In FIFA 20, the first new league has been announced. The Romanian Liga 1 is considered officially confirmed. We list all teams from this league.
This is the new league in FIFA 20: Recently, a photo surfaced on reddit showing a press conference by EA where the Romanian league was to be introduced as a new league in FIFA 20. Just a few hours later, official graphics followed, clearly showing the Romanian Liga 1:
On reddit, a video has now even been shared that introduces the Romanian league, thus confirming it as the first new league in FIFA 20:
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This information has not yet been shared through EA Sports’ official English Twitter channel. However, it is considered confirmed due to the upper evidence in image and video form.
The Teams of the Romanian League in FIFA 20 – 1st new license
These are the teams you can play: Liga 1 is the top league in Romanian football. It includes 14 teams:
Academica Clinceni
Astra Giurgiu
Botoșani
CFR Cluj
Chindia Târgoviște
Dinamo București
FCSB
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Hermannstadt
Politehnica Iași
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
Universitatea Craiova
Viitorul Constanța
Voluntari
All other leagues in FIFA 20 can be found in this overview, which we continuously update:
It is not yet known if more new leagues will be added to FIFA 20. This may be the only new league license. If more are announced, you will find out promptly on MeinMMO.
There probably won’t be many face scans of players from the Romanian league – Jadon Sancho, however, looks realistic.
League is among the fan favorites in voting
Which league voting is it about? The fifplay website initiated a survey on which leagues fans want most for FIFA 20. So far, nearly 4.2 million players have voted with the following results:
UAE League (top division of the United Arab Emirates) – 7%
Finnish League – 7%
Romanian Liga 1 – 6%
The Romanian league is therefore in the top 3 most desired leagues, followed by the fully licensed Brazilian league with 5% of all votes.
Which leagues would you like to see in FIFA 20? What licenses should EA Sports aim for?
While only one new league is known so far, EA Sports has already secured several new stadium licenses for FIFA 20 – including 13 new Bundesliga arenas:
Shinies in the wild: Most players have probably caught some Shinies in the wild. The chance for this is low, as it is 1 in 450. Shinies are therefore definitely among the rarer Pokémon.
Regional Pokémon: Some Pokémon are only available in specific regions of the world. So you may have to travel quite a distance if you want to have all regional Pokémon . We show you all Regionals:
Pokémon with 100% IV: If you have Pokémon with 100% IV, then you can consider yourself lucky, as they are quite rare in some cases. The chance of catching a Pokémon with these IV in the wild is 1 in 4096, if it is not weather-boosted.
Shiny event Pokémon: Normal Shinies are already rare, but some Shinies are only available for a few days, which makes them even rarer. This includes, for example, special hat Pikachu or Eevee with flower crown.
These Pokémon are only available for 2 days or less and it takes quite a bit of luck to get such an event Pokémon.
Shiny Pokémon from eggs: Some Pokémon can only be obtained from eggs and if they are Shiny, then the chance is not very high. Alolan Pokémon and baby Pokémon are available in eggs and the chance of a Shiny is about 1 in 40-50.
That doesn’t sound like too few, but you first have to hatch 40 potential Shiny candidates. That can take some time.
Rare egg Pokémon: If new Pokémon are released and they are also good, they are usually found in 10 km eggs. The same goes for Riolu and Kaumalat. While Riolu is becoming somewhat more common, Kaumalat is almost never found in eggs.
Kaumalat can also be found in the wild, but it is also rare here. Presumably, such Pokémon will also be released in future generations, and the hunt for them remains difficult. One can only hope that these Pokémon will become more common over time through events. Until then, they belong to the rarest Pokémon in the game.
Some Shinies are still missing in Pokémon GO. We will show them to you:
Guild Wars 2 has increased the cooking profession to level 500 with a new patch. This comes with new buff food, which will give you greater advantages in battles. In this guide, we present you with the best selection.
What is new? Until August 27, 2019, cooks could only level up to 400. At this level, buff food could be crafted, which was particularly useful in raids, fractals, and World vs World.
Throughout the guide, we will introduce you to the individual steps on how to level up cooking and unlock the recipes for the buff food. Afterwards, we will reveal which buff food is the best.
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Step 1 – Raise Cooking to 500
To even think about the new buff food, you should get your cooking to level 500. We will tell you how to do that as quickly as possible.
Cooking Level 400-440
First, focus on levels 400 to 440. The best way to do this is to craft a cup of lightly roasted coffee. You will need:
1× bag of coffee beans
2× pieces of charcoal
1× grinding stone
2× jug of water
You can obtain the recipe for the dish from heart traders in Path of Fire. Alternatively, nearly all old 400 recipes can be used to advance the cooking profession.
At level 440, you will craft a chef’s tasting plate. You will need:
1× bowl of curry butternut squash soup
1× bowl of truffle risotto
1× plate of steak and asparagus dinner
To complete the last steps to level 450, it is easiest to create dragonite bars and bloodstone bricks. You will need these in the upcoming collection.
Cooking 450-500
For the last steps, you should complete the Gourmet Training collection. You activate it by bringing the chef’s tasting plate to Chef Seimur, who awaits you in your home instance from Cooking Level 425 onward.
The collection itself contains five task series, each oriented around one of the playable races. So you need to
7× tasks for Norn
7× tasks for Sylvari
7× tasks for Charr
7× tasks for Humans
7× tasks for Asura.
The first three tasks are different dishes that you have to craft next to the cooking NPC in the capitals. Tasks 4, 5, and 6 always differ slightly, and for task 7, you usually just have to return to the cooking NPC.
Overall, the collection is very simple, but not entirely cheap. You will need among other things:
5× Deldrimor steel bars
5× dragonite bars
5× ghostwood planks
1× Elonian leather patch
3× heat stone
10× bloodstone bricks
20 gold for various recipes
The great advantage of the collection is that each completion of a race series gives you 10 levels for the cooking profession as a reward. This way, you can level directly from 450 to 500.
On the website Guildnews.de, for which the author also writes, you can find a detailed guide to the collection.
Step 2 – Crafting Intermediate Ingredients
Before you can craft the new buff food, you will need some intermediate food items that are required for the new recipes.
You will need cultivated herbs, which you can only grow in your home instance or buy at the trading post. Additionally, these intermediate recipes require level 450 in cooking.
You will not need every one of these ingredients right away, but it is good to know how to craft them.
Glass of Hollandaise Sauce
– 1× egg – 1× piece of butter – 1× lemon – 1× package of salt
Bottle of Simple Syrup
– 1× bag of sugar – 1× jug of water
Glass of Mint Parsley Sauce
– 1× cultivated mint leaf – 1× parsley leaf – 1× jug of vegetable oil
– 1× egg – 1× glass of hollandaise sauce – 1× piece of cured meat – 1× flatbread
Step 3 – Crafting the Buff Food
The new chef at level 500 now allows you to craft nearly 50 new food items. On the Guild Wars subreddit, you can find an overview of all recipes.
However, since we do not want to introduce all these recipes, we will directly tell you what the best buff food is.
The Best Buff Food for Berserker Classes
For berserker classes, the buff food “Plate of Chicken in Red Wine Sauce with Salsa” is recommended. You will need:
2× pieces of poultry
1× glass of salsa side
1× bottle of vintner’s wine
1× clove of garlic
It grants you the following stats:
+100 power
+70 precision
66% chance to drain life on critical hit
+ karma, experience points, magical detection, gold detection, and WXP
In general, all chicken in red wine sauce grants power and precision. If you only change the glass of salsa side, only the third bonus with life drain changes.
The Best Buff Food for Condition Classes
For condition classes, the pickled pepper meat flatbread is recommended. You will need:
1× flatbread
2× pieces of pickled meat
1× cultivated peppercorn
The buff food grants you:
+100 condition damage
+70 expertise
-10% damage taken
+ karma, experience points, magical detection, gold detection, and WXP
In general, all pickled meat flatbreads grant condition damage and expertise. If you only change the cultivated peppercorn, only the third bonus with damage taken changes.
If you are a Battlefield 5 player confused by roadmap changes and missed or postponed deadlines for content and features, you are not alone. The developers are affected by it too. What is going on?
This is what it is about: In a post on the discussion platform Reddit, a user inquired about content promised by the official roadmap for the current Chapter 4, which is still pending. Specifically, it was about new vehicles and gadgets. The fan referred to this statement:
What is the confusion about? Subsequently, Battlefield Community Manager Jeff Braddock commented in the thread. He had raised the question with the developers, and they responded with the words: “What are you talking about?”
When he showed them the corresponding image, they said: “That’s wrong. The next big influx of vehicles and gadgets will come with the Pacific (in the next chapter).”
What was the reason? Braddock also spoke about the reason for the confusion. The community manager added: “This is not the current roadmap. But let’s be honest. Even our ‘current’ roadmap is not accurate at this point anymore.” He referred to the latest version of the roadmap – even though some points have already been missed.
The old excerpt still promises the vehicles and gadgets, but these are no longer on the current roadmap. However, it seems that many players have not noticed this. And that causes frustration not only among the fans.
This is what the developers say: The developers themselves are also annoyed by this circumstance. Braddock reports about his conversation with the responsible developer: “He is frustrated by the inaccuracy of the specific chapter roadmap and takes it to his bosses and studio management. And I am bringing it to the marketing team to find out why this information even existed.”
Because the article with which the old roadmap was published did not mention vehicles and gadgets at all, but only about weapons and elites. There is apparently not really clarity within the studio about when which content should come, which ultimately contributed to the whole confusion.
What does this mean for the players? To clarify possible confusion – specifically, this means: You can expect the new weapons and gadgets in the autumn – with Chapter 5, which will bring the Pacific scenario into the game. They will not be released as part of Chapter 4.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the developers recently made changes to Turbo Building. However, players didn’t like them at all and they have now been reverted. What’s next?
This was the problem: On August 27, Fortnite changed Turbo Building in Battle Royale mode. Turbo Building is used by players who hold down the mouse button to build. In order to give players with lower ping less of an advantage, the developers increased the time needed between building consecutive structures.
Many pros and players reacted negatively to these changes because they had to completely change their playstyle.
What is new now? On August 28, Fortnite announced that they would revisit these changes. In a blog post, they state that the changes from August 27 have been reverted, and the ability to build “90s and Waterfalls” has been restored.
The specific changes are:
Turbo Building delays on consecutive building placements reverted to 0.05 seconds instead of 0.15 seconds
After a building piece is destroyed, there is a delay of 0.15 seconds before a new building piece can be placed at that location.
If two players try to replace a building piece at the same location simultaneously, randomness decides which player will place the piece. This is intended to ensure that player ping is less significant in these situations.
Why did Fortnite have to act? Many players were unhappy with the changes from August 27. The hashtag #RevertTurboBuilding trended on Twitter. In other social networks like Reddit, many players voiced their opposition to the changes because they could no longer build 90s as usual.
What does the community say about the new changes? On Reddit, players seem to be satisfied with the changes. “Perfect fix. Doesn’t affect regular building but nerfs turtle and defensive building. Thanks,” writes flapjack626.
In response, a player said, “Yes, exactly! This small update made the game better now than it was before all this. Epic brought this bad Turbo Building nerf with good intentions. And after listening to the community, they reverted it AND improved the game. […]
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Moreover, it is often stated that after the new mechs and their nerfs and now the Turbo Building changes, there should be some peace this season. Such major changes are not easy for players to digest.
“Okay, can you chill for the rest of the season now? The last few weeks have been a hell of an emotional roller coaster. Let’s please catch our breath and enjoy the game now. Also: Thanks,” writes Aldosarii on Reddit.
In Destiny 2, the community will launch Season 8 – the season of the Undying. This is expected to unfold similarly to the curse in the Dreaming City.
Note: Light spoilers ahead.
This is Season 8: Currently, Season 7 is ongoing, which ends with the launch of Shadowkeep in early October and makes way for the next season: The season of the Undying.
When does Season 8 start? Officially, Season 8 will start on October 1, 2019, together with Shadowkeep – because this is also when Season 7 ends.
However, the season of the Undying is expected to begin only a few days after the Shadowkeep release, as
originally, October 5 was indicated as the starting date for Season 8. This date was mentioned in the video description of the Season 8 trailer but has now been changed to October 1.
and according to new information from Project Lead Scott Taylor and Bungie’s DeeJ, Season 8 will not simply start on October 1.
Here are the new details about Season 8: As the YouTuber xhoundishx has learned from several gamescom interviews, Season 8 will build on the events of Shadowkeep.
Scott Taylor reveals that Season 8 will be a logical progression of the story in Shadowkeep. There will be events in Shadowkeep that will greatly anger the Vex, and then they will react. What happens in Season 8 is therefore directly related to the events in Shadowkeep.
DeeJ adds an exciting piece of information: “The community will start the season of the Undying, similar to how the curse in the Dreaming City was unleashed with the completion of the ‘Last Wish’ raid.”
What does this mean? Presumably, Season 8 will be connected to the new Shadowkeep raid. Because this is expected to open on October 5 – the day that was originally indicated as the start date for Season 8.
Additionally, this would parallel the curse in the Dreaming City, which was also tied to a raid.
Furthermore, the story trailer for Season 8 mentions that the Vex will do everything to protect the Black Garden – where the new raid “Garden of Salvation” takes place. Thus, the Vex will probably only come when the action goes to the Garden starting from October 5.
According to a leak before gamescom, which has since proven to be incorrect, there is supposed to be an enemy named “Typhon” in Shadowkeep that intrudes into the Black Garden to resurrect the Heart. The Guardians must prevent him from doing so – and the Vex probably dislike this as well.
Whether this leak will be confirmed remains to be seen. But something will happen in Shadowkeep that initiates the Vex invasion, and this is most likely related to the Black Garden.
Blizzard has made a change to the realms of World of Warcraft Classic. They now accommodate more players than before.
Since World of Warcraft Classic was released two days ago, the rush to the numerous realms simply won’t subside. There are still long queues, causing some players to simply give up in frustration and not even get to play. After Blizzard has alreadyopened several new realms, they took the next step last night. The servers can now accommodate more players.
What has Blizzard changed? A hotfix last night ensured that all realms can now accommodate “significantly more players”. The number of players that can be logged in on a realm simultaneously has been increased. According to Blizzard, this is expected to improve the queues on all realms. Realms with long queues should now have shorter queues, while realms with short queues ideally should have no waiting time at all.
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Whether this has been successful will likely be revealed for Europe this afternoon when the “prime time” in World of Warcraft begins.
Are there any negative sides? Yes. Some players report experiencing minor lags and delays in gameplay coinciding with the increase in capacity. However, these reports have been rare and seem to occur only in very crowded areas. For most players, there seemed to be no noticeable change.
Concerns about layering: Another concern is about layering. If Blizzard continues to increase the number of players on a server, it will become increasingly difficult to abolish the layers within a certain timeframe. As long as “too many” players are active in specific areas, the layering will likely persist. If the overall population never decreases to a “healthy level”, it will be more challenging to remove the layers without issues. Here, players are seeking an answer from Blizzard.
What is your opinion on this? Do you think it’s good that Blizzard has increased the number of players per realm? Or should there rather be more realms?
The Twitch streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney has a problem with the new location, Pandora, in the shooter Fortnite. In his comments about the location in a Twitch clip, he counts about 19 words or phrases that are generally not said in public.
So it used to be: Tfue calls the area “Westworld,” after a popular TV series. He says, the location used to be ideal for him, because he is the very best in Fortnite and all others can’t do anything.
In the past, Tfue could land at this location and see from a distance on which roof a shotgun was lying. He would have grabbed that shotgun and been successful.
But now the place has become a rift zone and has been fundamentally changed – and the new Borderlands 3 version does not suit the Twitch star at all.
A piece of Borderlands in Fortnite.
New location Pandora in Fortnite requires luck instead of skill
This is how it is now: Now it is, says Tfue, that you can no longer see loot spawning on the ground. Therefore, you have to go into a building and trust in luck.
And even if Tfue is otherwise the greatest in Fortnite, he has no luck. Therefore, he comes out of the building with a revolver while other players defeat him with better weapons.
Players with soccer skins are considered “tryhards” in Fortnite, who really want to know and play particularly aggressively.
In this context, Tfue gets annoyed most of all about players with “soccer skins” who have “YT” or “TV” in their name, a sign that they are streaming themselves on YouTube or Twitch.
This is what makes the clip special: The number of swear words and vivid descriptions is astonishingly high. Apparently, the topic really moves Tfue.
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With the change came a change in graphics: The location now has the cel-shader graphics that made Borderlands famous. The event runs until September 10.
Many find the event really good – apparently not Tfue.
In Pokémon GO the Raid Hour with Mesprit starts now. We provide you with an overview of the time, counters for Mesprit, and the usefulness of the monster.
What happens now: Almost every Wednesday, a Raid Hour takes place in Pokémon GO. As part of the Water Festival, the 3 legendary Pokémon from the lake trio return today. However, for us in Europe, only Mesprit will be available.
To be as prepared as possible for the hour, we provide you with an overview of all the important things.
Raid Hour with Mesprit – All Information
When does it start? The Raid Hour starts today at 6 PM. It lasts exactly 60 minutes, and most raids end at 7 PM.
What happens during the hour? Every gym that is not currently hosting an EX Raid or already has a raid will receive a legendary raid egg at 5:40 PM. This will hatch at 6 PM, and you can battle Mesprit for one hour.
How do I counter Mesprit? The Pokémon is Psychic-type and therefore has weaknesses to Ghost, Dark, and Bug. The best counters are:
Default Form of Giratina with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
Gengar with Shadow Claw/Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball
Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Shadow Ball
Snivy with Feint and Leech Life
If you’re looking for more counters, check this out:
How many players are needed for this? Mesprit can be taken down relatively easily by three players. If you use strong counters, you shouldn’t have any problems in a trio.
What CP does Mesprit require? If you’re hunting for a 100% IV Mesprit, you should look for 1747 CP. With weather bonus, meaning during windy conditions, Mesprit can reach 2184 CP. This would be a perfect specimen.
Is Mesprit worth it? The legendary Pokémon is not among the best attackers. It’s an alternative that is fine, but it can’t compare to Mewtwo by any means.
The exotic hand cannon Sunshot is finally getting buffed in Destiny 2. Bungie initially announced in its own forum that changes would be made to the weapon with Shadowkeep, later confirmed on Twitter that the Sunshot will receive more rounds in its magazine. A joyous day for the community, which celebrates the announcement in its own wicked way.
What kind of buff is this?In the Bungie forum, community manager dmg04 announced that the team is working on some quality-of-life changes that will come with the upcoming expansion Shadowkeep. To the players’ delight, these changes will also affect the popular hand cannon Sunshot and its magazine size.
While dmg did not specify what changes would be made to the weapon’s magazine, the second community manager Cozmo confirmed on Twitter that the Sunshot, whose explosive ability was already enhanced last May, is set to receive more rounds in its magazine.
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How are players reacting? For the players, this is a celebration, as they have long desired such a change. However, instead of rejoicing, the Guardians on the Destiny Reddit prefer to celebrate the announcement with wicked jokes and funny suggestions on how Bungie might buff the Sunshot:
Instead of a buff, Bungie will simply reduce the magazine size from eight rounds to four rounds
The magazine size will be reduced to just one round. The damage and explosion radius will be increased eightfold. Additionally, friendly fire will be activated with Sunshot.
The Sunshot will simply explode when the trigger is pulled
The magazine will be reduced to 0. Instead of shooting, players will now throw the weapon. It will function similarly to the solar Titan’s hammer melee.
The magazine size will finally be increased! However, only from the current eight to nine rounds.
The Sunshot will be buffed, but fusion rifles will be nerfed.
Why is the Sunshot such a topic? In the Destiny Reddit, the discussion around the Sunshot has become somewhat of a running gag. Players repeatedly create posts to remind others of the hand cannon, and time and time again they are disappointed.
Whenever Bungie announces buffs for any weapons, players hope that the solar weapon will be among them. That it is finally happening now is something that most Guardians can hardly believe.
The way to reach level cap in WoW Classic can be laborious and take a long time. We will share some tips and tricks to help you progress faster.
What are these tips and for whom are they suitable? In our guide, we want to present ten tips that will help you reach level 60 in WoW Classic more easily. The goal is to reach level 60 as quickly and without compromises as possible.
Accordingly, these tips are suitable for players who really want to progress quickly, for example, to enter higher-level dungeons or engage in high-level PvP.
However, those who want to focus on professions will need to make some compromises.
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Speed Leveling Tip 1: Choose the Right Realm
This is why the choice is important: By now, there are dozens of realms for WoW Classic in English, German, and other languages. These realms have different population densities and characteristics, such as RP (Roleplay), PvE, or PvP.
To progress faster, your realm should not be so full that you are constantly stuck in long queues, but also not so empty that you cannot complete group quests or dungeons.
Which realms are recommended? We recommend that you settle on a PvE server. Here you will not be constantly killed by the opposing faction and you will get closer to level 60 faster.
If you start on a full server, you might have to wait in a queue.
Since four new German Classic servers have opened, a new PvE realm is also accessible: Lakeshire. There are still relatively few players here, but enough to progress properly. Therefore, we recommend starting on Lakeshire.
Speed Leveling Tip 2: Change Zones Early
Why should I change? Zones meant for lower-level players are generally more crowded than those for higher levels. That’s just the nature of the game since everyone starts out small, but some grow stronger faster than others.
This tip is especially important at the start: Change your starting area and the early zones as soon as possible. You may experience difficulties completing quests or getting kills counted in starting areas because it’s too crowded.
Starting areas fill up quickly.
If you quickly change the zone, such as to Westfall, Darkshore, the Barrens, or Silverpine Forest, you can avoid the high density and continue working on higher quests at ease. Another advantage is that higher-level enemies generally reward you with more XP and better loot.
Speed Leveling Tip 3: Play Solo
This is why solo play is worth it: This tip may sound controversial because kills go faster in groups. However, you also don’t receive the full XP for a kill in a group. Experience points are divided among the group members.
Accordingly, you receive significantly more XP when you kill foes solo. However, there are also compromises. Depending on the class you play and the classes of your group members, it can be beneficial to team up with up to two other players.
Even though the screenshot is from Legion: Going solo is usually faster.
Up to a group of three players, you should receive about as much experience in the same time as you would alone – depending on how many enemies you can fight and kill simultaneously. Generally, we advise: If you are unsure, play solo.
Speed Leveling Tip 4: Kill More Enemies Than Required for a Quest
This is how worthwhile kills are: The experience points from killing enemies constitute a significant, if not the largest part of your accumulated XP in Classic. Therefore, it is essential to maximize XP gains from kills.
This can easily be integrated with questing. If you are on your way to a quest, into a new area, or simply heading back to town, kill the mobs you encounter along the way.
By doing this, you secure not only additional experience but also potentially rare items that provide you with a small boost or fill your wallet. You will need gold and silver in abundance while leveling.
Speed Leveling Tip 5: Ignore Professions
This is why ignoring makes sense: Professions, especially crafting professions, consume a lot of time and require considerable effort to level up. This can amount to many hours during the leveling phase where you can neither kill enemies nor gain XP in other ways.
In Classic, crafting items takes significantly longer and cannot be sped up by enchantments on gloves as it currently can in Battle for Azeroth. For this reason, you should ignore them for the time being.
The same applies to gathering professions. Gathering items takes longer, may require multiple attempts, and can fail. So you may spend several seconds on just one flower instead of killing two wolves.
Don’t I need the professions? In principle, professions are also important. However, there are several reasons why you should ignore them while leveling:
You can “catch up” on them at level 60
Most items can be bought from other crafters – just grind and buy what you need
While leveling, you often gain little advantage from carrying crafted items for a long time
However, for those who want to craft great things at level 60 immediately and want to complete some crafting quests along the way, they must be aware that professions will take up a significant portion of leveling time and slow them down.
Speed Leveling Tip 6: Plan Your Dungeon Runs Properly
How do I plan correctly? Dungeons can provide you with a large chunk of experience if you conquer them. However, they also take a lot of time. Therefore, you should ensure to gather all available dungeon quests first, so you can complete them in just one run.
Plan your dungeon runs so that you begin as soon as all quests are logged. Ideally, do not interrupt your leveling route to search for group members. Assemble the group first and then head to the dungeon. This saves you waiting time.
Here’s what to watch out for: Some things are particularly important to consider during dungeon runs.
First: Preparation. You should enter with enough water, food, and possibly ammunition, as refilling along the way will be challenging and time-consuming.
Second: Do not enter a dungeon if your gear or level is insufficient. You will only take longer and may not even reach the end. It’s better to be a bit stronger and get through together faster than to be “carried.”
Third: Stay with the group if it went well. If you and your colleagues moved through the dungeon quickly and smoothly, feel free to run through it again. This saves time searching for a group and traveling, and allows you to grab loot that will help you for a few levels.
Speed Leveling Tip 7: Organize Your Bags
This is why it’s important: Bag space in WoW Classic is generally much more limited than in BfA, especially for your first character. Therefore, you should always consider what you need and what you don’t.
Only collect what you need or what is valuable, and leave everything else behind in case of emergency or consume it quickly. This will save you the time spent standing still and rummaging through your bags when you need to carry quest items.
How do I organize my bags? It is important, for example, to simply discard individual items if you are not farming a specific type of enemy that would allow you to stack those items.
Organized bags.
Gray items can be valuable, especially in bulk, but clutter the inventory when they are singular. You should always keep some slots free in case you find something important. Additionally, addons like Vendor Price can help you organize your bags.
Speed Leveling Tip 8: Plan Your Return to the City
Why do I need to go back to the city? Visits to a larger city are unavoidable while leveling in Classic. Here, you restock on supplies, sell excess items, or learn new skills.
To avoid returning constantly, you can plan ahead when a return is worthwhile.
When should I return? Make preemptive considerations for your return. Some important points are:
Am I changing the area anyway? Then a stopover is possible.
Do I have the flight point? Then the return trip is less troublesome.
Are there new spells that I urgently need? Then I should see my trainer.
Are my bags full or do I need something from the auction house? Then I can combine that.
The capitals are marked with castles.
If you combine some of these points, you should be able to keep visits as short as possible. Also, plan how much gold and silver you need for new skills so that you can immediately learn everything required.
Speed Leveling Tip 9: The Choice of the “Right” Classes and Races
Of course, the most important thing is to play what you enjoy. But if you want to be particularly fast, you may need to tweak your character choice or at least play with different talents than you ultimately want later. The race-class combination can also be significant.
These classes and races are worthwhile: Among races, there are significant differences, especially at the start of the game. Start areas of certain races are simply more crowded. If you play less popular races like Undead or Night Elves, you can progress faster at the beginning.
When it comes to classes, pure damage classes are usually faster alone than others and have some advantages:
Rogues can sneak through areas when they only need certain things.
Mages can eliminate many enemies at once with Blizzard and Frost Nova.
Warlocks and Hunters have a personal tank accompanying them.
Classes like Priests and Paladins are usually a bit weaker alone and therefore take longer to level.
Speed Leveling Tip 10: Save!
Why should I save? Gold is a very important factor for fast leveling in WoW Classic and significantly more important than in the retail version. You primarily need gold while leveling for three things:
Mounts
Food (and ammunition)
Skills
If you keep an eye on how much gold you need for what, you will not risk unnecessarily grinding. It’s best to keep as much gold on hand as you need for your next visit to the city.
This is how to handle your gold properly: Again, planning helps you the most. Save your gold for the things you really need to progress faster, such as for your first mount. If you buy this right at level 40, traveling afterwards will be much faster.
You should also choose your skills wisely. Only buy those that you desperately need and save the gold otherwise. The same goes for equipment. At the auction house, you might find bargains, but often it’s not worth spending gold on a new weapon.
You will frequently find better weapons a few levels later or obtain them through quests or dungeons. The time saved by the stronger weapon will then be wasted by having to farm gold to buy the next skill.
If you want to progress even better, here are some more tricks for the game:
The “World First Race” in WoW Classic is in full swing, but there are some issues. Above all, the queues distort everything. However, this does not deter the pros.
For years, the race for the First Kills in “normal” WoW has been a major part of the game and a motivation for many players to watch Twitch streams of the pros. This is also the case in World of Warcraft Classic. The race for the “World First” title is on again.
Why do the pros do it? There are many reasons for this. On one hand, the current pros from Method and other guilds are quite eager to play WoW Classic and want to enjoy the old version again. On the other hand, the release of WoW Classic fits perfectly into the timeline of “normal” World of Warcraft.
A lot of hurdles: However, this “race” for the World First Kill is even more unfair than it already is in Retail. This is mainly due to the exorbitantly long queues that even the professional players have to deal with.
Anyone who has to sit in the queue for 10 or more hours loses valuable time in which other players level ahead of him, making it hard to catch up. By the way, you can watch the stream from Method here:
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How far are the pros? Most players from the professional guilds are currently in a level range of 25-35. While they are progressing quickly, they are falling behind some streamers and players who could start right from the beginning. For some hours now, the first players are already reaching level 40.
What is the goal anyway? The goal initially stated was to reach level 60 and clear the Molten Core, the first “real” raid of WoW Classic, completely within the first week. Whether this will succeed will surely become clear in the next few days.
It should be noted that the Molten Core itself is not a particularly complex raid and requires hardly any good equipment. Back then, players had to learn coordination, teamwork, and class understanding. In the Molten Core, the biggest hurdle is to get 40 players to level 60 into the dungeon. Equipment is rather a secondary matter and only becomes really relevant in later raids. However, these other raids will only come in later phases.
Great interest in the stream: It’s also interesting that the stream has garnered relatively high interest. Already by noon, there were consistently 17,000 people watching the stream, who were viewing the rather “boring” leveling race. After all, not much is happening for a while, since it must be leveled in dungeons and through quests.
Are you following the “World First Race” in WoW Classic? Or do you avoid such things because you prefer to enjoy Classic at your own pace?
Do you remember Kevin in Fortnite: Battle Royale? The popular, large cube that rolled around? He will probably be back soon.
What’s happening in Fortnite? In the battle royale mode of Fortnite, new jumps into the past have appeared repeatedly since the start of Season 10 a few weeks ago. Locations on the map are transforming into areas that many players already know.
The latest map change in these rift zones was the Pandora Rift Zone at Paradise Palms. Previous transformations included Tilted Towers and Mega Mall. Data miners seem to have figured out what will happen next.
This was found: After the latest update v.10.20 , data miners diligently searched the code of Fortnite. Changes were noticed that indicate that the cube Kevin will probably return. A loading screen gives a corresponding hint.
This is Kevin’s island: In other parts of the code, data miners were able to confirm that the flying island including Kevin will return. Lucas7yoshi writes: “Kevin’s island will be a rift zone” and released another look at the island.
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Data miners are not in agreement about the location of the new rift zone. It seems there are no reliable information yet. We are now waiting for the first teasers from Epic Games or new clues that data miners find in the code.
In Pokémon GO the 5th generation is coming soon. It’s time to take a look at the starter Pokémon. What can Serpifeu, Floink, Ottaro, and especially their evolutions do?
Together with the Ultra Bonus, the first Pokémon of the 5th generation will also come to Pokémon GO. This will happen this September.
Part of the first wave will likely also include the starter Pokémon. We will show you whether you can use the starters and compare them with other starter Pokémon.
All about the starter Pokémon of the 5th generation
These are the evolutions: As always, there are 3 starter Pokémon, which are of the types Grass, Fire, and Water:
These are the starter Pokémon and their evolutions. Source: Giant Bomb
Serpifeu, Efoserp, and Serpiroyal
Floink, Ferkokel, and Flambirex
Ottaro, Zwottronin, and Admurai
How strong will Serpifeu, Efoserp, and Serpiroyal be
These are the stats: We will show you here the stats of the final evolution Serpiroyale:
Attack value: 161
Defense value: 204
HP value: 181
Max CP: 2277
Is the Pokémon worth it? Serpiroyale will probably be the worst Grass attacker of all previous starters. It has the lowest attack value of the starters, and the other values are also not convincing. So it will likely be more important for the Pokédex.
How strong will Floink, Ferkokel, and Flambirex be
These are the stats: We will show you here the stats of the final evolution Flambirex:
Attack value: 235
Defense value: 127
HP value: 242
Max CP: 2982
Is the Pokémon worth it? The stats of Flambirex are solid, and if it can learn the move Overheat at a Community Day it could be a strong Fire attacker. Among all Fire starters, it even reaches the highest CP and the second highest attack value.
How strong will Ottaro, Zwottronin, and Admurai be
These are the stats: We will show you here the stats of the final evolution Admurai:
Attack value: 212
Defense value: 157
HP value: 216
Max CP: 2826
Is the Pokémon worth it? Admurai has the highest attack value of all Water starters and could become useful, especially with the Community Day move Hydro Cannon. However, it probably won’t surpass top attackers Kingler and Kyogre.
What is your favorite starter from the 5th generation?
For LoL Auto Chess Teamfight Tactics, patch 9.17 has been released today. This includes a new champion and significant adjustments to shapeshifters.
What is the highlight of the patch? The major new feature of patch 9.17 is the new champion Pantheon. He costs 5 gold, belongs to the Dragon origin and the Guardian class.
As a Dragon, he harmonizes excellently with Shyvanna or Aurelion Sol, as well as with the Guardians Braum and Leona.
What other major changes were made? Starting today, the carousel in the first round only contains 2-gold units. This is to make the start fairer.
Additionally, the ghost armies, which players can face with an odd number of players, now also have origin and class attributes.
Fans of archers and Guinsoo’s Rageblade can also look forward to another adjustment. The attack speed cap has been raised from 2.5 to 5, allowing for even faster attacks.
Adjustments to Hextech and Buff for Shapeshifters
What changes are being made to the origins? The Hextech champions released with patch 9.16 received a small nerf. They now disable items for only 7 instead of 8 seconds.
Additionally, the following changes have been made to the origins:
Noble: Armor and magic resistance has been reduced from 60 to 50. Healing has also been reduced from 35 to 25.
Yordle: The chance to dodge has been increased from 30%/55% to 35%/60%.
What changes are being made to the classes? Archers can look forward to a buff. Their chance for double attack speed has been increased from 25%/65% to 30%/70%.
Additionally, there is an adjustment for Assassins, who will jump slightly delayed to reach the enemies in the back row more quickly. At the same time, the class is being slightly reworked:
(3) Attribute bonus: 125% critical hit damage has changed to 75% critical hit damage and 10% chance for critical hits.
(6) Attribute bonus: 350% critical hit damage has changed to 150% critical hit damage and 25% chance for critical hits.
Nerf for Gankplank and Leona
Which champions benefit from the patch? With patch 9.17, Riot Games primarily adjusted the shapeshifters. The mana costs for many of them have been reduced:
Nidalee – Total mana: 100 ⇒ 85
Jayce – Armor: 30 ⇒ 35
Jayce now transforms at full mana, even if no one is within range to be knocked back.
Shyvana – Total mana: 100 ⇒ 85
Gnar – Total mana: 125 ⇒ 100
In addition to these improvements, Warwick and Lissandra also receive a buff. Both now have 50 more health, and Lissandra’s skill also deals more damage (+25/50/75 damage).
Which champions were weakened? Leona and Gankplank did not fare well in this patch:
Leona: Stun duration was reduced from 5/8/11 seconds to 5/7/9 seconds.
Gankplank: Ability damage was reduced from 200/325/450 to 150/250/350.
Patch 9.18 already on the test server
What’s next for Teamfight Tactics? Patch 9.17 was relatively small. But patch 9.18 will shake everything up, as the test server shows.
A new base item has appeared, which can be combined with the other items. So in two weeks, we can look forward to 9 new items among other things.
Those who are currently playing FIFA 20 before its release and still playing FUT 19 see many extremely strong teams. A lot of players have reached ratings over 90 – indeed more than ever before.
This is how it looked at the beginning of the season: If you look at the Top 100 ratings at the release of FIFA 19, you can see: Only from rank 15 onwards do players have a rating of 90 or higher. Here, Icon cards are of course not included, only the base cards. Nevertheless, it can be noted: The number of cards with a rating of 90 or higher – and thus of absolute world-class players – was manageable.
However, already in winter it indicated that FIFA 19 would bring many new top players. Thanks to various special cards, the number of 90+ players has increased extremely – what is the status now, at the end of the season?
FIFA 19: Player ratings higher than ever
So strong were the players in FIFA 19: The Reddit user “ballaman200” took the effort to statistically collect how many players in the past FIFA installments achieved a rating over 90. Comparing the numbers results in the following distribution:
FIFA 15: 96 players with 90+
FIFA 16: 168 players with 90+
FIFA 17: 257 players with 90+
FIFA 18: 461 players with 90+
FIFA 19: 553 players with 90+
This is how the ratings are distributed in detail: The number of 90-plus players in FUT has steadily increased over the years and reached its preliminary peak in FIFA 19. The user also noted that these numbers are primarily due to new players in the lower ranges, namely 90 to 91.
In comparison: In FIFA 18 there were 95 players with a rating of 90 and 85 players with a rating of 91. In FIFA 19, however, there were 134 and 128, respectively. This shows: More players than ever have broken the 90 barrier for the first time.
In the really high ratings, the figures are comparable to FIFA 18 – in the case of the 97 ratings, there are actually noticeably fewer players in FIFA 19. However, in FIFA 19 there were also seven cards with a rating of 99 – in FIFA 18 there were only four.
A candidate for the 90 in FIFA 20: Robert Lewandowski
This is why the players are so strong: Why are there so many more top players at the end of a FIFA cycle than at the beginning? The answer: a multitude of special cards. In addition to the weekly TOTW cards, there were many promos that released very strong player cards. Thus, players who were previously less useful became quite good.
Early in the season, the Future Stars featured unexpected top cards
For instance, the Future Stars promo highlighted some promising talents among the absolute top-card circle. With the Prime-Icon Moments, legends were introduced that were even stronger than before. Events like Carnival, Ultimate Scream, or FUT Birthday also changed the stats of many players – not to mention the dynamic Champions League- and OTW cards, by the way – here, by the way, the first candidates for FIFA 20 are already known.
The top cards are very popular: The topics of special cards, events, and high ratings are controversially discussed in the community. Because: There are both pro and con arguments.
What fans like about special cards: Especially events that made previously weak cards useful were popular. Like the Future Stars – these brought players with them who were absolutely top early in the game and who especially were not already present in every second team: “Future Star Cutrone is the best striker I have used all year,” says a Reddit user.
The Future Stars event made Cutrone a top striker in Serie A – at least in FIFA 19
It allows for new variations in Ultimate Team. Furthermore, players could also afford special cards during the season that were not overly expensive, as there were so many different ones.
Dynamic cards tied to performances are also popular. The strong Champions League cards had a connection to reality and were therefore in demand. They also allowed for skillful trading with a bit of luck.
What players did not like: Some fans criticize especially events like Carnival, which have no connection to reality. Future Stars also do not fare well with these players, as players get extremely high ratings without deserving them. For instance, the Cutrone mentioned above scored just three goals and provided two assists in 34 league games last season.
A major criticism in the forums is that the TOTW is devalued by the many special cards. The Inform cards with a rating of 83, 84, or 85 are no longer as useful as they used to be due to the large number of even stronger cards.
After several Inform cards, Delaney finally reached 86 at some point – but by then, there were already many better cards
Partially, it is criticized that the special cards are still too one-sided. Whether there really needs to be more than ten different Van Dijk cards that are more or less comparably strong is viewed critically in the community.
Another major criticism is the fear of some players that EA is only aiming to encourage players to buy packs with the special cards and the abundance of events. The game itself will be devalued, as suddenly every player has a world-class team simply because so many special cards are available. And getting the cards from the packs remains a somewhat expensive gamble.
The extremely strong icons simply received even better cards
How good will the cards be in FIFA 20? So far, it cannot be said how many 90-plus cards FIFA 20 will have. After all, possible events are spread throughout the entire game cycle and we are not even at the beginning.
Based on the developments of recent years, one could suspect that the number of top players in FIFA 20 will continue to rise. It is possible that more events will be added. How the community would perceive this is also difficult to determine: While some players want even more promos, others hope there will be fewer.
How strong the first players in FIFA 20 will be, we should find out in September. These ten could definitely be favorites for the top of the list:
Today, on August 28th, the new PlayStation Plus games for September will be announced for the PS4 (PlayStation 4) . We will tell you everything you need to know.
UPDATE 5:30 PM: In September, you can look forward to the following 2 PS Plus games:
What is happening today? Every month, the free games for PS Plus subscribers change. This always happens on the Wednesday before the first Tuesday of the month.
It is expected that the new rotation of free PS Plus games will be introduced today around 5:30 PM.
For PlayStation players, this is a special event that many look forward to. Because with the free games, you can always discover titles you didn’t know about. Some are also happy when old beloved titles make it into the selection.
When will the new PS Plus games be active? Although the new rotation will be revealed today, you won’t be able to play them until next Tuesday, September 3rd.
Until then, there are still a few days to secure the free PS Plus games for August 2019. We have introduced you to these games here.
Expectations for PlayStation Plus in September on PlayStation 4
Regularly, fans share their predictions in “Prediction threads” about which games might appear in the upcoming PS Plus. On Reddit , these posts are popular, and many players vote on them.
The most popular prediction: At the top of these predictions is Ghost Recon Wildlands. Players believe that with the upcoming release of Ghost Recon Breakpoint in October, it would be a good time for Ubisoft to create a new hype with this free game and increase anticipation for Breakpoint.
Other predictions: The following games also receive many upvotes as predictions for PS Plus in September:
The third-person shooter The Order: 1886
The action adventure The Last Guardian
The story adventure Firewatch
The action-adventure Horizon Zero Dawn
Which game would you like to see for PS Plus in September?
PlayStation Plus brings you benefits in the PS Store
As a member of PS Plus, you enjoy many benefits. These include the two free games you can secure every month. You then pay a subscription fee, which costs around €60 per year, depending on the plan.
Other benefits include special discounts in the PlayStation Store and access to online multiplayer.
Do you keep the PS Plus games without a subscription? If your subscription expires, you cannot play the games you secured as free PS Plus games anymore. But they will be recorded on your account. If you restart the subscription, you regain full access to the games.
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Many games, such as Destiny 2, regularly lure players with limited-time events and offers. We respond to this call, often because of special items or fear of missing out. Micha struggled with this until she found a game where she could truly relax.
Games have increasingly relied on FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out. Players remain attached to the game out of fear of missing something. In games like Destiny 2 or Fortnite, this is often driven by special, limited-time events.
Especially in “my” game Destiny 2, a lot has happened in recent weeks:
If you want to keep up and get everything done quickly or still participate while these events are running, it can get quite stressful. At least the Tribute Hall is permanent and only puts pressure on the Guardians who want to quickly grab the Bad Juju, the weapon that came into play with the hall.
The Tribute Hall is permanently available. Those who wanted the “Bad Juju” weapon quickly had to get to work.
FOMO has a side effect: The actual game soon feels like work. You have to log in and farm the various activities, as these are only accessible for a limited time in Destiny 2.
Does a farming game provide the desired distraction?
Eventually, I grew tired of the grind and searched my Steam library for a game that could distract me. I noticed Stardew Valley, a farm-dating-sim-RPG with pixel graphics that had long been on my wish list, and which I had only snagged during the Summer Sale this year.
The start didn’t captivate me much: As a city person, you are tired of your job (what irony) and move to the farm you inherited from your grandfather some time ago. You cultivate your fields, build various shelters for the farm animals, and get to know the different residents of the nearby village of Pelican Town.
Every beginning is difficult: Fields need to be cultivated and animals cared for. However, if you stick with it, you will receive higher quality items.
What at first glance seems like a nice clone of the Harvest Moon series reveals its full depth after a few hours of gameplay: the more you engage with your crops and animals, the better returns they yield. Additionally, you want to level up skills RPG-style, befriend residents, and explore dungeons.
I was delighted.
No more “work” in the game, I’m going farming!
For a long time, I hadn’t been able to relax with a game like this. Stardew Valley gives players all the options, but what you engage with is entirely up to you. Do I go collect wood, fruit, and vegetables of the respective seasons today, or do I stay on the farm and take care of my harvest? Do I visit the residents of Pelican Town, feel like fishing, or venture into the mines or the skull cavern in search of rare resources?
With mods, I customized the appearance of my farm a bit.
In Stardew Valley, everything runs by the motto “anything goes, nothing is required”. If you want, you can also spend days on your farm, rearranging the layout of your farm or the furnishings of your house.
Moreover, there are all sorts of curious or simply wonderful little things to discover: I will never forget the laughter of my pals on Discord when a YouTube video was forwarded to me with the best tips for Stardew Valley. The first tip in that clip was that high-quality or legendary fish in the game should never be stored in the refrigerator, as they might accidentally be turned into food. In amazement, I exclaimed, “There’s a refrigerator in the game?”
I’m going back to hunt aliens, but I’ll surely come back
Of course, I can’t stay away from my Destiny for too long, but I enjoy visiting my farm in between. Not only is the game very relaxing, but so is the Stardew Valley community. Tips and modifications are exchanged in forums and thousands of YouTube videos show guides or just all sorts of nonsense.
Yep: I have upgraded the Solstice armors of all classes to legendary level and received this sparrow. It will always haunt me with the realization of how much time I spent in Destiny 2 this summer.
Stardew Valley didn’t stop me from farming the Solstice of Heroes in Destiny 2 hard, but it was a great distraction when everything became too much again.
Some peculiarities from WoW Classic have simply been forgotten over the years. Cortyn is rediscovering them now – and has some flashbacks.
It has been many years since I last played World of Warcraft Classic “properly”. Therefore, some things in my memory were quite different from how they actually were. Some things I had simply forgotten and therefore no longer remembered. Some of these things are annoying, others have just been forgotten.
That’s why I want to show you my 5 things from WoW Classic that I had completely forgotten.
1. Professions can “fail”
One of my friends chose Herbalism as a profession and is trying to rid Teldrassil of its green long before Sylvanas lets the fire rain down. He was shocked to discover that Herbalism can indeed fail when used. This apparently applies to all gathering professions.
Whether it’s Skinning, Herbalism, or Mining, the gathering process can fail. This has no negative effect, aside from a few lost seconds, but I simply had it off my radar. Pulling a flower from the ground is also an immensely difficult task…
2. My water spell is really silly
Okay, this is a completely mage problem, but I still want to mention it here. When I first get the spell “Summon Water”, I can create exactly 2 bottles of water with it. They regenerate about 180 mana over 21 seconds – even though I already have 300 mana at that time.
Additionally, the spell consumes so much mana when casting that I can only cast it 2-3 times. So if I want to summon a whole stack of water, I have to drink about a third of the water myself just to create new water.
Over time, this problem disappears of course, but in the beginning, it was quite annoying.
Another small disadvantage that I noticed in the Jasperlode Mines is the sparse distribution of graveyards in the areas. A paladin mentioned pulling a few too many kobolds, and – naive as I was – I wanted to help him. The end result was both of our characters lying in the dirt. The subsequent run was quite long and a bit frustrating. Because the next best graveyard was near Goldshire, on the other side of the map.
This isn’t really bad, but it does hinder the willingness to help other players when the “penalty” for it is so high.
4. Those endlessly long walking times
Yes, I had forgotten that too. I knew that in Classic, many things take longer. I knew you had to walk until level 40 (and often much further beyond that). But the sheer amount of paths I have to traverse multiple times is overwhelming. Every quest line sends me back to the same location two to four times, and often I have to cover really long distances for it.
However, I don’t find it really disturbing at least so far. It gives me a few more opportunities to defeat some Defias and farm a bit more linen cloth…
This is a situation I’ve often experienced in the last few hours. I still have over 100 mana and think to myself “I should be able to drain the enemy’s last health points with this.” But wrong thought. The old boar not only resists my fireball, which he has reset twice before, but also resists my subsequent fire strike. This means I end up standing there with no mana against the boar and have to hit him 5-10 times with my stick in the hope of not dying before him.
The resisting of spells is a %-chance in Classic, and thus a kind of “RNG element” that I had completely forgotten about.
Do these things really bother? Honestly, no. Or only a little. They are components of classic World of Warcraft and even if I wouldn’t want them in current games, they fit here. They contribute to the atmosphere and make sure the game feels just like it did back then. And that’s really good.
At gamescom 2019, our Destiny author Sven had the chance to interview Bungie about the future of Destiny 2 . We present you with the most important details that the studio shared with us.
Who did we talk to? At this year’s gamescom, the Project Lead Scott Taylor and the UX Director Orvar Halldorsson from Bungie made themselves available as interview partners.
Our author Sven (middle) with Scott Taylor (left) and Orvar Halldorsson (right)
Why these questions? First of all: We had a long list of various questions about Destiny 2 and Shadowkeep prepared – including
the Trials and the faction rallies
the PvP
possible nerfs and buffs in Season 8
other returning exotics from Destiny 1
or even Destiny 3
So, if you’re wondering why some hot topics, such as the Trials of the Nine, are not mentioned here, it is not because we chose to skip these questions, but because Bungie could not answer everything.
In the following questions, we therefore focused on the most interesting details to which we received corresponding answers from the studio.
11 Facts about Destiny 2 directly from Bungie
Eris Morn and Cayde-6 had a special relationship. Will Eris react to Cayde’s death? Cayde’s death does not play a significant role in the Shadowkeep expansion. Eris focuses on what is happening on the Moon.
Which familiar faces apart from Eris will we see again in Shadowkeep? In Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, there will be a new activity – the so-called Nightmare Hunt. There, Guardians will encounter some old friends, or rather enemies, such as the Hive Prince Crota, the son of Oryx, from Destiny 1. Other known bosses (Omnigul and Skolas have already been spotted by fans in the footage) are also expected to return as Nightmares in this activity.
What will happen to the Trials, faction, and Iron Banner armors with the switch to Armor 2.0? The Trials and faction armors will not be transitioned to Armor 2.0, nor will they function as ornaments. They can still be drawn from the collection and be infused in Shadowkeep if you earned them – but with the current, then already “old” armor system.
With the current Iron Banner armor, which can wear all earned Iron Banner set pieces from Year 1 as an ornament, the developers were not sure. They assured us that they would clarify this question with the relevant team and then provide us with an answer.
Will there really be only one (Gambit mode), as Franchise Director Luke said in his big “Director’s Cut” blog?
At gamescom, Bungie somewhat qualified this statement. Currently, this means nothing immediate. There will be no immediate effects for the two existing modes. Luke only wants to gather feedback so that Bungie can better orient itself in the evolution of Gambit and focus its resources better. This does not necessarily mean that one of the two modes will be removed, although that can happen.
Will Uldren Sov’s story be picked up or continued in Shadowkeep?A cutscene from Forsaken has led to much speculation and discussion among fans. Cayde’s murderer Uldren, who paid for his crime with his life, was resurrected by a Ghost – essentially becoming a Guardian or “Risen”. Since then, many players have been waiting to see if or how Uldren’s story will continue.
And it seems they will have to wait a bit longer. Bungie stated: Uldren’s story is not the focus of Shadowkeep. At some point, this storyline will surely be revisited, but not now. The focus of the Shadowkeep story is Eris Morn.
Will raid weapons become more significant in Shadowkeep? Legendary raid weapons were once among the best that the Guardian arsenal had to offer in Destiny 1. In Destiny 2, that is different. Here, these weapons often lag behind in comparison to top weapons such as the Submachine Gun Recluse or the Grenade Launcher The Summit. Will that change? This is what the developers said:
Such preferences are purely a matter of taste. A renovation or design changes for raid weapons are not expected with Shadowkeep. Bungie has also ruled out elemental primary weapons in this context.
However, it is felt that with the new armor system Armor 2.0, new possibilities could arise as specific builds can be crafted.
Are there plans for Sparrow races? No, there are currently no plans for a return of the Sparrow Racing League. However, a hot topic within the studio is Sparrow horns. While there are no details to announce yet, discussions are actively taking place.
The first mission of Destiny 2: New Light leads Guardians into the Cosmodrome of Destiny 1. Are there plans for more content such as Strikes or missions from Destiny 1 to return? The Moon returns as a popular Destiny location in a new guise but also with numerous familiar spots. Beyond that, there was nothing to announce.
However, it was added that this introductory mission is not a 100% copy of the first mission from Destiny 1 – even if it contains many familiar details and places.
Are there plans for a Destiny 1 Remastered? On explicit inquiry, we were informed that a potential remastered version of Destiny 1 (for example for PC) is currently not a priority and that the focus is on Destiny 2 and Shadowkeep.
It goes out of the Cosmodrome into the world.
Will the vendor inventory finally be updated with Shadowkeep? The inventory of planetary vendors will receive an update with the release of Shadowkeep.
There will likely be no changes to the weapons of existing vendors, but the armor available there will be transitioned to Armor 2.0.
In addition, there will be Shadowkeep weapons from Eris. But you can also expect further cool vendor experiences on the Moon – complete with new bounties.
Our author Sven (right) with DeeJ from Bungie (left)
Check out our video interview with Bungie: Not only in closed-door discussions did the developers answer our questions. Further questions, such as those regarding a potential return of the Gjallarhorn or Cross-Play, can be found in this video interview from gamescom:
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