The hype around Warzone, the battle royale of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, has also reached Twitch. Almost half a million people followed the release on the streaming platform.
This is how Warzone started: Last night, on March 10, Warzone launched. Many fans were eagerly anticipating the battle royale, and the excitement for the release was immense.
This is also reflected in the Twitch numbers. According to PCGamesN , Warzone had 357,000 viewers in the first hour. The number even rose afterwards: almost half a million people watched Twitch streamers gather their first experiences in the battle royale.
Huge hype on Twitch – Compared to WoW Classic
Who benefited the most? The most successful streams were those of TimTheTatman and DrDisrespect. At their peaks, 61,000 and 43,000 viewers were present during the streams, reports dotesports.
TimTheTatman even achieved a victory in the first round and shared his success on Twitter:
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What is the current situation? As of the time of writing (March 11 at 1 PM), it has become a bit quieter around Warzone. “Only” 108,000 people are currently watching live streams.
This is also because it is not currently prime time. People in the USA are just waking up, or it is still the middle of the night there. So the viewers from there are not really present yet.
Looking at the Twitch numbers from the past days on Sullygnome, one can see a huge increase in Modern Warfare. In the last 3 days, the shooter has generated over 400% more viewers.
438% more viewers had Modern Warfare in the last 3 days. Source: Sullygnome
League of Legends is a team game, usually played in a 5v5 mode. However, professional player Jankos from G2 Esports took on an entire team single-handedly – and even won.
Although 4 of his opponents were from the Iron League, the lowest tier in LoL, one would still think they should have a chance against Jankos with the possible splits and their numerical advantage.
However, the match lasted only 17 minutes, and in the end, Jankos emerged as the shining victor. He did not die a single time but managed to collect 34 kills against his opponents.
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Which champions were chosen? For the fight against 5 players, the pro chose Camille as his champion. In addition, he banned the 3 main counters against Camille: Tryndamere, Jax, and Master Yi.
The 5 opponents, on the other hand, chose:
Sona
Mordekaiser
Lee Sin
Heimerdinger
Maokai
How did Jankos manage to win the match? Right from the start, the jungler showed what he was made of. He rushed to the enemy’s blue buff and secured the first blood against Lee Sin within the first 120 seconds.
After that, Jankos was chased back to the middle turret and was attacked repeatedly. Sona overdid it a bit and became the second victim right away.
With Camille, Jankos was able to defeat 5 opponents
As the match progressed, the pro player took advantage of his gold and level lead and dismantled turrets in the mid lane with the Trinity Force and the Herald.
The second Herald then destroyed the two Nexus turrets and ultimately led Jankos to victory.
Not the first attempt against 5 players
Jankos had already faced the challenge before this match and took on 5 players. Back then he used Master Yi and did not ban any opposing champions beforehand.
That proved to be his downfall. His opponents spread across the three lanes and were able to overwhelm the pro.
But Jankos is currently doing well not only alone against 5 players:
G2 Esports is in 1st place in the European league, even though they already suffered a loss against the weak Schalke 04.
In Call of Duty: Warzone, the battle royale of CoD: Modern Warfare, a dirty tactic is currently causing discussions. There, a player demonstrates how he already snagged kills before even touching the ground after jumping out.
What is Warzone? Call of Duty: Warzone is the in-house battle royale mode of Modern Warfare, which went live on March 10.
Modern Warfare owners got Warzone as a free update. Anyone without the base game can play the free-to-play version “Call of Duty: Warzone”. This version is not tied to the main game, so you can play without Modern Warfare.
If you don’t have Warzone yet, here’s where to get it:
Note: Warzone costs 25 cents in the PS Store without PS Plus (for age verification).
What’s the deal with this dirty tactic? After the highly anticipated release, many dove straight into the action. This begins, as usual in the genre, with a parachute drop before the actual match essentially starts on the ground.
And it was during the parachute phase that a method caused an uproar. A player managed to collect early kills while still in the air – and not even with the help of a bug or glitch, but quite normally.
What exactly happens with this tactic? Normally, you cannot use a weapon while gliding under a parachute. However, in Warzone, you have the option to detach from your parachute by cutting the harness.
Then you fall noticeably faster but can already use the standard pistol with which you start the match.
The Reddit user GranolaJrBar took advantage of this and used his pistol in free fall. Just a few hits are enough to incapacitate an opponent floating under the parachute (down). You can then reopen the parachute and glide safely to the ground again.
The incapacitated enemy, however, falls uncontrollably to the ground without a parachute. The subsequent unbraked impact is enough to completely eliminate the opponent and secure a kill before even landing yourself and properly starting the match.
This is how it looks:
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What do players think about this tactic? The gaming community on Reddit has a split view on this. Many praise GranolaJrBar for this “agent trick” and commend his skills. In a short time, the Reddit post received over 1,000 upvotes.
Others, however, demand that the post be deleted immediately and that this method be patched out of the game. They believe it is anything but fair. Some even assume that this “feature” won’t survive a week before the developers remove it from the game.
What do the developers say? There has been no official response from the developers yet. It will be exciting to see how long this daring stunt can still be pulled off. Until then, however, you should pay attention while gliding with the parachute not to get shot down.
If you are already under fire there, detach from your parachute. You will fall faster and be harder to hit. Afterwards, you can pull the parachute again.
Also interesting: Here are some more tips about Warzone:
N’Zoth in LFR from World of Warcraft turns out to be a true terror, driving groups to despair. In this case, players are often to blame for the failures.
Since this morning (03/11/2020), the final boss N’Zoth in the raid Ny’alotha can also be faced on LFR difficulty. This is actually the easiest difficulty so that even “random groups” can defeat this boss. However, this rarely succeeds, as N’Zoth slaughters players by the hundreds. The biggest problem is the players themselves.
What is happening right now? Those who sign up for the raid “The Dream of the Watch” in World of Warcraft, the last section of Ny’alotha, experience their blue miracle. Instead of simply defeating the two bosses, groups permanently fail at the final boss. Numerous players are taken over by mind control, and the fight often ends after a few seconds.
Even the “noob buff” doesn’t help: In LFR, players receive a buff after each attempt that makes them gradually stronger. This increases health points, dealt damage, and healing done by 5% per stack, up to a maximum of 50% with 10 stacks. This is somewhat condescendingly called the “noob buff” in LFR, with which challenges can be mastered that would otherwise be insufficient. Yet even this apparently is not enough to defeat N’Zoth. Many groups report that they cannot even get past 80% of the boss’s health – even with the buff.
Without the legendary cloak, players are useless
What is the problem? The biggest problem seems to be that players sign up for the fight against N’Zoth even though they do not have the legendary cloak Ashjra’kamas. Players without this cloak are immediately taken over by N’Zoth and fall out for the remainder of the fight, even becoming enemies that must be killed. You can upgrade the cloak in the Disturbing Visions – a large guide on this can be found here. Later, there will be another way to further enhance the cloak.
The cloak is mandatory – otherwise, N’Zoth will simply take you out.
However, there are also other popular sources of errors that quickly lead to the premature end of the raid group against N’Zoth:
Both tanks switch to the mind world (no one left at the boss)
Not enough DPS players attack the synapses
Azeroth’s rays are not used, mental health declines
This is what players are demanding: In the WoW subreddit, it is demanded that only players who have already unlocked the legendary cloak Ashjra’kamas should be allowed to sign up for this raid. All other players would just be a burden and could not participate meaningfully in the fight. Therefore, these players should be prevented from being able to participate in this LFR raid at all.
Have you also died a little in LFR against N’Zoth? Or did you simply take him down because you had a competent group?
In Destiny 2 Season 10 has begun, but an overhaul of the emblems is causing frustration among players. Bungie has already commented on this.
This is the latest annoyance following the patch: Yesterday, the Season of Worthy finally started and is supposed to keep players engaged until June. However, after the bombastic cinematic, the view into the character menu left many with long faces.
Many of the emblems were completely empty to the surprise of the Guardians. These emblems are supposed to track in-game statistics and achievements. With some emblems, there was not much left but the nice, yet meaningless, background images.
Now no one knows what they worked hard for
Why is this problematic? Many players have fought very hard for special emblems and want to proudly display them. The rarest emblems hide behind particularly challenging tasks.
With the clearly visible statistics on the emblems, players could show off what they have experienced and achieved in their Destiny career.
kills with your character or weapons are also counted
The community is angry at Bungie
This is what players say: On reddit, complaint threads are sprouting up everywhere. For example, u/GR34T_D4N3 (via reddit) writes, “So, let me get this straight. Almost all my achievements from the last 2.5 years in Destiny, tracked by an emblem, are just… gone?”
Another post (via reddit) titled “I hate that I miss Activision” addresses the emblem issue among other things and receives over 11,000 upvotes.
Here on MeinMMO, the trackers, or rather the missing trackers, also cause frustration:
Nice kick in the nuts that the old points/numbers are no longer on the emblems, like my 30-game win streak in the Crucible, for example. Thanks
This is what Bungie says about the situation: The Destiny developer is aware of the problem and is working feverishly on a solution. So that you can soon track and display your achievements again, Community Manager Cozmo is asking players to report the affected emblems and statistics to Bungie.
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The emblems will be revised: A look at the patch notes of Update 2.8.0, which launches Season 10, shows that the emblems have been revised in Season 10.
Emblems are to be more customizable. Additionally, trackers can now be manually disabled. New features include:
Emblems now have an updated details view to display stat trackers.
All emblems now have stat trackers that can be equipped and unequipped.
The stat trackers available for an emblem correspond to the source/category of the emblem.
Stat trackers are categorized based on activity and time frame.
During this restructuring, statistics and tracked achievements then disappeared.
In the Trials, cool and rare emblems are likely waiting
Which emblem do you care about or what achievement are you particularly proud of? Let us know in the comments.
In Pokémon GO today, on March 11, there is another Raid hour. This time, however, two Pokémon are in the spotlight. We will show you if it is worth it.
What is a Raid hour? This event takes place every Wednesday and brings the current legendary boss more frequently to almost every gym for one hour.
However, today’s Raid hour in Pokémon GO is different, as two legendary Pokémon will appear more frequently.
Raid hour with Cresselia and Registeel
What is happening today? Today’s hour revolves around Cresselia and Registeel. Both monsters are currently available in the raids, and during the hour, they will appear more frequently. Voltolos, which is also currently available, will hardly or not appear during the Raid hour.
Cresselia is available in the Raid hour
When does it start? The Raid hour takes place, as usual, at 6 PM local time. The raids will then be available for one hour.
Anyone who still needs a strong team in the leagues should rely on Cresselia and Registeel.
Another advantage is that both Pokémon can also be encountered as Shiny. If you are still looking for Shinies in Pokémon GO, you might find them during the Raid hour.
Cresselia and Registeel are very useful in the Hyper League
Pokémon GO: Group size and counters for Cressilia and Registeel
How many trainers are needed? For both legendary Pokémon, at least 3 trainers are needed. Use the following types against them:
Cresselia is vulnerable to Dark, Bug, and Ghost types
Fire, Fighting, and Ground types are effective against Registeel
How long will the two Raid bosses be available? You should take advantage of the opportunity during the Raid hour, as the two Pokémon will disappear on March 12, that is tomorrow, at 10 PM.
Which Raid bosses you can find besides Cresselia and Registeel until then, we will show you here:
In the Overwatch League, professionals often take breaks or leave entirely. One player, however, has taken a very special timeout – right in the middle of a forest somewhere in Sweden.
This is how the “timeout” went: The Swedish DPS player Simon “snillo” Ekström was unavailable for the entire off-season before Season 2 from December 2018 to March 2019, not reachable for the Overwatch League and his team.
His teammate Elijah “Elk” Gallagher explained in a stream of the streamer Avast why snillo was unreachable and where he was:
Translation: “When I arrived at the team house at the start of Season 2 and asked where snillo was, they told me they couldn’t reach him. When he finally showed up, he said he had been living with his grandmother in a forest in Sweden and collecting mushrooms.”
When asked where he now is, in the off-season before Season 3 of the OWL, Elk replied: “Probably back in Sweden in the forest.”
Who is snillo? Snillo is a player of the OWL team Philadelphia Fusion, where he played as part of the roster during the opening season, but was only deployed in the middle of the season. With the start of Season 2 in 2019, he moved to Fusion’s developmental team, Fusion University, which has already had issues due to its name.
The team itself is one of the strongest in its field. It was able to win all first places in its major and minor tournament games in the Contenders in 2019, except for Season 2 in Korea – here without snillo. The team switched to the Korean league, because it became too good for the West at some point.
The OWL and its players
It is not uncommon for players to take a break from the Overwatch League. Players regularly leave temporarily or permanently:
Professionals like Dafran prefer to quit to stream again.
Seagull explained in his streams in August 2019, why so many professionals are quitting: Overwatch is simply too complex compared to other shooters like CS:GO or eSports titles like LoL and Dota. With every balancing, too much changes.
However, it is not just the players who are leaving the OWL. Several staff members are leaving too:
Thanks to streamers and Twitch actions, the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov is very popular. However, this also attracts cheaters who are currently exploiting an exploit in a particularly nasty way.
Which exploit are cheaters exploiting? It is currently not entirely clear how this exploit is created. But apparently, it is possible for players to become invisible due to a desync triggered by extreme lag, causing them not to be displayed in the game, even though they are still there. This is being discussed on Reddit. This means that players simply become invisible.
Invisible players then roam through the areas and steal items from regular players. These players cannot defend themselves because they cannot see the thieves.
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Why is this such a big problem?Loot plays a very significant role in Escape from Tarkov. Before each match, players carefully consider which weapons and additional equipment to bring. Because if they fall in combat, opponents can completely rob them, and all their items are gone.
If this happens due to their own fault, it is already very annoying. However, if it is not their fault because cheaters are invisible, this leads to extreme frustration.
How can one protect oneself? Currently, the only option is to shoot around. This, however, comes with the disadvantage that opponents may become aware of you and you get hunted.
In Escape from Tarkov, invisible players are currently robbing others through an exploit.
Developers are aware of the problem
What do the developers mean? Battlestate Games has already commented on the situation and stated that they are working hard on a solution.
In the meantime, the team is banning all who exploit this and is monitoring the situation.
This success and increased attention led to players discovering Escape from Tarkov who wanted to stir unrest. Cheaters and hackers have discovered the shooter for themselves. There are even more and more hacking methods and cheats being shared on YouTube.
Battlestate Games urgently needs to take action against cheaters and hackers, or else this could negatively impact the success of Escape from Tarkov in the long run.
Do you want to get into the hardcore shooter? Then you should pay attention to a few things:
The MMORPG Saga of Lucimia for PC emphasizes PvE and aims to bring many old-school elements into the modern era. It is inspired by Star Wars Galaxies, a game that is still dearly remembered.
What is Saga of Lucimia?Saga of Lucimia aims to be a modern yet challenging MMORPG with purely PvE content. It is still under development. A testing phase is currently ongoing, which is under NDA.
Saga of Lucimia is supposed to offer the following content:
Meaningful quests
No predefined classes – players will determine how they play by selecting skills
In an interview with MassivelyOP, Tim Anderson, the head of Saga of Lucimia, revealed some details about the MMORPG. Notably, statements about PvE and crafting stand out.
A giant monster in the background that probably cannot be defeated alone in Saga of Lucimia
According to Anderson, you can reach “the cap” by doing everything solo and never working with other players:
You will miss out on a lot of gameplay content regarding the story, the dungeons, etc.
Every time I explained that our game is group-based and that we focus on creating group-based content, that’s exactly what I really mean: the story and the lore.
You can see and experience a lot when playing as a solo or duo player, just like in any other MMORPG out there. And that’s fine for some people; not everyone wants to play dungeons or raids.
Tim Anderson at MassivelyOP
However, dungeons are never meant to be completed alone. You will always need teammates to master the group content. There will be an LFG tool available where you can search for players throughout the world:
the group search does not run automatically
the LFG tool does not teleport you into the dungeon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg47g-7w8ws
What is special about Saga of Lucimia? The new MMORPG foregoes experience points and levels. Therefore, quests do not focus on XP, but on new equipment, lore, factions, and new content that is unlocked through this.
According to Anderson, the developers place great importance on an interesting world with a deep story. This story is supposed to be told in various ways and later expanded in addons. However, how this is experienced should be left to the players themselves.
What progression systems are available in the game? Since Saga of Lucimia forgoes levels and XP, it focuses instead on learning new skills or improving existing ones.
Additionally, a great focus is placed on the crafting system.
The ideal group consists of Tank, Healer, DPS, CC and Crafters
What does group play look like? In Saga of Lucimia, your groups can consist of up to 8 players. However, most content is designed to be completed with 5-6 players.
The other spots should be filled with “useful players” according to Anderson. This refers to roles that bring CC or useful tools, as crafters do. The MMORPG team was inspired by Star Wars Galaxies, a sandbox MMORPG that many players enjoyed.
What is special about the crafters? Anderson says that the crafting system should differ significantly from today’s MMORPGs. Crafters should play a much larger role and be an asset to the groups:
When you enter a dungeon, you may encounter puzzles, such as a door that needs to be overcome. Perhaps you don’t have a rogue in the group who can pick the lock, but maybe a blacksmith who has a hammer and chisel to knock the hinges off.
Or you encounter a drawbridge with a frozen mechanism. The only way to overcome this obstacle is to have someone strong enough to free the mechanism, or to have an engineer in the group with the right skills.
In Saga of Lucimia, there will be limited options for fast travel. Therefore, crafters who can repair equipment or provide portals are important. A campfire or bandages, needed for longer adventures in raids, will also be made by players.
Crafters can also play a useful role in damage by bringing alternative abilities like potions, bombs, and grenades.
Moreover, crafters are important for creating equipment, as most gear is supposed to come from the players themselves.
Crafters should prevent you from having to regularly run to a city
Release planned for 2021
When is Saga of Lucimia supposed to be released? In April, the MMORPG is expected to enter Development Phase 3. Accordingly, advertising for Saga of Lucimia will increase and the shop will reopen.
According to the current plan, a release is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2021. However, MMORPGs typically have a hard time meeting such set goals:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare brings with its new mode “Warzone” not only a Battle Royale, but there is also a second mode called Plunder. Here you’ll find out how the extra mode works and where to find the most cash.
What kind of mode is this? With the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the Warzone arrived yesterday with Update 1.17. In addition to the expected Battle Royale, there’s a second, innovative mode.
Plunder is less about surviving and taking out opponents, but rather about collecting cash. And a lot of it. Here you will find out how the mode works and what currently brings in the most cash.
In Plunder, you fill your pockets with cash.
Plunder brings unexpected variety to Warzone
Which team wins? Instead of hunting down opponents, you search for cash mountains here. One million dollars is the goal, and the team that reaches this milestone first has a good chance of winning.
Similar to Battle Royale, the Plunder rounds are designed for about 30 minutes. You jump out of the plane and can let loose in and around Verdansk. But here the similarities almost end. Here are the win conditions:
30 minutes per round to collect 1 million.
If the 30 minutes expire and no team has 1 million, the team with the most cash wins.
If a team reaches a million before the 30 minutes, “overtime” starts.
Overtime lasts 3 minutes, cash receives a 1.5 multiplier, and teams can catch up.
The team with the most cash after the 3 minutes wins.
What other features are there? The mechanics around it also look quite different. After dying and a 15-second respawn time, you can return to the fight and bring your own loadout. Furthermore, the play area does not shrink over time.
Thus, the Plunder mode offers a comprehensive change from the typical BR rules:
Respawn is activated – After 15 seconds, you can jump back in.
The circle does not close – The play area remains the same size until the end.
You don’t lose everything upon death – You only lose a bit of cash.
Spawn with personal loadouts – You don’t need to collect weapons, you bring your own stuff.
There is a lot more cash – The loot drops give you many more dollars than in the BR mode.
Teams with the most cash are marked – You constantly know where the teams with the largest cash piles are.
Cash can be secured – To protect you and your money from robberies, you can airlift cash at certain locations.
During the round, you will see a bar at the bottom left that fills up to the million and shows your current placement. This way you can see exactly where you stand and how long you still need to break the million. The mode works, like the BR, also solo or as a duo team, but you will be at a disadvantage.
You can see at all times where you rank and how much you still need to reach a million. Source: YouTube video by Inkslasher
The most cash comes from 3 specific actions
The YouTuber “Inkslasher” has already played a few rounds of “Plunder” (here’s the English video) and has directly identified the current best actions with the most cash:
Contracts – Search for and use the contracts on the map; they bring in a lot of cash.
Helicopter – Take guided missiles with you; taking down helicopters brings in a lot of dollars.
Supply Drops – On the map, you will see supply drops marked with a dollar sign; these bring in tons of money.
The YouTuber believes it would be best to drive around the map in a vehicle and hit the points that promise the most cash. Take down choppers and check at extraction points while other teams want to secure their money – this way, you can quickly fill your first million.
This sounds quite fun. Have you tried “Plunder” yet or are you sticking to the regular Battle Royale for now? If you win, by the way, you get to see a short film featuring you:
Season 10 has started in Destiny 2 and brings new Exotics for Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks. We reveal what the new armors have to offer.
Where do you get the new Exo armors? The new Exotics from the Season of Worthy are called World Drops. These are items that can come from basically any source.
In every exotic engram, the new armors can be found. In the Nightfall: The Ordeal, for example, you have a very high chance of exotic drops. The noodle-faced Xur can theoretically bring the Exotics on the weekend. Also, the new Season Pass from Season 10 hides some exotic engrams behind the rank increases.
These 3 exotic armors await you in the Season of Worthy
Each of the three classes has received a new armor Exotic in Season 10. Here we present the special perks and provide tips for playing with the unique items.
Raiju’s Harness – Exotic Hunter Chest Armor
This is what the Hunter Exotic offers: The exotic perk of Raiju’s Harness is called “Mobius Conduit”. It causes:
As long as your Whirlwind Shield Super (Way of the Current) is active, less Super energy will be consumed when blocking. Press the Super activation button to disable Whirlwind Shield early and save Super energy.
Like the mythical namesake, your Hunter becomes an electric lightning monster with Raiju’s Harness
This is how the new Exo armor feels: The Exotic basically offers two improvements for the middle tree of the Arc Hunter:
Your Super block lasts slightly longer than 12 seconds with Raiju’s Harness; normally, it lasts about 9 seconds.
Disabling your Super early gives you a noticeable portion of energy back, depending on how long the Super was active. A similar function is found in the Warlock Exotic Geomag Stabilizers.
The Exotic is useful in both PvP and PvE, but only in certain situations. The longer block allows you to reflect a lot of damage, but this is only rarely needed.
In PvP, disabling the Super early can be an advantage. You can set off your Super in a duel and immediately cancel it after a quick kill. This makes your next Super ready for use very quickly.
Citan’s Shield – Exotic Titan Gauntlets
This is what the Titan Exotic offers: Citan’s Shield has the exotic perk “Barricade of Assault”. This enables your team to:
You and your allies can shoot through your tower-high barricade, which has reduced health and duration.
Citan’s Shield gives the barricade a whole new function
This is how the new Exo armor feels: The Titan’s barricade absorbs damage, and normally neither you nor the enemies can fire through the barrier. However, Citan’s Shield fundamentally changes the barricade.
You and your team can shoot through the Titan barricade thanks to the Exotic. Both your shots and abilities, such as the Hunter’s Golden Gun, can easily pass through. This makes the barricade similar to the Sentinel Titan’s shield.
As a trade-off, the permeable barricade disappears faster and has fewer health points (about 30%). The Exotic serves you well in both PvE and PvP – especially in the Trials of Osiris, the new barricade should be strong.
The modified barricade also looks different – Source: Rick Kackis
Felwinter’s Helm – Exotic Warlock Helm
This is what the Warlock Exotic offers: The exotic perk on Felwinter’s Helm is called “End of the Warmind”. It enables you to:
Arc, Solar, and Void melee kills create an energy pulse that weakens nearby enemies. Finishers and kills against more powerful enemies increase the pulse radius and extend the weakening effect.
“To survive out here, you need eyes in the back of your head” – Lore text for Felwinter’s Helm
This is how the new Exo armor feels: With this Exotic, you mainly see great advantages in PvE. Every charged melee kill generates a debuff aura that confuses your enemies and reduces their defense by about 30%. Basically, you get the effect of the exotic shotgun Tractor Cannon.
Finishers also trigger the weakening effect even when your melee ability is not charged and also increase both the range and duration of the debuff.
Especially with the improved Void Warlock in Season 10 (Devouring Depths), Felwinter’s Helm harmonizes excellently. With “Devouring,” you heal with every kill and can seamlessly weaken and decimate enemies in the middle of the horde.
Check out all three new exotic armors in action in this YouTube video:
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The latest DLC of Dead by Daylight is live. Watch out, from now on the Deathslinger can shoot you down – but you can sabotage faster.
Since March 10, 2020, the latest DLC for Dead by Daylight is live. The chapter “Chains of Hate” not only brought the new killer Deathslinger and survivor Zarina, but also a new map and a lot of changes to the mechanics, especially to sabotage. We reveal what has changed in Dead by Daylight.
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What can the Deathslinger do? The Deathslinger is a little slower than most killers, but has a ranged weapon. He can use his “Redeemer” to spear survivors and pull them to himself on a hook. If he succeeds, he can severely injure the survivor, forcing them to stop their bleeding first. If the survivor is already injured, they will go down.
This is how sabotage works now: Sabotage of hooks no longer works as before. You can no longer “sabotage hooks to 99%” and then destroy the hook at the critical moment. Instead, you must perform the sabotage in one go.
This takes only a few seconds, but has a high cooldown (in the case of a perk) or consumes a lot of charges of a toolbox. The number of possible sabotages is therefore more limited, but can be done faster.
This is the new map: As a new map, there is the “Dead Dawg Saloon”, a map like from the Wild West. This is also the first map where there is real daylight, as the rising (or setting) sun is clearly visible on the horizon. The map has a large saloon in the middle with many entrances and windows as well as numerous houses around it. Basically, the map is very maze-like and offers many hiding spots, but also a lot of tall grass. Especially the additional effects like desert runners and creaking wood create an exciting atmosphere.
Particularly cool: The new map has destructible walls that the killer can break through to create new paths. This feature is also to come to other maps later.
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How much does the DLC cost? As usual, the Deathslinger and Zarina can be unlocked with in-game currency. The prices for each of the two characters are:
9,000 Blood Orbs (earnable in-game)
500 Aura Cells (premium currency)
Alternatively, you can buy the whole DLC for €6.99 in the respective store, such as on Steam. Both characters are included then.
The new map “Dead Dawg Saloon”, on the other hand, is free, all players can access this map, regardless of whether they bought the DLC or a character from it.
With the Warlords expansion came some new skills to The Division 2. One of them is the Decoy. However, even if this may seem rather unspectacular at first glance, you should definitely give the skill a try. There is more to it than meets the eye.
What is the Decoy skill about? Recently, the Warlords expansion for The Division 2 went live. This not only brought numerous changes and new content to the game but also new skills.
But while the new Shock Trap or the returning Sticky Bomb are quite popular, the seemingly unremarkable Decoy skill (in English Decoy) is rarely played.
However, its use can definitely pay off. Because this new skill has more to it than one might suspect at first sight and from reading the description.
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What does the Decoy do according to its description? The Decoy is essentially a kind of hologram pad. When thrown, it projects the image of an agent at the spot.
Officially, it is said that the distraction Decoy creates a lifelike projection that enemies perceive as a threat and draws their attention.
At first glance, this seems rather undramatic. But what many agents don’t know: In practice, the Decoy often proves to be very helpful – especially when you are out alone and lack survivability.
What can the Decoy really do? Because the Decoy not only draws the attention of enemies. It often draws barricaded enemies out of their cover. Furthermore, the hologram distracts enemy skills such as drones or turrets, as the projection usually draws their fire completely onto itself – even if you actively shoot at them.
In PvP, the Decoy even attracts the autoaim entirely to itself. If an enemy agent aims at you while you stand next to the Decoy, their crosshair will be pulled to the hologram.
For whom is the Decoy skill worthwhile? If you are playing solo, this skill can make your life easier in many situations – especially on higher difficulty levels.
Do you need to retreat to heal, or do you want to fall behind a hostile group or effectively flank them? The Decoy can work wonders in such situations.
But even in a group, you can effectively use the Decoy to decimate enemies undisturbed – especially when multiple Decoys are deployed simultaneously or in succession.
Especially if you focus your build on damage, the Decoy gives you the necessary window of time to quickly dispatch enemies without drawing attention to yourself and being shot at. Additionally, the skill can be used relatively frequently.
Keep in mind: How effective the Decoy is depends heavily on your skill tier.
Source: Holy_13 Gaming on YouTube
How do you get the Decoy skill? You can only acquire the new skill with the new expansion Warlords of New York. In the campaign, you need to eliminate the Warlord and rogue Division agent Theo Parnell. From him, you will receive, among other things, the Decoy skill as a reward.
Here you can watch gameplay of the Decoy skill:
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The last two bosses of the new WoW raid Ny’alotha are now available. We’ll show you how you can easily defeat them in LFR.
Since today’s maintenance (03.11.2020), the last wing of the “Ny’alotha, the Waking City” raid in World of Warcraft is accessible. Now all players can tackle the last two bosses in LFR and thus defeat N’Zoth and complete the questline surrounding the Black Empire.
So you aren’t “the one idiot” in the raids who doesn’t know the mechanics of the boss fight, we will briefly explain the most important points.
How to defeat “Carapace of N’Zoth” and “N’Zoth the Corruptor”
The last two bosses follow “Blow for Blow”. There are only 2, making “The Dreamweaver” the shortest wing of Ny’alotha.
The Carapace of N’Zoth – you need to break it to access the final boss.
How to defeat the Carapace of N’Zoth: The penultimate fight is against the shell of N’Zoth and represents the last line of defense before the Old God.
If you are targeted by “Eruption of Madness” or “Eruption of Mania”, move away from all other players (at least 15 meters), otherwise they will take high damage and lose mental health.
If a creature is affected by “Adaptive Membrane”, you must quickly deal high damage to destroy the membrane.
If your mental health is running low, use Ashjra’kamas to be fully healed by Furorion – including your mental health.
Tanks should taunt the boss like usual now and then to avoid stacking too many “Black Scar” debuffs.
N’Zoth the Corruptor – the last Old God and final boss of Battle for Azeroth.
How to defeat N’Zoth the Corruptor: The final fight is against the Old God himself. Here he uses all his abilities to bring the players’ mental health to 0 and corrupt them for his purposes.
Avoid all boss effects that drain your mental health. If a player’s mental health drops to 0, they will be taken over – kill them.
Use the Heart of Azeroth (“Azeroth’s Radiance”) in case of emergency to restore mental health.
Kill “Unprotected Synapses” in N’Zoth’s mental realm until Psychus has 4-5 stacks, then focus on Psychus. Leave the mental realm before the spell “Collapsing Mental Realm” finishes, or you’ll die immediately.
Maintain a distance of at least 5 meters from your teammates.
Always kill the Mind Harvester in the last phase. The sooner they die, the better your chances of victory.
After the fight, you can finally complete the campaign surrounding the Black Empire. Additionally, you will be rewarded with the controversial end cinematic that shows the fate of N’Zoth.
How to conquer the other wings: If you also want to visit and master the other wings of Ny’alotha, we have guides for all the other bosses as well:
In October 2018, the German company Gamigo took over the developer and publisher Trion Worlds. Some MMORPGs from that time are still successful and are being further developed, such as ArcheAge. Others, however, are in absolute stagnation, like Rift or Defiance. We take a closer look at the games.
The innovative turn-based tactical game “Atlas Reactor” never received the attention it deserved according to players. In April 2019, it came to an end.
But what about the other titles like Rift, ArcheAge, Trove, and Defiance 2050? Do they still have a long future ahead? And how is Gamigo doing overall?
Things are looking good for the MMORPG ArcheAge, but not so much for Rift
How is Archeage doing? The MMORPG ArcheAge was able to generate a lot of attention in 2019 with its new version Unchained. The concept was not groundbreaking:
The game must be purchased once, instead of being available for free as before.
There is no subscription model and no Pay2Win in the shop.
To make money, paid battle passes are offered, which only include cosmetic content.
Otherwise, ArcheAge and Unchained are supposed to be kept at exactly the same level regarding updates and content.
Gamigo is, like Trion Worlds before, just the publisher of the game. ArcheAge is still being developed by the Korean company XL Games. This situation often leads to delayed releases compared to the game in Korea and to bugs that are only fixed with delays. Players are also complaining about this, along with support issues, in 2020.
For players on normal servers, there was also Patch 6.0 in 2019, which brought new graphics, a new class specialization, and some other changes.
Unchained brought ArcheAge back into the spotlight
How is Rift doing? The other MMORPG that Gamigo took over is Rift, which was developed by Trion Worlds itself. The situation here does not look so good:
But the announced updates did not materialize. There are complaints on reddit that there has been no real new content for almost 3 years (via reddit).
The player population does not seem to be at rock bottom yet. At least the MMORPG maintains relatively consistent numbers on Steam (around 240 daily players via Steamcharts), and there are still reports of existing players and raid groups on reddit.
But nothing currently indicates that Rift will receive any major updates.
Rift started with innovative ideas and as a WoW killer, today it looks different
What do the numbers say? The latest quarterly report from Gamigo confirms the picture that one has of both MMORPGs.
In the overview of revenues from licensed games for the entire year 2019, one can see the significant gap at least in financial returns between the two MMORPGs:
The Free2Play version of ArcheAge accounts for 15% of the total revenue from licensed games. Unchained itself contributes another 10%. This is remarkable since the release only took place in October 2019.
Rift, on the other hand, only accounts for 5%, which is a fifth of what ArcheAge brings in.
But the other two games from Trion also land in the top 10 of Gamigo’s licensed games. One surprises negatively, the other positively.
Revenue share of licensed games from Gamigo in 2019
Defiance is at the bottom, Trove surprises positively
Which game from Trion surprises negatively? In 10th place among the licensed games stands Defiance. The MMO shooter received a major update with a new class and new content just before the takeover by Gamigo.
But that didn’t lead to a turnaround. It is reported on reddit that while it gets a bit busier during special events, the servers are basically quite empty. At least the game still receives irregular updates and events.
Defiance at least appears in the quarterly report with 2% of all revenues from licensed games.
Which game from Trion surprises positively? On the positive side is the MMO Trove, which surprised positively in the quarterly report. With a 16% share of the revenue from licensed games, it ranks first if the ArcheAge versions are separated.
In the building game that resembles Minecraft a bit, you can explore dungeons with a character, build houses, and create in the world. Different classes and quirky lovable creatures are available for selection.
In 2019, Trove even received some content updates, including “Into the Deep,” which introduced new world bosses, potions, and improvements (via Trionworlds).
Trove is currently the most successful Trion game on Steam. With 2,035 daily players in the last 30 days, it is quite solid (via Steamcharts).
Trove, the surprise in the ranking of Trion games
Gamigo fully in the hands of a shareholder
What else is happening at Gamigo? Gamigo as a company is doing well. In 2019, net revenues were 58.9 million euros, which is 30% higher than the previous year.
The majority of the company’s revenue comes from PC games (80%) and is relatively evenly distributed across the continents of Europe (44%) and America (46%).
The company’s own games Desert Operations Global and Fieste Online are both over 10 years old and were able to improve or at least maintain their position in 2019.
Gamigo has now been fully taken over by the company that already had the most shares. While Media and Games Invest (MGI) as the main investor had held 53% of Gamigo’s shares for a longer period of time, there has now been a near-complete takeover.
In the call for the quarterly report, it was mentioned that the company now owns 99.9% of the shares in Gamigo. They are currently working on obtaining the remaining shares.
What is MGI? The company Media & Games Invest owns various companies, which usually continue to operate under their own names, including:
Gamigo, Trion Worlds, and Aeria Games (Echo of Soul) in the gaming sector.
Mediakraft (agency for influencers)
Various marketing and advertising agencies
Whether this will lead to changes is currently uncertain. The head of MGI, who is also the CEO of Gamigo, emphasizes the “synergies” from which both companies are to benefit. However, synergies were also a keyword during the takeover of Trion Worlds. At that time, Gamasutra reported that 175 out of 200 employees were laid off at Trion Worlds.
In addition to Gamigo, we also looked at other MMOs. Many did not perform ideally in 2019:
Warzone is live and with it the highly anticipated battle royale mode of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Many players have wondered in advance if they can also play alone. Yes, it is possible, but it has disadvantages.
How can I set up Solo or Duo? When you start the new Warzone mode in Modern Warfare for the first time, you will have to complete a training session first. Afterwards, you can enter the first lobby. You have two game modes to choose from:
Battle Royale
Plunder
as well as various practice modes
Directly below the selection, you have a switch for “Fill Squad.” You can set it to either “Fill” or “Don’t Fill.” The “Fill” option ensures that players are assigned to your team until you are a trio. With “Don’t Fill,” you play alone or as a duo, depending on your group size.
If you register now with fewer players, it may happen that you are still thrown into a match against trio groups. This is particularly a disadvantage in Solo, because when you spot an enemy, you always have to assume that they are not alone.
Pros and Cons of Solo Play
What are the advantages? If you still decide to play alone, you can of course keep all the loot for yourself. You don’t have to share and can freely take anything you find.
The smallest vehicle (Quad) can only carry two players anyway.
In addition, you are harder to spot alone. A team that moves cohesively or uncoordinated is easier to notice on the large map than a single person.
Also, you are not immediately eliminated when you are taken out. Thanks to the Gulag feature, you get a second chance. If you are eliminated within a certain time, you go to prison. If you defeat your assigned opponent there, you get a free re-entry.
What are the additional disadvantages? Nevertheless, the disadvantages outweigh. Besides the fact that you are basically against a superior force of players, you also have no one to watch your back.
Warzone is designed for trio groups.
You are not only alone in firefights but also cannot borrow ammunition from other players or pool money to buy more expensive killstreaks. Additionally, your allies have the ability to revive you, even if it didn’t work in the Gulag. Alone, you cannot do that.
If you join alone now, the number must be balanced with other teams. However, this may not be a major problem shortly, because at 8:00 PM on March 10, everyone can play Warzone for free:
Call of Duty: Warzone live stream: If you want to see the battle royale novelty for yourself before diving into battle, you have the chance tonight (March 11) at 7 PM on MAX. Join live on Twitch as Julius, Clape, and Yassin find out if they dominate or fail as a squad:
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the PS Store want to celebrate the launch of Warzone with you and are offering a gift for PS Plus members on PS4 – the exclusive Call of Duty: Warzone Combat Pack. We explain what it contains and how to get it.
What is Call of Duty: Warzone? Today, the in-house Battle Royale mode went live in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Warzone. The new mode even has crossplay between PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Owners of Modern Warfare received Warzone as a free update. However, for those who do not own Modern Warfare, there is also a standalone free-to-play version “Call of Duty: Warzone” that is not tied to the main game.
Age rating: Warzone costs 25 cents on PlayStation, but offers a free bundle
It is free for PS Plus members, costs 25 cents for all other players (for age verification), and can be downloaded and played individually.
Here you can download the free-to-play version Call of Duty: Warzone from the PS Store:
What is the gift about? To celebrate the release day of Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Sony’s PS Plus offer a time-exclusive package for PS4 – The Call of Duty: Warzone Combat Pack
Who can secure the package? This combat package is available free of charge to players with a PS Plus subscription and will initially remain exclusive to PS Plus and PS4. For PS4 players without PS Plus and players on other platforms, it will be available no sooner than October 1, 2020.
What’s included in the Warzone Combat Pack: With the pack, you will receive
Buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: If Warzone sparks your interest in the main game and you want to check out the campaign or the traditional multiplayer – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available at a reduced price in the PS Store at the release of the battle royale:
Just like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the new battle royale mode Warzone also has a crossplay feature. This allows players on PC, PS4, and Xbox One to play together. We explain how it works.
Crossplay and Cross-Progression on PC, PS4, and Xbox One
How to use crossplay: The crossplay feature works in Warzone just like in the regular multiplayer modes of Modern Warfare. The feature must first be enabled in the game options under “Account”. By default, it is already on.
Then you need an account for Call of Duty. You can create one on the official Call of Duty site. To log in, you’ll need the credentials of the account you created when starting Modern Warfare.
With this account, you can subsequently invite friends from other platforms through the social menu in the game. The corresponding friends can be found in the “Activision” category instead of the platform-based category.
Battle Pass, Weapon Levels and Account Level – Everything increases thanks to cross-progression
What is cross-progression? In a blog post, Activision also talked about overarching progression. However, this does not mean that you can simply transfer your progress to another platform. While that does work, it means even more here.
If you buy the game later on, your progress will be credited immediately and stored until then. If you already own Modern Warfare, all progress from Warzone will be credited to MW – and vice versa.
Why should I use crossplay? The only real advantage of crossplay is that you can play together with friends almost barrier-free. Whether your best buddies only have a PS4, Xbox, or a PC, Modern Warfare works together anyway.
If you happen to know someone who is a literal god with the mouse or controller, you can of course benefit from having them carry you a bit.
Not that good at battle royale? No problem, just look for strong partners!
What are the problems? However, there are also some problems with it. Usually, Modern Warfare tries to sort matches not by platform, but by input device.
However, this doesn’t really work in Warzone at the moment. Because people constantly leave the lobby, there are anyway issues with matchmaking. Therefore, there is a mixture of controller and mouse/keyboard in almost every match.
Input with mouse and keyboard is generally more precise than with a controller. This leads to PC players or mouse users having an advantage. In battle royale, this can decide between victory and defeat.
MyMMO author Benedict Grothaus has actually undergone the test and checked which device is really better:
Anyone wanting to buy games on Steam is out of luck. Apparently, there is a disruption in the shop.
What is going on with Steam? Currently, it seems that it is not possible to buy games in the Steam shop. Free games can apparently still be purchased, but as soon as money is involved, an error message appears. It says:
„An error occurred while initializing or updating your transaction“
The transaction does not come to a conclusion in the end. However, users do not need to worry that there is something wrong with their payment details.
This is what Steam says about the problems: The error apparently does not lie with the buyer. Steam has already commented on the situation via Twitter:
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According to this, there are currently downtimes during the purchasing process on Steam. They are already working on a fix, but it is still uncertain when it will work again.
“Let me give you my money”
This is how players are reacting: Overall, player reactions are quite calm. Most are providing humorous comments about the purchasing failure for a laugh or two on Twitter:
“Wow Steam, let me give you my money, what the hell,” comments Twitter user Scenario.
“Does anyone want to play Fortnite?” user Pendas seems to have spotted an opportunity to lure Steam users away.
“My wallet thanks you,” user Richard McIntosh is even quite happy that no games can be purchased right now.
“What are we supposed to do now? Play the games?” fears another user about their own game library.
The mood is therefore relaxed. Especially since some users were reassured, thinking the error was their fault. However, when games can be purchased again remains open at the moment.
Let’s hope the shop is up and running again soon. After all, there are always exciting games on Steam:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare goes live today, March 10, with not only the Warzone online but also a substantial update for the multiplayer. There’s a new weapon, fresh modes to try out, and a lot of smaller adjustments.
What’s new? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is in the “Battle Royale” craze. But the BR update on March 10 didn’t just bring the new 150-player Warzone mode online; there was also new gear for multiplayer, several adjustments, and bug fixes.
Check out the highlights of the patch notes for update 1.17 here.
The new shotgun – VLK Rogue
CoD patch on March 10 comes with a new weapon and playlist update
How large is the update? The patch came with the Battle Royale Warzone and this time it was a bit larger. You should plan for a download between 16 and 22 GB.
What new content is there? As announced at the beginning of Season 2, update 1.17 brought a new shotgun into the game. The “VLK Rogue” corresponds to a “Shotgun M26 (MASS)” and can be unlocked by all players. You just need to complete a “small” task:
Get at least 7 kills with shotguns that have 5 attachments in 15 games.
Additionally, there are new modes, while a few old ones disappear. The grounded Ground War, which replaced a popular mode and didn’t go down well, has been replaced by the regular “Ground War”.
Currently, no Gunfight tournaments are running. For a few weeks, you could compete here in 2vs2 matches for good placements and prizes. However, this mode was still marked as a beta version in-game and is likely to return to the playlist later.
The 3 additional modes this week are:
Search & Rescue – Like Search & Destroy, but you can revive allies.
Chaos Moshpit – Crazy 10vs10 mode. A mix of Cranked, Domination, and Drop Zone.
Shoot or Ship, no matter – The obligatory 24/7 playlist where you only play Shoot House or Shipment.
Adjacent to the new Warzone, there’s also a new mission board.
What weapon balancing changes were made? There was only one adjustment to weapon strengths. The sawed-off version of the 725 shotgun is supposed to be more effective at the shortest ranges. For that, mobility and close combat damage were increased, but range was reduced.
Shots with the thermite bolts from the crossbow now deal even more damage to Juggernauts. This weapon is likely to become the absolute Jugger-killer, as these rounds already easily pierced the armor of the combat suits before this adjustment.
What other changes are there? This list is a bit longer this time. We present the highlights:
Many exploit fixes – For example on Hackney Yard and Piccadilly
Exploit fixes in Ground War – There was a really nasty trick. However, it is currently unclear whether it was specifically fixed.
Spawn fix on Rust – The tactical insertion should now work properly again.
New mini-map – You can now choose between a square and a round mini-map.
Otherwise, there are a bunch of little things. If you want to read the full patch notes in English, visit the “Infinity Ward” homepage.
Call of Duty: Warzone live stream: If you want to see the battle royale novelty for yourself before diving into the fight, you can do so tonight (March 11) at 7 PM on MAX. Join live on Twitch as Julius, Clape, and Yassin find out whether they dominate or fail as a squad in Warzone.
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