In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and CoD: Warzone, there is anew update for Season 5, and the download will once again be large. But there is something positive about it. Because in the end, your hard drive will be somewhat relieved by the patch.
What is happening this week in CoD? As a first trailer recently confirmed, the Season 5 starts on Wednesday, August 5, in CoD: Modern Warfare and Warzone. And the new season will traditionally be brought into the game and launched with a new update.
However, updates are a hotly debated topic in CoD: MW. Because often the patches are gigantic, which leads to long download times for some. Moreover, it causes some players, especially on consoles PS4 and Xbox One, to have to delete other games just to download and install the latest CoD update. But what about the upcoming update for Season 5?
Coming with the new update: A new faction and weapons from Season 5
Developers warn about: The developers are also warning here. Just before the start of Season 5, Paul Haile, Production Director of MW, spoke up on Twitter. He announced that Season 5 is coming soon and that the update with all the new content will again be large.
So if you are short on storage space, you can already prepare to (once again) need to make room on your hard drive.
The large update also has something positive: However, according to Haile, the new update also includes optimizations for the game’s asset packs. This also contributes to the fact that the download will be large. But in the end, it will ensure that the overall size of the game on PS4 and Xbox One will shrink – despite the many new content being added with the new patch.
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In WoW Classic there is currently the “most glorious” drama unfolding that one can imagine. The opening of Ahn’Qiraj is to blame – or is it just the players?
In World of Warcraft Classic, a rather heated phase is currently active. Presently, the event for the opening of the gates of Ahn’Qiraj is taking place on all realms. The first step, gathering war resources, has ended quite quickly on many servers. But players are now struggling with the other steps. This has led to plenty of fine “WoW drama” that players probably haven’t seen in years.
What is the problem? With the opening of the gates of Ahn’Qiraj comes a very special mount, the black Qiraji mount. However, only a limited number of players per realm can receive it. These are the players who complete the quest line for the scepter and thus ring the gong at the gates – they have 10 hours to do so, after which the mount is forever lost. This is associated with a lot of farming work and requires the efforts of the entire guild. There are plenty of opportunities for things to go wrong or for players to troll each other.
What kind of drama is happening in WoW Classic?
The drama is currently coming in several forms, here are some of the current “highlights” from the ongoing issues.
Mass reports to eliminate competition
Things are equally “funny” on the realm Sulfuras, as Jpo- writes on reddit. There, players of the Alliance have repeatedly tried to interfere in boss fights to prevent the completion of the quest line, which often succeeded.
When the guilds of the Horde then cooperated to kill the boss with 200 characters despite the griefing attempts, the Alliance switched their strategy. They simply reported one of the guild leaders pursuing the quest line through the reporting system. So many reports came in at once that the guild leader was automatically banned from the game – for a whopping 7 days. That is way too long to have any chance at the special mount.
False bans are often exploited to eliminate competition.
While exploiting the reporting function is punishable, it is questionable whether Blizzard can react in time in such cases.
Many players on various realms report that the Alliance and Horde apparently cooperate. This also seems to be an “open secret”. For example, some Alliance guilds pay players of the Horde to patrol in Silithus and repeatedly kill other Alliance players.
In Silithus, a large grind needs to be completed, targeting several thousand bugs. To hinder other players in farming, the large guilds are now sending “assassins” from the other faction against their competitors.
Cooperation between the factions to eliminate others.
False bans for ambitious players
Recently, there have been a whole lot of temporary bans on players who allegedly used bots or hacks. It seems that numerous players, who played honestly, were again affected, and in some cases could confirm this well with screenshots, streams, or conversations with guild members. Most of these were players who still wanted to gather resources for the collection of Ahn’Qiraj.
Apart from these major incidents, there is, of course, still a lot of “small drama”. Some guilds are losing their guild leader because he believes that his guild members are not farming enough for him (via reddit).
In summary, the opening of Ahn’Qiraj is causing a lot of drama once again. And all of this for a black insect mount from a game that is over 15 years old.
What do you think of the behavior of those involved? Did you see something like this coming?
In August 2020, a lot is happening in Pokémon GO. Events are lined up one after another. We provide you with an overview of Spotlight Hours, event weeks, Community Day, and other occurrences.
What is it about? The developers of Pokémon GO announced several events for August that you should note down. We show you all known events and how they affect you.
We keep this list up to date and will update it as soon as new events are announced by Niantic.
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July 31 – August 7 – Dragon Week
What is happening? During the Dragon Week, Dragon-type Pokémon will spawn more frequently in the wild. Additionally, the contents of the eggs have been adjusted and the Raid bosses have been changed.
Trainers hope to catch rare Kaumalat and Kabuno during this event week. They can also come from eggs, but probably only extremely rarely.
August 4 – Spotlight Hour
What is happening? In this first Spotlight Hour in August, the Pokémon Seeper is in focus. You will also receive double the candies for catching Pokémon.
August 7 – August 14 – Enigma Week
What is happening? In this second Hyper Bonus Week, special Pokémon are in the spotlight. Among them, the mysterious Pygraulon and Deoxys. If you are lucky, you might encounter a shiny Deoxys or even a shiny Sterndu.
August 8 – Community Day
What is happening? On Saturday, August 8, the Community Day with Karpador takes place. This could be an interesting date for you, as Karpador has long been available as shiny in Pokémon GO and its evolution Garados is a popular shiny among trainers.
What is happening? On this day, the battle league in Pokémon GO changes at 10:00 PM. The Hyper League and Premier Cup will be active. From August 10 at 10:00 PM to August 24 at 10:00 PM, these will be active and you can participate.
The Premier Cup has a CP limit of 2500. Pokémon with higher CP cannot participate.
August 11 – Spotlight Hour
What is happening? During the second Spotlight Hour in August, you will encounter more Zobiris. As a bonus, you will receive double the candies for sending Pokémon during the event period.
With a bit of luck, you might even encounter shiny Zobiris.
August 14 – August 21 – Einall Week
What is happening? The Einall Week is the third week of the Hyper Bonus. For a week, you will encounter Einall Pokémon in the game. Some of them even for the very first time. In Raid battles, Genesect appears and, hopefully, it will be shiny.
What is happening? The third Spotlight Hour in August focuses on Toxiped. Unfortunately, there is currently no shiny form in the game, which hopefully will change by the event. Otherwise, you can at least expect the bonus of double experience points for evolving Pokémon.
August 24 – PvP League Change
What is happening? On this day, the second league change in PvP takes place. From August 24 at 10:00 PM, the Master League and Premier Cup will be active. They will run until September 7 at 10:00 PM.
The Premier Cup has no CP limit – any Pokémon in your collection can participate.
August 25 – Spotlight Hour
What is happening? The last Spotlight Hour in August brings Kleinstein into focus. You will receive the bonus of double stardust for catching Pokémon. So save up some Poké Balls before this day.
If you are also actively fighting Team GO Rocket during this month, pay attention to the special Shadow Pokémon. Trainers warn in Pokémon GO: Do not redeem all Shadow Pokémon. If you have good fighters, it is worth keeping these “enchanted” in your roster.
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In GTA Online the time trial Vinewood Hills is active. You can expect 102,000 GTA dollars in just under 2 minutes. We show you in the guide how to easily win the race.
How to win the money? To participate in the race, simply visit the location where the purple stopwatch is marked on the world map. This time it’s located in the middle of Los Santos, diagonally left above the location of the casino.
There, the race “Vinewood Hills” begins, taking you to the west of the map. You have 2 minutes and 35 seconds to drive from the start to the finish. If you succeed, you will receive 102,000 GTA dollars.
This is how you win the Vinewood Hills race in GTA Online
The course of the track: The racing track is clearly laid out for you. In our attempt, we only used 3 clear shortcuts and arrived at the finish easily and without time issues.
You use the first shortcut while still in the hills where you start. We took the other two shortly before the end of the track. For the rest of the track, stick to the path that GTA Online automatically provides when you set the GPS marker to the yellow target.
This is how the drive proceeds: Until the first shortcut, you simply follow the road. When you reach the big curve suggested for the path on the map, continue straight. Make sure to pass just left of the end of the guardrail and then drive through the forest. Then head straight up to a small hill.
You now land either on the road or on a hill to the right. You can then quickly leave the hill back towards the road. (If this shortcut is too difficult for you, just follow the track and use only the last two shortcuts instead). Now follow the designated route.
From this hill, you can easily get back to the road, just continue straight
Just before the finish, you can utilize two more shortcuts to save a few seconds. Drive straight down the big slope here and then cut across the meadow.
If you fly down the hill, you can already see the next shortcut over the meadow (red arrow)
If everything goes according to plan and you don’t have any severe accidents, you should now arrive at the finish on time comfortably.
Video guide: If you want to get an impression of the race track first, the video from GTA-Series offers you an insight into it. In the video, a different kind of shortcut is used, over a large mountain.
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Can you repeat the race? Yes, you can race as many times as you want. However, there is a large payout of over 100,000 GTA dollars for each time trial only once per week. After that, there are only 2,000 to 5,000 GTA dollars for each successful attempt.
Which vehicles should be used? Due to the off-road shortcuts, vehicles like the Tron Bike “Shotaro” are well suited. The ample time should also allow you to arrive on time with some of the fastest cars in GTA Online.
Let us know in the comments which vehicle you used to beat the time and how difficult it was.
These time trials are ideal to break out of the typical grinding routine with crate orders and other goods. It’s about your driving skills and whether you keep a cool head on the road.
An organizer wanted to hold a tournament for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare live on site at a LAN despite the current threat posed by the Corona crisis. Activision Blizzard intervened. The tournament was actually supposed to be held online, but players secretly competed face-to-face, as clips online show.
What kind of tournament is this? The “American Gaming Network” (AGN) has announced an amateur tournament in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare called “The Indianapolis Open – Summer 2020.” The tournament was supposed to take place in the capital of Indiana and run on August 1 and 2.
The problem: The amateur tournament was really supposed to take place “on site.” However, due to the infection risk posed by the novel Corona virus, such events are generally not welcomed: E-sport events worldwide are now only held online.
In the USA, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 has continued to rise sharply in recent weeks. In the state of Indiana, there are around 900 new cases daily (via coronavirus.in.gov).
Activision Makes Last-Minute Changes
This was the change: At the last moment, Activision Blizzard apparently stepped in hard and made it clear to the organizers: This is not acceptable; we don’t want this.
The organizer AGN then stated the night before the event that the tournament would now be “only online.” Players were to play from home or, if they were already on site, in the hotel. But under no circumstances as planned in the LAN.
The communication between the publisher and the organizer is not public, but one can read between the lines that there must have been a clear message.
Activision Blizzard is the rights holder of Call of Duty and can withdraw the rights of the organizers to hold tournaments for their game.
This was the problem: The last-minute cancellation was likely a failure, as players had already traveled to Indianapolis to play Call of Duty there. Explaining to them: Stay in your hotel room and play online against each other didn’t seem to resonate with some players.
A video appeared on reddit showing players meeting at an Airbnb and hosting a LAN to still hold the tournament:
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A further clip circulated on the internet showing players gathering for the LAN despite the cancellation and playing Call of Duty. There were even claims that the actual venue remained open and people would play there (via twitter).
The e-sports journalist Rod Breslau wrote: “A lot of foolish players are defying Activision’s instructions and common sense.”
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Online, people discuss the clip with dismay – hardly any masks to be seen.
This was the organizer’s reaction: To prevent such behavior on the second day, the organizer postponed the second tournament day by a week.
Previously, AGN had denied responsibility for players gathering to play. They did not support that.
Overall, the sentiment online is critical. Especially people from the industry who organize e-sports tournaments fear negative headlines portraying gamers as irresponsible and unreasonable.
The fact that players in the clips do not wear masks and do not practice social distancing is also criticized.
The Corona virus changes gaming.
2020 has so far been marked by the Corona virus. The effects are felt in gaming as well. Many games have been postponed because development in a home office is not progressing as well as when working together in the office. Also, the gaming behavior of players seems to have changed during the crisis:
Since the beginnings of Fortnite, a lot has changed and it would also be really fun if we were still noobs who cautiously explore the new features. MyMMO author Eilyn Rapp believes: Fortnite would be more fun than ever if we all just stayed noobs.
This is what it looked like back at the beginning of Fortnite: When Fortnite: Battle Royale launched almost 3 years ago, it wasn’t really anything revolutionary. A shooter from the battle royale genre, which was nothing new either. But something clearly set Fortnite apart: the connection to the building element.
However, this building turned out to be quite difficult, so it was only used when there was no other option. Sometimes a few stairs to overcome a hill or building a wall when being shot at. And it really took a long time to hit the right buttons.
But exactly this effort made the game so fun because you just wandered awkwardly through the map and then stood somewhere for minutes with the building plan in hand. But you weren’t alone in this, as other players also had to cope with it, and watching them was delightful.
It could take quite a while to build the right item
Back then, everything was balanced and everyone mostly had the same chances when facing off in a battle. After all, we were all still noobs in Fortnite. Winning wasn’t even rare back then, and so it happened that we won 5 times in a row on some days.
Of course, over time you master every game better when you spend time with it. But in Fortnite, there began to be a large gap where some players suddenly became professionals while others still struggled with building. The Creative Mode was introduced, allowing players to practice as they wished, without being disturbed.
Fortnite was no longer balanced, and suddenly you had to face opponents who were much better and mastered the game. This caused great frustration for me, and the game wasn’t as fun anymore.
Players got better and even mastered building effortlessly
Skill-Based Matchmaking Should Be the Solution
The new matchmaking system was supposed to bring balance to the game. Players would more likely meet opponents of equal strength. The better you get, the stronger the opponents become. But do you really always face equally strong opponents?
The skill-based matchmaking has its pros and cons. If I play in a group with “noobs”, the game places me with the weaker players. For me, this is a clear advantage since I can rack up many kills and even win. But as soon as the beginner leaves the group, my kills and placements are weighted higher, and suddenly I’m up against much stronger players who can eliminate me in seconds.
This makes the game simply not fun, as I have to think several times if I even want to win a round. After all, I end up back with the “pros” and lose anyway.
Is winning in Fortnite even worth it anymore?
Fortnite in Its Current State as Noobs
Imagine we had the current state of Fortnite, but everyone was still at the level of earlier and there was no huge skill gap. Everyone would pursue their own challenges, and maybe we would even hold a dance together instead of being shot at by a sweats who just wants to rack up kills.
All the new weapons, items, and changes we would probably look at with wide eyes and spend weeks until we learned them and it became boring again. We might enjoy the spectacular live events without idiots ruining it with their building skills.
I, for one, would find Fortnite amazing if we were noobs again and could enjoy the game now with the same enthusiasm as we did at the start. What do you think? Wouldn’t Fortnite be much more fun then?
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Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has become the world’s most popular streamer with Fortnite . He was streaming on Twitch at that time. However, in the summer of 2019, he switched to Mixer and lost a large portion of his viewers. He often claimed it didn’t bother him. He was doing great. Now he explains how it really was.
This was the situation:
The former Halo professional Tyler “Ninja” Blevins rode the Fortnite hype in 2018 like no other and built a huge Twitch channel. He had 14 million followers there.
In the summer of 2019, Ninja switched to the streaming service Mixer, where significantly fewer people watched him. Instead of an average 77,719 as in 2018 on Twitch, he had about 9,400 viewers on Mixer in November 2019, later the numbers dropped further to 7,700.
How did Ninja cope with having so many fewer viewers on Mixer in 2020 compared to Twitch?
Shotguns are usually among the worst and therefore least popular weapons in Call of Duty: Warzone. However, a YouTuber has now found a shotgun build that allows him to effortlessly eliminate enemies.
What kind of build is this? YouTuber Jack “jackfrags” Mason has come up with a build for the Origin 12 in one of his recent videos, one of the shotguns in Modern Warfare. The Origin is so unpopular that it is used in only 0.4% of matches and desperately needs a buff.
However, the YouTuber demonstrates with his build that it can actually perform well when used correctly. He focuses on speed and aggressive tactics to storm entrenched enemies and take them down from close range in buildings or alleys. For jackfrags, it has become his “new favorite weapon”.
The values at the bottom left show that the build gives the Origin more range and mobility.
“OP” Origin 12 – Is it worth it?
What makes it so powerful: The core of the build is the choke on the barrel, which reduces spread and allows the Origin to hit more pellets on target. Together with the barrel, you can even hit accurately at a few meters.
With the laser and the stock attachment, you will be moving quickly and hitting more accurately from the hip. This avoids having to switch to sights and allows you to overwhelm enemies. The magazine helps you compensate for missed shots.
You should primarily use the weapon when you intend to storm houses or fight mainly in the cities of the Warzone. Ideally, you have a team that covers you with long-range weapons.
However, you can view the Origin 12 with this build as a substitute for some submachine guns that are also played in a “Run and Gun” style, like the MP7. The effective range of the shotgun is shorter, but it is still stronger in close quarters.
You can watch the build in action in the embedded video from jackfrags:
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Here are the downsides: Despite the strong build, the Origin 12 likely will not make it into the list of the best weapons for the Warzone. It is still very niche and requires coordination or specific circumstances where the gas circle closes tightly around an urban area.
For open areas of the Warzone, the Origin 12 is completely unsuitable. There are too many weapons that can pose a threat to you at longer ranges, including many assault rifles, especially if the bullet velocity is properly adjusted.
If you do not prefer the shotgun playstyle but are a fan of jackfrags’ builds, he has other strong loadouts available. His setup for the M4A1 is particularly strong for solo play and makes the popular assault rifle even deadlier at all ranges.
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The League of Legends has some major Twitch streamers, who stand out for their aggressive nature, like Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp, Julian “Tarazaned” Farokhian, or Ashkan “TFBlade” Homayouni. A Challenger player is now explaining how he suffers under such LoL streamers. But the backlash is huge.
Nikkone is a so-called “One Trick” player: He has found a clear “main” character in LoL with Fiddlesticks, which he prefers to play. Nikkone has played Fiddlesticks in 367 games of the current season and has won 56% of those games (via ops.gg).
This currently places him at rank 157, placing him in the top 0.0083% of the leaderboard. At the very top of the USA is still the bot laner of Cloud9, Zven. However, he doesn’t really play “Solo Queue” but often teams up with his bot lane partner.
Fiddlesticks is a kind of demonic scarecrow brought to life.
Twitch streamers are terrible losers
This is his problem: As a Challenger, Nikkone often plays against some of the most famous Twitch streamers in LoL, who are also in this weight class.
The problem occurs when he is on a team with these Twitch streamers and they lose, which statistically is likely to happen about 50% of the time, since matchmaking pits even teams against each other. And the strong Twitch streamers are generally not good losers.
Nikkone showed in a YouTube video how Twitch streamer TFBlade spends minutes after a loss focusing on his own team: The streamer looks up on a stats page to see exactly who was in his team and finds “Nikkone” there.
TFBlade: He was the “main culprit” in Nikkone’s video.
Then he rages about these players:
He wouldn’t even be a Challenger, but just “Diamond”
Such one-tricks would be useless if their main character were banned; they would only drag a team down. They should have the decency to leave the lobby.
TFBlade reviews the match statistics of the player to further prove that the loss was solely due to that one terribly bad player
The problem is that TFBlade has a massive reach on Twitch and his chat goes after the supposedly “bad player”. Nikkone says that when such things happen, he gets bombarded by fans of this streamer with hate messages. This completely ruins his enjoyment of League of Legends.
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“Take a rope” was what Nikkone read about himself in the chat of TF Blade.
In screenshots from the Twitch chat of TFBlade, you can indeed read hate messages against Nikkone, calling him “trash”, telling him to “take a rope”,
This is what he wishes for: Nikkone says that the currently toxic streamers are a problem for League of Legends. Because they serve as role models for the players, creating a bad atmosphere in LoL. He longs for the time of the past.
Back then, the LoL community didn’t let such people rise, but the big streamers were players like Marcus “Dyrus” Hill or Brian “TheOddOne” Wyllie. They would have been better role models for the LoL community.
Player receives approval and criticism for his video
These were the effects of the video:
The video triggered intense reactions in recent days:
The video was discussed on reddit (via reddit). Many agreed with Nikkone, especially TFBlade was simply toxic
other top players said that for the last 2 or 3 years, it had indeed been a problem that Twitch streamers like Tyler1 flame them and one has their fans on one’s neck, telling them they are the “worst player in high ELO”
Several Twitch streamers were mentioned that should be seen instead of the big toxic Twitch streamers
In the comments of the YouTube video, Nikkone was accused of being toxic himself and provoking TFBlade. Some took issue with Nikkone: he had flamed TFBlade heavily in a lobby. The clip was then surfaced as “defense” of TFBlade, showing how toxic Nikkone himself was:
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Nikkone has now deleted the YouTube video. On Twitter, Nikkone admitted he had indeed exploded against TFBlade in the lobby at one point, but that was an absolute exception because he had been driven that far. Normally he never writes
This is what Nikkone says now: Nikkone seems to be surprised and affected by the massive backlash that his video has triggered. Now he is suddenly the villain. It’s totally crazy. But it also shows him how much time he has wasted wanting to change things. He is now considering quitting LoL.
He did his best, but people just don’t care. The streamers just say something and all their viewers believe it, which shows him how deeply rooted the problem is (via twitter).
Riot Games has started to dismantle its partner program.
Streamers like TFBlade are outstandingly strong players, but they make little effort to control the bad feelings that arise with a loss: This is called tilt.
Instead, their fans now expect them to get terribly upset and flame wildly, as it entertains viewers on Twitch. For a long time, Riot Games seemed to tolerate this behavior, but now there are consequences:
Are Kaumalat and Kapuno hatching from Dragon Week eggs? A trainer recently shared what was in nearly 200 eggs in Pokémon GO and showed how rare the dragons are.
This is how the trainer proceeded: On reddit, user shorthair94 shared his analysis from the first day of Dragon Week. Dragon Week is part of the Hyper Bonus that players unlocked during the GO Fest 2020.
Until Friday, Dragon Week is still active and offers variety in the game. Even before the event started, Niantic announced that there would be new contents in the 7-km eggs.
Trainer shorthair94 and his relatives hatched a total of 182 eggs across 13 accounts on the first day of the event and analyzed them. With the results, you get a rough overview of how common or rare certain species occur.
Kaumalat and Kapuno are mega rare
These are the results: His evaluation shows that Knacklion hatched the most frequently from the used eggs. Here are the results:
Keep in mind that this is an initial overview with “only” 182 Pokémon. Additionally, in such analyses, there is also a random factor. Other players might have gotten more than 0 Kaumalat or Kapuno with these 182 eggs.
What makes them special? Kaumalat and Kapuno are probably among the most coveted Pokémon of Dragon Week. Precisely because they are so special, Niantic announced their appearance in the 7-km eggs specifically. They wrote in their blog: “With a huge dose of luck, Kaumalat or Kapuno may even hatch from 7-km eggs!”
If you use the evaluation of Trainer shorthair94 as a basis, it can be seen that the hunt for these two Pokémon is currently really difficult.
This is what the trainers say: This statistic is causing quite a stir on reddit. In the comments, there is much criticism of the incubators that can be used to hatch eggs (faster).
“I mainly stopped buying incubators for that reason,” writes chdudlow on reddit. “Why should I spend money on that and walk 3.5 km [instead of 7 km] to have a small chance of hatching a Kapuno, when I’ll probably just get a lot of Knacklion and Swablu that are already everywhere?”
Trainer Ecnahcls writes on reddit: “For a normal event, that wouldn’t be so bad. But the fact that they let us ‘unlock’ this and describe it as a Hyper Bonus, and then make Kapuno so incredibly rare, just doesn’t make sense to me.”
He says that he understands that they give trainers 2 Kapuno through the limited research. However, that so many people did not get a Trikephalo after the event is, in his opinion, sad. Trikephalo is the second evolution of Kapuno.
One of the players in an amateur team in Overwatch had to drop out just before a match. The aspiring professionals had to quickly substitute him with the only available replacement: the coach. He turned out to be surprisingly strong.
What exactly happened? Square One and Triumph are teams in the Overwatch Contenders, the amateur league of the Overwatch League. Just before the match against Team Triumph, one of the players from Square One dropped out, the support player Exorath.
In a Tweet , he writes that there was a storm at his location and according to one of the commentators, a tree had fallen on a power line. As a result, Exorath had no power and could not play.
In an emergency, Square One had to find a substitute and decided to call on Sebastian “Tokki” Hutchinson. Both teams agreed to this. He took on the role of support and played Brigitte.
Who is the coach? Tokki acts as Player Development Coach for Team Square One (formerly Path to Poverty). He plays at Platinum elo in the Overwatch ranking, which is rather at a mid-level and significantly below the performance that professionals usually display.
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“Couldn’t have said there was a substitute playing”
How did he play? In the match itself, no one could probably have said that Tokki was a Platinum player. Square One employed the well-known Dive meta from the early Overwatch days. This builds on high mobility and aggressive playstyle.
Together with his team, Tokki managed to win the first map Oasis with a strong 2:0. On the next map Volskaya Industries, Square One also won, this time with a score of 3:2, securing the victory in the match. Commentator Rosemary “Nekkra” Kelley says about his playstyle:
“Tokki is such a seamless integration into the team that Square One didn’t show any signs of a substitute. […] I couldn’t have said there was a substitute playing for Square One.”
You can find the entire match here in the embedded YouTube video, starting at minute 54:10:
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What the community says: Many fans of Overwatch eSports are surprised by the result and by the fact that such talent is hiding behind a Platinum player.
HeroDGamez on reddit writes: “He may not be bringing the mechanical prowess of a Contenders player, but he definitely has the smarts.”
EctoScreen on Twitter states: “Hmm, looks like the rank doesn’t show the skill and someone can play great, regardless of their rank.”
However, there are also some discussions about whether it was actually Tokki’s skill that helped Square One to victory or simply the hero. The heroine is currently considered too strong, and there has been a real hatred for Brigitte since 2019.
Tokki himself states that his Platinum rank does not reflect his actual skill (via Dexerto). The account is only there to watch and analyze and is not actively played. Nevertheless, he has never reached the Grandmaster rank and thus still plays below many of the league’s professionals.
If you are still missing some exotic weapons or catalysts in Destiny 2, you should earn them before the release of the major autumn expansion “Beyond Light”. Because how and when you will get them afterwards is unclear.We show you which examples require urgency.
Why the urgency? Are you still missing some exotic weapons? Then there might be a need for urgency if you really want to earn these weapons. But why exactly?
With the upcoming autumn expansion “Beyond Light”, content such as locations and related activities will rotate. Some old content will be removed from the game into the so-called Destiny Content Vault, while other content will be newly introduced or return – also from Destiny 1.
However, due to this rotation, some exotic weapons and catalysts will no longer be available in the current way. Because their sources or associated locations will be lost. Bungie has promised to create alternative ways to make these weapons available later, but when and how exactly is unclear.
This is what the map of Destiny 2 will look like in autumn
These could either be offered for purchase at the Cryptarch or wait 9 months for their reintroduction, as is the case with Eriana’s Vow. If you do not want to wait that long, you should therefore start to speed up. Due to the postponement of Beyond Light from September 22 to November 10, you now have at least a little more time for that.
By the way, there are also weapons and catalysts that might not initially seem affected. So you should take a closer look at the following lists.
Another reason to secure the most important exotics is that these weapons are not affected by the controversial weapon sunset – they remain permanently relevant:
The following exotic weapons will likely not be available anymore at the end of the Season 11 and the launch of Beyond Light, at least temporarily. For each weapon, we have linked how you can still get it until then.
Whisper of the Worm – Sniper: You can get this strong sniper (one of the best alternatives for many bosses) through the Whisper mission on Io. And Io will be retired as a location in the next season. Thus, the source for this weapon will also disappear.
Anarchy – Grenade Launcher: This weapon drops randomly from the final boss of the raid “The Reckoning”. Currently, it seems that with Beyond Light, there will only be 3 active raids: The new one in the Deep Stone Crypt on Europa, Last Wish in the Dreaming City, and Garden of Salvation on the Moon. Thus, the source for Anarchy will likely also disappear soon. By the way, you can currently farm Anarchy indefinitely: Destiny 2 breathes new life into 5 old raids, making them really worthwhile
Perfected Outbreak – Pulse Rifle: If you have not yet started the quest, you should hurry. One of the steps leads you to Titan, which will also soon disappear into the Vault. Additionally, the mission The Hour Zero is based on the old tower, which will also land in the Vault soon.
Legend of Acrius – Shotgun: The quest line for this exotic is tied to the Leviathan raid on the massive flagship of the Cabal Emperor Calus. However, the Leviathan is also one of the contents that will disappear into the Content Vault in November.
Izanagi’s Burden
Izanagi’s Burden – Sniper: To get Izanagi’s Burden, you need Guardian lenses, which are only available aboard the Leviathan. And this will move into the Content Vault in November.
Pikass – Hand Cannon: During the quest, you need to open a chest on Io and complete a mission on Titan. But both locations will soon be gone.
Fallen Image – Fusion Rifle: With this new exotic, you also have to complete contact events on Io at the beginning of the quest. Both the events and the location will disappear after Season 11.
Tarrabah – SMG:This exotic submachine gun is dropped by the final boss of the raid “Crown of Sorrow” aboard the Leviathan, which will soon vanish along with the related content. You can currently farm this weapon indefinitely as well.
Sleeper Simulant – Linear Fusion Rifle: The Sleeper Quest is largely tied to Mars, which is also among the contents that will rotate out of the game after Season 11.
The Thorn
Thorn – Hand Cannon: The final quest step for the Thorn requires completing a special version of the strike “Savathûn’s Song” – and this takes place on Titan, which will soon rotate into the Content Vault.
The Last Word – Hand Cannon: For The Last Word, you need to complete a mission on Titan as well. This is only possible for a limited time.
Truth – Rocket Launcher: For the new exotic quest, you need to complete the Menagerie – an activity aboard the soon-to-disappear Leviathan.
Lumina – Hand Cannon: The final quest step for Lumina also sends you into a strike on Mars. This location will not be available after November.
Polaris Lance – Scout Rifle: The associated quest line comes from Mars, so your time is also running out if you don’t have the weapon yet.
Worldline Zero – Sword:This exotic sword is obtained on Mars. But not for long.
Rat King – Hand Cannon: The hunt for the Rat King begins on Titan, which will soon be retired to the Content Vault.
Le Monarque
MIDA Multi-Tool – Scout Rifle: The quest for the MIDA will be removed with the start of Year 4 due to content rotation
Sturm – Hand Cannon: Similarly, the associated quest for Sturm will rotate into the Content Vault at the start of Season 12
What about the Exotics from the Black Armory?
The forges of the Black Armory were not mentioned by Bungie regarding the contents being removed after Season 11 that will go into the Content Vault. Additionally, all 4 forges are located on planets that will also remain with Beyond Light.
Nonetheless, some Guardians fear that the forges and the associated exotic weapons Jötunn (Fusion Rifle) and Le Monarque (Bow) may rotate out of the game to make room for new content. Recently, Bungie actually confirmed that these two weapons will not be available in the same manner starting Year 4.
Not only some weapon exotics might have their availability restricted with the release of Beyond Light, but also several exotic masterwork catalysts. If you really want to grab the following catalysts, you should hurry:
Legend of Acrius: You can obtain the catalyst for the weapon through the Prestige version of the Leviathan raid, which will soon be removed.
Izanagi’s Burden: The catalyst is obtained through the heroic Menagerie with a fully leveled Chalice of Opulence. It seems you won’t have access to this after Season 11, as the Menagerie takes place aboard the Leviathan.
Bad Karma: Like the weapon itself, the catalyst comes from the Menagerie aboard the Leviathan. And it won’t be long until it is gone.
Sleeper Simulant
Sleeper Simulant: The catalyst is obtained through the Leviathan raid tract Star’s Choose on Prestige difficulty, which along with the main raid, another tract, and the Leviathan itself will soon vanish.
Telesto: The catalyst for this infamous fusion rifle is obtained from the Prestige version of the raid tract World Eater, which will soon disappear along with the Leviathan. To level the catalyst, you must complete all verses of the Lost Prophecies from Brother Vance on Mercury. But Mercury will also not be available for long.
Worldline Zero: The catalyst is obtained through any sword kills. However, you level it by hitting different Escalation Protocol bosses on Mars with the sword at their weak spots for 5 consecutive weeks. Due to content rotation, this will no longer be possible for much longer.
Skyburner’s Oath: According to the “This Week at Bungie” blog from August 20, this catalyst will also not be available in the same way at the start of Year 4.
Perfected Outbreak: The mission Zero Hour takes place in the old tower and will disappear with the end of Year 3 into the Vault.
Huckleberry: According to the “This Week at Bungie” blog from August 20, this catalyst will also not be available in the same way at the start of Year 4.
By the way, if you are still looking for good weapon exotics for your builds in Season of Arrival, take a look at the following article. It lists exotic weapons to perfectly complement the currently dominant swords: The best 4 weapon exotics to try out in Season 11
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“Start the ship” is a new challenge in Fortnite . MeinMMO reveals to you where to find the three parts and how to install them in the ship. We show all locations on the map and in the game.
What is new? In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the map has changed again. The last map change was only a few days ago – now a new island appears. The visitor has landed there and brought a challenge with him.
Upon landing, his spacecraft lost three parts needed for takeoff. You need to find and install the three parts. In our guide, we show you where to find the parts and where they belong on the spacecraft.
Tip: You can complete this challenge in the Battle Lab without having to be on a map with other players or opponents.
Where is the ship? In the north of the map, near Craggy Cliffs, a small island has revealed itself. It looks like a fish from above. You can find it in grid cell F1.
If you find the spacecraft in the north of the map, the challenge begins for you.
Start the ship – Locations of the 3 parts
We show you here in detail the locations of the thruster, the battery, and the heat shield.
Find and install the thruster
Here is the thruster: The most obvious part of the search is the thruster. It is stuck in the mountain, east of the island. It is best to use the rocks that are standing around the area and destroy them. This way, you can build the stairs to reach the thruster. Then install it at the engine of the spacecraft.
Find and install the battery
Here is the battery: This part is a little hidden. Near the spacecraft, still on the island, you will find a rock formation. It is surrounded by parts of the island. If you get closer, you will hear hissing sounds that indicate the location.
It is best to break down the rocks and then search the water surface below. The battery is hidden in the water.
Installing the battery: On the left side of the spacecraft is a place for the battery. There you install it.
Find and install the heat shield
Here you find the heat shield: The location of the heat shield is also a bit hidden. Away from the island, on the eastern beach, the shield is located at a rock formation.
Grab it and go to the spacecraft. Below the place where you installed the battery, you will find the spot for the third part.
What happens next?
Start the ship: Once you have installed the shield, the next interaction with the spacecraft is “Start the ship”. Perform the action, and the event begins.
Then a countdown of 60 seconds runs. When the countdown reaches 0, the spacecraft will start and disappear into the sky.
We from MeinMMO tested this in the Battle Lab. When the countdown reached 0, we suddenly disappeared through a rift and found ourselves in the air.
Good for collecting EXP
What does it bring? You will receive three times 14,000 experience points for this challenge.
If you collect all 3 parts, you will be rewarded with 14,000 EXP
If you install all 3 parts, you will receive another 14,000 EXP
If you start the spacecraft, you will receive 25,000 EXP
FIFA 21 is getting closer. Time to take a look into the future: Which Bundesliga players could receive an upgrade?
Every year, the FIFA series starts the season with an updated squad. Players who impressed and improved in the past season get an upgrade to their ratings – of course, this applies to the Bundesliga as well. Here are five players who deserve a boost in their ratings.
Robert Lewandowski
Why Lewandowski deserves an upgrade: When it comes to which players deserve stronger cards, Lewandowski regularly comes up. No wonder: Fans were quite surprised that the top striker of FC Bayern received a rating of only 89 in FIFA 20 – after all, he had a 90 in FIFA 19.
Lewandowski’s starter card in FIFA 20
Last season, Lewandowski scored goals in abundance, with 34 goals in 31 Bundesliga matches. Additionally, he scored 11 goals in six Champions League matches so far. In Ultimate Team, Lewandowski also racked up special cards that underscored these performances. It’s clear: In FIFA 21, Lewandowski must start the season with at least a rating of 90 – if not even higher.
Marcel Sabitzer
Why Sabitzer deserves an upgrade: Marcel Sabitzer played a significant role as a playmaker and later as captain of RB Leipzig, helping the club move to 3rd place in the Bundesliga table.
Sabitzer’s starter card in FIFA 20
The Austrian impressed with his presence in midfield, scoring nine goals and providing eight assists. In FIFA 20, he started with a rating of 81, and he collected special cards such as Ultimate Scream (85) and TOTSSF (92). It’s likely that Sabitzer will get a strong upgrade and will start FIFA 21 with a rating around 84/85.
Moussa Diaby
Why Diaby deserves an upgrade: The 21-year-old transferred from Paris to Leverkusen last summer and initially struggled to find his footing. Often, he sat on the bench or only played in short bursts. However, he took on a larger role starting from winter – and made a significant leap.
Diaby’s card from the winter upgrade
The attacker established himself at Bayer, impressing especially with incredible speed and strong dribbling. In the league, he scored five times and assisted five more. In the DFB-Pokal, he helped with his goals against Union Berlin and Saarbrücken to reach the final. His starting value of 74 is long overdue for an upgrade, and the winter upgrade of 77 is heading in the right direction. His 95-rated Summer Heat card is of course too strong – but it’s possible that he will receive a card in the 80s range.
Leon Goretzka
Why Goretzka deserves an upgrade: It’s anything but easy to assert oneself in the competitive midfield of FC Bayern Munich. However, it seems Leon Goretzka has finally made it.
Goretzka’s card in FIFA 20
At the beginning of the season, Goretzka was hampered by injuries and initially found himself on the bench. But in the second half of the season, he got going: Since the turn of the year, Goretzka regularly started in the lineup, even began to score goals (6 goals in the second half of the season, plus 8 assists). Especially after the corona break, he caught attention – Goretzka had used it to gain physical strength.
Now, Goretzka is the solid anchor in Bayern’s midfield. This should also be reflected in FIFA 21: In FIFA 20, he started with an 84 rating. It’s very likely that Goretzka will gain some points.
Matthias Ginter
Why Ginter deserves an upgrade: Matthias Ginter has had an interesting career so far. He first drew attention at SC Freiburg, became a national player, was part of the World Cup winning team (albeit without playing) and won the Olympic silver medal in 2016. In 2014, he moved from Freiburg to Dortmund, but never fully established himself there and moved to Gladbach in 2017. There, he has become indispensable.
Ginter’s card in FIFA 20 was not even rare
At Borussia, who played a strong season, he noticeably stabilized the defense in the past season. In Kicker’s ranking of the top players of this season, he is the highest-rated center-back on average, along with Mats Hummels. His 81 card from FIFA 20 will definitely be stronger, and a value of 83 or 84 is conceivable.
Bonus: Davies and Haaland
Both talents started to break through
What about Davies and Haaland? Of course, we haven’t forgotten Alphonso Davies from FC Bayern and Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. Both talents performed extremely well this season and are likely to receive strong upgrades. Why they deserve it, you’ll find out in our list of talents that need to be much stronger in FIFA 21.
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Warframe will receive a major update in the near future. With Heart of Deimos, a new open-world area is not only being added to the game, but also a new gameplay mechanic for the Warframes.
What is Helminth? Helminth is a creature that is both mysterious and disgusting. It is a kind of parasite that has nested on your ship in Warframe, infesting an entire room where it now slumbers.
With the Heart of Deimos expansion, your Helminth will receive a new function that takes Warframe customization to a new level. Helminth grows and gains the ability to consume your Warframes.
Why should I feed Warframes to it? You can utilize Helminth’s insatiable hunger to your advantage. When the monster devours one of your Warframes, it also absorbs their powers.
Helminth can store one ability from each devoured Warframe. It can then transfer this ability to any other Warframe. Here’s how it works:
If you feed the Warframe Volt to Helminth, the monster can absorb the “Shock” ability from it.
Then, you select a Warframe that should receive this ability.
To obtain Shock, however, your target Warframe must give up one of its own abilities to make room.
For example, you could remove the Pull ability from the Warframe Mag.
If you have modified the Shock ability from Volt, you can also carry those modifications over to a new Warframe.
This does not mean that you will lose Pull forever. Each Warframe has 3 different skill configurations available for you to adjust. This means you can remove Pull on the first configuration while still keeping it on the second.
Alternatively, you can also choose an ability that belongs to Helminth itself and does not originate from a Warframe. The choice is yours.
A deep intervention in the abilities of Warframes was not possible until now, and the system is intended to provide players with a completely new level of customization for their frames.
This is what the room infected by Helminth currently looks like in Warframe. It is not very plant-like yet, but that will change soon.
What are the limitations? Naturally, Helminth will not be swapping the abilities of Warframes just because it likes you. To transfer skills, you need to keep the monster well-fed.
To maintain a balanced and healthy lifestyle, you must provide it with various types of food that cater to its needs. The food must be acquired in advance.
Moreover, Helminth can only transfer one specific ability to a Warframe at a time. This ability is predetermined by the game. This means that Volt cannot contribute any skill other than Shock.
Also, ultimate abilities cannot be transferred from one Warframe to another. Thus, you cannot randomly mix various skills to create a super-frame.
In addition to the new Helminth system, the “Heart of Deimos” expansion will also introduce a new area. This is Deimos, the smaller of the two moons of Mars.
Something dark and evil is happening there. You follow a distress signal that leads you to Deimos. Upon landing, you notice that everything there has been infested by a plague. It is up to you to find out what happened there and how to stop the plague.
What to expect in Heart of Deimos: At the center of the expansion stands the faction of the Infested and the once powerful Entrati family. The Infested are the third faction of Warframe, which has received little spotlight until now. This will change in Heart of Deimos.
The new update brings the now third open-world area of Warframe. You will be able to explore the surface and interior of Deimos, which are completely infested by the plague. On the moon, you can expect:
A new story arc centered around the Infested
Fighting the Infested, who will be transported by drop pods and will attack you on the map
A day-night cycle that affects the activity of the Infested on the map
Repair and a large customization system for Necramechs, which you can control in battle instead of your Warframes.
New syndicates that are native to Deimos.
Exploration of the underground of Deimos, which offers procedurally generated dungeons.
New Warframe “Broken Frame,” designed by the community
In Heart of Deimos, players will receive not only a new Warframe (left) but also the Necramechs (right), which they can control.
The area will be available together with the planet Mars, which can be entered relatively early in the game. This means that new players can quickly dive into Heart of Deimos if they wish.
For experienced Tenno, the area will include fights and enemies that scale with their level.
What is different compared to before? Deimos is now the third open-world area of Warframe. Here, the developers wanted to try a different approach.
Plains of Eidolon on Earth was the first test. With Fortuna, the team wanted to see how large they could make their open-world area. Deimos was designed to be compact and dense based on player feedback.
The area is meant to evoke a claustrophobic and uncomfortable feeling in players, primarily conveyed through the plague and the Infested. A lot of emphasis has been placed on verticality, both outdoors on the map and in the underground cave system.
Just a glance at Deimos is enough to understand that the situation there is very serious. The plague has spread widely.
When does Heart of Deimos release? The Infested will not keep you waiting long. Starting August 25, you will be able to go wild on Deimos.
Heart of Deimos will also be the first major update to be released on all platforms simultaneously.
Until then, check out the best free MMOs on MeinMMO.
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The field upgrade “Stopping Power Rounds” is popular in Call of Duty: Warzone because it increases your weapon’s damage. However, it also has a major drawback, as a video on YouTube shows.
What does Stopping Power do? Stopping Power Rounds is a field upgrade that you can collect throughout the game and, when used correctly, can provide a decisive advantage.
When you use it, your weapon is loaded with new ammunition, which can add up to 30 rounds (depending on the magazine) that deal additional damage. This allows you to kill opponents faster than normal.
What is not mentioned in the description of the field upgrade is the fact that the weapon becomes less accurate because of the ammunition. The additional damage apparently also causes more movement with the weapon, as the video from YouTuber JGOD shows:
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Why is this a problem? If you want to take out your opponent in CoD Warzone, you first need to hit them. However, as seen clearly in the video, the individual shots are much further apart, and the weapons pull up more strongly.
However, stable weapons are very strong and popular in Warzone. With some assault rifles, you can even counter snipers and take out enemies at 100m or more.
Which weapons are affected? The video from JGOD features several weapons used, including the Bruen MK9 and the P90. It seems that all are affected by the additional pull of the weapon.
Especially in situations where you are engaged in a fight over longer distances, it might be wiser to forgo the bonus of Stopping Power.
The Bruen MK9 pulls a lot and is not perfect for Stopping Power.
When is the field upgrade strong? In “close combat situations,” where the opponent is hardly missable, the field upgrade is strong because the additional damage can quickly decide a direct duel. Especially shotguns and SMGs find Stopping Power useful.
Moreover, the field equipment is usually more of an upgrade than a downgrade. But if you want to play the perfect matches, especially in the upcoming Season 5, you should not blindly rely on Stopping Power, but use it very deliberately. This includes knowing that the weapons pull more with the ammunition.
With the new update “Jormag’s Awakening,” an infusion has been introduced in Guild Wars 2 that lets a cute otter swim around you. In this guide, we at MeinMMO will reveal how you can get the otter infusion.
What kind of item is this? In the new update, you can earn a new ascended trinket called “Antique Norn Cloak Pin.”
This item has a special infusion. With this infusion, a ghost otter swims around you, though not permanently. The little rascal pops up repeatedly and then disappears back into the ghost water, creating small air bubbles.
This infusion is particularly cute, and MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch has already earned it.
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Is the infusion difficult to obtain? Sort of, you need to complete a total of 3 achievements for it. The last one, “Otter’s Gravel,” takes some time but can currently be quickly obtained with a trick.
However, the positive thing is that you don’t have to spend any gold for it. However, you should have a positive attitude towards the new meta event in the Drizzlewood Coast.
We will now guide you step by step on how to get the infusion.
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1. Olaf Olafson’s Secret
For the first step, you need to complete Olaf Olafson’s Secret. This is an achievement in which you have to complete 5 tasks in any order.
Buy a map fragment for 5 gold and 350,000 karma from one of the vendors (Quaestors) on the new map.
Defeat the Jormag’s Claw at the end of the map’s meta event.
Defeat the camp guards during the meta event. These are enemies that appear between the end of the South meta and before the start of the North meta. They are the ones that always cause additional loot chests to appear after their death.
You will receive the item from Norn or Charr chests. These are small, hidden chests on the map, usually located on cliffs and mountains. We have marked some positions in the image below.
Received from one of the tribunes that appear during the North meta event. There are a total of 5 of them, and you must loot the chest after their death!
After completing these 5 tasks, you will receive 5 achievement points, and the next achievement will unlock.
Each yellow marking corresponds to a chest.
2. Treasure Sniffer
The achievement Treasure Sniffer requires you to visit 6 locations on the map and first obtain a key and then interact with several treasure hunter NPCs. The order in which you talk to the NPCs doesn’t matter.
Finally, you need to enter the entrance to the hoard in the north. The easiest way to reach it is from the end chest of the Jormag’s Claw. There, you need to open several treasure chests, with the next achievement “Otter’s Gravel” only unlocking when you open the chest at the very back in the middle.
You can find the locations on the map, and the NPCs are illustrated in individual images for orientation.
Map for the achievement Treasure Sniffer. The “E” stands for the entrance to the hoard.
The key: The key is located at position “S” on the map. There it lies underwater and must be collected by you.
The 6 NPCs: The NPCs are usually clearly visible on rocks, only number 1 is located down at a beach and number 4 up in the cave (easiest reached if you first obtain number 5).
Treasure Sniffer NPC 1
Treasure Sniffer NPC 2
Treasure Sniffer NPC 3
Treasure Sniffer NPC 4
Treasure Sniffer NPC 5
Treasure Sniffer NPC 6
3. Otter’s Gravel
The final achievement, Otter’s Gravel (engl. Significant Otter), requires you to collect 320 otter memories. You can obtain these in various ways, which we will introduce to you.
Recycling weapons: The most effective way is to craft and recycle “Charged Stormcaller” weapons. You need these weapons for an additional achievement, where you must have unlocked all 16 of them for your account.
However, to craft them, you need the recipes (which you receive through progress on the new map) and some materials. Crafting one weapon costs around 50 gold. Alternatively, you can currently buy them for around 120 gold at the trading post.
Recycling these weapons gives you 10 memories each.
If you recycle all 16 weapons, you will already obtain 160 memories (half of all) and simultaneously complete the achievement “Master of the Storms (50 achievement points + useful items + Gift of the Lightning Strike).”
The meta event: Through the meta event, you can earn some otter memories. For each defeated tribune (5 during the event), you will receive 3 memories each. For defeating the Jormag’s Claw, you will receive between 4 and 8 memories. The loot is available per run, and there is no daily limit.
This makes between 19 and 23 otter memories per complete run.
At the end of the meta event, the new Jormag’s Claw awaits you.
Multi-Loot Trick: Currently, there is a trick during the meta event that allows you to quickly get memories. Just park all your characters at the end of the event (e.g., with Teleport to Friend) and wait until you have completed the event on a map.
The final chest will remain for up to 5 minutes after the end of the event. However, you do not need to have participated in the event with the respective character.
It is sufficient to be in a group that stays on the corresponding map, and then simply log through all characters within the 5 minutes and open the chest each time. Based on personal attempts, you can achieve about 15 to 25 characters (depending on the duration of loading screens) in 5 minutes.
One event can bring you up to 200 otter memories.
You can also directly search for maps that have progressed further with the meta event and apply multi-loot again. However, there is a chance that the multi-loot might be fixed by ArenaNet in the future.
Once you have completed the achievement “Otter’s Gravel,” the infusion will be yours. Enjoy!
Multiboxing should be banned in World of Warcraft. At least that’s what Cortyn from MeinMMO thinks, explaining what is so annoying about multi-account players.
In recent months and years, I’ve occasionally written about multiboxers in World of Warcraft. Mostly rather neutrally, reporting and explaining, rarely with a firm opinion. I wanted to change that now – because multiboxing in World of Warcraft annoys me greatly. The more I think about it, the more I wonder how such a thing is still allowed.
What is multiboxing anyway? Multiboxing is the simultaneous playing of multiple characters in an MMORPG – at the same time. A multiboxer pays for several game accounts and has the game opened multiple times on one (or more) computers. With various software and the use of macros, it’s now possible to control all characters simultaneously.
This way, tasks can be accomplished that actually require a group. In games like World of Warcraft, multiboxing can be quite rewarding in certain areas. For example, resources and desirable materials can be farmed more quickly, and large amounts of in-game gold can be earned.
Multiboxers are often recognizable by identical clothing and similar names. Image source: Mudgem’s Mage Mash.
The Problems of Multiboxing
Multiboxing brings a whole range of problems for me. Some of them only gnaw at my understanding of fairness and rewards; others have actual impacts on a realm’s economy or are a real nuisance in PvP.
Influence on the Economy
I find the power that well-organized multiboxers have over certain resources particularly drastic. This is noticeable when it comes to herbs. If a player picks herbs with 10 druids at the same time, they despawn immediately, and other players can no longer obtain any.
If 2-3 multiboxers coordinate, they can effectively paralyze the entire economy around a resource. This is particularly drastic when certain resources only occur in a single area, like Zin’anthide. These plants only grow in Nazjatar but are needed for all major potions in alchemy. On “my” realms, you can generally only farm these herbs at night – or you have to simply make use of the multiboxers’ supply.
In Shadowlands, this problem is likely to resurface. There are many herbs that only grow in one area each. While the areas are generally larger than Nazjatar, the problem itself still exists.
Multiboxers – an avalanche of death. But only one player.
Advantages in Open World PvP
Another problem is multiboxers in open PvP.
Especially during the air drops in Battle for Azeroth, this was always a nuisance. You think the nice PvP box is as good as captured – boom, 10 birds drop from the sky, transform into moonkins, and let lunar strikes rain down until I can see Elune herself with my eyes closed.
Yes, I know. Of course, one could say, “Oh, Cortyn – 10 other players could have taken you out too” and that is certainly true. Nevertheless, it’s pretty devastating for my ego and sense of justice. When I get rolled over, I’d prefer it to be because other players teamed up and defeated me. If there was some form of social interaction or cooperation behind it, I find that completely acceptable. But if it’s just one player throwing 130 euros at the problem every month, it makes me unhappy.
I enjoy losing to better players or a group of players – but not to someone who wins because they have money.
A horde of druids is happy to dive down – only praying helps. And often not even that.
More Mounts and Prestige Rewards
A final point, which may be a bit weaker, relates to the many prestige rewards that exist in WoW. I take great pride in my collection of pets, toys, and mounts. I have “worked hard” for them, and especially some of the rare mounts that drop from rare mobs were a trial (Yes, I’m talking about you, Rustfeather!). The satisfaction of having the mount is all the greater.
However, that pride and joy fade a little when I see multiboxers running around with the same mount. Because even here they have a clear advantage. They can farm the same mount with multiple characters simultaneously.
Anyone who kills a rare mob with 10 characters simultaneously will get the mount approximately 10 times faster. Once unlocked on one of the 10 characters, the mount is then available for the entire account – that is, for all characters. The account-wide collection makes this possible.
Farming herbs is particularly bad.
Why is Nothing Being Done About Multiboxing?
It’s not entirely correct to say that “nothing” is being done about multiboxing. Over the years, the rules for multiboxing have changed significantly. In closed PvP situations (battlegrounds or arenas), it is no longer allowed.
On the other hand, there are also systems that favor multiboxing – such as the “cap” on characters that can farm a herb simultaneously or the account-wide collection.
I do not believe that players should have this advantage just because they have the necessary money in real life. It bothers me that the option even exists and is tolerated. I would wish that multiboxing would be clearly prohibited and finally become a thing of the past. Because in a game like World of Warcraft that has matured for so long, which has always tried to promote fairness, I find it absurd that it is still allowed after 15 years.
I believe that multiboxing should have been banned a long time ago. I can understand that multiboxers enjoy it and achieve somewhat impressive feats that are usually meant for groups of players. However, the disadvantages outweigh the benefits for me. The joy of cool videos is overshadowed by the ten druids in the sky controlling the auction house or swooping down on me in open PvP. And they can do this because they simply invest more money into the game and the hardware.
That’s not fair.
Finally, I want to say that I have nothing against multiboxers in principle. Many of them are quite nice, and not every one of them is a cackling auction house mogul trying to conquer the realm. Nevertheless, I believe that the concept of “more money means more yield in the game” should not exist in a modern MMORPG.
What do you think?
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The Dragon Week brought Pokémon GO new raid bosses and research tasks. We will show you here what has changed and the best counters against Rayquaza.
What is new? On July 31, 2020, the Dragon Week started in Pokémon GO. This affects the bosses in the gyms as well as the research tasks you receive when spinning photo disks.
We will show you here the new features in the game and who you will meet in the gyms now.
Raid Bosses of the Dragon Week
Who is in the gyms? Players of Pokémon GO have been actively reporting their discoveries. In this overview, we will show you which bosses you will encounter at which difficulty.
Difficulty
Boss
Level 1
Dratini* Treecko* Swablu* Snivy
Level 2
Alolan Exeggutor* Croconaw Sneasel* Gible*
Level 3
Arbok Seaking Gligar Vibrava
Level 4
Charizard Dragonite Walrein Salamence
Level 5
Rayquaza*
Bosses marked with a * can be caught in their Shiny form if you are lucky.
Rayquaza Counters – Who to Attack With?
If you are lucky, you might even catch a Shiny Rayquaza – But you first have to defeat the boss.
Use these attackers: In the battle against Rayquaza, you have a wide selection of good Pokémon that will perform well as attackers in the raid.
How many people are needed? To be sure, you should face this boss with 4 people. However, if you use the right Pokémon, you can defeat Rayquaza with just two players at level 25. If you use the counters we showcased, it should be no problem with two trainers.
New Research Tasks
This is new: So far, 4 new field research tasks have been found that have been specifically adjusted for this event.
The action-adventure Marvel’s Avengers is about to start its first beta tests. We at MeinMMO will tell you 5 reasons why the game might also be interesting for multiplayer fans.
In Marvel’s Avengers, you take on the role of a hero from the Marvel universe and complete action-packed missions. You’ll experience both a single player mode with story missions and many coop tasks that you should solve together with other players.
The game emphasizes multiplayer and could even become an interesting “Games as a Service” title.
One of the most interesting aspects of Marvel’s Avengers is the universe and the story around it. Many characters in the game are well-known from comics, movies, and television. However, there are also new, unused faces.
The game places great importance on spectacular cutscenes and an impressive atmosphere. Additionally, the story has an interesting approach.
Note: The next section tells the background of the game’s story and may reveal relevant content from the story. However, most of it has already been shown in a trailer that has also been embedded.
What is the story about? The story of the game begins on A-Day, a day when the Avengers are celebrated. However, during the ceremony, Taskmaster leads a terrorist attack on the city.
This attack destroys the Avengers’ helicarrier, resulting in an explosion, the destruction of a large part of the city, and the death of Captain America. The Avengers are blamed for the chaos and subsequently disband.
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5 years later, a new organization – Advanced Idea Mechanics or AIM – has taken control and declares all people with special abilities to be illegal.
A young Inhuman named Kamala Khan, who has special abilities herself, discovers that AIM was involved in the events of A-Day and now attempts to reunite the Avengers to stand against the organization.
2. Providing variety with 5 individual characters
In Marvel’s Avengers, you have the choice of 5 different playable characters:
Each of them will have unique skills and specialties that will lead to various mechanics. Additionally, each character will receive a skill tree, different ultimate attacks, and can be enhanced with equipment. You earn these through missions.
How does it look in multiplayer? In multiplayer, each of these characters can only be taken once; however, one should be able to notice differences in playstyle even with the same character through adapted equipment and the skill trees.
If you want to play only with friends, you can skip the story and the single player and jump into multiplayer with your character.
The new adventure revolves around these 5 playable superheroes (and Captain America).
3. Action-packed gameplay
As befits an action-adventure, combat plays an important role. The fights are supposed to be very dynamic and full of effects. All abilities have a “superhuman” impact, as our colleagues from GamePro describe in their preview .
What it can look like is shown by Thor’s gameplay from this video:
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What skills are available? Each character is supposed to be able to use, in addition to a normal attack, 3 active abilities and a super ability. Some abilities focus more on ground combat, while others emphasize aerial combat.
The missions are not meant to be static, but are supposed to rotate in and out over time. However, there should always be a certain base amount of tasks available.
In the War Table, you can find various missions that are scattered throughout the world.
What do the tasks look like? Missions on the so-called War Table look like this:
Story: You can help rebuild SHIELD after the events of A-Day. Alternatively, you can play missions that tell how the heroes spent the years after A-Day.
Bosses: You can face known and lesser-known villains from the Marvel universe.
Secrets: You can complete a mission where you find a secret SHIELD hideout that gives you coordinates for a mysterious stash. And this stash is then its own mission that gives you further special rewards and loot.
Collecting and grinding: You can gather rare resources and upgrade your helicarrier or simply farm EXP and gear for your heroes.
5. AI as support when not enough friends are online
Marvel’s Avengers employs a coop mode designed for up to 4 players. This is good for fans of multiplayer, who should enjoy it in small groups.
However, even if not enough friends are online at the same time or you don’t want to team up with others, there is an alternative.
If you want to venture out alone in Marvel’s Avengers, you can get help from NPCs.
The only exciting release until October?
Marvel’s Avengers will be released on September 4th and that is an interesting time. The title was originally scheduled for May 2020 but was then postponed.
Since New World will only be released in 2021 and other titles are waiting to release until the launch of the new console, there is a slight lull in new games during August and September.
