InFortnite: Battle Royale there might soon be a new super item. Players have discovered hints of dragons in the game.
Is a new mythical item coming? After the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos and the extremely controversial sword Infinity Blade, many fans believe that there might soon be a new mystical super item in Fortnite. According to some hints, it could be a dragon that players can control.
The hints about the dragon
What have players found? Even before Christmas, data miners found clues about dragon eggs under the Ice King’s castle at Polar Peak. Later, it was possible to actually find eggs in the castle’s basement due to a glitch.
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Dragon’s roar as the final hint: Recently, during a match, streamer Dominik “RazZzero0o” Beckmann heard suspicious noises in the background (via Twitch.TV). They could be from a dragon, which aligns well with previously found hints.
Dragon is sure to come to the next tournament
When could the dragon come into the game? When and if a dragon will come into the game is, of course, not confirmed. Epic has not made any statements on the matter so far. However, according to star streamer Ninja and his colleague Ali “SypherPK” Hassan, it is clear when the dragon will enter the game:
Namely at the start of the next big tournament. Epic has so far had the extremely controversial practice of bringing massively game-changing new items and updates often shortly before major tournaments, thus messing up the professionals’ preparation.
This could be the deal with the dragon: According to Ninja’s theory, the dragon will also be extremely powerful and have around 5,000 HP. This would practically ensure the next major outrage from Fortnite professionals.
But perhaps the creature won’t enter regular games at all, but instead will be in its own dragon game mode. Or Epic is just trolling and the eggs are merely decoration while the supposed roar is something entirely different.
I wonder if the dragon will look like the already known dragon glider?
Japan considers modding save files or the entire console to be unfair competition. A new law aims to prevent this practice with fines or prison sentences.
What is it about? The Japanese government has now enacted a law to combat the modding of save files or the entire console. Some companies sell data tools that allow games or save files to be modified or they modify consoles to expand their capabilities.
Modding is now considered illegal and can result in a prison sentence of up to five years or a fine of up to 5 million yen (approximately 40,400 euros).
Why is Japan against modding? According to the official website of the Japanese Association for Copyright of Computer Software, altering game data and consoles violates the country’s law against unfair competition. The Japanese government agency is responsible for protecting the content of game consoles and expands its regulations as needed.
In addition to modding, the new law has also declared data tools and save game editors, as well as unofficial software codes and keys, illegal. Specifically, this concerns software codes that are offered at online auctions or as downloads.
Has the law already been successful? According to Japanese gaming sites, there have already been first “victims” of the new anti-mod law. A manufacturer of editors no longer offers its products in Japan. This included tools that allowed players to use various cheats and codes.
The Diablo 3 players are also despairing in 2019 about the bug surrounding Wirt’s leg. In the event “Darkness in Tristram”, the error returns again.
What happened? Last year, a bug in the event “The Darkness in Tristram” drove players crazy. You could not obtain Wirt’s leg as a legendary item at the blacksmith, but only as a magical item.
This year, players are again complaining about the problem with Wirt’s leg during the same event. Although this error is known, Blizzard has not yet commented on the incidents.
Without Wirt’s leg, there is no Cow Pet
What is the problem with the bug? To get the Cow Pet, you need Wirt’s leg as a legendary item.
Only when you disassemble the legendary leg, do you get the Star Map. If you disassemble the magical leg, you do not get this map. However, you need the Star Map to obtain the Cow Pet.
The bug is known: Last year’s “Darkness in Tristram” event also had this bug. However, Blizzard quickly found a remedy and fixed the bug after a few days. Afterwards, you could only obtain Wirt’s leg as a legendary item.
What happens in 2019? It is interesting to see that the same error reappears even a year later and Blizzard has not definitively resolved this bug.
Has Blizzard reacted? The problem has already been known since last year. So one can assume that Blizzard already has the bug fix ready. However, when they will fix this error is not known. The developers have not commented so far.
If the error is fixed again, you should also be able to get the Cow Pet. In our guide, we reveal how it works:
In Sea of Thieves, you play as pirates. But should one always behave that way, or is harmony more important? Players say: You can also be too much of a pirate.
What’s new? In recent months, the popularity of Sea of Thieves has grown. This is evident from the many new players on social media and the viewer counts on Twitch. Especially the streams from Summit1g are well attended. However, in his role as a ruthless pirate, he is often criticized.
Is that too much pirate? Or just right?
This is what happened: Summit1g’s streams regularly attract thousands of viewers. He plays the pirate adventure Sea of Thieves and consistently pulls off exciting raids. He boards ships from other players, hides on board, and then stealthily steals their hard-earned loot for himself.
Clips of his adventures are popular in the gaming community.
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The background: Since the release of Sea of Thieves in March 2018, the community has established its own rules to ensure better interactions. The developers published the Pirate Code (via seaofthieves.com), to which the community has contributed significantly. These are guidelines designed to assist in resolving conflicts.
Among other things, it states that experienced pirates should help new players. Newbies should be treated with respect, and one should share their knowledge with them. Everyone should be nice to each other. But would pirates do that?
The problem: Theft and deception are part of a pirate’s daily life. And so Summit1g and many other players play Sea of Thieves. But opinions differ here. Players say that you should indeed be nice to each other and not steal the hard-earned loot from other players. Others say: Yes, that’s exactly why I’m here!
On Twitter, you can often read Summit1g’s responses to this topic. Recently, he was looking for access to a Discord server where players with PvE intentions gather. The players there refrain from PvP and only want to collect chests, loot, and deliver treasures. Without shooting or bothering others.
Summit1g wanted to infiltrate such a server. Players are upset that he wants to rob people who do not want to participate.
The accusation: One streamer writes on Twitter whether that wouldn’t be the same as stream-sniping. So exactly what streamers generally do not want.
The problem with this is that there are no official PvE servers for Sea of Thieves. Thus, it’s also not quite right to be upset that Summit1g wants to take advantage of these servers.
Summit1g says he does not specifically attack anyone – unlike stream-snipers, who are targeting a specific character. “If PvE players can take a detour to avoid PvP, then I can do the same for the opposite reason.” He envisions that real pirates would do it that way.
Many players defend Summit1g’s playstyle and say: It’s called “Sea of Thieves” not “Sea of Friends.” The people who build PvE servers would exploit the game and deserve to be robbed (via Reddit). Many see the thrill precisely in never knowing when an opponent might show up and ruin your journey.
What do you think? Can you be “too mean” in a pirate game or is it all okay?
This year, Sea of Thieves has a lot planned. Are you excited about these features?
The Eververse in Destiny 2 offers all kinds of cool cosmetics. However, a major community wish remains unaddressed since Destiny 2: customizing your own character, says our author Sven.
This is what’s in the Eververse of Destiny 2: The Eververse, the in-game store of Destiny 2, now has an impressive pool of cosmetic items that Guardians can mostly earn in-game – even without spending real money.
From shaders and emotes to ships and ghost shells, as well as weapon and armor ornaments, Tess Everis’s store offers numerous ways to give your Guardian a unique visual touch.
However, an important feature and simultaneously one of the biggest community wishes since the launch of Destiny is nowhere to be found, even though it would fit perfectly into the shop.
Extended Character Customization through the Eververse – Why Not?
What surprises me about the Eververse: Destiny 2 invests many resources into the cosmetic items offered through the Eververse. The range of cosmetics is now enormous. Some of the coolest Sparrow, weapon, and armor designs can only be found in Tess’s shop.
With that said, I’m even more surprised that the store has not yet offered any options for customizing the look of the actual character.
After all, fans have been begging for such an option since the launch of Destiny 1. Some would be willing to spend real money for it.
The page Forbes outlines a way to solve this problem in a new article – voicing what I feel as well.
This is the problem with the character editor in Destiny 2: The character editor in Destiny 2 does not offer many options for customizing your Guardian according to your own preferences.
Players were already wishing for more extensive options during Destiny 1.
It was all the more frustrating when it became clear that the character editor of Destiny 2 is identical to that of its predecessor and offers no new options.
Even the ability to change one’s appearance afterward, which has always been at the top of the fans’ wish list, is still not possible today.
Many are unhappy with the appearance of their Guardian, but they cannot make any adjustments – unless they create an entirely new character.
That’s why the Eververse misses a big opportunity: This opportunity could be seized by the Eververse. The in-game shop seems predestined to offer such content, whether for real money, in-game currency “Glimmer,” or a combination of both.
Many Guardians, myself included, would love to give their character a special hairstyle, a voice, a scar or two, a particularly cool feature, or an entirely new face. Expanded editor options in the Eververse would make this possible.
There could be a first character makeover for free in the form of a token for each character, with additional ones available for purchase with real money or Glimmer.
Additional hairstyles, face paints, features, or special faces could also be offered for purchase with real money and in-game currency through the Eververse.
This would fulfill a long-standing wish for many fans. Players who are not interested in such an option would simultaneously miss nothing, as these are purely cosmetic customization options.
And Bungie could generate additional revenue from microtransactions, without which Destiny 2 apparently doesn’t seem to work.
That does not mean I am a fan of microtransactions in full-price titles. On the contrary.
But if it apparently doesn’t work completely without microtransactions, a harmless and purely cosmetic option like this would be something I could get on board with – especially since comparable options are commonplace in numerous games.
And if there is something particularly cool for the character, I personally would also be willing to spend a high amount of Glimmer or a few euros to make my Guardian stand out from the rest.
What do you think? Would you be happy about extended character options in the Eververse and possibly even spend real money on it? Or would that be a definite no-go for you?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
39-year-old football professional Kevin Ellison was told by his son how slow he is in FIFA 19. However, he protests slightly: he isn’t that slow. That is age discrimination.
This is about him: Kevin Ellison is a 39-year-old professional footballer for Morecambe FC. The team plays in the 4th English league.
One day, his son came home with the new FIFA 19, and the first thing he looked up was not Messi, but his old father, Kevin Ellison.
The midfielder has 57 points on a bronze card but has a terrible 35 Pace. So he is very slow. With 35 Pace on a scale from 1 to 99, Ellison is among the slowest players in FIFA 19. Even in his own team, the next slowest midfielder was 26 points higher.
His son teased him a little about it.
This is how the footballer defends himself: In collaboration with his club, Ellison proved that he is not that slow at all. Because professional footballers wear GPS monitors and find out how fast they were and how far they ran after every training session. These values are also posted.
So, some people on social media could have been shown that the 39-year-old can still keep up with the other players, the professional explains.
Ellison says:
“They call me a dinosaur. And I am an old man. Actually, my career should be over, and I should be lying in a nursing home resting. But the data doesn’t lie. I am faster than my teammates. My legs still seem to hold up.
This went on: The professional then recorded a video with his son where he demonstrates his speed based on the data.
The video has now nearly 1.5 million views. In the video, he shows that the internal training data speaks a completely different language than the Pace ratings in FIFA.
Ellison says that people sent him videos of scoring goals against Madrid, Manchester United, or Barcelona with his player character.
Ellison saw himself running past Messi in FIFA 19 and smashing the ball into the top corner.
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But concerning the 35 Pace in FIFA 19, that probably won’t change, Ellison says. There is simply “Ageism”, that is, age discrimination.
Ellison doesn’t seem to be too burdened by it. In February he will turn 40, and he plans to stick around for another year. Maybe he will then have a higher Pace rating in FIFA 20.
Richard Garriott launched the modern MMORPG with Ultima Online. Today he is working on “Shroud of the Avatar” and utilizing robotic telepresence.
Who is Richard Garriott? Garriott is one of the most well-known game developers in the world. Some know him by his Ultima name “Lord British”. Garriott programmed himself as a ruler in the world he created.
Then Garriott was in space, lived in a sort of castle in Texas, and developed the online RPG “Shroud of the Avatar”.
A selection of Beam telepresence devices. Source: Beam
This is how Garriott works today: Garriott lives in New York City – for love. However, he works in Austin, Texas. That’s where his company Portalarium is located, developing their game “Shroud of the Avatar.”
The distance between Texas and New York is about 2,500 kilometers. Far too much to commute daily.
For Garriott, it is important to be “physically” present. For this, he uses a “robotic telepresence”.
Sheldon as a robot – Source: TV series The Big Bang Theory
We know this from an episode of the comedy series “The Big Bang Theory” in Germany. Sheldon decided not to leave his room – for entirely understandable reasons.
With the device “Beam”, Garriott can control a kind of “robot” with a screen as a head from his home in New York, thus participating in the office environment in Texas. On lifehacker’s site, some pictures show five people standing together with Garriott as a robot head at chest level.
This is what Garriott says about his robot body: Garriott says the method has several advantages.
He is one hour ahead of Texas. Therefore, he can take his kids to school in peace in the morning. Then he logs into a Beam and “teleports” to Texas, where he begins his day’s work. It’s like he is really in Texas. He can welcome employees as they come into the office and participate in the daily flow of the company.
If someone wants to talk to him, they just go to him. He chats with people in the hallway and even hangs out in the kitchen.
The downside: He wishes he could grab a snack in the kitchen, but that’s not possible.
The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is set to receive a new addon in 2019, with rumors already circulating. Developer Zenimax plans to provide answers to your questions in an upcoming live stream. The name “Season of the Dragon” seems to reveal quite a bit.
In a recent official statement, a name was revealed for The Elder Scrolls Online: it’s about the “Season of the Dragon”.
Developer Zenimax will also hold a live stream about the new addon and ESO’s plans for 2019.
When will the stream take place? The live stream for the Season of the Dragon will start on January 15, 2019, at 11 PM our time. You can watch the stream on the Bethesda Twitch channel.
What is the stream about? In the stream from San Francisco, Creative Director Rich Lambert will talk about the addon and the future of ESO in 2019 alongside community managers Jessica Folsom and Gina Bruno. There will also be goodies in the form of Twitch drops for PC and Mac.
Additionally, there are extra rewards if enough people watch:
55,000+ simultaneous viewers: You will receive a unique wallpaper based on the concept arts for the next chapter
70,000+ simultaneous viewers: A “Pepperoni Guar” pet for all platforms
90,000+ simultaneous viewers: Rich Lambert will get a new ESO-themed tattoo
This is what the Pepperoni Guar looks like.
One year of content
This could be what the “Season of the Dragon” entails: As we’re talking about a “season”, a thematically related timeframe, one could now assume that there will be a new dragon story, and that it will really shape ESO throughout 2019.
So far, the new chapter addons were each standalone stories that were hardly or not at all addressed in the further DLCs of the year. The High Elf story in Summerset was followed by the Argonian swamps and werewolf areas in the additional DLCs, which had nothing to do with the High Elves. This could now change with the “Season of the Dragon”.
How does ESO fan and comedian Kaya Yanar feel about the new addon?
Do you sometimes have issues with the game worlds of an MMORPG and believe you could do better? The sandbox MMORPG ReWorld Online gives you the opportunity to do so.
If you play an MMORPG, you have to make compromises. Maybe you don’t like the skill system, but you enjoy the lore of the world. Or you think the story is good, but consider the class system to be poor. What if you could create your own MMORPG?
What is ReWorld Online? ReWorld Online is a sandbox MMORPG that allows you to set up your own servers with your own rules. You can even create worlds according to your own ideas.
What can you change? When you set up a server, you can freely explore many aspects to create your dream MMO:
You define the rules and the story
Do you want to allow PvP with full loot? No problem
You procedurally create your own world
You create your own cities and dungeons
You decide which races and classes exist
You can omit classes and allow players to improve their heroes only through skills
You decide what the housing looks like
You can start events in your world at any time
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How can you participate? Currently, ReWorld Online is still in a fairly early development phase. However, you can participate by purchasing one of the founder’s packages. Later, the MMO is intended to be released as a free-to-play game and, according to the developers, will not offer pay-to-win.
Adventure Pass: You can optionally purchase this pass to get new skins, new animations, emotes, and cosmetic items.
Hero Pass: The Hero Pass is more expensive but offers exactly the same benefits as the Adventure Pass. The difference is that the extra amount goes to the creators of worlds.
So if you create your own MMORPG with ReWorld Online, you will regularly receive payments from the pool that players contribute to with the Hero Pass.
Cheating has reached new heights in gaming. However, bans on Steam are swift – over half a million players were affected in December.
When it comes to cheats and unfair advantages, most gamers don’t find it funny – fortunately, Valve, the developer behind the Steam platform, doesn’t either. This led to more players being banned in December than ever before. They were exposed as cheaters under the VAC system.
Bans came in several waves: Over the course of December, there were a total of five “waves” of VAC bans. Adding the numbers together results in just over 600,000 players who will no longer be able to play on VAC-protected servers in their games.
What is VAC? VAC is short for “Valve Anti Cheat,” a protection system from Valve that automatically identifies various cheats and frauds and bans accounts for the respective games. Not only Valve games use VAC, but also many other games from different developers on Steam (such as ARK: Survival Evolved).
Why are there so many cheaters? In recent years, competitive games have become very popular again, which is why cheats and frauds are experiencing a renaissance. With popular games like CS:GO, which has just recently reached the milestone of 20,000,000 players, and the popular “Battle Royale” games, cheats are more sought after than ever. This also leads to an increased number of account penalties.
Cheaters still an issue: Despite the numerous account penalties, cheaters remain one of the biggest complaints, especially in CS:GO, as can be read repeatedly in Steam reviews. This has significantly increased since CS:GO became free to play.
Do you know anyone in your circle who has been affected by a VAC ban? Or are they all decent gamers who would never cheat?
Here are predictions for the upcoming Team of the Week 17 (TOTW 17) in FIFA 19. We show you the forecasts for which players might receive a new Inform card in FUT.
The TOTW time in FUT 19: On January 9, the 17th Team of the Week will be released in FIFA 19. From 7 PM onwards, you can obtain the special cards from packs for one week until the TOTW 16 is replaced on January 9.
These are the TOTW predictions: Based on their performances in the matches that have actually taken place, predictions are made regarding which players could be included in the following Team of the Week in FIFA 19.
Predictions may not be 100% accurate, but they provide a good overview of likely Team of the Week players.
Why are only a few leagues represented? Currently, some leagues are in their winter break, including the Bundesliga. Therefore, the selection is limited to the few matches that have taken place.
This is how you benefit from TOTW predictions: The Team of the Week can be used to earn a lot of coins. The value of TOTW players increases when they are in the Team of the Week. You can find more information in our guide to TOTW trading.
2018 was a great year for the developers of Pokémon GO. They earned 35% more than in 2017. But why?
One could say that 2018 was the year of Pokémon GO. While the huge hype from the early days is not back, the search volume on Google is as high as it hasn’t been since 2016.
This is also reflected in Niantic’s revenues.
According to the market analysis site “Sensor Tower“, the developers earned over 800 million dollars in 2018, which is nearly 700 million euros. This puts revenues 35% higher than the previous year. But why is Pokémon GO doing so well again?
That’s why the Pokémon GO developers earn so much money
The record year 2018 didn’t come out of nowhere. The developers invested so much time and energy into their game last year, improving it on numerous levels.
Where does the success come from? If we look closely at 2018, we find that there was hardly a period when nothing happened in Pokémon GO. In 2018, Niantic introduced numerous new features that significantly improved the game. These include:
But it’s not just the new features that make Pokémon GO successful. Events are almost continuously happening in the game, providing variety in the gameplay. There are also many other factors contributing to Pokémon GO’s current success:
What are the biggest revenue sources? One major source of revenue for Niantic comes from the Offer Boxes that they sell in their in-game shop. There, players can purchase discounted items for the game and save a lot of money. In 2018, there were significantly more of these boxes, and the offers were perfectly aligned with the concurrently running events.
What do the numbers say? Throughout 2018, Niantic earned over 800 million dollars. In December alone, over 75 million dollars were made. Comparing these numbers with 2017 shows an enormous growth of 35%.
Who are the customers? The largest markets for Niantic are the USA and Japan. In the United States alone, 262 million dollars were spent on the game. This accounts for over 30% of the total market.
In total, Niantic has already earned over 2.2 billion dollars with Pokémon. If 2019 continues to be just as successful, the developers could reach the 3 billion mark, estimates Sensor Tower.
We asked you what you wish for Pokémon GO in 2019:
Housing also plays a role in the MMORPG AI:R – Ascent: Infinite Realm. However, your houses offer you more than just storage space or a place to chill.
In addition to Housing, crafting is an important aspect of the online role-playing game. And both are cleverly interconnected.
This is how housing works in AI:R: Once you have acquired a house on a piece of land, you use the domicile as a retreat.
You decorate the house according to your ideas
You store items there that you do not need
You invite friends to celebrate parties
Housing has even more to offer. On your property, you set up “resource sources”. These include:
Miners
Fishing ponds for fishing
Fields and trees
Enclosures for animals
Craft in your house
This is how you use your property for resource production: During your adventures in the world, you gather seeds. You use these seeds to grow trees or crops on your property. This, in turn, provides you with resources that you then process for crafting.
How do you craft in your house? The houses have workstations. At these, you can process the resources into weapons and armor, potions, or food. There is even a station where you can upgrade your airship, with which you engage in aerial battles.
Houses are very important in A:IR. Currently, the MMORPG has neither a release date nor do the developers mention a date for the beta. However, information regarding this should be available soon.
A new trailer for Anthem showcases the graphical splendor of the upcoming coop-shooter and reveals new areas and enemy types.
Anthem has unexpectedly received a new trailer. It showcases the graphical splendor of the upcoming game as well as some new character models and environments that have not been seen before.
What happened? At Nvidia’s press conference at CES 2019, a new trailer for Anthem was released. The trailer is essentially an “advertisement” for a new Nvidia graphics card (RTX 2060), which will be available for purchase in a bundle with Anthem. The card has already been introduced in more detail:
This is what to see: In addition to beautiful landscapes with high-resolution textures, the trailer also gives a glimpse of some enemy types that have been rarely seen before. For instance, there are larger battle robots as well as dangerous wildlife that apparently have been equipped with too many eyes.
The diverse environments are impressive, such as dark caves or large mechanical constructs that are deployed for a mechanism, but certainly, they are.
Visually, Anthem definitely makes a strong impression and is likely to cause some older PCs to heat up. Whether Anthem can also hold its own in gameplay will be known in a few days, as you will then be able to dive into a preview demo.
What is your opinion on the graphics of Anthem? Will your “machine” even be able to run the game? Or will you play it on PS4 and Xbox One?
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the second Christmas challenge for 14 Days of Fortnite is known. You need to visit two giant candy canes. Here you will find out where to find the sweets.
This is the 2nd task of the Christmas challenge: On the 2nd day of the challenge series 14 Days of Fortnite, you need to visit two giant candy canes. You do not have to do this in the same match, although it would be quite easy to do.
Locations of the Giant Candy Canes
Where exactly are the candy canes and what do I need to do there? Candy canes are giant, red-and-white striped sticks with a hook. They can be found in elevated places like mountain peaks or hills. You may need ramps to get up there.
In the map inserted here, you can see the currently known locations of the sticks.
Once you have found a stick, you just need to get close to it. That’s enough to fulfill part of the task. In total, you only need to visit two sticks. Ideally, you land at the stick by Shifty Shafts and then go along the river towards Lucky Landing.
There you will find the hill with the 2nd stick, so you can complete the task in one go.
Why should I search for the giant candy canes at all? As always, there is a package with a gift. This time it is a cover image of a battle featuring Christmas skins in Fortnite.
Tomorrow at 3 PM, another challenge will be available from 14 Days of Fortnite.
It was known that under certain conditions, one could generate insane damage numbers in Destiny 2 . However, a Guardian has now set the record and reached the maximum damage number against a strike boss. How did he achieve this?
What exactly did the Guardian do? The Titan utilized various effects, whether provided by the game or through certain buffs from teammates or his exotic armor, to send a strike boss to the virtual afterlife with just a single blow.
No weapon in the game is capable of this; it is currently only possible through the combination of certain abilities. A damage number of 999.999 was caused, which is the maximum possible in the game. Effectively, the hit may even reach into the millions, but the game cannot display more.
Which boss had to face the consequences? It was Sedia, the Corrupted, the final boss of the Possessed Strike from the Dreaming City. Although a projectile must be thrown at the boss before damage can be dealt, the impact on the witch’s health bar is marginal. One can therefore certainly say that the boss was defeated with just one hit.
How was this gigantic damage number achieved? This is only possible under certain conditions. The Guardian played as a Hammer Titan with a Solar focus and the middle talent tree.
The following multipliers played a role in the damage calculation:
Solar Ignition – 25% more damage from Solar attacks
Brute – double melee damage
Biotic Enhancements – exotic perk of the gloves Synthoceps (triple melee damage)
Burning Fists – exotic perk of the gloves Wormgod’s Caress (9.15x more melee damage)
Roaring Flames – a 3 stack also increases melee damage by about 170%
Hammer Strike – another 50% more melee damage
Riven’s Curse Mod – a mod increases damage by 5%. The Guardian wore 5 of them, thus an additional 25% extra damage
After all the buffs were activated, the Titan threw a hammer at Sedia (melee attack from the middle talent tree). To combine the effects of two different exotic armors, they must be switched at the right moment. However, the cooldowns of the abilities allow for relatively stress-free equipment switching, even on consoles.
By the way: According to the Guardian, who is also known as Redditor A_DVS_NTT, not all multipliers should interact with each other. He believes he shouldn’t have been able to deal so much damage. However, determining where a faulty synergy lies is not easy.
Here you can watch the action in the video: If you want to see the whole thing in video form, we have linked the corresponding clip for you below.
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What role did the Well of Radiance play? Shouldn’t the Well of Radiance of the Warlocks have also increased the damage? The Well of Radiance was only placed so that the Titan could switch his equipment without dying. The Well itself only positively affects weapon damage, but not abilities.
In general, it must be said that such damage numbers are only possible in certain situations and with specific modifiers. Without the modifiers Solar Ignition and Brute, this action would likely not have been possible.
The release of the NVIDIA GeForce 2060 is still in January. The graphics card is stronger than a GTX 1070 Ti but costs less.
During their press conference at CES 2019, NVIDIA announced the latest member of their RTX family. The GeForce RTX 2060 is expected to be available for €369 and will be released later this month, on January 15, 2019.
How much performance does the RTX 2060 have? NVIDIA explains that the RTX 2060 runs 60% faster than a GTX 1060 in current titles. The GTX 1060 is the most popular card of the last generation.
The gameplay of the GTX 1070 Ti is surpassed by the RTX 2060, according to the report. One reason for this could be the faster memory, which runs at 7000 MHz instead of 4000 MHz. Thanks to the NVIDIA Turing architecture with Tensor cores, Battlefield 5 runs at 60 FPS with ray tracing on the RTX 2060.
Data Sheet – What’s inside the Founders Edition?
Processor Architecture: Turing
RTX-OPS: 37T
Boost Clock: 1680 MHz
Memory Size: 6GB GDDR6
Memory Speed: 14 Gbps
Max Resolution: 7680×4320
Ports (Standard): DisplayPort, HDMI, USB Type-C, DVI-DL
Dimensions – Dimensions of the RTX 2060:
Height: 112.6 mm
Length: 228.6 mm
Width: 2 slots
Temperatures and Performance:
Max Temperature: 88°C
Power Consumption: 160W
Recommended System Power: 500W
Power Connectors: 8-pin
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In Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, looting in Blackout mode is set to be simplified. Treyarch has now given a first look at the new system.
What happened? Treyarch’s Studio Design Lead, David Vonderhaar, introduced the new Stash Looting System for the first time in a tweet, which aims to simplify looting in the in-house Battle Royale mode Blackout. This involves an overhauled User Interface (UI) that provides more clarity and shorter loot times.
How the current Stash Looting System works: A stash is referred to as any group of items that are summarized and displayed in a “loot container” – for example, loot boxes or loot from dead enemies, including the weapons and items contained within.
This is what the UI looks like so far (on consoles)
So far, after interacting with a stash, players have to awkwardly and confusingly scroll through each loot item contained within. This feels cumbersome, especially on consoles, and can lead to players leaving loot behind or dying while searching through the loot at critical moments.
This is what the new looting system will look like: The new UI is intended to make this process clearer and faster. The items in the stash will now be displayed in groups rather than individually, allowing for a more efficient selection of desired items.
This is what the new UI looks like
This change is currently being tested, and bugs are being addressed, Vonderhaar mentioned in his tweet. They are currently discussing whether to use two rows of 5 items each or three rows of 5 items.
Two rows would display 10 items, but a stash often contains more than 10 items, which would require tabs for groups. Three rows mean fewer tabs but take up more screen space, potentially restricting visibility. However, Treyarch indicated that even with three rows, visibility should still be adequate.
What this change means for players: Especially players using gamepads, such as on PS4 and Xbox One, should greatly benefit from this change.
This allows players to choose desired items faster in critical situations and dive back into the fight. Previously, players had to awkwardly click through all loot items individually to view all items and select the desired one.
This is the UI on PC (Source: Reddit User zstrafekiller)
On PC, it was somewhat easier with a mouse and keyboard thanks to its own UI. However, even there, the change should help players loot faster and more efficiently.
And even if it’s “just” a “Quality of Life” change – it is one of the most requested features by the community that has been discussed since shortly after the release of Black Ops 4.
When will the UI change come? Vonderhaar did not reveal exactly when to expect this feature. However, since the new looting system is already in the testing phase and getting bug fixes, it should not be long before it’s released.
Those who have too much money will get rid of it in MMORPGs. Now, a Ragnarok player has bought a mount for nearly $60,000.
Mounts in MMORPGs are often prestige objects. Many of them are rare drops from bosses, while others are available for real money in the shop. Some games allow players to bid for their mounts using in-game currency, such as in an auction house. Now, a mount has been sold for the equivalent of $60,000 (~€52,600).
What happened? In the mobile MMORPG “Ragnarok M: Eternal Love,” there are auctions with special offers. Here, you pay with a premium currency, the “Big Cat Coins” (BCC). 6 BCC are worth $1. Now, the auction for an item has been driven up to 360,000 BCC – that’s equivalent to $60,000! This item is the mount “Key of Heaven” – a white, glowing unicorn with wings.
Who is the buyer? The buyer of the mount is the player MambaaElChap from Indonesia. Only he and a Chinese player were bidding for the mount, doubling its value in the last five minutes of the auction.
More expensive auctions: If you think that such exorbitant prices are a rarity in Ragnarok M, you are mistaken. Items worth thousands of dollars are regularly sold in Ragnarok M. Here are some examples from the past weeks:
Golden Thief Bug Card – 110,956 BCC (~$18,500)
Moonlight Flower Card – 92,880 BCC (~$15,500)
Eddga Card – 82,861 BCC (~$13,800)
Kobold Leader Card – 69,896 BCC (~ $11,650)
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Even the little reminder at the top of the screen saying “Play moderately and spend money wisely” doesn’t help.
Speculations about money laundering: These prices are hotly debated within the player community. There are ongoing suspicions that such high auctions are related to money laundering. Of course, there is no evidence for this – perhaps someone simply really, really wants this mount.
What do you think lies behind this? A very passionate player who simply has no money worries? Or does it sound like criminal activities in the background? Or is it simply utterly crazy to spend so much money on a game?
Where can you find the shotgun? You have a chance to obtain the shotgun “Anarchy” if you complete the raid. It can be found in the last chest after the final boss of the raid, Insurrection Prime. However, it is not a guaranteed drop.
What is special about Anarchy? The special thing is that Anarchy does not throw grenades but sticky mines.
These mines stick to any surface: to Guardians, aliens or areas. They deal damage to enemies over time.
If you lay multiple sticky mines, they create a damage field between them. This deals damage to all enemies in this field.
It is therefore a mix of dot-slinger and geometry fun for the whole family.
How good is the raid exotic with Black Armory in Destiny 2?
This says YouTuber Nexxoss: The German-speaking YouTuber Nexxoss tested the weapon “Anarchy.” Here are his results:
The weapon deals double damage against individual enemies in PvE when two mines stick to one enemy. The damage is relatively high.
More than 2 mines on one enemy only deal minimally higher damage. Thus, two mines are sufficient to harass single targets with Anarchy.
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Even with a minefield on the ground, it is sufficient to lay two mines. Additional mines increase the field but not the damage.
In PvE, the weapon is especially interesting because you can stick two mines to a large enemy and then keep shooting him with another weapon.
The minefields are suitable for hordes of enemies.
For PvP, Nexxoss cannot recommend the weapon “Anarchy.” Although you can stick the mines to enemies and ultimately take them out, they remain alive long enough to eliminate you.
According to Nexxoss, “Anarchy” is a fun weapon in PvE. While there are better weapons that deal more damage, the unique playstyle is enjoyable.
This says Aztecross Gaming: YouTuber Aztecross Gaming contributes some numbers to the weapon test of “Anarchy.”
The mines last for 20 to 25 seconds as long as they are not active. When the damage field activates, it is active for about 11.5 seconds. The field needs two ticks in PvP to kill an enemy, as it only deals 135 damage.
The field is well visible, and few enemies will walk into it. In addition, all mines explode once the bearer of the weapon dies.
Also, Aztecross Gaming cannot recommend “Anarchy” for PvP.
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In PvE, a sticky grenade also ticks for 11.5 seconds for 786 damage each.
In addition, there is a small impact damage (141) and a larger explosion at the end (559).
When you attach two sticky grenades to an enemy, the numbers are doubled. But Aztecross is ultimately not impressed by that.
Aztecross sees the utility of the weapon in building a barrier with two sticky mines in front of him to destroy many melee enemies in horde-mode activities.
However, he is not particularly enthusiastic about the weapon. For him, a heavy weapon should deal maximum damage immediately. The weapon is good for encounters where you need to take down both the boss and many adds at the same time. However, Aztecross can only think of Omnigul for that – and that was only in Destiny 1.
It looks like “Anarchy” is a fun weapon, but not a “must-have” like the earlier raid exotics.
