The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) has dedicated the year 2020 to Skyrim. We wanted to know your thoughts on this year in a survey, and here are your results.
The crazy year 2020 is coming to an end, and so is “The Dark Heart of Skyrim” in The Elder Scrolls Online. This was the overarching story in the MMORPG, and the name was fitting. The latest chapter took you to Skyrim, in line with the renowned games of the Elder Scrolls series.
We at MeinMMO wanted to know in a survey how you felt about this Skyrim year in ESO. You had 6 options to choose from, whether you played Skyrim or not, and how much you enjoyed the annual adventure. 237 readers participated, and we reveal the results.
Iceflame – Here you will investigate dangerous gramstorms that are making their way across the sea.
The Unholy Tomb – An ancient burial site awaits you here, which has been reopened.
So 2020 continued: With the Greymoor expansion, released in May for PC and in June for consoles, the Skyrim year reached its peak. The chapter took you to Skyrim, or in English, Skyrim. A dark story surrounding vampires and monsters awaited the players. Additionally, you had:
The gramstorms/Harrowstorms – These are group events in the open world. They resemble anchors, and you can save the world while looting.
Kynes Aegis – A new raid for 12 players, known as trials in ESO. You have voted in a survey about these raids and revealed your ranking.
Here is how you voted: Most of you, 42.19%, voted for the answer “I played Skyrim and thought it was great”. In addition, there were votes from those who thought it was awesome but had not played Skyrim, totaling another 7.59%, giving a total of 49.78% for the top rating.
Some of you found the chapter just OK, not bad, but also not thrilling, making up 39.66% of the votes. Only 10.55% of MeinMMO readers found the addon terrible, so the positive votes definitely outweighed the negatives.
This is what makes the result special: It is remarkable that a surprisingly high number of players had played Skyrim before, totaling 81.85%. Most of them celebrate the new chapter or found it at least OK.
This reflects the developers’ plan to treat The Elder Scrolls Online as a Skyrim Online.
The picturesque city of Markarth from Skyrim has made its way to ESO
This is what a developer says about ESO: The lead developer Matt Firor had distanced himself from the MMORPG term in an interview a few years ago. He believes that ESO could just as well be played solo, like all other parts of the Elder Scrolls series.
Every player has the choice to engage in group content or simply enjoy the game solo. They can play the game as an MMORPG, but are not forced to do anything. Therefore, Matt Firor prefers to refer to ESO as an Online RPG or Console RPG and not as a classic MMORPG. An adventure that players can undertake with friends but also alone – basically just an Elder Scrolls.
Of course, a connection to MMORPGs cannot be denied. ESO also features elements from classics like World of Warcraft. Still, the target audience has always been TES fans, with the desire to cater to these players. This is also reflected in our survey.
Your Votes at a Glance
This is the exact distribution of votes: To the question “How did you like the Skyrim Year in ESO?” you responded as follows:
I played Skyrim and thought it was great – 42.19% (100 votes)
I played Skyrim and thought it was just OK – 32.91% (78 votes)
I have never played Skyrim and thought it was great – 7.59% (18 votes)
I have never played Skyrim and thought it was just OK – 6.75% (16 votes)
I played Skyrim and thought it was terrible – 6.75% (16 votes)
I have never played Skyrim and thought it was terrible – 3.80% (9 votes)
And in 2021, the journey into the Elder Scrolls continues. A teaser announced Oblivion as the next chapter for ESO. So TES fans will hopefully get their fill in 2021 as well. Let us know in the comments how you experienced this Skyrim year and if you are looking forward to Oblivion.
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With just one click, a streamer lost 30,000 gold in WoW Classic. The scammer exploited a vulnerability in the add-on “WeakAuras”.
In World of Warcraft Classic, 30,000 gold is a substantial amount of money. That’s enough for many epic mounts and should also amount to a nice sum for the launch of The Burning Crusade Classic. It’s all the more devastating to lose all that gold through a nasty trick. This happened to the streamer DragonauTV, who now stands without gold because he imported a weak aura from a scammer.
What are WeakAuras? WeakAuras is a useful and quite popular add-on that allows for a whole range of customizations. It is primarily used to display cooldowns and procs more prominently on the screen, allowing one to see everything important at a glance. However, the add-on is quite powerful and has many additional functions that the scammer exploited.
Different settings for WeakAuras can easily be shared with other players – this is quite normal in the community. Many therefore naively trust the code from other players without verifying it.
What happened? The streamer DragonauTV received a weak aura from one of his viewers. This was supposed to display useful information about a dungeon. Without checking what it involved, DragonauTV imported the code and loaded it into his game.
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Then the scammer asked him to quickly go to the mailbox, as he wanted to send the streamer a small gift. DragonauTV thought nothing of it, went over to the mailbox, and clicked on it.
It was right here that the scammer struck: the imported weak aura exploited a vulnerability and caused the streamer to automatically send all his gold – almost 30,000 – to the scammer. Within 2 seconds, the gold was gone and the scammer was offline with his loot.
Scammers make a big haul from careless players.
How was this possible? In principle, mail functions in WeakAuras are blocked, but the scammer exploited a loophole in the code to achieve this anyway. The developers of the add-on have already been notified and have released a new version, which will soon be available in the major add-on databases.
So always pay attention to which add-ons you install or which codes you accept from strangers. Especially when using macros, one should always check what exactly the macro does or how an add-on works. If you’re not sure, then don’t install and use it – otherwise, such incidents can occur.
Have you ever fallen for a scammer? How would you have reacted in that situation?
You can’t deal with people like xQc “calmly,” they don’t even know what the word means.
shroud says that xQc and his people are now starting to randomly kill people on the server. This is not fun and is a reason why he is not playing anymore.
shroud announces that he will intervene if necessary: “I will destroy xQc and his group”
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This is what xQc says: He has apologized for his behavior. xQc says: His “competitive nature” overwhelmed him and he was probably having too much fun. He was therefore mean to non-PvP players. He wants to refrain from that now.
In fact, he could get away with it, as Valkyrae confirms that the chaos he creates also brings fun. The YouTube streamer Valkyrae seems to be something like the head of the event.
His fans are anyway thrilled with xQc: They think the server is boring without him. Every story needs a villain to bring life to the plot.
For those who want to play peacefully, the survival MMO Rust is anyway the wrong game.
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This is what it is about: It is remarkable that xQc was initially not invited to the event at all, but invited himself. Now he is by far the biggest streamer for Rust on Twitch. He has hijacked the “peaceful action” and used it to his advantage.
The second largest streamer for Rust is shroud, who now no longer wants to participate but is focusing on Escape from Tarkov.
A direct duel between shroud and xQc would indeed be an event that many would love to see on Twitch. xQc is a former Overwatch pro, while shroud is regarded among streamers as the best FPS player ever and has the nickname “the human aimbot”.
It would also be a duel of the old guard of Twitch against the new.
He is currently turning to the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov: shroud.
Escape from Tarkov is currently the hottest game on Twitch. This also attracts shroud when there is so much trouble at Rust. We have explained why Tarkov suddenly took off on Twitch at the turn of the year 2020 to 2021:
This is what it is about: It is remarkable that xQc was initially not invited to the event at all, but invited himself. Now he is by far the biggest streamer for Rust on Twitch. He has hijacked the “peaceful action” and used it to his advantage.
The second largest streamer for Rust is shroud, who now no longer wants to participate but is focusing on Escape from Tarkov.
A direct duel between shroud and xQc would indeed be an event that many would love to see on Twitch. xQc is a former Overwatch pro, while shroud is regarded among streamers as the best FPS player ever and has the nickname “the human aimbot”.
It would also be a duel of the old guard of Twitch against the new.
He is currently turning to the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov: shroud.
Escape from Tarkov is currently the hottest game on Twitch. This also attracts shroud when there is so much trouble at Rust. We have explained why Tarkov suddenly took off on Twitch at the turn of the year 2020 to 2021:
You can’t deal with people like xQc “calmly,” they don’t even know what the word means.
shroud says that xQc and his people are now starting to randomly kill people on the server. This is not fun and is a reason why he is not playing anymore.
shroud announces that he will intervene if necessary: “I will destroy xQc and his group”
xQc apologizes: He got carried away
This is what xQc says: He has apologized for his behavior. xQc says: His “competitive nature” overwhelmed him and he was probably having too much fun. He was therefore mean to non-PvP players. He wants to refrain from that now.
In fact, he could get away with it, as Valkyrae confirms that the chaos he creates also brings fun. The YouTube streamer Valkyrae seems to be something like the head of the event.
His fans are anyway thrilled with xQc: They think the server is boring without him. Every story needs a villain to bring life to the plot.
For those who want to play peacefully, the survival MMO Rust is anyway the wrong game.
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This is what it is about: It is remarkable that xQc was initially not invited to the event at all, but invited himself. Now he is by far the biggest streamer for Rust on Twitch. He has hijacked the “peaceful action” and used it to his advantage.
The second largest streamer for Rust is shroud, who now no longer wants to participate but is focusing on Escape from Tarkov.
A direct duel between shroud and xQc would indeed be an event that many would love to see on Twitch. xQc is a former Overwatch pro, while shroud is regarded among streamers as the best FPS player ever and has the nickname “the human aimbot”.
It would also be a duel of the old guard of Twitch against the new.
He is currently turning to the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov: shroud.
Escape from Tarkov is currently the hottest game on Twitch. This also attracts shroud when there is so much trouble at Rust. We have explained why Tarkov suddenly took off on Twitch at the turn of the year 2020 to 2021:
50 streamers have launched a server in the survival MMO Rust and led the game to the top of Twitch. They lived peacefully on the server. This attracted Félix “xQc” Lengyel, the Twitch troublemaker, who caused drama. There were ganks, death threats, and flames. Now shroud says: He would kick xQc from the server. Or he would hunt him.
This is the backstory: 50 streamers from the “OfflineTV” group have gathered on a private server to play the survival MMO Rust. Since they all bring their followers and such an experiment is quite rare, Rust gained unprecedented popularity on Twitch just before the year 2021.
The viewer numbers for Rust on Twitch have increased fourfold.
Among the 50 streamers are some big names from Twitch and YouTube like Pokimane, Myth, shroud, or Valkyrae. So much prominence also attracted xQc, Twitch’s biggest streamer in 2020. He is completely different from the peaceful friends of OfflineTV.
It quickly became clear: This would cause trouble. Because the viewers of xQc want to see blood and chaos, but on the Rust server, they were playing quite peacefully alongside each other.
xQc is having fun with friends:
“Just be nice for once, xQc”
This is what happened now: In the last hours, there have been increased conflicts on the Rust server. As expected, xQc began to act like an axe in the forest. He engaged in player killing with other players from his group.
But it didn’t stop there.
He confronted a small streamer: She should be useful and put some crap wood in the campfire.
She retorted that xQc was such an ass, after all, she was helping him here. xQc should be nice for once in his life. Subsequently, xQc’s fans even sent death threats to the streamer, as she recounted.
It would also be a duel of the old guard of Twitch against the new.
He is currently turning to the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov: shroud.
Escape from Tarkov is currently the hottest game on Twitch. This also attracts shroud when there is so much trouble at Rust. We have explained why Tarkov suddenly took off on Twitch at the turn of the year 2020 to 2021:
This is what it is about: It is remarkable that xQc was initially not invited to the event at all, but invited himself. Now he is by far the biggest streamer for Rust on Twitch. He has hijacked the “peaceful action” and used it to his advantage.
The second largest streamer for Rust is shroud, who now no longer wants to participate but is focusing on Escape from Tarkov.
A direct duel between shroud and xQc would indeed be an event that many would love to see on Twitch. xQc is a former Overwatch pro, while shroud is regarded among streamers as the best FPS player ever and has the nickname “the human aimbot”.
It would also be a duel of the old guard of Twitch against the new.
He is currently turning to the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov: shroud.
Escape from Tarkov is currently the hottest game on Twitch. This also attracts shroud when there is so much trouble at Rust. We have explained why Tarkov suddenly took off on Twitch at the turn of the year 2020 to 2021:
You can’t deal with people like xQc “calmly,” they don’t even know what the word means.
shroud says that xQc and his people are now starting to randomly kill people on the server. This is not fun and is a reason why he is not playing anymore.
shroud announces that he will intervene if necessary: “I will destroy xQc and his group”
xQc apologizes: He got carried away
This is what xQc says: He has apologized for his behavior. xQc says: His “competitive nature” overwhelmed him and he was probably having too much fun. He was therefore mean to non-PvP players. He wants to refrain from that now.
In fact, he could get away with it, as Valkyrae confirms that the chaos he creates also brings fun. The YouTube streamer Valkyrae seems to be something like the head of the event.
His fans are anyway thrilled with xQc: They think the server is boring without him. Every story needs a villain to bring life to the plot.
For those who want to play peacefully, the survival MMO Rust is anyway the wrong game.
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This is what it is about: It is remarkable that xQc was initially not invited to the event at all, but invited himself. Now he is by far the biggest streamer for Rust on Twitch. He has hijacked the “peaceful action” and used it to his advantage.
The second largest streamer for Rust is shroud, who now no longer wants to participate but is focusing on Escape from Tarkov.
A direct duel between shroud and xQc would indeed be an event that many would love to see on Twitch. xQc is a former Overwatch pro, while shroud is regarded among streamers as the best FPS player ever and has the nickname “the human aimbot”.
It would also be a duel of the old guard of Twitch against the new.
He is currently turning to the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov: shroud.
Escape from Tarkov is currently the hottest game on Twitch. This also attracts shroud when there is so much trouble at Rust. We have explained why Tarkov suddenly took off on Twitch at the turn of the year 2020 to 2021:
In Pokémon GO today, on December 31st, the big event for New Year’s begins. We show you the bonuses and event Pokémon.
When does the event start? It starts on December 31st at 10:00 PM. The event runs until January 4th at 10:00 PM. You have 4 days to take advantage of the bonuses.
During this time, Pokémon will be in a festive mood, and monsters wearing party hats will appear in the wild and in raids.
All Info about the New Year’s Event
These are the bonuses: There are mainly bonuses related to costumed Pokémon. Here’s the overview:
Slowpoke with 2020 glasses appears in the wild, in raids, in quests, and from eggs. When evolved, it will wear 2021 glasses.
Pichu with New Year’s hat and Snorunt hatches from 2 km eggs.
Pikachu with New Year’s hat appears in the wild and in quests.
Eevee with party hat is available through quests.
Raticate, Swoobat, and Wurmple with party hats are in Level 1 raids.
Double candy and stardust for hatched Pokémon await.
There is halved hatch distance.
These are the hat Pokémon: In our title image, you can see the mentioned Pokémon with their respective hats. Raticate, Swoobat, and Wurmple are also known from another event in spring.
It is not officially confirmed, but all the costumed Pokémon can presumably also be caught as shinies. So those who collect such shinies have a lot to do.
At the beginning of January, players could get Wurmple with a party hat.
Are the egg bonuses worth it? More stardust and candy from eggs are always good. However, the event Pokémon are not particularly strong, so you don’t necessarily need the double candy there.
If you really want to hatch the shinies, you can benefit from double stardust, but you shouldn’t necessarily hatch many eggs just for the bonuses.
In January, there are still numerous other events waiting for you. We have provided you with an overview here:
The open world of Cyberpunk 2077 has many parallels to GTA V. CD Projekt Red has already announced that the multiplayer will be a major standalone production. MeinMMO author Florian Franck therefore believes that the multiplayer of Cyberpunk 2077 will be like GTA Online.
This is my personal experience in both games: I never finished the single-player campaign in GTA V, but spent a few hours alone in Los Santos. For me, the multiplayer, GTA Online, was more attractive and entertaining.
I spent hours completing various heists with friends and never really thought about the single-player. The success of GTA Online has become a steady source of revenue for Rockstar over the years.
Despite all the problems of Cyberpunk, I have already spent many hours in Night City and have found that Cyberpunk 2077 could be the perfect successor to GTA 5 Online. Currently, I spend most of my time in Night City completing side missions and discovering new quests while wandering through the city.
The parallels between Cyberpunk 2077 and GTA V
After the release of Cyberpunk 2077 on December 10, I extensively explored Night City. I pursue the story whenever I need Eddies. Eddies are the virtual currency in Cyberpunk and stand for Eurodollars.
The story of Cyberpunk is a masterpiece. CD Projekt Red can tell stories – they have already proven this with The Witcher 3. The same goes for Rockstar, who have demonstrated that they can deliver stories of the highest quality with the GTA series and Red Dead Redemption.
The immersion in Cyberpunk 2077 is incomparable, unless bugs and glitches ruin it. During a tour through Night City in my newly acquired vehicle, I wondered whether, for example, the traffic lights in multiplayer would be synchronized.
The thought of a multiplayer in Cyberpunk 2077 kept me engaged, and I drew parallels to GTA Online. The more I thought about it, the clearer it became to me that the online mode of Cyberpunk 2077 would be like GTA Online.
These parallels exist: In Night City, similar to Los Santos, it’s about money and power. Everywhere in Cyberpunk 2077 there are Ripperdocs who implant and sell cyberware, weapon, clothing, and equipment dealers have their own shops or sell their goods in dark alleys. In GTA V, various workshops and sellers offer their goods in Los Santos.
Many vendors in Night City offer their goods as well. Sometimes even genuine antiques.
V, the main character in Cyberpunk 2077, constantly receives calls and messages on his smartphone. Similar things happen in GTA Online. Calls and messages reach the player every second.
On the streets or in special clubs, Joytoys offer sexual services for Eddies in Cyberpunk. This is also possible in GTA V, just honk and the ladies of the world’s oldest profession get in the vehicle.
Without cyberware and the scenario in the distant future, Cyberpunk would strongly resemble the GTA series, particularly regarding the quests and opportunities that Night City offers the player.
Cyberpunk 2077 will do many things right with multiplayer
Why I believe the multiplayer will be like GTA Online: Night City strongly reminds me of a futuristic Los Santos.
Vs phone rings nonstop, I constantly receive messages offering me missions or vehicles and at every corner a gang tries to kill me as soon as I get out of the car and come too close to them.
All of this strongly reminds me of GTA V and the online mode. The purchase of weapons, vehicles, and new equipment seems refined and well thought out. Some mission areas and buildings are already “instanced” in Cyberpunk.
In Vs apartment, you can only access it via an elevator, conversely, the street can only be reached by taking the elevator from Vs apartment. In GTA Online, the character’s own apartment is also only accessible via the elevator.
No, this is not a picture from the Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer.
What else supports this: Further indications can be found at Ripperdocs, bars and clubs as well as some missions. These areas can often only be accessed through a door. This makes it look, upon closer inspection, like an own instance in the single-player.
Mission such as smuggling items for various factions or serving as a “helper sheriff” are common in Cyberpunk. Many missions could be played in multiplayer without changes.
To me, Cyberpunk 2077 already looks like a multiplayer title. Except for the fact that none of my friends are there to complete missions together.
Adam Kiciński, CEO of CD Projekt Red, answered questions from investors during an investor call on November 25, 2020. The multiplayer of Cyberpunk 2077 is referred to as a major production, a product that stands alone.
The multiplayer will be similar to the single-player world of Cyberpunk and both are closely linked. A release date is not yet known; CD Projekt Red has already announced that more information will be released in the first quarter of 2021. During this period, they will present further plans for Cyberpunk 2077.
CD Projekt Red could use the core of Cyberpunk 2077 for the multiplayer
A logical step for CD Projekt Red would be to use the core of Cyberpunk 2077 for the standalone online mode. This means that Cyberpunk Online will not be built from scratch, but will run on the basis of Cyberpunk 2077.
The core of the game will be used and the online functionalities will be built around the existing core. Some perks, such as slowing down time, will fall victim to the multiplayer. Also, when scanning enemies, time will continue normally.
Parallels can also be drawn here to the Fallout series, where V.A.T.S. slowed down time in the single-player and made better aiming possible. With Fallout 76, this slow motion was no longer possible. However, V.A.T.S. itself is an essential part of Fallout and was implemented in Fallout 76 without slow motion.
It would be beneficial if CD Projekt Red then released Cyberpunk Online separately from the main game. Rockstar has taken a similar approach with Red Dead Online since December 1. The online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2 was released as a standalone game alongside the main game.
New content can be released for both the main game and the online mode independently of each other. As far as is currently known, Cyberpunk Online will be its own project.
The current problems of Cyberpunk 2077: After the disastrous launch, especially on consoles, the Polish developer studio has come under massive criticism. After a class-action lawsuit was filed against CD Projekt Red in California, the company recently addressed the allegations in a statement.
On PS4 and Xbox One, Cyberpunk 2077 is partially unplayable: Bugs, glitches, crashes, and FPS drops caused a lot of frustration for buyers, and Sony felt compelled to remove the game from the store and offered refunds to all buyers.
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During the stream celebrating the release of Genshin Impact, a new character named Dainsleif was introduced. But since then, it seems like we haven’t heard anything about him. What has happened to him?
Who is Dainsleif and where does he come from? For the first time, players learned about Dainsleif in a developer stream about Dainsleif. He was officially revealed during the stream for the launch of Genshin Impact.
Dainsleif is a mysterious man who hails from the land of Khaenri’ah and is several hundred years old (at least around 500). In the stream, Dainsleif was referred to as a “Truth-Seeker.” His weapon or element has not yet been revealed.
Khaenri’ah is a distant land that is not located on the continent of Teyvat and is one of the “hidden corners that the gaze of the gods does not reach.” This likely means that the seven gods have no influence or interest in the land.
The first and so far only artwork of Dainsleif
It is home to a special kind of alchemy called Khemia, which can create life. However, the inhabitants of Khaenri’ah have been afflicted by a curse for many centuries that transforms them into monsters and continues to this day.
It is possible that Dainsleif is also affected by the curse. In the official artwork, his right arm is black and embedded with glowing blue lines.
Fun Fact: Dáinsleif is the name of a sword from a Nordic legend. It belongs to King Högni in the legend of Heðinn and Hǫgni about an eternal battle. Dáinsleif is a magical sword that causes wounds that can never heal, and whenever it is drawn from its sheath, a man must die as a result.
Is Dainsleif even important? While Dainsleif has not yet directly appeared in the story, he seems to play a very important role nonetheless. He is the speaker we see in the Teyvat storyline trailer and in the Collected Miscellany videos (for example, about Albedo or Diluc).
In these videos, Dainsleif sounds like an almost omniscient narrator:
He knows exactly who the characters are and what they can do.
He often knows their personalities, pasts, and secrets.
According to his own statements, he is a kind of observer who closely follows the events in Teyvat.
But he also seems to have knowledge about what is to come in the future, although he remains very cryptic in his statements in the videos.
He refers to the knowledge of the “secrets of the world” as a heavy burden.
And at the end of the storyline trailer, he says: “Defeat me, […] show me that you are worthier than I am to save them.”
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In this chapter preview, Dainsleif speaks to the players.
Some fan theories speculate that he might have the abilities to control time or dimensions. While others believe he is actually an adult Aether from another dimension or time period (via comments on the Genshin Wiki).
Regardless of whether these theories are true or not, Dainsleif will certainly play an important role in Genshin Impact. It sounds like players will have to fight against him in the end.
Interestingly, his zodiac sign (蛇环座 Shé huán zuò) translates literally from Chinese as “Snake Circle” or “Snake Loop.” This could be a reference to the Ouroboros snake, which is interpreted as a symbol of the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
The constellations are an important gameplay mechanic in Genshin Impact that enhance your character. They are also always aligned with the personalities of the characters.
When will he be playable? Although Dainsleif was officially announced months ago, there is neither a fixed release date nor a proper release window for him.
Some fans on reddit speculate that it could take years before he becomes available. After all, it sounded in the trailer like one would have to first complete all other chapters of Teyvat and have visited all countries before Dainsleif directly appears in the story.
So far, players have only seen Liyue and Mondstadt, and next up is Inazuma. If miHoYo does not decide to release Dainsleif’s banner before he makes his first appearance in the story, it will indeed take longer before he becomes playable.
What do you think about Dainsleif? Do you believe he will become important in the future or remain a side character? How long will we wait for his banner? Share your thoughts in the comments.
The year 2020 is almost over, and at least World of Warcraft has gracefully exited the year with the launch of the Shadowlands expansion. But what’s next for 2021? What does Shadowlands have in store for the coming months, and what content can we look forward to?
We at MeinMMO take a small look ahead at what is coming our way in the coming months and make some predictions about the future of WoW.
Plenty of Content in the First Months
At least in the first two months of 2021, WoW should still be in pretty good shape. There are several reasons for this, as not all content from the release version of Shadowlands is accessible yet.
The Raid Castle Nathria: Castle Nathria is likely to keep most players engaged at least until mid-February. Many WoW heroes experience the raids only through the LFR mode. However, the final wing of the raid, along with Count Denathrius, will not be released until February 3rd. Those who haven’t been part of a normal or heroic raid group by then will only catch a glimpse of the current final boss in early February.
LFR players will have to wait a while longer for Denathrius.
Covenant Campaign: The features of the four covenants will be unlocked gradually. So far, most players have only developed their covenant sanctums in their basic forms. It will take several more weeks until enough souls are available to maximize the features. The same goes for the glory levels and the associated content, such as the covenant campaign or new unlocks in the sanctum itself.
It is likely to be the end of February or early March before players unlock all features completely. This gives the WoW developers a buffer to work on patch 9.1.
The story of the covenants continues.
Patch 9.1 – Flying and a Big New Raid
There isn’t a lot of information yet about Patch 9.1 of World of Warcraft, but the developers have already revealed a few things. There are many things for players to look forward to after they complete the original content of Patch 9.0.
Flying for Everyone, No Reputation Grind: The first major patch for Shadowlands will also bring the ability to fly in the Shadowlands. This will make traveling in the zones much easier, and completing world quests should also be a bit faster. Farming resources, such as ores or herbs, will be much more enjoyable.
The flying unlock will not be tied to a Pathfinder achievement this time, though. Those who feared they would have to farm reputation for weeks can relax – this requirement will be removed.
Instead, the flying ability will be unlocked through the covenant campaign and will likely be tied to a glory level. Therefore, it is enough to progress through your covenant’s campaign in Patch 9.1 to eventually gain account-wide flying capability.
Flying in the Shadowlands will still take some time.
More Covenant Campaign: It is already confirmed that the covenant campaign will not end with glory level 40. The campaign is not completed even if you reach glory level 40 in February. Patch 9.1 will bring fresh content for all four covenants and continue the story of the Kyrians, Night Fae, Venthyr, and Necrolords. There are more incentives to try out the other covenants as well.
A New Raid: Patch 9.1 will introduce a new raid, unless anything changes. This has become standard with a major WoW patch, but the developers have already revealed a few details. For instance, in an interview with Ion Hazzikostas, it was mentioned that the next raid will have the most visually impressive setting yet.
New Dungeons? Shadowlands only had 8 dungeons at launch, which is a bit scarce for a WoW expansion. It is therefore likely that the developers will add one or more 5-player dungeons to provide new content for smaller groups. However, this has not yet been confirmed.
Tier Sets Are Returning: After patch 9.0 focused mainly on the sets of the covenants, the upcoming patches are expected to bring back class sets. All classes can look forward to new tier sets that provide special bonuses or at least visually fit their respective class.
Tier sets are set to return.
When is Patch 9.1 Coming? There is not yet a specific date for Patch 9.1. Considering that the final LFR part of Castle Nathria will not open until early February, one should not expect Patch 9.1 before March or even April. More details about the upcoming patch will definitely be available at the BlizzConline in February.
Even More Content After Patch 9.1
Even though Blizzard remains tight-lipped, it is almost certain that the story of the Shadowlands will not be finished with Patch 9.1. After all, it would be too early to introduce the Jailer as the final boss. So far, not much is known about him, and Blizzard will not want to use him up too quickly. He is meant to represent the final boss of the expansion and thus needs a bit more time to be built up.
It is also important to note that Shadowlands has a number of major villains that have not yet been addressed. There are several threats that still need to be dealt with to restore order in the Shadowlands, including:
The Drust, who invade Ardenweald and turn the Night Fae into mindless servants
Helya, who is allied with the Jailer
Sylvanas, who is also pacting with the Jailer
The Primus from Maldraxxus is still missing
The Jailer himself, who is behind all the incidents
The Drust from Battle for Azeroth are also active in Shadowlands – and not yet defeated.
It is certainly possible that some of these answers could be found in the covenant campaigns, but the villains are likely too significant to be mentioned only “in passing” in a campaign.
When Will a New Expansion Come?
No one should expect a new expansion in 2021. At best, we might get a small glimpse towards the end of the year of where the story might take us in a future expansion.
Since Shadowlands was released late, it is likely to continue for a while before the journey moves to another world.
But even without the announcement of a new expansion, the year 2021 looks pretty good for World of Warcraft. If Blizzard can build on the content of the starting version of Shadowlands even a little, players are likely to experience little boredom and will be able to tackle plenty of challenges in the Shadowlands throughout 2021.
The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) turned 6 years old in 2020, and accordingly, many have spent a lot of time in the game. We spoke with two female players and one male player who have accumulated 9,000 hours and more.
The Elder Scrolls Online is an MMORPG, but not in the traditional sense. The game, which takes place in the same universe as the other titles in the Elder Scrolls series, relies not only on group play. It also brings many elements for solo players, and is one of the best MMOs for solo players on the market.
The release was in April 2014 for PC and in June 2015 for the PS4 and Xbox One, with Stadia joining in June 2020. The players, Mrs. Cake and SilverLights, along with the player The_Saint, have been active in the MMORPG since the release, so already 6 years.
They have gathered a significant amount of playtime, all over 9,000 hours. However, determining the actual time is difficult, as several characters have been deleted over the years.
For MeinMMO, they shared in the interview what they like so much about ESO and what could be improved. They also have tips for beginners and returning players.
ESO takes you into the world of vampires with its latest expansion
When did you start with ESO and what was your journey like?
This is what Mrs. Cake says: Mrs. Cake enjoys playing other solo series like Dragon Age, The Witcher, or pen & paper games besides ESO. She was also interested in other MMOs like LOTRO for a while, but none captivated her as much as ESO.
Unfortunately, she had to take a short break from ESO due to her PC giving up:
I have only paused in ESO if forced. Last year, my old PC unfortunately gave up the ghost, and it took me some time to get a new one. Now, however, I am more excited than ever (thanks to the great graphics possible on the new PC), and I even started streaming on Twitch recently.
This is what The_Saint says: The_Saint has never experienced an ESO break: “I have never paused. And I still enjoy logging in almost daily.” He started during the second closed beta. So he was lucky enough to get a glimpse of the game as early as January 2014. Initially, he played with some friends from real life.
As these friends gradually stopped, he joined a success-oriented guild:
I ended up in a very progress-oriented guild through coincidences, where it was also about world-firsts. This made me engage much more with everyone in and around ESO.
In his current main guild Noractis, he has been since 2018 and leads his own raid group there. Since 2019, he has been streaming online (via Twitch), streaming content related to raids and achievements, as well as relaxed quest streams. Since 2020, he has been part of ESO’s official streaming team.
The_Saint is also active in the community. From 2018 to 2020, he was an official community ambassador for The Elder Scrolls Online and is a co-founder of the community guild Arkays Blessing that was established in 2020.
This is what SilverLights says: SilverLights participated in the beta and has been playing since release. Right at the beginning, she took a break for 3 or 4 months because she leveled too quickly.
At first, the areas were divided according to level and difficulty. Since she was quite fast with her Nightblade, the content quickly became too easy for her:
I leveled up too quickly; afterwards, all the areas were too easy. It was somewhat pointless and then the fun was gone for a while.
Ultimately, however, she came back and still enjoys logging into the game today.
Why did you choose ESO?
This is what Mrs. Cake says: The player Mrs. Cake has played countless hours of all Elder Scrolls titles since Morrowind. Especially Oblivion has captured her, not Skyrim, as is the case with many other players. Therefore, the decision to get ESO was not difficult for her. Initially, however, she was a bit apprehensive:
At first, I was a bit put off that it was an MMO (as I preferred to play solo), but the open world and countless possibilities for solo players fascinated me.
This year’s expansion took us to Skyrim
This is what The_Saint says: The_Saint, on the other hand, has little experience with Elder Scrolls titles: “I have played Skyrim, but somehow the game didn’t captivate me as much as many others. But I felt the same about many MMOs.”
With ESO, it was different; it fascinated him from the start, and he was eager to try it out. His initial curiosity and enthusiasm have never waned over the years.
This is what SilverLights says: It didn’t take much to convince SilverLights to play ESO: “I was a huge fan of Skyrim and Oblivion, and when I heard about a multiplayer game in this universe, I was hooked!”
What character do you enjoy playing the most and why?
This is what Mrs. Cake says: “This is a Khajiit!”, Mrs. Cake says about herself. In fact, she prefers to play the fluffy cat-like creatures. Out of her 15 characters, 6 are of the Khajiit race. Thus, she aligns herself with the opinion of MeinMMO readers; in your ranking of ESO races from least popular to most popular, the Khajiit landed in 2nd place.
Mrs. Cake plays her stamina Sorcerer and her two Nightblades the most. Among them is her character Mrs. Cake, the cat with a pot on her head. Although she was created more for fun, she has gained some fans in the community.
For group activities, she likes to bring one of her Dragon Knight tanks, of course, she is also a Khajiit.
The feline Khajiit are very popular in ESO
This is what The_Saint says: The_Saint is very happy with his choice in 2014. He has been playing a Magicka Nightblade since then, which was originally Breton but is no longer: “By now, it has become Dark Elf due to a race change, but I would probably switch back anytime if I would not lose so much in my raid content.”
This Magicka Nightblade named Samuel Crow is still his main character, and he consistently has about 99% of the currently collectable achievements on hand. The Magicka Nightblade has captured his interest due to its life-draining abilities, and so far, no other class has been able to surpass it.
Whether solo or group content in PvE, PvP, or battlegrounds, as well as simple quests: “There is some skill in her arsenal that makes her special and easy to play.”
This is what SilverLights says: The player SilverLights has 18 characters, including all classes. She names several as her main characters:
An Argonian Templar Healer
A Khajiit Stamina Templar for PvE
A Breton Magicka Templar
An Orc lady as a stamina Dragon Knight for PvP
An High Elf as a Necromancer Healer
As well as various other healers
You can see that SilverLights lives for her healers: “I have simply found joy in it and am now the healer in 90% of all cases. Templars are probably my most beloved class.” Regardless of whether as a healer, in PvE or PvP, as DD, whether stamina or Magicka, the Templar has captivated her. Additionally, the class is very beginner-friendly.
This is what Mrs. Cake says: This question opened Mrs. Cake with “Good question! The world of ESO is so open and full of possibilities, it is hard to pick something out.” However, she currently enjoys participating in events a lot. The currently running New Year event is also a fun opportunity to spend some time with friends.
Otherwise, she loves the housing system. Mrs. Cake is an enthusiastic roleplayer and is particularly grateful that you can now place house guests in your domicile in ESO. At the moment, there is a wonderful drunk cat available as a house guest.
The housing allows practical items to be positioned in one place
In addition, she likes to conclude her day in Tamriel casually. While doing so, she walks around and quests. Even after many years, there is always something new to discover in ESO.
This is what The_Saint says: The_Saint places great importance on fun with friends:
I have spent hours just jumping around a way shrine while chatting with my guildmates on TS.
Otherwise, he is a big collector of achievements. Whether fishing, collecting monster trophies, or completely different things, it can seem boring to other players, but everything has its charm for him. Of course, especially the more challenging achievements in arenas, dungeons, and trials.
In these raids and dungeons, The_Saint generally enjoys hanging out: “Pushing to the limit and optimizing the group with others to celebrate some nice achievements alongside a lot of fun is what I like.”
A popular dungeon is the Moon Hunter Keep
This is what SilverLights says: For the player SilverLights, housing is at the top of her list; she considers herself somewhat addicted to housing: “I really love rearranging, decorating, and designing my houses… It relaxes me immensely.”
She also really enjoys the stories told in ESO. She can immerse herself in a story and completely lose track of time.
However, progress should not be lacking. So she likes to head into dungeons and raids with friends and her guild members. She is an officer in her guild, and her people mean a lot to her:
I enjoy new challenges, so I like to try out different things. Having fun together with my people is the most important.
In addition, she is responsible for the beginners in the guild and enjoys introducing them to the game and their first dungeons. Fun and community are her top priorities.
How do you think ESO has changed over the years?
This is what Mrs. Cake says: Mrs. Cake still likes ESO very much, and for her, nothing necessarily has changed. The excitement of the new has naturally faded a bit.
But now she has many friends and end content, which includes housing and fishing. However, she adds, “I can still get excited for a new expansion.”
With the transition to One Tamriel and Tamriel Unlimited, many casual elements were introduced into the game. But it also saved a lot of endgame content. Suddenly, players could run dungeons across alliances, raid, and quest together. Additionally, with new characters, they could go anywhere. However, he points out:
The early days had their positive aspects that are missing today: alliances collaborated in PvE and buffs were provided for raid groups in Cyrodiil. Also, trials like Sanctum Ophidia were released without test servers, which created an exciting race among the three alliances for the world-first and made it truly thrilling.
However, since The_Saint has lost so many teammates over time, among other things because of such things, he knows that the old times would not be feasible today. He believes ZOS has found a good way with the changes.
This is what SilverLights says: SilverLights believes that ESO has changed very much for the better. She particularly likes the changes to the champion system. It is no longer as painfully slow to level a character to champion level as it was before, which brought her some gray hairs.
She also likes that the areas are now accessible with every level and you can never be overleveled again. Additionally, being able to play with friends from other alliances is a significant advantage for her.
In housing, you can let your creativity run wild
And then there’s her favorite activity of housing, which only came to ESO later and she wouldn’t want to miss it. Here, the love for detail that ESO showcases is reflected. Her good PC and graphics card allow her to enjoy the details.
She also thought the introduction of the crown store was a good idea. It only includes cosmetic items and similar things, and it is not pay-to-win like in many other games.
However, there is one downside:
It has become so incredibly easy in quests, etc. In the beginning, you really had to persevere. Especially Molag Bal, for example, was definitely much harder in the beginning – now he is a piece of cake.
Is there something that particularly annoys you and needs more work?
On this topic, the three players are very much in agreement: what annoys them the most are bugs and performance issues. The_Saint believes that much performance tuning has been done in the background, especially with raids: “[…] which is actually positive and hopefully will help us in the future. Unfortunately, however, this led to difficult raid conditions in the first weeks after three of the four major patches. This takes a toll over time, and many raid groups have already broken up because of it.”
Additionally, there is the annoyance with the group finder, which has not worked properly since the beginning and often hangs up. Unfortunately, the problems do not end with the group finder; especially Mrs. Cake and SilverLights complain about many crashes in dungeons. Or they are simply pulled into the wall; Mrs. Cake had an anecdote about this: “Our healer got pulled into a tent! But the view must have been very nice.”
According to the players, trust needs to be rebuilt here. The feeling remains that new content may be prioritized over fixing old issues. SilverLights comments:
Which is a shame, as the game still has a lot of potential after 6 years and a great community; it would be truly sad if they drive it into the ground.
What tips do you have for newcomers?
Here our professionals also agree. As a beginner, you should definitely look for a guild. Even if you, like Mrs. Cake, are more of a solo player at first, the community helps you enormously to find your way into the game.
Additionally, take your time. Get to know your character and the world and just try a bit. You can play any class with any race and gear, so there is a lot to discover. The_Saint adds: “Just play around, see what suits you and what you like, and learn and understand skills and mechanics.”
Also consider leveling crafting from the start. This can take many months. Ideally, create a separate character for this and allocate points accordingly to crafting.
Returning players who have been away for a while should, according to our experts, create a new character or at least read up on what has happened in ESO during their absence.
Once again the tip applies to seek out a guild. Even if you don’t immediately find the perfect community, you should definitely start somewhere and seek connection. We at MeinMMO have also compiled 13 tips for returning players for you.
… and why so many hours now?
This is what Mrs. Cake says: The player Mrs. Cake says that ESO has managed to captivate her over the years like no other game. The different game contents, always new regions, and changes keep the game world alive.
It feels like diving into a second little world alongside reality. I hardly feel that way with any other game. And especially right now, such a feeling is more than necessary.
Furthermore, ESO provides her with a balance to her final thesis at the university; she can relax well in Tamriel.
This is what The_Saint says: For The_Saint, it has happened somewhat unconsciously. The game is still fun for him after all these years, and he enjoys logging in, even when he doesn’t have anything specific to do. “The community in general, my guilds, my Twitch community. The play hours just accumulated like that.”
He also seeks an escape from real life in ESO, uncomplicated fun, especially this year with Corona. He looks forward to 2021 and continues to hope that ZOS will address these matters.
This is what SilverLights says: SilverLights has spent so many hours in ESO because she really likes the atmosphere there. If you play the game with good graphics and performance at maximum like she does, there are so many beautiful details to find:
Hand stitches on clothes that look like this, walls that are really old and look it, structure, colors…
She also loves the music: “Not a single synth mush, everything is orchestral and choral.” And the funny stories attached to many things: “For example, the dead Khajiit in the Arboretum of the Imperial City, his background story is just divine. All the way to the emails you get from your collectors.”
Additionally, of course, there are the opportunities to experience everything with her friends, including Mrs. Cake. ESO is just very individual. There are many ways to level up, and everyone can set and live their own focus. The stories are not a generic mess but often go really deep.
In an MMORPG, there are so many possibilities for immersing yourself beautifully in time. That adds up to easily 9,000 hours or even more. Let us know in the comments how much time you’ve spent in ESO or your favorite MMO and tell us why. Or was your favorite game among the games that unfortunately died in 2020?
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The Cayo Perico Heist is popular in GTA Online . With a trick, you can make the setup mission for reconnaissance easier. Players show how to do it.
In December 2020, GTA Online released the lucrative Cayo Perico Heist. As you might know from other heists, you have to complete a few setup missions before you can start the finale. One of the missions is reconnaissance. With a trick, this is easier, since you can acquire a Pegasus vehicle for it.
The advantage is that you don’t have to walk to all the points. This saves you a lot of time.
Pegasus for Cayo Perico
How does it work? For the trick, you can use various vehicles that you request through the in-game phone from Pegasus. The requirement is that they must be able to swim.
One of the best vehicles for this is the Dodo seaplane or one of the boats. You can also use the new boat with weapons on board, but the weapons don’t work.
So before starting the reconnaissance mission, call one of the vehicles you want to use. Then drive or fly it to the point on the map that is located in the bottom right corner of the map. The spot where the island should actually be, if it weren’t invisible in Free Roam.
At that point, get out of the vehicle, open the interaction menu, and bring your character to the spot in the water.
If you now start the reconnaissance mission, you will find your Pegasus vehicle nearby or even on the island, depending on where you parked it.
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Completely without tricks, a player kidnapped MeinMMO author Eilyn Rapp to a breathtaking date in GTA Online. An experience that will stay in your memory.
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In January 2021, LoL Auto Chess Teamfight Tactics receives a major mid-season update. This is the perfect time to jump back in or make a push in the rankings, believes MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch. Therefore, he shares tips to help you become more successful.
What are these tips? TFT is not a complicated game by itself, but mastering it requires some knowledge and understanding of the game. Already at launch, we put together 6 general beginner tips.
Now these tips are to be expanded and deepened. It involves general topics like managing gold and leveling up, as well as tips on positioning and effective combos.
Who is speaking here? In January 2019, I experienced the Auto Chess hype already with the Dota 2 mod. Later, I switched to Dota Underlords and TFT. But TFT became my passion.
Since season 1, I have regularly played ranked matches. In the current set 4, I reached Diamond for the first time in the rankings. According to LoLChess, I am currently among the top 1.6% of over 1.2 million accounts in Europe that have played at least 10 ranked matches this season.
While I used to be in the Gold or Platinum range, this time I successfully made the jump to Diamond. What I changed and learned, I want to share with you.
1. The wrong handling of gold
Of course, you already know that you get interest on every 10 gold, that this brings a maximum of up to 5 additional gold, and that you can have win and loss streaks. But exactly the latter, you do not force enough, even though it is important for your income.
If you don’t find 2-star champions, a chosen one, and a good starting combo like Cultists at the start, you will likely lose the first rounds. And that is good for you.
Through a loss streak, you can quickly accumulate gold. This gold, in turn, can be used to come back stronger from your deficit and win in the end.
However, if you get a good start, you should try to maintain the winning streak.
Use your gold to buy better units and/or level up faster to have more units in play.
You may also lose interest as long as your winning streak continues.
However, you should not roll for new characters.
The worst thing that can happen to you is that you alternate between winning and losing. This way, you will end up losing the most gold.
How should my gold be distributed for interest? My approximate guidelines for a match are:
Phase 2-5 – 10 gold with a winning streak or 20 gold with a losing streak
Phase 3-2 – 30 gold with a winning streak or 40 gold with a losing streak
There is no exception to this. Even with reroll comps like Moonlight, you should first reach 50 gold before rolling for new champions.
2. You are leveling up incorrectly
New levels play an important role in TFT because they allow you to get more units on the board and find rarer champions. But many level too quickly or too slowly.
Those who level too slowly may lose too many health points and miss out on stronger units. Those who level too quickly lose interest and thus gold.
My current experiences with leveling are as follows:
Level 4 at phase 2-1 if you want to win, or automatically at 2-3.
Level 5 at phase 2-5 if you want to win, 2-6 if you accidentally won during your losing streak at 2-5, or at the end of phase 2 to kill neutral creatures.
Level 6 at phase 3-2 (even if you fall back to just over 30 gold there) or at 3-3 if you want to wait for 50 gold and have a losing streak.
Level 7 normally at 4-1, in rare cases at 3-5 if you really had a sustained streak.
Level 8 usually at 5-1.
Level 9 as it fits, usually at 6-3 or even later.
Exceptions apply to the reroll comps. They obviously seek the right champions first and then level up.
A video that helped me get started comes from Challenger player k3soju, who has well explained leveling and gold management:
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A mistake I always made before was committing to one or two combos that I absolutely wanted to play. But to reach Diamond, I had to become more flexible. Recently, I played:
Chosen Aphelios
9 Cultists
6 Sharpshooters
9 Ancestral Wood + Mages
9 Cultists
6 Mages
9 Ancestral Wood + Brawlers
Chosen Zed
Adepts + Legendaries
Zed and the Cultists are not necessarily considered S-tier combos, but both helped me achieve a first place. And that was because I was flexible, reacted to chosen ones, and managed my win/loss streaks correctly.
I prefer to play with Warwick or Chosen Zed. In my recent matches, however, I had to keep switching.
While it is important to know where you ultimately want to go with your combo, you must not forget the early and mid-game. Otherwise, you might end up with too few or even no health points in the endgame.
Therefore, you should know not only the endgame combos but also how to best play the time in between.
For me, this developed by watching more and more tournaments and pros. This taught me what the units can do, how they interact with each other, and which combos can be used as a bridge.
Many use Chosen ones for the early game but do not build their endgame combo around them. Instead, they later sell them to buy a stronger chosen one from the higher gold categories.
It is also important that your items match the chosen one and the combo respectively. This is often underestimated.
I also recommend watching Challenger players on Twitch or YouTube and learning from them. This has helped me a lot, especially in terms of flexibility.
4. You are using your items incorrectly
Those who read guides on endgame combos are often introduced to pre-made item builds and try to emulate them. But that can be deadly. If you don’t assemble items in the early and mid-game because you are waiting for the right items, you lose health points too quickly and get knocked out.
Therefore, it may be necessary to build items that fit your playstyle but are not the perfect items:
Chosen Aphelios plays best with Mercury, Guinsoo’s Rageblade, and Hand of Justice
However, if you do not get a Tear, you can also build Bloodthirster as a substitute for Hand of Justice; if you do not get Guinsoo’s Rageblade, Runaan’s Hurricane works too
Additionally, it is important to know which items are generally good and have their validity in almost every combo. These include Guardian Angel, Solari’s Amulet, or Sunfire Cape. These can lead you to winning streaks in the early game and do much more for your team than the perfect item in the endgame that you never reached.
The first 4 carousel rounds provide you with individual items. Here you have, to some extent, control over which those are.
By defeating neutral creatures, you will get at least 8 additional items by the end of phase 4. This means you can craft at least 6 complete items.
It happens rarely that you get the same item for neutral creatures more than 2 times
For this reason, you should avoid getting the chain vest, giant’s belt, or negatron cloak in the first carousel round if possible. Usually, you only need 1-3 of these items, but depending on the combo, you may need more than 3 of the others.
A safe choice is always the combat glove. It is usually needed at least twice by each combo and can, if found frequently, be transformed into a thief’s glove.
A good overview of the currently strongest items can be found at the YouTuber Bunnymuffins. He also has the website bunnymuffins.lol, where you can also find tier lists for the items.
5. You are not scouting enough
Now that we have clarified how important leveling, gold, and the right items are, you need to determine which combo you want to play. And it is important to look at what the other players are using.
I myself experienced that I wanted to play Moonlight Aphelios with a Chosen Diana. However, two other players already had Chosen Aphelios. I realized this too late and never got Aphelios to 3-star. This inevitably led to defeat.
Besides the fact that you can adjust your combo if too many people are playing the same variant, it is also good to see how you can counter your opponents. If all players in a round are already committed to their combos and have little room for legendaries, then it may be worth quickly leveling to 9 and building a combo just for that. While this is expensive, it can be extremely strong in the endgame.
6. You are positioning your champions incorrectly and not flexibly enough
Scouting also includes positioning your champions. Especially when the first players have been knocked out, you can adjust your positions to counter your opponents strategically.
It is important not to engage the same player twice within a phase unless there are too few other players. After you have fought all enemies once, you will (randomly) meet them again.
With this knowledge, you can adjust your positions to build your win streak. Especially in late game 1v1, you can effectively counter enemies to achieve first place.
General tips are:
Place a ranged carry like Aphelios, Ashe, or Jhin at the edge. There, opponents can only attack from one side, which can be blocked by your other champions.
Tanks should be at the front. However, if you’re only against enemies with assassins, you should place them at the back. It can also be wise to put tanks in the second or third row so that opponents have to run first.
Certain champions like Pyke or Jarvan IV attack enemies that are the farthest away in between. You can take advantage of that by building your main team close to them while placing a tank far away.
Aatrox, on the other hand, pulls two enemies that are the furthest away towards him. Therefore, Mercury is also very important on Aphelios or Ashe.
Some enemies rely heavily on AoE, for example 6 Mages with Ahri. Here, it can be wise to spread your characters far apart.
Helpful is the guide video from ProGuides TFT:
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It often happens that you hope until the end for the perfect item, the 3-star champion, the one legendary unit, or the level up in the next round. You want to achieve the first place and play your desired combo.
But often this leads to suddenly finishing in 5th or 6th place. Similar to LoL, it is true: greed is feed.
If you see a player still has 100 health points in stage 4, then you are not playing for first place but rather 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. After all, you want to come out of the match with more points than you went in.
My recommendation is therefore sometimes to roll earlier, build an imperfect item, and achieve a positive placement rather than pray and then be disappointed. In general, 3-star champions are overrated, especially if they are not your carries and do not carry 3 items.
In Destiny 2, players can choose from many exotics, but which 10 powerful weapons are the most popular? We provide the data and explain what makes these guns so desirable.
Here’s what it’s about: In Destiny 2, players have been able to use a total of 77 special weapon exotics since Beyond Light and Season of the Hunt. Only one exotic can be used from the exotics while the other two slots must be filled with legendary weapons. So players need to choose wisely what they want to sacrifice the exotic slot for.
We show you here which 10 weapons are most frequently found in players’ inventories.
Where do the numbers come from? MeinMMO relies on the statistics from Destinytracker.com (as of 31.12.20) for this article. The database breaks down the overall usage and the kills achieved with the exotic across all sources.
If the usage numbers seem quite low to you, keep in mind that all legendary weapons and even blue, green, or white guns are included in the calculation.
We provide an explanation for the popularity of each weapon and where you can obtain the exotic.
The kinetic hand cannon Hawkmoon from Season 12 is equipped by 0.33% of all Guardians. The stylish revolver is responsible for 0.28% of all kills in PvE.
Why is the weapon so popular? The exotic classic just returned to Destiny 2 with the current season. Hardly any other primary weapon can deal as much damage and looks so good. Additionally, Hawkmoon is guaranteed to be obtainable through a quest.
In the future, usage could increase significantly because Hawkmoon will soon be available with random rolls – something no other exotic can offer.
Divinity is a trace rifle from Shadowkeep that is used by 0.36% of players in the special slot. However, the kill count is quite low, with only 0.04% of all deaths attributable to Divinity.
Why is the weapon so popular? Divinity is indispensable in the endgame. The trace rifle is likely the best team weapon.
It increases the damage of the entire fireteam.
And creates a field through fire that makes landing significant critical hits much easier.
The massive magazine of 194 rounds ensures sustained fire.
Additionally, the weapon can disrupt Overload champions by itself.
That the kill count is so low is no wonder since those who play Divinity help other players with killing – noble!
To perfectly assist their teammates, players must obtain Divinity through a long and challenging quest in the “Garden of Salvation.” Here, MeinMMO reveals how you can achieve it: How to solve the new quest for the raid exotic Divinity
Rank 8: Eyes of Tomorrow
The “Beyond Light” rocket launcher Eyes of Tomorrow is constantly carried by 0.47% of Guardians. With its homing warheads, it catapults 0.23% of all enemies into the virtual afterlife.
Why is the weapon so popular? Eyes of Tomorrow is one of the strongest weapons in the entire game. It is considered the first legitimate successor to the Gjallarhorn from Destiny 1.
Six rockets launch at once with each shot.
You can target your enemies, and the warheads aggressively track them.
If you eliminate at least four enemies this way, the damage of the next salvo increases massively.
This resulting damage is surpassed by very few weapons.
The usage rate is only at rank 8 because the exotic is a random drop from the new raid in the Deep Stone Crypt (from the final boss).
On the next page, we continue through the 10 most popular exotics from Beyond Light and Season 12. This will include weapons that are still from the Destiny 2 beta as well as brand new guns.
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Has Pokémon GO improved with the update? For hardcore players, definitely, as there is finally something to do again! Also, the XP accumulated over months or even years has finally become useful again.
The big highlight was certainly the level increase. Nevertheless, many of the other new features were also quite good. The Kalos region is likely to bring us more content over the next few months, and the second season is expected to start in early March. There will surely be a lot to discover there too.
One can certainly say that Pokémon GO has improved with GO Beyond. Nevertheless, it has also been noticed that there is indeed justified criticism in some areas. It remains to be seen whether Niantic will respond to this criticism or whether there will continue to be points of complaint in the future.
In 2020, there are definitely already the next big events waiting for you:
The GO Beyond update has changed Pokémon GO in many ways. New maximum level, new Pokémon, and new seasons. A month after the release of the update, the question arises: How much has the AR game been changed?
The maximum level has been raised to 50 and players have to complete 4 different tasks for each of the 10 new levels.
Generation 6 has been introduced – First monsters from the Kalos region are now appearing in the game.
The seasons have been introduced – Every 3 months the theme changes in Pokémon GO, and other monsters appear outside of events more frequently.
The PvP league has been adjusted – There is a new ranking system and different rewards.
Has Pokémon GO become a better game?
This is what the new maximum level has changed: For hardcore players, there is finally a lot to do again! Those who were already at level 40 for a long time now have to collect XP again or at least complete tasks.
Among the best players in the world, a real race broke out. Who will be the first to reach level 50 and how quickly can some levels be completed?
Meanwhile, hardcore players are stuck at level 48. For this, one must complete tasks for 8 weeks. Those tasks are of course not over yet, so it’s still unclear what awaits players at the last two levels.
Level 48 makes trainers wait at least 8 weeks.
For the average players, not much has changed with the level. Those who have not yet reached level 40 actually didn’t notice the level increase.
With the new maximum level came the XL candies, which have definitely caused a stir. Only level 40 players or higher can find these candies, and Pokémon drop them only very rarely. With XL candies, you can continue to level up monsters from level 40 onwards. You need 296 XL candies for level 50, which is indeed tough – especially with rare monsters.
Thus, leveling up Pokémon has become significantly harder due to GO Beyond, and anyone wishing to get a monster to level 50 must catch a lot of the desired specimen.
Really strong Pokémon from Generation 6 also did not come to the game at first. While the starter Pokémon are available, they are not particularly impressive.
In general, Generation 6 has not changed much, except maybe the stock of ultra balls for some trainers. Nevertheless, it was at least refreshing at the beginning to see new monsters on the screen.
The first Pokémon from Gen 6 are now in the game.
This is what the seasons have changed: The festive season started in early December and fundamentally changed the spawns. Some monsters, such as Kramurx or Rattfratz, no longer appear in the wild. Instead, trash bags are suddenly everywhere, as Unratütox is probably the most common monster in this season.
In general, it can be stated that the introduction of the first season has significantly changed the spawns. It is left to everyone to judge whether the spawns are now really better. There is a bit less variation in the wild, but there are monsters like Unratütox that at least give more stardust per catch.
This is what the PvP mode has changed: For fans of the mode, there was more to discover again. The ranking system is certainly better for some players, as you now rank up more and are rewarded more.
In return, the pool of Pokémon rewards has been significantly enlarged. At times, there were over 15 different monsters as rewards.
In general, the PvP league has improved due to the system. It is more rewarding for all players and provides more rewards.
Nevertheless, the PvP mode has not become more exciting for the broad masses. Many trainers still only watch the mode when a quest requires it.
Has Pokémon GO improved with the update? For hardcore players, definitely, as there is finally something to do again! Also, the XP accumulated over months or even years has finally become useful again.
The big highlight was certainly the level increase. Nevertheless, many of the other new features were also quite good. The Kalos region is likely to bring us more content over the next few months, and the second season is expected to start in early March. There will surely be a lot to discover there too.
One can certainly say that Pokémon GO has improved with GO Beyond. Nevertheless, it has also been noticed that there is indeed justified criticism in some areas. It remains to be seen whether Niantic will respond to this criticism or whether there will continue to be points of complaint in the future.
In 2020, there are definitely already the next big events waiting for you:
In World of Warcraft, the Timewalking dungeons for WotLK are active. You can now even play the Ulduar raid and receive powerful items there. We show you why this is good.
What is Timewalking? On December 30, 2020, the new Timewalking feature with dungeons and a raid started in World of Warcraft. You can now sign up for WotLK instances and play them with your group. Ulduar also opens its gates again. Although you could already play these instances, now you will be scaled to your maximum level 60 according to the contents and can play them “properly”.
What is special? The Ulduar raid from the Wrath of the Lich King expansion has been adjusted for you to make raiding worth it. Ulduar was originally opened in 2009.
As loot, you can get items at item level 200. So if you have not progressed far in Shadowlands yet or are looking for a way to equip your alts with 200 items, you now also have the chance in this raid.
The raid has the difficulty level “normal”. You can participate starting at level 30.
Raids of 1 to 30 players can participate
The raid will scale according to group size
Your items and level will be adjusted for the raid
In the dungeon browser, you can search for players under “organized groups”
Travel to Dalaran in Northrend to start the Timewalking version of Ulduar with Vormu
If you prefer dungeons, you can participate in WotLK instances through the dungeon browser using “random Timewalking dungeon”
The dungeons available are:
Gundrak
Ahn’Kahet: The Old Kingdom
The Halls of Lightning
The Nexus
Utgarde Keep
The Pit of Saron
Back in the “serious” raid against Yogg Saron after over 10 years
Is it worth it? Participating in the Ulduar raid gives you items at item level 200. Moreover, you can find popular items like the Eye of the Broodmother there.
There is a quest for the Ulduar raid (Disruption Detected: Ulduar) that rewards you with 500 Timewalking badges (Timeworn Badge) upon completion (killing Yogg Saron).
In Oribos, you will find another quest for the old content. This requires you to complete 5 Timewalking dungeons. For completion, you receive 500 Timeworn badges, as well as an item from Castle Nathria (normal difficulty).
Here you can exchange badges
For the Timeworn badges, you can buy items like a mount, toys, reputation items, or equipment pieces from the vendor in Dalaran.
This content is especially worthwhile for players who enjoyed dungeons or Ulduar in WotLK. Although the bosses in Ulduar behave somewhat differently, the nostalgia factor is present. Together, you will tackle the boss strategies that you had to learn a few years ago.
Have you tried the new old content or was this content from WotLK nothing for you?
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In League of Legends: Wild Rift you now have the chance to play all champions for free. However, this is only possible for a limited time. We will show you what you need to know.
This was announced: Via Twitter, Riot spread the message that you can currently try all champions in Wild Rift for free. Additionally, there is double the amount of EP and Blue Motes. However, the event is only supposed to be limited to 3 days, so you will need to hurry if you want to try a lot.
We will show you all the conditions of the event and tell you which champions you should definitely try.
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How long will the event last? You can try the champions for free starting now. The event is supposed to last until January 3rd. Riot mentions 3 days, which should end on January 3rd around 9:00 AM.
What do I get from the event? You can try all 49 champions and see which character suits you best. If you do not own a champion yet, you will know which champion to work towards.
You do not need to farm resources for any of the champions, but can just jump in. This allows new LoL players to get to know the characters and LoL veterans, who are new to Wild Rift, to see how the champion has changed in Wild Rift.
This way, you can determine the best champion for you and your playstyle and try them out diligently.
These champions you should check out: Among the 49 champions, there are many differences, and if you do not want to look at all characters, we will give you a strong preliminary selection.
Normally, all these characters cost 5500 Blue Essences or 725 Wild Cores. During the current event, you do not need to spend anything for them.
Depending on your playstyle, another champion might be suitable for you. However, you should at least try the listed characters and see if they fit your playstyle.
So you can have full enjoyment in your game and be effective, you should check this out:
The PlayStation 5 has been around for a while now and there is a lot of praise but also criticism. The shooter expert Sven Galitzki from MeinMMO sees 3 areas in particular where the PS5 should definitely improve in the new year 2021.
This may be the highlight of the year for some gamers: Many have been waiting for this for a long time. By now, Sony’s new next-gen console PlayStation 5 has been available for over a month and is already adorning some living rooms or gaming caves.
Many players have already had plenty of hands-on experience with the PlayStation 5 and made their own experiences with it. And overall, the PS5 is being well received so far, but there is also criticism – such as regarding some technical teething problems.
This is how I currently view the PS5: I, Sven from MeinMMO, have so far been completely spared from problems and teething troubles of the new console and have enjoyed every minute with the new console.
A beautiful thing, the PS5… But it also has room for improvement
In short: I love the PS5. It has elevated gaming quality on consoles to a new level for me and rightly deserves to be called next-gen. The performance is strong, it is quiet, and the new controller is great.
However, there are still several things where I and some other players see potential for improvement with the PlayStation 5 and wish for enhancements in the new year. Currently, I see the most room for improvement in the following 3 areas regarding the PS5:
PS5 urgently needs a storage expansion
This is the current status: The PlayStation 5 has an ultra-fast SSD, but it only has 667 GB of free storage available for games, apps, or media.
You can connect external hard drives or SSDs to the PS5, but PS5 games cannot be stored on them. They only run on the internal PS5 SSD and can currently only be saved there, as they are designed for high speed. External SSDs or storage media are currently only suitable for PS4 games.
Could be an alternative for PS5 storage expansion – the 980 Pro by Samsung
That’s why I hope for improvement: The problem is: If you like to have several games on the PlayStation that you can enjoy, the 667 GB can fill up quickly.
For example: Besides
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare including Warzone
Destiny 2
The Division 2
and Cyberpunk 2077
I can only afford smaller games like Dead Cells since the drive is otherwise so full that I can’t even install updates for CoD. My beloved Elite Dangerous or Anthem, which I still check in on regularly, have to stay in the library for now.
Moreover, there are other mysterious data that can occupy over 100 GB of the already scarce free SSD storage without any immediately apparent reason. This could mean you have even less space for games on your PS5.
This is the current status: Sony’s new console was already available for pre-order in 2 waves before its launch. Even after the official launch, there were already 2 more waves of orders. But since the last wave of orders on December 3rd, the PlayStation 5 has been completely sold out. Once again…
The waves essentially sank in chaos – including the last one. There were technical problems with the suppliers, the quotas were apparently very limited, the times were poorly or not communicated at all, plus there were sometimes subsequent cancellations and delivery issues. The PS5 was also not available in retail.
Anyone wanting to get a PS5 now will essentially only find it with price-gouging resellers who used bots to snag masses of consoles and then sell them for astronomical prices on platforms like Ebay. The same goes for some original accessories like the 3D Pulse Headset or the charging station for the PS5’s DualSense controller.
That’s why I hope for improvement: Despite now having 4 waves of orders, not everyone interested or willing to buy has been able to secure a PS5 or the desired accessories.
In my gaming circle alone, it feels like more than half of those who wanted to buy a PlayStation 5 have come up empty so far. I am still waiting for the headset and the charging station myself. And it seems many others are facing the same situation.
Currently, it is unknown when the PS5 will be available for order again. Sony has promised more supply by the end of the year, but it is unclear whether that means the wave from December 3rd or if another one will follow in 2020.
I hope that Sony can deliver quickly here. Because currently, there are many players who are disappointed and still desperately waiting for a PlayStation 5 or certain accessories. Hopefully, the availability of the new console will improve quickly in the new year – and preferably as soon as possible. However, rumors suggest that both Microsoft and Sony may struggle with supply shortages for their next-gen systems until spring 2021.
Initially, I tried Destiny 2 on the PS5 at launch – It was not really a next-gen experience yet
PS5 needs real next-gen games
This is the current status: The PlayStation 5 can play thousands of PS4 games through backward compatibility. Either at the level of the PS4 Pro or even better – through next-gen upgrades. This enables not only faster loading times but also, among other benefits, a higher native resolution (4K), higher frame rates, or additional effects.
However, there were also one or two launch titles available at launch – either cross-platform or exclusive to the PS5, such as
the “Demon’s Souls” remake
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Watch Dogs Legion
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
or Godfall
On December 10th, the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 was also added.
Cyberpunk 2077 – So far, the only game that gives me a bit of next-gen vibes
That’s why I hope for improvement: However, there were reportedly only a few real highlights at launch in the eyes of many players. Additionally, some titles like Watch Dogs Legion (66 on Metacritic) or Godfall (62 on Metacritic) were only moderately received by players.
Personally, I have yet to see a (exclusive) title that makes me really say: “Wow, THIS is really next-gen!” Or: “Okay, I’m definitely buying a PS5 for this.” Besides Cyberpunk 2077, which has only received the first upgrade for the PS5 and will get another “real” next-gen upgrade, I have essentially only been playing old PS4 gems on the PlayStation 5 – just a bit prettier (and admittedly with much faster loading times).
But I’m still waiting for a true next-gen moment, a real next-gen experience (setting Cyberpunk aside). And if you sift through reviews, Reddit, and social media, I’m clearly not the only one who feels this way – as good as the PS5 may be.
There probably won’t be too much happening in 2020, but 2021 has a few potential (or exclusive) highlights in store – like “Horizon: Forbidden West” or “Gran Turismo 7”.
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Hopefully, at least one among these titles will be a game that truly makes me feel completely immersed in the next-gen experience.
What about you? Do you see it the same way, similarly, or completely different? In which areas around the PS5 are you eagerly wishing for improvements?
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The addon “Mythic Dungeon Tools” in World of Warcraft is free again. However, the reason is not so pleasant.
Several days ago, we reported on MeinMMO about the interface addon Mythic Dungeon Tools (MDT). It’s a useful tool for many WoW players. The creator had made parts of the addon paid, which sparked a massive backlash. There were even reportedly death threats.
What is Mythic Dungeon Tools? The addon has been very popular in the “Mythic+” community. It allows players to meticulously plan dungeon routes with just a few clicks and share them with the entire group or other players. This way, all players can see in advance how the dungeon is to be approached and which groups are to be excluded or merged. Overall, it’s an extremely popular tool that many players appreciated.
After features of the addon were set to cost money, there was a lot of criticism – and likely also threats.
What was the problem? After the creator of the addon, Nnoggie, was messaged by viewers during a stream that he should finally update MDT, he lost his temper a bit during the stream. He explained that people should actually pay him if they wanted to use the addon.
Shortly after the conclusion of the “World First” race, the update for MDT was released. Creature data was missing, so players had to pay if they wanted that feature back.
The community reacted angrily: The community’s response came promptly. Just a few hours later, someone released the “Manbaby Dungeon Tools” to take revenge on Nnoggie. At the same time, Nnoggie apparently faced a real backlash, as numerous users of the addon complained.
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What has now happened? Almost 4 days after the incident, Nnoggie has now published a statement and has reverted the paid component of Mythic Dungeon Tools. In an apology, he writes:
The changes I made to MDT regarding NPC and mapping data will be reverted. Refunds can be obtained via Patreon messages or [email protected].
To those who want MDT to continue: I invite you to work on MDT again at this address:
I apologize to the people in my community who have supported me over the years – I have disappointed you, and I am sorry. Taking something away from you regarding MDT was never fair, and I see that now. I messed up.
Honestly, I never made it hard for people not to like me, but what I have experienced from the WoW community in the last few days is something I never thought I would see, and it contributed to bringing me to a very dark place. I hope to get through this with the help of my family and friends, but currently, not a day goes by that I don’t have bad thoughts.
I have become a victim of massive harassment, including some smear campaigns on social media and news websites that published fake screenshots of messages I never wrote. They compared and labeled me as a rapist, as a woman hater, and I became a victim of spam attacks, doxxing, and I received messages that made me want to kill myself or direct death threats.
Some of these attacks started during the World First race.
I want this to stop.
The consequence is that MDT is now free again. However, if Nnoggie’s accusations about some players are true, this is another sad example of incidents on the internet that go more than just a step too far. Just because someone no longer offers an interface addon should that person ever be a victim of threats of this kind.
What do you think of this story?
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In FIFA 21, the TOTW 14 (Team of the Week) continues. You can find out which players are in the new Team of the Week at MeinMMO.
What is the Team of the Week? EA selects the best players from a matchday in football once a week for a spot in the Team of the Week.
These players then receive upgraded Inform cards in Ultimate Team, which are available in packs for one week.
The strongest cards in TOTW 14: The strongest card in the current Team of the Week goes to Casemiro with an overall rating of 90. Exciting cards are also awarded to Rashford (88), Martinez (87), Lenglet (86), Carrasco (86), and Joao Cancelo (85).
What about players from the Bundesliga? Since the Bundesliga is already on winter break, there are no players from the German top league in TOTW 14. Instead, the new Team of the Week mainly features players from the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A.
This is the Team of the Week 14
The new TOTW 14
These players are in TOTW 14:
GK: Maignan (84)
CB: Lenglet (86)
CB: Denayer (84)
CB: Izzo (82)
CDM: Casemiro (90)
LM: Rashford (88)
LM: Carrasco (86)
RM: Joao Cancelo (85)
LW: Martinez (87)
ST: Al Soma (84)
ST: Muriel (82)
GK: Bernardoni (82)
CB: Saiss (82)
CAM: Calhanoglu (82)
RM: Caceres (81)
RM: Saka (81)
ST: Ruben Garcia (82)
ST: Edouard (81)
ST: Linssen (80)
RF: Melgarejo (79)
LW: Sergi Canos (78)
ST: Wadji (73)
LW: Johnson (69)
When will TOTW 14 be released? The new Inform cards are available today, December 30th at 7:00 PM in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team.
How to get the new Inform cards
In packs: With a bit of luck, you can obtain TOTW cards from these packs.
Bronze or Silver Inform cards can be found in the corresponding Bronze and Silver packs.
On the transfer market: Alternatively, you can also buy the new Inform cards on the FUT transfer market. The cards are usually found quite quickly. It’s best to wait a few days before purchasing, as prices often drop significantly.
50 streamers who usually stream on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch are currently playing the survival MMO Rust on a shared server. But as shooter chief shroud believes, there is now a threat to the peaceful activities on the private server: The Twitch streamer xQc has discovered the OfflineTV server and apparently plans to cause trouble.
What is going on with Rust? Rust is a survival MMO from 2013 that actually doesn’t play a major role on Twitch. However, that changed on December 26.
50 streamers from the streaming group “OfflineTv” have created a shared server and have been playing Rust together for 4 days. Streamers like Pokimane, Myth, shroud, and Valkyrae are among them. The fact that so many streamers with thousands of followers are now playing the survival MMO has given Rust an incredible boost on Twitch:
The survival MMO peaked at 300,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch
This is well above the normal average: Usually, Rust has around 9,000 concurrent viewers.
The streamers use the server as a shared sandbox, chatting and playing pranks; everything is quite relaxed.
The wise bearded man foresees misfortune: shroud.
“Something bad is going to happen”
What kind of evil looms? The troublemaker of Twitch is Felix “xQc” Lengyel. He is always looking for new ways to entertain his mostly young audience, who are into anarchy and chaos.
With the streamers who are hanging out on Rust’s shared server, xQc actually has nothing to do. He wasn’t originally invited to the private server, but then knocked on the door and wanted to join.
As shooter expert Michael “shroud” Grzesiek explains, this situation can only end in one way now.
“The server will soon implode. I can feel it. Something bad is going to happen. I predict: Now that xQc is building a base, he will start killing people. Once that happens, the server will either die or they will kick him out.
Because I am sure: The people here do not want to fight on this server. Myth maybe a little, us a little, but no one else. No one wants to fight here.”
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What’s behind it: shroud probably has a good instinct: xQc would sell his grandmother for a good action.
It really seems to only be a matter of time until the former Overwatch pro goes into “player killer” mode. It seems hard to imagine that he would play ring-around-the-rosy for days without touching anyone. He is known to be too temperamental, and it contradicts his concept of what “good entertainment” on Twitch is: movement and chaos.
xQc on the prowl, you can hear the screaming of the victims:
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The situation that is developing shows a typical conflict in survival MMOs: The activities on a normal server resemble those at a beach during vacation time.
Some love to build a sandcastle, spending hours on even the finest details until everything is perfect and matches their vision. And others love to destroy such a castle in seconds.
Update 12/31 4:32 PM: shroud was right. The conflict has indeed escalated in the last hours.
Survival MMOs are popular because they allow players to indulge in various playstyles. Some build large fortresses and even empires in these games, found guilds, and establish a small society. Others are nomads, traveling light and love to ambush other players and take them down:
The German streamers celebrated some successes in 2020. We show you here the 5 streams that had the highest viewer count this year and explain the story behind them.
This is shown here: 2020 was a year of celebration for German streamers, but scandals were also part of the agenda. All these are reasons why streams were particularly well received.
In this list, we show you the 5 streams that had the most viewers in 2020 at the peak. In each of these streams, over 100,000 viewers watched simultaneously.
We refer to the data from sullygnome. This is an analysis site that aggregates all Twitch statistics. Please note that other portals may have discrepancies in the numbers.
Place 5: Friendly Fire 6 by PietSmiet
These are the numbers: On December 5th, PietSmiet held this record stream:
125,228 people were watching simultaneously at peak – On average, there were a remarkable 92,350 viewers
The stream lasted 13 hours and has over 1.68 million views
What kind of stream was this? Friendly Fire is a charity stream held annually. In the 6th edition of the stream, a total of 1.6 million euros was raised by PietSmiet and other well-known YouTubers and streamers.
Prior to this, no Friendly Fire stream had been as successful as this year.
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How successful is PietSmiet otherwise? PietSmiet has been a staple on YouTube and Twitch for years. This year, the gamer buddies had an average of nearly 5,000 viewers simultaneously, and on Twitch, they currently have 639,000 followers.
PietSmiet plays a variety of different games and was live for an average of over 4 1/2 hours in 2020. The gamer group currently consists of 5 members, who preferred to play Escape From Tarkov and F1 2020 this year.
On the next page, you will find a stream from the biggest streamer in Germany.
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The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) released the Greymoor chapter this year and named the year “The Black Heart of Skyrim”. This led you to Skyrim, and we want to know how you liked it in a survey.
The Elder Scrolls Online is continuously updated with new chapters and DLCs. The overarching adventure in 2020 was called “The Black Heart of Skyrim”.
This took you with the Greymoor add-on to an area that should be familiar to many. We are talking about Tamriel, or English Skyrim, which is already known from an older and likewise named part of The Elder Scrolls series.
This may have triggered nostalgia for some players. However, not every ESO player has necessarily played Skyrim and may still enjoy the chapter. Similarly, not every ESO-playing Skyrim fan must have liked the chapter.
So now it’s your turn: how did you find the year 2020 in the sign of Skyrim?
In Greymoor, you encounter such dark Vampire Lords
The new chapter Greymoor and its DLCs
This is how the year 2020 began: It started with the Harrowstorm DLC, which brought two dungeons and the prologue quest for Greymoor. The two instances were:
Icecap – There you will delve into the Gramstorms that move across the sea.
The Unholy Tomb – There you will enter an ancient burial site that has been reopened.
This is how 2020 continued: The highlight was the Greymoor expansion, which was released in May for PC and in June for consoles. It took you to Skyrim, more specifically to western Tamriel. There, a dark main story and sinister side quests awaited you, involving many vampires and monsters. Additionally, you had:
The Gramstorms/Harrowstorms – Similar to the Anchors, during this group event you can save the world and also loot by killing monsters and dissolving the storm.
Kynes Aegis – A new trial for 12 players, corresponding to the raids in ESO. You have voted on these raids and shared your ranking.
This is how you vote: Now it’s up to you to tell us your opinion about the Skyrim year. Try to consider the year 2020 in ESO from all points of view when rating, such as story, atmosphere, performance, gameplay, and everything that goes with it.
In the following survey tool, there are 6 answer options waiting for you. You can choose whether you have played Skyrim or not and how much you liked the overarching adventure. You only have one vote, so be careful not to click the wrong option.
The voting runs until the morning of December 31, and will be evaluated here at MeinMMO afterwards. Feel free to also leave us your opinion in the comments to contribute to the article.
Currently, the New Year’s event is still running in ESO, where you can grab great rewards. Among other things, it is your last chance to earn a magical stag, an Indrik, as a mount. So it’s worth checking it out.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
