Although Apex Legends features fast-paced gameplay and an aggressive playstyle often leads to victory, there are many campers. Some of them are successful with their waiting playstyle. These campers have now had an important spot spoiled.
Which spot has been nerfed? It concerns the bunker that is popular among many players, located fairly centrally on the map of Apex Legends. The bunker connects the western part of the map with the eastern part and serves as a passage through a wide mountain range.
Especially towards the end of a round, the bunker is popular when it is within the zone. It then becomes essential at a certain point if you want to cross the mountains without taking damage from the zone.
Since the tunnels of the bunker are quite narrow and many rooms are built with doors, the bunker is popular among people who wait for other squads or want to kill them with cruel traps.
The location of the bunker
What has been nerfed? Previously, there was a small exhaust shaft above most of the doors in the bunker. There was enough space on it for two players to position themselves.
What was the purpose of that? From the outside, players were not seen on the shafts. Upon entering the room, you were virtually defenseless against the two. They could simply aim cleanly from above unnoticed and take out entire groups.
A popular tactic was to block the exit with Caustic’s gas traps and simply wipe out the team with poison gas. However, no one can camp there anymore due to the lack of shafts.
Can you still camp in the bunker? In short, yes.
The exhaust shafts in the doors were what made the bunker the most dangerous and annoying for campers. However, it still serves as a bottleneck, known as a “choke.”
Players who want to cross the bunker only have one long and narrow hallway. At many points, especially at the existing stairs, there is no cover.
Campers can still make easy prey here, especially with the right weapons, when enemies approach carelessly.
Especially shotguns are still very deadly in the bunker.
What do you think about the nerf?
Another design idea is reportedly causing greater problems in the game according to a professional:
In Destiny 2 brought the new season some familiar weapons back into the game. Among them is the Vanguard hand cannon “Service Revolver”: one of the best weapons in Destiny 2. What you need to know about the Service Revolver is summarized here for you.
This is the story of the weapon in Destiny 2: The Service Revolver was first introduced in the third season of Destiny 2. That was in May 2018. At that time, the hand cannon could only be obtained with a specific perk combination.
In the current Season of the Drifter 2019, the Vanguard weapon makes a comeback, this time with random perks.
The Service Revolver: What can the weapon do?
This is what makes the weapon special: The Service Revolver is a legendary hand cannon with precision frame. This places it in the same archetype as the infamous Guardian killers Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten.
However, the Service Revolver is located in the kinetic slot compared to its PvP counterparts. This makes it a precision hand cannon from Year 2 that does not occupy the energy weapon slot. A rarity: the only other exception is the exotic hand cannon Service Violation.
Thanks to random perks, this weapon competes with the two PvP top weapons.
These are the stats: The Service Revolver has a rate of fire of 180. It also has high stability and pretty good range. Reload speed and handling are relatively average, but you can change that with the right perks.
That’s why the Service Revolver is one of the best weapons: Thanks to the random rolls, you can even compete against the dominant top weapons in the Crucible. Certain weapon perks like Kill Clip or Snapshot prove particularly effective in keeping the TTK monsters in check.
With Kill Clip, you achieve the same TTK (Time to Kill) as that of Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten.
Those of you who snagged the Service Revolver back in Year 1 can obtain it from Zavala through Engrams. With each rank-up, you have the chance to get the Vanguard weapon again.
With a bit of luck, you will receive the Service Revolver with a good perk combination from Zavala.
If you missed your chance back then, you’ll need to complete 40 Strikes in the Strike playlist first. This will unlock the Triumph “Season 6: Finishes”. This enables you to buy the Service Revolver from Zavala for 100 Glimmer. After purchase, the weapon is included in Zavala’s loot pool.
Note: You do not have to complete the 40 Strikes with one character. The Triumph counts all Strike finishes on your account, so you can split them among your characters.
These weapon perks are suitable for the Service Revolver
The Service Revolver can receive a variety of different perks. Here we give you a few examples of bonuses that would be suitable for this weapon.
Weapon perks for PvE
Sights – Steady Hand HV, True Sight HV, Hitmark HV
For PvE, the well-known damage perks always prove to be the best choice. Triple Tap can be used in combination with Quickdraw, allowing you to shoot longer before needing to reload.
The Vanguard is always at the forefront of the defense of the Last City.
For the Crucible, you should aim for Kill Clip. This allows the Service Revolver to eliminate enemy Guardians with three precision hits. This puts you on par with the TTK (Time to Kill) of Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten.
To better compete against Not Forgotten, it’s advisable to use Snapshot.
Here Aztecross shows you how the Service Revolver performs in the Crucible:
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The online game Fortnite earns Epic a ton of money. Epic is not only attacking Valve’s Steam platform with the revenues from Fortnite but also its direct competitor in game engines, Unity. The Unity CEO speaks of bribery.
This is the situation: Since 2018, Epic has been making a fortune thanks to the cash shop of Fortnite: Battle Royale. Players buy skins and the Battle Pass – the revenues are gigantic.
Epic uses this money to secure advantages in other areas of the gaming market and to expand them.
There is a lot of talk about how Epic is building competition to Steam with its Epic Games Store and securing exclusive titles here.
This is tangible for the players. It directly affects them when they can no longer go to The Division 2 on Steam, but have to install a new launcher instead.
But there is also a competition battle with the company Unity regarding engines. And this could ultimately influence which engine future games will use and how they will look.
What are engines? The game engine is the foundation for games and contains the tools with which developers build their games.
Many large companies develop their own engines internally. Smaller teams rely on established large engines. They obtain a license and share the profits with the engine developer if their game becomes a hit.
Epic is eager for battle.
These are the competitors:
Epic produces the Unreal Engine. Many large games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Rocket League, or all three Mass Effect titles run on it.
Unity produces the Unity Engine. Games like Escape from Tarkov, Overcooked 2, Shadowgun Legends, Albion Online, Hearthstone, Pokémon GO, and many mobile titles run on it.
Unity CEO compares the fight to Coke vs. Pepsi
This is what the Unity CEO says now: In an interview with Venturebeat, Unity CEO John Riccitiello talks about the situation.
He says:
“Today alone, six people told me they were bribed to switch to the Unreal Engine. In some way, they were given money to switch engines.”
For him, this is a strange situation:
“Imagine you are a Coca-Cola drinker and go to the supermarket, and someone offers you 10 dollars to buy a Pepsi.
What does that say about Pepsi? That’s a little creepy.”
After that, Riccitiello says that the CEO of Epic, Tim Sweeney, is an honorable man whom he has known and respected for years. He surely only wants to do what he thinks is right.
People at Unity itself have an open platform. Developers can use any services they want.
Riccitiello says he thinks they provide developers all the advantages they can give them without directly bribing them. He finds it somewhat unappetizing.
10$, if you buy a Pepsi – What does that say about Pepsi?, asks the Unity CEO.
What does Riccitiello mean by bribery? Epic has launched two “funds” or “scholarship pools” that can be disbursed to developer teams working with the Unreal Engine:
This is probably what Riccitiello means by bribery. The special fund for SpatialOS came about after the company behind SpatialOS, Improbable, and Unity publicly fell out.
Public conflict between two major engine providers
What lies behind it: The interview with Venturebeat is full of jabs at Epic. Riccitiello praises his own engine and the outstanding work of the technicians there: He frames it as if Unity is now not only more accessible than the Unreal Engine (which it has always been), but now also technically superior.
It is said that Epic probably has to spend money because they do not want to lose their position as an engine provider and become a pure content company with Fortnite: After all, Unity is about 3-5 times larger on PC and consoles and about 50 times larger on mobile.
You can sense in the interview that Riccitiello is thinking strategically. He works:
on Unity’s image: the better, more accessible, more successful, and open engine
and on Epic’s image: worse engines, but more money from Fortnite
Throughout, he constantly praises Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and repeatedly emphasizes how much he personally respects him.
In The Division 2, you can hunt for the rifle Merciless. This is how you obtain the exotic weapon.
In The Division 2, you obtain Exotics by
searching for various components and a blueprint to craft the Exotic at the crafting station – like the Snitch
getting it as a random drop
The Merciless is one of those random drop Exotics. It is an exotic rifle that is said to be quite merciless according to the translation into German.
Location of Merciless
This is how you obtain the exotic weapon: The Merciless is not a guaranteed drop. You need luck to get the weapon. According to user reports, you can do the following to force luck:
Since the Merciless is a Hyena weapon, you need to play missions where Hyena bosses are waiting for you. These bosses can drop the weapon. Allegedly, not only mission bosses but also bounty targets can make the weapon drop.
Confirmed and reliable missions are Jefferson Trade Center and the Bank Headquarters.
Users report that at Jefferson Trade Center, you can get the weapon relatively quickly (for example, after the 3rd run).
Ideally, play the missions on Hard or Challenging difficulty, as the chance is said to be higher.
With a bit of luck, the weapon will then lie in front of you on the ground:
The perks make Merciless so merciless
This is Merciless: It is an exotic rifle. This means that the weapon is not fired automatically; you have to press the fire button for each shot – with the Merciless having a particular feature.
The rate of fire is 260, and the magazine size is 30.
These are the talents of the weapon: The talents allow you an exciting, “merciless” playstyle:
Binary Trigger: The weapon fires one bullet each time you press the fire button and when you release it. The Merciless has a special shooting mechanic that allows you to fire bullets quite quickly.
Guerilla Warfare: When you press the fire button, a “primer bullet” is fired that sticks in the target. When you release the fire button, the second bullet is a “detonator bullet” that makes all primer bullets in the target explode.
Each primer bullet in the target increases the damage per primer bullet by +75% when the primers explode. In other words, the more primers you sink into the target before you let them explode, the more Boom!
Only one enemy can accumulate primers. The maximum is 5 primers on the enemy.
The talent Guerilla Warfare
You should use this talent best against tough boss enemies. Shoot the primer bullet into the boss and when you release the fire button, shoot the detonator bullet into the empty space or at another enemy. Stack 5 primers in the boss and then blow him up.
According to users, a damage of over 1 million is possible during the explosion if you skill accordingly. You can see the talent effect here in the video from Willis Gaming (starting at minute 3:00), where he manages over 644,000 damage (for comparison: an exploding primer inflicts 47,000 damage):
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This is how you can fill the bosses with primers and then let them explode joyfully. Thus, the Merciless acts mercilessly against well-armed enemies.
Brutality: This is the third talent. It causes each shot to have a 5% chance to deal +20% damage as explosive damage – but only when the Merciless is holstered.
This means that if you put the Merciless away and take out your secondary weapon, it has a 5% chance of additional explosive damage. The Merciless thus enhances your other equipped weapons.
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What do you think of this “merciless weapon”? An exotic that you will definitely try out?
Since time immemorial, Destiny has suffered from a lack of content – players are waiting for new content. With Destiny 2 , this is different now in March 2019, says our author Schuhmann: Now the content is waiting for new players.Destiny 2 has repositioned itself.
It has been like this with Destiny 2 all along: Destiny has had fundamentally the problem since 2014 that too little content is released.
Bungie cannot produce content as quickly as players fight through the activities. The toughest guardians in Destiny play through all activities with three guardians each week: Maximum level is quickly reached, and everything is seen.
Destiny – House of Wolves, this is what DLCs looked like in 2015
The problem was exacerbated by the fact that Destiny was “irreplaceable” for many. There were simply few games that delivered what Destiny offered. Therefore, Destiny was played by core gamers even when there was actually nothing “new” to do. While others moved on to the next game.
All along, Bungie delivered “small content” through the DLCs and updates that players quickly completed. The DLCs in 2015 included short story campaigns.
Above all, there were weapons and items that core gamers could endlessly farm in search of the God Roll.
When random rolls were removed with Destiny 2, the anger was great: Guardians simply had nothing left to do in Destiny. This got better again only with Forsaken.
But 2019 is a different situation again.
Destiny 2 – without random rolls? Oh oh.
New Philosophy at Bungie
This is what has changed in Destiny: Destiny 2 has undergone a transformation with the “Annual Pass” and changed the philosophy under which new content is delivered.
The goal is clear: To give players as much to do as possible with as little work as possible, while the main team focuses on Destiny 3 or a big expansion in the future.
He is the star of the new DLC: Thing!
With new content, the entire game is no longer renewed: there is no longer an item reset. Rather, the new expansions build on and bring special activities for the most diligent players:
The new activities are designed for players at the upper power cap and for replayability – first the forges, now Gambit Prime and the Reckoning
this power cap can only be reached through persistent playing and achieving milestones that have been similar for a long time
So the latest content has only been live since Friday night. But Reckoning level 3 requires a power level of 680.
Not many can play the latest content yet – but for the enthusiastic fans who love Destiny, it is quite interesting: They have already farmed Gambit Prime and the milestones with three characters and are now ready for the tough stuff.
The rest of the guardians, who may be on different paths, can now let loose and then eventually return to Destiny 2.
This time, the content will be waiting for the players, instead of the other way around as before.
One can be curious how Destiny 2 will use this time, now that it is not in the public eye as much as in recent years, to come up with new concepts and ideas.
Because we do not yet know how the “new Destiny” will develop in the long term without the influence of Activision.
What is clear is that at some point, Bungie will have to try to bring all players on board. Entertaining only the core gamers will not be enough in the long run.
While it may have been the right decision for the “Annual Pass”, it is difficult to convince casual players of such a model.
For most players who only check into Destiny occasionally, the power cap now feels like an eternity away. Especially since leveling up to the new power level proves to be tedious, as you are playing old milestones.
This has changed around it: Destiny is no longer as indispensable as it has been for all the previous years.
Although the new competitors differ significantly from Destiny and none delivers “the full package”, all target the Destiny player base and compete for playtime:
In February, Apex Legends, a fast-paced battle royale shooter (only PvP), was released
Then Anthem, an online action RPG in a science fiction setting (only PvE), launched
This means for Destiny 2: The new direction of Destiny is clearly aimed at core gamers.
Not many can play the latest content yet – but for the enthusiastic fans who love Destiny, it is quite interesting: They have already farmed Gambit Prime and the milestones with three characters and are now ready for the tough stuff.
The rest of the guardians, who may be on different paths, can now let loose and then eventually return to Destiny 2.
This time, the content will be waiting for the players, instead of the other way around as before.
One can be curious how Destiny 2 will use this time, now that it is not in the public eye as much as in recent years, to come up with new concepts and ideas.
Because we do not yet know how the “new Destiny” will develop in the long term without the influence of Activision.
What is clear is that at some point, Bungie will have to try to bring all players on board. Entertaining only the core gamers will not be enough in the long run.
While it may have been the right decision for the “Annual Pass”, it is difficult to convince casual players of such a model.
In The Division 2 you can create this solo build that allows you to be well-equipped as a solo player, especially in PvE.
The Division 2 is a shared-world shooter primarily aimed at players who enjoy defeating enemies together in co-op, grabbing loot, and optimizing their builds in cooperation with each other.
However, The Division 2 also offers a lot for single players. To ensure you are well-equipped as lone wolves against all dangers in Washington D.C., we present you with a build that excels in PvE.
Who is the creator of the solo build? This is the best solo build that YouTuber MarcoStyle uses when playing alone. Theoretically, the build is also effective in PvP, but usually the 1-shot sniper build is the best choice there.
Here you can see the solo build in the video:
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The advantages of the build: As a solo player, you must find the balance between
dealing a lot of damage (so the enemies die)
sustaining enough damage (so you don’t die constantly)
and keeping yourself alive (since you have no teammates to help you)
This build aims to provide you with a good combination of these three factors.
You will need the following gear (all high-end): Gear from 6 different brands is used. Only the first bonus of each brand set is active:
Mask from Sokolov Concern (+10% SMG damage) with a bonus for damage against elites
Backpack from Gila Guard (+5% armor) with bonuses for health points, weapon damage, and armor; 1st talent “Safeguard” causes that killing an enemy grants 150% bonus to repair and healing effects for 20 seconds; 2nd talent grants +10% armor
Chest piece from Fenris Group AB (+10% assault rifle damage) with bonuses for critical hit chance, armor, and weapon damage; talent “Berserker” means that for every 10% less armor you deal 10% more damage
Gloves from Alps Summit Armament (+10% shortened cooldown) with a bonus for assault rifle damage; talent “Clutch” means critical hits repair 15% health points and 2% armor
Holster from Wyvern Wear (+7% critical hit damage) with a bonus for shortened cooldown
Knees from Murakami Industries (+8% health points) with a bonus for armor; talent means that after 3 seconds in cover, your armor repairs by 5% per second
When it comes to the talents of the gear, you should pay attention to 2 things:
Increase damage against elites (talent “Hard Hitting” for +15% damage against elites, MarcoStyle has this talent on the chest piece, holster, and mask)
Increase your chances of survival (the 1st talent on the backpack called “Safeguard” is particularly crucial, as it allows you to stay alive longer; even the Chem launcher significantly repairs your armor. And the bonuses of the other talents are also increased by 150%!). The talents on the gloves and knees are also top, as Safeguard greatly enhances their effects
In total, the build achieves 72% damage against elites, allowing you to bring down enemies with yellow health bars extremely quickly.
This is what makes the build so strong: You can deal a lot of damage but have several very good passive healing talents active, so your armor is constantly topped off.
You don’t need to invest heavily in skill strength. The skill mods require too much skill strength to unlock, making them not worth it, and with Safeguard, your Chem launcher is strong enough anyway.
Vector – a strong SMG in The Division 2
You will need the following weapons (all high-end):
Vector SBR 45 SCP (submachine gun) with the talents “Preservation”, which repairs 5% of armor per kill over 3 seconds – headshot kills improve the repair, “Strained”, which means that for every 5% less armor, you deal +10% more critical hit damage, and “Allegro”, which increases the fire rate by 10%. For the mods, it’s worth increasing critical hit chance – so you can reach the critical hit chance cap of 61%.
This high critical hit chance works excellently with the “Clutch” talent on the gloves.
G36 C (assault rifle) with the key talent “Preservation”, which repairs 5% of armor per kill over 3 seconds – headshot kills improve the repair
Chem. Launcher
You will need the following skills:
Amplifier Chem Launcher: Releases a gas cloud that repairs and enhances your armor
Reviver Drone: Sends out small drones that revive you when you die. You shouldn’t die often with this build, but if it happens, this skill saves you and you don’t have to start over
The specialization is the demolitionist. With that you get:
a grenade launcher as a unique weapon
a special armor kit that repairs your armor by 70% and improves weapon handling by 100% for 15 seconds. After 15 seconds, the remaining 30% of armor is repaired. Keep in mind that these effects are also increased by Safeguard by 150%.
+15% submachine gun damage
In total, you have a build that allows for a lot of damage and keeps you alive. You deal many critical hits that also heal you.
Even though this build is specifically designed for solo players – you will also perform well in a group.
What do you think of the build? Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
At the GDC, Google presents its new gaming platform Stadia. It aims to connect playing, watching, and developing, and it is likely in competition with the PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, and PC. The release of the platform is planned for 2019.
What can Stadia do? This new platform Stadia is supposed to connect all gaming platforms together. This means that one can both play on Stadia and follow gameplay simultaneously.
To achieve this, Google is utilizing its data centers distributed all over the world. Thus, almost everyone in the world should have access to Stadia.
What is known about Google Stadia
This is how Stadia is accessible: The gaming platform is supposed to be reachable through any channels. This includes browsers, TVs, computers, and mobile devices.
The statement is: “The new generation of gaming is not a box.”
This is how it should work: Phil Harrison, an employee of Google, explains in the presentation that game developers will have access to Google’s data centers and can implement their games on Stadia.
The consumer can then, for example, see a trailer of the game and gain direct access to the game by clicking on a play button.
This should work without downloading the game.
In the presentation at GDC, Google made an example with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. A YouTube video of the game was shown, and within seconds one could start the game, all thanks to the play button.
There is a controller: In addition to the new gaming platform, there is also a controller. This is supposed to access the desired game via Wi-Fi.
There are major partners: Google is not working alone on its platform. To provide a high resolution, it is working with Epic Games, Unity, Havoc, and Crytek.
Initially, a 4K resolution is planned, but this will be expanded to an 8K resolution through collaboration.
Google establishes its own studio: New generation of games
Own studio: To this end, Google is building its own studio that develops exclusive titles for Stadia.
Here, the head, Jade Raymond, says that they are on the edge of a new era of gaming. Now, with the data centers as the platform, the power is endless.
Before her job at Google, Raymond worked as a producer on titles in the “Assassin’s Creed” series for Ubisoft.
There will be cross-play: You do not have to commit to one platform on Stadia. You can easily switch between, for example, browser and smartphone. This was also demonstrated at the GDC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oc4NqapZNk
Launch of Stadia still in 2019
When will Stadia be released? So far, Google has not announced any launch date. When this is known, we will of course update it.
The launch is expected to occur in 2019: first in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
This is the idea behind it: Google wants to remove any barriers between playing and watching with its gaming platform, explained Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google.
With the new generation of gaming, battle royales should emerge, in which not just a hundred players play against each other, but thousands.
Is there a catch? Initial critics have already pointed out that Google has not discussed what internet connection is needed to use Stadia. This could turn out to be a critical point.
Although there are no living human NPCs in Fallout 76, many factions exist in the game. You will encounter most of them on your journey through Appalachia. But which one suits you best?
These are the factions of Fallout 76: No known NPC survived the impact of the bombs and the subsequent anarchy in West Virginia. The only living people are the inhabitants of Vault 76 – you, the players.
In the remnants of the cities of Appalachia, you will still find outposts, dwellings, and posts of former factions. Most of them have left holotapes and terminal entries that tell of their history and missions:
The Responders
The Fire Breathers
The Raiders
The Steel Brotherhood
The Enclave
The Free States
The Order of Mysteries
As you complete the main quest line of Fallout 76, you will encounter most of these factions. Others will only be mentioned or hide in a long and detailed side quest line.
The Order of Mysteries is hidden.
Quiz: Which faction suits you?
In Fallout 76, it is not possible to truly join a faction exclusively. To experience the story, you become more or less a member of every faction. But in the end, there is no one to control that.
With our quiz, you can find out which of the factions suits you best. Perhaps there will soon be a possibility to choose a faction.
Dieses Quiz ist geschlossen.
Don’t like the faction that came out in the quiz? Then just write your own story. Many players have already dedicated themselves to role-playing in Appalachia.
A larger group of fans has already established their own police service, the Appalachia PD. They turn their C.A.M.P.s into police stations and help new players in stylish police uniforms.
In response, others now plan to play as raiders to create more great stories.
In Pokémon GO, a new Pokémon might soon be coming! At least, that’s what players hope, as one monster fits perfectly with the Loturzel event.
Why could a new Pokémon come? Around the limited research with Loturzel, Pokémon are supposed to spawn that appear due to weather influence.
Kikugi from the 4th generation would also fit, as its evolution depends on the weather. A release is therefore quite conceivable.
We will tell you how the release of Kikugi looks.
That’s why Kikugi might come soon
What is Kikugi? This Pokémon from the 4th generation is still missing. Its evolution is special. Its evolution, Kinoso, has two forms: the sun form and the normal form. In the console games, the Pokémon changed its form in sunlight.
It is like a flower that blooms in sunlight and is closed in other weather.
Similarly, this could happen in Pokémon GO. In sunny weather, Kikugi could evolve into the sun form of Kinoso, and otherwise into the normal form. However, this is only a speculation so far.
These are the two forms of Kinoso. The sun form is on the right.
That’s why a release would fit: Niantic announced that the weather is the focus of the limited research with Loturzel. This way, there are also more Formeo in the wild as well as its shiny form.
It would fit to release another Pokémon that has a direct connection to the weather.
This is what players say: Many players believe that Kikugi and its evolution will be released for the event. As “K_Adrix” says on Reddit: “Kikugi would be the perfect addition to the limited weather research!”
“That’s right, that’s quite conceivable!” writes another player regarding the theory.
A release during the limited research with Loturzel seems possible.
Other players are more cautious about the whole thing. One says: “There are many things that Niantic should and/or could do. But they won’t, they don’t believe in common sense at Niantic.”
Our author Schuhmann did something he hasn’t done in a long time: Played significantly longer than he wanted. The reason: The mission “Roosevelt Island” in The Division 2 was much tougher than expected.
This is how I play The Division 2: I’m not an incredibly good player in The Division. But for casual play, it’s enough:
The other day, Ubisoft told me in an email that I had spent about 70 hours in The Division 1.
In part 2, I now have 37 hours under my belt.
This is my agent – with headset bandana and the sniper rifle.
Usually, I play after work until a maximum of 1 AM and rarely go overboard. I don’t play long sessions like I used to, but I do play regularly every night.
In The Division 2, I’m making good progress: I found a combination of assault rifle and sniper rifle that allowed me to complete most missions fairly easily.
I played the main campaign solo and actually barely died after I found my way:
With the sniper rifle, I easily take out most normal enemies and enjoy the sweet sound of a headshot
For medium and close range, I switch to the assault rifle and set it to “F for Peace”; in full-auto, the danger melts away quickly
Only when I experimented with new weapons did I often bite the dust; otherwise, the last days in DC were smooth sailing.
But last night, I came up against my limits again.
After I could easily take down the hyenas (I was level 29 and the mission is intended for 25), I went up against the Outcasts (mission level 28 – I just became 30).
I must admit: That pushed me to my limits last night.
The mission “Roosevelt Island” started off wonderfully – until the final battle. But the final fight is divided into about 4 or 5 phases – really many enemies come, two turrets cover the battlefield, new reinforcements constantly swarm in and at the end, one of those heavily armored guys with a sledgehammer appears.
I felt like in “Groundhog Day”
The problem: Every time you die, this part of the mission resets to 0 and you start over.
The solution: At some point, I felt like I was in “Groundhog Day” because I already knew the opening sequence with the first enemies by heart. Ultimately, those are rehearsed sequences to complete the mission:
First take out the guy at the turret with a sniper headshot and a second shot to the chest
Then deal with the charging thugs
Then a smoke grenade flies left
I roll to the right
Two Outcasts are waiting for me, and I switch to the assault rifle
Because reinforcements constantly come, after this start, a relatively long sequence begins where you have to stay focused for minutes and can only make relatively few mistakes.
In this film, a single day repeats itself over and over, and the hero learns the day by heart.
Roosevelt Island – the hardest mission in The Division 2 for me
Why did I fail? I became reckless repeatedly and allowed myself to be tempted after the initial part to quickly take one down without cover. But then reinforcements came and I bit the dust.
Or I missed the second shot on the turret guy and that messed up my timing, or I got overwhelmed or something else went wrong.
And when I finally made progress, a heavily armored boss suddenly appeared close to me and knocked me out.
My strategy for these heavily armored bosses is usually:
Run away from them and get to safety
Then gun them down from a safe distance with the assault rifle until the magazine is empty
Run away while reloading
The loop starts over
But it took me really long to get to this tank guy who knocked me out.
I thought: well, I probably won’t have to start all over again… but yes, that’s exactly what happened.
I was actually a bit hurt in my gamer pride. It was already late, I was tired and somehow felt too old for this stuff.
It was annoying that during one of the first runs, a “high-end item” had already dropped an hour earlier at the turret – but I couldn’t get to it to pick it up.
It sparkled at me gold glitteringly for hours while I missed the guy at the mounted turret twice.
This is how I managed it after all: Eventually, my pride was too great, and I took a closer look at the scenery: So back in “Groundhog Day” mode, I went through the opening sequence again, played especially defensively, and retreated and healed at every problem.
Then at the crucial point, I broke the pattern and didn’t do the same thing anymore. I took a different path and made the mission significantly easier by first destroying the left and then the right fuel tank.
This changed the starting situation for me.
I swung onto one of the enemy turrets and mowed down the big boss and his boys from there: Instead of 10 minutes of continuous running around the boss and playing “catch me,” just continuous fire from a safe distance.
It may not be special for some, but I had a nice evening yesterday – sometimes you can also play a bit longer, even if it goes against principles.
The reward for all the efforts: a submachine gun, of course at level 28.
Death feels good in The Division 2
The interesting thing about The Division 2: The deaths feel somehow “earned” – you feel like you’ve made a mistake, not thought something through enough, or overestimated yourself.
In FIFA 19, EA Sports released the FUT Birthday team, featuring some quite unusual cards. You can see the craziest examples here.
This year’s FUT Birthday team includes some big names. The strongest cards are Bale (93) and Griezmann (93), with which you can strengthen your team in FUT 19:
Bale ST (93) – Griezmann RF (93)
The special thing about the birthday cards: What makes the new FUT Birthday cards so special are the position changes that each card receives. Bale is now positioned as a striker, and Griezmann gets a card for the right wing.
Bale RF -> ST
Griezmann ST -> RF
EA has taken inspiration from the past of some football stars for certain position changes. Some of the FUT Birthday cards are based on the players’ previous positions.
No one expected this: Among the new special cards are also some cards with very unusual position changes, which probably no one had on their radar. You can find the craziest cards here.
Virgil Van Dijk (CB) as Striker
This is where the position comes from: At 19 years old, Van Dijk was able to prove his striker qualities at FC Groningen. When they were in need, Van Dijk stepped in and scored 2 goals as a striker for his former club.
Van Dijk – Striker (89)
This is what the card offers: Van Dijk has an interesting striker card. His physical stats are incredibly good, just like his speed and shot.
However, the card also has significant weaknesses, especially in passing and dribbling. As a result, Van Dijk is quite immobile and therefore can only be used as a penalty area striker.
Perhaps it would be worth considering putting him in the CDM position. This is possible with position modifiers.
Who would have thought to see Ibrahimovic as a defender? The FUT Birthday makes it possible.
Ibrahimovic – Center-Back (89)
This is what the card offers: The card is actually quite good. His physical stats combined with his good defensive values, speed, and size make Ibrahimovic a solid center-back, with whom you can also take a shot on goal.
“Ibra” is normally a true striker.
Alaba (LB) in Right Midfield
David Alaba, the left-back from Bayern, switches sides and is now operating in right midfield.
Alaba – Right Midfield (89)
This is what the card offers: With Alaba’s FUT Birthday card, we get a very strong card that is likely interesting for many Bundesliga teams. You can use him versatile and even play him as a right winger.
With his stats, Alaba performs well offensively. He is a very strong option for the right wing. When looking closely at his values, it is difficult to find weaknesses.
He is fast, has fantastic shooting scores, is strong in dribbling, and has good passing stats. A well-rounded card.
David Alaba usually plays as a left-back.
Salah (RF) as Left-Back
This is where the position comes from: Salah actually started his career in the Egyptian first league as a left-back. However, it quickly became clear that with his drive towards the goal, he is better suited for an offensive role.
Salah – Left-Back (90)
This is what the card offers: Left-Back Salah makes an excellent impression. He is incredibly fast, strong in dribbling, and has very good defensive values. It is also advisable to use his offensive abilities, which he definitely possesses.
Salah is likely a real alternative for the LB position in any Premier League team.
Normally, Salah can be found on the other side of the field: As a right winger.
This is how you get the cards
The sources for these cards:
On the Transfer Market: You can purchase many of the FUT Birthday cards on the transfer market. However, the prices are still very high, especially at the beginning of the event.
From Packs: The FUT Birthday squad is available in packs. However, the chance of pulling a FUT Birthday card, like all special cards, is relatively low.
With SBCs: Some of the new special cards can only be obtained with the help of SBCs. These change within the FUT Birthday week and are time-limited.
With the upcoming update 1.04, chests will be added to Anthem. Players will access them after defeating the endboss of the Strongholds. As BioWare has now announced, these chests will not contain cosmetic armors.
To open the caches, the Elysian Caches, however, keys are required, which freelancers can obtain through daily challenges. With the chests, the entire team receives rewards. So if four players open the chests, all of them will also receive four rewards.
There was talk, among other things, about gestures, vinyls, or various poses, such as during victories or when spawning.
No armors in the chests: As BioWare developer Chris Schmidt stated over Discord, the Elysian Caches will not contain cosmetic armors. Schmidt, along with community manager Jesse Anderson, was seen in the last Anthem livestream and spoke about the cosmetic chests.
In response to a player’s question about when armor sets can be earned in the game, Lead Producer Ben Irving responded on Twitter that the Elysian Caches will be added to Anthem next week. Many players thus assumed that armors would also be in the chests.
Chris Schmidt has now announced over Discord, confirming that Irving’s response was incorrect and that players should not expect armors in the chests.
Here, BioWare’s Chris Schmidt confirms that the chests will not contain armor sets. Source: Reddit
What are players saying?In the Anthem Subreddit, some players express disappointment. In their opinion, there are simply too few armor parts in Anthem, let alone sets.
Player Snschl summarizes:
“Honestly, I’m a bit stunned that all cosmetics must be bought in the store. Sure, you can earn the coins, but have no cosmetics to earn in the game…?”
j_harv asks: “Do they [BioWare] just have one armor and weapon designer working a few hours each month?”
Before the patch next week, you should check out the Monument Watch in Anthem. It currently behaves a bit strangely:
Since the new season, there are new weapons to obtain in Destiny 2. Among them is a legendary sword named “Just In Case”. We will explain what makes it so special and how you can get it.
How do you get the sword? If you complete Tier 3 of the Reckoning, you have the chance to be rewarded with one of the new Gambit Prime weapons. This includes the new sword Just In Case. A successful completion can reward you with a curated version or a random roll.
This is how the legendary sword “Just In Case” performs in practice
What makes this sword special? Just In Case is an adaptive sword, the same sword class as the well-known DPS monster Stryker’s Sure-Hand from the Black Armory.
While the new sword cannot roll with the Surrounded perk, you can exclusively get the brand new perk “Shattering Blade.” In the curated version of the weapon, the perk is fixed.
This is what “Shattering Blade” does: When you consume your last ammunition with a heavy attack, the strike deals increased damage. Air attacks are excluded from this.
What makes this perk so special? With this perk, you deal three times as much damage with your last sword strike, an increase of 200%. If you plan your heavy ammo and attacks tactically in advance and combine them with other buffs, you can deal devastating damage.
In this video, CoolGuy shows you what the perk can do in PvE:
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This is how “Just In Case” performs in PvE: While this perk is very situational, if you get close to one or more elite enemies, you can certainly benefit from it. In PvP, however, the new perk does not offer you any special advantages.
If, for example, the modifier “Heavyweight” is active, you can play a bit more with the perk mechanics and get the most out of this sword, as you can continually use and refill your ammunition.
Swords are particularly suitable for quickly taking out pesky blockers and high-ranking targets.
This is how the sword performs in Gambit and Gambit Prime: Especially in Gambit Prime, the new sword offers a way to deal a lot of damage to the mini-bosses you encounter more frequently in this mode.
Since there is essentially always enough heavy ammunition on the map in Prime mode, you can easily eliminate blockers and refill your sword. Thus, you can utilize the bonus of Shattering Blade most frequently.
What can the curated version of the weapon do? The masterwork version of the sword comes with the new perk “Shattering Blade” and the well-known perk “Assassin’s Blade,” which gives you a damage bonus and a movement boost on a kill.
This is the masterwork version of the sword (Source: CoolGuy on YouTube)
Note: The perk Assassin’s Blade is exclusive to the masterwork variant and does not appear in the random rolls of the sword.
This perk combination makes the curated roll of the sword even more formidable. If you have little ammunition left, you can first defeat a small enemy to receive the damage bonus from Assassin’s Blade. Then you can use the remaining ammunition with a heavy attack against a boss or major.
This way, you can unleash both buffs in a single, devastating blow.
In the Reckoning, you will encounter not only numerous thralls but also many mini-bosses.
How good is the new sword now? This new sword is not an absolute must-have. You can indeed achieve something in some activities like the forges of the chain or in the Nightfall.
But if you are not an absolute sword enthusiast, there are numerous better alternatives in the power slot, such as the Wardcliff Coil, which deals more damage and is not situationally restricted.
For sword enthusiasts, the weapon is definitely interesting and worth a look – especially for Gambit Prime or the Escalation Protocol. For everyone else, not really recommended.
What do you think of the sword? Have you tried it yet? Or are you still busy leveling up? Let us know in the comments!
Players of Battlefield 5 have long awaited the developers to implement a hardcore mode. It is finally coming in Chapter 3 “Trial by Fire”, but it’s different than players expected.
What’s new? In a roadmap, EA announced how the shooter Battlefield 5 will continue in the future. Among other things, players can expect new maps, new missions, and the Firestorm mode. The announcement of the hardcore mode also caused quite a stir.
These contents are coming to Battlefield 5 in March and April
What is the problem with the hardcore mode? In the hardcore mode of Battlefield 5, the rules differ from the “normal” modes. Players die faster, and a large part of the helpful UI elements are hidden. One could say the difficulty is increased.
So the arrival of the hardcore mode in BF5 sounds good at first. However, the mode is only being introduced for the co-op game mode Combined Arms. Not for multiplayer. Players do not find that cool at all. They do not want to play against bots in hardcore mode, but against “real opponents”.
Some players feel trolled. This is not how they envisioned the hardcore mode.
This is how players react: The community is reacting frustrated to EA’s announcement. In the Battlefield forums, it says: “Can the player who asked for a hardcore mode only for Combined Arms please step forward and explain why?”
On Reddit, people are asking, “Why is Combined Arms getting a hardcore mode when the community has been asking for a hardcore mode for multiplayer since launch?”
Player The_James_Spader says: “I was totally shocked when I read this. I was sure they were going to do this for multiplayer mode.”
So, the community is quite dissatisfied with the BF5 team’s decision.
These new contents are coming to Battlefield 5 in the next months: After Chapter 3, Chapter 4 will launch in June under the name “Defying the Odds”. This will bring new maps and game modes. A concept art shows what the map Marita is expected to look like.
A new game mode where you play 5v5 on tight maps
The Marita map revolves around a battle in Greece, late 1940. The map of the Battle of Greece plays along the mountainside overlooking a river
In June, more info about Chapter 4 in Battlefield 5 will be available
Sometime in autumn, Chapter 5 will be released under the name Awakening the Giant.
Players can look forward to land, air, and sea invasions here. More detailed information about this is not yet available. EA says that the contents of the roadmap can still change. They are listening to player feedback.
On Saturday, March 23, the Community Day in March starts with Treecko in Pokémon GO. We will tell you everything about start time, bonuses, and shinies so you can make the most of the event.
What are Community Days? Community Days are special events that take place once a month. For 3 hours, a special Pokémon will spawn more frequently in the wild. Additionally, there are worthwhile bonuses that round off the event.
In March 2019, it’s all about the Grass-type starter Treecko. It is the first starter from Generation 3 to have a Community Day.
Community Day in March – Exact Times and Bonuses
What: The Pokémon GO Community Day in March 2019 When: On Saturday, March 23, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM German time (GMT+1) Pokémon of the Day: Treecko Exclusive Move: Flora Statue (Only Sceptile) Bonus: The distance needed to hatch eggs is reduced to a quarter Bonus: 3-hour incenses Additional Bonus: You can evolve your Sceptile to learn the exclusive move Flora Statue until 7 PM
See all bonuses at a glance.
These are the new times: Pay attention to the new event time. The Community Day does not start at 11 AM this time, but at 3 PM. It will last for 3 hours until 6 PM.
Shiny Treecko, Grovyle, and Sceptile
Will there be Shiny Treecko? The shiny form of Treecko has not yet been officially confirmed, but it is possible that Treecko will be available as shiny. In every Community Day so far, the event Pokémon has also been available as shiny.
These are the shinies from the Treecko family
What can Sceptile do with Flora Statue?
How can Sceptile learn Flora Statue? The exclusive move Flora Statue can only be obtained through evolution. You must evolve a Grovyle to Sceptile for this. However, this can only be done on Saturday between 3 PM and 7 PM. You will have an extra hour after the Community Day for the evolution. You cannot teach Flora Statue with TMs.
Sceptile will master Flora Statue.
This is how strong Sceptile will be: The move greatly enhances Sceptile. After Roserade, it will become the best Grass-type attacker in the game. The damage per second that Sceptile deals with Flora Statue is very high. It is definitely worth evolving a Sceptile.
100% IV – This CP is needed for your Treecko
This weather boosts Treecko: Treecko is a Grass-type. Sunny weather gives the Pokémon a weather bonus.
This is how strong Treecko is in the wild: Treecko can reach a maximum of 902 CP without a weather bonus. This would be a Treecko with 10% IV at level 30. With a weather bonus, it can even reach a maximum of 977 CP at level 35.
The following list will help you evaluate Treecko. Copy this list into your search bar, and it will show you potential Treecko with 100%. However, there may also be Treecko at higher levels with lower IVs.
The bonus on this Community Day is the reduced egg distances. So, incubators are particularly worthwhile. If you play the full 3 hours, then you should have at least 9 incubators with you.
Important: You should only put your eggs into the incubators after the event starts, because only then will the distance be reduced. If you put them in beforehand, you will have to walk the normal distances.
Incense will last 3 hours during the event. It is worth using some, as they will attract Treecko more frequently.
Sprays – 6 pieces
Sprays are also a good way to get Treecko. If you use 6 pieces, you will be well-equipped for the event, as one incense lasts 30 minutes.
Incense is worth it on Community Day.
Star Pieces – 6 pieces
If you hatch as many eggs, you will also get a lot of stardust. Additionally, each catch gives you more dust. Star pieces further increase the stardust. They also last 30 minutes, so 6 pieces are important.
EnMasse has announced one of the largest updates for the MMORPG TERA. TERA: Reloaded will be released on April 2nd for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and brings revamped systems as well as new content.
Then the update will be released: EnMasse announced one of the largest updates for TERA on April 2nd. This is set to be released for the console versions on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, bringing the consoles closer to the PC version.
The update will introduce new content and revamped systems to TERA. New dungeons and events are also being added.
The little Elin can also take hold of huge cannons with the upcoming update.
What the update brings: The update coincides with TERA’s anniversary in April, which is why some events are in planning. The following content will be added:
The little Elins can become gunners with the update. An event for leveling up will be held in each region.
At level 65, there will be a new quest to obtain a Guardian armor set, which introduces a new system for upgrading armor.
With Guardian Legion missions, players can earn performance-based rewards.
A series of events will be announced soon.
Additionally, players can dive into new dungeons in April. A total of nine new dungeons have been announced for April, including four fortresses that will also come in a difficult variant.
The console versions of TERA will receive new dungeons in April.
Moreover, a collaboration with Twitch has been announced, through which Twitch Prime members will receive exclusive in-game items from March 22nd until July 28th.
Blizzard introduced the endorsement feature in Overwatch . This is a way for players to be rewarded for their good behavior by other players. As Blizzard says, the system has a significant impact on the community’s mood.
This feature is about: In summer 2018, Blizzard enriched its hero shooter Overwatch with the endorsement feature. This is a function that allows you to recognize the performance of other players.
The idea behind the feature is to encourage the community to behave nicely. The feature rewards players with experience points and loot boxes. You can acknowledge others for their positive attitude, shot calling, or teamwork. Conversely, you can also report others for negative behavior.
Here are the new numbers: Since the implementation of the endorsement feature, negative behavior in the community has significantly decreased. Natasha Miller is a research scientist at Blizzard and studies player behavior.
During the Game Developers Conference, she explained in a talk that toxic behavior now occurs in 40% fewer Overwatch matches since it was activated last year. Between 50% and 70% of players are said to use the endorsement system to evaluate other players at the end of a match. (via Variety)
Players in Overwatch are happy again and even receive gifts
What counts as toxic behavior? These are all negative actions that disturb the match. “Things like players intentionally losing matches, writing or saying terrible things in chat or through the microphone, or going AFK during a game,” explains Miller.
Why does the system work so well? Miller explained that toxic behavior often arises because there are no social consequences in online games.
In online communities, there are usually no consequences for bad behavior and no rewards for star players,” she adds. “We wanted to give the community its own reward system.”
“There is a difference between physical and online communities,” she said. “If you are constantly late and only do the bare minimum at work, you will not get promoted. You will have to watch as someone else who does that work gets the pay raise.
The endorsement system gives players the opportunity to rank up when they are nice. The ranks are dynamic and change based on ratings. Players are rewarded with loot boxes in Overwatch for this. Additionally, you can find players who behave well in Overwatch with the group search feature.
Recently, a coin toss caused bad vibes in Overwatch:
The second new job of the Shadowbringers expansion of Final Fantasy XIV is now known. The Dancer will be introduced on July 2nd in the game, but it is different than many expected.
What is the new job? The Dancer is the second new job that will be playable in the upcoming expansion Shadowbringers in Final Fantasy XIV.
This is a ranged DPS that wields throwing weapons. In the artworks and the trailer, only chakrams were shown for now, however, Director Yoshida emphasized that the job will be able to use other throwing weapons as well.
For example, he mentioned throwing knives or darts as possible options.
Starting level of the job is 60 (expected).
The starting quest for the Dancer is located in the city of Limsa Lominsa.
To unlock the job, players must own the Shadowbringers expansion and have at least one other job at level 60.
Like the other two ranged DPS, Bard and Machinist, the Dancer will have strong support abilities to assist the group in battle.
You can watch how the job looks in action here:
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What did players expect? Rumors that the Dancer would be the second new job of Shadowbringers have been circulating in the community for a long time.
An info leak has correctly predicted many upcoming contents of the patches and the fan festivals. This includes, for example, the tank job Gunbreaker or the new race of the Viera.
However, according to the leak, the Dancer was expected to take the healer role in the party. Accordingly, many were counting on another healer instead of a DPS and are now disappointed.
The job-specific clothing of the male dancer differs from that of the female.
Currently, the distribution of jobs in combat roles in FFXIV looks like this:
3 tanks
3 healers
4 melee DPS
3 casters
2 ranged DPS
Together with the Gunbreaker job, players will therefore receive a new ranged DPS and a tank in the Shadowbringers expansion.
More information about the Shadowbringers expansion can be found here:
Next week the announcement of Borderlands 3 is expected. This is considered quite certain. In advance, fans are discussing two things that they apparently reject: whether their game might land exclusively in the Epic Games Store and whether Gearbox is changing too much at its core.
Epic Games has secured several exclusive games for PC that did not come to Steam: including Metro Exodus and The Division 2.
Fans are especially worried that the publisher behind Borderlands 3, Take-Two, has given the title “The Outer Worlds” to Epic Games, allegedly without the developers knowing.
Here, there are concerns that Borderlands 3 could face the same fate. And they could be the next ones affected.
What do fans have against Epic? Generally, fans would prefer to choose which platform they want to play Borderlands 3 on.
The thought of being “forced” into the Epic Store if they want to play it on PC does not please many.
IGN: Borderlands 3 needs a Battle Royale mode
What’s the issue with too much change? The US site IGN published an article about how fans wish for Borderlands 3, which was filled with elements of pseudo-MMOs and general change proposals:
There should be weapon smithing to create your own super weapons
Players should be able to create their own characters instead of just playing pre-made ones
Borderlands 3 needs a Battle Royale mode
In addition, several planets for more variety
Moreover, more golden keys and crossplay
What irritates the fans: These suggestions are relatively unanimously rejected on reddit. Some are quite outraged: A character creator or crafting does not fit with Borderlands.
However, one could warm up to “Borderlands variants” – fine-tuning the weapon, for example, with special scopes or character customization within the framework of pre-made figures.
Many apparently want as little change as possible to the core of the franchise, especially not to the elements they love from previous games. Very few are excited about Battle Royale. This is seen as a trend and hype rejection – Gearbox would at most mock this by announcing a 100-player Battle Royale and then saying before the start: “96 have died before.”
With the FUT Birthday, FIFA 19 celebrates the tenth anniversary of Ultimate Team. Among other things, “FUT Favourites” have been added to the game – who do the fans wish for?
These are FUT Favourites: In the announcement for the FUT Birthday, EA mentioned, among other things, seven anniversary players who will be unlockable as “FUT Favourites” through SBCs or milestones during the event. Something similar has already happened during the Carniball event.
These cards consist of players who have earned a special status in the FIFA community over the past ten years. Three of the Favourites can be earned since the event began: special cards of Gervinho, Ibrahimovic, and Naldo have been available in milestones since Friday evening. However, more will follow.
Who will join Ibra, Gervinho, and Naldo?
In the FIFA subreddit, fans discussed their favorite players of recent years before the event. We took a closer look at the wish list – who could still come?
FUT Birthday: These players the fans would love to see
Real “FIFA Legends”: Over the years, different players have stood out in Ultimate Team, who you wouldn’t necessarily have on your radar before (and partly even after). But even today, fans rave about the following players:
Alexander Esswein (FIFA 13)
Speed without end: Alexander Esswein is almost considered a FIFA legend: Although Esswein was not necessarily world-class in real football, his card dominated the Ultimate Team mode in FIFA 13. His incredible speed made him one of the most dangerous strikers in the game.
Especially the combination with Marco Reus still gives some FIFA players nightmares today. Since Esswein is currently playable in FIFA 19, he could very well receive a special card for the FUT Birthday. However, the attacker had already been re-released for the FUT Birthday in FIFA 17 – will history repeat itself?
Di Natale / Fabrizio Miccoli (FIFA 13)
Goals made in Italy: This striker combination was, like the duo Reus/Esswein, both feared and admired. The two Italian attackers were extremely popular in FIFA 13 but are hardly candidates for a new Favourites card. Neither of them is currently represented in FIFA 19. For players with Italian teams, this combination could have been a dream.
Ramires (FIFA 16)
The original Kanté: Ramires was one of the classic players in FIFA 16 as well as in previous editions of the game, who you saw in every second Premier League team. The Brazilian from Chelsea brought great values and was especially important for chemistry when connecting Brazilians with a PL team. A Reddit comment: “He was Kanté before we had Kanté.”
Ramires would have been a good candidate for the “Favourites”. But since his move to the Chinese Super League, where he is currently only playing in reserve, the Brazilian is no longer in the game – a new card is therefore almost impossible.
Doumbia – Ibarbo – Gervinho (FIFA 15)
Top trio: Gervinho has already received one of the Favourites cards. Will his two strike partners from FIFA 15 join him? The AS Roma combination of Doumbia, Ibarbo, and Gervinho is still legendary today: “These three were responsible for many broken controllers,” one reads in the forum. The reason: Against this speed storm, hardly anything could be done in FIFA.
The best news: All three are also in FIFA 19 in the game. It’s possible that you may hunt for goals next week alongside Gervinho with another player from the Roma trio.
Jack Butland (FIFA 17)
The unassailable: Speaking of broken controllers: Jack Butland also had a time when he was known for being able to test the patience of FIFA players to the limit. Because the goalkeeper of Stoke City saved every ball in FIFA 17! Some players even considered Butland to be the best goalkeeper in the game – at least when he played in the opposing team.
Even today, Butland is still in FIFA, but he is no longer regarded as overpowered as he was in earlier times. Nevertheless, it is within the realm of possibility that the Stoke keeper could be one of the “Favourites” – and cause broken controllers again.
Which FIFA players do you fondly remember? Do you have a favorite you would like to play in FIFA 19 again?
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