Destiny 2 offers Exotics via Twitch Prime – Here’s how to get the loot

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In Destiny 2, as a member of Amazon Prime or Prime Gaming, you can currently claim some Exotics. MeinMMO explains how anyone can secure the Twitch Prime loot for free and what rewards are available.

What is the Twitch Prime loot about? As Bungie has now announced, the studio is teaming up with Prime Gaming for another year. Players with an active “Amazon Prime” and/or “Prime Gaming” membership can benefit from this and grab additional in-game rewards for Destiny 2 across all platforms.

In this new cooperation year, there are set to be 12 monthly gear drops. Each drop will contain four Prime Gaming rewards such as exotic weapons, Ghost shells, ships, Sparrows, or weapon ornaments from previous seasons of Destiny 2.

When exactly can you secure these items? The first new gear drop has been available since November 25. You have until December 23 to claim it.

The following items can currently be secured through Twitch Prime: The first new Twitch Prime drop includes the following items:

  • the exotic emote “Unleashed” (seasonally inspired)
  • the exotic Sparrow “The Royal Howl”
  • the exotic ship “Transpose JT-24-X”
  • as well as the legendary Ghost shell “Bow Shell”
These are the 4 drops

Additionally, Bungie announced that at the start of each new season, there will be a special, seasonally inspired item available through the Twitch Prime loot in the respective month. For the current Season 12, the Season of the Hunt, it is the emote “Unleashed”.

This is how it works as an Amazon Prime member: Access to Twitch Prime is automatically available to Amazon Prime members; you just need to log in there and link your accounts. This is a service from Amazon.

If you’re already an Amazon Prime or Prime Gaming member and have linked your Twitch account to your Bungie account, simply visit the page of Prime Gaming. Log in, and you should see Destiny 2 directly under “In-Game Loot and More”. Go there for new content and claim it.

If you are a Prime member but have not yet linked your Bungie account, you can do so on this page.

Also interesting:

This is how it works without a Prime membership: If you don’t have an Amazon Prime membership, it should not be a problem. You can test Amazon Prime or directly Prime Gaming free and without restrictions – as long as you have not done so already. You can register for the Prime Gaming test on this page.

Important: However, note that you must cancel the service before the 30 days expire if you do not want to use it longer. After that, monthly fees of 7.99 € will apply.

Now visit Amanda

Where can the items be found in Destiny 2? After you have successfully logged in and claimed your loot, you must visit Amanda Holliday in the game. You will find the mechanic in the Tower’s hangar.

What do you think of the current Prime loot? Is there anything you missed and absolutely want? Are you a complete newcomer and excited about new Exotics? Or do you have no interest in such exotic gifts?

And speaking of Exotics: New sword exotic is currently also strong without ammunition – with a trick

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Xbox Series S shines as a new strong platform for old Nintendo games

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 2 minutes

A YouTuber has turned his Xbox Series S into an emulator for classic games. Games like Mario Kart or Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2 run with strong performance.

What is it about? The YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer presented in a video how to play classic games on the Xbox Series S. He played various games on the next-gen console and demonstrated the performance.

Where can you watch it? You can watch the entire English video on YouTube. Here you can also see how well the games perform on the Xbox Series S.

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Playing classic Sony and Nintendo games on Xbox Series S

This is how it works: The YouTuber started the official Developer Mode of the Xbox Series S and then installed “Retro Arch”. “Retro Arch” is an emulator overlay that consolidates emulators and ROMs into a single interface. Afterwards, several emulators can be used. The YouTuber tested a few to demonstrate the performance:

  • Dolphin Emulator ( Nintendo GameCube and Wii games)
  • Beetle Emulator (Sega Saturn)
  • Reicast Emulator (Sega Dreamcast)

GameCube classics like Metroid Prime or The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker run smoothly and with very good performance on the Xbox Series S. A few titles do have issues, but most titles run very stable.

A well-known MMO classic was recently switched to free-to-play.

Using Xbox Series S as an emulator

What to consider: A few obstacles will be put in the way of interested parties. To unlock the “Developer Mode” of the Series S, you must register your Xbox Series S with Microsoft and pay a one-time fee of 20 US dollars.

After that, you can install the “Unified Windows Platform (UWP)” version of Retro Arch via the console’s web browser. After that, it is not difficult to integrate emulators into the system.

Also important: Once the Xbox Series S is in Developer Mode, you cannot play regular Xbox games anymore. If you want to play next-gen games, you need to switch the console back to normal mode. The switch between the two modes is not very complicated.

Buying Xbox Series S: Who is it worth it for?

But who is the Xbox Series S worth it for? The Xbox Series S is the smallest and cheapest next-gen console. The console only achieves WQHD (1440p), offers no disc drive, and is therefore only a device for digital needs. However, the Xbox Game Pass offers a large selection of games for little money.

Who the Xbox Series S is worth it for and who should refrain from buying it, we explain in this article:

We reveal for whom the purchase of an Xbox Series S is worthwhile

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Marvel’s Avengers disappointed publisher – will they turn it around like FF14?

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 3 minutes

Marvel’s Avengers is not a financial success for publisher Square Enix. In a report to investors, the company president expressed clear words and admitted that the development costs have not even been recouped. However, they do not want to give up on the game just yet. A model here is likely the later success of games like Final Fantasy XIV.

What has been said about Marvel’s Avengers? Yosuke Matsude, the president of publisher Square Enix, recently released a report to investors. It also addressed the troubled Marvel’s Avengers. That the superhero MMO is not performing well is no secret. The player numbers are dwindling and the game has caused huge losses for the publisher in light of sales.

According to Matsude, the game has not even recouped its development costs:

The initial sales of “Marvel’s Avengers” were lower than we expected and could not fully cover the amortization of the game’s development costs. In the second half of the fiscal year (“2H”), we hope to compensate for the sluggish initial sales by offering plenty of additional content to boost our sales.

Square Enix wants to turn things around

What is specifically planned? The “plentiful additional content” mentioned by the CEO is partly already known.

We know that at least Kate Bishop will be coming to the servers on December 8, 2020. Early in 2021, content regarding Hawkeye and the villain Maestro will be released.

A leak has already revealed several more Marvel heroes, including Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, War Machine, and Black Panther. Additionally, a large raid in Wakanda is firmly scheduled. However, these contents do not yet have a release date.

Marvels Avengers Hawkeye
Hawkeye will be coming.

Will Avengers ultimately be a success like FF14? Indeed, Square Enix has once successfully saved a virtually dead game and turned it into a real hit: the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV.

Here, the outstanding development chief Naoki Yoshida and his team were able to completely redesign the game through hard work, ultimately making it one of the publisher’s most successful titles.

I fear the worst and hope for the best

If the currently struggling Marvel’s Avengers is to pull off a similar story, similar amounts of work will have to flow into the project. It will require massive bug fixes, much more new content, and a convincing marketing campaign.

After all, more must happen than just bringing the relatively unknown heroine Kate Bishop into the game with a bit of mission content months late and then talking about “plentiful new content.” The remaining fans of Avengers want more content, and they actually wanted it yesterday.

However, all this new content costs a lot of time and money, and it remains to be seen whether Square Enix and its investors are willing to bear it long enough.

Jürgen Horn
Editor at MeinMMO

By the way, I really do not want my superpower of killing games to repeat with Marvel’s Avengers. The game is simply too fun and entertaining.

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We also need this: Genius Twitch bot shows PS5 availability of retailers

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Anyone looking to buy or order a PS5 has to keep an eye on many markets right now. We definitely need a Twitch stream like this for retailers here.

What kind of stream is this? On Twitch, you can currently follow live in the stream of killercam1020 how the availability of the PlayStation 5 looks at various retailers.

Every few seconds, the broadcast updates the list of PS5 and Xbox Series X stocks at Amazon, Target, GameStop, Bestbuy, Newegg, Walmart, and AmazonUK. The stream also shows the current time and when new consoles were last available.

It’s a brilliant idea considering how many people are still trying to get a PS5.

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The downside: The stream shows US and UK retailers. Stores like Media Markt, Saturn, and Otto, which are attractive for gamers in Germany, are not shown.

But the idea is so brilliant that we need something like this as well. This would reduce chaos when pre-ordering in Germany. It would be immediately clear at a glance in the stream which site to visit to secure a console. It saves a lot of work and nerves.

How does it work?

Here’s what it’s about: As Polygon.com reports, Cam Ritz runs this streaming channel and uses a program called Streetmerchant (via jef.codes/streetmerchant). This is publicly accessible and is said to be “the easiest tool in the world to check supplies.”

And does it work? Ritz explained to Polygon that some of his viewers have already secured a PS5 or Xbox Series X with the help of his stream. “I did this to help others,” Ritz humbly explains.

He himself was able to secure a PS5 right at the start of pre-orders. He plans to add more retailers to his watch list.

You should keep in mind: If you want to secure one of the coveted PlayStation 5 consoles through this stream, there will be a significant fee for shipping and likely also for importing from abroad. So make sure to find out how much everything will ultimately cost if you want to order there – and do so before you do.

Father buying PS5 13 hours
A father used this method to buy a PS5 for his child

For people looking to buy a PS5, such a stream is really useful. As can be seen in the picture, there are other successful methods. A father used the shown setup and pressed F5 for 13 hours to buy a PS5 for his child.

More about the PS5:

When can you buy the PS5 again in Germany? Wave 4

This is what Sony says: Directly from Sony, there is good news. They confirm that there will be more PS5 stock in 2020. So this could mean another chance for you to comfortably play the latest PS5 games with a controller in hand over the holidays while munching on speculaas cookies – provided shipping is accordingly fast.

This is how it has gone so far:

The fact that even wave 3 was sold out so quickly shows that many gamers out there are still hoping for a PS5.

If you haven’t gotten one, it could be due to bots. These bought up 3500 PS5 consoles.

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Old trick on Nuketown works in CoD Cold War – In 2020 it is a big glitch

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In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, the new map Nuketown ’84 has a nasty glitch that causes unfair kills. The dilemma is based on an old trick that was already usable in previous Nuketown maps.

What kind of trick is it? The new map Nuketown from the Cold War Multiplayer is now the 8th version of the map that has appeared in numerous CoD games.

In some of these maps from the past, there was a trick that allowed you to drive the scorestreak of the remote-controlled car (RC-XD) through hidden paths on a small race track around the map into the enemy spawn area. A user on reddit shows it here:

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However, the current Nuketown-84 map still allows players to follow a form of this path, which clearly should not be in the developers’ intentions.

Old trick becomes game-threatening glitch

This is what the glitch does: According to Dexerto, their staff have found a way to glitch through the edge of the map. From there, you can apparently directly enter the enemies’ starting area and easily farm kills there. By the time the enemy reacts, you may have gained a valuable advantage.

However, we will not explain how the glitch works here. Please do not exploit such unfair advantages, as it is not fair to your opponents and may even lead to a ban. In the near future, you should be a bit more cautious at the outer spawn points and watch out for unwanted guests from the neighborhood.

The developers hopefully will fix this severe glitch soon with a hotfix. Then maybe a bug on another map will also become a thing of the past. Because in the Moscow map in CoD Cold War there are deadly windows where you can get hopelessly stuck. Then only death can free you from this dire situation.

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Pokémon GO: Data miners find a new egg location – What is its purpose?

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO there could soon be an update regarding the egg slots. Data miners have found hints of a slot for special eggs.

This has been discovered: The data miners from “Pokeminers” have taken a close look at the code of Pokémon GO again and have come across something new related to eggs.

A new egg slot is said to be coming, specifically designed for special eggs. Many trainers are now hopeful that an update will soon come to the game that will significantly simplify the gameplay.

New Egg Slot Just for Special Eggs

This could be behind the find: A new egg distribution has been found between “Normal” and “Special”. In addition, the new egg slot was discovered with a background and a new page in the game.

Now it can be assumed that Pokémon GO will soon categorize different eggs between “Normal” and “Special”. Normal eggs will get one egg slot, while the new egg slot will be for the special eggs.

The special eggs could be the curiosity eggs from Team Rocket or also the eggs that you receive from the weekly reward.

This would simplify things: Until now, it has always been the case that you had to keep an egg slot free to get to these special eggs. Only if you had a maximum of 8 eggs could you also receive a crypto egg or the egg from the weekly reward. If you accidentally spun a PokéStop and received a regular egg there, you had to hatch an egg again to get the special eggs.

With the update, it could be easier to obtain the special eggs, and you wouldn’t have to clear an egg slot anymore. This would be a significant simplification in the search for eggs.

More exciting articles about eggs in Pokémon GO

You should consider this: So far, these are findings from data miners. They have not yet been officially confirmed by Niantic. Therefore, you should view the findings with a degree of skepticism, even if the Pokeminers are a reliable source for such findings.

What is definitely confirmed are the upcoming events in December:

Pokémon GO: December with Kyurem, Flampion & Spotlight Hours

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WoW Quest: “Trade and Change” – Here you need to go

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

The quest “Trade and Change” causes issues for some WoW players. We’ll tell you where you need to turn it in.

More and more players are slowly reaching level 60 in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and want to try out the endgame content. However, a small quest causes problems because players cannot find the place to turn in the quest. We’ll reveal how you can complete “Trade and Change”.

What kind of quest is this? You receive the “Trade and Change” mission at level 60 in Oribos after completing the main campaign. You get it from the innkeeper “Host Ta’rela,” the only inn in Oribos called “The Idyllia.” It’s essentially just a fetch quest that wants you to report to Finder Ta’sul. He is shown on the map one level “lower.” However, this does not refer to the “Ring of Transfer,” but rather another, somewhat hidden level.

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Where do you turn in “Trade and Change”? You don’t need to leave the inn. Just turn to your right while standing in front of the quest giver. You will then enter the dining room of the inn. From there, look to your left. Two “security specialists” are guarding a small gate that seemingly ends in a wall.

WoW Guide Tarela Way
Just turn right and go through the gate.

Pass through the gate and turn right. Here you will find a staircase that leads you deeper into the vaults of Oribos.

WoW Guide Tarela Stairs
The staircase continues downward.

From here on, you can’t get lost anymore. Just follow the staircase down until you enter the room “The Hideout of the Mediator”. Here you will find the quest giver and subsequently also the follow-up quests.

You get the weekly quests for dungeons from these NPCs.

Why is the quest important? The quest is relevant because it leads you to the weekly dungeon quests. These not only reward you with a nice chunk of reputation points with a new faction of your choice but also with equipment that can be quite useful for fresh characters at level 60. So it’s worth checking in here every week and completing the quests.

If you are interested in more about WoW, this might interest you:

“Reading the quest” helps: This mission is, by the way, a typical case where reading the quest description would definitely be worthwhile. The quest already indicates that you should look into the “dark corridors opposite the pots” – which can be found in the adjoining room of the inn.

You should come by here every week to pick up new quests and be doubly rewarded for completing dungeons.

Do you already know the neutral Pandaren Doubleagent? He doesn’t need any quests to reach level 60 …

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After a rough start: Is the action RPG Torchlight 3 worth it now 5 months later?

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 3 minutes

The action RPG Torchlight 3 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) is receiving a winter update in mid-December. But how is the game doing right now, 5 months after the failed launch of the early access phase?

What is Torchlight 3? Torchlight 3 was originally planned as a sort of hack and slash MMORPG. An action RPG in which you explore the game world together with many friends and fight monsters. After numerous tests, the developers decided to change the game to a classic hack and slash with a focus on single-player, small co-op groups, and random areas.

You set off with your hero to complete quests, defeat monsters, and collect loot. This allows you to experience a story in which you will get your own fort that you can expand according to your ideas.

Torchlight 3 Screenshot
Torchlight 3 offers many battles against enemies in randomly generated areas.

Slow recovery after poor launch

How is the action RPG doing? The early access launch of Torchlight 3 in mid-June was anything but successful. Two days after the release, 66% of the reviews in 2022 were negative.

At the official release in October, 46% of the 4,770 Steam reviews were positive. Currently, the ratings from 6,368 players stand at 48%.

How is the game being received now? Here we summarize a few of the newer reviews:

  • The_Driver writes on Steam: “Endgame feels hastily cobbled together and lacks any real goal, except to reach higher levels, etc. Technical disaster, starts with long loading times and doesn’t even end with unreliable movement skills.”
  • Ajora sees it a bit more positively: “I don’t understand why there are so many negative reviews. Is it the best thing since sliced bread? No. Is it the best action RPG ever made? Certainly not. Still, it’s fun.”
  • holydonkey17 has hope for the game: “I won’t lie. The game is still very rough. There’s hardly any story and it’s quite buggy. But the developers are doing their best and post weekly updates and bring many improvements to the game. I believe it has a great future ahead.”
  • C_WHOA agrees: “I really can’t understand why it’s so hated. Just play it and forget that it’s called Torchlight 3.”
  • Guido thinks the game is actually good: “Great casual action RPG!”

Is it worth it now? Torchlight 3 is still struggling with issues like bugs and those looking for an exciting story could be disappointed. However, a lot has changed in the game since the release.

One problem is that the predecessor Torchlight 2 was very well received by players and the community was disappointed with the release of the third part. This still hangs over the action RPG. However, those who want to give the game a chance can expect a quite nice casual action RPG.

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The video introduces the winter update of Torchlight 3.

What’s new for the game? With the “Snow & Steam” update, winter is coming to the fantasy world of Novastraia. This means that you can decorate your own fort winter and Christmas style. New decoration options will be available to you through the “Snow & Steam” quest. This even includes an “ugly cat sweater.” Also included are new pets that will accompany you during your adventures.

Additionally, it is possible to acquire new legendary equipment. These include:

  • A new mace
  • A sword
  • A shield
  • A focus
  • A set of armor

In addition, the following are included:

  • A revamp of the Forged class with a new HUD, reworked skills, and a style station for visual customization, as well as
  • bug fixes
  • basements for your fort
  • better rewards at higher difficulty levels
  • optimizations for pets, drop rates, and more.

When is the winter update coming? The developers have not yet provided an exact launch date. However, it is expected to be released for Torchlight 3 in mid-December.

Are you looking for exciting hack and slays? Then check out the MeinMMO article “Games like Diablo – Who needs Diablo 4? Here are 12 current alternatives.”

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WoW: The neutral panda Doubleagent is leveling up again – currently level 52

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The most famous pandaren from World of Warcraft is leveling up again. He is now at level 52 – and still in the starting area.

This is one of those news items that always appear shortly after the release of a new expansion, and WoW: Shadowlands is no exception. The now legendary pandaren Doubleagent is on the move again and on his way to level 60. He seems to have chosen the most challenging path to reach the new maximum level.

Who is Doubleagent? Doubleagent is a pandaren shaman from the US server Mannoroth, who has built quite a reputation over the years. Although he regularly reaches the maximum level in World of Warcraft, he belongs to neither the Horde nor the Alliance. He has simply never left the starting area of the Pandaren and thus has not needed to join any faction. Even today, he is still on the island, making his way to the maximum level without committing to the Horde or the Alliance.

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How does he collect XP? Doubleagent collects XP through the few opportunities available to him on the Pandaren island. This is limited to picking flowers, mining ores, and occasionally some pet battles that he completes on other characters to redeem them on Doubleagent.

WoW Doubleagent Level 52
Doubleagent is back on tour. You can see his progress in the WoW Armory.

How far is Doubleagent? Already now, two days after the release of Shadowlands, Doubleagent has reached level 52 with this method, meaning he is still 8 level-ups away from the new maximum. As the early levels required relatively few XP, this went quite quickly. How long it will take him for the upcoming levels is still hard to estimate.

More about Shadowlands can be found here:

Doubleagent has an NPC in the game: The whole action is so famous that Blizzard even dedicated a NPC to Doubleagent. In the monks’ class hall in Legion, you can see a NPC wandering in the background, collecting ores and picking herbs. The NPC is dedicated to Doubleagent, who has been doing exactly that for weeks and months to level up.

It is nice to see that some legends in World of Warcraft will probably never disappear. Doubleagent is definitely one of the more entertaining ones.

While Doubleagent takes days and weeks, some players were already at level 60 just 3 hours after the launch of Shadowlands …

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Destiny 2: New Sword Exotic is also strong without ammunition – with a trick

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 3 minutes

With Beyond Light, Destiny 2 has received a new exotic sword – The Lament. A player has now discovered how this new weapon exotic can deal significant damage even without ammunition.

This weapon is about: It concerns the new exotic sword The Lament, which came as one of 5 new weapon exotics with the Beyond Light expansion into the game.

What you need to do for this sword can be found here: Get the new exotic sword “The Lament” – Here’s how the quest “Gigantic Expectations” works

What was discovered about the weapon: Normally, swords in Destiny 2 also require ammunition. While you can swing the blade without ammunition, it causes significantly less damage and is also slower—regardless of whether it’s a heavy or light attack.

The Lament is apparently an exception, at least for now. As Redditor and Destiny player Astrological_X has discovered and shared in the Raidsecrets subreddit, the heavy attack of The Lament also works without ammunition—but only with a trick.

How this works: If you perform the heavy attack with The Lament while jumping and hitting an opponent without ammunition, it deals damage as if you have heavy ammo available. In short: even without ammunition, you deal heavy damage with The Lament—in all modes and areas of Destiny 2.

That’s why Guardians now have to fear the exotic sword

Here’s what you need to be careful about: This trick can be quite useful in PvE and can help you in numerous situations, especially when ammunition runs out.

However, this trick is already being used in PvP as well. It works there too. You can take down a Guardian at full health with just one hit using this trick, as I, MeinMMO author Sven Galitzki, have already experienced myself.

Here’s how it looks in the Crucible:

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So be cautious. Even early in the game and without a regular Heavy spawn, you can already be sent to the virtual beyond by a sword-wielder. So play a bit more carefully and keep this information in mind—especially if you’ve already encountered a sword-wielder in the match.

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Should this be the case? Even though some may still be pondering and the sword offers some unique mechanics—no, most likely not. Some assume that it’s only a matter of time before this glitch gets fixed or the sword gets completely deactivated—especially with regard to PvP or Gambit.

Bungie itself has not commented on this yet, although in other comparable cases they responded quite quickly. The trick was also discovered before the recently released hotfix 3.0.0.4, but it was not fixed there.

It remains to be seen whether and when Bungie will address this discovery. Until then: Enjoy it in PvE and be careful in PvP. Because the trick is already being used actively there.

By the way, another thing has now been removed from the game. Let’s see if the sword trick meets the same fate: Loot Cave has disappeared again, players are already looking for the next one

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3 new AAA MMORPGs that are finally supposed to come in 2021 (No, really now!)

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 12 minutes

After 7 years of drought, 2021 finally looks like the year when new AAA MMORPGs will be released here in Germany. With Lost Ark and New World, two high-profile games are set to launch in Europe. Project TL is also set to be released, even though it has only been announced for South Korea so far. These are three games that many MMORPG fans have been waiting for a long time. One for even 10 years.

When was the last good MMORPG year? 2014 marked the end of the era of “WoW killers.” That year, WildStar and The Elder Scrolls Online were the last two high-profile Western MMORPGs to be released in the same year. The Free2Play hit ArcheAge from South Korea caused a stir towards the end of the year. In November 2014, the WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor, was released, which at least provided a strong campaign, even if the endgame was disappointing.

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All three new MMORPGs from 2014 had a successful launch and had to cope with huge demand but revealed weaknesses and quickly ran into difficulties . ESO managed to turn things around and became a hit after being ported to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One starting in 2015. WildStar did not make a comeback, first going Free2Play and shortly thereafter shutting down. ArcheAge flared up intermittently. The MMORPG was particularly exciting at launch when everyone was competing for building spots.

WildStar Chua War
Those were the days: In 2014, WildStar was fighting for survival. Unfortunately, it didn’t make it.

Although the MMORPGs of 2014 brought a lot of sorrow, the year 2014 gave us the last major wave of fresh online role-playing games. If you wanted to, you could spend a lot of time in the worlds of the new MMORPGs in 2014.

What has happened between 2014 and now? Little has happened: Only Black Desert has broken into the ranks of “great MMORPG hits in the West.” Since then, 5 major MMORPGs have more or less shared the player base in the West:

  • WoW – has had two peaks since 2016 with Legion and 2019 with WoW Classic. It’s still the “largest MMORPG” in 2020, but is no longer the undisputed king it was in 2010 during the Lich King times. WoW has become more of a “first among equals.”
WoW Arthas Menethil Artwork Lichking
WoW has been sitting on the MMORPG throne for 15 years.
  • The Elder Scrolls Online has made a positive development and is probably the hottest MMORPG for console players. It attracts especially those who usually don’t have much to do with MMORPGs and prefer adventure like Skyrim but want to experience the adventures with their friends.
  • Black Desert offers something for fans of grinding and graphics. It focuses on different game concepts and aesthetics than Western titles and has been actively developed in recent years.
  • Final Fantasy XIV has undergone a strong development and offers solid and inspired MMORPG food with a rich history. It’s an excellent MMORPG all around.
  • Guild Wars 2 has its fans who adore it and spend thousands of hours in it. The fantasy MMORPG follows its own concepts in development, which come with pros and cons. They are paving their own way.
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6 dry years for MMORPG fans

For anyone who doesn’t have a go-to MMORPG and is waiting for a new online role-playing game, the last 6 years have been marked by disappointments:

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Good new MMORPGs have been hard to find in recent years.
  • Indie MMORPGs sound exciting but just aren’t finished. One can observe how release dates keep getting pushed further back.
  • AAA games that are in development and many are waiting for either don’t come to Germany or are postponed. New World was actually considered a safe bet for a 2020 release – but has already been pushed back twice due to the pandemic.

But 2021 might finally be the year. 3 AAA MMORPGs are planning their release for 2021. And fans have been looking forward to each of these games for years: now it should finally happen.

On page 2, we present the first of the new AAA MMORPGs. Read on.

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Watch Dogs: Legion delays release of multiplayer to 2021 – Here’s why

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In October, the new Watch Dogs: Legion was released. The action game received mixed reviews but managed to excite some fans. In December, a major update was scheduled to introduce a co-op mode. However, this has now been postponed.

What happened? As Ubisoft announced in a blog post, the release of the multiplayer mode has been postponed to early 2021. They cited existing technical issues as the reason, which also contributed to the average ratings on Metacritic.

Currently, Ubisoft aims to focus on update 2.20, which is supposed to bring new stability across all platforms and a save button for PC. The release for this is still planned for this week.

In the following weeks and months, further fixes and improvements for the single-player mode are also expected. The multiplayer will only be released when Watch Dogs: Legion runs smoothly and the co-op mode has been thoroughly tested.

Watch Dogs Legion Coop
In the co-op of Watch Dogs: Legion, you will be accompanied by up to 4 players – when it is released.

What is the co-op mode? In co-op, you should explore London together with up to 3 other players and master special modes and events.

The characters from the single-player mode cannot be transferred to co-op. Instead, the multiplayer is intended to function independently.

You can learn more about the co-op mode in Watch Dogs: Legion here.

Technical issues are not the only criticism

How is it going with Watch Dogs: Legion in general? In this action game, you assume the role of a hacker and explore virtual and open London. You try to persuade more and more people to join your resistance.

However, the over 9 million characters available in the game often appear very similar and rarely offer real depth. Additionally, there has been criticism for weak AI and uninspired action combat that offers little variety.

To what extent these criticisms will be addressed by Ubisoft in the near future has not yet been detailed. Similarly, we currently do not know whether this postponement will affect upcoming content like the DLC featuring Aiden Pearce.

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Destiny 2: The Loot Cave has disappeared again, players are looking for the next one directly

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In Destiny 2 players discovered a loot cave in the Cosmodrome and were very excited about it. However, Bungie identified the flaw and removed the endless spawn of enemies. But players are already looking for a new cave.

What is the Loot Cave about? There was also a cave in Destiny located in the Cosmodrome where a lot of loot could be farmed in a relatively short time and with little effort. Players have found such a cave again in Destiny 2 Beyond Light.

The loot cave was also located in the Cosmodrome on Earth, but in a different area – namely “The Rift”. There, players could stand in front of the cave, keep a bit of distance, and just shoot away.

The endless stream of enemies ensured that there was plenty of loot. This short video on Twitter shows what the farming looked like:

https://twitter.com/AyyItsChevy/status/1327834500420816900

What has changed? With the new update 3.0.0.4, the developers of Destiny 2 have put an end to the loot cave. Here’s what it says in the patch notes:

  • A problem was fixed where enemies appeared continuously during certain activities in the Cosmodrome.
  • NOTE: This should solve an issue where hordes of Guardians gathered in the Rift and shot into a cave-like structure.

Thus, the dream of this loot cave in “The Rift” has come to an end for now.

Players are already searching for the next Loot Cave

How are players reacting? The new loot cave was particularly suitable for nostalgic players and those who have not yet reached power level 1,200.

Those who have already fully entered the endgame could benefit little from this fun glitch. Accordingly, the uproar after the fix was quite small.

However, there are some clever players who are already on the lookout for a new spot.

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Where could the next Loot Cave be located? The reddit user Sanches319 has already found a first similar spot on the western side of Asterion Abyss in Europe.

There, a HVT Minotaur appears irregularly. As long as it is alive, many Harpies will spawn that can be defeated and looted. However, this spot has the disadvantage that the Minotaur appears only rarely and can also be killed.

But perhaps other players will find a better spot in the coming days.

Besides those searching for new loot caves, there are also players who enjoy solving mysteries. For 2 years they have been working on a mystery, but now they have been disappointed.

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FIFA 21: TOTW 9 arrives with Haaland and more strong cards

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The Team of the Week 9 is here and brings a lot of strong cards to FIFA 21. On board is – of course – Erling Haaland, who gets a really good Inform card in TOTW 9.

This is the TOTW: Every week the best players in real football are awarded Inform cards based on their performances from the past week. These come with improved stats and make the players stronger on the pitch and more valuable on the transfer market.

You can either pack the cards from Packs or buy them on the market. You can also get them in the Weekend League Rewards.

When does TOTW 9 come out? TOTW 9 is available now, on November 25, at 7:00 PM in Ultimate Team. It will stay for one week before being replaced by the tenth TOTW next week.

This is the Team of the Week 9

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The TOTW 9 overview

These players are included:

  • GK: Manuel Neuer (90)
  • GK: Leno (86)
  • GK: Melia (79)
  • LB: Digne (86)
  • CB: Marcelo (81)
  • CB: Ogbonna (81)
  • CDM: Fernando (85)
  • CDM: Hojbjerg (83)
  • CAM: Mantalos (81)
  • CAM: Mancosu (79)
  • LM: Oscar Plano (81)
  • LM: Perotti (82)
  • RM: Berardi (83)
  • LM: Carrasco (84)
  • ST: Cristiano Ronaldo (93)
  • ST: Erling Haaland (87)
  • ST: Lukaku (86)
  • LF: Bongonda (80)
  • CF: Malone (72)
  • ST: Johnson (69)
  • ST: Delort (82)
  • ST: Yazici (81)
  • ST: Mateta (81)

This is how strong TOTW 9 is: The new Team of the Week has a lot of good cards to offer. At the forefront is Cristiano Ronaldo: The Portuguese has a 93 overall rating and is likely to be a nightmare for all players who face him on the pitch.

But Dortmund’s goal scorer Erling Haaland is also in the TOTW, which shouldn’t surprise anyone given his goals in recent matches. His second Inform card is really dangerous, with 87 pace and a whopping 91 in shooting. Dribbling and physicality are also solid. Haaland in the TOTW 9 version will be a really strong striker.

But that’s not all: Manuel Neuer is also in the TOTW and gets a strong 90-rated card. There are also players like Digne (86), Carrasco (84), and Lukaku (86).

Who else from the Bundesliga is included? Another Bundesliga player, Mateta from FSV Mainz, has made it into the TOTW, and Wiesbaden’s Malone is also a third division player in it.

If you’re lucky, you might get one of the TOTW players in your rewards tomorrow! Or you might be unlucky – and end up with one of these cards instead.

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WoW Shadowlands starts strong on Twitch – But not as strong as Classic

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Could there have been more for Shadowlands? The fact that the expansion Shadowlands remains under the hype of Classic on Twitch is not a complete surprise. After all, there were many discussions before Classic about whether such a version would even be meaningful and whether players would enjoy it. This attracted fans from both Retail and Classic.

In contrast, Shadowlands is just one of several expansions and is not relevant for some Classic fans. Additionally, the postponement of Shadowlands meant that players who had taken time off for the release had to work due to the new date.

Perhaps Shadowlands could have garnered even more attention on Twitch.

Do you want to know everything about WoW Shadowlands? Then visit our topic page. There you will find guides, stories, and all important information about the new expansion.

Asmongold did reach level 60 within his release stream but took almost 6 hours.

Could there have been more for Shadowlands? The fact that the expansion Shadowlands remains under the hype of Classic on Twitch is not a complete surprise. After all, there were many discussions before Classic about whether such a version would even be meaningful and whether players would enjoy it. This attracted fans from both Retail and Classic.

In contrast, Shadowlands is just one of several expansions and is not relevant for some Classic fans. Additionally, the postponement of Shadowlands meant that players who had taken time off for the release had to work due to the new date.

Perhaps Shadowlands could have garnered even more attention on Twitch.

Do you want to know everything about WoW Shadowlands? Then visit our topic page. There you will find guides, stories, and all important information about the new expansion.

On November 24, the new WoW expansion Shadowlands was released. This generated significant attention and a noticeable boost on the streaming platform Twitch. However, the hype did not reach the level of the release of WoW Classic from the previous year.

How did the release go? At midnight, the adventure of Shadowlands began for many. And although the servers were somewhat crowded, there were few technical issues. Cortyn from MeinMMO had a lot of fun during the launch.

Shadowlands also garnered a lot of attention on Twitch. At 12:10 AM, the “World of Warcraft” category reached its peak for the year on the platform.

According to TwitchTracker, 947,731 people were watching simultaneously. That’s a strong figure.

Even now, on November 25 at 6:30 PM, things are going really well for WoW. Over 290,000 people are watching simultaneously. This makes WoW the largest gaming category at the moment, with only Just Chatting being larger. Moreover, the number of 290,000 viewers for WoW was last reached in September 2019.

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The most simultaneous viewers in the WoW category on Twitch (via TwitchTracker).

Was it the strongest value in Twitch history? No. Although the release of Shadowlands attracted nearly 1 million viewers at once, Classic in August 2019 was slightly better.

At that time, the peak was 1.14 million viewers. However, Shadowlands is significantly stronger than the previous expansion Battle for Azeroth (605,000).

The release of Classic also made the streamer Asmongold the number 1 on the platform overnight. He also benefited from Shadowlands but did not reach the numbers from that time.

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Asmongold wanted to be the first player to reach level 60 but failed

How did the release go for Asmongold? With his release stream, Asmongold peaked at 195,414 viewers. That’s about 90,000 less than Classic.

Moreover, Asmongold missed his actual goal for the stream. He wanted to be the first player to reach level 60. However, the player Monkeylool managed to do it much earlier. He only needed about 3 hours for that.

Asmongold did reach level 60 within his release stream but took almost 6 hours.

Could there have been more for Shadowlands? The fact that the expansion Shadowlands remains under the hype of Classic on Twitch is not a complete surprise. After all, there were many discussions before Classic about whether such a version would even be meaningful and whether players would enjoy it. This attracted fans from both Retail and Classic.

In contrast, Shadowlands is just one of several expansions and is not relevant for some Classic fans. Additionally, the postponement of Shadowlands meant that players who had taken time off for the release had to work due to the new date.

Perhaps Shadowlands could have garnered even more attention on Twitch.

Do you want to know everything about WoW Shadowlands? Then visit our topic page. There you will find guides, stories, and all important information about the new expansion.

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Pokémon GO: December with Kyurem, Flampion & Spotlight Hours

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Pokémon GO has announced its events for December. In addition to spotlight hours and a new research breakthrough, you can also tackle raids with Kyurem again.

What’s new: December is full of things you can discover in Pokémon GO. For example, you can still get the double XP bonus from the Friendship Event until December 31. There’s also the big GO Beyond update, which starts on December 1 and brings a lot of content and bonuses. But that’s not all.

Challenge Kyurem & Mega-Blastoise in Raids

After you could catch Kyurem this summer in raids, it is now returning as a level 5 boss to Pokémon GO. It is an Ice and Dragon-type monster and will be available from Tuesday, December 1 to Friday, January 1. Whether the catch is worth it, you can find out in our analysis of Kyurem.

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Kyurem appears in Raids

Additionally, Mega-Blastoise will be in Mega Raids. Currently, you can still find Wartortle, which is expected to appear more frequently until December 1. Then Blastoise will take over.

Research Breakthrough in December

Starting December 1, you can get two monsters in the research breakthrough: Lapras and Flabébé. Both will be available starting December 1 and will remain as rewards until January 1, 2021.

Lapras
Lapras is waiting for you

To get them, you need to secure seven day stamps through field research. As a little bonus, there are extra XP when you catch one of the two from the breakthrough.

Flabébé
Flabébé is in the breakthrough

Especially Flabébé is likely to be an interesting catch for many trainers. Its evolution, Florges, is a really strong fire attacker.

December brings even more new things to Pokémon GO:

All Spotlight Hours in December

What is it? The spotlight hour always focuses on a special Pokémon. This will appear everywhere for one hour, and there’s a bonus for it.

In December, you can expect a total of 5 spotlight hours, which start every Tuesday at 6:00 PM.

Tuesday, December 1

What bonuses are there? The first December spotlight hour revolves around Seel. You can also catch the little seal as Shiny in the game. As a bonus, you can expect double XP for evolving Pokémon.

PoGo Seel
Seel starts in December

Tuesday, December 8

What bonuses are there? In the second week, you can expect Schiggy as the spotlight monster. Here, there’s the popular bonus “Double Stardust” for caught Pokémon. Schiggy is also available as Shiny.

Schiggy
Schiggy has a strong evolution with Mamutel

Tuesday, December 15

What bonuses are there? Here is a special hour, as there is to be a surprise Pokémon. What will it be? In any case, double candy for caught monsters will be the bonus.

Tuesday, December 22

What bonuses are there? It continues with an ice Pokémon: Schneppke will be waiting for you for an hour, with double candy for all Pokémon you send. Schneppke is also available as Shiny.

Schneppke
Schneppke fits the cold season – Like all the other spotlight Pokémon

Tuesday, December 29

What bonuses are there? The finale is on December 29 with Shnebedeck, which brings double XP again – for every evolved Pokémon. You can also catch Shnebedeck in its shiny variant.

Shnebedeck
This is what the Shnebedeck family looks like

Overall, December is packed with wintry ice Pokémon. The new GO Beyond update seems to already be noticeable: Because starting December 1, you’ll find the new seasons in Pokémon GO.

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WoW Shadowlands: Changing Covenants – Here’s how and what you need to pay attention to

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The choice of your covenant in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is relatively binding. You can change your mind, but it can be quite a hassle. MeinMMO explains how you can still change your covenant and what you need to pay attention to.

The four covenants are the new core feature in Shadowlands and provide you with a large part of your new strength in the addon. They grant you new abilities, a story for each covenant, cosmetics, and more.

During the Shadowlands campaign, all covenants and their abilities will be introduced to you. In the end, you can choose one of them to join. You can find out more in our special with all the information, abilities, and rewards of the covenants on MeinMMO.

In itself, you have made your choice and will stick with it. However, it is possible to join another covenant if you change your mind. It is quite easy to do – but you should be really sure that you want to do it.

Why should I change my covenant? There are several reasons why you might want to change your covenant. If you want to collect other cosmetics, if the balance changes, or if simply your interest shifts, it might be possible that you want to join another covenant.

For progress and hardcore players, it can also be helpful to use one covenant for raids and another for mythic dungeons, so that they switch as needed. This is possible, but it requires a lot of effort.

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Changing your covenant: Step-by-Step Guide

How to choose a new covenant: Basically, to change your covenant, you only need to talk to the leader of the covenant you want to join. You can find them all in the enclave in Oribos, gathered together in one place. The coordinates are listed in parentheses, which you can display with addons . Talk to:

  • Polemarch Adrestes for the Kyrian (36,2 / 64,2)
  • Lady Moonberry for the Night Fae (39,6 / 60,9)
  • General Draven for the Venthyr (44,7 / 68,8)
  • Secutor Mavix for the Necrolords (43 / 74)

Choose the only conversation option where you ask the leaders if they can help you join them. The NPCs will warn you that you have already joined another covenant and ask if you really want to betray your allies. Confirm this twice and you can join your new covenant.

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The leaders will ask if you are really sure. You can find them in the southwest of Oribos.

Joining the old covenant again – here’s how

What happens if I want to return to my old covenant? It becomes difficult only when you want to return to the covenant. Because the respective faction has remembered that you chose someone else and requires proof of your loyalty again.

Even if you leave the covenant and immediately rejoin it, you must complete these tasks.

To prove yourself again, you will have to complete several tasks for your covenant. This is divided into four steps.

Step 1 – Talk to the leader

As with the switch, you need to talk to the leader of the respective covenant in Oribos, but this time with that of your old faction. They are not happy that you betrayed them and will ask you for a task.

Step 2 – Quest: “Prove Your Worth”

This will be your first task. You will receive the quest “Prove Your Worth,” in which you will need to complete tasks for your new old covenant. Like your covenant’s daily quest, you will need to fill a progress bar by:

  • killing rare or elite enemies
  • finding treasures
  • completing world quests
  • completing daily quests
  • defeating dungeon bosses (difficulty level irrelevant)

However, you must complete all of this in your respective covenant area. This also applies to the dungeons. Each area has two dungeons that belong to their covenant, and their bosses count for progress:

  • Kyrian: Necrotic Wake, Spires of Ascension
  • Necrolords: Theater of Pain, Plaguefall
  • Ardenweald: The Other Side, Mist of Tirna Scithe
  • Revendreth: The Blooding Depths, Halls of Atonement
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The Other Side is a tough dungeon in Ardenweald.

Step 3 – Wait for the next week

This step is easy but can take the longest: You have to wait until the weekly reset. This usually occurs on Wednesday at around 9:00 AM German time.

Make sure to submit the quest “Prove Your Worth” before the reset!

With the next week, you can then take on a new quest, which represents the fourth and final step.

Step 4 – Quest: “Regain Trust”

This quest works just like “Prove Your Worth.” You will need to complete various tasks again; the quest just has a different name and can only be done after the reset.

Only after you have submitted this quest will you return to your old covenant. So if you want to do something in another covenant, do it before you submit “Regain Trust.” If done correctly, you can juggle between two covenants. However, this requires a lot of work and good timing.

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Which covenant for which class?

A potential reason to change covenants is that you initially made the wrong choice and would like to choose your “best covenant”. Or you want to play a different specialization for which another covenant is better. Or perhaps you suddenly find PvP much more interesting than PvE?

In our special on MeinMMO, you will find the best covenant for each class. The recommendations are non-binding and based on analyses and tips from experts as well as simulations.

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The best covenant for hunters is, for example, the Night Fae – but maybe you don’t want that?

In general, you should choose the covenant that you enjoy the most. The differences are minimal and mainly exist on paper. A covenant you cannot get along with will generally provide you with less performance than one you enjoy playing.

We also discuss the covenants and other features of Shadowlands in the MeinMMO podcast with editor Leya Jankwoski, GameStar community manager Marylin Marx, and WoW expert Benedict Grothaus. You can find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and on MeinMMO’s podcast page starting the evening of November 25.

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How can one obtain the strongest equipment in MMORPGs?

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In many MMORPGs, the endgame revolves around acquiring the strongest weapons and armor. Where do you think they should come from?

Strong gear, the “loot”, has been a staple in RPGs since day one. In countless games, we work our way through obstacles, hordes of monsters, and boss opponents to get that one strongest sword in the entire game.

A classic loot spiral in an RPG works like this: you defeat a mob to obtain a better weapon with which you can kill a stronger mob, which in turn drops a better weapon that enables you to slay the next stronger enemy.

In MMORPGs, the loot spiral and the gearing process are deeply rooted in the gameplay. They often take center stage in the endgame. It begins at leveling, when we unlock new equipment with new levels, and continues with the armor grade, which keeps rising until the top tier that only has the strongest weapons and armor.

Players in MMORPGs can often obtain this top gear in various ways:

  • Crafting
  • Raids
  • PvP
  • Random Drops
  • Achievements
  • Long Grind
  • Quests
  • Cash Shop
The powerful relic weapons in Final Fantasy XIV have always required a lot of grinding.

It is often customary in MMORPGs that players only get the best weapons and armor if they work hard for it and invest a lot of time in playing. But in which part of the MMORPG should one invest time to get the strongest items?

Tell us: What do you think is the best source for strong gear in an MMORPG? Should players grind for a long time, or should everything be left to chance? Let us know what you think in the comments.

By the way, we have some cool articles about loot in MMORPGs:

How can I vote? You can cast your vote as always in the polling tool below the article. Each of you has one vote, and you cannot change your choice once you have made it. So think carefully beforehand about which option you want to click.

The survey ends on November 29.

Have fun voting!

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According to a leak: CoD Warzone will soon bring one of the most popular characters as an operator

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In Call of Duty: Warzone, players have been waiting a long time for the famous soldier “John “Soap” MacTavish. He was the hero of the earlier Modern Warfare series and according to leaks, he will soon be coming as an operator to the Warzone.

Who is Soap? Those who have played the old Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from 2007 or its two successors understand that “Soap” is not about hygiene products or cheesy series, but a tough Scottish fighter with a mohawk haircut, whom players largely embodied in the games.

That’s why he is so popular: In the first Modern Warfare, you start your soldier career in Soap’s boots, who is first hustled through the training camp by Captain Price and has to listen to silly jokes about his nickname.

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Many CoD veterans still remember this scene very well.

Together with the gruff captain, Soap completes one danger after another over many hours of gameplay, growing more and more in the players’ hearts.

Therefore, his death in a mission of Modern Warfare 3 is also quite harsh and shocks the players. The scene where Price tries to save the lifeless Soap is, for many players, a sad highlight of the series.

As CoD veterans like Price and Ghost are already in the game and can be chosen as operators in the Warzone, many fans wondered for a long time where Soap is.

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This is John “Soap” MacTavish.

Leaked announces Soap as a new Warzone operator

This speaks for Soap as a new operator: During a conversation about upcoming content for CoD Warzone, the developers announced in July 2020 that Soap is definitely on the way.

However, no specific date was mentioned and in the last season of the Warzone, Soap was not included as an operator.

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However, since Soap has not appeared so far, fans are slowly wondering where he is. But the known leak site Modern Warzone can help.

It is stated on Twitter:

At the end of the evening, we want to bring you the best news so far.

Soap is coming.

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However, the source of the leak is not specified. But since Modern Warzone has previously provided accurate leaks – among other things, predicting the Warzone correctly – many fans take the revelation seriously and are looking forward to Soap’s return.

Others are confused about how the supposedly dead Soap will fit into the story. The majority of fans, however, seem to be happy about the return of the good Scottish man.

Soap does not belong to the crew from the current CoD Cold War, which dominates the upcoming season of CoD Warzone. But the developers at Infinity Ward are likely still planning some new content for Modern Warfare and the Warzone. Perhaps Soap will also be included as a new Warzone operator.

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WoW Shadowlands: What you should definitely do in week 1

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There is a lot to do in WoW: Shadowlands. But what should you definitely accomplish? What is currently the most important?

Gradually, more and more players are reaching level 60 in WoW: Shadowlands and coming into contact with the endgame features. But what should you definitely do in week 1 of the expansion? Where should you focus and what can you neglect? We will explain what you should do at all costs and what has less priority for now.

Priority 1: Upgrade the Covenant

Once you reach level 60 and complete the campaign, you should first fully engage with your Covenant’s quests. This will unlock many new features and functions that you wouldn’t be able to use otherwise.

After completing the introductory quest chain, you will unlock world quests, but that’s not the end. You should also accept and complete all tasks from your Covenant thereafter.

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The Runemaster crafts Legendaries – you unlock him early.

By doing this, you unlock a variety of features:

  • Upgrades for your Covenant Sanctum (Adventure Table, Teleportation Network, Covenant Activities)
  • Anima storage, where you can deposit Anima from world quests to purchase various things within the Covenant.
  • Reputation levels that come with new unlocks like Soulbindings, Stamina bonuses, and mounts
  • The Maw with Ve’nari and her upgrades
  • The unlocking of Torghast, the Tower of the Damned
  • The unlocking of media (for Soulbindings) as drops from world quests and dungeons
  • The unlocking of the Runemaster in Torghast
  • Legendary recipes

By the end of all these tasks, you should have reached reputation level 3, which is the maximum for the first week.

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Torghast – An Important Weekly Task

Visiting Torghast is one of your most important tasks that you should complete each week. This is because you can earn Soul Ash in Torghast, which you need for crafting legendary items. Since there is a weekly cap on how much Soul Ash you can obtain from Torghast, you should make the most of it.

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You should visit Torghast every week.

At least in the first few weeks, this is advisable. Once you have crafted your favorite Legendary, you may neglect Torghast if you are not enjoying it. However, those who want a wide range of legendary items will have to tackle Torghast every week.

However, be aware that you must unlock Torghast and its features through the Covenant Quests first.

Tasks for Ve’nari in the Maw

In the Maw, Ve’nari waits for you, whom you may have already met during the quests. In exchange for Stygia, she sells you valuable items and upgrades for your stay in the Maw.

You can obtain Stygia through all activities in the Maw – whether from dailies, rare elites, or special events.

WoW Venari Purveyor of Cyphers Maw
Ve’nari sells many upgrades for the Maw and Torghast. You should take advantage of this!

But be careful! If you die in the Maw, you will lose a part of your Stygia. So do not wait too long before you retreat to avoid losing Stygia.

This is complicated by the Eye of the Jailer. The more you accomplish in the Maw, the nastier creatures the Jailer will unleash upon you until you eventually become overwhelmed. The Eye of the Jailer resets every day – so the Maw is a daily activity.

Callings instead of Emissary Quests

Callings are basically the new emissary quests in Shadowlands. You can accept them in your Covenant Sanctum, and then you have a mission in one of the four zones of the Shadowlands. This can be completing 3 world quests, but it can also be a more specific quest, such as completing a specific dungeon or simply completing random activities in the respective zone.

WoW Callings Covenant
Your active Callings are shown in the Covenant overview. Accept the quest in your Sanctum!

These Callings reward you with 1,500 reputation points with the respective faction and a box that may contain gear. It will definitely include some gray items that can be sold to vendors for a decent amount – between 1,500 and 3,000 gold, and in some cases even a little more.

More about Shadowlands can be found here:

What else can be done?

Apart from the points mentioned above, you can still accomplish a few other things. However, these have lower priority and are therefore optional:

  • World Quests: World Quests give you additional media, reputation, gold, and occasionally even gear. So it may be worthwhile to complete World Quests more frequently in the first weeks, even if they are not required by your Covenant Quests.
  • PvP: You can earn Honor through random battlegrounds, which provides decent gear at least at the start. This way, you can effectively fill gaps in your gear and be ready for the coming weeks.
  • Mythic Dungeons: Even if there are no rewards in the Great Vault yet, you should still tackle mythic dungeons. Eight different ones are available, and they all provide good gear, media, and even legendary recipes for the Runemaster.
  • Professions: Improving your crafting, whether it’s Cooking or Fishing, is likely to offer long-term benefits. After all, this leads to good buff food that will be useful at least in raids.

What are you focusing on at the start? Do you have a specific plan? Or are you just playing casually?

You can also complete all the side quests, such as the decision quest “Pack or Unit”.

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