Even more character customization options are coming with WoW: Shadowlands. Humans can choose entirely new face shapes!
The character customization in World of Warcraft has been somewhat neglected in the years following its release. While some games allow for characters with countless details, WoW has a rather meager selection, resulting in many characters looking alike. With Shadowlands, this is supposed to change, and all core races will receive a variety of new options. One of these is something entirely new for WoW – the face shape can be customized. The colleagues at wowhead discovered this in the latest Alpha update.
What was discovered? Humans will have an additional choice when creating their character, namely the face shape. This is available for both males and females. This allows for the selection of the shape of the face. While it determines only small details, such as the fullness of the cheeks, the width of the chin, and thus the size of the mouth. A new, but pretty cool detail that will make human characters look different.
Here is the image of the females. The differences can be well seen, especially in the shape of the lips.
The new face shapes of females – small details. Image source: wowhead
And here are the males – the different shape and width of the chin makes the biggest difference here.
The differences are easily recognized at the chin. Image source: wowhead
Ultimately, this is one of several small innovations that, in their sum, will lead to unique characters.
What else is coming? Aside from the new face shapes for humans, a few new details for undead have also been discovered. They can now choose from a variety of eye colors. Currently, these new colors are available for both genders:
Yellow
Orange
Purple
Green
Blue
White
Gray (blind)
Gnomes and Goblins also receive a few new beards. Surely more adjustments will follow in the coming days and weeks.
Please keep in mind that this information comes from the Alpha. It is not certain that all changes will make it into the final version of WoW: Shadowlands.
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The battle of the streaming services is in full swing. In April 2020, Twitch grew by 100% in view hours compared to the previous year thanks to Valorant and Corona. YouTube (65%) and Facebook (238%) are also thriving in live streaming. Only Mixer is stagnating – and this despite expensive acquisitions like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Michael “shroud” Grzesiek.
Facebook also started recruiting and signed DisguisedToast. They also released a gaming app
Twitch itself began to provide its top stars with exclusive and presumably lucrative deals, securing streamers like Pokimane, TimTheTatman, Lirik and DrLupo for themselves
DrLupo (left), TimTheTatman (middle) received deals from Twitch. summit1g (right) could be the next.
These are the latest statistics: StreamElements has now analyzed the new numbers of the streaming services from April 2020. The benchmark for growth compared to the previous year is the “view hours”.
In April 2020, twice as many hours of streaming material were watched as in April 2019:
Twitch accounts for the lion’s share of this growth. In gaming, viewed hours increased by 98% – including Just Chatting and music even by 101%.
YouTube (65%) and Facebook (238%) are growing strongly, but at a much lower level.
Mixer is stagnating (0.2%).
Valorant and Corona drive hours up on Twitch
Why is streaming growing so strong? Expert Doran Nir (Stream Elements) sees the beta release of Valorant as the reason for the boom at Twitch. Anyone who wants to play the new tactical shooter has to watch a Twitch streamer playing Valorant. This relationship between Twitch and Valorant has benefited both partners and driven the numbers up.
Furthermore, Twitch benefits from the lockdowns due to the novel Corona virus Covid-19. As many events have been canceled and many places have restrictions, people are spending more time at home and therefore also watching Twitch. This behavior had already been observed earlier in the year in China, where the viewership for gaming streams rose during the Corona quarantine.
Expert Doran Nir believes Facebook has risen so strongly because they released a gaming app and hosted several tournaments with stars.
What about Mixer? While YouTube and Facebook can grow as major platforms with many users by emphasizing “live streaming,” it seems that Mixer does not fare as well.
The strategy here, to recruit the absolute top talents from Twitch, does not seem to have paid off in April 2020 – at least not in terms of viewed hours.
Although the streaming industry is growing by almost 100% and is becoming an important economic factor through which entertainment companies promote their products, Mixer has hardly grown compared to 2019.
shroud is doing advertising for Microsoft.
However, Microsoft is now deliberately using its new recruits like streamer shroud as brand ambassadors and is producing cool commercials with him.
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In Destiny 2, the spring event is over, and the Titans have claimed Guardian Games for themselves. The prize is now here. But instead of immortalizing the winning class, the ultimate reward for the Guardian Games disappoints.
What were the Guardian Games all about? In 2020, Destiny 2 had a spring event, but it was very different from the previous year.
In the so-called Guardian Games, a kind of Olympic competition, Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks competed against each other. This was meant to determine once and for all who among them was the most dedicated Guardian representative and superior to the other classes.
The event brought the iconic scoreboards of the referees into play
First place should be honored especially: The event-specific class items were colored according to the final placement of each class in bronze, silver, and gold – for the rest of the year.
On the other hand, the winner was also to be honored with a commemorative statue and immortalized in the Tower. The winners were supposed to have something to show off.
Now the reward is here, and many players certainly had a different expectation:
This is the ultimate prize for the winner of the Guardian Games (Source: PCGamer)
This is the reward for the event winners: The statue is now here, and many a Guardian considers it a joke. Those who don’t regularly visit Zavala in the Tower won’t even notice it’s there. If someone doesn’t know it’s there, they would have to search for quite a while.
The winner statue is easily overlooked (Source: PCGamer)
And once you’ve spotted it, you quickly realize: It’s a small statue carelessly placed in the corner, resembling an unwanted souvenir that one keeps out of politeness rather than a monument for the officially most dedicated Guardian class of Destiny 2. Even the class items of the event are more impressive. The event’s venue was far more spectacularly set up.
For comparison: This is how grand the venue was during the Guardian Games
The event itself was already met with little enthusiasm, and many were more relieved than sad when the “Bounty Simulator” finally ended. The reward may put the final crown on the experience for many – nearly everyone I spoke to was disappointed, shook their heads with laughter, or showed no interest anymore.
In short: Many expected the reward for the winner of Guardian Olympics to be quite different.
Many Guardians also considered this a joke: What was also met with little enthusiasm this week was the new quest “The Lie”. This went live surprisingly after the Guardian Games ended with the reset, but quickly caused frustration and lack of motivation.
Seraph Tower Event
For the first step of the quest, the community must achieve millions of completions in the not particularly popular Seraph Tower activity. And hardly anyone was willing to do that. After the Guardian Games, many did not want to engage in more mindless grinding.
And this became quite noticeable. After a day, hardly any progress was made. At this pace, the step would have only been completed by the end of the season if lucky. Fortunately, Bungie did not overlook this – the developers made some adjustments – the quest was made 10x easier.
What do you think of the winner statue of the Guardian Games? And what do you say about the new quest?
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With a new security measure in Call of Duty: Warzone, caught cheaters now find it significantly harder to get back into the game. Already, the first cheaters are complaining and looking for ways to circumvent the 2FA.
What is this new measure? All players registering for the Free-to-Play version of Call of Duty: Warzone must now provide a mobile number on PC. They then receive a verification via SMS to unlock their account.
Each mobile number only works once and can only unlock one account. Caught cheaters receive an immediate ban without warning and cannot use the mobile number employed for a new account.
Cheaters thus need a new number to create a new account, and this is understandably upsetting for many cheaters. They are already searching online for ways to bypass the new 2-factor authentication and are quite vocal about it.
2-Factor Authentication a Major Barrier for Caught Cheaters
What are the reactions from caught cheaters? We at MeinMMO found two statements from cheaters who can no longer easily obtain accounts for the Warzone due to the new measures.
Reading this is truly a balm for the soul, especially when a nasty cheater once kicked you out of the endgame of the Battle Royale.
I have been banned several times in Modern Warfare and have also created several accounts. But now I need a phone number for each account to verify it. Numbers I found online unfortunately don’t work, and I can’t use my current number for multiple accounts either. Is there a way to bypass this?
Cheater’s Complaining (translated)
The image comes from reddit and the comment is from a website that sells cheats. The user is apparently desperately searching for ways to log back into CoD so that he can continue his nefarious antics. Preferably without spending much money on a new SIM card or other cheats, of course.
Statement number 2 is also a comment from a website that offers cheats. The cheater warns in his post about a specific cheat being offered there.
CONFIRMED – You cannot create new, free Warzone accounts. You must connect a new mobile number with each account.
The cheats here work, but you will be 100% banned! He [the cheat provider] says it’s my problem and no other customer has that problem. That’s a lie! There are so many customers who have this problem and there is no help! […]
Now I can never play Warzone again because my account has been banned with my mobile number. And you now need a valid mobile number to play the game. The worst service I’ve ever purchased, unfortunately. […]
I have created more than 20 “Modern Warfare” accounts. Half of the accounts were banned before I could even play. How you use the hacks doesn’t matter. When you create a new account, start the cheat, open Call of Duty, and then close CoD, the account is banned! After that, I have to create a new one. It doesn’t matter if I used the cheat or not, because it was detected instantly.
This cheat should be removed or fixed so that one is not banned anymore!
Even More Cheater’s Complaining (translated)
Are the new measures really that helpful? Although online for only a short time, the new 2-factor authentication seems to be achieving its intended effect. Caught cheaters now have to overcome much larger financial barriers to sign up as aim-boters or invulnerable god-moders on the servers:
New SIM card for a fresh mobile number
More expensive cheats that the system does not detect
Additionally, there’s the danger of landing on one of the cheater servers and competing against other cheaters whose statistics deviate significantly from the norm.
How does IW ban cheaters? Since the launch of Warzone and the major wave of hackers, Infinity Ward has continuously increased security measures. The studio has its own security team analyzing the data and distributing bans.
Pearl Abyss has teased a new class for the MMORPG Black Desert Online. It resembles warriors from One Thousand and OneNights. Players already have a guess as to what it might be.
What has Pearl Abyss shown? The developer studio behind the successful MMORPG Black Desert Online released an image of a character, teasing a new class. There are no further hints or information.
In the image, we see a large, muscular, dark-skinned man from behind. He carries a saber at his belt. His black armor is adorned with gold. The appearance is reminiscent of the Prince of Persia game series, where such Arabian warriors with sabers appear.
The teased new class for Black Desert Online somewhat resembles the stories from One Thousand and One Nights.
Will there be a mix of wizard and fighter?
What could this class be? Since there is no further information, we can only speculate about what to expect.
The man is very muscular and carries a saber, apparently a shamshir. This actually indicates a warrior. However, the armor doesn’t quite fit a fighter, and the embellishments could suggest that it might be a magical talisman. Is it a mix of warrior and wizard?
What do the BDO players think? The community is discussing this image, and some players already believe they know what new class awaits us.
tllrrrrr states on reddit: “It will be a melee and magic class. Don’t forget that the oracle of the black spirit says things like: ‘A new character skilled in magic will come into your life in the summer’ or something like that.
D0UNEN on reddit sees it similarly: “I believe it will be the male counterpart to the Sorceress class. The shamshir is indeed a weapon from the Middle East. But I’m sure this is a talisman on his back that he has connected with his arms.”
Vatican87 is already excited on reddit: “Yes, finally a male class! Thank God.”
Ryanestrasz has a different guess on reddit: “That is a boarding knife, which is most commonly used by pirates.”
When will we learn more about the new class? The new class is set to be introduced in detail on May 30. When it will then come into play is unclear.
Do you want to play in the MMORPG Black Desert Online and achieve a lot as quickly as possible? In the MeinMMO Level Guide 2020 for BDO, you will learn how to quickly level your hero from level 1 to level 61.
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The Community Day in May in Pokémon GO brings the grass Pokémon Samurzel. Its evolution Tengulist will learn the move Bullet Seed during this period. We will show you how strong the move will be.
The exclusive move for Tengulist will be Bullet Seed. This is a fast move and is particularly interesting for the PvP league.
Tengulist with Bullet Seed – What can it do?
Here’s how strong it will be in raids: Tengulist will not play a role in raids even with the new move. Its stats are simply too weak, so it will be outperformed by other grass attackers, such as Roserade or Gewaldro.
So those who were hoping for a good grass attacker for raids will be disappointed.
Here’s how strong it will be in PvP: For the Great and Ultra Leagues, Tengulist with Bullet Seed becomes considerably more interesting. So far, Tengulist has been particularly strong with the fast move Standpauke in the PvP League. Bullet Seed is almost a copy in terms of damage and speed, with only the type being different.
So with Bullet Seed, it learns a move that is quite useful, but Tengulist already has a strong fast move that is versatile.
PvP experts on reddit agree that Tengulist with Bullet Seed is definitely useful, but with Standpauke, it performs slightly better against popular Pokémon in the lower leagues.
So if you are indeed faced with the choice of Standpauke or Bullet Seed, you should opt for Standpauke, as the attack is ultimately a bit more useful.
Should you get the exclusive move? Due to the exclusivity of the move, a Tengulist with Bullet Seed is probably not a bad idea. However, the move is not so critical for the Pokémon GO meta.
If you don’t care much for the PvP League, you can generally skip the move. Tengulist brings nothing in raids – even Bullet Seed doesn’t change that.
How to obtain the move? For this, you need to evolve Blanas, the first evolution of Samurzel, on Community Day. You have time from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. You cannot teach the move with TMs.
Although the Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone has been playable for some time and you have certainly secured some victories, there are still mistakes that can cost you the win. MeinMMO shows you 10 common mistakes and how to avoid them.
What kind of mistakes are these? Our list includes mistakes that can happen to both beginners or inexperienced players, but also mistakes that you might make out of habit or may not have recognized at all.
Even though many of you have certainly gained some experience in Warzone, small mistakes can always put you at a disadvantage. In their sum, they often lead to defeat.
The mistakes listed here may not be the most common, but they are mistakes that you can easily avoid – and definitely should avoid. Some of these mistakes have also been explained by YouTuber and CoD expert WhosImmortal in an English video. We have embedded the video for you here:
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This is the mistake: The weapons in Call of Duty have a spread pattern, also known as “recoil pattern”. This determines the direction and how much a weapon drifts when fired continuously.
If you are playing in the Warzone with a weapon and simply hold on an opponent without properly compensating, many bullets will miss. The mistake here is that you can actually determine exactly how to control it.
How to avoid the mistake: If you have put together a new weapon or a new loadout, go into a private game (if you have purchased Modern Warfare) or into a round of Plunder.
Then stand in front of a wall and shoot without compensating. You will see the trajectory of the bullets, showing you the spread pattern and recoil behavior of the weapon. However, the setting “Bullet Holes & Sprays” in the graphic options must be activated.
These bullet holes (left) show the pattern. In this case, a correction downward is sufficient.
This is the mistake: C4 is a popular equipment in Warzone and should also have a place in your loadout, as it is extremely useful. You can use it to drive away opponents from positions and destroy vehicles.
However, many players use C4 in a way that they throw it and then manually detonate it again. This costs time and while you have the detonator in your hand, you cannot shoot.
How to avoid the mistake: If you double press the equipment button while throwing the C4, or activate the trigger button while throwing, the explosives will detonate immediately as soon as possible. You don’t have to detonate it again. This saves time and prevents you from being exposed for a second while working the trigger.
However, keep in mind that this is only useful for immediate use. If you want to detonate the C4 later, you should activate it manually.
3. You ignore protection from grenades, rockets, and more
How to avoid the mistake: If you find a Trophy System, you should not leave it behind or trade it for an allegedly better upgrade like an ammunition box. Instead, place it on a vehicle like a truck.
On the roof of a truck, the Trophy System remains securely “mounted” and you can drive around with it. As long as the system is active, your vehicle is nearly immune to C4, grenades, thermite, rockets, and other things that can be dangerous to you.
4. You don’t use suppressors
This is the mistake: Suppressors are often regarded as rather weak because they have only a minor impact on a weapon’s stats. However, they are one of the most important attachments that your weapon can have.
If you do not use a suppressor, the opponent sees you on their compass as soon as you fire and as long as you fire. You are essentially unprotected, as your position is visible to every enemy nearby – even more clearly than through a UAV.
Without a suppressor, you appear on the radar.
How to avoid the mistake: However, if you put a suppressor on your weapon, you prevent being revealed. Keep in mind that:
you should ideally use the suppressor (Monolithic) – that is the strongest one
you should not put on the lightweight suppressor – it is not worth the trade-offs
any other suppressor is good until you can use the Monolithic
This is the mistake: In Warzone, you can protect yourself with up to three armor plates and thus increase your health points. However, these armor plates must first be attached to your vest.
This happens with each plate individually and many players do it one at a time. For the animation, your character opens the pocket for the plate, inserts it, and closes it again – every time. However, this is the slow way, which you should avoid.
How to avoid the mistake: With the “fast way”, you insert all three plates one after the other and only close the pocket again once they are inserted. To enable your character to use the armor this way, you need to hold the button until all plates are inserted.
6. You pay too little attention to sound
This is the mistake: In Modern Warfare and Warzone, sounds from the environment provide you with important information about opponents. However, many players only pay attention to specific sounds and ignore others, or their settings are wrong from the start.
How to avoid the mistake: To ensure you always hear optimally what is happening around you, your sound option “Dialogues” should always be set so that you can hear them as far away as possible and always – even when you are moving yourself.
Furthermore, you should pay attention to certain sounds in the environment. We are not (only) talking about footsteps, which are certainly important, but often inconsistent. Important sounds include:
This is the mistake: The Warzone map Verdansk is huge, but often offers specific points where you always find the same things. Still, many players just play without regard to their surroundings.
This leads to opponents with better map knowledge finding a way to flank you or completely outmaneuvering you by resupplying with ammunition from a crate that is freely accessible in a nearby building.
The map of Warzone is huge, but you should get to know it.
How to avoid the mistake: Avoiding this mistake is relatively time-consuming, as you need to play a lot to get familiar with the map. You should get to know the map and remember key points – such as which buildings you can reach with your parachute or where supply stations are located.
However, this comes over time and with enough rounds. You should play in a way that you consciously look at your surroundings and remember where things are, rather than just wandering around aimlessly. A good starting point is to check out the best landing points in Warzone and study the map from there. Because map knowledge is always one of the keys to success.
8. You don’t have a “Panic” loadout
This is the mistake: Many players build strong loadouts with the best weapons in Warzone and then save them somewhere in their ten available slots without paying attention to where they are located.
If you need to open a loadout drop in a tight situation or find yourself without weapons after a victory in the Gulag, this leads to you being an easy target as long as you need to select the loadout.
How to avoid the mistake: Build a “Panic” loadout that ideally consists of an all-rounder weapon with setup and place it at the top of your personal loadouts. Make sure it is a weapon and equipment that is good to use in any situation.
This way, you can simply hammer the “Use” button even in a situation under fire at the loadout drop and get your loadout before the animation finishes loading. This way, you do not waste time and are not exposed in the open for too long.
The “Panic” loadout should be in the top position.
However, too many players rely on the sensor and consider it so important that they completely ignore other equipment. This leads to you having all sensors, but no one can properly attack or flank.
How to fix the mistake: If you are playing in a team, communicate who among you will take the heartbeat sensor. The other players should use different tactical equipment in their loadout, such as:
Flash or stun grenades to storm opposing positions
Smoke grenades to flank
Stims to survive a coordinated assault
Gas grenades to flush out opponents
The heartbeat sensor is cool, but don’t forget about the other tactical equipment.
10. You are not fighting optimally
This is the mistake: While you are fighting against other players in Warzone, you may focus too much on this team. This way, you completely lose sight of other objectives or paths that may be more useful.
This can result in you missing important information such as individual incoming opponents or even another team. Additionally, it may cause you to open fire on a team you spot too early and thus warn them instead of taking them out.
How to avoid the mistake: Even before you start a round, it helps to warm up or do some target training for Warzone. This way, you will get properly acclimated to shooting and be ready for a fight.
Before you start a fight, make sure you can kill the opponents. Do not shoot until you are in a good position.
If the fight takes longer than expected, pause the fire briefly and reassess the situation. Often, it is not worth continuing the fight. If you have attracted the attention of a third team, you should first change position or retreat completely.
If you want to continue the fight, consider whether you can flank better. Coordinate the attack and use cover or smoke grenades to bypass enemy fire to their unprotected side. Often, the gas circle helps with this, as no one expects an attack from the gas. For this tactic, you can rely on everything that you need to know about the gas circle, masks, and more.
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In Apex Legends are the best players in the top league in ranked play. However, according to observations by some players, some of the seemingly best players have gained their rank through unfair methods.
Who is it about? The two players Xynoa and Skittles are currently leading the rankings in Apex Legends and are therefore also found in the prestigious rank “Apex Predator”. Only 500 players can occupy this position and they receive coveted awards to show off their skills.
Top players conspire in ranked mode
What happened? However, it seems that at least these two players have not always acted fairly. Because a video from May 12th by reddit user kaleinrm shows that the two top stars teamed up with another trio to farm other players and thus had an unfair advantage.
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What is the problem with teaming? Such “teaming”, meaning the collaboration of several squads, is a big no-go in battle royale games and is considered cheating. It is very difficult for a fairly playing trio to compete against 6 players who are working together.
With such an advantage, it is certainly much easier to assert oneself in the fiercely contested top tier of apex predators and to stay at the top. The top rank is limited to only 500 players, and this way cheaters permanently exclude other aspiring players from the top grouping.
Even more teamers caught at the top ranks
This also happened: Just a few hours after the video by kaleinrm, another video appeared. Here, too, 6 top players were active in the apex predator rank and took down an unsuspecting squad.
Team conspirator threatens with DDoS attack: When reddit user MittnXBL announced he would report the teamers to the developers, he was even threatened by one of the cheaters. The player Need a Soda, who was in 5th place in the rankings during the last season, allegedly threatened, according to MittnXBL, to kill his computer with a DDoS attack if he reported him.
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Reddit users who commented on the thread seemed to know Need a Soda well and commented multiple times, “This doesn’t surprise me at all, the guy has cheated his way to the top ranks multiple times!”
What happened next? The player was not intimidated and reported the cheaters anyway. The announced hacker attack apparently did not happen. However, nothing else happened either. The developers have not visibly reacted yet.
However, the last ranked season ended with the release of season 5 and the new ranking spots are currently being contested again. Furthermore, senior designer Chin Xiang Chong from Respawn Entertainment recently made a statement via Twitter. He promised that they would address the issue as soon as possible and take appropriate action after reviewing the situation.
I know this is probably not the answer you're looking for RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW but:
Yes, we see the articles and the claims and will take appropriate action after doing appropriate investigations.
— Chin Xiang Chong (@tangentiallogic) May 13, 2020
But regardless of cheaters and team conspirators, season 5 in Apex Legends offers a lot of new content. Especially the new PvE missions featuring the newly added thief Loba bring fresh air to the battle royale shooter from Respawn Entertainment.
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In Destiny 2, the new quest “The Lie” is currently causing a lot of frustration. Bungie is alleviating the annoyance overnight and making both the mission and an unpopular activity easier.
This quest is being adjusted: On May 12, a new quest surprised players in Destiny 2: “The Lie”. The first step of this larger series of tasks is a community challenge. This requires completing a large number of Seraph Tower events.
However, the design of the quest was met with strong rejection from the Guardians, as hardly anyone participated in this step. Bungie has now reacted overnight and significantly adjusted the disliked task.
These are the changes: To assist the Guardians, Bungie is changing the activity required for the quest and also adjusting the progress rate of the mission.
These changes are now active:
The quest “The Lie” now progresses 5x faster – even 10x faster on weekends
The champions from the Seraph Tower event have been reduced in power level
The event is now generally a bit shorter in duration (more progress per thrown charge)
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Community Challenge made players throw in the towel
What was the issue with “The Lie”? Yesterday, we reported that the new quest starts off so annoyingly that hardly anyone wants to play it. The reasons were, among other things, due to the seasonal activity itself. The Seraph Towers were extensively ground and explored at the beginning of the season, most of the loot and all triumphs are already in the players’ pockets.
Not exactly helpful is that the Seraph Tower event became significantly harder last week. And since failure is now a real option and happens frequently, it leads to frustration. The required number of completed events also caused discontent.
Because for the current quest, several million Seraph Tower events were to be mastered across over 3 locations. According to some Guardians’ estimates, this quest step could take until the end of the season, in the worst case nearly 200 days – without the recent adjustments.
These reasons led to the Guardians simply not wanting to engage with the quest. Even on MeinMMO, you write (winking?):
Haha, I’ll log in when the step is done. So grind more for me ?
Since it is a community challenge, theoretically, no individual action is necessary. If enough players push through, one can also watch the progression of the (slow) growth without lifting a finger.
Did the change help? Although the changes to the quest and the public activity have only been live for a few hours, the results speak for themselves:
As of May 14 at 8 AM, the progress looks like this
While we were still crawling at 5% in the EDZ on the evening of May 13, the counter now proudly shows 25%. However, not much has changed at the two other locations so far.
It remains exciting to see how the situation develops. With the 10x progress over the weekend, the quest could be completed much earlier than previously feared. The powerful reward is finally coming within reach.
What do you think of the changes – did Bungie act sensibly and quickly enough?
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More than 3 months have passed since Warcraft III: Reforged was released. Have the patches helped? Or is the game still teetering on the edge?
For many real-time strategy fans, Warcraft III: Reforged was supposed to be the great gaming revelation. As we all know, the launch at the end of January became a disaster and led to devastating reviews. However, the developers promised that they would continue to work on the game and regularly bring patches that would bring back missing features.
After more than 3 months, it was time to take another look at Reforged and check what the patches have improved.
The disappointing answer upfront: Not much.
Arthas still looks foolish – not much has changed.
What has been improved? Although there have been a number of patches, none of them have really satisfied the community. Typically, these were detail changes that replaced issues with graphics and faulty animations. There were also some serious bugs, such as incorrect unit colors in PvP matches.
Many of the “desync issues” that only occurred when using the new graphics and even led to the cancellation of matches in tournaments have since been fixed. However, they still aren’t completely gone, which is why many are opting for the classic graphics.
A few fundamental functionalities have also been restored. Custom maps can now be played in single-player again – but that’s about it.
What is still missing? Primarily, the features that are desired in the competitive scene are still missing. A profile page for your own account with statistics is still missing. However, it wouldn’t serve much purpose, as there is no “ranked game mode” or ladder. Here, fans had to create their own systems.
Classic characters in new graphics aren’t enough.
The major changes to the campaign, such as new camera control and new design, are also not present – although one wouldn’t really expect that.
This is how it looks at the moment: The sad conclusion is that Warcraft III: Reforged is still not a worthy remake of the classic after more than 3 months. While the developers have kept their promise to deliver patches, the crucial features are still lacking. The competitive scene, which has kept Warcraft III alive for nearly two decades, is particularly suffering right now.
While they are managing with their own ranking and ladder system, it increasingly raises the question: Why can the community achieve in a few days what Blizzard developers haven’t managed in 3 months?
It is to be hoped that Warcraft III: Reforged will somehow turn things around. Currently, it must be said that it looks rather bleak and that the game is probably not recommended. It simply lacks too much in too many areas.
Warcraft III: Reforged remains (for now) one of Blizzard’s darkest hours. But perhaps a few of the 2,000 new jobs will be given to people who will lead the strategy title to new glory.
If the state of the game changes, we at MeinMMO will of course report on it.
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Update from May 14: In a tweet that has since been deleted, Epic Games apparently confirmed GTA 5 as a free title on the Epic Games Store. The advertisement was recorded by the YouTube channel Lowyat TV.
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How long is the offer supposed to last? Allegedly, the free deal on the Epic Games Store is supposed to run for a week. From May 14, 2020 to May 21, 2020.
What does it include? The deal is said to be the full version of Grand Theft Auto 5. According to the report, it is the premium version. This comes with the offline game as well as access to the online mode.
With the Premium Edition, you get weapons, vehicles, and more worth 9,000,000 GTA$. Additionally, there is another million GTA dollars in cash for the online mode as a gift.
GTA 5 Online Free – Can it be?
This speaks in favor: GTA 5 was part of the Xbox Game Pass until just a few days ago. It’s quite possible that Rockstar Games wants to expand its community further and seizes this opportunity in the Epic Games Store.
Games that you can download for free regularly rotate in the Epic Games Store.
Grand Theft Auto 5 currently costs €29.99 on Steam, but is often available for half price, around €15, during sales.
By giving away the game, you may lose revenue from direct sales, but you also get more players on board who may potentially make use of microtransactions in the online mode.
This speaks against: Always be cautious with anonymous insider reports. You never know if it’s all true. Since no reputable leaker has come forward who has stumbled upon something during data mining, we regard the anonymous source with caution.
Whether this insider report ultimately proves to be true, we will see tomorrow, on May 14, 2020. Then Epic Games will release a new free game in the store.
You need to know about GTA 5
New to the game? If you are starting fresh in GTA 5 Online through the free offer, we will provide you with the most important tips and assistance for it. A lot has changed in the game since its release.
With all these tips, you should have no problems in the online world. But don’t neglect the single player of GTA 5. Here, several hours of story and many missions await you, where you control protagonists Michael, Franklin, and Trevor in the craziest situations.
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In a stream, the first live gameplay from the PS5 was shown. The CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, is also excited about something else regarding the PlayStation 5 that will revolutionize the PC market as well. The secret behind it is a close collaboration between him and Sony: the storage architecture surrounding the SSD
Sweeney: “The storage architecture of the PS5 is far ahead of everything else”
What does Sweeney say about the PS5? During the presentation of Unreal Engine 5, the Epic CEO stated:
We have been working very closely with Sony in the area of data storage for quite some time. The storage architecture of the PS5 is far ahead of what you can currently buy for any amount of money for a PC. It will help drive future PCs. The PC market will see this thing and say, “Oh wow, SSDs will have to keep up with this development.”
Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Epic Games, via TheVerge.com
Furthermore, developers will have entirely new possibilities regarding how the system can access data. This allows more game data to be loaded at once.
“The world of loading times is over”
And the special storage architecture of the PS5 surrounding the “Custom SSD” solution is also supposed to mean extremely short or non-existent loading times. Sweeney elaborates:
Not only the best in the console space but also the best on any platform – better than a high-end PC. This will enable types of immersion we have only dreamed of in the past. The world of loading screens is over. The days of pop-in and geometry that appears while traversing these game environments are over. (…)
Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Epic Games, via Unsorted.com
And although the PS5’s SSD might not be a top model, it is expected to be faster than most SSDs that current PC gamers install in their computers.
The technology of the PS5 is also important for the PC market
That’s why the PS5 is important for the PC: Even for people who do not want to buy a PlayStation or Xbox Series X, this development is likely to be important. This is primarily because consoles are very important for technological experiments.
Technology is tested on the console, which might later also be available on the PC. Sweeney has also explained that once you recognize the potential of the PlayStation 5’s SSD, the PC market is likely to implement the technology soon. This way, PC gamers will also benefit from the developments of the next-gen.
Thanks to the developer stream with Mark Cerny, we now know important information about the performance of the PS5. Here, Cerny also mentioned, alongside information about backward compatibility and ray tracing, a few things about the update policy and loading times of the PS5.
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In ArcheAge and Unchained, a new expansion will be released in June. This mainly brings endgame content. Additionally, an event is planned to allow players to obtain good equipment for the new update more quickly.
What is this update about? With the expansion “Garden of the Gods”, ArcheAge will receive a lot of new content. The new area, the Garden, is located in the eastern Hiram Mountains and is thus one of the endgame zones.
There you can expect:
59 new quests that further the story
New items and treasures
New tiers for the Erenor, Hiram, and awakened raid armor
New raids against bosses
When will the expansion be released? As the trailer for “Garden of the Gods” reveals, the new expansion is set to release on June 11. Many more details cannot be gleaned from the video, as it consists of cinematics and not gameplay scenes.
What is currently the problem with ArcheAge? ArcheAge is a sandbox MMORPG and thus places a lot of value on players being creative and finding their own endgame content.
However, with the latest expansions and Hiram equipment, the gameplay of ArcheAge has changed. Many now focus on daily quests and follow clear routines. As a result, new endgame content suddenly becomes more important.
Additionally, in classic ArcheAge, there is almost “Pay2Win”, as players can directly purchase in-game currency for real money and have clear advantages with a premium account.
At least when it comes to equipment, there seems to be a small adjustment with the new update. From May 14 to June 4, there will be an “Equipment Growth” event. Players may have the chance to bypass some of the grind.
What exactly will happen at the event has not yet been revealed.
One of the new locations from the expansion “Garden of the Gods”.
In Borderlands 3, the Mayhem 2.0 mode not only introduced a new endgame but also some problems. The developers want to fix these issues now and provide a few improvements on top.
In a comprehensive developer update, Gearbox revealed which issues are next on the list – and what improvements are coming to the game.
Mayhem Rescue in Two Phases
This is Phase 1: Gearbox emphasizes that they essentially plan two phases. These will be carried out in the next two patches.
The first phase will focus primarily on value scaling and equipment. The changes will look like this:
Value bonuses of enemies at higher levels for health, armor, and shields will decrease.
Equipment that performs too well or too poorly at level 7 and higher will be adjusted – nerfs and buffs can be expected.
You will be able to see at which Mayhem level you picked up a weapon. This was missing before.
This is Phase 2: In Phase 2, balancing the characters will be adjusted again. Diverse playstyles should pay off. The following changes will be made:
Weak skills will be improved.
The action skill damage will scale with chaos levels. This was not the case before and caused much frustration among fans.
Melee, slam, and slide damage will also scale, as well as vehicle damage.
Grenades you find will also vary in strength across the ten Mayhem levels.
Additionally, class mods with extra damage for your action skills will be equipped. This will enhance the abilities of your vault hunters even further. Besides that, vending machines are expected to drop better loot at higher levels.
Improvements Outside of Mayhem 2.0
This is also planned: Apart from the Mayhem mode, there will be further improvements. These include performance and stability. In a first step, problematic Mayhem mods were identified and removed. In the two phases, further corrections will be made and the improved mods will be restored.
Additionally, these changes are planned:
In the fight-for-your-life mode, you will move slower so that a revive is not accidentally interrupted.
Multiple players can now heal fallen teammates faster together.
The drop rate of specific loot will be increased.
The Eridian Fabricator, or “the gun gun“, is expected to fire more legendary items, but will also become more expensive.
You can exchange eridium at Crazy Earl’s vending machine for mission-specific equipment once you have completed the mission.
In total, many improvements are planned that should make Borderlands 3 run more smoothly. This is promising – after all, the upcoming content should not be disrupted by technical hiccups.
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Pearl Abyss, the developer of Black Desert, has announced several new game titles for the coming years. In the quarterly report meeting, the Korean company revealed the release plans for these games. The shooter Plan 8 was also discussed.
Update 25.08.2021: You just saw the trailer for DokeV at gamescom 2021 and want more info? We have that for you! Go here to our fresh news along with an interview with the DokeV development studio:
The new information regarding the release of the titles also points to this, which was published during the quarterly earnings call.
Visually, Crimson Desert resembles Game of Thrones. And that is probably no coincidence.
When are the MMORPGs supposed to be released? Crimson Desert is currently scheduled to be released in Q4 2021. For DokeV, however, a release is planned for no earlier than 2022 (via MMORPG-Blog.ru).
Although that is still a long way off, you probably won’t have to wait too long for the first gameplay videos. There should be initial tests for both titles in 2020.
Crimson Desert has a lot of potential, Pearl Abyss a lot of money
What is special about the game? Officially referred to as “Next-Gen MMORPG,” Crimson Desert is considered one of the most promising MMORPGs in development on MeinMMO. And there are several reasons for that:
The MMORPG is supposed to be aimed at the West. Console versions are even planned. This is rather unusual for games from Asia, where the focus is on PC and mobile.
It will be released in a new, in-house engine.
Pearl Abyss has already demonstrated with Black Desert that they can develop a good game and support it over the long term.
Another advantage for the game may be the current situation of the developer. Because it looks good.
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How is it going at Pearl Abyss? The first quarter of 2020 went steadily for the Korean company. With 133.2 billion won (100.4 million euros) in revenue, they improved slightly compared to the previous quarter and also compared to the first quarter of 2019.
One reason for this may be the still strong performance of Black Desert Mobile. In addition, the release of Shadow Arena, the new Battle Royale, is imminent. The developers even see potential in esports there, as mentioned in the meeting.
Pearl Abyss is doing well. They are even planning to build a new headquarters (Image: MMO-Culture).
Shooter Plan 8 will be released much later
What about Plan 8? In addition to the two MMORPGs, Pearl Abyss is also currently working on Plan 8, an MMO shooter. This is being developed together with Minh Le, one of the two creators of “Counter Strike.”
The shooter Rainbow Six: Siege shines with realism and tactical gameplay that sets it apart. The shooter pro and streamer shroud finds some of the content a bit too realistic.
What bothers shroud? In one of his recent streams, shroud talked with his chat about what bothers him in shooters. The popular tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Siege also came up in the conversation.
However, he also has an opinion on Ubisoft’s top shooter. There are two things that particularly bother him:
the inconsistent duration of reloading
and the effects when getting shot
Both are features that showcase Rainbow Six’s realism, but shroud finds them annoying.
Rainbow Six: Siege – too realistic?
This is what the features do: The reloading time in Rainbow Six: Siege depends on whether you still have bullets left when you reload. If you put in a new magazine while still having bullets, you reload normally.
However, if you have no bullets left, the reloading animation for many weapons is roughly one second slower. This is because there is no bullet in the chamber – the operator has to chamber the weapon first, just like in reality.
This moment of reloading occurs when the magazine is completely replaced when empty.
The second feature is something that occurs in many shooters – like in Modern Warfare or the new Battle Royale Warzone. When you get shot and are near death, the field of view narrows and ambient sounds are muffled.
That’s why it annoys shroud: For shroud, both are “unnecessary features,” as he says, and they only confuse him:
The difference in reloading time creates an inconsistency in critical moments. […] This is an unnecessary feature. Features like this serve no purpose. They are only there because someone in the company said: “Hey, let’s do this!”
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The quoted sections start from minute 12:27. The thumbnail is also from this video.
Rainbow Six: Siege is a competitive game, and there should be no such inconsistency. It is more important that something like the reloading time is always the same. Although these are just details, they can accumulate and create larger issues.
For professionals like the teams in the currently running GSA League, this is probably not a huge problem because they are used to dealing with the mechanics. However, for newcomers, such things can be unfamiliar and potentially annoying.
But these details can make the difference between victory and defeat in a match, and those who do not pay attention can quickly lose in Rainbow Six. To avoid such mistakes, it helps to pick up tips from the pros by watching – like MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus, who has directly improved as a result.
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There are new record holders in CoD: Warzone! A team has broken the previous record for kills in a match – and quite significantly.
This is the new record: A squad around the CoD pro Priestahh, who plays for the FaZe clan, has set a new record. The team, consisting of a total of four players, played on PC and made no prisoners.
A total of 113 opponents fell victim to the squad.
They celebrated their success on Twitter:
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This is how the community reacts: Commentators can hardly believe it under the tweet. Most comments consist of shocked “What”, “Wow” or something similar.
However, one comment sums it up quite well:
“Seriously, you must have overrun Verdansk like a plague”
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Because indeed: With 113 kills, there are hardly any opponents left who were eliminated by other players.
The number corresponds to about two-thirds of a single match, in which 150 players compete for victory. Through the Gulag, players can appear multiple times in the game and be killed. Nonetheless, at least a large part of the players in the match must have run into the team.
Today, on May 13th, the new Unreal Engine 5 was presented. It was shown along with a demo for the PS5. And it looks really great.
What was shown? In a video, Brian Karis and Jerome Platteaux, two employees of Epic, presented the new Unreal Engine 5.
The video is said to demonstrate what is possible with the new generation of consoles when developers are provided with the appropriate technology.
Various scenes from “Lumen in the Land of Nanite” were shown, which look truly stunning. These scenes were created with the developer version of the PS5 and were not pre-rendered. They are meant to be actually playable (via Twitter).
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What is special about the engine? Two techniques are particularly notable in Unreal Engine 5:
Nanite – A way to utilize millions and billions of polygons when creating content. The goal is to eliminate a limit. More polygons are to be created than the eye can see.
Lumen – A solution for lighting issues. It should enable the creation of more dynamic scenes, for example, by changing sunlight angles over the course of a day or turning on lights. For this, refractions and reflections of light should be calculated realistically and in real-time.
This is made possible by an idea that, as Sweeney revealed to colleagues from Eurogamer, existed back in the 1980s: REYES – Render Everything Your Eye Sees. The engine is supposed to decide what is used to produce the best image with virtually unlimited polygons. Not all polygons will be used simultaneously, even if they are theoretically available, but only those that are important for the details of the image.
For which platforms is the engine available? In addition to PC, Unreal Engine 5 will also be usable for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, iOS, Android, and Mac.
When will the engine be released? Epic currently offers Unreal Engine 4.25 for next-gen console platforms. However, Unreal Engine 5 is expected to be available first as a preview version in early 2021 and later as a full version in late 2021.
Epic claims that backward compatibility is particularly important. Therefore, those who develop in Unreal Engine 4 now should be able to move their projects to the new engine once completed.
In Apex Legends, the new heroine Loba has been active since yesterday. She has a moving backstory: The killer Revenant killed her parents and he can’t stop talking about it.
This is the backstory: The new legend “Loba” in Apex Legends is an orphan. The killer Revenant killed her parents, two famous thieves. Since then, Loba has had one goal: to take down the killer of her parents.
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As early as January, Apex Legends released a video where Revenant hunts Loba’s parents and eventually brutally murders them. This laid the groundwork for Loba’s arrival in Apex Legends. In the video, Loba is seen as a young girl helplessly watching Revenant take out her father and mother.
The death of her parents shapes the life of the legend Loba.
Vicious Rebirth Dialogues Show the Hate
This is how the hatred between them is displayed: Although Loba and Revenant are such deadly enemies, both can play together on a team in Apex Legends – for example in duo mode. However, the hate seeps through every interaction between them.
Revenant can’t stop confronting Loba about the death of her parents. He adopts a sadistically jovial tone.
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When Revenant revives Loba, he says, “Saved by the monster that killed your parents. Isn’t that delicious?” and “Isn’t that interesting. What if your parents could see this now?”
Loba then warns him: “Never speak of them again. I warn you.” Revenant also asks Loba if her parents never taught her any manners.
If Loba revives Revenant, she points out that he can only die when she’s done with him. He asks, “Does that mean we’re friends now?” or “You saved me. Be careful, girl. People will still talk about us.”
In FIFA 20 the Bundesliga Team of the Season So Far is coming soon. We show you the predictions for the Bundesliga-TOTSSF.
On Friday, May 15, the Bundesliga-TOTS could be released in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team.
We don’t know yet which players will receive significantly upgraded cards in the Bundesliga-TOTS. But with the predictions, we can get a good overview of the possible Bundesliga-TOTSSF cards.
What are TOTS cards? TOTS cards (or TOTSSF this year) are particularly strong special cards that usually come into play at the end of the season in Ultimate Team. New teams with extremely upgraded TOTSSF cards are regularly released.
The prediction for the Bundesliga-TOTSSF
These predictions are from futhead:
Goalkeepers:
GK: Neuer (Bayern Munich)
GK: Gulacsi (RB Leipzig)
GK: Sommer (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Defenders:
LB: Davies (Bayern Munich)
CB: Alaba (Bayern Munich)
CB: Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
RB: Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund)
CB: Upamecano (RB Leipzig)
CB: Kabak (FC Schalke 04)
CB: Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Midfielders:
LM: Gnabry (Bayern Munich)
CDM: Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
CAM: Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen)
RM: Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)
CM: Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
LM: Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt)
CAM: Müller (Bayern Munich)
CAM: Sabitzer (RB Leipzig)
CM: Serdar (FC Schalke 04)
Forwards:
ST: Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
ST: Werner (RB Leipzig)
ST: Quaison (Mainz 05)
ST: Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
How to get the new TOTSSF cards
From packs: You can generally find TOTSSF cards in these packs:
But remember that the likelihood of pulling TOTSSF cards is really very low.
On the transfer market: If you don’t have pack luck, you can also find the TOTSSF cards on the FUT transfer market. But wait a bit before you strike. Prices often drop significantly during the event.
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