The Blizzard CEO promises the “best BlizzCon yet” – Skepticism remains

Blizzard chief J. Allen Brack promises that BlizzCon 2019 will be the best one yet. However, fans remain skeptical, although the previous year is easy to surpass.

In about a month, BlizzCon will take place again for all Blizzard fans. The event will feature all major franchises of the game developer. From World of Warcraft to Diablo, Overwatch and Hearthstone, there is something for everyone.

Already in advance, J. Allen Brack, the current head of Blizzard Entertainment, calls it the best one yet. He says (translated):

This year’s BlizzCon is shaping up to be the best we’ve ever had, and we want to ensure that everyone in the Blizzard community can experience it together, whether they are there in person, at home, or within the games. We look forward to presenting an epic experience for everyone watching our free streams – this time, they will have more to offer than ever before – and also for those who check out the extras available with the virtual ticket.

Blizzard BlizzCon 2019 Key Art

Could there be some truth to this? Basically, it is clear that a chief will always talk about an upcoming event being the best one yet, especially when the year 2018 is remembered as a poor BlizzCon. However, at least if one believes the rumors over the last few months, a lot of new features could be showcased in 2019. Very likely are:

  • A new expansion for World of Warcraft
  • Diablo 4
  • A larger Overwatch project
  • Another mobile project
  • A completely new franchise

At least the goodies are nice: One aspect of BlizzCon 2019 seems to be quite good already, namely the goodies. These are available as rewards in the various Blizzard games when purchasing the virtual ticket. This includes cool Illidan and Tyrande skins in Overwatch, but also quite silly (or funny?) transmog sets and pets in World of Warcraft.

When does BlizzCon take place? BlizzCon 2019 takes place on November 1 and 2, which is a weekend. As usual, the events start in the late evening hours and at night according to German time. So, if you buy a virtual ticket for €40, you should be prepared for a long night shift if you want to experience it all live.

Last year caused skepticism: However, many fans take these words with a bit of gallows humor. Last year, BlizzCon brought only disappointments for many players. Instead of Diablo 4, there was only the announcement of the mobile game ‘Diablo Immortal’ and the announcement of a remakes of Warcraft 3. The question from a developer “Don’t you guys have phones?” regarding the disappointment of the “mobile only” Diablo has remained a meme in all Blizzard games to this day.

At least: It should be easy to surpass last year.

Or what do you think?

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Rainbow Six Siege: Pro banned live on Twitch – He cannot understand the reason

The Twitch streamer Jack “Doki” Robertson has now been banned from Rainbow Six Siege. He seems to be toxic, but he himself does not understand the reason at all.

This is the pro: Doki is contracted with Natus Vincere, a Ukrainian eSports organization, and is currently working on qualifying for the Pro League Finals in Japan.

Now it seems difficult to qualify because his account has been banned by Rainbow Six Siege.

This is where the pro gets his ban

This is the clip: In a Twitch video, you can see how Doki is simply taken out of the game in the middle of a match. He was told that he was too toxic and has therefore been permanently banned.

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How does the pro react to this? He does not understand the decision at all, as he did not consider himself toxic. He just uncomprehendingly repeats the text passage in the game.

Later, Doki also writes on Twitter: “A strange way to end a stream … I will keep you updated on Twitter as soon as I receive a response or at least a “why”.”

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Are such bans known? Rainbow Six Siege has often banned players without an apparent reason. In 2017, an American duo was banned from the game for unacceptable behavior. They were later unbanned and allowed to continue playing.

In December 2018, Rainbow Six Siege also changed their approach to bans. Since then, supposedly toxic chat messages have been manually reviewed.

The case of Doki is now likely under review. If his streams really are not too toxic for the developers, then his account could also be unlocked again.

But there have also been positive cases of bans. For example, cheaters who were particularly clever were banned, as well as players who shamelessly sabotaged others.

Twitch star Shroud recently also tried his hand at Rainbow Six Siege:

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FIFA 20 TOTW 3: The new Team of the Week in Ultimate Team – with Havertz

Today the TOTW 3 (Team of the Week) for Ultimate Team in FIFA 20 is released. We show you which players are included and receive new Inform cards.

This is the Team of the Week: The Team of the Week consists of 23 players selected by EA Sports weekly. These players have shown outstanding performances in football over the weekend and receive improved Inform cards in FUT, in addition to a spot in the TOTW.

The strongest cards in TOTW 3: Especially strong this week are the TOTW cards of Havertz (86) and Mahrez (86). Blind (85), Strakosha (84), Carzola (84), and Zapata (84) have also received decent new Inform cards.

These Bundesliga players made it: From the Bundesliga, Kai Havertz (86) and Salif Sane (83) showed strong performances and thus made it into the Team of the Week.

This is Havertz’s first TOTW card: Kai Havertz receives his first special card in this Team of the Week in FUT 20. It is 2 points better in overall rating than his Gold card.

Interestingly, particularly important stats have received decent upgrades:

  • Speed: 84 ->86
  • Shooting: 78 -> 81
  • Passing: 79 ->82

This is the Team of the Week 3

All cards in TOTW 3

TOTW 3 – Starting XI

TOTW 3 – Starting XI

TOTW 3 – Substitutes

TOTW 3 – Substitutes

When is TOTW 3 released? From October 2 at 19:00, the new cards of Team of the Week 3 can be found in packs.

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How to get the new TOTW cards

From packs: You can draw TOTW cards from the following sets with some luck.

Bronze or Silver Inform cards can be found in the respective Bronze and Silver sets.

But note that it takes quite a bit of luck to actually pull a good TOTW card.

On the transfer market: You can also buy TOTW players on the FUT transfer market at any time. However, prices there are quite high, especially for the best cards.

Earn coins with the TOTW: If you want to earn coins quickly in FIFA 20, you should engage in TOTW trading. The Team of the Week is excellent for earning coins.

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Destiny 2 Shadowkeep: How to get the new exotic rocket launcher Mortar

One of the first exotic quests of the new expansion of Destiny 2 gives you the rocket launcher Deathbringer. We explain how to get this weapon.

What is the Deathbringer? It is a new exotic rocket launcher with the Void element and the following perks:

  • Dark Release: Fires remote-detonated projectiles that hurl Void spheres at enemies. Hold to fire and release to detonate.
  • Dark Descent: The further a Void sphere flies, the more powerful its explosion.
  • Composite Stock
  • Alloy Casing
  • Liquid Rounds

The weapon has already been affectionately dubbed the Void Gjallarhorn by some Guardians.

destiny 2 deathbringer

Memory of Sai Mota

To be able to obtain the legendary pre-quest for this weapon, you must first complete the story of Shadowkeep. The actual exotic quest for the rocket launcher will then be unlocked.

This is the first quest step: Afterwards, Eris Morn will give you a legendary quest called “Memory of Sai Mota.”

To complete this quest, you also need to finish the bounty “Moon Cave Exploration.” This is also available from Eris, so you can pick it up right away. For this bounty, you need to loot the chests in three Lost Sectors:

  • K1-Crew-Quarters
  • K1-Logistics
  • K1-Communion

These are the three sectors located on the map outside the area Sorrow’s Harbor.

This is the second quest step: As a reward for this bounty, you will receive a Firewall Data Fragment that you need to enter the system core chamber of the Lost Sector K1-Revelation in Sorrow’s Harbor (at the very top of the picture).

When looting the last Lost Sector, you will see a round opening in the wall of the last room that you can enter. Follow the path that opens through the data fragment, and you will receive the item “Sai Mota’s Broken Necklace” at the end.

This is the third quest step: From now on, you must collect the pieces of the necklace by defeating the Nightmares on the Moon using Arc abilities.

The quickest way to do this is by going to the area Sorrow’s Harbor, the “farming spot” for Nightmares. Once that’s done, you will receive the exotic quest for the rocket launcher from the chest of Eris at the Infinite Abyss.

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Your very own Deathbringer

Searching for bones: After receiving the exotic quest and finding Eris Morn in the Bone Circle, she will have you search for bones.

  • One bone can be found by completing public events at the Hellmouth. One event is sufficient for this.
  • Another can be found in the Lost Sector K1-Revelation in Sorrow’s Harbor.
  • The last bone is obtained from the Bone Collector that appears in the area Anchor of Light. Shoot him down and the bone is yours.

Master the Strike The Burning Fortress: Once that is done, Eris will send you to the Strike The Burning Fortress, where you must defeat the enemy Sulmakta, the High Conductor, who is located at the top near the boss.

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Defeat different enemies: For the next step of the quest, you must defeat various types of enemies:

  • Normal enemies
  • Elite enemies and mini-bosses
  • Bosses or other Guardians

If you don’t want to engage in PvP, you can farm the bosses in Sorrow’s Harbor. For elite enemies and mini-bosses, it is recommended to grind the escalation protocol on Mars.

This is the final step: Once all bones, screams, and other items have been collected in sufficient quantities, a new mission called Symphony of Death will appear on the map in patrol mode.

The mission level is at 920, but it is also achievable at 900 if you are not alone.

destiny 2 ir absuul

In the mission, you must survive the song of Aria sung by Ir Absuul at random intervals. This gives you a timer of one minute. If you do not manage to break her shields within this time and thus interrupt the song, Ir Absuul will annihilate you. At the same time, you must defend yourself against a large number of enemies.

Apart from the song timer, you have no restrictions in the mission and can take as much time as you want, as long as you interrupt Aria’s song.

At the end of the mission, you will receive Aria’s Singing Skull from Eris, and she will give you your fancy new rocket launcher. Enjoy!

Have you already obtained the rocket launcher? Or do you still want to grab that Void Gjallarhorn?

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Twitch streamer DrDisrespect will get terribly upset about Apex Legends, cannot

The famous Twitch streamer DrDisrespect vented about Apex Legends in one of his recent rounds in Season 2. He criticizes the game and wants to get upset about it, but he just can’t quite manage to do so.

This is what happened to the Doc: Just before the start of Season 3 of Apex Legends, DrDisrespect really ramped up. He wanted to train a bit of Apex Legends on King’s Canyon before the new map “World’s Edge” arrives and temporarily replaces the old one.

During this, the Doc found himself in several firefights. He emerged victorious from many of them. However, in one he was defeated and kissed the sand. But he clearly didn’t see the mistake on his part, but rather blamed the game.

What is the Doc actually upset about? The Doc blames the visual effects on his screen for his demise: “I don’t even know what the hell I’m looking at here. Did you see how many VFX (visual effects) are on the screen?”

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He continues to get upset, stands up, and walks away from the computer while ranting: “This is so pathetic, man!” But even while he’s in the midst of his rage, he returns because the Lifeline from his team revives him.

Resigned, he sits back down at his place and grumbles: “This makes me want to just stop, but then I notice I’m being revived, so I sit back down and play the game because I’m addicted, and that sucks!”

Is the Doc sticking with Apex Legends?

Here’s the current situation: Although DrDisrespect often vents about games and also about Apex Legends, he apparently can’t keep his hands off Season 3 for now. According to his profile on sullygnome, he has only been playing Apex Legends since the release of Season 3.

Apex Legends DrDisrespect on sullygnome for season 3

The graphic shows the last seven days of his stream. While different games were part of his portfolio until October 1st, since Season 3, Apex Legends has taken up all of his streaming time. In fact, he even gained 1255 more viewers on average (as of October 2nd).

This is quite normal for a new release, but part of the Doc’s role is also to complain about games. It will likely decrease again in the coming weeks, but he probably can’t turn his back on Apex Legends – after all, he’s “addicted.”

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Astellia: Guide to Attributes – This is what you should skill

In Astellia, there are various ways to improve your character’s attributes and tailor them to your playstyle. We explain in more detail how they work.

What are attributes? You can find the attributes in the character menu under details. There is an overview of values such as:

  • Strength
  • Intelligence
  • Agility
  • or Willpower

They improve your attack values, defense values, resources such as health or mana points, or how quickly you regenerate them. However, there is no exact explanation in the game for which attributes improve which values.

Image of the second city Frey

What is important about the attributes? You start with 5 value points for your character, which increase as you progress. With these, you can directly improve an attribute, provided you have an Atra Crystal. You can craft these as an archaeologist or buy them at the auction house, and depending on their rarity, they will enhance more attributes.

For physical classes, only physical attack values are displayed, while magical classes only see values for their spells.

An attribute strengthens not just one value, but directly several. We have listed these for you below. In addition to the shown bonuses, all attributes slightly enhance other defensive values. However, the exact list of this would exceed the scope of the article.

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Physical Attributes

The physical attributes like strength or agility improve attacks with weapons and defense against attacks with weapons. They are therefore interesting for assassins, Sagittarius, and the warrior as a tank.

What strength changes:

  • Physical attacks – Amplifies direct damage with weapons.
  • Hit rate of physical status – The chance of status effects like stuns or bleeding from physical weapons.
  • Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.
  • Physical defense – Reduces the damage taken from weapon attacks.
  • Also slightly enhances: Magic attack – Amplifies damage from spells.
  • Also slightly enhances: Status magic precision – The hit chance for status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.

What agility changes:

  • Physical precision – The chance to hit the opponent with the weapon.
  • Critical hit chance – The chance to land a critical hit on the opponent.
  • Dodge – The chance to evade physical attacks from opponents.
  • Hit rate of physical status – The chance of status effects like stuns or bleeding from physical weapons.
  • Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.
  • Also slightly enhances: Magic precision – The chance that your spells hit.
  • Also slightly enhances: Critical magic precision – The chance that your spells land critical hits.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.
A warrior in Astellia

What dexterity changes:

  • Physical precision – The chance to hit the opponent with the weapon.
  • Physical critical hit – The damage from critical hits.
  • Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.
  • Critical dodge – The chance to evade the opponent’s critical hits.
  • Also slightly enhances: Critical magic attack – Amplifies the damage from critical spells.
  • Also slightly enhances: Critical magic precision – The chance that your spells land critical hits.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.

What constitution changes:

  • Increases health points.
  • Also enhances magic defense – Reduces damage taken from magic.
  • Increases status healing rate – How quickly you recover from physical and magical status effects.
  • Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.
  • Spell power – How strong your spells heal.
  • Also slightly enhances: Status magic precision – The hit chance for status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Also slightly enhances: Health point regeneration.
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Magical Attributes

Although the magical attributes are primarily aimed at the mage and scholarly characters, willpower also provides considerable defense.

What intelligence changes:

  • Magic attack – Amplifies the damage from your spells.
  • Status magic precision – The hit chance for status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Also slightly enhances: Physical attacks – Amplifies direct damage with weapons.
  • Also slightly enhances: Hit rate of physical status – The hit chance for status effects like stuns or bleeding from physical weapons.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.

What wisdom changes:

  • Magic precision – The chance that your spells hit.
  • Critical magic precision – The chance that your spells deal critical damage.
  • Status magic precision – The hit chance for status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Also slightly enhances: Physical precision – The chance to hit the opponent with the weapon.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.
The mage and his Astel

What knowledge changes:

  • Magical critical hit – The damage from your spells that land critically.
  • Magic precision – The chance that your spells hit.
  • Status healing rate – How quickly you recover from physical and magical status effects.
  • Also slightly enhances: Physical critical hit – The damage from critical hits.
  • Also slightly enhances: Physical precision – The chance to hit the opponent with the weapon.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.

What willpower changes:

  • Increases mana points.
  • Spell power – How strong your spells heal.
  • Duration of magic status – The duration of status effects like stun or burning from magic.
  • Also slightly enhances: Hit rate of physical status – The hit chance for status effects like stuns or bleeding from physical weapons.
  • Also slightly enhances: Duration of physical status – How long you apply status effects with a physical attack.
  • Also slightly enhances: Physical defense – Reduces the damage taken from weapon attacks.
  • Also slightly enhances: Dodge – The chance to evade attacks.
A player with 3 Astels in the meadow

How to skill your character

Which attributes should I use now? Although each attribute serves multiple functions directly, it quickly becomes clear which playstyle benefits from which attributes:

  • As a tank, you want defense and health points and deal some damage to hold aggro. So you focus on constitution and strength. Alternatively, you can use knowledge for magic defense.
  • As a physical damage dealer (assassin and Sagittarius), you mainly want damage. Therefore, you focus on strength, agility, and dexterity.
  • As a magical damage dealer, you want spell damage. So focus on intelligence, wisdom, and knowledge.
  • As a healer, you need mana and spell power. Both come from willpower. Additionally, knowledge is useful as it also provides mana and increases the chance that your healing critically hits.

Besides the value points in the character menu, you can also improve your attributes through equipment. There, however, the individual bonuses like dodge, physical defense, or magical damage are strengthened directly.

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After long begging from the fans, WoW finally nerfs the honor grind for PvP essences

For a long time, PvP fans have been waiting for this change, and now Blizzard has reacted. The grind for the PvP essences in World of Warcraft is significantly smaller.

In World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, players are currently dedicating themselves to various grinds. While some are farming for the cool bee mount, other players are still collecting the missing essences for the Heart of Azeroth. These provide special bonuses and active abilities that have a strong impact in both PvE and PvP.

The PvP grind is now lower: However, the grind for the PvP essences has been long and tedious, and has been criticized by fans for months. Now there was a small hotfix that drastically reduced the necessary honor for unlocking. This concerns the essences Artwork of Time (Healing), Blood of the Enemy (DD), and Sphere of Suppression (Tank):

  • The achievement “Battleground Brawler” (Essences at Rank 2) now requires only 10,000 honor instead of 15,000 honor.
  • The achievement “Battleground Tactician” (Essences at Rank 3) now requires only 30,000 honor instead of 50,000 honor.

Thus, the grind has been reduced by 33% and 40%, so significantly fewer battlegrounds need to be completed than before.

If you now have “too much” honor due to these changes, you just need to win one more honor point for the achievement to be updated.

WoW had worsened the problem before: Before this nerf of the necessary honor, Blizzard had actually increased the requirements for the grind. For instance, they removed the bonus that existed for mercenaries. Additionally, the honor acquired through weekly quests was reduced and no longer counted towards the necessary amount for the essences.

According to Blizzard, it was a bug, but players saw the change as a direct nerf. This led to many players complaining, as they now needed even longer for this already quite time-consuming task.

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Pokémon GO: Data miner discovers hint of live event – Here is what he found

In Pokémon GO, there are new findings from data miner Chrales. He has found a live event that is supposed to take place this November.

What is this live event about? Chrales has discovered a new item in update 0.157.0 of Pokémon GO. It is a ticket that grants access to the live event “a colossal discovery.”

It also states when the ticket is valid. Now, speculations are high about what this mysterious event might be about.

Fortnite: Pro wants to rack up many kills – Epic bans him live on Twitch

A Fortnite streamer realized live on Twitch how quickly Epic issues a ban. After the streamer teamed up with his viewers, he wanted to secure kills by playing on a second account. Epic did not like that at all.

This player is: The professional Aydan Conrad is signed with Ghost Gaming and has already participated in various tournaments. He is also represented on Twitch.

But now one of his accounts has been banned by Epic. He wanted to easily earn kills and played on a second account, collaborating with his viewers. After a few rounds, he was then banned live on stream by Epic.

This is how the pro tried to cheat the kills

This was the plan: In trio mode, Aydan wanted to secure a lot of kills and therefore made a call to his viewers. He is looking for teammates who are statistically worse than he is and who then jump directly from the map.

The pro himself played with a “second account” (smurf) and thus was matched against easier opponents than if he had played with his “main account.” This is due to the new matchmaking in Fortnite. His “bad” teammates help with this.

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Due to the other two getting eliminated, the pro has the whole trio against him alone and can rack up numerous kills against the supposedly worse opponents.

This is how the plan worked: The first rounds went well for Aydan, and he secured many kills. It seemed like nothing would happen when using such tricks.

But then Epic intervened. While the pro was waiting in the lobby, a message appeared that his account was banned for 24 hours. The reason for this was “exploiting.” In German, it roughly translates to “taking advantage” or “exploiting.”

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How does the pro react to this? Aydan takes it all with a laugh. After all, it wasn’t his main account that was banned here, but just a small account. Other pros have faced tougher consequences on Twitch.

So he laughs out loud and says: “This is comedy!” He doesn’t seem to be particularly affected.

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FIFA 20: Best and affordable talents for RB and LB in Career Mode

Here you will find the best full-back talents in FIFA 20. We show you affordable RB and LB with potential to improve your team.

This is what makes good full-back talents: The full positions in the defense line are primarily intended to fend off opponent attacks. Your full-backs must be able to keep up with the wingers to defuse dangerous situations early on.

However, the players on LB and RB are also there to initiate attacks. If you play a lot down the wings, it is essential to have offensively strong full-backs.

The absolute top players Players like Marcelo, Kimmich, or Alba are hardly affordable at the beginning of a career. Especially if you are playing with smaller clubs.

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No matter which club you play for – you can always use talents!

The right talents can quickly improve your team. With the dynamic potential, you have a significant influence on the development of talents. If they play a lot and well, they become real stars – and can significantly improve your club’s finances in case of a sale.

Here we show you which players bring good fundamentals for the full positions in career mode.

Top 10 full-back talents with the greatest potential in career mode

These are the best talents for RB, LB, RWB, and LWB: We show you ten strong talents that you can probably bring into your team immediately without weakening it. However, many of these players are not cheap, as they are mostly already contracted with large clubs.

These young full-backs have the highest potential in FIFA 20 career mode:

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold: The 20-year-old right-back of FC Liverpool has already established himself as a key player in real football, which is reflected in his rating of 83. He has a potential of 89 but costs 32 million euros. Not exactly cheap.
  • Lucas Hernández: The Bayern defender is also versatile in central defense, but you can use him on the left back as well. His starting rating of 84 is strong, and his potential of 89 is even better. But: He costs at least 37 million in career mode.
  • Éder Militao: The Real talent has a rating of 81 and can reach up to 88. That’s a significant jump. Also notable is the market value of 23 million euros and a salary of over 100,000 euros.
  • Aaron Wan-Bissaka: Since this summer, Wan-Bissaka has been contracted with Manchester United, with a starting rating of 79. Thus, he is a bit cheaper than the previous candidates, but with a market value of 17.5 million euros, he is not a bargain either. His potential is at 88.
  • Joe Gomez: Another Liverpool player and a great talent. Gomez can also increase from his rating of 80 to 88, and his market value is around 20 million.
  • Nicolás Domínguez: Domínguez is less known to players. He can play in midfield as well as on RWB and is contracted with Vélez Sarsfield, albeit on loan. So you can’t get him immediately. His rating is 75 but can increase to 87. Market value: 12 million euros.
  • Alphonso Davies: Most people would place the Bayern player on the offensive flanks, but you can also use Davies on LB. His rating is 72, but it can go up by 15 points. With a market value of 6.5 million euros, he is even more affordable than other candidates on this list.
  • Grimaldo: Grimaldo, on the other hand, is less affordable. The LB costs around 30 million, thanks to his starting rating of 83. His potential is at 87.
  • Youcef Attal: With Attal, you get a versatile player for the entire right flank. He can play both defensively and offensively. His rating is 77, and the potential is 86. Market value: 12.5 million euros.
  • Dan-Axel Zagadou: The Dortmund player has not seen much action in the Bundesliga this season. However, he can play a significant role in your team – as a CB or on LB. His rating is 79, and it can reach up to 86. The market value is 16 million.

Among the top ten talents, there are very few bargains. To avoid blowing up your transfer budget, we will now show you particularly affordable talents.

In Ultimate Team, Davies may not necessarily take you further – but in career mode, he is a first choice

Affordable full-back talents in career – under 10 million

Affordable RB, LB, LWB, and RWB with potential: If you are more looking for affordable but developable alternatives, you will find them here. These young talents will advance your career:

  • Alphonso Davies: Unsurprisingly, the list of affordable talents is led by Davies. As the cheapest top talent with strong stats, you get a good player for both the offensive and defensive flanks.
  • Reece James: James is contracted with Chelsea and has a rating of 73. The 19-year-old RB has a market value of 7 million and can rise to 86. A reinforcement for many clubs.
  • Ki-Jana Hoever: With Hoever, we have another Liverpool player on the list. The 17-year-old defender is much cheaper, costing only around 700,000 euros. However, you need to work on his rating of 62 to be able to use him well. He can rise to 85.
  • Pedro Porro: Porro plays for Real Valladolid but is on loan from ManCity. The Spaniard will only be available starting in the second season, but for around 8.5 million, he can be a good reinforcement for your defense.
  • Maximillian Aarons: The 19-year-old plays as a right-back at Norwich City and has a rating of 72. For the price of 5.5 million, you can safely buy him: He rises to 85.
  • Nicolas Cozza: Cozza costs just over two million but only has a rating of 69. However, it can be raised to 85. You can find him at Montpellier.
  • Nuno Tavares: Tavares will cost you a transfer fee of just under 5 million euros, but he can be used both on LB and on RB. Useful, especially since his rating can rise from 72 to 84.

Even more affordable talents around two million include Bogle (potential 84), Hamburg’s Vagnoman (potential 84), and L. Kelly (also 84).

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In career mode, you want to build the best team

All young full-back talents U20 with potential 85 or better

These are the best full-back talents under 20: You will find long-term developable talents here. The table shows you all talents under 20 with at least a potential of 85.

Oops, unfortunately this table is no longer available.

Are there any German talents? There are no German talents included. However, with Zagadou, Hakimi, or Davies, some representatives from Bundesliga clubs are present in the list.

By the way, you can find all other talents for FIFA 20 career here:

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WoW Classic gets its first Duel League – with $50,000 prize money

If you have what it takes in WoW Classic, you can soon compete for $50,000 in prize money. At least if you play on the right realm.

Just over a month has passed since World of Warcraft Classic went live, and there are still queues on many servers during peak times. However, while Onyxia and Ragnaros have bitten the dust almost everywhere, players are seeking new goals and challenges.

It is therefore fitting that the first duel tournament has been announced for PvP enthusiasts, where players can duel. The prize pool is a whopping $50,000.

What kind of tournament is this? The “Classic WoW Dueler’s League” will be more than just a single event, but a whole league with seasons, qualifying matches, and more. In qualifying matches, the 4 best players of each class will first be determined. These players will then compete in numerous matches over 4 weeks, and the 2 best players from each class will advance to the “Championship Finals” to determine the King of Duels.

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Where is the tournament held? The “Classic Dueler’s League” will take place in its first season on the American PvP server Faerlina. This is the realm where most streamers and their communities are located. In the first season, play will only be on the Horde side. Therefore, if someone wants to participate, they need a level 60 character on the Horde and can register on the League’s Discord server.

Is there more to come? A look at the league’s FAQ shows that there are also plans to bring the Dueler’s League to the Alliance side and expand it to other realms. Whether such tournaments will also take place on European realms – with a similar prize pool – remains to be seen.

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True PvP is still missing: The Duel League is also emerging mainly because there is currently no “real” PvP in World of Warcraft Classic. Traditional PvP with rewards, battlegrounds, and the infamous ranking system will only come in one of the later phases. A specific release date is not yet known. For now, players have to amuse themselves with open PvP or duels, which unfortunately offer no rewards.

Would you be interested in such a duel league? Or is PvP in Classic simply not balanced enough to justify a duel league?

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4 weapons are getting stronger in Season 3 of Apex Legends – the worst is back again

Season 3 of Apex Legends brings several changes to the weapons. This time, a total of 4 weapons are being buffed. However, there are also nerfs to popular guns and changes to attachments.

These are the changes: With the release of Season 3 in Apex Legends, a total of 10 weapons receive changes, either to their stats or to attachments available for them. Among the changes are:

  • Removal and addition of attachments (Hop-Ups)
  • Change of fire rate
  • Reduction of magazine size
  • Change of damage

Among the changed weapons is a wild mix. Many weapons that were revised in Season 2 are affected.

Buffs and nerfs of weapons in Season 3 in detail

These weapons are getting buffed: A total of four weapons are getting a buff:

  • G7 Scout: Base damage increased from 30 to 34.
  • Hemlok: Base damage increased from 18 to 22. Fire rate in both modes slightly reduced.
  • Mosambik: Spread pattern reduced. The Mosambik returns to the original position faster after recoil.
  • L-STAR: Strong reduction of horizontal recoil. Can now be equipped with the “1x Digital Threat” attachment. Damage decreased from 21 to 19.
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The L-Star

Even though there were minor nerfs to some weapons here, the changes are overall more of a buff. Notably, the Mosambik is affected again. The hand shotgun is the least popular weapon, which even the legends throw away easily.

These weapons are getting nerfed: The buffs are countered by numerous nerfs, particularly to the previously popular weapons:

  • Longbow: Fire rate decreased from 1.6 to 1.3. Damage multiplier on legs decreased from 0.9 to 0.8. Headshot damage multiplier increased from 2.0 to 2.15.
  • Prowler: Recoil now has slight randomness in the alternate fire mode. The spread pattern is supposed to remain the same.
  • R-99: Recoil now has slight randomness. The magazine size of all magazine attachments has been reduced (from 18/22/26/30 to 18/20/23/27).
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Say goodbye to the overpowered Longbow.

The headshot multiplier on the Longbow is technically a small buff, but the Skullpiercer attachment is removed. Thus, it ultimately performs worse in a fully equipped state.

This is how attachments are changing: Some items are simply being removed, while others are being added:

  • Disruptor Rounds (Disruptor Rounds – Alternator/RE-45) have been removed.
  • Skullpiercer (Skullpiercer – Wingman/Longbow) has been removed.
  • “Double Tap” (attachment for G7 Scout and EVA-8) has been added. The attachment allows for two shots in rapid succession.
  • “Anvil Receiver” (attachment for R-301 and Flatline) has been added. In single-fire mode, two rounds are consumed, the fire rate becomes slower, but the shots are stronger.
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The R-301 was strong to begin with – will it now become a monster?

Instead of the Skullpiercer attachment, the Longbow and the Wingman both now inflict 2.15 times headshot damage. With Skullpiercer, this was higher for both weapons (2.25 for Wingman, 2.5 for Longbow).

These weapon changes are still there: In addition to the buffs and nerfs, there are also new golden weapons to be found. These have level-3 attachments in all slots and the following optics:

  • The Flatline has a 1x-2x sight.
  • The EVA-8 has the “1x Digital Threat”.
  • The Triple Take has the “4x-10x Threat Scope”.
  • The G7 Scout has a 2x-4x sight.
  • The Charge Rifle has a “4x-10x Threat Scope”.
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Just arrived, it already gets a golden version: The Charge Rifle.

All changes to weapons and attachments in English can also be found in the patch notes on reddit.

What do the changes mean?

This is how gameplay is changing: The changes to the weapons all lead to gameplay occurring at a rather shorter distance (between medium and short range), as this is where the strength of most good weapons now lies.

This would align quite well with the changes that Crypto and the new map might bring to Apex Legends. It seems a bit like Respawn wants to counter a “camper playstyle” with sniper rifles and entrenched positions.

One exception is the new Charge Rifle, which can deal immense damage as a sniper rifle. Many players suspect that a nerf will come soon.

What do you think of the changes?

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First reactions to Destiny 2: Shadowkeep – Server issues and much positivity on Steam

The reactions to the story of the new expansion are also mixed. On Twitter, many users praise the story under the hashtag “Shadowkeep” in their feeds, claiming that it is exciting and spooky.

However, another part of the players felt rather indifferent about the story and the expansion in general. Our reader Millerntorian commented:

My enthusiasm remains quite limited so far. I expected more, but perhaps the gaming experience will improve significantly.

He is not alone in this opinion in the comments under our articles.

Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:

While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.

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Thousands of positive reviews on Steam

This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.

Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.

A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.

The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.

Gaaldo on Steam

The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:

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Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:

While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.

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Thousands of positive reviews on Steam

This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.

Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.

A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.

The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.

Gaaldo on Steam

The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:

The reactions to the story of the new expansion are also mixed. On Twitter, many users praise the story under the hashtag “Shadowkeep” in their feeds, claiming that it is exciting and spooky.

However, another part of the players felt rather indifferent about the story and the expansion in general. Our reader Millerntorian commented:

My enthusiasm remains quite limited so far. I expected more, but perhaps the gaming experience will improve significantly.

He is not alone in this opinion in the comments under our articles.

Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:

While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.

destiny 2 eris morn

Thousands of positive reviews on Steam

This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.

Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.

A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.

The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.

Gaaldo on Steam

The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:

Since last night, Shadowkeep, the new expansion for Destiny 2, is playable. Here are the first reactions from players to the launch.

What happened? October 1st was a stressful day for Bungie. Primarily, players were able to dive into the new expansion Shadowkeep, try out the new features, and tackle the story.

Bungie also scheduled the move from Battle.net to Steam for October 1st, along with the launch of the free New Light version of Destiny 2.

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Therefore, it is not surprising that there were significant server issues right at launch due to the servers being overwhelmed by the large influx of players.

These problems overshadowed the launch of the expansion for many, but there was also a lot of positive feedback regarding Shadowkeep and Destiny 2: New Light – especially on Steam.

Queues. Queues everywhere

This is what players said about the problems: As much as fans were looking forward to the launch of Shadowkeep, they were disappointed on launch day when many could not log in to the game.

The influx of new and long-time players overwhelmed the servers, leading to long queues and connection drops. Our reader Rayne commented:

How can anyone come up with the brilliant idea of implementing a platform switch, new content, and Free2Play all on the same day? It’s clear that every server will crash. 

In general, many are frustrated that they had very little or no time to play the new content on launch day.

However, there were also players who took the server issues with humor. The two major subreddits, r/destinythegame and r/destiny2, are full of memes and jokes about the long queues and error codes. Here are some of them:

Some of them are even happy about it because it signals to them that many people are interested in Destiny 2 and are now trying it out. They hope for many new players who will stay in the game permanently.

In the “Servers down” mega-thread, one of the comments reads: “I’m glad the player base has grown! […]”

From hype to recycling, it’s all there

This is what players say about Shadowkeep: Due to the server issues that prevented or overshadowed the gaming experience for many, the initial reactions to Shadowkeep are rather sparse and diverse.

New and returning players are primarily overwhelmed positively by the number of new features and changes and are unsure where to start. User Castia10 wrote on Reddit:

I played for a couple of hours […]. I’m only doing the Shadowkeep story and have no idea what all the quests and stuff I’m constantly picking up do.

But it’s really fun.

The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:

Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:

While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.

destiny 2 eris morn

Thousands of positive reviews on Steam

This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.

Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.

A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.

The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.

Gaaldo on Steam

The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:

The reactions to the story of the new expansion are also mixed. On Twitter, many users praise the story under the hashtag “Shadowkeep” in their feeds, claiming that it is exciting and spooky.

However, another part of the players felt rather indifferent about the story and the expansion in general. Our reader Millerntorian commented:

My enthusiasm remains quite limited so far. I expected more, but perhaps the gaming experience will improve significantly.

He is not alone in this opinion in the comments under our articles.

Fans on Reddit and some of our readers are particularly complaining in the comments that a large part of the assets and areas were “copied from Destiny 1.” Patrick BELCL commented:

While there were indeed some “nostalgia moments,” they were immediately overshadowed by the thought, “Nostalgia or not, I already paid for this 5 years ago” and then right after it “Destiny 2 servers being contacted”.

destiny 2 eris morn

Thousands of positive reviews on Steam

This is the status of Destiny 2 on Steam: With the release of Shadowkeep, the move of the game away from Battle.net and onto Steam also occurred. The first reviews started pouring in right on the day of the move.

Currently, there are 8,903 reviews (as of October 2, 2019) of Destiny 2 on Steam, of which 5,419 are positive. This leads to a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam.

A large portion of the reviews comes from active Destiny players who have moved from Battle.net to Steam. They have already accumulated many hours of playtime and primarily want to promote their favorite game on Steam. However, there are also new players who have tried the free New Light version and found the large amount of content appealing.

The best free-to-play game of all time. Destiny 2 is a very well-optimized, beautiful game with tons of PVE and PVP content. I highly recommend this game.

Gaaldo on Steam

The negative reviews primarily criticize the server issues at the launch of the expansion and the Free-to-Play version. An overview of the Steam launch can be found in our article on it:

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13 bosses in Borderlands 3 give more legendary loot this week – Here they are

Borderlands 3 celebrates the birthday of the loot shooter series. Join the celebration and secure great loot until November 4 in various anniversary events. It all starts now with the Boss Week. Available are legendary weapons and much more.

On October 20, 2009, the first Borderlands game was launched. Borderlands 3 celebrates the birthday of the loot shooter with various events.

The first of the five weekly rotating events starts now. During the Boss Week, you’ll be rewarded with additional legendary loot. We have also compiled the times and names of the four other events for you.

Happy Boss farming in Borderlands 3 – Here are the 13

This is the first event: The celebration starts this week. The first of the five events is currently underway and will last until October 8 – the Boss Event.

Some of the bosses in Borderlands 3 have an increased chance to drop legendary loot:

  • Mouthpiece – “Gatling Gun” drop chance increased
  • KillaVolt – “Brainstormer” drop chance increased
  • Gigamind – “Nagata” drop chance increased
  • Katagawa Ball – “Rectifier” drop chance increased
  • Katagawa – legendary class mods (for all four vault hunters)
  • Rampager – “Kill-o’-the-Wisp” drop chance increased
  • Warden – “Echo” drop chance increased
  • GenIVIV – “Ten Gallon” drop chance increased
  • Aurelia – “Creeping Death” drop chance increased
  • Graveward – “Earworm” drop chance increased
  • Pain and Terror – legendary class mods (for all four vault hunters)
  • Troy – “Nova Berner” drop chance increased
  • Tyreen – “Bitch” drop chance increased

And the party continues

These events are still waiting for you: After October 8, four more events will follow. However, not many details are known about these yet. Borderlands 3 reveals the exact contents every Monday of the respective week:

  • October 8 – 14: Hunt for rare spawns!
  • October 15 – 21: Show me the Iridium!
  • October 22 – 28: Chaos on Twitch!
  • October 29 – November 4: It’s a secret…

Of course, we will keep you updated on all events on MeinMMO as soon as we know more. In this sense – Cheers!

Here you can find out what the community thinks of the last hotfix:

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Fortnite: Update 10.40.1 brings Stone Throwing Gun – English Patch Notes

The update 10.40.1 is available in Fortnite. We show you in the German patch notes what has changed in the game.

What does the update bring? Season X has been extended by one week. The “Against the Clock” challenges will be available from October 8th. A well-known weapon has been unvaulted.

Extension Challenges “Against the Clock”

What are these missions? The season has been extended. With the challenges available from Tuesday, October 8th, 3:00 PM until Sunday, October 13th, 8:00 PM, you can unlock styles for three battle pass skins, experience points, and a loading screen.

Weapons and Items

Unvaulted: The stone pistol has been unvaulted. You can aim at opponents with it and receive a strong recoil. It is also well-suited for trick shots.

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Gameplay

What is new?

  • The season has been extended by one week
  • Gotham City and the Batman pack will be available until the end of Season X

Zone Wars: The Zone Wars Vortex, Colosseum, Downhill River, and Desert have been packed into 2 LTM’s. Join the queue to play one of the 4 Zone Wars maps. The map selection is now random.

Bug fixes for Combine mode: A bug that prevented players from queuing in matchmaking has been fixed. The Combine mode is also available again on iOS and Android due to the bug fix.

New in Creative Mode

What is new? The meteorite items have been added to the creative mode gallery. Build your own meteorite impact!

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Changes to Save the World

New storyline: The final driver BEAT-Bot is on his way to the radio stations. Help him, as the Summer Road is already waiting for you!

New weapon: The Thumper is soon available in the weekly shop. A sound hammer that teaches your enemies the rhythm. The hammer is slammed onto the ground and sends out a series of sound pulses. These deal damage to your opponents and knock them back.

The Thumper will be available from Thursday, October 3rd, 2:00 AM until Thursday, October 10th, 2:00 AM in the weekly shop.

You can find the complete patch notes here on the Epic Games site.

Apparently, Fortnite had different plans for the mechs:

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Call of Duty Mobile launches with issues – But it is an immediate hit

On October 1st, the mobile game Call of Duty Mobile was launched. There were some issues, but it did not hinder the current success of the title.

What does Call of Duty Mobile offer? You experience the familiar shooter battles of the Call of Duty series now on mobile. It is played in multiple modes and on various, some familiar, maps. Additionally, you can try your hand at a battle royale mode.

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A Rough Start

How was the launch? At the release on October 1st, there were several issues. Players reported that they were unable to connect to the server. After the loading screen, it just wouldn’t go any further.

Furthermore, despite the appropriate announcement, it is not possible to play with a controller.

How did the developers respond? Activision addressed the issues and stated that they were working on a hotfix for the connection problem. This followed promptly and improved the situation. However, there are still reports of connection problems. They are not as severe as at launch.

Regarding the lack of controller support, Activision explained that it is still in the testing phase and therefore this control method cannot be selected in all countries. Further details on controller support are expected to follow later.

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Players Love CoD Mobile

How does Call of Duty Mobile perform? Right after launch, the free-to-play mobile game climbed to number 1 among free iOS apps in 33 countries, and in 30 other regions, the title landed in the top 5.

Currently, the shooter also ranks 59th in the U.S. iPhone charts for games generating the most revenue. That’s a respectable entry.

What do players think of the mobile shooter? Even though there was significant frustration initially due to the connection problem, Call of Duty Mobile is very well received.

  • The ratings in the Google Play Store are 4.7 out of 5 stars
  • In Apple’s App Store, the shooter achieves 4.2 out of 5 stars

Graphics, sound, and gameplay are praised. Players feel that CoD Mobile truly plays and feels like Call of Duty.

The remaining connection issues and prices in the in-game store are still criticized.

How can you join in? You can download the app regularly via the PlayStore for Android or the Apple Store for iOS . It is a free-to-play game.

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Destiny 2: This is how you easily get your 1st brand new Weapon Exotic from Season 8

If you own the new Season Pass for Destiny 2, it grants you a brand new exotic weapon right at the start of Season 8 and Shadowkeep. This is how you obtain Eriana’s Vow.

The weapon in question is: Eriana’s Vow is an exotic Solar hand cannon for the energy slot. What makes it special is that it requires energy ammunition as the first hand cannon ever.

The fire rate of 90 and the fully packed damage stat are new for this weapon class.

Eriana’s Vow – Makes quite big holes

What can the new hand cannon do? We took a closer look at the perks and properties of this new exotic hand cannon recently. You can find more about it here:

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This is how you get the weapon: The weapon is available for owners of the current season of the Undying or Shadowkeep (automatic access to the new season) already at level 1 of the premium track. The free option for everyone without a Season Pass is available at level 35 of the free reward branch.

However, the weapon is not available automatically. You need to actively claim the new piece from the Season Pass.

To access the rewards overview of the Season Pass, open your Navigator and select the new season tab on the far right. The first package in the bottom row contains Eriana’s Vow. You need to select it and then accept the reward.

The Season Pass from the season of the Undying is split

It should be noted: The weapon is not tied to Shadowkeep, but to the season of the Undying. You can see how long the current Season 8 is still running at any time in the Season Pass menu.

Top gun or rather meh? What do you think of the “gifted” Exo?

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EA holds a nasty patent that makes in-game offers worse if you hesitate

It has now become known that Electronic Arts (EA) has acquired a patent. It describes a method where in-game purchases in video games become worse if the buyer hesitates too long. Then the good offer is no longer available. The patent was acquired in February 2018 – this was after the shitstorm around microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront 2.

What is this patent about? The patent is called “Systems and methods for making offers within a game that decrease in value based on prior acceptance of the offers.” (via patents.google.com)

It’s about the idea of making a player a “First Offer.” This has the “best value.” However, if enough other people accept this “First Offer,” then it’s gone and the new offer is worth less.

The offer is supposed to be presented in such a way that the player can interact with it in the game and/or sees how others interact with it. You can practically see how others snap up the offer while you hesitate.

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You can see how these offers disappear. It’s also nice that “buy” is replaced by “win.” Source: Patents.google.com

The basic idea is that there is only a limited “supply” of the best offers. Once that is gone, the offer becomes worse: the value of the purchased content decreases or the price increases. However, the potential buyer can see how many of the “best offers” are still available. This creates psychological pressure.

The idea is to get players to accept first offers as quickly as possible by creating an incentive for it.

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Originally developed for mobile Facebook games

Where does the patent come from? The patent was originally filed in November 2014. The inventors are four individuals. At that time, they were apparently working for the mobile gaming company “Kabam.” This is indicated by the LinkedIn profiles of two of the mentioned inventors.

Kabam was known between 2009 and 2016 for distributing “Facebook games” and mobile games that often relied on such microtransactions. These systems are called “freemium.”

You can play them for free, but have “premium” advantages if you invest money.

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Marvel: Contest of Champions – a hit for Kabam.

Kabam was acquired in 2017 by Netmarble, a Korean mobile gaming company. In their games, offers can sometimes become “better” the more people buy them.

For example, in Marvel Future Fight, certain microtransactions unlocked additional price tiers that each buyer received retroactively when milestones in purchases were reached.

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Microtransaction “from hell”

That’s why it’s delicate: Such an offer that becomes worse over time and expires is meant to create apparent buying pressure and push the player towards something they might not rationally do. It compresses the time to consider the purchase.

Such practices are generally seen as “evil”.

The astonishing thing is that the patent was acquired by EA on February 28, 2018, just after they had their scandal with microtransactions.

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In FIFA, microtransactions are a constant topic.

There were also angry reactions to similar patents at Electronic Arts. They were supposed to change matchmaking so that players would spend more money.

However, there have been statements from EA in similar cases that they did not use such patents. It is stated that there is no influence on matchmaking or match outcomes in the FIFA series – although many players accuse EA of precisely that under the umbrella term “momentum”.

If EA were to actually deploy such methods, it would surely cause a stir. Especially since the political climate regarding loot boxes has changed and is currently changing.

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These WoW skins in Overwatch are impressive, but the price is steep

Overwatch fans can expect to get some really cool skins inspired by WoW characters soon. But Tyrande and Illidan won’t come cheap.

At BlizzCon 2019, there will certainly be plenty of new announcements, but for many players, the virtual ticket is a highlight not just because of the expo, but also because of all the goodies. As usual, players of all Blizzard games will receive some bonus items if they choose to purchase a ticket. Especially Overwatch fans might have rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

WoW skins of Tyrande and Illidan in Overwatch: The two skins are for the heroes Genji and Symmetra.

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Genji is apparently fed up with life as a cyborg ninja and instead takes on the task of defeating creatures of the Burning Legion, as he transforms into the demon hunter Illidan Stormrage. With an eyepatch, demonic fel-corrupted tattoos, and the signature horns, Genji will soon be leaping through the maps.

Symmetra turns away from hard light in favor of the gentle glow of the moon goddess. As the high priestess of Elune, Tyrande Whisperwind, she will be found in Overwatch from now on. Her clothing resembles the typical moon fabric robes of the priestesses and shows – also not uncommon for night elves – a bit more purple skin.

How do you get the skins? To unlock the skins, you must own a Virtual Ticket for BlizzCon. This costs in 2019 again a proud 40€ in the Blizzard shop, which is quite a hefty price if you were to get the ticket “only” for the two skins. So the offer is probably only worth it for those who want to follow BlizzCon live anyway.

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By the way, the skins are not yet available in Overwatch. They will come with a future patch that is supposed to be implemented before BlizzCon, that is, before November 1st.

Fans are divided: Looking at the comments on Reddit, however, the fans are not only excited. Most players praise the fact that the skins look extremely good and are very detailed. Blizzard has outdone itself in creating extremely cool renditions of Tyrande and Illidan.

But there is also some criticism. Both characters no longer look at all like Symmetra and Genji, which could lead to confusion at first glance. Especially Genji’s silhouette has drastically changed as Illidan and may not fit as well.

What do you think of these two “WoW-Overwatch-skins”? Are they a clear reason for you to buy the BlizzCon ticket? Or would you have done so anyway and the skins are just a nice bonus?

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In a new survival game, you are the monster – players are making it a hit on Kickstarter

Day of Dragons lets you take on the role of a dragon and try to survive in a massive world. The concept is so well-received by players that the Kickstarter campaign was a resounding success.

What is Day of Dragons? It is an online survival game where you travel as a dragon. However, you can also play as an elemental being. It is necessary to survive by searching for food and water and gradually becoming larger and more powerful. For example, you learn to spit fire or acid.

You explore a vast open game world consisting of deserts, swamps, grasslands, forests, lava landscapes, and caves. In this world, you are accompanied by other players.

Once your dragon has matured, you can either try to become an Elder Dragon or unlock an Alpha-class character. However, this means you will be hunted for the rest of your days.

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From Egg to Elder Dragon

What is special about the game? Not only the fact that you play as a “monster” makes Day of Dragons special. You can nest. This means that at some point you will lay eggs that you will hatch. Each egg inherits statistics from each parent. Every dragon has slightly different values in terms of its species. This way you introduce new dragons into the world.

How was the game funded? A Kickstarter campaign took place, through which the amount of $533,920 was raised by October 1st. This shows that this game concept is very well received by the 12,122 backers.

What happens to the money? The developers state that they are quite advanced and will mainly use the money to finish development and promote the game.

Players Are Excited for the Launch

When does the game launch? The early access phase of Day of Dragons is scheduled to launch on November 21 on Steam.

What do players think of the online game? There is already discussion about Day of Dragons on Kickstarter and Steam. Players are looking forward to the title. Many are interested in playing the life of a dragon, from hatching from the egg through its “youth” to becoming an elder dragon. The concept of survival games seems to attract many players.

Whether Day of Dragons plays as well as it sounds will be revealed at the launch of the early access phase on November 21.

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