The Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone offers you the unique chance to re-enter the fight for the top after death with the Gulag. We give you tips on how to make the most of this opportunity.
What tips do we have? With our 10 tips for the Gulag in Warzone , we want to give you various methods for a round, hidden and special tricks, as well as general advice for fighting in the arena.
They are meant to help you win 1v1 duels, so you can rejoin the battle.
However, you only have this opportunity once. If you play in solo mode, this is your second chance to win. If you play in squad, you’re saving your teammates from having to buy an expensive revive for you.
Where do the tips come from? We compiled the tips from our own experience and with the help of the video from YouTuber and CoD expert TheXclusiveAce. If you want to see some of the tips in action, we have embedded the video here for you:
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To win in the Gulag, it’s important to follow a strategy. This can depend on various factors, such as your experience with the given weapon loadout or even your own skills with the respective input device.
What strategies are there? There are two strategies that are likely to lead you to victory, because the opponent either does not expect it, or falls exactly into your trap:
run as fast as possible to the opponent and fire before he can react
However, what you should absolutely not do is wait. If you just camp in your spawn, the opponent will surely overwhelm you. You are giving away every advantage.
2. Pay attention to your loadout
This tip is actually obvious, but is often overlooked by some players. During the preparation time, the entire loadout will be displayed to you, including the weapons and equipment you will get.
The loadout is identical for both players. This helps you assess what the opponent can do with it, but also to devise your own tactic.
Especially important is that you memorize what you have. If you accidentally throw a smoke grenade thinking it’s a stun grenade, you will likely perish quickly.
Pay attention to your loadout (right). Image source: TheXclusiveAce
3. Work with your equipment
Many players rely only on the weapons given to them in combat. However, you should utilize the entire arsenal available to you.
With lethal equipment (grenades, Molotovs, Semtex, etc.), you can kill the opponent directly or lure him out of cover to ambush him.
With non-lethal equipment such as stun grenades, you can blind him for a short time, as well as recognize via a marker in the HUD if you’ve hit him.
In any case, you can locate him with the equipment. If you hit him, you know where he is. If you miss, you can exclude an area and work with that information.
4. Spray people before the match
This may sound more like a troll than a tip, but it actually helps. During the preparation time before a match, you can brawl with other spectators, throw stones or simply give them a new coat of paint.
If you spray exactly the opponent who is up against you, he will stand out much more from the background and you may recognize him a critical millisecond faster than he recognizes you.
5. Use your silhouette and confuse opponents
If you are already in the arena and have the few seconds before the match starts, you can see your opponents through a silhouette through the walls. This helps you in two ways:
if you pay attention to which direction he is looking, you can estimate where he will move
if you turn yourself in one direction and then run in the other, you can confuse the opponent
This trick is a bit tricky, as it is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the opponent does not have to pay attention to your silhouette, on the other hand he could confuse you as well. In addition, it’s hard to position yourself “wrongly” while keeping an eye on the opponent.
6. Land headshots with the right weapons
This applies especially to two weapons: the .50 GS (Desert Eagle) and .357. Both weapons are instantly lethal with a headshot and end the match with a well-placed shot.
If you find yourself in a duel with one of these two weapons, try to get into a good position as quickly as possible. Then aim over sights (ADS) and already aim at head height.
If you already aim at head height, hits are guaranteed faster. Image source: TheXclusiveAce
If you then see your opponent upright, you can aim and fire more quickly, and if he approaches you crouched, the distance is not much further than from the torso. This gives you the possibly crucial advantage to win quickly.
However, keep in mind that you shouldn’t get too fixated on this. If you mess up the first shots, quickly try another tactic before you lose.
7. Move properly
This tip is likely already known to many players, but is often quickly forgotten in the heat of battle: Proper movement can not only save your life, but also secure victory.
In this regard, you should pay attention to two things:
First, it’s worth constantly moving back and forth or even possibly jumping around corners. A moving target is harder to hit.
Secondly, sliding changes your hitbox so that a “normally” aimed shot at torso height doesn’t hit you without readjusting. This is especially advantageous in shotgun rounds where a shot might otherwise immediately take you out of the game. Slide around the corner to deny the opponent the immediate kill.
8. Use close combat
Something that is often forgotten is close combat. This inflicts 90 damage with an equipped weapon. This is often directly lethal in Gulag matches when you hit the opponent with just a single bullet beforehand.
In the Gulag, you are usually very close to your opponent and only need to sprint a step towards him to hit him. Especially with weapons like the .357, which shoot a bit slower, close combat can mean a quicker end to the match.
The .357 shoots a bit slower because the hammer has to be cocked first.
But be careful: Try not to do this in shotgun rounds. While it can work here as well, most shotguns can easily take you out even if aimed roughly at close combat distance with a single shot.
9. Pay attention to stones
Stones are not just a fun feature in the Gulag, but also useful. On the one hand, they can kill your opponent if he is already close to death. On the other hand, they help you locate the opponent.
If you are in the arena and spectators are throwing stones, they usually aim at the players in the arena. If you pay a little attention to where they fly, you can roughly figure out where the opponent is.
Keep in mind to keep moving constantly as in tip 7. You yourself can become a target of the stones, and to avoid being hit, it helps to make yourself a harder target.
10. Regenerate your health points
This is something that many players probably do not know: in the Gulag, your health points regenerate almost like in the regular multiplayer. However, this takes some time.
If you’re injured and want to regenerate, you need to find a safe spot away from the opponent and the spectators. Because any damage you take (even from stones) resets the timer for your regeneration.
On the PlayStation blog, the new shooter Boundary has been announced. It is set to release in 2020 and has a unique feature: you will fight in zero gravity in space. The trailer shows some crazy scenes.
What kind of game is this? Boundary is being developed by the Chinese indie studio Surgical Scalpels and will be a multiplayer “Zero-Gravity Shooter.” Throughout the game, you will fight without gravity in space.
Players take on the role of an “Astroperator,” also known as AO. You will have access to a rocket backpack and various weapons. Some of these resemble modern, realistic weapons, while others look very futuristic.
The trailer already gives a good insight into the game:
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What do we see in the trailer? In the trailer, it becomes clear that the battles are indeed fought in the middle of space. You can see floating players battling, who can evade in any direction.
Additionally, you can see ships and space stations where players can also move around. There are debris floating around, but the characters apparently glide through them without being hindered.
The complete combat in a three-dimensional world could be difficult in this setting. This is not suitable for every player due to coordination.
Lucas is one of the Astroperators in the shooter.
What else do we know about the game? The characters take on special roles that classify them for a match, such as sniper, attacker, or defender. Each Astroperator has an active and a passive ability, as well as different stats for armor and health points.
Many Astroperators can perform multiple roles in combat. Lucas, who is shown in the screenshot, can be both an attacker and a sniper at the same time.
Boundary is set to release in 2020
What is behind Boundary? In a blog post, Yongliang “CT” Cui, the producer of the studio, addressed the readers. In it, he discusses how the idea for the shooter came about:
First-person shooters are a classic genre that players have enjoyed in various environments, eras, and different places, cities … and planets.
This made us think: Why can’t we do something like this in space?
Indeed, there have been many shooters with a space setting, such as Destiny 2 or the canceled Project Nova. None of the larger and more well-known projects take place in outer space, at least not with freely floating astronauts.
When will Boundary be released? Boundary is set to release sometime in 2020 for PC and PS4. The key features of the game are said to be finished, but a specific date has not yet been announced.
The PlayStation Network (PSN) appears to be experiencing issues as players on the PS4 are repeatedly being kicked from the party. However, Sony has not detected any server problems themselves. What is the cause?
Update from April 2: This evening of April second, the disturbance seems to be recurring. Several users on Allestörungen.de and also the official Twitter account of the site report a disturbance between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM:
Yesterday, on April 1st, there was a similar outage at the same time. The issue has been recurring for several evenings now. As MeinMMO reader Boyka has already commented, the problem seems to lie with Telekom.
There is already a support thread in the forum where a staff member responded that the issue is being worked on (via Telekom).
Original report from March 31 – What is the problem? Several players are currently reporting that they are being kicked from their groups in the PSN – without apparent reason. They are getting booted from the chat or sometimes entirely from the group.
As reported by GamePro, this has now been the sixth day in a row that this is happening. Every day at about the same time in the evening, these issues occur. Also according to the outage services of Allestörungen.de and Netzwelt.de, players are regularly reporting this issue.
However, this should only affect downloads and not groups. Players still suspect that it is at least partially related to the Internet providers. Telekom, in particular, seems to be under suspicion:
I think it’s a routing issue with Telekom. Problems with other services like PSN or Twitch Chat started at the same time.
Same issue. Everything with Internet is good, bandwidth is great. But things just aren’t working.
What can I do? If you cannot use the party function of the PlayStation, you still have access to the group features of the individual games. You should be able to create groups in the games themselves without any problems.
Players who are kicked receive the message: “Due to network error, no longer in the party.” This prevents them from playing and communicating with others, at least through the PSN group feature. Sometimes they cannot even join.
Some PS4 users report that they cannot even access the PS Store anymore. However, the problems seem to only affect individual users. Others can apparently continue to stay in the group without problems.
Unlike in a widespread outage in June 2019, there is no error code. There are no current updates on the problem on the official Twitter account of PlayStation Germany.
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The biggest streamer on Twitch for World of Warcraft is Asmongold. However, he has been taking a break from streaming for months, after he rose to become the most popular streamer on the platform with WoW Classic in autumn 2019. Now Asmongold is back on Twitch.
Since when has Asmongold been away? His last stream on Twitch was on December 12, 2019.
After that, he lost interest in streaming. He announced a short break, which kept getting longer. First, it was said that he would be “back tomorrow,” which turned into a week, and now it has been 107 days.
For more than three and a half months, his 1.27 million followers on Twitch have not been able to hear Asmongold play WoW, get excited about something, or ramble wildly.
When is Asmongold coming back? The streamer has announced his return to Twitch for April 2. He will be back on the streaming platform after nearly 4 months.
WoW Classic brought the streamer to the top of Twitch – but then he seemed burned out.
“I talk to myself in the car like I used to on stream”
This is what he says about his return: Asmongold says it is now time for him to come back. Because he sits in his car and has conversations with himself. He talks to himself like he normally would on stream. Therefore, he believes he can also do it again in front of a live camera.
Asmongold aims to stream the Alpha of Shadowlands for WoW. If it goes online before April 2, he will start streaming earlier.
The streamer says he plans not to make a big deal out of the return; he will simply start streaming on Twitch again and playing WoW.
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It seems Asmongold was simply burned out after his climb to number 1 on Twitch for three months and needed as much time away from the camera as he spent at the top of the platform.
In WoW Classic, Twitch streamers had it tough. Some purists felt that such Twitch streamers would “disturb their game.” After all, they didn’t exist 15 years ago. Some wanted to drive Twitch streamers off their servers in WoW Classic.
This is how Asmongold’s return goes
Update 2.4.; 7:12 PM: Asmongold is indeed live again on Twitch. Since about 4 PM this afternoon, he has been streaming again. Currently, 61,085 people are watching him. That’s quite strong for his standards. In his last stream before the break, only an average of 25,081 people were watching.
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The professional guild Limit has farmed a ton of gold in World of Warcraft in no time at all. However, this gold is not even for themselves, but for creditors to whom they must repay the money.
How much gold has Limit farmed? The guild Limit has farmed about 257 million gold in WoW over a period of seven weeks, as revealed by @maximumwow in a tweet. This amounts to almost 37 million gold per week or just over 5 million gold per day.
Finished off our pre raid loans of 257 mil today. Easy 7 week speed run =-]
The daily amount alone is more than most players probably see all at once in their entire WoW career.
How the guild got the gold so quickly has not been disclosed. However, it is quite possible that several players paid to be carried through the new raid Ny’alotha or high-level Mythic+ keys.
This is actually not uncommon. Professional guilds often borrow large sums of gold to gain an advantage in the World First race and to claim the kills before all other guilds. In the first kill of Jaina, the competitor Method borrowed over 100 million gold.
Why is that so much? A large part of the debt is due to the corrupted items introduced with Patch 8.3. These “corrupted items” have a new special property: Corruption.
Corruption has a negative effect on your character, but it also provides extremely strong bonuses. Depending on the level of corruption, it can greatly increase a character’s damage.
Since corruption can also be found on Bind-on-Equip (BoE) items, the guild purchased the strongest corruptions across multiple realms and then transferred them to their home realm via character transfer.
Thus, 257 million quickly added up – seemingly worth it. As a “casual,” one would probably not want to take on this kind of work.
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After the rocky launch of Fallout 76, many fans and players hoped that the upcoming Wastelanders update would make everything better. MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus has already played Wastelanders and can say: Yes, it does!
What is Wastelanders?Wastelanders will be the next major update that comes to Fallout 76 after the already released content patches Wild Appalachia and Nuclear Winter. It will be the largest update to date and will fundamentally change the game.
The biggest change: With Wastelanders, NPCs are back, eliminating one of the biggest criticisms that fans of the single-player games in Fallout 76 had. In addition, the story continues, and more features and content are introduced.
MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus was able to test Wastelanders
I received early access from Bethesda and have explored Wastelanders for nearly 15 hours now.
During my playtesting, I explored the beginnings of Wastelanders with a completely new character, as well as my own high-level character and a pre-made character provided by Bethesda at level 80, to see as much as possible.
Please note that some content may still be subject to change. I haven’t seen all the content of Wastelanders yet because I visited certain areas multiple times during testing to see the differences.
What does Wastelanders need to improve?
Already during my first login with my new character and the first steps out of the Vault, I encountered NPCs with whom I could converse. In talking with them, I had various options: from honest to snarky to lying.
Already here, I noticed something: I missed this. Although I enjoyed playing Fallout 76, this moment alone showed me that NPCs and the ability to have conversations greatly enhance the game.
In the first minutes, it became clear to me that Wastelanders improves many aspects. But to explain this, a brief look back at the problems of Fallout 76 in the past.
At first glance, Appalachia looks almost the same – but some changes are happening beneath the surface, like the Settlers HQ.
The Problems with Fallout 76
Even before and especially after the release of Fallout 76 in November 2018, the game was heavily criticized. It wasn’t just bugs and errors that annoyed players, but also features that hardcore fans apparently found frustrating:
However, this community has also gotten smaller over time. Some players found there wasn’t enough to do and put the game on hold until the new update arrives. There is a lot of anticipation, however, and players want to return, like MeinMMO reader P1nhead: “Looks good. Sounds nice too. I definitely want to check it out again.”
The Solutions that Wastelanders brings
How does Wastelanders plan to address the problems? The first step to making Fallout 76 better with Wastelanders was the establishment of the test server (PTS). Since past patches consistently led to problems, one of the biggest requests from players was to be able to help.
Because Wastelanders was tested in advance by many players who provided feedback, it runs significantly smoother. In my 15 hours, I only stumbled upon three minor errors that were resolved with a quick reload of the world. The beta shortly before release had much larger problems and more crashes.
Content-wise, Fallout 76 now gets what many fans of the Fallout series have been wanting:
New quests and more story
Decisions that affect gameplay
NPCs that can act as merchants, quest givers, and companions
The old story is embedded in the new one. The new tasks are directly tied to the old ones – it’s still about saving Appalachia, just this time with people. The new players can still find the old story if they’re interested. If not, there are frequent summaries by the quest givers with relevant information.
Will Wastelanders be a full-fledged single-player title? Probably not. Although Fallout 76 now feels like Fallout 4, it’s still an online game, and you are not “the hero who can dictate everything” as in Fallout 3 or New Vegas.
You share the world with other Vault dwellers, and your task is to rebuild Appalachia together. Accordingly, it’s not possible to just blow up a city permanently, after all, other players still need to enter it.
There are important locations all over Appalachia, like this workshop at Red Rocket. You cannot just destroy it permanently for all players.
Additionally, the impacts of your decisions are present, but the end result remains the same in the quests, at least as far as I’ve played. You can only somewhat block your way and thus miss out on additional content or rewards if you make a “wrong” decision.
For those who still want to distinguish themselves from other players, there is the “Fallout 1st” subscription to enter their own private world, where only they, their group members, and the NPCs reside. But even here, it’s not possible to blow up cities.
As already mentioned, I first started Wastelanders with a new character and would advise any player to do so.
On the one hand, this familiarizes you with what decisions you can and should make, and which ones you better avoid. On the other hand, this opens up hilarious reactions from the NPCs – and a big scolding for having slept for months and letting others do the work.
The story directly picks up from what you experienced in Fallout 76. For new players, this doesn’t mean that you missed anything. The search for the Overseer is still the first goal, just with an intermediate step via Duchess and Mort.
Benedict recommends: Anyone who is considering buying Fallout 76 should definitely do so now and play the story. It makes some moments much more intense later than I could ever imagine as a new player. I try to keep it as spoiler-free as possible: The meeting with a well-known NPC that I was able to see for the first time made my heart race. A great moment that no one should miss.
The story itself continues similarly to before. The Overseer, who has previously given you quests via holotapes, sends you again through Appalachia. This time, however, you should help the people living there.
I was only able to see the first main mission after the start of Wastelanders, but I already noticed: My S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes and decisions have an impact on what I experience.
I decide what happens
In the conversation options, there are skill checks for the first time that have to do with something other than hacking computers. Depending on which attribute the character builds on, different paths are available:
With strength, you intimidate or threaten NPCs
Intelligence and perception allow for “smart” alternative solutions
Charisma helps with diplomacy and resolving things without combat – or getting more caps out of a deal
Luck brings… well, luck – it can work or it can’t
In my various playthroughs, I saw different options with the NPCs each time. If I intimidated or lied to them, I reached my goal faster, but no one wanted to talk to me anymore – no side quests, no special information from the people.
One of my first conversations was with these two ladies. I lied to them once, and they didn’t like it at all.
With a more diplomatic approach, I took much longer, but I was also able to secure more rewards. Only some key points of the story remained the same because the NPCs then relented.
Bugs can also sometimes be balanced out. I accidentally killed an important character much too early with a grenade and was then stared at angrily by everyone around.
I regretted this a lot, especially since it was an accident – but since certain quests and areas save less frequently, returning to the main menu can undo such decisions if you haven’t progressed further.
Are NPCs really that good? I tried to find as many NPCs as possible, talk to them, and test what I can do with them. It became clear to me how much potential was left in Fallout 76 before Wastelanders.
In short: Yes, the NPCs are really that good. Bethesda has already stated that they exaggerated a bit with the creation. And yes, the characters are indeed much better than I expected, but I don’t think it’s “overdone”. Every detail just makes it even better.
The best is in the detail
As in every RPG, the NPCs in Fallout 76 can roughly be divided into three groups:
Relevant main characters
Unnamed side characters
Enemies
NPCs react to how I behave: What distinguishes Wastelanders from other RPGs is that even the least important characters have relatively much depth. They are not only voiced but also react to the player depending on how they behave and even what they wear.
When I first stumbled into the “Waywards” diner with my fresh character to chat with Duchess and Mort, people already commented on my Vault jumper before I even entered the diner. Just passing by, without a real “conversation”.
Duchess and her regular customer Mort are important characters.
With my main character in power armor and a gatling, I then received comments like: “Hehe, you like the big guns, right? Nice.” Or: “With those weapons, you shouldn’t be afraid out here.” They even commented on the condition of my armor.
Daily routines and hidden tips! The NPCs actually have their own life. One of the settlers spoke to me in a broad dialect (an English one that I don’t know) and told me his story. Later, he sat with his wife and others outside the pub and played music.
In another scene, two NPCs were talking – one of them needed wood. In their conversation, they casually mentioned where to best gather wood. Useful information for players if you listen.
Such details make Wastelanders an immersive experience. The world feels alive, exactly how a post-apocalyptic world should feel when people want to “live normally” again.
The Raiders’ headquarters and their leader – What is everyday life like for these criminals?
Companions are the ideal side quest
A feature that I particularly enjoyed is the companions. I spent over three hours on the first companion quest for a crashed astronaut just to make her my companion.
Her quest line begins with a distress signal that leads me to her. She explains that she has crashed and needs help, and wonders what happened – because she missed the entire war.
Since she was trapped in space and in deep sleep before the atomic war of Fallout until the crash, it’s up to me to help her adapt to the new world. After a few quests, I can also offer her to “live” with me.
Companions have a special item that can be set up in the C.A.M.P. They then stay there and continue to provide you with quests. I haven’t gotten very far, but with each quest step, she shared more about herself.
It is said that it will someday be possible to even fall in love with your companions. Since they always require attention for side quests, this alone builds a bond that I gladly follow alongside my task of saving the world!
I can work for companions and gain their trust.
Is it worth jumping in or returning?
All in all, not much changes with the gameplay mechanics of Fallout 76. I still complete tasks, gather resources for my C.A.M.P., or farm items for my equipment.
The way all this is integrated into the world is quite different, though. It just fits. Instead of randomly found holotapes of faceless dead, there are now quest givers with emotions and personality. A feeling that makes me want to play more.
If you have been considering Fallout 76 before, now you have even more reasons to jump in. Fallout 76 offers a helpful community and a ton of things to discover:
With Wastelanders, this will only increase, and in my opinion, the entry is significantly smoother.
If Fallout 76 was previously not “single-player Fallout” enough for you, you have to weigh whether the changes described above are really sufficient for you. If the multiplayer aspect doesn’t bother you, it could provide you with many great hours. However, if you can’t stand MMOs at all, Wastelanders will probably not convince you.
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Even GameStar was able to try Fallout 76: Wastelanders for around 25 hours, and in the video, Michael Graf explains why this online RPG is finally on the right track – and why this is not Fallout 5.
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On Twitter, it has been confirmed what many have long suspected. The Deadpool skin in Fortnite will be available tomorrow, April 3. However, you need to complete some tasks to unlock it.
What kind of skin is this? This skin is based on the suit of the well-known Marvel character Deadpool. It can be found as a hidden easter egg in the Battle Pass of Season 2 of Fortnite.
Players have been waiting for the skin for weeks and have been completing various tasks. It is now confirmed that the skin will indeed be released tomorrow, April 3.
One last task remains: On Friday, April 3, there will likely be one final weekly task to solve. A dataminer has already shared the information about it (via Twitter):
First, you need to find Deadpool’s two pistols.
Then, you must visit a phone booth or a Port-a-Potty to transform into Deadpool.
This is how cool the new Deadpool skin in Fortnite looks.
Deadpool Takes Control of the Game
What else is happening? Currently, there are many indications that on April 3, not only the skin will be unlocked, but Deadpool himself will take control of various game content.
Data miners have already shown how the yacht will look after Deadpool transforms it into his personal ship:
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Additionally, there are hints that the Battlebus will also be adapted and receive a Deadpool hot air balloon (via Twitter).
When exactly all this will happen and how it will unfold is not yet known. However, knowing the character, it could be a surprising and entertaining event.
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On Steam, you will soon be able to play the pirate MMO Sea of Thieves. The release has now been announced. And even crossplay is included in the Steam version.
What’s new? The pirate adventure “Sea of Thieves” surprisingly appeared in the Steam store. Microsoft explains that they will support crossplay between Windows 10 (Microsoft Store), Steam, and Xbox One with the game. And that as soon as SoT launches on Steam. This is also revealed by the point “Cross-Platform Multiplayer” on the shop page.
When is the release? Unfortunately, a specific release date for Sea of Thieves on Steam has not yet been set. On the store page, there is a hint that it will be “coming soon”. If you want to test the game cheaply, you can find Sea of Thieves available in the Xbox Game Pass for PC.
On Twitter, the developers write that they “currently have no date” to share. Nevertheless, they are excited to announce this step.
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What kind of game is this? Sea of Thieves is one of the best pirate MMOs currently on the market. The focus is on the ships, with which you can explore the seas and plunder other pirate ships.
But even outside of sailing trips, there is much to experience. You can get drunk in bars, sing sea shanties, or find hidden treasures with the help of maps and puzzles.
You can form a crew with up to 4 players and accept quests from NPCs. But you can also set off alone and experience the vast world of Sea of Thieves.
This is what Microsoft says: In a post on the Xbox Blog, Microsoft writes that players have been exploring the secrets of Sea of Thieves for two years. They are now excited to share the game with the Steam community and to bring them into the game.
Why is this good? For players of Sea of Thieves, this should be good news, as you can experience exciting adventures together with other pirates. Multiple pirate crews are out on servers, competing for hidden treasures. If you play as nasty as this streamer, you spread fear and terror among the other crews.
Bringing even more players into the game through the Steam community, and allowing them to play together, should ensure full servers and plenty of fellow players.
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Also in 2020, Sea of Thieves continues to launch events and bring new content. Just at the end of March, the anniversary event started with special pirate quests.
Will you be getting the Steam version of Sea of Thieves?
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In Fortnite, the Easter skins will soon be available. Dataminers have already found some Easter-themed skins and other leaked skins in the data of Fortnite. We will show you how they look.
What skins are we talking about? In the coming days, numerous new skins will come to the Fortnite shop. Some of them have been found in the new update 12.30 and shown by dataminers.
The cosmetics are not yet in the game or only partially included, and will be added gradually. Included are also some cool Easter skins.
All Easter Skins from Update 12.30
These are the skins: A total of images of 3 skins have been found that fit the Easter theme and will likely come to the shop during this time.
The following images were posted by dataminer VastBlastt on Twitter.
This also means that both Easter skins will probably return to the shop and be available again.
This is what they look like:
These skins will also soon be in the Item Shop
Which skins have been leaked? Four additional skins have been found after Update 12.30 that will be available soon in the Item Shop.
These include 2 cardboard warrior skins and a funny “pay to lose” outfit.
This is what the skins look like:
This is important when buying: All of these items are purely cosmetic. You won’t receive any special abilities just for wearing such a skin.
When will the outfits be in the shop? Normally, such skins and cosmetics find their way into the shop over the course of the following days after the update. Most cosmetics should already be available by the next update.
The Easter skins will probably be available around Easter time in the Item Shop.
Another skin that you will probably be able to unlock soon is the Deadpool skin. This is the secret skin of Season 2.
The video game The Division 2 takes place in New York in the new expansion. The current news from New York raises disturbing parallels – even if reality is significantly different from fiction, says our author Schuhmann.
This is the situation in the real world: New York is seen by some as the capital of our modern world. In recent days, the city, known as a vibrant center, is also becoming the global capital of the Corona pandemic:
In the USA, more than 200,000 people are infected with the corona virus – 4,800 deaths are known
In New York, 83,889 corona cases are registered – there have been 1,941 deaths
These are the current data from “The New York Times”. The numbers and the chart with the large red circle in the northeast of the US map make it clear: New York is the epicenter of the virus in the USA.
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Parallels and Differences in Real New York Compared to Fictional
This news comes from the USA: The prison complex Riker’s Island is heavily affected by the corona virus. As the Times reports, 167 inmates and 137 staff members of the prison tested positive for corona by Monday, March 30. The prison is described as “unclean” and “overcrowded”.
In The Division 2, the “Rikers” are a group of prisoners who were formerly incarcerated on Riker’s Island:
In the “real world,” they are victims of the virus. They must endure the pandemic under even more difficult conditions than most of us.
The Rikers are standard enemies in The Division and The Division 2.
Field Hospital in Central Park
A field hospital with 68 beds has just been set up in Central Park, New York. The temporary hospital is meant to accommodate patients that Mount Sinai Hospital can no longer accommodate.
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In The Division 2, players frequently see such emergency facilities, where patients were cared for during the peak of the dollar flu. The “Madison Field Hospital” was the entry instance in The Division 2.
In the fictional world of The Division, the “Madison Square Garden”, the famous sports center of New York, was converted into a field hospital. Players cannot enter Central Park in The Division.
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As the Times reports, New York City has provided 45 mobile morgues. Additionally, local crematories have been allowed to operate around the clock. These are necessary measures because the in-house morgues of hospitals are overwhelmed.
In The Division 2, players encounter “Body Bags”, body bags that pile up as they get closer to the contaminated zones while walking through New York.
Both are symbols of the fact that the number of dead rises so rapidly that the normal practice of burying a body can no longer be maintained.
What it’s about: It is clear that the fiction of The Division 2 is significantly different from the reality of the USA under the corona lockdown. One should separate reality from fiction.
Nevertheless, some players of The Division 2 are likely reflecting on things while walking through fictional New York and then seeing the current images from the USA.
I felt a bit uneasy when I saw on television that the USA was sending a hospital ship to New York. Because the day before, I had completed a mission on a ship in The Division 2 that had run aground in New York and was now being used as a base for a terrorist.
The developers of The Division 2 addressed the parallels to the corona virus and the virus in The Division 2 before the outbreak of the pandemic. They said, the “Tom Clancy” series games dealt with real threats. They also conducted intensive research on how authorities and helpers would respond to the outbreak of such a pandemic.
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In Pokémon GO brought a surprising event disguise Pokémon like Ditto. This is likely to please many trainers – as the shapeshifter is partially very important.
This is the event: On April 1, Pokémon GO launched the “Tricky Pokémon Event”, which causes various prankster Pokémon to spawn more frequently. These include monsters like Tarnpignon, Mogelbaum, or Voltobal – but also Ditto.
The shapeshifter is basically the mother of all disguise Pokémon. And for some trainers, the increased spawn rate of the gooey monster is quite good news. Because now there is a week to secure a Ditto with good chances – and finally complete old quests.
Ditto is currently appearing quite often
Finally Ditto for Special Research
This is how it usually looks with Ditto: Dittos are normally hard to catch. Because first, they spawn extremely rarely – and second, they don’t look like Ditto on the map. Instead, you have to catch very specific Pokémon from the Ditto list and hope that one of them ultimately turns out to be Ditto. Currently, trainers are finding the monster quite often.
This is why Ditto is important: In battle, Ditto might not be particularly exciting, even though it can transform into the opposing Pokémon. However, it is interesting for everyone who still has long-standing quests pending.
Because old special research like “A Mysterious Discovery” depends on Ditto. To get the mysterious Pokémon Mew in this quest line, you need to catch a Ditto at stage 5 out of 8.
The same applies to the special research “More about Meltan“, where you must catch that monster. Both quests first appeared in 2018 – but those who had bad luck with Ditto spawns or took longer breaks from playing have been stuck here for a long time.
For all trainers who are still stuck here, the prank event could turn into a real boon. Because Ditto is currently appearing so often that even the “Catch 3 Ditto” task of the current event quests is achievable. And there are even more new field research tasks.
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In GTA 5 Online you now have the chance to earn over 300,000 GTA dollars in just 2 minutes. With a specific setup, you can even earn over 600,000 GTA dollars in a bit more time. But this won’t last long.
What’s going on? A new bonus week started today, April 2, in GTA Online. Alongside some discounts and a new podium vehicle, there’s a hefty cash bonus waiting for you in time trials. And you should definitely take advantage of it.
How to do this most skillfully, we will show you here.
Time Trial at the Sawmill – Earn 306,000 GTA Dollars in 2 Minutes
What is that? Every week, the time trials in GTA Online switch in rotation. You need to drive from point A to point B without exceeding the given time. If you succeed, a large cash sum awaits you.
How does it work? This week, the race “Sawmill” is active. But it will only be available until next Thursday, April 9. It’s important that you complete it before then. So hurry up.
We have tested the race with the new bonus for you -> It works!
RC Time Trials – Another 300,000 in 1 Minute
What is that? In addition to the “big” time trials, there are also limited-time courses for small cars – the remote-controlled RC cars. You can race them every week in addition to the time trials. And here you can also earn triple GTA dollars, so over 300,000 GTA dollars for a race.
If you complete both races, you can earn over 600,000 GTA dollars.
How does it work? The time trial La Fuente Blanca can be found at a well-known location in Vinewood Hills, where a cartel boss resides. You then have 1 minute and 27 seconds to reach the finish line. In our guide to La Fuente Blanca we show you how to win the race.
Tempesta on the Podium – New Event Week
In summary, the new event week in GTA Online brings the following:
Tempesta on the podium
Declasse Vamos now available for purchase at Southern San Andreas Super Autos
With the GTA dollars earned, you now have a good foundation to earn even more money. The game offers you various opportunities from drug smuggling to trading stolen cars. Here we show you 12 ways to quickly earn a lot of money in GTA Online now.
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In the first week, you need to visit 3 different Skye Camp locations. These are places that are not named on the map.
Locations on the Fortnite map:
To safely find these camping spots, we’ll present them to you one by one.
1. Coastal Camp – Location
Where do you need to land? You will find the first campsite set up by Skye in the southern part of the map. Land in grid square D8 for this.
The site is located on a hill near the coast. There you will see 3 trees, and in between you will find the campsite. You just need to land there.
2. Coastal Camp – Location
Where do you need to land? You will find the next campsite northwest of Sweaty Sands, right near the coast. Land in grid square A3 for this.
Here you will find a row of trees, and directly under the largest tree is the campsite. You need to land there.
3. Coastal Camp – Location
Where do you need to land? The last campsite is located in the northeastern part of the map between the Yacht and Dirty Docks. Land in grid square H3 for this.
This site is located right on the coast and is easy to spot.
If you prefer to watch the 3 locations of the coastal camps in a video, you can do that here:
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What do you get for completing this task? This mission is part of the first package of Skye challenges. In total, you need to have completed at least 18 tasks before you can assign your agent to the teams Ghost or Shadow. The skin is available through the Battle Pass.
The Division 2 took strong action and banned glitchers. Many players complained afterwards on social media that they were unfairly punished. The developers clarified.
The major loot shooter The Division 2 pulled the emergency brake and punished glitchers who exploited a bug to obtain incredible damage values. The cheaters received a one-week ban and also lost two weeks of their progress. The accounts of the affected players were reset to March 17.
In the weekly “State of the Game” community stream on April 1, the creators from the developer studio Massive addressed accusations that players were unfairly punished. According to Chris Gansler, the community developer of Division 2, many players claimed they were just in a group with those who exploited the bug. They themselves were innocent.
Developers say: Those who were banned were cheating
What do the developers have to say about this? The German community developer contradicted the accusations and clarified: Those who were banned were also glitching. He further stated that one should not only look at social media, where opponents of the ban wave were apparently in overwhelming numbers.
He directly contradicts statements such as: “If you ban everyone who used the glitch now, then 50% of the players are gone!” While he doesn’t disclose exact numbers, it seems that not even close to that many players exist. The exact wording: “Absolute nonsense”. Here is the complete stream as a video on YouTube:
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How did the developers find the glitchers? Gansler here does not go into detail. The developers want to prevent that inventive agents find a way to circumvent this tracking.
He hinted that it has something to do with their data. They can thus see certain values of our accounts and react accordingly.
Could there still be false bans? In such a large action, mistakes can also happen. It’s quite possible that a few innocent players were caught here. But not to the extent that the reactions to the ban wave might suggest.
Gansler said that if you feel treated unfairly or something else is wrong with your account, then report it. Tag him on Twitter, open a thread on Reddit, or contact Ubisoft support.
TU 8.5 likely next week
What other info was shared in the SotG? Since the major Warlords expansion at the beginning of March, the developers have been working hard on annoying bugs, balance issues, and the DPS glitch.
Accordingly, the SotGs have been packed in recent weeks. This time they revealed quite a bit about the future of the title in the stream:
Due to the current work-from-home situation, it is likely difficult for them to provide an exact date. However, TU 8.5 should come during the next week.
Items that affect build diversity will be adjusted.
This was actually planned as an announcement for next week, but game designer Bruce Kelly has now announced: The vests and backpacks will also soon be available without a raid.
These outfits are available during the clothing event “Urban Jungle”.
What else is going on in Division 2? Currently, the first season of the loot shooter is underway, bringing new events or some fresh content into the game every week.
Currently, we can collect special cosmetic items until April 21 as part of the clothing event “Urban Jungle”. However, apparently not all agents are interested in the season’s content – Some are already glitching again despite the ban wave.
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In Borderlands 3 können Spieler dank des neuen Max-Levels neue Builds bauen. Dadurch werden ziemlich starke Kombinationen möglich – wie sehen neue Builds für Amara, FL4K, Zane und Moze aus?
What has changed? With the new maximum level 57, there are more skill points to distribute. For example, you can unlock two final skills of the Vault Hunters or generally boost the skills. Additionally, the DLC brought new loot, which also allows for cool builds.
We have looked around in the community and found some strong builds. Here we show you a few that are particularly strong.
Level 57 FL4K Build
This is what the build can do: The new max-level build by YouTuber “Chadly99” deals immense damage with good sustainability. He is able to take down bosses in no time and can sometimes eliminate them in Mayhem-4 mode with a single shot. It also works in the True Takedown mode of Maliwan Takedown. You can see how it looks like in the video here:
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This is how the build works: The nice thing about this build is that it is not entirely dependent on specific weapons or kill skills. However, there are three specific things needed:
As strong Gamma Burst bonuses on the gear as possible
A “Red Fang” Class Mod
A Hunter-Seeker grenade
In terms of skills, Chadly99 mostly focuses on the Hunter tree, but the Master tree also receives many skill points. As a pet, he uses the Skag. Thanks to level 57, one could select two final skills, but the YouTuber opts not to and only uses “Megavore” as the final skill.
Instead, the remaining skills are partially maxed out – something that was not possible with level 50. Here you can see the complete skill distribution:
Level 57 Zane Build
This is what the build can do: The build comes from YouTuber “Ki11er Six”. He may not be able to take down bosses with one shot like the FL4K build, but it is also very damage-intensive. Enemies like Captain Traunt don’t last long.
The Takedown is also possible with the build. This is mainly due to the drone, which provides you with plenty of bonuses. Many enemies are frozen before they can harm you. Also, your movement speed and thus your damage are very high. This is how it looks:
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This is how the build looks: The YouTuber uses a lot of strong gear, including from the new fun DLC. He utilizes the “Little Yeeti”, “Skullmasher”, “Anarchy” and the “Unseen Threat”. But also the “Lob” and “Maggie” are used. It is best to look for weapons that bring the SNTL bonus, which gives you 100% Cryo damage. For this, he uses:
It’s Piss or Recurring Hex grenade
Snowdrift Victory Rush artifact
Seein Dead Class Mod
However, the most critical factor is the skill setup. It ensures high movement damage, a powerful drone, and ultimately a ton of bonuses. As action skills, he uses the Barrier and the SNTL – and curiously, none of the final skills. This task is taken over by the “Seein Dead” Class Mod from the first DLC, which replaces the final skill “Red Mist”. This allows him to distribute his points in many other areas:
Level 57 Amara Build
This is what the build can do: The build comes from YouTuber Moxsy and is also capable of dealing endless damage. Bosses are not a problem, and the Takedown is achievable in the “True Takedown” mode with this build. The build relies on high elemental damage and ricocheting projectiles. This is especially helpful in rooms with many enemies.
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This is how the build looks: The build utilizes skills from all three trees. From the “Elemental Fist” tree, you obtain “Phasegrasp” and the final skill “Powerful Expression.” You also don’t need a second one in this build. However, you can make good use of the artifact “Pearl of Ineffable Knowledge” from the new DLC, which massively increases weapon damage in this build. Other items include:
Recursion
Unseen Threat
Clairvoyance
Spiritual Driver Class Mod
You can find the complete skill build of “Moxsy” here:
Level 57 Moze Build
This is what the build can do: This build also comes from “Moxsy” and is no less than the Amara build. Moze is capable of smashing bosses and Takedown. The build ensures that you basically never have to reload and deal a lot of damage. This is how it looks:
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This is how the build looks: The Moze build by Moxsy perfectly utilizes the option of two final skills. Both the green and blue skill trees are predominantly used – including their final skills. He is not dependent on specific weapons but works particularly well with:
Kyb’s Worth
The Lob
Soulrender
Anarchy
Here too, the artifact “Pearl of Ineffable Knowledge” from the DLC is utilized. The gear is combined with the following skills:
In Destiny 2, Xenophage is now an absolute top weapon. Read why even raid bosses fear the exotic and which other weapons are the best for the endgame.
This is the exotic in question: When the exotic machine gun Xenophage was introduced, guardians wondered: Is the weapon bugged or really that bad? For most, it was clear that the weapon was not worth the power or exotic slot.
But in the current Season 10, the once-ridiculed exotic is one of the strongest weapons in the entire game and can clear even raid bosses out of the way in a phase. We take a look at the reasons for the change and show you the other current top weapons for the endgame.
Those who have not yet been able to get their hands on Xenophage can find our comprehensive guide here:
Both factors combined allow the exotic to ascend to the damage Olympus now.
The best part is that the weapon has not lost any of its original comfort features. It still deals maximum damage to the enemy, whether you land a critical hit or just graze them with your toe. Additionally, Xenophage is effective at all ranges, and even if you miss, it causes an explosion that damages enemies in the vicinity.
Exotic surprises in the raid: PvE expert Datto aptly titled his latest DPS test video “Xenophage Vs. Izanagi’s Burden.” He is known for his tests and damage analyses in Destiny and must admit with some surprise that Xenophage is now among the absolute best weapons for the endgame.
Xenophage now has a fixed place among the guardians
Especially in the fight against the final boss in the Garden of Salvation, the exotic plays an outstanding role. The gigantic Vex warrior often flails around during the damage phase, hiding its crit spot and hovering in mid-air. In these phases, Xenophage allows for constant and strong damage. Thanks to fully automatic fire, you only need to hold the trigger.
This is how you get the most out of Xenophage: The only weakness of Xenophage is its slow reload time. However, this problem can be well managed with a Well of Radiance using Lunafaction Boots, a Titan Barricade, or the Hunter’s dodge jump. According to Datto, even average fireteams can take down the boss easily in 2 phases.
Titans should definitely rely on the exotic chest armor Actium War Rig. This armor automatically reloads Xenophage, allowing you to keep firing at the raid boss non-stop. With 4 “Enhanced Relay Defender” mods, it is even possible for Titans to defeat the final boss of the Garden of Salvation in just one phase.
You can see what it looks like when the Consecrated Mind is taken down effortlessly by Xenophage in one phase here:
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Many of the well-known boss killers have been heavily impacted by nerfs but still remain some of the strongest weapons in Destiny 2.
Other top weapons for the endgame:
Izanagi’s Burden – The exotic sniper in the special slot was long considered the undisputed DPS king, but those days are gone. Izanagi is still very strong when it comes to dealing a lot of damage in a short time. However, due to the now significantly longer reload animation and pause before the next shot, missed and follow-up shots are punished with considerable damage loss.
Whisper of the Worm – The exotic fan-favorite is making a comeback and is now arguably the strongest sniper in the game. Especially in boss fights and with support from Devour, the Whisper is a top weapon.
Legendary grenade launchers – These damage monsters have also been nerfed but seem to withstand the change surprisingly well. So if you swear by your Wendigo GL3, you are doing nothing wrong. The advantages are that they can be paired with other exotics and have a high DPS value.
Thousand Voices – The notorious raid exotic, like Xenophage, does not require crits and deals massive area damage. Datto recommends the weapon in his latest video against raid bosses.
The Fourth Horseman – The exotic shotgun is the DPS king of close combat in Season 10 and frees up the power slot for strong support.
In GTA 5 Online you can encounter aliens, find an alien egg, and even carry a tattoo as a memento. However, this is not easy to achieve. In this guide, we will show you how the UFO mission works.
What kind of tattoo is this? The UFO tattoo is actually more of a marking given to you by the mysterious aliens. It is an Easter egg.
This tattoo then appears on your back and you can brag about it, as you have encountered the aliens, who are quite hard to find.
This is what the UFO tattoo looks like:
Complete the UFO mission and find the alien egg – Here’s how it works
The UFO tattoo is rare because it is quite difficult to obtain. You need to do a lot of preparation. If you want to unlock this cool feature, we will show you what steps you need to follow.
1. Complete the Alien Supply Mission
What do you need to do? First, you need to complete supply delivery missions from your bunker. To do this, you need to own a bunker.
From your “office”, you can order supplies as an MC or CEO (steal supplies) and then retrieve them. You have to do this a total of 600 times to unlock the Alien Supply Mission. Unfortunately, you cannot check how many supply missions have already been completed.
Tip: To keep track of your supply runs, you should keep a tally until you have completed the 600 missions.
Once you reach 600 resupply missions, you must try to start a new supply mission between 9:00 PM and 11:00 PM (in-game time). You can see the in-game time when you open your phone.
You should keep doing this until the UFO mission starts and you can pick up the alien egg and bring it to your bunker.
2. Drink at the nightclub until you blackout
What’s next? Once you have completed the Alien Supply Mission, you can proceed to step 2. Here, the time and weather play an important role.
You need to be at a nightclub between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM. Again, this refers to the in-game time, which you can check on your phone.
Make sure it is raining, storming, or snowing. At the nightclub, you order a Macbeth whiskey shot and drink it.
After that, you will blackout and wake up in another place. Keep doing this until you wake up at Mount Chiliad. However, remember that this must happen between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM.
3. Admire the aliens and snag the tattoo
This is how the encounter works: If all the above steps have been successful and you wake up in Mount Chiliad, you can turn around and see how the aliens fly away in their UFO.
Then you will have the marking on your back that the aliens left behind.
As you can see, the tattoo is not easy to obtain at all. It feels even better when you finally succeed and can show it off.
In the YouTube video from GTA Series Videos, you can see the entire process of how to unlock the UFO tattoo:
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The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 has had a soft spot for cats for a long time. You can acquire these cute pets for your home instance and play with them. But now, gigantic cats are appearing all over the world, and their king has reached out to the players in a letter.
What happened? Since April 1st, gigantic cats have been appearing near capitals or special locations in Guild Wars 2. They do not influence gameplay, but they look incredibly nice and cuddly.
The cats come in various forms, including a black Halloween cat with a witch hat or a rather plump cat that seems to have been spoiled by its owner.
Moreover, the king of all cats has sent a letter to the players:
The king of all cats reaches out to the players and has potions as gifts.
The potions have the special effect of occasionally causing cats to appear that grant you power. However, this appearance has already led to funny glitches.
Players praise cats and encounter funny glitches
How are the players reacting? Funnier than the actual joke are the players’ reactions. Many players gathered in front of one of the gigantic cats and praised them (in the video starting at 40 seconds):
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In the GW2 subreddit, there were various threads praising the cat lords. Some suspected a takeover of world domination, while others expected wise future predictions from them, like those from an oracle. Anything is currently possible with the cats.
What funny glitches occurred? With the new potions, cats spontaneously appear no matter where you are. However, in the instance fighting the Elder Dragon Kralkatorrik, this led to an absurd situation.
Since the Elder Dragon was supposed to appear gigantic, everything else in the instance was apparently depicted as extremely small. However, this does not apply to the new cats. They easily overshadow the dragon and thus appear gigantic in the screenshots.
Giant cats in the fight against Kralkatorrik (Source: Reddit).
ArenaNet bombards players with jokes
What other April Fools’ jokes were there around GW2? ArenaNet was generous with players this year. Alongside the in-game joke, corresponding patch notes were also released (via GW2 Forum):
The names of world bosses now always get an addition like “the Second” or “Jr.” when they reappear. This is to clarify that bosses do not resurrect by magic but are actually their children.
NPCs now complain about never being visited or called.
Miniatures can now be sorted so that the cutest are on top.
There are new special “reaction skills,” where you need to react faster the older the account is, because veterans are more experienced.
How long will the joke stay in the game? From the fun patch notes, it can be seen that the cats will remain in the game until April 7th. On April 2nd, they were definitely still present. So anyone who loves cats or just wants to try out Guild Wars 2 should log in quickly.
Presumably a week later, on April 14th, the Super Adventure Box will return to Guild Wars 2. At the same time, a change to the legendary equipment could also find its way into the game that has already generated a lot of excitement.
What other April Fools’ jokes were there in the gaming world? Not only Guild Wars 2 had some jokes in store. Other online games and MMOs also played tricks on their players. We have compiled 7 funny April Fools’ jokes for you.
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The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (PC, PS4, Xbox One) offers a variety of races and classes for every taste. In your choice, you are hardly restricted. In this guide, we want to give you some recommendations on which race might suit your playstyle.
The races in the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) all come with individual strengths and weaknesses. These support the players through passive skills that you can level up during gameplay.
These are the 10 playable races in ESO:
Bretons
Redguards
Orcs (Orsimer)
High Elves (Altmer)
Wood Elves (Bosmer)
Khajiit
Argonians
Dark Elves (Dunmer)
Nords
Imperials (must be purchased)
In a survey, you told us which of these 10 races is your favorite. They are divided into three alliances. Thus, you are limited to your choice. The Imperials are an exception; their race is independent.
The three alliances in ESO with Cyrodiil as the contested area
If you are a pre-order customer or have purchased the “Away from Home” item in the Crown store, you can play any race with any alliance.
Ultimately, it comes down to what appeals to you visually and personally. You can also choose your race freely. These recommendations are meant to provide some additional advantages in ESO. Additionally, we have put together suggestions for which classes might provide the right combination for your race.
The article was updated on April 2, 2020, and received a new categorization for “Race-Class Combinations”. In addition, some links were updated.
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The differences for DDs: If you choose to play as a damage dealer in ESO, you can choose from two different paths. Different races are recommended for a Magicka build compared to a Stamina build.
Which race is best for Magicka DDs?
If you want to deal Magicka damage, the High Elves, Dark Elves, and Bretons are a good choice. The first two races excel with their increased Magicka and Spell Power. The Bretons are just slightly behind.
The High Elves (Altmer)
The High Elf race has a high affinity for magic. As a result, you gain a bonus to your Magicka and Spell Power, positively affecting your damage as a Magicka DD. Additionally, you have higher resource regeneration. When casting spells, you regain Stamina or Magicka, with the latter being more relevant as a Magicka DD.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Born to be High: Increases your experience gain; increases experience gain with Destruction Staff
Magicka Recovery: When casting a class skill, you regain Magicka or Stamina, depending on which value is lower. This can proc every 6 seconds. Reduces the damage you take when you use a skill with casting time or a focused skill.
Syrabann’s Blessing: Increases your maximum Magicka
Elemental Talent: Enhances your Spell Power
Good race-class combinations: High Elves are best suited for Magicka DDs. Since you can play every class as a Magicka build, you have a great selection here. Examples of recommended classes include Sorcerer, Necromancer, or Dragonknight. The Magicka Sorcerer is also a good choice if you prefer to successfully solo through dungeons.
The Dark Elves (Dunmer)
This race possesses high intelligence and agility. As a Magicka DD, your focus is mainly on intelligence, particularly the increased Magicka resource and Spell Power.
As Dark Elves, you gain increased resistance to fire damage, which can be advantageous in a vampire playstyle. They are also well-suited for hybrid playstyles since you can increase both Spell and Weapon Power. This way, you can easily play as both a Magicka DD and Stamina DD without needing to switch races.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Ashlander: Increases experience gain with dual wielding, decreases damage taken from lava
Dynamic: Increases your maximum Magicka and Stamina
Flame Resistance: Increases your flame resistance, grants immunity to burning
Overwhelm: Increases your Spell and Weapon Power
Good race-class combinations: Dark Elves provide you benefits for both Magicka and Stamina DDs. A powerful class for both playstyles is the Necromancer. You can also play only Magicka and look at Templars, Sorcerers, or Dragonknights.
The Bretons
The Bretons have an innate talent for the arcane. They provide increased Magicka and Magicka regeneration, making life easier for you as a Magicka DD. More Magicka and higher regeneration automatically mean more spells and hence more damage.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Opportunist: Increases experience gain with light armor, increases the Alliance points you earn
Gift of Magnus: Increases your maximum Magicka
Magical Affinity: Increases your magic resistance and Magicka regeneration
Magicka Mastery: Reduces the Magicka costs of your skills
Good race-class combinations: Bretons offer great advantages for Magicka classes, while Stamina specializations do not offer any advantages. Good Magicka DDs are Sorcerers and Dragonknights. And with a Magicka Templar, you can easily solo through content as a Breton.
Which race is best for Stamina DDs?
If you prefer to deal Stamina damage, Orcs, Redguards, Khajiit, and Dark Elves are a good choice. You may also consider Wood Elves, especially if you want to play a stealth class like Nightblades.
The Orcs (Orsimer)
A people from the mountains, hardened by their harsh environment. This grants you a bonus to heavy armor and weapon use. Additionally, you can sprint better and have more Weapon Power. There are also extra health and stamina boosts. All these traits make Orcs optimal Stamina DDs.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Craftsman: Increases experience gain with heavy armor, increases your inspiration gain in crafting
Muscly: Increases your maximum Stamina
Unyielding Rage: Increases your maximum health. When you use a weapon skill, you heal yourself, which can proc every 4 seconds.
Rapid Warrior: Increases your Weapon Power, reduces your costs, and increases your sprinting speed
Good race-class combinations: With an Orc, you play best as a tough melee character with a Stamina build. Here you can look closely at the Dragonknight class. Also, consider Templar or Warden.
The Redguards
This people has a long tradition as sword masters. You gain a bonus in using one-handed weapons and shields, more base stamina and stamina regeneration. Together with the increased movement speed, these are good prerequisites for a Stamina DD.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Traveler: Increases experience gain with one-handed weapon and shield, increases the duration of consumed foods
Combat Training: Reduces the costs of weapon skills, decreases the effectiveness of slowdowns
Hardening: Increases your maximum Stamina
Adrenaline Rush: When dealing direct damage, you restore Stamina. This can happen every 5 seconds.
Good race-class combinations: The Redguards with their sword skills are especially well-suited as Nightblades or Dragonknights, both with a Stamina build. You regenerate your resources excellently, which is an advantage for fast classes like Nightblades.
The Khajiit
A feline people with natural versatility and agility. They can sneak better, which is advantageous for pickpocketing. Additionally, with this race, you gain a bonus to resource regeneration, more health, Magicka, and Stamina. They are specialized in medium armor and provide a good foundation for a Stamina DD.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Pickpocket: Increases experience gain with medium armor, increases the chance of successful pickpocketing
Robustness: Increases your health, Magicka, and Stamina regeneration
Moon Blessing: Increases your maximum health, maximum Magicka, and maximum Stamina
Feline Ambush: Increases the rating for critical magic and weapon hits, decreases the detection radius while sneaking
Good race-class combinations: The Khajiit are perfect for Necromancers, Nightblades, and Templars focused on Stamina. Their bonus to sneaking makes them a natural fit for the Nightblade. Their enhanced resource regeneration also helps.
The Dark Elves (Dunmer)
This race possesses high intelligence and agility. As a Stamina DD, the bonus for dual-wielding is particularly interesting. Additionally, you have an increased stamina resource and more Weapon Power.
As Dark Elves, you gain increased resistance to fire damage, which can be advantageous in a vampire playstyle. They are also well-suited for hybrid playstyles since you can increase both Spell and Weapon Power. This way, you can easily play as both a Magicka DD and Stamina DD without needing to switch races.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Ashlander: Increases experience gain with dual wielding, decreases damage taken from lava
Dynamic: Increases your maximum Magicka and Stamina
Flame Resistance: Increases your flame resistance, grants immunity to burning
Overwhelm: Increases your Spell and Weapon Power
Good race-class combinations: Dark Elves benefit you as both Magicka and Stamina classes. A class that does both very well is the Necromancer. However, as Sorcerer or Nightblade, you will also perform well.
The Wood Elves (Bosmer)
The Bosmer are best suited as Stamina DDs. They specialize in the use of bows. Their racial skills make them highly agile. During dodges, you gain bonuses, keeping you rolling most of the time, avoiding detection while being rewarded.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Acrobat: Increases experience gain with bows, reduces your fall damage
Hunter’s Insight: Increases your detection radius, increases your running speed, physical and spell penetration after a dodge roll
Y’ffre’s Endurance: Increases your Stamina regeneration
Innate Resistance: Increases your maximum Stamina and poison resistance. Grants immunity to poisoning
Good race-class combinations: The optimal choice for a Wood Elf is Nightblade. This combination is especially good because of the bonus to sneaking. Otherwise, you can also choose other Stamina classes, but should always consider the use of a bow.
Which race is best for healers?
If you want to heal in ESO, the Bretons, High Elves, and Argonians are a great choice.
The Bretons
The Bretons have an innate talent for the arcane. They provide increased Magicka and Magicka regeneration. In addition, skill costs are reduced. More Magicka and higher regeneration enable you to perform better as a healer. You can apply more skills and thus heal more.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Opportunist: Increases experience gain with light armor, increases the Alliance points you earn
Gift of Magnus: Increases your maximum Magicka
Magical Affinity: Increases your magic resistance and Magicka regeneration
Magicka Mastery: Reduces the Magicka costs of your skills
Good race-class combinations: As healers, you play with Magicka, which is why Bretons are a good choice. Suitable classes include Dragonknights, Necromancers, and Templars.
The High Elves (Altmer)
This race possesses a high affinity for magic. This gives you a bonus to your Magicka and Spell Power. You also have a higher resource regeneration. With these three additional skills, you are well-equipped as a healer. You can perform significant healing.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Born to be High: Increases your experience gain, increases experience gain with Destruction Staff
Magicka Recovery: When casting a class skill, you regain Magicka or Stamina, depending on which value is lower. This can proc every 6 seconds. Also reduces your received damage when using a skill with casting time or a focused skill.
Syrabann’s Blessing: Increases your maximum Magicka
Elemental Talent: Enhances your Spell Power
Good race-class combinations: Their power in dealing with Magicka makes High Elves very good healers. For this, you can look at the classes Templar, Necromancer, or Dragonknight. But Sorcerers are also worth a look.
The Argonians
This lizard-like race has perfectly adapted to life in the swamp. As a result, they have more base health and Magicka. They also receive more healing. Their proficiency with healing staves has improved. Due to their toughness and bonus to healing, they are optimal for this role.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Amphibious: Increases experience gain with healing staves, increases your swimming speed
Life Giver: Increases your healing done
Argonian Resistance: Increases your maximum health and your disease resistance, grants immunity to diseases
Resourceful: Increases your maximum Magicka. When you take a tank with you, health, Magicka, and Stamina are restored.
Good race-class combinations: Argonians benefit significantly as healers from their racial skills. Suitable classes here include Sorcerers, Necromancers, and Dragonknights. But Templars also fit well with Argonians.
Which race is best for tanks?
If you want to stand front line and tank in ESO, the Nords, Argonians, and Imperials are good races to choose from.
The Nords
The Nords are born warriors and provide a bonus to two-handed weapons. They also have a higher duration for drinks consumed. They possess increased resistances to physical and magical damage. Additionally, they have a larger pool of health and Stamina. These qualities make them suitable tanks.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Drunkard: Increases experience gain with two-handed weapons, increases the duration of consumed drinks
Frost Resistance: Increases your maximum health and cold resistance, grants immunity to freezing
Steadfast: Increases your maximum Stamina. When you take damage, you gain ultimate power. This can occur every 10 seconds.
Toughened: Increases your physical resistance and magical resistance
Good race-class combinations: The Nords are among the best races for tanks. Suitable classes mainly include Nightblades and Dragonknights. But the Warden is also worth considering.
The Argonians
This lizard-like race has perfectly adapted to life in the swamp. As a result, they have more base health and Magicka. They receive more healing. Their disease resistance and potion usage have also improved. Argonians are tough and restore resources when consuming potions. This makes them resilient and good tanks.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Amphibious: Increases experience gain with healing staves, increases your swimming speed
Life Giver: Increases your healing done
Argonian Resistance: Increases your maximum health and your disease resistance, grants immunity to diseases
Resourceful: Increases your maximum Magicka. When you take a tank with you, health, Magicka, and Stamina are restored.
Good race-class combinations: Argonians are also a good choice for tanks due to their stats, resistances, and potions. Classes like Dragonknights and Nightblades are suitable.
The Imperials
The Imperials are a race that you must acquire through the “Imperial Edition”. They are outcasts and can freely choose their allegiance to the three alliances. They specialize in health and stamina. With them, you receive a bonus to one-handed weapon and shield use, making them good for tanking.
Here are the passive abilities in detail:
Diplomat: Increases experience gain with one-handed weapon and shield, increases earned gold
Tough: Increases your maximum health
Imperial Zeal: Increases your maximum Stamina
Red Diamond: Reduces the costs of all your skills. When dealing direct damage, you heal yourself and restore Stamina and Magicka. This can happen every 5 seconds.
Good race-class combinations: You must purchase the Imperials first. However, they are a good choice for tanks. Here you can look at the classes Dragonknight and Nightblade. Both fit particularly well due to the bonus to one-handed weapon and shield.
What race performs best in PvP?
In PvP, it all depends on your playstyle. Making a recommendation on class and race is particularly difficult. It also makes a difference what you want to play. You can engage in duels, small-scale, or large group PvP.
In PvP, it is more important that you play a class that you are very proficient with. Other players are less predictable than regular enemies. Thus, you should adapt your race according to your desired class.
What classes are best for each playstyle have been compiled separately for you. There you will find suggestions for both DD types, tanks, and healers.
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The MMO shooter Enlisted has completed its first test phase. The massive battles aim to depict World War II as realistically as possible. Testers report whether this has been successful.
When did the test take place? The online shooter Enlisted hosted a public test on April 1 for one day on PC. Players can fight the Battle of Moscow in World War II on a map of the Invasion mode and two maps of the Domination mode.
First test received positive feedback
What is special about the game? The Russian developers want to represent the battles of World War II with Enlisted as realistically as possible. This means that the fights are very fast-paced, but can also become quite chaotic. Already during the first attack, it is possible for many players to drop out of the match.
Therefore, you control AI soldiers in the Invasion mode, to whom you can give commands, which adds a strategic component.
Soldiers can even be improved, which makes it quite frustrating to lose a good fighter from the squad during a battle. Enlisted is supposed to feel like a kind of Battlefield as an MMO.
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What do the testers say? Although players could only play for one day, testers gained a good insight into the MMO shooter.
The first test went quite well, there were no complaints about the performance. However, minor technical issues like graphical errors and AI glitches occurred.
Testers say:
The battles are very intense, partly due to the high speed and atmosphere. Watching videos from the test, one feels immediately transported into a movie about World War II.
Up to 140 players fight each other on foot or with tanks, leading to constant exchanges of fire. Every hit can be fatal.
Especially in the trenches, an enemy can lurk around every corner, making movement there very intense.
The first test of the online shooter Enlisted was well received.
Saltysiege97 says on Reddit: “Although I had a bad PC, I had a great time during my first match. They could fix some models and eliminate glitches, but besides that, the game is quite good.”
USBattleSteed explains on Reddit: “For a game that just launched the playtest yesterday, it runs incredibly well. I’m honestly impressed by the graphical details and the smooth gameplay. The gameplay is extremely fast and feels more like Call of Duty.”
Enlisted very realistic, less brutal
As for brutality, Enlisted is not bloodier than most other shooters. However, the game plays very intensely, as basically every hit can be fatal, which makes players more cautious. One also sees the brutality of war in how quickly a squad can be decimated. So don’t be surprised if most players are gone and have to respawn within a few minutes.
The weapons feel, according to the first reports, very good, the aiming seems realistic and in general, one has the feeling of being right in the middle of a battle from World War II while playing Enlisted.
At the moment, it is still unclear when Enlisted will officially launch or when the next public test will take place. However, if you’re looking for a new multiplayer shooter, you can choose one from this list of the top eleven games of the year.
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