Destiny 2: Shadowkeep has a new dungeon: the Pit of Heresy. However, to enter this dungeon, you must first complete a small quest.
These requirements you must fulfill: With the today’s update from October 20, 2019, the new dungeon Pit of Heresy has become accessible if you complete a short quest and own Shadowkeep.
To start the new quest “The Deepening Wake,” you must first complete the main campaign of Shadowkeep. Afterwards, you need at least Power Level 880.
Here starts the quest: If you meet both requirements, you will find the start of the quest with Eris Morn on the Moon. For the quest, you need to complete several tasks:
Participate in the new public event “Altars of Sorrow”
The event is a bit challenging but should not be a problem with enough Guardians. Certain artifact mods that counter overloading and unstoppable champions and those with barriers are useful.
Reaching the Dungeon “Pit of Heresy”
This is what happens after the quest: Once you have completed the tasks, you must return to Eris. She should already point you to the new dungeon and the Pit of Heresy should appear on the map.
Make your way to the marker and stand next to the glowing green crystal that you find there. Just stand there until the ground disappears. Jump down and you should reach the Necropolis.
A white circle appears on the ground, and when you stand in it, you will see to your right an area where you can jump down.
What should I watch out for? Even though you can complete the quest with Power Level 880, the new dungeon is designed for a Power Level of 940. So you should prepare accordingly.
To win, you should be well equipped.
For a chance of success, you should both improve your equipment with good weapons and level up the artifact enough so that you have the most important mods at hand.
In League of Legends, the new True Damage skins have been released today. Visually, they are extremely cool hip-hop outfits, some of which were designed by a very special brand.
What are these skins? Five champions in LoL have formed an in-game hip-hop group called True Damage. Accordingly, they have received new outfits.
The design for two of these skins comes from Nicolas Ghesquière, the art director of Louis Vuitton. These are the skins for Qiyana and the upcoming champion Senna. Both skins can be obtained through Prestige content, with the Senna skin set to be released in 2020.
The remaining 3 skins can be obtained as usual for Riot Points, which you can buy with real money. These champions are:
Ekko
Akali
and Yasuo
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A story even developed from these skins, which is now used for True Damage. Akali left the old band K/DA to pursue a new direction. With Ekko, Qiyana, and others, she found a new group where hip-hop is now at the forefront.
The skins also feature special interactions, as this video shows. The Ekko skin reacts to other “music outfits” as well.
When did the idea for True Damage come about? The website TheVerge spoke with lead producer Carlos Giffoni. He revealed that work on True Damage began shortly after the success of K/DA.
The pitch was made to Louis Vuitton with the finished idea of the True Damage group. Just a week after the conversation, there were the first proposals from the fashion designers.
These were directly very good, says Riot Art Director Seth Haak:
We actually didn’t have to change any design, except for one color, to make it fit better with the gameplay.
The new Louis Vuitton skin for Senna
When will the skins be available in the game? The new skins are expected to be available in the game with the finals of the LoL Worlds on November 10. The new band True Damage is also set to perform.
The real-life version of the band will include Becky G, Keke Palmer, Soyeon, Duckwrth, and Thutmose. We will have to wait and see if the performance is as well received as that of K/DA.
On Tuesday evening, October 29, the second episode of the Borderlands Show took place. Among other things, the Maliwan Takedown Update for Borderlands 3 was presented.When it starts, you can find out here!
This is the Borderlands Show: The Borderlands Show is a monthly stream from Gearbox where major announcements for Borderlands are packaged.
In the first episode, for example, the current Halloween event was extensively presented. And this month, there were a few interesting insights as well. The most exciting announcement was related to the Maliwan Takedown Update.
In Maliwan Takedown you attack a base
Maliwan Takedown – Start and Info
When does Maliwan Takedown start? Maliwan Takedown will start on November 21. The update will be available for free, just like Bloody Harvest. Maliwan Takedown will not be an event, but a content update that runs without time limitation.
What is Maliwan Takedown? “Takedowns” will be a new type of repeatable content designed to present you with new challenges. The first takedown targets the manufacturer Maliwan. In the Borderlands Show, Randy Varnell from Gearbox explained that the NPC Lorelei will send you on the mission to take down a Maliwan base.
New mini-bosses and bosses will be present
What is special about Maliwan Takedown: Maliwan Takedown is specifically designed for you to team up with four players at level 50. It will be really difficult. You could also try it alone – but then you have to be prepared to struggle. The takedown will be available as soon as you complete the story for the first time. It will thus become a new challenge for the endgame.
New enemies will make your life difficult – and they are invisible
What else does Maliwan Takedown bring? The new Maliwan base represents a fresh map that you could not visit before. Additionally, there are other contents, such as:
New mini-bosses and a new boss
New enemy types, including:
The Maliwan Shield Trooper, who absorbs elemental damage.
The Maliwan Stealth Trooper, who can become invisible.
Specific loot that is only available in the takedown.
New shields that will be among the best in the game at launch.
New skins, heads, and a new trophy
The new shields are expected to be really strong
Currently, players can enjoy bonuses from an event that has actually ended:
In Guild Wars 2 today, on October 29, the long-awaited Build Templates were released. However, after a certain number, additional storage must be paid for. Players, on the other hand, find the prices far too high.
What are Build Templates? Build Templates are a tool for saving a character’s skills and attributes. They can also be shared with other players via chat code.
This system also includes equipment templates, where the equipped armor can be saved. However, this cannot be shared with others.
The templates already existed in the predecessor Guild Wars 1 and have been requested for the successor since release. This request, whose fulfillment was announced at the beginning of the year, has now been fulfilled. However, players are not happy about it.
The new skill templates in GW2
Players call Build Templates a scam
What is the problem with the templates? Even during the introduction of the new tool, there were discussions about monetization:
Players only have 3 build slots per character and an additional 3 account-wide slots available for free.
Additionally, there are only 2 free equipment templates.
More slots require Gems to be purchased.
Prices have been officially established today. And against these prices, players are now in an uproar.
Each additional equipment template per character costs 500 Gems, equivalent to 6.25 Euro.
If someone wants to unlock the maximum number of skill templates for the account, they pay 50 Euro. If they also want to maximize their character, they should pay 11.25 Euro for the character templates and 25 for the equipment templates.
Equipment templates in GW2
Players are angry: In a reddit thread calling for a boycott of the templates, the user MonstrousVomit writes:
This is such a colossal joke that I don’t even have to worry about my money. Not even my gold wants to come close to this garbage …
There are already more than 10 threads in reddit that talk negatively about the templates. So far, there are no positive voices, only a few that take it humorously, like the user Rivelon:
Don’t you guys have notepads?
He connects the joke around the last BlizzCon with the useful function of simply copying the build codes into a text file and thereby creating storage space for free.
The legendary weapon Exordium does not go well with templates
But it’s not just the high costs that are causing anger among players. The features themselves also do not meet expectations.
What are the other problems with the storage templates? Due to the limited system, players have:
Max 6 character-wide skill templates.
Max 27 account-wide skill templates.
Max 6 equipment templates.
Many players use more than 6 builds on their characters.
Furthermore, the interaction with the legendary armor and the associated runes and sigils is unfortunate. These theoretically allow for unlimited build combinations but take up an equipment template every time a small adjustment is made.
Players with legendary equipment, the most expensive and elaborate in the game, will probably continue to switch attributes manually.
The latest changes to the systems team, which also takes care of balance, actually created a good atmosphere. This is now first gone:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare offers some ways to customize weapons. Players can change attachments as well as the appearance of weapons. However, those who focus too much on aesthetics will be punished for it.
How do weapons get worse? The user JustFuckMyShitUpTbh on reddit discovered that weapon charms have a negative effect on the accuracy of weapons.
Charms are cosmetics, small accessories that players can attach to the weapon via the Gunsmith feature. They make weapons visually more appealing and are part of the customization options.
However, the user has now found out that charms have a disadvantage. They worsen the spread of weapons when firing from the hip.
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The images clearly show the greater spread. We tested it with three weapons (without target lasers) and can confirm it.
More charms = worse weapon?
This is how charms actually affect weapons: Players report that they actually hit worse when the weapon has a charm. It seems not to be just a display error.
A user even tested the actual spread pattern of the same weapon with and without a charm. He fires the AUG once with the charm and once without it in a video. Without the charm, significantly more shots hit the center.
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Other options, like special skins or sprays for the weapons, seem to have no impact on the accuracy of the weapons. So far, there have only been reports about charms.
Why is that? Meanwhile, there is a response from the developers. It is a bug and unintentional. A fix is already on the way:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fully embraces realism, one of the key unique selling points of the game. That unnecessary embellishments on weapons may impair performance would indeed fit into the agenda, even without a bug.
Today, on 29th October, the Weekly Reset is taking place in Destiny 2. For the Guardians, this means: There are new weekly activities, Nightfall Strikes, and a fresh Flashpoint. The week also begins with update 2.6.1 and new content like the Halloween event and a new dungeon.
Due to the change to winter time, the Weekly Reset will now always take place at 6 PM instead of 7 PM.
What’s happening in Destiny 2 right now? Today, Destiny Week starts with update 2.6.1, which requires maintenance. This should be completed by 7 PM, so that the Guardians can dive right into the new content.
After you log in, you can expect a new cutscene that apparently continues the story or at least teases something new. However, we don’t want to spoil too much. You can read more about the mysterious scenes in upcoming articles.
If you’re in the game, you should check in with Eris on the Moon. After that, you can dive into the new content, which includes:
Flashpoint: This week you can find the Flashpoint on Nessus.
Petra Venj can currently be found in the Rheasilvia area of the Dreaming City (3rd Curse Week). Additionally, you have to master the 1st Ascendant Challenge.
From these sources, there’s Powerful Loot in Destiny 2
Since the release of Shadowkeep, the sources for Powerful Loot have changed.
Here you can find out where you can currently acquire Powerful Gear:
These are the tiers for Powerful Gear: Powerful loot is now divided into multiple tiers that provide you with different power boosts:
Tier 1 (up to +3 above the current power level)
Tier 2 (up to +4 above the current power level)
Tier 3 (up to +5 above the current power level)
pinnacle gear (+5 or more above the power level. The only gear that goes above 950 and up to a maximum of 960)
Additional tiers obtained through the seasonal artifact do not count towards the average power level and thus towards drop calculations
These are the sources for Powerful Rewards:
Tier 1:
Weekly Flashpoint
Prime Engrams
Weapon Smith Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Eris’ weekly story mission Luna’s Call
Complete 3 Nightmare Hunts
Zavala’s Vanguard Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Complete 3 Vanguard Strikes
Complete 5 Nightfall: The Ordeal. Higher difficulties grant greater progress
Crucible for 4 matches in a core playlist
Crucible for 4 matches in a rotation playlist
Shaxx Crucible Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Vagabond Gambit Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Every full rank-up in Gambit or Crucible
Tier 2:
Weekly matches in Gambit – Complete 3 games in Gambit or Gambit Prime
Clan reward from Hawthorne
Vex Offensive: Defeating an Overlord has a chance to drop a Powerful Item
In Destiny 2, the new update 2.6.1 / 1.43 is already available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.Here you will find all the important information regarding the maintenance schedule, server downtime, and patch notes.
Tonight, several new contents await the Guardians in Destiny 2. However, there will be a new update that needs to be downloaded before you can dive into the new content. Here are the details.
Update:
5:10 PM: Update 2.6.1 is already available for download. On PlayStation 4, it is about 1.2 GB in size and has version number 1.43
6:00 PM: The patch notes are already available, but the servers are not yet
6:14 PM: The servers are back online, at least on PS4.
Keep in mind that Bungie has already warned: There may be login issues and queues until the maintenance is fully completed (scheduled for 7:00 PM)
These are the important times for today: The update will be accompanied by maintenance, and the Destiny servers will go offline for some time. Here is the official schedule for October 29:
The maintenance starts at 4:00 PM CET.
At 4:50 PM, the servers will go offline, and all players will be removed from their activities. Some features of Bungie.net, the official companion app, and third-party services will be unavailable.
At 6:00 PM, the Destiny servers are expected to come back online. The release of update 2.6.1 begins on all platforms. There may still be login issues until the maintenance is completed.
At 7:00 PM, the maintenance is expected to be finished if everything goes according to plan.
Keep in mind that the times on the official Bungie site are shifted by one hour. However, the recent change to standard time has not yet been accounted for there and refers to Central European Summer Time. Thus, the information in this article should be correct.
What is changing today with update 2.6.1 / 1.43 in Destiny 2?
First of all, the update brings new content to the game. So after that
Numerous problems related to the Black Armory forges will be fixed.
A problem will be fixed where the “Exodus Black” destination quest could not be resumed after leaving.
A problem will be fixed where some players could not earn the triumph “Silimar’s Creation”. This will now be retroactively unlocked if you have already earned it but have not received it yet.
Daily bounties from Eris Morn and the bounties table should now appear correctly and no longer rotate weekly.
Increased load times when previewing gear while traveling from one destination to another will be fixed.
This Saturday, November 2, the live event “A Colossal Discovery” will start in Pokémon GO. However, it costs 8.99€. Is it worth it for you and will you participate?
What kind of event is this? This live event runs from 11 AM to 7 PM and provides you with a special research about Regigigas. Additionally, there are various other bonuses, such as 10 free Raid Passes and a Unova Stone.
However, not all trainers can participate in this event. One must pay 8.99€ to gain access. The money cannot be replaced by in-game currency.
Is the event worth the money for you?
This is why it is controversial: Such events have always been tied to specific locations. For example, there was the Pokémon GO Fest in Dortmund during the summer, which also cost money.
However, this is the first event that is not location-bound and can be played anywhere. It is essentially like a Community Day or a Quest Day, but accessible for real money.
What bonuses are there? Those who pay 8.99€ not only gain access to the event but also to other bonuses. You will receive:
10 Raid Passes that you can only redeem on Saturday
A special research thus providing early access to the legendary Pokémon Regigigas
An Unova Stone and a Sinnoh Stone
A medal for your collection
An exclusive avatar pose
What does the event offer exclusively? Apart from the avatar pose and the medal, you can obtain all these things without spending money in the game. Regigigas will be available in EX Raids starting mid-November and will replace Mewtwo there. So during the event on Saturday, you will only be able to access Regigigas faster.
Will you be there? We have added a survey for you here. You can vote on whether you will invest the 8.99€ and be there at the start, or whether you will skip it and catch Regigigas at a later time. So be sure to vote:
In the comments, you can still write your opinion on why you will or will not participate.
One of the most popular multiplayer game modes, namely Battle Royale, is completely missing from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. So what does the future hold?
This is the current status: Currently, there is no Battle Royale in Modern Warfare yet. While you can play various game modes in multiplayer, Battle Royale is not available.
While Black Ops 4 still had this mode as “Blackout”, Modern Warfare does not offer it. There is also no zombie mode. But could that change in the future?
Battle Royale in Modern Warfare – What is the status?
This is known so far: There is no official information about Battle Royale. The developers stated that the regular multiplayer already offers enough action and that they want to focus on that.
In an interview in August with IGN , Joe Cecot, Multiplayer Design Director of Infinity Ward, talked about this topic and left a backdoor open: “We are big fans of Battle Royale. We are excited about the huge player counts and other things that Battle Royale offers, but currently, we are focused on pure multiplayer.”
Thus, it has not been ruled out that Battle Royale could still come. It was merely stated that they are currently focusing on other things.
What do leaks say? There are numerous leaks regarding Battle Royale in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Two leaks stand out in particular: They come from sources that have often predicted things about Call of Duty that later turned out to be correct.
He claims that Infinity Ward is indeed working on a Battle Royale and is aiming for 152 players. However, they are working on increasing that number to 200.
Additionally, the map is said to be twice the size of the Blackout map from Black Ops 4.
The second leak comes from YouTuber LongSensation. He is known for his leaks. He states:
The Battle Royale mode is supposed to be released in 2020, specifically in the spring.
The mode is expected to be Free-2-Play and available as a standalone game for download.
However, the Battle Royale mode can also be linked to the base game.
What does that mean for the mode? The rumors surrounding Battle Royale are relentless. If one believes the leaks, next year could be exciting again.
However, there is currently no official information on this. Therefore, one should always view the leaks with some skepticism.
Do you want to level up quickly in multiplayer? We show you the best ways:
Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that the publisher’s games will soon be available on Steam. You will even be able to use EA Access on Steam in the future. However, for the larger multiplayer online games, you’ll have to wait: FIFA 20, Apex Legends, and Battlefield 5 are coming to Steam, but not until 2020.
When will the first EA games come to Steam? The new game “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order” is expected to be the first EA game sold on Steam since 2013. For years, PC games have typically landed in the Origin library.
Other games like Sims 4 and Unravel 2 are expected to follow in 2019.
However, the big multiplayer online games such as:
are only planned for 2020. In spring, there should be a larger number of EA games available on Steam.
FIFA 20 coming soon to Steam, who would have thought!
Why is EA going to Steam? EA Senior VP Mike Blank stated to GamesIndustry.biz the reasons why the games are now set to appear on Steam:
Since the release of Origin, more gaming services have emerged, which should actually be good for gamers.
However, the many platforms have made it harder for players.
From EA’s perspective, they want to make it easier for players. Making games available on Steam is intended to help break down these barriers.
Large game catalog planned for Steam
How does EA Access work on Steam? Just like on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, EA Access provides access to a selection of EA games. Which titles will appear and how far back they go is currently unknown.
Mike Blank said:
I can’t say exactly which games and when [will appear on Steam]. I expect you’ll see a great catalog of content coming to Steam, and I’ll leave it at that.
What about the benefits? The special benefits of EA Access, such as:
10% discount on certain offers
Early access to new EA games
A huge game library
should be identical on Steam to Xbox or PS4. Third-party games on Origin, such as Darksiders 3, however, will not be transferring to Steam.
Will Steam strike back with the EA deal?
When will EA Access be available on Steam? The release of the EA subscription on Steam is planned for spring 2020. The cost is expected to be the same as Origin: $4.99 per month or $29.99 per year.
The famous Twitch streamer Asmongold received a classic gank in WoW Classic: A whole raid just rolled over him. The whole thing is only made funnier by the fact that he boasted earlier about how strong he is right now.
Here’s how Asmongold bragged: At the end of one of his streams, Asmongold summarized briefly what he has achieved. He claims that his warlock has now defeated all bosses and is really strong. His rogue will be following soon.
His plan is to breed a guild with which he can achieve everything:
This is just the beginning. We are preparing Olympus [the guild] to kill these bosses, and we will do it every single week. I will continuously train the people. Once Phase 2 comes, there will be no Horde players left on the server.
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Then came the beating: As he was just on his way out of Blackrock, he ran into one of those Horde players and said that “this guy” has already stopped playing WoW Classic by Phase 2.
More players appear, which Asmongold confidently comments with: “Do you see that? Three at once.” However, about 40 Horde players then appear, which leaves Asmongold horrified: “What the fuck?!”.
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What did the raid even do? The raid of Horde players belongs to the streamer Sodapoppin, with whom Asmongold often spars in WoW Classic.
Sodapoppin was probably on his way to the Molten Core. This is one of the first raids in WoW Classic and is designed for 40 players, who briefly overwhelmed Asmongold.
Sodapoppin is also active in WoW Classic
You can also see how they pay no attention to the streamer at all. They take him down and then move on – after all, the raid is on. Only one of the players briefly stops and looks at whom they have just boxed out.
Asmongold remains confident: Shortly after the heavy gank, Asmongold still appears self-assured.
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In Borderlands 3, some bonuses will remain available longer than expected. This pleases many players.
This is the event: Currently, alongside the Bloody Harvest Event, the fourth week of the Anniversary Event is also running: Mayhem on Twitch. This brought some bonuses in Mayhem mode, but it was supposed to end today.
These bonuses were available: In Mayhem mode, players received an increased drop chance for anointed weapons. Additionally, the negative modifiers in Mayhem mode were weakened and players earned more experience points.
Two bonuses remain – much to the delight of the players
What the players liked: After the event week about Eridium received mixed reactions, players were happy about the majority of anointed weapons. The easier Mayhem mode was also well received – after all, some enemies are really hard to defeat with too many modifiers .
Gearbox announced: On Twitter, Gearbox stated that they noticed the positive reactions from players. Therefore, the developers decided to keep both the Mayhem modifiers and the increased chance for anointed weapons for the time being.
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Only the additional experience points will be disabled as planned. Gearbox has not set a deadline for these bonuses yet: “Things might change again in the future, but we will definitely leave it this way for now.”
This is how the players react: Players can therefore collect more anointed weapons than before throughout today. The reactions to the announcement on Twitter are very positive. “This is great news,” says one user: “A 100 percent positive change. Keep it up!” The remaining replies are similarly positive.
The announcements regarding upcoming updates also caused good cheer among players:
Since the launch of FIFA 20, much has changed in the FUT transfer market. A lot of strong players are now much cheaper.
This has happened: Those who have been playing Ultimate Team for a while know this. The prices for strong players are extremely high at the beginning, but over time many become cheaper. This is exactly what has happened in FIFA 20 as well – especially since the start of the Scream Event, some significant price drops can be observed.
If you’re still looking for reinforcements for your team, now might be the right time to act in the market. We show you some players that are definitely worth it right now.
These 10 players have seen significant price drops
Jadon Sancho
This is how Sancho’s price has changed: Jadon Sancho is one of the players whose price has dropped the most. Those who wanted to have the Dortmund player at the start had to spend over 50,000 coins. However, the price has steadily decreased and is now at 5,600 coins.
Is Sancho worth it? Definitely for Bundesliga players. Sancho is fast, has 5-star skills, and provides a good link to the Premier League if you want to build hybrids. With him, you get a very strong winger for little money.
Blaise Matuidi
This is how Matuidi’s price has changed: Matuidi cost between 35,000 and 40,000 coins at the start. However, since mid-October, his price has been in free fall. He is currently at 12,000 – it is possible that he may drop further.
Is Matuidi worth it? Matuidi is a very good anchor for your team. He is naturally suited for Serie A teams, but as a Frenchman, he can also be combined with many other good players. The price-performance ratio at 12,000 coins is very good – if it drops further, he should be noted even more.
Niklas Süle
This is how Süle’s price has changed: At his highest point, Süle cost 30,000 coins. Nowadays, you can get the Bayern defender for about 10,000 coins with a bit of luck.
Is Süle worth it? In the Bundesliga, Süle is a very good choice. The defender has a very good overall rating of 85, but has a good pace of 72 compared to competitors like Hummels. He is worth his 10,000 coins – and could even drop further.
Matthijs de Ligt
This is how de Ligt’s price has changed: The newcomer from Juventus Turin – or Piemonte Calcio – was a popular card and rose to 35,000 coins since the launch until the beginning of October. Since then, however, it has gone downhill – down to currently 7,000 coins.
Is de Ligt worth it? De Ligt is one of many strong center-backs in Serie A. At a price of 7,000 coins, you certainly won’t go wrong with de Ligt.
Alejandro Gomez
This is how Gomez’s price has changed: Alejandro Gomez had already developed into a kind of insider tip in FIFA 19 and is also popular in FIFA 20. Even when he was more expensive and ranged between 20,000 and 30,000 coins, many players wondered why he wasn’t even more expensive. Nowadays, Gomez is even dropping and is currently at 9,500 coins.
Is Gomez worth it? With Gomez, Serie A players get a versatile attacker who can shine as both a playmaker and a goalscorer. As an Argentine, he offers good combination possibilities.
Ryad Mahrez
This is how Mahrez’s price has changed: Mahrez started at around 22,000 coins and rose again when he was in the TOTW. However, he has now fallen to 5,400 coins.
Is Mahrez worth it: Mahrez is skilled in dribbling and also has good pace. If you’re looking for a skillful right winger in the Premier League, Mahrez is the right choice for this price.
Arturo Vidal
This is how Vidal’s price has changed: Arturo Vidal has not been excessively expensive. At 15,000 coins, he already had a very good price, which many players thought was too low. Now he has even dropped to 4,500 coins.
Is Vidal worth it? No question. As a Chilean, Vidal can be a bit tricky to combine with other players, but anyone looking for a good central player for their La Liga team should jump at the chance.
Julian Brandt
This is how Brandt’s price has changed: For the Dortmund player, there has been a significant drop since the beginning of October. From 30,000 coins at its peak, Brandt is now at 4,200.
Is Brandt worth it? For Bundesliga players, Brandt is a good option. He has solid pace, shooting, dribbling, and passing stats. He performs well both as a central attacking midfielder and as a striker, and at 4,200 coins, he is a very good alternative.
Kai Havertz
This is how Havertz’s price has changed: Havertz has experienced a similar situation to Brandt. From about 30,000 coins, he has decreased towards 4,700 coins for the top talent.
Is Havertz worth it? Not only do the price fluctuations resemble those of Brandt, but the stats are similar as well. If you play a formation with multiple central attacking players, combining the two could be a very strong option for your team!
Luis Suarez
This is how Suarez’s price has changed: To conclude this list, there’s another absolute top star with Suarez. He’s not necessarily cheap – but significantly cheaper. Initially, Suarez was at around 127,000 coins and is now at about 40,000.
Is Suarez worth it? With his 89 rating, he’s one of the best players in the game. He brings strong stats in attack and is always good for a goal. If you play La Liga and have the coins to spare, you should definitely consider him.
These players are also expected to help in the Weekend League. However, there have been some irritations recently:
In Destiny 2 , Guardians have managed to blast the raid boss Argos away while completely ignoring much of the actual combat mechanics. But not due to a glitch or bugs, but quite normally. Find out how here.
This boss is: Argos is a massive Vex Hydra and the final boss of the Worlds’ Eater section from the Leviathan raid. The gigantic machine waits deep inside the spaceship of Cabal Emperor Calus.
This is how the fight actually goes: The fight against this boss is, as is usual in raids, tied to a complex mechanic that requires a lot of coordination and communication from the Guardians.
Initially, Argos is invulnerable because he is surrounded by a shield.
This must be broken with a series of charged Vex skulls, while taking various elements into account and keeping waves of enemies at bay – and all of this before mines explode if things do not happen quickly enough.
Argos
And only then do you actually enter the damage phase, which you may have to go through multiple times.
What exactly did the Guardians achieve? A raid team around the professional player Gladd has now managed to simply blow away the massive Vex machine – through its normally impenetrable shield! Essentially, almost the entire combat mechanism was nullified or simply ignored.
Here you can watch this fight in the video:
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How did the team do it? How could the Guardians simply shoot through Argos’ shield? They managed this with the help of the new exotic hand cannon Eriana’s Vow.
Because Eriana’s Vow fires shield-breaking ammunition (Anti-Barrier rounds), which can penetrate shields of, for example, Champions, Acolytes, or Hobgoblins – and quite obviously also that of raid boss Argos. This was the core of the “strategy” against the Vex monstrosity.
This feature can also be applied to other hand cannons, auto rifles, and submachine guns in Season 8 with the appropriate seasonal artifact mod.
The artifact of Season 8 with the new seasonal mods
So instead of playing through the first phase of the Argos encounter normally and breaking the boss’s shield, the Guardians started the encounter with fewer skulls, so the time-critical mine mechanism was not triggered. This way, they could already deal decent damage to the boss before the actual damage phase (without a shield).
After they had also completed the regular damage phase, the shield rebuilt again and they kept shooting through it just as they did at the beginning.
In doing so, they used weapons of Light for higher damage output, Well of Radiance from the Warlock to boost survivability, and finishers with the special ammo mod. This generated enough ammunition for them to continuously use their hand cannons against the boss.
Argos
More spectacular feats from the raid: But this is not the only noteworthy performance that has been showcased in the raids lately.
Are you also diligently making use of the new artifact mods and weapon exotics from Season 8? What crazy things are you doing with them? What are your absolute favorites?
The switch of Twitch streamers Ninja and Shroud to the competitor Mixer is still a topic of discussion in the community. DrDisrespect has a clear opinion: he would never switch to Mixer.
This is the topic: In early August, the biggest streamer on Twitch, Ninja, caused a big surprise. He switched streaming platforms and has since only been seen on Mixer.
Shroud is now doing the same. The “human Aimbot” can now also be seen on Mixer and is turning his back on Twitch. The owner of Mixer, Microsoft, has secured the rights to both streamers with deals and ensured that they appear on their platform.
Another big Twitch star, DrDisrespect, cannot understand these steps. He says that Mixer cannot buy viewers and that he would never switch.
This is how he starts the topic: In his chat, a fan brings up the topic and suggests that he should also switch to Mixer. DrDisrespect responds directly and says: “I would never switch to Mixer. Trust me. It’s dumb.”
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He then explains why. The streamer says: “At the moment they [Mixer] probably have around 40 to 50,000 simultaneous viewers on the entire platform. Twitch, on the other hand, has about 1.5 million simultaneous viewers.”
After this statement, DrDisrespect becomes even more direct and attacks Mixer:
I have twice as many viewers as Ninja, and I am still in my intro! Reality check, these moves do nothing for the platform. You cannot pay for a community, you cannot buy viewers – they are right here! The Twitch community is built!
DrDisrespect in his Twitch livestream
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What does DrDisrespect mean by that? By the moves he refers to, he means the switches of Ninja and Shroud. He says that while Microsoft can bring in the big personalities with contracts, the many viewers of them remain with Twitch. Especially because there is such a great community there.
Nevertheless, it must be said that Mixer is currently growing and developing. The real big fans of Ninja and Shroud are also watching them on Mixer. For example, Ninja has more subscribers there than he did on Twitch.
Also, big streamers like MontanaBlack have not ruled out a switch to Mixer. Likewise, Microsoft can lure more top streamers to Mixer, and then everything looks different, because Twitch is also under criticism. For example, they might treat some streamers unfairly and make incomprehensible bans.
What do you think? Do you support DrDisrespect and his arguments that Mixer cannot buy viewers?
In Fortnite, the nightmare event Fortnitemares begins. There are some Nightmare challenges to complete. In one challenge, you are to search chests at spooky locations. We will show you the locations.
What kind of challenge is this? In a nightmare challenge, you must search for a chest at a haunted forest, a ghost town, and a creepy farm. But where is the ghost town located?
In this guide, we will show you where the haunted forest and the creepy farm are located.
Search chest in the haunted forest
Where do you need to search? The haunted forest refers to Weeping Woods, which has been creepily redesigned. That is the large forest on the Fortnite map. There, you need to search a chest.
You will find the chests fastest in buildings. You can hear them better there as well.
Location on the map:
Location in the forest: In this large house in the middle of the forest, you will definitely find a chest.
Search chest at a ghost town
Where do you need to search? You can find the ghost town at G1 on the edge of the map. The “town” consists of three houses where you can search for a chest.
The houses are also festively decorated and illuminated for Halloween.
Location on the map:
Location at the “ghost town”: Since there are 3 different houses, you will surely find a chest quickly.
Search chest at creepy farm
Where do you need to search? The creepy farm refers to Frenzy Farm. There you will find a farm and several barns.
The best place to land is on the roof of the largest house. There you will quickly find a chest.
Also in the surroundings, at smaller buildings, you can often find a hidden chest.
In Korea, the next round of the annual Gaming Awards will soon be distributed. The list of nominations is long, but only one PC game is included. It is Lost Ark.
What is this award? The Gaming Awards of G-Star are awarded annually in Korea and are among the most prestigious gaming awards in the country.
The G-Star itself is the largest Korean fair and entertainment electronics in general. It takes place every year in November in Busan and is one of the largest gaming fairs in the world, alongside Gamescom and E3. Western publishers such as Activision Blizzard also participate in the fair.
Which games are nominated? The list of nominations for the Korean Gaming Awards is massively dominated by mobile games. It’s no surprise, as the PC market in Korea has significantly declined in recent years, while mobile games are more popular than ever.
Developers and publishers such as Pearl Abyss and NCSoft are raking in millions with their games. This popularity is correspondingly reflected in the award nominations. These include:
King of Fighters Allstar
Blade and Soul Revolution
Traha
Moonlight Sculptor
Some non-mobile games have also snuck into the list. Leading the way as the only PC title is the MMORPG Lost Ark. The game had a very promising launch in Korea in 2018 and was initially well received by players. Even though the enthusiasm for the MMORPG has waned recently, it is still not surprising that Lost Ark stands as the only PC game against the mobile games.
The two other non-mobile titles are Rogan (VR) and Mistover (Multi).
What’s the status of Lost Ark? A few days ago, the open beta for the notorious MMORPG began in Russia. It is the “base version” of Lost Ark that launched last year in Korea. It does not include any of the new content, such as new classes or continents.
Additionally, the Russian version of Lost Ark is IP-Blocked for all players outside the corresponding region. However, it is a bit easier for German players to create an account than it was for the Korean version.
Furthermore, MMOCulture reports that the developer Smilegate is now increasingly looking for new employees for its team. They should primarily be able to translate texts from Korean to English, suggesting they might be working on an English localization for Lost Ark.
Each year during the League of Legends Worlds, the “dade Award” is also given. This is an award for the LoL pro who received much praise before the Worlds and then did not deliver during the event. This year, it went to player Nuguri (20) from Damwon Gaming.
Which player failed to impress at the Worlds? The “dade Award” given by the community this year goes to top laner Jang “Nuguri” Ha-Gwon (20) from the Korean team Damwon Gaming.
He was considered a great talent ahead of the Worlds and was expected to follow in the footsteps of TheShy from Invictus Gaming. Although TheShy arrived on the big stage in 2018 as a well-known player, he left as a superstar.
Nuguri did not achieve that, even though he had provided many convincing arguments beforehand.
Nuguri during the introduction in the quarter-finals
Best Player in EU West and High Expectations from the Casters
Why was Nuguri praised? The Korean player is considered a dominant player on the top lane. He attacks and pressures strongly against his opponents but can also handle it well when he gets ganked.
Before the Worlds, Nuguri secured the number 1 spot in SoloQ in EU West. At the same time, superstars like Faker, Caps, and TheShy were also playing there.
Many placed the Korean on the list of the top 20 LoL players in the world, including:
Shoutcaster Jatt, who placed him at number 11, ahead of Caps and Jankos.
Shoutcaster Vedius, who even saw Nuguri at number 8.
The website ESPN, which ranked him 9th, placing him even ahead of Faker at 11.
Where did Nuguri disappoint? Nuguri received the “dade Award” after his performance in the game Damwon Gaming against G2 Esports. He did not perform at all in the duels against the MSI Champions winner, with G2 itself playing a significant role in that.
The jungler Jankos and mid-laner Caps repeatedly came up to help their top laner Wunder. Nuguri, on the other hand, received little help from his team.
In the end, he had a KDA of 2.6 over the 4 games, which corresponds to the weakest value from Damwon Gaming. However, Nuguri dealt the most damage from his team (29.7%). Nevertheless, he could not convince the fans with his performance.
Nuguri arrived late to the game with Kayle on the top lane
There is also some criticism regarding the award. Mark Zimmermann, analyst for the LCS, criticizes via Twitter that someone receives the award for being eliminated by a favorite in the tournament:
To finish first in your group and to fight against the best top laner of all time and to be beaten by the favorite team before the tournament, who had a bad day in the Bo1s.
This cannot be compared to players who had to endure a disgrace and were knocked out in the group phase.
What is the “dade Award”? The award was given from 2013 to 2016 by MonteCristo and Thorin in the show Summoning Insight. Since 2017, the community has been awarding this award.
The name comes from the player “dade”, who emerged as MVP from the spring and summer tournaments in Season 3.
However, at the Worlds, his team Samsung Ozone disappointed. They did not make it past the group stage after finishing it with 5-3, then losing the tiebreaker match against Gambit.
Another potential awardee would likely have been the LoL pro Sword. He is blamed for the elimination of Team Griffin:
The new premium subscription “Fallout 1st” has caused intense discussions in the community regarding Fallout 76. There were even reports from players claiming they are being targeted as subscribers. What is the truth behind it?
Here is the situation: Bethesda has introduced Fallout 1st, a premium subscription, which allows players to purchase advantages for Fallout 76.
The subscription costs €14.99 per month in Germany and offers options like the often-requested option for private servers.
The online community reacted angrily when the subscription was announced. In some cases, the response was already hostile.
Players found it outrageous that money is being charged for community requests, and a major shitstorm erupted.
It was claimed that bugs like disappearing items punish players for their purchase of Fallout 1st. Shortly after, more reports emerged from players who allegedly faced harassment after their purchase.
Players claim: They are being hunted
These are the players’ statements: In a reddit post with over 8,000 upvotes, a fan claims that buyers of Fallout 1st are deliberately targeted and harassed by non-buyers.
Other users even elaborate on this and claim they were beaten up and their bases destroyed. Particularly bizarre stories also surface:
I was beaten up when I did the Mothman emote in Vault 51. At least 5-7 people in teddy bear costumes attacked me.
However, reports also come from the other side: Fallout 1st players supposedly band together and harass non-subscribers or secure larger areas with fences to isolate themselves.
A dedicated thread about these “rich people wanting to distance themselves from the poor” was even created, but it disappeared shortly after. The user turned out to be a troll who had previously attacked Fallout 1st elsewhere.
Gaming sites report on the class struggle in Fallout 76
This is the result: Such reports receive wide coverage in the media. It is discussed in the national and international press as “class struggle in Fallout 76”.
Poor (no subscription) and rich (with a subscription) are supposedly going at each other.
In this case, there is specific criticism of the story
Since the PvP mode has been abolished, players can no longer easily kill other players or destroy bases
PcMastahRace writes that he and six friends purchased Fallout 1st, but other players only asked them about the skins – no harassment
FillionMyMind writes that this all sounds fabricated. He is outraged that a post with so little effort receives such attention
The author of the post provides neither sources nor specific events, which leads users to doubt
The post about the “gated communities” of the rich was clearly exposed as a fake to stir up sentiment
An exclusive skin.
Indeed, the story about the teddy bears is, in our assessment, the most credible. However, in the lobby of Vault 51 – the Battle Royale – everyone fights each other. People get bored and start brawling, as players of Fallout 76 know.
It is quite possible that bears harassed the concerned player. However, the Mothman emote did not necessarily have to be the trigger.
What is the truth behind it?
This is the mood in the community: Although actual attacks are unlikely and certainly do not occur on the suggested scale, the community is tense – because of Fallout 1st.
Players are arguing about why the subscription model should be justified.
Buyers would send a negative signal if they accepted a proposal deemed outrageous by critics.
The buyers, on the other hand, see no problem in paying for a service they want to use.
Clearly, Fallout 1st is currently stirring the emotions of many fans. However, it is not a “class struggle between rich and poor”, and also the harassment in the game at this scale sounds rather constructed.
Loot is an eternal topic of debate in World of Warcraft. The streamer Preach has now spoken about it and highlighted many issues.
Those who want the best gear in the current version of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth find it quite challenging. There are many mechanics that interact with each other, and many different factors that can influence items. Often, it is not immediately apparent whether an item is actually an upgrade for your character.
The famous streamer Preach has wonderfully summarized this issue in just a few minutes and touched on the numerous different systems (minute 12-16):
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What is the problem? The hunt for the best gear in World of Warcraft is hardly understandable for newcomers and casual players. Those who do not spend hours on the topic can hardly find the right answer. This includes systems and exceptions like:
Titanforging and Warforging: Items can randomly be upgraded to have a higher item level.
This can also lead to a socket being created, which is worth much more than another upgrade. As a result, a “bad” item with a socket can be much stronger than a higher-level item.
Azerite gear cannot be upgraded and always comes with fixed values. There are 250-300 traits in these items, but only a handful are really relevant for each class.
The Essence system for the Heart of Azeroth, where you need to farm a lot to get the exact right essences for your class.
Verdant items are particularly tricky. These are farmed through pearls from Nazjatar. But those who play “smart” collect the pearls with their main character and buy the Verdant items with twinks to send them. In this way, they wait for the perfect upgrade with a socket and exactly the upgrade they need.
The Corruption system in Patch 8.3 brings a new level of complexity, placing negative effects on players. However, corruption can also be reduced.
Permanent grind of artifact power in old, much too easy content to keep the Heart of Azeroth up to date.
All this information about the intricacies of the system cannot be obtained in the game but has to be found through external research. This is counterintuitive and deters many players who do not want to spend hours browsing websites and conducting Google searches.
Loot is unattractive because it is incomprehensible: In summary, Preach concludes that the mechanics surrounding loot have simply gone overboard.
If players first have to conduct calculations on various websites to find out what is actually an upgrade for their character and what is not, it causes frustration. In many cases, it is not even evident on which method a particular item can be effectively farmed. Or to quote Preach:
I just don’t know what is good anymore. Every system that is developed for the game has this illusion of depth. But it always boils down to “I have to find the answer mathematically” because I can no longer comprehend it myself. I simply can’t. It’s too complex. The whole system is so overloaded that in the end, it’s just annoying to the point where you push everything aside. You simply lose interest in it. And I think many people see it that way right now.
How do you find the loot in WoW right now? Do you find the many interconnected mechanics good and interesting? Or should loot be much simpler again?
