The Egg Event in Pokémon GO is over, but the positive comments about the event keep coming. We explain what Niantic did better with this event.
Why was the event so well received? It seems that Niantic took the criticism of past events to heart and improved many aspects. For instance, significantly more event Pokémon that can be Shiny spawned than in other events.
There were also bonuses that could be combined well. The Raid Week with Latios, which also fell within the event period, rounded off the successful event.
At the Bug Event, there were hardly any event Pokémon at first
During the event surrounding Pokémon Day, many players also complained about the low spawn rates of Pidgey and Rattata.
This was better now: Niantic took the criticism to heart and significantly increased the spawn rates of the event Pokémon. In the Egg Event, there was a Haspiror on every corner and one could ideally go shiny hunting.
While there were no special raid bosses at the event, the Raid Week with Latios provided an interesting raid boss, as it was available as Shiny for the first time.
Shiny Latios fit perfectly into the event
Here’s why the bonuses were so good: Not only were the spawns good, but the bonuses were great as well. From the 2 km eggs, you mostly hatched baby Pokémon. The chance for shinies was therefore high.
Additionally, one only had to walk half the distance, and the offer boxes provided numerous incubators at a low price. It all made sense.
The lucky egg, which lasted for one hour, could be ideally activated between the various Latios raids.
What players say about the event
On Reddit, many players are celebrating the event over Easter. A thread on this topic received about 2,000 upvotes so far, and hundreds of players agreed in the comments. It was said:
Numerous players liked the Egg Event
thebiggestleaf: It’s a big step forward from the Bug Event and the new shiny actually had a spawn rate that made it worth chasing. I actually managed to find two Haspiror as shiny before the end of the last weekend. I also hatched my first Klingplim, the last of the Gen 4 babies I needed. That was great!
Me_talking: Overall, I enjoyed the event as Haspiror spawned abundantly, and I really liked the half egg distance.
LuluQuagsire: I didn’t get any shinies, but it was really fun constantly hatching eggs! I got rare candies – especially from Wonneira. I agree, that was a good event!
sammunfox: I really enjoyed it! I got some new Pokédex entries that I was missing.
The Ground Event is coming up and could be really good again
If Niantic continues to have such high spawn rates for event Pokémon in the future, the feedback is likely to remain positive. It could well be that the upcoming event will also be a success.
First players have already been able to try out the new Call of Duty 2019. But there is hardly any official information. When will the game finally be announced?
They were allowed to play: Although the next installment of the series hasn’t even been officially announced, select players have already had a glimpse of an early build of the yet unnamed Call of Duty 2019.
Recently, at a closed-door event in Nashville (Tennessee, USA), some college football players had the chance to play the latest installment themselves.
This is where the playtest event took place (Source: Dexerto)
Are there new details? Unfortunately not. Although the football players were allowed to broadly describe their impressions and share some pictures and videos from the playtest event, no new information that was hoped for was available – neither about the title of the game nor about the content.
The published footage only shows the title “Call of Duty”. In the tweets and reactions, the players also only refer to “Call of Duty 2019” or “the new Call of Duty” and say that the game is simply great.
Some reactions from the participants (Source: Dexerto)
When can we expect more official information? Although there were no new details during the event itself, it shows many fans that the promotional machinery is slowly getting into gear and that it may not be long until an official announcement.
Fans expect that Call of Duty 2019 will be announced in late April or sometime in May. This would align with the announcements of previous installments in the “Call of Duty” series. For example, there was
the “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” Reveal Trailer on May 27
the “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” Reveal Trailer on May 1
the “Call of Duty: Ghosts” Reveal Trailer on May 21
the “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” Reveal Trailer on April 27
the “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” Reveal Teaser on April 30
the announcement of “Call of Duty: WW2” on April 21
the announcement of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” on March 8 and the Reveal Event on May 17
If one were to continue following this reveal pattern, fans shouldn’t have to wait too long for new information.
The Black Ops 4 Reveal Event (Source: Charlie Intel)
What is officially known about Call of Duty 2019 so far? Not really much. Activision’s chief Rob Kostich has already revealed that there will be a huge and expandable multiplayer world and fun coop gameplay, as well as again a single-player campaign.
Moreover, with Infinity Ward, a studio that has developed the entire “Modern Warfare” series, is responsible for the upcoming installment. There has been no more information from official sources so far.
The search function in Pokémon GO offers you a wide range of options to filter for Pokémon. More and more features are being added. We have a list of all previous search terms.
What is the search function? When searching for a Pokémon in your bag, you typically enter the name of the Pokémon in the search bar at the top.
In addition to this search, there are numerous other ways to find Pokémon. For example, you can sort Pokémon that you can evolve, or search for all baby Pokémon.
All Pokémon for which you have enough candies for evolution will be displayed
item
All Pokémon that you can evolve with an evolution item will be displayed
hatched
All Pokémon that you have hatched from eggs will be displayed
baby
All baby Pokémon will be displayed
traded
All Pokémon that you have traded will be displayed
lucky
All lucky Pokémon will be displayed
alola
All Alola Pokémon will be displayed
defender
All Pokémon that are in gyms will be displayed
legendary
All legendary Pokémon will be displayed
mysterious
All mysterious Pokémon will be displayed
shiny
All shiny Pokémon will be displayed
pidgey
All Pidgeys will be displayed (also applies to all other Pokémon)
5
All Pokémon with PokéDex number 5 will be displayed (also applies to all other PokéDex numbers)
5-10
All Pokémon with PokéDex numbers 5-10 will be displayed (also applies to all other PokéDex numbers)
5-
All Pokémon with PokéDex numbers 5 or higher will be displayed (also applies to all other PokéDex numbers)
+pidgey
All Pokémon from the Pidgey family will be displayed (also applies to all other Pokémon)
dark
All Dark-type Pokémon will be displayed (also applies to all other types)
@dark
All Pokémon with a Dark-type attack will be displayed (also applies to all other types)
@bite
All Pokémon with the attack Bite will be displayed (also applies to all other attacks)
hp100 / cp100
All Pokémon with 100 HP/100 CP will be displayed (also applies to all other values)
hp100-200 / cp100-200
All Pokémon between 100 and 200 CP/HP will be displayed (also applies to all other values)
@weather
All Pokémon with weather bonus will be displayed
!shiny
All Pokémon that are not shiny will be displayed (also applies to all other commands above)
This is also possible: You can combine commands. For example, if you enter “legendary, shiny”, all shiny and legendary Pokémon will be shown. You just need to separate the commands with a comma.
If you enter “legendary & shiny”, all legendary Pokémon that are also shiny will be displayed. An “&” connects both commands.
The search function “shiny”
This is what the search function is good for: It makes searching easier in many ways. Here are some examples illustrating what the function is particularly good for:
Your lucky egg is running and you want to evolve many Pokémon quickly: Enter the command “develop”. Then you can go through the list and evolve everything that is displayed.
You have the current quest “Evolve a Pokémon using an item”: Simply enter “item” in the search bar. All Pokémon that qualify for this quest will be shown to you.
You need strong Dark-type Pokémon for a raid but don’t know which attacks your monsters can use: Enter “@dark” in the search bar and all Pokémon with a matching attack will be displayed.
You can search for traded Pokémon.
Still need a Ditto? Here you can find the complete Ditto list:
The online shooter Escape from Tarkov was supposed to have entered the open beta phase long ago. However, the game is progressing very slowly. Where does the shooter stand in April 2019?
The story revolves around the fictional Russian city of Tarkov, which is sealed off due to a conflict.
The private army BEAR, mercenaries from USEC, and the Scavs are fighting for supremacy.
You fight through several zones of the city where you need to complete tasks.
It is necessary to survive and search for better equipment.
The battles are tactical and deadly. Even grazing shots can lead to death.
You may upgrade your weapons with many mods.
You improve the hero through a skill system.
Trading plays an important role.
You build a base as a retreat and storage.
Realism is the priority. The trajectory of bullets is calculated physically correctly.
A slow development
What has happened with the online shooter? Escape from Tarkov is currently in closed beta. And it has been since the summer of 2017. An open beta was supposed to have started in early 2018, which has still not happened.
The developers are working hard on the shooter and continually release updates that bring small and large changes as well as innovations. These include:
What is the problem? The developers are progressing slower than planned. This is partly due to the network code. The game has been struggling with performance issues and lags for a long time. While updates have improved this, the situation is still not optimal.
The game often hangs unexpectedly, which can end badly, as every second in Escape from Tarkov decides between life and death. According to players, this stuttering is one of the main reasons why the game is not progressing and currently lacks success.
Subtracting710 writes on Reddit: “Finally remove the stuttering! It’s the only thing destroying the game and has been for a very long time!”
Furthermore, cheaters are making life difficult for players. This issue has not yet been resolved by the developers either. There are some exploits that players take advantage of, and the team needs to fix these problems immediately, which takes time away from other tasks.
However, since this problem still persists, the open beta will take longer. There is currently no date for it. Perhaps it will start this summer, but that is not certain.
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What is the team currently working on? The developers from Battlestate Games are currently preparing version 0.12. This is expected to bring a number of innovations:
The compass
Voice chat
A new Scav world boss
Improved animations
Alcohol
A switch to the new version of the Unity engine
Options to customize the character
The introduction of a public test server
Performance and network optimizations
What are the biggest issues currently? In addition to optimizing performance and the issue of cheaters, several elements are still missing:
The base is not yet integrated
Maps are still missing
A number of skills are still missing
Bugs need to be fixed
So, how is it with Escape from Tarkov? There is still no release in sight for Escape from Tarkov. With some luck, the long-awaited open beta might start this summer. How long it will take until the release version is published is uncertain.
Development is progressing slowly but steadily. The team at Battlestate Games is taking the time they need to fix the problems and gradually incorporate more features.
What do the fans think? The Escape from Tarkov community understands the long development time, even though many wish it would go faster.
TheKappaOverlord states on Reddit: “No one wants a half-finished game that has more bugs than a high school coding project.”
Anyone who wants to play can join the closed beta. However, one must expect issues. Nevertheless, many fans are already having fun with the online shooter.
But it will likely take a while before Escape from Tarkov reaches a release state.
The makers of Anthem have discussed the further plans. Some promised features have been postponed indefinitely.
Here is the new information: In a live stream about the new Patch 1.1.0, developer Bioware introduced the new Stronghold “The Sunken Cell”. In the process, some changes and fixes were also addressed.
However, there have been continuous questions about the other features that were supposed to come in April. At least according to the 90-day roadmap that Bioware published shortly after the release of Anthem.
In response, the developer has now addressed the issue in a Reddit post and announced that many of the planned contents will have to be postponed indefinitely.
When can we expect the features? So far, there is no further information available.
Why are the contents being postponed? According to the developers, they have learned from their mistakes and want to focus on fixing bugs and glitches.
This also applies to other areas of the game that they want to improve.
Bioware is working on ways for players to test content
In the Reddit post, the developer elaborated on a few topics that are important to the community.
This is what Bioware says about loot: They emphasize once again that they are aware of the loot problem and are working on it.
This is what Bioware says about the Cataclysms: This feature is very important for Bioware; the team is currently working on it. The feature is supposed to provide new challenges and rewards, as well as advance the story. New information is expected in May.
This is what Bioware says about its own communication: From now on, they only want to talk about new features that are closer to completion.
A lesson we have learned is that we spoke about things too early.
Darokaz, Bioware Community Manager. Source: Reddit
To allow fans to provide additional feedback, they are also working on a test environment for PC players, who can then test new features. There are no further details yet.
Bioware is aware that fans will likely be unhappy about the postponements. They hope that players understand that bug fixing is the top priority.
Furthermore, the developer emphasizes that they are committed to Anthem:
We believe in Anthem. We believe that the game will be great, but we acknowledge that it requires a lot of hard work. However, we want to get that hard work done and for you to join us on this journey.
Darokaz, Bioware Community Manager. Source: Reddit
No specific information about further plans has been published, neither in the statement nor in the live stream.
During the stream, any questioners were referred to the text; the developers only spoke about the new patch.
The fans are not exactly thrilled
This is how the community reacts:
The reactions are mixed. In the comments on the statement, the open communication of the developers is praised, for example.
Others criticize the live stream, as the developers mostly ignored questions related to the postponed content.
Overall, most commentators are disappointed to angry, as they were looking forward to new features.
You can also watch the last live stream here in full:
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A report now takes a look behind the scenes of the online shooter Fortnite. Anonymous employees report there of brutal overtime and intense pressure. The success of the game comes at a high price.
Where does the report come from? The US site Polygon has spoken with former and current employees of Epic and contractors. Polygon has also used statements from a spokesperson of Epic in its insider report.
This is the main problem: Employees say they often worked more than 70 hours a week. Some of them even more than 100 hours. A week only has 168 hours.
Quality assurance and customer service employees speak of a stressful and hostile work environment, where voluntary overtime was expected.
In one mode, Thanos appeared, coinciding with the release of a Marvel movie – that probably meant overtime as well.
The success of Fortnite comes at a high price
Where does this come from? The problem is visible in the booming success of Fortnite. The company apparently was not prepared for it, but wanted to keep it going for as long as possible at any cost.
To maintain this success, Fortnite was supposed to be constantly updated with new modes, skins, and weapons. This meant that there was always a deadline and employees could not rest.
One employee says:
“The biggest problem is that we constantly have a patch. The bosses focus on keeping Fortnite as popular as possible – especially now that new competition is emerging.”
A spokesperson for Fortnite says: A representative of Epic tells Polygon that people work very hard on Fortnite. But extreme situations like a 100-hour week are incredibly rare and they try to avoid them happening regularly.
Where does the time pressure come from? Developers constantly have to react to things and change them. Everything has to happen immediately, nothing is left to the employees in terms of time, it is said.
If something breaks, like a weapon, you can’t just turn it off and fix it in the next patch. You have to repair the broken weapon immediately.
As soon as there are negative reactions to a patch, someone at the top says: “We have to change this.”
Then everyone is pulled from what they are currently doing and have to do overtime. This is great for players and the public, but it comes at a price.
A spokesperson says: Fortnite would have been much more successful than expected. Everyone at Epic reacted with incredible dedication and eagerness to this success. The team quickly expanded Fortnite to grow the audience.
The Infinity Blade was a controversial weapon that had to be removed from Fortnite immediately.
That’s why hardly anyone can take time off: Furthermore, it is said that employees are offered time off, but this is hardly feasible in practice.
Because no one wants to be the one who takes vacation, as that means colleagues have to do their work.
There is a fitness room in the office that employees could use in their free time. But no one ever has free time because they are always in “crunch” time. They constantly need to develop more content and stuff, it is said.
Moreover, people feel that their job is at risk if they do not push through. It is said that they knew employees who refused to work on weekends. If a deadline was missed because their part of the task was not resolved, they were fired.
With each season, every 10 weeks, Fortnite is supposed to change significantly to stay fresh.
The worst affected would be contractors who are employed between 6 and 12 months. If they are not willing to work more than planned, their contracts will not be extended and new ones will be hired.
One of the supervisors is said to have said: “Just bring me more bodies!” This is how they view the contractors: as “bodies”.
Why doesn’t anyone complain? Attempts to complain to supervisors or the HR department are fruitless. Supervisors would shy away from such discussions. The direct supervisors have no answers but just shrug their shoulders.
Those who rebel often leave the company afterward.
Employees would swallow everything for months, then simply stand up and disappear. If you ask whether the employee will come back, you will just be looked at strangely.
Spontaneous events, like here with Marshmello, earn Fortnite a lot of praise.
That’s why the problem is so persistent: The obvious solution for Epic, which earns so much money, is hiring more people. But that has its limits.
The spokesperson says, they have constantly hired more people. The number of full-time employees at Epic has doubled since the launch of Fortnite. The problem is not money, but the speed at which new, highly qualified people can be found and onboarded:
Therefore, they have collaborated with contractors and independent studios to better distribute the work.
They have also changed the way of working so that multiple teams can work in parallel.
They have also introduced bi-weekly mandatory breaks for everyone in winter and summer.
Are there any good news? Polygon also quotes a group of employees they spoke with who thoroughly enjoy working at Epic. They say:
there’s good money
an excellent bonus system
you can advance in your career
and some say they have never worked overtime personally, even though they work on Fortnite
During the Christmas season, Fortnite remained calm while prepared events took place.
“Voluntary Overtime”
It is said that Epic has sent out several memos stating that overtime is voluntary – but employees likely see this as “theoretical”.
Especially young employees believe they must work so much to get ahead, says one of the sources.
The report from Polygon ends with a statement from an employee:
“It’s killing people. Something has to change. I can’t imagine how we’re going to keep this up for another year. At first, it was okay because Fortnite was a huge success and felt good. We solved problems that were new for Epic: how to run a large, global game as an online game. But now the work is just endless.”
In Destiny 2, three Guardians managed to send a strike boss to the virtual afterlife in a spectacular way. They captured this in the video.
How did they take down the strike boss? A fireteam of three Hunters took out the big Cabal boss Bracus Zahn in the Nightfall strike “The Arms Dealer” with a creative invention all at once.
Normally, the fight goes through multiple phases, during which the boss also becomes immune. However, the Guardians equipped a Sparrow, a type of mount in Destiny 2, with sticky grenades all over and then drove this vehicle kamikaze-style into the boss. The Cabal leader stood no chance and was dead within seconds.
But see for yourself:
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The Guardians were able to benefit from this feature: Currently, the Spring Event “The Revelry” is in full swing in Destiny 2. A special feature of the event allowed the three Guardians this particularly creative boss kill.
This was the loadout: The Guardians played the Nightfall strike “The Arms Dealer”. They experimented a bit with the various modifiers on the challenge card and with exotic gear and opted for a combination of
3 Gunslinger Hunters with the Light-sensor Mine Grenade (sticks to surfaces)
Solar Surges modifier (increases solar damage)
Grenadier modifier (shortens grenade cooldown and increases their damage)
exotic Hunter gauntlets Ahamkara’s Spine (Light-sensor Mine Grenades last longer and have a larger explosion radius)
Thanks to the grenade buff from the Revelry Elixir, the Guardians were also able to significantly shorten the cooldown for their grenade abilities.
This allowed them to outfit the Sparrow with countless Light-sensor Mines and turn this unarmed, harmless vehicle into a deadly weapon.
That’s why many players are upset about the event elixir: The three friends receive a lot of praise and recognition from the community for this kill. This shows that one can certainly have fun at the ongoing Spring Festival and with the event elixir.
However, the Revelry Elixir does not bring fun and creative moments everywhere. Many PvP fans, for example, wish that the elixir disappears from the competitive playlist, as it robs many Guardians of any enjoyment in the Crucible.
In a livestream, Overwatch head Jeff Kaplan talked about the early development of Overwatch. It was revealed that both Hammond (Wrecking Ball) and Sojourn existed as heroes before the release of Overwatch.
Who is Sojourn? Sojourn is a potential new heroine in Overwatch and apparently a high-ranking officer of the Overwatch organization. In a teaser for the new “Storm Rising” event, she told Soldier: 76 about the mission.
During the new Archive event “Storm Rising”, the heroes Tracer, Mercy, Genji, and Winston follow her tips. She also appears in the game as a voiced character.
There she presents herself as a young to middle-aged Black woman with white hair and some technical ornaments and scars on her face.
Since when has Sojourn existed? During a livestream with streamer Fareeha from the Blizzard headquarters, Jeff Kaplan personally chimed in. He talked about how Sojourn and also the hamster Hammond existed before the game itself:
The concept of Hammond existed before Overwatch was even released. [Also] Sojourn is a good example. We started developing her around 2015, maybe even 2014.
Since Overwatch was only released in 2016, the concepts existed long before the finished game.
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When will Sojourn come? Kaplan has not yet confirmed when or if Sojourn will actually appear as a playable hero. However, there have been speculations in advance and Kaplan’s statement seems to confirm them. Kaplan also gave some hints about who we can expect next:
Thus, one of the previously speculated characters remains the dark Omnic whose face is shown at the end of the Havana mission. However, who it is remains unknown so far.
Fans had to wait a long time, but now it’s finally here. Dead by Daylight is testing dedicated servers.
The makers of Dead by Daylight are currently releasing one big announcement after another. After last week the new endgame was presented, there is now first information about the dedicated servers. These were originally planned to be addressed in the summer, but the first steps are already being taken this week. This will eliminate another source of problems in Dead by Daylight.
Dead by Disconnect – that will soon be a thing of the past.
What has been the problem until now? In Dead by Daylight, the killer is always the host of a match. If the killer has a low-performance computer or a poor internet connection, the survivors suffer as well.
Some killers even exploit this and engage in “Lag-Switching”. Here, they briefly disconnect from the game, catch a survivor, and then reconnect the PC to the internet. This causes the survivors to experience a brief lag, and then suddenly find themselves on the hook.
What dedicated servers change: With dedicated servers, only your own internet connection is responsible for latency. The killer can no longer exploit the connection. Furthermore, dedicated servers are supposed to ensure a consistently good connection, so that lags and other delays are a thing of the past.
When will the servers come? Starting tomorrow (April 25), Behaviour will test the servers in the PTR version of Dead by Daylight. If the tests are successful, then live tests will follow in the main version of the game, but only after the release of the “Mid-Chapter” patch 2.7. It does not yet have a release date, but is expected within the next two to three weeks.
After that, the dedicated servers will be gradually activated. At first, only a small percentage of players will be able to test the servers, then more and more.
First the PC, consoles will come later: The activation of the dedicated servers will occur in waves. First, more and more players on PC will slowly gain access to the servers, so Behaviour can closely monitor how much load the servers can handle and what the limits of the system are. Once that works on PC, the servers will also be activated on the console versions of Dead by Daylight – again in waves.
By the way: One of the data centers used for the servers is located in Frankfurt. In Germany, we can expect good latencies.
Are you looking forward to dedicated servers in Dead by Daylight? Or do you think it’s fine how it is currently handled?
If you’re looking for a new MMORPG for your Playstation 4, you should keep an eye on Caravan Stories. The game even offers an interesting and unusual party system.
What is Caravan Stories? The MMORPG is very successful in Japan and available for PC, PS4, and as a mobile game for Android and iOS. The online game boasts around 2 million players. Now it is also being released in the West.
The story revolves around an invasion of monsters. The heroes of the fantasy land Iyarr set out to confront this threat. As one of these heroes, you explore a colorful anime world.
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What is special about Caravan Stories? You are never alone in the game, even when you can’t find other players.
You create a party from tamed monsters and NPCs.
In total, 300 allies are at your side, from which you assemble your group.
In battles, you must strategically direct your group. Attacks occur mainly automatically, but you can give commands to each hero to use special attacks, while paying attention to skill cooldowns.
For better clarity, battles take place not in the open world, but in dedicated combat areas.
Caravan Stories is a new anime MMORPG for the PS4.
The PS4 version is coming to North America
Which version is coming to the West? The press release states that the Playstation 4 version will be released in North America. There is no information on the PC version and the mobile game.
When does Caravan Stories launch? The soft launch of the game is planned for this July. The MMORPG will offer English subtitles with Japanese voice acting.
What do players think about the MMORPG? The MMORPG is already available on Japanese servers and can even be played in English there. However, there are still not many reports of experiences. But the game is quite well received among previous testers.
ishtart says on Reddit: “A really good game. I enjoy it a lot. There are many events and weekly updates.”
In The Division 2, the light machine gun “Pestilence” is exotic, but not much else. That is set to change. Massive promises a buff.
This is the weapon in question: The light machine gun “Pestilence” is primarily a PvP weapon. You get the LMG as a random drop in the Dark Zone:
If you hit an enemy 20 times with the weapon, you infect them. If the enemy is then killed, they leave behind a toxic cloud.
Additionally, the weapon can apply a debuff that reduces healing and makes it impossible for enemies to go down – instead, they die immediately when their health points drop to 0.
The “Pestilence” was apparently intended in The Division 2 as a pure PvP weapon to kill enemies who rely on healing from teammates or self-healing. A sort of “healer scare.”
Here’s the problem with the weapon: The weapon is not used because players feel it is too weak. It doesn’t deal enough damage.
It’s a shame when an exotic weapon turns out to be such a flop.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that PvP in The Division 2 currently plays hardly any role.
Pestilence is getting stronger, but not in pure damage
This is what Massive says now: Massive announced in the latest State of the Game that they want to take a look at all exotic weapons in general. They will “across the board” strengthen the damage of Exotics in PvP. This also includes the Pestilence, which is highlighted and likely needs a buff the most.
Massive also states: The idea behind Exotics is not to deal high raw damage. Rather, they should enable an interesting playstyle that is fun.
The new Exotic “Nemesis” is supposed to allow players to see through walls:
What’s behind this: We don’t know the exact numbers yet, but it sounds like exotic weapons should offer “special gimmicks” and become effective and powerful through these special effects, not because they provide the highest DPS value.
The Pestilence will likely remain a PvP weapon and provide unique advantages here.
The usefulness of Pestilence will also depend on how attractive the PvP of The Division 2 becomes after the changes.
Currently, there are significant changes happening in The Division 2. Major balance changes are coming, game systems are being revised. Therefore, the raid is being postponed by a few days.
Our author Jürgen is a new father. There’s little time for gaming, but The Elder Scrolls Online still works quite well. Find out here why the MMORPG is particularly suitable for new parents.
For almost a month, I have been a proud father of a little son. And while the little one makes me so happy, the new family member has an unfavorable effect on my hobbies.
That’s why children are the death of hobbies: Long role-playing sessions are no longer possible, going out for a drink is also off the table for now, and gaming is severely limited.
I barely play my beloved Apex Legends anymore!
Between changing diapers, rocking the baby to sleep, feeding the bottle to allow my wife to finally get a few hours of sleep, I also have to handle the whole baby organization, and of course, I still have to manage my job here at MeinMMO.
When I do find some time for myself, I want it to be well spent. And that’s where ESO comes into play!
Three reasons why ESO is currently optimal for people with little time
The following features of ESO are particularly optimal for young parents like me or for people with generally little free time. MMORPGs are usually real time thieves and completely unsuitable for those with scarce time. However, ESO is a bit different.
ESO offers me great rewards for short play sessions
This is how leveling works in ESO: In ESO, you level up almost continuously. Once you reach the maximum level, you will need to advance through Champion Ranks to learn more useful skills and carry better equipment. XP is valuable at all times.
That’s why it’s great in ESO that you have numerous ways to increase XP gains from activities. Anyone who plays the game at least somewhat actively gets constant rewards for logging in.
This is how leveling becomes more fun: Among those rewards are often booster scrolls, which give you at least 50% more XP for an hour.
This allows you to level up a lot faster. Things get even better when one of the many special events is running. At the time of this article, there’s a big 5-year anniversary, where you get an XP booster for 2 hours every day. Perfect to optimally fill that rare playtime.
This anniversary cake provides great bonuses!
This is quite enough for me to run a dungeon or do a few quests since I don’t have more than 2 hours anyway, because then my son will be calling for me again, and I have to swap my sword in the game for diapers and pacifiers in real life.
ESO can be played solo and does not require a group
MMORPGs are usually not great for “quick plays” because they are best played in groups with other players. This also holds true for ESO, but the game works just as well as a solo RPG.
In ESO, you can confidently go hunting alone.
If you’re not currently doing a world boss, a dungeon, or a world event, you can just as well venture out solo.
This is particularly ideal when playtime isn’t guaranteed. For me, it often happens that the baby is sleeping but could awaken from his baby dreams at any moment and turn from a sweet little bundle of joy into a roaring fury.
Groups are rather counterproductive when the baby cries at any moment.
It becomes pretty annoying when you have to keep the newly formed group waiting or even have to leave.
That’s why you can easily take a break in ESO: Since you play ESO more like Skyrim than like WoW, it’s not a problem at all to wander around alone for many hours and get lost in the many whimsical quests.
If the baby becomes active, it’s enough to hide in some corner. Once the baby is calmed down, you can resume the quest you started.
ESO allows me to play in a structured and focused way
Another wonderful feature of ESO is ideal for people with little time and also solves one of the biggest issues that the game has been plagued with for years. Because in ESO, you could easily get lost and run from one quest to another without ever completing any of them.
Thanks to the zone guide, I can explore the regions effectively.
This is how the zone guide works: This has finally improved with the last major update because ESO now has the new zone guide, a very practical feature that shows you exactly what there’s still to do in the current area and what you haven’t done yet.
Such a structure is extremely important when you want to have a sense of achievement as a player with limited time. Because no one wants to look forward to two hours of free time all day only to end up wandering around aimlessly without accomplishing anything.
That’s why the new feature is so good: With the new feature, you can focus precisely on a task, allowing you to continue the main quest in the area or finally farm all the Mage Guild books in a session.
This way, you can also achieve something targeted with little time and happily and satisfactorily return to the changing table.
So much for my reasons why ESO currently allows me a little bit of my hobby. Can you also recommend games that accommodate your new situation as parents?
With patch 1.1.0, Anthem has now received another update. Here are the most important changes summarized from the patch notes.
This is the new update: Patch 1.1.0 brings several new features and bug fixes. One of the biggest innovations is the new Stronghold “The Sunken Cell”.
When is the update available? The patch is already available for download. Today, on April 23rd, a multi-hour server maintenance took place during which the update was released. The servers are now back online.
How big is the update? The update is around 4 GB on all platforms.
These are the most important changes in summary.
The Sunken Cell – the new Stronghold
What are Strongholds? Strongholds, or fortresses, are larger missions in Anthem. The Sunken Cell is the 4th available and the first Stronghold added afterwards.
When can you play the new Stronghold? The mission is available as soon as you have completed the main story.
This is an artwork from the new Stronghold.
Forges and missions can now be activated everywhere
What is changing now: The forge is the menu where players customize their Javelin suits.
Previously, players always had to return to the HUB, Fort Tarsis, to modify their equipment.
With patch 1.1.0, the forge can now be used at any time.
The same applies to mission selection. Previously, you had to finish each mission and return to Fort Tarsis to choose another. This was quite annoying due to loading times.
From now on, you can jump from mission to mission without having to return.
Which areas does this affect? You can now use the forge in all activities:
missions
Strongholds
Freeplay
By the way: Contracts can now be accessed anywhere. You no longer have to run to each NPC to accept corresponding quests.
New universal components
With the new update, there are also 3 new universal components with different properties.
These are the new universal components:
Extended Sniper Magazine: Adds space for special sniper ammo. Increases base damage by +30%, significantly increases magazine capacity.
Rapid Hollow Points: Adds space for special semi-automatic pistol and autocannon ammo. Increases base damage by +30%. Also increases damage on weak points of the semi-automatic pistol and autocannon.
Extended Special Arms Magazine: Adds space for special pistol and grenade launcher ammo. Increases base damage by +30%. Significantly increases magazine capacity for both weapon types.
So these are components with which specific weapon types can be targeted for improvement.
Patch 1.1.0 brings several balance changes that affect both weapons and gear. These mainly involve improved bonuses.
These are some examples:
Wyvern Blitz (sniper rifle): Bonus increased from +40% to 185%
Endless War (semi-automatic pistol): Bonus increased from +110% to 145%
Death from Above (precision rifle): Bonus increased from +65% to +235%
Serpent’s Veil (Interceptor ability): Bonus increased from +100% to +202.5%.
Cold-Blooded (Ranger ability): Bonus increased from +235% to +270%.
Many other items and weapons are also affected by these buffs.
There are numerous bug fixes
In addition to the new features and balance changes, there are also some bugs that have been fixed according to the patch notes.
Here is a selection of the biggest fixes:
A problem was fixed where a Titan’s fireball projectile could hit despite dodging.
Status elements should now properly expire and not be active longer than the in-game timer indicates.
A bug was removed where the Storm’s shield in some cases did not receive a resistance bonus when the player was hovering.
Explosive ammo should now again cause destructible objects to explode as intended.
The Devastator rifle should now refill normally when you pick up ammo.
Some text labels have been adjusted.
Issues with NPCs in Fort Tarsis have been fixed, including animation bugs and many other minor issues.
Target monsters continue to be displayed as a target even when you move farther away.
A bug in a world event was fixed where Sentinels disappeared from the battlefield even though they were part of the event.
Collectibles no longer have to be picked up by each individual player. If you are within 100 meters, you will automatically receive picked-up collectibles.
This is just a small excerpt of the numerous changes that are in the patch. You can find the full list of the patch notes on the official page.
Have you already downloaded the patch? What do you think of the new update?
Currently, only Giratina dominates the legendary raids in Pokémon GO. However, players demonstrate that this raid boss can be easily defeated with Snorlax.
How do players defeat Giratina? To defeat Giratina, 3 players fighting with Snorlax are sufficient. Snorlax is a classic defender and not particularly useful as an attacker.
This is the video: In the video, trainers Jaker0315, MrDrProfZoidbrg, and KingOfNoPants attack a Giratina together. The trainers are not even all at maximum level.
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This move hits Giratina very effectively, allowing Snorlax to score points.
Can I do it too? This challenge is quite easy to complete. You don’t even need to level up your Snorlax significantly. It is sufficient if they have around 2700 CP and above.
However, the move Body Slam is important. If your Snorlax knows this move, then you should be able to take down Giratina easily with three of you.
Snorlax can apparently also be useful as an attacker
This is what the challenge is about: Trainers repeatedly try to set up special challenges. The goal is to defeat a legendary Pokémon with very few players or with unusual Pokémon.
We have already reported multiple times about these challenges:
A group of players defeated a Kyogre using only their Pikachu.
In Destiny 2 today, on April 23rd, is Weekly Reset. The Spring event is in its 2nd week and the April Iron Banner is live. Additionally, there are more fresh activities such as new Nightfall strikes or a new Flashpoint. What else does the week bring?
The event “The Revelry” is currently underway in Destiny 2. If you are just now joining the celebrations, we have summarized everything important about the Spring Festival for you:
Additionally, today the one-week April Iron Banner has started, where Guardians can compete against each other in the Crucible under the watchful eyes of Lord Saladin. You can find all info about this PvP event here:
Nightfall Strikes from April 23rd on PS4, Xbox One, and PC
This time, the following Nightfall strikes are available:
The Corrupted
Strange Terrain
Exodus Crash
A Power Level of 540 or higher is recommended for this. However, it’s also doable with a lower Power Level in a well-coordinated fireteam. If you want to customize your Nightfall experience based on different modifiers, you can do that through the Challenge Card. Remember that your loadout is locked for the duration of the Nightfall strike.
You can find the new Flashpoint on Titan. If you also master the marked adventure there, you will receive another powerful piece of gear.
At Eva Levante, there is the new Exotic weapon Arbalest, Revelry packages, as well as daily and weekly event bounties. If you just joined the festivities, she initially gives you the Revelrous Elixir and 50x Revelrous Essence.
Ada-1 has all 7 powerful weapon frames available.
Ikora Rey rewards you with powerful loot once you have successfully completed 20 random bounties. Moreover, for Vanguard followers, she offers the weekly Loyalty Reward. As a Drifter sympathizer, you receive your reward from the Drifter.
Hawthorne gives you a powerful item as soon as you accumulate 5000 Clan XP. By completing the bounties “Endless Battle”, “Stick Together”, and “Friends?” you can earn additional powerful items.
In PetraVenj, you will find her in the Rheasilvia area of the Dreaming City. Through her mission, the Ascendant Challenge, and the 8 daily bounties, you can earn further powerful rewards. This time, the 4th Ascendant Challenge is active and the Cursed Thrall rotates into its 3rd week. The Broken Throne is active as well.
From Spider, you can currently undertake the weekly bounty “Silent Reaper“. For this, you will be rewarded with another powerful piece of gear.
The Raid Challenge takes place in the Royal Baths.
The Loadout for the Prestige Raid sections:
a kinetic handgun
a scout rifle in the energy slot
a sword as a power weapon
Modifier: Gladiator
The highlights of the Eververse:
a weapon ornament for the Colony
the chest piece and leg armor from the new event armor sets
the exotic ship “Kabr’s Glass Aegis”
the exotic ship “Visible Threat”
the exotic Sparrow “Circumpolar Light”
the exotic ghost shell “Ladybug”
a armor ornament for the Hunter helmet Heavenly Nightstalker
Fallout 76 has entered maintenance mode on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. A new patch is set to be deployed, bringing new content to the game. Find out here what changes.
What kind of patch is this? Today, on April 23, 2019, Fallout 76 went into maintenance mode around 4 PM. A new patch is being deployed, which will bring new items to the game.
How long will the maintenance last? An end time has not yet been announced. However, the maintenance work has previously lasted roughly three hours, depending on the size of the new content.
Update at 6:40 PM – Fallout 76 is back online. You can log in and play now.
The current roadmap
How big is the patch? The new patch 8.5 will have different sizes on PC and consoles:
The size for PC is under 1GB
The size for PS4 and Xbox One is roughly 2GB
Fallout 76 – Patch
Notes for Patch 8.5 from April 23 in English
New Feature – ProSnap Deluxe Camera: With the new patch 8.5, Bethesda implements a new camera intended to enhance the photo mode of Fallout 76, which was already announced in the roadmap. The camera is designed to function via snapshots, which can also be taken during combat without having to switch to photo mode.
The camera itself can be equipped and modified like a weapon. By “aiming,” a subject can be selected and by “shooting,” a photo can be taken. The camera uses films as “ammunition,” which you can create at crafting stations.
To obtain the camera, you must retrieve a broken camera from dead tourists in Appalachia. You will then receive the quest “Bucket List” and can subsequently complete challenges related to the camera.
New Shop Item – Repair Kit: Another change is the new Repair Kits in Fallout 76. These Repair Kits are intended to repair equipment instantly without using materials. They come in two versions:
Basic Repair Kit: Repairs an equipment item to 100% durability. Available for purchase for 50 atoms (1 piece) or 250 atoms (6 pieces) in the Atom Shop.
Advanced Repair Kit: Repairs an equipment item to 150% durability. Not available for purchase, can only be found as a rare drop.
The Repair Kits have caused a stir beforehand, as some fans considered the items to be pay-to-win content. Bethesda promised that the Atom Shop would only contain items that wouldn’t provide competitive advantages.
Therefore, Bethesda is now stating in the official patch notes that fan criticism has been heard. Currently, they see the kits as “a pleasant option.” Should the Repair Kits prove to be advantageous, Bethesda will adjust them to remove those advantages.
Many fans did not find the idea appealing
In addition to the highlights, there are some balance adjustments and bug fixes. You can find the complete patch notes on the official website of Fallout 76.
What do you think of the changes?
The announced player shops will come later. But some fans have already been creative:
For a few months now, Heroes of the Storm has had only a few developers left. But does this harm the game?
In the past six months, there have been several changes at Blizzard. The game studio has let go of many employees and reallocated some resources from projects to push forward other games and release more new titles. One of the “sacrifices” was the MOBA Heroes of the Storm. Many developers have left the team and focused on other tasks.
But how is Heroes of the Storm actually doing, nearly 4 months after the team was drastically reduced?
Orphea was the last hero and the first “original” hero of HotS before the team was downsized.
Regular Updates and Balancing: Those who feared that Heroes of the Storm would no longer be supported were proven wrong in recent months. There have been new patches repeatedly, mainly aimed at addressing balancing issues.
But there were also more extensive reworks. For instance, Chromie was slightly reworked or many talents of Zagara were adjusted. The playstyle of some heroes has changed as a result. The fact that the developers are taking time for such adjustments is seen as a good sign that the game’s development is still ongoing.
New in-game events are still happening. Currently, the “Akropolis Caldeum” is live:
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Real money loot boxes are gone: Quite surprisingly, Heroes of the Storm changed the purchase of loot boxes about a month ago. These can no longer be purchased with the premium currency “Diamonds”, but can only be obtained through gold or quests.
No explanation was given for this, but it was speculated that Blizzard wants to avoid the accusation of gambling. This seems strange, as in other games (Overwatch) such boxes can still be purchased. The player community was divided over this announcement.
Loot boxes are now only available for gold.
Some were pleased with this and regarded this decision as a positive step. The less real-money gambling in a game, the better.
Others feared that Heroes of the Storm is now on the verge of being discontinued. In other games, the gradual removal of purchase options is seen as a clear sign that publishers or developers are letting the game go.
Everyone can buy what they need: There was also a major overhaul of skins. Almost all cosmetic items can now be specifically and individually purchased with jewels or crafted through shards. So, the gambling factor is also gone here.
Those who want can now specifically purchase the skin they actually want. This change was received positively by the community and seen as a clear step in the right direction.
Skins can now be specifically purchased – almost all of them.
Fewer new heroes: The impact of the team restructuring is most clearly noticeable in the frequency at which new heroes are released. Where previously a new hero appeared every few weeks, there are now several months between releases. This is particularly evident with Anduin Wrynn. Anduin was leaked back in February and has only now arrived in April on the PTR.
Additionally, it is assumed that Anduin was already in development by the end of 2018, before the team was downsized. These are likely the last major contents that had been “pre-produced”.
The big test for Heroes of the Storm will be whether the game can still offer new content and release interesting characters afterwards – and, above all, whether this will satisfy the players.
Short waiting times, enough players: The waiting times in Heroes of the Storm remain short, at least in the entire “fun” modes, like quick play or Brawl. In ranked modes, longer waiting times of several minutes can occur, as matching opponents need to be found.
This is not really dramatic yet. Those who want to play generally find a match within a few seconds or minutes.
Conclusion: Heroes of the Storm lives, but the future remains uncertain
In summary, it can be said that Heroes of the Storm is still playable and is generally in an acceptable state. However, some fears of the fans seem to be confirmed.
When more than two months pass between the first leak and the release of a hero, it is a clear sign of how the development has slowed down.
The concern that HotS is just “bleeding out” and then will die cannot be completely dismissed. However, there are still fresh content as well as graphical and gameplay updates. Although less frequent, with HotS now having a solid roster of heroes, this should not weigh heavily on long-time fans.
Only those who want a new hero every 3-4 weeks will likely have to give up on that thought.
What do you think of Heroes of the Storm? Are you still playing Blizzard’s MOBA? Or did you give up when the news of the developer reduction came?
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The Fortnite streamer Ninja was originally known for his vulgar streams on Twitch. However, since reaching the peak of his success, he has become nicer and more family-friendly. He says he does this for the overall reputation of gaming.
This is what the streamer says about his outbursts: Many of his viewers wish the old Ninja back, who didn’t hold back and would sometimes erupt in foul-mouthed tirades when an opponent dared to defeat him.
Ninja has now responded to these remarks, explaining that the new Ninja is better for the gaming image in the mainstream.
He explains that no vulgar streamer could survive in the mainstream and that they would tarnish the reputation of gaming. So, Ninja is intentionally being nicer because it benefits gaming and its image in the mainstream.
This is how Ninja wants to improve the reputation of gaming
These statements were made by Ninja: In a stream, Ninja addressed the topic and said: “The things I have done, and the things I no longer say, and that the majority of my streams are now family-friendly, I do all of this for the gaming community and esports.
Do you think that anything I said when I was 21 and vulgar would make it into the news and on television in the mainstream? No, it wouldn’t. They would never show it.”
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What does Ninja mean by this? With this statement, Ninja presents himself as a fighter for the good reputation of gaming. If he continued to stream so vulgarly with his reach, the media would only report negatively about him.
He would serve as an example of how immature and aggressive the gamer community is, further damaging the image of gaming.
So according to Ninja, he is family-friendly so that the general public has a positive image of gaming.
This is what Ninja says about other streamers: Ninja also addresses other streamers and says:
“Put any other streamer who talks and swears like he does into the mainstream media. Don’t you think the media would put him down and drag gaming through the dirt?”
Ninja sees the danger here in the major news networks in the USA and social media.
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For this, it is probably important to be “brand-safe,” meaning to be someone who is presentable. If he were a swearing troublemaker, he likely wouldn’t have received the lucrative deal with Red Bull. It’s important for him to be presentable.
Therefore, there is certainly something to what Ninja says. Although he himself benefits massively from this “mainstream success” personally, and surely not only “for gaming’s sake,” but also for the sake of money.
The Elder Scrolls
Online had too many players and weak servers recently.
This led to queues. The developers have now solved the problem and
some players are happy. Others, however, still criticize the
performance of the servers.
This was the queue problem: Since ESO is currently in the Season of the Dragon and became unexpectedly successful thanks to numerous promotional campaigns, the megaservers in Europe were pushed to their breaking point.
As a result, five years after the release, queues had to be added again for the first time to control the influx of players. Sometimes players waited up to 40 minutes and could even prepare a full meal in the meantime.
But apparently Zenimax was lucky and finished faster than expected. Therefore, the new hardware was likely ready just in time for the Easter weekend, and server performance could be steadily improved over the holidays.
As a result, the wait times disappeared over the weekend, and players could log in again without delays. In an act of problem prevention, the servers in the USA will soon also be expanded, and the consoles will also be monitored.
Players are happy, but not all
How are the players reacting? Many players reacted with great joy to the news of the problem resolution on April 17. They praised the quick response and the fact that they could finally play ESO again without endless wait times.
“Great, I’ll renew my 6-month subscription!”
“Praise be to Zenimax!”
“Great news! I think you’ve shocked the doomsayers!”
Why not all players are happy: However, the “doomsayers” were by no means silent for long. Because as great as playing ESO without wait times is, many players were upset that it had come to this in the first place.
Players claim the servers of ESO have always been very slow and inefficient. They do not understand why it took so long for everything to be too late, effectively shutting out paying customers. Furthermore, they state that performance is still poor and has not improved:
“When are you finally going to fix the console servers? They have been terrible for years!”
“The update did nothing, server performance is still very weak!”
“What hardware do you have in those servers? The server is still a piece of trash… be honest with your paying customers and don’t lie to us!!!”
However, the majority of fans seem to be happy that ESO is running again without queues. But these fans surely wouldn’t mind better server performance.
Tonight, there will be a livestream for the online shooter Anthem . BioWare intends to present its new roadmap for the upcoming days: it seems clear that many of the planned contents and features will not arrive at the promised time.
This is the roadmap: BioWare had presented a massive roadmap for the “next 90 days” at the end of February after the first negative reviews .
In March, April, and May 2019, a lot of content and new features were supposed to be released. These were intended to significantly improve and expand Anthem.
Actually, we are already at Update 02: Stronger Together, but will it really be that big?
However, BioWare quickly fell behind this roadmap. After many problems arose, Anthem focused mainly on tackling these issues during that time.
The presentation of new content has been put on hold after the major Kotaku report.
They also missed a livestream date due to technical issues.
This is still missing: A user has created a list on reddit outlining which points still need to come in April for Anthem to keep its promises. This includes:
What is the problem? At the moment, a patch is being deployed, but hardly anyone can imagine that all the promised features, which were supposed to come in April, are actually included in the patch.
It is also doubtful that the announced features for May will be met: including the Cataclysm, which fans were very excited about.
One thing is certain: the new Stronghold really comes today – what else is in the patch is not yet known.
This is what BioWare announced: BioWare has already announced that they will present an “updated roadmap” for April and May in a livestream this evening.
The players of Anthem firmly expect that some of the planned features will be postponed.
This is how it continues: Today we will find out how Anthem will proceed:
