If you are currently playing a tank in World of Warcraft, you are increasingly facing problems. Blizzard promises improvements regarding aggro.
“Aggro problems” have long been a thing of the past in World of Warcraft. Since Wrath of the Lich King, tanks have rarely faced the issue of maintaining threat from opponents. Typically, the abilities of tanks generate so much threat that these enemies release from the tank only in exceptional cases.
However, that has changed in recent weeks. The new essences in the Heart of Azeroth are to blame.
The new essences make damage dealers much stronger – that is a problem.
What is the problem? With Patch 8.2 the Heart of Azeroth was expanded and provides all characters with new active and passive abilities. While this means more healing for healers and more survivability for tanks, damage dealers get significantly more damage. This damage, however, plays into the threat and makes many tanks quite stressed. The more traits a damage dealer possesses in the Heart of Azeroth, the harder it becomes for the tank, who can barely keep up with taunting.
What does Blizzard intend to do? Blizzard has announced it will address the problem with a hotfix. Tanks will then receive a threat bonus passively through their Heart of Azeroth when they unlock the essence slots. This should make it easier for tanks to maintain threat against particularly strong damage dealers in the future.
The hotfix is supposed to go live today, July 24, and will probably be deployed by tonight. Until then, overzealous damage dealers might want to hold back a bit.
Do you think this is a good solution? Or would it be better if there were really aggro problems again when tanking? Does that even fit into today’s WoW era?
During the Community Day with Hydropi, Swampert was able to learn the exclusive move Hydro Cannon. However, it’s not the only new move, as Muddy Water is now also available in Pokémon GO for the long term.
What kind of new move is that? Just before the Community Day with Hydropi, the move “Muddy Water” was found in the game data. Since the weekend, Swampert can also learn the move.
What does Muddy Water do? The move has 3 charge bars and deals a base damage of 50. It is of Water type and was considered a special move for Lotad and Swampert in the console games.
Muddy Water (engl. Muddy Water) does not deal a lot of damage per second. Source: Reddit
In Pokémon GO, Muddy Water is unfortunately not very good. It deals significantly less damage per second than Hydro Cannon or Surf. Therefore, it won’t be very useful.
Where can you use Muddy Water? In the PvP mode, Muddy Water can be quite useful. It has 3 charge bars that recharge quickly in battle.
However, there are definitely better moves in PvP. It is, however, an alternative.
How do I get the move? You can now teach Muddy Water normally with a TM. The move is now a regular part of the move pool and is not exclusive like Hydro Cannon.
Is a Swampert with Muddy Water worth it?A Swampert with Hydro Cannon is significantly better. Even Surf is a stronger move than Muddy Water. You should only rely on this move if you fight a lot in PvP. Otherwise, Hydro Cannon should be the first choice.
Otherwise, the Community Day was a disappointment for many players. Here you can find out the reasons:
The MMORPG Lost Ark has announced a new class for July 30. The Assassin comes with two subclasses, Blade and Demonic, for which there are also gameplay videos.
What’s new in Lost Ark? The MMORPG Lost Ark is continuously pumping out new content. Just in April, the developers released an entire continent and the new class Lance Master.
Now Smilegate has announced the Assassin, a class that has been missed in several MMORPGs. It comes with two subclasses: Blade and Demonic. Korean players will be able to play the Assassin starting July 30.
Here are the first gameplay videos and an analysis of how the class will work.
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This is how the Blade Assassin works: Blade appears to be the “classic” of the two subclasses of the Assassin. Its gameplay consists of switching between two types of weapons in combat: two daggers and a longsword.
The abilities used determine which weapon is currently being used: blue abilities use the sword and the yellow ones use the daggers.
The class reminds somewhat of the existing Fighter class because it is also extremely fast and agile. Many of the Assassin’s abilities seem to have strong crowd control, such as stuns and knockbacks.
This is the Identity ability of the Blade Assassin: Like all other classes in Lost Ark, the Assassin also has an Identity resource. The bar fills up when dealing damage in combat.
Once the three spheres are filled, you have two options:
You can activate them: The resource will slowly deplete and buff attack power, attack speed, and movement speed
You use them immediately for a very strong attack that consumes all spheres.
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This is how the Demonic Assassin works: Unlike the Blade subclass, the second Assassin moves a bit slower and does not have as high attack speed. However, his attacks have a greater range and he can use many more AOE attacks than the Blade subclass.
Demonic Assassin also has only one main weapon: The Demonic Blades. Most of his abilities are blue and use the daggers as the main attack. The second type of skills are the power abilities, which utilize the demonic power of the Assassin to attack.
This is the Identity ability of the Demonic Assassin: The Identity resource of the subclass is filled by using the two types of skills. Once activated, your character transforms into a demon and slaughters everything that isn’t quick enough to escape.
This grants him a new set of abilities (red) and increases his maximum HP and attack power. The HP boost is particularly significant.
In demon form, the Identity resource is slowly depleted, and you cannot leave this form until the resource is completely empty. Here, the Demonic Assassin behaves similarly to the Berserker subclass.
MMORPG is nothing without its community. We present to you 10 MMORPGs that currently have the largest communities on Reddit in 2019.
Therefore, the largest MMORPG communities on Reddit: The forum platform Reddit has become one of the most important places for gamer communities.
The Reddit for Gaming has nearly 23 million registered users, outpacing other hobby areas like Music, Movie, Sports, or Books – even World News must concede defeat.
Players exchange the latest news, discuss the game, and share their gaming experiences. Developers pay attention to what is happening in their game’s Reddits and respond accordingly.
After that, we decided: For creating the list, the number of subscribers of the respective subreddit was the decisive factor. The following game titles have the largest communities on Reddit as of July 17, 2019.
Rank 10: Maplestory
What is Maplestory? MapleStory is a side-scroller MMORPG. The sequel MapleStory 2 has now also been released. In MapleStory, there are a variety of classes. Players beat up mobs for EXP and level up as is customary in RPGs. The secret to its success may be the super cute design of the game or the social aspect with parties, guilds, and mini-games.
This is the Maplestory community on Reddit:
Link: r/Maplestory Subscriber: 52,122 Exist since: 9 years
This is what the community discussed the most last week: The topic that got the community typing the most was the ban of player zephyr-chan. In the thread, the desperate player describes their situation, and 98 comments discuss the rights or wrongs behind the ban.
The post with the most upvotes last week: The most upvoted post was a meme by user Ji3D securing over 760 upvotes. Something many MMORPG players can relate to.
When you don’t have money for NX
What is the most popular post of all time? The title of top post of all time can be claimed by a funny meme by Redditor NinjaPandaV1, which pokes fun at the creators of Maplestory. It has been upvoted 2,588 times.
What is SWTOR? The free-to-play MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic by Bioware and EA, short SWTOR, offers a great presentation of the story in the world-famous Star Wars setting. In addition, you can expect gameplay featuring proven content like raids and warzones, but unique features are also not missing.
For example, there are space battles between players as well as an extensive housing system. With the engagingly staged quests and stories, SWTOR is especially suitable for solo players.
This is the SWTOR community on Reddit:
Link: r/swtor Subscriber: 96,779 Exist since: 10 years
This is what the community discussed the most last week: The most comments came from a thread that asked the community about small changes they would love to see in SWTOR. In the 179 comments, wishes were expressed, such as “not getting bald as soon as a hood is put on”.
The post with the most upvotes last week: And daily greets the Murm… meme – this time, by Redditor Scotb6 with 1,290 upvotes. The meme takes a jab at the popular character Revan.
Just Revan things
What is the most popular post of all time? Redditor FlavivsAetivs earned 1,834 upvotes with their meme, which stays on top. This meme is a response to an image of an erotic drawing. The image shows a female Jedi in slightly transparent clothing.
If a Jedi in a transparent dress can get a thousand likes, how much can our guys in orange get?
What is BDO?Black Desert Online is a buy-to-play MMORPG from Korea that has garnered attention in the West with impressive graphics and an action-oriented combat system. The developers from Pearl Abyss give players a lot of freedom in gameplay and continue the trend of mixing the MMORPG genre with sandbox features.
This is what the community discussed the most last week: On 207 comments, a post discussing major changes was made. Black Desert Online is planning changes to class balance again and a new “succession feature” is to be adopted from the Asian mobile version.
The post with the most upvotes last week: The Gif by Gothic_lullaby reached 1,209 upvotes. The homage to the story of Black Desert Online was well received by the community. (If you can’t see the gif below, click the link above)
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What is the most popular post of all time? Over a year ago, a thread was created that took on an unpopular game change. Players were able to accelerate crafting processes by presenting their PC time. After the change, this was no longer possible, and players were instead encouraged to speed up using cash currency. The thread received 5,657 upvotes.
The physical version of the Shadowkeep Collector’s Edition for Destiny 2 is currently no longer available. Those who still want to secure a copy at the launch of the major autumn expansion now have the chance to do so – through a crazy challenge from Bungie.
This is the challenge: A few days ago, Bungie launched a challenge through which players can secure a special physical version of the upcoming autumn expansion Shadowkeep for Destiny 2.
In a pure fun post, the Redditor Boobel initially requested that Shadowkeep be purchasable with the resource Baryon Stem, which is available in the Dreaming City from the Forsaken expansion.
Promptly, the community manager Cozmo23 responded and announced: The first Guardian who manages to collect 100,000 units of this resource on their account will receive a Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Collector’s Edition for free.
How can you participate? Those who wish to take on this challenge should “simply” collect 100,000x Baryon Stem and then post it in the corresponding Reddit thread. Cozmo will then verify it accordingly and name the winner.
This is the reward for the challenge: The special thing about the reward: the physical Collector’s Edition of Shadowkeep is already out of stock, meaning it is currently no longer available for pre-order – and that on all platforms.
Whether there will be any more copies available for purchase is still unknown. So it could very well be the only opportunity to get this special edition.
The Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Collector’s Edition costs 159€ and includes
All contents of the Standard and Digital Deluxe Editions
A code for the Digital Deluxe Edition
Digital soundtrack for Shadowkeep
Physical goodies, including a Hive Cryptoglyph replica, a Luna Mission Container made of metal, and two journals with lore and designs
How difficult is the challenge? From a gameplay perspective, the challenge is not really demanding, but it involves a monstrous grind.
Some users have already conducted research and repeatedly run through the Lost Sector Aphel’s Rest to collect as much Baryon Stem as possible and calculate how much time they need for the 100,000.
The result: Even if one were to use this effective farming method, they would have to grind this Lost Sector for about a month, 8 – 12 hours a day, to reach the required amount before release.
All materials would take up all 50 inventory slots of a character as well as 50 material slots in the vault. Additionally, fans emphasized that in the game it is technically not possible to reach 100,000 units; the absolute maximum is 99,900.
Cozmo then responded again and explained that Bungie would accept this amount as the new target.
Many fans are now curious to see if a Guardian will actually take on this mammoth collecting task and successfully complete it.
What do you think of this challenge? Do you believe it will actually be cracked? Are you perhaps even participating in this race?
Blizzard has finally revealed the new Overwatch hero Sigma in all his glory. We will tell you what the new hero can do.
After the new hero Sigma was introduced in the last few days with his story, today followed the release of his gameplay. Sigma is now available on the PTR and can be tested. Let’s take a look at Sigma’s abilities.
What abilities does Sigma have? Sigma is a new tank hero and comes with a whole range of abilities that we want to briefly introduce to you.
Hyperspheres: This is Sigma’s normal weapon attack. He throws two spheres forward that can bounce off a surface and thus “fly around corners”. Upon final impact, they implode and deal damage in a large area.
Experimental Barrier: Sigma creates a floating barrier that he can push to a position of his choice (even in the air). He can dissolve the barrier at any time.
Kinetic Grasp: Sigma is able to stop enemy projectiles for a few seconds. These spheres are then converted into shield energy for him. The more spheres he absorbs, the more shield energy Sigma gets.
Accretion: Sigma creates a massive rock and hurls it at an enemy. The hit enemy takes high damage and is briefly knocked down.
Gravitic Flux (Ultimate): Sigma selects a large target area. After a short delay, all enemies in this target area are lifted into the air. There they float for a while and cannot move. After the ability ends, the affected enemies fall to the ground and take 50% of their maximum health points as damage.
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Here’s how you can play Sigma: Anyone who wants can try Sigma themselves on the PTR – however, this is only possible with the PC version of Overwatch. Players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will have to wait until his release. There is currently no fixed date for that.
In Destiny 2 it is time for the Weekly Reset. This will take place today, on July 23, at 7:00 PM, bringing Guardians new weekly activities and challenges along with the July Iron Banner. Additionally, you can spend your time with new Nightfall Strikes on a new Flashpoint planet.
This week, Iron Lord Saladin returns to the Tower and challenges the Guardians to compete against each other in the Iron Banner. For one week, Guardians have the chance to earn additional Powerful rewards and theme-inspired weapons and armor.
The Iron Banner begins on July 23 at 7:00 PM. You can participate for seven days, until July 30 at 7:00 PM. There is also a bonus on Valor points.
By completing the Flashpoint on Nessus and the accompanying heroic adventure, you can earn 2 Powerful rewards.
Werner/Benedict 99-40 offers you 4 new bounties this week, each providing a Powerful reward. If you complete all 4 tasks, you will earn an additional Powerful reward. Additionally, there are up to 3 more Powerful items in the Menagerie. It is important that you have made corresponding upgrades to your Chalice of Opulence.
Ada-1 offers you all 7 Powerful weapon rolls.
For completing 20 random bounties, Ikora Rey will reward you with a Powerful reward.
If you manage to collect 5,000 Clan XP, Hawthorne will reward you with Powerful loot. You can also earn an additional Powerful reward for completing the bounties “Summoning Ritual,” “All for One, One for All,” “Perfect Victory,” and “A Pressing Affair.”
Petra Venj can be found this week (Curse Week 1) at the Pavilion in the area “The Shore.” If you complete her mission, the 8 daily bounties, and the current 5th Ascendant Challenge, you will receive a Powerful reward for each of these tasks.
For Spider, you can complete the weekly bounty “Burner-Valus” to secure a Powerful reward.
These are the Bright Dust highlights of the Eververse:
the exotic emote “Into the Archive”
the exotic Sparrow “Once Upon a Time”
a class item for the Hunter from the new Eververse set
an armor ornament for the exotic Titan gauntlets Synthoceps
Gauntlets for the Titan from the new Eververse set
an exotic weapon ornament for The Legend of Acrius
In Fortnite: Battle Royale is soon the big World Championship. But since Epic has not removed a certain weapon, the grand finale could become quite boring.
Which weapon is it about? Currently, a certain weapon combination is tormenting at least the duo rounds in Fortnite’s competitive scene. We are talking about the dreaded “Double Heavy”. This refers to a setup where both players each use a heavy sniper rifle.
This was the following killer combination:
The players choose a target that is well fortified.
Then the first player shoots away the cover …
The second player fires a fraction of a second later
so the first bullet pierces the cover and the second usually kills the poor soul behind it immediately
How often is this tactic used? Since heavy snipers are very rare, it usually only happens later in the game that a duo has two of them. But in the final battle, the chance is quite high that at least one team uses such a combo, and professionals are on guard.
How can one protect against the Double Heavies? The only sensible rescue against this tactic is to bring even more cover between oneself and the deadly killer bullets of the heavies.
This again means that professionals build even more cover than is already common in tournaments.
The heavy sniper rifle
Why is this a problem? Since no player likes to lose in extremely high-class tournaments, like the upcoming World Championship, they do everything to stay in the game. Therefore, out of pure fear of the heavy sniper combo, builders tend to build as much as they can.
And no spectator likes to see a bunch of nervous professionals barricading themselves behind masses of cover and building more than shooting. That is boring and tedious.
Epic missed the chance to kick the Heavy Sniper in time
What Epic could have done: Many players complained about the combination of the 2 heavies. Even professionals like Chap from Team Liquid expressed their frustration on Twitter. Therefore, many fans hoped that Epic would remove the heavy sniper with today’s patch.
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The signs were good, as a new and much less brutal sniper rifle, the Storm Scout Sniper Rifle, was expected for Patch 9.41 today. That also came. But instead of kicking another sniper weapon, all weapons remained in the game as usual, and the new sniper is now just additionally in the pool.
A week before the big World Championship, Epic probably doesn’t want to change much in the meta anymore. But this has led Epic to fail to curb a combination that many players find unsightly. It remains to be seen whether this will make the grand finale – at least in duos – more boring.
Since Team Rocket has been attacking various PokéStops, Crypto-Pokémon are now also in Pokémon GO. We show you how to find and redeem them and tell you how strong they actually are.
These are Crypto-Pokémon: This type of Pokémon can now be found in Pokémon GO. They are monsters whose hearts have been closed, making them evil.
You can then redeem Crypto-Pokémon, making them stronger and giving them better IVs.
Everything you need to know about Crypto-Pokémon
How to obtain Crypto-Pokémon: These monsters can currently only be obtained through encounters with Team GO Rocket. After defeating the Grunt, you will receive Premier Balls, similar to a raid, and can catch a Crypto-Pokémon.
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This is always a Pokémon that the Rocket Grunt has fought beforehand.
What can Crypto-Pokémon do? These Pokémon are rather useless in their state. They know the move “Frustration,” which is quite bad.
Additionally, they cost more Stardust when leveling up. So it’s not worth leveling up a Crypto-Pokémon.
How to redeem Crypto-Pokémon: Every Crypto-Pokémon can also be redeemed. This costs 2000 Stardust and 2 candies of the respective Pokémon. However, there are some exceptions, such as Snorlax.
What happens to redeemed Pokémon? These Pokémon have 3 special features:
Every stat of the Pokémon increases by 2 points
The redeemed Pokémon is guaranteed to be at level 25
It learns the charged move “Redeemer”
Additionally, redeemed Pokémon cost fewer candies when evolving and less Stardust and candies when leveling up. You save a lot of resources.
The redeemed Squirtle costs fewer resources when leveling up and evolving. Source: Pokémon GO Hub
What do I gain from redeeming? You have a chance at a strong Pokémon and save Stardust. It’s definitely worth redeeming every Crypto-Pokémon to hope for good IVs afterwards.
If you have a Crypto-Pokémon with values of 13/13/13, you should definitely redeem it. It will then become a Pokémon with 100% IV.
What types of Crypto-Pokémon are there? There is no exact list for this yet, but there are already reports of Crypto-Pokémon such as Charizard, Blastoise, or Snorlax.
Niantic says players should choose the difficulty of Pokémon GO themselves:
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a massive game with immense scope, but it is not without bugs and glitches. One of these glitches is currently making the Red Dead subreddit laugh. In a cutscene where things get serious for Arthur, he does not whip out his weapons, but rather his finger gun.
What is the finger gun? The player NonverbalGore24 is currently making his fellow cowboys laugh in the RDR subreddit. In his campaign, Arthur showed his bravest side: during a dangerous scene when Dutch van der Linde, the leader of the gang, and he are threatened, he does not pull out his revolver but merely shapes his hand as if he is holding a gun.
The players in the subreddit can only chuckle at this, as the serious situation combined with the stern faces of those present and Arthur’s finger gun is just absurd.
What can be seen in the video? The video shows a scene from the fifth chapter of the Red Dead Redemption 2 campaign. The gang is stranded in this chapter on Guarma and is about to make their way home by ship. However, in the mission “Fortunately Escaped Paradise,” a reckoning with the adversary Alberto Fussar still needs to be settled.
There is an exciting standoff between Dutch, Fussar, and Arthur. It is exciting because it is usually a serious situation with three revolvers. However, the Arthur in the video seems to have lost his weapon due to a glitch.
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What other glitches are there? In Red Dead Redemption 2, there are still a number of other glitches that we have already reported on. While glitches in Red Dead Online are mostly used for making money, in the campaign they are more often funny errors.
What’s new? The Citadel Studios have taken the time to consider the feedback from previous testers. This has led to some new features and changes to the game. Overall, Legends of Aria is intended to become more accessible for newcomers, as this was previously difficult due to the rather harsh PvP rules. The changes include:
The Bard skills: Bards have useful buffs and abilities
You will be better introduced to the profession system to make it easier to transition from beginner to grandmaster
A new system for enchanting weapons and armor that expands crafting with unique ingredients. This allows you to obtain more high-end items
The PvP system is changing to avoid ganking and griefing (that is, the constant attacking of weaker players). PvP will now be more consensual
A new server where players can start fresh
An optional premium subscription with bonuses
A ton of new cosmetic options in the in-game store
Many improvements to “Quality of Life” features, functionality extensions, and more!
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We spoke with Derek Brinkmann, founder of Citadel Studios about the launch of Legends of Aria on Steam.
MeinMMO: With the new update, you want to tackle the issue of ganking in LoA. For many (especially fans of Ultima Online), open PvP is a very important feature. How do you combat ganking and griefing without upsetting PvP fans?
Derek Brinkmann: In an open PvP environment that supports both PvE and PvP, a status quo quickly establishes itself. If this is not finely tuned, it can frequently lead to an imbalance in player participation in different areas as well as in confronting content, and ultimately in the long-term success of a virtual world.
The changes we are making will adapt our rules to what our players do week after week. However, we absolutely want to improve the opportunity for players to participate in our new and future content in Celador. This means that we have significantly expanded the size and content of our safe zones.
What we have done with this release is place the majority of the “mid” to endgame items in the protected areas of the world while ensuring that high material, gold, and skill resources can still be obtained in the unrestricted PvP area.
This gives players who want to play relatively safely access to most of the game’s content. Nevertheless, we still have appropriate rewards for players who want to take the risk of adventure in unrestricted areas.
This new approach to the rules of Legends of Aria also benefits PvP players. No more teleportation restrictions for evil players, and they are no longer banned from cities and communities. We offer various consensual PvP options that allow for unrestricted PvP combat anywhere in the game (alliances and guild wars).
By reducing the wilderness area to the “Barren Lands” (which is still a huge area), open PvP fights become more concentrated, and it will be easier to find battles.
The “Awakening Spawns” remain fiercely contested events with great rewards and will be expanded. In this update, we are launching a new Awakening encounter in the cult city Ruins of the Artificer, which is a great place for a “King of the Hill” experience.
MeinMMO: There will now be a “guided player experience.” Many players don’t like to be “hand-held.” How will players be guided through the game without being overly guided?
Derek Brinkmann: Character creation in Legends of Aria consists of creating templates. This is a collection of one or more skills that represent a powerful combination of our abilities to create unique and exciting characters.
This was not obvious for new players in Legends of Aria. That’s why we developed the profession system, which provides players with a companion mechanic that creates achievements and quest-like goals to teach players the mechanics and guide them in the right direction on their way to grandmaster.
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Each profession offers a sort of epic quest consisting of five parts, which players can unlock as they develop their skills. The first one aims to teach new players the basics they need to practice that profession. The remaining tasks present players with increasingly greater challenges and offer them a small bonus content on their path to grandmaster, leading to the final and most difficult task.
These tasks do not require much time. Most of the time, they involve things that experienced players are already working on. However, new and inexperienced players will see this as a great learning tool when working to master their professions. Experienced players should have no problem finishing them quickly and reaping the rewards.
MeinMMO: When the game launches, will it still be in early access? And if so, how long do you plan to stay in this phase?
Derek Brinkmann: We have come a long way since we conducted our first alpha test in 2017. The world is ten times larger, there are countless new systems, places to explore, and items to acquire.
However, there are still two areas in the world that we have not unlocked yet, and there are some professions we still need to add before we can consider the vision for the game complete. We also plan to spend a lot of time moving forward on bug fixes and optimization before launch.
Once this version is released, we will focus fully on completing those last areas and professions to finally realize the full vision for Legends of Aria and remove it from early access. We do not have a specific timeline for this, but we expect it to happen around this time next year.
MeinMMO: LoA is a sandbox, but MMORPG fans are also looking for a “theme park” experience and are searching for the next big theme park MMORPG. What can these players find in LoA? Will it be a game for them? Do you plan to introduce stories and quests as well?
Derek Brinkmann: We do not believe for a second that any fan of theme park MMOs cannot enjoy an open sandbox MMORPG experience.
It is true that Legends of Aria does not offer the “theme park on rails” experience that other MMORPGs provide. Typically, these are games that offer a fixed path with quests, experiences, and levels, where you continually acquire better gear.
This does not mean, however, that we are averse to content, a sense of progression, or guided experiences; quite the contrary, we have been working on these things leading up to the Steam launch. However, we will always insist on player freedom, allowing for as many options and paths as possible for each player, and ensuring that every activity plays a role in the larger picture.
In Legends of Aria, it’s not about reaching the endgame as quickly as possible. It’s a virtual world that we are constantly improving and expanding. In this game, anyone can play for five minutes or five hours in a session, having unlimited opportunities to have fun with friends.
Someone might love the quests and dungeon runs in a game like WoW or Final Fantasy, but we definitely believe there is room for a game like ours. We believe that many players who are done with such a “grind” could find a new home in Celador.
In Overwatch you can earn many skins soon. All you have to do is make a few predictions and guess who will win a match in the league.
The Overwatch League is constantly trying to find new ways to engage viewers and increase interest in the league. At least among the Overwatch player base, this seems to work, as soon you’ll be able to unlock skins in the Overwatch League and use them in the game. All you have to do is make a few predictions.
How does it work? Starting July 25, there will be a new feature on the Overwatch League website. You can make predictions and forecasts through a tab called “Challenges”.
You’ll need to answer questions like who will win the upcoming match or how big the lead of each team will be. The questions are different for each match, and a correct answer will earn you points and progress in the respective challenges.
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The respective questions are available one hour before the match, and predictions can be made until about 2 minutes before the start of each match.
What’s the benefit? Completing challenges rewards players with Overwatch League tokens afterwards. These tokens can then be redeemed and used in Overwatch.
With these, special skins from the Overwatch League can be purchased. If you prefer not to buy the skins directly, you can earn them through the prediction game.
Does it cost anything? No, the Overwatch League prediction game is completely free. You just need a Battle.net account so that your predictions can be associated with the corresponding Overwatch account.
If you are playing on PlayStation or Xbox, you will also need to link your Battle.net account with your PlayStation or Xbox profile.
Is this a good incentive for you to check out the Overwatch League? Or can it not tempt you to watch?
Currently, the new hero Sigma is also making headlines in Overwatch:
The factions and the group fights of Destiny 2 have been on enforced leave for almost a year for revision. Since then, there has been almost no news about this feature. Now Bungie has finally officially spoken about the faction rallies, but unfortunately, there isn’t much to be happy about.
What is the enforced leave about? From the very beginning, the group fights of the factions were never really well received by players. They were always regarded as monotonous and irrelevant.
What has Bungie said about the factions now? Finally, there has been a small sign of life from the factions and the group fights themselves.
In a thread on the official Bungie forum, which demands the return of the faction rallies, community manager dmg04 addressed the fans.
First, he thanked them for their ongoing feedback regarding this issue. He then explained that Bungie has continuously gathered feedback regarding the absence of this feature – specifically since it was removed from the game.
While he could not provide details on whether or when the factions could return, he would like to ask the community some questions that should help the developers prioritize certain points from previous player feedback:
What aspects of the factions and the group fights did you enjoy the most?
What features did you not like at all?
Were there any other activities in Destiny or Destiny 2 that were positively affected by the factions?
As an example, he mentioned the grind in the lost sectors, which some players liked but others hated.
That’s not a good sign: This question particularly shows one thing: Bungie seems to have made no progress with the work on the factions since their disappearance and is, if anything, still relatively at the beginning of the idea generation process.
While some fans appreciate that they are even revisiting this event, the return seems quite far off in the opinion of many Guardians, given the current state of affairs. Anyone still waiting for the return of the factions probably won’t have much reason to be pleased in the foreseeable future.
What are factions and the group fights? Factions have represented certain groups since the days of Destiny 1, to which Guardians can join and pledge their loyalty.
Then you can increase your reputation with the respective faction and rank up. As a reward, faction-specific loot awaits.
In the group fights, or faction rallies of Destiny 2, it was about limited-time events where the various factions along with their followers fought for victory. The victorious faction then offered their followers special rewards that could only be received in the event of a victory.
Many in the community simply want the faction model from Destiny 1 back. But what do you think? Will the group fights ever return? Would you be happy about a return of the factions? And if so – in what form?
With the new Crypto Pokémon, you get the chance to easily obtain 100% IV Pokémon in Pokémon GO. We will show you how to do it.
Why is this possible right now? The reason is the new Crypto Pokémon that came with Team Rocket to Pokémon GO. They actually increase the IV of the Pokémon when you subsequently purify them.
Because they increase the IV, the chance of getting a 100% IV Pokémon is now higher, especially when you trade it.
Currently, it’s so easy to get Pokémon with 100% IV
What do you need to do? After defeating a Rocket Grunt, they leave behind a Crypto Pokémon. You can then catch this monster normally.
Crypto Pokémon are now available in the game. Source: Reddit
Then trade the Crypto Pokémon in its current state with another trainer and hope that it becomes a Lucky Pokémon. There are also Lucky Crypto Pokémon.
The special thing about Lucky Pokémon is that they have a minimum of 12 in every stat. So they have at least HP, attack, and defense values of 12.
When you purify this Pokémon, it additionally gets 2 points in each stat, as this is the special thing about purifying Pokémon.
Your Pokémon with 12/12/12 will then have 14/14/14. However, if your Pokémon has at least 13/13/13 in its stats, it will become a 100% IV Pokémon. A stat cannot exceed 15.
A purified Lucky Pokémon with 100% IV. Source: Reddit
What does this mean for the probability? If you own a Lucky Pokémon that is also a Crypto Pokémon, it has at least all stats at 14. This means it has at least 93% IV.
To approach this mathematically, it can be noted that the chance of each stat being 13 or more in a Lucky Pokémon is 75%.
When calculated for all stats, one can say that a Lucky Pokémon has over a 40% chance of having all stats at 13 or more. This is sufficient for it to have 100% IV after purification.
Lucky Pokémon are the key
What does this mean for me? You should definitely trade every Crypto Pokémon if it doesn’t already have good IV. The chance of getting a 100 is extremely high.
For example, there is also Crypto Snorlax or Crypto Charizard. Here you can also consider sacrificing a Lucky friend and trade such a Pokémon with this friend. It will have at least 93% IV and high chances of 100% IV.
This is important: You must trade the Crypto Pokémon and only then purify them. This only works if it has 13 or more in each stat after the trade. You can see this well in the new evaluation system.
Is this intended? The chance of a Pokémon with 100% IV is now extremely high. This raises the suspicion that it was not intended and will be changed again.
So definitely take this chance to get many 100s now.
Have you already caught the new Pikachu with a hat?
As Activision Blizzard’s stock prices continue to fall on the stock market, an investor suggests that Disney should snap up the company. But is that realistic?
What has happened to Activision Blizzard on the stock market? According to Bloomberg, the value of Activision Blizzard has dropped by 43 percent since October 2018.
As a result, Activision Blizzard stocks are now available at a low price. An investor from Gerber Kawasaki Inc. is now advising the media giant Disney to acquire Activision Blizzard.
Why the investor believes this would be a good idea: According to Nick Licouris from the investment firm Gerber Kawasaki Inc. – which holds a stock stake worth $4.3 million – an acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Disney would be a good idea, as Activision Blizzard is increasingly focusing on esports. This, in turn, could be well showcased by Disney on its new streaming channels.
Additionally, Disney has some hot brands like Star Wars, Marvel, and others, which could optimally utilize the many development studios of Activision Blizzard. Overall, $152 billion in revenue from the gaming industry is expected for 2019. 45 percent of this is expected to come from mobile games.
Disney also already has a deal for the Overwatch League and Activision owns the popular mobile game Candy Crush Saga.
This is the likelihood of the Disney deal
What does Disney say about this? Disney is one of the top shareholders in Activision Blizzard, with a total stake of nearly $22 million. The company itself still reportedly has a market value of a whopping $37 billion even after recent losses.
Therefore, Disney would still need to invest quite a bit of money to acquire Activision Blizzard. It is also quite unlikely that this will happen because Disney’s CEO Bob Iger stated at an investors’ conference in February 2019 that Disney prefers to see itself currently in the role of a licensor rather than as a publisher.
Given these facts, it is unlikely that Disney will buy the gigantic and prohibitively expensive publisher company just because it is currently a bit less expensive.
The investor Nick Licouris from Gerber Kawasaki Inc. is likely hoping for a boost at Activision Blizzard through a possible acquisition by Disney.
Currently, there is no statement from Activision regarding a potential acquisition by another company.
According to a report from JP Morgan (via Bloomberg), Activision Blizzard is currently on the acquisition list of the Apple corporation.
Fortnite: Battle Royale has patch 9.41 and a strange new sniper rifle. There are also more birthday gifts and a new beam weapon in PvE.
What’s in the new update 9.41: This small update to Fortnite brings only minor, but interesting changes to the game. One of them is the new Storm Scout sniper rifle, which deals devastating headshots and effectively predicts the storm.
Storm Scout Sniper Rifle and Birthday Cake – The Features and Content of Patch 9.41 in PvP
New Weapon – Storm Scout Sniper Rifle: This new sniper rifle has a kind of weather map in the scope. This allows you to see in advance where the storm is heading and where it is safe.
Availability:
epic, legendary
Damage:
81/85, headshots deal 202/212 points of damage!
Ammunition:
Heavy ammunition
Rate of Fire:
1.1 shots per second
This weapon is going away: Curiously, all other weapons remain in the game. Even the currently controversial Heavy Sniper, which is currently annoying the pros in tournaments.
The heavy sniper rifle stays in the game for now.
New Items: Now you can (except in arena and tournament modes) grab these two new items:
Birthday Gifts: Legendary boxes that drop valuable loot packages
Birthday Cake: Gives you 5 shields and health
Gameplay Changes and Bug Fixes: Among other things, a feature called PiP (Picture in Picture) is implemented. This allows you to watch major tournaments live during the game, such as the Pro-Am or the World Championship.
What’s changing in Creative Mode:
In Creative Mode, you can build film sets and try out the game mode Prop Hunt.
The Patch Highlights from the Update to Patch 9.41 in PvE
A new plasma weapon is waiting for you here.
New Weapon – Pulsar 9000: This is an energy shotgun that penetrates opponents. You can get it in the weekly shop from Thursday, July 25 to Thursday, August 1.
A new teaser for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has many players cheering, because you can recreate your weapons from reality in the game in intricate detail.
What kind of teaser is this? This short clip was released by Call of Duty on their Twitter page. It shows the Gunsmith of Modern Warfare, meaning the possibilities to modify your weapon.
The clip shows that the possibilities here seem almost endless. Players are cheering because you can change detailed properties of the weapon. This makes it appear even more realistic.
This makes the rifle look even more like a real gun, because it is no longer a solid piece but rather many individual parts.
It’s not entirely clear: From the teaser, one cannot conclude to what extent the modification will actually affect the weapon.
This will only be noticeable when the first players get to play. It could be that the weapon looks different, but there might not be a noticeable difference in shooting behavior.
How are players reacting? The fans of Call of Duty are completely thrilled, because here too Activision is focusing on realism, just as they promised.
ultramagnusx: “I have never been so excited for a CoD as I am now. Come on October, come to us quickly. PLEASE!”
ViperKira: “Look at this, you can do whatever you want with this thing. Masterkey shotguns, grenade launchers, ….”
EdanGreenwell: “It will be interesting to see if and how strongly the customization is monetized. Even with that in mind, it will be hard not to be excited about MW. Everything we have seen so far has been great.”
What do you think of this teaser? Are you excited about the modifications? Recently this gameplay caused a stir:
The latest hero of Overwatch, Sigma, is quite eerie. Some details about Sigma have surely gone unnoticed by you.
When Blizzard released the first trailer for the new Overwatch hero Sigma last night, there was a lot of praise right away. They managed to create an interesting character while also producing one of the eeriest trailers of the game. The creepiness mainly comes from the audio of the video.
Sigma speaks backwards: The trailer for Sigma is permeated by strange noises that sound like a distorted voice. This is almost correct – because time and again Sigma speaks backwards! At the very end of the video (or at the very beginning if reversed), he says: “Release me!” which means “Let me go!”. Throughout the video, you can hear him whispering softly, and he says: “Hold it together …” which can be interpreted as “Pull yourself together!”
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Others
also claim to hear “It’s in me!” and “Get it out!”, which means “It’s in me!” and “Get it out!”.
Sigma’s pen is pure science: In one part of the trailer, you see Sigma and four pens floating next to him. On Reddit, someone who seems to be knowledgeable in astrophysics noted something interesting: The pens form a structure known as an “Einstein Cross”. This shows the luminous center of a galaxy, whose light is shifted by gravity. This formation is nearly identical to the pens shown in the trailer.
The “Einstein Cross” …
… and Sigma’s pen. Very similar!
This
would mean that there is actually only one floating pen,
which is displayed at different places due to gravity.
This leads some fans to speculate that Sigma may have the ability to guide spheres on different paths.
Sigma had a teaser in Overwatch: Lastly, another exciting detail that players have now noticed. On the map “Lijiang Control Tower”, there is a hologram of a satellite visible. If you look closely, you can spot a warning signal and strange rotating energies around a round room. This seems to be the room from the trailer where Sigma conducted his experiment.
In
any case, Sigma’s fate is quite eerie and also somewhat tragic. A scientist who intended to do good and wanted to revolutionize the world with new technology, ended up with Talon, who surely seeks to exploit his abilities.
What do you think of Sigma and these little hidden details?
With the release of Title Update 5 and the “Episode 1” DLC, owners of the Year 1 Pass for The Division 2 can play two new Classified Assignments starting July 23. However, just before the release of these new contents, Massive has revealed what players can expect.
Warning, story spoilers ahead – Continue at your own risk!
What are the Classified Assignments about? With the first DLC “Episode 1”, in addition to 2 new main missions and the new activity “Expeditions”, 2 more Classified Assignments are being added to the game:
Central Aquarium
and NSA Site B13
These are essentially somewhat shorter missions that elaborate on various events surrounding the fall of Washington D.C. through their own small stories. The focus is clearly on the story, providing players with more insight into the civilian population and some of the factions.
Initially, Massive intended to present these new assignments in the State of the Game last week, but the information was only released shortly before the release of Title Update 5 and Episode 1. Now we finally know what agents can expect in the 2 new Classified Assignments.
How and when can I play these assignments? These short missions can only be played by owners of the Year 1 Pass for The Division 2. They can be selected on the map of D.C. after the release of Title Update 5. These assignments are marked for you with a blue star symbol.
By the way: before these new Classified Assignments appear on your map, you must first complete the initial Classified Assignment that was released back in May.
This is what awaits you in the secret mission Central Aquarium: In this mission, agents will be tasked with rescuing civilians who have set up their new home in an aquarium complex after the disaster.
This idyllic spot is now being besieged by the Hyenas, who have invaded the aquarium in search of usable equipment, plundering it and terrorizing the residents, who then sent out an emergency call.
In this mission, agents will learn more about how the group of survivors from the aquarium was bonded together by the disaster. Additionally, they will work with a local ally to drive out the Hyenas and uncover a major mystery: What happened to all the fish?
This is what awaits you in the secret mission NSA Site B13: This mission is set in the namesake secret facility of the National Security Agency – one of the numerous intelligence agencies of the United States.
The facility was locked down at the time of the disaster and has since remained untouched, which is why it is completely intact. Until now. The agents are investigating a cryptic message that has reached them from the underground of the National Mall as part of this Classified Assignment.
Elite mercenaries from the Black Tusk have breached the wall of a subway tunnel to gain access to the secret data center of the NSA. It is now up to the agents to secure this facility and cleanse it of the Black Tusk. Players will discover what the NSA really knew and how they responded to the threat – even before Black Friday, when the virus broke out.
What do you think of these small story snippets so far? Are you excited about the new Classified Assignments or do you find them uninteresting?
In GTA Online, the release of the casino update for PS4, Xbox One, and PC has started. We show you everything you need to know.
Who can update? The update is currently available for the PS4 version of GTA Online.
The Social Club version and the Steam version can now download the update as well.
How large is the update? On PS4, the update size is 3.4 GB. It varies between 2.6 GB and 3.4 GB depending on the platform.
GTA Online Server Status – Game Progress and Cloud Servers
Login issues: Since the release of the casino update, there have been problems with online sessions. Players are being kicked out of their sessions or are unable to join at all. The following error occurs:
“Your game progress could not be loaded from the Rockstar cloud servers. Please try again later. You are now returning to Grand Theft Auto V.”
Probably, the demand for the update is so high that the servers are overloaded.
Event, Cars, Penthouse, and More in the Casino DLC
Special event ongoing: You have 2 weeks to participate in the special diamond benefits program. It offers you many rewards such as designs for cars, t-shirts, and more.
However, you only have a limited time to unlock the rewards. We have created a guide for you that shows step by step how to unlock the silver, gold, platinum, or diamond status and what content you will be rewarded with for it.
22 new cars: As with every update in GTA Online, the casino update brings many new content for you to look forward to, including some supercars and muscle cars. A few of the new vehicles have already been presented by Rockstar Games, while others have already been leaked.
We show you all vehicles here in overview – including the prices of the already released cars:
How the launch works: When logging into GTA Online, you will first be greeted by a trailer that introduces you to the events of the casino. Then walk to the casino on the map and enter the new building that the developers have erected there in recent weeks.
In the casino itself, you will meet the most important people and the building will be introduced to you. With a bar, casino, and other rooms.
The lucky wheel: Once a day, you can spin the lucky wheel in the casino for free. There you can expect special prizes such as RP, money, or even a supercar. Before spinning, the odds for each of the winning categories are even displayed to you.
Buy chips and play in the casino: For various activities in the casino, chips are required as currency. We show you where you can buy them and what you can do with them.
