Destiny 2: Gambit Prime – With these tips you will rock the new mode

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 7 minutes

A team where each of the four roles is represented is recommended. If you play the roles correctly, the armor sets provide you with significant advantages.

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Guardian in Gambit Prime

Don’t hold back with Supers and Heavy Ammo

The tip is: While in regular Gambit matches you usually save your super attack and heavy ammo for the Primeval, Bungie advises firing heavy weapons while collecting motes in Gambit Prime.

With each wave of enemies, the foes become more powerful, and regularly enemies with significant health appear. If you take too long to deal with these tough enemies, the opposing team will rush past you.

You should also focus on high-value targets that spawn each round. Bungie states they are an easy way to gain a handful of bonus motes.

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This is how you quickly defeat the Primeval in Gambit Prime

Pro streamer Gladd brings another strategy on how to melt down the Primeval in the boss fight.

This is how it works:

  • For weapons, he recommends the exotic Wardcliff Coil, which deals massive damage against the Primeval
  • You should not waste all your heavy ammo right in the first Light well phase. Each round, the buff in the Light well gets stronger when you defeat the Envoys. This means, save your heavy ammo.
  • Only deal a bit of damage to the boss in the first phase – so it’s not too tragic if invaders heal the boss again.

Hit the boss hard with the Wardcliff Coil in phase 2.

Comments are already discussing that this tactic will soon be used by all Guardians.

Do you have any further tips for Gambit Prime? Write them in the comments.

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This is how you quickly defeat the Primeval in Gambit Prime

Pro streamer Gladd brings another strategy on how to melt down the Primeval in the boss fight.

This is how it works:

  • For weapons, he recommends the exotic Wardcliff Coil, which deals massive damage against the Primeval
  • You should not waste all your heavy ammo right in the first Light well phase. Each round, the buff in the Light well gets stronger when you defeat the Envoys. This means, save your heavy ammo.
  • Only deal a bit of damage to the boss in the first phase – so it’s not too tragic if invaders heal the boss again.

Hit the boss hard with the Wardcliff Coil in phase 2.

Comments are already discussing that this tactic will soon be used by all Guardians.

Do you have any further tips for Gambit Prime? Write them in the comments.

A team where each of the four roles is represented is recommended. If you play the roles correctly, the armor sets provide you with significant advantages.

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Guardian in Gambit Prime

Don’t hold back with Supers and Heavy Ammo

The tip is: While in regular Gambit matches you usually save your super attack and heavy ammo for the Primeval, Bungie advises firing heavy weapons while collecting motes in Gambit Prime.

With each wave of enemies, the foes become more powerful, and regularly enemies with significant health appear. If you take too long to deal with these tough enemies, the opposing team will rush past you.

You should also focus on high-value targets that spawn each round. Bungie states they are an easy way to gain a handful of bonus motes.

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This is how you quickly defeat the Primeval in Gambit Prime

Pro streamer Gladd brings another strategy on how to melt down the Primeval in the boss fight.

This is how it works:

  • For weapons, he recommends the exotic Wardcliff Coil, which deals massive damage against the Primeval
  • You should not waste all your heavy ammo right in the first Light well phase. Each round, the buff in the Light well gets stronger when you defeat the Envoys. This means, save your heavy ammo.
  • Only deal a bit of damage to the boss in the first phase – so it’s not too tragic if invaders heal the boss again.

Hit the boss hard with the Wardcliff Coil in phase 2.

Comments are already discussing that this tactic will soon be used by all Guardians.

Do you have any further tips for Gambit Prime? Write them in the comments.

Gambit Prime is now playable in Destiny 2. We show you how this mode works and give tips to ensure you seize victory.

Where do the tips come from? In an interview with Polygon, Lars Bakken, the creative lead for Season 6, and Robbie Stevens, a senior designer at Bungie, provided tips for Gambit Prime. Additionally, you will find a tip from the streamer Gladd on how to quickly eliminate the Primeval at the end.

This is how Gambit Prime works

This is Gambit Prime: It is a new Gambit mode that was exclusively released for annual pass holders in Season 6 . The mode requires teamwork and a good strategy to win.

Two teams of four Guardians compete against each other. The first team to defeat the Primeval wins.

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Bank in Gambit Prime

The biggest differences from regular Gambit:

  • In Prime, there is only one round, which is longer than a regular Gambit round.
  • You need to deposit 100 (instead of 75) motes to summon the Primeval. However, the Primeval is initially immune to your damage.
  • Defeat the Envoys (which are Witches) to create a Light well. Stand in the well to gain a buff so you can deal damage to the Primeval. The Witches are marked with red symbols.
  • Each time the portal opens, you can teleport as invaders to the enemies. If you kill opposing Guardians, it heals the Primeval. Since the Primeval phase lasts longer than in regular Gambit, many invasions are possible.

Grab Gambit Prime armor with Synths

The tip is: Choose a role in Gambit Prime and quickly put together the new armor for it. Because the armor pieces grant important bonuses in Gambit Prime.

Note: You can only unlock all perks with higher-tier Gambit Prime armor. At the very beginning, you will have to forgo some perks.

There are 4 roles, each unlocking 4 perks with the corresponding armor pieces:

  • Reaper (weakens high-ranking targets, multi-kills generate special ammo, motes have a longer lifespan before disappearing, grenades recharge faster when you kill powerful enemies)
  • Guardian (multi-kills generate damage buffs against Taken, the bank regenerates your health, you can mark invaders for allies, you empower allies in the Light well)
  • Collector (you drop motes when you die, motes grant a shield, you receive ammo when you deposit motes, you can send huge 20-mote blockers)
  • Invader (you generate ammo during the invasion, you have an improved invasion shield, you receive bonus damage on Guardian kills, you can drain motes from the enemy bank and close the bank)
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Reaper in Gambit Prime

This is how you unlock the perks: The more armor pieces from a set you wear, the more Gambit Prime armor perks will be active.

Each of these armor pieces grants a certain number of points. Each perk has a “point threshold” that you must exceed to unlock it. Your focus should first be on completing a full set to gain enough points and thus all perks.

This is what Synths do for the perks: If you want to combine the armor sets into a hybrid build (with exotics or other sets) and still unlock all perks, special Synths are available to you.

If you have a Guardian build and replace one Gambit Prime armor piece with an exotic, you will miss the points to activate all perks. However, if you use a Guardian Synth, you will gain +3 Guardian points for 30 minutes, allowing all Guardian perks to be activated.

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Guardian Synth in Destiny 2

This is how you get Synths: You get the Synths through daily bounties for Gambit Prime and through “daily citizen duty Prime bounties” from the Drifter. Through the latter bounties, you can also get Synths outside the new Gambit mode.

This is how you get the Gambit Prime armor with Synths: To obtain the new armor pieces, you also need Synths. So, the Synths have two different purposes in Destiny 2.

You use these in a synthesizer, which you receive from the Drifter after a short quest line, to create special motes. You deposit the Synth motes at the beginning of a reckoning round in the bank before the chasm. If you win the round, you receive a corresponding piece of equipment.

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Deposit the Synth motes you create with the synthesizer here

Deposit your motes wisely in Gambit Prime

The tip is: A new feature in Gambit Prime is that you can drain motes from the enemy bank. To do this, two blockers must be standing on the enemy side. Use smart strategies so that the blockers can drain motes for as long as possible.

If you send only a small blocker, it’s not very effective. It is quickly defeated. Instead, summon multiple blockers at the same time to deal maximum damage to the enemy.

This blocker combo is recommended: Try to send two small blockers (each 5 motes) and two medium blockers (each 10 motes) more or less simultaneously. The small blockers can make the other blockers immune to damage, so the enemy must first defeat the small blockers.

According to Stevens, it is always worth sending a small blocker together with a larger blocker. Small blockers alone are almost worthless.

These are the new blocker types since Season 6:

  • The small blocker is a Taken Goblin. It has less health than the previous Phalanx, but can protect other blockers (5 motes)
  • The medium blocker is a Taken Captain, coming with a shield and a lot of health (10 motes)
  • The large blocker is a Taken Knight with more health than the Ogre before (15 motes)
  • Collectors can send huge 20-mote blockers.
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Play your role correctly

The tip is: Adapt your weapons to your role.

  • If you play the Collector, you can choose an aggressive play style with a shotgun. The motes you collect grant a shield – and even if you die, you drop some of your motes so they can be picked up and not lost.
  • Guardians should bring a weapon for close range to finish off blockers, and a weapon for long range to take out invaders.
  • Invaders can take weapons that have limited ammo (like linear fusion rifles), as they generate ammo in the enemy arena.
  • Reapers should take a strong special weapon they are comfortable with because they gain extra ammo through multi-kills.

Hit the boss hard with the Wardcliff Coil in phase 2.

Comments are already discussing that this tactic will soon be used by all Guardians.

Do you have any further tips for Gambit Prime? Write them in the comments.

You should also focus on high-value targets that spawn each round. Bungie states they are an easy way to gain a handful of bonus motes.

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This is how you quickly defeat the Primeval in Gambit Prime

Pro streamer Gladd brings another strategy on how to melt down the Primeval in the boss fight.

This is how it works:

  • For weapons, he recommends the exotic Wardcliff Coil, which deals massive damage against the Primeval
  • You should not waste all your heavy ammo right in the first Light well phase. Each round, the buff in the Light well gets stronger when you defeat the Envoys. This means, save your heavy ammo.
  • Only deal a bit of damage to the boss in the first phase – so it’s not too tragic if invaders heal the boss again.

Hit the boss hard with the Wardcliff Coil in phase 2.

Comments are already discussing that this tactic will soon be used by all Guardians.

Do you have any further tips for Gambit Prime? Write them in the comments.

A team where each of the four roles is represented is recommended. If you play the roles correctly, the armor sets provide you with significant advantages.

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Guardian in Gambit Prime

Don’t hold back with Supers and Heavy Ammo

The tip is: While in regular Gambit matches you usually save your super attack and heavy ammo for the Primeval, Bungie advises firing heavy weapons while collecting motes in Gambit Prime.

With each wave of enemies, the foes become more powerful, and regularly enemies with significant health appear. If you take too long to deal with these tough enemies, the opposing team will rush past you.

You should also focus on high-value targets that spawn each round. Bungie states they are an easy way to gain a handful of bonus motes.

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This is how you quickly defeat the Primeval in Gambit Prime

Pro streamer Gladd brings another strategy on how to melt down the Primeval in the boss fight.

This is how it works:

  • For weapons, he recommends the exotic Wardcliff Coil, which deals massive damage against the Primeval
  • You should not waste all your heavy ammo right in the first Light well phase. Each round, the buff in the Light well gets stronger when you defeat the Envoys. This means, save your heavy ammo.
  • Only deal a bit of damage to the boss in the first phase – so it’s not too tragic if invaders heal the boss again.

Hit the boss hard with the Wardcliff Coil in phase 2.

Comments are already discussing that this tactic will soon be used by all Guardians.

Do you have any further tips for Gambit Prime? Write them in the comments.

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The Division 2 has its own Xur that provides valuable gear

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 2 minutes

Similar to Destiny 2 with Xur, The Division 2 has a vendor named Cassie for particularly valuable gear. She spawns randomly at specific times in the game world but only under certain conditions.

This is “the Xur” of The Division 2: Cassie is referred to as the “Gun Runner” and is a gear vendor in The Division 2. She apparently carries particularly valuable gear, as revealed by the developers in the State of the Game from March 6.

However, Cassie is not a normal vendor with a fixed location that you can always return to. There are a few conditions to unlock her.

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This is Cassie, the “Xur” of The Division

Why the comparison in the first place? Xur is a vendor in Destiny 2. He regularly has exotic gear available, and his offerings rotate weekly. He appears on Fridays and disappears after a few days.

Similarly, Cassie behaves. She does not have a fixed point where you can find her. She appears at one location and then moves on to the next random spawn point. With Xur, you also never know at which of his locations he will spawn.

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Where exactly these positions of Cassie are located is still unclear. But to unlock Cassie at all, you need to fulfill two conditions.

This is how to unlock Cassie: To activate her spawns, you need to

  • first find a certain person during the story
  • and reach Level 30.

Once you meet these conditions, Cassie will appear at regular intervals at different locations in the world.

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How often does Cassie spawn? In the State of the Game, it was mentioned that there are about one and a half days between each spawn. The spawn times may be adjusted to the respective time zones so that nobody has to get up at night.

What does Cassie offer? Similar to Xur, Cassie offers an exotic weapon every week. Additionally, there seems to be other gear with above-average stats.

It is not known whether the offerings are limited to exotic weapons or if there can also be exotic gear.

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Will you find this cool weapon available from Cassie?

How long does the offering last? In the stream, it was mentioned that the offerings rotate approximately every week. It is not known what currency you will have to use to pay.

What do you think of Cassie? Does the concept fit with The Division 2?

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Mein-MMO.de sucht einen MMORPG-Autor für ESO im Home Office

Leya Jankowski Leya Jankowski Reading time 3 minutes

We at Mein-MMO.de are looking for a new author to work from home, writing about MMORPGs in general and The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) in particular.

Who we are

Mein-MMO.de was founded in September 2013 and is now part of Webedia Gaming. We exclusively cover multiplayer online games that are continuously developed over a long period of time.

We have been reporting on MMORPGs since the launch of our site. MMORPGs are in our DNA, and we passionately report on games like World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Final Fantasy XIV.

We reach between 250,000 and 300,000 unique readers every day, with about 4,000 comments written each week.

Every day, about 15 authors write their articles, news, stories, and guides about online games.

We take the approach of covering games more in depth, becoming experts in individual games, and being close to the community.

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What we are looking for

We are looking exclusively for specialized authors for MMORPGs who engage globally with this genre. Deep knowledge of the game “The Elder Scrolls Online” is especially important.

The job involves covering games of the MMORPG genre and finding news or quirky stories from the respective communities. You should have a broad interest in MMORPGs and engage with several games in the genre:

  • the MMORPG you should primarily and intensively cover for MeinMMO is The Elder Scrolls Online. The focus in the first months will be on intensive reporting about the new expansion Elsweyr
  • other MMORPGs for which we have news needs include titles like Black Desert, Final Fantasy XIV, Lord of the Rings Online, or new MMORPGs in development (Lost Ark, A:IR, Ashes of Creation, Crowfall, Camelot Unchained, Pantheon) – knowledge of some of these games is desirable

You should be familiar with the most important information sources for the respective MMORPGs and be able to gather information broadly. These can be publisher channels or fan forums.

We expect authors whose phones ring and hearts race when the official account of the game tweets even the smallest detail. You write for the community. Therefore, you should not think that your opinion about the games is the only correct one and strongly advocate it.

Ideally, you have already gained experience in journalism and have written for other sites or maintained your own blog.

This is not a full-time job, but it requires a few hours each week. We expect about 4-7 news articles or articles (opinions, analyses, specials) weekly – we are flexible. However, it is essential that time and willingness are present. The author can schedule their working hours themselves – but they should be available in a timely manner for important news.

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What we offer

  • We offer an entry into the world of online gaming journalism or the chance for an experienced author to be part of a successful project. The work is done online from home. If you live near Munich, it is also possible to visit the Webedia Gaming office and work on projects.
  • You will be part of a dynamic and highly engaged team of passionate gamers, digital professionals, and authors.
  • You will learn a lot about online gaming journalism, editorial processes, and working as a freelance author.
  • You will be closely accompanied by our team and trained in our processes.
  • It’s an exciting, challenging, and interesting job where no two days are the same.
  • There is also payment – details will be clarified in a personal conversation.

When is the job starting? Immediately.

We look forward to your meaningful, informal application to the email addresses:

Introduce yourselves and your work. Tell us how you would like to be part of Mein-MMO.de.

When is the application deadline? We will accept applications until March 12, 2019.

Note: After we have hired someone, we will delete all applications. However, everyone should receive a confirmation or rejection beforehand.

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Fallout 76 finally plans a long-awaited change to PvP

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 3 minutes

Even before the release of Fallout 76, many fans were worried about the PvP in the game. Even today, it is still a topic, despite measures taken by Bethesda. In the future, however, there will be a change that many will likely appreciate.

What will change in PvP? Specifically, it concerns the pacifist mode in Fallout 76. This should prevent players in the corresponding mode from taking damage from other players at all.

An official Bethesda account responded to a thread on Reddit. It stated:

We are considering changes to the pacifist mode, which, when active, prevents you from taking damage from other players. The plan is to extend this to the C.A.M.P.s as well.

No specific timeframe for the update has been mentioned yet.

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This is how PvP has worked so far: Currently, players in pacifist mode can only not deal damage to other players. However, they still receive what is called “slap damage,” significantly reduced damage intended to function like a “tap”.

If a player kills another through this “slap damage,” they will be hunted and a bounty will be placed on them. This is intended to deter griefers from killing defenseless victims. This has often not worked well in the past.

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A bounty on the map of Fallout 76.

Community is pleased, benefits for both sides

How fans are reacting: The responses to the announcement have been largely positive. Players are happy that they can finally explore Appalachia peacefully. This feature has been requested since shortly after the launch of Fallout 76.

They will probably not rely on protection groups like the Appalachia PD founded by players as much anymore.

However, some fans are concerned and fear that players could exploit this. Unfair players might kill others or destroy a camp and then switch to pacifist mode to avoid retaliation. They are therefore proposing some kind of timer. How this will be regulated has not yet been discussed in detail.

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Will the Appalachia PD still be needed?

A new mode for PvP fans: If you count yourself among the fans of player versus player carnage in Fallout 76, you will still be satisfied in the future. A roadmap has presented the upcoming plans for Fallout 76.

These include a new “survival” mode. In this mode, the rules for PvP are adjusted, and every player is automatically at war with every other player not in their group. Anyone who enjoys fighting can do so here with special rules for PvP. This mode will enter beta in March.

What do you think of the change?

For those who prefer peaceful activities, there will soon also be a player tavern:

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Tomorrow a big event starts for ESO – Is the loot worth it?

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 2 minutes

The Elder Scrolls Online is about to be particularly rewarding for fans of all things rogue. Because an anniversary event for the DLCs Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood offers plenty of extra loot!

What is the event about? The event celebrates the two DLCs Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood. In it, you could finally become a member of the Thieves Guild or the assassin group of the Dark Brotherhood.

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The event offers all DLC owners more loot in their respective areas and related quests.

When does the event start? From March 7th to March 18th, you can enjoy the benefits of the event.

How can I participate in the event? To participate in the event, you logically need the DLCs Thieves Guild and/or Dark Brotherhood, otherwise you won’t have access to all areas. If you only have one of the two DLCs, you can only participate in activities within that DLC.

If you don’t have the DLCs, you can activate them via an ESO-Plus subscription for 30 days. That’s enough to take advantage of the event. If you prefer to own the DLCs permanently, they will be available at a cheaper price during the event period. They can be bought for 1,000 crowns each (approximately 8 euros) in the ESO cash shop.

Extra Loot and Goodies

What’s included in the event: During the event period, you can earn additional rewards from certain criminal activities in Hews Fluch (Thieves Guild) and in Gold Coast (Dark Brotherhood):

  • Double rewards for open world bosses
  • Double rewards for dungeon bosses
  • Twice as many desecrated whiskers in the raid “Lorkhaj’s Maw”
  • Additional rewards for completed heists (Thieves Guild)
  • Additional rewards for completed sacraments (Dark Brotherhood)
  • Twice as many items from resource nodes (not from treasure maps)
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Repeatable quests, however, do not provide additional loot.

Get the Indrik!

What else can be collected? During the event, there are event tickets for the following activities:

  • The first completed sacrament of the Brotherhood on each day
  • The first completed heist of the Thieves Guild on each day
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This is an Indrik.

Heists and sacraments are unlocked over the course of the story of the respective DLCs. You can earn two event tickets per day and per account, so a total of 24 tickets are possible until the end of the event.

What do I do with the tickets? During the event, you can get the coveted Indrik feathers and berries for the Indrik from the Impresaria. With this, you get a special mount and with the berries you can further enhance it.

The big event for the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood is definitely worth it.

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Fortnite: Treasure Map in Season 8 – How to Get Great Loot

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 3 minutes

With patch 8.01, the treasure map was integrated into Fortnite . Players are now asking: “Where is the treasure map in Fortnite?” We will show you everything you need to know about it and how to dig up a treasure.

Attention: In week 4 of season 8, you need to find 2 buried treasures.

What is the treasure map in Fortnite? It is a map like the ones you know from pirates. A land map that is connected to a treasure. This treasure needs to be dug up with a pickaxe.

You can only have one map in your inventory at a time.

What loot can you find with the treasure map? The chest buried at the X is filled with legendary items.

The first signs that the map would be integrated into Fortnite could already be seen in the cinematic trailer for season 8 in Fortnite .

Where is the treasure map in Fortnite?

A guaranteed location has not been discovered yet. You can find the map on the ground and in chests.

Players report that the chance of finding the map on the pirate ship in Lazy Lagoon is high. That would fit the theme.

How often do you find the map? The map belongs to the legendary rarity and should therefore be found rather rarely.

How do you use the treasure map and find the treasure chest?

If you loot the rare map from the ground or from a chest, you will then have it in your inventory and can activate it.

You just need to select the weapon slot, and the map will activate automatically, as if you were pulling out a weapon.

Here’s how the map leads you to the treasure: Every time you select the map, a red line will briefly appear, guiding you towards the treasure. So, select the map again whenever you need the help line. You can also keep the map selected and press the button you usually use to shoot or use an item.

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Here you see the red line that appears when you select the map

Additionally, a bright golden beam will appear in the world at the location where the treasure is hidden. This is similar to the blue beam when you mark a spot on a map, just in gold.

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You will see this golden beam in the game when you are near the treasure

Here’s how to dig up the treasure: Once you reach the requested location, a big X will await you on the ground.

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At this spot, you should use the harvesting tool

Now take out the pickaxe (the harvesting tool) and dig on the X. It takes a few swings for the chest to slowly come to light. Once the chest is visible, you can open it and unpack your legendary treasure.

Is the treasure hunt in Fortnite worth it? In our test example, we had 2x SCAR, 2x submachine gun, and a slurp juice as loot. So, the treasure hunt pays off! We already assumed before the release that the treasure map could fundamentally change Fortnite.

Loot from treasure chest in Fortnite

In Fortnite, there are new rules that make the game more aggressive:

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Anthem: Players report about missing fortresses – Here’s what you can do

Micha Deckert Micha Deckert Reading time 2 minutes

More and more players are reporting that the strongholds in Anthem are disappearing for them. Players have already found a way to work around this bug.

What kind of bug is this? On Reddit and also in our comments on MeinMMO, some players are reporting that they can no longer select any strongholds in Anthem. The Strongholds are simply disappearing from the world map.

The bug apparently first occurred last weekend. On the night from Friday to Saturday, players pointed out that the Freeplay was suddenly completely empty and there were problems with the strongholds. BioWare subsequently rolled out a fix to address this issue.

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What about the strongholds? The fix has apparently resolved the issues with Freeplay, but the strongholds still seem to be acting up. Players report that only one or two strongholds are missing, while other freelancers cannot select any of the three strongholds at all.

Other players state that their strongholds are completely empty or they are simply kicked out after entering the instances. Some players are also teleported as a four-player team right into an already started stronghold or find themselves standing in front of closed doors after completing phases, unable to finish the strongholds.

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Players are puzzled by missing or empty strongholds.

What can be done? So far, BioWare has not specifically commented on the problem. Players have developed their own way to at least work around the bug.

If you also do not see any strongholds in Anthem, try joining a friend who does not have this issue. Together you can now load into the dungeon, after which you should be able to see the strongholds again.

On Reddit, some players state that the bug was resolved for them in this way. However, for some others, the problem reappeared after a while.

Are you also suffering from this problem? Did the players’ tip help you, or do you have other solutions?

Further bug fixes for Anthem are already on the way:

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Pokémon GO: This is why it is worth leveling up your Arena badges now

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 3 minutes

In Pokémon GO it is currently the best time to level up your gym badges. You can now get your gyms to gold in a short time. We will tell you how to do it.

Why is now the best time? In Pokémon GO, the battle event is currently taking place. In this event, gym badges are also golded twice as fast. So if you need golden gyms in your city, you should start now.

This is how fast it goes: To get a gym from zero to gold, you only need to spend about 10 days at the gym. What gives you the most points and how you can speed this up, you will find out here.

This is how you level up a gym badge

These badges are available: There are a total of three different badges. You achieve these with different amounts of gym XP:

  • Bronze – from 500 XP
  • Silver – from 4,000 XP
  • Gold – from 30,000 XP
Pokémon GO gym badges
This is what the different gym badges look like

How do I get the XP? There are many different ways to get gym XP. Currently, every way gives you twice as many XP. All types are listed in the table below:

ActionExperience points
Defend a gym with a Pokémon2 XP per minute in the gym
Feed Pokémon in the gym with berries20 XP per berry
Place Pokémon in the gym200 XP per Pokémon
Win a gym battle2 XP per 100 CP of the defeated Pokémon
Lose a gym battle10 XP per lost battle
Win a raid at the gym2000 XP per raid

This is the fastest way: The fastest way to get a gym to gold is if you do raids at it. Currently, you only need to do 15 raids per gym to get it to gold.

This also helps: Before you throw away excess berries, it’s better to put them in gyms. You won’t get a huge amount of XP, but it does speed things up a bit.

Nanab Berry Pokémon GO
Especially the Nanab Berry is suitable for feeding, as it is not very useful in the game otherwise.

If you feed 10 berries, that corresponds to a time of 1 1/2 hours that you need to spend at the gym. It is worth it.

What do I get from gold gyms? You should primarily play the gyms in your immediate vicinity to gold. Depending on how high the gym badge is, you get more items when spinning the Photo Disc.

If you are currently lacking items, then gold gyms are definitely worth more than other gyms.

Many players also like to collect gym badges. Although they are not really useful, they look nice in the inventory.

Gold gyms Pokémon GO
This is a selection of gold gyms from our author Noah.

How long does the event last? You can still grab these bonuses until March 12. But to really benefit from it, you should already start turning the gyms gold now. Despite faster leveling, it still takes several days to get a gold gym.

In addition to this event, another event is also running. However, this only concerns players who are in Berlin:

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That’s why Activision Blizzard is increasingly focusing on mobile games

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 3 minutes

That the publisher Activision Blizzard intends to focus more on mobile games is already known. But what does this mean and what are the expectations behind it? A new study has now discussed several solid reasons.

Since the Q3 report of 2018, it has been known that Activision Blizzard will increasingly focus on mobile games. In particular, Blizzard is supposed to release mobile titles for all its franchises.

The starting point here is probably the Diablo Immortal announced at Blizzcon. The news about the mobile games from Blizzard was not well received by the target audience of Blizzard fans, which mainly consists of hardcore PC gamers.

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Is the idea of going mobile now a big failure or are there good reasons for the new mobile focus?

Newzoo’s major report shows the advantages of mobile gaming

What is the report about? To analyze the advantages and potentials of mobile gaming, Activision Blizzard commissioned a study from the agency Newzoo. According to their own statements, this company is a leading provider of analytics for games and eSports.

Who was surveyed? From December 10 to December 24, 2018, 12,327 people from the US, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany were surveyed. The age of the respondents ranged from 18 to 68 years.

The best mobile MMO

Topics of the survey included the use of mobile apps, usage of mobile games, and other purchasing behaviors.

What was the study about? Before the study, 4 core facts were provided:

  • Gaming is the third most popular category of mobile apps, the second most popular among people aged 18 to 20.
  • In gaming, gender differences are particularly pronounced. Certain genders of a specific age group tend to lean more towards particular genres.
  • Gamers tend to have more influence on the purchasing behavior of their social environment. They are said to lead their environment to certain expenditures up to 23 percent more often.
  • Mobile gamers are much more willing to engage with advertisements and prefer certain brands that have positively stayed in their minds through advertising.

These points will be detailed in the following pages of the report. At the end, the study comes to some interesting conclusions.

What are the results of the study? A large portion of mobile gamers are millennials, that is, people aged between 21 and 35. Half of them are said to be male. Interestingly, about 41 percent of all mobile gamers have at least one child. Additionally, a full 67 percent of mobile gamers are said to occasionally succumb to shopping sprees.

Mobile Gaming

According to Newzoo, this presents some exciting possibilities:

  • Mobile gaming is one of the most used applications on mobile devices, reaching an important target group of around 30-year-olds and is equally interesting for both women and men.
  • Due to the large variety of preferences among gamers, it is possible to attract a large number of customers with different, tailored games.
  • Since mobile gamers are more easily influenced by advertisements than non-gamers and are also influential within their social environment, mobile gaming would be a good marketing tool.

How do the players react? The advantages are thus clearly apparent and from an economic perspective, mobile gaming is a good thing. However, many Blizzard fans are skeptical and fear that their beloved franchises like Diablo, StarCraft, or Overwatch will now be reduced to soulless mobile games that are only out for a quick buck via Pay2Win cash shops.

Diablo Immortal
Diablo Immortal

However, this doesn’t have to be the case. Sure, there are many online games that are shamelessly Pay2Win and scams, but there are also more and more good and high-quality mobile games that are fun and do not make more use of cash shops than regular desktop titles like Overwatch and others do.

It will likely depend on the success or failure of Diablo Immortal whether Blizzard fans will ultimately be reconciled or whether Activision Blizzard will continue to struggle to promote mobile gaming as a big future concept.

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FIFA 19 TOTW 25 – The Team of the Week 25 in Ultimate Team

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

The TOTW 25 (Team of the Week 25) in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team is known. These players will now receive Inform cards that you can find in packs.

The best cards in TOTW 25: The card with the highest overall rating is Robert Lewandowski with a strong 93. His previous TOTW card had 91. Another player over 90 is Van Dijk (91). However, TOTW 25 offers many other top cards, such as Donnarumma (89), Pique (89), and Lukaku (89).

Bundesliga players in the current Team of the Week: Alongside Lewandowski are Aranguiz (84), Kostic (81), Zuber (81), and Ji from Augsburg (78).

The entire Team of the Week 25 at a glance:

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All player cards in the new TOTW 25

TOTW 25 – Starting XI:

totw 25 starting eleven in fifa 19

TOTW 25 – Substitutes

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The release time of TOTW 25: The Team of the Week will be released on 06.03. at 19:00. You can pull it from sets in FUT 19 for a week until next Wednesday at 19:00.

How to get TOTW players in packs

How to get TOTW players: You can pull TOTW cards from all packs that can contain gold players,

  • such as from the Gold Pack (5000 coins),
  • the Premium Gold Pack (7500 coins)
  • or from other special sets

However, the chance of getting them is rather low, so you will need a lot of luck.

Additionally, it is possible to buy the TOTW cards on the transfer market. However, the prices for them are often extremely high, especially for good players.

Investing and trading with Team of the Week cards

Trading and investments with TOTW cards: If you are willing to take a certain risk, you can earn a lot of coins with TOTW cards and the predictions about them. You must be aware that these predictions never match the “real” TOTW 100%. Therefore, there is no guarantee that your investment will pay off.

You can find our guide to trading with TOTW cards here

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Top streamers and players warn: Apex Legends has a hacker problem

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 3 minutes

A topic is currently trending in the community of Apex Legends: hacks. The number of cheaters and fraudsters seems to be slowly getting out of hand. So much so that even well-known figures in the scene are now publicly intervening.

What exactly is the problem? On many channels and especially on Reddit, reports of sightings of hackers and cheaters are currently on the rise. More and more people are observing other players eliminating their opponents with superhuman precision.

The trade and distribution of hacks and cheats are also increasing. A Reddit user has apparently discovered that a larger group of players is exchanging information on various channels to distribute corresponding software or support each other.

In Apex Legends itself, players keep encountering non-human bots that merely spam their offers for cheating software in text and voice chat. The bots spread their messages and then disappear from the game before the actual round begins.

Apex Legends bots advertising their hacks in the game
Unfair offers from bots. Image source: reddit.

Prominent players are raising awareness about the hacks: The world-renowned streamer Dr DisRespect has been playing Apex Legends for some time and has previously complained about certain content. However, he interrupted one of his recent streams for an important announcement:

It’s getting worse and worse. I need to send out a public warning immediately. Alarm! Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts, creators of Madden: Your hackers are thriving in the brand new Apex Legends. This is a virus, we need to take them out. Alarm!

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Even the presumably best Apex player in the world, Dizzy, has already noticed the problem. During a match, he was killed by a player who hit him with pinpoint shots from a weapon that is otherwise considered rather inaccurate, the M600 Spitfire.

Dizzy then observed him and quickly realized that the player could accurately track his opponents even through walls and behind objects and fire immediately without significant recoil on the weapon. According to his profile, the player has more than 3000 kills.

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How do I recognize hacks, how do I report them?

This is how hacks affect the game: Hackers can easily ruin the entire game in Apex Legends. Against many hacks like aimbots (automated targeting), wallhacks (visibility through walls), map hacks (positions of all players on the map), or invulnerability, little or nothing can be done.

The hackers win nearly every fight and round, which can quickly lead to frustration and helplessness among players. Although Apex Legends is already more successful than Fortnite, this problem could have serious consequences if it is not addressed.

A good way to recognize hackers are impossibly high kill counts (3000 or more), no missed shots, and no recoil or “pre-firing,” meaning firing before the opponent is visible.

Apex Legends banner of a hacker with too many kills
Too many kills could indicate hacks.

What is being done about it? The problem has been known for some time. Already an aspiring Apex pro ruined his contract with an eSports organization through cheats.

Currently, there is no effective way to report hackers. There is an anti-cheat system from EA itself, which, however, according to many users has almost no effect in Apex Legends.

Your currently only way to report a hacker is through EA itself. For this, there is an official website from EA where cheaters can be reported. However, you will need the name of the corresponding player, so you will need to remember it. Support is only available in English.

You can report cheaters with this form

Have you encountered many hackers, or is this problem rather foreign to you?

A completely different problem has now apparently been largely resolved:

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A feature from The Division 2 can be played on smartphones

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

To The Division 2, an augmented reality experience has been released. You can now view some ECHOS on your smartphones.

This feature is about: ECHOS in The Division 2 are holographic projections of past events. Your ISAC system uses data from surveillance cameras, calls, and discarded smartphones to visualize and audible reconstruct events that took place at a location.

ECHOS were already present in The Division 1, and they return in The Division 2. As Division agents, you use ECHOs to understand what has happened in Washington D.C. in the past months. Because other information sources are scarce in the post-apocalypse. And knowing what has happened is key to survival.

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ECHO Projection

This is why ECHOs are now on your phones: You can now view some of these ECHOs on your smartphones as an augmented reality experience. Ubisoft launched shortly before the release of The Division 2 this application.

ECHOS on your smartphones

This is how it works: You need to have the Facebook Messenger app on your phone to see the ECHOs. It is not a standalone app, but a Facebook Messenger application. Link to this ECHO application.

Now the ISAC system greets you. It shows you a video introducing the augmented reality experience. We embed the video here:

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Afterward, the system locates ECHOs near you. You can march to these, view them, and unlock rewards.

Note: The Facebook Messenger requires access to your location, camera, and microphone. You must decide whether to grant these permissions.

What rewards are there? When you view the ECHOs on your smartphones, Ubisoft Club rewards are unlocked. You can get a City Runner T-shirt, pants, sneakers, an arm patch, and a weapon skin for The Division 2. All rewards are purely cosmetic.

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Here you can view Echos

Where can I find ECHOs? In the application, the ECHOs will be shown to you at various locations nearby, like near supermarkets, schools, or gas stations.

Similar to Pokémon GO, ECHOs – instead of Pokémon – will be visualized embedded in the real environment on your phone.

You can see how that looks from minute 1:00 in this video:

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If you have problems with the application, you can view the embedded video. The YouTuber shows step by step how you can see the ECHOs.

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Players say: With these features Red Dead Online would be much better

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 5 minutes

The latest updates from Red Dead Online were not well received by the community. Players are now saying: “Look, Rockstar. These are our wishes.” They want to improve the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2.

What is the problem with Red Dead Online? While some players are having fun in the online mode, other voices are rising that are dissatisfied. They are not enjoying Red Dead Online.

  • There is a lack of free-roam content
  • Making money is difficult and they don’t know what to spend it on
  • Some quality-of-life features are missing

The online mode has been in beta status since release in November. So this is not the full release yet, but more of a test phase where the developers are trying things out.

Players show their wishes for Red Dead Online

After one of the recent updates caused some frustration, players are now showing the developers once again what they really want.

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These features are being requested by players for Red Dead Online

Who expresses the wishes? On Reddit, the player Butt_Bandit summarizes the features that players are most frequently requesting for Red Dead Online. He considered posts in the two subreddits of RDR2, comments on the Rockstar Games news site, and the GTA forums (in the RDR section).

How are players reacting? The thread on Reddit quickly reached over 10,000 upvotes. Players say: “If all of this is included, it could really be a fun game” or “I have never agreed with something more in my life.” and “It would make the game perfect, to be honest.”

Source: Reddit


Hardcore lobbies

What should that look like? These lobbies should be optional. Players wish to be able to switch between normal sessions, as they currently are in the game, and hardcore sessions.

In hardcore, there should be no auto-aim. Just like ability cards for Dead Eye should not be included.

Other players also want private lobbies for themselves, friends or clan members. Sessions where friendly fire is disabled are also being requested. As an alternative, players would also be satisfied with a passive mode.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Shooting Weapon Pistol Revolver
Aiming without auto-aim – players wish for sessions with higher skill requirements

Players say: User Detective–Phelps- writes: “Right now I don’t want to do PvP when that is the only way auto-aim is available.”

Biocider_ writes: “I would like private lobbies immediately. Or at least lobbies without PvP.”

More free-roam content

What should that look like? The desire for many activities in free-roam has been expressed by players even before the launch of Red Dead Online. Specifically, they want:

  • Stagecoach robberies
  • Bounty hunting
  • Sale of horses and carriages
  • Rare spawns of legendary animals
  • Duel
  • Poker
  • The option to play as lawmen
  • Canned shooting for a small amount of money against other players
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A round of poker in Red Dead Redemption 2

Players say: A poker feature would be a highlight for many players, as they know this activity from the story of Red Dead Redemption 2. However, early concerns were expressed in the community that it could lead to problems as “gambling” could be an issue, and Rockstar might only be able to implement the feature with difficulties.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Legendary Animal
Do you want a solution for legendary animals in Red Dead Online?

Regarding the legendary animals, kowbrand says: “I wouldn’t want any rare spawns of legendary animals. I hate RNG. It should be a mission where you advance into legendary territory and follow a tracking process that ultimately spawns the animal.”

Greater selection of purchase options

What should that look like? Players express the wish for more choices when spending in-game currency.

  • A hunting wagon: This should be convertible to a mobile camp and can store hunting items there.
  • Houses/Properties: Similar to GTA Online, players want their own houses to have a safe spot.
  • Boxes for storing unused weapons
  • Hot air balloon
A horse alone provides too little space for furs – hunting wagons are needed

Here’s what the players say about it: Biocider_ writes: “A hunting wagon would be fantastic for longer hunting trips. Just like an option to attach and detach a wagon to your own horse.”

Data miners found some hints regarding purchasable properties even before the release of the online mode.

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More game modes

What should they look like? Here, there is a particular wish for heists. The game has a good foundation for offering many different heists with its Western setting. Players want group activities to steal a lot of money and loot together.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Heist
Heists could bring a lot of money in Red Dead Online

In the GTA forums, user ThaBirdCoot writes that train robberies are urgently needed. Just like bank heists. “I wouldn’t mind if each player [in these heists] was assigned a specific role.” This principle is already known from GTA Online, where players take on specific roles like driver during heists.

Quality of life improvements

What should that be? Through these changes, players hope for a better gameplay experience. This affects several facets of the online mode.

  • More butchers near Colter and Annesburg
  • Lawmen should immediately attack griefers when they enter a town
  • Loot like furs and carcasses should not despawn
  • A self-defense system
  • Playlists of game modes should be sortable by team, coop, and solo
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With a self-defense system, they want to make it harder for griefers. Because when you defend yourself against aggressive players, the game currently marks you as aggressive too. They are wishing for a system that recognizes when a player is just defending themselves.

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What do you wish for?

What would your wishes for Red Dead Online be? Let us know in the comments how Red Dead Online could be improved.

Also, keep in mind that Rockstar Games collects player feedback. If you want, you can also send your wishes to Rockstar. The feedback form for Red Dead Online can be found here.

After the last update, players earn less money:

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Over 1500 Anthem players report the PS4 crash – EA asks for help

Leya Jankowski Leya Jankowski Reading time 3 minutes

A pretty nasty bug causes players’ PS4s to simply turn off by themselves in Anthem. EA is asking players for help in identifying the bug.

Is Anthem destroying my PS4? This is a question many console players are currently asking. A bug in Anthem causes a crash on the PS4 during various activities.

The affected players describe it as if someone is just unplugging the console.

How EA plans to fix the issue

This information is meant to help find the problem: In the official EA forum, the publisher is asking players for help. A post was created here where players can provide the following information if they are affected by severe crashes:

  • PlayStation console: (PS4, Slim, Pro)
  • PSN ID
  • Crash info: When did the crash happen? Did you take any specific steps to get the PlayStation running again?
  • Did you provide the crash data upon request? (Y/N)

EA hopes to identify the root of the problem more quickly through this information.

Anthem Interceptor Pilot
EA and BioWare are still in the dark about what causes the severe crashes on the PS4.

How many are affected by the problem? Since Monday (March 4), over 1500 reports from PS4 players worldwide have been received. The post spans over 150 pages.

These are only the players who have reported in the official forum. We cannot estimate what the real extent of all affected players is.

For most players, the crash seems to happen completely randomly. Some report that they were just finishing Anthem. Others were in the city of Fort Tarsis, and some were in the middle of a mission. This also makes it so difficult to identify the bug.

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Players fear for PS4 – Not turning on Anthem anymore

Players want to return Anthem: Some players are afraid that Anthem will completely destroy their console. Especially players who no longer have a warranty on their PS4 fear that they will not receive a replacement.

Due to the crashing bug, some players would like to return Anthem now at full price.

Is Anthem really destroying the PS4? There are players who report that their console has completely given up the ghost due to Anthem. However, this is not proven. So far, this statement is just a rumor.

However, those who want to be on the safe side should indeed avoid starting Anthem on the PS4 until the bug is fixed.

Is the Xbox One affected too? There are also scattered reports from Xbox players describing this severe crash. However, this problem seems to be hardly present.

Until the bug is fixed, players are choosing to leave their Javelin alone and are not turning on Anthem for now.

Better to try another game for now? If you prefer to stay away from Anthem on the PS4 until the problem is fixed, you might find something in the list linked below.

We have compiled 6 online multiplayer shooters on the PS4. Here you can learn everything about their gameplay, strengths and weaknesses, and which player types they appeal to:

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How are the 12 MMORPGs that were released in 2018?

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 9 minutes

2018 has seen a number of interesting MMORPGs released. But what has become of them so far? How have they evolved and how successful are they?

We presented you some MMORPGs at the end of 2018 that were released last year. Now let’s take a look at how the titles have fared since their launch.

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Bless

ReleaseEarly Access start May 30, 2018, Steam release October 23, 2018
FeaturesThemepark, European Middle Ages with Asian flair
ModelFree2Play
Bless Field Boss

What is Bless? Bless was supposed to be the next big themepark MMORPG. A classic online role-playing game focusing on quests, story, and group play, but also with PvP elements.

How is the MMORPG doing? Bless was only able to attract players briefly at the Early Access start in June 2018. Too many technical issues plagued the MMORPG. Players left in droves. Today, Bless has an average of 526 concurrent players according to Steamcharts.

What has changed in the game? In October, Bless exited Early Access and officially launched with some changes and more content. In the meantime, further updates have been released that raised the level cap, introduced new zones, and brought along the Urdaata battle fortress.

What is coming next? Further updates are planned for 2019. The developers will soon announce what content these will bring. There are supposed to be new dungeons, a new threat, and the Mystic as an additional class.

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Closers

ReleaseFebruary 6, 2018
FeaturesAnime, story, team play
ModelFree2Play

What is Closers? In the anime MMO Closers, you belong to an elite unit that is supposed to stop an invasion of aliens with special powers. Story and teamwork are paramount.

How is the MMORPG doing? Looking at Steamcharts, you can see that Closers has never been a major success. From around 1,000 concurrent players at launch in early 2018, only about 317 remain now. The game still has its own client, making statements difficult.

What has changed in the game? Since release, the Fatigue system that restricted the number of adventures players could experience per day has been removed. Additionally, Wolfgang a new hero and the online game is now playable in German was introduced.

What is coming next? Season 3 has started and will continue until mid-year. A new hero named Bai is planned, the level cap will be raised, and according to reports, PvP battles will be introduced with the Divine Battle system. All of this is expected to arrive by June. As for what follows, the developers still need to communicate.

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Win an Amazon voucher worth 50€ with your user review of Anthem

Irina Moritz Irina Moritz Reading time 2 minutes

The official release of Anthem was a week ago. Do you have a strong opinion about the game? Then write us a review and you have the chance to win something.

What can you win? We are awarding Amazon vouchers worth €50 each to two of our readers.

One of the vouchers will go to the user who we believe has written the best, coolest, and most informative review. The second will be randomly drawn from all eligible reviews.

User reviews will be displayed on this page

The best reviews will also be provided with images by us, processed, and featured on the front page of MeinMMO.

How do I write a user review? First of all, you need to create an account on MeinMMO. After logging in, go to our Anthem Hub or any Anthem article.

There on the right side in the red box, you have the option to rate the game and write a review.

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What should such a review look like? However, not every review is allowed in the competition. Reviews that are only a few sentences long or only contain bashing, for example, will not be accepted.

For a review to be accepted in the competition, it must meet the following criteria:

  • At least 300 words
  • The review must cover different aspects of the game (gameplay, story, content, etc.)
  • Conclusion with a justification for the rating

You can gladly list pro and con points about the game and compare them with each other. The reviews do not necessarily have to be exclusively positive.

The draw ends on March 10. Anthem reviews that have been submitted or published are also included in the draw.

Good luck!

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That’s why the billing in Destiny 2 surprised me twice

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 4 minutes

In Destiny 2, a new PvE mode called Reckoning has been launched, which positively surprised our author Tom in two ways.

That’s why I’m pleasantly surprised: In advance, Reckoning was announced as a new mode that was supposed to be some sort of extension of Gambit Prime – the big new Gambit mode of Season 6.

Many other guardians and I thought that you could only play Reckoning if you first won a Gambit Prime match, and that the mode would then be a sort of bonus. Bungie mentioned that winning in Gambit Prime was just the beginning – then Reckoning would come.

However, Reckoning stands on its own more clearly than expected – and even surprised me with two special features.

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Surprise 1 – Seamless matchmaking

What is special about it? When I mastered my first games in Reckoning consecutively, I was impressed by surprisingly smooth matchmaking.

You play Reckoning with three other players. If you are not in a 4-guardian fire team, you will be paired with random players.

If a teammate leaves the mode, it doesn’t take long for you to get a new teammate.

After one round, the next round starts shortly after, with guardians continuously leaving the mode in between. But I was immediately assigned new comrades yesterday.

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Reckoning should take place in this sphere

That’s why it’s special: This has already been discovered on reddit and received a lot of upvotes. Bungie has finally created a 4-player matchmaking activity that players can seamlessly join when others leave. This deserves praise.

Because matchmaking for PvE activities has been criticized repeatedly lately. For example, in The Blind Well, you often find yourself alone without the game searching for a teammate for you. However, this was supposed to be improved with the Update 2.2.0.

However, some players also report that matchmaking does not work smoothly for them. Especially when starting Reckoning for the first time, players are often missing. Additionally, users criticize that they are sent to matches where there is no hope of winning anymore. So, matchmaking doesn’t seem to be optimal yet.

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Reckoning in Season 6

Surprise 2 – Reckoning does not force you into Gambit Prime

What is special? As soon as you have the Weak Synthesizer, you no longer have to play Gambit Prime to participate in Reckoning. If you are not a fan of Gambit, you can now only play Reckoning and even earn powerful gear by successfully winning some matches.

Additionally, you can access the new luminous gear without having to play Gambit Prime.

This is how you get the armor and Synths: For the gear, you need Synths. You put these in a Synthesizer to create special particles. At the beginning of a Reckoning round, you deposit these particles into the bank in front of the pit. If you win the round, you receive a corresponding piece of gear.

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Put the particles created with the Synthesizer here

This is special: You primarily obtain Synths through daily bounties for Gambit Prime. However, there are also “daily citizen duty Prime bounties” at the Drifter, which you can access for Synths outside of Gambit. For this, you must loot depots in Lost Sectors, for example.

Thus, it is not necessary to grind for the Synths and therefore the new gear in Gambit Prime. You can also get access with pure PvE content.

However, it must also be said at this point: The new gear is ultimately only worthwhile if you also want to play Gambit Prime. Because their special perks are specifically designed for this mode. You can find all the information about this here:

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Reckoning as a fast-paced PvE mode

What is Reckoning anyway? Only annual pass holders can play Gambit Prime and Reckoning. In Reckoning, you travel through a portal into the big sphere that the Drifter pulls behind his ship.

Then you must quickly kill PvE enemies (the Taken) to master Reckoning. The Taken attack from all sides. Meanwhile, a timer is counting down. If you fail to push the kill counter to 100% within the time, the challenge is failed. Speed is of the essence because the kill counter falls as well.

You must move quickly, kill quickly, and preferably revive your teammates quickly to have enough firepower. At the end, there’s a boss that you must defeat within a short time. In this trailer, you can see the new mode:

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How can you play Reckoning? You unlock Reckoning by following the new bounty from the Drifter. During the bounty, he provides you with a Weak Synthesizer. Only with this in your inventory can you play Reckoning.

Does Reckoning have more to offer? Reckoning will soon unlock further stages that will be more challenging and chaotic than the current “Stage 1”:

  • Stage 2 will be unlocked on March 8
  • Stage 3 will follow on March 15

By the way: According to reddit posts, you can use raid banners in Reckoning. There is a small crater on the right side where you can place the banner.

How do you like Reckoning so far?

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Players find a way to get rich in GTA Online: Are never allowed to log out

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In GTA 5 Online some players have been stuck in a session for weeks. But they don’t want to leave it. The reason is simple: Lots of money!

What kind of sessions are the players in? On PS4 and Xbox One, players are in sessions that were opened weeks ago. Their consoles have been running since the start of these sessions and are not turned off.

Why don’t they want to leave the session? A few weeks ago, a glitch in GTA Online was revealed that gave players a ton of money. This happened with the help of a single NPC.

Rockstar Games fixed this glitch after about 2 weeks. Those who want to start it now can no longer do so. But players in old sessions can still exploit the glitch because these outdated sessions still use the old data from GTA Online, with which the glitch is effective.

That’s why the players are currently refusing to leave these old sessions and throw away their chance at several million dollars. They just let the consoles run and won’t leave voluntarily. In the process, they are accumulating hundreds of millions of in-game currency.

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With lots of money in tow, one can live well in GTA Online

On Reddit, some players report that their consoles have been running for days. They don’t see any reason to end it as long as they continue to receive a lot of money for doing nothing.

What do the players say? On Reddit a player asks: “How long can you stay in the glitch after the patch?”

“As long as you don’t turn off your console or your dashboard, you can stay as long as you want,” writes one player. To which the reply is: “Honestly, I thought that was too good to be true. But here we are, and we’re getting the money, baby.”

Another player responds, “I now own 400 million. All garages full with Scramjets etc. and I have bought and upgraded everything. I don’t know what else to do. I’m afraid my PS4 might explode. Almost 3 weeks now? Without a break.”

Here a player compares the time before and after the glitch. On the left, the glitch at the hangar in GTA was still active for everyone and many players were there. Source: Reddit

Why isn’t Rockstar doing anything about it? Rockstar has already released a patch that prevents the starting of the glitch. However, this has not yet stopped the active players. This will probably only happen if a server restart forces players to leave their sessions. It is unclear why this has not yet happened at this time.

You can also earn a lot of money in GTA Online without a glitch. How to do that is shown here:

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The new driver from Nvidia is supposed to prevent Apex Legends from crashing

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 3 minutes

Since the release of Apex Legends, players have been reporting crashes. At least on PC, the random crashes should now be largely resolved. Nvidia has released a new Game Ready driver specifically for Apex Legends.

Which driver is it? The new Nvidia driver 419.35 WHQL was released on March 5 for all common Nvidia graphics cards. The driver is a so-called “Game Ready Driver.” This aims to specifically improve the performance of certain games. Specifically, this driver targets:

  • Apex Legends
  • The Division 2
  • Devil May Cry 5

The driver is supposed to improve general performance as well as fix several bugs and crashes that have often caused frustration in Apex Legends, even though they did not diminish its immense popularity.

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Should now work without crashes: Apex Legends.

Which crashes are being fixed? After a patch in February already fixed some crashes, further problems are now being addressed. It specifically concerns the errors labeled with the code “DXGI_Error_Device_Hung,” which could occur on PC.

This primarily involves errors that could cause Apex Legends to crash randomly and sometimes without a specific error message. Players running Apex Legends on PC with an Nvidia graphics card should no longer be randomly thrown out of the game.

Additionally, a bug has been addressed that overly taxed the processor due to a specific component of the old driver.

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Apex Legends crashed sometimes without warning.

Prevent Apex Legends crashes – here’s how to download the driver

How to check which version you are on: If you want to know whether you already have the new driver 419.35, simply open your GeForce Experience interface. Under the “Drivers” tab, you will find your currently installed version.

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If you do not use Experience or prefer to check in the Nvidia Control Panel, you need to navigate to the “Help” tab here. Click on “System Information” and your driver version will be displayed at the top of the right list.

Apex Legends Nvidia Control Panel

How to get the driver: If you check your version via Experience, you will have an update button right next to the version number, in case you do not already have the latest driver.

You can also visit the official Nvidia website to download the driver there.

Has your gaming experience improved since the new driver?

Apex Legends has been available for exactly one month now. Vote on what you think of the game:

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The strange crossover of TERA and PUBG has started today

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

In TERA you can now also dive into the colorful world of PUBG. A crossover event has started, bringing numerous outfits and pets in PUBG style.

This is what the event is about: Already in February, the developers of TERA and Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) announced that they want to launch a crossover event.

Both games are from the Korean studio Bluehole, which made such a crossover possible, even though both games otherwise have nothing in common:

  • Tera is a fantasy Asia MMORPG with a strong, colorful Asia flair
  • PUBG is a battle royale shooter with a gritty military look

The event is already running in the world of TERA. Next month, everything in a specific region will revolve around the shooter PUBG.

We will show you a first trailer of this cooperation and reveal what special features there are.

This is the event of TERA and PUBG

How long does the event last? The event in TERA runs until April 5th. After that, the PUBG features will return to their usual game.

Who can participate? The console players of TERA on PS4 and Xbox One can easily join the event.

For PC players, it looks a bit different:

  • So far, only EnMasse is advertising this event on PC, as they handle the North American version of TERA.
  • However, they do not distribute the European version of TERA. This is handled by Gameforge. So far, there is no confirmation from this side regarding the event.

This is the trailer: In a trailer, the developers already give insights into the event:

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These features are expected: Several features are brought by the PUBG event in TERA. So there are:

  • Special loot boxes that bring battle points, but also evil Popori that want to attack you
  • Exclusive outfits and pets that will remain after the event ends
  • Battle points and further rewards for a playtime of at least one hour per day and when fighting bosses in the open world or when you complete dungeons

Here’s what the battle points bring: With the battle points, you can go shopping in the exclusive PUBG shop. There you can find cosmetics that you can also wear after the event ends. This includes, for example, the PUBG helmet, which is shown on the cover of the game.

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The helmet is also worn here.

Where can I find the event? Not the entire game world of TERA revolves around PUBG.

Only in the northern region of Arun are there special loot boxes that are dropped from the sky. These contain the PUBG features.

In addition, there is various decoration for the event in the city of Highwatch. This will disappear after the event ends.

For some time now, there have also been classic servers in TERA:

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