Perkz hasn’t just discovered his hatred for cats anew, but nurtures and harbors this grudge. Already in June 2020, Perkz made it clear on Twitter: “Delete the cat!”
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What’s up with Yuumi? The cat Yuumi came to LoL in May 2019. She is a support character in the botlane. Yuumi can heal her AD carry and make herself invulnerable by hopping onto a partner and casting her abilities there. The partner, usually the ADC, then takes over the movement for the cat as well.
The champ is seen by some LoL players – like Perkz – as “unskilled” because you don’t have to pay attention to movement, but can focus only on abilities. A streamer even controlled Yuumi just with his feet and was able to play two champs at the same time.
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However, Yuumi has a significant influence on the match. The champ is therefore criticized as “low skill – high reward”. A champ with which even not-so-good players can achieve a lot.
Perkz also seems to be annoyed that he can’t just pick off and eliminate the supporter with damage.
Yuumi is an exciting champ in many ways.
Yuumi is an extraordinary champ in LoL. Interestingly, he is perceived completely differently in various regions. In Europe, he is considered a strong, annoying pick in the botlane. In Korea, however, he hardly plays a role in solo queue. This is due to the different playstyles of the regions:
The player Luka “Perkz” Perković is considered one of the best players of League of Legends worldwide. As a midlaner and botlaner, he is the pivot for the European champions in LoL, G2 Esports. But there is one LoL champ he hates to the core, the grinning cat Yuumi. Riot messed up the champion, he demands, and they should realize this and just delete him from LoL.
Who is he? The Croatian Luka Perković (21) is probably the best LoL player outside of Asia and is among the best players in the world.
He has dominated in Europe for the team G2 Esports since he was a teenager starting in 2016 in the midlane. Perkz holds the record for LEC championships with 7 titles in 9 seasons.
However, the team has not won any titles internationally. Therefore, Perkz decided to switch to the botlane in 2019, and brought his fiercest competitor in Europe, the Dane Rasmus “Caps” Winther, to his own team.
This kind of role swap is something that practically never occurs at this level in LoL. But Perkz accepted the new identity as a botlaner, called himself Uma Jan, celebrated it and played really well.
Everyone hates Yuumi, but everyone has to play her
This champ is hated by Perkz: The champ that Perkz cannot cope with at all is the support champ Yuumi. He explained this recently in a question-and-answer session on YouTube:
“I really don’t like Yuumi. I will never get tired of talking about Yuumi and how annoying she is and how stupid Riot made this champ. I really wish Riot would admit they messed up and just remove the champ from the game.”
Perkz
There is nothing more annoying than when this little cat jumps from champion to champion while remaining invulnerable the whole time. That is “unskilled and anti-fun,” explains Perkz.
Looks somehow mean: Yuumi, stupid cat,
He further stated: Everyone hates to play Yuumi, everyone hates to play against Yuumi, but she is so overpowered that you just have to play her.
Perkz hasn’t just discovered his hatred for cats anew, but nurtures and harbors this grudge. Already in June 2020, Perkz made it clear on Twitter: “Delete the cat!”
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What’s up with Yuumi? The cat Yuumi came to LoL in May 2019. She is a support character in the botlane. Yuumi can heal her AD carry and make herself invulnerable by hopping onto a partner and casting her abilities there. The partner, usually the ADC, then takes over the movement for the cat as well.
The champ is seen by some LoL players – like Perkz – as “unskilled” because you don’t have to pay attention to movement, but can focus only on abilities. A streamer even controlled Yuumi just with his feet and was able to play two champs at the same time.
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However, Yuumi has a significant influence on the match. The champ is therefore criticized as “low skill – high reward”. A champ with which even not-so-good players can achieve a lot.
Perkz also seems to be annoyed that he can’t just pick off and eliminate the supporter with damage.
Yuumi is an exciting champ in many ways.
Yuumi is an extraordinary champ in LoL. Interestingly, he is perceived completely differently in various regions. In Europe, he is considered a strong, annoying pick in the botlane. In Korea, however, he hardly plays a role in solo queue. This is due to the different playstyles of the regions:
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare a Canadian streamer has traded his controller for his beloved drum kit. He successfully drums his way through the game. After a spectacular sniper kill, a clip of him went viral on Twitter and made him famous.
Who is it about and what did he do? A streamer from Ontario (Canada) recently became famous on Twitter. The young man under the Twitch alias DeanoBeano has two passions: drumming and playing games. Therefore, he streams his drum solos every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, he streams game sessions, including Fall Guys and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
“But why not do both at once?” DeanoBeano probably thought and recently tried out whether you could play CoD with the drum setup instead of a controller. The right and left drums replaced the joysticks, respectively. Firing is done with a hearty hit on the cymbals.
This is what it looks like when DeanoBeano goes hunting. Source: Twitch
Drum sniper kill brings Twitter fame
This is what it looks like when playing with the drums: When DeanoBeano plays, it resembles a musical spectacle. He constantly taps his drumsticks on the drums and rushes through the game. Due to the soundscape of the drums, the entire gaming experience has a completely different feeling than is typical for regular streamers.
This clip went viral: The highlight of DeanoBeano’s drumming escapades was a spectacular sniper kill with the AX-50 rifle. Deano was on the oil rig map from Season 5 in the “Hardpoint” mode and had spotted an enemy. Methodically, he tapped on the drum and precisely moved his scope onto the enemy. A hard hit on the cymbals: Badum! The enemy was dead!
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The clip was later uploaded to Twitter, where it immediately went viral. As of August 24, 2020, it had already garnered over 1.2 million views. The nonchalance with which DeanoBeano takes out enemies as a sniper with his drum setup greatly impressed the viewers.
While DeanoBeano and his drum setup bring a lot of joy to players, there are also controversial actions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The game requires you to humiliate your dead opponents with tea-bagging for a special achievement.
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Nvidia is considered one of the most valuable companies in the USA, and with Ampere, it has a strong product ready. Nevertheless, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang convinces himself every morning that he must “save” his company from bankruptcy.
Nvidia, along with Intel and AMD, is one of the world’s leading chip manufacturers. It is now known that Nvidia will likely rely on GDDR6X for the RTX 3090. Recently, Gamesbeat spoke with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in an interview about Nvidia’s success (via venturebeat.com).
This is what he said in the interview: When Nvidia’s CEO was asked how he feels being that Nvidia is now the most valuable chip company in the USA, he explained: “Well, I can’t say that I have thought about it much. I have received a lot of congratulations. But you know me. I still feel like the company is barely hanging on.”
What he means by that, he explains in more detail afterward:
I didn’t mean to say that. I didn’t know if you remembered or not. But I literally feel every morning that we are bankrupt in 30 days. I wake up in a panic. I have a lot of work ahead of me. We have a company to save. We have a number of partners and a lot of companies that we don’t want to disappoint. This feeling never leaves me.
Nvidia is not really facing bankruptcy; rather, Huang uses it as a psychological trick to spur himself to new heights.
Nvidia CEO: “Everything we do is bigger, riskier than ever”
Why Nvidia CEO sticks to his behavior: Huang explained that the current tasks and goals are bigger and riskier than ever, which requires a lot of attention: “I have more than enough work to do.”
Where does Nvidia currently stand? Nvidia has started 2020 very successfully. In March 2020, they achieved a significant success with GeForce Now: Nvidia announced in a blog post in March that the GeForce Now Founder Packs are now sold out and that the streaming service is being widely used. (via nvidia.com)
With Ampere, Nvidia also has a potentially strong graphics card ready that many gamers are currently waiting for. All important information about Nvidia’s Ampere can be found with our colleagues at Gamestar.
With the GeForce Partner Program, Nvidia had made few friends in the hardware sector in the past. Nvidia was criticized for wanting to push competitor AMD out of the market. Many feared a monopoly position that would harm the market in the long run. Accordingly, the GeForce Partner Program was also criticized.
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In Destiny 2, fans report new information and theories: They believe the story of the Traveler is finally picking up after 6 years. One of the most important characters in Destiny could become a traitor in the new expansion “Beyond Light.” It seems Bungie is telling the story in 2020 that they wanted to tell back in 2014.
Warning: This article contains story spoilers and theories. Anyone who wants to be surprised about what happens in the fall expansion of Destiny 2, “Beyond Light” should not continue reading.
This is why Destiny has not had a proper story for 6 years
This is what’s wrong with the story of Destiny: The story of Destiny has always been what you would call “muddled,” “confusing,” “a mess,” or “chaotic.” For years, multiple authors worked on a story that had completely different visions of where it was supposed to go:
A crisis team somehow pieced together a narrative from the characters and elements that were already in the game. The story was of little substance, with twists coming out of nowhere (“No time to explain why I don’t have time for explanations”) and Bungie was ridiculed for it for years.
Had “no time for explanations” in part 1 – the Exo Stranger.
With DLCs, Bungie consistently deviated from the main story and started new narrative threads. The best expansions of Destiny, “The Taken King” (2015) and “Forsaken” (2018), had nothing to do with the Traveler and the main story. The authors told their own stories here.
The actual story was mostly not told in-game with cutscenes and dialogues but supplemented with lore texts.
Destiny 2 was also “rebooted” midway – previously, the actual author wanted to continue the story of Mara Sov, who had disappeared in The Taken King. But the head of Destiny 2, CJ Cowan, left Bungie, and Mara Sov did not appear at all in the Destiny 2 campaign. Instead, it shifted focus elsewhere with the Cabal.
Smith apparently needed some time to deal with the backlog, to piece together the story elements, to release already prepared content, and now has a clear vision and plan for how he wants to tell his story of Destiny 2 on a grand scale for the first time.
So far, the raid “The Glass Vault” and the expansion “Taken King” were his, two elements from Destiny 1 that are considered outstanding but had nothing to do with the actual story.
Bungie wants to tell the new story from 2020 in 3 expansions by 2022. With “Beyond Light,” this story trilogy is finally set to begin, 6 years after the release of Destiny.
Smith aims to take many ideas from Destiny 1 and bring them to a conclusion. Thus, the trailer for “Beyond Light” was heavily inspired by the original Destiny trailer. The “Stranger” is also back and is supposed to play a proper role in Destiny now after having become a symbol for the “incompleteness of the Destiny 1 story”.
The Stranger is supposed to become a “real character” – 6 years after Destiny 1.
The Traveler – the great mystery of Destiny
What is the story of Destiny really about? Since 2014 there has been a major theory about Destiny.
The Traveler is not “the savior of humanity” and “something good that should be worshipped,” but a curse and the downfall of humanity.
The Traveler.
In Destiny, “the Traveler” (The Traveler) is a sphere (as large as a city) that hovers above Earth. With the arrival of the Traveler above Earth, a “Golden Age” began: Humans utilized new technologies, set off from Earth, and colonized space. The Traveler is said to have saved humanity when the “Collapse” occurred, when darkness fell upon humanity, abruptly ending the golden age.
At that time, the “Traveler” is said to have sacrificed itself to protect humanity. Since then, the Traveler has been resting.
Destiny takes place centuries after the “Collapse”: What exactly “the Darkness” is and how the Traveler saved humanity is no longer clear to the characters in Destiny 2.
The Pyramid ships represent the Darkness in Destiny.
The Traveler is a mythical being in Destiny 2 from which players draw their powers. It is something that the characters of Destiny 2 themselves do not understand but only know from legends.
Many lore texts over the years contradict the “official narrative.” It has been long hinted that something is stirring in the background.
The Traveler seems to come to peoples and “raise” them, only to be caught by the Darkness, making it disappear as the people he gifted with a golden age perish.
In the world of Destiny, however, the Traveler could not vanish but fell into this state of rest that players have encountered.
Over the 6 years of Destiny, the Traveler has only appeared sporadically. The narrative repeatedly deviated from the main path and the Traveler “rested.” At the end of the Destiny 2 campaign, the Traveler stirred to free itself from Dominus Ghaul. It sent a pulse into space attracting “the Darkness” and its Pyramid ships, which have been on their way since 2017 and are coming to Destiny 2 with “Beyond Light” in the fall of 2020.
Dominus Ghaul, the villain from Destiny 2 – he “awoke” the Traveler to life.
This could happen in “Beyond Light”:
Now fans have put forward the thesis that in Destiny 2 “Beyond Light” there could be a civil war:
On one side: the “faithful people” who continue to believe in the Traveler and the light.
And on the other side: those who are against the Traveler, who doubt him and rise against him. They could join forces with “the Darkness” and choose the Pyramid ships.
This would be a plot similar to “Captain America: Civil War”: there, the superhero team “The Avengers” split into two factions and fought against each other: Iron Man on one side, Captain America on the other.
Zavala: “It will be wild!”
This is the plot twist: As a potential leader of this “Darkness faction” in Destiny 2, a Guardian on Reddit has pointed out the dutiful and loyal Zavala (via reddit). Until now, he was considered rather boring. The star of Destiny had thus far been Cayde-6 – until his death.
Zavala’s role in “Beyond Light” is confirmed by his voice actor Lance Reddick. He described the story of “Beyond Light” as wild.
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In recent years, lore hints have been increasing that Zavala is increasingly doubting the role of the Traveler. Zavala sees his task clearly as protecting the “last city,” not preserving the Traveler from harm. If there were to be a situation where Zavala had to jeopardize the Last City to protect the Traveler, Zavala could indeed sympathize with the Darkness.
The Guardian on Reddit cites various lore sources that illustrate:
There are hints that it frustrates Zavala to believe in an inactive god to whom he often prayed and who never heard him
Data mining further shows that Eris Morn suspects Zavala is planning a betrayal.
The exotic pistol “Chosen of the Traveler” contains a lore text that the Guardian attributes to an Ahamkara, who writes about Zavala. The text makes it clear that Zavala is increasingly doubting the Traveler:
“All we have left now is our faith.”
I retreat into my bone cave and he is there.
I see him standing at the railing, looking at his Traveler with a bowed head. He speaks in a gentle voice, but I can hear him. Anyone could have understood him.
He waits for an answer and so do I, tense, curious. Standing there full of attention is this loyal dog of a man. I can hardly feel the time, but for him the hours pass quietly.
I am ready to stifle the voice of his Traveler should he respond, but there is nothing. He clings tighter to the railing.
I feel something change in him, and a new possibility opens up.
**
Again, I press on the cave. The net creaks slightly under my eagerness.
Someone approaches, and he turns his back to his Traveler. There is an exchange, masked by the reddish whirl.
He reports back. Hope is bleeding out of him. He hands a token of trust to the messenger. This one takes it without understanding its significance.
He watches as the messenger leaves. In his middle is a hollow space. It is beautiful.
**
I return alert.
I do not see him, but I hear him. He speaks to all, his voice is drenched in sorrow.
I must know how far my regression is. I cautiously reach for him. Strength. I push – and feel only sweet, soft decay.
I am drunk with joy. They have received no answers. It was a reflex, the twitch of a stupid muscle.
A song of joy rises within me.
Now.
Lore text for “Chosen of the Traveler”
Mom says: Trust no Ahamkara.
This is what’s behind it: It seems unlikely that players will have to “really” choose a side and then use either “Light powers” (the old ones) or “only the new ones” (i.e., Stasis). The civil war will likely be more of a storyline in the game that players can follow.
The story around the “Traveler” and that he has actually been the villain for 6 years and that players are working for the “dark side” is the special twist in the story of Destiny that has been awaited for 6 years. However, it hasn’t really picked up because the story of Destiny has often been thrown out and many people aren’t participating in it anyway because it is hidden in lore texts.
In 2020, instead of a “Destiny 3,” there will be a “Destiny 2 part 2”: perhaps this one will finally have a proper story.
A new era is set to begin for Destiny – once again.
The story of Destiny is set to begin a new chapter in autumn 2020. Beyond Light is scheduled for release on November 10, 2020.
For Bungie and the “Destiny” franchise, this new chapter began back in January 2019. At that time, Bungie split from publisher Activision Blizzard, but those hoping for a break and fresh start have so far been disappointed. Apparently, everything is taking a lot longer:
The summer update in GTA Online brought some new content. A leak now shows many contents that likely didn’t make it into the game at the last minute. This includes vehicles and corresponding modifications.
New yacht missions were added, allowing you to earn money and 15 new vehicles to cruise the streets of Los Santos.
Additionally, there were 6 small changes in the game, which may not be immediately noticeable, but are important for the gameplay. But what about the content that didn’t make it into the game?
These contents were still planned
What contents were still supposed to come with the DLC? Data miners have now researched the data of GTA Online and found some content that was likely planned for the summer update but didn’t make it into the game.
New vehicles
According to leaker WildBrick142, new vehicles and helicopters were planned. However, only a few data like sound effects or names remain in the system. Among other things, there would have been these modes of transport:
A new variant of the water helicopter: Sea Sparrow
A new Cargobob
A Benny’s variant for the surfer (mini-van)
These are just a small part of the vehicle data that have been found. On Twitter, you can see the overview:
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However, not only new vehicles were apparently planned by Rockstar. Several modification options for existing vehicles can also be found in the data.
The data miner explains that modifications for vehicles such as the Yosemite, Peyote Custom, and Manana Custom were planned. Whether these were different color options or new bed types.
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Interestingly, the data miner was also able to find modifications for police vehicles. He suspects that this relates to the planned police DLC that did not appear (via Twitter).
However, all these changes and contents were not included in the game. It is still unclear what will happen to this content now. Whether it is gone for good and Rockstar has changed its mind or whether it will come at a later date. After all, we can still expect the biggest update ever in GTA Online in 2020.
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For some time now, the ray tracing options can be activated in the beta of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Some testers have looked at the new graphics, and a discussion among players has erupted. Some find it successful and pretty, while others seem to have expected more.
What is ray tracing in WoW? The new graphics technology allows for better and more accurate calculation of light and shadow, creating better and more beautiful effects. Ray tracing is therefore not a magical improvement of the entire graphics but a refinement of details.
For several days now, the option to activate ray tracing has been available in the currently running beta for the new addon. However, you need an RTX-capable graphics card and the latest Windows update for this. How it looks is shown by YouTuber KokushiGG in the video:
One of the greatest strengths of ray tracing is moving or multiple light sources and the shadows they create. A good example of this is the possible ray tracing in Call of Duty. In WoW, however, this is almost never the case, which is why players are now discussing how good this option actually is.
FPS loss due to ray tracing – Is it worth it?
This is the criticism: Currently, some performance is lost when using ray tracing. Players who are testing the option report FPS losses averaging from 120 FPS to 60 or even lower.
One of the videos that has raised hopes among users.
Under the corresponding article from wowhead, a user ArmandFrvr even criticizes the innovation:
I’m not sure why blurred shadows are supposed to be better? I prefer to see clearly what’s above me, especially with the War Mode active.
This is what other players say: In contrast, other players argue that ray tracing can only be used for that purpose, at least in WoW, and that it was intended to be that way. RTX is not a “magic button” that makes everything better.
Moreover, WoW has had ray tracing shadows for some time, and due to an update to a new standard, no significant changes are expected (via wccftech).
The YouTube user Dwayne agrees: “WoW was never designed with ray tracing in mind. If the game isn’t built with ray tracing, it won’t look different whether it’s on or off.”
Players believe that the FPS loss really isn’t worth it all, but since these are still tests, this may change by release.
Blizzard still has to work on the graphics anyway, as there have already been some… interesting bugs in the beta. A revision of the lighting, as RTX does, has caused Draenei and Elves to suddenly look oiled. Sleazy, but certainly not intentional.
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The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) receives a new DLC named Stonethorn, which MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch has already played together with the developers. He is particularly fond of the two new dungeons.
What is Stonethorn? The new DLC for ESO releases today, on August 24, for PC and on September 1 for the consoles PS4 and Xbox One. The focus of the new content is on two dungeons that I was able to test on the test server:
Stone Garden is a dungeon in the dark Blackreach, where you will encounter the Alchemist Arkasis, who, like Frankenstein, attempts to create crazy and creepy creations.
Castle Dorn, a fortress of the vampire lady Dorn and her dark army.
Additionally, Stonethorn offers a prologue quest that leads to the last update of the year, the fourth DLC, as well as some technical performance improvements, a 2-player mount, and a cool new feature for all housing fans.
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What did I play? Together with Creative Director Rich Lambert, Content Designer Shane Slama, and Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan, I plunged into the dungeon Castle Dorn. Afterwards, I also explored the Stone Garden with random teammates.
Both dungeons left a positive impression on me:
They are structured differently
They offer various mechanics in the boss fights
They tell an interesting story
They are visually stunning and have a touch of scary stories from my childhood. One involves Dracula (vampire lady), and the other involves Frankenstein (the alchemist).
Both have thus rekindled my love for the dungeons in ESO.
About the author: Alexander Leitsch is responsible for MMORPGs at MeinMMO. He has spent over 7,500 play hours in Guild Wars 2, but also regularly engages with the predecessor GW1, Black Desert, SWTOR, WoW Classic, or ESO.
Meaningful trash mobs and exciting mechanics in Castle Dorn
Before the dungeon starts, it’s necessary to form a good team. Fortunately, Dungeon Lead Mike Finnigan takes on the role of the tank, and the healer is also quickly assigned. ESO relies on a classic Holy Trinity of one tank, one healer, and two DDs in dungeons.
I, in turn, can calmly focus on damage and the various mechanics in the dungeon.
We remain at the difficulty of normal mode. For veterans, there is also a higher difficulty level where the bosses become stronger and have new mechanics.
So beautifully and atmospherically does Castle Dorn look.
What is Castle Dorn about? In Castle Dorn, a truly beautiful and atmospheric castle, the vampire lady Dorn is attempting to assemble an army of vampires. Together with Gwendis and the vampire Talfyg, we try to storm the fortress and put an end to her machinations.
However, this isn’t so easy.
The first bosses: After just a few fights, we encounter the Horrendous Tindulra, the first of 5 bosses in the dungeon. Tindulra employs many flame effects and AoE. Those who react too slowly here quickly lose their life, as Rich Lambert encountered during our run.
After the first boss, we enter the castle and encounter the first vampires. Talfyg, who had led us to the castle, leaves us behind in a trap and flees. He will later receive his due from us for this.
For now, we must face the Blood Wight, a hideously looking creature that constantly tries to pull me into a pool of blood. In this pool, one suffers a lot of damage. Only the right positioning against the wall or skillful evasion helps here.
You shouldn’t let yourself be pulled into this pool.
Additionally, the Blood Wight has small minions that constantly heal it. These should be quickly eliminated, especially in hard mode.
This time, we achieve victory over the creature without a dead teammate.
Even the trash makes sense: On the way to the third boss, the developers point out a detail that I always greatly appreciate about ESO:
Trash mobs between the bosses usually contain mechanics that will play a role in the subsequent boss fight. Thus, you learn playfully and easily what you will need to know later.
Before the third boss, I learn the mechanics with the Spectral Scythes, which can be thrown onto corpses to create useful minions that assist us in battle. That will be crucial in the next fight; otherwise, it will be difficult against Vaduroth, a Daedra who can resurrect previously dead vampires.
While ESO is not the only MMORPG that employs such a explanation mechanic, it still remains a small detail that is consistently well implemented in dungeons.
Many dangerous creatures are waiting for us in Castle Dorn.
On to Vampire Lady Dorn: Boss 4, however, is Talfyg, the vampire who had betrayed us during the dungeon run. He possesses a special mechanic of summoning gargoyles that he can activate. The gargoyle that the boss is closest to becomes active.
Through clever kiting and the right strategy, you can determine whether you prefer to face slow melee fighters or weaker but directly active ranged fighters. In total, you must face 3 of the 6 gargoyles. In veteran mode, however, all become active.
In the end, we manage to defeat Arkasis and complete the dungeon. Here, I am especially curious how the fight will look in veteran mode.
Both Castle Dorn and Stone Garden provided me with a lot of fun. They are atmospherically successful, continue the story around the “Black Heart in Skyrim”, the overarching narrative for the entire year in ESO, and offer numerous mechanics that one must first get to know. Or rather, should.
Because at least in normal mode, I felt as though pearls were being thrown before swine here. Most mechanics can be circumvented with a lot of damage, and only a few mistakes are truly fatal. This is good for players who simply want to casually experience the story without facing too many challenges.
For others, there is the veteran mode. What’s interesting in this context is Mike Finnigan’s statement that the developers first create the hard version of the dungeons and then further simplify the mechanics to achieve a pleasant difficulty level. This seems to be the exact right approach in my opinion. Conversely, one learns about the boss in the “noob version”, but suddenly in hard mode, there are entirely new mechanics. Here, the mechanics are simply made simpler for beginners.
As early as the beginning of the year, a DLC full of dungeons was released with Harrowstorm.
However, one thing that personally bothers me about ESO is the policy regarding DLCs. Those who do not have a monthly subscription (ESO+) can only access the new dungeons if they are purchased for crowns. This can become quite expensive if you want to own all the DLCs.
However, I will be getting the two newest dungeons to enjoy the wonderful atmosphere once again.
In this fight, Gwendis also intervenes or uses CC for the gargoyles. A useful addition for the team!
Gwendis accompanies you in both dungeons of the new DLC.
In the grand finale, the vampire lady herself awaits you. Her special mechanic is that she disappears several times during the fight and corrupts the entire room. Only a small moving circle is safe. In this, you must move through the room and defeat Lady Dorn’s minions so that she returns to the ground.
However, the vampires constantly try to pull you out of the safe zone. I must remain vigilant and evade, which I fail to do twice. But thanks to a good healer, I barely survive the encounters.
Otherwise, the vampire lady also employs many AoE fields and various attacks. Mechanically, she does not resemble a generic dungeon fight but rather a raid boss in other MMORPGs. However, here, mistakes are somewhat more forgiving.
The bright, moving field must not be left; otherwise, you will receive significant damage.
Secret paths and many puzzles in Stone Garden
What is Stone Garden about? The Alchemist Arkasis has set up a laboratory and is attempting to create new monsters there. He has succeeded in breathing life into Stonehulks, which you could experience in the Greymoor expansion.
In addition to these creatures, many werewolves are also waiting for you here, as a counterpart to the vampires in Castle Dorn.
How is the dungeon structured? While Castle Dorn is linear and traditionally comprises 5 bosses, Stone Garden is designed to be significantly more mysterious. There are various items you can collect and secrets you can discover and partially must discover to progress in the dungeon.
The first boss in the dungeon is a gigantic werewolf, which my group and I quickly defeated. Personally, I really like the dungeon’s visuals; after all, everything resembles a whacky professor, and it has a somewhat sci-fi feel to it.
In Stone Garden, everything looks a bit whacky and crazy.
The secrets in Stone Garden: After the first boss and some stone creatures, you arrive at the first location with secrets in the dungeon. I don’t want to spoil too much, but with the right strategy, you can gain additional buffs.
Moreover, you can temporarily become a gigantic werewolf in the dungeon with the help of potions. At the beginning, there are quite a few of these, but later, there will be more and more.
In the dungeon, there are also 3 Blood Knights that you can defeat to make the final boss Arkasis easier. Or you can leave them for a bit more of a challenge.
Arkasis is conducting crazy experiments in Stone Garden.
The fight against Arkasis: During the fight against Arkasis, Gwendis runs through the room and sabotages the alchemist’s devices. This is desperately needed because after each wave of enemies we defeat, the boss transforms and becomes stronger than before.
You are also able to transform back into a werewolf in this boss fight to confront Arkasis’s stone monsters. And the fight of werewolf against stone giant looks visually fantastic.
In the end, we manage to defeat Arkasis and complete the dungeon. Here, I am especially curious how the fight will look in veteran mode.
Both Castle Dorn and Stone Garden provided me with a lot of fun. They are atmospherically successful, continue the story around the “Black Heart in Skyrim”, the overarching narrative for the entire year in ESO, and offer numerous mechanics that one must first get to know. Or rather, should.
Because at least in normal mode, I felt as though pearls were being thrown before swine here. Most mechanics can be circumvented with a lot of damage, and only a few mistakes are truly fatal. This is good for players who simply want to casually experience the story without facing too many challenges.
For others, there is the veteran mode. What’s interesting in this context is Mike Finnigan’s statement that the developers first create the hard version of the dungeons and then further simplify the mechanics to achieve a pleasant difficulty level. This seems to be the exact right approach in my opinion. Conversely, one learns about the boss in the “noob version”, but suddenly in hard mode, there are entirely new mechanics. Here, the mechanics are simply made simpler for beginners.
As early as the beginning of the year, a DLC full of dungeons was released with Harrowstorm.
However, one thing that personally bothers me about ESO is the policy regarding DLCs. Those who do not have a monthly subscription (ESO+) can only access the new dungeons if they are purchased for crowns. This can become quite expensive if you want to own all the DLCs.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout will now indeed get a mobile version. However, there is a catch as the mobile version will not be available here initially. Nevertheless, this is a good thing.
What is the story behind the mobile version of Fall Guys? The colorful and fun battle royale game Fall Guys will probably get a mobile version despite previous denials by the developers. However, it will only be available in China initially. According to analyst Daniel “ZhugeEX” Ahmad, the mobile game company Bilibili has acquired the rights to release a mobile version of Fall Guys in China.
Will Fall Guys also be available here as a mobile version? There is currently no information regarding this. In fact, the China version has not been officially confirmed. Interestingly, the studio Mediatonic explicitly tweeted some time ago that all advertisements for a mobile version were fake.
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The background of this tweet was a scam that promised a mobile version of Fall Guys but aimed to rip off users. The colleagues from GameStar reported on this. It is therefore quite possible that the information about the China mobile version has just not been officially announced and is legitimate.
This is why the China version is a good thing for all of us: If the announcement from China turns out to be true, it is still good news for players around the world. This would mean that active work is being done on a mobile adaptation of the fun hit game and it would then only be a matter of time before such a game would be available here.
Since the developers of Fall Guys have already announced that they will offer the game on more platforms than just PC and PS4, a mobile version in the West is definitely within the realm of possibility. This would also please author Jürgen Horn, who has just discovered his passion for Fall Guys – even though Fall Guys is so imprecise, wobbly, and silly.
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In Call of Duty: Warzone, players have had to endure some crazy bugs, and one of the worst was the fixed “Demon Weapons” bug. However, it seems that it hasn’t completely disappeared.
What is this bug? It is one of the nastiest bugs that annoys players in Call of Duty: Warzone. In this bug, the weapon models distort so badly that it affects the game. The nasty “Demon Weapons” came into Warzone with the start of Season 5, and it took nearly a week until the fix came into play:
But as it looks, the possessed weapons continue to roam in the ghost town of Verdansk.
Where is the evidence? The CoD streamer “MuTeX” posted a clip of his latest session on Twitter on August 23. There he picks up the HDR sniper rifle, which he wanted to secure from a defeated enemy:
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Instead of trading his unwanted shotgun for the top sniper rifle, he carefully places the weapon back in its spot. Because the HDR is heavily bugged and hard to use in this state. The bug is therefore still present in the game.
How can I work around the bug? The bug seems to have something to do with the skins on the weapons. If you have one of the cursed guns in your hands, make sure to get rid of it and grab another weapon.
The bug no longer appears as often as it did before the fix, but it can still affect weapons. To protect your best loadout weapons, you should rely on the standard variants of the CoD arsenal and avoid crazy skins.
Will there be another fix? When the bug first appeared, there was a hint in the CoD Trello. The “Trello” is a planning tool that keeps you up to date on bug fixes from the developers. However, this entry is no longer to be found. However, the CoD creators will certainly intervene again if the bug spreads again.
Last weekend, the open beta test for Marvel’s Avengers took place. Have you tried the game? How did it influence your purchasing decision?
Here’s what it’s about in Marvel’s Avengers There is just over a week left until the release of Marvel’s Avengers on September 4. In this action multiplayer game, you play as the well-known heroes from the Marvel universe.
You fight as Hulk, Thor, or Ms. Marvel against hordes of enemies belonging to the organization AIM while uncovering their sinister plan step by step.
You start Marvel’s Avengers with 6 different characters. However, more free heroes like Hawkeye or Spider-Man have been announced.
That was the test: The beta test for Marvel’s Avengers took place in several waves. First, only PS4 pre-orderers had access, then pre-orderers on Xbox One and PC.
Last weekend, the open beta occurred: All interested players on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 could try the action game.
During the beta test, the following content was available to you:
3 training challenges with 10 waves of enemies each
So, various types of quests and missions were offered to demonstrate a cross-section of the game.
So let us know: Did you play the beta? What did you think of it? And of course: How did the beta influence your purchasing decision? Feel free to share your experiences and reasons in the comments.
How can I vote? In the survey tool under the article, you can choose the option that applies to you the most. Each reader only has one vote they can cast. The vote cannot be undone.
The survey ends on August 27.
Have fun voting!
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In Valorant the meta gameplay is dominated by the heavy sniper rifle Operator, which can eliminate enemies with a single shot. Top streamer shroud is not pleased with this. Therefore, he has a few sensible ideas to break the meta and spice up ranked play.
What is the problem with the meta? Among the weapons in Valorant, the Operator has been the ultimate choice since its release. The heavy sniper rifle can kill even fully armored opponents with a single shot with almost every hit. Therefore, every team tries to get an “OP” as quickly as possible. Protection against the OP is only provided by so-called “flashes” and “smokes,” effects that either blind the opponent or create temporary visual barriers. But even that often doesn’t help, as top player and Twitch star shroud points out.
Shroud wants agents with better flashes and a more expensive Operator
This bothers shroud: According to the top streamer, it is especially difficult to use the flashes to blind the Operator shooters with agents like Phoenix and Breach. The flashes can be easily predicted and avoided with a quick sidestep. If a sniper has a good angle, it is hard to dislodge him.
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This is what shroud would like to change: One solution would be to introduce a new agent specifically designed to counter sniper weapons. This agent should be able to throw his flashes and smokes around corners, similar to how Jett can currently with her smoke skill “Cloudburst”.
Additionally, shroud would like to raise the cost of the Operator. Even though it is not cheap at 4,500 credits in the game, even an inferior team can ultimately afford the weapon.
However, if it were to cost 5,500 credits, it would be harder to obtain and its loss would be difficult to recover for the team, causing many teams to try cheaper alternatives, reducing the prevalence of the OP.
Ranked Lists are Needed
This is what shroud says about ranked play: Another problem that shroud sees in Valorant relates to ranked play. Once players reach the highest rank “Radiant,” there is nothing left to do for top gamers like him.
As a result, many professionals create what is known as a “smurf account” and go hunting for noobs in the lower ranks. This, in turn, is not enjoyable for new players and is generally frowned upon in shooters.
Since there are no tasks for the best players, many top gamers go hunting for noobs.
Shroud’s solution would be a simple leaderboard in the top tier, showing clearly who is currently the best and what rank the rest of the top players are in. This way, they could compare themselves and have the ambition to work their way up and dethrone the current top player.
Shroud is not the only professional who has a problem with the Operator and its dominating meta gameplay. Top gamer TenZ has also presented ideas on how to nerf the heavy sniper rifle a bit. He has different ideas than shroud. It will be interesting to see whether and how Riot Games will ultimately tackle the Operator.
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The well-known streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm stated in 2019 that mobile gamers are not real gamers. Now he played alongside a professional mobile gamer and slightly retracted his statement about gaming on smartphones. However, he did not want to apologize. There is an interesting conflict behind it between “our” mobile games and those from Asia.
This is the statement in question: In June 2019, the streamer announced on Twitter “Mobile gamers are not real gamers.”
The streamer stirred up a hornet’s nest with the tweet. This is a conflict that simmers beneath the surface of gaming. The tweet received over 96,000 “likes” and nearly 17,000 comments and retweets.
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Others strongly opposed him: One is a gamer on any platform. Dr Disrespect’s opinion is irrelevant and arrogant.
Dr Disrespect and the Domination of PCs
In this context, the statement came: 2019 was a paradise time when gaming fairs still took place, the real ones with people on-site. The older ones will remember.
At E3 2019, Bethesda showcased the mobile game “Elder Scrolls Blades.” The streamer was outraged: How one could promote such a game in such a luxurious environment.
The Elder Scrolls Blades is designed as “Like Skyrim – on mobile.”
Dr Disrespect declared: Mobile gamers are not gamers. When he plays, he goes into a “command center” with 3 super monitors. He has two $4000 computers with the latest graphics cards, really cool equipment, and everything.
He portrayed mobile gamers as strange creatures who cling with cramped hands to a tiny device, covering the display with their fingers and whining: “You can’t exclude us, Doc. We are real gamers too! I have an endorsement deal.”
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Dr Disrespect’s statement was explicitly about professional players or streamers who are into mobile gaming: With them, he had nothing to do in June.
Dr Disrespect Plays with Indian YouTube Star and Mobile Gamer
This is how he sees it now: On Saturday, Dr Disrespect was on YouTube with Tanmay “Sc0ut” Singh, a big YouTuber in India. Sc0ut is a professional player of PUBG Mobile. So exactly the kind of player Dr Disrespect was mocking a year earlier.
Apparently, Dr Disrespect wanted to use the cooperation to tap into the growing Indian gaming market. In India, they are totally crazy about mobile gaming: PUBG is even responsible for some deaths.
Now the gentleman “My PC is so awesome” sounded significantly more conciliatory. Now it came out that Dr Disrespect also plays on mobile. However, he is bothered by having to place his thumbs on the display, which takes up a lot of space.
During the stream, he somewhat retracted his statement:
“I don’t know if you saw the tweet. But I wanted to preempt the controversy that I said mobile gamers are not real gamers. That was in the heat of the moment. I just want to clarify that.”
Dr Disrespect
The Indian streamer did not address the statement further and just said that it was completely fine. When a fan asked, Dr Disrespect also did not want to apologize for the statement. He does not do such things.
Dr Disrespect and Sc0ut did not have too many topics of conversation. Then the Doctor asked curiously whether there are mobile headsets and if one could play with a controller. Both questions were answered with a “No.” Finally, they spoke about football. Sc0ut was a former professional footballer – Dr Disrespect discovered “this European thing,” football, through his love for FIFA.
The Indian YouTuber Scout is also regarded as controversial.
Asia vs. the West – Different Gaming Cultures
This is what lies behind it: Dr Disrespect appeared in 2019 in the classic position of the “PC Master Race.” This refers to when PC gamers feel superior to all others: Gaming only works with good equipment, great resolution, and in a professional environment.
Dr Disrespect’s view on mobile gaming is the classic “Western view of a core game,” from someone who plays a lot and grew up with gaming.
However, mobile gaming plays a completely different role in Asia than in the West:
In the West, mobile gaming is on a different track than classic core gaming. Local mobile games are often traditional games that were once played in PC browsers or on Facebook. They are classic games for a quick break. In the West, mobile games often have the reputation of being “shallow casual games” with a tendency towards Pay2Win.
The Indian gaming market is completely different from the West: there was essentially no gaming for decades because neither PCs nor consoles had established themselves. In India, mobile games have opened up the market. There was no gaming like ours before.
PUBG Mobile is incredibly successful in India.
This is a trend that can be seen in all major gaming markets in Asia. The most successful mobile games there are core games:
the Chinese “Honor of Kings” – the LoL variant is so successful that Tencent has now even convinced Riot Games to develop a LoL Mobile.
the Korean Lineage M – this has revitalized NCSoft virtually overnight.
In the face of a “real mobile gamer” like Sc0ut, Dr Disrespect must then also realize that his statement “Mobile gamers are not real gamers” cannot hold in that form.
Strange things are happening with PUBG Mobile in India.
The hype around PUBG Mobile in India is tremendous and confuses the local authorities and media. In recent years, several media reports have emerged that seem curious from a Western perspective. The reports recount deaths in India for which PUBG Mobile is held responsible.
The youth of the country is said to be so obsessed with the game that some are dying:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has a massive problem with cheaters and various exploits in the game. However, this should change with the upcoming patch “Spicy.” The developers will take concrete measures to make the game fairer again.
What do the developers want to change with the new patch? A new patch for Fall Guys, codenamed “Spicy,” will be released soon. It brings several adjustments, including the setting that the spectator function will now primarily focus on remaining team members, but also concrete adjustments in gameplay.
Various exploits are expected to be fixed, particularly the one in the Final Level Jump Showdown that allowed players to cling to the platform indefinitely and sit out the round without any action. Additional adjustments will prevent hanging on items that enable such exploits in the future.
We’ve got a patch that’s almost ready to go – will hopefully drop it in the next week!
I’m really excited about this one as it’s got lots of the things you’ve been asking us for!
Shout yourself out in the replies if you spot something you requested!
This is what the developers say about cheaters: Another topic of the patch is cheaters. They will also be increasingly driven out of the game, and the concrete measures will come into play with the Spicy update.
Developers do not want to warn cheaters
What are the developers doing against cheaters? The announcement to take action against cheaters in Fall Guys is not included in the patch notes and was posted separately by a developer on reddit. They are aware of the issue with cheaters and hackers and will implement concrete measures in the patch.
But what exactly they are doing remains a secret. They do not want to warn cheaters and aim to catch as many as possible in one go, without giving them a chance to prepare.
Those who cheat will likely be expelled from the game soon.
What could happen to cheaters? Common practice in such cases is to expel cheaters from the game and ban them. They would then have to buy the game again to continue playing. More radical anti-cheater measures could include hardware or IP bans, which are more difficult to bypass and effectively permanently deny cheaters access to the game.
What the developers actually have planned will only be revealed when the “Spicy” update is released later this week. According to a tweet from the developers, the patch is already almost ready.
Even with exploits and cheaters, Fall Guys is a lot of fun, as the colorful battle royale is simply a blast. This is especially because the game is horribly inaccurate and clunky, which in this case is an advantage. At least that’s what Jürgen Horn says here in his review of Fall Guys.
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The Pokémon for the Community Days in September and October in Pokémon GO have now been decided. You have voted and chosen which two species you want to see the most.
The majority of votes went to the Pokémon Porygon. In second place was the starter Pokémon from Gen 1, Charmander.
The four Pokémon that were up for selection were
Charmander
Caterpie
Grimer
Porygon
How was the voting done? The Pokémon GO team started the survey on Twitter. Any user with a Twitter account could cast a vote in the survey. A total of 824,379 people participated.
The percentage distribution of the votes shows that Charmander and Porygon were the clear favorites in this voting. Caterpie and Grimer didn’t even come close to 2nd place, let alone 1st place (via Twitter).
Charmander with 36.6% of the votes
Caterpie with 4.1% of the votes
Grimer with 3.9% of the votes
Porygon with 55.3% of the votes
Community Day in September 2020
What will happen? The voting made it clear that Porygon will be the Pokémon that is the focus of the event in September.
When will it take place? The Community Day with Porygon is scheduled for Sunday, September 20.
What is special? You have not been able to catch Porygon as a Shiny so far. The Community Day should change that, giving especially Shiny hunters a reason to participate.
Porygon will learn the Normal-type move Tri Attack as an exclusive attack during the Community Day.
Community Day in October 2020
What will happen? In October, Charmander will then take the focus of the Community Day. As the second place in the vote, it deserves the spotlight in October.
When will it take place? This Community Day with Charmander is to take place on Saturday, October 17.
What is special? The special move of the event is Flame Burst. You can secure that. As a Shiny, Charmander has been in the game for a long time and is not a novelty. However, those who have not had luck with this Shiny until now will have good chances in October.
In Destiny 2, players encounter a peculiar bug that makes them stealthy and enables them to tackle tough PvE activities with ease. Bungie is putting a stop to the Ghost Mode.
This is what happened: In the Season 11 of Destiny 2, a bug circulated in recent days that trivialized parts of PvE gameplay. Mastering even the toughest activities solo was no problem, as affected players became virtually invisible.
Since enemies did not retaliate even when under fire, nothing stood in the way of their ruthless assassinations – this earned the bug the name Ghost Mode.
This is how the bug works: Activating the Ghost Mode bug is quite simple:
Players must perform two emotes just before entering a load zone
The “Coin Toss” gesture and any other emote that uses holographic elements (if your Guardian sits in a glowing chair, that is a holo emote)
Then, they need to walk slowly through the load zone
The emote is inspired by the Drifter, who lets the coin decide which enemies you will face before each Gambit round
As a result, players were able to complete the Pit of Heresy solo and earn the coveted emblem for this “heroic deed”. Ghost players cannot interact with all objects. Therefore, this does not work in the Prophecy Dungeon, as players have to constantly emit particles there.
Watch this video to see the Ghost Mode and the helpless enemies in action:
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Those who are now shouting and thinking, “Why is MeinMMO spreading such a nasty cheat that essentially allows players to earn prestigious achievements?” should wait for Bungie’s response.
The Destiny developer puts an end to the specter
This is how Bungie is responding: Just over the weekend (August 22), Bungie addressed the situation: Until the bug can be properly fixed, the “Coin Toss” gesture will be disabled for the time being.
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This makes it impossible to execute the popular gesture. If you had the gesture equipped before the block, it is grayed out, and you must select another emote.
What do you think about the situation? Do you think that because Season 11 has been extended, players now have plenty of time to find more such bizarre bugs?
In the Fortnite dispute with Apple, a software giant is now backing Epic Games. In court, Microsoft submitted a statement to prevent Epic from being cut off from the developer tools for iOS and Mac platforms.
The situation is as follows: Currently, Apple and Epic Games are in a court battle regarding Fortnite.
Now there is prominent support for Epic Games in the ongoing legal dispute – from software giant Microsoft.
Microsoft sides with Epic Games
This is what Microsoft has done: As Xbox chief Phil Spencer recently announced on Twitter, Microsoft submitted a statement in court. This is a letter of support for Epic Games. The software giant is backing the creators of Fortnite.
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What is behind the support statement? In principle, it aims to help obtain a preliminary injunction against Apple. This would prevent Apple from cutting off the Epic Games developers from the dev tools (Apple SDK), which are needed to develop games but also for Epic’s Unreal Engine, on which numerous mobile games are based.
The statement came from Microsoft General Manager of Gaming Developer Experiences Kevin Gammill. In summary, Gammill makes it clear that Epic’s Unreal Engine is a “critical technology” for Microsoft itself, as well as for many other developers. And if Apple were to prevent updates to the Unreal Engine through its actions, it would harm not only game developers but also gamers.
The essentials of the Fortnite dispute
What triggered it: A little over a week ago, Epic Games rebelled against Apple and Google. The developers of Fortnite introduced in an update the direct purchase for V-Bucks, allowing them to bypass the App Store fees. V-Bucks are additionally cheaper and thus more attractive with Epic’s direct purchase. Apple and Google saw this as a breach of contract.
The V-Bucks
This was the reaction: The tech giants reacted promptly and removed both Fortnites from their app stores. Epic then sued both companies and attacked Apple with a video parody of an iconic Apple ad and with the initiative #FreeFortnite. Subsequently, Apple threatened to cut Epic Games off from the developer tools for Apple platforms if the Fortnite creators did not comply by August 28.
Epic subsequently filed for a preliminary injunction against Apple in the competent court to prevent this. Now there is help from Microsoft.
In the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, there has been another physical attack related to Pokémon GO. This is already the second incident this month that the police in Hokkaido have to resolve.
It is reported that: The police have arrested a 35-year-old for attacking a Pokémon GO player. The perpetrator was also playing Pokémon GO and was upset with his fellow player. He claimed he parked poorly, which led him to confront him. During the altercation, he reportedly kicked the driver’s car.
According to media reports, the improperly parked driver then got out, leading to a fistfight. The attacker reportedly hit the improperly parked driver twice in the face before the police could intervene.
Renewed fight related to Pokémon GO
What the attacker stated: Upon his arrest, the attacker claimed he was walking around and catching Pokémon. Then he saw the improperly parked driver and was angry that someone would park so poorly just because of Pokémon GO.
This is what happened in August: We at MeinMMO have already reported on a similar case in mid-August. There was also an arrest in Hokkaido. A trainer was angry that his fellow player took an arena from him in Pokémon GO. He then physically attacked him and was arrested by the police.
This could be behind the case now: In Pokémon GO, there are often disagreements about play styles. Some trainers only play on foot. After all, the game is called Pokémon GO and not Pokémon Drive.
Other trainers, on the other hand, enjoy playing from their cars. This makes it easier to reach different arenas or raids within a short time.
It could have gone similarly here. After all, the attacker was a pedestrian and the victim was a driver. The perpetrator’s statement would fit this.
This happened in 2019: The two cases from this month were not the only crimes related to Pokémon GO that we have reported on. There are recurring cases connected to the smartphone game.
Since the launch of Fortnite: Battle Royale, a lot has changed in the game. However, Fortnite no longer feels like Fortnite, and that’s quite sad. At least that’s what MeinMMO author Eilyn Rapp thinks, and here are the reasons why.
What’s going on in Fortnite right now? The end of Season 3 in Fortnite is approaching. After battling through a flooded map and now being able to cruise in cars, Season 4 will be starting soon and bring a new theme.
But Fortnite no longer feels like the Fortnite I know from the beginning. While new features are always welcome, it just doesn’t feel right at the moment.
Fortnite is no longer Fortnite
What makes Fortnite special for me: One thing I have always appreciated about this game is that it’s not just a Battle Royale where only fighting takes place. And no, it’s not about the building elements that make Fortnite so unique.
Up until Season 10, this story about the Visitor, Kevin the Cube, and the mysterious 7 really made sense. The various seasons were interconnected and together formed a complete picture.
The Visitor launched the rocket that brought the rift and the cube.
This was further emphasized by live events that fit perfectly into the story. You would eagerly anticipate the end of a season because you wanted to know how the story would proceed. The live events were also something I always appreciated about Fortnite.
This is what’s so different about Fortnite now: Throughout Chapter 1, the actual Fortnite story persisted, but several questions remained unanswered. Such as: Who are the remaining members of the 7 that have always been talked about?
However, with the start of Chapter 2, this narrative was simply interrupted. Or at least it seems that way. If a story is being told now, I don’t understand at all what it is trying to convey.
While there are still map changes and live events, they seem to be limited to a single season and do not create a cohesive overall picture with the other seasons.
I have to honestly say that the live event at the end of Season 2 Chapter 2 has been the worst for me so far. Not because it was poorly done, but because it simply made no sense at all. The thrill that you build up over an entire season just wasn’t there because you had already found so many clues.
The live event of Season 2 was well executed, but it was the worst so far.
Fortnite has become a mix of everything
One thing I find particularly unfortunate is how the cohesive Fortnite has almost disappeared. It is no longer just “Fortnite,” but has become a mix of Marvel, DC, TikTok, movies, and so on.
However, I now feel that it has become too much. It is no longer a pleasant surprise that is all the more enjoyable. It has simply become a norm, and the original skins of Fortnite are becoming rarer.
In Fortnite you can even find Batman or Harley Quinn.
For me, Fortnite no longer feels like “Fortnite.” That’s a pity because it is the originality of the game that has kept me bound to Fortnite. After all, I have been around since the end of Season 1 Chapter 1 and stayed for over 2 years. The numerous changes make me sadder. I would love to travel back in time to the time when we were all just noobs and it was much more fun.
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As part of the grind for the final Solstice Armor, you need to achieve 2,000 elemental kills in Destiny 2. One player has found a way to achieve many kills comfortably while being AFK – without ruining the game experience for others.
What’s the deal with kill farming? Currently, the Solstice of Heroes is taking place in Destiny 2. This is a summer event during which Destiny 2 wraps up its year before a new major expansion.
Among other things, you need to earn a lavish event armor. This armor comes in various tiers, and you need to complete a variety of tasks to upgrade it to the highest quality level.
One of these tasks requires players to achieve a proud 2,000 elemental kills. While you can complete this over time, if you want to tackle this step deliberately, it can take a while.
For the final form of the event armor, you need to complete some challenging tasks.
There’s an easier way: Reddit user and Destiny player Schendziee has discovered a clever method to simplify the grind for elemental kills. This can complete the elemental kills in a relatively short time, and it even works completely AFK – without ruining the experience and mood for other players.
This is how the AFK farming method for Solstice kills works
The prerequisites: First, you need to wait for a Solar day during the Solstice event (every 3rd day). Each day focuses on a different element, but the trick only works on Solar days, as it benefits from the elemental Solar Empowered effect.
Once you’ve hit a Solar day, head to the Forsaken dungeon “The Shattered Throne,” which is now accessible at any time. Equip a Solar focus and Solar weapons – at least at the crucial spot.
For the trick, you need to go into the Shattered Throne
Some Guardians can certainly pull off the trick alone. If it’s too difficult, it can also be done in a team.
This is how it works: Now, you need to play through the throne until beyond the first boss encounter – all the way to the point where you reach the so-called Thrall Room or Area. Here, endless waves of possessed Thralls spawn. How to get there is explained in this article and video:
From start to 10:08 minutes, you can see the way into the Thrall Room. From 10:10 minutes, the room itself.
Once you’re in the Thrall Room, you need to generate and collect 30 elemental charges using Solar weapons and abilities.
After you’ve collected 30 of them, you will be Solar Empowered for 30 seconds. During this time, you emit Solar pulse waves that deal area damage, have faster health regeneration, and your Solar super has an extended duration.
Here you can see it when you have an Empowered buff
While you are Solar Empowered, find a spot in the room (preferably a corner) where the enemies continuously rush at you. Now, you can essentially put down the gamepad or mouse and keyboard, sit back, or do something else entirely.
Because of the Solar Empowered buff effect, the weak Thralls are eliminated en masse right in front of you. Constantly new Solar spheres are generated, allowing the effect to be continuously extended and maintained. And the increased healing keeps you alive against the weak enemies without any issues.
This is what it looks like in practice:
https://youtu.be/tn3MljxJN14
Even if you go completely AFK, you should manage to achieve the necessary kills until you land in orbit due to inactivity. In the worst case, you might have to restart at the corresponding checkpoint – but after that, the kills should be completed. There is no time pressure from a timer here.
What about the room in the Whisper mission on Io: Some cite the Whisper mission on Io as another possible kill farm, where endless thralls also respawn until the mission timer kicks you out. And yes, you can also gather kills there. However, probably not as quickly, and you can’t go AFK. Because before the Solar Empowered buff expires, enemies don’t respawn (quickly) enough there to effectively extend the buff.
What do you think of this farming method for Solstice kills? Practical, or do you prefer to complete the kills alongside regular gameplay? By the way, here you can find out if farming Solstice packages is worth it: A YouTuber tested it and opened 350 of these event boxes.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
PC gamers have been enjoying the popular Crystal Isles Mod Map for years. At the beginning of June, the map was officially released by the ARK development team. However, console players have not yet been able to experience the creatively designed world. Until now! In 2 days, the map will also be released on PS4 and Xbox One.
What’s happening: In the latest ARK: Survival Evolved Community Crunch, the developers confirm the release date of the popular Crystal Isles Map for consoles once again. On August 25th, it will finally be time, and PS4 and Xbox One players can explore the world and its inhabitants.
This is Crystal Isles: The map was originally developed as a mod and became very popular. Since its release in November 2016, the map has recorded over 211,000 downloads. It’s no surprise that Wildcard wanted to officially include the map in their program. On June 11, 2020, it was first released for all PC gamers and amazes with a creatively designed world and unique creatures.
The Great Valley, a rainforest with swamps and towering branches
The Eldritch Isle, a creepy and challenging realm
Emberfall, a region with “living foliage” and volcanoes
The Apotheosis, a collection of flying islands intertwined with vines and roots
Deep underwater caves
Three types of crystal wyverns that can be tamed and bred
Console players have been able to find the Tropeognathus in every ARK world since June 11. With the release of Crystal Isles, it will fly back to its home territory and will only be seen there. We will gladly tell you where to find it and how to tame it.
What PC players can expect: Not only console players have reason to be excited. Starting August 25, PC players will be able to transfer items and tamed dinos to and from the Crystal Isles map.
Console players will have to wait until this feature is unlocked. This is to prevent large clans from overwhelming the map at the beginning and flattening everything.
