at Torment 10, speed builds are no problem at all.

It becomes even easier if you play with at least one other player. Then you split up in the Nephalem Rift and clear everything quickly. Best to avoid picking up loot – that only costs time. Just before the Rift Guardian appears, one player teleports to the city to close the portal immediately. This saves time again.

You can also take a look at the Tier List for Season 23 in Diablo 3. Some builds like the WW-Barbarian are great for speed farming. In groups, it almost doesn’t matter which build you play. If you are already well advanced in Season 23, everything at Torment 10 should fall down as soon as you look at it.

What reward do you get?

This is what the season journey gives you: If you complete the season journey, you can expect three rewards.

  • 2 portrait frames
  • 1 companion
Diablo 3 Season 23 Season Journey Completed

For many players, the companion “Lacuni Cub” is the highlight of Season 23. When summoned, it collects gold dropped by enemies for you just like the other pets. Companions are therefore a convenient help for your adventures.

Have you already completed the 3 achievements or used others? Share your experiences with us here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other players.

Are you plagued by lags in Diablo 3? With a trick, you will get rid of them in Season 23.

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WoW censors the chat in the game – Does this apply to us?

A new change now censors certain terms in World of Warcraft – At least on the US servers. Not only individual words are obscured, but whole sentences are deleted, which are never sent.

What is this change? Blizzard has apparently introduced a new list of “reserved words”, which are words under reservation that are automatically blocked in WoW chat. Players have been observing this for some time now.

On the US servers, players receive a message in the chat when they use such a word. The message says something like: “Could not send the message to the player because your message contained prohibited words.”

The filter applies when a player tries to write someone else something in the game – for example, by whispering. However, if the sentence is sent from Battle.net to WoW, there is no censorship.

What words are blocked? According to wowhead, currently there is only a single word on the list that is not specified. The authors only mention a “racial slur that for obvious reasons will not be repeated” – presumably it is the “N-word”.

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This message appears for prohibited words. Image source: wowhead.

However, some users in the US forums reported weeks ago that they encountered such blocked words. One of them is the word “moist” (also in German: feucht; via WoW forums).

Does this also apply to us? At the moment, it appears that there is no filter on the German servers yet. We tested it with several insults (of course with friends, whom we asked for permission beforehand).

However, users in the EU forums are already complaining about the censorship (via WoW forums). However, we have not yet been able to determine which words are affected.

Players react mixed to the censorship

The reaction to Blizzard’s new chat censorship is mixed. Many wowhead users agree that racist terms do not belong in the game and can be censored and deleted. They believe this will curb toxic behavior.

In the forums, users tend to think that such functions should be reserved for guild masters so that they can ensure a positive atmosphere in the guilds. A general filter drives players to other chat options like Discord.

The user MORFOS1910 on wowhead even goes a bit further with his criticism. He writes:

You will remember this day, when they ban more words.
This is only the beginning.
Why do they care about a single word? It doesn’t.
They start with this word, then it will become more political. […] Just look at the word ban list from Battlefield 5, that could happen.

Battlefield 5 was heavily mocked by players for its chat filters, and MORFOS1910 apparently sees the same danger for such filters in WoW. Furthermore, players would simply find ways to circumvent the filters with creative solutions. A ban is simply not sustainable.

Moreover, there is the difficulty of applying such filters universally. WoW is played in many languages and terms in one language can sound similar to an insult in another. Often developers only consider English and block everything that might be insulting there.

In the EU forums, for example, the player Ishayo notes that the Danish and Swedish word “slut” simply means end there, whereas in English it means slut and is thus banned. A player in Apex Legends has also experienced such a misunderstanding with a ban:

Apex Legends allegedly bans players for saying “Lauft!” in the wrong language

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The 2 best ways to farm legendary weapons and armor in Outriders

Legendary armors and weapons are the main loot in the co-op shooter Outriders. They have a special appearance and particularly powerful mods that can be combined. MeinMMO shows you how to find and farm these legendaries best.

What is legendary equipment? This is the highest level of loot that you can find in Outriders. They are particularly powerful thanks to their rank-3 mods and also offer unique designs.

Legendary armors also have set bonuses that allow for particularly powerful combinations. Three parts are needed per set. After the story ends, a large part of the endgame consists of farming legendaries and refining your builds.

Usually, the mods of the weapons also complement each other well, allowing each weapon to favor a specific playstyle.

What makes rank-3 mods so sought after? They only appear on legendary weapons and armors and have particularly powerful traits. Through the crafting system of Outriders, modifications of equipment parts can be removed when dismantled.

This unlocks the respective mods for crafting and allows them to be applied to other items. Legendary mods can thus be combined or even attached to epic gear. To build the most powerful combinations in Outriders, you cannot avoid collecting legendary loot and its mods.

We summarize where you can get your legendaries in this guide. We will show you some farming methods and also ways to guarantee to find legendary equipment.

Here’s how mods work: They are attributes that equipment can have starting from the rare (blue) level.

Modifications are a crucial factor in Outriders. They are divided into three levels; the higher the level, the more extensively these mods affect an item. However, rank-3 mods are reserved for legendary weapons and armors and are usually particularly good.

But even at the beginning of the game, mods can be very practical. Here you will find the 10 best weapon mods you should use at the start of Outriders.

1. Farming legendaries from quests

Overall, there are 30 quests scattered across all areas up to the end of the story. You need to play through the story of Outriders almost completely to finish these quest lines.

Historian quests

Historian quests send you on the search for lost items that originated from earth and are now scattered across Enoch. You unlock these quests in the first chapter of the story.

The missions always follow the same pattern: you enter an area, have to defeat several waves of enemies, and retrieve the desired item. The quests don’t take much time since there are almost never long distances to cover.

Hunt quests

In hunt quests, you must eliminate deadly creatures and deliver their trophies. These become available in chapter 5 of Outriders when you reach Trench Town.

Compared to historian missions, you will face more enemies, and at the end of each one, a powerful beast awaits you.

While in some of the quests you don’t have to walk far, there are indeed some quests here that are divided into sections. However, the time required is not particularly high either.

Wanted quests

In wanted missions, you need to take out dangerous types for whom a bounty has been placed. These are usually types who, like you, are equipped with special powers.

The wanted quests follow the same pattern as the other mission types. However, there are some spots that could be a bit tricky due to hostile snipers.

On the map, you can see the respective quest markers for the mission types.

In the endgame, this no longer pays off

The missions outlined above are primarily suitable for completing your mod collection. They are only partially suitable for the endgame. Because during the story, you can reach a maximum world level of 15. At that level, items drop at level 42. However, this is not the maximum.

If you want to quickly reach world level 15, check out our guide: Farming world levels in Outriders – This is how you get better loot quickly

What is the actual maximum level for equipment? Although players can only reach a maximum of level 30, the limit for weapons and armors is level 50 and thus significantly higher. This will later be possible through the expeditions.

With enough materials, you can also level up legendary parts to level 50 through crafting. However, this is an expensive affair, as leveling up costs considerable resources as the level progresses.

Therefore, at a certain point, you cannot avoid the following endgame activity.

2. Finding legendaries in expeditions

What are expeditions? This is the endgame activity of Outriders. It is unlocked after completing the main story. These are rotating missions where you are sent to different areas.

This is how they work: In the expeditions, the world levels are no longer decisive, but rather the challenge levels. These determine how high the enemy level, the number of enemies, and the overall difficulty in the expeditions are.

  • Each expedition has a bronze, silver, and gold time
  • The faster you are, the better the reward at the end will be.
  • Expeditions vary in their scope and timings
  • Only four expeditions are active at the same time
  • They rotate with the completion of an expedition or restarting the game
  • They are the only way to obtain equipment beyond level 42

The goal of the expedition is to reach landing capsules. In them, a ton of loot awaits you, depending on how successfully you complete it. You can find out more about the expeditions in our overview: Expeditions are the endgame of Outriders – Here’s how they work

Even at challenge rank 10, the chance of a legendary item is 6%.

Which expeditions are best for farming legendaries? This is hard to say. Depending on the class played, weapon setup, and build, this can vary greatly. However, some expeditions seem to be a bit easier than others. These include:

  • Chemical Plant
  • Colosseum
  • Stargrave
  • Booming Business
  • The Arches of Enoch

These expeditions are well-suited due to their enemy spawns and time requirements and are also good for getting into expeditions. However, it remains to be seen how this will develop further. With update 1.05, the timer times were already revised.

Some expeditions require landing capsule resources to play them. As of now (April 20), they have no advantages over the other missions. So avoid these until you can afford them comfortably.

The chemical plant is considered one of the easiest expeditions.

Other sources for legendary equipment

Throughout the game, there are a few other ways to find legendary items. However, you can only get them once per character.

Here’s how you can definitely get legendaries:

  • World levels: From world level 12 to 15, you receive a legendary weapon as a reward with each ascent, totaling four.
  • Side missions: There are some side missions that reward you with legendary weapons at the end. This includes “The Legacy of the Outriders”, “Big Iron”, and “Abandoned Chapel”.
  • Merchants: Once you unlock the expeditions, the character Tiago in your camp offers a shop with legendary items. The offer is fixed, and you need landing capsule resources to buy them. You get those for successfully completing expeditions.
  • Boss drops in the story: Throughout the main story, you will encounter several bosses. Some will reward you with a legendary weapon when you defeat them. This includes the Chrysalid mutant from chapter 7 “Forest Enclave”. There’s also a legendary weapon in chapter 12 after defeating the boss.

Elite enemies were popular in the demo; what about now?

In theory, you also have the chance to get legendary items from elite enemies. In the Outriders demo, it was already possible to farm legendary weapons early in the first chapter. However, the chance is very low. If you don’t feel like shooting through hordes of enemies, it remains a possible option.

Especially the story point “Find the origin of the light in the distance” in the chapter “Dunes” is well-suited. The first confrontation throws a so-called Warlord elite enemy practically right in your face. Kill him as quickly as possible, then let the other enemies overwhelm you.

However, this is not advisable if you have not yet reached world level 15 and want to achieve that. Dying will reduce your progress in world rank, which not only defines the difficulty level but also drop chances and loot level.

Is it worth it? The YouTuber DPJ tested this method and defeated the Warlord 200 times in a row. He ended up with 168 rare, 167 epic, and 1 legendary item (via YouTube). He took one hour and 42 minutes to do this.

This method is therefore only very limitedly recommended for legendary items. However, in terms of materials and other equipment, it can definitely be worth it, but as a farm spot for legendary items, it’s less suitable.

There is also the problem that the maximum item level is 42, just like in the other missions. So for the endgame, it’s mainly worth looking at the resources in terms of scrap and titanium that come along.

How do you farm legendary equipment? Do you know any other methods for farming? Let us know in the comments.

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CoD Cold War & Warzone: Season 3 presented – The highlights at the start

The new Season 3 of Call of Duty starts on Thursday, April 22. The CoD makers have now released a roadmap, showcasing upcoming content for Black Ops Cold War and gave a small insight into the changes in Battle Royale Warzone. MeinMMO shows you the roadmap and provides information about it.

Update April 22: Season 3 is live, the changes are online. Here you can find the patch notes for Warzone and here is the information about Cold War’s update.

Update April 21: You can now download the update for Cold War, and there are already changes in the game. However, the new content for Season 3 will go live tomorrow morning at 6 AM.

Some players also report that they can start a pre-load for update 1.36 of Warzone. However, the reports are still sporadic, and it may be that it doesn’t work for you yet.

Season 2 is slowly but surely coming to an end. The expired season will likely not be remembered fondly by many players – too little content for Cold War, too little action for Warzone.

Now Call of Duty has released the roadmap for Season 3, and already at the start of the new, free content cycle, there seems to be more to see than in the entire last season:

  • Warzone event and map update
  • 2 new 6v6 maps for Cold War
  • Killstreak for Cold War
  • New battle pass with two weapons
  • New vehicles and a new map for Outbreak
  • Field upgrade for zombies
  • Fresh prestige rewards

MeinMMO shows you the information about the update on Thursday, the announced content for the season start, and an overview of what else will come during the season. In our season hub, you will also find leaks and rumors about season 3.

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Call of Duty: Update and Season Start on April 22

When does the new season start? In the CoD blog about the update (via callofduty.com), the developers explain that the new season officially starts on April 22. However, the updates for the new season will go live earlier:

  • Cold War: Season update on April 21 at 06:00 AM
  • Warzone: Season update on April 22 at 06:00 AM

Meanwhile, the “Cold War” update is available and already makes some changes in the game – for example, the weapon balance. However, you cannot play the new maps and modes just yet. They will go live tomorrow morning.

How big are the updates? At the season start, there are relatively large updates for both CoDs:

  • Cold War update size Season 3
    • PlayStation 5: 12.3 GB
    • PlayStation 4: 8.1 GB
    • Xbox Series X / S: 11.6 GB
    • Xbox One: 8.3 GB
    • PC: 13.1 GB
  • Warzone update size Season 3
    • PlayStation 5: 25.6 GB
    • PlayStation 4: 25.6 GB
    • Xbox Series X / Xbox Series S: 25.9 GB
    • Xbox One: 25.9 GB
    • PC: 25.2 GB

CoD Warzone: Season 3 – Content at Launch

What happens in Warzone at the season start? With the roadmap, the developers have now finally confirmed what many players and leakers have long suspected: Something is happening on the big map Verdansk. However, expectations need to be tempered a bit. Instead of a completely new map, there will likely just be a “Warzone map update”.

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A big leak showed snippets from a past Verdansk a few weeks ago. The map may be reverted to the time of “Cold War” and thus receive a facelift. An “update” of the map suggests that certain areas will remain the same, while others will be changed. However, details are not yet officially known.

At the season start, an event called – Hunt for Adler will also go live. During the event, there will be challenges for Cold War and Warzone, where you can secure special cosmetics for both games. If you complete all tasks, there is a special skin for Adler.

How the map changes will come into the game, whether the Adler event has anything to do with it, and what will happen with the zombies is still unclear.

However, this appears to run as a live event, bringing together the current story events in Warzone and the map update. Back then, data miners found the audio files of an unknown mode or event. An initial date for the event is April 21 at 9 PM our time. Call of Duty showed a mini-teaser on Twitter about it.

However, the CoD makers followed up and showed further dates on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/1384242980312162310
  • First entry
    • April 21 from 21:00 to 23:00
  • Second entry
    • April 21 – 22 from 23:00 to 06:00
  • Third entry
    • April 22 from 06:00 to 21:00
  • Fourth entry
    • April 22 from 21:00 to 22:00

Whether the entries are multiple dates for the same event, like during the reveal of Cold War in Warzone, is currently unknown. Back then, you could experience the presentation of the first trailer of Cold War in the Battle Royale, and the event was online at different times over several days.

Leaks about the Warzone event, however, suggest that it is a multi-part event. You may experience the end of the zombie story of the current Verdansk in the first stage, and the other events will already take place in the new version of the city. However, this cannot be said for sure at the moment.

CoD Cold War: Season 3 – Content at Launch

What happens in Cold War at the season start? With Season 2, players of the multiplayer were only served small bites, and during the season there were only 2 new 6v6 maps. In the new season, it looks different, and you will be served two fresh maps at the start. However, Outbreak also gets an upgrade, and there will be a new scorestreak:

  • Yamantau – 6v6 map: Yamantau is a mountain in the Ural Mountains and was the setting for a campaign mission
  • Diesel – 6v6/2v2/3v3 map: A rather small map with a gas station in the center
  • Sticks & Stones – mode: Well-known party mode with fixed loadout. In an earlier version, players only had a crossbow, the ballistic knife, and tomahawks
  • Strafe Run – scorestreak: Medium streak that starts an airstrike on a target
  • Outbreak expansions: The “Duga” map will be part of Outbreak. There will also be new tasks, new vehicles, and world events where you can get wonder weapons
  • Toxic Growth – field upgrade for zombies: Undead can be halted and slowed down with this

During the season, at least one more 6v6 map (the classic Standoff) will also come, and the Duga map will also be available for the Fireteam mode. Additionally, the developers announced a kind of battle royale for Fireteam – “Multi-Team Elimination”. Although there are respawns, they should be heavily limited. Moreover, you cannot take your entire loadout into the match. The last team standing with four people wins the match.

However, there is currently no new information about a new map for the zombie mode and the introduction of Easter eggs in Outbreak.

Season 3: Weapons, Battle Pass, Prestige Update

What content do both CoDs share? Warzone and Cold War are connected, and as a result, there is content that is relevant in both CoDs.

There is again a new battle pass that brings cosmetic content and two new weapons for both games. Over 100 levels, you can acquire many items that are purely aesthetic. In addition, there are two new weapons:

  • Sniper rifle: Swiss K31
  • Submachine gun: PPSH-41

In the release week, the ballistic knife is also expected to come to Cold War. The melee weapon allows you to shoot blades around. For Warzone, the knife is planned for mid-season. Overall, the developers announced 6 new weapons for the entire season.

Additionally, two new operators will enter the game at launch. “Wraith” is visible on the roadmap, and she is joined by an old friend: Captain Price. The legendary operator from Modern Warfare is now also coming to Black Ops Cold War – in a somewhat younger version.

Furthermore, there is again an update of the prestige system. Your season rank will be reset, and you can acquire 4 new prestige emblems. With each prestige level, you will receive a prestige key, a tier skip for the battle pass, and additional challenges. After the first 50 levels, there is also a weapon blueprint.

cod cold war warzone prestige embleme season 3

The roadmap for Season 3 is packed and caters to fans of both Warzone and Cold War’s multiplayer mode alike. Only the zombie mode gets relatively less new content compared to the start of Season 2. Back then, there was the Outbreak mode and, thus, a completely fresh experience.

The first in-game preparations for the new season are already underway. Warzone nerfed the OP pistol Sykov, which caused a stir in the battle royale for a few days.

What do you think of the announcements? Are you satisfied with the presented content, or is there something you wish had been included? Feel free to discuss with us in the comments on MeinMMO.

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Pokémon GO: Today Spotlight Hour with Slugma and Strong Stardust Bonus

In Pokémon GO, the Spotlight Hour with Sleima starts today, on April 20th. MeinMMO shows you all the bonuses and reveals if the event is worth it.

What is a Spotlight Hour? This event takes place every Tuesday in Pokémon GO and spotlights a special Pokémon for one hour. In addition, there is a bonus that rounds off the event.

This week is all about Sleima. This is fitting, as the Pokémon appears more frequently during the current Sustainability Week in Pokémon GO.

This is the story of Sleima: The Pokémon originated from sludge and industrial waste. In general, Sleima feeds on such things and lives where it is dirty. However, Sleima’s population in large cities has decreased due to the improving hygienic conditions.

Spotlight Hour with Sleima – Start Time and Bonuses

When does it start? The Spotlight Hour starts today at 6:00 PM local time. It lasts exactly one hour and ends at 7:00 PM.

Here are the bonuses: During the Spotlight Hour, spawns will be increased, and nearly every Pokémon will be a Sleima.

Additionally, there will be double Stardust for caught Pokémon. You will receive at least 200 Stardust per Pokémon. With a Star Piece, you’ll even receive at least 300 Stardust.

Is there Shiny Sleima? Yes, the Shiny version of Sleima has been available to catch in Pokémon GO for some time. You can easily recognize the difference, as the shiny version is green instead of purple:

Pokémon GO Shiny Sleima
Here you see Shiny Sleima.

Is the Spotlight Hour worth it? Absolutely! With Sleima, you have a Pokémon that is interesting for shiny hunters. Furthermore, it is easy to hit excellently, allowing you to quickly and effectively collect XP.

Moreover, the Stardust bonus is strong. Stardust is the most important resource in the game, as you can use it to strengthen your Pokémon. You can never have enough dust, so you should definitely take advantage of this bonus.

What’s next in Pokémon GO? There’s still plenty to come this month in Pokémon GO. After the current Sustainability Week, there will be another event surrounding the release of New Pokémon Snap, where you will encounter Shiny Coloragle for the first time. You can find more information on upcoming events here in the overview:

Overview of all events in April 2021 in Pokémon GO

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Twitch streamer smashes keyboard during $100,000 tournament – regrets it immediately

The Twitch streamer Moe “Yassuo” Abdalrhman (21) specializes in League of Legends, but is now participating in a major tournament on Twitch and had to play Mortal Kombat 11 there. However, his temperament proved to be his downfall.

Here is the situation: 21-year-old Yassuo is a professional streamer for 100 Thieves, Nadeshot’s e-sports organization. It has now become fashionable for e-sports clans to not only employ e-sport athletes but also hire Twitch streamers and YouTubers.

  • Yassuo participated in the tournament “AT&T Annihilator Cup”. The large US corporation announced an e-sports tournament for the entire April 2020: 20 streamers compete against each other in 5 games. In the end, a prize pool of $100,000 awaits.
  • The games played are Apex Legends, CS:GO, Mortal Kombat 11, Halo and Among Us, which doesn’t really fit this list.
  • Participants include some of the big Twitch stars with e-sports ambitions like shroud, Lirik, Mizkif and also Yassuo. The tournament is currently ongoing: Mortal Kombat 11 was played last weekend.

Keyboard broken and the next round begins

This is the clip: Yassuo faces off against the Ninja Scorpion against Cetrion, the “Goddess of Life”. Yassuo loses the match and control, as the streamer Emiru catches him and lands the finishing blow.

Yassuo stands up and angrily pounds on the keyboard. As he stomps and storms away from the computer in rage, you can hear the keys fall out of the keyboard and clatter on the hardwood floor.

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Yassuo immediately understands what he has done, exclaims “Fuck – my Keys” and starts to panic, trying to put the individual keys back into the keyboard, because the next round is about to begin. And he just destroyed his working device.

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And then it continued: Right after the outburst, Yassuo was sober again and started to furiously pound on his keyboard in the next round. Because the old rule applies: The harder you hit the keys, the more damage you do.

But also because some keys were missing, he lost the next round and the victory went to Emiru. During a break before the next match, Yassuo was able to press enough keys back into the keyboard to continue.

You can see: Anger outbursts put gamers mentally off balance, as Yassuo surely knows from LoL: Tilt threatens. But an outburst directed at the equipment can decrease the chances of winning in the next match for mundane reasons: A keyboard without keys doesn’t really work.

One streamer even made it his trademark to destroy keyboards on Twitch by smashing them over his head in anger. He even bought cheaper keyboards specifically to destroy them. But Twitch didn’t find that funny at all:

Streamer breaks keyboard, receives Twitch ban, hints at suicidal thoughts

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