Beware, if you are too good in Diablo 4, the game will suddenly become unplayably difficult and there is no turning back

In Diablo 4 there are special seals in Season 12 that allow you to increase the difficulty of activities yourself. However, once you have completed an activity at a particularly high level, only one type of seal drops – and this makes the ARPG truly tough, without the ability to revert it.

What makes Diablo 4 so difficult? With the “bloodstained seals,” you can increase the difficulty of content like hell hordes or nightmare dungeons by about one torment level. Additionally, there are also the blood-soaked seals. According to Diablo expert wudijo, they drop as soon as you complete the Pit at level 100.

The challenge of the content activated by the blood-soaked seals is also roughly at pit level 100. The problem is: you can’t escape from it.

In his YouTube video, the expert explains that even the normal bloodstained activities are demanding. While the top builds from Season 12 cope well there, the jump to the blood-soaked seals is so enormous that it’s better to avoid them completely.

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Diablo 4 shows new content from Season 12, the Season of Slaughter, in the trailer

Expert advises: Avoid it, or your farming loop will be ruined

Why should you avoid the seals? Once you complete the Pit at level 100, the character permanently unlocks blood-soaked seals. This upgrades all bloodstained seals to blood-soaked ones, according to wudijo. Since these scale to the difficulty of pit level 100, any content activated in this way, such as nightmare dungeons and hell hordes, becomes a real test of strength.

According to wudijo, this effectively corresponds to a 200-fold increase in difficulty. While normal seals correspond to about pit level 70, the scaling to level 100 results in about a 209-fold multiplier of boss health points. The actual farming loop for activities therefore becomes practically unplayable.

The expert also explains that it won’t help to simply change the torment level. Even if you switch to torment 1, the seals remain at the level of pit level 100.

Will it stay that way? Blizzard has already announced that they will significantly reduce the difficulty of the blood-soaked seals, so that all players who have access to blood-soaked content have a better chance of success. A corresponding patch is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2026.

How do I get other seals? According to wudijo, once you have completed the Pit at level 100, the only current way is to create a new player character. With this character, you can then farm normal bloodstained seals again, as long as you complete a maximum of pit level 99.

If you haven’t even made it to such high levels in the Pit, you are on the safe side and can comfortably farm content at the difficulty level that suits you. Runs for materials are especially important in activities like nightmare dungeons. Here, dungeons with the “Horadric Vault” affix are the most worthwhile. You can find out where you can farm seals and seal powder in Season 12 of Diablo 4 in our overview.

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A version of WoW is too hard, prevents a continuation of the great model of Sauercrowd

After the Sauercrowd event in WoW was a great success in Germany, the original should soon provide new moments with its third season. Now, the big cancellation of the streamers follows.

What is OnlyFangs? OnlyFangs is a streamer project in World of Warcraft that has already been very popular with viewers in 2 seasons. So far, WoW Classic Vanilla has been played in hardcore mode with some special rules:

  • There is permadeath for characters: If you die, you start over
  • Only streamers and content creators are allowed to participate
  • Progress is structured and organized as a group
  • There are clearly defined goals
  • Exploiting loopholes or exploits is not tolerated

The German counterpart Sauercrowd is also based on the same concept and successfully concluded in February 2026. Planning for the third season of OnlyFangs was already underway, but now the cancellation follows.

Here you can see a pivotal event from Sauercrowd:

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Sauercrowd guild loses its “indestructible” tank just before level 60

OnlyFangs 3 is cancelled

What about the third season? Although fans and content creators were looking forward to the upcoming season in WoW The Burning Crusade, the cancellation now follows. In a clip, Twitch streamer Sardaco reads the official statement from OnlyFangs founder Sodapoppin.

It states that there will be no OnlyFangs 3 for the current The Burning Crusade. They want to postpone the event indefinitely and not force it. According to the statement, the hardcore mode of WoW TBC is not feasible for new WoW players and would only appeal to “sweaty players”.

The challenges of the expansion are much harder than those of previous events, making the challenge even greater.

However, since Sodapoppin does not want a small event, he prefers to skip the current add-on and wait to see what Classic+ has to offer. If the participants want to manage an event independently, he would not stop them, but would not participate either.

For the founder, it is clear: OnlyFangs 3 must be big and diverse and should not consist only of international top WoW streamers.

Here you can see the entire statement:

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When can we expect the new season? While OnlyFangs 3 is currently cancelled, as the founder explains in the statement, the next season could come with Classic+. However, Classic+ or a new Season of Discovery has not yet been announced by Blizzard. However, an update on upcoming Classic content is expected later this year.

So, it may be that the new season starts later in the year or even in 2027. Perhaps there might even be a collaboration with Sauercrowd, which would certainly interest some fans.

That OnlyFangs 3 is now not taking place is surely a disappointment for the participants and fans. At the same time, it is important for the organizer to enable a good and large event with many streamers and not to create a bad atmosphere with a too difficult WoW. These winners ensured a good mood: 7 Twitch streamers emerged as winners from Sauercrowd – three remain in WoW

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Crimson Desert: Equipment of the Ruler of the Shadow Streets – All 4 Locations of the Set

In the first region of Crimson Desert, you can find a 4-piece equipment set of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets. MeinMMO reveals the locations and tells you how to navigate through the waterfalls.

What is the set good for? The equipment set of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets consists of 4 pieces and primarily enhances your resource efficiency as well as your protection against specific elemental damage:

  • Fabric Hood of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets: Stamina regeneration increased by 2 percent
  • Fabric Body Armor of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets: Restores 0.1 spirit every second, bonus for damage reduction
  • Leather Gloves of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets: Lightning and ice resistance, bonus for critical hit chance and defense
  • Fabric Cloak of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets: High bonus on ice resistance

Unfortunately, there is no set bonus.

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Where can I get the clothes? Each piece is located in its own cave of Hernand. All caves are hidden by a waterfall. The pressure of the water is so high that you cannot simply walk through the waterfall. However, with the charged Push skill (on controller RB plus Y), you can navigate through the water to the cave area.

The first cave is located west of the Grey Mane camp, and it is called Misty Breath Cave.

Crimson Desert: Misty Breath Cave
Position of the Misty Breath Cave

The second cavern is best accessed via the fast travel point at the Witch’s House in the Witchwoods, a bit further west. The cave is then located northwest of the teleporter and is called Shadow Heart Grotto.

Crimson Desert: Shadow Heart Grotto
Entrance of the Shadow Heart Grotto

Further northwest, you can find equipment piece number 3, in the Blade Cave.

Crimson Desert: Blade Cave
You can find the Blade Cave here!

For item number 4, you should have retaken the Perwin Fortress south of the Witchwoods fast travel point. The Echo Tunnel is located by the waterfall near the fortress.

Crimson Desert: Echo Tunnel
The Echo Tunnel by the waterfall near Fortress Perwin.

Have fun with your new equipment set! Crimson Desert is full of secrets and rewards of this kind. What cool items have you found in Hernand or other regions of the game world? Share them in the comments! If you’re looking for more tips and tricks, check out our guide overview for Crimson Desert!

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Because Crimson Desert has such a bland main character, players miss one of the best features from Black Desert even more now

Kliff, the main character of Crimson Desert, receives quite a bit of criticism upon release. Experts from the quasi-predecessor Black Desert now miss one of the biggest strengths of the MMORPG even more.

What is the problem with Kliff? I write this in my review of Crimson Desert: “The main story and various larger side quests are told repeatedly in elaborately staged in-game sequences that can be fast-forwarded but not skipped. The English voice actors usually do a great job in the fully voiced dialogues.

Especially the rough Grey-maned members have truly grown on me over time as a collective – even if the clan is not as compellingly portrayed as, for example, the gang from Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Crimson Desert shows more of the fights and progression in the action RPG in the new gameplay video

In terms of the main character, RDR2 even excels by a large margin: While I shed tears during Arthur Morgan’s long ride, the stoic reactions of the taciturn Kliff sometimes feel almost like a parody. No matter how crazy things happen around him, you often can’t get more than a ‘Mhmpf’ out of the Jon Snow lookalike.”

“He could just as well have been a walking tree”

How does the community assess this? Even among players, Kliff receives a lot of criticism. Sabawoonoz25 writes on Reddit: “No depth, silent as a book, never questions anything, you can’t establish a connection to him, and he looks like a mix of all the tough, stoic gaming protagonists there have ever been.”

The more than 1,500 thumbs up and over 880 comments underline that many other players see it similarly. sadsapph0 explains, “I agree. He is just there. He could just as well have been a walking tree, it wouldn’t have made a difference.”

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What would have been the better alternative? DarkKalsi beautifully puts his finger on the sore spot with his comment: “The sad thing is that Black Desert still has the best character editor on the MMO market. But people have no idea how stubborn Pearl Abyss is.”

PRGRyan adds, “Yes, I was totally ecstatic when I found out that Pearl Abyss was behind this game because I was hoping for a great character editor, but well …”

In fact, the character creation tool of the MMORPG is so powerful that part of the community has been having fun recreating well-known personalities with the editor for years. Additionally, it could have attracted players who don’t want to play a predefined male protagonist.

You can unlock two additional playable characters in the campaign with Damiane and Oongka, but it can take a very long time, and switching characters comes with some restrictions. The main story still revolves only around Kliff. You can find out more here: The 3 playable characters of Crimson Desert – you can even fight as a trio

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Developers surprise players of ARC Raiders with new teaser, could soon fulfill a major wish

The developers of ARC Raiders have released a teaser that gives fans hope. They are hoping for a new weapon.

What kind of teaser is this? The developers of ARC Raiders released a new teaser on March 20, 2026, on Discord and social media. It features sounds of explosions and metallic noises.

Accordingly, the developers write: ARC adapts, we do too 31.03.26. This clearly indicates an update that is supposed to bring new equipment or changes for the players of ARC Raiders, and they provide the date as well.

The fans already know exactly what they would like to have.

Here you can watch a trailer for ARC Raiders:

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ARC Raiders shows new Hurricane condition and hints at a new enemy

Players want new weapons

What could be behind the teaser? The developers of ARC Raiders are already known from their first game The Finals for making their fans guess and speculate before they bring big updates.

This time it is working well again, as players are speculating on Reddit about what the teaser could mean. Hot in the running is the theory that the door visible in the teaser belongs to Tian Wen.

Tian Wen is the weapon craftsman who has provided the players of ARC Raiders with new weapons so far. This also fits with the developers’ text announcing new items for the players. Thus, players conclude that the upcoming update will finally bring new weapons into the game.

How are players reacting to the teaser? Players are speculating about what weapon is being welded behind the door. Accordingly, opinions vary widely on Reddit:

  • WoWAltoholic: “It must be a new weapon. It’s Tian Wen’s door and we hear weapon tests.”
  • Upstairs-Canary-4062: “Sounds slow and powerful. Exactly my kind of gun.”
  • memecut: “Sounds like it has a charge time. A new energy weapon? An energy pistol perhaps?”
  • TensionCritical3091: “Sounds like how I imagine the sound of a railgun”

The theories are widely varied, and unless another teaser or trailer is released, all that remains is to wait until March 31, 2026.

The wish for new weapons does not come from nowhere. The developers have been so busy with balancing their game lately that there has been little new gear for players. A single or even a series of new weapons could completely shake up the title and the current meta. Until then, this guide can help you: ARC Raiders: The best weapons for any situation

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One of the first Steam hits of the year receives 10,000 negative reviews in one day, because of one changed card

Actually, Slay the Spire 2 had an outstanding launch on Steam, but suddenly the rating on the platform is plunging massively. Taking a closer look at the situation, it becomes clear that most of the negative voices are coming from one country.

What kind of game is this? Slay the Spire 2 is a roguelike deck builder, so you build a deck of cards to battle your way through enemies. As the number in the name indicates, this is the sequel to the first game from 2019.

Slay the Spire 2 just launched in Early Access on Steam on March 5, 2026, and is already enjoying one of the best indie launches of all time. According to Alinea Insight, Slay the Spire 2 has earned more money in less than a month than Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong have since their release.

This success was also visible in its Steam reviews, at least initially. However, the game has lost a huge amount of favor – at least on first glance. The reason for this are over 10,000 negative reviews that were written on March 20, 2026 alone. The next day, on March 21, there were again over 2,500 negative reviews.

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Slay the Spire 2: The continuation of the popular roguelike on Steam starts in Early Access

A beta change is causing trouble

Why all the bad reviews? The main point of criticism is a nerf that hasn’t even made it into the actual game yet. It currently only exists on a separate beta branch, where the developers are testing some balance changes. Among these is a massive nerf for a specific card.

The card affected by the nerf is called “Prepared” and belongs to “Silent”, one of the playable characters. She’s the woman with the animal skull on her head, whom you also see here in the title image. This card currently allows you to discard a card from your hand for free and draw a replacement.

In the current beta version 0.100.0, the card, which is called “Prepare” there, costs one energy. It also no longer allows you to swap one card for another, but instead two cards for two energy for the next round – a drastic change that many players are unhappy about.

However, Slay the Spire 2 lets its players provide feedback directly via the game, and there is also an official Discord server for such feedback – so why flood the Steam reviews with it? It’s worth taking a look at where these negative reviews are coming from.

The vast majority of the recent negative reviews were written in simplified Chinese – so they most likely come from China. You can see this at a glance when filtering the reviews by language. The Chinese reviews are only “Mixed” (59 %), while the English ones are “Overwhelmingly Positive” (95 %).

Slay the Spire 2 on Steam
The negative reviews flooding the game are primarily written in Chinese.

Chinese players flood the reviews

Why just players from China? This could be related to the many restrictions in China. Players there have few options available to give their feedback to the developers:

  • In the Chinese version of Steam, community features are blocked, including discussion forums intended for feedback and discussions about the game
  • Discord is also not accessible in China unless you’re using a VPN – so this option is off the table for many.

So there is only the feedback feature in the game itself. However, players’ criticism there could go unnoticed due to the language barrier between the players and the small indie studio (which consists of only 10 developers) – at least that could be a related concern.

The Steam reviews thus seem to be the most effective way for these players to make their criticism visible across borders. After all, such a drastic change in the rating stands out – even if that is not the actual function of reviews.

Fans of Crimson Desert are now realising as well that reviews on Steam seldomly show a comprehensive picture of a game. Their game does not receive the positive reception that it deserves, at least in their eyes. One possible reason: you have to stick with it until it really becomes fun. Nearly 240,000 players try out Crimson Desert at launch, many stumble over Cliff’s legs and the technology

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Sunderfolk is a gem that turns your friends into gamers

MeinMMO-Demon Cortyn has dared to try Sunderfolk. There were many prejudices, and all were unfounded. The game is perfect.

Several days ago, I had a visitor and wisely considered which game we could play together while in the same room. Since it was discounted in the PlayStation store at the time and I had heard a lot of good things about it beforehand, I decided on Sunderfolk. Just try it out. You only live once. At night, it’s colder than outside.

I know why Sunderfolk has scared off many people. When you read, “The game is not played with a gamepad, but with a tablet or smartphone as the controller”, most gamers immediately switch off and think to themselves: “kk thx bye, mobile trash”.

I know this because I thought the same way. But honestly: I was so wrong. It works because even though the game is controlled via a mobile device, it is not a mobile game.

I was mistaken, and in a big way. Sunderfolk works – and it works exceptionally well. Let me explain.

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Sunderfolk gives you a glimpse of the game in the trailer

What is Sunderfolk, anyway?

Sunderfolk is played on a large screen – comfortably in a round on the couch, with 2 to 4 people. Here, not everyone needs a gamepad; a mobile device is sufficient.

Each person takes on the role of an animal hero with special abilities. Here are a few examples:

  • The raven can collect mana to unleash powerful spells. Area damage, illusions, or even teleporting enemies or allies to save them from danger – or to throw them right into it.
  • The weasel acts like a typical rogue. It deals bonus damage when it starts the round without direct contact with another character and is thus “in stealth”. It can also strike multiple times per round and can even move between strikes.
  • The mouse carries a huge two-handed sword and loves to charge to the front. It pushes enemies back, can impose weakening effects on several of them, and make itself more resistant to damage – truly a tank.

The game is played on a hexagon field, which you might know from tabletop games. Only one character can stand on each field, and typically characters can attack on adjacent fields.

Sunderfolk Hero Select
Depending on which hero you choose, you have different abilities – and different strategies to choose from.

Which abilities you possess depends on your respective class (that is, the animal you chose) and the selection of abilities you have personally made.

Abilities usually have multiple effects that are handled sequentially. So for example:

  1. Move 3 fields.
  2. Attack an enemy in front of you for 5 damage.
  3. Heal yourself by 2 health points for each adjacent enemy.
  4. Push all enemies around you back one field.

You do not have to use all steps of an ability. If you do not want to move, you can skip that step – the same goes for attacking or other effects.

Which abilities you want to use or where you move your character is decided through the display of your mobile device. It works flawlessly and is quite intuitive.

Story – Functional but Adequate

The narrative of Sunderfolk is structured like a pen & paper. You have a narrator who guides you through the story and also speaks several characters simultaneously – just like in pen & paper, where the game master voices all NPCs himself.

The game switches back and forth between combat missions and small story sequences. These are usually only a few minutes long, but provide enough framework to keep you entertained. It is a rather shallow story, which can sometimes be predictable – but it is perfect for introducing newcomers to gaming or pen & paper.

Sunderfolk Story
The English voice acting of Sunderfolk is a true delight. The characters are wonderfully diverse.

The characters and residents of the village all have their own story, which you will only learn about if you talk to them. However, frequent gifts await you that can make you stronger. Especially cool: You can often name items, people, or circumstances in the game and personalize it.

Yes, I admit, it was a bit silly when I renamed the great new sales strategy of the merchant to Predatory Capitalism (because it’s about animals … you get it) But at least I had to grin every time it came up afterward.

This simple opportunity for involvement is excellent. Sunderfolk requires no accounts, no registration. You download the app on your smartphone or tablet, scan the QR code on the screen – and off you go. It is delightfully refreshingly simple and literally a matter of seconds.

Both the game and the app are also available with German voice acting, but we played the English version.

Gameplay that Encourages Communication

What I find particularly impressive is how much people talk while playing Sunderfolk – all by itself. This is a clever part of the game design. While you are reading through abilities on your own screen or scanning the battlefield for details, only one character can perform an action at a time.

This means that when I decide I want to attack – I simply do. I pull up my desired ability card and take my turn. Others can only act after I am finished. Of course, one can be selfish and always pull first, but that often turns out to be a mistake.

Conversations develop naturally, with strategies, in a way like:

  • “Hey, if you storm this ogre and push it back, I can use my rescue jump to get to you, so we can kill it and open the chest at the same time.”
  • “Or I could teleport into the enemies first and pull them together with my pull, so that you can then use your area attack and set fire around us.”
  • “Your bard could give me speed first so I can run further and our warrior can then advance to me to push the two enemies right over the edge into the abyss.”

Sure, one can act selfishly alone and wordlessly – but that is not what the game is designed for. Sunderfolk naturally encourages conversations, and the group as a whole feels good when they have overcome a challenge.

Sunderfolk Gameplay
To succeed as a group, you must communicate with each other.

Even outside of battles, it works remarkably well. After a battle, you always have 5-10 minutes in the village of the game. Here, anyone can have a few private conversations with NPCs and gather information they can share with others – or not.

At the same time, you work together to develop the village further, to unlock new merchants or bonuses, such as improved cards or the ability to use stronger relics that provide advantages in battle.

Sunderfolk – A Gem that Convincingly Hooks You Once You Dive In

For me, Sunderfolk is one of those games where I regret not having bought it at launch to support the developers. My prejudices dismissed the game too quickly, even though it is truly a gem that both gamers and non-gamers can enjoy together.

Although neither the story nor the gameplay is particularly complex, the game offers numerous strategies and simply brings back the vibe of a shared game night. It reminds me of the earlier gaming days when you played Mario Kart in split-screen, talking and laughing along the way.

Only with the difference that in Sunderfolk, you act cooperatively and through the small private screen in hand, you constantly receive information that others do not have – which encourages even more conversations.
I will definitely play it again in the coming months and try to make it appealing to my family – that has worked for Split Fiction in the past.

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Player of Crimson Desert shows his progress on the map after 205 hours, has not seen 1 third of the world at all

The world of Crimson Desert is huge. How huge, is now emphasized by the in-game map of a player who reportedly has invested over 200 hours in the open-world adventure.

How big is Crimson Desert? Even before the release, the people in charge at Pearl Abyss stated that we can expect a game world in Pywel that is twice as large as the playable open world of Skyrim (about 37 km²) and also larger than the map of Red Dead Redemption 2 (about 75 km²).

What this comparison means in practice can only be determined since the release of Crimson Desert this week. Or rather since the distribution of review access, if one is lucky enough to write a report about the game for an editorial office or a channel.

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I consider myself one of the lucky ones and currently have about 70 hours of playtime logged. While the starting region Hernand is now quite well uncovered, I could only step into the neighboring areas of Demeniss and Pailune – most of it is still undiscovered. I haven’t been to Crimson Desert and Delesyia at all yet.

205 hours are not enough

Many other colleagues feel similarly. I find a recent map excerpt from Blaine Smith on Reddit particularly impressive, showing his progress after 205 hours of playtime.

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Blaine has almost completed the quests in the blue areas. In the yellow-orange areas, he has started the first quests. He hasn’t been to the red areas at all. His assessment: “Crimson Desert is one of the largest games ever made, if not the largest.”

This size is also reflected in the in-game statistics. So far, I have

  • seen 15 out of 75 bosses
  • discovered 62 out of 397 life forms
  • found 53 out of 359 blueprints
  • documented 6 out of 28 mounts (the game counts the horse breeds separately and transportation options such as the cloud wagon (balloon) or horse-drawn carriages)
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Crimson Desert: Launch trailer shows new bosses, dragon action and the storming of a moving train

How does the community react to the map excerpt? With over 1,500 thumbs up and more than 395 comments.

  • MagoCauteloso writes on Reddit: “Holy Moly, now we are going back into the unknown and we are saying goodbye to our social lives.”
  • Great_Bed_6334 comments on the tester’s time: “What the hell … The review copies were distributed about two weeks ago, so you’ve been playing about 14.5 hours every day.”
  • Beermedear celebrates the size: “That’s the crucial point for why I decided to buy it. I love it when there is a huge amount of content to discover. It doesn’t always have to be breathtaking thrills, but even trivial side quests draw me into the game and its world.”

How do you see it: Rather big and full of content or short, concise, but intense? Share your thoughts in the comments! If you want to know how I like Crimson Desert so far, feel free to check out my experience report: Our MMORPG expert is overwhelmed by the best of 12 years of open-world games after over 60 hours in Crimson Desert

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Experts say: Nintendo is bringing new Switch 2 especially for Europe, has a decisive advantage

The Nintendo Switch 2 was released in 2025 and is expected to get a new version in Europe soon. The EU and its laws are said to be the reason for this.

What is this new Switch 2? According to experts from the Japanese magazine nikkei.com, Nintendo is currently working on a new version of the Nintendo Switch 2.

The next variant of the console is expected to differ in design from the previous one and include a replaceable battery. This new version is supposed to be easier to repair.

The new Switch 2 is supposed to allow everyone to replace their battery themselves without technical knowledge. However, it seems that Nintendo is not doing this entirely voluntarily.

Here you can see what the Switch 2 looks like now:

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The Nintendo Switch 2 in the unboxing video

New version only in the EU

Why is there supposed to be this new version? That Nintendo is already working on a new version less than a year after the launch of their console is likely not voluntary. As experts explain, Nintendo has to comply with the new European Battery Regulation in the EU (via europa.eu).

This regulation requires companies to design their products in such a way that users can easily replace the battery without special tools by 2027 (Source: prodlaw.eu). Owners of the console will be able to simply replace the battery of the new Switch 2 should it cause issues.

This significantly reduces repair costs, as a professional is no longer needed for the battery exchange in the best case.

What about other countries? That Nintendo is not entirely voluntarily implementing these laws is shown by another assessment from experts. They explain that Nintendo intends to deliver the “new” Switch 2 only in Europe for the time being.

Customers in Japan and America, however, will reportedly be supplied only when “consumer awareness of their right to repair increases,” according to Nikkei.com. It seems that Nintendo itself is not interested in making its console easier to repair for players.

Whether this will actually happen or if Nintendo will decide to equip the whole world with their improved Switch 2 remains to be seen.

That Nintendo has to modify its Switch 2 shortly after launch is, in this case, only to the advantage of all buyers. A replaceable battery is a great benefit for buyers and ultimately keeps some devices from going to waste. With the Switch 2, one could become really rich: A “Money Glitch” provided endless money in real life; you just had to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 and sell it again immediately

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Because an AI confused her, a grandmother is wrongfully imprisoned and loses everything

AI can make serious mistakes, as shown by a recent example: A grandmother ended up in jail because criminal officers trusted an artificial intelligence.

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A woman loses everything because an AI thinks she is a criminal and law enforcement does not question the results of the artificial intelligence. This is reported by the magazine Inforum, which spoke to the affected woman.

She reportedly spent 6 months unjustly in prison before the confusion was clarified.

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Students spy on passersby with hidden cameras and AI, find name and address in seconds

AI facial recognition software identifies a person who was never there

What was the situation like? Court documents show that local police allegedly used facial recognition software to identify the woman in the surveillance video. The woman in the video allegedly withdrew tens of thousands of dollars using a fake military ID from the US Army.

The software identified the person as a 50-year-old mother of 3 children, grandmother of five grandchildren from Tennessee. Investigators then checked social media accounts and the woman’s driver’s license. They concluded that due to stature, hairstyle, and hair color, the suspect must be the suspect.

The police arrested the alleged suspect in Tennessee and brought her to the state of North Dakota.

When was the woman mistaken for someone else? It was not until 6 months later that it came to light that it must have been a mistake: Receipts could prove that the woman bought cigarettes at a gas station at the time of the fraud and allegedly ordered food in Tennessee on the same day. Between North Dakota and Tennessee, there are at least 1,500 kilometers. And the woman herself has never been to North Dakota in her entire life.

The recognition software presumably made an error, and the investigators did not verify the results.

Receipts for cigarettes and dinner prove the innocence of the 50-year-old

How did the situation end? After 6 months, she could return home to her own state, but she still suffers from the consequences of the arrest. Moreover, she is said to have lost everything: Due to her imprisonment, she could not pay her bills and is said to have lost her home, car, and pet.

She reportedly did not receive an apology from the police. And the police are still investigating the bank fraud, and no further arrests are said to have occurred.

Artificial intelligence repeatedly makes serious errors. In one case, an AI tool deleted a developer’s work in seconds. The AI had arbitrarily ignored all backups and stated itself that it was a catastrophic error and the data could not be recovered: An AI ignores all measures and arbitrarily deletes a developer’s entire work in seconds

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One of the biggest YouTubers for MMORPGs falls into a hole after the end of Ashes of Creation: “I have invested thousands of dollars”

The YouTuber TheLazyPeon has been one of the biggest supporters of Ashes of Creation over the past years. After the sudden end of the MMORPG, he was silent for a long time. Now the genre fan speaks out.

Who is TheLazyPeon? The YouTuber is one of the largest international content creators specializing in the MMORPG genre. The creator living in Thailand has more than 770,000 subscribers and over 770 videos, and there is probably no current online role-playing game that the “lazy peon” has not played.

Over the years, TheLazyPeon has repeatedly reported on Ashes of Creation and shared his personal impressions from the alpha. While he has always expressed detailed criticism, he has always emphasized that he believes AoC is the most promising MMORPG hopeful from the West.

What is happening with Ashes of Creation? For a few weeks now, it has been clear that this dream has shattered. Studio head Steven Sharif stepped down in early February after losing control of the studio to a previously unknown board of investors. This was followed by extensive layoffs and the closure of the studio.

Currently, several parties are fighting in court for the assets of Intrepid Studios, the rights to Ashes of Creation, and unpaid salaries. The allegations in the lawsuits include embezzlement of millions of dollars, an attempted hostile takeover, and physical and psychological attacks on individuals.

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The years of lies are the worst

How does TheLazyPeon express himself about it? For a long time, not at all. Therefore, various viewers of his channel flooded the comment sections of old videos to ask the YouTuber when to expect a reaction to the sudden end of Ashes of Creation.

Only this week did TheLazyPeon respond to this request, and in the nearly 12 minutes of his new video, one can see that he is still visibly affected by the situation. He explains that after the incidents, he fell into a hole and could not find the strength to make a video about the end of Ashes of Creation for weeks.

You can watch TheLazyPeon’s video below or on YouTube:

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He believed until the end that the current alpha foundation could hold a potentially really good game that only needed another one or two years of development. That this is now not happening is a bitter blow for him and the entire MMORPG genre.

TheLazyPeon also apologizes for possibly leading some viewers to invest money in the project with his often positive coverage of the game.

In two or 3 months, I will participate in a Muay Thai fight. As a kind of punishment. Maybe you will feel a little better if you invested money and now feel cheated when you see me getting hit a few times. I feel cheated too. I have invested thousands of dollars in the game, in all the pre-order and cosmetic items.

TheLazyPeon on YouTube

TheLazyPeon explains that the feeling of being lied to for years is the worst part of the whole thing. He believed in the project mainly because Steven Sharif always promised that there would be no board, no external investors, and no publisher. He would never have invested so much money and hope if he had known the truth.

Moreover, he emphasizes that no one from the community should have received money for supporting Ashes of Creation over the years. According to TheLazyPeon, the earnings from the referral system (you give away a key for AoC, the new player spends money, the key distributor receives a share) were supposed to be distributed only after the final release.

In the past week, TheLazyPeon has apparently also been thinking about quitting YouTube. However, since he loves making videos about games that excite him, he does not want to take this step. In the future, however, he does not want to report on MMORPGs that are funded by crowdfunding – they rarely even make it past the release finish line.

Ashes of Creation stands on the ashes of a dream that will never become reality. The perfect moment for every long-time critic to say: “I told you so, this is a scam!” Our MMORPG expert Karsten Scholz analyzes this accusation that has been circulating the internet for years: Was Ashes of Creation a scam from the very beginning? Despite the bitter end, everything argues against it

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A buddy is to blame for me having less fun in Pokémon GO

There can be many reasons why you regularly open Pokémon GO and are out and about in the game. MyMMO author Paul Kutzner has now become one of those reasons lost.

Pokémon GO offers content for various trainer types that can pull you back into the game and motivate you over the years. Whether you are more on the hunt for the strongest monsters for raids or the battle league or you are more focused on rare forms and variants of monsters.

One of my biggest motivations has unfortunately been lost to me recently. And it’s the fault of one of my best buddies.

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Strong together, weak alone

What was that motivation? I have been playing since 2016, with longer or shorter breaks, Pokémon GO. At the beginning, a large part of my circle of friends also started as trainers in the game, but over the years it has become fewer and fewer.

Although there were friends who came back for a short time, there was a special buddy who was always there. One of my best buddies ever. We not only traded and regularly exchanged ideas about new monsters and strategies, but also worked together on getting better attackers.

We always had a goal that we pursued together: to own the strongest monsters and complete raids with them. Of course, you can complete raids with many trainers on-site or now also from a distance with other, unknown trainers. But we wanted to achieve it alone. Just him and me.

To do this, we analyzed our teams and farmed the corresponding specimens and candies. Are we a bit weak against electric bosses? Ok, one farms Kaumalat candies and the other Rihorn candies. Do we look old in psychic raids? Good, let’s each farm and level up another Tyranitar.

There have been times when we were in a raid that narrowly failed. So we quickly checked on-site if there was another potential strong monster in our boxes, used rare candies, and used TMs. And successfully defeated the boss afterwards.

What has changed? However, this buddy is currently in a phase where he is no longer playing Pokémon GO. And that not only makes me very sad, but also robs me of one of my biggest motivations in the game.

While I miss the regular exchange, I especially ask myself: why level up strong monsters now? Of course, I could also go out with other trainers and complete raids. But it’s not the same.

Especially the feeling of success when you managed to defeat a strong boss at the end with just the two of us was fantastic. And the joy when one of us subsequently even received a shiny was immense.

I really hope that my buddy will find his way back into the game sooner or later. This could not only lead to more shared successes and entertaining times but also give me more focus to improve my team further.

How about you? Do you also have such a buddy or a group that is a great motivation for you in the game? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. If you are looking for current raids that you can complete together, feel free to check our overview with all events in March 2026 in Pokémon GO.

There have been times when we were in a raid that narrowly failed. So we quickly checked on-site if there was another potential strong monster in our boxes, used rare candies, and used TMs. And successfully defeated the boss afterwards.

What has changed? However, this buddy is currently in a phase where he is no longer playing Pokémon GO. And that not only makes me very sad, but also robs me of one of my biggest motivations in the game.

While I miss the regular exchange, I especially ask myself: why level up strong monsters now? Of course, I could also go out with other trainers and complete raids. But it’s not the same.

Especially the feeling of success when you managed to defeat a strong boss at the end with just the two of us was fantastic. And the joy when one of us subsequently even received a shiny was immense.

I really hope that my buddy will find his way back into the game sooner or later. This could not only lead to more shared successes and entertaining times but also give me more focus to improve my team further.

How about you? Do you also have such a buddy or a group that is a great motivation for you in the game? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. If you are looking for current raids that you can complete together, feel free to check our overview with all events in March 2026 in Pokémon GO.

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Although I am used to hard Soulslikes, Crimson Desert hits me hard in the face – But this makes one aspect of the game much stronger

In Crimson Desert, it is not possible to adjust the difficulty level. The enemies certainly don’t make it easy, and there are often powerful hits coming your way. MyMMO editor Alex thinks: That’s a good thing!

Oh, Crimson Desert, how much I cursed at first. Because of your controls, because of your sometimes strange physics, or because of things you simply do not explain or only explain minimally. However, the most frustration came from one point: the difficulty level.

Bosses whose attacks sometimes reached further than the animation suggested. Hordes of enemies relentlessly pounding on you, pulling even more from their holes. Attacks that devoured 2/3 of the health bar with no way to escape. The difficulty in Crimson Desert is quite unforgiving and hits you in the face multiple times, especially during the main story – without a way to adjust it through the options.

Don’t get me wrong, I am used to tough games with difficult fights and have played through many Soulslikes with patience and a steep learning curve. However, Crimson Desert raises the bar quite high due to powerful enemies in combination with unintuitive controls and often hard-to-recognize hitboxes. As a result, I felt while playing that especially players who only want to play the game for the open world might find themselves hitting a wall due to the difficulty level.

I would be lying if I claimed that at some point I didn’t wish I could at least reduce the difficulty level a little. At least to continue with the story and not get hit so hard by the same boss for the umpteenth time that even strong opponents from Elden Ring could only laugh tiredly.

But what I didn’t know at the beginning: I would later be very grateful to the game for that, and I believe you will be too.

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The difficulty in Crimson Desert – for me a love-hate relationship

Because at some point during the story, I reached a point where I no longer wanted to continue. Even though I had the moveset down after several attempts and knew how to circumvent the squishy hitbox, I kept biting the dust. I almost managed to defeat the boss, only to get hit right before the end so hard that I bit the dust.

And I’m honest: To spend my hard-earned revival points, I was too stingy. Because who knew what awaited me afterwards and whether I would need them more urgently? So I set off tired into the open world and thought about how I could prepare better to make the difficulty a little easier in other ways.

Just to find out if casual players could also enjoy the story and the game, I wanted to see what was possible. And don’t worry, if you count yourselves among them: You can do it, I am firmly convinced of that! For there are ways and means to make use of the game’s possibilities and make it easier for yourself.

If you are interested in what is possible, you can find the appropriate guide here:

And while I was wandering through Pywel and exploring the various possibilities, I realized something: The high difficulty actually benefits the game – no matter how skilled you are as a player.

Because: It ensures that you take your time. Time to engage with the world that has so much to offer. Therefore, a thought occurred to me: If one could breeze through the story and the bosses, would one still want to spend so much time with it? In most games, many lose interest once they are through with the story, and that would be unfortunate here.

So if you encounter difficult opponents that cannot be defeated with a few tries right away, the game automatically invites you to look around, experiment, perhaps complete other quests beforehand, or explore other corners of the truly vast open world before trying again.

Thus, Crimson Desert also strengthens itself in a way and at least for me, it ensured that I appreciated the strengths of the open world and all the things that convey an MMO feel much more and automatically spent more time with them than I might have otherwise, had the fights in the story been easy to manage.

Additionally, the difficulty also enhances another aspect: It invites experimentation in many ways and rewards players who take it on immensely. Be it because you find the one trick that lets you melt that specific boss away, the secret in a previously unseen corner of a forest, or the riddle behind which new teleporters and valuable artifacts hide.

The high difficulty level led to my already great spirit of exploration being ignited even more, and I learned to truly appreciate the sheer depth of the open world and all its content.

Crimson Desert is therefore also suitable for players who are primarily interested in the open world or the MMO-like experience. If you remain persistent and seek out opportunities in Pywel to overcome your difficulties, you will also manage to blow your opponents away. Because as an MMORPG fan, you are certainly used to grinding anyway, right?

MyMMO editor Jasmin Beverungen tried Crimson Desert at gamescom 2025 and thought she had found her perfect single-player MMO, but it is precisely the difficulty that worries her: Crimson Desert would be the perfect single MMORPG for me, but it repeats the biggest mistake of Dark Souls

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Crimson Desert: Dragon Stone Chamber – how to solve the Mysterious Energy at the camp

In this guide to Crimson Desert, we will show you how to solve the puzzle in the Dragon’s Stone Chamber. You need to rotate 3 stone discs into the correct position.

Where can I find the puzzle? Once you have set up the Gray Mane camp and explored the surrounding area in Crimson Desert, you will surely notice two areas on the map marked with question marks, where you can find Mysterious Energy.

Behind question mark number 1 is the fast travel point from the camp – we have already explained how to activate this in this guide. Question mark number 2 leads you to the hidden stone chamber of the dragon. Below, we will show you how to solve the puzzle there and earn useful rewards.

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Crimson Desert: How to unlock the fast travel point in your camp

How do I get to the Dragon Stone Chamber? Head southeast from the camp until you reach a quarry on the mountain, where you will find a hidden cave where you can mine diamonds, among other things. On an intermediate level that you can easily reach with your gliding skill, you will encounter a mysterious mural overgrown with thorny bushes.

On your first visit, you can watch a vision there with your golden Visione helmet. After that, burn the thorns on the wall with your weapon reflection. Then you can interact with the released door and push it into the mountain – simply run into the door with the cliff.

This will take you to the Dragon Stone Chamber, where you now need to rotate 3 wall panels into the correct position. Below you can see the solution:

  • Wall panel 1: The sun and moon should be at the top of a tree-like structure.
  • Wall panel 2: Rotate the disc so that the animal shape is on the right and the small pyramid is upside down.
  • Wall panel 3: The claw shape should be oriented to the left.

As soon as a panel is in the correct position, there will be a rumble. When all three panels are correctly aligned, the back door in the chamber will open. You can now collect an Abyss artifact and a memory of abundance.

The artifact grants you an additional talent point. When you use the memory from your inventory, you will gain knowledge of further places where you can find treasures. If you’re looking for more tips and tricks, check out our guide overview for Crimson Desert!

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Crimson Desert: Unlocking the Teleporter at the Camp – Here’s How to solve this Mysterious Energy

The world of Crimson Desert is vast. That’s why a teleporter at your own camp would make things much easier. The good news is: It exists, and we’ll show you how to activate it.

For most teleporters in Crimson Desert, you just need to stand on a platform or solve a puzzle. The teleporter at your own camp, however, works a bit differently.

To activate it, you need to fulfill a few requirements and follow certain steps. How that works, you will learn here.

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Steps to Access the Teleporter at the Camp

What requirements must be met? First of all, you need to have unlocked your camp. You do this after defeating your first boss in the story with Hornsplitter. The margrave will then grant you a spot in the Howling Hills to set up your camp and rebuild the Grey manes as an institution.

Once you’ve done that, unfortunately, you still need to play a little longer, as you need the Kuku Iron Pot, which you get in Chapter 4 through the main quest, as well as the ability “Power Fist: Focus,” which you also receive in Chapter 4.

What do you need to do to get the teleporter? Once you have met these requirements, you must burn the bushes in your camp using light reflection or fire arrows. Once that’s done, you will uncover the teleporter, which is missing a piece. You need to find it and bring it back.

Where can you find the missing piece of the teleporter? You will find the missing part northeast of the teleporter near the Three Saints’ Falls in the Karin Quarry. You must first free it from bandits and a golem so that you can use the crane to access the missing part.

Then slide down the bright stone shaft at the foot of the large crane and follow the corridor. Be very careful of traps, as you can die quite quickly.

If you keep to the left, you will come across a strangely golden wall guarded by a shooting trap. Disable the trap with your Axiom powers as soon as you see the round ball inside of it.

Then use your Focus Power Fist at the wall and enter the room behind it. Disable the two traps here as well. 

In the middle floats the disk you are looking for. Grab it with your Axiom powers and select the option “Seal.” It will then be in your Kuku Iron Pot.

Bonus: If you follow the corridor you came from straight ahead, you will find 3 herb pastilles for revivals.

Once you’ve picked up the part, you just need to return to the teleporter, insert the plate, and activate it with a “Power Fist: Jump.” Now you have unlocked your fast travel point at the camp.

Crimson Desert is a game that doesn’t exactly hold your hand. Much is explained only little or not at all. While this encourages experimentation and puzzle-solving, it can also quickly become frustrating. If you’re stuck or need help, check out our guide overview or leave us a comment if you can’t find what you need: Crimson Desert: All guides, tips, and lists in one overview

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Blizzard makes Diablo 4 harder, immediately pushes a nerf because you are too soft

Since Season 12, there is a feature in Diablo 4 that allows you to increase the difficulty yourself. However, for many players, this was a bit too harsh, which is why Blizzard is now making adjustments. We summarize the highlights from the patch notes for Update 2.6.1 for you.

What is this feature? With blood-soaked seals, you can specifically increase the challenge in Diablo 4. The content activated with the seal is about one torment level above your current level. It gets really tough with the blood-soaked seals, as the difficulty here corresponds roughly to the dungeon level 100. And when they drop, there’s basically no turning back – more on that shortly.

As many players struggled with this challenge, Blizzard is now delivering a patch including various bug fixes. The patch 2.6.1 will be released on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. You can find the detailed English patch notes on page 2 of the article.

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Weaker blood-soaked seals for better chances of success

What is Blizzard changing about the seals? The developers are significantly lowering the difficulty of the blood-soaked seals. As stated in the patch notes:

We have received feedback that players could not reasonably complete the blood-soaked seals after unlocking them. By significantly reducing the difficulty level, we hope that all players who have access to blood-soaked content will have a better chance of success.

This change is likely to be well received in the community. In a Reddit thread, user Golandia criticized the lack of balance of the blood-soaked seals. NailMiserable4992 also agrees: he felt ready for the content on torment 2 until he tried the blood-soaked seals. “I understand they are supposed to be harder, but the difference is immense,” he explains.

Can one simply do without the seals? In fact, the blood-soaked seals seem to drop only when you have completed the dungeon at level 100. But according to Diablo expert wudijo, after that ALL seals that drop for activities are blood-soaked (source: YouTube). If you want to continue farming “easier” content after completing the dungeon level, you would first need to create a new character and collect different seals with it.

The new equipment in Kael Rill’s butcher shop is being received positively. There you will have a treasure chest and a blacksmith available. So you can gamble for blood-soaked items and pick up seasonal rewards without having to constantly change locations when you want to access your chest. Read more details and bug fixes for patch 2.6.1 on page 2.

There is criticism on Reddit that the patch does not change anything about the drop rates for Obduzit. Many players complain that it is difficult to obtain the necessary masses of the material for completion in Season 12. If your supplies are also constantly running low, we have summarized where you can best farm Obduzit in Diablo 4.

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An underestimated spell in D&D costs only a level 1 slot, can almost double your movement, and that every round

The absolute most powerful abilities are found in Dungeons & Dragons only at higher levels. But some spells that you can learn right from the start are much better than they sound. One of them is “Jump,” which makes you a sprinting demigod for ten rounds.

What kind of spell is it?

  • Jump, or “Jump” in the original, is a first-level transmutation spell that can be cast on a target you can touch. Artificers (yes, sorry, but that’s what they’re called), druids, rangers, wizards, and sorcerers can learn Jump.
  • The spell increases the distance you can cover with a jump: in the 2024 rules by 30 feet (9 meters) at the cost of 10 feet (3 meters) of movement; according to the old 2014 rules, the possible, rules-based jump distance is simply tripled.
  • With the help of Jump, a speedrunner managed to set the world record in Baldur’s Gate 3 and it has since become a must in most runs – that’s how powerful the spell is!

This is what makes “Jump” so strong: Jump is one of those inconspicuous spells that are much stronger than they sound – mainly due to its effect. 30 feet is the standard range for every character in the 2024 edition of D&D 5e. With “Jump,” everyone gets to 50 feet (15 m).

Since the spell lasts for one minute – or 10 combat rounds – you can cover an additional 200 feet in total and the spellcaster doesn’t even need concentration for it. Once Jump is cast, the effect is active.

With such an enhanced jump, you can not only cross large chasms but also gain an advantage in combat:

  • Annoyed by that pesky archer in the back? Let your barbarian jump right in his face.
  • Is the boss giving your tank a hard time? With Jump he may provoke an opportunity attack, but – if he survives – he will be out of range for another melee attack.
  • Are goblins after your casters? Just jump away or up somewhere they can’t reach you with their pokes.
  • Does the bard need to flee from horned husbands again? You know the drill…

Since Jump is only a 1st-level spell, all of the eligible spellcasting classes have the opportunity to cast it at least 4 times relatively early – more often if you are casting at higher levels. A higher rank allows an additional target per spell rank in the 2024 rules.

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Jump is “like a mini Haste”

The strength of “Jump” is widely discussed in the community, most recently in a thread on Reddit. There, the creator writes that the spell is more powerful than comparable abilities, like Misty Step.

Misty Step is a bonus action that brings you to a point up to 9 meters away that you can see. However, users emphasize: Misty Step prevents opportunity attacks and has other advantages, such as the ability to teleport through a keyhole.

With such an ability, Jump cannot be compared, but rather to Haste, one of the best spells in the game:

The 5.5e version is a basic spell at every level. I wouldn’t compare it to Misty Step, it’s more like a mini Haste that you can cast as a bonus action and that doesn’t require concentration.

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Haste doubles movement speed, grants +2 to armor class, advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and an additional action per round, which can only be used in a limited way. All in all, one of the strongest buffs in the game and a fairly early spell at level 3. Jump at least allows for some of these enhancements, just much earlier.

Even if you are not necessarily into “min-maxing” in D&D, but simply playing for fun, Jump can be particularly beneficial when exploring. And honestly, hardly anyone really wants to play all the way to the end: Why level 20 in D&D is the biggest goal for many and why you should better not reach it

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MMORPG on Steam is finally playable in German 5 months after launch, welcomes you to a colorful amusement park

It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG News in 5 Minutes”. We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world. You can expect the first season of WoW: Midnight, an exciting interview, concerns about an Amazon MMORPG, and more.

Highlights of the week:

  • WoW Midnight is good – but there are problems. Especially three of them need to be fixed for the expansion to be a success, argues our MeinMMO demon Cortyn.
  • Season 1 of Midnight has started! Anyone finishing the current raid in World of Warcraft will be astonished. Because the whole world is changing.
  • With OnlyFangs 3, the next big WoW project is launching on Twitch. Everything you need to know can be found here.
  • For the 10th anniversary of the MMORPG Black Desert, Pearl Abyss invited players to a birthday event in Seville. Players from different parts of Europe, as well as MeinMMO editor Caro, were present. The creators and the CEO answered some questions about the anniversary and explained what this milestone means for their MMO and their players.
  • Blue Protocol: Star Resonance has received a new amusement park map called Starland. Additionally, you can now experience the MMORPG with German texts as well. You can find the details on Steam.

What else has happened? Our MMORPG expert Karsten Scholz has been exploring the vast world of Crimson Desert over the past two weeks and found out how much Black Desert is in this action-adventure, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the new game from Pearl Abyss – check out the impressions of Crimson Desert here

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New Chapter for Mists of Pandaria Classic

This happened in the big MMORPGs:

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This happened in the small MMORPGs:

  • The developers of Albion Online showcased their upcoming graphic update in a livestream demonstrating how beautiful the German MMORPG can look.
  • Whoever reaches level 8 in Tibia will now land on the new island Targuna, which is supposed to guide you until at least level 20. With the new content, there were also balancing adjustments and fixes. You can find all details on tibia.com.
  • Embers Adrift had to take the servers offline for a while this week due to severe server problems. The problem has now been fixed. Players had to prepare for a slight rollback of data. You can find the details on Steam.
  • EVE Online received an update for the Catalyst expansion, with balance adjustments, strengthening ship roles, and a new PvE activity for carrier pilots. You can find the patch notes on eveonline.com.
  • With a new update, RuneScape has adjusted the nature of daily challenges to allow players more freedom about when to log in for what. You can find comprehensive explanations of this plan on runescape.com.
  • The new patch of MapleStory brought a crossover with One Punch Man, a fresh dungeon, the introduction of the World Archive system, and an overhaul for the Wild Hunter. You can find the patch notes on nexon.com, and the trailer on YouTube gives a preview of the crossover.
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This happened in the MMORPGs in development:

  • The new MMORPG Aion 2 is struggling with bots in Asia that are driving the in-game currency into inflation. The developers are now presenting new measures. Additionally, there is now the possibility to customize the MMORPG’s UI (Source: mmorpg.org.pl)
  • The new MMORPG Prism 2033 has been freshly announced on Steam and chooses to set in a modern metropolis like GTA 6 rather than the usual medieval setting – with a touch of crazy sci-fi.
  • On Steam, there was a summary from the latest stream regarding Scars of Honor. The developers discussed, among other things, combat experience, druid caster forms, and the design of enemies and equipment.

With that, we have summarized the most important things that have recently happened in the world of MMORPGs.

What did you enjoy this week? What frustrated you? Let us know in the comments. If you’re looking for a comprehensive overview of the history of online role-playing games, you’ll find it in this extensive special: The History of MMORPGs – From Habitat to Throne and Liberty, and everything in between

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Diablo 4 Sigil Powder Farming – How to Get the Material for Nightmare Sigils

In Nightmare Dungeons, you can farm important materials in Diablo 4. To enter them, you need sigils. Here you will learn how to collect the seal powder for this in the most efficient way.

What do I need seal powder for? At the Occultist, you can create Nightmare Sigils, which transform regular dungeons into Nightmare Dungeons. One sigil costs you 60 seal powder and 4,000 gold. Nightmare Dungeons are suitable for farming various materials. Particularly worthwhile are sigils with the affix “Horadric Vault” because you can obtain plenty of Obsidian for crafting there.

Where you can get seal powder to create the sigils for Nightmare Dungeons, we summarize below.

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Farm Spots for Seal Powder

Where do I get seal powder? The fastest way is through the Nightmare Dungeons themselves. There, the material drops either directly or in the form of new sigils. The sigils you don’t need can thus be disassembled at the Occultist, and you will receive seal powder in return.

This is particularly convenient when you are specifically looking for sigils with affixes such as the “Horadric Vault” or those related to Obsidian. This way, you can disassemble those you don’t need and craft new ones – in the hope that you will obtain sigils with suitable affixes.

Other sources for seal powder:

  • Chests from the Tree of Whispers
  • Completion of events
  • Defeating elite monsters
  • Chests in the Hellflow

Where do I get more sigils? To have enough sigils for disassembling, you should primarily farm the chests from the Tree of Whispers alongside the Nightmare Dungeons. The rewards from the seasonal call can also contain Nightmare Sigils. To increase your call, you need to collect “Brutality”, by achieving killstreaks. Overall, there are 24 levels that you can unlock at the board in Gea Kul.

To get through the Nightmare Dungeons as quickly as possible and effectively farm sigils and seal powder, it is also advisable to increase your movement and attack speed. A strong build that allows you to quickly dismantle the monsters is also beneficial. To learn which builds are particularly strong in Season 12, check out our overview: The best builds in Season 12 of Diablo 4 for all classes in Endgame.

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ARC Raiders: Acquiring the Data – How to Solve the Quest

In the quest “Gathering Data,” Shani sends you to ARC Raiders to prevent the ceiling from collapsing. What you need to do for that can be found in our guide.

What do you have to do for the quest? Shani wants you to decrypt some data at the spaceport. For this, you will be sent to two different locations to interact with devices. The exact steps are as follows:

  • Use the magnetic decryption device in the fuel control building.
  • Reach the arrival building at the spaceport.
  • Use the magnetic decryption device on the top floor of the arrival building.

Shani at least gives you the names of the places you need to visit, but unfortunately not the exact directions to the respective devices. That’s why we show you where they are located so that you don’t have to search for them forever.

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Here you use the decryption device

You need to use the decryption device at two locations at the spaceport. The first location is in the “Fuel Control” building. Approach the building head-on and look for a device standing on the wall in the first dark room on the southeast side. Interact with it to accidentally destroy it.

Shani now sends you to the next building – the arrival building. There, you need to use the front entrance and then walk to the stairs. Now take the first stairs to the left and go to the first floor. Keep to the left until you find a steel door. Open it and look for devices that look like servers.

Now interact with the middle of the three servers in the room to complete the quest. Note that you can also die between the steps. Progress is still saved.

Those were all the important locations for the quest “Gathering Data” in ARC Raiders. Besides this mission, there are also other quests that you can complete. If you’re looking for solutions for those too, we have the right guide overview for you: ARC Raiders: All guides, tips, and lists at a glance

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