Destiny 2: Quickly farm Breakthrough Essence for event weapons and recipes

Philipp Hansen Philipp Hansen Reading time 4 minutes

In Destiny 2, baking rewards you with gifts and event weapons. However, you will need a lot of Dawning Essences. MeinMMO tells you where to get them quickly.

What do I need Dawning Essence for? In Destiny 2, Christmas traditionally revolves around baking and giving cookies. To properly fuel your Festive Oven 2.0 during the 2020 Winter Event, you will definitely need Dawning Essences.

Only those who generously share their homemade treats throughout the system will be rewarded with gifts from the numerous NPCs in Destiny.

How baking works exactly and which recipes and ingredients await baking-enthusiastic Guardians this year can be found in the guide on MeinMMO:

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That’s why baking is worth it: In the gifts, you will find upgrade materials, resources, and Glimmer. There is also Dawning Spirit, which you need for the Community Challenge 2020 and for your personal Christmas quest from Eva Levante – during which you pimp your exotic ship. There is also something for Triumph Hunters.

Additionally, there are 3 event-exclusive weapons in the gifts. Included are the two guns from 2018 and 2019 with new rolls, as well as a brand new weapon: the fusion rifle “Glacioclasm”.

How to get the important Dawning Essences in 2020

Do you want to bake as quickly and as much as possible to pile up lots of gifts to unwrap? Especially at the beginning of the event, there is a shortage of Dawning Essence on the account. And every recipe requires the essences.

Where do you find essences? Throughout the 3-week celebrations, you can collect essences simply by completing various activities. Upon completion, these will go into your inventory – but that takes time.

This is how many Dawning Essences you get for completing an activity:

  • Strikes: 20-25
  • Legendary Lost Sectors: 15-17
  • Woken Hunts: 10-15
  • Dungeons: 9
  • Crucible Match: 10-15
  • Strikes: 5-15
  • Public Events: 1-5
  • Patrols: 1

Farming Dawning Essences in Destiny 2

If you do not want to wait, there are also options to quickly farm Dawning Essences. We show you ways for solo players and team players.

This is what solo Guardians should do: Even without a fireteam, you can easily and quickly complete the Woken Hunts from Season 12. Thanks to the latest update for the Cryptolith Lure, you can now store up to 5 charges and go hunting multiple times. In just a few minutes, a hunt is finished and you are richer by 10-15 essences.

Once you have completed your hunts, simply play some of the other activities and recharge your lure in the meantime. More about the hunts and the lure can be found here on MeinMMO: Destiny 2: All about the new Cryptolith Lure – Quick Charging and Best Upgrades

.The new Woken Hunts from Season 12 go quickly and you harvest many Dawning Essences

Alternatively, assuming a high power level and good gear, you can farm the Legendary Lost Sectors alone. Here you can farm 15-17 essences per run and even the new exotics from Beyond Light.

This is how to do it faster in a team: With one or two Guardians in the fireteam, the Legendary Lost Sectors at 1,250 go really fast. While you won’t have a chance at exotics, you can secure a charge of essences in 1-2 minutes.

  • Immediately break the activity as soon as they drop to save a few seconds before starting again.
  • Prepare for champions and equip some artifact mods or, for example, the exotic sword The Lament – this makes runs no problem.

Alternatively, start a Woken Hunt as a team.

  • It is important that the host who starts the hunt with their lure does not defeat the target.
  • Thus, you can leave the hunt afterwards, restart it, and the whole team will receive essences each time, without having to recharge the lure or search for the wounded target first.
  • A player has no problems against the boss alone

However, quickly farming Dawning Essences is only half the job. Clever Guardians also significantly reduce their essence consumption.

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Upgrade the Festive Oven to Masterwork and Save a Lot

As already mentioned, each baking process consumes your precious Dawning Essences. However, you can significantly reduce the costs involved.

  • You need to upgrade your oven to Masterwork.
  • Then a batch of fresh cookies costs only 10 Dawning Essences instead of the regular 15.
  • To obtain a Masterwork oven, you must have baked each of the 21 recipes for the Dawning event 2020 at least once.
  • If you have been diligent in the past years, your oven remembers the recipes.
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The oven consumes fewer Dawning Essences for each baking process as a Masterwork

This is how you should proceed: So first bake each recipe at least once. That way, you’ll quickly have the Masterwork oven. Then it’s enough to bake only the sweets you have the most ingredients for, or those that fit your playstyle.

If you like to swing your Solar sword The Lament and thrash Cabal, you’ll quickly gather “Sharp Flavor”, “Unbelievable Heat”, and “Cabal Oil”. This way you can bake delicious vanilla swords for Lord Shaxx on repeat. From his gifts, you will then draw the event weapons and resources.

Are you taking your time with baking or do you want to bake all the cookies as quickly as possible and grab the gifts? Do you even have more tips for the MeinMMO readers? Then feel free to share them in the comments.

Anyone who wishes to get a glimpse of Destiny 2 in 2021 will find it here: Destiny 2 promises you more loot – These weapons are on the way

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WoW: Torghast is heavily criticized, as Blizzard removes the fun

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The Tower Torghast in WoW: Shadowlands is causing criticism. Players are dissatisfied with the latest changes – rightly so?

The Tower Torghast is one of the new endgame features of World of Warcraft Shadowlands. Players can work their way through increasingly challenging levels to obtain Soul Ash for crafting a legendary item. However, what meant fun in the first weeks has now become a burden for many players.

What is the problem? The Tower Torghast was massively praised in the first weeks of WoW: Shadowlands, but not much of that remains now. The reasons for this are a series of hotfixes implemented by Blizzard. In recent weeks, Blizzard has:

  • Nerfed particularly strong anima bonuses
  • Significantly increased the health points of almost all enemies
  • Increased the strength of bosses and final bosses on levels

In summary, Blizzard has made the enemies stronger and the players weaker, resulting in longer runs and tougher battles.

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Torghast – for many it has become “Choreghast”.

Here are the opinions of the players: For many, Torghast no longer feels like fun, but like mandatory work, or a “chore”. Therefore, some are now calling Torghast “Choreghast”. There are several reasons for this, but the buffs to the enemies that Blizzard has rolled out in recent days weigh the heaviest. On almost all levels, enemies now have more health points, extending individual runs.

Some players are extremely frustrated. For instance, user Justin_ml reports in the WoW subreddit that he spent nearly 90 minutes on Layer 7, only to be killed by the final boss within 5 seconds and be completely hopeless – with an item level of 198, which is currently quite good. Other players agree and have had similar experiences that lead to massive frustration.

After 1.5hrs in tourghast layer 7 I die to the final boss in 5 seconds. from r/wow

In the WoW subreddit, there are now numerous posts with up to nearly 10,000 upvotes pleading to Blizzard not to ruin Torghast and to make it the fun game mode it could be again.

Are there dissenting voices? Yes. Some players believe that Torghast should indeed be difficult and that you should occasionally lose. This is simply part of “roguelike” games. These players argue that no one is forced to complete Torghast at the highest possible level. Those who fail on level 7 or 8 should simply play a lower level. After all, the highest levels grant only a small amount of Soul Ash and are therefore probably only really mandatory for participants in the “World First” race.

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How can Torghast be saved? The community has many ideas on how to make Torghast more appealing and interesting again. Firstly, it is requested that the last hotfix be reversed – it had equipped enemies with significantly more health points. Secondly, players wish that the bonus abilities become a bit crazier and more powerful. After all, Torghast is a closed area, and here one could completely forget about balance and try out crazy abilities and feel overpowered.

Are you still having fun in Torghast? What do you think about the buffs that Blizzard has made?

Something else is annoying in WoW right now – these 7 player types that you can encounter.

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GTA Online: The 3 new weapons from the Cayo Perico Heist and where to find them

Eilyn Rapp Eilyn Rapp Reading time 3 minutes

The Cayo Perico update in GTA 5 Online introduced 3 new weapons that you can unlock. However, not all of them are easy to find. We will show you where to find and unlock them.

This is what’s happening in GTA Online: On December 15, the “biggest update of all time” was installed. This brought the new Cayo Perico Heist, new vehicles, and 3 new weapons.

The weapons are associated with the heist and can only be unlocked if you play the heist. We will show you the new guns and how to unlock them.

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The 3 new weapons from Cayo Perico

These are the new weaponry: In total, there are 3: a military rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol. Here they are:

  • Military Rifle – 397,500 GTA$
  • Combat Shotgun – 295,000 GTA$
  • Perico Pistol

Especially the Perico Pistol is hard to find and appears in a golden variant. However, once you find it, you can use it immediately and don’t have to buy it first.

How to get the weapons

How to find the Military Rifle? You can get the first weapon quite easily. You just have to start the Cayo Perico Heist. After starting, the weapon will be automatically unlocked for you.

Now you can go to any Ammu-Nation on the map and refund the Military Rifle for 397,500 GTA Dollars.

This is the Military Rifle.

How to find the Combat Shotgun? You should find the shotgun during the heist finale. According to the reddit user Timely-Speaker-8590, he found the Combat Shotgun leaning against a beam between walls. However, there seem to be various locations.

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If you find the weapon, you can interact with it to “steal” it. Once you do this, you should be able to buy it at Ammu-Nation for 295,000 GTA Dollars after the heist.

The Combat Shotgun from the Cayo Perico Heist

How to find the Perico Pistol? Now we come to the last weapon from the new heist. You can steal and use this one right during the heist. You will find the pistol in El Rubio’s office during the heist finale:

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The Perico Pistol is located in a drawer that you can only open with a key. You can find the key in Los Santos, but you can only start looking for it once the event is unlocked for you.

You should pay attention to the map while playing, as a blue dot will appear there. Go there to get the special key. Once you find it, you can start the Cayo Perico Heist and look for the pistol there.

The new Perico Pistol from the heist

Once you have completed all these steps and purchased the weapons, you can use them against other players. At first, they will probably be rare since they are not easy to get. So if you hurry, you might still brag with them for a while.

The Cayo Perico Heist is worth it not just for the new cool weapons. The pay for the job is higher than ever before. A trip to the island could therefore be quite worthwhile for you.

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WoW nerfs the 3 strongest classes in PvE – This is how strong they still are

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 3 minutes

With today’s server restart, a hotfix for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has been applied, adjusting class balance. Death Knights, Druids, and Hunters are receiving heavy nerfs, but even the top PvP killers are affected.

These are the nerfs: Today, on December 16, 2020, a new hotfix for World of Warcraft was released, which among other things made the new raid Castle Nathria harder at the last minute.

Additionally, some adjustments for classes went live. Particularly Unholy Death Knights, Balance Druids, and Marksmanship Hunters are affected:

  • Unholy Death Knights lose 20% of the effectiveness of their “Mastery: Dreadblade”
  • Balance Druids lose 6% damage from “Starfall” and the legendary effect “Balance of All Things” loses strength
  • Marksmanship Hunters lose 5% damage each from their abilities “Aimed Shot” and “Arcane Shot”

For all three classes, the nerfs hit the most important tools for damage dealing. In the DPS ranking of Shadowlands, all three were previously in the top 3. The nerfs could change that.

DK, Druid, and Hunter Nerfed

What do the nerfs mean? The Druid loses area damage with Starfall, but “Balance of All Things” was previously the strongest legendary for Balance Druids.

In particular, with the Night Fae ability “Convoke the Spirits,” which randomly casts 16 spells, Druids could achieve significant damage peaks quickly with the legendary. However, the Night Fae are still likely to be the best covenant for Druids.

“Mastery: Dreadblade” increases the damage of pets and the shadow damage dealt for the Unholy Death Knight. Since nearly all of their damage comes from these two elements, the nerf hits particularly hard. Overall, Death Knights should expect 5-7% less damage.

Death Knights will face significantly less damage.

For the Hunter, “Aimed Shot” and “Arcane Shot” together account for nearly 50% of their damage. Therefore, the nerf affects them for about 2-3% of their total damage.

This is how strong the classes still are in the ranking: Druids and Hunters may lose a place in the DPS list, but they could also hold their ground since no other class has been significantly buffed. They have good chances to remain at the top.

Death Knights, on the other hand, could face larger losses. From the former first place, they could fall to as low as fourth place due to the nerf. However, it remains to be seen how strong the different values are for Unholy Death Knights and whether other legendary effects might be more beneficial.

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PvP Nerfs for Rogues

What changes: In addition to the PvE nerfs, Rogues are getting a nerf in PvP. This mainly affects Rogues who have chosen the Kyrian as their covenant and Subtlety Rogues in general. The main changes are:

  • The Soulbind ability ‘Combat Meditation’ grants 50% less mastery in PvP.
  • The effectiveness of the Kyrians’ medium ‘Echo’ has been reduced by 50% in PvP (previously 30%).
  • The initial damage of the Kyrian ability ‘Resounding Retribution’ has been reduced by 50% in PvP.
  • ‘Shadow Blades’ now deals an additional 30% damage to player characters (previously 40%).

This should prevent Subtlety Rogues from being able to kill opposing players in the arena, battlegrounds, or open PvP in just a few seconds despite defensive cooldowns. This has previously been a major point of criticism in the community.

How the PvE changes will concretely affect the ranking and gameplay remains to be seen. Currently, the “Mythic Race” is running, where the USA has already killed 7/10 bosses before Europe even gets to start. However, at least Death Knights are still favored there as they bring a very useful ability with “Death Grip.” We eagerly await to see who wins the race and how.

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Pokémon GO: The raid hour today with Kyurem is perfect for leveling up

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 2 minutes

Today, on December 16th, the legendary Pokémon Kyurem returns during the Raid Hour in Pokémon GO. We will show you how to defeat the Pokémon.

This is the Raid Hour: Typically, the Raid Hour occurs every Wednesday. The current 5-star raid boss is highlighted during this time. It appears in almost all gyms within the hour.

In the current month of December, this legendary boss is the Dragon-type Pokémon Kyurem. If you want to catch this monster, you need just a Raid Pass or a Remote Raid Pass to participate in the raid.

If you don’t have a gym nearby where Kyurem might appear, you can still take advantage of the hour through remote raids. For example, friends can invite you to raids they are participating in. It doesn’t matter where you are – as long as you have a Remote Raid Pass.

Raid Hour on December 16th – What is the benefit?

When does the Raid Hour start? As usual, the Raid Hour begins at 6 PM local time. Before that, the raid eggs will appear, which will hatch right on time. The raids end again at 7:00 PM, and the usual spawns will return.

Why should I participate? Primarily, the hour is beneficial for you if the boss is still missing from your collection. During the Raid Hour, many trainers are often battling, so there’s a good opportunity to quickly find a raid with enough people for Kyurem. The Remote Raid Passes are also useful here: Just look on the map for a suitable raid and join a sufficiently large group.

Even if you already have the monster, the hour can still be useful. Because: With legendary raids, you accumulate an unusually large amount of XP. They can give you up to 10,000 XP, or even 20,000 XP if you’ve activated a Lucky Egg. Kyurem doesn’t require too many trainers, so you can quickly gather XP here. Additionally, you can increase your friendship level through joint raids, which also brings XP.

Besides that, the raids also help you progress from level 40 to 50. There are various tasks related to raids or legendary Pokémon, where you can benefit from the Raid Hour. You can find the detailed level guide here.

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Defeating Kyurem – These counters work

How many trainers do you need? Kyurem can already be defeated with teams of two trainers if you use the right counters and are at least level 40. If you can’t access that, you shouldn’t have any problems with four trainers.

What counters should I use? As an Ice/Dragon-type monster, Kyurem has several weaknesses that can be exploited. It is weak against the following types:

  • Fighting
  • Rock
  • Steel
  • Fairy
  • Dragon

The top counters therefore also come from these types. For example, use these monsters:

PokémonAttacks
LucarioCounter and Aura Sphere
MetagrossBullet Punch and Meteor Mash
MeistagrifCounter and Dynamic Punch
DialgaMetal Claw and Draco Meteor
MachampCounter and Dynamic Punch

Missing these monsters from your collection? Then you can find more tips for the raid battle in our Counter Guide against Kyurem.

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Fortnite: Here you can find the new weapons Big Chill and Dragon’s Breath

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In Fortnite you can find two new exotic weapons in Season 5 that appear only at specific locations on the map. We will show you the locations of the grenade launcher “Big Chill” and the sniper “Dragon’s Breath”.

These weapons are: With the Update 15.10 in Fortnite, two new weapons were added to the game:

  • The Dragon’s Breath: an exotic sniper rifle with a flame design
  • The Big Chill: an exotic grenade launcher with a rustic design

You can find both weapons on the map. However, they do not randomly appear from loot chests like other weapons, but only at fixed locations. If you want to get the new weapons, you will need to travel there specifically or eliminate an opponent who is carrying one of these weapons.

When you travel to the locations, you need to bring gold with you. You will have to purchase the weapons.

To save you from searching for a long time, we will show you the location of both weapons here.

Location of the grenade launcher “Big Chill”

Use this map: We are embedding the map of Fortnite here, which shows the exact location of the weapon:

Fortnite Big Chill
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Here you need to search: The Big Chill is found at exactly one location. In the far southeast of the map is a snow-covered mountain. At the top, there is an ice cream truck and a picnic table. Right next to it, a frosty Fortnite skin is selling you the Big Chill.

The Big Chill costs 1455 gold bars. This is comparable to other exotic weapons in the game.

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Location of the sniper “Dragon’s Breath”

Use this map: Here we are also embedding a map of the locations. Unlike the Big Chill, there are two locations for this sniper, and it only appears at one of the two. If you don’t find it at one location, you will need to head to the other:

Fortnite Dragons Breath
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Here you need to search: In the west of the map, you need to climb up a small hill. There, wooden structures are assembled, and the NPC Blaze is waiting for you. You can buy the Dragon’s Breath from her.

Alternatively, you can travel to the far northeast of the map. There, on the cliff, are two broken houses. In the right house, you will find Blaze again, who will offer you the sniper.

The rifle costs 1213 gold bars and is therefore slightly cheaper than other exotics.

If you still don’t know how to collect gold bars in Fortnite, then check here:

Fortnite: 3 tips on how to collect gold bars faster

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What will MMOs look like in 10 years? We discuss it in the MeinMMO podcast

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What do you imagine the MMOs of the future will be like? We have discussed what we will all be playing in 10 years in our new MeinMMO-Podcast.

What is it about? The MMO genre has undergone some major changes in recent years. Various sub-genres have developed, smartphones have emerged as a new platform, and a new generation of gamers has come into the target audience.

As long-time MMO fans, we have asked ourselves:

  • Will we soon only play MMOs on mobile?
  • Where will the MMOs of tomorrow come from?
  • What role does the Asian region play?
  • Will VR become important for MMOs?

We have been examining the possible MMO market over the next 10 years. To get there, we also look at the current state of MMOs and the present situation in the market.

Who is involved? The podcast is hosted as always by Leya Jankowski from the MeinMMO editorial team. This time, two editors from our team are also joining: Editor-in-chief Gerd Schuhmann and MMORPG author Alexander Leitsch.

Here you can listen:

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There you will also find all previous episodes, which also discuss the past of MMOs. This includes, of course, the question: Was everything better back then?

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This is how you can participate: We always welcome constructive suggestions for improvement for our podcast. Write your feedback in the comments under the article or in our Discord and tell us how you like the current episode.

You can also make topic suggestions for the future. Is there a game or topic that particularly interests you? Would you like to hear specific guests on our show? Then feel free to bring it up and put it in the comments.

We look forward to seeing you!

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GTA Online: Repair all 10 antennas on the map – Here’s how to find them

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We show you all 10 antennas you need to repair for Still Slipping Los Santos on the map of GTA 5 Online. This will allow you to secure the new radio station, GTA dollars, and other cool rewards.

What are these antennas? The latest update that introduced the Cayo Perico Heist also brought the new radio station “Still Slipping Los Santos”. However, this is only locally accessible unless you help find and repair the antennas.

If you want to listen to the new trendy music from Los Santos unlimited, we will show you where all the broken antennas are located.

Antennas – Locations on the Map

Where should you look? The antennas are spread across 10 different locations on the map. Some of them are on rooftops of buildings and are therefore not immediately visible.

At the red markers you will find one of the antennas each

In detail, you will find the antennas at:

  • Paleto Bay, on the roof of a building located southwest
  • the tram station of Mount Chiliad
  • the Rebel Station in Grand Senora Desert
  • on the roof of the Kortz building at Pacific Bluffs
  • the communication towers in Vinewood Hills
  • next to Trevor’s trailer in Sandy Shores
  • on the roof of the shopping center at Burton
  • near the workout station in Vespucci Beach
  • on the roof of a building in the middle of Cypress Flats
  • near the San Chianski Mountain Range

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How is the mission triggered?

What do you need to do? To start the antenna mission, you first need to go to a specific location: Mirror Park. This will be indicated to you with a “J” on the map. It’s best to mark it so that the way there is shown to you.

Once you arrive there, the mission should start right away and you can begin your search for the broken antennas. As soon as you find an antenna, you just need to interact with it to repair it.

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Here you see all locations of the antennas in the video and what it looks like when you activate an antenna

If you want faster access to all antennas, it would be good to travel with an aircraft. This way you can quickly reach all the rooftops and the mission shouldn’t take too long.

Once you have found and repaired all 10 antennas, you can listen to the new radio station “Still Slipping Los Santos” unrestricted in your vehicles. You also get 250,000 GTA dollars and 10,000 RP.

If you want to collect even more money after the mission, you should check out the time trials. We explain how you can now earn 600,000 GTA$ in 5 minutes.

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CoD Cold War & Warzone: Unlock new weapons MAC 10 and Groza – Here’s how to do it

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Directly at the start of Season 1 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and the Battle Royale CoD Warzone, 2 new weapons are entering the game: the submachine gun MAC 10 and the assault rifle Groza. Here you will find out how to unlock them.

What’s currently happening in Call of Duty? Today, on December 16th, is an important day for Call of Duty. With the start of Season 1, the new CoD Cold War is truly beginning for many. Additionally, with the launch of the first joint season, it will finally be completely integrated into Warzone. The Battle Royale itself will also receive numerous changes and new content – including the new map Rebirth Island.

In this context, 2 new weapons will also enter the game, which you can start unlocking and then use in Black Ops Cold War as well as in Warzone. But how do you get them?

The MAC 10 in action

How to unlock the 2 new weapons from the Season 1 Battle Pass

A total of five new weapons will be added to Cold War and Warzone during Season 1 – two of them right from the start. However, they need to be unlocked first.

These are the two new weapons: Right at the start of the first season, the following weapons will be available through the new Season 1 Battle Pass:

  • the MAC 10, a submachine gun
  • and the Groza, an assault rifle

Both are available through the free reward branch, meaning they can be completely unlocked and obtained for free by everyone. The weapons are also relatively easy to unlock, although it still requires some effort and time.

The MAC 10

How to get the MAC 10: To unlock this new submachine gun, you basically only need to do one thing – play.

Because you unlock the weapon without any special challenges or tasks at level 15 in the Battle Pass. You just need to diligently collect XP and level up the Battle Pass. Even players with little time should easily achieve this goal during the season.

The Groza

How to get the Groza: The situation with the Groza is similar – only that you need to play a bit more to get this weapon. This assault rifle will be unlocked at Tier 30 (Level 30). However, even with moderate but regular play, this should be achievable during the new season for almost everyone.

Here’s how to do it faster: You can also obtain the two new firearms in a less time-consuming way, but it will cost you.

This option involves getting the Battle Pass Bundle for 2,400 CoD Points. This includes 20 tier skips, which allow you to jump 20 levels, and with that, you can essentially secure the MAC 10 right away.

Then, you only have 10 more tiers to reach the Groza at Tier 30. You can also purchase this if desired. One tier skip costs 150 CoD Points, which is equivalent to €1.50. So, for those who find their time too precious or too tight and are willing to spend money for it, they can also buy immediate access to both weapons. Whether it is actually worthwhile and truly worth it – that’s something everyone has to decide for themselves.

By the way, if you still enjoy playing Modern Warfare: CoD Modern Warfare: Battle Pass is gone, Season 6 is over – Here’s what comes next

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Europe & Asia are too good in LoL – That’s why America is changing its tournament format

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

In 2020, no American team made it out of the group stage of the Worlds in League of Legends. Teams from Korea, China, and Europe dominated the tournament. In 2021, this is supposed to change, and adjustments to the regular season for the teams are being made.

What happened? As Riot Games announced, there will be adjustments to the American LoL league LCS in 2021. According to the developers, this change – along with adjustments to the amateur scene – is meant to make America “the competitive region that everyone desires”.

This is a reaction to the poor performance of US teams internationally. In 2019, no American team made it out of the group stage. In 2020, the same picture was observed, with TSM, as the winner of the Summer Playoffs, embarrassingly exiting with a score of 0-6.

What is supposed to change?

  • In general, there should be more games per week during the regular season, the Spring, and the Summer Split.
  • The Spring Split will once again become more important regarding participation in the Worlds.
  • Furthermore, new tournaments are planned to be played during the season.

LCS starts the new season with a tournament

How does the new season begin? Instead of starting directly with the Spring Split, as has been customary, the league will begin with the LCS Lock In. This is a tournament that runs from January 15 to 31 and offers $150,000 to the winner.

All teams in the LCS will participate, with TSM and FlyQuest, the best teams from the previous year, starting in separate groups.

The new Lock In tournament, which takes place right at the start of the season.

Following the tournament, the regular Spring Split will begin. It runs from February 5 to March 14. New is that on three days – Friday, Saturday, Sunday – five games will be played each day. Each team is therefore required every day.

MSI and Summer Split: After the Spring Split, there will be the Mid-Season Showdown. There, it will be determined which team gets to represent the region at the international Mid-Season Invitational.

Six best teams from the Spring Split will participate in this tournament. The format will be Double Elimination.

After that, the regular Summer Split will take place from June 4 to August 1.

The key player changes in the LCS for 2021:

LCS Championship as a highlight

At the end of the season, there will be the LCS Championship. There, the 6 best teams of the entire year will compete against each other. The standings of the Spring and Summer Splits play an important role.

Other changes compared to the Summer Playoffs include:

  • The new system is supposed to ensure that teams that have already played against each other will meet again only later.
  • There are different dates so a team does not play multiple times a week.
  • The team coming from the upper bracket always has side choice.

The best teams from the LCS Championship will then represent America internationally.

LoL LCS Championship
The new LCS Championship.

Adjustments to the amateur scene

What is changing in the amateur scene? Academy teams and amateur teams will now meet in a large tournament, the LCS Proving Grounds, to determine the best team outside of the LCS.

To do this, a completely new tournament system has been created. This will run parallel to other amateur tournaments carried out by creators or players in general.

How the format will work exactly has been summarized by Riot in a graphic:

LoL NA Amateur-Format
This is what the new season looks like for Academy and amateur teams.

Whether this new system will actually help strengthen the American scene will be shown by the Worlds 2021. One of the world champions from 2019, DoinB, sees a different problem in America than the tournament system:

World champion explains why America is so bad at LoL

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WoW: USA has already achieved 7/10 in the World-First race before Europe starts

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The race for the “World First Kill” in Castle Nathria of WoW has begun. America is off to a strong start and has already defeated 7 out of 10 bosses.

For many players, the most exciting time in World of Warcraft has returned. This is not only due to the release of the Shadowlands expansion, but also especially because of the “World First” race in the new raid Castle Nathria. The mythical mode has been accessible for a few hours now, and guilds from all over the world are trying to reach Count Denathrius first to defeat him. The American guilds are off to a strong start – they have already defeated 7 out of 10 bosses.

What is going on? In WoW, everything is currently focused on the “World First Kill” of Count Denathrius, the final boss of Castle Nathria, for the professional guilds. While our realms have only been online for a few hours, the American guilds in World of Warcraft have already made good progress.

Which guilds are currently in the lead? As of now (11:45 AM), the guild Complexity Limit is leading the race for the World First of Count Denathrius. They have defeated 7 out of 10 bosses in Castle Nathria on mythical difficulty and have a significant lead over the other guilds. In second place is BDGG (Big Dumb Gaming), with 4 out of 10 bosses defeated.

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The current status of the race. (16.12., 11:45 AM) Source: wowprogress.com

After that comes a whole series of guilds that are at 3 out of 10 bosses – including the European guild Echo (rank 10), which was only founded a few months ago and consists partly of former Method members.

The newly formed guild Method is even further behind and is currently in 41st place, with only 2 out of 10 bosses defeated.

WoW Denathrius
Denathrius awaits as the final boss in the raid.

Why is America so far ahead? As has always been the case, the servers in America go online a few hours earlier. This is due to the time difference, but also because maintenance works in America take place on Tuesday and not until Wednesday like in our region. Therefore, American guilds typically have an advantage of 10 to 14 hours, depending on the length of maintenance. This extra time helps to defeat the first bosses before European guilds can even catch up.

More updates on WoW: Shadowlands can be found here:

How long will the race continue? This is uncertain. The first raid of an expansion is traditionally somewhat easier and ends quickly, but Blizzard has made the final fights harder again just yesterday and given the bosses stronger abilities. So how long the last three bosses will remain is uncertain.

Which guild are you betting on? Do you think Complexity Limit will take the victory? Or will Echo or Method manage to overtake the Americans?

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CoD Cold War & Warzone: Everything about the start of Season 1 – Patch Notes & new modes

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Season 1 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War & Warzone is online. MeinMMO summarizes the most important adjustments and innovations for you here at the start of the new season.

What’s happening in CoD? The first season of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is online. This brings the new 2020 CoD new maps, weapons, a fresh battle pass, and a lot of adjustments to weapons and equipment. Additionally, the complete prestige system goes online, allowing you to level up 1,200 levels per season.

However, the first season affects not only the latest CoD installment. The battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone also benefits greatly from the season start, gaining a significant influx of new weapons, a new map, a live event for the new map, and now shares the progression system and the battle pass with Cold War.

To give you an overview of the innovations, we have summarized the most important information for you here on MeinMMO.

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The roadmap provided a good insight into Season 1 even before the start.

Warzone with 30 new weapons & Rebirth Island

What’s new in Warzone? From the whole setup, you don’t have to get used to anything new. The Warzone is basically still the same – you can enter it through the launcher of Modern Warfare, adjust your loadouts, and work on the new battle pass. However, Season 1 of Cold War has brought a lot of new content into the battle royale.

The biggest change: the completely new map Rebirth Island. The map is designed for 45 players and is significantly smaller than the first map Verdansk. The island itself is part of the “Black Ops” story and is closely related to the dangerous nerve gas Nova 6, which played a larger role in the campaign of Black Ops 1.

Along with the map, a live event starts that runs until January 4th. It works similarly to the Halloween event for several months. Warzone presents you here with 16 tasks, and for every task you complete, you receive a themed cosmetic item. If you complete all tasks, you get a weapon blueprint on top.

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With the season start, a live event also goes online in Warzone.

Additionally, there are 31 new weapons, including a completely new weapon class – the tactical rifles. If you haven’t played Cold War yet, you will need to unlock the new firearms first. By the way, there are only new weapons, no new perks or equipment.

There have also been some changes to the progression system. If you haven’t played Cold War yet, you are back to level 1 and can play up to level 55 to get the new weapons. Afterward, you enter the prestige system of Cold War, which awards you further rewards.

Additionally, the map Verdansk will receive a new gulag that resembles a warehouse, and on Rebirth Island and in Verdansk there is a new vehicle – the attack helicopter. This is a helicopter, as you already know from Warzone, but equipped with miniguns for the occupants on the sides.

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The new gulag in Verdansk has a completely different style.

First Warzone Playlist in Season 1

  • Battle Royale – 4er / 3er / 2er / Einzel
  • Cash Grab 3er
  • Revive 3er

How does the new revive mode work? With this mode, you enter the new map Rebirth Island, which comes with different rules at the season start than the usual battle royale in Verdansk. Although there is still a gas circle that shrinks over time, and the last surviving team wins the round.

However, with each kill of an enemy, you briefly see their remaining team on the map that is still alive. Furthermore, a “revive timer” runs, which starts at 10 minutes at the match start. Within the 10 minutes, your fallen team members will respawn if at least one of you is still alive. The downed teammates also have their own timer that brings them back after time expires, and you can shorten it by getting kills and downs of enemies during the match.

Currently, there is no gulag on Rebirth Island, but it has been announced.

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A complete view of the new map.

Cold War with new content & many weapon changes

What’s new in Cold War? With the first season, the multiplayer of Cold War receives a load of new content and many balancing adjustments. This also includes 2 new weapons that you can now unlock.

2 new 6vs6 maps: With “The Pines” and “Raid,” two new maps enter the rotation of standard matches.

“The Pines” is described by the developers as a medium-sized map with many levels. The outdoor areas offer close combat battles, and the interior provides space for fights at greater distances.

“Raid” features the classic 3-lane system and takes place in and around a large villa in Hollywood. The map made its debut with Black Ops 2 in 2012.

As a Christmas extra, there is also a holiday version of the cult map “Nuketown”.

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The two new 6vs6 maps.

Gunfight mode with 4 new maps: With the season start, the 2vs2 gunfight mode from Modern Warfare returns. Here, you fight in small maps for quick, intense battles. 4 dedicated maps have been added that are intended only for this mode:

  • Game Show
  • ICBM
  • KGB
  • Underground

Prop-Hunt mode returns: In the party mode “Prop Hunt,” you are either hunters or hunted. In the hunted team, you take on the appearance of a typical map object and must hide from the hunter team.

The new battle pass is online: With each new season, a fresh battle pass goes online, providing you with some cosmetic items for experience points / playtime. Learn more about the Season 1 battle pass here.

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Stitch is the operator of Season 1 and has a special relationship with Adler.

Weapon & Equipment Balancing at Season Start

At the season start, Cold War brings a lot of balancing adjustments, which we present to you here in complete overview:

  • AK-47 – Nerf
    • Less headshot damage
    • Less damage for the 20″ Spetsnaz barrel
  • Krig 6 – Nerf
    • Less headshot damage
  • FFAR 1 – Buff
    • Increased damage range
    • Reduced recoil
  • Milano 821 – Buff
    • Increased damage range
  • KSP 45 – Buff
    • Increased damage range
  • Bullfrog – Buff
    • Increased damage range
  • M16 – Nerf
    • Reduced damage range
    • Reduced fire rate
  • AUG – Nerf
    • Less headshot damage
    • Reduced damage range
    • Reduced fire rate
    • Less damage with the 19.8″ tactical barrel
  • M60 – Buff
    • Higher ADS speed
    • Faster weapon switch
  • M82 – Buff
    • Chest shots are now one-hit kills
    • 22.6″ Tiger Team barrel increases one-shot range
    • Recoil has been adjusted to the new firepower
  • Magnum – Buff
    • Increased damage range
    • Higher fire rate
  • Hauer 77 – Nerf
    • Reduced damage range
    • 25.2″ tactical barrel nerfed
  • Gallo SA12 – Nerf
    • 24.8″ tactical barrel nerfed
    • Reduced damage range
    • Lower fire rate

As a general overhaul, the developers state that players hit by bullets will experience less knockback effect. Additionally, there have also been adjustments to equipment and perks:

  • Perk Flak Jacket
    • Reduces explosive damage less severely
  • Perk Forward Intel
    • Larger visible mini-map area
  • Perk Ninja
    • No longer protects against directional microphones
  • Perk Spy
    • Now protects against directional microphones
  • Equipment Semtex
    • Slightly increased damage
  • Equipment Molotov
    • Slightly increased damage
  • Equipment Stimulus
    • Healing speed reduced
  • Field Upgrade Field Mic
    • No longer detects players who are crouching, swimming, or running with a scoped weapon
  • Field Upgrade Gas Mine
    • Increased damage
    • Explosion delay removed
    • Slowdown has been reduced

In addition to the changes to weapons, the developers at Treyarch also adjusted some multiplayer modes and fixed some bugs in the zombie mode. For a complete overview of the changes, check out the English patch notes on treyarch.com.

Tips for Warzone & Cold War:

First Playlist of Cold War in Season 1

So far, the playlist in Cold War has always been quite short. With the start of Season 1, it resembles more the playlists from Modern Warfare and now offers some extra modes where you can let loose:

  • Fireteam: Dirty Bomb
  • Nuketown Holiday 24/7
  • Assault on the Mall
  • Prop Hunt
  • Gunfight

The changes and innovations are extensive and hopefully provide CoD players enough to do in the coming weeks. Especially in the next few days, the impact of the new weapons on the battle royale Warzone will be particularly exciting. MeinMMO will keep an eye on that for you, and you can expect that we will make the adjustments to the best weapons of Warzone as quickly as possible.

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  1. Treyarch Blog

Diablo 4 talks about the item system, changes legendary equipment

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In Diablo 4, the hunt for items will play an important role. However, there are some differences in the item system compared to Diablo 3. These were introduced in a new quarterly update.

What is changing? Diablo 4 is said to lie in the complexity of the item system between Diablo 2 and 3. According to Blizzard, items are meant to enhance the identity of the classes, but only support them and not define them.

In the quarterly update, they explained where the similarities and differences compared to the other games lie. Especially the legendary equipment has been adjusted, so that it no longer has static affixes, but random ones.

Also, unique items are returning, which will now take on the role of legendary items from Diablo 3.

More about the quarterly updates for Diablo 4 on MeinMMO:

How equipment works in Diablo 4

How do weapons work in Diablo 4? As is typical for the genre, each weapon is supposed to offer advantages and disadvantages in combat. One-handed weapons are generally meant to strike faster, while two-handed weapons deal more damage:

  • Those who shoot frost bolts with a wand channel them faster, but they deal less damage
  • Those who shoot frost bolts with a two-handed staff deal more damage, but channel them more slowly
Diablo 4 Weapons
Blizzard showed the first weapons and emphasized that each of the preview images is supposed to represent the skin of the respective weapon.

What is Blizzard changing about the quality of items? While in Diablo 3, players only looked for yellow and later orange or green items in the late game, in Diablo 4, items of all rarities are still supposed to play a role in the endgame.

At higher levels, rare and better items are supposed to receive more affixes. Additionally, the number of different affixes has been increased overall.

This is supposed to make them potentially more interesting than legendary or unique items. Because there are also changes here.

Legendary items receive random affixes

What is changing about legendary items? Legendary items are supposed to function in the future like rare items that have exchanged an affix for a special effect.

These affixes and effects will be randomly rolled for each item. Additionally, there are special effects for the legendary items that are available only to specific classes.

Diablo 4 legendary items
These legendary items were shown by Blizzard in the blog post.

Unique items return with Diablo 4

The unique items from Diablo 2 are making a return in Diablo 4 and are replacing the mystical items from Diablo 3:

  • Unique items have fixed affixes that are immutable
  • They have a special, theme-related design
  • They offer class-specific effects

When you get such an item, you may have to build your playstyle around it.

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3 of the unique items in Diablo 4.

When will there be more information about Diablo 4? In addition to the regular quarterly updates, there will also be new information about Diablo 4 as part of the BlizzCon on February 19 and 20.

It is expected that there will be a new class, as hinted in the quarterly update. MeinMMO editor Patrick Freese, however, hopes for a specific class that he believes is a must for Diablo 4.

When exactly Diablo 4 will be released is still unclear. It is possible that there will be new information about that at BlizzCon as well. If you really want to play a new hack’n’slash but don’t want to wait until the release of Diablo 4, here is a selection of alternatives:

Games like Diablo – Who needs Diablo 4? Here are 11 current alternatives

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  1. Blizzard

More spawn points in Pokémon GO: “Instead of 0, I suddenly have 17 spawns at home”

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In Pokémon GO the spawn points have been changed. Most trainers seem to benefit from this. Reportedly, over 15 spawns have new appeared at trainers’ homes.

This has changed: If you log into the game now, you may notice that Pokémon suddenly appear in places where there were no monsters before. The spawn points, which are the fixed locations where Pokémon appear, have been altered.

The changes seem to have primarily brought more Pokémon overall. There are reports from trainers who previously had no Pokémon outside their door and can now suddenly catch heaps of monsters.

More Spawn Points – Just a Bug?

What trainers report: The news of the new spawn points quickly made the rounds on reddit. Many trainers shared their observations in a thread on reddit:

  • trainergoki: “I suddenly have 10 new spawn points at home.”
  • jimmiekaska: “I had 0 here. In the middle of nowhere (No stops or gyms within a 10-minute radius). I opened the game and suddenly have two dozen spawns.”
  • tkrag: “I’m not optimistic enough to hope that this is a permanent change or at least a non-bugged update. Suddenly have 17 spawns at home instead of 0.”
  • Ouryve: “Hmm. I believe I lost at least 3 spawns. I’m not impressed.”
  • DefyEverything: “I’ve lost 3 spawn points at home. Why does Niantic keep doing this?”
Clusterspawn
Such spawns can now be found more often in Pokémon GO.

The opinions are mixed. Especially players who had very few spawns before seem to be benefiting now. Large cluster spawns, which were removed in previous changes, seem to be appearing again.

However, there are also trainers who have lost spawn points. Not every player has benefited.

More interesting articles about Pokémon GO

Could this just be a bug? Some trainers are still uncertain whether this was actually intended. After all, Niantic had announced the last spawn change. Now it came as a complete surprise.

The spawns have now been changed for about 12 hours and Niantic has not yet responded. If it actually happened unintentionally, one would expect a quicker reaction from Niantic.

Should the new spawns remain permanent, many trainers are likely to benefit from it during the upcoming Christmas event:

Pokémon GO brings a new Pokémon and these bonuses for Christmas 2020

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Xbox sets new world record with Destiny 2 – Using a mountain as a giant canvas

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Xbox and Destiny 2 have set a new record together in the Guinness Book of Records. Bungie’s action MMO was played on a “screen” of a different kind – a mountain.

What’s happening in Destiny 2 right now? It’s a festive season in Destiny 2, as the annual winter event “The Dawning” has begun with the weekly reset on December 15. The Tower is decked out in festive decor and covered with snow and beautiful lights.

But snow and beautiful light displays are not just present in the Tower. Destiny 2 has also recently attracted attention in real life – with a new record.

Destiny 2 in a different way – with a mountain summit as the screen

Xbox and Destiny 2 set a record in the Guinness Book of Records

What is the record about? The world record was actually set by Xbox – with their new next-gen console Xbox Series X. Destiny 2 was played – in a special location and on an extraordinary screen. This earned an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.

Destiny 2 in “large”, please: Xbox installed a Series X near the summit of Copper Mountain (Colorado, USA) and used high-performance projectors with a total of 120,000 lumens to project the console’s image onto the side of the mountain. The mountain effectively served as a gigantic screen, on which a lucky gamer was able to play Destiny 2: Beyond Light at night.

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And that’s exactly why there was an entry in the Guinness Book. Xbox and Destiny set a new record for the largest projected video game display in the world. It looked not only impressively large but also quite stunning.

The size of the projection surface: The unusual “screen” had dimensions of 54.9 meters (width) x 32.29 meters (height), covering an area of 1,773.52 square meters.

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What do you think about this? Would you also like to experience Destiny 2 against such a backdrop or on such a large screen? Or are you not a fan of large TVs and prefer to play on smaller monitors?

In 2021, Guardians can also look forward to a record number of players. True crossplay is on the way and is set to unite all platforms and systems: Destiny 2 is focusing on crossplay in 2021: What is planned and what it means for you

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WoW: With this bug, you could tame druid players

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Especially funny: If a Death Knight controlled the Druid with the necklace, he could even make him explode – just like he usually does with his zombie minions.

More updates on WoW: Shadowlands can be found here:

Blizzard acted quickly: The bug was fixed by Blizzard remarkably fast. Just 5 hours after the bug was discovered, there was already a hotfix that fixed this issue. The necklace can no longer be used on Druids and instead – as originally intended – outputs the error message that it is an invalid target.

The whole situation was definitely one of the more amusing bugs that World of Warcraft has had in recent years and quite funny – except perhaps for the affected Druids.

A completely different pet can currently be obtained by WoW hunters as Night Fae…

A bug in World of Warcraft made an old dream come true. Druids could be tamed and controlled by other players.

With a new expansion, bugs and issues keep creeping into World of Warcraft, or certain items have strange effects that hardly anyone thought about. One such item is the Amulet of Eternal Winter. It allowed its bearers to tame Druid players in shapeshift form.

What kind of item is this? The Amulet of Eternal Winter drops from the boss Hunter Altimor in Castle Nathria. The necklace is interesting for all classes that rely on haste and mastery. However, the necklace also has an interesting use effect:

“Charm the spirit of a wild animal in the outdoors of the Shadowlands. If successful, your target will assist you for 5 minutes (1 hour cooldown).”

Druids could be charmed: The absurdity was that not only wild animals could be charmed with it, but also Druid players in shapeshift form, who count as wild animals. This meant that in open PvP or in duels, one could take over an enemy Druid in cat form.

What were the consequences? For the Druid players, this was quite bitter. Normally, so powerful control effects in PvP last a maximum of 10 seconds, but with the Amulet of Eternal Winter, it was different. The Druid was controlled for the full duration of 5 minutes and was thus under the control of the other players. In the WoW subreddit, Chemenky shows how he gives commands to his new Druid pet.

So uhm, Charm of Eternal Winter works on druids? from r/wow

The Druid has no control over his character during this time and must carry out all commands. He helplessly watches as the Hunter gives him one task after another.

Especially funny: If a Death Knight controlled the Druid with the necklace, he could even make him explode – just like he usually does with his zombie minions.

More updates on WoW: Shadowlands can be found here:

Blizzard acted quickly: The bug was fixed by Blizzard remarkably fast. Just 5 hours after the bug was discovered, there was already a hotfix that fixed this issue. The necklace can no longer be used on Druids and instead – as originally intended – outputs the error message that it is an invalid target.

The whole situation was definitely one of the more amusing bugs that World of Warcraft has had in recent years and quite funny – except perhaps for the affected Druids.

A completely different pet can currently be obtained by WoW hunters as Night Fae…

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Genshin Impact: That’s why you should play the “Caution, Hot” event daily

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In Genshin Impact, the event “Caution, Hot” has started. If you complete your quests daily, the game rewards you with Mora and Primogems. You should complete the tasks every day, as they will be replaced by new ones the following day. We offer you tips for the daily tasks.

What is it about? On December 11, the event “Caution, Hot!” started in Genshin Impact. In this event, you play a delivery service for dishes: you pick up the dishes from three different chefs and must deliver them to the destination as quickly as possible.

What requirement must I meet? To complete the tasks, you must have reached Adventure Rank 20. After that, you can accept the tasks.

How long does the event last? The event started on December 11, 2020, at 10:00 AM and runs until December 18, 2020, at 4:00 AM. A few days later, on December 23, new events will be added with Patch 1.2.

Important tips for the event: Once you have picked up a dish, there are certain restrictions:

  • For some dishes, you are not allowed to fly, jump, or run and must not get involved in any combat.
  • For others, you must not be affected by elements. Just stepping into a puddle of water will cause the task to fail immediately.
  • You can use teleporters and fast travel points during the challenge without any issues. You should do this to save crucial seconds.
  • While the counter counts down from 3 to 0, you can already select a teleporter on the map, saving a few seconds.
  • Old orders expire the next day. So make sure to complete the tasks every day.

Update 17.12.2020: We have added tips for the tasks on 17.12.

You can accept three tasks every day. These expire the next day.

Genshin Impact: Why you should play the event daily

Every day there are three new event tasks that you can only complete on that day. The next day, you will receive new ones, so you should complete them on the same day.

This is what you get: For each individual quest, you receive 20,000 – 30,000 Mora, a few experience books, or other ingredients/upgrading materials. If you complete all three tasks, you will receive an additional 60 Primogems. That is as much Primogems as you usually receive for all 4 daily tasks and the completion bonus combined.

  • With Primogems, you can buy Wishes. This is the Gacha system of Genshin Impact, which you need to use to obtain additional characters.
  • You need the money (Mora) if you want to upgrade your characters, weapons, or artifacts. You can also buy cooking ingredients with it. So basically for almost everything in the game.
  • You need experience books and materials for your heroes if you want to upgrade them. The experience from defeated enemies is hardly enough to level up the characters.

“Caution, Hot”: Tips for December 17, 2020

Here we present tips and ways for the three deliveries from December 17.

Urgent delivery from the Stag Hunter:

  • What you cannot do: run, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: Hilichurl archers

Take the teleporter at the Stone Gate and run a bit north. Then fly over the water and stay close to the mountain. This way you can also avoid the Hilichurl archers.

Wangshu Out of the House:

  • What you cannot do: fly, run, climb
  • Enemies: Hilichurl archers

From the dungeon in the east, you can easily run west. Right at the beginning, a few archers are waiting for you. The client is on a wooden scaffold, here you need to be careful not to jump by.

Fresh from the Wanmin Restaurant:

  • What you cannot do: fly, run, climb
  • Enemies: lots of Hilichurls

From the southern teleporter near the Qinqxu Pool, you should run northeast, there is an edge where you can come down without fall damage. Then run west. You should best go around the ruin island from the north to avoid large enemies. It’s best to clear the area before the delivery.

“Caution, Hot”: Tips for December 16, 2020

Here we present tips and ways for the three deliveries from December 16.

Urgent delivery from the Stag Hunter:

  • What you cannot do: run, get hurt, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: Hilichurl archers

The recipient is on an elevated island in the water. From the north, you can climb directly up over a small island. But be careful: do not get caught in the influence of the Electro Splinter, or you’ll have to redo the task. Alternatively, you can eliminate the Electro Splinter before the quest starts with a fire character.

Wangshu Out of the House:

  • What you cannot do: run, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: none

From the dungeon “Clear Water and Rocky Cave,” you run and climb north along the rock formation. You won’t find any enemies on the way. Alternatively, you can cross the water from the east with Mona. With Kaeya (Ice), it will be tight on time.

Fresh from the Wanmin Restaurant:

  • What you cannot do: run, get hurt
  • Enemies: lots of Hilichurls

The recipient is at the Guyun Towers (east of Liyue). From the southern teleporter, it is a bit easier because there are fewer enemies on the way. On the middle island, there are two large Hilichurl groups that you can cleverly avoid.

“Caution, Hot”: Tips for December 15, 2020

Here we present tips and ways for the three deliveries from December 15.

Urgent delivery from the Stag Hunter:

  • What you cannot do: get hurt, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: various Hilichurls

From the Stone Gate, the easiest way is to follow the road for a bit and then climb up. Here, you run east and pass through a part. There are several Hilichurls waiting here, but you can cleverly avoid them.

Wangshu Out of the House:

  • What you cannot do: fly, climb
  • Enemies: Hilichurl archers

The easiest task of the day. You take the teleporter far in the west from Qingce Village and run over the two bridges. At the end of the two bridges, several Hilichurl archers are waiting. However, you can skillfully avoid them.

Fresh from the Wanmin Restaurant:

  • What you cannot do: fly, climb, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: Fire slimes

The two northern teleporters are on a mountain, so you cannot use them as you must fly or climb. The path from the east is too long. Take the teleporter from the south. You can fall from the first slope, as damage is not a problem. You cross the abyss with a log.

“Caution, Hot”: Tips for December 14, 2020

Here we present tips and ways for the three deliveries from December 14.

Urgent delivery from the Stag Hunter:

  • What you cannot do: run, get hurt
  • Enemies: Hilichurls

In the valley directly in front of you, there are a few Hilichurls. You can avoid further Hilichurls by running along the eastern cliff. The northern teleporter would also be possible, but you have to overcome a high cliff.

Wangshu Out of the House:

  • What you cannot do: fly, run, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: Hilichurl archers, slimes

It’s best to take Kaeya (Ice) with you. With this, you can prevent getting hit by the element water. The rest is not a problem. You run along the road and through the valley, and you can avoid the few enemies.

Fresh from the Wanmin Restaurant:

  • What you cannot do: fly, climb, get hit by elements
  • Enemies: none

The freed ruin won’t help you here, as you’d have to climb or fly to get out. Take the teleporter to the east and run through the small village. You can also use Kaeya (Ice) for the last stretch over water to avoid getting hit by the element water.

“Caution, Hot”: Tips for December 13, 2020

Here we present tips and ways for the three deliveries from December 13.

Urgent delivery from the Stag Hunter:

  • What you cannot do: run, fly, climb, get hurt
  • Enemies: slimes and Hilichurl archers

Northwest around the mountain, you have no cliffs in your way. You can avoid the archers.

Wangshu Out of the House:

  • What you cannot do: run, get hurt
  • Enemies: lots of Hilichurls of different variants

You have to deliver the food to an island group called Sal Terrae. This is not complicated. On the penultimate island, you can avoid the large Hilichurl group by running past the railing to the right.

Fresh from the Wanmin Restaurant:

  • What you cannot do: fly, get hurt or get hit by elements
  • Enemies: lots of Hilichurl archers

Since you cannot get hit by elements and also cannot fly, the eastern teleporter is out. Take the western teleporter and run north around the mountain. Here it is not very steep, and you only encounter Hilichurl archers near the teleporter.

Further events in Genshin Impact: Until December 14, 2020, the Flight Challenge is still running in Genshin Impact. All challenges have now been unlocked, and you can easily complete them all in one day. Here you can also collect free Primogems.

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Today is an important day for CoD Cold War & Warzone – Everything changes

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Today, December 16, 2020, is an important day for Call of Duty. The new Black Ops Cold War is just getting started with Season 1, and it will be completely integrated into Warzone, which will also receive new content and changes. Here are the key points at a glance.

This is happening on December 16: Originally, it was supposed to be December 10, but the big day for Call of Duty has recently been postponed to today, December 16.

Today, 2 very important things are happening regarding the new CoD Cold War, the Battle Royale Warzone, and the 2019 predecessor Call of Duty: Modern Warfare:

  • The Season 1 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is starting. It will be the first joint season with the in-house Battle Royale mode Warzone, which has essentially concluded its journey with the predecessor Modern Warfare and focuses on Cold War.
  • CoD Cold War is finally fully integrated into Warzone. Due to some important changes, Warzone will connect 3 major CoD titles: itself, Modern Warfare, and Black Ops Cold War.

What this means in detail and what you can specifically expect, we will explain to you in this article.

Update December 16: The season is online, bringing new content and comprehensive changes. Here are the details & patch notes for Season 1.

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CoD Cold War and Warzone start in joint Season 1

Traditionally, there is fresh content for basically all areas of the game. And that is urgently needed, as many have been complaining about too little content in CoD Cold War since the launch. And Warzone has also been rather slow in terms of new content lately.

Some say that Black Ops Cold War only really starts with the launch of Season 1. But what can players expect? Here are the key points:

These new contents are coming:

New content for traditional multiplayer:

  • New multiplayer modes – including the popular 2vs2 gunfight from Modern Warfare or the fun Prop Hunt, where you can hide as an object on the map
  • 2 new 6vs6 maps & Nuketown as a holiday map
  • 4 maps for 2vs2 gunfight
  • The new scorestreak H.A.R.P. – essentially a high-flying reconnaissance drone

The content will come through a total of 3 updates in the game. 2 for Cold War, which are now online, and an update for Warzone on the release day at 8:00 AM.

This is new for Warzone:

  • The Warzone map Rebirth Island – essentially a revised version of Alcatraz from the Battle Royale mode Blackout from Black Ops 4. It is an additional map, Rebirth will not replace the existing game world around Verdansk
  • Game mode “Resurgence” for Rebirth Island – There is no Gulag, but a global respawn timer. If you die, you come back when the timer runs out and your team is still alive.
  • New Gulag experience (Verdansk & Rebirth Island) – The fight for respawns gets a fresh coat of paint. In Verdansk, you will fight in a large warehouse and in Rebirth Island in a small prison.
  • New weapons from Cold War – Warzone will incorporate all weapons from Black Ops Cold War in one go. Specifically, this means: 30 new weapons for the Battle Royale.
  • Attack helicopters as vehicles for both Warzone maps

Detailed information about the content of Season 1 for Warzone and Cold War can be found here: Season 1 of CoD Cold War & Warzone will be huge – Everything about content & release.

Also interesting:

This is coming for Zombies: Highlights in the popular co-op mode Zombies are essentially two new modes.

  • “Jingle Hells” – a kind of Christmas event where the famous map “Die Maschine” brings a more festive atmosphere.
  • “Cranked” – appears to be based on the same-named mode from Modern Warfare, likely increasing stress and action during zombie hunting.

Further details can be found here: How CoD Cold War will continue with the cool zombie mode

Here is the complete official roadmap for Season 1:

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Integration of Cold War into Warzone connects 3 CoD titles

Cross-game player progression: The most important global change: Almost all progression of 3 CoD games will be merged in various areas, namely from

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from 2019
  • the Battle Royale Warzone from 2020
  • as well as the new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which was released on November 13, 2020

MeinMMO shooter expert Sven Galitzki says about these changes: What Call of Duty is planning with Warzone is the best solution for all CoD players.

Revamped level system with prestige: There will be cross-game progression between CoD Cold War, Modern Warfare, and Warzone.

The system of Black Ops Cold War will be designed similarly to that of Modern Warfare, but it will bring back the prestige system, allowing players to achieve higher ranks within a season than before.

Cold War has had this system since launch. With the start of Season 1, it will be synchronized with CoD Modern Warfare and Warzone, making it universal. Players will be able to level up across the 3 games.

A detailed explanation of the prestige system can be found here: CoD Cold War has prestige levels again – This is how you rank up higher than ever before

Cross-game weapon progression: With the launch of Season 1, all available weapons from Cold War and Modern Warfare will also be playable in Warzone. All these firearms can be used and leveled up across the Battle Royale and in their respective games.

Weapons from the previous arsenal will not be removed – just like perks, equipment, field upgrades, and specific killstreaks from Modern Warfare. By the way, the weapons from Modern Warfare cannot be used in Cold War and vice versa.

Wide operator selection: Any operator you unlock from Modern Warfare or Cold War (purchased or earned) can be played by you in Warzone. These operators will be usable across Warzone and in their respective CoD titles.

Great freedom in leveling the battle pass: The existing battle pass system from Modern Warfare will also be retained in CoD Cold War. However, there are some fundamental changes.

The new Season 1 focuses its content on Warzone and the new Cold War. There will no longer be content specifically for Modern Warfare – at least not through the battle pass. However, contents from the new battle pass can still be unlocked through Modern Warfare and then used in Warzone or in Cold War (if available).

Progress can be achieved in the battle pass from December 16 in all 3 games – CoD MW, Black Ops Cold War, and Warzone.

More detailed information about these changes can be found here: Finally, we know how CoD Warzone will proceed with Cold War – Here is the plan

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If you are still missing the magical deer in ESO, participate in the New Year event

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The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is launching its last event of 2020, the New Year’s event. During this, you can grab event tickets, with which you can buy and develop an Indrik. But you should hurry, as you have only a limited time.

What kind of deer is this? Indriks are magical deer that can change their form. Usually, you have to spend real money in ESO for such an exotic mount.

However, you can earn an Indrik by playing without paying. This makes it particularly popular in the MMORPG, along with the fact that you can develop and customize it.

In the New Year’s event, you have the last chance to earn such an Indrik. However, you need to act quickly.

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How do I get an Indrik? You can buy various feathers for event tickets from the merchant Impresaria. You need four feathers for a “growing Indrik” and you will receive all four from her during the New Year’s event.

If you want to further develop the Indrik, you will need the corresponding Indrik berries. All the berries available in 2020 in ESO are also sold by Impresaria. For every four of these berries, you will receive the Indrik variants at the event.

  • Spectral
  • Ice Heart
  • Moss Heart
  • and Purple

This way, you can catch up on all the developments you missed in 2020.

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Do you miss the pretty Purple Indrik? Now is your chance!

Collect Event Tickets in the New Year’s Event

Where do I get the tickets? Every day during the New Year’s event, you can complete daily quests after completing the starter quest. You can find it in the Crown Store.

Afterward, you will receive three event tickets for the first completion of a daily quest each day, in addition to your regular reward. This results in approximately 60 tickets if you collect them every day throughout the entire event.

For every 10 of these tickets, you will receive one of the four feathers or a berry from Impresaria. So anyone who farms for at least two weeks will surely have their growing Indrik – or a color if you already own the Indrik.

How long do I have? The event starts on December 17, 2020, at 4:00 PM German time and ends on January 5, 2021, at 4:00 PM German time.

What else is included? Besides the feathers and berries, you can buy companions, weapon styles, and group repair materials with the tickets. Additionally, during the event, you will receive:

  • the chapter about the style of shapeshifters
  • recipes
  • collectibles
  • furnishing items for your home
  • stealth potions and escape potions to celebrate the Five Claws’ Trick
  • with a bit of luck, charity writs for the outfit style of the Scalebreaker or the weapon style of the Dwemer from Rkindaleft

Anyone who completes twelve charity writs will receive the achievement “New Charitable” for the Crystal Forest appearance.

If you enjoy collecting, take the chance to win one of 5 Collector’s Editions of ESO Greymoor with us on MeinMMO.

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Surprise: Steam hit Among Us releases today on Switch

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The Steam and Twitch hit “Among Us” makes its way to the Nintendo Switch. The indie game is already available in the eShop.

Nintendo announced: In the “Indie World”, Nintendo announced several indie games that will be coming to the Switch soon. And right at the end of the presentation, “Among Us” suddenly made an appearance.

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The special thing: Among Us is not only coming “soon” to the Switch, but is already available now, on December 15, 2020, in the Nintendo eShop. The Switch version supports crossplay with other versions.

How much does Among Us cost on Switch? While Among Us is free on mobile, it is not free-to-play on Switch. In the eShop, Among Us is currently priced at 4.29 euros. For comparison: If you buy it on Steam, you currently have to pay 3.99 euros.

What is Among Us?

Among Us is actually a smaller indie game that was released in 2018. However, in 2020 it suddenly took a huge leap and became a hit on Steam and the streaming platform Twitch. The game is well-suited to maintain some friendships over distance (or destroy them).

In Among Us, you take on the role of one of several crew members who must complete tasks on a spaceship. However, one or more crew members are evil aliens who want to take out the crew – the “Impostors”. Impostors have the ability to crawl through vents and kill crew members.

The task of the crew members, in turn, is to uncover the “Impostors” and vote them off the ship. Communication is only allowed in specific phases – and if the Impostor plays cleverly, other crew members get jettisoned into the cold of space. It all runs similarly to the party game “Werewolf”.

By the way, this extremely popular game has now spawned many clones.

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