The summer slump in gaming is not an illusion, but real. According to US market researchers, August 2019 was the weakest August since 1998 regarding the sales of computer games on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch: There were simply no new good games. Oldies like GTA 5 or Minecraft lead the charts.
Here are the numbers: The US market research institute NPD Group has released the numbers for August 2019 in the USA: It pertains to the money that is made with gaming.
The numbers were not good in August 2019. Compared to the previous year, sales fell by 18% concerning games, hardware, and accessories.
Especially the sale of video games has dropped sharply. There is a 24% decrease compared to August 2018.
Analyst Mat Piscatella explains the trends via Twitter video (via Twitter) and releases some charts.
The “green” is the software, it doesn’t look good. Source: Matt Piscatella Twitter
Only Madden NFL 20 comes as a “new” game to the charts
Which games were successful in August? The top 3 sold games for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch in the USA are:
Madden NFL 20 at #1
Minecraft at #2
Grand Theft Auto 5 at #3
We have already observed this trend in the last months at the PS Store: There were hardly any current titles in the sales charts.
With the sales of games that were monitored by market researchers, only 257 million US dollars could be earned in August.
This is the lowest software sales in an August since 1998. Back then, only 234 million dollars were earned..
Minecraft is one of the big winners of 2019. Source: Matt Piscatella Twitter
How is 2019 going so far? Over the entire year, 2019 is slightly stronger than 2018, by 1%. Especially the Nintendo Switch seems to be helping here.
The online games are also feeling this: After 2019 started promisingly with Anthem, The Division 2, and Apex Legends, and there was much to do in February and March, it has been significantly quieter from May until mid-August.
The games that started in August, such as WoW Classic or Remnant: From the Ashes, are not reflected significantly in the sales figures of the NPD Group.
Borderlands 3: This could be the game that ends the drought now.
This will probably change in September with Borderlands 3.
2019 is viewed by the video game industry as a “transition year.” Because in 2020 the new consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett are expected – therefore, some studios are likely producing their big hits already for the new console generation.
What to consider: The numbers from NPD Group pertain to “sales of full games,” hardware or game cards – “microtransactions” are not included.
Some publishers are also missing, which do not report sales figures through their digital stores to the NPD Group, like Nintendo or Activision Blizzard with Battle.net.
Some publishers are also missing, which do not report sales figures through their digital stores to the NPD Group, like Nintendo or Activision Blizzard with Battle.net.
Gold is needed in WoW Classic for all sorts of things. However, one class has a significant advantage when it comes to easily acquiring a thicker wallet: Rogues. We will show you how to make gold easily as a Rogue.
These tricks are worth it: With our tips, we show you how to easily get gold without much effort. Most of these tips are especially worth it from level 30 to 40, allowing you to easily scrape together the gold for your first mount without much work.
The tips mainly focus on requiring little effort from you and using your Rogue class abilities. You will utilize the advantages of the Rogue class.
These are not the absolute most effective farming methods, which are often more exhausting. If you’re not a Rogue or want to make gold in other ways, you will find 5 tips for farming gold in our guide.
Trick 1: Lockpicking for pocket money
This is how the trick works: As Rogues, you have the exclusive class ability to open the locks of chests and lockboxes. Only blacksmiths can do that with lockpicks, which come with some material costs.
The trick aims at you opening other players’ lockboxes, as they usually don’t have the means to open them themselves. Just stand in front of the auction house in Ironforge or Orgrimmar and offer your services in the general or trade chat.
This bridge in Ironforge is a popular meeting point.
Your advantage: You can ask for a small fee. Most lockboxes contain very valuable items, with which players can still make a profit. It’s best to charge between 5 silver and 1 gold.
How much you can charge depends on the server, your level, and the competition. If you’re the only Rogue, your services are more expensive. If the lockbox is harder to open, its content is more valuable. If the contents can be sold for a high price, players are more willing to pay more.
When is the trick worth it? We recommend starting this trick around level 35. At that point, your maximum lockpicking skill is 175, and you can open steel lockboxes already.
With a skill of 225 (level 45), you can open all currently available lockboxes. From here on out, you can offer your services to any player.
This is how you increase your skill: Lockpicking needs practice. With each level, the maximum skill increases by 5 but must still be trained just like weapon skills or professions. As Rogues, you have several areas available for training:
Redridge Mountains: Alther’s Mill and Lake Everstill (up to about 150)
Westfall: Merchant Coast (up to about 120)
Ashenvale: Zoram Strand (up to about 150)
Stonetalon Mountains: Windshear Cliffs (up to about 50)
Desolace: Sar’theris Strand (up to about 250)
There are more areas where practice boxes are distributed. However, those listed here are quite easy to reach and should be sufficient to get you to 225.
Trick 2: Looting enemies
This is how the trick works: Another exclusive ability of Rogues is pickpocketing. You learn this fairly early, allowing you to loot the pockets of enemies while sneaking around them.
With this ability, you can easily collect copper and silver, items for sale, materials to craft poisons, and loot boxes that you can open for yourself.
Loating individual enemies is not particularly lucrative. However, if you go to an area with many humanoid enemies, you can collect a lot of silver or even gold within minutes.
When is the trick worth it? We recommend a minimum of level 30, preferably level 35-38 for this trick. The higher your level, the harder you are to detect. Enemies from level 30 and up carry significantly more money than those below.
Additionally, the looted enemies have a chance to resist your pickpocketing. If that happens, you will be immediately revealed and usually drawn into combat, which can easily lead to your death without explosive powder and “Vanishing”.
Here pickpocketing is worth it: A particularly lucrative location before level 40 is the Scarlet Monastery, especially the library and armory. The entire complex contains almost exclusively human enemies that you can loot.
The armory is a paradise for pickpockets.
The advantage in the mentioned instances is that the density of enemies is extremely high, allowing you to loot many pockets in a small area. Moreover, the instances are long enough that you can return to the start after emptying the last pocket and start over without having to reset the instance. The bags will have typically refilled in that time.
This is how the trick works: The last trick revolves around your abilities to sneak and your combat skills. Both can be combined to quickly and easily access certain loot chests in dungeons.
You usually only reach these with a group when you are currently running the respective dungeon. And then you have four other players contesting the loot with you.
Easy loot.
As a Rogue, you can simply sneak through the instance and to the next chest, which in many cases is only guarded by smaller groups or single enemies. Use your “Cooldowns” like Escape, Riposte, and Blind to take out the enemies and loot.
Theoretically, Druids could also use this trick. However, many chests are locked and require the skill to pick locks. Additionally, as a Rogue, you have the ability to “Vanishing,” which allows you to survive even when the fight doesn’t go well.
When is the trick worth it? Again, we recommend a minimum of level 35, preferably level 38 or higher, as from there you can fight without major issues, and with reasonably good equipment, two or three elite enemies.
If you know of instances where chests are located in easily cleared areas, lower levels can work as well.
Here a “break-in” is worth it: Even as a burglar, the Scarlet Monastery is your best bet, at least for lower levels. Especially in the graveyard, you will almost always find a chest in a spot guarded by either an elite enemy or a group of weaker enemies.
Here is usually a chest found, protected by only a single enemy. Otherwise, look exactly opposite in the area. If there’s no chest at either place, it is usually located in the crypt of Bloodmage Thalnos.
A second chest is located a bit earlier in the catacombs by Interrogator Vishas. However, there is also a group of four Scarlet Crusaders here, which are difficult to eliminate alone.
The chests contain useful items and equipment that can often be sold for almost one gold piece. Additionally, you have a chance in the graveyard to find rare enemies standing alone that will drop expensive loot.
Once you have looted the chests, you need to leave the instance and “reset all instances.” From that point on, you can simply repeat the trick.
As effective as these methods may be, they fit perfectly into the class fantasy of Rogues. Perhaps this is exactly what makes WoW Classic such a great fantasy world:
Borderlands 3 is full of Easter eggs and there is also a special quest related to Lord of the Rings waiting for you. In the mission “Demon in the Dark” you can replay a famous scene from the saga: the fight against the Balrog. And you will get a weapon as well.
This Easter egg is about: More and more small Easter eggs are being discovered in Borderlands 3 that remind of special movies or series – such as One Punch Man or Rick and Morty.
The YouTuber Arekkz found an Easter egg related to Lord of the Rings.
In this, you need to solve a quest that lets you fight against the Balrog. In the end, you will receive a weapon that reminds you of the trilogy.
Mission “Demon in the Dark” references Lord of the Rings
This scene is about: In the trilogy of “Lord of the Rings”, the protagonists explore the mines of Moria. Enemies lurk everywhere. Pippin then finds a skull and throws it into a well.
Then a horde of enemies becomes aware of the Fellowship and attacks.
Pippin throws the head into the well and attracts the enemies
After the enemies have been defeated, Balrog, a huge burning monster, appears.
Both scenes can be found in Borderlands 3 – albeit in a modified version. For in Borderlands 3, you also encounter Balrog and can obtain a special weapon after your victory over the monster.
You need to shove this skull into the well.
How to get the Lord of the Rings weapon
Here you can find the quest: The quest is called “Demon in the Dark”. You can find it on Pandora in the area of Konrad’s Hold. Look for an exclamation mark on the map, as this indicates the starting point. This Easter egg is indeed linked to a mission.
When you start the mission, you can open a large door. We recommend that you be somewhat practiced in combat, as you will need to defeat many enemies here.
Strong appearance.
To avoid causing any further spoilers for the mission, we will show you the video of the quest run here. If you prefer to experience it yourself, you should not watch it:
What kind of weapon do you get? You will receive the weapon “Burning Chomper” here. It also somewhat resembles Lord of the Rings, as you can shoot whips that remind of the whips of Balrog.
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In Destiny 2, the Guardians are on the trail of a creepy secret. In the new emblem, which one has to wait for at the moment, there is likely a message.
Which emblem are we talking about? At the beginning of September 2019, the community challenge on Mars ran for a few days. During this event, you were able to complete some tasks together as Guardians – which was not a problem for you – and earn exclusive rewards in Destiny 2.
Those who completed a Nightfall strike during the event will receive this emblem as a reward:
Where is the emblem? There is currently a small problem with this emblem – so far, no one has it in their possession. Guardians are currently waiting to see when and in what form they will receive it.
As community manager dmg04 reported yesterday, he has bad news regarding this: The delivery of the emblem has to be postponed to next week. The good news is: This is not a problem that requires an update. You will likely receive your well-deserved emblem next Tuesday, September 17th.
And what secret does the emblem hold?
This has been discovered: In the raidsecrets subreddit, where many Destiny secrets have been revealed in the past, the community event emblem was closely examined. Because if you look closely, you can see a pattern of fine lines on it.
Some Guardians suggested that these resemble a spectrogram – that is, a visual representation of the frequency spectrum of a signal. A clever Guardian then ran the pattern on the emblem through a program and actually discovered something. It generates an audio file in which a whisper can be heard.
And the whisper says: “I am in Trouble.”
You can listen to this audio file on Vocaroo, where the Guardian uploaded it.
On reddit, not all Guardians agree whether one actually hears “I am in Trouble” and whether this is really a secret or just some random noises.
However, the community manager dmg04 commented in the threads, writing: “Wait, what?”
This leads many Guardians to conclude: “His presence means that this is of significance!” Because this exaggerated feigned ignorance is a clear indication that the community is onto something.
And other Guardians just write “Creepy!” on this topic.
What is the whisper about?
Who is whispering? We do not know. Who is in trouble here and why this message is hidden on an emblem is purely speculative.
However, this is not the first time that Guardians have encountered creepy whisper messages in Destiny 2. Especially in areas where Cabal are present, Guardians have been hearing whispering voices murmuring “I saw what happened” for months now.
We have dealt extensively with this in this article:
The first player numbers for Borderlands 3 on PC are eliciting cheers from Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford. However, the PC launch was controversial. The shooter does not start on Steam. Critics of the Epic Game Store now feel provoked by Pitchford.
This is what Pitchford says: Last night at 1 AM German time, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford tweeted:
Fun fact: For PC, the data shows that the peak player count on launch day for Borderlands 3 was about twice as high as the all-time concurrent player count for Borderlands 2. WOW! You guys are awesome.
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Some PC players announced that they would boycott Borderlands 3 and wait six months until the game is available on Steam.
People accused the Epic Game Store of not offering enough features. Just in the last hours, it was mentioned that there are not even forums in the “EGS” to warn other Borderlands players about technical issues with the PC version.
Especially Pitchford as the frontman of Gearbox and Borderlands 3 has come under criticism: He has faced a lot of backlash for “betraying” PC players and “selling” the game.
The fact that Pitchford is now making statements about player numbers on PC means that the “boycott” calls against Borderlands 3 due to Epic haven’t had much effect.
The tweet shows Pitchford (left) and Creative Director Paul Sage (right) in good spirits.
Steam fans feel provoked
This is how people react: Many Twitter users perceive Pitchford’s statement as a biting allusion to the Epic Game Store and their protests. They believe Pitchford wanted to present himself as the winner of this older debate.
However, reactions are mixed:
A tweet says it is “childish and passive-aggressive” from Pitchford and that he could also become the US President.
Some don’t believe the numbers until they see them themselves – because unlike Steam, the numbers cannot be verified on Epic.
Some point out that the numbers would be even higher if Borderlands 3 were on Steam – after all, fans waited 7 years for Borderlands 3.
Some highlight technical problems: Gearbox needs to quickly deliver optimizations and patches.
Some Twitter users praise Borderlands 3 as a “work of art.”
How does co-op work in Borderlands 3? How do you start the split-screen mode on PS4 and Xbox One? Is there a vertical splitscreen? We have all the info.
Borderlands 3 is a co-op shooter that you can play together. But how does the co-op actually work?
How many players can play co-op? You can play with a total of 4 players. That’s as many co-op players as there are characters.
If you’re playing Borderlands 3 on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, you can even grab a second player within reach and pull them to the screen. Borderlands 3 actually offers a split-screen mode.
Is there split-screen for PC? No. You can only play on consoles with split screen.
Can I change the split screen to vertical? No, that is not possible.
The screen is automatically divided horizontally and each player can do whatever they want on their half of the screen – just like you would expect from split-screen titles.
This is what co-op looks like in split-screen.
How do I start the split-screen mode? Starting the split screen is easy.
Select “Play” in the menu.
Then select “Add Split-Screen”.
Then you have to confirm the “Split-Screen Join” with Player 2’s controller.
And it can start!
Do I have to buy the game twice for split-screen? No. It is enough if one of you owns Borderlands 3. The second split-screen player can then simply create a character via your game.
Progress in Co-op
How do we level up together in co-op? Everyone receives the same experience points. Just like in single-player, you can only use equipment that corresponds to your level.
The two co-op modes in Borderlands 3
You have the option to choose between two different modes, which also affect your progress.
COOPERATION: The enemies scale to your own level via a level sync and the loot is also individually for you.
With this mode, it is not a problem if your characters have a large level difference. Even vault hunters with a level difference of 20 or more can play together and see an appropriate threat in every enemy. Your progress is according to your levels.
If you don’t want that, you can choose the classic co-op mode of Borderlands 3.
COOPETITION: Level of enemies, loot and experience points are adjusted to the group leader. Loot is the same for everyone, and you can steal it from each other.
If you’re looking for the “original” Borderlands experience, you’ll obviously be fighting with your friends for the coolest weapons left by bosses. But if you prefer a little more peace and loot for yourself, you don’t have to play alone! There’s an option to set the loot to “personal”. In that case, each player gets their own loot, which only they can see and pick up. Arguments will thus belong to the past.
Communicating with Co-op Partners
“Mark Target” for quick communication: If you’re playing over the internet with others and currently don’t have a headset handy (or simply don’t want to use voice chat), you can communicate differently in Borderlands 3.
With the “Mark Target” function, it is possible to clearly mark enemies or certain objects. Other group members will then see a small symbol, so they immediately know what you wanted to draw attention to.
This “ping” system should be used actively to ensure a minimum level of communication. You can also do this through the emote function.
Crossplay between PS4, Xbox One and PC – Is that possible?
A player considered how difficult it actually is to kill the heroes of Overwatch . Because it’s not only important how much they can take, but also how big they are.
What are these values? The reddit user sdarwkcaB-ssA took the effort to look at which hero in Overwatch is actually more difficult to kill. To calculate that, he considered several factors such as:
the size of the hero (hitbox)
the amount of health points
the size of the head (critical hit zone)
the ratio of body to head
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The data for the hitboxes was taken from user Blue2180, who compiled the hit zones of all available heroes.
This is how the values are calculated: With all these values, sdarwkcaB-ssA calculated how long a hero would withstand fire. To do this, he determined two values: hit points per hitbox and hit points per critical hit zone.
Generally, this means that a hero is harder to kill the more hit points he can offer over a small area. From the data, sdarwkcaB-ssA created a chart that shows how difficult it is to kill a hero:
The blue bars represent hit points per hitbox, while the orange ones represent hit points per critical hit zone. The larger a bar, the harder it is to kill a hero.
Which hero is now how hard to kill?
These heroes are particularly hard to kill: What may stand out to you first is the size of the bars for Brigitte. These indicate that Brigitte is by far the hardest hero to kill, as she has significantly more hit points on a much smaller (critical) hitbox.
These heroes are particularly easy to kill: However, the table also shows that many tanks surprisingly have the lowest survival chances – with the exception of Zarya, who is the only one with more hit points per hitbox than Brigitte.
Although tanks all have significantly more hit points than other heroes, they also have a much larger hitbox. In comparison, the hamster Hammond has nearly 3 times larger hitbox than the healer Ana.
Tanks like Reinhardt and Roadhog have almost 5 times larger hit zones, while D.Va has even over 6 times larger. This is the reason why they are easier to take down according to the table.
How accurate are the values? Several factors make the calculation somewhat imprecise. On the one hand, the values for the hitboxes are not absolutely correct. Blue2180 calculated them from connected points and then matched them against Ana’s hitbox, which can contain natural rounding errors.
On the other hand, abilities, movement, and shields are not taken into account. The table shows values for heroes who are not moving and not defending. Since this is not realistic, they serve more as guidelines rather than for precise determinations.
The release of the 5th generation in Pokémon GO is getting closer and Niantic is teasing some Pokémon daily. They recently showcased Makabaja, which is a little surprise.
These are the teasers: In the past days, Niantic revealed the silhouettes of the starter Pokémon from the Unova region on Twitter. However, many trainers were already aware that these Pokémon would arrive with the release of the generation, as they had been shown previously in a short video.
But now the developers presented a completely unexpected Pokémon that they hadn’t shown anywhere before: Makabaja.
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This is what Niantic revealed: In line with the silhouette, they told the story surrounding Makabaja. It wears a mask with the face it had as a human.
Will Makabaja be available at release? While this is not confirmed, one can assume so. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for Niantic to showcase this Pokémon now.
Why is Makabaja surprising: This Pokémon would fit ideally into a Halloween event, as it is a Ghost type. Niantic has frequently released Ghost Pokémon for Halloween in the past. Last time it was the Ghosts from the 4th generation.
However, it now seems that Makabaja will come in the first wave. Many trainers find this surprising.
Makabaja and its evolution Echnatoll
How strong is Makabaja? Makabaja itself is not meta-relevant. However, it has the evolution Echnatoll, which is among the weirdest Pokémon of the 5th generation. Echnatoll reaches 2273 CP and has a strong defense value of 237. This could make it interesting in PvP, but it is likely to play no role in raids.
When does the 5th generation come? The first wave of the Unova region will be coming to the game this coming Monday, September 16th. It is part of the Ultra Bonus.
To ensure you are well-prepared for the release, we present you the best Pokémon from the 5th generation:
Today, on September 14th, the vendor reset took place in The Division 2. Which items are particularly worthwhile this week, and what are the best deals?
What’s new in The Division 2? A few days ago, the developers finally talked about the upcoming loot and gear changes that are supposed to come with the fall update in October.
In short: You will have a more targeted approach to loot and get more combination options for builds.
You can already start looking for items with strong rolls to use in your builds in the future.
One way to get strong loot in The Division 2 is through the vendors, who change their inventory weekly. Unfortunately, not this week – absolute “must-haves” are not available. Nevertheless, we showcase the best deals of the week, which come with solid stats and can help you.
Get these items
These are the good items this week:
Airaldi Holdings Backpack with +370 skill power and +27% skill haste. This item is available at the vendor in the White House. Additionally, the backpack comes with the talent “Technician’s Assistance,” which grants you +25% skill damage for 10 seconds when you achieve kills while active skills. Therefore, it is a solid item for skill builds. The stats are decent. On top of that, it brings the talent “Unyielding,” which gives +10% damage against elites and is among the best talents for PvE.
Mask from China Light Industries with +31% damage to elites and +6% skill power. The mask is also available in the White House.
Mask from Wyvern Wear with +224 skill power, +14% skill haste, and the talent “Empowered,” which grants +10% skill power. The item can be found at the level-30 clan vendor. The stats are average, but it’s suitable for a good entry for a skill build. Skill builds are currently quite popular.
Chest Piece from Gila Guard is available in the Campus Settlement. The item comes with +14,200 armor, +6% weapon damage, and +356 skill power. The talent is “Unbreakable”: When armor is destroyed, 70% of the maximum armor is repaired and using a repair kit within the next 7 seconds does not consume the repair kit.
Gloves from Murakami Industries at the Dark Zone East vendor. These have the talent “Compensated,” which increases weapon damage by 15% with a low chance of critical hits (below 20%). You can transfer this talent to better rolled gloves.
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What about Cassie?The secret vendor Cassie has her reset at different times. With Title Update 4, there was a change, so she is updated only at night from Saturday to Sunday. We will probably embed a video of her here on Sunday morning – should we forget, you will probably find it on the German-speaking YouTube channel ue40zocken. Update: Here is one from Afflicted Gamer:
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In Borderlands 3 there are several things to consider for players who are new to the franchise, but also for veterans – some things have changed. Our author Leya has compiled 15 tips and tricks for the loot shooter as a quick beginner’s guide for you.
Although the loot shooter has just launched, I was able to thoroughly explore the crazy sci-fi western for the MeinMMO test of Borderlands 3.
Who are these tips for? For everyone who is just starting out in Borderlands 3. Here you will find some useful beginner tips and information that can easily be forgotten or are sometimes not clearly explained during gameplay.
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1. Decide wisely how you want to play co-op
Right at the start of the game, you need to decide what conditions you want for group play.
You have the choice between two modes:
COOPERATION – Loot found is only for you and unique. No one can take loot from you. There is level sync and you can play with different levels. The enemies are adjusted to your level.
COOPETITION – These are the classic Borderlands rules, where you all get the same loot in the group. That means you have to agree in advance on who gets what or steal at all costs! There is no level sync here. This means the enemies are at the level of the group leader.
Can I change the co-op mode? The co-op settings can be adjusted at any time in the start screen. On the right in the group menu next to your character are the options. (Thanks to our reader BigFlash88 for this tip.)
You can only choose how you want to play co-op at the beginning of the game.
2. Keep a few weak enemies alive
Why not just kill everything right away? In Borderlands, you don’t die immediately when your health hits zero. You go down and can fight for survival.
If you manage to kill an enemy within a certain time window, you get a second chance and can continue fighting. In the chaos of battle, it can sometimes be difficult to remember to leave a few weak enemies alive – but do try it. It might just save your ass.
Boss enemies like Mouthpiece are not suitable for survival fights.
3. Use the Lost Loot Machine
What is this machine? It’s a machine from which you can retrieve high-quality loot that you may have overlooked during a mission. Just check here after each mission to see if you left behind a cool legendary weapon – the Lost Loot Machine will spit it out!
I would have missed a lot of loot without this handy machine.
Where is the machine located? Once you reach a certain point in the story, you gain access to your home base “Sanctuary”. On the map, all important points of Sanctuary will be displayed when you are in the base.
Get familiar with the Sanctuary map in general.
What else should be noted about the machine? The machine has limited space for loot. Therefore, you should regularly empty it. You can give the Lost Loot Machine an SDU upgrade.
4. Weapons with damage against shields are worth it
Why are shield-damaging weapons good? Many enemies have a shield that you must penetrate first before you can attack their health. Shields are represented by a blue bar.
If you use weapons that deal extra damage to shields, these can even be lower level than the enemies and still be effective. Once you take down the shield, you can switch to another weapon.
In the menu, it is possible to mark your weapons and other items as junk or favorites.
The advantages are: If you mark them as junk, you can sell them to vendors at the same time. If you mark them as a favorite, you won’t accidentally sell them to the vendor and can keep them safely in your inventory.
Extra tip for weapons: You can paint your weapons! Visit Crazy Earl in the home base and get a cool weapon skin. Here we explain to you how to apply weapon skins and equip trinkets.
What do you think of the confetti look?
6. You can fast travel from anywhere
What is taken for granted in other games is actually a novelty in Borderlands 3 – there is fast travel from anywhere! Previously, this was only possible at certain stations in the game.
How to use fast travel: There are individual stations that will be displayed on your map. When you hover over them with the cursor, it will display whether you can use fast travel there.
Especially practical: What I ignored for a long time is fast traveling directly into the vehicle. You can target the car’s white symbol on the map and travel DIRECTLY INTO your vehicle and then drive away from there.
I eventually left my vehicle parked in clever places that I wanted to return to. You get the vehicles as usual from the “Catch-A-Ride” station, which you are automatically guided to relatively early in the main quest.
Your vehicle will be displayed on the map. With fast travel, you can get back in your vehicle from anywhere.
7. There is a practical build planner
Here you can plan your build: On the official Borderlands website, you will find a super practical way to plan your skill trees for the classes – the linked article takes you to the planner.
You can fill in the build for each of the four characters here and experiment with it before you finally allocate your points.
If you are dissatisfied with your build in practice or simply want something different, there is a simple solution.
How to reset points in the skill tree: There is a machine in your base, the Quick Change Station, where you can edit your character. This station is mainly for cosmetic purposes. Here’s what the station looks like:
The Quick Change Station is primarily intended for cosmetics
However, you also have the option to redistribute your skill points. You don’t have to start a new character every time you want to try a new build.
The redistribution of points does cost a few dollars, but it won’t hurt.
By the way, if you do want to start a new character, there is unfortunately no way to skip the intro.
At the bottom of the Quick Change Station you can redistribute your skill points.
9. The side quests are better than ever – Do them
Why are side missions worth it? If you strictly follow the main mission, you’ll miss out on some of the coolest quests. The side missions in Borderlands 3 are much more extensive than they used to be. There is more love in the details of the quests, and they can even take longer than the main quests.
I don’t want to reveal too much about the content here…
What the dinosaur is about, you will only find out through a side quest.
Another advantage of side quests: Completing side missions gives you extra loot and more experience points, of course. Even if you just want to play the main story, pick up a few side quests here and there. This way, the main quest won’t feel too tedious due to chronic “under-leveling”.
10. Increase your maximum ammo
Where can ammo get an upgrade? At the weapon dealer you trust – Marcus. In your home base, Sanctuary, you will find “Marcus’ SDU Counter”. Here you can increase the capacity of your ammo, as well as your backpack, grenades, and player bank, for money.
It is actually obvious that you should do this. It only brings advantages. Nevertheless, one tends to forget these strong upgrades as well.
In Borderlands 3, the upgrades cost dollars and no Eridium anymore, as in previous games.
Here you can choose a weapon type and increase the capacity of your ammo.
11. Tip Mad Moxxi!
Who is Mad Moxxi? This lady is a staple in the Borderlands series and is the head of the saloon in your home base. She has driven many a man (and probably also woman) insane.
Why should you tip her? On her counter, you’ll find a jar with a sign “Insert your Tip” – Here, you can give the lady either 100 dollars or 1,000 dollars.
At least in Borderlands 2, there is an Easter egg where you get a vibrator as a gift from Mad Moxxi. She gives you a weapon that makes your controller vibrate.
You just have to throw a bunch of money into the jar, and eventually, she’ll give you a special weapon that has a sexual innuendo. You’ll find the weapon in your mailbox afterward.
This lady deserves a tip; without her bar, Sanctuary wouldn’t be the same.
12. Choose the right elemental damage in combat
What does elemental damage mean for Borderlands? Enemies and weapons are assigned to different elements. Some elements “win” against others in the “rock-paper-scissors” principle. You should know which element you need to use with your weapons to be effective against a specific enemy.
These elements exist:
Fire
Shock
Corrosion
Cryo
Radiation
Weapons can deal a certain elemental damage – learn which damage is good against which enemies.
Here’s how the elements work:
Fire is effective against flesh – enemies have a red health bar
Shock is effective against shields – enemies have a blue health bar
Corrosion is effective against armor – enemies have a yellow health bar
Cryo and Radiation work differently: These two elements are not specifically effective against a certain enemy type.
Cryo can slow enemies down and gradually freeze them. You can keep enemies at bay this way.
Radiation creates a toxic cloud once the enemies reach the “radiated” status. The cloud also affects surrounding enemies. When a radiated enemy dies, it triggers an explosion that can radiate other surrounding enemies again. Radiation is good against crowds.
There are also weapons that can switch between elements and different fire modes.
13. Use different weapon types
Why is this important? Borderlands 3 sometimes makes your life difficult by running out of ammunition and you can’t get new ones quickly. It’s advantageous to have different weapon types with various ammo on hand, so you’re not left empty-handed. The same applies to elements, so best to have various elemental weapons too.
Even though I particularly like snipers, I always have different weapons in Borderlands to avoid ammo issues.
14. Farming Eridium: Here’s how
Eridiumis an important currency in Borderlands 3, with which you can purchase cosmetics and especially good gear.
How to get Eridium in the early game:
by opening crates, lockers, toilets, and everything you can open
by looking for challenges on the map that have Eridium as a reward
How to get Eridium from mid-game:
mine Eridium crystals with the melee weapon you receive in chapter 10. The complete guide is here:
What is the problem here? On PC, Borderlands 3 is still struggling with technical difficulties. The cutscenes cause problems on ultrawide monitors as the DX12 path does not work correctly. So reports pcgameshardware.
This causes long loading times, frame drops, or even crashes in the game. Therefore, this interface is not recommended. Nevertheless, this path is offered, and users who activate the API encounter problems.
What you can do about DirectX 12 problems in Borderlands 3:
Locate the path C:UsersUSERNAMEDocumentsMy gamesBorderlands 3SavedConfigWindowsNoEditor
Open GameUserSettings.ini in a text editor
Change the line PreferredGraphicsAPI=DX12 to PreferredGraphicsAPI=DX11
This is said to help according to user reports.
DX12 seems to cause as many problems on PC as this psycho has right now.
16. Change the language in Borderlands 3: Here’s how
For the loot shooter, there is no direct language selection, so you’ll have to pull a trick.
How to set Borderlands 3 to English:
Go to “Settings” in the Epic Game Store found at the bottom left
Click on “Manage Games” at the bottom
Open Borderlands 3 here
Check “Additional Command Line Arguments”
Here you can now enter a code to change the language for the game:
English: -culture=en
German: -culture=de
However, the language will only be changed as a whole package. You cannot set English audio and German text separately.
Don’t know which class to play? Then check this out:
Fortnite added the new Rift Zone Greasy Grove, but with a dance requirement. A player found a glitch to bypass the dancing. We show you what it looks like.
What is this dance requirement? The Update 10.30 brought Greasy Grove back, but with a twist. Greasy Grove is no longer home to the Durr-Burger, but to Guaco.
When entering the city, a message appears: “Welcome to Greasy Grove! It’s Taco Time!” About every minute, an event starts where it rains tacos. All players in the zone must then dance and cannot resist. During the dance requirement, no one can shoot or build.
This is how a player cleverly bypasses this rule: It didn’t take long for a player to find a way to skip the dance requirement. Players in Tilted Town also quickly found a way to bypass the building prohibition.
On Reddit, the player ThatOneWooper shared a video of how he managed to avoid dancing during Taco Time.
He uses a launch pad to bypass the dancing. All other players, however, are trapped in the dance phase and cannot resist.
Here is the video:
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Although you cannot shoot with this glitch, you gain an unfair advantage by building. We advise against using this exploit and hope that Epic Games will soon provide hotfixes.
What does the community think of the dance requirement? On Twitter, there are some reactions from the community. A few players think it’s great, and they write:
“I think it’s cool that they bring change to the game. I think that’s what players need to understand.”
“Best update so far.”
Other players do not think it’s that great:
“The dance requirement is frustrating, but I understand that every Rift Zone should have something special.”
“Please remove the Rift Zones from competitive play!”
Here a streamer cheated and immediately received his punishment:
You don’t know which character is the best for Borderlands 3 to play solo? We recommend FL4K, the Beastmaster class. And we have some tips on which two solo builds are suitable for FL4K and how you can skill them. Both for your campaign and for the endgame at Mayhem 3.
What class is FL4K? The sarcastic android is a so-called “Beastmaster” and has three pets available. The pets are part of his talent tree and can be switched at any time. The active pet is always present and is not summoned.
A lead developer told us why FL4K is perfect for solo play: At gamescom 2019, I spoke with Paul Sage, the creative head of Borderlands 3. I asked him if he could give me a build tip for FL4K, as I was already totally smitten with the Beastmaster at that time:
FL4K has great survivability skills, as FL4K’s animals can revive him in “Fight for your Life” mode. He also has constant health regeneration. FL4K is great for players who want many skills that make their character live longer and play him as a tank.
Paul Sage about Solo-FL4K to MeinMMO
FL4K solo build for the campaign
What is this FL4K build suitable for? It is a good all-round build for leveling and tanking alone. This way you are very resilient solo, as this build is primarily focused on survival, providing a lot of health and distracting damage from you.
The necessary talent trees
FL4K always has a companion with him to assist you.
With these skill trees, FL4K becomes a reliable tank: Following the advice of creative head Paul Sage, I play FL4K alone as a super tank.
Particularly suitable is a combination of these skill trees:
Master
Hunter
Here are especially many skills with which you can make yourself nearly immortal. The skill point distribution for FL4K and these skill trees can look like this, for example:
Master Tree
Hunter Tree
This skill is particularly suitable for solo players: Lick your wounds.
In the Hunter tree, you will find the skill. If you go down, your pet will try to help you back up in the fight for survival. This skill is a great substitute if you don’t have a co-op partner to revive you.
The suitable action skill: Gamma Burst
What are action skills? These are the skills that each character can change at will. They are located at the top of the talent tree and can be switched independently of the other skill points.
What does Gamma Burst do?
With this skill, FL4K teleports his active pet to the point you aim at.
Simultaneously, the pet deals radiation damage to enemies nearby. Through radiation, the enemies receive damage over time.
The pet itself becomes irradiated and grows to a significant size, causing even more radiation damage.
If your pet is down or dead, it will be revived immediately by using Gamma Burst, with reduced health.
Gamma Burst is an ideal action skill for solo players
Why is Gamma Burst suitable for solo players? You can teleport your pet to a specific enemy, keeping it away from you. Through radiation damage, enemies can also be irradiated, which is great for crowd control, as they all take damage over time.
These pets are particularly good for solo play
Skag: Combining Gamma Burst with the Skag makes its melee attacks a practical companion. The Skag also increases your damage, which is a good balance if you are focusing on survivability skills in the build.
Spiderant: I also had good solo experiences with the Spiderant, as it constantly regenerates your health. That’s very handy when you’re having trouble surviving against certain enemies.
Another advantage of the Skag: When you interact with it, it jumps like a happy puppy – very cute!
This is how I play FL4K solo
With the Beastmaster, I like to stay behind the shooting line and send my pets ahead. If an enemy annoys me particularly, I immediately unleash my loyal companion on it!
As you can see from the build I presented above, I focus completely on survival. Since I played the main campaign for the MeinMMO review of Borderlands 3 particularly quickly, I was sometimes “under-leveled” – but I had good counterplay against the enemies. So if you mainly want to play the campaign, you will do quite well with this.
Quickly, the sniper became my favorite weapon class for this build since it allows me to stay particularly well behind the shooting line. However, there are also some crit damage improvements in FL4K’s talents that would make a sniper even more effective than I am using the build.
If you still wish to pursue FL4K after the campaign, we will now present you with another build.
FL4K Crit Build for Endgame
What is this FL4K build suitable for? This build is primarily designed for Mayhem 3. With it, maximum damage in a short time is possible. Exactly what you need against bosses in the endgame of Borderlands 3.
The skill trees for the build
With these talent trees, FL4K deals substantial damage: The build presented here focuses on the action skill “Fade Away” and your critical hit damage (crit). To skill it, you need talents from all trees:
Hunter
Sniper
Master
To extract the maximum damage from FL4K, this skill distribution would be recommended:
Hunter Tree
Sniper Tree
Master Tree
The suitable action skill: Fade Away
Of course, you need an action skill for this build as well. You should choose “Fade Away” and add two action skill upgrades, which we will discuss later.
What does “Fade Away” offer you?
You become invisible
You fire 3 shots simultaneously
Your shots are automatically critical hits
Your movement speed and health regeneration are increased
Action Skill Fade Away
These action skill upgrades you should use: As the first upgrade for your action skill, you should choose “Guerillas in the Mist”. This keeps your invisibility even after attacking. This skill gives you 25% more critical hit damage for 6 seconds.
Additionally, you should equip “Cold Stare.” With this action skill upgrade, you further increase FL4K’s critical damage when attacking the same target.
Action Skill Upgrade Cold Stare
This is the best pet for this build: Since the build is focused on maximizing critical damage, the Weaponized Jabber is the best choice. With this cute little creature, you get a boost to your critical hit damage.
What makes the FL4K Crit Build special
This is how talents and action skills work together: With this skill distribution, you focus on maximum damage during your action skill. In invisibility, you deal 30% more damage from the start. This comes from the talent “Hidden Machine”. Your enemy has almost no target if they cannot see you – clever, right?
Additionally, each shot is a critical hit when “Fade Away” is active. With your talents, you can have a high critical hit damage bonus equipped. This way, you can literally watch the enemies’ health bar shrink during Fade Away.
These weapons give you an additional advantage: If you equip weapons from the brand Jakobs, you can take down bosses even faster. This brand is one of a total of 9 weapon manufacturers in Borderlands 3. It has the peculiarity of refilling your magazine on critical hits. Additionally, Jakobs weapons have a chance to ricochet.
And now have fun melting bosses!
If you have good tips for a solo build, let us know in the comments!
About the system with VIP points and Shift codes, cool skins for Borderlands 3 are waiting for you. How to become a VIP, find the Shift codes to redeem, and how it all actually works, we explain here.
It’s time, the release of Borderlands 3 has started. In true Gearbox fashion, you can get great rewards like skins and weapons for free. It’s really simple and can be done in just 15 minutes through the Borderlands VIP point system. This abbreviation stands for Vault Insider Program and is meant to get you really excited about the loot shooter and its crazy weapons.
Collecting Points as a Borderlands VIP
What is Insider VIP? It is a system where you can earn points to receive cool rewards. You can earn these points through advertisements and Shift codes, for example. We explain where to find these codes further down in the article.
How do I sign up for VIP? To become a member of this point system, you need to create a Shift account. You can do this easily via the Borderlands homepage itself.
Hunter Moze’s Miaunz head and Siren Amara’s redhead Source: Borderlands.com
If you click the login button, you can quickly create an account; it’s all free. Once you have verified your age, you can view your profile.
By registering, you have already unlocked the welcome package. Here you can get rare grenade and shield mods as well as cosmetics for your weapon.
Why do I need a Shift account? You need the Shift account to receive the rewards in-game. And it’s worth it, because through this you can get many golden keys in Borderlands 3 for extra loot.
Here’s how to secure your first golden keys for Borderlands 3 on release day using Shift codes:
How do I redeem the VIP codes? To redeem your codes, you need to go to the Borderlands homepage and go to Insider or Shift and select “Redeem Code” there.
Here you will see various options and need to select what type of code you want to enter. Most of them will be vault codes or email codes.
Make sure to try older codes as well; most are valid for a week or longer!
Shift codes for golden keys.On this page you can also enter the Shift codes. For these codes, you get golden keys in Borderlands 3 and earlier titles. However, these Shift codes can also be entered at the start screen of the games.
Where can I see my points and possible rewards? You can see your points on your profile. For this, go to Insider or Shift and then to Profile. After viewing your points, you can quickly continue to the rewards for your VIP points. There are head skins, clothing skins, and wallpapers for Borderlands 3 to snag.
Zane’s “Conventional Reppin” skin and VIP Oni head Source: Borderlands.com
Are there more rewards to grab? For more rewards, you can also spin the Wummenator once per VIP season. There you can get random weapons for Borderlands 3 and earlier titles.
Additionally, there is a Borderlands 3 bonus for which you need to collect at least 8 VIP weapons. If you accomplish that, you will receive a special legendary Maliwan weapon for Borderlands 3.
Of course, in addition to the VIP points, there is also the possibility to obtain the skins of the deluxe versions of Borderlands 3, but those cost money.
Here are some tips and tricks for Borderlands 3 that are especially useful for beginners:
Today Xur arrives in Destiny 2 . Where is Xur and what items does he have for sale? You will find out his location and inventory on September 13, 2019, right here.
What’s new in Destiny 2? Last night from Thursday to Friday, Bungie shared some information about the distant and near future of Destiny 2.
The roadmap for the entire Season 8 is now known. It outlines events like the Festival of the Lost as well as the start dates for raids, exotic quests, and other activities. This plan runs until the end of November.
And today, on Friday the 13th, Xur arrives. Let’s see if the Agent of the Nine brings misfortune upon us or finally the exotic that is still missing from your collection.
Xur on September 13, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, PC
Let’s welcome Xur together.
The Xur Time in Destiny 2
When does Xur arrive? The tentacle face appears on Fridays at 7 PM. He spends a few pleasant days with the Guardians – hoping to sell them his stuff. On Tuesday, September 17, Xur packs his things and disappears again.
Location of Xur – His Location
Where is Xur? Xur is located this time on Titan. Fly to the Rig and visit him at this location:
Xur’s location on Titan
Xur’s Inventory – Overview of Exotics
Weapon:Kaltherz – Submachine gun for 29 Legendary Shards
Some of the old exotics from Year 1 will be revamped and buffed with Shadowkeep, by the way. To find out which weapons you can snag in your vault or which exotics you should quickly grab at Xur, click here:
Before release, some fans feared that the development of other Blizzard games would suffer due to WoW Classic. Other games are indeed suffering now, but curiously, for entirely different reasons.
What is Factorio? Factorio is a construction strategy game from the indie developer Wube Software. In the simulation, you build your own factory on a planet and ensure that you can continue to evolve and expand everything.
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Factorio is currently in Early Access on Steam and is continuously being developed. The reviews are “extremely positive” (98% positive based on over 43,000 reviews). Mods from players are also particularly popular.
This is how the development of Factorio is being slowed down: The studio currently has the problem that they are lacking developers. Since the release of WoW Classic, some team members have taken leave.
In a post on Steam, the remaining developers explained that the vacationers have taken time off to dive back into Azeroth. Unfortunately, this is a very inconvenient time, as new bugs are emerging all the time.
A particular bug involves signals that regulate the rail network in Factorio and are responsible for distributing raw materials. Unfortunately, that specific bug cannot be fixed right now:
We want to fix these bugs before a new (stable) release appears. But it turns out that the only person with the skills to fix these specific signal bugs is currently busy leveling their priest…
Errors that the studio can fix without the help of the vacationers are already being addressed. The next release will be postponed until everything is finished.
The allure of WoW Classic
What do people actually find so appealing? WoW Classic has managed to bring back many veterans from “back in the day” since its release. The new old game mainly attracts with its role-playing factor. Cortyn aptly described it as: Classic is the better fantasy world, but Retail is the better game.
Classic seems to appeal to MMORPG fans so well that even Retail players had to say: “We were wrong, Classic is really good.” And it seems that this applies not only to WoW players but also to Factorio developers. And also to some mayors:
In this free kick tutorial for FIFA 20, we show you how to shoot the new free kicks into the goal. You can immediately replicate and practice the aiming tips. Because free kicks with top spin, side spin, and knuckleball require training. We also provide the top free kick takers.
What’s new with free kicks in FIFA 20? Standard situations such as free kicks are executed significantly differently in FIFA 20 than in FIFA 19. FIFA veterans will need to relearn for the new season if they want to continue scoring dangerous free kicks.
From now on, you will be presented with a target aid in the form of a white circle for free kicks, which you can use to determine where the shot should go. Additionally, the right stick can be used to set whether and what spin you want to give the ball. There are different spin animations that influence the trajectory of the ball.
How do free kicks work in FIFA 20? Free kicks now basically consist of 6 sub-steps.
This is how you shoot free kicks in FIFA 20:
Choose free kick takers
Determine run-up
Aim with the white circle (indicator) and determine direction and height
Charge shot power
Define spin with the right stick during the run-up
If you want, you can also do a timed finishing.
In the video by bPartGaming, these steps are demonstrated in motion, and we will explain them in detail below and cover the spins:
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Tips on how to aim and practice free kicks in FIFA 20
Step 1 – This is how to choose the free kick taker: Press the R2 or RT button during the free kick and select a player who has good attributes for shot power, free kick accuracy, and curve. Also, pay attention to whether they are left-footed or right-footed.
Step 2 – This is how to determine the run-up: In FIFA 19, you had the freedom to position your players however you wanted. In FIFA 20, however, there are only three fixed run-up positions: normal, straight, and diagonal from the side. You change the position by moving the right stick left or right.
Step 3 – Aiming: With a white circle (the indicator), you determine where the ball should fly. You move the indicator with the left stick. Without spin, the ball will fly directly where you aim. If you want to give the ball spin, you must set the indicator significantly next to the goal so that the ball curves nicely into it. Where you need to aim for a spin free kick depends on many factors, such as the free kick position, strong foot, and player stats:
The ball should curve into the goal. Therefore, you aim to the left of the goal
Step 4 – Charge shot power: Now charge the shot power by holding the shoot button for a short while. You can see the shot power gauge at the bottom left, just over 2 bars is often enough:
Keep in mind: The more power you charge, the greater the spread. This means that accuracy decreases and it becomes less likely that the ball will land where you want it to. The spread is shown with a gray, transparent field around the white indicator:
The longer you hold the shoot button and the stronger the shot, the greater the spread
In earlier FIFA editions, you determined how high the ball flies with a high shot power. This is no longer the case in FIFA 20. You set the height with the indicator.
Step 5 – Select spin: After the shot power is selected, the player runs up. Now you can also give the ball some spin by moving the right stick in certain ways (see below). You must ensure that you execute the movements cleanly and quickly.
For the top spin, for example, you move the stick down and then up. If you drift a little to the left or right, the top spin will not be executed well. Also, you don’t have much time to input the spin movements. And the faster you do it, the more spin the ball will have.
How well you executed the spin input can be seen afterwards in the indicator. A white arrow will be displayed that indicates the direction in which the ball is spinning:
Step 6 – Timed Finishing (Optional): If you play with the “Timed Finishing”, you can increase your chances of a successful free kick. Press the shoot button again when the gauge is in the green area or when the ball contact is about to occur. This tightens the spread, and the white field around the indicator becomes smaller:
If everything fits together, you can rejoice in a free kick goal and perform one of the new FIFA 20 celebrations.
What you need to know about spins – Top Spin, Side Spin, Knuckleball
These are the spins in FIFA 20:
Top Spin
Side Spin
Mixed
Knuckleball
In this graphic, you can see how to execute the spin variants with the right stick:
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZGIWof5PnZ9OJ4Rgph
Tips from bPartGaming:
For the top spin, you can aim above the goal with the indicator, as the ball drops quickly and sharply. Use a normal or straight run-up.
You can not only spin the side spin to the right as shown in the above GIF, but also to the left (best with a left-footed player). Place the indicator accordingly to the right or left of the goal (as in the above example images). Use a normal or diagonal run-up.
The side spin also works with the outside of the foot by choosing the straight run-up and spinning the stick to the right, for example, with a left-footed player.
For the knuckleball, you must move the stick quickly down, up, and back down without deviating to the left or right. Aim precisely with the indicator where you want the ball to go. Choose a normal or a straight run-up.
The spin free kicks are more effective than non-spin free kicks. Additionally, they provide a dangerous chance on goal, even if the opponent jumps high in the wall.
Shooting flat free kicks: For this, you only need to aim flat with the indicator.
Power free kick: The power free kick is still possible. To do this, hold L1 while shooting and aim directly at the goal. It cannot be combined with spin variants.
Messi has the best standard card and is a top free kick taker
The players with the highest free kick accuracy: Free kick takers need to combine certain values to reliably score free kick goals, such as shot power, curve, and especially free kick accuracy. The latter value is highest for these players in FIFA 20:
Zenimax has presented the next DLC of the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online. What can you expect from “Dragonhold” and what do the players think about it?
What does Dragonhold offer? The story leads you this time to southern Elsweyr, which has become a lawless region full of slavers, pirates, and brigands after a plague. Now the freed dragons are spreading in this region.
You explore the vast area of southern Elsweyr, where you will also explore more dungeons, complete quests, and participate in dragon hunts. You will once again work with the Redguard swordmaster Sai Sahan.
Dragonhold represents the finale of the great story surrounding the dragons, which began with the DLC Wrathstone and extended through the add-on Elsweyr and the DLC Scalebreaker.
The finale is approaching
What else does Dragonhold bring? Simultaneously with the paid DLC, the free Update 24 is also being released. Many ESO fans are already looking forward to this, as it brings the first performance improvements for the MMORPG. These include a revision of memory management, the first phase of adjustments to combat abilities, and an overhaul of group searching.
Additionally, the update introduces Twitch Drops for console players. If you play ESO on Xbox One or PlayStation 4, you can earn Twitch Drops by watching ESO streams.
When does it start? The first players can try the DLC starting on Monday, September 16 on the PTS, the Public Test Server. However, this is only available for the PC version of the MMORPG!
It is still an unfinished version. The testers are supposed to provide feedback on what needs to be changed and optimized.
How to participate: We explain how you can use the PTS.
In the launcher of the PC version of ESO, click the gear icon at the top.
Now check the box for “Show Public Test Server.”
This server will now be downloaded and will appear in your launcher.
Simply select the PTS if you want to play on it and try the DLC Dragonhold starting Monday.
When will Dragonhold be officially released? Currently, there is no final release date for the DLC and the update. However, it is expected to be this year.
Anticipation is high
What do the fans think about Dragonhold? Many are looking forward to finding out how the story surrounding the dragons ends. Perhaps the DLC will also provide a small hint of what is coming next. Players hope for this.
However, there is also some criticism. Namely, that the entire story, which has stretched over the year 2019, has been paid. This time the story was not told in the add-on, as it was with Summerset, while the DLCs offered standalone stories. Those who want to experience the complete story surrounding the dragons must purchase the DLCs in addition to Elsweyr or be a subscriber of ESO Plus.
Therefore, some in the ESO community hope that the next story will conclude again with the add-on.
On Wednesday, the new patch 9.18 for Teamfight Tactics was released, and since then, there has been much discussion about the meta. This time, several builds have qualified for the top.
Who currently dominates the meta? Currently, there are three factions fighting for the top of the meta:
Void creatures + Assassins
Rangers + Ice beings
Shape-shifters
However, knights have also sneaked into many combos, which were strengthened with patch 9.18. Additionally, there’s an item called the Swordbreaker that has become useful for rangers since the buff.
About the list: This tier list comes from personal experiences, initial discussions on the TFT Reddit, and watched streams. It makes no claim to completeness, and the order was chosen randomly.
Comments and personal experiences are welcome!
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Assassins, Void Creatures, Ninja
What does the combo consist of? The first combo we want to present is quite easy to create. It uses the true damage of the void creatures and the damage of the assassins.
Kassadin – Void Creature/Mage + Assassin via Youmuu’s
Kha’Zix – Void Creature/Assassin
Zed – Ninja/Assassin
Evelynn – Demon/Assassin
Pyke – Pirate/Assassin
Rengar – Wild/Assassin
What synergies does it have? The combo relies on the bonuses from:
3x Void Creature
6x Assassin
1x Ninja
What makes it so strong? The combo effectively utilizes true damage, has strong assassins in the team, and is also very easy to obtain. You only need 7 champions, resulting in a significantly lower level than many other endgame combos.
Moreover, the meta is currently a bit slower with knights and shape-shifters, so effective burst plays an important role. Additionally, equip Kassadin with items that increase damage and attack speed. Alternatively, Rengar is also a good carry.
The team can be supplemented with more assassins, a demon for Evelynn, Rek’Sai for a bit of defense, or Warwick for buffs from Rengar and Cho’Gath.
Shape-shifters, Demons, Dragons, Protectors
What does the combo consist of? Shape-shifters have been part of the meta since patch 9.16, and even the latest patch does not remove them.
You need the following:
Jayce – Hextech/Shape-shifter
Nidalee – Wild/Shape-shifter
Gnar – Wild/Shape-shifter/Yordle
Swain – Shape-shifter/Imperial/Demon
Elise – Shape-shifter/Demon
Shyvanna – Shape-shifter/Dragon
Pantheon – Dragon/Protector
Leona – Noble/Protector
What synergies does it have? The combo relies on the bonuses from:
6x Shape-shifter
2x Demon
2x Wild
2x Dragon
2x Protector
What makes it so strong? The shape-shifters are defensive and can take a lot of damage. Combined with the still strong Pantheon and the protector bonus, they become almost invincible.
Moreover, the demon bonus can sometimes turn the game around when it steals mana from the right champions.
The combo is also very easy to build and modify. In the early game, you only need Elise, Jayce, and Nidalee for the shape-shifter bonus. Until you get Gnar, you can keep Warwick for the wild bonus and temporarily use Vi or Jinx for the hextech bonus.
Wild, Dragons, Shape-shifters, Mages
What does the combo consist of? The combo relies on the new 4-unit Wild bonus that was enhanced by patch 9.18. Attacks become unblockable. Due to the faster attacks, the Mages also gain mana quickly.
Used are:
Gnar – Wild/Shape-shifter + Mage via Yuumi
Nidalee – Wild/Shape-shifter
Ahri – Wild/Mage
Rengar – Wild/Assassin
Shyvanna – Dragon/Shape-shifter
Aurelion Sol – Dragon/Mage
What synergies does it have? The combo relies on the bonuses from:
4x Wild
3x Shape-shifter
3x Mage
2x Dragon
What makes it so strong? For the entire late-game combo, you only need six champions, and none of them are legendary. By giving Gnar the item Yuumi, he additionally benefits from the mana bonus.
The combo can be easily supplemented with more champions, thus enhancing it further:
Pantheon + Leona for Protector bonus + an additional Dragon
Sejuani + Poppy for Knight bonus
Kennen and Veigar for Yordle bonus + Yuumi is not necessarily required
Rangers, Ice beings, Phantom, Knights
What does the combo consist of? The combo relies on the Rangers, who have been in the meta for many patches now. They also benefit from the Ice being and the Knight buff.
You need the following:
Mordekaiser – Phantom/Knight
Sejuani – Ice being/Knight
Ashe – Ice being/Ranger
Kindred – Phantom/Ranger
Varus – Demon/Ranger
Vayne – Noble/Ranger
What synergies does it have? The combo relies on the bonuses from:
4x Ranger
2x Phantom
2x Ice being
What makes it so strong? Rangers make the health points of opponents melt away, and the Phantom buff helps to take out the first enemy immediately.
Ashe is a strong carry and requires the appropriate items. It’s new that Swordbreaker has become useful due to the patch. So now one builds Ashe with attack speed and a Swordbreaker.
At the same time, the team has CC with the Ice beings and Sejuani. This CC can be increased with the addition of other champions:
Braum + Leona for the Protector bonus and CC
Braum + Anivia for the 4x Ice being bonus and thus CC
Poppy + Garen for the 4x Knight bonus and thus more defense
Imperial, Knights
What does the combo consist of? No meta without Draven, and that’s still the case in patch 9.18. Thanks to the Knight buff, there’s again a combo where the axe thrower finds his place.
You need the following:
Sejuani – Ice being/Knight
Poppy – Yordle/Knight
Kayle – Noble/Knight
Darius – Imperial/Knight
Draven – Imperial/Blade Master
Swain – Imperial/Shape-shifter/Demon
Katarina – Imperial/Assassin
What synergies does it have? The combo relies on the bonuses from:
4x Imperial
4x Knight
What makes it so strong? The combo is especially strong because Draven scales well into the endgame. Thanks to the Imperial buff, he deals extremely high damage, as do the other three champions in this faction. Kayle ideally ensures the axe thrower stays alive for a long time.
It’s important in the combo that Draven receives the items and that something is there to give him lifesteal.
This build is even stronger with Aatrox as the eighth champion and the Blade of the Ruined King, which also makes Kayle a Blade Master. This way, you can obtain the 3x Blade Master bonus and the 2x Demon bonus.
Elemental Mages, Demons, Mages, Yordles
What does the combo consist of? The combo leverages the Mage bonus for its Elemental Mages and simultaneously benefits from the Golem, which tanks enemy champions.
You need the following:
Aatrox – Demon/Blade Master
Swain – Demon/Imperial/Shape-shifter
Morgana – Demon/Mage
Brand – Demon/Elemental Mage
Anivia – Ice being/Elemental Mage
Kennen – Yordle/Ninja/Elemental Mage
Veigar – Yordle/Mage
Lulu – Yordle/Mage
What synergies does it have? The combo relies on the bonuses from:
4x Demon
3x Elemental Mage
3x Mage
3x Yordle
1x Ninja
What makes it so strong? The combo has a good frontline because the Golem of the Elemental Mages can take the first damage from the enemies well. Aatrox and Swain can also stand securely in the front row at first.
The Elemental Mages benefit from additional spell damage, and Brand from the demon bonus. Appropriately, the four Yordles also have a good chance to dodge attacks due to their origin.
In FIFA 20, all songs from the soundtrack are known. In this overview, we summarize all the songs – including the trailer songs.
This is the soundtrack in FIFA 20: For years, the FIFA series has been seen not only as a successful football simulation but also as a stage for international stars and rising talents. Dozens of artists from around the world are united in the FIFA soundtrack every year – including in FIFA 20.
The FIFA soundtrack is a playlist of songs that millions of FIFA players listen to daily in the menus. Therefore, the selection of songs is followed with great curiosity even before release.
Which songs are included in the soundtrack? The tracklist includes not only mainstream songs but also songs that are rarely or never heard in everyday life in Germany. Often, unknown artists from various genres are featured, who reach a wide audience only through FIFA.
What is new in the soundtrack in FIFA 20? This year, there are two separate soundtracks because the new Volta mode gets its own song playlist. Both soundtracks on Spotify are embedded at the end of the article.
All titles and artists from the FIFA 20 Soundtrack
When is the release of the soundtrack? On September 13, 2019, the soundtrack was revealed. You will find it at the end of the article. Here are some videos of songs that were already known in advance.
These are some FIFA 20 songs:
Runaway by half alive (USA):
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The songs from the trailers: So far, three official trailers for FIFA 20 from EA Sports have been released. These are the songs from them:
Song from the reveal trailer – This is a remix of La Luna by Jude & Frank Feat. Toto La Momposina, which may only be available in the trailer. That’s why we embed the trailer here:
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In Destiny 2, Bungie is continuing to tweak the Reckoning. This mode is supposed to be more fun and easier so that you can get your hands on the delicious loot.
What happens in the Reckoning? The Reckoning is a mode that was introduced in the previous season and has since really outlived its usefulness. For months, there has been a lack of Guardians in matchmaking.
Bungie is currently doing quite a bit to this mode – it seems they want to lure you back there before Shadowkeep, so you can finally get the Reckoning loot that many Guardians still do not have. So far, the Reckoning has been an incredibly difficult mode that primarily provided a poor experience for solo Guardians and was quickly avoided.
What has already changed? In early September, Bungie made the Reckoning simpler and more rewarding:
The enemies in the Reckoning deal less damage and have less health themselves.
What will change soon in the Reckoning: Bungie has now announced another change.
From September 17, all negative modifiers will be removed from the Reckoning. Nasty modifiers like “Iron,” which strengthen the enemies or limit you, will no longer exist.
Instead, the Reckoning will only have a weekly burn modifier and a rotation of the three modifiers “Brawler”, “Grenadier” and “Heavyweight.” The three daily changing modifiers only enhance you and allow for better melee combat, faster grenade cooldowns, and stronger power weapons.
The weapons available in the Reckoning
Bungie’s goal: According to the developers, they want to increase replayability with the new change so that players can jump into matchmaking for delicious loot more often. They want to bridge the gap between you and your coveted rewards further, says Bungie. If you want to see the Reckoning weapons in your hands, now is the time.
Furthermore, they want to implement player feedback with the change. Many Guardians criticized that some modifiers were too harsh and led to a poor gaming experience.
What are the initial reactions from the community? On Reddit, this change is well received. One of the top comments with over 700 upvotes says that this will make the Reckoning more fun. They express their gratitude for it.
The change also makes it easier to play together with “Blueberries,” writes another. “Blueberries” refer to Guardians that are not part of your fireteam but have been randomly assigned. They are shown in blue on the mini-map.
Why are these changes necessary?
The problems with the Reckoning: When the PvE activity was released in March 2019, it quickly faced criticism.
It was extremely difficult; only well-prepared fireteams managed to complete more than one level in the Reckoning.
It was stingy with loot. The activity-specific rewards were so rare that many players quickly lost motivation to undergo the efforts.
Both problems have now been alleviated. Loot is raining down, and starting next week, the Reckoning will be even easier and more accessible.
What weapons are available in the Reckoning at levels 2 and 3?In the Reckoning, the 10 weapons are divided into two different loot pools based on the respective boss of the encounter and will rotate accordingly each week. So, per week you can earn only certain weapons.
If the boss is the image of Oryx, then you can get the following weapons from this final boss:
Hand Cannon “Notration”
Auto Rifle “Stomach Growl”
Pulse Rifle “Endurance”
Grenade Launcher “Doomsday”
Submachine Gun “Survival Kit”
The image of Oryx
If a sword boss is up next, you have a chance at the following firearms:
Shotgun “Only One Stands”
Sniper “Only Survivor”
Pistol “Lonesome”
Scout Rifle “Nightwatch”
Sword “In Case of Emergency”
Are you checking back into the Reckoning? Can it sweeten the time until Shadowkeep for you?
