Apex Legends is full of futuristic weapons. But which weapon is the best in each category and what does the tier list look like? And what do the upgrades do? Here you can find everything about the top weapons in Apex Legends.
Apex Legends is a new battle royale game with a variety of weapons. However, especially at the start of the game, many players are overwhelmed by the large selection. Since you can only carry two weapons, it is important to know which weapon to pick up and which one to leave behind.
This is how you ping weapons: Before we begin, here’s an important tip. You can use the ping function not only to indicate where you are going or where enemies are located. You can also ping weapons and let everyone on the team know where that weapon is located. Aim at the weapon and press the ping button.
Press the ping button now and everyone in the squad knows where this weapon is.
By the way, you can also use the ping in the inventory. Open the inventory and use the ping function on the equipped weapon to request ammunition. This also works with the attachments you want.
Pinging works in the inventory as well.
This is the current tier list of weapons
We have summarized the weapons from Apex Legends into a tier list. The higher a weapon is in the list, the better it is. S-tier stands for the best guns in the game. Up to tier C, everything is still okay; tier D falls a bit short of expectations.
In the following paragraphs, we will introduce all weapons by category and explain what the different attachments do for the weapons.
Upgrade: 11.02.2019: Added tier list.
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The Assault Rifles
What are assault rifles? Assault rifles are reliable weapons that are usually effective at medium range and promise a good rate of fire and decent damage. The following weapons are available.
VK-47 Flatline
What can the Flatline? This fully automatic assault rifle is very accurate and can take down enemies particularly well at close to medium range. The large magazine is an advantage here and can be further upgraded. This way, you can also defeat enemies with full shields.
Damage: 16 (body)/32 (head)
Magazine: 20 (heavy)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock
Hemlok Burst AR
What can the Hemlok? Here you get a burst assault rifle that fires 3-round bursts. Since it has low recoil, it is well suited for precise bursts of fire. If you hit well, you can effectively decimate enemies from a distance.
Damage: 18 (body)/34 (head) or 54 and 74 in burst mode
Magazine: 18 (heavy)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel
R-301 Carbine
What can the R-301? This weapon is a good all-rounder. If you don’t find anything better, you can confidently take the R-301 with you. The weapon is mainly known for its good accuracy, but does not deal too much damage.
Damage: 14 (body)/28 (head)
Magazine: 18 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel
The Submachine Guns (SMGs)
What are submachine guns? These weapons fire quickly and are extremely deadly at close range. However, they consume a lot of ammunition and are often inaccurate at longer distances. The following weapons are available to you.
Prowler Burst PDW
What can the Prowler? This weapon is a kind of mini assault rifle that fires 5-round bursts. If you hit well, you can take down enemies very quickly. The weapon performs optimally at close to medium distances. It is the only SMG that uses heavy ammunition.
Damage: 14 (body)/21 (head) or 70 and 105 in burst mode
Magazine: 18 (heavy)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, hop-up (You can switch to automatic fire)
Alternator
What can the Alternator? This weapon behaves more like a fast-firing pistol and does not fire as rapidly as other SMGs. However, it is quite accurate even at medium range.
Damage: 13 (body)/19 (head)
Magazine: 16 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel
R-99
What can the R-99? This weapon is a true lead sprinkler that fires its 18-round magazine in a flash. So if you want to kill someone with it, get close and make sure you hit well.
Damage: 12 (body)/18 (head)
Magazine: 18 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel
The Light Machine Guns (LMGs)
What are light machine guns? These weapons are heavy guns that lay down suppressive fire at medium range with large magazines. Their rate of fire is usually good and they inflict significant damage. Currently, there are two LMGs in the game.
Devotion
What can the Devotion? Anyone who knows Titanfall 2 will certainly appreciate this weapon. The Devotion fires extremely fast and deals a lot of damage per bullet. It is also quite accurate. However, the Devotion has a disadvantage: it takes some time to reach its full firing speed. You have to shoot longer until it really revs up.
Damage: 17 (body)/34 (head)
Magazine: 44 (energy)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel, hop up (shorter time to maximum fire rate)
M600 Spitfire
What can the Spitfire? The Spitfire is a solid and reliable LMG. It deals a lot of damage and is ideally suited to pierce multiple enemies with one magazine. The handling is also very good and you can lay down precise suppressive fire with it. But consider the long reload time of the magazine.
Damage: 20 (body)/40 (head)
Magazine: 35 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel
The Sniper Rifles
What are sniper rifles? Sniper rifles are extremely precise and deal significant damage at long range. They are ideal for headshots. However, they fire slowly and have limited ammunition in the magazine. Ideally, use them from cover. They are less suitable for quick firefights.
Kraber .50 CAL Sniper
What can the Kraber? This legendary and therefore rare weapon is a true killer! It already has all the necessary addons installed and offers a complete worry-free package. It fires powerful special ammunition that you probably won’t find separately in the game.
After the 8 shots loaded in 2 magazines, it’s over. However, it inflicts insane damage! Even body shots are often fatal. Headshots guarantee a kill. However, the rate of fire is very slow, so aim carefully and make sure every shot counts!
Damage: 125 (body)/250 (head)
Magazine: 4 (special ammunition, limited to 8 shots)
Upgrades: no additional
G7 Scout
What can the G7 Scout? With its mediocre damage values, this rifle is unfortunately not a killer. But it has a crucial advantage: it is semi-automatic and allows many shots in quick succession. This makes it ideal for players who are not master marksmen and occasionally miss. This weapon forgives mistakes!
Damage: 30 (body)/60 (head)
Magazine: 10 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, stock, barrel, hop-up
Longbow DMR
What can the Longbow? This rifle is a typical sniper rifle. It deals significant headshot damage that can potentially kill an enemy immediately. It also functions semi-automatically. Therefore, you can miss occasionally and make mistakes. However, don’t miss too many, as the Longbow has only a meager 5 shots in the magazine!
What can the Triple Take? This weapon is a kind of shotgun at a distance, as it fires three shots at once. However, they are very close together and deal a lot of damage if they all hit. Therefore, you should aim well and enjoy some serious headshot carnage.
What are shotguns? Shotguns fire a load of small pellets that spread further at long distances and therefore deal less damage. However, if all pellets hit, which usually happens at close range, they can inflict a lot of damage. Therefore, shotguns are ideal for brutal close-quarters combat.
Mastiff
What can the Mastiff? This monster is a legendary weapon and thus rare. If you have found it, even entire enemy squads shouldn’t be a problem. Because the Mastiff kills most enemies with body shots and headshots are usually fatal. The shotgun pellets fly in a horizontal line, not in a circle like other shotguns.
Currently, the Mastiff leads the top damage ranking. Since it is a legendary weapon, it is already fully equipped, so you cannot add any further upgrades.
Damage: 144 (body)/288 (head)
Magazine: 4 (shotgun)
Upgrades: no additional
EVA-8 Auto
What can the EVA-8? Here you get an excellent all-round shotgun. It inflicts less damage than other shotguns, but it fires quickly and has a large magazine. This allows you to clear rooms of enemies effectively.
Damage: 63 (body)/90 (head)
Magazine: 8 (shotgun)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine
Peacekeeper
What can the Peacekeeper? The Peacekeeper is a classic shotgun that somewhat resembles a Winchester rifle. You have to pump it after every shot, which slightly limits the rate of fire. But the shotgun hits really hard, especially headshots are easy to get and very deadly due to the large pellet load. With the hop-up attachment, it is surprisingly accurate even at a distance.
Damage: 110 (body)/165 (head)
Magazine: 6 (shotgun)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, hop-up (less spread)
Mozambique Shotgun
What can the Mozambique? This curious weapon is a pistol that fires shotgun shells. However, you have to get quite close, as the weapon doesn’t deal much damage and has a small magazine with 3 shots. If you can hit reasonably well, you can kill enemies at close range with it.
Damage: 45 (body)/66 (head)
Magazine: 3 (shotgun)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine
The Pistols
What are pistols? Pistols are light weapons that serve primarily as a backup when you don’t find anything better. However, especially at the beginning of the game, pistols can often decide a fight.
Wingman
What can the Wingman? This weapon is the only pistol that is still worthwhile later in the game. It deals a lot of damage and can also be deadly at a distance with a bit of practice. This revolver also looks cool and is ideal for Western fans!
What can the P2020? This weapon is simply a pistol, nothing more. It is average in every way and does exactly what it is supposed to do: perforate enemies. If you don’t have anything better, grab it and start shooting.
Damage: 12 (body)/18 (head)
Magazine: 10 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine
RE-45
What can the RE-45? This weapon is weak, but it fires automatically. This gives you a solid advantage in the chaotic close combat at the start of the game!
Damage: 11 (body)/16 (head)
Magazine: 15 (light)
Upgrades: Scope, magazine, barrel
These are the attachments
You can find upgrades for your weapons in the game, called attachments. They are automatically installed when you pick them up and have an appropriate weapon active. The upgrades come in rarities of “Common”, “Rare”, and “Epic.” For scopes, there are also legendary versions that outline enemies in red. The different upgrades are:
Scope: There are various versions, from holo sights for short distances to the powerful 10x zoom for snipers. Legendary versions highlight enemies in red.
Magazine: Increases ammunition in the magazine. Each quality level provides more extra ammunition, and rare and epic improve reload speed.
Barrel: Each level improves recoil and makes already very precise weapons even more accurate.
Stock: Each level improves aim deviation and handling. Here, you can further enhance the already well-balanced weapons.
Hop Up: This upgrade is not available for all weapons and has a special effect. We have noted that with the respective weapon.
Jürgen’s current favorites (as of 08.02.2019)
I currently use the Flatline often, as I like to control the rate of fire myself and don’t think much of burst weapons like the Hemlok. With a solid scope, it also performs well at distance when using short bursts.
However, an extended magazine is a must for the Flatline, as it otherwise needs to be reloaded too often.
As a secondary weapon, I also prefer a weapon with heavy ammunition, otherwise, looting at the end tends to turn into micromanagement, and the menu is somewhat annoyingly fiddly in my opinion.
That’s why I often have a sniper weapon like the Longbow. Alternatively, I also like to use the EVA-8, even though I have to stock up on shotgun shells then. At close range, the shotgun is simply a great weapon.
The best weapons are useless without a shooter. Here you can find the various characters in Apex Legends:
The lead producer of Anthem, Michael Gamble, has shared 7 tips with fans at the launch of the online RPG, aimed at improving the gaming experience. Check out the 7 developer tips for Anthem here.
Shortly before the early launch, the developers at BioWare have published some basic tips on Twitter that everyone should check out before starting Anthem.
Tip 1: Avoid Spoilers
BioWare is especially known for its storytelling in games. Anthem is also expected to provide players with a rich story.
Gamble therefore urges everyone who can start Anthem early not to spoil the story for other fans. Those who particularly value the story are advised to be cautious with streams and videos.
If you’re curious and want to know more details about the story in advance, you can take a look at these articles:
Gamble’s second tip also revolves around the story of Anthem. He recommends those who want to learn more about the story and backgrounds beyond the missions to talk to the NPCs in Fort Tarsis. This is the last city of humans, serving as both an operations base and an in-game hub.
Because the people in Fort Tarsis have plenty of stories to tell. The team is proud of many cool characters they’ve created there, many of whom are incredibly funny and provide a deeper insight into the world of Anthem.
To start, Anthem gives you some coins (in-game currency) to buy new cosmetic attachments or skins. However, the developers recommend not to spend all these precious coins in the first minutes of the game.
Instead, players are advised to play for a few hours first to be sure about which Javelin and look they actually want to start with. Because the customization system is really profound.
Tip 4: Utilize the Alliance System
Players are advised to make use of the Alliance System in Anthem. It is really good and you receive a lot of coins that you can use for customizing your Javelins.
The alliances basically represent a kind of reward system that BioWare wants to leverage to encourage playing together with friends. If you and your friends undertake expeditions like missions, contracts, or strongholds, you earn alliance experience points at the end of the activity.
This has nothing to do with guilds or clans. Even points from Anthem players in your friends list who are not teaming up with you count towards it.
At the end of each week, as a reward, you receive coins – that is, the in-game currency. Each member of the alliance receives this bonus. The number of coins depends on how many alliance points you could gather during that week.
Tip 5: Play on Hard for More Challenge
Anthem will offer a total of 6 difficulty levels. Before you reach the endgame, you will have three different difficulty levels to choose from: Easy, Normal, and Hard. After that, three tiers of the Grandmaster rank will be added.
Easy and Normal should be completable solo without much trouble. Hard, on the other hand, generally requires tactical teamwork with friends or fellow freelancers.
Therefore, Gamble recommends all fans who enjoy a challenge to play Anthem on the Hard difficulty. This way, the expeditions are more intense, and you’ll get better loot. Just be careful not to get your backside kicked until you finally get good at it.
Tip 6: Keep in Mind the Weekly and Daily Challenges
These are said to include daily, weekly, and even monthly goals. The alliance system should also help to master these challenges.
The lead producer of BioWare has now specifically highlighted these challenges and emphasized that they should not be overlooked. Because the corresponding rewards are particularly valuable.
Therefore, Michael Gamble encourages players to make increased use of Anthem’s quickplay. Because Anthem offers matchmaking for everything. There you can jump into random content for selected categories without long waiting times or extensive planning, and support other players on their expeditions or request help for your own tasks if you need it.
The TOTW time in FUT 19: On February 13th, the 22nd Team of the Week will be released in FIFA 19. From 7 PM you can draw special cards from packs for one week, until TOTW 22 is replaced by the next Team of the Week on February 20th.
What are the TOTW predictions? The predictions are made based on the real performances of the players that they achieved over the past week.
While the predictions are never 100% accurate, they still provide a good overview of the players who could make it into the Team of the Week.
How you can use the predictions: If you need even more coins for Ultimate Mode, you should buy some of these predictions already. If they make it into the Team of the Week, their value will increase, and you can sell them for profit. You can find more about this in our TOTW Trading Guide.
This article is written by our reader Julian Schröder.
Apex Legends features microtransactions that provide players with real-money currency, Apex Coins. However, one player received coins worth over a million dollars and doesn’t even know why.
What happened? Reddit user and Apex player MrJakeHD was astonished when an outrageous amount of Apex Coins suddenly appeared in his account after a round of Apex Legends. He had over 125 million units of the real currency “Apex Coins” in his balance.
How much is that worth? Those wanting to purchase Apex Coins through microtransactions would need to dig very deep into their pockets for this amount. At current prices, this would exceed one million US dollars that one would have to pay for the coins.
Was it a bug or a benefactor?
Where did the money come from? MrJakeHD has no idea where this windfall came from. Did he perhaps play a round with an extremely grateful millionaire who got his first victory thanks to him?
And did he then come up with the idea to just take a million and gift it to his new companion?
Not likely, as many players suspect a quirky bug behind the gift. MrJakeHD is therefore criticized by some Reddit users for making his win so public and effectively betraying himself.
However, an employee from the developer Respawn has already intervened and commented, “We see this even if it’s not posted on Reddit.” They are apparently aware that there is currently a bug that is showering players with money.
Whether MrJakeHD will be allowed to keep his winnings is questionable. It is likely that the coins will soon disappear from his account. It remains interesting what will happen to any purchased items from the shop.
But maybe Respawn Entertainment will be generous and let him keep the loot or at least a part of it.
What would you do if you suddenly had vast amounts of free in-game currency?
The battle royale game Apex Legends features wild battles until the last survivor. How to win despite the tough competition can be found in our following tips.
Therefore, we have listed some useful tips and advice for you here. With these, you should perform much better in the battles!
Don’t be a loot raccoon!
In Apex Legends, good loot is particularly scarce at the beginning of the game, and nothing is more frustrating than running around completely empty because your teammates have greedily stuffed their pockets.
Especially for ammunition and weapon upgrades, you should only take what you really need. However, if you do take a valuable piece, be fair and drop it at the next loot opportunity, letting your teammates know that this item is available.
You can send more specific information by holding down the ping button and selecting further phrases from a wheel menu.
Especially when you find good loot or drop an item from your inventory that your squad might need, you should always ping it. That way, everyone knows it’s there and where it is located. Additionally, you can ping items in your inventory as well to ask for ammunition or upgrades.
Familiarize yourself with the movement
In Apex Legends, while you can’t (yet) move as acrobatically as in Titanfall, you do have some useful movement features compared to the competition that you should adopt early on:
Sliding: If you see a slope, ALWAYS use the sliding feature. This way, you can slide down the hill quickly and are harder to hit.
Shrink your weapon: You can shrink your weapon with a press of the 3 key, allowing you to run faster. This is ideal if you want to escape the zone.
Climb walls: If you hold down the jump button and approach a wall, you can climb up it.
No fall damage: Jump down anywhere freely. The jetpacks on your heroes prevent you from dying from falls. Just watch out that you don’t fall off the island; that is indeed lethal!
Use ziplines and balloons: If you want to switch locations quickly, use the ziplines scattered throughout the game. The lines leading to the balloons are particularly effective. From up there, you can then cross long distances while airborne.
Think carefully about going to the supply ship
At the beginning, a supply ship flies alongside your dropship over the map. It offers a selection of cool loot in a compact space.
However, keep in mind that the ship may not be easily accessible, as it spawns randomly. Furthermore, many opponents will also have their eyes on the loot. Make sure to land first and find a weapon immediately.
If you find yourself unprepared against an enemy, just grab the loot and jump right back down.
On the map, you will also see the outline of the ship. This indicates the location where it will land in the end. However, by then it may already be completely looted.
Look for supply drops; they contain the best weapons
There are two legendary weapons that can’t be found in the game: The massive sniper rifle Kraber and the Mastiff shotgun. Both weapons are absurdly powerful, but if you want them, you need to find and loot a supply drop later in the game.
So think carefully about whether you want to take that risk. Nonetheless, finding such a super weapon significantly increases your chances of achieving final victory. If a drop goes down near you, make sure to get there quickly and watch out for campers.
Learn how to interpret the color of damage numbers
In Apex Legends, you gain shields from armor that you can recharge to protect you from damage. Since you can’t see the armor, it’s hard to gauge whether an enemy is easy to kill or can withstand a fair amount with full shields.
Fortunately, there is this simple trick to determine how tough the opponent still is: The color of the damage numbers.
Purple: You have a problem here; the enemy has optimal level-3 armor and can have up to 200 hit points, which is double that of an unprotected hero.
Blue: Your opponent has a maximum of 175 health points as they are wearing level-2 armor.
White: This indicates level-1 armor. Therefore, the opponent has up to 150 health.
Red: If you see “red numbers,” the opponent has no armor left and can be easily killed.
Yellow: This color indicates headshots.
Leave downed enemies
If you’ve knocked out an enemy, you shouldn’t kill them immediately. Often, the defenseless one lures in their teammates, allowing you to trap them. Furthermore, it’s sometimes not that easy to reach a downed enemy, as they can sometimes have a shield.
You can kill enemies with a finishing move, which saves ammunition and even recharges your shield with the legendary level-3 armor. But keep in mind that during the animation, you are completely defenseless and may die quickly if there are still enemies around.
So think carefully about whether you want to pull off a show.
Think carefully about reviving friends and use the respawn
As is usual in battle royale team modes, you can revive your friends in Apex Legends when they go down. But be careful not to blindly run into enemy fire when your friends are lying in the middle of nowhere.
In that case, it may be wiser to kill the enemies first and then help your teammate. If they die in the meantime, it’s not a catastrophe.
Just collect your teammate’s banner in time after the fight and respawn them at the next respawn beacon. By the way, anyone from the team can do this, not just the one who collected the banner.
Remember, in this case, the respawn starts you back in the game completely without equipment. Ideally, give them one of your weapons.
By the way, keep in mind that the character Lifeline revives friends faster and generates a shield while doing so. With her, you might be able to successfully respawn even under heavy fire.
Separate just before landing
The coordinated jump is a brilliant idea, and you should definitely jump as a team and aim for a common landing point. However, just before landing, you should still separate and land at a nearby location.
In a team with the jumpmaster, head together to the landing point.
Otherwise, you might all end up in the same house and find insufficient loot for everyone. But if each team member has a slightly different landing spot, you will surely find enough loot for all.
After a fight, you should always refill your shields. But first, keep your hands off the shield cells in your inventory. Loot the enemies first.
If they also had shields, then take them from the enemies, even if they are of the same level. Because the looted shields are fully charged when you equip them!
There is a way to revive yourself
The legendary and epic items in Apex Legends often have special features that one does not usually have. The legendary knockdown shield allows for a very cool self-revive! You can revive yourself once with an adrenaline syringe.
This takes a bit, and you are defenseless during the process. However, since many opponents don’t know this yet, you can surprise them. Just imagine enemies camping over your corpse to ambush your friends, and suddenly you stand back up behind them and take them all out.
Don’t hold back your abilities; use them!
Your heroes have an active ability that you can use again after a short cooldown. So don’t hoard them but use them whenever you feel like it. Who knows if you’ll get another opportunity.
And the skills are almost always useful. Every team appreciates Lifeline’s heal or Gibraltar’s large shield. And often, Bangalore’s smoke grenade saves you from certain death.
However, you should be more cautious with your ultimates. They take quite a long time to charge without accelerators. Their use can, again, be decisive at the right moment.
For instance, when Lifeline requests optimal loot via airdrop, Wraith creates a super useful portal, or Bangalore takes out entire teams with her artillery strike.
Test all heroes
Since each hero can only be in the team once, you cannot rely on your favorite always being available. Therefore, you should try out each hero at least once so that you don’t end up looking foolish in such situations.
Additionally, it doesn’t hurt to know the strengths and skills of your opponents when they are playing that hero.
Make sure you have a complete loadout
Especially at the beginning of the game, you should quickly find the following items:
Helmet: Headshots are less severe if you have a helmet
Armor: Only this provides shields, and they are vital!
At least one weapon: Without a weapon, you are not very useful and can hardly defend yourself. So quickly get some kind of gun. Even the Mozambique is better than nothing.
Appropriate ammunition: Ammunition is often scarce in Apex. So make sure to take what you can get in appropriate rounds.
Also help your friends in the team by pinging excess items. This ensures that everyone quickly has their full loadout and can continue to act.
A good starting weapon is, by the way, the Wingman pistol. It deals heavy damage, is accurate, and can still be useful in the mid or even late game.
Make sure you have a balanced mix of weapons
You should expand your loadout as early as possible. Ideally, you have one weapon for medium or long range and another for close-range combat. For the first category, assault rifles and snipers work well.
Shotguns are ideal for close range. SMGs, on the other hand, are also good for close combat but can also be useful at medium range. Regardless of what you take, make sure you don’t carry two similar weapons and that you have enough ammunition available.
Flank your enemies, stay in motion!
Apex Legends is a fast-paced game that rewards active gameplay. When you encounter opponents, don’t just start shooting right away; instead, try to flank them and take them by surprise. This way, you can gain a tactical advantage and possibly eliminate the enemy quickly and effectively.
Pathfinder and Wraith can quickly open alternative routes
Gibraltar can draw fire with his shield
Bangalore is very fast under fire and can protect the team with smoke grenades
Bloodhound prevents you from being flanked with his scan
Those who properly utilize Mirage’s illusions can seriously confuse the enemy
The zone doesn’t have to be your death
The Apex map is quite large, and the zone may keep you on your toes. However, especially in the first phase, the damage you receive in the power field is still quite harmless. You can comfortably heal yourself on the way and still survive long distances somehow.
However, keep in mind that you may be ambushed by enemies when you reach the safe ring.
By the way, if you have the medic Lifeline on your team, healing after the zone is not a problem because her drone fixes you up in seconds. Your shields are also not scratched by the zone.
That’s it for our tips and tricks. Do you have any other advice? Let us know!
The gold fever also hits Heroes of the Storm. One player has clearly overdone it.
In Heroes of the Storm, players are rewarded with gold after each match. The amounts range from 25 to 125 gold depending on whether they win or lose. Most players probably own a few thousand gold, but not pineconefire. He stated on Reddit that he has broken the magical barrier of 1,000,000 gold coins and is likely the first gold millionaire in Heroes of the Storm.
What is gold good for? In Heroes of the Storm, gold is the in-game currency with which most “non-premium content” can be unlocked. For example, all heroes can be purchased with gold. Alternatively, players can use gold to reroll the contents of loot boxes and improve (or even worsen) the items received. Occasionally, there are some mounts available for purchase with gold.
Image source: Reddit
Why did he do it? In response to the question of his motivation, pineconefire said that he simply wanted to see if the counter would stop at 999,999. Clearly, it did not when it jumped to 1,000,046. This also led to the follow-up question of whether he would aim for 10 million gold. He will get back to that and perhaps write a post again in about 35 years.
High player level and many wins: As a small “side effect” of collecting gold, pineconefire has also reached a player level of 1970. His favorite heroes include Sonya (Level 76), Abathur (Level 70), as well as Muradin and Glitterbug. He has taken down nearly 80,000 opponents and achieved over 5,000 wins.
Community congratulates: On Reddit, most players react impressed or in admiration, although there are a few snickered comments. It is stated, for example:
“You did it. Now you can go outside again.”
“Gallywix, is that you?”
However, it is certain: If a new hero is released soon, like Anduin, then pineconefire can easily afford it.
How much gold have you collected in Heroes of the Storm? Do you regularly save gold?
In general, Heroes of the Storm is not doing well right now – many developers have been laid off:
New standard cards for FUT 19: Almost 5 months have passed since the launch of FIFA 19. This means that for almost 5 months the same standard player cards have been in Ultimate Team. And many of them have become outdated in their ratings.
During this time, numerous Bundesliga matches have been played, during which the professionals showed various performances on the pitch. The winter upgrades are meant to align the standard cards in FUT with the current real-life performances of the players.
Prediction for the Bundesliga ratings refresh in FUT 19
Predictions for the Bundesliga winter upgrades: We will likely only find out officially by the end of February which Bundesliga players will receive new standard cards. However, there are already predictions online that provide a good overview of potential players who could be upgraded.
Prediction from fifauteam (in parentheses are the current rating and the possible new rating):
Keep in mind that predictions are no guarantee that EA will select these players for the ratings refresh. If you want to take advantage of the ratings refresh phase to earn coins with predictions, be aware of the risks involved.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Those who trade diligently are sure to have some Lucky Pokémon. But how rare are these monsters in Pokémon GO?
What are Lucky Pokémon? These special Pokémon appear during trades. If you trade two Pokémon, they might become a Lucky Pokémon (in English “Lucky”). Leveling up these Pokémon only costs half the Stardust and the IV of the Pokémon is at least 80%.
So far, there has been no information on how rare these Pokémon are. Now analysts from TheSilphRoad have analyzed over 9000 trades and their resulting Lucky Pokémon.
Your Lucky Pokémon are that rare
This is how the probability differs: Important for the probability is the age of the traded Pokémon. Various parameters come into play. The chance of getting a Lucky Pokémon varies depending on whether the Pokémon:
is one year old or younger
is one year old or older
is two years old or older
comes from July and August 2016
This is proven: The older a Pokémon is, the more likely this monster will be a Lucky when traded. So if you have a Pokémon that was caught exactly 365 days ago, it is more likely to become a Lucky Pokémon the next day.
These are the probabilities of Lucky Pokémon
Age of the Pokémon
Probability of a Lucky
1 year or younger
5.77%
1 year or older
9.94%
2 years or older
24%
July and August 2016
70.97%
What do these probabilities tell us? If you have Pokémon from the early months of Pokémon GO, you should definitely keep and trade them. The chance of getting a Lucky Pokémon is almost 3 out of 4.
It suffices if only one of the two players trades such an old Pokémon. The other player can trade a current Pokémon. When trading, both Pokémon will always become a Lucky.
How to increase your chances of getting a Lucky
If you want to ensure you get a Lucky Pokémon, both trading partners should trade an old Pokémon. The chance increases even more if both trainers send an older Pokémon for trading.
Age of the Pokémon
Probability of a Lucky
1 year or older against 1 year or older
14.89%
2 years or older against 1 year or older
41.67%
July/August 2016 or older against 1 year or older
88.89%
Note this: The data in this analysis is based only on a few trades. It is quite difficult to find so many old Pokémon. Nevertheless, they offer a rough picture of the probabilities.
There are also guaranteed Lucky Pokémon
This is how to get guaranteed Lucky Pokémon: If you haven’t traded very much yet, then you have the chance for guaranteed Lucky Pokémon. One of the two trainers must not own 10 Lucky Pokémon yet.
Now, if you trade a Pokémon from July or August 2016, it will definitely become a Lucky. It doesn’t matter which trainer trades the old Pokémon. So if you don’t have 10 Lucky Pokémon yet, you should secure the guaranteed chance.
Another important aspect in Pokémon GO are the evolution items:
The release of Far Cry: New Dawn is almost here. Now the developers have revealed how much storage space the game needs at launch – and it’s quite a bit less compared to its predecessor.
In just a few days, on 15.02.2019, the release of the latest “Far Cry” title is scheduled. New Dawn is already ready to go for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
But before the fun can begin, Far Cry: New Dawn needs to be downloaded and installed, which naturally will take up some storage space. Especially on consoles, hard drive storage is always a concern, as most hard drives of ambitious gamers are often well filled.
This much GB does Far Cry need on PC and Xbox One: Ubisoft has now published the storage requirements for PC and Xbox One. To install the game, you will need:
22.77 GB on Xbox One
30 GB on PC
The size is therefore quite reasonable for a current game.
And what about the PS4? No information has been provided yet about the necessary storage space on Sony’s PlayStation 4. However, it is to be expected that the value will be similar to that on Xbox One. Anyone who wants to be safe should free up a few more GB or simply buy an additional hard drive for the PS4.
More storage will be necessary in the future: Anyone already struggling with limited hard drive space should work on a long-term solution. Because any DLCs could increase the requirements further. The predecessor, Far Cry 5, was even significantly larger at launch with a proud 40 GB.
So, especially at launch, New Dawn will be significantly smaller. Whether this also means less gameplay scope or simply more effective storage use, we will be able to see in a few days.
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Valentine’s Day is coming to Destiny 2. Bungie has revealed how this year’s Valentine’s Day event will unfold. Here you can find everything about the schedule, times, and rewards for the Crimson Days 2019.
This is Crimson Days: Even in the Destiny universe, celebrations are held for Valentine’s Day. During the so-called Crimson Days, the Tower of the Last City is lavishly decorated in the colors of love, and Guardians have the opportunity to celebrate with their closest friends.
During this time, they can grab various event-specific rewards and play a special time-limited PvP mode that was well-received by fans last year. The Crimson Days have now become a tradition and were already held in the predecessor.
When does Crimson Days run? As the name suggests, the Valentine’s Day event lasts for a week.
Who can participate in the event? The event is available to all Guardians – regardless of whether they own the Annual Pass or the Forsaken expansion. The rewards can also be earned by all Guardians.
How does the event unfold? Your contact person for the event will be Lord Shaxx. So visit him in the Tower as soon as the event starts. There you will receive a badge and Crimson bounties. There will be four daily bounties and one weekly bounty.
Both PvP and PvE players should find something for themselves. The bounties send players not only into the Crucible but also into PvE activities, such as teaming up with a partner in the Nightfall strike.
For completed matches in the event playlist and for completed Crimson bounties, you will receive Candy Hearts from Shaxx. With this event currency, you can purchase the event rewards.
In the Crucible, you earn seven Candy Hearts for victories and five Candy Hearts for defeats. A daily bounty earns you 15 Candy Hearts, and for the weekly Crimson bounty, you get 75 Candy Hearts.
Additionally, there will be new triumphs for you to chase.
What activities will there be? There will not be any special PvE activities during Crimson Days. Only the Nightfall strike is to be tackled for a bounty in pairs. Otherwise, you will be completing bounties in the usual PvE content.
The centerpiece of the event is, as last year, the Crimson Doubles in the Crucible, a special conflict mode in a 2vs2 format with some peculiarities. If you stay close enough to your partner, your abilities will recharge faster. If you stray too far apart, your location will be revealed to your opponents.
If you do not have a partner to whom you have already given your heart, the matchmaking will ensure that you will get one.
The following bonuses are active during Crimson Days: All those who want to push or reset their valor rank will be pleased. Because during the event, there will be a valor bonus for the Crimson Doubles as well as all other Crucible modes.
What rewards does Crimson Days offer? In the course of the event, there will be double engrams for every rank-up after the max level 50. You will receive an event-specific Crimson engram along with each brand engram.
You can earn the following:
All rewards from last year (from Crimson engrams)
These are all rewards from the first year
the legendary Bow “The Vow”. The weapon comes at Power Level 650 (for all Forsaken owners), has fixed rolls, and is already a completed masterpiece at max level 10. It is the first bow available to all Destiny players. It costs you 100 Candy Hearts
the “Shot through the Heart” weapon ornament for the bow (from Crimson engrams and as a direct purchase in the Eververse)
the Legendary Ghost shell Tirastrella for 25 Candy Hearts
the exotic Sparrow Unwavering for 50 Candy Hearts
a weapon ornament for the exotic rocket launcher Wardcliff Coil for 125 Candy Hearts
These are the new rewards from the second year
the legendary gesture Glorious Dance for 150 Candy Hearts
a warm-hearted gift package for 15 Candy Hearts. This includes among other things upgrade cores, weapons, mods, equipment, or resources
the exotic Candy Ghost shell. You will receive this ghost when you master all triumphs of Crimson Days
The Mini Bow Gesture (from Crimson engrams and as a direct purchase in the Eververse)
By the way, there is supposed to be a knockout system active again. This means that you will only receive duplicates from event engrams once you have all the items from the engram pool.
A developer’s statement now gives fans hope that there will also be an Open Beta of The Division 2. What’s the truth?
This morning, the Private Beta of The Division 2 already ended. However, not all interested parties were able to get a personal impression of the upcoming shared-world shooter in post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. However, that could change soon.
This is the current official status: Officially, only two Betas for The Division 2 have been planned so far:
The Private Beta. Only pre-order customers of the game and a few selected testers who were additionally invited had access.
The Closed Beta. This testing phase is supposed to take place before the launch. It is aimed at players who sign up on the official site and will be selected with some luck.
An open beta, where everyone can try the game, has not been planned so far.
That’s why fans believe in an Open Beta: There is still no official announcement or statement regarding a potential Open Beta. However, from a developer’s statement, it can be concluded that an open testing phase is still very much in mind.
Last weekend, the Live Content Manager of The Division 2, Yannick Banchereau, reportedly inadvertently confirmed during a live stream about the Private Beta that there will be an Open Beta.
During the discussion about a bug in a certain feature, Banchereau mentioned that this would be fixed for the Open Beta. We have embedded the Twitch clip with his statement below:
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Thus, every interested player could test The Division 2 before the launch on March 15, 2019 and form their own impression of the game. However, there is no possible date yet.
However, please note: This is not an official announcement, even if the statement comes from a Massive employee. You should therefore treat the news with a corresponding degree of caution until official details are available. By the way, there has not yet been a denial.
The Darkmoon Faire in World of Warcraft is eerie. Meanwhile, it has some hints of connections to the Old Gods…
The Darkmoon Faire in World of Warcraft is a source of numerous rumors and theories from time to time. After all, the origins and details of the fair are shrouded in mystery, and there are many hints that the Darkmoon Faire is not as friendly as it appears on the surface.
Now that the story surrounding the Old God N’zoth is slowly gaining momentum, it’s time to take another look at the fair. A new theory has been discussed repeatedly in recent days: Is the Darkmoon Faire allied with N’Zoth?
N’Zoth, as depicted in Hearthstone.
Parallels in Color and Shape
With Patch 8.1.5, players get their first look at N’Zoth, as he awakens during a questline. We stare into one of his reddish eyes, which were also seen in the cinematic “Warbringer: Azshara.” The parallels to the logo of the Darkmoon Faire are evident at first glance. The eye, which also hovers prominently over the entrance of the fair, is almost identical to N’Zoth’s eyes. For many players, it is too similar to be just a coincidence.
Eyes with a very similar appearance (in the colors purple, yellow, and orange) were also found on many weapon models that were corrupted by Old Gods, such as those found in the Siege of Orgrimmar.
N’Zoth’s eyes during a quest in Patch 8.1.5.
This fits perfectly with the “buff” players can receive in Patch 8.1.5. Here, N’Zoth gifts the player and allows them to see other players who also carry the gift. This gift is represented as a large eye on the forehead – identical to that of N’Zoth and the fair.
The Location of the Island
Just the location of the Darkmoon Faire’s island is a source of many speculations. When one is on the island, they can open the map, but do not receive “overarching” maps. Thus, one does not know on which level the island is located. Since it is only accessible through special portals, it is quite possible that the island no longer lies on Azeroth, but rather is part of a small pocket dimension.
A look at the blog post written at the time of the island’s release provides a few more interesting clues. It states:
“We now have an island all to ourselves, and what an island it is. The mist-shrouded Darkmoon Island is a riddle wrapped in a mystery. It is a place full of secrets and sights, and you wouldn’t believe the deals we made to get it… or who we made them with.”
In the English original, a part of the text reads “you wouldn’t believe the deals we made to get it” – and exactly one creature repeatedly speaks of “deals,” the Old God N’Zoth. He expressed this in the “Warbringer: Azshara” video, where he emphasized: “Deals… I like deals.”
On the coast of the island are several sunken ships of the Horde and Alliance, which at least suggests that the island still has a clear connection to Azeroth. But who could better control a part of the sea than an Old God in the depths of the ocean.
The Dark Figures of the Fair
A little treacherous are also some NPCs of the fair. Chief among them is the man Professor Thaddeus Paleo. You must hand over many of the Darkmoon card sets to him, which grant strong trinkets throughout the game.
When you talk to him, he says:
“Oh, and if you happen to manage to complete a set of the lesser Darkmoon cards, then the Master… I mean, I would be very interested in that.”
Which Master Thaddeus is referring to is not clear and leaves much room for speculation. However, “Master” is a much-used term for the Old Gods from their servants. For example, Cho’gall or the Shadowhammer cultists always referred to the Old Gods as “Master.”
But aside from Master Thaddeus, there are many strange figures, such as the numerous ghosts on the island that can only be seen when one is dead. The souls of the deceased seem endlessly bound to the fair or perhaps died because they wanted to betray Silas. The motto seems to be “Once Faire, always Faire” – like something one promises to do for all time.
Additionally, the trees on the island are very dark, thorny, and extremely intertwined. Many resemble tentacles much more than real trees, which would also explain a connection to the Old Gods.
Silas’ New Secrets in Patch 8.1.5
Silas Darkmoon is the leader of the fair and a shady figure. He always appears friendly and welcoming, but he seems to be involved in some dark dealings. For example, it is known from the Warcraft comics that Silas is not above murder if someone threatens the fair.
In Patch 8.1.5, there is a new questline for alchemists that is also related to Silas Darkmoon. Players try to find a particularly powerful recipe and discover that it originates from Silas Darkmoon. At the end of the questline, the player can create “Silas’ Sphere of Transmutation,” which can then transform into different items.
Silas’ Stone of Transportation – Summons the all-seeing eye, which teleports the player immediately to a safe location upon use.
Silas’ Decanter of Disguise – Transforms the user into one of the countless creatures of Azeroth.
It is rather surprising that Blizzard chose to use Silas’ name for these items. It certainly shows that good old Silas also likes to do something beyond the fair and enjoys slipping into one disguise or another – just as a cult leader would do.
In conclusion, nothing can be proven from this yet. But at least the clues are increasing, and perhaps we will find out what Silas is truly up to before this expansion ends, and whether he and his entire fair are not just a very clever cult of N’Zoth.
What do you think of the Darkmoon Faire? Could there be a connection to N’Zoth? Or is all of this just a stretch?
Orbus VR Reborn aims to show what the future of MMORPGs in the virtual reality space could look like. With a major relaunch and new features, the online game will exit Early Access in April.
MMORPG in Virtual Reality
What is Orbus VR? In December 2017, the MMORPG Orbus VR entered Early Access. With the game, the development team wanted to provide a glimpse into a possible VR future of the MMORPG genre. However, this first version was only a kind of framework:
The graphics are simple and not very detailed
There are only standard quests where you have to hunt monsters
There is no class system
Crafting and resource gathering is very simplistic
Players dive deeper into the game world with a VR headset than is normally possible in an MMORPG. It feels as if you are in this other world.
How was this first version received? In general, players received Orbus VR well. The reviews on Steam are “very positive” with 81%. For many, the immersion of the VR world really represents a new level. However, there is simply not enough to do. The Early Access version only shows where the journey is headed.
Everything still feels raw, like a concept game. This naturally deters players who expect something more.
What is coming with the relaunch? The development team has now announced a (re)launch. This means the MMORPG is leaving Early Access and aims to provide significantly more content and a generally more rounded and extensive game.
There will be character classes, including bards, shamans, and two yet undisclosed classes
The PvP system will be optimized
You will explore new game areas
The low-poly graphic style will remain, but is expected to be more detailed
You will fight new enemies
You can customize your hero
Performance and stability will be improved
New activities will be introduced, including races on the backs of dragons, public events in dungeons, and adventures on airships
The crafting and gathering system will be overhauled
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Is Orbus VR Reborn a new game? So much has changed in the game since the Early Access version that one can almost speak of a new product. Hence the new name. However, anyone who has played Orbus VR may switch to Orbus VR Reborn for free.
When does the VR MMORPG launch? The developers stated that the game’s launch will take place in April 2019. An exact date will be announced later.
What do you need to play? You need a VR headset like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift with touch controllers. Later, more VR headsets from other manufacturers will be supported. A good PC is also required. Minimally, you should have an Intel Core i5-4950 or AMD FX 8350 CPU, along with 8 GB of RAM and an Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics card.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, a new weapon has been announced once again. This is the “Infantry Rifle,” which resembles a famous weapon from World War II. This is well received by the fans.
What is the new weapon about? The Infantry Rifle has been announced in the Fortnite news. This weapon looks like an M1 Garand, the legendary standard rifle of the US troops in World War II.
What could be behind the Infantry Rifle
What can the Infantry Rifle do? The properties of the weapon are not known. The Infantry Rifle is very similar to the Hunting Rifle, a sniper rifle without a scope. However, many fans believe that the Infantry Rifle will likely not become a Sniper Rifle, but rather an Assault Rifle.
However, the weapon is expected to support only semi-automatic firing and offer good accuracy and penetration power.
This is why fans already love the new weapon: Unlike many recent weapon announcements, the Infantry Rifle has brought much joy and happiness among the fans. Namely among those who have greatly enjoyed games from the Call of Duty series.
The M1 Garand was featured in every game set during World War II.
In the titles set during World War II, the M1 Garand was usually a faithful companion, and many players immediately feel nostalgic when they see the good old rifle again.
Many are also hoping that Epic will include such details as the characteristic “PING,” which can be heard when the rifle’s magazine is empty.
However, these concerns exist: As much as the community is looking forward to the Infantry Rifle, some players still have concerns. Not because of the rifle itself, but because of a weapon that it may replace.
Some suspect that the Hunting Rifle is the one at risk of being removed.
Others, however, see no reason to kick the Hunting Rifle. Both weapons would have enough differences to coexist.
When will the new weapon arrive? As usual, the new weapon is expected to come with the upcoming Fortnite update. This should happen no earlier than Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
BioWare has now revealed how players can customize their Javelin pilots in Anthem. The options are significantly more limited than what is typically expected from the studio. But there is a reason for that.
What is it about? The customization of the Javelins, that is the combat suits in Anthem, will be extensive, and it is no longer a secret. However, many fans have been eagerly waiting to see what the visual options for creating their character, the pilot, will be like.
Because BioWare is known for offering a comprehensive character editor, as seen in the “Dragon Age” or “Mass Effect” series. Many fans had hoped for something similar for Anthem. Now BioWare has explained what options will be available to players regarding the appearance of the pilot.
This is how players can customize their pilots:On Twitter, Mark Darrah, the Executive Producer of Anthem, addressed some fan questions during a conversation. He was asked, among other things, how pilot customization would look at the launch of the title.
The fan wanted to know in detail whether it would be possible to customize the hairstyle, hair color, and other aspects of the external appearance such as nose, eyes, mouth, or ears.
In response, Darrah explained that players can choose a finished pilot head from a list. Jon Renish, one of the lead developers at BioWare, added that there will be a wide array of pre-made pilots.
The reason for this design decision: The focus of personalization in Anthem will clearly be on the Javelin combat suits. This is the best way to showcase one’s individuality.
This is how you can customize the Javelins in Anthem: Although the options for customizing the pilot do not look much like BioWare, the customization options for the Javelins are very extensive.
For almost every area of the combat suit, players have a variety of options to choose from. For example, material and color can be customized down to the smallest detail. Completely custom colors can also be created. More about coloring the Javelins can be found here.
Additionally, all areas of the suit, such as the helmet, chest, or legs, have different variants that provide additional customization. Various skins with logos or designs can further beautify the Javelins.
By the way, if you participated in the VIP demo of Anthem, you will receive a special vinyl skin at launch as an apology for the technical difficulties.
For years, Electronic Arts struggled with Titanfall. However, the new installment “Apex Legends” is turning into a miracle child and saves the stumbling giant on the stock market after Battlefield 5 disappointed.
This is what February looked like for EA a few days ago: February 2019 actually seemed like a terribly dark month for Electronic Arts.
Just on Wednesday, February 6, Marketwatch reported that EA had to endure its largest stock drop in more than a decade:
EA announced its quarterly results late Tuesday evening.
At the start of the trading day on Wednesday, the stock then dropped 13.3%. This was EA’s worst stock loss since 2008.
The 13.3% accounted for a loss of $3.7 billion in market capitalization.
Why did EA lose so much value on the stock market? One of the reasons for the crash was the poor sales figures of Battlefield 5 and the clear words from EA CEO, Andrew Wilson.
Wilson said Battlefield 5 sold “one million units less than the planned 7.3 million units.”
On Tuesday, February 5, an article appeared on Ars Technica that heavily criticized the surprise launch of the “Titanfall” shooter Apex Legends.
The author feared that EA would repeat its mistakes from Titanfall 2 by releasing Apex Legends in the same time window as the blockbuster Anthem. Both games are “only online shooters.” They compete against each other.
In addition, the author was not impressed by Apex Legends. He saw it as merely solid standard fare, lacking the key features of Titanfall: the Titans and wall-running.
This is what the situation looks like now: Just 5 days later, the tide has completely turned for Electronic Arts:
Apex Legends had over 10 million registered players by Thursday, February 7
1 million players were already live simultaneously.
On Twitch, Apex Legends is skyrocketing, competing with Fortnite for the top spot
The title is considered a surprise hit.
After the crash on Wednesday, the stock price of Electronic Arts recovered already on Friday, February 8. Now it is even above the level it was at before.
The irony is: The Titanfall series has been a concern for Electronic Arts for years. The last installment, Titanfall 2, fell short of expectations after it was unfortunately released between Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1 in 2016.
Now, the bold decision with Apex Legends has saved the company a lot of trouble and resolved the crisis within just a few days. It was definitely a heated week for Electronic Arts.
Here’s how to stay updated on APEX Legends: For more news, guides, and information about the trending online shooter, follow the dedicated MeinMMO Facebook page with 100% APEX Legends.
A major tournament around the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is currently making waves. The host of the tournament is alleged to have lied to the audience, which has sparked extensive discussion on the topic.
What happened? In the USA, the “North America Open Event” in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate took place. Professional players competed against each other for the title. Nintendo streamed the event on Twitch and thousands of fans tuned in.
However, viewers repeatedly noticed that the game was not running smoothly and numerous bugs were complicating the gameplay.
This is what Nintendo did: Instead of continuing to show the gameplay with the bugs, they simply switched to the hosts of the event, who were commenting on all the matches.
One of the hosts then addressed the bugs in the game and assured the viewers that the players were not experiencing the errors and that it was only due to the streaming transmission.
Many viewers of the stream also asked the professional players via Twitter whether they were affected by the bugs.
This is what the pros said: The pro “isnacks,” who participated in the tournament, commented on the bugs as follows: “There were numerous bugs. We don’t know where they came from because the first two games ran smoothly.”
This only confirmed the viewers’ suspicions, leading them to brand the host of the stream a liar. E-sports reporter Rod ‘Slasher’ Breslau also stated about the incident that the host of the stream probably lied to the audience.
These were the reactions: After all these statements and the confirmation that the host of the tournament had apparently lied, Reddit exploded. Hundreds of players commented on the incidents.
For example, “Yumakaze” wrote about the online mode: “It’s a shame that Nintendo can’t get the online mode right. They have such great games, but they ruin them with a terrible netcode.”
RPG elements are now indispensable in games. Even in many shooters, players level up. And Microsoft has now announced a leveling system for Solitaire – no, this is not a joke.
Level-Up in Solitaire!
What exactly has Microsoft announced? While playing the well-known card game Solitaire, you will soon earn experience points. With these points, you will level up and obtain rewards.
This is a joke, right? No, Microsoft is serious. However, the system is actually designed to create more gameplay incentives.
How did Microsoft announce this? A funny trailer briefly introduces the new feature. In the trailer, there is a narrator showcasing the leveling system in Solitaire. It then takes a bit of a turn.
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What is the benefit of leveling in Solitaire? We are talking about rewards that can be unlocked by leveling up. However, Microsoft has not yet revealed exactly what those rewards are. It will be possible to level up in every game mode of the card game.
Why do we need such a system in Solitaire? Microsoft explains that the leveling system is not about a deep new feature but rather something that is supposed to create more incentives for casual players and also to convey a better feeling of achievement in the game. Solitaire is thus not suddenly going to become an RPG or a collectible card game like Hearthstone.
When will the feature be implemented? Microsoft has not revealed that yet. It is only mentioned as “Coming soon.”
Fallout-76 player McStaken and his friends ended up in a new area of the game, which is not yet accessible, due to a “glitch”: in Vault 63. He feared being banned, but Bethesda showed tolerance.
What happened? During the “Rad-Rat Horde” event in Fallout 76, McStaken and his team suddenly found themselves in Vault 63. Due to a bug, the team was teleported into the Vault, but they only managed to get out through fast travel.
He informed the developers immediately about what had happened, but still feared that Bethesda might ban him. After all, there had been bans after players recently managed to access a developer area of the game that was not intended for them.
What was there to see in Vault 63? McStaken took some screenshots of the area. It is an abandoned bunker that apparently leads into a mine.
There are skeletons in Vault 63 jumpsuits, indicating that something terrible happened here. The bunker doesn’t offer anything more at the moment. The entrance is locked with a keycard. It may later become part of a quest to find this card to access the bunker.
What did Bethesda say about it? The developers have now commented on the situation. They will not ban McStaken, as he did not intentionally access the area. The team explained that the Vault is still a work in progress. They even thanked McStaken for contacting the developers right away and reporting this bug.
How are players reacting? On Reddit, Fallout 76 players are pleased with how tolerant Bethesda has reacted in this case. As for the Vault itself, the community is somewhat divided.
Given how Fallout 76 is structured (all NPCs are dead), it was to be expected that the inhabitants of the bunker are dead. Some would have wished for a bit more variety and surprise here.
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All Vaults apparently already accessible
Can you visit more Vaults? According to other players on Reddit, it is possible to visit apparently all previously locked Vaults through a glitch. You can glide through walls at certain points of the bunker entrance with power armor. There are already some screenshots taken from Vault 94.
When will the bunkers be introduced into the game? Bethesda has not yet commented on when we can expect the new Vaults to be introduced. It is only known that they are coming.
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The Dota 2 mod Auto Chess attracts more and more players. If you currently watch the Dota 2 category on Twitch, you will mainly find players of this mod. We have some tips for you to help you win games more easily.
A game in the Auto Chess mod can easily be divided into three phases: Early Game, Mid Game, and End Game. For all three phases, there are characters that are well and less well suited. There are also characters that you should definitely take with you.
If you are first interested in the basics of the game and how to install the mod, we have already published a detailed article.
Which characters should I choose for the Early Game?
At the beginning, it is important that you generally focus on strong individual characters and only pay attention to small synergies on the side. This applies until about round 10.
The strongest individual characters in the Early Game are:
Bounty Hunter (1$, Goblin, Assassin)
Clockwerk (1$, Goblin, Mech)
Tusk (1$ Beast, Warrior)
Beastmaster (2$, Orc, Hunter)
Timbersaw (2$, Goblin, Mech)
Chaos Knight (2$, Demon, Knight)
Shadowfiend (3$, Demon, Warlock)
Lycan (3$, Human, Beast, Warrior)
Razor (3$, Elemental, Mage)
With these characters, you generally can’t go wrong.
Synergies at the beginning: It quickly becomes clear that several Goblins, Mechs, and Orcs are on this list. Usually, you find the first synergies in the Early Game.
A team of Bounty Hunter, Clockwerk, and Timbersaw is especially strong in the early rounds. Here, the three Goblins as well as the two Mechs come together.
Also useful combinations at the start are:
Two Knights (Chaos Knight and Lunar/Omniknight)
Two Orcs (Beastmaster and Axe/Juggernaut)
Three Warriors + Two Beasts (Tusk, Lycan, and Juggernaut/Slardar/Axe)
What should I not do in the Early Game? In the Early Game, you should refrain from rolling the character offerings again.
The gold at the beginning is extremely important and should preferably be used for purchasing characters or for early leveling up to level 5. This can ideally be used to reach level 5 immediately with the advancement to level 4.
With a higher level, you have more characters in the game, which can give you advantages in fights. A long winning streak at the beginning makes you rich.
The strongest character? The character Shadow Fiend is currently so strong that you should always choose this character. The area damage and the fact that it is a Demon play the most important role.
Demon characters deal more damage when no other demons are on the board. This is usually the case at the beginning.
Tips for the Mid Game
The Mid Game lasts from round 10 to 25. Here, synergies should come to the forefront. Additionally, epic and legendary creatures appear more frequently.
The strongest epic characters are:
Kunkka (4$, Human, Warrior)
Disruptor (4$, Orc, Shaman)
Lone Druid (4$, Beast, Druid)
Doom (4$, Demon, Warrior)
The strengths of Kunkka and Disruptor lie mainly in the fact that they, like Shadow Fiend, use AoE attacks. This currently gives all other players a hard time.
What you should pay more attention to in the Mid Game: In the Mid Game, it is important to accumulate as much gold as possible to benefit from the interest. For every 10 gold, you receive 1 extra gold, up to a maximum of 5.
Unlike in the Early Game, you are allowed to roll the characters again from time to time, but you should ensure that you stay above 50 gold.
Additionally, it is now exciting to observe the opponents. Depending on what characters they have chosen, this affects the pool of available characters and thus your strategy.
What is important in the End Game?
The transition between Mid and End Game is relatively fluid. Legendary characters are becoming increasingly important, especially since there are two strong units here.
What legendary characters are there? Among the legendary characters, you only have five different creatures to choose from. All players particularly focus on Tidehunter and Enigma.
Tidehunter has the great advantage of coming into play with immensely strong area CC. Thus, he is a useful addition to any group.
Enigma has particularly high damage potential. As a Warlock, he harmonizes with Shadow Fiend, currently the strongest character in the game.
How should I build my team? In the End Game, your team should have as many synergies as possible and then be complemented with strong individual characters.
Particularly area damage and CC should be the focus of the group, which is why it would be difficult to do without creatures like Tidehunter, Kunkka, Shadow Fiend, or Disruptor.
Spend your gold at the end: As you approach the grand finale and only a few players with low health points remain, you should not hoard your gold too much.
It would be very unfortunate if you lost your last percentage and still had a lot of gold left for rerolls of the characters.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
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