Are new Javelins coming to Anthem? This is what BioWare says

Leya Jankowski Leya Jankowski Reading time 3 minutes

The developers of Anthem answered fans’ questions and provided some responses. One question was whether more Javelins will be available in the future. 

There will be new Javelins: In a major Q&A session on Twitter from BioWare, it was confirmed that there will be more Javelins in the future. However, no details were provided about what these new suits will be. It was mentioned that a Javelin focused on healing is unlikely, as they want to maintain flexibility.

In the past, fans have repeatedly expressed their desire for more Javelins in the future. We could observe this in the comments on MeinMMO.

How many Javelins does Anthem have now? Upon the release of Anthem, there will be a total of four Javelin suits. These are the classes of Anthem, each with different abilities. Here you can find all the skills and ultimates of the Javelin.

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Why Anthem is perfect for new Javelins

Anthem is meant to continuously evolve: BioWare wants to expand its action RPG in the future with significant, free updates. The map of Anthem can change through large world events called Cataclysm. New characters will be introduced, and they can also die.

With a continuously growing world, it would only be fitting to have new classes to play.

Comparison to Warframe: The genre-related MMO shooter Warframe also started with three suits. Now there are nearly 40. The crafting and unlocking of new Warframes is still a major motivator for players to log in and obtain the new classes.

New Javelins as long-term motivators: New classes always bring fresh gameplay and new accents into the game. What’s particularly cool about this is that players can actively try out a new role. Players test new group dynamics or there are new possibilities to create builds.

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18 more exciting facts about Anthem

In the major Q&A session, there were more insights from BioWare about Anthem. We have curated 18 additional answers that we found particularly interesting:

  1. Strongholds (mini-raids) cannot be played solo
  2. There will be interchangeable melee weapons, but not at launch
  3. Freeplay will still be for four players
  4. In the future, waypoints will be able to be set
  5. There is no photo mode. However, it has been acknowledged that this is often requested
  6. “Iron Man” skins could only be available in collaboration with Disney
  7. Companions are not planned for Anthem. This means no Klauninchen pets
  8. The player’s character (Freelancer) will be created at the start of the game. There is a pre-selection of heads.
  9. More activities are to be added to the open world. Racing could be conceivable
  10. After an expedition, players could go to the social hub or to Fort Tarsis
  11. Loading times will be faster at launch than in the demo
  12. Freeplay cannot be played privately, but story missions can
  13. Anthem is designed for multiple years
  14. There could be unique loot from bosses
  15. BioWare plans to show more statistics after expeditions at some point
  16. There could be weapons with elemental damage in the future. For now, there will be none.
  17. Save data can be transferred to a next-gen console. For instance from PS4 to PS5
  18. Sponsored or special event skins will be a part of Anthem

In March, the first free expansion will already be available: BioWare has already released the roadmap for the month following the release of Anthem. It is already more extensive than one might have thought.

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A new Javelin is not included yet. It is likely to take a while before new classes make it to the game.

What kind of Javelins would you wish for the future of Anthem? What should a new class feature?

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Pokémon GO: Shiny Meltan is easier to obtain than thought

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

With the release of Shiny Meltan in Pokémon GO, the question arises as to how rare the shiny form of the Pokémon is. An analysis provides insight.

What happened? Since February 5, Shiny Meltan is in the game. You can only get this Pokémon from the Mystery Box, and many players have already opened their boxes.

Based on the results from the opened boxes, an analysis has now taken place on Reddit to show how rare the shiny Meltan is supposed to be.

This is the probability of getting Shiny Meltan

What does the analysis say? On Reddit, 350 Mystery Boxes were included in the analysis. On average, players received about 23 Meltan in one box, resulting in 8110 encounters.

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  • 8110 encounters with Meltan
  • 202 Shiny Meltan were caught
  • Shiny Rate: 1 in 40

What does the Shiny Rate tell us? Every 40th Meltan is roughly a Shiny. So you should open about two Mystery Boxes on average to encounter the desired Shiny. This is obviously just the probability and not a guarantee.

The chance of finding the shiny Meltan is surprisingly high therefore. On Community Days, you get Shinys with a chance of 1 in 25, and on special Shiny weekends about 1 in 50. Meltan falls in between.

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With the start of the Meltan event, many players discussed the Shiny rate. Many expected a normal rate of 1 in 450. This is generally how it is handled with the release of Shinys.

Shiny Meltan

What are my chances of getting Shiny Meltan? In the current event, there is a possibility that you will receive a Mystery Box every 3 days. If you play it smart, you can open 10 of these boxes and encounter about 230 Meltan. With such a high Shiny rate, you will almost certainly get a shiny Meltan.

Have you caught a Shiny Meltan yet?

If you want to know how rare other Shinys are, we have the right article for you here:

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Fortnite: Hidden Banner from Week 10 replaces Star – Location

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In week 10 of Season 7 in Fortnite you will not find a hidden star, but a banner. We will show you where the banner icon is hiding. You can easily reach the location.

What is it about? In the tenth week of Season 7, Fortnite is hiding a banner this time. Too bad for those who wanted to look for a star.

We will show you here where you can find the hidden banner as a Battle Pass owner.

The snowfall challenge – week 10 banner

The snowfall challenge is running in Season 7 of Fortnite. As a big reward, a “Prisoner” skin awaits if you have completed at least 60 tasks of the weekly challenges.

If players complete all 7 tasks of a week, they unlock a loading screen. This gives a hint of where the corresponding star or banner is located. In week 10, the loading screen looks like this:

The loading screen from week 10 in Season 7 in Fortnite

Here there is the hint: Slightly hidden in the image, you will find the hint for the secret banner. Check near the tree that stands in the middle of the left half of the image.

From the image, you can already recognize a rough location. It is the point where the desert biome transitions into the grass biome. This is in grid cell I6 on the Fortnite map.

Where is the banner? The position in the image already indicates quite well where the banner is hidden. It is right next to the tree.

Video guide: To ensure you find the sought-after location of the banner, we are embedding a YouTube video here for you that shows the location.

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Note that this location is popular, and campers may be waiting for you to run to the banner. So, check the area first to see if the spot is safe before you collect the banner.

How to unlock the 3rd stage of the Prisoner skin is shown in this guide:

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Apex Legends has one gay and one genderless hero

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Apex Legends not only impresses with thrilling battles and strong gameplay. Diversity is also a top priority with the available characters.

What is Apex Legends: The new battle royale game from the Titanfall developers Respawn Entertainment offers for the first time in the genre a functioning selection of characters each with their own skills. The eight heroes, referred to as legends, each have their own story and a unique background.

Apex Legends and Diversity

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This is how the developers ensure diversity: The developers have made sure that the selection of heroes is not just filled with white men, but instead focused on diversity.

Thus, among the eight playable heroes, there is one robot, three women (two of whom are dark-skinned), a gender-neutral figure, and a homo- or bisexual soldier of Polynesian descent.

This is the story of Gibraltar: The background story of the hulking tank Gibraltar reveals that he once stole his father’s motorcycle with his “boyfriend” when he was a teenager and then got caught in a landslide and stuck there. It was there that he found his calling to help others.

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Since Gibraltar clearly had a “friend,” it can be assumed that he is bi- or homosexual.

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This hero is not gender-specific: The situation is different with the mysterious scout Bloodhound. He is completely covered and speaks in a strange distorted voice that sounds neither female nor male. According to an interview with the developers on the site Rock Paper Shotgun, he could be anything.

They want to move away from the image of a “gang of military types with helmets to a more diverse, colorful crew.”

Therefore, diversity is important: According to the developers, this is important as battle royale games are played by a wide variety of different players. Everyone should have something they can identify with.

Diversity is therefore as important in Apex Legends as in Blizzard’s Overwatch. The two title heroes Tracer and Soldier: 76 are both homosexual. However, the sexual orientation of the LGBTQ heroes in Apex Legends has been clear from the start and was not revealed years after the game’s launch.

It remains exciting to see which characters and backgrounds will come to Apex Legends in upcoming updates. The plans for Season 1 are already set:

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These are the 3 specializations of The Division 2 - Which one do you play in the beta?

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 4 minutes

Once you reach the endgame in The Division 2, you unlock the 3 specializations. We present them to you and also want to know in our survey which one you play in the beta.

These are the specializations: There are a total of three different specializations in The Division 2:

  • Demolitionist
  • Survivor
  • Sniper

They come with different weapons and skill mods that fit the respective specialization. Each has its own signature weapon:

  • The Demolitionist gets a grenade launcher
  • The Survivor has a precision crossbow
  • And the Sniper has a heavy caliber .50 sniper rifle

This is what you need to do to unlock the specializations.

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Three Weapons for Different Player Types

This is how the signature weapons work: If you played The Division 1, you probably remember the Ultis or Signature Skills, where you could choose from three different ones.

If not: These were particularly powerful skills with a longer cooldown. To unlock them in the first part, you had to upgrade the wings of the operations base.

These Ultis are no longer there; instead, there are now the signature weapons of the specializations. Each one differs significantly from the others.

  • With the grenade launcher, you can effectively control crowds of enemies and rain explosions on foes
  • The crossbow uses explosive bolts that stick to enemies, detonate after a short time, and deal massive damage
  • The sniper rifle has extreme penetrating power, capable of piercing through cover. Additionally, enemies in cover are highlighted.

What all these weapons have in common: ammunition is scarce. The signature weapons have their own type of ammunition, which is rather rare. Therefore, you must plan carefully and ensure that you do not waste it unnecessarily.

How do I get the ammunition? Typically, it is dropped by tougher enemies. In the PvP modes, it will appear on the map after a while.

In addition to the signature weapons, there are special skill mods that you can unlock as you progress through the levels of the specializations.

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The Skills of the Specializations

Depending on the specialization, there are other skill categories that match your choice. The exact progression is not known at this time. However, some of the mods are already known and can be unlocked exclusively for the respective specialization:

These are the known skill mods of the Sniper:

  • Drone – Tactician: With this mod, the drone flies at the highest possible point above you and acts as a kind of tactical scanner. It shows you the locations of enemies while it is active.

These are the known skill mods of the Survivor:

  • Seeker Mine – Mender: This can distribute repair clouds. They can restore your armor. If you do not select a specific target for them, the mine will automatically find the team member with the lowest armor.

These are the known skill mods of the Demolitionist: 

  • Turret – Artillery: This type of turret fires an explosive shot at a location of your choice. Similar to a grenade launcher, you can only fire a single shot at a time, and the projectiles cover a small area.

Whether there will be more of these skill mods is currently unknown.

We have summarized what is currently known about the skills and mods that will be in The Division 2.

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How do I unlock the specializations? In the actual game, the specializations are unlocked at level 30. You can freely switch between them. Each specialization can be leveled up and unlock new benefits.

However, in the Private Beta of The Division 2, you already have the first opportunity to test the specialization yourself.

Which specialization are you playing in the beta?

This is how you play the specializations in the Private Beta: In the beta, you start with a new character. After completing the “Jefferson Trade Center” mission, a new mission will be unlocked for you on February 8th at 5 PM: “Welcome to the Endgame”. Once you complete this, you will gain access to the 3 specializations.

You can then test each of the specializations in action, including the signature weapons. Therefore, we would like to know, in line with the beta release, which of the three specializations you will play?

The Sniper, who prefers to stay at a distance, the Demolitionist, who rains explosions on his enemies, or perhaps the Survivor, who can be devastating against individual enemies with his crossbow?

Participate in our survey and tell us in the comments why you chose this specialization.

 

All info about the Private Beta can be found in our HUB.

Don’t miss any news about The Division 2? Then follow our Facebook page for The Division 2.

Problems with the beta? In our live ticker, we will keep you updated on the server status of the Private Beta.

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Black Desert Online: How to level up quickly to level 56 in 2019

Lucas Kaczynski Lucas Kaczynski Reading time 6 minutes

If you want to quickly access the most powerful abilities in Black Desert Online, you need to reach Level 56. Then you unlock the Awakening abilities. We will show you how to reach Level 56 the fastest.

Update 2020: We have created an updated version of the guide. In it, you will find a guide from 1 to 61, along with tips on buffs.

Why Level 56? At this level, all classes unlock their powerful “Awakening abilities”. These are particularly strong skills that change the gameplay of the classes. Additionally, with a higher level, your accuracy increases, allowing you to hit your opponents more often. This is especially important in PvP.

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Level up together for quick success

What is Powerleveling: The fastest way to Level 56 is only possible with another player. In the community, this method is also called “Power Leveling”. A well-equipped, stronger player groups up with a weaker player in an area meant for very strong players.  

The weaker player activates all possible XP buffs and gains experience points from the other player. With this method, a weak character can reach Level 56 in about two to three hours. 

Black Desert O’dyllita 1

Important notes: If you level up through Powerleveling, your character will have 360 instead of 400 skill points. This is because characters collect separate experience points for level and skill points. Also, you will not receive items from defeated enemies if they are more than 6 levels above or below you. 

If you level in a group, the experience points you receive are reduced. With two players, each player receives 60% of the experience points. With three or more, only 50%. 

Level 56 without Powerleveling 

If you do not feel like Powerleveling or simply lack the right companion, you can also complete the leveling process alone. 

Forest of Seclusion: Level 9 – 13 

In the Forest of Seclusion, you can gain some levels. Leveling is easy and goes quickly. Make sure to complete the quest for Jarette Domongatt to awaken your Black Spirit and unlock the ability to enhance your gear. You can easily reach the Forest of Seclusion by walking southeast from the western watchtower.

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Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Heidel Quarry: Level 13 – 15 

To reach the area, you travel to the town of Heidel and leave this place heading north. You can open the map with “M” and type “Heidel” in the search field. This will lead you directly to the quarry.

Black Desert Steinbruch von Nordheidel

In the quarry, you defeat goblins until you reach Level 15. 

Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Moretti Plantation: Level 15 – 18 

This level zone should not pose a significant problem if you have the proper equipment. You can find the area south of the town of Heidel.

Black Desert Moretti Plantation

Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Castle Ruins: Level 18 – 24 

Leveling in the castle ruins can be very challenging. However, the area rewards players with large groups of mobs that grant many experience points. This area is also located south of the town of Heidel.

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Valuable items: Black Stone (Weapon). 

Bloody Monastery: Level 24 – 30 

You can find the Bloody Monastery south of Glisch, a small village. In the Bloody Monastery, you will encounter quite dense groups of enemies. Grinding goes quickly here. You will find particularly many enemies within the temple complex at the top of the hill.

Black Desert Bloody Monastery

Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Khurutoh Cave: Level 30 – 35 

Let’s venture into a cave again. In the Khurutoh Cave, many enemies await you that you can quickly take out one after another. A way to the caves leads from the southern exit of the town of Florin.

Black Desert Khurutoh Cave

Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Abandoned Land: Level 35 – 40 

If leveling in the cave has become boring, you can look forward to a bit of variety. Between Level 35 and 40, you level up in the abandoned land. It is located northwest of the town of Calpheon. 

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Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Marni Cave Path: Level 40 – 45 

In the Marni Cave Path, you will face some not-so-strong enemies. The quickest way to get there is to head southeast of the town of Calpheon.

Black Desert Marni Cave Path

Valuable items: Black Stone (Armor). 

Catfish Camp: Level 45 – 50 

Now, head to the area where you will level up to Level 50. You can reach the Catfish Camp by walking southwest from Calpheon until you reach a larger body of water. Keep in mind that from Level 50, open PvP is activated, and you can be attacked by any other player. 

Black Desert will not automatically level you up to Level 50. You will need to confirm this first. When you feel ready to confront all the dangers of Black Desert, you can continue your journey to Helms Post.

Black Desert Catfish Camp

Valuable items: Loures’ lost shoes, Ancient Relic Crystal Fragments, Treant Spirits’ Whispering Earrings. 

Helms Post: Level 50 – 53 

At Helms Post, you will often meet other players. This leveling area is very popular because Asula Accessories can drop here. The level area is located west of Kusha.

Black Desert Helms Post

Valuable items: Asula’s Blood-Red Earring, Asula’s Blood-Red Ring, Helm of the Trade Association of Mediah. 

Alternative: Automatically level up from Level 50 

In Black Desert, you have the option to level up automatically starting from Level 50. This is called Black Spirit Training. To level up automatically, you simply need to have enough silver. Most players start this no earlier than Level 56, but it is up to you how you spend your money.

Black Desert Black Spirit’s Training (2)

This is how you level up automatically: To level up automatically, go to the NPC Jamey Drucker, who is located in the cities of Velia, Heidel, Calpheon, Altinova, and Valencia. There, you can buy training manuals for skill and combat experience points. One hour of training costs 1,000,000 silver. 

Once you have used one of the books, you can interact with one of the scarecrows and start the training. You must keep Black Desert running in the background during the training. 

Sausan Garrison: Level 53 – 56 

The Sausan Garrison area can be used to level up to Level 56 as quickly as possible and unlock your powerful Awakening abilities. Sausan is often used by other players for grinding, and the enemies there can deal you significant damage. Therefore, it’s best if you level up in a group. 

The Sausan Garrison is located north of Kusha and borders directly to the sea.

Black Desert Sausan Garrison

Valuable items: Parts of the Grunil Armor. 

What’s next after Level 56? 

Black Desert has no real level cap, as experience points continue to accumulate. However, the experience points required for a level up increase so significantly after a certain point that it may take you several weeks, if not months, to reach the next level.

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Among players, this threshold is known as the “Soft Cap”. In Black Desert, the “Soft Cap” is about Level 61. After that point, it takes a long time to gain a level. Many players therefore focus on obtaining better equipment to become stronger. For example, the first player reached Level 63 in 2017.

This is what Black Desert has to offer in 2019. Who is Black Desert worth it for in 2019?

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Fortnite: How to find Snowfall Skin Level 3 – Location of the Campfire

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 2 minutes

In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the campfires are finally online, allowing you to unlock the mysterious Snowfall Skin from Season 7 at level three. Here you will find a map of the corresponding campfire in the game.

What is the deal with the skin? The Prisoner is the secret bonus skin from Season 7 of Fortnite: Battle Royale. You unlock it after completing a total of 60 weekly challenges. The skin has 4 levels. Level 2 is unlocked by obtaining a key from the tower at Polar Peaks.

Fortnite Week 9 Season 7 Loading Screen

However, level three was not accessible until the content update to version 7.30 and the challenges from week 10. But now the necessary campfires for Stage 3 are in the game.

All locations of the campfires for Stage 3

What is the deal with the campfires? Campfires are nothing new in Fortnite. However, since update 7.30, there are also fixed campfires that can be ignited when found. They burn out and can no longer be used after that. They are one-time items per match.

How do you use the campfires for level 3 of the Prisoner skin? As seen in the leaked title image for week 10, campfires play a role in the Prisoner’s development. After his long imprisonment in the ice, the Prisoner warms himself by a campfire and sheds his chains.

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You need to do just that. Grab the Prisoner as your skin and seek out this specific campfire from the image. It is located at Paradise Palms, but always stay alert for anyone stalking you. The fire can only be used once per round, and there are plenty of nasty opponents around.

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You can find a map of the campfire’s location here. The map comes from Dexerto.

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The latest patch in Hearthstone has broken my favorite card

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

The nerfs in Hearthstone had unforeseen consequences. One of the best cards in the game no longer serves its purpose.

Basically, I consider balance changes in Hearthstone to be important and correct. To keep the game exciting and to introduce variety into somewhat established decks, they are essential. That’s why I thought the nerfs to the old cards were good as well. But unfortunately, Blizzard did not consider all the consequences of these nerfs.

For the nerfs to the cards also had consequences for entire decks and thus also for the “deck formulas” that Hearthstone suggests when creating new decks.

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Old deck formulas are now nonsensical: One of these decks is “Nekrium-Cocktail” from the rogue and is based on a lot of death rattles effects. Among other things, this deck also includes the card “Prince Keleseth”. This card buffs all minions in the deck by +1/+1 as a battle cry, but only if the deck contains no other cards that cost 2 mana.

Prince Keleseth is significantly less appropriate without a functioning battle cry.

Exactly here lies the problem: Since the patch, the rogue spell “Cold Blood” no longer costs only 1 mana, but now 2 mana. This means that Keleseth’s battle cry will no longer be triggered unless you have both “Cold Blood” cards in hand or played beforehand.

Of course, one might say, “If you know that, you just change the deck formula, no problem!” – and that’s true. But only to a certain extent.

Wurbelfitz suffers from the nerfs: The second consequence is that the card Wurbelfitz the Wonderful is also affected by the change. Those who play this card receive a random deck at the start of the match, selected from the existing deck formulas.

With a bit of bad luck, one now starts with a rogue deck that cannot access one of its core components, namely buffing all minions in the deck. This makes Wurbelfitz the Wonderful much less attractive, and I internally roll my eyes every time I now have to face the rogue deck.

Hearthstone Valeera Sanguinar Rogue

Wurbelfitz is my current favorite card. I no longer have to think about deck construction when I just want to play a few matches “on the side”. Wurbelfitz makes a lot of things so easy and is perfect for a more “casual” play of Hearthstone.

This is what Blizzard should do in the future: The developers should ensure that all deck formulas of all classes are reviewed and adjusted with every balance patch when there are conflicts. If certain cards no longer fulfill their purpose due to an adjustment, then the deck formulas and thus Wurbelfitz the Wonderful must also be adjusted.

Because in this way, the actually brilliant card loses much of its charm. And especially for a few matches “in between” without having to think too much about a new deck, Wurbelfitz has been wonderful so far.

Currently, there is a cool event in Hearthstone – you can be infected by Hakkar!

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The Division 2 Beta: How to fix the annoying sound bug on PC

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 2 minutes

Clever fans have found a way to fix the annoying sound bug in the beta of The Division 2. This is how you get the dialog sounds working – at least on PC.

What happened? Since today, February 7th, numerous fans can enjoy the private beta of The Division 2 and get their own impression of the game. However, the start of this testing phase is accompanied by some difficulties.

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One of the most annoying problems currently represents a bug that causes the dialog sound of various characters in the game to disappear. Numerous players are annoyed by this and are desperately looking for a solution. Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have not yet been able to fix this bug themselves. But fortunately, the community has found a solution.

This is how you activate the dialog sound on PC: To fix the sound bug, you need to edit entries in some game files. However, this can be done without much effort and, according to numerous reports from affected players, reliably restores the sound.

However, note that this workaround only works on PC. Currently, nothing can be done to address this issue on the PS4 and Xbox One consoles.

Here’s what you need to do:

  • Navigate on your PC to the following folder of the logged-in profile: Documents -> My Games -> The Division 2
  • There you will find the files “persistent_settings.cfg” and “state.cfg”
  • You now need to edit these files (for example, with the Windows Editor)
  • In persistent_settings.cfg, search for the “BD” entry and set the value to 0. Save the file afterwards and set it to read-only before restarting the game
  • In state.cfg, scroll down to localization and also set the value at “spokenLanguage” to 0. Here too, you need to save and enable the write protection in the file properties

This should solve the problem and the characters should no longer remain silent.

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Here you can find more info about the private beta of The Division 2: We have set up a live ticker just for the beta, where we report on all important events, announcements, and issues surrounding the beta. You can find the ticker here: The Division 2: Server Status – Live Ticker for the Start of the Private Beta

Tips for your first steps in the beta can be found here: Check out these 7 tips before you play the beta of The Division 2

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Fortnite: Expedition Outposts in Week 10 – All Outposts

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In Fortnite the challenges of week 10 in season 7 have started. This time the task is: Visit expedition outposts during a match.

What is it about? Challenges in Fortnite change weekly during a season. You are supposed to deal damage with certain weapons or solve small puzzles. In week 10 of season 7, you need to visit 4 expedition outposts in a single match.

It’s not hard at all. We will show you the map of the outposts. You just need to visit four of the stations within a match to complete the task.

These are the locations where you will find the outposts.

Locations of the outposts: 

  • D3 – On the mountain northwest of Pleasant Park
  • F3 – In the southeast of Lazy Links
  • B5 – At the edge of the grid on the map
  • I5 – In the west of Lonely Lodge
  • F5/F6 – On the hill in the west of Dusty Divot
  • D8 – The outpost in the ice
  • H8 – In the west of Paradise Palms

What are outposts? They are buildings scattered across the Fortnite map. A kind of bunker above ground. As the buildings look quite similar, you should be able to spot them quickly and easily on the map if you follow our map.

An outpost in Fortnite – Also accessible via ziplines.

Your task: To complete the task, you need to visit 4 expedition outposts in just one match. If you die beforehand, the task will be canceled and your progress will be reset.

Also, keep in mind that you need to finish a match after completing the task. If you have visited all required outposts and leave the game before it ends normally, the task will not count as completed. You must then either be eliminated or win.

More tasks related to outposts: In season 7, there have been other challenges connected to the expedition outposts. You have to visit all expedition outposts in Fortnite and for week 4, the goal is to eliminate opponents at the outposts.

What other tasks are there this week? In week 10, you also need to search chests, hit opponents with grenades, or use specific weapon types for eliminations. In our overview, you can see all tasks for week 10 in season 7 of Fortnite: Battle Royale.

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With this curious trick, you can reduce loading times in WoW

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

Loading times in World of Warcraft can be drastically reduced with a simple trick. You just need to disable one feature.

Although World of Warcraft is now a rather old game, it still demands quite a lot from many computers. Those who use various addons may experience long loading times. However, these can be drastically reduced by giving up just one feature – the voice chat.

Voice chat consumes additional resources: The voice chat in World of Warcraft is used by only a few players, but it consumes additional resources for almost all players. This is because the voice chat is an additional process on the computer that starts whenever World of Warcraft is launched.

Long loading times can be frustrating – but you can drastically reduce them.

Only after this process has completed its work and connected to the servers does the loading process of WoW continue. Depending on the computer and internet connection, this can take a few seconds.

How to permanently disable the voice chat: It is not possible to directly disable the voice chat and the associated process in WoW. Instead, you need to activate parental controls in the Battle.net account management, as user cheers_grills on Reddit pointed out. There you can disable the voice chat and the additional process. Here’s how:

  • Log in to the Battle.net website
  • Select “Account Settings” from the menu, then “Account Details” and click on “To Parental Controls”
  • Select “Start Settings” and fill in the details to set up parental controls
  • You will receive an email to confirm the setup
  • Now select “Voice Chat and Streaming” and choose “Disable Voice Chat”
  • Save the settings

After a few minutes, the settings will be applied, and the next time you start World of Warcraft, the voice chat process will no longer be initiated. Players report reduced loading times of between 70% and 80%.

But: Those who also play Overwatch or Heroes of the Storm and use voice chat should be careful. Because these functions will no longer be available then. However, if you only play World of Warcraft and don’t use voice chat anyway, this will be helpful.

Do you use voice chat in World of Warcraft at all? Or do you use other programs like Discord, Skype, or TeamSpeak?

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Even shorter loading times can only be achieved by uninstalling WoW – as this Raider from Method did right after his first kill.

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Fortnite: Shooting Ranges in Wailing Woods, Retail Row and Paradise Palms

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

In Fortnite, you need to showcase your skills at shooting ranges in week 10 of season 7. We will show you a map where you can find the locations so you can complete the challenge.

This is the challenge: In week 10, you need to demonstrate your shooting skills. You must visit three different shooting ranges and deliver. The task is divided into three challenges. These are called:

  • Achieve a score of 5 or more at the shooting range east of Wailing Woods
  • Achieve a score of 5 or more at the shooting range north of Retail Row
  • Achieve a score of 5 or more at the shooting range east of Paradise Palm

We will show you a map where you can find the shooting ranges. This way you can easily complete the task.

The map shows the locations of the shooting ranges

Here you need to look: The shooting ranges are actually hard to miss. We will show you a map of the locations where the shooting ranges are set up.

Fortnite Map Shooting Range

This is how you complete the task: It is important that you hit 5 targets at the shooting range in one round. Otherwise, the task will not count as completed. If the targets are close to you, use a shotgun, as you do not need to aim too accurately. For targets that are further away, you should switch to an assault rifle or sniper rifle.

In each round, you can only visit one shooting range for it to count. Therefore, you need to play and finish at least three rounds to complete the challenge.

Be aware: You need to complete the tasks in the order they are given to you. First, you go to Wailing Woods, then to Retail Row, and finally to Paradise Palms. You cannot complete the task otherwise.

This is important: Campers will be lurking around the shooting ranges, or you may encounter players who also want to complete the task. So be aware of your surroundings and don’t get caught!

These are the other tasks: In week 10, there are many other tasks waiting for you. You will need to bombard opponents with special grenades or find outposts.

Are you still stuck on other tasks in week 10? Then check out our hub for challenges:

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Shroud is so rich that he laughs at over $400 mistakes that you would freak out about

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

The streamer Shroud is currently busy playing the new battle royale shooter Apex Legends. However, he made a silly mistake during a stream.

What happened? The game Apex Legends was released on February 4 and is currently being heavily celebrated by fans. Many streamers are now playing the battle royale shooter. Among them is former Counter-Strike pro Michael “shroud” Grzesiek, who is known for his high skill in shooters. In front of many thousands of fans, he is now showcasing his talent in Apex Legends.

On February 5, he streamed Apex Legends, which contains many cosmetic customizations. Shroud wanted to change the appearance of his character and weapons, and thus decided to buy Apex Coins. He intended to invest them in Apex Packs to unlock weapon skins and other cosmetics.

That was Shroud’s mistake: Shroud then spent $400 to buy the Apex Coins. However, he forgot to check which account he was purchasing the Apex Coins for. Unfortunately, he did not use the account he wanted to level up and spent the money on the wrong account.

Shroud reacts calmly: While any normal player who invests such a large sum of money into a game would be completely upset, Shroud even finds it amusing. When he realizes the mistake, he says “Yep, that’s the wrong account” and laughs for a moment and then says: “Fuck, man. Fucking Hell”. Even though it annoyed him, he could laugh about having just wasted $400.

Why does he remain so unfazed by the loss? Shroud has a large fanbase and is extremely successful on Twitch. Thousands of subscribers secure his income, along with deals with sponsors. It seems that Shroud is just “rich enough” to laugh off the mistake.

In one of his streams (via Twitch.TV), he said, “Sure, I lost millions because I don’t play [PUBG] Mobile and Fortnite. But how many millions do you actually need?

I think it’s fine. I have an excellent income. I believe you have to be happy with what you do. It has never been about the money for me.”

So perhaps it doesn’t matter that much when you pump $400 into the wrong account.

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Fortnite: All Challenges from Week 10 (S7) and how to solve them

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 3 minutes

In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the final tasks of Season 7 are now here. Find out what you need to do in Week 10.

Week 10 without major hits: In Week 10 of Season 7, there isn’t much stress. You need to find chests, shoot opponents, and score points at shooting ranges.

Free and paid: To complete all 7 challenges, you need the Season 7 Battle Pass. You can get this pass for 950 V-Bucks (9.50 Euro). Without the Battle Pass, you can only complete the three free tasks of Week 10.

All Challenges of Week 10 in Season 7

The free challengesReward
Place a turret or a damage trap in 3 different matches5 stars/500 XP
Search 7 chests at Lazy Links or Dusty Divot5 stars/500 XP
Eliminate 3 opponents with assault rifles10 stars/1,000 XP
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The paid challengesReward
Deal 200 damage to opponents with scoped weapons5 stars/500 XP
Stage 1: Score 5 or more points at the shooting range east of Wailing Woods
Stage 2: Score 5 or more points at the shooting range north of Retail Row
Stage 3: Score 5 or more points at the shooting range east of Paradise Palms		5 stars/500 XP
Visit 4 different expedition outposts in a single match.10 stars/1,000 XP
Hit an opponent with a Boogie Bomb or Ice Grenade in 3 different matches10 stars/1,000 XP

Challenge 1 – Place a turret or a damage trap in 3 different matches

How to complete the task: Turrets are rare, but traps can be found more often. Just place them anywhere and you’ll complete the task soon. The traps don’t need to be used for the task to count.

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Challenge 2 – Search 7 chests at Lazy Links or Dusty Divot (Battle Pass only)

How to complete the task: Searching chests is still no problem and is easy to do. Land at the desired locations and open chests until you are done. It doesn’t need to be in the same match.

Challenge 3 – Eliminate opponents with assault rifles (Hard)

How to complete the task: Assault rifles are good weapons. You should be able to get the necessary kills quickly.

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Challenge 4 – Deal 200 damage to opponents with scoped weapons

How to complete the task: Here you have a large selection of weapons, including sniper rifles and various scoped assault rifles. You should quickly reach the required damage points.

Challenge 5 – Stage 1: Score 5 or more points at the shooting range east of Wailing Woods (Battle Pass only)

How to complete the task: You can learn how to complete this task in our guide to the shooting ranges.

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Challenge 6 – Visit 4 different expedition outposts in a single match (hard, Battle Pass only)

How to complete the task: You can find a map with the locations of the outposts in our guide to the expedition outposts.

Challenge 7 – Hit an opponent with a Boogie Bomb or Ice Grenade in 3 different matches (hard, Battle Pass only)

How to complete the task: Since you only need to hit the opponents, this task should be easy to complete. Just make sure you have such a grenade in your inventory and throw it at the earliest opportunity.

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Check out these 7 tips before you play the beta of The Division 2

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 4 minutes

The developers of The Division 2 provide 7 tips for the beta launch to help you navigate the Private Beta better and what you should pay attention to.

Here’s what it’s about: On Thursday, February 7th, the Private Beta for The Division 2 started. The testing phase runs until Monday, February 11th, at 11 AM. At the launch, Division developer Chadi El Zibaoui shares useful tips on Gamesradar to help you get through the beta smoothly.

We have selected the 7 most important ones and summarized them for you. Keep in mind that these tips are also aimed at players who are completely new to The Division. Not every experienced player will necessarily find these tips useful.

1. Play the introductory missions at the beginning

The advice may sound strange at first, but when starting in the beta, you can theoretically start running around in the open world immediately. However, it’s better to complete the introductory missions first. This will give you a decent boost in terms of equipment and XP.

Also, make sure to unlock your two skill slots as quickly as possible. You will receive the first one from the Quartermaster in the White House, your operations base. The second one will be unlocked during the first missions. After that, you can still focus on the open world and other activities.

2. Pay attention to the enemies’ weak points

Enemies now have proper armor pieces that make them tougher. You can specifically destroy these parts. So focus your shots on one of these spots.

Once you destroy the part, the enemy is significantly more vulnerable at that spot. This way, you can eliminate tougher foes much faster. This mainly concerns elite enemies, which can be identified by their yellow health bars.

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3. Pay attention to your own armor

Players also have armor that can be destroyed by enemies. It is displayed above the health bar as a gray bar with several segments.

How to repair your armor: You have armor pieces with you that function like medkits. If you want to repair the armor, you must consume these pieces. The use takes a few seconds. During this time, you are vulnerable to your enemies. So be careful, as without armor you can go down quickly.

4. Collect suitable brand sets for additional bonuses

In The Division 2, there are called brand set pieces. A proper assembly of the respective brands can be advantageous.

This is how brand sets work: There are several brands. Each brand has its own armor pieces. If you wear several pieces from the same brand, you unlock additional bonuses. It can therefore be worthwhile to keep an eye out for the corresponding brands. This can even optimize certain playstyles.

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5. Coordinate with your team

If you are in a group, you can improve your team play and effectiveness. The choice of your skills, weapons, and equipment can unfold even better in a team that is coordinated.

This way, everyone can choose their role; a healthy mix of offensive and defensive play can pay off. Having a sniper in the team is often quite practical, for example.

6. Take on control points to grab loot

If you are looking for a way to quickly get equipment, you should check out the control points scattered around the game world.

What are control points? At these hotspots, multiple enemies gather. They are stronger than the average NPC enemies you encounter in the world. If you attack them, they will call for reinforcements. This is a great opportunity to get loot, especially in the beginning.

You can also call other civilians for reinforcement. Veterans can rest assured that this reinforcement is by no means as useless as the JTF units from the predecessor.

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7. Take a detour into the Dark Zone

What is the Dark Zone anyway? It is a separated area that mixes PvP and PvE. Anyone who has avoided the Dark Zone so far should take a look at it during the beta. When you enter it for the first time, you have a story mission that you must complete first. During this time, you can move around without disturbance.

Even with other players nearby, it’s not difficult to get loot. Because now you will also find equipment that goes directly into your inventory. Therefore, a detour into the Dark Zone can generally pay off, as you no longer have to worry about your loot.

You can read all the information about it on Mein-MMO:

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You can also watch a short summary of the beta in this NGON video:

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Destiny 2: How to complete the Ascendant Challenge Arbiter’s Abyss

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 3 minutes

In Destiny 2, the 5th Ascendant Challenge “Judgment Abyss” is active. We show you where to find the portal and how the mechanics work.

Currently, you can face the 5th Ascendant Challenge in Destiny 2: Forsaken for one week. If you succeed, powerful gear awaits as a reward.

Here’s how to access the Ascendant Challenge: Visit Petra Venj in the Dreaming City. Petra is back this week at the Pavilion in the “The Shore” area. The challenge is available in her inventory under Weekly Bounties.

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Location of Petra Venj

How to complete the Ascendant Challenge 5 – Judgment Abyss

The requirement for the bounty: Pick up the bounty from Petra for 1500 Glimmer and first look for a consumable called “Queen’s Veil Tincture”. This item opens your mind to the secrets of the Dreaming City for 30 minutes. It can randomly be found in all kinds of chests throughout the city.

You can also purchase Queen’s Veil Tincture from a secret vendor.

This is how you access the Ascendant Realm: In the 5th week, the portal opens in the Lost Sector directly behind the spawn point of the Dreaming City. Remember to take a tincture to make the portal visible.

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Through this Lost Sector to the Ascendant Challenge

As soon as you appear at the spawn point, turn 180 degrees and walk through into the Lost Sector. Follow the corridor outside, keeping to the right along the rock wall. You can’t miss the portal – you’ll walk right toward it after a few meters.

In the Ascendant Realm: As soon as you step through the portal, you land in the Judgment Abyss in the Ascendant Realm. Here, you first need to demonstrate your jumping skills.

Follow the lights from platform to platform down into the abyss until you reach a pavilion at the bottom with a tree in its center. There, two witches and several other enemies and Taken Blight Orbs will spawn.

The Pavilion – Here you fight the Witches

Now kill the witches. Focus on the Blight Orbs first. It is advisable to eliminate these first as they slow you down and you take damage from them. This gives you enough space to take down the two witches afterwards.

There is really nothing to consider when fighting the witches – there is no complex mechanic with this week’s Ascendant Challenge. Just blast the witches into the virtual afterlife. Once the two are taken out, the chest spawns in the middle of the pavilion. Once you open it, the Ascendant Challenge is complete.

The 5th Ascendant Challenge in video: If you need visual support, you can find the way to the portal as well as all lore items and eggs in the following video from Venero TV:

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FIFA 19 Celebrates the Return of the Champions League in 2019

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 3 minutes

In the coming week, the first round of 16 matches of the UEFA Champions League will take place. In FIFA 19, the return will be celebrated accordingly.

Statistics for the Champions League mode in FIFA 19: The Champions League mode was one of the major innovations in this year’s FIFA edition. In FIFA 19, you can realistically recreate the tournament for the first time in the history of the series.

And the players are taking part in the tournament: According to EA, more than 55 million matches have already been played in over 186 countries.

The mode appears particularly popular in France: There, a total of 4.3 million Champions League matches have been played, with Italy ranking second with 4.2 million matches. In Germany, there are currently 3.4 million.

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The record holders in the Champions League mode

This is the current record champion: Juventus Turin has achieved the most wins. The Italian record champion won around 5 million matches. On the podium are Paris St. Germain (4 million wins) and Real Madrid (2 million wins), followed by Manchester City (2 million) and Bayern Munich (1 million).

This is the Champions League all-time top scorer: The fact that Juventus Turin wins so often is no coincidence: With Cristiano Ronaldo, the club has the most successful scorer of the CL mode in its ranks. Players have scored with “CR7” a total of 5.4 million times – Ronaldo is thus just as goal-dangerous in the Champions League as in FUT. Following him are Neymar, Cavani, Mbappé, and Dybala.

FIFA 19 CL Ronaldo

New cover, new content

These are the new cover stars: Via Twitter EA Sports announced “great new content” in FIFA 19 for the return of the Champions League. Among other things, FIFA 19 now features a new cover. This cover no longer features Cristiano Ronaldo. Instead, Neymar, Kevin de Bruyne, and Paulo Dybala are in the foreground. In the background, a new design in the Champions League colors can be seen.

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The Champions League in FUT

New content for FUT newcomers: Those who are buying the game now and are entering the Ultimate Team mode of FIFA 19 for the first time can look forward to special CL content for their club. New players receive:

  • A “potential Champions League winner”: Neymar, Kevin de Bruyne, or Paulo Dybala as loan players for ten matches
  • Special Champions League kits
  • Five Champions League player items
FIFA 19 CL Stadium

Whether these specials will also be made available to established FUT players is currently unknown. In Ultimate Team, the Champions League has played a major role for a while: In addition to the Champions League player items, there are also the dynamic RTTF cards. CL SBCs or weekly tasks have also been added repeatedly.

It will be exciting to see if EA Sports has thought of more Champions League specials for the start of the knockout round. Additionally, the Lunar New Year Event could also be coming soon.

Have you tried the CL mode in FIFA 19 yet? How do you like the mode? Join the discussion on our Facebook page!

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The Division 2 wants to quickly fix these 2 annoying beta bugs

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 2 minutes

The Division 2 is facing some issues at the start of the Private Beta. The developers from Massive have now explained which errors are currently a top priority.

What happened? The Private Beta for The Division 2 started today, February 7, at 10:00 AM. After a relatively smooth launch, issues began to arise shortly after. Some players experienced black screens, others were banned for no reason or encountered performance drops.

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The developers have already fixed some errors and are working on others. The development team has now addressed in a blog post which issues are currently at the top of their priority list.

These errors in the beta should be resolved as quickly as possible: The developers emphasize in their blog that they will thoroughly test The Division 2 during the beta. To ensure the best possible experience, they will regularly publish a list of known issues and bugs in the forums that they are currently working to fix.

Currently, there are two issues being worked on intensively. These apparently existed before the start of the beta, but are still present in this testing phase:

  • The game client can crash if you play The Division 2 Beta for an extended period of time.
  • If you haven’t started the game yet but receive an invitation from a friend who is already in the game, it can cause the game to crash as soon as you start the Beta of The Division 2 via the invitation.
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Here are the temporary solutions: The developers have also presented temporary solutions for these known bugs:

  • As a temporary solution for the time-related crash, the developers recommend proactively shutting down the game every 2 – 3 hours at an appropriate moment.
  • To prevent the crash from the friend’s invitation, it is advised to start the Beta first and then accept the invitation in the game.

Stay updated: If you want to stay up to date around the Beta of The Division 2? Then take a look at our live ticker. We will accompany the start and progress of this testing phase. You can find the ticker here: Server Status – Live Ticker for the Start of the Private Beta

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Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is selling really well – Why?

Irina Moritz Irina Moritz Reading time 3 minutes

Shadowbringers, the new expansion of Final Fantasy XIV, went on pre-order yesterday. The MMORPG from Square Enix landed overnight in the top 5 of the Steam sales charts, and the official Square Enix store crashed due to the influx of fans. 

What happened? The hype for the latest addon Shadowbringers of FFXIV is huge. Just yesterday, on February 6, it went on pre-order and seems to be doing really well so far.

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Especially on Steam, the pre-orders for Shadowbringers are running smoothly. It quickly landed in the top 5 in the charts, and in the European Square Enix store, the physical Collector’s Edition for Steam was completely sold out within minutes after the start of the pre-order.

The Collector’s Edition for PC soon followed, and by now the PS4 version is also gone (as of February 7, 5:07 PM). Fans will have to wait on waitlists for now and hope they still have a chance to get the goodies.

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High influx also in the official Square Enix Store: The American Square Enix Store couldn’t withstand the influx of fans at the start of the pre-orders and completely crashed. One player posted a screenshot of the error message on Reddit with the words: “We probably already killed it”.

Many fans in the Reddit thread took the crash with humor. Jokes were made about the “Pre-order Extreme” mode and that people should please form a line, referencing the rocky launch of the Stormblood addon. Meanwhile, the store is back online.

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Long-awaited content and good timing for pre-orders

The content of the addon creates hype: With the expansion Shadowbringers, Final Fantasy XIV skillfully plays to its strengths. Square Enix has designed the story of the addon in the trailer very mysteriously, and players have been speculating for months about where and when exactly they should play.

Known NPCs appear in the trailer but are sometimes addressed by wrong names, and the signs are generally very ominous. There is tension in the community about what exactly will happen in the story in the near future.

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Furthermore, the developer team addresses many wishes of the fans with the addon that have been expressed for a long time. For example, there will be a crossover with the popular Square Enix game NieR: Automata. This will not just be a small event, but a whole 24-man raid with three parts.

The new job Gunbreaker and the race of Viera have also been requested many times and are now finally coming with the addon to Final Fantasy XIV.

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The timing of the pre-order was important: In choosing the timing for the start of the pre-orders, Square Enix was also smart. It has only been less than a week since the end of the fan festival in Europe, so the hype over the new announcements is still very fresh.

All information about the pre-orders, early access, and the different editions of Shadowbringers can be found here:

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Legends of Aria says: “No Pay2Win is the wrong way”, receives backlash

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

The sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria recently faced a severe backlash. It concerns the planned introduction of items in the in-game shop that were supposed to provide a gameplay advantage. Players feared that this would be the beginning of a series of Pay2Win items.

What happened? Derek Brinkmann, founder of Citadel Studios, explained how the item shop in the spiritual successor to Ultima Online Legends of Aria should function. He stated: “In the past, we told players in discussions that the cash shop would only offer cosmetic items, because it was our original plan to avoid making our game “Pay2Win”. However, we thought about it and realized that avoiding Pay2Win is not the right path for our game.”

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What items were planned? It was initially planned to include two items that would offer gameplay advantages for money:

  • The Power-Hour potion would allow for skill acceleration.
  • The Soulstones would store skills, allowing learned abilities to be swapped.

There was severe criticism

How did the community react? The open discussion about Pay2Win items led to severe criticism. Players believed that the introduction of these items and the developers’ statement would only represent the beginning and that more Pay2Win items would come.

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What did the team say? The developers understand the excitement and have now backtracked. The items will not be incorporated into the game for now. They are considering how to possibly integrate the items into the game in another way, if at all. The team’s priority is the players’ opinions, and they want them to enjoy Legends of Aria. Nevertheless, the in-game shop is an important source of revenue for the game. Therefore, it is intended to decide together with the players what should be offered in the shop.

What about cosmetic items? Initially, there were supposed to be cosmetic items in the shop. However, the developers see the problem that most of these items disappear into the players’ houses or inventories, making them less attractive to buyers. Additionally, cosmetic items should always match the game world and not break immersion.

Thus, the risk of Pay2Win items in the MMORPG Legends of Aria has been temporarily averted. The Early Access version of the sandbox MMORPG was recently postponed to March 21.

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