A Japanese player has become the official tournament champion of Fortnite in Asia: the FNCS Invitational. However, he was disqualified after winning for cheating and banned from Fortnite. The prize money goes to someone else.
This is the tournament: From May 22 to 24, the tournament final “FNCS Invitational Finals” took place. It was a solo tournament within the Fortnite Champion Series, a series of online tournaments.
To participate in the event, players had to qualify through strong performances, proven earlier that they were among the best Fortnite players, or be personally invited by Epic.
The tournament took place in 7 regions: Europe, NA-East, NA-West, Brazil, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. While in the major regions the strongest player took home $40,000, in Asia there was still a prize of $15,000. Fortnite is not as popular here as in other regions.
Secret collusion for tournament victories
This is what the cheater did: The Asia tournament was won by the Japanese player “Sekosama”. He scored 205 points according to the tournament point system. Points are awarded for a mix of good placement and eliminations: you have to survive long and ideally collect kills.
Thus, it can be worthwhile to play particularly defensively, avoid fights, and “safely” make it to the endgame and the top 10.
However, after the tournament, the player was accused of cheating. He allegedly played alongside another solo player who supportively assisted him:
The other player allegedly provided Sekosama with important items by placing them in certain hidden locations: including medkits.
He is said to have fed kills to Sekosama, i.e., intentionally sacrificed himself to provide points and good items.
Sekosama and his helper are said to have been in a voice call together to coordinate.
It is said that this happened frequently in 12 matches. In a clip on Twitter, one can see that Sekosama stands far outside the safe zone, in the storm, and then runs towards the eye of the storm. On the way, he continuously finds medkits with which he can mitigate constant damage and survive the way through the storm.
This is the punishment: Playing with another player in the solo mode of Fortnite is strictly prohibited. Epic deemed this collaboration as evident.
The player Sekosama was disqualified and banned from Fortnite for 14 days. The $15,000 prize money was rescinded, which only the 2nd player receives.
Player denies accusations
This is what the player says: He denies the accusations. He claims he achieved 1st place alone and without help. He also did not share a call with another player during the game but only celebrated his victory outside of the game.
Online tournaments in Fortnite suffer from many problems
This is what’s behind it: The online tournament of Fortnite has repeatedly faced exactly these problems. Players are accused of:
All of this is strictly prohibited, but apparently is a real problem in Fortnite e-sports.
If cases become known so regularly now, one can only guess how high the dark figure of cheaters is that aren’t caught. This does not reflect well on e-sports in Fortnite.
The 17-year-old US pro Daniel “Dbus” Walsh was recently banned for 30 days; he was also accused of cheating. He supposedly worked together with his actual duo partner in solo mode. Both landed in one spot, but then avoided each other and even shared loot.
In Call of Duty: Warzone there are many points on the map that are not easy to reach. With some of them, you can surprise opponents or even take out annoying campers easily. MeinMMO will tell you where to find these spots and how to reach them.
What are these spots? The various locations we are showing you here are all hard-to-reach places. You either need specific items or a good sense of timing and jumps to get to them.
Some of the spots are located in the city areas of the map or the suburbs with smaller houses. Others are more on the edge of the map and in the mountains. We will show you a brief guide for each spot along with a corresponding clip.
With the tricks we present, you might be able to reach even more places that are not outlined here. If you want to get to a point quickly, check out our tips for faster movement in Warzone.
What is it good for? Most of these spots allow you to hit opponents from positions they do not expect. You can stand on mountains and ambush them without them checking your position. No one will expect you there.
With other tricks, you can catch annoying campers from behind by approaching their positions from angles they do not anticipate.
1. Skyscrapers in Downtown
You probably already know the skyscrapers in Downtown from Ground War, from which this area of the Warzone map originates. There are several huge buildings whose rooftops can be accessed via stairs, and Downtown itself is one of the best landing spots in Warzone.
However, these stairs are usually deadly when a team is already at the top, as they are only accessible through a door that can be easily watched. Unless you use this trick:
go up the stairs to the very top but do not go through the door
there should be a window in front of you or you are already on some kind of balcony (depending on the type of house)
from the window/balcony you should be able to see part of the roof
jump out of the window or over the balcony and grab onto the edge of the roof
you should now be able to climb up sideways and surprise the opponents from the flank
Some buildings even allow you to climb into the stairwell and ambush opponents from above. Additionally, at these locations, you can surprise opponents who are coming up by simply reversing your route. The video from YouTuber and CoD expert Drift0r shows how it’s done (start around minute 4:30):
2. Red House in Bloc 6
In Bloc 6, a bit northeast of Stadium, there is often strong loot. This spot is also quite popular with players. The entrances are easy to defend and quickly visible to defenders.
However, there is a technique that allows you to sneak up on opponents and ambush them:
approach the building from the east, where you should see a thin concrete wall
jump up the concrete wall and pull yourself onto it
this may take a few attempts, as it is quite thin and you might fall
in front of you is now part of the walkable roof
jump onto the roof and you will have access that is otherwise unreachable
From the roof, you can open the door that leads into (or out of) the building. In the clip by jhz123, he shows how he opens the door just a crack to lure opponents out and takes out an entire team alone:
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Just southeast of Dam, the Gora Tunnel runs through a mountain. This tunnel connects the areas near Dam and Bloc 17. However, the tunnel has the disadvantage that you only have the way forward and back if you are attacked – not ideal for a fight.
With a small jumping puzzle, you can take another route – over the mountain. This way, you can surprise opponents or safely switch areas without fear of death. However, this is only possible from the southern entrance:
approach the tunnel from the south
on your left are concrete barriers – climb onto these
jump from the barriers onto the slanted foundations of the tunnel
from there jump into the corner where the tunnel and mountain meet
you should be able to pull yourself up onto a small ledge after a few attempts
continue jumping between the tunnel and rocks upwards until you reach the top
This can be seen in the short video from YouTuber Kurt Perry:
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Through the same tunnel, there is another path from the other side that you should consider when using the trick. It leads to the same mountain and over the same tunnel as the third spot on our list.
However, it is somewhat harder to reach. You do not have concrete barriers available but must make do with a porta-potty:
approach the tunnel from the north
on your left on the road you will find a blue loo
from the loo, jump onto the slanted foundation of the tunnel
run up almost to the top and then jump left onto a flat rock ledge
continue climbing up to the mountain
CoD pro Priestahh from the FaZe clan showed Twitch streamer Crimsix how it’s done during his stream:
This trick cost us the most time when testing because the ledge is harder to reach than it looks. We also made some mistakes – like forgetting the gas circle. Such things are definitely among the common mistakes in Warzone that you should avoid:
The last two spots are not clearly marked on the map but appear more frequently. At several locations in Verdansk, you will find the corresponding houses that are commonly used as camping spots. We will show you how to clear them.
5. Two-Story Houses
Anyone who plays Warzone probably knows the houses with a ground floor and an attic where campers love to sit and shoot out of the windows. These are usually hard to capture as there is only one staircase.
With a bit of skill, however, you can unexpectedly get through one of the windows. However, you need a vehicle such as a Jeep for this. Here’s how:
find a house where a camper has barricaded himself
drive the Jeep directly in front of the door with the small awning
get out and climb onto the Jeep
from the Jeep, climb onto the small awning
from there you can already see the window – jump in sideways and ambush the player there
Although the other player can see the car, he will most likely expect that you want to attack him from the stairs. So, he will keep an eye on that and not on his back. The clip from Lucky_-1y on reddit shows what it looks like:
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The second technique is a bit more cumbersome as you need mobile cover (a deployable shield) for this. You do not always have this item with you as you have to find it. Unlike other important items, you cannot buy the shield.
A building type where the trick works well are police stations. These have flat roofs and an easily accessible awning. However, it works on most buildings with the appropriate conditions:
get yourself mobile cover
position yourself directly under the roof you want to reach
the roof should be no more than about three times the height of the shield
place the shield directly against the wall of the house at a right angle
climb up the side of the shield and from it onto the roof
The reddit user Mikyuno shows in his clip how it works:
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These spots and tricks will generally help you surprise and take down opponents or safely reach specific positions. If you want to look around the map in other ways, visit the new bunkers where tons of loot and secrets await. You can find the locations of all bunkers and how to open them here.
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In Destiny 2 you can now enter a previously unreachable location and master an old challenge to rise high.
This is the place: In Destiny 2, you can now enter the ruins of the Iron Temple at the foot of the Felwinter Peak. Here, you can also explore the zipline. This area is known from the predecessor Destiny 1 and served as a backdrop for the expansion “Rise of Iron“. It was a bustling social space.
Back then there was a special challenge: Every Guardian who valued their reputation had to laboriously climb to the top of the snowy mountain. Now you can also become a summit climber in Destiny 2.
The social space at Felwinter Peak in Destiny 1
Climb Felwinter Peak in Destiny 2
Here’s how to get to the mountain: In the quest “The Lie“, you must scan signatures in Vostok for Rasputin. This location serves otherwise as a PvP map and is located at Felwinter Peak.
But instead of following the map as required and doing detective work for the Warmind, turn around at the start and jump over the suspension bridge. Don’t worry about the pop-up warning trying to make you turn back. On the other side of the bridge, this disappears and you can look around freely.
And lo and behold, you find yourself at the entrance of the Iron Temple, which some may know from Destiny 1.
A flaxen-haired Guardian – referred to as Prince Eisenherz by MeinMMO readers – looks down from the peak
Crack the Felwinter Challenge: Since you are here, you should definitely try to climb the Felwinter Peak to the top. Back then, the task was not easy, as there was no double jump or other abilities available in the social space.
This time you are allowed to use all skills and you need them as well. Because without precise jumps, the occasional use of movement exotics, and sword jumps, you’ll never reach the summit.
Check out how Destiny expert Esoterikk climbs the mountain here:
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Why couldn’t this be done before? Although Felwinter Peak and the area were already in the game before the quest “The Lie”, the area was clearly marked as a PvP map. If you wander too far out of the arena there, you will inevitably die.
You can also accept the said quest with a second character from Ana on Mars and quickly reach the Vostok step – if you have already completed the task on your main. This way you can also enjoy climbing to the roof of the Destiny world.
EVE Online is a complex space MMORPG that has captivated its fans for years. In early 2019, ban waves against bots caused player numbers to noticeably decline. However, since mid-2019, there has been a positive trend leading to strong numbers. We look at the reasons.
These are the player numbers of EVE Online 2020: The colleagues from PCGamesN spoke with Brand Manager Sæmundur Hermannsson during the EVE Fanfest. He revealed details about the player numbers of EVE Online.
Currently, there are reportedly 40,000 concurrent players logged in on weekends. These numbers were last reached in mid-2016.
The COVID-19 crisis, which led to a boom in many MMORPGs, has also helped EVE. However, according to Hermannsson, there has been a positive trend with increasing player numbers since August/September 2019. This is also reflected in the numbers on Steam (via Steamcharts).
The player numbers on Steam are also clearly rising.
This decline in player numbers is said to have been compensated by new players and returnees, and thus by real players instead of bots. The number of bots has reportedly decreased by 80% since then.
New players benefit from many adjustments that CCP has made, especially for the entry into the game.
How is EVE for newcomers? The space MMO is considered complex and difficult. However, the developers are constantly working to improve the entry, as Hermannsson revealed:
We have made sure that with every new content, we also invest in new players and the basic technologies of EVE.
Hermannsson at PCGamesN
In 2016, EVE Online became Free2Play with the expansion “Ascension.” At the same time, the entry into the game was somewhat simplified, and tutorials were adjusted. With Aura, an AI was introduced that explains the basic structure of the game, even with voice acting.
What’s next for EVE? Several updates are planned for the current year 2020. EVE divides the year into quadrants, that is, four sections in which larger updates and corresponding events take place. On April 6, Eclipse, the second quadrant, began.
One part of this is the third and final chapter of the Triglavian invasion. It was released on May 20.
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EVE Online is regularly expanded with new content and improvements, and it is significantly more beginner-friendly in 2020 than it was a few years ago.
Multiboxing in MMORPGs is a big topic. But is it cool what these players are doing? Or does it massively disturb the fun of the other players?
Many MMORPG veterans may have already noticed these players. They often play the same class and move around in a large group to gather resources or complete quests. All characters perform exactly the same movements. But what looks like a bot in World of Warcraft from the outside is often a so-called multiboxer.
So are multiboxers more “Yay” or “Nay”? What do you think of these players?
What are multiboxers? Multiboxers are players who run multiple accounts of a game (usually MMORPGs) simultaneously and play them in parallel. Depending on the game, multiple PCs may be in use. Special software and macros allow them to make inputs in such a way that the characters move in parallel and act simultaneously. Often, one character acts as the “main”, which the other characters follow.
Against multiboxers, you hardly stand a chance – especially when farming.
What are the benefits of multiboxing? Playing multiple characters simultaneously brings many advantages, depending on the game. The multiboxer can tackle difficult tasks in PvE solo and is not dependent on other players. In PvP, they represent a strong force that is often superior to individual players. A multiboxer can also have an advantage against groups because they can cause almost perfect “focus damage” – that’s why multiboxing has been banned in PvP.
One last aspect is the efficiency with which a multiboxer can farm resources. In games like World of Warcraft, where multiple characters can loot from the same source, a multiboxer with 10 characters can gather about ten times the amount of herbs, allowing multiboxers to determine the price of some resources while also offering many resources. “Normal” players hardly get access to the resources.
Multiboxer – an avalanche of death. But only one player.
What are the disadvantages? Among the disadvantages are often the increased costs. Because whoever needs multiple PCs and has to purchase several game accounts pays a high price for it. Additionally, multiboxers have a bad reputation in many games if they build too much market dominance, for example, by farming resources. Aside from that, playing multiple characters is quite exhausting and requires a lot of attention.
Multiboxing – is it bad or totally fine?
But now let’s hear from you! What do you think about multiboxers? Are they cool and just part of a game? Or should multiboxing be banned altogether?
If you want to elaborate on your answer or share your own experiences with multiboxers, feel free to leave a comment.
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Aaryn Flynn worked at Bioware on titles such as Dragon Age and Mass Effect. He is currently developing an MMORPG based on SpatialOS technology. This aims to enable exciting possibilities and could become a kind of ultimate sandbox. SpatialOS allows for simulations of large worlds in MMORPGs.
What is Aaryn Flynn currently working on? His new game does not have a title yet. However, he is working for the studio Improbable, the creators of SpatialOS, together with his team on a new MMORPG.
This is not based on a known brand, but represents something new. Therefore, the development is also relatively long, as essentially the complete background, lore, game world, and game system need to be developed from scratch.
The approach of SpatialOS: Many servers (workers) perform individual tasks to create the world. Image source: Improbable
SpatialOS is supposed to enable developers to create gigantic, persistent game worlds that allow significantly more simulation than is currently possible in online games. All of this should be easy to control and manage, allowing even small teams to create vast, simulated worlds.
The new MMORPG from Aaryn Flynn heavily relies on SpatialOS. The developer does not want to go into detail about how the technology will be used. However, his hints suggest that we can expect more role-playing elements in the MMORPG.
The promises of SpatialOS have always been persistence, simulation, and scale. The challenge for us as developers is to figure out what we can do with this. What does the technology enable for players? Role-playing as a foundational genre or aspect of gameplay is a great lens to view these things and determine what we can do.
How does role-playing improve with persistence? How does role-playing enhance simulation? How does role-playing benefit from scaling? These are the things we need to discover as we develop the game.
Aaryn Flynn
Worlds Adrift was an MMORPG with SpatialOS. However, the game had to be discontinued.
What could this mean? If more emphasis is placed on role-playing, it would certainly benefit the social aspect of an MMORPG. Many players living together in a huge world would enjoy many freedoms. Concerts by players, who write their own music like in Black Desert Online, would be one possibility.
A player-driven economy where crops might be planted, harvested, sold, and processed could also be an option. Just like a political system where players rule over cities or even entire kingdoms.
However, how the role-playing elements will look like in the MMORPG from Improbable is still unclear.
It could be that we will receive a kind of ultimate sandbox MMORPG where we can do even more in a simulated world and enjoy even more freedoms than what is currently possible.
How far along is the game? According to Aaryn Flynn, they are now at a stage where assets for the game are being created and they are reflecting on the underlying technology. However, they have not yet moved beyond a prototype phase.
The MMORPG Black Desert Online (PC, Xbox One, PS4) has received a music system that allows you to compose your own songs and perform them publicly. However, there is a small catch to the system.
What does the new music system enable? In the very successful MMORPG BDO, you will find the new feature Music Album. To access it, click the corresponding icon under Community. Now you can start a composition. Through the menu, it is possible to compose entire songs.
You can choose which instrument plays which notes, the time signature, and the tempo. You can even set the volume for each note. Very complex pieces can be arranged.
You save these compositions on sheets, which you can then share with other players.
This is how music composing works in Black Desert Online.
Delight players with self-composed music
And what about playing music? Here comes the small catch into play. Only the Shai class can play music. It is possible for everyone to become a composer, but only those who embody the Shai class can perform the songs.
To play a song, select the sheet from your music album. Then select Preview, and your character will automatically present the song.
It is not allowed to reproduce copyrighted works.
What else does the system offer? There are even daily and music progression quests that the Shai can complete. This allows you to gain EXP and increase your musicality level. The higher the musicality level, the more measures and notes you can play.
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You delight other players with music in Black Desert Online.
More role-playing in the MMORPG
What does the system bring? Black Desert Online wants to be more than just an MMORPG focused on grinding, housing, and trading. It aims to provide players with a social gaming experience, a kind of second home where you can express yourself.
This is evident because the Shai class is not really a fighter. It is a social class created specifically for activities like playing music.
BDO wants to offer players more role-playing opportunities so they can feel comfortable in the world.
And music plays a large role in this. Even the MMORPG “The Lord of the Rings Online” can captivate its community with a similar music system. Entire concerts take place in the game world. Such events promote a sense of community and foster bonding among players.
The developers of the Call of Duty: Warzone want to keep the battle royale exciting with events and quirky modes. Thanks to a glitch, we now know: even Juggernauts could soon appear in the battle royale.
What is this glitch? Thanks to small technical errors, players occasionally see something in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Warzone that is supposed to remain hidden – like weapons that have not yet been released.
Currently, soldiers in the battle royale are surprised when a mini-gun suddenly lies on the ground in front of them. The weapon actually belongs to the Juggernaut combat suit. While it has been possible to pick up a fallen Juggers’ mini-gun before, that was only in multiplayer.
In the Warzone, these armored giants have not been encountered before. But thanks to the recent weapon discovery in the battle royale, rumors about a Juggernaut mode are heating up. But how likely is such a mode and what could it look like?
Mini-Gun in the Warzone – Juggernaut mode could come
What is that with the mini-gun? The heavy weapon currently apparently drops from loot boxes or a defeated opponent can drop the device. Here is an evidence photo:
Suddenly a thick mini-gun lies on the ground – hints of Juggernauts in the Warzone? – Source: Twitter
When you pick up the weapon, you currently don’t get a mini-gun in your hand. The model seems to overlay the right weapon that should actually be there.
If you pick it up, it is like a few weeks ago, when a dog suddenly fell out of boxes as a weapon. You will not have a mini-gun, but you get the weapon that actually lies there. This is likely to be a purely graphical error.
What are Juggernauts? First introduced in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as a perk that reduces damage from bullets and explosions, “Juggernauts” have also appeared as enemies since MW2. They are strong foes who come at players with powerful armor and mini-gun. In Modern Warfare 2019, the combat suits including mini-gun are available as a killstreak for 15 kills in a row. One is heavily armored, but quite slow. The first earned Juggernaut is a milestone for many players in multiplayer and could also provide plenty of fun and chaos in the Warzone.
Release and process unclear – Anyone could be a Juggernaut
How likely is a Juggernaut mode in the Warzone? The rumors are currently fueled by 2 discovered hints:
The mini-guns in the Warzone
Mini-gun seen in the trailer
The leak account “Modern Warzone” spreads on Twitter that a Juggernaut mode has been found in the data
In the trailer for the Warzone from early March, you can briefly see a mini-gun shooting from a helicopter at the large tower at the airport.
Does the mini-gun belong to the vehicle or to the armored occupant?
Together with the announcements from the leak account “Modern Warzone” on Twitter and the now discovered mini-guns, some players are sure: Soon there will be a crazy Juggernaut mode in Call of Duty: Warzone.
And what could such a mode look like? There are no concrete hints regarding the mode, but some soldiers have already thought about how the mode could look.
There are several suits on the map; to get a Juggernaut, players have to fight for them. The Jugger player then has to achieve a specific goal
The suits drop only with the last gas circles and there is a big Jugger battle in the endgame
All players are Juggernauts! The playing field could be smaller from the start and the gas could be slower
A battlefield with 150 Juggernauts would surely be an interesting experience. However, we will only see what the mode looks like at release – maybe already in Season 4. It is certain that with the next season, new weapons will come. 5 possible firearms have also been found in the data.
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The Twitch streamer Kathleen “Loserfruit” Belsten gets her own skin in Fortnite after Ninja. Dataminers found the skin in the data of Fortnite. We will show you what the skin is supposed to look like.
Which streamer is it? The Australian Twitch streamer Kathleen “Loserfruit” Belsten, also known as Lufu, has 1.2 million followers on Twitch.
The typical strawberry that marks her logo could already be seen in the announcement of the Icon Series in Season 1 Chapter 2. It was announced that players can look forward to a collaboration with Loserfruit.
Loserfruit’s typical logo is the strawberry.
Dataminers leak the Loserfruit skin
What is the skin of the Twitch streamer supposed to look like? Dataminers were able to find a skin that is supposed to be Loserfruit in the game after update 12.60, which was rolled out on May 20, 2020:
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Whether this is now the final Fortnite skin of the streamer remains to be seen. Usually, such skins are announced by the streamers themselves. So it might be possible that changes will still be made to it.
Loserfruit would now be the second streamer to receive an official skin in Fortnite. Ninja was the first to receive his own skin in collaboration with the Icon series, which even had a hidden feature that rewarded particularly skilled players. Then there was the entire Ninja set in the item shop that players could purchase.
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In Destiny 2, the pros are currently raving about Felwinter’s Lie in PvP. MeinMMO takes a look at what makes this shotgun so strong and, above all, reliable.
This weapon is about:Felwinter’s Lie (Felwinter’s Lie) is a Legendary shotgun for the energy slot. It fires slowly but hits hard. The weapon intrinsically has the new trait “Shot Package”, which makes the spread even. Moreover, Felwinter’s Lie always comes with the same perks, and that’s a true blessing.
Every player always receives the identical, powerful version of the weapon – you don’t need luck or pray for a good roll on each drop. For this reason, experts say that Felwinter’s is the new top dog in the shotgun territory.
Felwinter’s Lie in Destiny 2 does not rely on luck and always comes in strong.
Where can you get the shotgun? To hold this beauty in your hands, you need to complete the quest “The Lie”. At the end of the quest line, the coveted Felwinter’s Lie awaits you.
We explain to you here why the weapon is currently among the best you can equip and give you tips for usage.
Felwinter’s Lie in Practical Test
How the weapon performs in PvP: In the Crucible, the shotgun makes an incredibly good impression. This is due to the excellent perks and the maximum one-shot range of 8 to 9 meters – that’s absolutely top and is not achieved by any other traditional shotgun.
The competition in the same archetype reaches about 7.5 to 8.5 meters. Faster-firing shotguns can only take out Guardians with one shot up to 7.5 meters.
The range is made possible by:
Full Choke: Narrows projectile spread (but reduces precision damage)
Aggressive Rounds: +10 range
Range Masterwork: +10 range
Shot Package – The even spread takes a large part of the infamous shotgun luck
The weapon eliminates luck in two ways. You always receive a very similar shot pattern and don’t have to worry about getting a good roll.
The projectile spread pattern is as uniform as with no other shotgun – Source: Drewskys
Every perk has its place: Felwinter’s Lie gives you four of the best shotgun perks. Each one has its justification and promotes a playstyle or compensates for a weakness.
Perk Slot 1 offers:
Sliding: Reloads the magazine from reserves when sliding, and you gain temporarily more range and stability – This compensates for the slow reload speed and lets you enjoy the stat boost.
Quickdraw: The weapon can be drawn quickly – This boost allows you to swap the weapon faster and increases handling. Thus, you compensate for another weakness of slow shotguns.
Perk Slot 2 offers:
First Shot: Improves range and precision on the first shot – This bonus gives you the strongest range increase on shotguns and is very rare.
Vorpal Weapon: Increases your damage against enemy Supers and powerful opponents – This makes it possible to take down roaming Supers with a “shot + melee” combo. This cannot be found on any comparable shotgun.
This is how you should play: MeinMMO recommends to focus on “Quickdraw” plus “First Shot”. This way, you have the shotgun ready quickly in duels, aim faster, and fully exploit the important one-shot range. Ideally, aim not for the head, but for the body center.
If you utilize exotics that greatly improve your handling (like the Ophidian Aspect), you can also benefit from the sliding bonus.
Sliding, aiming, firing – hard to counter in PvP
If you want to play with Vorpal Weapon, it is advisable to focus on this perk only after a few minutes when the enemies have charged their Supers. At the beginning of the match, you gain no advantage from it. Thus, you can switch in the Trials when the indicator shows that your opponents have their Ulti ready.
You can use shotgun targeting perks on your armor to boost the aim assist slightly. This bends the luck even more in your favor and the shotgun pellets into your enemies.
Is Felwinter’s Lie usable in PvE? Theoretically, you can also use the weapon outside of PvP. But in PvE, it does not tear down trees. It is at best solid, but clearly designed for the Crucible and fighting against other Guardians.
If you want to fight in PvE, Vorpal Weapon against stronger enemies is useful, and the archetype can offer its advantages. Because without naming it, Felwinter’s Lie belongs to the aggressive shotguns and gains higher fire rate after kills. However, the lack of precision damage hampers you in PvE.
This is what makes Felwinter’s better than the competition: The two challengers for the new shotgun are likely the Trials weapon Astral Horizon and the Mindbender. Experts who have made a name for themselves in the community, such as:
Aztecross
Drewskys
Fallout
CoolGuy
agree and say: Felwinter’s Lie is currently the best shotgun in PvP. It is not completely overpowered as it was in the early days of Destiny 1, but it is simply the ideal representation of a shotgun in the Crucible.
Reliability is the magic word here. The high range is the cherry on the delicious shotgun sundae, metaphorically speaking. Thanks to the intrinsically narrowed spread, you have pure reliability in your hands. The increased reliability even works in the air; other weapons require specific mods for that.
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If you have a god roll of the other two weapons, you might not see such a strong improvement at first. But over time, Guardians will learn to love the feeling of consistency, as stated in the tests of PvP pros. Plus, you don’t need countless hours of grinding, which can quickly frustrate you if RNG Jesus has blessed you.
With Felwinter’s Lie, Guardians can unleash havoc in PvP for a year. If you don’t have a god-roll shotgun yet, make sure to grab one. Even if you already have your chosen trusty shotgun, it’s definitely worth taking a look at the top dog.
The Chinese company NetEase has announced a new MMORPG called Project Ragnarök. The story is based on Norse mythology and the developers plan to integrate interesting features.
What is Project Ragnarök? The new MMORPG from NetEase places you in a massive, open world. The story tells of Ragnarök, the end of the world. The gods of Norse mythology fall from the sky, and the survivors must rebuild the world.
There are no details about the game yet, so it is unclear whether you will take on the role of a god or play another being. From the video about Project Ragnarök, it appears that you at least possess supernatural powers and can fly.
This trailer announces the new MMORPG Project Ragnarök.
What makes this MMORPG special? According to NetEase, the game will not feature the typical repeatable daily tasks. Instead, the developers want to delight you with special challenges. However, it is still unclear what these will look like. These challenges are supposed to bring more variety than the always-same, repeatable tasks of other MMORPGs.
Also interesting is the game world. It should be possible to reach almost anywhere. For example, if you see a mountain in the distance, you can climb it. It will be possible to climb similar to the Assassin’s Creed games.
Additionally, there will be a dynamic weather system, which is supposed to make the game world feel more realistic.
What other features does the online game offer? Pets play a big role. You can tame animals in the wild and use them as companions. This way, you can even acquire mounts.
Furthermore, NetEase wants to impress with great musical accompaniment. The soundtrack is composed by Inon Zur, who has composed music for games like Dragon Age, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Prince of Persia, and Lineage 2.
Project Ragnarök will be released for PC, consoles, and mobile devices.
When and for which platforms will Project Ragnarök be released? A release date has not yet been announced. It is also unclear when the beta phase will begin. However, NetEase intends to release the MMORPG globally. It is therefore not only planned for the Asian market.
The developers stated that Project Ragnarök will be released for PC, console, and mobile devices. However, which consoles exactly, whether PS4, PS5, Xbox One, or Xbox Series X, is still unclear.
In The Division 2, a user has rummaged through hidden audio files. He found hints about the next months in terms of story and a new mode where players can conquer a skyscraper. This reminds him of Underground, a popular endless mode from the first installment.
Where the information comes from: On May 22, The Division received the new Title Update 10 on the test server. Players can download this new version. A reddit user did this and examined the files, discovering audio data that isn’t in the game yet but could hint at future content.
Some of these new audio files are recorded by the known speakers, while others are still placeholders.
There are two possible scenarios for why these audio files are in the PTS data:
they could be “remnants from earlier” that will never make it into the game
or they are indications of what will happen in The Division 2 in the coming months.
This is Agent Kelso. She could be the NPC for the new skyscraper.
This could be the endless mode: The user says there are audio files of Kelso talking about a skyscraper in New York City that agents must conquer “floor by floor”. There would be “safe floors”: Here you can leave the building.
The user then outlines a scenario of how the mode could play out:
the skyscraper has 100 floors
every 10th floor would be a safe floor, to which you are sent back if you fail
from the 80th floor onward there would be no safe floors left and you would have to complete the last 20 floors in a row
The interesting part is that someone on reddit proposed such a mode as “Underground 2.0”: As a replayable endless content.
The Division 2 is often criticized for the fact that these modes are missing in the second installment, which were a significant part of the appeal in the first. The “Expeditions” cannot fulfill this in The Division 2.
The user additionally found: The user has information about the “Manhunt Missions” in The Division for Seasons 2, 3, and 4. Manhunt missions are seasonal quest lines that tell a story.
In the storyline for Seasons 2, 3, and 4, well-known characters from The Division 1 return along with new powerful enemies.
Anyone who wants to know exactly what The Division 2 has planned for the coming months can read the spoilers here in English (via reddit).
How much is Ubisoft still investing in The Division 2?
What’s behind it: Even though we do not yet know if these elements will come, the find is interesting. It shows us that Ubisoft and Massive plan to continue supporting The Division 2 for the foreseeable future.
What’s particularly exciting is the endless mode. Because new modes would show that Ubisoft feels strongly connected to the “The Division” brand and is providing content that otherwise would be expected from paid DLCs.
However, the new content is not yet confirmed – players should not set their expectations too high.
New modes would give The Division 2 a higher replay value.
The Division 2 is often criticized for the fact that the game lacks the modes Survival and Underground from the first installment. For that, The Division 2 continues the story through missions – the absence of further story missions was criticized in The Division 1.
For The Division 2, the popular mode “Survival” was actually promised. When it was later said that it was not planned, players were disappointed. Here we explain exactly what Massive has said about the popular mode in The Division 2.
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Three alliances are fighting in The Elder Scrolls Online for the Imperial throne, glory, honor, gold, and just for fun. Our big PvP guide shows you how to get all of that.By Sascha Penzhorn.
Maybe you have seen those cool render trailers for ESO, where the heroes of the three playable alliances really go at it – if not, be sure to catch up! In the game itself, however, things are actually quite peaceful. Sure, in the story missions, you may have to fight AI opponents from the other two factions, but all fellow players are your friends.
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No matter which side another player has chosen, you can trade and exchange with them, form groups, exchange chat messages, and do everything that a certain alliance with representatives of the Horde is miles away from. Open conflicts between players do not exist in the regular game world. Here, there might only be duels, if one wants to agree to them.
In short: If you are not into PvP, you won’t come into contact with it. On the other hand, you can also use ESO purely as a PvP game, leveling and equipping your character exclusively through player battles and leaving the PvE to those who simply cannot cope with human opponents.
Why even engage in PvP?
Apart from the obvious answer that it can simply be more exciting to face real, thinking opponents instead of a scripted AI, there are exclusive PvP rewards ranging from cosmetic items (skins, pets, costumes, titles) to piles of gold to complete equipment sets that you cannot obtain anywhere else.
If you were part of a successful Cyrodiil campaign, you might find around 20,000 gold pieces and various epics in your mailbox. In battles against other players, you accumulate alliance ranks. For each rank advancement, you receive a skill point. There are special skill lines for the Alliance War that you can only unlock there. For example, there’s Elan, one of the best healing abilities in the game.
This is how intense PvP mass battles can go down in ESO.
It’s an unparalleled experience to conquer enemy fortresses with an army of players, assault them with rams, catapults, and ballistae, tear down defensive walls, and beat the defenders out of their castle – or to defend a stronghold and pour boiling oil on your attackers. PvP offers player experiences that you won’t find anywhere else in ESO.
Only for the Tough
We are totally into player fights in ESO and believe that everyone with even a little interest in PvP should definitely try this part of the game. However, with all the enthusiasm, there are also a few hurdles and problems you will have to deal with:
High Learning Curve: Maybe you are a natural talent and blow away everything that comes in your way from the very first moment. More realistically, though, you will likely eat dirt first.
Your opponents become invisible, mages teleport wildly around, enemies prefer to attack from ambush and in large numbers, and they like to use the builds and play styles that will send you to the virtual afterlife the fastest.
If you are new to PvP, you are up against a community that has been doing nothing else for years. You have to be able to deal with losses, otherwise, you are in the wrong place.
There’s hardly a day in Cyrodiil when something doesn’t get broken.
High Latency: On good days, your attacks and spells are executed as planned, your hits land perfectly, everything runs smoothly, and everyone has fun.
Good days are rare, especially in Cyrodiil and the Imperial City. When the servers are not cooperating, input delays of several seconds can occur during combat, the weapon swap key may suddenly just not work, and you cannot access your mount, even though there are no enemies around.
Also great: When your army collides with the armies of enemy alliances and suddenly a loading screen pops up that lasts until everyone is dead – including you. Of course, we don’t want to scare you away, but you should be aware of this issue. Lag is part of PvP.
Empty Players: The vast majority of the PvP community just wants to have fun. But there is always a handful of trolls who are determined to ruin exactly that. Then a player from your own faction runs towards the nearest enemy fortress, carrying a scroll, an Elder Scroll that grants important advantages on the battlefield, to hand it over to the enemy.
Players form raids that spam very specific skills and bring the servers to their knees. Creative adventurers also constantly find ways to cheat their way through enemy castle walls without destroying them first.
Your fellow players can sometimes be really tough.
It’s also popular to create a character in an enemy alliance, read the chat during a PvP campaign, and then spill all plans to your own faction. Fairness is definitely for losers!
Tougher Tone: The ESO community is mostly incredibly nice and helpful. But if your faction is behind in a PvP campaign and the leader of your group catches you without food buffs or you stand around idly during a siege because you didn’t bring a catapult, then stress can arise.
It’s not hard for inexperienced players to be useful to their own faction. Don’t just breathe down the necks of your allies. Eat something and set up siege machines.
Special Builds: This is pretty self-explanatory, but using a PvE-oriented build puts you at a disadvantage in PvP and vice versa. There are simply character attributes and skills that are much better suited for one area but not the other of the game.
If you want to engage in intensive PvP, especially in areas with active champion points, you won’t get around an appropriate specialization.
Duels are undoubtedly the simplest way to brawl with your fellow players. One player issues the challenge via the interaction menu, the other player accepts it, then it’s a fight to the death. This often happens just for fun in front of the camps of the Undaunted while players wait for dungeon team members to be found in the group search.
These fights tend to be quite short but are by no means painless. This is the only PvP variant that you’re allowed to play at any level and not just starting at level 10. Here are a few things you should keep in mind:
Duels are PvP for in-between without consequences.
Always with CP: If a character has champion points, he benefits in duels from all resulting buffs. If a low-level character suddenly challenges you to a fight, it’s entirely possible that he is equipped with 810 CP, and what seems like an easy victory may not be so certain anymore. And this brings us directly to the next point…
Level Scaling also Works in PvP: When a player challenges you who is below your level, he may have fewer skills and spells in his repertoire than you. However, in terms of health, attack, and defense, he can still be equal to or even superior to you. Underestimating your opponent often comes at a high price.
Until Death: Of course, player deaths in ESO are not really dramatic. However, you should know that duels here do not simply end when one side clearly loses and is correspondingly heavily injured. The fight only ends when one of the opponents dies.
It’s All Just Fun: Don’t take a loss personally. Especially in areas with many new, inexperienced players, you will often be unexpectedly challenged to a duel.
There are always people whose characters are specially built and wait with fully charged Ultimate to give unsuspecting newbies a beating. Of course, there are also friendly and respectful individuals among the duelers.
Shut it Off if Necessary: If you really don’t want to be interrupted by strangers and challenged to a duel while shopping, waiting in the dungeon queue, or engaging in other activities, you can also automatically decline such requests:
Go to Settings
Select “Social”
Activate “Automatically decline duels”
In a Small Circle: Battlegrounds
In battlegrounds, three teams of four players each fight against each other for victory. Champion points are ignored here, which usually leads to many rapid deaths because players simply don’t have absurdly high resistances.
The teams are randomly arranged and independent of alliance affiliation. To participate, simply bring up the group search and sign up for a battleground. A battleground lasts until one team reaches a predetermined point limit or a 15-minute timer runs out.
There’s also cool gear to obtain in battlegrounds.
The simplest battleground variant is deathmatch, where it’s simply about knocking out enemy players, which earns your team points. Just a typical deathmatch. Of course, a bit of tactics is still not a bad idea – the team that advances together, heals each other, and supports one another is more likely to claim victory than a group of loners.
Another mode is the relic hunt, which plays exactly like capture the flag: each team defends a relic and tries to steal the relics from the enemy teams. In the domination mode, you hold and defend control points marked by flags on the map, which you might know from other games under the name “Domination”. Hold as many points as you can for as long as possible and prevent enemy players from capturing points!
This mode has two variants. One of them is called King of the Hill. This basically runs similarly to domination, except that there is only one control point that appears in a random location on the battlefield and disappears after a while to reappear elsewhere.
In battlegrounds, players are randomly divided into three selected teams regardless of their alliance.
The other variant is Chaosball. Instead of a control point, you hold a ball that appears in the center of the battlefield. Points are only awarded to the team that has control of the ball. However, this pesky ball harms its holder and weakens him continuously, so a single player can never hold the ball for an indefinite period.
In addition to crafting motifs and rank points for alliance ranks, you also earn alliance points for these activities, which you can use to shop in Cyrodiil. There, you can get not only siege weapons but also legendary set rings and necklaces and legendary pieces from monster sets.
You will find these at a shopkeeper with a golden glow, Adhazabi Aba-daro, who appears in Cyrodiil every weekend and regularly sells changing items. You can always find out what the lady has on offer on the website BenevolentBod.
Additionally, you will regularly receive small reward packages with gold, transmutation stones, and set items in the mail for your participation. Each week, the best and most active players receive additional rewards – regular participation is definitely worth it.
By the way, you are not only rewarded for kills or damage but also for healing, protecting and conquering relics and control points, and similar actions that contribute to your team’s victory.
For the Risk Takers: The Imperial City
You can sign up for the Imperial City campaign through the Alliance War menu, with or without CP. Here, you primarily fight for Tel’Var stones, which you can exchange at merchants for unique equipment sets, cosmetics, and rare valuable crafting materials.
The latter is an excellent way to transform the coveted stones into gold because the materials are in high demand from other players. This part of the game is PvPvE. This means: You fight against both enemy players and monsters.
In the Imperial City, PvE opponents and enemy players lurk.
The Imperial City is divided into six districts. In each of them, Molag Bal’s minions are up to no good and begging for a beating. If you smash the AI opponents, they drop the coveted Tel’Var stones.
Your main goal is to knock out as many enemies as possible and gather stones to buy rewards. It’s important to note that enemies drop more stones the more you already have in your possession. This naturally motivates you to carry as many stones as possible. However, there are two catches.
Firstly, there’s the risk of dying. Upon death, you lose half of the Tel’Var stones in your possession. The more of this currency you carry, the greater your loss if you kick the bucket. And then there are the players of enemy alliances. They are not only interested in your death to ruin your day – if you take down an opponent, you receive half of their stones.
Such bosses bring particularly good loot.
Usually, your death due to this mechanic is only a matter of time, which makes the trip to the Imperial City a nerve-wracking experience. Do you carry large amounts of currency to cash in properly through PvE kills and risk massive losses upon death? Or do you prefer to deposit the currency regularly, take smaller risks, progress slowly, but avoid risk?
Players can capture and control every district of the Imperial City for their alliance. The more areas your side controls, the more stones you receive when killing the powerful bosses that roam the districts. Additionally, you also loot fragments of keys that allow you to plunder treasure rooms in the outer ring of the Imperial City and in the two Imperial City dungeons.
Underground Battles
Under the Imperial City lies a sewer system through which you can reach all districts. Here, you exchange your stones for rewards and pick up daily quests. Of course, you won’t find a resort down there.
Open PvP between alliances also takes place in the sewers, and there are also powerful bosses that drop Tel’Var stones again. The amount in this case also depends on how many players are involved in the kill – the fewer allies, the better the loot.
Another grotesque boss monster from the Imperial City.
In the middle of the sewer system, the Barathrum Centrata, there are three portals that summon powerful Xivkyn generals. If you have a few friends with you and manage to close all three portals before being overwhelmed by enemy players, you can fight against a simulacrum of Molag Bal. If you win, you can snag various treasure room items here. Occasionally the boss also drops a pet or a skin.
Basically, there are fewer players here than in Cyrodiil, where even inexperienced players can achieve success by helping with sieges. The trip to the Imperial City is more worthwhile if you have like-minded allies with you and possess a certain degree of frustration resistance. Of course, you can also venture out alone, but you must then expect to be repeatedly mowed down by the same enemy players. The bosses are also quite challenging in the version without CP.
The Pinnacle of PvP: Cyrodiil
If you are into brutal mass battles with heavy siege machines, hundreds of players, and weeks of fierce ranking fights, then you’re in the right place. In Cyrodiil, huge armies of players clash, emperors are crowned and just as quickly thrown down from the throne, and talented tacticians and leaders become legends of their alliance.
Things often get chaotic in Cyrodiil.
And there are a few PvE quests alongside smaller public dungeons and skyshards here too. Unsurprisingly, these are generally ignored because it simply isn’t fun to suddenly be trampled by 200 players while picking flowers or hunting wild boars.
Not for Loner Players
For antisocial players, the first rule when entering Cyrodiil is: Zone chat on! Here, it’s discussed where sieges are taking place, in which fortresses defenders are needed, raids on scrolls are planned, and yes, of course, there’s also the occasional whining, because we are in PvP after all.
Whoever wants to know what’s going on in the campaign can’t avoid the chat. Besides, you really won’t enjoy particularly high survival chances in Cyrodiil if you go out alone. Play the tutorial, learn how to use siege machines, take a few with you, and write LFG in the chat. Follow your fellow players for a while, then the rest will fall into place by itself.
Traveling with Transitus
You can use the so-called Transitus shrines to fast travel in Cyrodiil, which burn with blue fire and connect points controlled by you on the map. It’s important that you understand how to use these shrines to help your battle group in Cyrodiil.
It’s essential to quickly reach and capture the temples of the scrolls.
You can also try to catch up with your fellow players on foot or on a mount. However, this way you’re unnecessarily delayed and can be intercepted at any moment by hidden players. Be smart, use shrines! You can see their active connections at any time on the world map.
In principle, you can travel to anything that is owned by your alliance, as long as your target area is not being actively attacked, has lost surrounding production facilities to the enemy (a farm, a mine, and a sawmill), or another map point on your direct route to your destination has fallen into enemy hands.
Occasionally, you will also receive consumable stones in the mail for participating in Cyrodiil PvP, which allow you to teleport to locations owned by your faction, even if they are cut off from the Transitus system.
What am I supposed to do here?
Essentially, Cyrodiil is the battle for the Imperial Crown. If an alliance conquers all six fortresses distributed around the Imperial City, the player of this faction with the highest score in Cyrodiil becomes the emperor.
This grants them powerful buffs and corresponding advantages in battle. As a result, the other two factions often ally against the alliance that currently has the emperor. If the emperor’s alliance loses control of all six fortresses in the center of the map, they are immediately thrown off the throne.
As exciting as all this sounds, the race for the Imperial Crown is rather irrelevant for most players. To have a real chance at the throne, you need to play for hours day and night to earn more points than all your competitors in Cyrodiil.
Siege devices can determine victory.
Nevertheless, the fun is worth it, even if you might belong to the common rabble for a lifetime. For your efforts, you earn alliance points that you can use to buy legendary rewards from the merchant Adhazabi Aba-daro on weekends.
Moreover, you can only obtain the aforementioned skills from the Alliance War here. By diligently completing the repeatable daily quests, in which you take out enemy players, capture fortresses, and complete other PvP activities, you will also quickly rise in the alliance ranks, which awards you skill points each time.
In addition to hefty rewards for your participation at the end of a campaign (especially if your side wins), you will also regularly receive reward packages in the mail while playing in Cyrodiil. These contain exclusive set items, gold, and transmutation stones. This way, you can comfortably equip yourself epically alongside your gameplay and strengthen yourself with set bonuses while also improving your account.
How do I know what I should do?
When you pull up the map in Cyrodiil, you can see at a glance which alliance currently controls which points on the map. Contested castles are highlighted on the map. Typically, you play here in a raid that either helps your side’s attackers conquer enemy fortresses or takes refuge in one of the castles under your control to fend off enemies from there.
On the map, you can see where your group members are currently located, and the leader of your group usually marks your next target, which you can recognize on the map and compass by a red, pulsating circle. If you don’t have a group, check the map for which reachable locations are currently being attacked and help your side.
A proper siege in Cyrodiil.
Between sieges, always invest a few alliance points in fresh food and siege machinery. A player who has eaten has many thousands more health points than a fighter with an empty stomach. A battering ram breaks down a gate of an enemy fortress much faster than a friendly smile. You don’t have to be perfect warriors with the best equipment to make a difference in Cyrodiil.
A cleverly placed ballista can turn the tide of battle in your favor, even if you otherwise struggle to find the sharp end of your sword. In the Cyrodiil tutorial, you can learn to use siege weapons at your own pace. Those who stand around uselessly and do not help their group will worst case get kicked out. When alliances are neck and neck and every point counts, leaders rely on capable teammates.
Become a Leader Yourself
People hate responsibility and often prefer to have someone in charge. This is also the case in Cyrodiil – it is not unusual for piles of players to seek groups in chat, but no one has the courage to start one themselves and invite and lead comrades. Use this to your advantage!
Of course, not right in the first five minutes and while you are still learning how everything works. However, good, victorious group leaders are remembered by the community; you quickly make friends, connect with like-minded players, and thus have better chances of perhaps one day reaching the Imperial Crown.
Critical Resistance and Penetration in PvP?
In PvE, resistance to critical hits is as useful as an impeachment process: You can argue about whether it even brings anything. But if you face a player who effortlessly deals more critical than regular hits, you will go down in seconds if you don’t have the right precautions. Unprotected, you take at least 50 percent additional damage from critical hits. If your opponent is specialized in critical damage, that quickly becomes 80 percent or more. Therefore, it is worth distributing some champion points in the steed constellation under Resistant to increase your critical resistance. Additionally, armor pieces with the Insensitive trait are excellent for further increasing critical resistance. At a resistance value of 3,300, you negate incoming critical hits with 50 percent additional damage. This can mean the difference between life and death.
This is How You Become a Tank Buster
Since many players know this and armor up accordingly, you should not neglect penetration, whether physical or magical. This is also important in PvE when you play veteran content and similarly challenging content.
If you are mostly doing zone quests and simple dungeons, neglecting this value is not the end of the world. But in player fights with active CP, you can never have enough penetration!
The Mundus Stone “The Lover” helps in PvP.
Penetration can be obtained through the Lover’s Blessing, passive bonuses from light armor (for spells) and weapons (maces, clubs), as well as through CP. For armor penetration, the Penetrating trait in the Ritual constellation is ideal, for magic penetration, distribute points on Sorcery Erosion in the Mage constellation.
The weapon trait Sharpened also provides greater penetration. Caution: The developer Zenimax is currently experimenting with granting players a minimum value for crit resistance. Starting June 2020, it may be the case that you can also get by with fewer CP and CP gear.
Full Risk, Also with Gear
The Imperial City plays with your risk appetite. This is echoed in one of the exclusive sets you can loot here: Imperial Physique. Besides rather modest buffs on stamina and magicka regeneration and some weapon and spell power, the full set grants you an additional 1,032 points in health, magicka, and stamina. This value increases by 600 percent if you are carrying 10,000 or more Tel’Var stones in the Imperial City.
In a direct confrontation with an enemy player, you clearly have the upper hand. The downside is that this effect also surrounds you with a bright blue aura, making you shine like something out of Rambo’s toy box. On the one hand, you signal: “Don’t come near me, I’m buffed to the brim!” On the other hand, you paint a giant target on yourself. Because players know – if you die, stones rain down!
Four Types of Cyrodiil
Before you dive into the big PvP, you first need to choose a campaign in the Alliance War menu. “Campaign” simply means that the PvP battles have a specific duration, at the end of which the faction with the highest score is declared the winner.
The better your side performs, the better rewards you receive in the mail if you participated in the campaign. After that, everything resets, the points of the factions are nullified, and you start a new round. Currently, there are four campaigns available for Cyrodiil.
There are the flavors Standard, Standard without CP, and Up to Level 50. The standard campaign is exactly that – your bonuses from champion points count, and every character from level 10 is allowed, the campaign lasts 30 days, and you can join heroes from different alliances.
The campaign without CP works the same way, except that you do not benefit from buffs and bonuses from champion points. The Level 50 campaign has a shortened duration of seven days. Here also, CP is disabled. Additionally, there is also the campaign titled Alliance Locked.
This runs exactly like the standard campaign, except that you can only join with heroes of the same alliance. For example, if you enter this campaign with a character belonging to the Ebonheart Pact, other heroes you want to bring into this campaign in Cyrodiil must also belong to the Ebonheart Pact; otherwise, they cannot enter. This aims to encourage players to remain loyal to their respective alliance and not keep switching to the faction that currently has the upper hand.
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In Valorant you should primarily rack up kills through skill and weapon usage. But with the heroine Raze, it can go differently. A player wiped out an entire team without using his weapon effectively.
What happened? In a Valorant match, reddit user Morphiac delivered an impressive performance and achieved an “Ace.” This is what you call when a single player is responsible for all the kills in a round.
The round was the first in the match and no one had good weapons. Everything started off unfavorably for Morphiac’s team. They were on the defensive and the opponents rushed point A. They advanced aggressively and quickly blocked half the site with a masterfully placed ice wall from Sage.
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This is how the Ace came about: Behind the wall, they wanted to regroup and take the point completely. But Morphiac had chosen the wild Raze as his agent and after he couldn’t achieve success with his sorry free pistol, he simply threw a grenade over the wall. Boom, and 2 opponents were dead!
Next, he threw the Boom Bot, a kind of moving bomb, over the wall. The bot immediately jumped on an opponent who, due to the short distance, couldn’t react. Boom, and he was dead!
By now, Morphiac had recharged the grenade through the many kills. So he threw it, along with a satchel charge, over the wall and again there was a loud bang and the last two opponents turned to dust.
Done, Morphiac had wiped out the entire enemy team on his own with Raze. His teammates were essentially just surrounding him, admiring his work.
Ace action with Raze raises old controversies
What is the problem? With a few ineffective shots at the beginning, Morphiac only used the skills of his agent Raze for his Ace. And while such actions would be completely fine in games like Overwatch, hero skills in Valorant are more designed to support playstyle and grant tactical advantages. Kills, according to the developers, should mainly be achieved with weapons, not with skills.
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This design principle seems to be contradicted by Raze, as her entire skill kit revolves solely around dealing damage:
Her grenades explode and release cluster bombs that explode again
Her Boom Bot is a seeking killer that jumps at opponents and explodes
Her satchel charges can deal damage and assist her in jumping
Her ultimate – which wasn’t even used here – is a deadly rocket launcher that kills multiple opponents and is particularly hated by pro streamer Summit.
Therefore, a discussion quickly arose on reddit about whether Raze is too strong, not just to mow down noobs:
She is damn OP and needs more nerfs. Grenades shouldn’t be one-shot kills.
Riot: VALORANT is a skill-based shooter, abilities cannot kill. Raze: HERE COMES THE PARTY! BOOM!!
Yes. People who say, “but she’s not competitive in ranked play” haven’t seen ranked games at the highest level. Tons of players choose her because the chip damage in this game is really good, and sometimes you just get free kills.
Others defended the agent:
Well… the entire enemy team grouped up and pushed all 5 into the same area, which is clearly the worst thing to do in a tactical shooter.
I completely agree! Raze’s grenades are relatively easy to dodge. Her Boom Bot can also be taken out very easily. It really all depends on how the Raze player uses her abilities.
The two winners of the election for the Community Days in June and July 2020 for Pokémon GO have been determined. You voted and gave your favorite the most votes.
On Twitter, each user could cast one vote. The two Pokémon that gathered the most votes in the 24 hours of voting are the participants for the following Community Days.
Who won? The most votes in the survey went to the Bug/Poison Pokémon Hornliu. With 34.1%, it won the majority of votes. Closely behind, with 32.3% of the votes, is winner number 2 – the Ghost Pokémon Nebulak.
Hornliu with 34.1% of the votes
Nebulak with 32.3% of the votes
Schiggy with 22.8% of the votes
Sandan with 10.8% of the votes
A total of 671,633 users participated in the survey on Twitter.
Based on the election results, it is now clear which species will be in focus during the next two Community Days.
Community Day in June with Hornliu
What we know: Since Hornliu received the most votes, it will be in the spotlight as the Pokémon for the Community Day in June.
Niantic did not want to reveal at this time what bonuses will be active.
The Community Day takes place on Saturday, June 20th. If you evolve Kokuna into Bibor during the event, it will learn the special Ground move “Drill Run”.
Community Day in July with Nebulak
What we know: Since Nebulak gathered the second most votes, it will be in the spotlight as the Pokémon for the Community Day in July.
Niantic has not said anything yet about the additional bonuses here as well.
If you evolve Alpollo into Gengar during the event, Gengar will learn the Ghost move Shadow Punch.
How did you like the voting for the upcoming Community Days? Should Niantic do this more often on Twitter or would you prefer such an option directly in the game in the future?
Get your promo codes now as a reward for voting quickly here. A new one was added on the night of May 25th, granting a lot of Poké Balls.
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In WoW: Shadowlands, a spell has an exceptionally long duration. You have to wait a proud 10,000 years until it loses its effect …
Some spells in World of Warcraft have a long casting time. Others have an unexpectedly long duration. The new record is likely set by “Warden Shackles”. Once cast, it lasts for 10,000 years – at least that’s what the tooltip says.
What kind of spell is this? The spell “Warden Shackles” is a variation of the Demon Hunter ability “Imprison.” This actually locks up a demon, a humanoid, or a beast for one minute, thus removing the creature from combat – a rather simple crowd control effect.
A duration of 10,000 years … you don’t want to be a victim.
“Warden Shackles” is one of the Anima powers from the new expansion Shadowlands and the Tower Torghast. This power extends the duration of “Imprison” to a whopping 10,000 years – at least that’s what data mining suggests.
What benefit does this have? If you don’t want to fight a specific opponent, you can permanently remove them from combat. This makes it easier to pick fights in Torghast that you really want to engage in. Normally, enemies are only removed from combat by Imprison for a minute, but this way you can essentially banish them for your entire stay in Torghast. A good way to completely avoid unwanted enemies.
Does it really last 10,000 years? No, and this is mainly because the servers are restarted once a week (usually) or maintenance occurs. During this time, instances like Torghast are reset. In the worst case, the spell lasts for 7 days on a target – and that’s only if you never log out during that time.
The duration of 10,000 years is actually a reference to the Demon Hunter Illidan Stormrage. He was imprisoned for 10,000 years and was only freed later in the storyline of Warcraft III.
Let’s hope that no player finds a way to smuggle this effect into PvP through a bug – or let’s look forward to the first videos of it.
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The Quad Mode in Call of Duty: Warzone has a new kill world record. The last one wasn’t long ago, and it’s already been broken again. A total of 138 kills has been achieved by a squad of eSports professionals in the battle royale mode.
This is what happened: Just last week, players set the kill record in Call of Duty: Warzone. An impressive 121 kills were secured by the team.
Now, a professional team consisting of YouTuber Vikram “Vikkstar123” Singh Barn and 3 players from the Call of Duty League eSports team Atlanta FaZe has broken the record, achieving a remarkable 138 kills in battle royale.
This was the team’s performance: The 138 kills were distributed among the 4 players as follows:
Cellium achieved 36 kills with 11,403 damage
Vikkstar123 achieved 35 kills with 11,237 damage
Priestahh achieved 34 kills with 10,681 damage
ABeZy achieved 32 kills with 10,961 damage
Two 2-player teams are hunting for maximum kills
This is how the round went: The round was captured in a livestream from Cellium’s perspective. The record starts at about 01:14:00 and continues until around 01:42:00.
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Like the last record team, the professional players also split into two 2-player groups to take down as many opponents as possible.
They only meet late in the match to eliminate the remaining teams in a coordinated manner. The last minutes seem particularly hectic and stressful.
Here’s how 138 kills are possible: Call of Duty: Warzone is played with 150 players on a massive map. Already eliminated players have the chance to re-enter the match through a victory in a duel in the Gulag.
Teammates can also buy back eliminated players. Thus, it is certainly possible for a player to have multiple attempts to reach first place. Other teams, like the world record holders, are given the opportunity to rack up many kills this way.
In shooters, it is often said that a high frame rate is important to compete at the top level. However, there are also certain advantages in MMORPGs. In some games, better graphics performance can even increase your dealt damage.
What is behind the frame rate? The frame rate describes the number of images delivered in a specified time period. Typically, this is expressed in FPS (Frames per Second).
A high frame rate ensures that you can see more images in one second. This, in turn, influences your gameplay behavior.
To fully capitalize on this, your monitor must also have an appropriate hertz rating. Otherwise, you won’t see the faster images. The input latency of the hardware also plays a role.
However, with the right hardware, you can indeed gain advantages in MMORPGs. We will reveal what exactly changes.
High FPS make you faster and can even increase DPS
How do you benefit from high FPS? With a faster transfer of images, you are more responsive. You might see an attack a fraction of a second earlier than a player who only has 30 FPS or has a higher input lag than you. Similarly, you can use a skill a fraction of a second sooner.
Of course, many other factors, such as the latency of your internet connection, also play a crucial role. Nevertheless, the frame rate should not be completely disregarded.
The test results regarding the frame rate show that more hits were landed.
How does the frame rate influence MMORPGs? Especially in modern MMORPGs with action-packed combat systems and dodging roles, you need to react lightning-fast to avoid damage.
However, you can even increase your dealt damage with additional FPS. A particularly extreme case is Black Desert Online, where there are many discussions that the game is pay-to-win because you need a good PC for PvP (via reddit).
But a good frame rate also helps in Guild Wars 2 and other games.
Black Desert as an extreme case
What is so special about Black Desert? In Black Desert Online, there has been a discussion about the frame rate for years. In this MMORPG, you can visibly increase your DPS if your system is simply better.
The video on YouTube demonstrates how extreme the differences can be. The creator took:
5:14 for the kill with 60 FPS
5:28 for the kill with 30 FPS
10:12 for the kill with 5 FPS
According to various users on reddit, the best results can even be achieved only with 140 FPS. The difference between 60 and 140 frames per second should be up to 5% of the damage (via reddit).
Why does this work? The reasons for the higher DPS lie in two points:
Faster reactions
Skipping the aftercast
The faster reactions are self-explanatory and are particularly noticeable when you play with 10 FPS instead of 60 FPS. Everything automatically feels slower and clumsier.
The “aftercast”, on the other hand, describes the part of the animation that is executed after dealing damage. With practice and a faster frame rate, you can cancel this animation and overwrite it with the next skill. This leads to skill combos that were not actually intended by the game.
Some animations in Black Desert take a long time and can be skipped with practice.
Other MMORPGs also benefit from a better frame rate
How does this look in other MMORPGs? In Guild Wars 2, it is also known that you can bypass the aftercast. To do this, you briefly press the key that sheathes the weapon during longer animations, and then immediately use the next skill.
This trick can be used faster if the images are presented to your eyes quicker and have been trained a bit. However, there are not such significant DPS differences as there are in Black Desert.
Also, in games like Warframe (via Warframe Forum) and WoW (via MMO Champion), there are similar discussions.
Some greatsword skills in GW2 have a long animation.
How can you achieve more FPS? If you want to achieve a higher frame rate in MMORPGs, you can first reduce the graphics of the respective game. This usually helps especially when many players are nearby and many animations are used.
In a further step, upgrading the hardware helps, both for the PC and the monitor.
However, unlike in shooters, it is not always about the perfect setup and perfect damage in MMORPGs. Those who play mostly casually and also pay attention to the game’s aesthetics will be willing to sacrifice additional DPS for beautiful graphics, such as those in the 5 most beautiful upcoming MMORPGs.
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There are sites like newfreeskins that promise you infinite free Fortnite skins. However, you should stay away from these sites, and we at MeinMMO will show you why.
What kind of sites are these? Sites like newfreeskins advertise free skins. No matter which skin you want, you’re supposed to be able to easily and freely generate it on these sites.
What happens when you open one of these sites? When you click on it, a page appears asking you to enter your Epic username and the platform you play on.
Once you have done this, you can supposedly “generate” the skin. However, once the process is completed, a message appears stating that you need to complete a short “Sponsor Activity” to help pay for the skins.
This is where you need to complete an activity to pay for the supposedly free skins.
Actually, Fortnite skins should be free, but it is mentioned there that you first need to complete the activity to help with the payment for the skins. This should make every user skeptical.
Do not use these sites!
Why you should never use such sites: You should not use such sites, as there is no guarantee that you will actually receive the skins or that you might have to pay for them instead. Furthermore, it is not allowed to acquire skins outside of the Fortnite Shop – this could also result in an account penalty.
You should not share your data such as your Epic name or password. This could lead to your data being stolen or your account being hacked. You might even lose your Epic account with all purchases. We strongly advise against using generators, hacks, or such dubious sites.
Why are such sites of great interest?
Why do players pay attention to these? Skins can only be obtained for V-Bucks in Fortnite. When there are free skins, they usually come from a special event, but this rarely happens.
If someone really wants a skin but does not want to spend money for it, such sites sound very tempting. To suggest more security to the player, this site even uses the same browser icon as the official Epic Games site.
When comparing the icons, there is no noticeable difference.
This could lead players to think that this is a site supported by Epic Games and thus allowed. Players who are less knowledgeable about the topic could easily fall for it.
Such sites should not be used. However, if you still want to collect or gift V-Bucks without buying them directly in the Fortnite shop, there are some options that are allowed. If you own the “Save the World” mode, you can earn some V-Bucks there.
In Pokémon GO the voting for the Community Days in June and July is currently running. Half of the election is over – time for an interim report.
What kind of election is this?The two Community Days in June and July do not have a designated Pokémon yet. Instead, the trainers will again determine which monsters should be the focus of the two events. Four monsters are available for selection:
Squirtle
Butterfree
Gastly
Sandshrew
The voting started on Saturday night to Sunday at 03:00 AM. It lasts exactly 24 hours. Until then, you can cast your vote. And the current numbers already paint a fairly clear picture of which monsters we can expect in June and July.
All Pokémon up for vote at a glance
Your favorites are leading – voting ends in 12 hours
This is what the voting looks like: As of now (Sunday, 3:00 PM), two monsters are comfortably in the lead. They are Butterfree (about 34% of the votes) and Gastly (about 32% of the votes).
These two monsters also topped our pre-vote on MeinMMO, where you could indicate your favorites. At least Squirtle (about 23%) still has a chance to catch up. Sandshrew is lagging in fourth place (about 11%).
The voting is now halfway completed, over 550,000 players have already voted via Twitter. Unless there is an extreme turnaround throughout the day, Butterfree and Gastly will probably be the event monsters at the upcoming Community Days.
Gastly and Butterfree are leading in the voting
If Butterfree and Gastly ultimately win, you can expect the following special attacks:
Butterfree’s final evolution, Beedrill, will learn the Ground-type attack Drill Run.
Gastly’s evolution Gengar would learn the Ghost-type attack Shadow Punch.
However, the voting is not finalized yet. If you want to ensure that either Squirtle or Sandshrew moves up into the top two spots, you have until 03:00 AM tonight to cast your vote. Currently, the Community Day in May is still ongoing. Here, the Pokémon Samurzel is front and center, which you can still encounter in abundance until 05:00 PM.
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