Bethesda has introduced a new, small roadmap for Fallout 76. It includes some features that fans can look forward to in 2020. Among them are some new additions that have long been on the wishlist of many players.
This is in the roadmap: The roadmap was released in connection with the meat week unlocked by players. Bethesda has presented what Fallout 76 is set to receive in 2020 in the “Out of the Vault”:
A test server (PTS)
Skill loadouts
Multi-factor authentication for increased security
Two points stand out here particularly: the test server and skill loadouts. Both are things that players have been demanding even before the release of Fallout 76 in November 2018. The complete list in detail can be found on the official website.
Why is it coming only in 2020? Currently, Bethesda is focusing on the development of the highly anticipated “Wastelanders” update, which is set to release in 2019. Wastelanders fundamentally changes Appalachia by continuing the story and bringing NPCs and factions to offer players more depth.
Why are the upcoming features important?
Here’s why players want the test server: The test server is probably what most Fallout 76 players are particularly excited about. With such a server, patches can be tested by the community before the official release.
This leads to more feedback reaching the developers, and bugs can be resolved more effectively. In recent months, there were instances where patches were deployed that brought significant errors.
So far, it is not known whether the test server will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One.
What are skill loadouts? The second major topic is the skill loadouts. With these, players can choose sets of skills and perks that they can assemble and save. This allows them to switch between builds more quickly.
Currently, the perk system causes confusion and is cumbersome to use when trying to play a new build, switch weapons, or simply craft and gather well. Each area has its own useful perks that must be switched individually.
Players are currently using mods that take care of loadouts for them. However, mods are only tolerated, not outright allowed, which can lead to issues with their use. With the official feature, a significant fan wish will be fulfilled.
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In Fortnite, we are in Week 9 of Season 10. We will show you where to find the secret Battle Star hidden in the loading screen.
What is this star? Every week there is a loading screen that can be unlocked by completing three time-limited challenges. On the loading screen, you will find a hint about the location of the secret Battle Star.
Requirement: The secret star will only appear to you in the game after you’ve completed the three time-limited challenges. Once you have finished the first 3 tasks of the “Ready or Not missions”, you can start searching for the star.
Finding the Battle Star of Week 9 in Season X
What does the loading screen look like? The loading screen shows the entrance to the new Combine mode. In the foreground, you can still see the Bear skin, which is available in the shop today, September 28, after a community vote.
Above the entrance gate, there is a drawing of the Tomato head from the Tomato Temple. This is the clue to the location of the secret star.
Where is the location? The drawing of the Tomato head leads to the Tomato Temple, because that’s where the big Tomato head is. That’s where you should look.
Location on the map:
Location at the Tomato Temple: When you fly to the temple, you need to land on the big Tomato head. In the center of the Tomato head, you will then find the secret star. You can now collect the Battle Star and move up one level in the Battle Pass.
If you would rather watch the exact location of the secret star in video form, you can find it here:
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What rewards are available in the Draft mode in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team? Here you can find all rewards online and offline, such as packs and Draft tokens, at a glance.
This is the Draft mode in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team: In FUT 20 you can play the Draft mode, where you “draft” a team, then aim for a winning streak and claim some rewards.
“Drafting” means here that you build a team from random players. For each position, you get a selection of 5 players. When selecting your players, you should not only focus on the highest ratings but also on good chemistry. So keep the balance between player quality and team chemistry.
This Draft team is only available for this one Draft competition. With each victory, you get better rewards. The best rewards come after four consecutive wins.
Draft token and participation requirement: You cannot just play a Draft competition. You have to purchase access for 15,000 coins or 300 FIFA Points. If you receive a Draft token (for example from a pack), you get free access.
Play Draft online or offline? In FIFA 20 FUT, there is a single-player Draft and an online Draft. The participation cost is the same for both. However, in the online Draft against other players, there are better rewards – but it is harder to achieve 4 consecutive wins.
Rewards in FUT 20 Draft – an overview of the rewards
How to get the rewards? You receive the rewards in Draft only when the participation is finished. So after a defeat or after 4 wins.
The single-player rewards do not depend on the difficulty you choose. The difficulty only affects how many coins you earn at the end of a match.
The Draft participation is quite expensive, but you can get good prizes with just a few games that can significantly exceed the participation cost.
The rewards in the online Draft
What you need to know about the prizes: The rewards can vary. If you manage three wins the first time and three wins again the second time, you may receive different rewards. The prizes are therefore not always the same.
The fifauteam website has collected these possible rewards that can be obtained in Draft so far.
0 Wins – Possible rewards:
1 Ultimate Loan Player Pack, 2 Gold Packs
or: 1 Silver Pack, 2 Gold Packs
or: 1 Silver Player Pack, 2 Gold Packs
or: 3 Gold Packs
or: 1 Draft Token
or: 2 Gold Packs, 1 Jumbo Premium Silver Pack
The rewards are worth between 10k and 17.5k coins.
The MMORPG Crowfall was announced in January 2015 but has still not been officially released as of today. The developers have now provided a rough overview of their release plan in an interview with Ten Ton Hammer.
When will Crowfall be released? Although there is still no official release date, there is a rough schedule of how things will progress with Crowfall.
Currently, work is being done on the final milestone, the “War of the Gods” update, which is expected to be released in early 2020. After that, the developers plan to focus solely on fixing bugs and polishing the game.
Internally, Crowfall is expected to reach alpha status with the new update, although all backers have been able to continuously play the first campaigns since early 2019 .
What does the final milestone bring? The upcoming update is expected to bring the last missing content and also combine some systems. New to the game are:
This is how the new PvP campaign in Crowfall will be
What makes the MMORPG so interesting? Crowfall does many things differently than other MMORPGs. It does away with a large game world and instead divides itself into several so-called campaigns, each with different rules:
The Eternal Kingdoms are a social world where players can trade, build their own houses, and interact.
God’s Reach is a pure PvE world designed to introduce players to Crowfall.
The Infected is a PvP world where three factions fight against each other.
New with the update is Dregs, a campaign specifically for guild versus guild combat.
The campaigns consist of several worlds and undergo a cycle of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. At the end, the Hunger, which devours entire worlds, always awaits, thus ending the campaign.
A campaign is expected to last between one month and one year. The only exception to this cycle is the Eternal Kingdoms, which will always remain and serve as your retreat.
How is the Dregs campaign structured? The new PvP campaign specifically focuses on guilds. Each guild fights for itself and can build and conquer different fortresses.
However, to ensure that the strongest guild does not simply win, the “Divine of the Gods” system is introduced:
There are a total of 12 gods, each granting its own bonus.
There will be various tasks to complete in order to receive the gods’ bonuses. The paths involve Glory, Wealth, and Strength.
For Glory, guilds must please the gods; for Wealth, it’s about constructing buildings; and for Strength, it’s about conquest.
The system is designed to ensure that victory comes not just through conquest, but especially through strategy.
The tasks and rewards are randomly assigned, so they differ with each new campaign.
Will there be another campaign? Originally, a fifth campaign was planned for Crowfall: The Shadowlands. Currently, the developers are unsure whether it is even needed.
In the interview, it is stated that all tools for the Shadowlands are ready, but they want to wait for the development of Dregs. If fans want another world, they can fall back on it.
Crowfall receives a lot of support
Are the developers’ ideas well received? Crowfall relies on a lot of variability in its systems. Areas should be easily combinable, and the rules of a campaign can be adjusted at any time.
Anyone interested in the game can register for the upcoming closed beta for free. In addition, every backer package (the cheapest costs 50 euros) already grants permanent access to the MMORPG.
Our author Benedict has already played Crowfall and shared his experiences with you:
The developers of Conan Exiles have announced a new feature: Mounts. These are meant to make traveling a bit more pleasant, but also to introduce new aspects. Mounts are something that fans have been waiting for a long time, and it has been announced for a long time now.
What is this feature? Conan Exiles is finally getting mounts. With these, you will be able to ride faster through the desert or other biomes. There is even supposed to be a completely new mounted combat system, though further information is still lacking.
So far, only horses have been presented as types of mounts in a trailer. Whether you will have to tame and breed them like animal companions is also still unknown, but it is probably likely due to the already existing system.
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When will the mounts be released? The mount update is set to be released as a free patch in December 2019. Since nothing more specific has been communicated, we assume that the date applies simultaneously for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
How you can customize mounts: Along with the free mount update, Conan Exiles will also receive the 9th DLC “Riders of Hyboria.” This will include optional cosmetics as usual, and it will cost €9.99.
In addition to the usual cosmetics like weapon and armor skins, new mounts are also expected to be introduced here. With companions, it was possible to breed animals in special styles with special food from DLC packs. Presumably, it will work similarly with mounts.
Fans have been waiting this long: Already in March 2017, during the early access phase of the game, mounts were introduced in a roadmap for Conan Exiles. They were supposed to be released sometime during that year.
However, this was continuously delayed until the feature was hardly addressed at all anymore. Many players have continuously wished for mounts – also here on MeinMMO:
The game needs mounts. Conan Exiles has a rather limited content and features. You must survive, gather, build, and then there are dungeons and PvP. But beyond that, there isn’t much to do, so it would be cool to introduce a taming system and more mounts.
Huge spiders or rhinoceroses that you first have to track down and defeat or something like that. That would be really cool and would also bring more variety to the gameplay. Plus, the world is pretty big, and running around can get quite annoying at times.
Why did it take so long? After mounts were announced and never came, Conan Exiles released an update with animal companions shortly after release. Many fans assumed that these were meant to be a replacement for mounts.
After all, companions can carry a number of items and serve a similar purpose: you can carry more and still travel quickly (even though some slaves could also do that).
Is there more to come? In the original plans, there was also talk of large animals like rhinoceroses that can have buildings placed on them. At the moment, they only exist as pure companions and not as mounts.
In the Turan DLC, there were already skins for rhinos and elephants.
However, we currently only know for sure that mounts will appear for movement and combat. Everything else is still speculation.
For years, the Korean giant NCSoft has been developing the MMORPG Project TL (formerly: Lineage Eternal or Lineage 3). The release was actually scheduled for 2019, but there has been silence for a long time. What is going on?
What kind of game is Lineage Eternal? Originally, the game was called “Lineage Eternal” and was supposed to be a hybrid game that would run on both PC and mobile.
It was announced as early as November 2011.
Lineage Eternal was intended to be an action MMORPG from an isometric perspective, similar to Lost Ark.
The classes were presented as early as 2016.
At that time, the game was considered a beacon of hope for the struggling NCSoft: Their PC games were getting older, they seemingly missed the shift to mobile and hadn’t had anything substantial in the pipeline except for Lineage Eternal.
After several delays, Lineage Eternal was relatively advanced in 2017: the classes had been revealed, beta tests were planned and announced here in the West. We should have been able to play Lineage Eternal for 2 years already.
This is the current status: NCSoft has barely commented on projects other than Lineage 2M. However, from the job site it is clear that work continues on Project TL and many other games (via careers.ncsoft). NCSoft is currently advertising jobs for:
Project TL – they are looking for people for interface and PvE content
So it seems at least certain that none of the announced games has been canceled.
Currently, it is expected that new information about NCSoft’s games will emerge at a “Media Day” in November.
The release of Project TL for 2019 now seems highly unlikely.
The quarterly figures show how important Mobile currently is for NCSoft: Revenues are about double that of all major 5 PC MMORPGs combined.
Is Project TL suffering from the success of Lineage M?
Why is it taking so long? The project has apparently been very difficult for NCSoft from the beginning and has only progressed sluggishly. Early problems arose.
Moreover, the market in South Korea has shifted in recent years – away from PC MMORPGs to Mobile MMORPGs. NCSoft has also implemented this shift. Since the second half of 2017, they have had a huge mobile hit with Lineage M.
Due to the mobile boom in South Korea and the great success of Lineage M, priorities have apparently shifted and a game like Project TL is now less important when the big money is to be made in mobile.
It is quite possible that NCSoft is not as dependent on the timely release of Project TL as it was before the success of Lineage M.
Thus, Project TL has been postponed after it became clear that NCSoft has found a new cash cow with Lineage M. NCSoft can afford to wait with the game. From the perspective of PC gamers, one can now hope that the long wait will pay off.
This is the current status: NCSoft has barely commented on projects other than Lineage 2M. However, from the job site it is clear that work continues on Project TL and many other games (via careers.ncsoft). NCSoft is currently advertising jobs for:
Project TL – they are looking for people for interface and PvE content
So it seems at least certain that none of the announced games has been canceled.
Currently, it is expected that new information about NCSoft’s games will emerge at a “Media Day” in November.
The release of Project TL for 2019 now seems highly unlikely.
The quarterly figures show how important Mobile currently is for NCSoft: Revenues are about double that of all major 5 PC MMORPGs combined.
Is Project TL suffering from the success of Lineage M?
Why is it taking so long? The project has apparently been very difficult for NCSoft from the beginning and has only progressed sluggishly. Early problems arose.
Moreover, the market in South Korea has shifted in recent years – away from PC MMORPGs to Mobile MMORPGs. NCSoft has also implemented this shift. Since the second half of 2017, they have had a huge mobile hit with Lineage M.
Due to the mobile boom in South Korea and the great success of Lineage M, priorities have apparently shifted and a game like Project TL is now less important when the big money is to be made in mobile.
It is quite possible that NCSoft is not as dependent on the timely release of Project TL as it was before the success of Lineage M.
Thus, Project TL has been postponed after it became clear that NCSoft has found a new cash cow with Lineage M. NCSoft can afford to wait with the game. From the perspective of PC gamers, one can now hope that the long wait will pay off.
With Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, seasonal artifacts will make their way into the game. Our author Sven was invited by Bungie to Seattle and was able to take an extensive look at this new feature. Now he reveals to you what it’s all about.
What are seasonal artifacts anyway?Artifacts were already a part of Destiny – in the first installment. They were part of Guardian gear and granted players additional perks. Some of these had powerful effects with significant impacts on gameplay.
In Destiny 2, artifacts are returning with Shadowkeep, but differently than you might know from the predecessor. An artifact is now a seasonally bound and thematically inspired item that is available to all Destiny 2 players – regardless of additional game content.
With each new season, you will set aside the old artifact and earn a new one – with corresponding new mods. This is meant to encourage Guardians to try new builds with different focuses every season.
This is included in the 1st seasonal artifact of Destiny 2
This is how the artifact is structured: The first seasonal artifact of Destiny 2 is called “The Eye of the Tor-Lords” – fitting for the Vex-shaped Season 8. It is leveled up by collecting XP. This way, you can earn further unlocks for the artifact and also increase the power level beyond the cap of 960. Because with a level up of the artifact, you gain a power level as well. There is no limit for this.
The artifact offers a total of 25 different mods in 5 tiers, with which you can unlock up to 12 at the same time. You can reset your mod setup, meaning the artifact, so you are not irrevocably bound to your choice. However, a reset costs 10,000 Glimmer and apparently becomes more expensive each time.
In each tier, there are 5 mods that become more powerful with increasing level. To unlock the next level of mods, you must have already unlocked a certain number of mods in previous tiers.
Some mods are so strong that they can have a tremendous impact on the power and abilities of your Guardians. Some are almost a must-have if you want to tackle “Nightfall: The Ordeal” – the new Nightfalls – at higher difficulty levels.
These are all bonuses from “The Eye of the Tor-Lords” artifact from Season 8
Tier 1 Mods (no artifact mods required): At Tier 1, the bonuses provide additional resources. These are general armor mods. The energy costs refer to the energy spent when using the mods within the Armor 2.0 framework.
Dark Glimmer: Defeating Hive enemies with finishers grants additional Glimmer (Energy Cost: 1)
Important in the new Nightfall: An artifact weapon mod
Tier 2 Mods (one artifact mod required): The Tier 2 mods are especially important in the new Nightfalls. They make you significantly more powerful. Because without them, it is almost impossible to defeat certain enemies – called Champions – at higher difficulty levels of the new Nightfalls. These are mods for specific weapon types.
Anti-Barrier Rounds: Shield-breaking ammo to bypass opposing fighters’ defenses. Strong against Barrier Champions. Only applicable to auto rifles and submachine guns.
Anti-Barrier Hand Cannon: Shield-breaking ammo to bypass opposing fighters’ defenses. Strong against Barrier Champions. Only applicable to hand cannons.
Overload Rounds: Uninterrupted fire grants disruptive rounds that delay ability energy regeneration and reduce damage dealt by enemies. Strong against Overload Champions. Only applicable to auto rifles and submachine guns.
Overload Arrows: Damage from fully drawn arrows causes disruptions that delay ability energy regeneration and reduce damage dealt by enemies. Strong against Overload Champions. Only applicable to bows.
Unstoppable Hand Cannon: Using the targeting reticle charges a powerful payload that staggers unshielded enemies. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Only applicable to hand cannons.
You need special artifact mods for such enemies
Tier 3 Mods (4 artifact mods required): At Tier 3, you will find Enhanced Reload mods for the arms slot. These differ in their mechanics from their regular counterparts, but they have one peculiarity. Their use within the Armor 2.0 framework costs only 1 energy. Regular Enhanced Reload mods consume 5 or 6 energy. Thus, you have a powerful mod and can still equip additional strong modifications in the corresponding armor piece. Your character will become stronger accordingly.
Enhanced Hand Cannon Loader: Significantly increases the reload speed of hand cannons. (Energy Cost: 1)
Enhanced Submachine Gun Loader: Significantly increases the reload speed of submachine guns. (Energy Cost: 1)
Enhanced Bow Loader: Significantly increases the draw speed of arrows. (Energy Cost: 1)
Enhanced Fusion Rifle Loader: Significantly increases the reload speed of fusion rifles. (Energy Cost: 1)
Enhanced Auto Rifle Loader: Significantly increases the reload speed of auto rifles. (Energy Cost: 1)
An enhanced artifact armor mod is economical with energy consumption
Tier 4 Mods (7 artifact mods required): The Tier 4 mods further enhance you against Champions in the new Nightfalls and form synergies with the Tier 2 mods. The focus now lies on the abilities of your Guardians. These armor mods are integrated into the chest piece.
Breakthrough Lens: Grants grenade energy on finishing blows with shield-breaking weapons or when a member of your fireteam stops a Barrier Champions ability. (Energy Cost: 3)
Ballistic Combo: Grants melee energy on finishing blows with shield-breaking weapons or when a member of your fireteam stops a Barrier Champions ability. (Energy Cost: 3)
Overload Grenades: Void grenades cause disruption, delaying ability energy regeneration and reducing damage dealt by fighters. Strong against Overload Champions. (Energy Cost: 4)
Disruptor Tip: Enhances the effect of disruption and reduces damage dealt by enemies even further. (Energy Cost: 3)
Tier 5 Mods (10 artifact mods required): At Tier 5, there are the most powerful mods of the 1st seasonal artifact. They are all intended for the class item of your armor and are so strong that a build could definitely be based on them.
Heavy Finisher: Finishers create Heavy Ammo. Requires half of your Super energy. (Energy Cost: 7).
Choking Darkness: Damage caused by Void grenades gives enemies a weakening effect. (Energy Cost: 6)
Arc Battery: Grants an additional shield and reduced cooldown for all Arc class abilities during activation. (Energy Cost: 5)
Thunder Coil: Grants bonus damage for all Arc melee abilities and refunds Super energy for finishing blow kills. (Energy Cost: 6)
From the Depths: Grants a bonus on Void Super damage when activated while in a severely wounded state. Lasts until the end of the Super activation. (Energy Cost: 5)
The seasonal artifact in video: In this video by Nexxoss Gaming, you can check out everything important about the artifact once again.
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In FIFA 20, countless fans are complaining about bugs in Career Mode. At release, there are all sorts of errors in this mode. This is what EA Sports says about the complaints regarding Career Mode.
What’s going on with Career Mode? For the past few days, since the Early Access of FIFA 20, complaints about Career Mode have been piling up in the FIFA forums and on Reddit. Yesterday, on September 27th, the official release of FIFA 20 took place, and players complained: “The game launches while the biggest mode is broken!”
The reason for the bad mood is several bugs that plague Career Mode in FIFA 20:
The biggest bug seems to be that the opposing AI managers of top teams make poor decisions in their lineups. They only field the second string, while the best players sit on the bench. This leads to top teams slipping into mid-table or even relegation spots.
Meaningless questions are asked in press conferences. For instance, questions about relegation while being at the top of the table.
After just a few seasons in Career Mode, the Europa League and Champions League no longer function as intended.
Unwanted position changes of players occur.
The dynamic potential does not work properly. Despite strong performances, the potential decreases, or it increases despite poor performances.
The ultimate difficulty is easier than in previous years.
And these are just a few of the bugs and problems that have been found.
Fans Demand: #FixCareerMode
This is the situation around Career Mode: Career Mode has been a popular mode in the community for years, but fans wish for more attention from EA. It has frequently been mentioned in the forums that developers should pay more attention to this mode. Because while many resources are poured into FUT, Career Mode is slowly gathering dust.
Career Mode has enormous potential, but EA Sports brings too few innovations and allows it to wither, is often read as a complaint. FIFA 20 has introduced some innovations in Career Mode, but the major changes are also lacking this year.
This is how the community reacts to all the problems in FIFA 20: Career fans are extremely frustrated right now. Complaints are loud that Career Mode is getting worse and “buggier” year after year instead of better.
On Reddit and in the FIFA forum, threads have been created demanding fixes for Career Mode. In the meantime, the complaints became so loud that the Career Mode thread was closed, which did not sit well with the community. People felt that EA was ignoring the complaints and wants to sweep them under the rug. According to a community manager, it was not EA’s fault but rather due to a spam filter on the website.
The community was of course not stopped by this, but instead pushed back even harder. They successfully spread the hashtag #FixCareerMode and started a movement that trended on Twitter and has already been picked up by major English-language sites.
Some players even called for refunds for FIFA 20.
What does EA say about it?
This is what EA says: With all this bubbling criticism, EA Sports had to comment sooner or later – which they have now done. EA’s Corey Andress posted several tweets on Twitter in which he addressed the concerns.
He first thanks for all the feedback and emphasizes that EA acknowledges the community’s concerns. The team has already successfully identified some problems and is working on fixes.
Fixes are still some time away: However, he must inform that the fixes cannot come immediately. A client-based fix is necessary, so an update needs to be deployed for that. Such updates take time because the fixes must first be tested, and the update must be pre-certified by Sony and Microsoft.
The first update for FIFA 20 is already on the way, but it will likely not bring fixes for Career Mode. This means that the career problems can only be resolved with the second patch at the earliest – and that will take weeks.
All of the aforementioned problems in Career Mode are being investigated by EA Sports. In the FIFA forum, EA shared a long list of errors to which they provided some comments. The short version: the developers are looking at everything and will provide solutions in future title updates.
What issues have you noticed in Career Mode?
You can find the best talents – and cheap talents – in FIFA 20 Career Mode here:
A fan shares his experiences leveling in WoW Classic with the community, but in an unusual way. He draws some pretty crazy comics about the quests he completes.
Who is the artist? The name of the comic artist is Vlad “Valdihr” Harabagiu, and he comes from Romania. Although he is a big fan of Warcraft, he has only been playing World of Warcraft since Cataclysm, when the world was completely redesigned (via Polygon).
For Valdihr, this is his first time experiencing WoW Classic in this way, and all the quests are likely new to him, which gives his comics a certain unique style.
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What are these comics about? The comics themselves depict the adventures of his character. He draws scenes based on the quests he has completed, portraying them characteristically. Valdihr takes his time with the comics and does not focus on leveling quickly.
The inspirations are not always particularly well-known or special quests. Valdihr has even drawn one of the very first quests that Horde players, especially Orcs and Trolls, receive in the Valley of Honor: Sarkoth, in which they are to kill a scorpion.
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How are the comics received: Valdihr regularly posts his works on reddit and Twitter. He might level slower than others, but he enjoys it and manages to involve the community as well.
The comics are also very popular on reddit. Both in subreddits related to WoW Classic and World of Warcraft, the drawings sometimes receive over 5,000 upvotes. Many players even say that Blizzard should hire him as an artist.
Is there more to come? Valdihr has set up a Patreon page where fans can support him if they wish. This way, he aims to create even more content. He has even planned an entire comic book that he wants to release.
There have also been frequent requests for an animated version, which according to Valdihr will not come for now. However, the flow of comic content will surely continue, as the journey to level 60 takes long enough this way.
Scientists from Pennsylvania have developed a software. A game using this engine would be photorealistic and would overshadow all existing games – but with current hardware, it simply wouldn’t be playable.
This is the software: The Faculty of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania is developing the software “Continuum Damage Material Point Methods for Dynamic Fracture Animation (CD-MPM)”.
This software has one purpose: the simulation of destruction, as reported by Gamestar.
This is what CD-MPM looks like in the video
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In the video, the scientists show how the physics simulation works. It is impressive how the computer splits a slice of bread into two parts.
This is being simulated: The scientists simulate various destruction methods. In addition to the bread, there will also be:
a breaking Oreo cookie
a stretched armadillo
a smashing watermelon
a squashed pumpkin
a exploding Candy Crab
and a car flying through a fence
simulated. In each experiment, a new form of destruction is employed.
Looks graphically impressive – but unplayable
Here’s why your PC wouldn’t handle it: The scientists rendered the breaking bread with an i7-8700K with 12 threads:
Overall, the rendering process takes 331.7 seconds per frame.
Modern computer games calculate 60 frames or more in a second.
The calculations are therefore much more challenging.
Modern gaming PCs would never be able to handle the calculations – the result would be unplayable. Rather, you would need a whole arsenal of processors to calculate the graphics together.
Imagine if the PC would require 331.7 seconds for every frame in The Division 2 or in Borderlands 3: shooting or moving would be impossible.
This is how the experiment works
This is what the broken cookie looks like in the video. Source: Youtube.
The calculations are very complicated: With the armadillo or the bread, the computer looks: How elastic is the material? Then, a point is assigned to each location. The greater the pressure on the individual point, the higher the stress/pressure. Eventually, the armadillo’s arms break off, and the bread tears apart.
What do you think? Would you have recognized at first glance that it is virtual bread? Would you like to play with such graphics?
ArcheAge is getting a graphics update, although not as realistic as the broken bread. This is what ArcheAge will soon look like with revised graphics:
The battle royale shooter Apex Legends will receive a new map with Season 3 on Tuesday. The competition with Fortnite is still hesitant. Since their Season 3, for a year and a half, Fortnite fans have been hoping for a new map. Maybe it will happen with Season 11.
This is the situation with Apex Legends: On October 1st, Season 3 of Apex Legends begins. Now the developer Respawn has made it clear: A new map is coming. So far, it was only known that a new legend and a weapon are on the way.
Thus, Season 3 will be the first major content push that Apex Legends will receive since the surprising launch in February 2019.
Respawn wanted to support Apex Legends with events and new skins – but the last event caused quite a bit of trouble. A new trailer showcasing truly new content is now much more exciting.
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This is what we know about the new map: Respawn has shown the new map in a trailer.
It becomes clear, the legends are leaving King’s Canyon and landing on the new map, “World’s Edge.” Here, molten heat and chemical ice are supposed to clash. It looks a bit like a map of ice and fire.
Why this is remarkable: Apex Legends has always been accused of bringing new content too slowly.
With the new map, however, they seem to have a lead. Because the competitor Fortnite, who usually shines in the “new content” area, has also not introduced a new map in Season 10.
Fortnite: Speculations about the map for a year and a half
It was likely since there were also new maps in the “predecessor”, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds. These bring variety to the game.
Fortnite does everything to keep the game fresh – the easiest solution would be to simply introduce a new map.
This is what the Fortnite map looked like in April 2018.
In Season 3, a meteor appeared in Fortnite: At that time, it was thought it would destroy the map and bring something new. But that was not the case. The meteorite impact merely changed the familiar map.
This pattern has become the trademark of Fortnite. In the last year and a half, the existing map of Fortnite has constantly changed:
In one quarter, it became winter
In another, a desert formed
Or even a volcano erupted.
Recently, Fortnite has once again proven that they are willing to make radical changes: Just recently, changes to matchmaking were announced. Epic is not afraid to go to the fundamentals of Fortnite.
This is what the map in Fortnite currently looks like.
Will Fortnite also get a new map soon?
At the moment, hopes are high for Fortnite that a new map could come with Season 11. This has not been officially announced yet – but fans have drawn clues about the new map from leaks and the sometimes cryptic story of Fortnite.
Even though hope exists, it is still not concrete with Fortnite.
For now, Apex Legends is ahead: With Season 3 bringing a new map – that is something many would have wished from Fortnite back then.
In Pokémon GO Adventure Sync 2.0 is now active and helps you find Pokémon in the wild. We show you how this feature improves your Pokémon experience.
What’s new? Weeks ago, Niantic started rolling out a new feature for Adventure Sync. With Adventure Sync, your steps are counted for Pokémon GO even when you had the app closed while running. The next time you start the app, this will then be synchronized.
Now the feature has also been expanded in Europe. Specifically, by finding Pokémon that are not yet in your PokéDex. Now you can use this function here as well.
How does it work? When the app is closed, Adventure Sync runs in the background and sends you a push notification when a Pokémon is nearby that you have not yet caught. It concerns the Pokémon that are listed as “shadow” in the “Nearby” display.
How do you activate the feature? Activating the new feature is very easy.
Open Pokémon GO and click on the Pokéball at the bottom center of the screen
Then tap on Settings
Now check the first block at the top to ensure Adventure Sync is activated
Scroll down further and also check the box for Adventure Sync “Nearby”
Now the function should be active for you.
What do the first testers say about Adventure Sync V2?
This is what players say: On Reddit , a user asks if this function even works. “It was already activated in some countries, but overall it hardly worked for anyone.”
Many players from the USA say that it hardly worked for them. “I haven’t received any notification about the new Gen 5 Pokémon that are nearby yet,” writes a user.
It seems that this function is not yet fully developed. We will test that extensively in the coming days. What do you think of the new feature that Niantic has come up with?
New are also these attacks and changes in Trainer battles:
In FIFA 20, Lewandowski is the first Bundesliga POTM – the Player of the Month. You can earn him through an SBC (Squad-Building-Challenge) in Ultimate Team. Here is a solution.
This is the strong POTM card of Robert Lewandowski: Every month, a Bundesliga POTM card is released in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team. This is the Player of the Month from the Bundesliga, which FIFA fans can vote for in advance.
The first Bundesliga POTM card in FUT 20 has been secured by Robert Lewandowski. Here are the stats:
With this card, Lewandowski gets a 90 rating. His standard card has one point less.
Compared to the standard card, every value is slightly increased, especially shooting (by 2 points) and passing (by 3 points). Thus, the POTM card has strong stats all around, especially shooting and dribbling are excellent. With high physicality, Lewandowski is likely to be hard to dispossess.
This is his regular card:
How long does the Lewandowski SBC run? You can only earn Lewandowski as POTM through an SBC. This started on 27.9. and runs for 27 days.
This is how the Lewandowski SBC works in Ultimate Team – Affordable solution
What do you need to do for Lewandowski as Bundesliga CDM? In total, you need to complete three individual SBCs to receive the top card as an untradeable group reward.
The individual SBCs are called:
Bundesliga
Germany
85 OVR team
The YouTuber NepentheZ presents, as he says, affordable solutions for the 3 SBCs. Below we provide the players he sets up.
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What are SBCs actually? In Squad Building Challenges, you create teams according to specific requirements with your cards. You then exchange the cards for rewards. However, keep in mind that your cards are irreversibly gone once you “submit” the team.
In Pokémon GO, changes to the battle system and trainer battles (PvP) are coming. There are now new attacks available. We will show you which Pokémon will learn new moves.
What’s new? On Friday evening, Niantic released an announcement highlighting upcoming changes to the battle system. There are also some new attacks in the game, and Pokémon can learn new moves.
These changes have been announced for “the coming weeks,” meaning they will be gradually implemented in the game. If you can’t see them right away, that’s perfectly normal.
Changes to the Battle System – PvP and Team Rocket
What is changing? The developers improved the timing for damage dealt and charged energy. They found it unintuitive that damage and energy changes would only take effect a turn later.
You will also notice while battling that a Pokémon’s health bar briefly pulses when it takes damage.
These Attacks are Being Revamped – Bubble Beam, Confusion, and More
What is the goal? With the changes to the existing attacks, Niantic apparently wants to introduce more variety into battles. Attacks are now more effective and have a direct impact on the battle outcome. We will show you what is changing.
Bubble Beam: When you use Bubble Beam in battle, it now reliably lowers the opposing Pokémon’s attack by one stage.
Power-Up Punch: The damage of Power-Up Punch will be reduced. The developers explain it this way: “This way, Pokémon that can learn Power-Up Punch can be used differently than other Pokémon by utilizing their other attacks to deal damage. It also makes it clear that the proper reaction to a Power-Up Punch from the opponent is not to block it.”
Confusion: The attack Confusion deals more damage and can be used more quickly in Arena battles, Raids, or PvP. If you’re lucky, this attack will also lower the defense of the opposing Pokémon.
Lecture: The changes to Lecture aim to improve energy gain in battles. This way, attackers with this move should be able to use their charge attacks more often.
Which attacks are new? The team behind Pokémon GO has decided to introduce new attacks.
The new quick attack Thunder Fang of the Electric type can be learned by Arcanine, Steelix, Magnezone, and Hippowdon.
The new quick attack Ice Fang of the Ice type can be learned by Suicune, Magnezone, Flunkifer, Hippowdon, and Piondragi.
Additionally, the damage of Fire Fang has been increased to match the damage of the two new Fang attacks.
Changes to the Movesets
Why are there changes? With the changes to Pokémon movesets, Niantic aims to adjust the balance. This way, weaker Pokémon will have more reasons to be used in trainer battles.
The following Pokémon will learn new attacks:
Alolan Raichu – Thunder Shock
Alolan Sandshrew – Ice Shard
Alolan Ninetales – Charm
Electrode – Bubble Beam, Synchro Noise, Cross Chop
Alolan Marowak – Fire Spin, Fire Wheel
Remoraid – Bubble Beam
Flunkifer – Fire Fang, Ice Fang, Power-Up Punch
Snibunna – Lecture
What do you think of these changes? Somewhere else, the next EX Raid Boss is probably becoming clear:
On the night from Friday to Saturday, the vendor reset is in The Division 2. One mask stands out in the offer and is an excellent addition for PvE builds.
What does the vendor reset of The Division 2 bring? Once a week, the caravans come to Washington, and the vendors receive fresh goods for the Division agents.
So you don’t have to visit all the vendors yourself, we have compiled the highlights of the new offer for you.
PvE Mask with High Damage Protection
Wyvern Wear on Customer Hunt: In this week’s offer, a part of the “Wyvern Wear” brand is the center of attention. In addition, there is an acceptable backpack for skill builds, although with a low gear score.
Wyvern PvE Protection Mask
Vendor: Clan Level 30
Brand: Wyvern Wear
Stats: 500 GS / 21,100 Armor
The model of a “Wyvern Wear” respirator mask beats all offers this week. The version of the “Maxillam Respirator” comes with the popular talent “Merciless” and is accordingly recommended for PvE content. Additionally, the mask provides an excellent “damage protection” value of 39% (maximum on normal masks 50%) and a red damage attribute. A recalibration with a high “damage against elite enemies” value makes the mask a balanced support for a PvE build.
Alps Explosive Backpack
Vendor: DZ East
Brand: Alps Summit Armaments
Stats: 452 GS / 31,500 Armor
The brand “Alps Summit Armaments” is well-known in skill-based builds and offers the optimal companion for adventures with plastic explosives this week. The backpack comes with 30,874 health (maximum on normal backpacks about 41,000), the skill talents “Talented” (active / can reset cooldowns) and “Destructive” (passive / +20% explosive damage). Another yellow attribute can be recalibrated to a high skill power. Additionally, it features a red and a yellow mod slot.
Particularly the mask makes a solid impression. If the weak red attribute is replaced with a “damage against elite enemies” value that is also around 40%, this respiratory protection is a truly strong helper in the fight against elite adversaries.
With the new update, the way passive talents work changes and crit builds will likely play a more significant role.
A strong piece from the crit brand “Wyvern Wear” could be helpful for a good start.
Still a Few Good Stats
What else do the vendors have to offer? Due to the numerous clan vendor levels, a lot of items are newly available for sale every week. The diligent reddit agents have found a few gems in the clan vendor scrap heaps; maybe there is something for you.
Murakami Knee Pads
Vendor: Clan Level 22 – 26
Special Feature: 11% Total Armor
R&K Backpack
Vendor: Clan Level 16
Special Feature: 9% Weapon Damage
SIG 716 CQB – Rifle
Vendor: Clan Level 30
Special Feature: GS 500 / Ranger / Rooted
You can find an overview of the current offers at rubenalamina.mx. However, only the Clan Vendor at Level 30 is listed there.
The Division 2 on the Way to the Next Update
What else is happening in The Division 2? Currently, the developers are actively working on the next major Title Update 6. The new expansion, which starts simultaneously with “Episode 2” in mid-October, brings many exciting innovations and addresses some of the current weaknesses of the game.
And what about Cassie? Currently, Cassie has a different reset day and only receives new goods on the night from Saturday to Sunday. She is hiding somewhere in the city from greedy robbers and needs to be found first before she shares her valuable cargo with you.
Bungie is finally planning changes to the somewhat stagnant PvP with Destiny 2 Shadowkeep. These include adjustments to the matchmaking and your skill rating. This could also fix a long-term problem in the Crucible.
Newchanges to matchmaking: Just in time for Shadowkeep, Bungie is tweaking matchmaking. Even during ongoing PvP matches, your skill rating, which is how well or poorly you are rated in Destiny 2, should adjust and try to place you with similarly skilled Guardians.
The new thing is that each player is now evaluated individually, and at the end of the match, all Guardians will receive different glory points. Unfortunately, what parameters or indicators Destiny 2 uses to categorize matches (such as kills, teamwork, or damage dealt) are not yet known.
Previously, it was as follows: After the match, the whole team received a fixed points deduction or gain depending on the winning streak.
What the new change means: Average Guardians should now be able to expect comparable opponents. Who hopefully will appear less frequently: carries, boosters, Crucible virtuosos, and well-known streamers.
These will be quicker among themselves due to the changes, making it a less frustrating experience for average Guardians.
Red card for unbalanced matches
Is Bungie putting a stop to unfair carries and boosters?
What are carries anyway? In principle, it works like this: You give a third party your login credentials, and that person plays under your identity. This can be friends or family members, but also complete strangers.
In exchange for sometimes enormous sums of money, boosters play under the guise of your name. They are usually true PvP experts and complete various tasks for you.
A bit differently, it was with the “Trials Carries”. As some veterans may still remember, you played here together with a very talented Guardian in the team. The goal was to get to an unblemished ticket.
Source: @saboe627 on Twitter
Why do players use account recoveries? Besides the challenge and thrill, there is still a valid reason to dive into the competitive playlist or in this case, to let someone else dive in for you: the top weapons! They are clearly the carrots in front of the Guardians’ noses.
However, not everyone wants to or can overcome the often demanding hurdles independently. This is where the questionable account recovery comes into play.
Even outside the Crucible, the top PvP weapons shine. For many Guardians, the Recluse or Mountaintop are some of the best options for PvE and are an integral part of many activities’ loadouts.
The coveted Recluse: a beast in both PvP and PvE
The problem for the honest PvP Guardian: Since the top weapons are very sought after due to their power, many players enter the Crucible. This happens sometimes more willingly and sometimes less so.
A booster or an entire team of PvP pros who pretends to be average players then faces significantly weaker opponents and usually dominates mercilessly.
Frustration for the average Guardian is therefore pre-programmed. It may even lead to giving up the hunt for the top weapons.
The community has long criticized these paid carries and sometimes demonizes them like cheaters and DDoS users.
At least against the account recoveries, the planned changes could help.
Do you welcome the changes and want to make the Crucible overseer Shaxx proud or possibly even snag a PvP weapon?
A new update for Borderlands 3 is being released today, on September 27, 2019. Although it is just a hotfix, several weapons and Vault Hunters will be adjusted.
When will the update be released? In a post on reddit, the developers of Borderlands 3 mentioned that the update is expected to come out “today”, Friday, September 27, “before 3 PM” (before midnight German time).
A more precise time or size for the hotfix has not yet been announced.
Patch notes and highlights for the hotfix
What is changing for Zane? Zane will receive a significant buff in this smaller update. Two of his skills are being changed:
The Digi-Clone deals 38% more damage
The damage of the SNTNL drone is increased by 50%. Additionally, Cryo projectiles no longer have a drawback, rockets deal an additional 50% damage, and the “Almighty Ordinance” rockets deal another 75%.
What is changing for FL4K? On the other hand, FL4K is getting a small nerf. FL4K is considered the strongest character in Borderlands 3, and particularly his crit build is extremely effective.
“Fade Away” now only cloaks FL4K for 6 seconds instead of 8 seconds.
The bonus for critical hits from shots out of Fade Away is reduced from 50% to 25%.
Consequently, the best builds for FL4K remain strong, but players should not feel like they need to play this Vault Hunter with his crit build to get something done in the endgame.
What else is changing: In addition to the larger changes to FL4K and Zane, Amara now only heals 50% after a knockdown instead of 100%, and her skill “Glamour” now only reduces damage from charmed targets by 10% (previously 30).
Moreover, some of the many weapon brands in Borderlands 3 are being buffed, such as all Maliwan weapons. These deal 25% more damage and fire 20% faster. This is to compensate for the fact that many players have deemed the elemental damage of the weapons too low to use.
The damage from Atlas weapons has also been increased by 25%, and there has been a small adjustment for pistols and sniper rifles.
You can find the complete patch notes in English on reddit.
Fans are satisfied with the patch
This is how the hotfix is received: The first reactions to the presented patch notes are positive. Players are particularly happy about the buffs for Zane and the Maliwan weapons. The nerf for FL4K, on the other hand, does not seem to bother anyone.
What is particularly well received is the direction the developers are taking with the changes:
I think it’s good that the majority of the balance changes have simply increased the damage of some [weapons] rather than reducing it for those that are already strong (for the most part).
Today Xur is coming to Destiny 2. Where is Xur, what items does he have for sale? Here are all the details about Xur on September 27, 2019. This is the last offer in Year 2.
What’s currently happening in Destiny 2: Right now, all Guardians’ eyes are focused on the near future. More specifically, on October 1, 2019. Because then it’s finally happening – the Destiny 2 expansion Shadowkeep is being released, providing fresh game content and changing a lot in the game.
Bungie has delivered exciting and important information just a few days in advance:
What is changing with Xur? Bungie writes that in Xur’s inventory and his Fate Engrams, there can now also be World-Drop Exotics from Year 2.
Today, on September 27, Xur is still the same old guy. Let’s see what the old noodle vendor brings.
Xur – Often stands alone in the corner
All information about Xur on September 27, 2019 – PS4, PC, Xbox One
Will Xur bring the one Exotic that you are still missing in Year 2? Let’s welcome him together.
When does Xur appear today?
This is Xur time: Xur comes today, Friday, at 7 PM to the Guardians. He then makes himself comfortable for a few days, chats with the Guardians, and offers his goods. On Tuesday, October 1, at 7 PM, he will officially leave again.
However, keep in mind that the servers of Destiny 2 will be down starting Monday evening and will only come back online with Shadowkeep. So visit Xur in due time.
The next visit from Xur will then be after the Shadowkeep launch in Year 3 of Destiny 2.
Where is Xur? This is his location
Xur’s location: This time he is on Io. Fly to “The Giant’s Scar”.
2. Perk Row: Tenacity (Reduces the cooldown on class ability when the class ability is used), Grounded (improved mobility and tighter turning radius while sprinting), “Oversized Weapons” skill
3. Perk Row: Hand Cannon Scavenger, Submachine Gun Scavenger
Warlock:Nezarec’s Sin – Helmet for 23 Legendary Shards
1. Perk Row: Increased Mobility, Increased Health Regeneration
Data miners have found initial hints of Darkrai as the next EX Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. We tell you how likely this is and whether Darkrai is worth it at all.
What have data miners found? It has been added to the game files that you can now send Darkrai when it is in the game.
This allows for some conclusions to be drawn, so it may well come to EX Raids soon.
Darkrai as the next EX Raid Boss? Here’s why
What do the findings mean? Darkrai is a mysterious Pokémon. These monsters can usually be caught in Pokémon GO in two ways: in EX Raids or in special research.
Mysterious Pokémon from special research have never been able to be sent before. Deoxys from EX Raids, however, has. So it would make sense for Darkrai to also come to the special raids.
Would Darkrai fit in there? Bringing the mysterious Pokémon as an EX Raid would definitely make sense. It is incredibly strong in the game, which would be unfortunate if you only had the chance to get the Pokémon in a special research.
Multiple EX Raids would make more sense. That way, you can increase your chances of getting one or even several good Darkrai.
Could Darkrai be the next EX Raid Boss?
Furthermore, it is known that Mewtwo will only remain in EX Raids until November 12. After that, Niantic will need a replacement, and a mysterious Pokémon from Generation 4 would fit perfectly. After all, this generation needs to be completed soon as Gen 5 is now in the game.
Would Darkrai Raids be worth it?
How strong will Darkrai be? The mysterious Pokémon would be a real weapon and a good addition to your Dark team. Here are its stats:
Attack Value: 285
Defense Value: 198
HP Value: 172
Max CP: 3739
Its attack value is the highest among all Dark-type Pokémon. It thus deals the most damage per second among Dark attackers and becomes the best Pokémon of the type. It would definitely be worth it if Darkrai can be found in EX Raids.
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At Unity Unite 2019 in Copenhagen, a new technology was introduced that can enable games in new, massive dimensions without requiring immense computational power. Our author Benedict attended the fair and spoke with the Head of Engineering, Brett Bibby.
What is this technology? This new technology is called “Data-Oriented Technology Stack,” or DOTS for short. DOTS was already introduced at the Game Developers Conference 2019 in March and has even been in use since then.
DOTS promises that developers can program games to utilize computational power more efficiently. This roughly leads to two huge advantages that are interconnected:
Either games running on Unity that require DOTS suddenly need much less power without looking worse
Or they use the same computational power, but suddenly become faster, offer more objects, or look prettier.
How does DOTS work?
This is the technology behind it: Computers work with memory (RAM) and processor cores for data processing. Most devices now have processors with multiple cores. DOTS tries to work with all available processors simultaneously.
While the program is running and accessing data, we keep this data close to the CPU. So it doesn’t have to constantly go back to memory. […] If you have multiple cores, they are competing for who gets to access memory. Because only one can access it. If two try at the same time, bad things happen.
The idea behind multi-core is that several cores take their part and then work on it. But that hasn’t been realized yet. […] What Data-Oriented now means is that we get the data we want to work with packed closer together.
So when a core fetches its data package, it has more of the correct data it needs. Thus the package stays away from the flow longer. This allows other cores to access memory. As a result, you get 100 times more performance – not just 100%.
Brett Bibby
Do I need strong hardware? To take advantage of DOTS, you don’t necessarily need newer hardware. Most modern computers and consoles are equipped with processors with at least four, often already eight cores. Some Ryzen 3000 series processors even offer more.
So far, according to Bibby, the full potential of these many cores has barely been tapped. DOTS aims to change that.
DOTS only works for games running on Unity, such as the MMORPG Talion. However, it can even be easily applied to existing games and improve them.
What does DOTS mean for gaming?
Here’s how DOTS affects gaming in general: Principally, I took from our conversation and some presentations that DOTS helps to program games more efficiently. They therefore need less power or provide better graphics and more features.
However, the benefits differ for many genres. That’s why I also asked for specific answers regarding some games that could benefit from DOTS.
How DOTS affects MMOs and MMORPGs
In our interview, I also asked Brett Bibby about some practical applications for DOTS and how this technology would affect specific games.
The Unity MMORPG Talion could become even more beautiful with DOTS.
MMOs and MMORPGs are among the games that are likely to benefit the most from the new technology:
The larger the scope [of a game], the more DOTS helps. This means richer worlds, MMOs that go into infinity. There are no more limits. […] You can have many more players and objects in the space, render more pixels.
Brett Bibby
Developers could use this potential to do what they want. For example, host thousands of players simultaneously, millions of objects in a field, or also detailed customization options and cosmetics for players.
How DOTS affects shooters
For shooters, it stood out from our interview that the efficiency of DOTS could have an advantage for them. Because here, DOTS helps by increasing the FPS (“Frames per Second”).
Many shooter players swear by 144 FPS to aim better with smoother gameplay and to play better in general. With DOTS, it should be easier to achieve these 144 FPS since the data transfer is faster, the games respond quicker, and thus there is more room for graphics, all of which can influence FPS performance.
How DOTS affects survival games
For fans of the survival genre, DOTS is more of a luxury enhancement. Here, particularly the fact that more objects can be displayed supports the player experience.
Even in the best survival games, on good devices, it often results in long loading times because too much stands in one place due to the number of player-built objects and houses.
In Escape from Tarkov you don’t build objects yourself, but still much has to be loaded. With DOTS, even more could probably go.
These loading times are expected to be “significantly shortened” by DOTS. The hope even lies in that all objects can be loaded instantly without loading times.
How DOTS affects mobile games
In the mobile sector, DOTS has an interesting effect on the gaming experience. It not only makes games prettier for less power but also saves battery and thus electricity costs:
If you take an existing game and apply DOTS to it, it would require less energy and you would have a longer battery life because it is more efficient. Or you can pack in more stuff for the same power.
The influence of DOTS on the game market: True to the motto “The world is a better place when it has more creators,” DOTS is also expected to affect the number and quality of upcoming games. These online games and MMOs are set to release in 2019.
Because DOTS is supposed to be easier to use due to its built-in tools and contain certain features for programming that make it easier for developers to create a game:
We can enable developers to create something they couldn’t do before for technical reasons. I think there will be even more games from even more creators because now it is possible.
Brett Bibby
What DOTS benefits the communities: It’s not just about new games, but also about the influence of the community and players on their games. Specifically, it’s about modding.
Games like Conan Exiles partially live from fans modifying the game and adding things they find cool. That should also be made easier with DOTS, as developers open the tools for the community and they can work directly on a mod for the game.
