Players of World of Warcraft can benefit from a special bonus. There are 100% additional experience points.
Currently, our world is in an extraordinary situation due to the Corona virus. In many places, there are now curfews, schools are closed, and people are advised to avoid gatherings. This leaves plenty of time for diversion in video games. Blizzard is providing additional incentives here, granting all players of World of Warcraft a hefty bonus of 100% additional XP. This is perfect for leveling Twinks.
Leveling Twinks? Now is a good time.
How long will the bonus remain active? Currently, it is planned to maintain the bonus until April 20, 2020 – at least one month. This roughly corresponds in duration to many global measures and regulations, such as curfews.
How do you get the XP bonus? You just need to log into a character that has not yet reached level 120. The bonus should appear directly in your buff bar.
Is the bonus stackable with heirlooms? Yes. You can combine the 100% bonus with heirlooms and the “War Mode” buff, so you can get almost 200% additional experience points. Anyone with level potions for further XP bonuses can also activate them.
More tips and tricks for leveling can be found in our guide:
Does the XP buff also apply in WoW Classic? No, the buff is only active for the modern World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. However, players with only a Starter Edition or still “Legion” also benefit from the buff.
Players of World of Warcraft Classic do not receive a bonus. Although Blizzard does not provide a reason here, such a buff would likely go against the “spirit of Classic,” which is supposed to remain as unchanged as possible.
Perfect preparation for Shadowlands: Such a buff is unique for World of Warcraft. Anyone who wants to seize the opportunity – and is currently stuck at home anyway due to the situation – should take the chance to prepare as many characters as possible for the next expansion Shadowlands. There probably won’t be a better opportunity for this anytime soon.
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This weekend you can play Sea of Thieves on Xbox One for free as part of the “Free Play Days”. The popular pirate MMO allows you to step into the role of a true sailor and offers you crazy adventures.
When and where can Sea of Thieves be played for free? From March 19 at 8:00 am to March 23 at 8:00 am, the MMO Sea of Thieves is available to you for free. However, you will need an Xbox Live membership, which is required anyway to play online.
After the free period ends, you will need to purchase the game to continue using it. Alternatively, you can get a Game Pass which includes a Live membership and Sea of Thieves permanently.
Since everyone should ideally stay at home due to the coronavirus, it’s a great time to try Sea of Thieves on console.
A paradise for pirate fans – Sea of Thieves
Is the offer valid for PC? Sea of Thieves can be played on PC, but it is not available for free there. You can play the MMO if you purchase the Ultimate Game Pass from Xbox which also includes the PC version of Sea of Thieves.
But even outside of the sailing tours, there is much to experience. You can get drunk in bars, sing sea shanties, or find treasures.
You can form a crew with up to 4 players and take on quests from NPCs. But you can also venture out alone and experience the vast world of Sea of Thieves.
Sea of Thieves celebrates its birthday and 10 million players
What is currently happening in the MMO? In January 2020, Xbox announced on their website that Sea of Thieves has been sold over 10 million times. The MMO is very popular.
10 million pirates have already roamed in Sea of Thieves
The game is now celebrating its second birthday. It was released on March 20, 2018, and celebrates the day with the free weekend and a special event:
From March 20, the “Hungering Deep” event will take place for a week, where you can earn new cosmetic items and in-game currency.
What about current updates? On March 12, the “Heart of Fire” update was released with new missions, new treasures, and rewards. It was already the third free content update for Sea of Thieves in 2020.
You could theoretically play this update if you’re quick enough this weekend.
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Which other games are available for free on Xbox? Along with Sea of Thieves, there are two other games that Xbox promotes in their blog post for Free Play Days:
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Smite
While it’s worth trying Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey over the weekend, we advise against Smite. This MOBA is generally free to play.
Campers are a nuisance in many shooters. In Call of Duty: Warzone, annoying roof campers make life difficult for many. One player has cleverly dealt with a camper squad on the roof and is being celebrated for his method.
This annoys many players: The battle royale map of CoD: Warzone is huge, and especially in built-up areas, you often encounter annoying campers. You are often surprised by them from rooftops. There is usually little you can do against them, especially when they have cleverly positioned themselves as a team on the roof and control all access points.
Player fights back: One player encountered such a roof camper team that had settled on the roof of a building. Reddit user Yayeetdab045 managed to handle the situation cleverly and took out all the roof campers on the building in one go – without even seeing them.
How were the campers eliminated? The method is quite simple but clever. Yayeetdab045 entered the building where the camper squad was sitting on the roof and called for a precision airstrike on his own position in the building.
Shortly after, there was a loud bang. Since the player was inside the building, he was unharmed. Instead, the airstrike directly hit the roof of the building and wiped out the entire camper squad that was on it.
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What is so special about it? Normally, you need to keep an eye on your enemies or at least their position to mark them for an airstrike. But here, the whole thing happens blind, as the airstrike is called on one’s own position or inside the building. This mechanic is cleverly exploited to get rid of the campers on the roof.
What do other players say? This airstrike is celebrated by numerous users as a true heroic act. Many thank the author of the post for his video. Because not everyone knew this method to quickly and effectively put an end to a roof camper infestation. Campers are generally so unpopular, that even hackers sometimes receive more praise.
Today, on March 20th, it is Xur day in Destiny 2. But where has the exotic vendor ended up this time? We will tell you everything about Xur’s location and inventory this weekend.
But first, let’s take care of Xur and pay him a visit.
All info about Xur on March 20, 2020 – PS4, PC, Xbox One, Google Stadia
What does Xur have for sale? Does the noodle-faced one bring us a rare exotic weapon this week? And does he sell interesting gear pieces?
We look forward to his visit and take a look at his inventory.
When does Xur appear?
This is Xur’s time: Today, the mysterious vendor appears at 6:00 PM, as usual. He shows up on a planet of his choice and sells his exotic goods there until the next weekly reset, on March 24th.
But expect that starting April 3rd, Xur will not appear until 7:00 PM for some time.
Where is Xur? This is his location this weekend
Xur’s position: You can find Xur this time on IO in the area “The Giant’s Scar”
Xur’s current location on Io
Xur’s inventory from March 20 to March 24 – All Exotics at a glance
Weapon:The Queenbreaker – Linear fusion rifle for 29 Legendary Shards
In FIFA 20 it is clear who the Player of the Month for February in the Bundesliga is. It is Jadon Sancho and his card looks pretty strong.
What is the POTM? Every month, the Bundesliga “Player of the Month” or “POTM” is chosen. Fans can vote for their favorite. For February, Jadon Sancho has prevailed.
His new POTM card will be available in FUT for one month
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The competitors in the voting were his teammate Hakimi, as well as Kainz, Gnabry, Kimmich, and Nkunku.
The strength of Sancho’s POTM card
This is the new card: Sancho’s new POTM card receives a strong overall rating of 89 and a shift to the left wing. His standard gold card, on the other hand, is a RM card.
Those looking for a left-wing forward for their Bundesliga team will probably be pleased with Sancho’s new card. With his top values, he is currently one of the best players for the left wing in the entire Bundesliga.
Outstanding are especially his extreme speed and his very strong dribbling values. Moreover, with his good passing values, he should also manage quite a few assists. However, the shooting values are not at top level. Still, one or two goals should definitely be possible.
Here’s what the Sancho SBC looks like
Here’s how to get the card: To get Sancho’s new card, you need to complete various SBC tasks:
Exchange an 85-rated team into the “Borussia Dortmund SBC”
Exchange an 86-rated team into the “Bundesliga SBC”
The costs for this amount to about 230,000 coins (PS4).
If you are still looking for Bundesliga defenders, you should check out Jérôme Boateng’s special card:
The Twitch streamer and CoD lover DrDisrespect totally lost it in one of his recent rounds in the battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone. He compared the game to Fortnite, which he vehemently hates.
This is what drove him to rage: In a duel against 2 other players, DrDisrespect landed quite a few hits and seemed to be winning the fight. In the end, however, he lost and completely blew up.
For him, it was unimaginable that his opponent was still alive, and he even spit in anger. After that, he said that all Fortnite players should come to this kids’ game.
DrDisrespect rages and compares it to Fortnite
This is what the streamer says: After his elimination, DrDisrespect rages and says: “I think players who play Fortnite should come right over here. Come, play this game. Come, play this kids’ game. Are you joking with me?”
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What does the streamer mean by the Fortnite comparison? DrDisrespect is generally not a fan of Fortnite. Recently, the streamer tried it again and turned it off again after a few unsuccessful rounds. He then also said that Fortnite would die soon.
For DrDisrespect, Fortnite is a game that has nothing to do with skill but a lot to do with luck. It’s not the one who shoots better that wins, but the one who builds better. A headshot is often not lethal.
It seemed that the streamer had a similar experience in Warzone now. Even though he hit two opponents multiple times, he did not eliminate them; rather, they were able to take him out.
DrDisrespect is currently growing thanks to Warzone: Although the streamer is currently criticizing Warzone so much, the battle royale is bringing him significant growth. According to Sullygnome, he gained nearly 37% more viewers in the last 7 days.
We wanted to find out together with you how much time MeinMMO readers spend on average in the character editor. It turns out: Not much.
The memes about hours spent on character creation are as old as gaming itself. Especially in MMOs, which often offer very detailed options for customizing characters, people spend a lot of time in the editor.
However, this does not apply to the majority of MeinMMO readers, as we found out in our survey.
What are the results? A total of 965 of our readers participated in the survey. Each could cast only one vote.
No longer than 15 minutes: 27.88% (269 votes)
Up to 30 minutes: 23.73% (229 votes)
30 minutes to 1 hour: 24.87% (240 votes)
1-2 hours: 12.44% (120 votes)
2-3 hours: 4.97% (48 votes)
4+ hours: 6.11% (59 votes)
Just over half of you spend a maximum of 30 minutes creating your dream character in MMOs. Thus, a large part of our readers does not fit the common stereotype of people sitting in the editor for hours.
Almost a quarter spends no more than an hour on the character editor.
Only a small part of you spends more than an hour in the editor, let alone two. The stereotype applies only marginally to our readers.
In your comments you gave us many very different reasons for your choice. Not only those who spend just a few minutes in the editor commented, but also the long-haul players.
That’s why you spend little time in the editor: Readers who spend less than 15 minutes creating their MMO character, for example, blamed the helmet for it:
Click on random creation for a while and, if it fits somewhat, continue. So definitely never more than 5 minutes. Why would you, in the end, he’s anyway stuck in armor and even has a helmet on […].
MeinMMO reader Weissbier242
Yeah, yeah, you spend hours and then either find the first helmet after a few minutes, or eventually understand that you only see your character from the back!
MeinMMO reader ephikles
The option for random creation seems to be used quite extensively by you in the MMOs. Several readers have indicated it as the preferred choice for appearance with some minor adjustments to round off the creation.
The basic attitude here, however, was that this part of the MeinMMO readership does not place much value on the appearance of their characters.
The character editor in BDO is so detailed that you can recreate characters from other games.
That’s why you spend a lot of time in the editor: The second faction of MeinMMO readers invests much more time in creating their character. In your comments, you mentioned that the appearance of the character is important to you and the editor is an essential part of MMOs:
I can also spend hours in the character editor. For me, it’s one of the essential points in an (MMO-)RPG! […]
MeinMMO reader Damian
Definitely. With some character editors […] you can hang around for hours.
However, my favorite is APB Reloaded – there, you can not only work on the character editor itself but also with tattoos and clothes.
MeinMMO reader Nico
Here, some made the distinction that you put in more effort, for example, if the MMO can show the character in the cutscenes of the story and not just from behind.
It strongly depends on the MMO how much time you spend tinkering. If a good and detailed editor is offered, it takes longer accordingly.
[…] With editors at WoW-level it takes about 10 minutes. With editors at BDO-level, it can take several hours.
MeinMMO reader Jedox
Did you expect the result? Or did you expect people to spend much more time in the editor?
By the way, overly detailed character editors can even lead to confusion as with Black Desert Mobile:
By a great coincidence, the LoL pro Doublelift was matched with his entire team in solo queue. This should actually be a huge advantage over the opponents because the team knows each other. Actually.
What was the situation? Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng plays the role of ADC for the League of Legends team “Team Liquid.” He recently talked himself into a corner during an interview.
In his stream on March 19, he played in the solo queue of LoL. By a great coincidence or a lot of luck, the system of League of Legends decided to assign him his Team Liquid as the 4 other team members.
Doublelift was clearly surprised and immediately noticed that all eyes were now on the five players who are already competing as a team in professional tournaments. Team Liquid has already won 4 consecutive LCS championships. They must be able to easily defeat 5 players who were randomly thrown together.
“If we lose this, we are done”
This is how the pro reacted: When he saw the team composition, his first reaction was “What the fuck?” Then he explained “this is just our team. It’s just TL [Team Liquid]. I have never seen anything like this in my entire life. I have never had a lobby with my whole team,” explained the ADC player.
“If we lose this, we are in big trouble…,” says Doublelift and already fears the consequences a loss would bring.
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How did the match go? As DotEsports reports, the players of Team Liquid faced “Pobelter” from CLG and the bot lane of Cloud9 Academy.
Doublelift died on the bot lane early on twice in unfortunate succession, and the enemy jungler was able to secure two more kills for the opponents. Thus, Team Liquid fell behind in the early game. Their opponents used the advantage and secured objectives, overpowering the mid-lane. In between, there was a brief optimistic moment for Team Liquid during a Baron fight, but ultimately it wasn’t enough. The opponents destroyed Team Liquid’s Nexus – the game was over.
But they didn’t lose their fun. Even during the match, the team joked: “This game will definitely end up on YouTube.”
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This is how viewers joked: On Reddit, the clip and news about the loss reached many players. Fans of Team Liquid joked “Man, with this synergy, we are done” (via Reddit)
In Fortnite: Battle Royale the Deadpool challenges for week 5 are here. You need to help Deadpool find his unicorn and then visit all the colored steel bridges. We show you all the locations.
What kind of challenge is this? This week you need to search for an item in the agents’ headquarters and visit bridges.
By completing these tasks, you can unlock the Deadpool skin, which is also the secret skin of this season.
Deadpool’s unicorn – location
For the first part of the task, you need to find Deadpool’s unicorn in the agents’ headquarters.
Just select the agents’ room:
Then select Agent Muscle Soreness and visit his room. There, you will find the unicorn on the floor, in front of his dumbbells.
Visit red, yellow, green, blue, and purple steel bridges
For the second part of the task, you will be sent to the new map of season 2 and must visit all the colored steel bridges there.
There are a total of 5 colored bridges in red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
Locations of the bridges on the map:
The red bridge can be found between Pleasant Park and Salty Springs
The blue bridge can be found east of Pleasant Park
The green bridge can be found west of Dirty Docks
The yellow bridge is located between Misty Meadows and the highest mountain
The purple bridge can be found between Slurpy Swamp and Weeping Woods
Important: You must visit all colored bridges. You cannot land at the same steel bridge multiple times.
If you have found Deadpool’s unicorn and destroyed all steel bridges on the map, you are one step closer to the Deadpool skin.
In an unplanned but quite spectacular maneuver, the Twitch streamer Summit1g caused himself and his team to be eliminated in Call of Duty: Warzone. His teammates in the round are Fortnite legends Ninja and Dr Lupo.
What exactly happened? When Summit1g, along with Ninja and Dr Lupo, played a round in the new Battle Royale Warzone, the three got into a helicopter together and flew over the map.
As they saw an enemy team attempting to escape with a different available vehicle, Summit1g took action. He grabbed his rocket launcher (a JOKR) and aimed.
The JOKR, like the recommended PILA, has a lock-on function, meaning it targets the enemy and the projectile goes off on its own. But when Summit1g fired the rocket, instead, their own helicopter blew up and the entire team found themselves in the Gulag.
Helicopters Cause Curiosities
How could that happen? Apparently, the aiming display, that is, the crosshair, did not align with what the projectile (the rocket) could actually hit. It looks like the rocket hit the model of the helicopter immediately after launch and blew it up.
He apologized to his teammates, as he didn’t know that you shouldn’t fire rockets from helicopters.
Interesting scenes with helicopters: This scene is not the first where a helicopter has caused quirky circumstances. MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus observed, how a player hid in a helicopter and thus finished second. Our readers also report similar.
Other players have found a way to spectacularly take down the flying vehicles with reconnaissance drones.
Summit1g
The helicopter incident is not the first time that Summit1g has been responsible for his team’s defeat. He has gained some notoriety for causing a loss due to a spectacular but foolish mistake:
Another example of an unfair kill is demonstrated by the player YT_Devilgamer72, who set a nasty trap for his opponent. He placed some C4 at a port-a-potty and laid a powerful weapon in front of it.
Then he hid and waited. An opponent came by to grab the cool weapon, but walked right into the trap and was eliminated:
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The spawn rate has been reduced by 50% at supply drops, chests, and ground loot. This means you will only find the C4 half as often on the new Fortnite map of Season 2.
Additionally, you will no longer find them in stacks of 3, but only individually.
Although the C4 is still equally strong, you will find much less of it. And since you now only find them individually, players may think twice about whether they want to give up an inventory slot for it.
But why are these games so popular? And does this popularity lead to problems?
Social contacts and distraction from the virus
What connects the two types of online games? Whether team shooters or MOBAs, both genres focus on action and competitive spirit.
While you often need to react quickly and have a lot of action in battle royales, strategy shooters like CS:GO and MOBAs like LoL or Dota 2 require a lot of concentration.
At the same time, you also come into contact with teammates, with whom you jump into the fray in small groups. Often, voice chats like TeamSpeak or Discord are used.
Fortnite is particularly popular in the West during the coronavirus crisis
Why is this important? Focusing on a game and the social contacts in the chat help people distract themselves from the current situation and isolation.
You lose yourself in gaming and forget about the situation around you for a short time. This is important because some people feel trapped at home during this time.
Are people really gaming more?Verizon reported on March 17 about how Americans are now spending their time online. What stands out is that the share of gaming has increased by 75% compared to the previous week. For comparison:
Web traffic has only increased by 20%
Video data has increased by 12%
Social media usage has remained the same.
Gaming is thus becoming a useful tool to pass the time and, above all, to distract from the current situation.
You should be five friends if you want to be successful together in LoL
Record numbers across all platforms, but also problems
What stands out in the numbers? Currently, many games from the mentioned genres are seeing record player numbers:
But not only the players themselves are more active. The viewer numbers on Twitch also increased by 10% compared to the previous week, and on YouTube Gaming by 15% (via The Verge).
In China, viewing hours had already significantly increased at the end of January compared to the previous year. Many Chinese even had time off because of the New Year celebrations. Particularly popular is “Honor of Kings”, a type of LoL Mobile.
The 10 most popular games during the holidays in China on the streaming platform Douyu (via Nikkopartners)
What are the risks of these increased numbers? With greater popularity and use comes the risk of exhausting capacities, leading to games or even the entire internet suffering from overuse:
This is already the case with League of Legends. The MOBA that was the most popular PC game in 2019 is currently experiencing queues. Only professional players can bypass this to continue training.
There have been more frequent issues with Discord lately (via Twitter). The platform is currently very popular among gamers.
First restrictions on usage are now occurring on Netflix. The bandwidth in Europe is to be generally reduced and further decreased under heavy load (via Heise).
Whether gaming will face such restrictions is currently unknown.
Many online games react solidarily to the situation
How are gaming companies reacting to the situation? Many gaming companies are using the current situation to help or offer players incentives to stay indoors:
The actions are good, as the Federal Center for Health Education recommends staying home as much as possible and avoiding gatherings of people. Companies are currently digitizing significantly and are focusing on remote solutions. With online games, this works well, and you can stay in touch with friends at the same time.
The server capacities of League of Legends are tight. But professional players receive special privileges; they don’t have to wait for a spot.
The coronavirus is paralyzing public life in many countries and is causing many people to now have a lot of free time in their own four walls. This, in turn, helps certain games that are now enjoying high player numbers and thus reaching server capacity – one of these is League of Legends. Riot’s servers are almost full. Professional players and partners (streamers) are now given priority, they can play continuously while others have to wait.
What’s happening? The coronavirus is currently causing many people to turn to gaming more to have less physical contact with others and to kill time during quarantine. This leads to a massive influx in already popular games, such as League of Legends – they have even completely switched their league online. The American servers of Riot are reaching utilization rates of 90% and higher, which can result in longer waiting times. Thus, there is no shortage of players but rather a lack of available spots on the servers to create a match.
Professional players and streamers have meanwhile gotten a spot on the “whitelist”. They can find games immediately and do not have to wait for a free spot – they can bypass the queue.
Why is Riot doing this? The reason behind this change was explained on Twitter. Until Riot increases server capacity, all fans of League of Legends should at least have the opportunity to watch their favorite players in exciting matches. This way, they can at least engage with exciting matches while waiting for a free spot.
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Players have mixed opinions: The decision does not receive only positive feedback. While many players understand and welcome the step, there are also some voices that see such an approach rather critically. For example, Josh (@Konman81) says:
This is a terrible decision… Professional players already get free skins and more… they should sit in the queue like everyone else; there should be no favorites.
What do you think of this decision? Is it wise to give priority to streamers and professionals so that the other fans can be entertained? Or should they wait like everyone else?
In Pokémon GO there will soon be a new raid boss. Niantic announces the Incarnate Form of Thundurus as a successor to Landorus.
When is Thundurus coming? The legendary Pokémon will appear starting March 31 at 10:00 PM CEST in the arenas. In Germany, it will be available from April 1 because there are no more raids that late.
It will be available for most of April and will disappear on April 21 at 10:00 PM.
How strong will the boss be? To find out, we look at the stats of the legendary Pokémon:
Attack value: 261
Defense value: 182
HP value: 205
Maximum CP: 3588
In terms of moves, it has the best ground move in the game with Earth Power and learns the ground-type quick move Mud Shot, which is suitable for a strong attacker. Thus, Thundurus benefits from a double ground moveset.
The stats and moves are thus in favor of Thundurus. Its attack value is almost as good as Groudon’s (270), and it has better moves. This allows it to outshine any ground attacker in the game and become the best Pokémon of this type.
Here lies the downside: The Incarnate Form is quite good, but the Therian Form of Thundurus is even better. So you can fully rely on this form in April, but in the near future, there will be an even better ground Pokémon.
You should weigh whether to invest the numerous Thundurus candies into the Incarnate Form or save them for the Therian Form.
If you have a Thundurus with 100% IV, it is worth leveling up anyway.
The Therian Form is the better version of Thundurus
What ways can you get Thundurus? The legendary Pokémon is not only available in raids but also in the PvP League. If you achieve 4 victories in the regular way or 2 victories with the premium pass, you could encounter Thundurus starting March 31 at 10:00 PM. However, there is no guarantee.
Raids are still available, but they are not recommended. Due to the coronavirus crisis, you are encouraged to stay indoors.
Before Thundurus starts, you can still complete the special research with Genesect:
Keep in mind that there is currently a risk of infecting yourself and others with the coronavirus. The Federal Center for Health Education recommends staying at home as much as possible, maintaining distance from others, and avoiding gatherings of people. Niantic has taken various measures to ensure that you can play Pokémon GO from home.
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In The Division 2 there are mysterious enemies called “Hunters.” They hide behind challenging puzzles, and even weeks after the release of the Warlords expansion, one of these nasty endgame foes is still missing.
What are Hunters? Since the “Survival” expansion of the first part of Ubisoft’s loot shooter The Division 2, there have been strong and mysterious enemies in the game: Hunters. Very little is known about their identity or motivation, but it is clear: They do not like the Division.
Meanwhile, there are nearly 20 of these nasty agent-hunters lurking in the open worlds of Division 2, and all are hidden behind a clever puzzle. Players have been working on the solutions for weeks.
In Discord groups, on Reddit, and on social platforms, the “Hunter hunters” exchange ideas about the tricky puzzles and just yesterday (March 19) found the second-to-last Hunter from the Warlords expansion.
In the first part of The Division, the Hunters hunted the agents. In part 2, it is more the other way around.
Hunter puzzles are more than just busywork
Why do the agents take so long to search? The Hunter puzzles do not solve themselves passively. Throughout exploration and loot tours through the cities of Washington and New York, smaller clues or objects related to them can be found.
However, those who do not intentionally search for clues will hardly be able to solve a puzzle, because:
Some steps can only be solved at specific times of the day.
Sometimes actions must be executed in a precise order.
Some puzzles require objects that are hidden throughout the open world.
Thus, players may take weeks to understand the precise mechanics behind the puzzles, experiment, and then still fight against the strong enemies. For the engaged agents on the hunt, the Hunters offer more than just pure busywork.
What does such a search look like? Let’s take the freshly solved puzzle of the “New York Hunter” as an example.
Since players already had an idea of where the last hunter was lurking, they named him the “Pier Hunter.” Previously, there were clues to the Hunters in newspaper clippings or in cool graffiti and even with this mysterious enemy, the secret was hidden in a comic strip from a daily newspaper:
“A modest proposal” – The comic strip on the left shows steps to solve the puzzle. The right side was just a distraction. Source: Reddit
It turned out that almost the entire text of the comic was relevant to solving the puzzle:
Image 1: From darkness into light you will find me in God’s eyes.
Image 2: Something is rotten here.
Image 3: You are late.
What was the solution? Together with the images, the texts give a hint about the location and time of the necessary interactions. From this, players then solved the puzzle through lots of experimentation and teamwork. Here, one had to interact with 2 objects and then shoot a church’s fuse box.
This all has to happen in the correct order and at the correct time of day, with step 1 only working between 5:30 – 7:00 in the morning.
Puzzling, experimenting, sharing – Together the community comes to the solution
What else have the agents tried? The players were clear from the clues found that it must have something to do with the pier and some clocks in Battery Park, one of the new zones of the NY open world.
The puzzle solvers tried everything. The objects to interact with were quickly found, and now they tested various times, orders, and searched in the newspaper clipping for further clues. They even solved the Sudoku on the bottom of the newspaper to learn anything new.
After more than 2 weeks of testing, searching, and experimenting, finally the solution. But one Hunter is still missing. A summary of the current progress can be found in this English reddit thread. The “Food Truck Hunter” is still eluding the agents, and the search remains exciting.
What rewards are there? Each Hunter drops a special mask that you can also put on your agent. The enemies provide an exciting fight since they are equipped similarly to the players and partially deactivate the strong skills. Without good equipment or strong exotics, the attack can quickly backfire.
The first Hunters before the Warlords expansion also gave players some “Ivory Keys,” which can open a chest that provides special rewards. Even now, players suspect a prize for completing all hunts – a special Hunter vest.
These are the first 12 masks of the Hunters from Year 1 of Division 2.
How do I get to the Hunters? For the hunts, we have two articles here on MeinMMO that show you the way to the tough Hunter battles:
Players discovered a potential new Exotic in the reveal trailer for Season 10 of Destiny 2. Now, the theory has been confirmed: the 3rd Exotic weapon from the Season of Worthy has been leaked. What kind of weapon will it be? And what can it do?
This is the Exotic weapon in question: In the trailer for the Season of Worthy, keen Guardians spotted an unusual weapon. This gun, which was only seen briefly, has since led to speculation that it could be a new weapon Exotic for Season 10.
In the trailer, the mysterious weapon was only visible for a few moments
It was assumed that it is a Heavy weapon, probably a machine gun. Additionally, the community quickly realized: Hey, we know that weapon from somewhere. And indeed, a nearly identical weapon was used by the famous Cabal Strike boss “Valus Ta’aurc” from Destiny 1.
Now, the fans’ theory has been confirmed. It is indeed a new Exotic. A fresh leak has now revealed numerous additional details about this new weapon.
Where is the information from? The information comes from the well-known and respected data miner Ginsor, who extracted it from the data of Destiny 2 – apparently after the new hotfix 2.8.0.1.
Ginsor enjoys an excellent reputation in the community and is regarded as very reliable. Nevertheless, you should take the information with caution for now. Even though it is highly likely that these details are correct, they have not been officially confirmed yet.
What kind of weapon will the new Exotic be? The new weapon Exotic will, as suspected, be a heavy machine gun for the power weapon slot. This MG is named “Heir Apparent”. What element it possesses is still unclear.
Here is the ornament from the Eververse:
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What exactly can the Heir Apparent do? The new Exotic fires at 900 RPM – so it is comparable to the legendary top weapon 21% Delirium.
It holds 115 rounds in the magazine and an additional 50 in reserves. The two special perks are called Heavy Slug Thrower and Armor of the Colossus.
With Heavy Slug Thrower, the weapon must spin up with its 4 rotating barrels and can only be fired when fully spun up. To spin it up, you must hold down the trigger.
Armor of the Colossus grants a Arc overshield protection when the weapon spins up at full health of the shooter.
However, how fast the spin-up time is and how effectively the Arc shield protects you cannot currently be determined.
More details can be found in Ginsor’s tweet:
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How and when will this new Exotic come into play? Ginsor does not know. In his tweet, he stated: “Don’t ask me how and when.” However, it is strongly assumed that this new Exotic weapon will be introduced during the course of Season 10.
What about a Masterwork Catalyst? Yes, there will also be a Masterwork Catalyst for the Heir Apparent. However, Ginsor has not yet been able to ascertain how to obtain it or what it can do in detail.
Other weapon Exotics of Season 10: Two other weapon Exotics from the Season of Worthy are already known:
The new information about the PlayStation 5 was not well received by every fan, there was even discussion about teraflops. A game developer has now reacted and stated that the PS5 is supposed to be one of the “most revolutionary consoles” ever.
Which developer is it? Andrea Pessino is the CTO of Ready at Dawn Studio and previously worked on the PS4 exclusive title The Order: 1886. So he knows the quality of the PlayStation 4.
He has now reacted to the presentation of new technical details of the PS5. Many foreign words were used there, and bored fans fixated on the teraflops that are said to be more in the Xbox Series X.
PS5 will be one of the “most revolutionary consoles” of all time
This is what Pessino says: The developer is betting with his community. He says: “Within a year of the launch, players will fully appreciate that the PlayStation 5 is one of the most revolutionary, inspired consoles ever designed, and they will feel silly for having struggled with ‘teraflops’ and other similarly misunderstood specifications. “
The developer praises the new PlayStation in the highest terms and laughs at the criticism from viewers. He suggests that the technical details are misunderstood and cannot be properly assessed.
In further tweets, he supports his opinion. Pessino states that he is not paid for this and is not purely a PlayStation lover. He likes all consoles, but what Sony is doing with their new console is really good for developers.
What does Pessino mean by that? The recent presentation of the PS5 was very technical, and the average player probably did not understand much of it. The technical terms were then compared with those of the new Xbox, and the differences were criticized without properly grasping the meaning.
Pessino himself, who can probably do much more with such terms, says that it is all not that decisive, and the new PS5 will be revolutionary.
Mark Cerny presented many details about the PS5
What do fans say about Sony’s presentation? Some players say that while they do not understand much, the excitement for the new PS5 is enormous.
The MMO New World has shared new details about PvE events in the Open World. The focus is primarily on the Corrupted, a hostile faction that also attacks your fortresses.
What are these events? The featured events are called “Breaches of Corruption” and are reminiscent of the Rifts from the MMORPG Rift.
They appear near your fortress and cause a piece of land to become corrupted, from which the Corrupted will attack the area.
This is what a simple breach looks like in New World
What is special about it? The events dynamically respond to your fortresses and appear in various difficulty levels. The first ones can also be completed alone or in a small group. However, later events require you to approach with a whole company to stop the breach.
To crush them, you need to penetrate into the core of the breach and destroy the pulsating heart there. If you do not do this for an extended period of time, the breach will continue to spread.
As rewards for the breach, there will be exclusive resources that you cannot obtain anywhere else. However, you can also avoid the events as they should be prominently visible on the world map.
Multiple event tiers that become increasingly difficult
How is a breach structured? At the core of every breach is the heart along with an Acolyte of Corruption. These Acolytes fight against you and are said to possess many different abilities, including:
In Warcraft 3: Reforged, players no longer have to forgo a ladder. What the developers couldn’t accomplish, fans have simply taken into their own hands.
The rough release of Warcraft 3: Reforged is still fresh in the minds of many fans of Blizzard’s strategy hit. After all, not only were there numerous bugs and crashes, but many features that had been available in Warcraft 3 were also missing. Foremost among them was a functioning ladder, which is a ranking system that allows players to view their ratings and statistics.
Even after 2 major patches of WC3: Reforged, there is no official ladder – that is why fans have now created a tool and taken matters into their own hands.
What is the problem? Warcraft 3 thrived on its small but very active community, which mainly competed in ranked games. Thanks to a visible ladder and a profile page, every player could see their statistics and clearly recognize at any time how they compared to other players.
This is currently not possible in Warcraft 3. Although there are matches that use internal matchmaking, statistics and profiles cannot be viewed.
What has been done? The tool W3Champions has been released. This installs directly into the game files of Warcraft 3: Reforged and adds a new button to the “Versus” mode to search for matches. You primarily compete against players who also use this ladder and can thus build a proper ranking. The results of the players are recorded on profile pages with accurate statistics.
The program adds a new opponent search – only for the ladder.
Currently, the tool only supports the “1 versus 1” ladder, but it is expected to be further developed in the coming weeks.
Is this tool legal? Basically, Blizzard does not like it when other programs access and modify the games. We quote from the FAQ of the W3Champions site:
Will I get banned by Blizzard if I use the W3Champions ladder?
The short answer is probably not. The long answer is that we currently consider it very unlikely that you will be banned for using W3Champions, but we can never completely rule that out.
Therefore, installation and use are at your own risk. Since more and more players are now using this tool, it is rather unlikely that Blizzard will punish all these players – after all, the tool does not allow cheating and only creates a feature that was previously a core component of Warcraft 3.
What was included in the official patches? The officially released patches of Warcraft 3: Reforged have been heavily criticized so far. Many players believe that Blizzard is currently wasting time on trivial matters and skimping on important features. It would indeed be shocking that a hobby programmer can create a ladder feature in just a few hours, while Blizzard’s employees have not managed to do this in almost 2 months (since the release).
However, from the announcement of the latest patch, it appears that Blizzard is currently working on a better ranking system with profiles – how far this is from completion, however, can only be guessed.
Are you still playing Warcraft 3: Reforged? Or did you set the game aside after the campaign?
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In Call of Duty: Warzone, the battle royale of CoD: Modern Warfare, the battlefield is determined by the deadly gas circle, which moves randomly and gets smaller over time. However, you can learn its path in advance to gain a crucial advantage.
What is the deadly circle? The game world of Warzone is vast, but it shrinks with each match due to a narrowing circle of deadly, radioactive gas.
Not only is the circle getting smaller, but it also wanders randomly across the map, with the next smaller circle always located within the area of the previously larger one. When the circle reaches its smallest form, the match finale essentially takes place, provided at least 2 opposing players are still standing.
The circle is not a fixed physical boundary; it is symbolized by a visible gas cloud at its edge, which can be crossed. Players outside the circle, within the gas cloud, take damage and ultimately die. Although you can protect yourself from damage with a gas mask, the mask lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
The gas cloud in the background
The goal, therefore, is not only to prevail against others but also to stay within the circle and outside of the gas.
However, how the circle will move and where it will ultimately reach its final form is usually not known in advance. But with a certain method, it is possible to acquire this knowledge beforehand and use it to your advantage.
This is how you will know in advance how the deadly gas circle moves
How do you find out in advance? If you want to know how the circle will develop during a round, you need to rely on the reconnaissance missions – one of 3 mission types in CoD Warzone. These can be found scattered across the Battle Royale map and are recognizable by the flag symbol:
Source: Dexerto
Already upon jumping, these missions are marked on the map with the corresponding symbol.
If you find such a mission and activate it, you need to capture a specific point on the map – just like in Domination in regular multiplayer. If you succeed, you will not only be rewarded with cash but also learn the position of the circle during the next shrinkage. If you continue to complete these missions, more positions will be revealed until you eventually see the final circle.
This is what it looks like on the map:
Source: Dexerto
By the way, the more reconnaissance missions you complete, the more cash you get for it.
Here you need to be careful: This knowledge doesn’t come for free. Sometimes the points you need to capture are in open areas. Additionally, when you activate the mission, a flare is shot above the position, and when you capture an area, another one is as well. You are therefore also highly visible to nearby enemies and may become involved in fights that you could otherwise have avoided.
Whether the knowledge advantage is worth this risk is something you must decide for yourself.
What does this knowledge bring me? In short: A huge strategic advantage.
The dynamic circle can determine victory or defeat, especially in the later stages of the match. If you already know how the circle will develop and where the final fight will take place, you can secure that spot early and set up the best position for the decisive battle.
Anyone who arrives there later will have a much tougher time, and you can eliminate them from a distance or surprise them on-site at an opportune moment.
In addition, you generally avoid ending up in the gas cloud and possibly not making it out in time. Especially towards the end of the match, this can happen very quickly.
More tips and tricks for CoD Warzone: These articles could also make your life easier in the Battle Royale of Modern Warfare:
