Mobile games are often criticized for not being able to match the graphics of PC or PS4/Xbox One games. We present to you 7 games that have great visuals on iOS or Android.
This is what is shown here: Let’s be honest – those who choose their games primarily for graphics are probably playing on PC or console. There, the graphics are usually better than on smartphones. No wonder, as there is simply much more room for powerful graphics cards and other gadgets.
However, mobile games have long been more than just a pixel mess; they often feature fantastic graphics. Here we introduce you to the pioneers of the genres.
What was selected afterwards: What constitutes the “best graphics” is often a matter of opinion. We rely on various other lists, opinions from players, and the personal impression of the author plays a role here.
What is Call of Duty Mobile? This is the mobile version of Call of Duty. The game was released last fall and broke all records. Millions of players downloaded the shooter in the first days.
The gameplay is similar to other CoD titles on console or PC. You must compete against other players in different modes and defeat them. You can choose from various weapons and thanks to an update, you can now even use a gunsmith feature.
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What is special about the graphics of Call of Duty: Mobile? Graphically, CoD Mobile almost matches its counterparts on console and PC. The animations are smooth, and you can clearly see the differences between characters and weapons.
The graphics are often mentioned in reviews in the app stores. Many players find it to be above average for a mobile game: “Controls are good and graphics are very well implemented. Sure, it can be refined further, but it’s really great for smartphones.”
Who is Call of Duty: Mobile worth it for?
CoD veterans who can’t get enough of their game while on the go
Beginners who want to experience shooters on their smartphone – the controls are easy to understand
General fans of shooters – CoD Mobile always offers full lobbies and gameplay mechanics that can easily compete with genre representatives
CoD Mobile uses controversial loot boxes – those who can’t handle that should avoid the shooter
Where can I download Call of Duty: Mobile? You can find the shooter in the Google PlayStore and in the App Store from Apple. The download is free.
What is The Elder Scrolls: Blades? This game is the mobile version of the Elder Scrolls world. You must complete adventures in dungeons and rebuild your land after a catastrophe – you can build your own city.
You play from a first-person perspective and must use magic and swords to defeat your enemies. You can also craft weapons and upgrade yourself to be more successful in combat.
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What is special about the graphics of The Elder Scrolls: Blades? Those who know the world of ESO know how spectacular it can look. In the mobile version, this is well displayed, as you can also explore various areas and fight against creatures of various kinds.
The graphics are so high-resolution that some players are requesting a setting to lower it. It’s also compared to its big brother: “Graphics strongly resemble Skyrim!”
Who is The Elder Scrolls: Blades worth it for?
Lovers of RPGs and the ESO world, because here you get an equivalent game for the smartphone
Explorers who like to discover foreign and large worlds
Fantasy fans, because in ESO there are tons of creatures to discover and battle
The game can be quite monotonous – those who require a lot of variety might feel uncomfortable here
Where can I download The Elder Scrolls: Blades? The role-playing game is available for iOS in the App Store from Apple and for Android users in the PlayStore. It is free.
Author David Heydenreich played Elder Scrolls: Blades upon release and gives positive feedback. For the passionate PC player, the mobile game is a real alternative, and he laments that it is only available for smartphones.
On the next page, there is a survival game and something for true wizards.
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Officially, Guild Wars 2 will celebrate its 8th birthday on August 25, 2020. However, some players have received their gift a few days earlier due to leap years. This year, a special birthday infusion is included, much to the delight of many players.
What’s in the birthday gift? Players whose characters are celebrating their 8th birthday will receive, as in every year, a special in-game gift. Those who started during the head start on August 25, 2012, can enjoy this special reward today, as a year in Tyria has 365 days but does not recognize leap years. All others must wait until their first character turns 8 years old.
The gift includes once per account:
Festive Birthday Infusion – A special infusion that we will introduce to you shortly
Amulet of Festivity – An Ascended amulet with values of your choice
Players are excited about the new birthday infusion
What’s special about the infusion? The festive birthday infusion is an infusion that can be embedded in an Ascended or Legendary amulet. You will get such an amulet as a birthday gift accordingly.
The infusion grants you 15% more Karma and has a very special effect.
In Guild Wars 2, some infusions come with a special aura, such as a otter that circles around you. Some infusions are very rare and quite expensive. But in this case, you get it for free, and it also looks really good!
What does the infusion look like? As you can see in the video, it rains confetti around your character, and that lasts permanently. Additionally, you have a slight purple aura.
The moment you draw your weapon, fireworks also join in. Often, this fireworks also creates a GW2 symbol above your character.
How is the infusion received?On reddit, the infusion is very well received, but only as long as you are not playing an Asura or Charr. With these two races, there are clipping issues.
With Charr, the aura is hardly visible because it appears behind their neck
With Asura, the effect is hardly visible due to their size, and it disappears somewhat in the chest.
The teasers are now continuing. In the game itself, a small comic appeared that shows a conversation between Thor and Galactus. Galactus is a world devourer who feeds on the destruction of planets.
The conversation and also a matching teaser on Twitter show that a great war is approaching the world of Fortnite soon.
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This is shown in the comic: In several small images, you can see a conversation between Thor and Galactus. The world devourer has landed on Thor’s planet to rest and regain strength.
After Galactus has devoured a new planet, he suddenly sees a new world that seems to be brimming with infinite power.
Galactus then heads towards the world and Thor wants to stop him. However, this does not work, so Thor now has to warn the planet before Galactus will also devour it.
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This could be behind it: The powerful world with a lot of energy is likely to be the world of Fortnite. After all, there have already been several hints about Thor in Fortnite and on Twitter, it says that the onset of the war has begun. A war between Fortnite players and Galactus seems conceivable.
What role Thor plays in this is still unclear. He could ally with the players since he also wants to warn them.
This has now emerged: If you look up at the map of Fortnite, you can see the first cracks. Such cracks have appeared several times before and have so far indicated significant changes in Fortnite. Currently, the cracks are still small, but they could soon grow larger.
When could something happen there? Season 4 of Fortnite is supposed to start on August 27. Around this date, we can therefore expect a war.
Imagine you want to start a round in Call of Duty: Warzone and just before jumping, your teammate transforms into an ammunition box. Sounds bizarre, but a bug makes it possible.
Here’s what it’s about: Before you can start in the Warzone of Call of Duty, you gather with your team in an airplane to jump over Verdansk. For a brief moment, you see yourself and your teammates.
Out of nowhere, the player to the right of the reddit user turns into an ammunition box. Then the clip ends. So, it is unclear whether the player actually jumped out of the airplane as an ammunition box.
What do viewers say? The video brings many laughs to the viewers on reddit. Leeuwarden-HF says: “Hahahaha! He probably thought this was Prop Hunt.”
Prop Hunt is a game mode where you can transform into various objects to hide from your opponent. This mode is not yet available in Modern Warfare, but a leak hinted at Prop Hunt months ago.
Other players see something positive in this bizarre bug. Dhdhduchd says: “Honestly, I would prefer a permanent ammunition box throughout the entire game instead of some randomly selected teammates. The ammunition box would at least be somewhat helpful.”
DC and Warner Bros. have dropped a virtual bomb at the DC Fandome event on August 22. Together, they announced the co-op action game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and revealed the first details. You will fight against the Justice League, which has turned into villains, led by a really nasty Superman.
This is what happened: At the DC Fandome, a digital fan event for the superheroes and villains of the DC universe, the first trailer for the new co-op game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was released on Saturday evening. Following that, there was a brief panel with Sefton Hill, the Creative Director and Co-Founder of the responsible developer studio Rocksteady Studios.
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The first trailer for the Suicide Squad game shows the 4 main protagonists.
This is Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: Developed by Rocksteady Studios, who have already proven their craft with the Batman Arkham game series, the Suicide Squad game is set to be released in 2022 for PC and next-gen consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X. You can play the action title either solo or with up to 3 friends in online co-op.
In the trailer, you can already see the 4 characters of the Suicide Squad. Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and King Shark are part of the group. In single-player, you can switch between them at will, while the rest is always controlled by bots.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and features an open world in Metropolis. However, its size has not yet been disclosed. Sefton Hill also mentions in the panel that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is set in the Arkham universe.
These are the characters: The 4 characters of the Suicide Squad all come with their personal movesets and weapons.
Harley Quinn a.k.a. Dr. Harleen Quinzel – the “Mistress of Chaos” is mostly seen in close combat with her baseball bat and can move agilely with her grappling hook.
King Shark a.k.a. Nanaue – the “demigod-like humanoid shark” is a meta-being and fights with his twin blades and a heavy machine gun.
Deadshot a.k.a. Floyd Lawton – the “most dangerous shooter in the world” fights with his wrist cannons and a precision rifle, and is also very agile thanks to his jetpack.
Captain Boomerang a.k.a. Digger Harkness – the “Australia’s top-class assassin” uses a shotgun and his boomerang in the trailer, which he can also use to teleport.
These are the 4 playable characters of the Suicide Squad.
Whether more members of the Suicide Squad will appear in the game or be playable later is currently unknown. On Reddit , there is already speculation that it will be a service game, with more characters coming via DLCs.
This is the Suicide Squad: The antiheroes of the Suicide Squad are deployed whenever the situation seems pretty hopeless. This is also reflected in the name of the group, which consists of villains from the DC universe. With an implanted bomb in their heads, they have no choice but to comply with the government’s wishes.
These are your opponents: In Kill the Justice League, you will not only fight against alien-like creatures that you can already see as standard opponents in the trailer but also face the Justice League itself. So far, you have only seen Superman, who is anything but friendly and is on a hunt for humans. Other members of the Justice League could also be just as evil, with the most well-known being:
Batman
Wonder Woman
Flash
Aquaman
Cyborg
Green Lantern
Superman is among the first known adversaries. Unlike what is known, he is really in a bad mood here.
Even though none of these characters have been seen yet, there are small teasers in the trailer. For example, we see King Shark popping balloons from Batman and Green Lantern.
We can be excited about what Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will have in store for us. However, until then, fans will have to wait a while; 2022 is still far away.
The Community Days are set to take place on September 20 and October 17.
How to participate in the voting on Twitter
When does the voting take place? It has already started! Last night at 3:00 AM the voting went live on Twitter. You can participate for exactly 24 hours. So at 3:00 AM on August 24, it will all be over.
How to participate: To participate, you need a Twitter account. You can create one for free if you don’t have one yet.
Then you need to go to the English-language account of Pokémon GO. There you will find the voting. You can easily choose between the 4 monsters.
We have embedded the voting here, so you can get to the website with just one click:
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How is the voting going so far? After the first hours, there is already a clear trend in the voting. At 9:00 AM German time, Porygon is at 56.2% and Charmander at 35.9%, clearly leading.
By the way, the “trial vote” took place on Twitter. Two days ago, Niantic already asked which Pokémon people would choose if the vote were today. There, Porygon and Charmander were the clear winners.
If you want to see another one of the two Pokémon on Community Day, you should mobilize plenty of friends to gather enough votes for Caterpie or Grimer.
If you still need guidance for the vote, check out our special feature on it. There we show you the pros and cons of the 4 Pokémon and reveal which monsters are the most worthwhile choices for the vote.
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5 Years after release, the car soccer game Rocket League switches to a free-to-play model. MeinMMO authors Maik Schneider and Max Handwerk have been behind the wheels of rocket cars for years and think you should definitely check out a match in the game. Or maybe not. It depends.
When will Rocket League be free? It is still not entirely clear when Rocket League will switch to the F2P model. So far, there has only been talk of “this summer.” You can take your time to decide whether you’ll join or stay away from the rocket action.
Wait, you don’t know Rocket League at all? Then the Rocket League drivers from the MeinMMO racing team, Maik Schneider and Max Handwerk, will introduce you to their experiences with the game.
This is Rocket League – from the perspective of two drivers
Sometimes Rocket League is an angel of a game
Rocket League is amazing: Fat electric beats, brightly glowing walls, a countdown: 3… 2… 1… Go! With full speed, my blue shining car takes off. The rocket boost fires bright flashes backward, giving the car the necessary boost to collide with the opponent at the center simultaneously while hitting the ball. The ball flies wildly to the side, but my duo partner is already there: with an elegant turn, he jumps off the wall, artistically hits the ball in the air, and kicks it towards the opponent’s goal.
The first opponent jumps past the ball – and I race forward. “I got it,” I fire in the chat and go full speed into the ball. The ball crashes towards the empty opponent’s goal, and the keeper has no chance. A massive goal explosion throws all players into the air. 1:0 after just a few seconds – and the next goal is already looming. That’s Rocket League! No wonder it is among the best multiplayer games on consoles. Or, colleague Maik?
Sometimes Rocket League is the literal devil
Rocket League is the devil: Colleague Max, let me tell you about a classic Saturday night: In Call of Duty: Warzone, nothing was happening again, and in FIFA Pro Clubs, we got a serious beating. I already know what’s coming – the rocket car soccer game. At the start, I still have hope that it will go well. But well…
The groovy music spreads good vibes at first. The first game is quickly found, and the only racing game that regularly flickers across my screen starts. I stay back during the kickoff, and my buddy pushes the gas pedal to hit the ball into the other half. Quickly grab the big boost ball from the corner, and then I fish out everything that comes towards my goal. That’s my plan at least.
But the ball flies uncontrollably towards the wall, and the opponent makes a fantastic move – half coincidence, half luck – delivering a powerful cross into the middle. I initiate the drift and go for the boost. But neither my buddy nor I can parry the strong shot that came from the flank. 0:1 after just a few seconds – and my mood disappears with a huge goal explosion. That’s Rocket League, too.
Why you must love Rocket League
Practice makes perfect: “Half coincidence, half luck,” describes colleague Maik in his account the death cross that put him and his buddy behind. And yes, sometimes really strange things fly across the field. I’ve experienced that too many times. But: In Rocket League, most goals are the result of finely honed rocket steering skills.
The controls are easy to learn but hard to master. Hundreds of times you fly past the ball before you slowly feel like you have it under control. That can be really frustrating and is difficult. But once you’ve got the skills down, you’re hard to stop.
Besides your own skills, teamwork is extremely important: a team that neglects defense for many attacks quickly finds itself at a disadvantage. Conversely, you also can’t let up in front. Balance is key – and that’s something you need to train and coordinate well.
Once you’ve completely internalized the controls with boosts and flying moves, real masterpieces of goals can emerge. It’s precisely this learning curve that makes Rocket League so exciting. Or?
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The Rocket League eSport has something like ballet – with rocket cars
The atmosphere is the other half: Unfortunately, I have to agree with colleague Max. The longer you play Rocket League, the better you can chase the ball across the field. Eventually, you’ll realize that you can dribble, that flying actually works well, and that coordination in the team provides half of the stadium advantage.
The skill-based matchmaking pushes you slowly up the rankings, and with you, the opponents grow stronger. That makes sense and you rarely play against overwhelmingly powerful enemies, but rather against rocketeers who make similar mistakes as you. But with each season, you have to reclaim your ranking in 10 games, and these 10 games can become quite unpleasant.
Luckily, gameplay isn’t everything in Rocket League – the atmosphere matters a lot. Rocket League is one of the few games that plays music even during matches – a top feature that works not just in Fallout. In addition, there are countless vehicles, skins, and cosmetics in general.
And you unlock a lot of them without having to pay extra money while playing. However, it is also possible – Rocket League has a large system of microtransactions, including a battle pass that is understandably called “Rocket Pass” here.
If you want, you can build a watermelon car in Rocket League, and no one can stop you.
These types of cosmetics exist in Rocket League:
Massive vehicle models
Stickers
Paint jobs
Wheels
Boost trails
Topper items
Antennae
Goal explosions
Trails
Engine sounds
How Rocket League can drive you crazy
Cool style – difficult teammates: True, the cosmetics in Rocket League are definitely a lot of fun. Whether you want your car to shoot melons instead of lightning or to launch a giant confetti explosion during a goal explosion – basically, anything is possible. That’s pretty crazy, but it adds a lot to the mood in Rocket League. And, most importantly: Cosmetics don’t give you a gameplay advantage. So if the opponent has crazier skins than me, it doesn’t mean he’ll win the game.
But you know what can really ruin your mood while playing? The in-game chat. It is set up so that you can fire off all sorts of comments through quick commands. However, for example, “What a save” is often used sarcastically when a keeper fails dramatically.
And when the opponents (or teammates) even make the effort to type something in the chat, it’s pretty clear that nothing good will come of it. The small field in the upper left is often completely bombarded with messages – and that can distract from the game. The chat can be really funny – but often enough, it drives you to madness. I haven’t experienced this in any other game in this way. Meanwhile, the notorious chat has even crept into real life:
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Rocket League can be annoying: Colleague Max, don’t complain about the chat! That’s the only thing that always amuses me about this game. Four times “$#@%!”, wait a second and add another “$#@%!”. The perfect outlet when the ball does what it wants again – but also great for cheering.
But the fact that you sometimes need this outlet also highlights one of Rocket League’s biggest problems: When things aren’t going your way, the game can be tough. Strong opponents seldom forgive mistakes, and the 10 games to “re-rank”, often after a long break, have stopped me from diving back in for longer periods.
If you take three bad beatings in a row, no crazy cosmetics or toxic hints in the chat can help – quitting the game is the most fun at this point.
…but when it’s going well, it’s pretty awesome, right?
Yeah, when it’s going well, it’s pretty awesome.
Duo in an hour?
Duo in an hour!
Rocket League isn’t for you, but you’re into crazy multiplayer games? Then maybe you should check out Fall Guys. The crazy game in the Takeshi’s Castle style is currently driving our colleague Jürgen Horn crazy – and he loves Fall Guys anyway.
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With Season 5, the AN-94 came to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and CoD Warzone. The new assault rifle has been trying to find its place since then. MeinMMO explains what the AN-94 can do, how to play it best, and which attachments, setups, and loadouts fit best.
What kind of weapon is the AN-94? The Russian assault rifle seems like a mix between the famous AK-47 and the M4A1 and roughly positions itself between these two weapons. The rifle was originally intended as a replacement for the AK-47 in real life but never gained traction.
How powerful is the AN-94? The values of the AN-94 are mostly in the middle range of assault rifles. However, it has one of the best TTK (“Time to Kill”) values of all automatic weapons in the game:
Rate of fire: about 1,800 rounds per minute for the first two bullets, then 571
Damage (to the upper torso): 34 (up to about 21 m distance), 27 (up to about 33 m), 25 (up to about 42.5 m), 22 (beyond 42.5 m)
Required bullets for a kill (to the torso): 3-5, depending on distance
TTK (for torso hits): 110 ms (up to about 21 m distance), 215 ms (up to 42.5 m), 320 ms (beyond 42.5 m)
TTK (in semi-automatic mode): 175 ms (up to about 21 m distance), 235 ms (up to 42.5 m), 350 ms (beyond 42.5 m)
Reload time: 1.52 seconds (1.12 seconds with proficiency)
The AN-94 has a particular feature: The first two bullets when firing from the AN-94 come out of the barrel almost simultaneously. This means that they are fired at a rate of over 1,000 shots per minute.
This can be repeated, but with a delay of a few milliseconds. This way, you can take down enemies with the first shots extremely quickly. Only after that does the AN-94 slow down again.
In semi-automatic mode, you fire these two bullets with every pull of the trigger. This is a bit slower than doing it manually, but it gives you more control over the weapon.
How do I best modify the AN-94? The gunsmith feature allows you to customize the AN-94 to your liking. You should do this, as it is rather at the lower end of assault rifles in its base configuration – despite relatively good values in some areas.
Ammunition: 45-round magazine or Laser: Tactical Laser, if you play in semi-auto.
Grip: FSS Combat Grip
The multiplayer setup with values.
This setup is particularly suitable for engagements at medium range, as found on most maps in the Multiplayer of Modern Warfare. Tactical modes like Cyber Attack are especially ideal. It strikes a balance between strength at range and mobility.
This setup can also be used for Warzone, but you should focus more on fighting in urban areas without getting trapped in buildings. At close range, you are strong, but likely at a disadvantage against shotguns and submachine guns.
Setup 2: Warzone/ Ground War
Muzzle: Silencer (Monolith)
Barrel: AN-94 Factory X-438mm
Laser: Tactical Laser
Sight: VLK 3.0x Sight
Ammunition: 60 or 45 rounds
The Warzone setup with values.
This build is designed for longer distances and is accurate and deadly even at long ranges. You can use this setup for the AN-94 on large maps like Ground War or 10v10 in multiplayer and especially in Warzone.
With this setup, you sacrifice mobility for precision and range. This makes you strong in open-field combat and also in urban areas, but extremely vulnerable at short distances. You should never chase enemies into houses.
Setup 3: Run & Gun
Barrel: AN-94 Factory 330mm
Laser: Tactical Laser
Sight: Mini Reflex Sight Solozero or Extra: Proficiency
Stock: Folding Stock
Grip: Textured Grip Tape
The “Run & Gun” setup with values.
With this build, you convert the AN-94 into a kind of stronger submachine gun, similar to the secret AK-74u for the AK-47. You go all out on mobility, which is the complete opposite of the Warzone build, and utilize the fact that your first shots leave the barrel almost immediately.
This builds upon the weapon’s quick TTK at the shortest distance. The downside is, however, that submachine guns are still somewhat faster in terms of movement and aiming.
Iron sights of the AN-94 are not well received by many players. They are bulky and obstruct the view, making a sight almost essential, although strong players prefer to forgo these on other weapons. For a pure “Run & Gun” style, this is not optimal, but it can still be successful.
The YouTuber and CoD expert TheXclusiveAce has also presented some of these setups and showcases some more interesting details about the AN-94. We have embedded his video here for you:
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These loadouts are the best: For each of the setups, there are secondary weapons, perks, and equipment that perfectly complement the playstyle. We have compiled some example classes for each of our setups.
Secondary equipment: Stim or Heartbeat Sensor (in Warzone)
Field upgrade: Dead Silence
The multiplayer loadout at a glance.
For multiplayer, Dead Silence is key to the playstyle with this loadout. You try to use it as often as possible to surprise and overwhelm opponents. For Battle Royale, you should definitely take the Heartbeat Sensor, as it is the best equipment in Warzone.
Field upgrade: Tactical Insertion, Mobile Cover, or Trophy System
The Warzone loadout at a glance.
The Rytec AMR as a secondary weapon makes you an opponent on large maps and in Warzone that no one wants to face at a distance, and even when rushing, others may struggle against the AN-94.
In Warzone, however, you can skip Overkill if you want and buy your loadout only when you already have a strong sniper rifle found that you can swap out. This way, you can save a relatively weak perk.
The “Run & Gun” loadout fully emphasizes speed and the need to surprise and overwhelm opponents. You can even play it with the Throwing Knife, as you can use it relatively easily to take out enemies when you need to reload.
Especially on the popular and fast maps Shipment and Shoot House, this loadout can work well. Here, however, Tracker is better suited than Sprint Speed, so that explosive weapons don’t take you out immediately. The Tracker perk is considered one of the strongest.
Pros and cons of the AN-94
Pros
Interesting and customizable playstyle
Unique ability to fire two shots almost simultaneously
One of the best TTK of all automatic weapons (in base configuration)
Cons
Iron sights are heavily criticized, and an attachment slot is always occupied
Only conditionally suitable for Warzone
Not a beginner-friendly weapon, forgives few mistakes – The first shots must hit
AN-94 compared with other assault rifles
How strong is the AN-94 in comparison? The AN-94 lands in the middle to lower range compared to other assault rifles. While it is quite accurate in its values and has the TTK at the very top, it quickly loses effectiveness if you don’t play it perfectly. Moreover, as an all-rounder, it does not perform as well as the M4A1.
Weapons like the AK-47 will likely outperform it in most areas. The AK is simply too inaccurate and difficult to master to pose a real challenge to the AN-94. However, for enthusiasts, both weapons might be seen as comparable.
By the way, YouTuber JGOD believes that the AN-94 is completely unsuitable for Warzone as it isn’t good enough in many aspects. He thinks other weapons are simply better. You can see his assessment here in this video:
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Which other assault rifles are worth it? The M4A1 and the Grau are probably the best alternatives to the AN-94. However, there is a rifle that plays similarly to the AN-94 and is somewhat of an improved version of it: The CR-56 AMAX.
The AMAX, also known as the Galil, is essentially a “tamed AK-47” that has taken over its strengths but can offset its weaknesses better. This is what the AN-94 was originally intended to do. You can find details in our detailed guide to the CR-56 AMAX for Modern Warfare and Warzone.
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In Pokémon GO, there are additional new raid bosses corresponding to the release of Heatran. We provide you with the overview and reveal which bosses are particularly worthwhile.
Why are there new bosses? In Pokémon GO, the legendary Pokémon has changed. Genesect has left the Level 5 raids, making way for the legendary monster Heatran.
Additionally, there are now other bosses that you can ideally use as counters against Heatran. This is rounded off by some shiny checks.
All raid bosses for Heatran
This is the list: Mainly, you will find Pokémon of Ground and Water types here, as they are the best against Heatran. However, there are also other monsters. The Pokémon with a star (*) can also be encountered as shiny:
Which bosses are worth it? As strong counters against Heatran, Rizeros, Stalobor, and Geowaz are recommended. They or their evolutions are very useful against Heatran.
In general, the best attackers also include Despotar, Machomei, and Kingler. If you don’t have good specimens of them yet, you should complete the raids.
If you enjoy battling in the PvP league, you can count on Alolan Knogga and Alolan Raichu. You can find both in our tier list of the best PvP Pokémon.
How long will the raid bosses stay? Heatran will disappear from the raids on September 10th. By then, these raid bosses will also disappear here.
However, there may also be a replacement before then. Data miners have already found mega raids in the text files. A big change could be coming our way soon.
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In its lawsuit against Epic Games, Apple accused the company of expecting special treatment for its game Fortnite. The head of Epic counters this on Twitter.
What happened? Since August 13, a full-blown battle has been raging between Epic Games and Apple as well as Google.
Epic releases an update that allows players to buy the in-game currency V-Bucks directly from them, bypassing the 30% fees
The V-Bucks are therefore cheaper and thus more attractive to players
Apple then set Epic a deadline until August 28 to withdraw its lawsuit. Otherwise, all developer accounts of Epic developers will be closed and they will be cut off from all iOS and Mac development tools
What does Apple say? In the new documents submitted to the court, Apple sharply attacked its opponent. The company stated that Epic had approached them in June, requesting to present some new features.
One of these features would allow Epic to bypass Apple’s 30% fee. That means the money for microtransactions in Fortnite would flow directly to Epic.
Despite the fact that Apple rejected these features, Epic implemented these features on August 13 anyway. It was a “conscious decision to defraud Apple,” according to the document.
Apple’s depiction of the request for features suggests that Epic was expecting special treatment here. They wanted to gain advantages for their game Fortnite and thus make more money.
The head of Epic, Tim Sweeney, however, strongly disagrees.
Tim Sweeney, the man behind Epic Games.
What does the Epic CEO say? On his Twitter account, Sweeney made a post about Apple’s letter:
Apple’s statement is misleading. […] I specifically said in Epic’s request to the Apple execs, “We hope that Apple will make these options available to all iOS developers.
Apple’s statement is misleading. You can read my email in Apple’s filing, which is publicly available. I specifically said in Epic’s request to the Apple execs, “We hope that Apple will also make these options equally available to all iOS developers…” https://t.co/yRio08fPSypic.twitter.com/HsqjApFQeo
The Creative Director of Ashes of Creation, Steven Sharif, announces that his studio and the publisher MY.GAMES are going their separate ways. The MMORPG will be published by the developer Intrepid Studios itself.
What happened? In a blog post on the official page of Ashes of Creation, the head of the MMORPG announced the separation from the publisher MY.GAMES.
He writes:
When we started our partnership with MY.GAMES in 2018, our goal was to provide our European and Russian players with the best customer and operational support. […] At that time, it made the most sense for us to partner with a publisher that is well established in these regions.
As we have grown as a company and expanded our capabilities, it has made sense to rethink our strategy and expand Intrepid’s responsibilities to become a global publisher. […]
Founder and Creative Director of Intrepid Studios, Steven Sharif
The next step for Intrepid is the migration of accounts and the opening of its own European office in Amsterdam.
Sharif also explains that the developers at Intrepid have learned a lot from their colleagues at MY.GAMES and wish them continued success. The decision to separate was made jointly by both parties.
We contacted the publisher MY.GAMES and asked for their statement regarding the separation. The publisher confirmed that the decision was made together with Intrepid and emphasized that work on Ashes of Creation will not be affected.
Intrepid Studios and MY.GAMES will work together to ensure a smooth transition of publishing responsibilities for the players […]
What does this mean for the future? Essentially, self-publishing means that the developer can now make all decisions regarding publication independently. This primarily includes the payment model and pricing for various services and items in the game.
At the same time, it also means that the developer cannot rely on the resources of a publisher.
For fans who have already supported Ashes of Creation, there is also a FAQ on the official site with answers to important questions.
The existing “Ashes of Creation” accounts will be seamlessly transferred to Intrepid Studios. All purchases and achievements will remain with the players.
This also applies to purchases and achievements that occurred via MY.GAMES accounts.
Users with both Intrepid and MY.GAMES accounts can contact support to merge their accounts.
Starting next week, an Intrepid account will be required for gameplay.
Those who hold pre-order packages will also be able to contact support to verify their purchases.
Players who do not wish to migrate to Intrepid can have their purchases fully refunded.
Intrepid will also take over the work on localization and aims to ensure that all planned language releases eventually make it into the MMORPG.
The loot beat-em-up Marvel’s Avengers opens its servers early for interested players, and MeinMMO author Maik Schneider has engaged in the grind during the beta. He believes the potential of the title is huge – but he is also afraid it won’t be utilized. Here is his preview report.
What is Marvel’s Avengers? The new superhero title from Square Enix is currently running in open beta and is competing in the loot shooter genre like Destiny or The Division.
You can collect gear with various superheroes from the popular Marvel universe, beat up tons of enemies, and level up your heroes. It utilizes elements from different genres to make the characters unique. In the beta, 4 characters are available:
Black Widow uses firearms like in a shooter, dealing amplified headshot damage
Iron Man takes a slice from Anthem and offers actual flying without compromises and various weapons
Hulk and Ms. Marvel remind of “God of War” and smash through enemies with their abilities
In Marvel’s Avengers, you can punch, fly, shoot, and open crates with Hulk.
Additionally, the favorites from TV and film bring all 3 skills that you can use occasionally to deal a lot of damage or initiate a rescue strike. A “power gauge” offers another feature that sometimes activates a defense shield for the heroes, sometimes increases damage, or grants temporary invulnerability.
In the missions, you go on target hunts as a 4-man team and have to complete various tasks. If you don’t have teammates at the moment, NPCs assist you, bringing life to the rest of the team. So you are always four in the normal missions, even as a solo player. However, Marvel’s Avengers also offers match-making.
A beat-em-up to fall in love with
How does it play? In the tutorial mission, you can already test several heroes quickly, and I immediately felt that the fluid gameplay and the overall game feel suit me. Fists, bullets, and Iron Man elegantly fly towards the enemy faces and create a lot of action.
The camera control seems a bit shaky and rough at first, but it stabilizes after a few hours of gameplay. Unless you switch characters – because they play so differently that you have to handle the camera differently as well.
However, the gameplay itself feels good. Shooting, punching, raging, and occasional dodging is fun and barely wears off even after long gameplay time. Especially with people in chat, you get a fleeting superhero experience that can engage you for several hours at a time. To stay exciting, Marvel’s Avengers offers a gear system and skill trees, as well as an RPG leveling system for all heroes. More about the gameplay can be found in the preview report by MeinMMO colleague Philipp Hansen.
One of the highlights of the abilities – Iron Man’s Hulkbuster
The uncertainty is great – What will it be like at release?
Where do the problems start? Until now, everything is cool. The game is fun and even in the third and final beta weekend, I will spend a few hours beating with rubber arms.
But the trappings of this gaming fun concern me a little – because Marvel’s Avengers is a “Games-as-a-Service” title. As a Destiny veteran, I have my doubts about whether Avengers can convince from the get-go. While I like the idea of potentially playing a major Marvel title for years and seeing new content repeatedly, it also carries a high risk of failure.
Why could it fail? Everything happening around the excellent gameplay feels somewhat neglected in the beta, especially the missions make a rather unremarkable impression. Reach a target here, clear 5 sections there, and if you’re lucky, a bigger enemy awaits you at the end of the missions to bring at least a bit of excitement. These are the missions of the beta:
3 training challenges – defeat 10 waves of enemies each
1 rogue sector – here there’s a big boss fight at the end
The highlight of the test phase is the fight against a heavily armed combat walker in the rogue sector. The alternating smashing of weak points and dodging its counterattacks makes for a nice boss fight and the content of the beta can be compared to the test phase of a Destiny. However, Avengers only convinces atmospherically when you are in battle.
The gameplay is awesome. The surrounding environment could be improved.
And here lies the big problem with the title: If you’re not fascinated by the lifelike wrinkles in Hulk’s armpits, the title currently fails to convince with its attractions. The mission environments feel dull and rarely invite exploration. Or briefly: Everything that doesn’t belong to the beat-em-up gameplay is currently little fun. Whether it’s exploring, improving your heroes, or completing challenges. Everything feels bloodless.
However, as soon as it hits the battlefield again, all these things are forgotten. Because here, the title reveals its great strengths.
The gameplay fits – please get the rest right
Where is the potential? The fights are amazing! Especially at high difficulty levels, simple beating is no longer enough, you have to know your combos and the enemies, dodge at the right moment, and strike. There are also mechanics that reward good reflexes and reactions, such as “perfect dodges” or beat-em-up animations with larger enemies.
For example, when you run towards one of the larger mechs with Hulk’s skill “Chokehold,” he not only gives it a smack but starts a unique animation that includes a few nasty headbutts for the opponent.
All heroes have a wide variety of tricks and combos.
Such special features are fun and feel powerful. There are even team animations where multiple heroes perform a move together on the enemies. The more heroes there are in the game, the greater the variety of gameplay, and a lot already matches – even with only 4 superheroes to choose from.
If the developers at Square Enix manage to package the strong gameplay into a motivating environment, the loot beat-em-up could actually provide long-term fun. For the development, the publisher commissioned studios that have previously worked on gaming giants like “Deus Ex” or “Batman.” The studios can also draw on Square Enix’s extensive RPG experience, which for over a decade has proven with series like “Final Fantasy” or “Kingdom Hearts” that they have what it takes to make such games.
However, service games are not particularly known for delivering a refined and convincing experience right at launch. But due to the really strong gameplay, I still hope that the framework will fit at release and that the creators will present a coherent development plan for Marvel’s Avengers. So please – don’t mess it up.
The aim assist in Call of Duty: Warzone is a popular topic of debate. Now Twitch streamer Shroud has chimed in, stating that aim assist doesn’t really play a role anymore.
This is aim assist: In CoD Warzone, players from both console and PC can play in the same lobby. To balance things out, console players have aim assist. They receive a little targeting help. PC players do not have this, as they can aim faster with a mouse and thus have an advantage.
It is one of the fundamental discussions in Warzone: Do console players have too great an advantage with aim assist? We have explained in our guide how to best use aim assist.
Now the streamer and shooter expert Shroud has intervened, who just recently returned to Twitch. He states that aim assist wouldn’t matter and that there is no clear advantage here.
Good balance thanks to poor servers
This is the situation: Shroud is playing with fellow streamer summit1g and is using a pistol. He mentions that pistols and sniper rifles are the only weapons in Warzone where differences between PC and console can be noticeable.
“Using a pistol as players with a controller is incredible. It’s so easy on a controller and it’s so hard on a PC,” says the Twitch streamer. In return, he also admits: “Sniping is easier on PC.”
Shroud believes that all other weapons have no noticeable differences.
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From minute 2:18, the streamer talks about aim assist.
Why are there no differences? The streamer attributes it to the servers of CoD Warzone: “It’s a damn CoD, it runs on shitty servers. No offense to CoD, I understand that it is very difficult to have 150 people on a map of this size.”
He explains that the server quality is much more decisive here than the small differences between controller and mouse.
How do other players see it? Other streamers and players have also weighed in on this. In May, DrDisrespect played with aim assist and found that it was indeed much easier. He even managed a blind kill.
A former world champion also commented on the aim assist issue. He stated that the aim assist was almost completely removed from the game in May 2020. It seems that Infinity Ward is occasionally tweaking the controversial feature. There are definitely voices arguing in both directions.
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In Destiny 2, a new origin story awaits players starting in Year 4. This is intended to make the entry easier for newcomers while allowing veterans to indulge in nostalgia.
This will soon change: Destiny 2 is heralding the start of its 4th year with the major expansion Beyond Light. Bungie has now announced that this will also come with a new introductory story for the Guardians.
The start for new players will take place in the Cosmodrome but is set to be significantly expanded. Bungie aims to enhance the experience so that freshly minted Guardians will be “introduced to the world and mechanics of Destiny and prepared to play the action MMO.”
By the way, the origin story will be rewritten for all Destiny players. Even veterans can experience the new story entry and pretend they just awoke as Guardians.
The Cosmodrome in Old Russia is still well remembered by many veterans and plays a prominent role in Year 4.
Why does Destiny 2 get a new origin story?
The new backstory serves two purposes:
The start for “New Light” players is to be improved. New Light is the free-to-play version of Destiny 2, which offers a plethora of content. Unfortunately, all the possibilities and quest markers often overwhelm new Guardians – they often don’t know what to tackle in which order. The new and expanded start is supposed to finally provide more clarity and structure the key experiences for newcomers.
The original start campaign will disappear from the game and will no longer be accessible. Thus, a new intro is needed.
Not only will the “Red War” story depart, but many quests and even entire planets will no longer be playable starting November 10. The content will be vaulted and replaced by new material as well as highlights from Destiny 1 – vaulted content may also return in the future.
MyMMO has summarized here how the system works and what will disappear:
This is what the start looked like 3 years ago: Originally, the beginning of Destiny 2 was as follows: The Cabal attack Earth, stealing the Guardians’ superpowers and capturing the mysterious Traveler. Subsequently, players had to fight their way back up as a broken “mortal” and end the reign of terror of the red turtle aliens.
During this campaign, players learned how to handle their abilities and weapons, how to complete quests, and which mechanics are necessary for later successes, such as in Raids. All of this will be completely removed.
Ghaul’s deeds will soon be erased.
What about the other old campaigns? These campaigns will also disappear (including the locations):
Curse of Osiris – Players encounter the famous time traveler Osiris and help him confront the Vex on Mercury for the first time.
Warmind – Together with the new ally Ana Bray, players meet the Warmind and machine god Rasputin on Mars and repel the Hive.
Both expansions offer relatively short campaigns and are currently available to all Destiny players for free. Those who want to experience the stories still have about 3 months left.
Bungie also confirmed that you can play the campaigns of the two major expansions Forsaken and Shadowkeep effortlessly in Year 4 – provided you own the DLCs.
What do you think of the rewritten start for all Guardians? Especially for the newcomers out there, this should be good news. How did you feel about the original story about Ghaul and the loss of your super abilities?
The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is versatile and can be quite overwhelming at the beginning. We want to suggest some builds that are suitable for beginners and help you through the leveling phase in this guide.
Update June 25, 2021: We at MeinMMO have decided to completely revise and expand the guide. You can now find the beginner builds for ESO here:
Furthermore, you can combine everything with any armor and weapon. And that is also the beauty of ESO, that you can simply try everything and discover it for yourself.
However, this can be very overwhelming, especially at the beginning. Therefore, we have selected some builds from popular YouTubers to make your start a bit easier. This way, you can gain experience and maybe even adapt the builds to your needs.
Is there also suitable equipment? We also provide you with some equipment suggestions. The builds are playable with mixed gear that you can find, but it is easier with the right set.
This should also be equipped with “Training.” With this trait, you gain more experience. Just kindly ask in your guild or chat. ESO players are often beginner-friendly, and for many, crafting is no problem.
Attention! This post does not include guides for all classes. We have initially chosen those combinations that are also quite durable and tough when played alone and without a group to ease your entry.
ESO and its Skills
How does it work with skills? In ESO, you unlock skill lines or can improve them by playing weapons, using abilities, completing quests for guilds, and wearing armor. The more you play with a setup, the faster it goes.
Even one piece or one skill from a line is enough to improve it. However, if you have equipped multiple skills from a line or multiple pieces of armor, it develops faster.
When you can skill which ability or talent depends on the equipment you find or which skills you equip first. We have written down for you from which abilities the skills can develop.
You should also take the quests of the various guilds from the start. Especially the Mages Guild and the Fighters Guild already have useful skills for beginners. Especially for the skill Momentum, it is worth visiting Cyrodiil for a few rounds at the beginning.
Where do you get points? Skill points are obtained with level-ups, some quests, or through sky shards that you can collect in the world. So try to always collect these shards. You can increase your attributes health, Magicka, and stamina with level-ups.
Magicka Necromancer with Staff and Explosions
The Necromancer was introduced as a new class in 2019 with the Elsweyr chapter
The Magicka Necromancer provides good survivability. You will use two staves. A destruction staff for damage and a healing staff, as you have probably already guessed, for healing.
You throw skeletons around you and work with area and single-target attacks. The Necromancer offers a lot of fun and unique skills. However, some of them you should not use in a city, as they are considered illegal.
The build comes from Naranarra (via alcasthq.com). She streams on Twitch and loves to take care of new players. She also reads lore books on YouTube.
Which race is recommended? For Magicka DDs, races like High Elves, Dark Elves, and Bretons are recommended. Which race fits well with which play style you can find out at MeinMMO. However, you can also go by your taste if you are not necessarily after maximum performance.
Skills and Talents
Destruction Staff Bar
Cleave Skull (from Flame Skull)
You hurl an enemy with an explosive skull that deals fire damage.
Hungry Scythe (from Death Scythe)
You deal magic damage, heal yourself for the first hit enemy, and additionally for each further enemy hit up to five enemies. Also provides healing over time.
Shape Flesh
You heal yourself and an ally in front of you. However, it reduces your received healing and health regeneration.
Unstable Elemental Wall (from Elemental Wall)
You deal magic damage to enemies in the effect area every 1 second before it explodes with additional magic damage. Depending on the element of your staff, there is an additional effect.
Tracking Explosive Bones (from Explosive Bones)
You summon a flame skeleton. The skeleton runs to the target and explodes when it gets close, doing fire damage to all nearby enemies. The longer it lives, the higher the damage.
Ultimate: Frozen Colossus
The colossus hits the ground three times in 3 seconds, dealing frost damage each time. It also gives enemies a debuff.
The skill bars with the destruction staff as the selected weapon on top
Healing Staff Bar
Healing Springs (from Greater Healing)
You heal yourself and your allies in the chosen area for 8 seconds every second and additionally for a fixed amount. Also gives you back Magicka.
Hungry Scythe (from Death Scythe)
You deal magic damage, heal yourself for the first hit enemy, and additionally for each further enemy hit up to five enemies. Also provides healing over time.
Shape Flesh
You heal yourself and an ally in front of you. However, it regenerates your received healing and health regeneration.
Unstable Elemental Wall (from Elemental Wall)
You deal magic damage to enemies in the effect area every 1 second before it explodes with additional magic damage. Depending on the element of your staff, there is an additional effect.
Tracking Explosive Bones (from Explosive Bones)
You summon a flame skeleton. The skeleton runs to the target and explodes when it gets close, doing fire damage to all nearby enemies. The longer it lives, the higher the damage.
Ultimate: Revive
You resurrect up to 3 allies at the chosen position.
The skill bars with the healing staff as the selected weapon on top
Meaningful Passive Traits
Class
Bone Collector – When your Explosive Bones, a Skeleton Mage, or a Spirit Caretaker dies, the costs for your next Explosive Bones, Skeleton Mage, or Spirit Caretaker are reduced.
Deathbell – Increases your chance for critical hits against enemies with less than 25% health per equipped Grave Lord ability.
Last Breath – Increases your maximum health.
Undead Ally – As long as you have Explosive Bones, a Skeleton Mage, or a Spirit Caretaker active, your Magicka and stamina regeneration increases.
Penetrating Magic – your spells for destruction staves ignore [5/10]% of your enemy’s magic resistance.
Destruction Expert – When you kill an enemy with a destruction staff ability, you restore Magicka.
Light Armor
Invocation – Reduces your Magicka costs for each piece of light armor worn.
Recovery – Increases your Magicka regeneration for each piece of light armor worn.
Concentration – Increases your magic penetration.
Heavy Armor
Determination – Increases your physical resistance and magic resistance for each piece of heavy armor worn.
Constitution – Increases your health regeneration for each piece of heavy armor worn. Also gives you stamina and Magicka back.
The Equipment
Set of Seduction
(2 items) Grants 129 Magicka regeneration
(3 items) Grants 1096 maximum Magicka
(4 items) Grants 129 Magicka regeneration
(5 items) Reduces the costs of your Magicka abilities by 10 %.
Stamina Dragonknight for DOTs
Dragonknights are tough fighters
This build relies on skills from the bow and two weapons. You will work a lot with damage over time. It works both in PvP and PvE.
The build was created by the YouTuber Hack the Minotaur. He has a lot of current builds that work well in 2020. Not only for beginners but also for solo builds and videos for maximizing DPS.
Which race is recommended? Orcs, Redguards, or Dark Elves are excellent races for Stamina DDs. Otherwise, Khajiit or Wood Elves are also suitable or simply according to your taste.
Skills and Talents
Two Weapon Bar
Poison Claw (from Burning Strike)
Deals poison damage and additional poison damage for 10 seconds. The poison does more damage the longer it lasts. Initially hit enemies become poisoned.
Steel Tornado (from Whirlwind)
You initiate a deadly whirlwind that deals damage to nearby enemies.
Hidden Hunter (from Master Hunter)
You can detect hidden and invisible targets for 5 seconds. Unveiled enemies cannot become hidden or invisible for 3 seconds. Increases critical weapon strike while equipped. You also gain a damage boost.
Stone Giant (from Stone Fist)
You deal damage to all enemies within 6 meters. Raised debris surrounds you for 10 seconds. When activated again, you hurl the debris. This deals damage, stuns, and knocks back.
Death Cloak (from Blade Cloak)
You gain greater evasion for 10 seconds, reducing damage taken from area attacks. Every second, the debris pulses and deals damage to enemies within 5 meters.
Ultimate: Banners of Might (from Dragonknight Banner)
You summon a battle banner that deals damage to enemies and applies a debuff to them. While you stand in the area, your damage dealt is increased, and your damage taken is decreased. An ally near the banner can activate the tether synergy.
The skill bars with two weapons as the selected weapon on top
Bow Bar
Poison Breath (from Fiery Breath)
You unleash a corrosive wave that deals poison damage and additional poison damage for 10 seconds to all enemies in front of you. Applies a debuff to enemies.
Arrow Rain (from Arrow Barrage)
You fire several fire arrows into the air so that they rain down on enemies in a selected area after a 2-second delay, dealing damage every second for 8 seconds.
Reverberating Momentum (from Momentum)
You heal yourself and your allies for 10 seconds.
Molten Arsenal (from Molten Weapons)
Increases your magic and weapon power. Your own heavy attack damage is increased while active.
Explosive Armor (Spiked Armor)
Your physical resistance and your magic resistance are increased for 20 seconds. You deal magic damage to enemies around you. Additionally, you reflect magic damage back at attackers who deal you direct damage.
Ultimate: Magma Shell or Corrosive Armor (both from Molten Armor)
Magma Shell reduces damage taken, and enemies take fire damage. Additionally, allies gain a damage shield.
Corrosive Armor deals poison damage and instead of a damage shield, reduces the physical resistance of your enemies.
The skill bars with the bow as the selected weapon on top
Meaningful Passive Traits
Class
Battle Cry – When you perform an ultimate ability, you restore health, Magicka, and stamina for every point of ultimate power that the ability costs.
Burning – When you apply a burn to an enemy, you restore Magicka. If you apply a poison to an enemy, you restore stamina.
Blessing of the Mountain – If you cast an ability from the Earthen Heart, you and group members gain increased weapon power. If you are in combat, you also gain ultimate power.
Scorching Heat – Increases the duration of Fiery Breath, Burning Strike, and Dragonknight Banner and increases the damage and duration.
Two Weapons
Targeted Wrath – Reduces the stamina costs of all two weapon abilities.
Weapon Mastery – Grants different bonuses based on the equipped weapon type.
Medium Armor
Dexterity – Increases your critical weapon strike chance rating for each piece of medium armor worn.
Windrunner – Increases your stamina regeneration and stamina costs of abilities for each piece of medium armor worn.
Agility – Increases your weapon damage.
The Equipment
Poison Strike
(2 items) Grants 833 critical weapon strikes
(3 items) Grants 833 critical weapon strikes
(4 items) Grants 129 weapon power
(5 items) Critical damage applies your enemies with the Hunter’s Poison for 10 seconds, which deals 2913 poison damage every second to them and all nearby enemies. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.
Thorns of the Branchling
(2 items) Grants 1096 maximum stamina
(3 items) Grants 1096 maximum stamina
(4 items) Grants 129 weapon power
(5 items) Grants 3450 armor penetration
Magicka Sorcerer with Daedric Companion
As a Sorcerer, you can summon loyal companions
A Magicka Sorcerer is a powerful class with which you can also solo through dungeons. It is also excellent for beginners.
With this build, you have good healing abilities and thus a good chance of survival. You also have a daedric companion by your side that can deal damage and stun enemies. The damage over time is also impressive, making you more flexible with blocking and dodging.
The build comes from Alcast. This player has been playing ESO since beta, is an official partner, and knows almost every detail very well. He runs his own homepage (via alcasthq.com) where you can always get tips.
Which race is recommended? For maximum performance of your Magicka DD, races like High Elves, Dark Elves, and Bretons are recommended.
Skills and Talents
Destruction Staff Bar
Neutralizing Magic
You create a damage shield.
Crystal Fragments (from Crystal Shard)
You deal magic damage. Other Magicka abilities have a chance to instantly allow the next casting of Crystal Fragments, deal more damage, and consume less Magicka.
Crushing Blow (from Power Strike)
You deal elemental damage to an enemy. It also interrupts enemies and unbalances them.
Elemental Blockade (from Elemental Wall)
You create an elemental barrier in front of you that deals magic damage to enemies in the effect area every 1 second. Depending on the element, there is an additional effect.
You call upon the powers of the realm of oblivion to summon a daedric companion by your side. It attacks, has a stun, and accompanies you until it dies or you send it away.
Ultimate: Magic Negation
You create a dome that nullifies area effects, stuns enemies, and silences enemy players.
The skill bars with the destruction staff as the selected weapon on top
Healing Staff Bar
Blessing of Protection
You heal allies and grant them and yourself physical resistance and magic resistance.
Boundless Storm (from Lightning Form)
You manifest yourself as pure lightning energy and deal shock damage to enemies. You also have more resistances and movement speed.
Regeneration (from Regeneration)
You heal yourself and allies over time.
Shock Flow (from Shock Field)
You deal shock damage over time to enemies in the effect area. Additionally, allies can activate the Redirect synergy for extra shock damage.
You call upon the powers of the realm of oblivion to summon a daedric companion by your side. It attacks, has a stun, and accompanies you until it dies or you send it away.
Ultimate: Overload
You charge your fists with the power of the storms and replace your light and heavy attacks with stronger variants.
The skill bars with the healing staff as the selected weapon on top
Your skill bars should look like this at level 30. From level 40, a build with two destruction staffs is recommended:
First Destruction Staff Bar
Summoned Protection
You summon spheres of daedric energy as a damage shield for you and your companions that absorbs damage.
Crystal Fragments (from Crystal Shard)
You deal magic damage. Other Magicka abilities have a chance to instantly allow the casting of Crystal Fragments, deal more damage, and consume less Magicka.
Crushing Blow (from Power Strike)
You deal elemental damage to an enemy. It also interrupts enemies and unbalances them.
Surge (if possible upgrade to Power Surge)
Increases your magic and weapon power for 33 seconds. Additionally, your crits heal you.
You call upon the powers of the realm of oblivion to summon a daedric companion by your side. It attacks, has a stun, and accompanies you until it dies or you send it away.
Ultimate: Suppression Field (from Magic Negation)
You create a dome that nullifies area effects, stuns enemies, and silences enemy players. Additionally, it deals magic damage.
Second Destruction Staff Bar
Elemental Blockade (from Elemental Wall)
You create an elemental barrier in front of you that deals magic damage to enemies in the effect area every 1 second. Depending on the element, there is an additional effect.
Shock Flow (from Shock Field)
You deal shock damage over time to enemies in the effect area. Additionally, allies can activate the Redirect synergy for extra shock damage.
Weakness to Elements
You reduce the magic resistance of an enemy.
Boundless Storm (from Lightning Form)
You manifest yourself as pure lightning energy and deal shock damage to enemies. You also have increased resistances and movement speed.
You call upon the powers of the realm of oblivion to summon a daedric companion by your side. It attacks, has a stun, and accompanies you until it dies or you send it away.
Ultimate: Energy Overload (from Overload)
You charge your fists with the power of the storms and replace your light and heavy attacks with stronger variants. Each attack restores Magicka.
The skill bars of the two destruction staffs offer a versatile skill selection
Meaningful Passive Traits
Class
Unholy Knowledge – Reduces the health, Magicka, and stamina costs of all abilities
Light Armor
Invocation – Reduces your Magicka costs for each piece of light armor worn
Recovery – Increases your Magicka regeneration for each piece of light armor worn
The Equipment
Set of Seduction
(2 items) Grants 129 Magicka regeneration
(3 items) Grants 1096 maximum Magicka
(4 items) Grants 129 Magicka regeneration
(5 items) Reduces the costs of your Magicka abilities by 10 %.
And how do you play it now?
Ultimately, how you play your class is up to you. Especially at the beginning, it’s important to just experiment a bit. With the builds suggested here, you can dive into the adventure without much frustration.
Just pay attention to your survival. Switch to your healer weapon or use your self-heal skills when you take damage. You should also maintain your damage-over-time spells. For this, it is important that you use your weapon swap regularly starting at level 15.
Of course, there are still tips and tricks for maximizing your damage. This includes the controversial weaving, where you alternate between automatic attacks and skills to interrupt the animations. However, this is not necessarily necessary at the beginning, and you can certainly manage without it later on.
If you really don’t want to read guides or builds, there is another simple way. In the game, a skill advisor is implemented. ESO itself suggests ways for you to skill and which talents and abilities are important and helpful. You can easily find this skill advisor displayed in your menu under the skills.
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The streamer Arrge posts screenshots from a Discord server where bounties are placed on streamers. For 10 stream snipes, players receive $20.
What kind of server is this? The Overwatch streamer Arrge posted screenshots of a curious Discord server on his Twitter channel. This server specifically targets Overwatch streamers and offers its members rewards for successfully disturbing streamers while they play, such as by stream sniping.
The rules for sniping are simple:
The stream sniper must prove that they have achieved 10 kills on specified streamers.
If that is the case, they will receive $20 payment.
There is also a prize for the “best stream sniper.” This changes every month, and server members can submit donations to increase the prize pool.
In August, the player who has irritated streamers the most will receive an additional $20, a 3-month premium membership at Spotify, 2 fresh Overwatch accounts, and a DPS account with diamond ranking.
LMAOO I’ve heard a lot of rumors about this one. finally got leaked some screenshots.
However, the server owner does not guarantee that the gifted accounts will not be banned.
The system seems to work. In addition to the screenshot of the server rules, Arrge also posted an image of the submissions of kills that participants presented as evidence.
Arrge has now placed his own “bounty.” He requested more screenshots of conversations on the sniper server on Twitter. As payment, he offered a portion of the reward for the best sniper in August: a 3-month premium membership at Spotify.
Is there more of this? The Discord server for Overwatch stream snipers is not the only one placing such bounties. The colleagues at Dotesports know of another server of this kind.
If a player was interested in the streamer hunt, they first had to pay $10 to join the server. However, the placed bounty was significantly higher than that of the Overwatch Discord. A successful hunter who managed to take down a major streamer personality received $100.
No screenshots exist from this server, and Dotesports emphasizes that its existence is not 100% confirmed. However, it would not be surprising if there are several such Discord servers.
Although major streamers have huge fan communities supporting them, they also have enough enemies who enjoy getting on their nerves.
The German streamer Kevin “Papaplatte” Teller has been banned from Twitch again. This is said to be his 6th ban this year, but this time the suspension seems to be lasting a bit longer.
This is what happened: The situation surrounding the streamer is as follows:
According to the website Streamerbans, Papaplatte has been banned for the 6th time this year
So far, the bans have only lasted one day, but now his channel has been unreachable for 2 days
The bans followed for various reasons, as the streamer announced on Twitter
One of the biggest German streamers banned
This is Papaplatte: The streamer currently lives in Berlin and has been streaming on Twitch for several years. He currently ranks among the biggest German streamers. In the last 30 days, Papaplatte had an average of 11,400 viewers (via Nindo) and is thus in 5th place among German-speaking Twitch streamers.
Papaplatte plays a variety of games in his streams and reacts to videos. He also takes his community along through his life in real-life streams.
This is how the last ban happened: On Twitter, Papaplatte explains his ban in a statement. There he says: “I am currently banned from Twitch for a longer time because, firstly, I have received a lot of bans. […] Also, I drove a car in one of my last IRL streams and used my phone.”
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He also shows understanding and says that the past bans were partly very foolish of him. He also states that although he did not violate traffic regulations, it was still very foolish: “I realize that it was very stupid and that I could have endangered other road users.”
This is behind the recent bans: Overall, there have already been 5 more bans on Twitch this year. They each lasted only 24 hours.
Often, videos that the streamer reacted to were to blame. There, things were shown that violated Twitch’s guidelines.
This is behind such bans: Such bans on Twitch are often accompanied by many discussions. After all, the streamer does not intentionally misbehave there but unintentionally watches videos that violate the guidelines.
Twitch often shows leniency and only issues small bans. Thus, Papaplatte has only ever been banned for 24 hours in the past.
Nevertheless, such occurrences should not happen too often, as Twitch reacts more severely, as is the case with Papaplatte now. How long the ban will last here is still unknown. However, the streamer promises that in the future, he will have the videos checked beforehand. For this, he claims to have already hired someone to take care of the checks.
The streamer Sweet Anita was also under criticism last year
Not only unconscious scenes from videos were discussed on Twitch. In December 2019, the streamer Sweet Anita was criticized. She suffers from Tourette syndrome and therefore inadvertently insults people.
A passage about an increase in speed was also found. However, it is currently not clear how this will be implemented.
In raids, you can benefit significantly from the Mega Evolutions.
This is known about the evolution: So far, it was known that Mega Evolutions are temporary. Now a passage has been found stating that such evolutions should last for X hours.
So it is now known that the evolution does not last just for one battle, but at least for several hours.
Additionally, several warning messages have been found that indicate when a Mega Pokémon reverts to its previous form.
Mega Evolutions are not tradable.
This is known about the field research: There will be new field research focusing on Mega Evolutions. This includes quests such as “Perform a Mega Evolution with Blastoise” or simply the classic “Perform a Mega Evolution.”
In addition, there are quests that reward you for battling with Mega Evolutions in raids or completing Mega Raids.
This is known about the Mega event: Apparently, an event will be held for the release of the Mega Pokémon. Some bonuses are already known, which will be visible in the Today View. There are likely several challenges. The contents of these include:
Increased friendship bonus when battling in raids
The time for a Mega Evolution will be tripled during a Mega Battle Challenge
More raids will appear during a Mega Raid Challenge
Special snapshots and double duration for Snivy
What do all the findings indicate? It seems it won’t be long before we find the Mega Evolutions in Pokémon GO. In the past, it only took a few days for a new feature to be introduced when so much information had been found beforehand.
So we can expect the big release soon. We have provided you with a comprehensive overview of the Mega Evolutions . There we explain the function and reveal which Pokémon can actually receive a Mega Evolution.
In Pokémon GO, we could soon expect Mega Evolutions. Dataminers have again found numerous details about the Megas.
This is the status of the Mega Evolutions: A few weeks ago, Pokémon GO announced the Mega Evolutions itself. After that, there were some small teasers, but no further information was provided.
Recently, the first leak about the Megas surfaced. Dataminers had found numerous details. A new update seemed to focus almost exclusively on the Mega Evolutions.
A subsequent text update has now brought even more information about the Megas into play. It seems nearly everything is ready for this new form of Pokémon to be available soon.
All new information about the Mega Evolutions
Where the information comes from: It was shared by the Pokéminers on reddit. They regularly search the code of Pokémon GO and share the information transparently.
This is what was found: There are several exciting pieces of information regarding the Mega Evolutions. We summarize:
Details about the 2 new Mega Medals
A new special research about Mega Evolutions
Special effects of the Mega Evolutions in raids
Further information on the development of the Megas
Field research on Mega Evolutions
First event about Mega Evolutions
Mega Evolutions could soon be found in Pokémon GO.
What is known about the medals? There will likely be 2 new medals that you can earn by performing Mega Evolutions with Pokémon.
The first medal refers to general Mega Pokémon evolutions: “Perform X times a Mega Evolution with Pokémon” and the second medal refers to the different evolution of Pokémon: “Perform a Mega Evolution with X different Pokémon.”
What is known about the new special research: This research focuses exclusively on Mega Evolutions. So far, texts from Professor Willow have been found for 4 stages. The following can be inferred from this:
Mega Beedrill is likely to be the first Mega Evolution in the game and you will receive it through special research
In Mega Raids, you will initially find Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur
For each Mega Evolution, energy must be gathered, which will then be consumed during the evolution
In a further Mega Evolution, the energy costs will be lowered
The mentioned energy can be obtained, among other places, in raids
In the PvP League, Mega Evolutions are initially not usable
It seems that not all Mega Evolutions will be available at the beginning
At the end of the research, you will receive a Mega Bracelet, which is only an accessory and not needed for the evolution
This is how the evolutions affect raids: The dataminers have found a relevant passage regarding this. It states that a Mega Pokémon boosts attacks of a certain type.
This should also affect Pokémon in the raid that are not Mega Evolutions. This could be comparable to the boosts from friendship and weather. Raids could therefore be easier to defeat.
A passage about an increase in speed was also found. However, it is currently not clear how this will be implemented.
In raids, you can benefit significantly from the Mega Evolutions.
This is known about the evolution: So far, it was known that Mega Evolutions are temporary. Now a passage has been found stating that such evolutions should last for X hours.
So it is now known that the evolution does not last just for one battle, but at least for several hours.
Additionally, several warning messages have been found that indicate when a Mega Pokémon reverts to its previous form.
Mega Evolutions are not tradable.
This is known about the field research: There will be new field research focusing on Mega Evolutions. This includes quests such as “Perform a Mega Evolution with Blastoise” or simply the classic “Perform a Mega Evolution.”
In addition, there are quests that reward you for battling with Mega Evolutions in raids or completing Mega Raids.
This is known about the Mega event: Apparently, an event will be held for the release of the Mega Pokémon. Some bonuses are already known, which will be visible in the Today View. There are likely several challenges. The contents of these include:
Increased friendship bonus when battling in raids
The time for a Mega Evolution will be tripled during a Mega Battle Challenge
More raids will appear during a Mega Raid Challenge
Special snapshots and double duration for Snivy
What do all the findings indicate? It seems it won’t be long before we find the Mega Evolutions in Pokémon GO. In the past, it only took a few days for a new feature to be introduced when so much information had been found beforehand.
So we can expect the big release soon. We have provided you with a comprehensive overview of the Mega Evolutions . There we explain the function and reveal which Pokémon can actually receive a Mega Evolution.
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MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn finally tried the colorful battle royale Fall Guys. He had more fun than he should have with the game and its messy controls. What he experienced in his first round with the cute potato figures and why he likes it despite all the contradictions can be found here.
Do I really want to play this? I wrote the first news about the announcement of Fall Guys back in 2019 and thought “Okay, this looks cute, but it’s going to flop hard!”
When Fall Guys finally launched in early August 2020, I was on vacation and thought “Okay, at least I’m not to blame if it fails, I don’t have time to play anyway.” Because if you didn’t know yet, games that I like and enjoy often tend to fail shortly after.
This thing is still alive? When I returned to work two weeks later, my astonishment was great. Because Fall Guys was not dead. On the contrary, it was thriving and seemed to be the next vibrantly colorful surprise success since Fortnite back then!
Shortly after, Schuhmann mentioned it to me as a topic and said I should definitely give it a try. “Alright, but I don’t want to hear anything if it goes offline soon,” I said and downloaded the game on Steam. “Let’s see how this thing is.”
Hooked after 10 seconds
Here’s how my first round started: I start my first round and first build my Fall Guy. He is purple and has a unicorn on his forehead. It has to be with my name. Then it was time to start. There is no tutorial or any nonsense here.
Why would there be? Especially in a fast-paced party game like Fall Guys, I don’t want to spend ages practicing moves; I want to jump right in! This approach was already appealing to me.
My first round begins as a big race through opening and closing gates. I and 59 other colorful wobbling figures wobble off. And what are those sounds? The Fall Guys constantly make strange noises that are somewhat adorable and fit the silly wobbling.
Soon, we stumble through the gates and some of the little guys tumble helplessly around, unable to progress.
Even these randomly opening gates eliminate many Fall Guys.
Terrible controls, but it fits: This is mainly due to the awful controls, which are squishy, inaccurate, and just terrible. What I would see as a huge flaw in another game, here is a feature. Because the controls unfortunately fit perfectly with the clumsy, awkward potato figures that the Fall Guys are.
Here’s how it went on: Contrary to all expectations, I somehow made it through the chaos of tumbling Fall Guys and qualified for another round. More daring tumbles followed with the dwindling number of Fall Guys. Because with each round, the little guys get fewer.
They tumble out because of their clumsiness or the delightfully trollish game mechanics, irretrievably going out, and at the end of each round, they are also kicked out of the game in a list. They let out heart-wrenching sounds as they helplessly tumble into the void.
The memory game was somehow not very spectacular.
On my journey through my first round, I come across increasingly silly mini-games:
We all run over rotating seesaws. If too many Fall Guys stand on one side, everything tips over and many little potato figures won’t be coming home today.
I also remember a round of memory where everyone just runs to where everyone stands.
“What a nonsense”: While I’m having fun with the Fall Guys, my son wakes up in the other room and my mother, who was babysitting, brings him in. The little one sees the Fall Guys on the screen and immediately squeals with joy. My mother, however, just shakes her head in confusion and says, “What a nonsense! And you have to do this for work?”
She said that and walked out shaking her head. My little 17-month-old son cries pitifully because he would have loved to keep watching the Fall Guys tumble around and squeak just like him. I understand him because the game is surprisingly a lot of fun!
Yeah, it all looks pretty silly.
Wow, I almost won: In fact, I made it to the finals in my very first round. Together with about a dozen surviving wobblers, I stand before the last obstacle to victory: The Fall Mountain. A huge mountain full of nasty obstacles and a crown at the top. Only one Fall Guy will be able to claim it at the end! And that Fall Guy is me!
And it actually starts well. I just walk stoically up the mountain and don’t even try to avoid the increasingly absurd obstacles rolling down. This surprisingly works well because while the Fall Guys around me are getting knocked out left and right, I keep moving forward. But other Fall Guys were even more effective and are ahead of me.
The last level is tough!
I can grab one and kick them down, but a nasty potato figure in front of me has a lead and runs through the finish line just before me. So close, but still passed!
Conclusion: What a nonsense! But unfortunately awesome!
My first round of Fall Guys ended with a narrow defeat, but it piqued my interest. Because the game is ridiculously fun. It’s unfair, inaccurate, and – as my dear mother aptly noted – a real nonsense. But it’s a good nonsense! Exactly for the reasons that it’s so messed up and silly, the ridiculous tumbling with the clumsy wobblers is so much fun. You can get really worked up about it when the trollish game mechanics create an insurmountable situation. But even that is somehow fun. I will definitely keep playing Fall Guys. Hopefully, it survives!
Jürgen Horn Editor at MeinMMO
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In Destiny 2, Xur is visiting again today, August 21. We will see where the vendor is located, which Exotics he has this weekend, and whether the special items are worth it.
What is happening right now in Destiny 2: Guardians are currently celebrating the summer event “Solstice of Heroes 2020“. They have a lot on their hands. Here are the most important points of contact for you:
But Bungie has also started to provide deeper insights into the future of Destiny 2 and the upcoming Year 4. We now know, among other things, how to obtain Exotics from lost content in Beyond Light.
The topic of Exotics fits perfectly with Xur, who is appearing today and reliably brings rare items to the players.
All info about Xur on August 14, 2020 – PS4, PC, Xbox One, Google Stadia
This is Xur’s time: At 7:00 PM, Xur appears at a random location. He will stay here until the weekly reset on August 25. So you have until next Tuesday at 7 PM to browse through his items and make a purchase.
What does Xur have on offer? Xur generously distributes Exotics to paying players. We will take a look at what the special weapons and armors from the noodle face have in store this week.
Where is Xur? This is his location this weekend
Xur’s Position: You can find Xur this week in the EDZ on Earth. He is located in the area “Twisting Cove” until the next weekly reset.
Xur’s position in the EDZ
Xur’s inventory from August 21 to August 25 – All Exotics at a glance
Weapon: Lord of Wolves – Shotgun for 29 Legendary Shards
