Players without the Iceborne expansion of Monster Hunter: World will not be left behind. They will still be able to play cooperatively with their friends. The story of Iceborne will take place only partly on the new continent.
This is what the producer of MHW says: In an interview, producer Ryuzo Tsujimoto commented on the contents of Iceborne. Although the expansion will bring a whole snowy continent, there will also be new content in the old areas of MHW. For instance, roughly half of the story of Iceborne will take place on the old continent.
There will be plenty of content in the old areas that players can complete together, according to Tsujimoto. In the Beta of Iceborne, players could encounter the new monster Nargacuga in the Ancient Forest.
Tsujimoto also stated that players with and without the expansion will continue to be able to play together in cooperative mode. There will be no restrictions at this point.
What do players need to do before Iceborne? To be able to start directly with the new expansion on September 6, players need to have completed the entire story of MHW beforehand.
The new mechanics of Iceborne will be available in MHW as soon as the expansion has been downloaded. This includes the clutch claw, as well as the new dynamic difficulty system.
What happens after Iceborne? While console players can play Iceborne starting September 6, PC players will have to wait again.
They want to release the console version as stable as possible, according to Tsujimoto. One of the goals is also to release the PC version faster than it was the case with MHW.
There are no plans for an additional expansion after Iceborne. Tsujimoto said that Iceborne is meant to complete MHW.
Inthe night leading up to Friday, there was a new update for Dota Underlords, bringing various balance changes and also new features. At the center is a nerf to the Open Fort strategy: with the best strategy in Dota Underlords, one lost to win. We look at the patch notes from July 4th.
What is the Open Fort strategy? In the Open Fort strategy, you take advantage of the fact that you earn additional gold for losing streaks: a reward for a “bad streak.”
So, you forgo placing champions to ensure you lose. Once you’ve saved up a large sum of gold, you start cleaning up the board from behind.
This strategy was supported by the item Silver Linings, which awarded an additional gold for each loss. This way, you could reach 8 gold per loss as early as round six.
This is included in the patch notes of Dota Underlords
How does the patch change the losing streak? The latest patch now ensures that you only receive a maximum of two gold for losing streaks instead of three.
Additionally, the item Silver Linings has been modified, so it only gives gold for a loss if you have also won beforehand.
For each victory, the item gains a charge. Each loss consumes a charge and converts it into gold. If you have no charges, then there is no gold.
Lose streak gold:
3-4 losses – 1 gold
5-6 losses – 2 gold
7+ losses – 3 gold
3-4 losses – 1 gold
5+ losses – 2 gold
What changes for win streaks? The reward for win streaks is also decreased: it now ends at 8 victories and then starts over. Previously, you received 3 bonus gold for each victory starting from the 7th. Now, for 3-4 victories you get 1 gold, for 5-6 victories gold, for the 7th victory 3, and for the 8th victory even 4 gold. Then it’s over.
Win streaks gold:
3-4 wins – 1 gold
5-6 wins – 2 gold
7+ wins – 3 gold
3-4 wins – 1 gold
5-6 wins – 2 gold
7 wins – 3 gold
8 wins – 4 gold
Revisions of Alliances and New Items
What balance changes were made? On one hand, with the new patch, the overall distribution of champions has been adjusted. At level 9, the chance for units costing two gold was reduced by 5% and for units costing three gold was increased by 5%.
There were also minor adjustments at level.
On the other hand, there were changes to the Warlock and Shaman classes:
Warlocks now establish a connection for 3 seconds with the ally having the lowest health every time they cast a spell. Whenever one of them deals damage, both are healed for 50/100/150 percent of the damage.
Three Shamans now have the effect that enemies affected by stuns, silence, or hexes generate -200 mana when attacked.
The orc Disruptor is now also a Warlock, in addition to being an Orc and a Shaman.
What else is new? With the patch, three new items were introduced:
Force Staff: Pushes enemies six squares in a random direction (10 seconds cooldown)
Scythe of Vyse: When the champion takes damage, the attacker is transformed into a pig for four seconds (15 seconds cooldown)
Big-Time Contract: The champion is additionally a Bloodbound in addition to their original origin.
In The Division 2, big changes are coming with Title Update 5. Those who enjoy using skills will likely have reason to be happy. Shotguns are also facing a change. It will become clear what does not drop in the “matchmaking” mode of the raid.
This week’s State of the Game featured numerous updates about the Title Update 5, which is currently on the PTS. It will be tested until July 10 and will come to the live servers sooner or later.
Why should anyone still raid normally?
What about the “Easy Raid?” The raid at Washington National Airport was previously only available for pre-made groups and so difficult that only a few made it through. Players on PS4 and Xbox One, in particular, had trouble enjoying a pleasant and successful time in the raid.
The big question was: If there is an “Easy Mode”, why should anyone still raid normally?
The answer is: There will be no full rewards in Discovery Mode. Neither gear sets will drop, nor the raid-specific weapon “Eagle Bearer”, as revealed by Massive.
At the moment, the Discovery Mode is still restricted to the test server, and the loot for this “LFR” mode in The Division 2 is yet to be finalized.
What happens to shotguns: Shotguns are in a difficult situation in The Division 2:
In PvP they are rather too strong
In PvE they are rather too weak
Here, Massive plans a change that specifically strengthens shotguns in PvE and weakens them in PvP. Details are not yet revealed.
Cooldown for skills partially reduced to one-sixth
This is how Massive changes skills: The skills will receive a massive upgrade overall, especially regarding cooldown times:
Brand sets and gear sets will receive stronger bonuses, allowing agents to achieve higher values in skill haste, meaning they can use skills even faster.
Additionally, many cooldowns for the skills will be reduced, in some cases significantly. The cooldown of some skills will be halved or reduced to one-fourth, while for shields, the cooldown will even be reduced from 240 seconds to 40 seconds, which is a sixfold reduction.
Skill mods are also expected to provide more, as “skill haste” bonuses in The Division 2 will be doubled on mods, and three ammunition bonuses for the turret will be quintupled.
Only the skill “Firefly” was apparently a bit too strong by now; here, Massive is reducing damage for “Burster” and “Demolisher” by 25%.
Many of the skill changes are still not playable on the PTS.
What it’s all about: The stated goal of Massive is to make skill builds usable to increase build diversity. So far, pure weapon DPS builds (red stats on items) dominated the daily life of The Division 2.
With Title Update 5, Massive apparently aims to ensure that at least DPS and combat mechanics (skills) are viable and useful options that agents can freely choose between.
The new game Teamfight Tactics, the LoL Auto Chess, will probably be the summer hit of 2019. To outsiders, it may seem like not much is happening: What makes the game appealing? A short clip from Twitch streamer Reckful from a tournament for $15,000 shows the allure of Teamfight Tactics.
Many are asking: “Why do people like this nonsense?” is the question that many “normal” players are pondering about Teamfight Tactics. After all, there is no fighting involved.
For LoL players who enjoy making 18 decisions in 6 seconds and clicking 37 times, the game seems quite dull. After all, in Teamfight Tactics, you only assemble a team of heroes, give them items, and place them on a board.
The actual battle is handled by the AI.
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Here are the 31 seconds: This tournament match between Twitch streamer Reckful (green health bars) and his opponent Yassuo (red health bars) can show the allure of the battle in Teamfight Tactics.
Reckful is on the brink of elimination in the tournament, he only has 3 health points left and cannot afford to lose the fight.
A nasty assassin in Teamfight Tactics: Rengar.
What’s happening here? Both players are relying on two completely different tactics and have tailored their teams accordingly:
The attacker “Yassuo” is focusing on the Assassins/Void combo. The assassins jump onto the opponent at the start of the battle and deal damage quickly. Their two tanks, Cho’Gath and Kassadin, are busy with the opponent’s tanks, Mordekaiser and Sejuani, in the upper half of the battlefield, while the assassins cut through Reckful’s vulnerable heroes.
In contrast, Reckful relies on a slower combo with 4 “Glacials” that can freeze opponents. He has gathered his damage dealers Varus, Vayne, and Ashe in the lower right corner. However, Reckful’s lines cannot withstand the assassins’ attacks and quickly collapse. As soon as the clip starts, Reckful’s lines are decimated. His own DDs Vayne and Varus are quickly overwhelmed shortly after the start of the clip.
That’s how the assassin tactic works.
Kindred, the white wolf at the bottom right, can buy Ashe a few more seconds.
The match goes such that the assassins easily gain the upper hand and almost wipe out Reckful’s entire team. Only Sejuani and Mordekaiser are holding up for a while at the top. The hero “Kindred,” who is next to Ashe, casts his ability that prevents any allied hero in the nearby area from dying, buying some extra seconds.
Still, the fight looks hopeless for Reckful. As Mordekaiser falls, Ashe faces 7 opponents alone. Reckful signed: “Okay, I think we’re dead now.”
1 against 7. The situation is basically completely hopeless for Ashe (bottom right).
Perfectly equipped Ashe turns match
That’s why Reckful wins after all: Ashe is isolated in the lower right corner – and the opponent has only melee fighters, who can only attack her if they are directly adjacent to Ashe. Since only 2 spaces are free, 5 opponents remain idle.
In the meantime, the opponents also gain no mana and therefore cannot use abilities, only mindlessly auto-hit.
As a “Glacial,” she has the chance to stun opponents.
And she recovers mana extremely quickly with the item “Spear of Shojin” and can utilize her special abilities.
Ashe can eliminate each opponent one by one, which sends Reckful into ecstasy.
The final moment is reached when the attacking tank Cho’Gath only needs one hit to win the match – but just then he gets frozen by Ashe.
The monster Cho’Gath would only need to strike once to fill up the mana and decide the match – yet he gets frozen.
This is the special appeal: In this match, you can see from Reckful’s emotions that the incredible turn of events releases a lot of adrenaline. Even though the streamer can no longer actively intervene in the fight, he is totally invested.
And once again, a country is getting the MMORPG Lost Ark, before we in Europe can celebrate the release. This time, it’s Japan’s turn. Smilegate announces a new class.
Who is publishing Lost Ark in Japan? The Korean developer Smilegate has entered into a partnership with GameOn.
GameOn belongs to Neowiz (Bless Online) and operates games like TERA and ArcheAge in Japan.
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When does Lost Ark start in Japan? No release date has been announced for Japan yet. It is uncertain whether the game will start this year. Perhaps players in Japan will see a beta in 2019.
Nevertheless, the situation shows that Smilegate is gradually granting access to Lost Ark in more countries. After Korea, Russia and China, now it’s Japan’s turn. It’s surely just a matter of time until a corresponding deal for the USA and Europe is announced.
When can we expect a release in Europe? This will probably not be the case until sometime next year. So, we still have to wait for the MMORPG.
What else has been announced? The Korean version is getting a new class called the Assassin. However, nothing further is known about this yet. It is also not yet known when it will be introduced.
The Assassin has been teased as a new class for Lost Ark.
Many are still looking forward to Lost Ark
What do players think about the Japan deal? Of course, impatience is spreading among fans, who are joking on Reddit that the Holy Roman Empire could be next before us.
What is the general mood? Lost Ark is still an MMORPG that many are looking forward to. Understandably, after the long wait and also due to the uncertainty of when we can expect the release, frustration is spreading.
But generally, interest in Lost Ark is still present.
What do players hope for from the MMORPG? What we see so far from the Korean version appeals to many who would like a profound, large, and epic MMORPG with action-packed combat and the perspective of a Diablo.
There is plenty to do. The battles look interesting, and group play is encouraged. Lost Ark could strike a chord with fans of online role-playing games.
The Chinese gaming company Tencent has released a mobile game called Raziel, which looks like Diablo Immortal. Although the game is currently one of the most downloaded games in China, it has received heavy criticism.
How successful is Raziel? The game is currently one of the most downloaded mobile games in China. One could call it a hit, if one didn’t take a closer look behind the scenes.
What do the players think? Despite the mobile game being downloaded so often, it is currently facing a lot of criticism. Especially the loot system annoys the community. It is said to take a very long time to get really good items, and the items that look particularly stylish are often more or less useless.
A player writes: “After I reached level 60, I couldn’t even gather the basic equipment for a build. And that was after fighting monsters for a week. The game wants you to spend money.”
Others feel the same way. The monetization system apparently forces players to spend money on equipment, as it just takes an extremely long time to get good weapons and armor.
In addition, there are very long loading times and only an extremely limited selection of characters. Raziel launched with only three classes, and two more can be unlocked.
The ratings on the Chinese portal TapTap currently stand at 4.0 out of 10 points, trending downwards. It’s a curious situation. The game is basically a big success in terms of downloads, yet there is heavy criticism.
Chinese Players Still Look Forward to Diablo Immortal
What does this mean for Diablo Immortal? Raziel was apparently a bit of a rush job by Tencent to release a Diablo clone for mobile devices before Diablo Immortal. This backfired a bit. But the players in China are not deterred by this. They are still looking forward to Blizzard’s game. Just like the readers of mein-MMO do.
Blizzard is now able to analyze Raziel to see what doesn’t work. In this way, the company can avoid these mistakes in Diablo Immortal.
Will Raziel come to us as well? Currently, it is not known whether we will be able to play the mobile game in Europe.
The clothing critique is a weekly challenge in Final Fantasy XIV. We will show you the possible solutions for this week.
What are the solutions? The following items will maximize your points:
Top: Pagos Shirt, Arachne Shirt of Slaying and Scouting
Pants: Pagos Tights, Arachne Tights of Slaying and Scouting
Shoes: Dawnlight Boots of the Adventurer
Bracelet: Fluorite Bracelet
Remember, every armor slot must be filled – not just the ones the Masked Rose wants to see. Otherwise, there will be point deductions.
Where you can find the items, you can check in the FFXIV database “GarlandTools”.
Is there a cheap option? To get the full amount of MGP, you need to reach 80 points. This can be easily achieved this week with the following items:
Dawnlight Boots of the Adventurer: Buy from the Lost and Found Manager for 100 Gil
Fluorite Bracelet: Buy in Ul’dah from Sileas (X: 10 / Y: 13) for 2,544 Gil
This article will be updated if a better solution is found.
What is the clothing critique? It is a weekly challenge in FFXIV. The community must pool their knowledge and try to guess which clothes the NPC Masked Rose wants to see. As a reward for reaching at least 80 points, you receive 60,000 MGP.
If you haven’t unlocked the clothing critique yet, here’s how:
Quest Name: Show us your clothes
Location: Gold Saucer (X: 4.8 / Y: 6.1)
NPC: Lewena
Requirements: Access to the Gold Saucer
After that, you can present to the NPC Masked Rose in the Gold Saucer (X: 7.2 / Y; 7.4) every week starting Friday and try to complete his quest.
Currently, some players are complaining about issues with their accounts in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Content disappears and cannot be restored. What is going on?
Many fans are eagerly waiting for Treyarch to finally reveal new details about the upcoming Operation Apocalypse Z (starting on July 9 on PS4). However, some players are waiting for a completely different statement from the developers.
What are players complaining about? Since July 4, some players have been complaining that content from their accounts in Black Ops 4 simply disappears.
They are logged into their profiles and can play, but previously earned content is missing and cannot be used in the game anymore. This includes various skins, weapons, calling cards, stickers, characters, Nebulium Plasma for Zombies, and more. Previously earned reserves are also now history. Especially frustrating: content purchased with real money is also gone.
Attempts to restore content such as logging in and out, restarting, or even reinstalling the game have not solved the problem currently. Activision’s support has since intervened. However, those affected are still waiting for a solution from the developers.
Where is the problem? This is still not clear at the moment. The full extent of this phenomenon is also not yet visible. While the number of affected players is currently manageable, some of them say that many more friends and acquaintances are experiencing the same issues and that not enough is being said about it.
How are those affected reacting? Some players are now uncertain about this, and some even want to refrain from playing for the time being. They do not want to lose their progress and thus further new content like supply crates or tier rewards.
Especially in the USA, this is ruining some players’ mood during the long holiday weekend. However, some fans are taking it humorously and jokingly noted that this is now the consequence of supporting microtransactions.
What do the developers say? Activision’s support is already working on this issue and collecting data from those affected. There is currently no solution. It is not known whether the accounts and all their content can be completely restored. If you are also suffering from this phenomenon, you should contact support, according to Activision.
There are also problems here: There are apparently similar problems in Black Ops 3 as well. While some are waiting for a corresponding solution from the developers, they wanted to pass the time with some rounds of Black Ops 3. However, they were also surprised to find that there are similar problems there. It seems that some content is also missing in the predecessor.
Are you also affected by this problem, or is everything working fine for you? Would you still play if you lost all your content?
Out of the blue, Capcom and GungHo have released a new card game called Teppen for iOS and Android. In this game, characters from well-known franchises like Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, or Devil May Cry compete against each other.
What is Teppen? It is one of the popular online card games, where two players compete against each other online. However, Teppen features characters that you might know from Capcom franchises. These include Ryu from Street Fighter, Dante from Devil May Cry, Resident Evil’s Albert Wesker, or Mega-Man.
Each character has its own strengths and weaknesses and must be played strategically in card matches.
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Real-time Reactions
What makes this game special? Teppen offers several unique features. In addition to the heroes from games that you can lead into battle, the events take place in real-time.
When an opponent plays a card, you must respond immediately and lay down the corresponding counter card. This makes Teppen feel more like a “real” card game.
The dynamics introduced by the real-time battles make the matches more action-packed and faster. However, you must always act strategically, as each hero has special moves that you should time well.
The events are also staged dramatically. You see animations of the individual characters alongside the playing field, as well as plenty of special effects and explosions. It feels like an action game where things get really intense. It’s a bit like “Hearthstone by Michael Bay.”
What else does the game offer? You experience a story through a solo mode where you face off against an AI. In this solo mode, you learn more about the backstories of the heroes.
In the story mode, you gradually unlock heroes that you can use in multiplayer battles.
Additionally, you compete in ranked battles against other players to climb the leaderboard, and you try to master a Grand Prix in which you complete match after match.
Teppen comes as Free2Play for iOS and Android
When can you play? Teppen is already available. You can simply download the free-to-play mobile game via Google Play or the Apple App Store.
How is the game received? The reviews have been quite good so far. One must consider that Teppen has only recently become available. Nevertheless, the card game is quite well-received.
Players find that it brings a bit of fresh air to the genre but still takes cues from Blizzard’s Hearthstone. It is not a “cheap knockoff” of earlier card games but is genuinely fun and has a lot of potential due to the wide range of heroes.
If you have always wanted to see Capcom heroes compete against each other in a card game, you can check out Teppen on your smartphone.
One of the tasks for the new exotic Lumina quest in Destiny 2 is to prevent an invasion in Gambit, meaning to eliminate an invader in time. We will show you what to pay attention to in order to complete this step quickly and effectively.
What is the deal with the invader kill? If you want to obtain the new exotic hand cannon Lumina, you will eventually have to thwart an invasion in Gambit.
However, while numerous Guardians have successfully completed this step, there are many players who are struggling with it. Some report that they cannot make progress, even when they eliminate the invader in time.
Even some Guardians who already possess the weapon believe that this is perhaps the most annoying step in the entire Lumina quest.
Therefore, we explain in this mini-guide specifically what you should pay attention to during this step, and how you can quickly and effectively achieve your invader kill.
You need to know about the invader kill
These requirements must be met: It is important to note that the invader kill will only count if certain requirements are met. However, these are not listed or explained in the quest description.
You can complete this step in the regular Gambit mode, but also in Gambit Prime. It is important that you meet the requirements for the “Not on my Watch” medal when getting the kill. This means you must eliminate the invader within 10 seconds after he enters. He cannot kill any of your team members before he is eliminated.
Also important: Many also report that the invader cannot deal damage to you or your team before you send him to the virtual afterlife. The kill was only registered for me when I was able to pulverize the invader with a super before he even fired a shot.
Previously, timely kills were not counted multiple times because the invader was able to deal damage to me or one of my team-mates before dying, although he did not eliminate us.
Whether this is a sporadic bug or truly the conditions for this step is still not entirely clear.
These weapons you should use
What you should consider when choosing your weapons: To eliminate the invader as quickly as possible, you should pay attention to your weapon selection and possibly your super.
Truth has three rockets in the magazine that you can fire without reloading in between. They also have a high velocity and very aggressive tracking. This way you can sometimes catch the invader at the other end of the map.
With the exotic sniper rifle Izanagi’s Burden, you are not dependent on power ammo and can kill the invader with just a single body shot if you compress 4 shots into a powerful projectile with the “Sharpened Edge” perk.
The Sleeper Simulant is still excellent for pulverizing invaders with a single shot. However, if you don’t have any of these weapons, you should rely on a tracking rocket launcher. Otherwise, it usually takes too long to get to the invader without him having already killed or injured someone from your team.
By the way, if you play a gunslinger hunter with the sub-class Way of a Thousand Cuts, your Blade Barrage super is still your best weapon when the invader is not too far away from you. With most other classes and their supers, it is comparatively harder, albeit not impossible, to eliminate the invader in time and reliably.
What you need to pay attention to on the map
This is how you use the spawn system to your advantage: You can influence to some extent where the invader will spawn on the map. Accordingly, you can limit the general direction from which he will come.
The invader cannot appear where you spawn, so he can come from one of the three other directions seen from the center of the map. However, if you and your team occupy one of the three remaining possibilities, meaning you are all fighting there, the invader will (usually) appear in one of the two other possible areas and come towards you from there. So you basically only have to focus on two potential danger zones.
It can also happen by chance: If you are lucky and encounter a friendly enemy squad, it might happen that they simply give you the kill by appearing and then just waving cheerfully or sitting down. Some fans have reported such experiences. But you shouldn’t count on that.
What are your experiences with this step? Did you master it quickly, did you struggle with it for a long time, or is it perhaps still a challenge? And how was it for you regarding the invader’s damage?
A certain character in Patch 8.2 of World of Warcraft was almost considered dead. But it seems he might survive the patch after all.
Patch 8.2 of World of Warcraft has been active for a while now and the villains are clear. Sylvanas, Azshara, and N’Zoth are clearly bothering the players and keeping both the Alliance and the Horde on their toes. However, even though Queen Azshara is the final boss of the upcoming raid “Eternal Palace”, she is likely not to die. The Model Viewer has revealed this now.
What is the Model Viewer? The “WoW Model Viewer” is software that allows creatives to extract the models from World of Warcraft. This gives access not only to all models in the game (such as player characters, enemies, environments) but also to their animations – all of them. For example: Our WoW title images use the Model Viewer to depict the characters in their respective poses during an animation.
What was discovered? Notably, Queen Azshara is the final boss in the raid “Eternal Palace” and can thus be defeated by players. However, she does not have a usual death animation. Normally, (almost) all creatures have a “Death” animation, where the respective character lies dead on the ground at the end. However, Azshara’s death animation is different. She goes to the ground and remains there, breathing heavily – but is in any case still alive. A complete death does not exist for her.
Azshara’s “death” animation – clearly still alive.
What does this mean for Azshara? It seems that Azshara does not die, but something happens to her or her body after the fight. This will surely be revealed in a cinematic that will play after the fight. After all, the patch is called “Azshara’s Rise” and it could be that this refers to Azshara’s metaphorical rise to a higher being. A fusion with N’Zoth or another form of transformation could be conceivable.
This information should, of course, be taken with caution. It is certainly possible that Azshara dies in the “after cinematic” and that something happens to her corpse, which is why no death animation is necessary.
When will there be concrete information? We will likely get certainty on the upcoming Wednesday (07/10/2019), as the new raid will open on normal and heroic, allowing the first players to complete it. The corresponding cinematic should be released shortly thereafter.
Would you like Azshara to play an important role in World of Warcraft? Or is it time for the Naga queen to finally pass away?
Wattson is the latest legend in Apex Legends and the first new legend of Season 2. As a new member of the roster, she is still not familiar to many players. We will tell you everything you need to know about Wattson.
Who is Wattson? Wattson is the tenth legend of Apex Legends. The lady with the French accent is fully committed to handling electricity and counts as a defensive tank in the team.
She was the first new legend to join Season 2: “Battle Charge” in the game. The legend Crypto, which is also expected later in Season 2, may follow her.
How do I unlock Wattson? Wattson costs 12,000 Legend Tokens or 750 Apex Coins in the shop, roughly equivalent to €7.50. This is also how much the legend Octane cost in Season 1. You can unlock her easily via the “Legends” tab in the shop.
With the active ability “Area Security”, she places electric fences that connect and allow electricity to flow between them. This slows down enemies and inflicts damage on them.
Her Ultimate “Interceptor Pylon” deploys a pylon that intercepts incoming explosives and recharges the team’s shields over time.
Through the passive ability “Spark of Genius”, Wattson instantly charges her Ultimate with a booster and recharges the electric fences faster when standing next to her Ultimate.
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How do I use the abilities correctly? Wattson is most useful when you want to secure an area or dig in. Place the electric fences at choke points to prevent enemies from getting through.
With the Ultimate, you have a particular advantage when you are in a fierce “standoff” with one or more enemy teams. It protects you from grenades and ensures that your teammates’ shields stay topped up. This saves shield cells.
Wattson’s skins
These skins are available for Wattson: Wattson mainly received the standard version of the skins that is available for most legends. Everything including the epic skins is just a recolor. However, there are also two legendary variants.
In the “Ace of Sparks” and “Fly-by-Wire” skin, Wattson presents herself as a flying ace with a military vest, aviator glasses, and headset. There are also matching details such as tubes and even a mask like those worn by jet pilots.
The “Ace of Sparks” skin for Wattson.
The “Fly-by-Wire” skin for Wattson.
In the “Cyber Security” and “Strange Attractor” skins, Wattson suddenly becomes a cyborg lady. She swaps her skin for a metallic surface and the rubber suit for a paint job. Additionally, she has a metallic puffy jacket that gives her a slightly naughty and dystopian look.
The “Cyber Security” skin for Wattson.
The “Strange Attractor” skin for Wattson.
The legendary skins cost 1,200 crafting materials each and can be contained in loot boxes.
Tips and Tricks for Gameplay – Get the Most out of Wattson
That Wattson is more useful than previously thought is something pro Shroud has also realized. Our author Benedict has already played Wattson for several hours and secured some victories with her. Here are some tips and tricks to win with Wattson:
Protect your fences: The posts can be destroyed by shooting at the base, similar to Caustic. Place them behind rocks so that enemies cannot take them under fire.
Bring a booster: It’s best to always keep one slot in your inventory free for an Ultimate Accelerator and carry one with you. Since you instantly get the Ultimate by using a booster, you can provide more effective protection later in the game.
Secure special positions: Wattson is particularly good at securing areas – similar to Bangalore. Use the fences to secure valuable drops or to guide enemies into traps, like the Leviathans.
The Ultimate eats your own grenades! When you set your Ultimate, keep in mind that the corresponding area intercepts all explosive projectiles – including your own grenades and those of the team.
Shove opponents into the fence: This is particularly useful right after landing. Set up a small fence where electricity flows. If you find yourself in a fistfight, use the knockback from your punches to push enemies into the fence for additional damage.
Are you ready to get started? With our tips, you’ll master Wattson in no time – and climb the new leaderboard:
It comes from the latest Pokémon movie, which is now premiering in Japan. Accordingly, this Mewtwo will be released in Pokémon GO.
Everything you need to know about armored Mewtwo
When does Mewtwo return? On July 10 at 10 PM, when Groudon leaves the raids, Mewtwo returns. It will remain in the raids for the whole month and will disappear on July 31 at 10 PM.
This is what the new Mewtwo will look like in the game
How strong will this Mewtwo be? Not much is known yet about the powers of armored Mewtwo. It may very well have the same stats as regular Mewtwo, just looking different.
However, players suspect that this Mewtwo will be stronger in defense. After all, it is wearing armor and might be able to take more damage. This is not confirmed, though.
Here are better chances for raids: Every Wednesday, when Mewtwo will be available in raids, there will also be a legendary raid hour from 6 PM to 7 PM local time.
During this period, Mewtwo will appear more frequently in raids. At exactly 6 PM, a Mewtwo will show up in every gym where there is no other raid or an EX raid is scheduled.
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The new medieval MMO Conqueror’s Blade has been available on Steam since the end of May. But how does the game resonate with the target audience and what new developments have occurred since then?
This is how successful Conqueror’s Blade is: In a Steam report on the most successful newly released games, Conqueror’s Blade secured the first place in the category of most players in a free-to-play game 14 days after release.
In total, according to Steamcharts, over 11,000 people played Conqueror’s Blade simultaneously on Steam in June 2019. The average was 5,217 players.
How do players perceive Conqueror’s Blade? Currently
(as of July 4, 2019, 6 PM), there are over 3,500 reviews on Steam. Overall,
the sentiment is balanced with “only” 57% positive reviews.
This is well received: Players praise Conqueror’s Blade mainly for the interesting game concept of action and strategy. Additionally, many fans appreciate the medieval setting and the complex customization options.
This is not well received: However, it is often mentioned that although the game concept is good, it is still far from refined. Especially the matchmaking after level 31, which according to some reviews throws all players into the same pool, frustrates many players. They continuously get overwhelmed by superior opponents.
Some players also experience technical problems.
However, the developers continue to work on the game and have already released a major update.
The First Major Update “Knights and Squires”
What’s in the first update for Conqueror’s Blade: Recently, the new update Knights and Squires was released. It includes five new units inspired by European knights. You will receive:
Domain Spearmen
Page
Sergeants with Spear
Men-at-arms
Crusaders
A new progression system for military ranks is also being introduced. Ranks give other players an overview of your military capabilities and achievements in the game. They become available at level 60. The military ranks will then be displayed as a special frame around the class symbol.
Additionally, there are more tutorials and improvements to quests.
In Fortnite , the biggest streamer on Twitch, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, is often seen with other streamers. He is known for his long streams, which often involve trash talk with other Twitch streamers. However, one should probably not say: “Tfue is better than Ninja.”
This was the situation: Ninja had reached the end of a six-and-a-half-hour Fortnite stream. He was playing with his regular partner Reverse2k and had streamer Ben “DrLupo” Lupo along with Jordan Fisher, a U.S. actor, singer, and dancer.
When Ninja is seen on stream with his buddies like DrLupo or TimTheTatman on Twitch, there is usually a constant flood of banter. They tease each other, poke fun, and comment on what’s happening. The viewers want to be entertained.
In the scene in question, Ninja was drinking a huge tankard in Fortnite and commented at the end, “Oh, it says on the bottom: Ben smells like farts.”
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The remark caught Ninja off guard: DrLupo simultaneously said: “Hey, donate 5 subs on Twitch if you think Tfue is better than Ninja.”
From then on, the mood shifted. The other streamers laughed, but Ninja became quieter. He said, “That felt personal.”
To which DrLupo replied, “You know, it’s never personal or always.”
For the rest of the match, no one spoke. DrLupo merely whispered: “The toxicity.”
The two are rivals on Twitch: Tfue and Ninja.
This is what happened next: The match lasted about 8 more minutes. Ninja played the game out confidently and secured the victory. He only said, “Six and a half hours of streaming, I’m exhausted,” and then he was gone.
During the 8 minutes, people in the Twitch chat talked about it being a “weird situation,” a “strange silence,” that DrLupo probably doesn’t know how to joke and always takes it too far.
People who joined in said, “I’m confused, why is no one talking?”
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This is how the clip is being reacted to: The clip has now over 210,000 views. On Reddit, people discuss and say that Ninja just bottled up his anger and it’s still simmering.
Overall, DrLupo’s role here is viewed critically. He is considered a player of a different category and should not mock the well-known “high-skillers” Ninja and Tfue.
DrLupo, known as the Good Guy.
This is what lies behind it: Even though a lot of it is just banter – Ninja is an incredibly ambitious and driven player. Apparently, he can’t stand it when someone makes “Tfue” jokes at his expense, even if it’s an alleged friend.
Surely it was just a snapshot and he was simply exhausted after 6.5 hours, but this topic seems to occupy him nonetheless.
In 2018, Ninja still dominated Fortnite, but for a few months now, Tfue has been giving him serious competition on Twitch. He is currently the number 3 streamer on Twitch.
In contrast to Ninja, Tfue is qualified for the 2019 World Cup in Fortnite.
During the night, a major update was released for Auto Chess Teamfight Tactics on the LoL PBE. This update introduced a Ranked mode and the new champion Twisted Fate.
How does the Ranked mode work in TFT? Unlike in League of Legends, you only have to play five rounds instead of ten to receive a placement.
A matchmaking rating, or MMR, is used to determine this. Your rating increases if you finish among the top four players in a round.
If you finish in the bottom half, you lose rating. Apparently, the amount of rating also depends on how high or low your placement is. For example, finishing fourth gives you significantly less rating than the first place.
When will the Ranked mode go live? You can already test it on the PBE, but the new Ranked mode will be available on the live servers much later.
A release is planned with Patch 9.14. Typically, updates in League of Legends are released two weeks after the patch goes to the PBE. A release on Wednesday, July 17, is likely.
Teamfight Tactics gets its first new champion
Who is the new champion? As many players have already speculated after the teaser image, the new champion in TFT is Twisted Fate. He is a pirate and a spellcaster, costing two gold.
He comes into play with 450 health and 50 mana at the first level. His special ability is “Pick a Card”. He chooses one of three random cards, which have one of these effects:
Red Card deals additional damage (200/300/400)
Yellow Card stuns the target for 2/3/4 seconds
Blue Card restores 20/35/50 mana to himself and surrounding units
Twisted Fate can play an important role, especially for a spellcaster combo, as he can generate mana with “Pick a Card”. Also, as a pirate, he provides extra gold in the early game.
He is the 51st champion in TFT, with a total of 60 champions planned. These will rotate in the future to keep the meta from becoming stale.
What else has changed? We have already reported that the item system in TFT has been adjusted. Additionally, there were balance changes to demons, who now deal true damage when they burn mana.
Also, the Frozen Heart has been strengthened (now reduces enemy attack speed by 25% instead of 20%), and the Hextech Gunblade now heals for 33% instead of 25%.
The UI has also been tweaked. Winning streaks are now displayed more clearly in the UI, and there is finally the desired overview of the damage dealt by your units. This overview resets at the start of each round.
What does Riot Games plan for the future? Currently, there is no connection between Teamfight Tactics and the other game modes of League of Legends. Thus, no XP can be earned through playing.
While the beta pass fulfills its purpose of distributing rewards like new game boards or small legends, Riot Games is now considering a connection to the other game modes based on player feedback.
Additionally, further balance adjustments are already in the planning stage.
Warframe recently received excellent ratings on Steam. Currently, 96 percent of the reviews are positive. What is going on? Why is Warframe doing so well right now?
What is going on with Warframe on Steam? If you look at the Steam reviews of the loot shooter Warframe, it states that the reviews from the last 30 days are “extremely positive.” This is about the best rating you can get on Steam and comes from a proud 96% positive reviews over the last 30 days. That amounts to over 20,000 reviews, almost all of which were positive.
In total, at the time of this article (07/04/2019 at 4 PM), Warframe has over 269,000 reviews, of which 92 percent are still positive.
In recent days, Warframe has become even more popular.
But what is the reason that so many people have rated the game so highly in the last few days?
Why Warframe is so popular
If you take a closer look at the reviews, several positive aspects of the game stand out:
It has an incredible amount of content and ongoing updates
It has an incredibly fair free-to-play system, in which almost everything can be played for free
Even the grind is fun due to the dynamic action combat system
The large variety of weapons and Warframes is very well received
This is the most important feature of Warframe: Above all, the excellent free-to-play system, in the eyes of many fans, is very well liked. According to fans, you can get almost everything in Warframe for free, and some players regularly invest a few euros in special cosmetics out of gratitude to the developers for the game.
This is what fans say: Here are some of the most helpful opinions from fans:
“Get it, play it, and preferably throw your private life away. You never need anything else.”
“I started late and I must say I regret it, as it is a super game. Much to do, good graphics, fair gameplay, nice community. Absolutely recommended.”
“There is no free game that tramples the entire AAA publisher scene into the dust as much as Warframe. Except for a few skins, everything can really be obtained for free.”
“If you have the time and desire to grind a lot, Warframe is the right game for you.”
New Warframes and weapons are constantly being added.
This is the little criticism: Negative reviews are currently rare, but some players still have some complaints. Curiously, some find the free-to-play system not fair, as you at least have to buy slots for new weapons and Warframes. And even though you can also trade the necessary real money currency with other players, they still consider this unfair.
Another player criticizes the entire game system of the loot shooter. Grinding for items to get more items to grind with, he finds ultimately empty and unfulfilling. However, he needed 1,146 hours to realize this.
Why Warframe could become even more popular soon
The hype around Warframe could actually grow even larger. Because on the weekend (July 6, 2019), the major fan festival TennoCon, organized by the developer, takes place. There, a long-awaited feature is likely to be presented in more detail.
This is what the players’ spaceships could look like.
This is what to expect at TennoCon 2019: The highlight of this year’s TennoCon is likely to be the long-awaited update “Empyrean.” It was only briefly teased again at E3 2019 and is now expected to be presented in detail at TennoCon.
What is Empyrean? With this update, a long-held dream of many fans will finally come true. Here, you can design large spaceships and start battles in space with the enemy’s large ships, engaging in complex space battles.
Players can take on different roles on the ship and even board enemies, then slice through the opposing ship as space ninjas. Additionally, you can equip your Archwing and zoom around the ship as a kind of starfighter, fending off enemy hunters.
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Additionally, you can build your ship together as a clan, design it, and continue to upgrade it. Since players can already decorate their small Orbiter spaceship with all sorts of absurd items like stuffed animals and vacuum robots, the possibilities with a large spaceship are likely to be even more extreme.
If Empyrean is finally presented in detail at TennoCon and ideally a release date is announced, then Warframe could possibly become even more popular on Steam.
In the MMORPG EVE Online the invasion of the Drifters is in full swing and has escalated to a new level. After players were initially shocked, they became annoyed and wanted to sabotage the economy of EVE Online – then CCP struck back.
This is what is happening in EVE Online: Last Wednesday, an NPC race from EVE Online, the Drifters, suddenly launched an attack in Null Sec on the structures and ships of the players. Something like this had never happened before.
Players wanted to sabotage trade to harm EVE Online
This is how the mood shifted: As reported by PC Gamer, the mood of the top players changed quickly. At first, they coordinated to intercept the Drifter attacks and were excited. But by the weekend, it became frustrating for them.
The attacks were described as “tedious and boring”. The NPCs always attacked in the same way, triggering the same defensive strategies every time.
Quickly, the alliances had the “Drifter” problem under control, and it was no longer that exciting.
Top players had figured out that while the Drifters bark, they do not bite. They were apparently not really out for destruction. However, since the Drifters had not been announced or tested beforehand, the alliances had to take them seriously. This was annoying after all.
“The Mittani”, the head behind the powerful alliance The Imperium: He was particularly annoyed by the Drifters.
This is how top alliances wanted to take revenge on CCP: Apparently, some of the major alliances in EVE Online planned to express their displeasure with CCP by intentionally disrupting the game.
It is said that the Imperium and Fraternity initiated a trade war to weaken EVE Online by imposing an embargo against important trading hubs like Jita.
The message: If CCP spoils our PvP fun with PvE, then we will strike back. By disrupting the trade of EVE Online – essential for many players – they wanted to force CCP to relent.
Such protest actions happen more frequently in EVE Online.
This is what has happened now: Since the current maintenance a few hours ago, EVE Online is once again in chaos. As stated on reddit , the Drifters are now more aggressive and numerous than before.
Since the new update, they spawn not only in 3 systems per region but in all of them. In 6 hours, they attacked 200 structures from TEST. They are now “fully aggressive.”
Before the downtime, Drifters could achieve 1 kill per hour, now it’s 120.
In the reddit forum, many see this as a somewhat defiant response from CCP to the trade war. Apparently, the claims that the Drifters had been “decoded and were no longer a problem” were a bit premature.
Officially, there are no statements from CCP regarding the Drifter invasion in EVE Online.
In Pokémon GO there are new raid bosses again. They match the spawns from the GO Fest in Dortmund, which is currently happening.
Why are there new raid bosses? The GO Fest in Dortmund is currently in full swing, and at the same time a worldwide event with special spawns is also taking place. Some spawns from the GO Fest can now be found in raids as well. Among them are some rare shinies.
Moreover, some Pokémon from the last raid bosses are still available. So there are still good counters against Groudon available.
The Raid Bosses for the GO Fest in Dortmund
Raid Level
Pokémon
Level 1 Raid (red egg)
Magnemite Shinx Lotad Male Nidoran Meditite
Level 2 Raid (red egg)
Flunkifer Austos Capilz Kokowei Roselia Barschwa
Level 3 Raid (yellow egg)
Tangela Scyther Starmie Machoke Alolan Raichu
Level 4 Raid (yellow egg)
Absol Tyranitar Alolan Marowak Lapras Tengulist
Level 5 Raid (black egg)
Groudon
What is new now? There are not many changes brought by the new bosses. So there are only additions of Pokémon that are available at the GO Fest. New additions include:
Magnemite
Male Nidoran
Barschwa
Scyther
All 4 Pokémon can also be shiny. So you also have chances here to get the coveted shiny Pokémon.
In return, Karpador and Wailmer were removed from the 1-star raids. The level 4 raids have not changed at all.
There was an error here: At the beginning of the new raid bosses, you could encounter Magnezone in the 1-star raids. However, this was just a bug, and the monster was quickly replaced with Magnemite. So you will no longer find it in raids.
Magnezone was briefly available in raids. The error has now been fixed
Which bosses are good counters? If you are still looking for a good team against Groudon, then focus mainly on Roselia, Capilz and Tangela. They themselves or their evolutions are top counters.
How long will these bosses be available? Presumably, the bosses will change again at the end of the GO Fest. This will end on Sunday, July 7. After that, the old raid bosses will return until July 10.
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In week 9 of Season 9, Fortnite hides a secret star again. We show you the location of the bonus star.
Here’s how to get the star: Once you have mastered all challenges from week 9, you can collect this star that is hidden somewhere on the map. If you haven’t completed all challenges, you won’t find the star.
Secret Battle Star from Week 9 (S9) – Here is the location
Here’s a hint: You can find the hint for the location of the star as always on the new loading screen. This appears only when you have completed all challenges.
In week 9, this loading screen looks like this:
This is the loading screen from week 9
Where is the hint hidden? To the right at the skate ramp, you see the star on a graffiti. You can tell that the star is supposed to be on a car. But where is this vehicle?
This time the hint is quite obvious
Here you can find the secret star: You can find the car in Mega Mall. It’s located in the large shopping center. Around the car, there is a barrier.
You will find the star on the roof of the vehicle. You won’t be able to miss it.
In the middle of the shopping center in Mega Mall lies the star
Is there a video about it? We have embedded a clip for you that shows the exact location again. This way, you will definitely find the star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyKxGFWDIEg
What tasks do I need to solve beforehand? The challenges from week 9 are relatively easy to accomplish. For example, you need to visit 3 solar panels.
All other tasks are done quickly. You need to make special kills or drink shield potions.
You can find the summary of all tasks in our large hub for week 9:
