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WoW: Season 4 begins – This is what you need to know for tomorrow

Cortyn 21. January 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

On Wednesday, Patch 8.3 of World of Warcraft really kicks in. With Season 4, there are many new and harder contents.

Patch 8.3 of World of Warcraft has been live for exactly one week. This gave all players enough time to look at the content in Uldum and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms or just sample the patch. However, starting tomorrow (01/22/2020), things will change significantly, as a new season in Battle for Azeroth begins. We will tell you what new things are coming and why solo players will also experience some changes.

Season 4 in Patch 8.3 brings world bosses, hard dungeons, and more

With the start of Season 4, a new era begins especially for raid and dungeon players, as the difficulty of many dungeons is drastically increased. Additionally, a new raid and fresh world bosses are waiting for a beating. However, better loot is also in store.

Assaults switch their position: With the weekly reset, the positions of N’Zoth’s assaults change. This means that the major assault of the Black Empire now takes place in Uldum (for 7 days) while a smaller one occurs in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms (for 3.5 days). Players can earn new vessels to experience the Disturbing Visions.

New Disturbing Vision: The Disturbing Vision of Orgrimmar will disappear for now. Instead, players can experience the Disturbing Vision of Stormwind and must deal with new enemies and challenges. The difficulty level should be similar, so one can expect similar progress as in Orgrimmar. As usual, access requires a vessel, so entry is strictly limited to 2-3 visits per week.

Professions are being upgraded: Starting Wednesday, new recipes for crafting professions can drop from N’Zoth’s assaults. To do this, you first need to craft a Void Focus – the recipe for that can also be found with numerous mobs in the assaults. It’s worth spending a few minutes just farming enemies to get the recipes.

As in Patch 8.2, it is necessary to further upgrade the Void Focus. This is primarily done through the raid Ny’alotha.

A tip: Also get the new buff food, as the recipes are also available from the assaults. This buff food provides unique effects in N’Zoth’s Disturbing Visions, such as increased movement speed.

World bosses become active: With Season 4, the world bosses in Uldum and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms are also activated. Each week, only one of the two bosses will be present, but a visit should be worthwhile. After all, the bosses can drop items with an item level of 445, and they may also be corrupted. Don’t forget your coin for the bonus roll, which you can buy from the Ethereals in Boralus and Dazar’Alor as usual.

Raid Ny’alotha opens: The start of the season also marks the opening of the raid Ny’alotha with 12 bosses – at least in normal and heroic mode. The mythic mode will follow next week, before the LFR wings gradually open. Those brave enough can already seek out a raid group tomorrow and try to defeat N’Zoth.

By the way, the entrance to the raid is always at the assault of the Black Empire – so from Wednesday in Uldum.

Dungeons get harder: The difficulty of dungeons in the “Mythic+” range changes drastically. The base values for hit points and damage of the enemies in dungeons will be raised by a whopping 53%. However, the chests at the end of the dungeons can now also contain corrupted gear (even if it’s viewed critically), making a visit to the dungeons worthwhile again.

At the same time, there is a new affix “Awakened”, which places special obelisks with mini-bosses in the dungeons.

For the weekly chests, this now means a maximum item level of 475 – at least if you can complete a dungeon on “Mythic+15”.

PvP Season 4 begins: Last but not least, a new season also begins for PvP players. There are new gear sets to earn, and anyone who wants to prove their PvP skills in arenas or rated battlegrounds now has the perfect opportunity.

As you can see, a lot is changing tomorrow in World of Warcraft. Also, story fans will likely be pleased, as it won’t be long before the first guilds have defeated N’Zoth and we get to enjoy a new cinematic.

Are you looking forward to Season 4 of Battle for Azeroth? Or are you completely tired of it?

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New survival MMO Last Oasis cheekily mocks Amazon’s New World

Benedict Grothaus 21. January 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

The survival MMO Last Oasis has taken a jab at the MMORPG New World. It’s about PvP. Last Oasis clearly shows: We’re only for the tough.

This is how Last Oasis mocks New World: The official Twitter account of Last Oasis has posted a short tweet stating:

Recently, an open-world MMO has decided to separate the PvE and PvP crowd by making PvP an opt-in feature. Last Oasis also has a very useful opt-in feature for PvP:

Following this statement was a snippet showing the respawn button, that is, the button for re-entering the game after death. A clear and cheeky jab at New World.

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Last Oasis proves to be “tougher” than New World

What is this all about? The mockery stems from the fact that New World already removed the forced PvP feature back in December and transformed it into an opt-in feature.

Initially, everyone in New World was supposed to be forced into PvP, as it’s a harsh world where anyone can have a knife in their back at any time. Instead, players are now supposed to be able to choose whether they want to participate in PvP or not.

This decision is currently causing a big dispute in the community. PvP players accuse PvE fans of ruining the game, and vice versa. Both groups label the other as a loud minority that would cause New World’s failure.

This is how Last Oasis presents itself: In contrast, Last Oasis seems to fully embrace its hardcore character. It doesn’t even try to hold players’ hands. Surviving in Last Oasis is tough, and that should be known to everyone.

In the upcoming survival MMO, the Earth has stopped spinning. As a result, the sun now relentlessly burns the parts of the Earth it shines on, and players are in a constant flight to their running cities on large wooden structures or to the last safe oases.

PvP plays a major role, as resources are scarce, and if you need something, you’ll just take it. If necessary from other players, if they are there. And that’s apparently how it should remain. Last Oasis is one of our most anticipated survival games of 2020.

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Is New World for softies?

This is what PvP offers: Although New World no longer requires players to engage in PvP, it still offers the option. Those who want to fight with others can still do so.

Just recently, the developers explained the PvP. Apparently, there will be instanced fort battles and battles in the open world. The system is meant to provide content for PvP players without driving away newcomers and PvE fans.

What else does New World offer? New World also offers other features besides PvP. It is even considered by many players as the great hope in the MMORPG realm for 2020. New World offers:

a dark story
breathtaking worlds to explore
a free equipment system without classes
possibly the best housing in a long time
a dynamic combat system

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All of this contributes to New World awakening hopes in players and MMORPG fans who have been hunger for new games for some time. Our editor and MMORPG expert Alex says: New World is going to be really big:

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This is the strongest class of Season 19 in Diablo 3, according to the leaderboard

Patrick Freese 21. January 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

We are looking at the Solo leaderboard of Season 19 in Diablo 3. All classes have now reached GR 150. But which one is the fastest?

How does the leaderboard look? To stay updated on the progress of Diablo 3, Blizzard offers an overview page. Since the start of Season 19, we have repeatedly provided insights and snapshots of the classes that led to the various measurement days.

The current leaderboard (as of January 21, 2020 – 1:18 PM) looks like this:

Barbarian – GR 150 with a time of ~ 8 minutes and 13 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)
Wizard – GR 150 with a time of ~ 8 minutes and 23 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)
Crusader – GR 150 with a time of ~ 8 minutes and 48 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)
Necromancer – GR 150 with a time of ~ 9 minutes and 12 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)
Monk – GR 150 with a time of ~ 10 minutes and 59 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)
Witch Doctor – GR 150 with a time of ~ 12 minutes and 30 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)
Demon Hunter – GR 150 with a time of ~ 13 minutes and 48 seconds (Here is the hero profile on diablo3.com)

Keep in mind that we are looking at the European leaderboard of Season 19 in solo play. So the classes that reached level 150 the fastest alone in the Greater Rift in Europe. Some exploiters have already been banned for not taking “alone” so literally.

What has changed in the leaderboard? At the start of Season 19 in November for Diablo 3, things were a bit chaotic at first.

Shortly after the start of the season, Monk, Crusader, and Barbarian fought for the first place on the leaderboard. Isolated, far behind, the Necromancer with more than 20 GR levels behind.

About a month after the start of S19, Barbarian and Crusader had already reached level 150 in the Greater Rift. Monk with level 144 and Wizard with level 141 were in the middle. At the very end, the Witch Doctor, who at that time only reached level 129.

By the end of December, only 3 classes were missing the success of reaching level 150 in the Greater Rift. Among them was the Monk, who initially fought for first place.

What happens next? Now the race continues with all classes trying to achieve the fastest time on GR 150. And that, before Season 20 starts. In our Tier List of Season 19 in Diablo 3 clear favorite classes and builds are emerging for this. Whoever needs to farm materials quickly and efficiently can use this build:

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In the MMORPG Blade & Soul, there is serious trouble after the exploit and ban wave

Alexander Leitsch 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

The players of the MMORPG Blade & Soul are currently voicing their complaints loudly in the forums and on reddit about a new wave of bans from NCSoft. The bans supposedly affected not only users of an exploit but also many innocents.

What happened? Some players have apparently managed to alter files in Blade & Soul and learn skills from NPCs and raid bosses. With these skills, they attacked other players without activating PvP.

Some of the exploiters were subsequently banned. However, it seems that the wave of bans did not only hit them.

Players who allegedly were just raiding or fishing were also banned. Various threads in the official forum and on reddit report this. These seemingly undeserved bans, in turn, are causing a lot of anger among the players.

Why were innocent players banned? Apparently, there is an automated system behind the bans that has not worked perfectly:

In the raids, players who participated in the fights against the corresponding bosses that were abused for the exploit were banned.
In fishing, there seem to have been false bans because AFK fishing relies on a similar technique as the manipulation of skills.

According to a forum post, the unwarranted bans are said to have been lifted. However, on reddit, it is reported that there are still players wrongfully banned.

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Players are surprised and disappointed

How are players reacting? Many players are shocked and surprised that a well-known MMORPG can have such a large gap in the way files are transferred.

Now questions arise about whether there have been manipulations in other areas as well. In the forum, players like CrazyDude90 report that changes to the XML can interrupt animations and gain advantages in combat.

The rankings in the game are being questioned, and a loss of trust is mentioned. Players criticize that NCSoft has not grasped the full extent of the exploit. The handling of the situation and the bans do not improve the situation.

As a result, many react with mockery and post memes about the incident.

How can you protect yourself from bans? There is no official statement on this. However, the user kyenxos posted some tips on reddit to help players avoid bans:

Do not defeat Boss 3 of the ET raid
Do not go AFK fishing with the AHK tool
Do not play PvP unless it’s against other factions (with Faction Outfits)
Use the vanilla client from BnS
Avoid VPNs for now to prevent overlaps with the exploiters

However, there is no guarantee that this will prevent bans.

What happens next? Currently, players are still waiting for an official statement from NCSoft regarding the incident. So far, only the Russian community team of the MMORPG has responded and posted a statement on Facebook.

In it, they warned users about an exploit that is circulating in the EU and would be punished harshly on the Russian servers. Other players should also immediately report exploiters.

The developers of Blade & Soul have already been informed, and they are now waiting for the fix.

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Fortnite prohibits pros from jumping as a signal – They are confused

Eilyn Rapp 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

New rules for the competitive scene in Fortnite will be introduced in 2020. We will show you how the rules will change and how well-known streamers will react to it. Among other things, jumping and swinging the pickaxe will be banned if there is a risk of signals being sent.

What will be changed? Epic Games announced that as of January 20, 2020, new tournament rules will be implemented in Fortnite (Via epicgames).

These rules aim to prevent opponents from teaming up, forming a team, or collaborating to their advantage.

New tournament rules in 2020

What are the existing basic rules in Fortnite tournaments? Epic already introduced a few basic rules for the competitive scene in 2019.

In tournaments, the following actions are not allowed:

Collaboration between opposing teams
Agreements between different players/teams to land at the same place or to determine a specific rotation route
Communication: Sending or receiving signals (verbal or non-verbal) to communicate with opponents
Intentionally dropping items so that the opponent can pick them up

However, players quickly found new ways to communicate with their opponents. Now, effective January 20, 2020, Epic has added clear new rules.

These actions in the game will now be considered cheating and will be punished:

Swinging with the pickaxe
Performing emotes
Throwing toys
Jumping

A warning will be issued for each of these actions. However, Epic Games states: “We want to clarify that these actions in the game are allowed if no communication is involved. Repeated occurrences will be punished with a more severe penalty.”

Pro players not so excited about the rules

How do pro players react to the new rules in Fortnite? This type of communication has become established in Fortnite tournaments. Swinging a pickaxe or performing an emote signals to the opponent that the player does not want to fight but prefers to move to a new location on the map, wanting to “rotate” instead.

Since mobility in Fortnite Chapter 2 is very limited, these methods of communication have been utilized even more. Everyone wants to escape the storm and cannot just use a jump pad to fly away.

Understandably, now the pro players of Fortnite are not thrilled about these new rules:

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Pro player benjyfishy wrote on Twitter: “This won’t work unless more mobility is introduced. The game is totally based on luck. If you’re not in the zone, you’ll die in the end game.”

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Player FNATIC_MOTOR also reacted to the rules. He warns other pro players.

“Don’t jump, or you will get banned!”

Even pro Ninja speaks out

The pro and streamer Ninja, who often stands up for Fortnite, also seems to not fully understand why these rules were implemented.

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He says that while he understands what Epic Games is trying to do, it is strange to see teams and players rotating, not shooting, and swinging their pickaxe as viewers.

“And banning jumping? That is the best way to avoid sniper shots.”

We will see how the rules will evolve or if there will be any adjustments.

Integrity of eSports in Fortnite is questioned

What it’s about: The eSports in Fortnite is unique in that it pays off to avoid fights for as long as possible to reach the endgame and collect points.

Therefore:

teams have advantages that follow their “own” routes, avoid other teams, or signal that they do not want to fight
teams have disadvantages that move around without coordination and attack anyone they encounter on their way

This leads to absurd situations where players maintain “non-aggression pacts,” which can be confusing for viewers. It is also unfair to those who seek fights, as is actually intended.

In November 2019, even doubts arose about the integrity of eSports in Fortnite. The Fortnite coach DestinyJesus had coached several winners at the Fortnite World Cup 2019.

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Critics claimed that he could have coordinated the routes of the players, leading to an illegal agreement that significantly influenced the outcome of the Fortnite World Cup.

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Destiny 2: Bastion in Practice Test – How the new weapon exotic performs

Philipp Hansen 21. January 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

In Destiny 2, the guessing game is over. As a reward for the efforts, a new Exotic awaits: Bastion. We take a closer look at the kinetic fusion rifle and tell you how the weapon performs in PvE and PvP.

This is the weapon in question: Bastion is an exotic fusion rifle for the kinetic slot and requires special ammunition. The fact that the weapon is kinetic and does not deal elemental damage like any other fusion rifle is Bastion’s unique selling point.

The weapon fires three projectiles in rapid succession after charging. Each of the projectiles contains 7 projectiles (eng. Slugs). With one unit of ammunition, Bastion fires a total of 21 small projectiles.

Bastion is at home in the family of precision fusion rifles with a charge rate of 740 (780 through perks) and damage of 80. This includes, for example, The Important Ingredient. However, Bastion behaves very untraditionally.

Instead of being futuristic and elegant like other representatives of its kind, Bastion appears raw, martial, and mechanical. The weapon has a noticeable punch.

Additionally, the Exotic has these unique perks:

Fists of the Saint – Charge to fire three salvos of kinetic ammunition
Breakthrough – A portion of this weapon’s damage bypasses elemental shields.

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On the Test Stand – What can Bastion do?

This is how Bastion performs in PvE: Small adds and weaker enemies are taken down by Bastion in droves. Against enemies that are a bit tougher, Bastion performs well, but not outstandingly. It is worth noting that both body and headshots deal the same damage.

How about shield bypassing? Damage against enemy shields is also reduced with Bastion – as with any kinetic weapon. About half of the projectiles deal additional damage to the shield, and a small portion of the damage attacks the protected health bar directly. However, this cannot compare with the damage of a suitable elemental weapon.

In combat against the AI enemies of the Guardians, Bastion makes a rather average figure for an Exotic. Although Bastion is classified as a fusion rifle, it plays more like a hybrid of a futuristic fusion and a shotgun. The weapon can be compared in many respects to the Exotic Lords of Wolves.

This is how Bastion performs in PvP: In contrast to PvE, Bastion holds its own better in the Crucible. This data is important for PvP:

One projectile deals 29-30 damage.
This means a salvo can deal a maximum of 210 damage.
If all 3 salvos per charge hit completely, the opponent receives 630 damage.
There is no precision damage with Bastion.
The optimal range is about 15 meters.

The weapon has a decent kick. It currently seems that the recoil can be better controlled with a controller (exceptionally) than with mouse and keyboard.

Comparable fusion rifles deal about 40 damage per projectile (also with Liquid Coils). However, weapons like the Erentil only manage 7 shots and not 21 per unit of ammunition.

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Bastion’s damage can be absurdly high and easily take out three Guardians

Bastion is a super-killer: Where Bastion excels in PvP is in the fight against powerful Supers. The combined damage of the projectiles usually sends a hostile Super back to respawn in one charge. So you can confidently face the so-called most powerful weapon of the Guardians.

Another strength of the unusual fusion rifle is hip-firing. Each salvo has a very compressed shot pattern. This does not seem to change much even during hip-fire. So unless the situation absolutely requires it, you don’t need to aim precisely.

How is the new Exotic received by the Guardians?

This is what the community says: Many Guardians are currently expressing their dissatisfaction with the weapon. The reason for this lies in the mega-puzzle that the community has been grappling with for a long time. However, this is criticism of the weapon as a reward and not of the performance of the Exotic.

Currently, Bastion receives mediocre reviews from serious Destiny players. In PvE, the weapon is nice, yet many prefer other top Exotics. Whether the weapon allows for strong and creative builds will be revealed in the near future.

In PvP, the fusion rifle is more convincing. Especially the ease of handling and the enormous damage output are praised. Whether the weapon is worth its Exotic slot in the long run and can displace the dominant Jötunn remains questionable.

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The 10 Most Exciting Co-Op Games Coming Out in 2020

Andreas Bertits 21. January 2020 Reading time 7 minutes

2020 has just begun and there are new exciting games coming up in the next months where you can cooperatively have a lot of fun. We present to you the 10 most exciting co-op games of the year that should be released in 2020.

Which co-op games are in the list? This list includes games that have already been announced and are supposed to be released throughout 2020. In these titles, you can have a lot of fun playing cooperatively with friends. These are not MMOs and also not competitive games. The cooperation, playing together with friends, is the focus.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Release: March 20, 2020 Genre: Simulation Platform: Nintendo Switch Business model: Buy2Play Number of players: 1-8 players Website: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Website

What is Animal Crossing: New Horizons? In the latest installment of the Animal Crossing series for the Nintendo Switch, you are ready for the island. On the island, you gather resources and craft everything you need for survival. This way you live a peaceful, contemplative life.

You can invite players (up to three locally, up to seven online) to your island and gather resources together, prepare recipes, party, and explore the area.

Who is the game for? Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game primarily aimed at younger players. However, anyone can have fun if they enjoy creating something with colorful graphics, gathering resources, crafting items, and generally escaping the drudgery of everyday life.

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Dying Light 2

Release: Expected in 2020 Genre: Survival-Action Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One Business model: Buy2Play Number of players: 1-4 players Website: Dying Light 2 Website

What is Dying Light 2? A zombie virus has wiped out almost all of humanity. 16 years later, the survivors have gathered in the ruins. You are one of them and can contribute with your decisions and actions during missions to the refuge developing into good or evil.

You explore in the survival game a large open world where you encounter not only zombies but also bandits. Parkour elements are important as you need to find unusual ways to reach your goals in the city. You experience the entire campaign even with up to three friends.

Who is the game for? Zombies are still in vogue thanks to The Walking Dead, so every fan of the rotting undead should keep an eye on Dying Light 2. Additionally, exploring the game world in an unusual way – thanks to the parkour elements.

Actually, Dying Light 2 was supposed to be released in spring 2020 – it has now been postponed indefinitely. However, it could still release in 2020.

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Developer of Escape from Tarkov to success: „I don’t like it when it goes so fast“

Noah Struthoff 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

One of the current most popular shooters, Escape from Tarkov, is struggling with matchmaking issues. A developer has now responded and revealed that he does not like the current growth.

These are the current problems: The hype surrounding Escape from Tarkov came somewhat out of nowhere and surprised the developers. Now thousands of players want to play, but often the servers are insufficient. The result is long waiting times during matchmaking.

The developers are now addressing this and promise that they are working on this problem around the clock and providing new servers worldwide to make matchmaking faster.

Great success brings problems

This is what the developer says: On reddit , Nik Buyanov, Studio Head and COO of Battlestate Games, addresses the issues and says: “The game is really gaining popularity quickly, and I (personally) do not like that it is happening so fast, as game stability, server availability, and so on require a lot of attention.”

The developer does not see success as problematic, but the attention brings disadvantages. Although they regularly provide new servers, new players keep joining. It simply takes time to set up the servers. Buyanov reveals that the team is working around the clock and does not take breaks even on weekends.

These are the rules of the game, and he understands them. The developers are therefore not resisting the many working hours.

What is the future of the servers? There, Buyanov promises that they will add new servers daily and continue working to ensure stability.

He also says that occasionally a server may go down, and this is purely a stress test.

In the end, the developer gives the tip that during peak times, one should not select specific servers but instead set it to “auto”. This could already prevent some problems.

How do players view the issues? The mood in the community is good. Although they are aware of the matchmaking issues, they do not have a major problem with it. The comments under the reddit post are mostly positive.

Many players show understanding and say that they are totally satisfied as long as the developers communicate the issues. In addition, they show understanding for the many efforts and are visibly grateful to the developers.

What is the reason for the great success? Escape from Tarkov currently fills a gap in the gaming market, which has brought it immense success. It relies on hardcore elements that games like Fortnite or Apex Legends do not utilize. Additionally, it is more tactical and sets itself apart from Modern Warfare.

A large part of the success also comes from the update from last October. There, Escape from Tarkov made huge leaps in gameplay and drew significant attention.

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Corrupted items in WoW should alleviate frustration, but only create more of it

Cortyn 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

“Corrupted” items should replace Titanforging in World of Warcraft. However, these items tend to cause more frustration than joy.

In Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth of World of Warcraft, the developers decided to put the Titanforging system on hold for now. Items can no longer randomly have a higher item level and thus be significantly stronger than usual.

Instead, some items are “corrupted” by the Old God N’Zoth and receive powerful bonuses, but also come with the negative value of Corruption.

What does Corruption do? Corruption is basically the price a character has to pay if they have particularly powerful effects on their items.

The more Corruption a character accumulates, the stronger the negative effects that act upon them. A character with little Corruption might be slightly slowed down during combat. In contrast, a character with high Corruption might even be attacked by additional enemies and die relatively quickly.

This is the problem with corrupted items: Corrupted items are basically the new “Wow” effect when looting. Players should be excited that an item is corrupted and equipped with special bonuses. At first, this works quite well. However, once a player wears several corrupted items, the system leads to a new dilemma.

Corrupted items can force players in groups (especially in raids) to take actions they later regret. An example:

A player is currently wearing a belt with item level 410. They have already reached the currently acceptable maximum of Corruption on their equipment, so additional corrupted items cannot be equipped without incurring massive disadvantages.

In the dungeon, a belt with item level 440 and a high Corruption value drops. As compensation for the Corruption, there is an extremely powerful skill due to this Corruption, which provides a significant damage boost.

Now this player is faced with a dilemma: Will they cleanse the Corruption and thus the positive effects at MOTHER, so that they can wear the belt immediately and be more useful to their group? Will they equip the belt despite the high Corruption and risk dying from the strong Corruption? Or will they save the belt for later, when they might have a stronger resistance to Corruption and not be affected by it anymore?

There is no right solution, and no matter what the player does – they will probably be frustrated. If they cleanse the belt, the effect is lost, which could have been useful later. If they do not wear the belt, they lose character power that would be helpful in the current content. If they save the belt without cleansing or equipping it, it will sit unused in their inventory for a long time.

That’s why this is critical for the player: Although the Corruption mechanic mitigates a large part of the RNG criticism, it creates new problems. Instead of being excited about a new, powerful item, players face a decision where there is no good solution. No matter what the player does, in the end, it feels unsatisfying and like the wrong decision.

Nevertheless, Patch 8.3 is indeed fun.

What can be done about it? Some players have already begun to look for secondary items in most item slots that are not corrupted. In that case, they can simply drop another corrupted item when they receive a better one. However, this leads to an overcrowding of inventories – because bag space is already scarce.

If acquiring gear in WoW is associated with frustration rather than joy, then the MMORPG faces a fundamental problem. Or how do you see it?

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Action-MMO is unfortunately such a flop that it dies 2 times right away

Patrick Freese 21. January 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

The action MMO Guardians of Ember experienced a revival just under a year ago. Now the plug is being pulled again. What’s going on?

This is the story behind Guardians of Ember: The action MMO was released in September 2017. But shortly thereafter, a scandal involving the gaming platform Steam occurred.

Because the then publisher InselGames instructed its employees to write reviews for the publisher’s games. This was considered “review manipulation.” As a result, all games from this publisher were removed from Steam. That was in February 2018.

Now InselGames wanted to keep the game alive outside of Steam, but player numbers dropped rapidly. At times, only 100-200 people were playing the MMO simultaneously.

Then the publisher Gameforge picked up the game in September 2018 and wanted to revive it. In March 2019, they launched a soft launch in North America and Europe. But that did not last long.

What’s new now? It seems that unfortunately, the second demise of the MMO is imminent. Tweets from the official Twitter account and emails to players indicate that the premature end of Guardians of Ember is set for next month, in February 2020 – just under a year after Gameforge’s soft launch.

https://twitter.com/GOE_GF/status/1219186552649195520

The team writes there that the contract between Gameforge and Runewalker, the game’s developers, will not be continued. On February 14, 2020, they would terminate the usage contracts with the players.

Since there are no other servers for Guardians of Ember, there will also be no character transfers. The payment service has been suspended, currency can still be issued until the shutdown of the MMO.

What do players say about it? There are hardly any reactions on Twitter about the impending second exit. Reddit however shows more opinions on the matter.

Player “GreatName” writes: “It’s sad when the shutdown of the game is the first thing I hear about an MMO.”

“I bought the game at launch, but the performance issues made it unplayable for me. I tried again a few months later and it was even worse,” writes sephsta
” […] I enjoyed the game for a while, but I believe it didn’t really become popular due to performance issues. On my reasonably decent laptop, it was barely playable even on low settings […],” writes phoenixrisinguptoday

Others ridicule it and write that it would probably be sad news for the two people still playing it.

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The last CoD MW update was a month ago – When will the next one finally come?

Maik Schneider 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare announced a lot of content and wants to keep its players engaged for a longer period. However, the last major update with new content was almost a month ago. When will the next update come?

Every year, as the Christmas season approaches, a new Call of Duty is released. Currently, soldiers are getting their hands dirty in a reboot of the popular “Modern Warfare” series. But there has been little new in recent weeks.

Although there have already been some announcements from officials that an update is on the way, a blog post from Activision even promised an update on January 22. However, the post was deleted.

So when can we finally expect the next major update?

Activision blog post promised update with crossbow

What was in the blog post? The post provided us with some information about the schedule for this week in Modern Warfare:

Double XP ends on January 21 at 7 PM our time
New bundles from CDL teams in the shop
Aniyah Palace (Ground War) returns on January 22
The crossbow will also come to the game on January 22
To obtain the crossbow, you need to complete some Marksman missions

This week was planned to introduce a new weapon and bring back a map that has been experiencing matchmaking issues (according to YouTuber JGOD in the update video).

Why was it deleted? This can only be speculated. There may be issues with the crossbow or something is not right on the revamped map “Aniyah Palace”.

It is also possible that the post was meant to be released tomorrow and that the instruction was miscommunicated. However, the note about the end of the double XP event today (January 21) speaks against that.

What happens next? There is still a chance that an update will come tomorrow, but that is by no means certain.

However, the CDL is supposed to start on the weekend. A pro league with mostly US teams that compete against each other regularly. Some pros are becoming impatient, as certain issues should be resolved before the start of the league, such as the slide cancel.

https://twitter.com/Rated_COD/status/1218641178310201344

Rhys Price, one of the players from the “London Royal Ravens,” has reportedly been told to expect a patch for the slide cancel on January 22. Whether this is still current is unknown. In addition to the cancel move, several other issues should be addressed, such as the annoying player collision or deadly bushes.

Modern Warfare is apparently behind schedule

What has been postponed so far? According to a developer on Twitter, a larger update was supposed to come last week.

Instead of a larger update, season 1 was extended and probably pushed back the entire team’s timeline.

https://twitter.com/JoeCecot/status/1213940416560549888

Is there a compensation? Modern Warfare is being quite generous with the extension of the season. During the entire period from February 4 to 11, three XP modifiers will run:

Double XP
Double weapon XP
Double battle pass XP

This gives all players another chance to level up the rest of the battle pass. Those who have already completed it can level up another weapon from the vast arsenal of MW, perhaps even the crossbow.

What do you think, why was the post deleted? Is the update being postponed further, or will we see the crossbow this week?

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New roadmap for Black Desert – Here’s what to expect in the first half of 2020

Alexander Leitsch 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

The MMORPG Black Desert Online has released an official roadmap for the first half of 2020. It includes some class expansions, as well as new areas and a music feature.

What news is planned? For the first six months, the developers plan several updates for Black Desert. Most of them focus on the various classes in the game:

On January 22, the new class Gardia will be released.
On February 5, the awakening of Gardia will take place, along with an event.
After that, the succession skills for some old classes will follow. The weapons will be strengthened before the awakening.
The class Shai will also receive an expansion, where you can compose and play songs.
A content update for the 1st quarter is expected to introduce us to the homeland of the Papus and Otters.
For the 2nd quarter, another chapter in the story of the Children of the Goddess Sliva in the Odilita area is currently planned.

Is there any other content? According to the statement in the blog post, the above-listed content is guaranteed to be released in the first half of 2020 in EU and NA.

At the end of the roadmap, there is a box with a question mark placed. It is quite possible that more unannounced updates will find their way into the game.

Possible new content has already been presented in a roadmap for the Korean version.

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Korea gets new updates significantly earlier

What content is missing from the list? At the end of 2019, there was a conference in Korea where Pearl Abyss talked about the development of Black Desert. A roadmap for the Korean version was presented:

In this, the Odilita update was already announced for February. We will get it only in the 2nd quarter.
Also announced for spring were Thorn Castle, a new PvEvP battleground, and the seasons for newcomers. Neither of these are mentioned in our roadmap for the first 6 months.

This is somewhat surprising since Pearl Abyss aims for a global version of Black Desert that brings updates at the same time in all regions.

This was even achieved with some new content in 2019. When the class Shai was released, there was only a week difference between Korea and us. However, this year, there seem to be larger gaps between the versions again.

How are players reacting to the roadmap? On reddit, the roadmap is viewed with mixed feelings. Many players are looking forward to the class expansions and the Odilita update.

However, the Papus and Otters are not very popular. Many would have preferred new PvP content and the quick release of Thorn Castle:

Guan_Dao: “Can we remove the Papu content and get real PvP content like 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 or a new mode instead?”
Sadduckissad: “I wish BDO finally gets PvP for fewer players, like 2v2 or 3v3. The game lags too much in mass battles.”

Players also speculate based on the roadmap that both Shai and the Archer apparently will not receive succession skills. This is probably because they were designed differently from the start.

However, Gardia will receive its update very early, still in the first quarter of 2020. This, in turn, pleases some players.

We have picked out 9 things you can aim for in Black Desert at the start of the new year:

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Destiny 2 gives everyone the quest they’ve been grinding for 1 week today

Sven Galitzki 21. January 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

It seems that the long journey through the Mammoth puzzle was meant only for the pioneers among the Guardians. Bungie has now announced that the quest for the new exotic weapon Bastion will be easier to obtain in Destiny 2 soon.

This is the quest: In Destiny 2, you can currently earn a new exotic weapon – the fusion rifle Bastion. The corresponding quest was initially supposed to go live on January 28 according to the roadmap.

However, after the community solved the gigantic puzzle surrounding the Corridors of Time on January 20, after 6 days of hard work, the quest surprisingly went live as a result of the Mammoth puzzle. Since then, the third and possibly last new weapon exotic of Season 9 has been obtainable.

What exactly is going to change? It seems that the monumental endeavor and pioneering work has cleared the way for numerous Guardians to follow the regular quest process.

Because Bungie has now announced on Twitter that the Bastion quest will be available from Saint-14 in the Tower for all Season Pass holders directly after the weekly reset on January 21, thanks to the hard work of numerous community members.

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In short: Apparently, you won’t have to do anything that was previously necessary to obtain the Bastion quest from this evening onwards. It seems that you can comfortably pick up the quest directly from the 14th Saint.

How has it been with the quest so far? Those who want to have the new weapon exotic currently do not have to struggle through the entire puzzle, but they still can’t avoid going through a lengthy symbol code process at the moment.

The annoying part: A mistake means you have to run the entire sequence again – this happens easily, costing a lot of time and nerves. Additionally, for some Guardians, the quest bugs after completing the code and can’t be picked up, started, or completed.

This should hopefully change from this evening onwards.

What do you think about the path to Bastion becoming easier? By the way, the January Iron Banner starts tonight. There is also a change there:

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WoW cancels Patch 8.3.5 – Will the content last until Shadowlands?

Cortyn 21. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

Patch 8.3.5 of World of Warcraft will not be released. There were indications that it was indeed planned.

It has now been confirmed by Ion Hazzikostas in an interview. The Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth is the conclusion of Battle for Azeroth and thus officially marks the end of the WoW expansion. There will most likely not be another patch.

However, this presents several problems for World of Warcraft. It reveals a rather spontaneous change in plans and simultaneously creates the threatening situation that players now have to get by for six months with content that quickly becomes stale.

What problems are there? World of Warcraft is heading towards a small crisis or is already in one. The following issues are currently plaguing the game or at least are strongly suspected:

Patch 8.3 started with many errors and bugs – for some even the most bugged patch of all time
The WoW team apparently lacks Q&A members, which could explain the many errors
The WoW team is under time pressure with Shadowlands, which is why Patch 8.3.5 was canceled

What happened to Patch 8.3.5? Although it must be said that Blizzard never officially announced Patch 8.3.5, there were already some indications that it was in planning. For instance, there were file notes in the game files with the addition “835”, which were supposed to trigger voice lines from Furorion and Anduin.

Hazzikostas has now confirmed in an interview with Millenium that there will be no Patch 8.3.5, making it clear: The content we currently have must last until the release of Shadowlands. However, since Shadowlands is not even in beta yet, it could very well take another six months.

However, one should not forget that we are also having fun with the current patch.

What bugs were there in Patch 8.3? For many players, the release of Patch 8.3 was a major annoyance, as they encountered smaller and larger bugs. Some were not so dramatic, while others set players back days or weeks in their progress.

Some players received no loot for their Horrifying Visions or their run was aborted because the servers crashed.
The War Mode is currently not useful at all, as the bonus on daily quests has been abruptly turned off.
Many events do not work and some items have a respawn duration that is far too long.
Some of the new Corruption effects are so powerful that they can triple character DPS.

What is wrong with the current content? Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth has only been out for about a week now, but it is already clear that the content will not keep a large part of the player base engaged in the long term.

This is mainly due to the fact that Patch 8.3 brings relatively little new content. Although two old areas have been revamped and equipped with new invasions, they are all quite similar.

After two weeks, players have seen everything here and will likely only fulfill the mandatory tasks to experience their Horrifying Visions and upgrade their legendary cloak. In summary, this amounts to a playtime of 2 to 4 hours per week – quite poor for a patch that is supposed to satisfy solo players until Shadowlands.

What do you think, how will World of Warcraft develop in the coming months? Will player numbers drastically decrease until the release of Shadowlands? Or can Patch 8.3 keep players engaged for a long time?

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TikTok is huge and continues to grow: Now they want to make MMOs

Benedict Grothaus 20. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

ByteDance, the company behind the successful app TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin, now wants to enter the MMO market. After collaborating with Fortnite, the company plans to create its own games. Apparently, ByteDance aims to take on the competitor Tencent.

What is TikTok planning? According to a report by the South China Morning Post, ByteDance is now planning “Massively Multiplayer Online Games” with elements of Chinese fantasy.

To this end, the company has acquired several studios and hired people, including industry veteran Wang Kuiwi, who comes from the Chinese developer Perfect World Games (“Perfect World Mobile”, one of the best mobile MMORPGs of 2020).

Details about what kind of games they will be are still not available. However, they are expected to be “non-casual games” that should establish a presence both in China and abroad, that is, in Europe or America.

TikTok is now making MMOs – Why?

What’s behind it: With this initiative, ByteDance now wants to gain a foothold in the gaming industry, similar to what Amazon is doing with New World. Unlike Amazon, however, ByteDance had to finance itself through advertising in the apps.

The apparent goal is to challenge Tencent’s dominance. Tencent is a huge Chinese internet company and one of the “most valuable companies in the world” (via Wikipedia).

ByteDance and Tencent have been in competition for some time. In 2018, there was even a lawsuit (via SCMP).

Tencent owns shares in Activision Blizzard (World of Warcraft, Call of Duty) and Epic Games (Fortnite), as well as newly also Funcom (Conan Exiles). The giant also owns the studio Riot Games (League of Legends).

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ByteDance has previously attempted to establish itself in the gaming sector with the casual mobile game “Music Jumping Ball”. However, it was released on Douyin and therefore had no success in the West. The upcoming games are expected to change that.

The huge success of TikTok

What is TikTok anyway? TikTok is an app where users can create short video clips of themselves and share them directly. What’s special is that they can react to other clips with their own and directly create “reaction TikToks”, leading to sometimes long chains and reactions.

How is TikTok doing right now? The TikTok app has enjoyed great popularity for some time now. According to Google Trends, there was a sudden boom in interest in Germany in September 2019. The reason was the merger of TikTok with the teen app Musical.ly.

After the peak flattened out, TikTok has become increasingly interesting for (especially young) users and has become more popular. There is still no end in sight to the growth. The “TikTok generation” has since also conquered Twitch.

Last year, TikTok even managed to accumulate more active users than Twitch. According to FutureBiz, over 5.5 million Germans were actively using TikTok by the end of 2019. On Twitch, there are only 3.2 million (via Statista).

The numbers for global comparison are even larger. The website BasicThinking states that over 800 million people worldwide now use TikTok. However, Instagram (one billion users) and YouTube (1.9 billion users) are still ahead of TikTok.

According to Oberlo’s news portal, an app to support the purchase of goods including from China, TikTok had already achieved 1.5 billion downloads by the end of 2019 and is the most downloaded app from the Apple App Store.

Recently, TikTok has planned a collaboration with Fortnite. Here, players will have the opportunity to bring their own dance into the game, if they upload it to TikTok with the corresponding hashtag beforehand:

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Pokémon GO: 9 locations that are almost always confirmed as PokéStops

Noah Struthoff 20. January 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

Submitting PokéStops can become a real art form in Pokémon GO. However, there are some things you can submit that almost always become PokéStops.

Here’s what it’s about: Submitting PokéStops is subject to certain guidelines. Not every submission will immediately become a stop.

To ensure you don’t waste your submissions needlessly, we will show you 9 things that almost always become PokéStops.

With these items, you have good chances of getting PokéStops

Playgrounds: Submissions for playgrounds are almost guaranteed. Unless it’s just the climbing frame in your own garden, playgrounds are almost always approved.

Especially beneficial is if the playgrounds are also marked on Google Maps. If the picture is correct as well, then there’s virtually nothing that can go wrong.

A tip from us: If you enter “playground” in Google Maps, such places nearby will be shown to you. You can then walk around and submit them all. Some playgrounds can be quite well hidden.

Churches: Almost as reliably as playgrounds are churches. This also includes community centers or any buildings associated with religions.

Be sure to use the correct name of the church. Often there are other churches of the same religion nearby, and the stop may then be recognized as a duplicate.

Memorials: Almost every location has a plaque that commemorates something. Be it fallen soldiers in the world war or a memorial stone for an honorary citizen of the city. Such plaques or stones are ideal for PokéStops.

Your chances of a stop increase if you mention exact years or explain the history behind the memorial. This significantly enhances your proposal.

City maps: If you are unfamiliar with the city, you might use public city maps. They hang on large boards and show the city’s sights.

Such maps are also ideal for PokéStops. In the end, such a location is important for the city and therefore an interesting place in Niantic’s games. You can often find such maps at train stations or central points in the city.

Clubs: Whether sports or culture, clubs are ideal locations for PokéStops. Almost every club also has a plaque or logo hanging on the building wall.

Photograph this logo, briefly explain the club, and you have a perfect PokéStop.

Besides football clubs, cultural clubs work wonderfully as well. Find out in your city where such clubs are located, and you will have a few more PokéStops in town.

Stumbling stones: It’s also worth looking down to discover new PokéStops. Small stumbling stones on the ground are ideal PokéStops and are almost always approved.

The stumbling stones bear family names and are often only found at a second glance. You often find such stones in city centers and on cobblestones.

It is important that you include the name on the stumbling stone in the title. This way, reviewers can easily distinguish between the stones.

Colorful garages or power boxes: There are often real works of art on local power boxes or garages. These are perfect for PokéStops.

However, be realistic in your proposal. Just because someone sprayed their name on the power box doesn’t mean it’s an artwork. Only proposals that are truly unique will be verified.

Graffiti: Just like with garages or power boxes, the same applies to graffiti: Beautiful graffiti are often turned into a PokéStop.

So look for places under bridges or on large building walls that have been adorned with beautiful graffiti. Here you have good chances of getting a new PokéStop.

Years: Take a close look at old buildings. They often have a year somewhere indicating when construction began. If it wasn’t just 10 years ago, then you have a good chance of getting a new PokéStop here.

My submission is not becoming a PokéStop – What to do? This could have many reasons. For one, there might already be another PokéStop in the cell of your submission. For each cell, which is approximately the size of 4 single-family houses, there is only one proposal for a PokéStop. The stop is verified at Niantic Wayfarer, but nothing enters the game.

Your stop may also be rejected if you took a bad picture or the description is incorrect. Pay special attention to this when making your submission.

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Guild Wars 2: The fear for the future of the MMORPG is taking curious turns

Alexander Leitsch 20. January 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

For Guild Wars 2, things haven’t been great in recent months. Controversies keep arising, including last week. However, this time some players have gone off track. Still, it shows that many are concerned about the MMORPG.

What happened? On Friday, January 17, a player opened a reddit thread concerning lead designer Jennifer Scheurle. In it, he mentioned that her biography on Twitter only stated “Lead Designer at ArenaNet,” but not the Lead Designer of GW2.

This sparked a discussion about developers being reassigned to a new project, likely a game for consoles. During the layoffs in February, it was revealed that many ArenaNet employees had been working on other projects and not on Guild Wars 2 anymore.

Many fans had hoped that ArenaNet would refocus on the MMORPG. With the departure of president Mike O’Brien in October and now the change of the lead designer, they viewed these hopes as crushed. However, that turned out to be false.

What was wrong with that? Jennifer Scheurle responded to the thread with a tweet. In it, she confirmed that she is not working on Guild Wars 2 as a lead designer; however, that is also because she has never worked on the MMORPG:

I saw this Reddit thread emerge, stating that I left GW2 as lead designer, and I want to clarify that this is inaccurate information since I have never been a designer on GW2.

This shows that many players have no idea about the distribution of roles and the events behind the scenes. It also illustrates that the fears surrounding Guild Wars 2 have taken on increasingly bizarre forms.

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Everything is worse than before

What are players afraid of? There are constantly threads and discussions predicting the downfall of Guild Wars 2. It doesn’t even need a real reason, as the incident with Jennifer Scheurle illustrates.

However, the game is now heavily criticized for its day-to-day operations:

The shop is a topic of discussion because there seems to be a big focus on it. However, shop updates have occurred every Tuesday for more than 7 years.
Players fear a maintenance mode, although the developers have announced content for every month of the year. The last three content patches had gaps of 10 and 11 weeks between them, less than in previous years. In the meantime, events for Halloween, Christmas, and Lunar New Year have taken place.
Guild Wars 2 presents roadmaps with clear goals and even completely new content for the first time since its release.

Many of these points fuel fears that don’t necessarily need to exist. Nevertheless, these have also reached many non-GW2 players, who are then put off by it.

What is still criticized? However, there are content aspects that are being criticized by players and are comprehensible. Expansion content has been promised that hasn’t made it into the game yet.

Also, communication from the developers has become very quiet. This is particularly challenging for fans of instances, as no new fractals or raids are in sight at the moment.

Even a promised WvW update has been pending for almost 2 years.

Only in PvP are there two developers, Ben P. and CmC, who keep the players constantly informed about progress, no matter how small. Unfortunately, it takes a very long time for these innovations to actually make it into the game.

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Is the end of Guild Wars 2 approaching?

What does the future of Guild Wars 2 look like? Guild Wars 2 has been on the market for over 7 years and still delivers good quarterly numbers. It is the only title from ArenaNet and therefore also the only source of income.

In the long term, new games need to follow, so the developers can stay afloat. Therefore, it makes sense that work is being done on other titles and that Guild Wars 2 will no longer stand alone in the company’s portfolio.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of GW2.

The MMORPG has had a positive impact on the entire genre with its features like the removal of level barriers and loot for all. It still ranks among the MMORPGs with the most interest in Germany. The community in the game is still very active and helpful.

What Guild Wars 2 currently lacks, in my view, is simply a fresh breeze. The updates have been identically structured for nearly 4 years. This bores the veterans.

Now it’s up to the developers to counter the trend and surprise the players. This is still possible if the desire is there. Guild Wars 2 will certainly never be the biggest MMORPG ever again. But it can still continue to be successful for many years to come.

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Only master geographers recognize these 12 locations from Destiny 2

Philipp Hansen 20. January 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

Prove in this quiz if you know Destiny 2 like the back of your hand. Can you guess the locations we have chosen?

We have prepared another Destiny quiz for you. This time it’s not about showing off your knowledge of weapons. Rather, you need to show that you have traveled a lot in the Destiny universe.

The Guardians agree that the world of Destiny looks absolutely beautiful. This was also the opinion of MeinMMO reader “Millerntorian”. His comment under our article about Destiny’s nature documentary inspired us to create this quiz.

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This is how the quiz works: We have traveled to the different planets and locations in Destiny 2 and taken nice vacation photos. Each time, a photo will be presented to you, and you must name the exact area name of the location.

For this quiz, we decided to use the German names. You are looking for the place name that you see when:

You switch the area
You summon the Ghost
You take a look at the map

So it’s not about guessing the planet, that would be too easy for you. However, we have still included the planet in parentheses with the answer. A little example for you:

Who is hiding in this church tower again?

Got an idea? Once you have decided on an answer, click the image. The solution will appear immediately, and you will see if your cartographic knowledge was on point.

Which 12 areas did our Warlock visit?

Now it’s time for: Let the guessing begin. We wish you lots of fun!

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A little bonus for veterans

In addition to our locations from Destiny 2, we have a few images from the predecessor for you. Who still remembers these places from Destiny 1?

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The grind to rank 14 in WoW Classic demands sacrifices – Why is it so tough?

Cortyn 20. January 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

The grind for rank 14 in PvP from World of Warcraft Classic demands sacrifices. More and more players break under the harsh requirements. They give up.

In World of Warcraft, there are many goals that players can set for themselves. However, few goals are as prestigious as the grind for the infamous rank 14 in the PvP system of World of Warcraft.

Rank 14 not only grants access to extremely powerful gear, but also earns the admiration of fellow players. Achieving rank 14 is an accomplishment that many describe as “insane.”

However, many players and Twitch streamers are breaking under this grind, feeling they can no longer manage the task.

Did you stop playing WoW Classic? If so, we would like to know why!

What is rank 14? Rank 14 represents the highest possible rank in World of Warcraft Classic that players can achieve. To reach this, they must spend a substantial amount of time in PvP battles.

A player with rank 14 has access to some of the best weapons and gear in the game, guaranteed to turn heads. Rank 14 is also considered the “toughest grind World of Warcraft has ever had” – accomplishing this feat is an achievement in itself.

What is required? Climbing the ranks in WoW Classic is heavily tied to PvP. The most effective way is through battlegrounds: especially Alterac Valley – even though that frustrates many right now. Depending on how much honor a character has accumulated, points are awarded during the weekly reset that contribute to the current rank.

These “rank points” are, however, limited; you can only climb the ranks at a relatively fixed pace. To achieve the maximum number of points, you must belong to the top 0.3% of players in a realm regarding honor gains.

On average, the grind to rank 14 takes about 12 to 14 weeks if you completely dedicate yourself to this task. That means a daily commitment of 16-18 hours of PvP in the battlegrounds.

The problem is that ranks are not awarded based on fixed points that are the same for all players. The rank system is a bit different on each realm since players must always compete with their fellow players on the same realm. If there are many engaged PvP players on your realm, it becomes more difficult and takes more time to achieve a high rank.

Furthermore, with each passing week, the player’s rank points slowly decay. Anyone taking a break will soon find themselves at a lower rank.

Are there no tricks? Another point is that there are no shortcuts to rank 14. You cannot cut corners or slyly gain a few rank points with less effort.

It is virtually impossible to reach rank 14 in less than 12 weeks. The final jump from rank 13 to rank 14 alone requires 3 weeks of full dedication to PvP, playing battlegrounds continually after getting up.

Players are also taking care of PvP bots themselves…

Can’t one take a break in between? Another issue is that a “normal life” outside of WoW Classic is practically impossible during this time. Anyone wishing to take even a single day off to engage in other hobbies or social obligations may risk wasting an entire week and falling behind in their schedule.

This strains the nerves of players. Because as appealing as the thought may be to spend a few days “doing nothing but gaming,” it becomes overwhelming when one must maintain such a lifestyle for 3 months.

This is especially difficult for Twitch streamers: For streamers, the burden of grinding rank 14 is exhausting on multiple levels. Firstly, it is extremely monotonous to play the same content for 14-16 hours daily. This also becomes boring for viewers over time, resulting in decreased interest in the streams. Since this is often the streamers’ source of income, it poses a real threat.

Additionally, streamers are by definition constantly in the spotlight of fellow players and are essentially always being watched.

Take the streamer Sodapoppin, who has given up on the grind:

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Or the streamer Swifty, who acknowledges that he “finally needs to get out to do RL things.” The grind over weeks takes a toll on nerves and he visibly appears worn out:

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In the earlier “Vanilla” days of WoW, it was quite common for players to share accounts to achieve rank 14. Then, the little brother or a good friend could easily spend a few hours in Alterac Valley, allowing the actual player to take a break.

Some ambitious players even created a 24-hour activity with the account to secure a place at the very top.

Harder than expected: Ultimately, grinding for rank 14 is significantly harder than many players anticipated. In contrast to raids, which turned out to be much easier than remembered, grinding for rank 14 is a time investment that requires 3 months of a player’s life.

It is hardly surprising that more and more players are succumbing and parting with this goal before losing all enjoyment in WoW. This has also happened quite often in the past. No wonder: After playing 18 hours of PvP every day for 3 months, one soon gets fed up.

Do you have friends trying for rank 14? Are you trying it yourself?

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ESO receives new item tier Mythic Gear: 2 we already know

Schuhmann 20. January 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) will receive a new type of item with the expansion “Greymoor” in Summer 2020: Mythic Gear. These items are similar to Exotics in games like Destiny 2 or The Division 2. Players can only wear one at a time, but they grant special and unique bonuses. Two of these items are already known.

How do you acquire Mythic Gear? With the “Greymoor” expansion in May 2020, a new activity will come to The Elder Scrolls Online that differs from previous quests: the search for antiquities.

The hunt for antiquities seems to draw inspiration from professions like “Archaeology” from World of Warcraft. The antiquities are marketed as a new gameplay experience that has nothing to do with quests and combat, but rather represents a new playstyle in ESO, similar to housing.

Such antiquities are said to exist in the past, present, and future zones of ESO. It is said that players should feel like Indiana Jones when they hunt for the ancient treasures.

Players will complete two mini-games that come with skill lines. The skill lines are intended to help players improve in the mini-games:

In Scrying (looking out), players search for clues about the location where they can find antiquities. This mini-game is said to be inspired by a “Colors & Shape” game.
Then, players travel to the location indicated by the first mini-game.
Here, they begin excavating, which works similarly to Minesweeper or Battleship, it is said.

ESO-Scrying — This device, the “Scrying Device,” is said to play a major role in Scrying.

The rewards from excavations include:

Emotes
Cosmetic items
Housing items
A siege weapon
A mount
Mythic items

The rewards are said to be available to everyone, allowing players to work towards mythic items even if they can only invest an hour in ESO occasionally.

What are Mythic Items? These are special items:

They come with 160 CP
Only available in golden variants
Players can only wear one of these items at a time
They grant special, unique bonuses

All of this was explained by Creative Director Rich Lambert during the presentation of Blackheart of Skyrim last Thursday (via youtube, starting at 42 minutes).

What are examples of mythic items? Lambert mentioned 2 examples of such mythic items:

A type of jewelry that increases the player’s movement speed in combat – outside of combat, the bonus even doubles.
A heavy chest armor that restores Magicka whenever a player blocks an attack.

Other changes coming with Greymoor include a change to player vampires.

Already in February, a performance update is expected to shrink ESO by almost 30 GB:

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