What this trainer has achieved in Pokémon GO is incredible! He has not only collected all the Shinies available in the game but also has them as Lucky Pokémon.
The Pokémon GO player “HelsinkiTrolli” from Finland has reached a milestone that very few trainers have achieved. He has a complete PokéDex of Shinies. He possesses every Pokémon that can be Shiny in its shiny form. Additionally, he has both the male and female forms of each of these Pokémon and at least one Lucky Pokémon.
We asked the player a few questions and will reveal to you how he managed this incredible journey.
How the player achieved this goal
What has the player achieved? “HelsinkiTrolli” has achieved multiple goals at once. He has:
All 145 Shinies available in the game
Each of these Pokémon in male and female form
Each of these Pokémon as a Lucky Pokémon
How did he achieve it? The trainer wrote to us that he accomplished this only with his great community in Helsinki. Over 120 players from Team Wagemut, with whom he has high friendship levels, contributed to this success.
How many Shinies did he catch himself? HelsinkiTrolli claims that he traded for about 20 Shinies; he caught or hatched all the other Shinies himself.
How much did he have to trade for that? In total, the trainer conducted over 5900 trades to ensure he had each Pokémon as a Lucky Pokémon.
This is what he traded for the Shinies: The player states that he usually traded a Shiny for a Shiny. However, Incognito was also very popular.
What is his favorite shiny? His favorite among the Shinies is the black Charizard. But his 100% IV Rockruff in Shiny is also one of his favorites.
What makes this so special? On one hand, there are numerous Shinies that are very rare. For example, the baby Pokémon that can only be found in eggs are scarce, and hardly anyone wants to trade these.
On top of that, there’s the challenge of getting each Pokémon as a Lucky Pokémon. To do this, he must have traded numerous Pokémon that are not particularly common. This especially includes baby Pokémon or things like Tannza or Sleima.
Such a milestone is definitely incredible. Many players only own a fraction of these Shinies and do not have nearly as many Lucky Pokémon.
The data miner Chrales has found new costumes in the code of Pokémon GO. We will show you what it looks like:
There are now a total of 7 expansions for World of Warcraft. But which addon was the best and which was the worst?
With World of Warcraft, Blizzard has achieved something that only a few other games have managed. The MMORPG has now lasted for well over a decade and is still regularly updated with new patches or even entire expansions. It’s time to take a look back at the various expansions and rank them in a list.
The ranking is based on my personal feelings and memories of the respective times. Feel free to contribute your perspective in the comments.
Which expansion was the best and which addon was the worst?
Rank 5: Wrath of the Lich King
For many players, Wrath of the Lich King is perhaps the most beautiful addon, which they associate with their greatest memories. It wasn’t the case for me, though. Even though I recall many beautiful moments, especially the Ulduar raid remains a pleasant memory.
However, I did not like Arthas’ ending at all. Back then, I felt his end was undignified, even though that has changed in the years since.
I also missed different incentives in the endgame in Wrath of the Lich King, especially regarding the solo experience. I still remember that I played a lot of PvP in Wrath – due to a lack of alternatives.
Completing the same 8 daily quests at the Argent Tournament every day, only to repeat the whole thing for 4 more factions that offered exactly the same quests, eventually became too silly for me.
Wrath of the Lich King was a time for me in WoW when I logged in because it was “expected of me” through raid and guild. But at least the raids were well-designed, the fights were fun, and the differentiation of different difficulty levels was exciting and enjoyable.
Unfortunately, the expansion couldn’t really captivate me, and the fact that I still don’t have the ridiculous weapon grip on the Pit of Saron makes it no better.
The highlight from Wrath of the Lich King: The Grizzly Hills. Only a few areas have ever reached this level of beauty again. The soothing soundtrack and the fantastic landscape with its many flower meadows and forests still make me want to linger there. Only a few zones are as atmospherically perfect as this.
In the Grizzly Hills, one can let the soul wander.
On the next page, we continue with Rank 4…
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You can easily collect the last points of your professions in World of Warcraft right now – the Darkmoon Faire received an update.
Professions in World of Warcraft are not necessarily the most useful for many players right now, but collectors and fans of completeness still like to level them. However, the last skill points from Kul Tiras (Alliance) or Zandalar (Horde) can be expensive. Depending on the profession, you spend several thousand gold coins just to craft a few items that you then scrap. But the last points are now easy to obtain.
With Patch 8.1, the Darkmoon Faire has been slightly revised. This mainly affects the crafting quests, whose rewards have been brought up to date. They increase the respective crafting skill by up to 5 points upon quest completion, no matter how far you have already progressed. The quests are mostly very simple collecting tasks with no costs or requirements. This is especially worthwhile if you are close to the maximum of the respective profession because then the points are particularly valuable or expensive.
How long is the Darkmoon Faire there? As usual, the faire lasts exactly one week, from the first Sunday of the month to the second Saturday of the month – from 06.01.2019 to 12.01.2019. You can reach the faire via the portals in the Forest of Elwynn (Goldshire) or Mulgore (Thunder Bluff).
Reputation bonuses are also worthwhile: With the new Paragon rewards, the reputation bonus from the Darkmoon Carousel is also worthwhile. For one hour, all gained reputation (and the received XP) is increased by 10%. The perfect opportunity to earn some Paragon reward.
The star of Fortnite is Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. He is arguably the most popular gamer in the world and has numerous followers on YouTube and Twitch. Now he reveals how much money he made with Fortnite in 2018. It is about 10 million US dollars.
This is how much money Ninja made: He made “about 10 million US dollars” in 2018, says the 27-year-old streamer to the business site CNN Business in an interview. That is about 8.6 million euros.
Ninja earns 7 million $ through YouTube and Twitch
How does Ninja earn so much money? Ninja himself estimates that about 70% of his income, or about 7 million US dollars, comes from YouTube and Twitch.
Every time his 20 million YouTube subscribers see an ad on his channel, he makes some money from it. And Ninja’s videos have been watched by a lot of people on YouTube. In total, his channel has over 1.6 billion views.
On Twitch, he has 12.8 million followers who regularly watch his live streams. Ninja also earns money on Twitch through advertisements.
Additionally, there are about 40,000 Twitch subscribers. They support him monthly by signing up for a paid subscription on Twitch for one month. One tier costs 4.99$, 9.99$, or 25$. Ninja receives a part of this money.
However, Ninja says that Twitch could do better at encouraging people to purchase the more expensive subscriber tiers.
The remaining 30% of Ninja’s income comes from sponsorship deals with companies like Samsung, Uber Eats, or Red Bull.
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and his wife Jessica Goch, who also manages him. Source: Twitter:
He estimates that he worked about 4000 hours on Fortnite in 2018. The year has only 8760 hours. This means that Ninja spent almost every 2 hours of 2018 playing and streaming Fortnite.
Every time Ninja is not streaming, he and his wife/manager Jess calculate how many subscribers and how much money they lose.
The couple rarely takes vacation. The last time they went on a trip together was during their honeymoon.
Does the current figure match what we thought before? The 10 million US dollars a year is even more than what his colleague DisguisedToast estimated. He calculated his own numbers to Ninja dimensions and came up with about 700,000 US dollars in monthly income.
However, Disguised Toast did not factor in the sponsorship deals, but excluded them. His calculation was therefore quite correct, as we know today.
The online shooter Destiny 2 actually continues its story from Forsaken every week. But those who want to see it have to make an effort and complete a quest each week to gain an audience with the queen. So, few see what is happening in the background.
Destiny 2 is often criticized for not bringing enough new content. And the content that comes every week is hardly seen by anyone.
This is the situation in Destiny 2 right now: The heart of Destiny 2 Forsaken is the “Dreaming City.” It is trapped in a curse, so it resets every three weeks and the curse begins anew.
This is due to a clever move by Savathûn, a trickster goddess inspired by corrupted Vex ideas. Typical Destiny.
The devilish plan is that the Guardians must go through this curse cycle; otherwise, the Taken will overrun the Dreaming City. However, by going through the cycle, Savathûn grows stronger.
The NPCs of Destiny know that they are stuck in this curse and comment on it to the player. They try to break this cycle and are seeking help from Mara Sov.
The audience with the queen is different every week
This is what you need to do to see the story: This background story can only be seen by those who put in some effort and do this every week starting Tuesday evening:
You have to get a quest from Petra Venj – it costs 40 Dark Fragments.
After that, you must complete this quest and finish the Blind Well either 5 times on Tier 2 or 2 times on Tier 3 heroic.
Then you pilgrimage to the Oracle location, offer your sacrifice, and either watch a cutscene or listen to an audio segment. An audience with the queen, Mara Sov, is granted.
The special part: This “audience” with the queen changes from week to week. Even though the rest remains relatively static, this audience is the moving part that progresses and tells an ongoing story.
Through the Oracle, players can contact Mara Sov and ask for her help. However, she seems to be involved in some sort of metaphysical conflict and is fighting on other fronts.
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In the last week, the players’ Ghost became increasingly grumpy and confronted Mara Sov about why she was always absent and only spoke cryptically without helping the players break the curse.
The Ghost is becoming more and more frustrated. After all, we are now in the 7th cycle.
Before that, players could watch the cutscene, in which Uldren Sov awakens, or mysterious triangular ships with which Mara Sov is negotiating.
This is the problem: As Forbes notes, it is quite elaborate and tedious to complete this quest every week. It is estimated that only about 5-10% of all players go through this effort and actively pursue the quest.
Some would merely experience this on YouTube.
Even in Destiny 1, Bungie was criticized for telling a great story, but outside of the game through the Grimoire. In Destiny 2, the story is now in the game, but quite hidden.
In our survey, you can vote on whether and how you follow the story – you only have one vote:
Not every MMO is successful and eventually publishers pull the plug. In 2018, a number of games were affected again. We have listed all the MMOs that you can no longer play in 2019.
Here and on the following pages, we showcase various MMOs that did not make it to 2019.
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WildStar (June 3, 2014 – November 28, 2018)
What was WildStar?WildStar is the biggest loss of 2018, as it was one of the last major western MMORPG developments. It was a colorful sci-fi game that had one of the best combat systems in the genre. You had to be alert and have good reflexes to master the action fights and succeed in the extremely challenging raids.
Why it failed: WildStar initially overestimated the willingness of players to dive into extremely tough 40-man raids. Then came a longer content drought after release, despite contrary promises, which frightened away many players.
Additionally, the studio Carbine was reportedly not very efficiently organized and made many mistakes. In any case, the number of players decreased year by year, and a switch to free-to-play helped little after a brief uptick.
How long did the game last? WildStar lasted long and was alive from June 3, 2014, to November 28, 2018. Thus, it was almost five years old before the plug was finally pulled.
This is what remains positively in memory: WildStar had an extremely large number of cool aspects. Listing them all would exceed the scope of this article, but especially the housing was amazing. You could basically build anything you wanted and assemble houses from countless individual parts.
In addition, there was the wonderfully dynamic combat system that you had to master perfectly for the tough instances. When you defeated one of the extremely challenging bosses, the sense of achievement was immense.
The humor was also not lacking, and WildStar brought some really crazy characters into the game, like the nasty hamsters called Chua or the constantly drinking stone people of the Granok.
Fallout 76 is always the stage for particularly quirky or great moments from players. A couple has now chosen Appalachia to celebrate their wedding there, with ceremony, rings, pastor, and sponsor.
This is what happened: Two players of Fallout 76 used the game to exchange vows. They were married in Fallout 76 by another player.
In real life, they had already been married before, but for Fallout 76 this is the first “in-game wedding.”
This is how the ceremony went: The couple had previously married at the registry office in Fallout 76, with just a signature and no celebration. The celebration was to be made up for in Fallout 76, as the couple plays together.
The two met a player in the game who agreed to officiate. They chose the Mothman Museum as the location of the ceremony, where an altar stands for the followers of the Church of the Mothman. The ceremony took place at this altar.
The couple arrived at the wedding in fine attire, the “pastor” in power armor. Power armors come in many variants and the pastor’s had a “Nuka-Cola” paint job. A small nod to the “sponsor” of the wedding.
Good time and underwater party: The ceremony was documented by the players with the photo tool in Fallout 76 and the pictures were later shared on Twitter. There were many hearts and group pictures.
After the ceremony, the players held a small party – underwater and with a Christmas tree.
This is how the community reacts: Most players are excited about this RP event and find it great that others come up with something like this. The comments mostly consist of congratulations. The Fallout 76 community is generally seen as helpful and nice.
The Pokémon GO dataminer Chrales has once again searched the game’s code and stumbled upon new costumes for Pokémon.
The dataminer Chrales is known for regularly examining the code of Pokémon GO. He has found new results: In addition to headgear and hats for Pikachu, he also discovered a sprite of Stantler wearing bells around its neck. Can we look forward to another winter event soon?
What the dataminer found
The dataminer Chrales discovered additional costumes for Pokémon. Normally, only Pichu, Pikachu, and Raichu wear hats (Squirtle at Community Day is the exception here). However, Chrales also found a special Stantler.
What do the costumes look like? Sprites of Pichu and Pikachu have been found wearing winter hats. Additionally, there is a Pikachu that has floral decoration on its head. These headgear have already been discovered in the code for Raichu.
Stantler has now also been found in the code that looks particularly special. The Stantler wears a collar with bells. It appears to be a reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. This would be fitting for Christmas, if that weren’t already over.
Will the costumes be released soon? Niantic has not yet made any statements regarding these costumes. They have only been found in the code and may not appear until next year.
What could the Pikachu hint at? The Pikachu with the winter hat could be used for an upcoming winter event. Niantic often releases a Pikachu with a special hat during events.
Such an event should happen soon, as winter is slowly coming to an end and a Pikachu with a wool hat won’t be fitting soon.
The Pikachu with the floral decoration would fit well into a spring event. One should keep in mind that Niantic might be planning such an event.
What could Stantler hint at? The special Stantler is causing a lot of confusion in the community. It would have been ideal for the Christmas event, but that is now over. It is hard to imagine this Pokémon with the costume being released outside of Christmas.
“McJawsh” writes on Reddit: “Oh, a bit late Niantic, isn’t it?” and receives a lot of support. One has to wait and see when Niantic will bring this version of Stantler into the game. Possibly only for the next Christmas event.
Many Pokémon from the 4th generation are also still missing. We show you the best:
The online shooter Overwatch hasn’t received any major changes for some time. The community expressed concern in the forums that the status of the game is deteriorating. A response from Jeff Kaplan himself now offers hope.
What happened? Some players have discussed in the US forums what is currently going on with Overwatch and what the game needs. Topics have been created titled: “Devs, do something! The game is dying” and discussions about needed new content for the test server have emerged.
In one of these threads, Overwatch lead Jeff Kaplan even responded personally and announced that a new patch and a “cool little surprise” are already in the works.
When will it all be released? According to Kaplan, the next PTR patch with changes and the surprise is expected to be released next week, on January 8, 2019.
Is Overwatch getting what it needs?
This is the criticism: Players are criticizing primarily that Overwatch simply isn’t fun anymore. The status of the game is poor. The members also reference videos by YouTubers who share their impressions.
Overwatch is not dead, but there are indeed some criticisms. Fans mention, among other things:
the events are always recycled
the meta isn’t changing
the report system isn’t working properly
User thatdudetony also points out that professionals no longer want to play the game, even though the second season of the Overwatch League hasn’t even started yet. Additionally, there is a lack of new content.
This is what Kaplan says: Kaplan reacted to the thread that addressed the lack of content. The thread itself was about how the next PTR patch needed to come soon, or it would interfere with the New Year’s event.
Kaplan responded that the next patch is expected to arrive next week and would bring balance changes as well as a surprise:
We have been working on a balance patch this week. We hope to bring the patch to the PTR next week. The last time I said that, we were late and everyone flipped out. So please don’t flip out if it doesn’t happen… that’s just how it goes.
Also, there is a cool little surprise coming next week. Exciting!
(Sorry, no details at this time, as changes are still ongoing… the PTR will get patch notes when it’s ready. No dev update.)
Is a new map coming to Overwatch?
This is what the community suspects: Kaplan’s post heated up the rumor mill about upcoming nerfs, buffs, and the surprise. Regarding the balance changes, there are mainly speculations for buffs of current meta counters like Junkrat and Reaper. However, larger reworks shouldn’t be expected.
The surprise is mostly thought by fans to be a new map.
Kaplan stated before Blizzcon 2018 that a new map is something special that shouldn’t be announced at a Blizzcon. Both the timing and the statement coincide with a new map. Only the wording of a “cool little surprise” bothers some users.
The second possibility that is frequently mentioned is the “Overwatch Replay Viewer”. This allows you to watch games afterwards from many angles and settings. According to a report by thebenchmob in December 2018, this feature is not yet ready for implementation.
What do you think? What will the surprise be and what will the patch bring?
Overwatch is making an effort to keep the game interesting continuously. But it’s hard:
In Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch introduced microtransactions after the launch. The YouTuber Skill Up subsequently deleted his review. His reasoning: He cannot recommend the game.
The YouTuber Skill Up explained in a new video why he deleted his “positive” review of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
This is what Skill Up said earlier about Call of Duty Black Ops 4: A few months ago, Skill Up tested the new Call of Duty. He loved this game, he says in retrospect.
After years without meaningful changes in CoD, Black Ops 4 felt refreshingly new.
Skill Up particularly praised:
a revised time-to-kill
an almost perfect map and class design
precise gunplay, just as expected from Call of Duty
Skill Up was satisfied with his review, he says. He was really happy for the developers at Treyarch that they put so much work into Black Ops 4 and that it paid off.
After his review, dedicated game developers contacted him and told him they had tears in their eyes seeing that their work had paid off in his eyes.
It’s like they charge you for a napkin in a restaurant
This is what Skill Up says now: According to Skill Up, the Black Ops 4 he reviewed no longer exists.
He has nothing against microtransactions in general and expected them. In the specific case of Black Ops 4, however, they are simply too “greedy.” After all, it takes 200 to 300 hours to unlock the contents of a battle pass.
Besides the base game at full price and a paid season pass, introducing microtransactions is going too far for Skill Up.
This is the problem: According to Skill Up, publishers have become clever: They know that testers will rate microtransactions negatively. Therefore, they introduce them only after the testing process is complete. He calls publishers “sneaky.”
They come out only after the “end of the review cycle” with microtransactions to avoid negative criticism for them. If the Metacritic score is already high, publishers introduce microtransactions to milk the customers.
The only option that Skill Up sees to respond to this policy is to delete his video.
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This is how players react: Skill Up receives a lot of praise for his decision under the video and on reddit. Many players share the criticism. Black Ops 4 is indeed a great game, but the microtransactions are heavily criticized.
Recently, we reported on Skill Up regarding his criticism of Fallout 76:
In December 2018, a man made headlines for hitting his wife during a Fortnite stream. Now he was allowed to stream again on Twitch, but not for long. The outrage from viewers was so great that Twitch had to take action.
This is what happened: The story outraged the Fortnite community and beyond in early December.
The Australian streamer Luke “MrDeadMoth” Munday was recording a round of Fortnite when his wife, as he believed, annoyed him. She called for him to come. The streamer repeatedly told her to be quiet and leave him alone. The woman continued to call him and at one point threw a cardboard box at him. The argument escalated.
Eventually, the streamer jumped up and a loud slap was heard live on the stream, followed by the woman’s screams. She accused him of having hit a pregnant woman. Everyone out there should know that.
The streamer had apparently hit his wife live on stream while two young children were still in the room.
This is how the authorities and Twitch reacted: The community reacted with horror to this stream and reported it to the Australian authorities. The Australian police quickly took Munday into custody. The authorities issued a restraining order stating that he was not to approach his wife.
Twitch also reacted and suspended his account.
But now the streamer was back and started his Fortnite livestreams again at the end of December.
This is why the streamer came back
This is how the return was: When MrDeadMoth’s stream went back online at the end of December, many viewers were speechless.
Why was Munday allowed to stream again and why did Twitch not do anything about it?
Warning: The video contains scenes that may be disturbing to some:
This is why he was able to stream again: Twitch placed a 14-day suspension on Munday’s account. Once this suspension was over, MrDeadMoth could stream again without any issues.
This is what Twitch’s guidelines say: Twitch’s guidelines are somewhat complicated. Accounts are generally not permanently suspended after the first offense, but are first given a temporary suspension. In Munday’s case, this was 14 days.
Only if a streamer has multiple offenses does Twitch impose a lifetime ban on the account.
The viewers are speechless
This is how viewers reacted: The Twitch community could not believe that the streamer showed up on Twitch again.
On one hand, it is not clear why Twitch did not permanently ban this account. On the other hand, many viewers find it audacious that Munday dares to get back in front of the camera.
On Twitter, “saucybgames” writes: “As a survivor of domestic violence, it’s great to see that a streamer who hit his wife can still stream on Twitch with 7000+ viewers! This sends the right message.”
Other Twitter users, like “MANICM0DE” respond sarcastically to the streamer: “Hey Twitch, my wife allowed me to hit her in a livestream. Can you help me get media attention so I can gain 300,000 followers too?”
A shitstorm erupted against MrDeadMoth on Twitch and Twitter, with many streamers and viewers demanding that Munday finally disappear from Twitch.
Viewers apparently felt:
that Twitch’s punishment was far too lenient
and that the streamer had even benefited from hitting his wife and gained attention
Twitch reacted and suspended the account
This is how Twitch reacted: The people in charge of Twitch listened to the complaints from the community for a few days before finally reacting. They suspended MrDeadMoth’s account again.
If you now want to access the streamer’s profile, you will be shown that this account is no longer available.
In a conversation with the website Kotaku, a Twitch spokesperson said: “The protection of our community’s integrity is incredibly important to us. We want everyone on Twitch to have a safe and positive experience and are constantly working towards this goal. Part of this work involves reviewing our policies and practices when we find that they do not effectively address certain incidents, to ensure that we adapt to the growth of the Twitch community.”
The community is pleased: The streamer “BlackLiteAttack” comments on Twitter about how Twitch handled the situation: “That’s why it’s important to call them out on social media. Don’t approach individual employees and harass them, just express dissatisfaction. Stay vigilant for the next mistakes, as Twitch doesn’t have the infrastructure to handle this alone.”
Fortnite celebrates Christmas again! The 14-day Fortnite challenge returns:
For many players, playing World of Warcraft is almost impossible. Massive lags diminish the enjoyment of the game – but Blizzard cannot find the error.
The World of Warcraft is currently plagued by some issues, which has not changed in all aspects even after Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance. Many players complain about massive lags in the official forums and on Reddit, meaning delays that occur before their actions are executed in the game.
This is Blizzard’s stance: According to the developers’ Twitter account (WarcraftDevs), they are still working to identify the source of the lags.
Once they have identified it, the developers will immediately work on a fix. This implies that Blizzard has not yet determined the cause of the lags.
Where do the lags occur? Most players report lags and delays primarily in places where many players gather. For example, in the capital Boralus, at current world bosses, or also during faction incursions.
Sometimes there are delays of several seconds before all actions from the last seconds happen simultaneously. This would also be the case if hardly any other players are visible in the vicinity.
Lags are worse since Patch 8.1: Even before the current Patch 8.1, some players repeatedly complained about lags, which mainly occurred in “non-war mode” areas.
Interestingly, not all players or all servers are equally affected by the lags. Many players have no issues at all, and even on the same server, players report different experiences.
Are you currently also struggling with massive lags in World of Warcraft? Or is the MMORPG running smoothly and without problems for you?
The 4th generation in Pokémon GO is being released gradually. Not all Pokémon are in the game yet. We show you the 10 best that are still missing.
The list of missing Pokémon from the 4th generation is still long. Some of the Pokémon that have not yet been implemented in the game are really strong and can only improve your team.
The strongest unreleased Pokémon
What does this list show? The list shows all the Pokémon that belong to the 4th generation but are not yet in the game.
When will the Pokémon be released? Niantic has released the 4th generation in waves so far. If they stick to this system, then the following Pokémon will also be gradually introduced into the game.
The legendary Pokémon will be brought in a constant rotation. After Heatran leaves on January 15, a next Pokémon will be released. This could also be a legendary Pokémon of the 4th generation.
How is the list structured? The order of the Pokémon has been determined by us and is purely subjective. It has mainly considered the values and the utility of the Pokémon.
That’s why Tangoloss is good: Tangoloss will be a Grass-type Pokémon that will withstand more than competitors like Roserade. Its attack value is slightly weaker, but it scores through good attacks and high battle points.
Rank 9: Regigigas
Type: Normal
Max CP: 4337
Attack Value: 287
Defense Value: 210
HP Value: 220
That’s why Regigigas is good: Regigigas has very strong values and achieves, after Letarking, the most CP of all Pokémon. It only ranks 9th because it is of type Normal and does not have good attacks. However, it could perform well as an all-rounder in PvP.
Rank 8: Glaziola
Type: Ice
Max CP: 3126
Attack Value: 238
Defense Value: 205
HP Value: 163
That’s why Glaziola is good: Compared to all Ice Pokémon from the first three generations, Glaziola is better. However, it faces competition in the 4th generation from Mamutel and Snibunna, making it less prominent. However, it is very easy to get the Eevee evolution, as Eevee candies are quite common.
That’s why Tobutz is good: The values of Tobutz are outstanding. The attack value is one of the highest in the game, and the attacks are good as well. Unfortunately, Tobutz is a Psychic Pokémon and thus has a powerful competitor in Mewtwo. However, if you don’t have a good Mewtwo, you should opt for Tobutz, as its values speak for themselves.
Rank 6: Dialga
Type: Dragon/Steel
Max CP: 4029
Attack Value: 275
Defense Value: 211
HP Value: 204
That’s why Dialga is good: Dialga’s values are outstanding. Its attack value and CP are above average. It only ranks 6th because its charge attack Draco Meteor is not as strong as the best Dragon attack, Outrage.
Rank 5: Darkrai
Type: Dark
Max CP: 3739
Attack Value: 285
Defense Value: 198
HP Value: 172
That’s why Darkrai is good: The Dark Pokémon will overshadow its competitors like Despotar and Snibunna. Its values are better than other Dark Pokémon. Its only downside is its fragility, which can be compared to Snibunna. Therefore, in some situations, its competition is also better.
Rank 4: Knakrack
Type: Dragon/Ground
Max CP: 3962
Attack Value: 261
Defense Value: 193
HP Value: 239
That’s why Knakrack is good: Knakrack is the Dragoran of the 4th generation. However, when compared to Dragoran, it performs significantly better. Among current Pokémon, only Rayquaza is a better Dragon attacker.
Besides being a Dragon type, Knakrack is also a Ground type. There it also competes with strong attacks among the best attackers.
Rank 3: Palkia
Type: Dragon/Water
Max CP: 3981
Attack Value: 280
Defense Value: 215
HP Value: 188
That’s why Palkia is good: Palkia is slightly better than Dialga. After Rayquaza, Palkia will be the best Dragon Pokémon. Due to its high attack value, it is also a very good all-rounder. So it’s worth doing a few raids of this legendary Pokémon.
Rank 2: Rameidon
Type: Rock
Max CP: 3298
Attack Value: 295
Defense Value: 109
HP Value: 219
That’s why Rameidon is good: Rameidon is the Pokémon with the highest attack value of all non-legendary Pokémon. Additionally, it can learn the fast attack Catapult, making it the best Rock attacker in the game.
Rank 1: Mamutel
Type: Ice/Ground
Max CP: 3328
Attack Value: 247
Defense Value: 146
HP Value: 242
That’s why Mamutel is good: The evolution of Keifel will be a true monster! It will be by far the best Ice attacker in the game and as a Ground attacker, it is also not to be underestimated. Its values are extremely strong and the Ice attacks are the best.
If it evolves like the other evolutions from Generation 4 with the Sinnoh Stone, you should save up for that.
We will show you which raid bosses are currently dominating the arenas and how you can counter them:
Shamans are quite unpopular in dungeons of World of Warcraft, but that would be unfounded and have no factual basis, says Blizzard.
The discussion about shamans does not die down, and that is now becoming a curse for this class. Many players avoid shamans in their groups and do not want to take them to dungeons. However, this is unfounded, according to Blizzard.
This is how Blizzard sees the shaman problem: The main issue according to community manager Ythisens is not the shaman itself, but the perception of the shaman within the community.
Elemental and enhancement shamans have had the reputation since patch 8.0 of not being able to deliver the same performance as other classes.
Once such an opinion has taken hold, it is difficult to change the community’s perception. That takes time.
However, Blizzard is also dissatisfied with the current situation and wants to pay more attention to how individual classes are perceived and then communicate better for all players when something has changed.
The last major patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance has made shamans a solid class again. According to Ythisens, for example, elemental shamans have a “very good cleave” (that is, damage to multiple opponents) and healing shamans are also popular.
This is how shamans see the problem: Many shaman players meanwhile have not only a problem with the perception of their class but also with the gameplay.
Aside from restoration shamans, the other specializations (enhancement and elemental) feel “not smooth” and provide little joy in playing.
Blizzard initially announced a major overhaul but mainly made changes to the numbers in patch 8.1. Now shamans are significantly better in terms of numbers, but their playstyle is still not satisfactory.
What is your perception of the different shamans? Do you like having them in your groups? Or do you play a shaman yourself and can report?
The pirate MMO Atlas has been attracting more and more players since its release, despite receiving poor reviews. However, if you dig a little deeper, the multiplayer aspect is particularly praised. Our author Benedict wonders: Is that good or bad?
Atlas is one of the most controversial games of recent times:
The Steam reviews are mostly negative (31% give the game a positive rating as of January 4).
Nonetheless, it is currently ranked 15th among the games with the most players on Steam. (via Steam)
But what is the reason for that?
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My introduction to Atlas: Frustration and early insights
Still, the player count continued to rise, and I wanted to get to the bottom of the phenomenon. I started playing Atlas solo. My impression after several hours: even as an experienced survival player, I was just getting beaten up. That’s not fun.
Beautiful world, but nothing behind it? Atlas looks good, but I missed the fun.
It takes forever to select a starting area, and switching (apparently due to a bug) only happened when I recreated my character. In a region where I don’t immediately freeze, I can take my first steps.
Here I encounter cows that flee as soon as I look at them wrong, immediately alerting five bulls that knock me out. Great! Especially when you can’t loot your corpse and have to start from scratch. That happened so often that I gave up in frustration multiple times.
Still, the interest of the gaming community in Atlas did not wane. Atlas even promised to become really big. I asked streamers and players what they found so great about Atlas. The answer was almost unanimous: “Atlas is great because we can explore the world together and play together.” So is Atlas only good as a multiplayer?
Atlas is only fun with friends
It seems likely that Atlas could be only fun with friends. After all, Atlas is a pirate MMO where you are supposed to steer a ship together for a good part of the time.
On the other hand, there is the criticism that Atlas is practically unplayable alone or in smaller groups.
It promotes group play: A game that can really only be played well with multiple players encourages group cohesion. If you want to progress, you have to be able to rely on other players and be reliable yourself to avoid getting kicked from the group.
Thus, Atlas fosters a bond among players who embark on the adventure together. Either you play directly with a group of acquaintances and friends or quickly seek connection.
In this way, Atlas builds on a fundamental concept of MMOs and returns to values that are becoming scarce in other representatives of the genre. It conveys: You are only strong in a group; alone, you will fail.
Multiplayer survival is realistic: The multiplayer concept makes sense in a setting like Atlas. In Atlas, it’s about exploring vast worlds and claiming what would never be possible alone.
Moreover, ships are a fundamental part of the game. Ships of certain sizes require a minimum number of people who know how to handle them to be properly steered. One player alone simply couldn’t steer a massive galleon.
Generally, it is realistic to group together when it comes to survival. And after all, Atlas is a survival game. Lone wolves can certainly have chances to make it alone, but in a group, survival is easier.
Everyone in the crew has a role to play.
That’s why multiplayer is bad
Single players have no chance: There is also a downside to games like Atlas that only function as multiplayer games.
Alone, Atlas is hardly playable at all, as there is always the risk of being killed and looted by a group of players. After all, you don’t have your own protective group.
Additionally, single players have no way to fully develop all skills. Currently, players in Atlas still rely on specializing so that they can complement each other in the group. There is no “jack of all trades” who can do everything.
Anyone playing alone can perhaps barely survive. However, they won’t be able to tackle larger projects.
Partly due to the skills, and partly because most areas of the map have already been claimed on official servers. So, the only option is to get your own server.
It’s hard to express yourself: The limitation of skills also means that single players cannot fully express themselves. In other survival games, it’s often possible to build up a solid set of skills with which one can achieve a lot on their own.
That is missing in Atlas. Players are denied the possibility of developing their character freely, since the selection of possible skills is too limited. While this is a nice thought for a group, it’s annoying for solo players.
Coercion to rely on strangers: Anyone wanting to play Atlas alone and achieve something will eventually have to team up with other players, even if only for a purpose-driven partnership. In the Steam reviews, single players often report having found teammates.
This can be dismissed as a “necessary evil,” but it also carries some risks. Especially when players join an already established group alone, it can happen that they get scammed.
As in every game, there are also unscrupulous players in Atlas, such as griefers or scammers. Thus, hard-earned resources can quickly be stolen by a coup from so-called friends, and one can find themselves cast out. Honor does not exist among all pirates.
Conclusion: Is Atlas good or bad?
In the end, everyone has to decide for themselves whether this way of playing suits them. A game based on the idea of group play has its pros and cons.
I personally don’t think that this game is good. I love playing and spending a lot of time on survival games and I know that they can be more fun in groups. However, it often happened that my teammates eventually lost interest.
When enough players leave, one can no longer manage the wonderful cities built and is forced to start over, leaving many hours of gameplay behind.
For this reason, I often now choose to start new survival games alone. This way I can explore and build at my own pace and am not dependent on whether others have time and desire to play.
But alone, I completely failed in Atlas.
What is your attitude towards this topic?
Atlas already caused serious controversies at launch. Some well-known streamers have a pretty bad opinion of the game:
The online shooter Fortnite is celebrating Christmas again in January. The in-game event “14 Days of Fortnite” returns next week. All 14 challenges will be active again for one week. Players can collect the 14 rewards.
This is the announcement: The event “14 Days of Fortnite” is coming “back next week”, Epic stated.
Epic does not specify an exact date, but it is assumed that it will start on Tuesday, January 8th, with the weekly update around 12:00 PM German time.
The event will take place until January 15 at 9:00 AM German time.
What happens this week? All 14 challenges will return. Players will need to complete individual tasks and will receive “Christmas” rewards directly.
Is there a catch? Any progress players have made in individual challenges will be reset. So if someone has already destroyed 8 snowflake decorations, they will start again at 0 here.
Why is Epic doing this? An Epic employee said on reddit that players would have an extra day or two after the end of “14 Days of Fortnite” on January 2 to complete the event.
However, that was not the case, and the event ended on January 2 at 3:00 PM.
This angered some players who relied on having time after the holidays to complete the missing challenges.
Epic then assured everyone who participated in the event that they would receive a glider. But that was apparently not enough, and they are now extending the event.
On day 3, it was enough to play 3 games with a friend (the friend does not have to be your real life friend, just in Fortnite) You received the snowball for the next challenge.
With each day, the critical voices of the Guardians grow louder, wishing for a fundamental overhaul of the Crucible in Destiny 2. Particularly in focus: the competitive playlist.
This is how long the Crucible has been in its current form: Since the launch of the major Destiny 2 expansion Forsaken, the Crucible has improved significantly, according to most Guardians.
The matches are faster, abilities recharge quicker, and individual players can again leave their mark on a match.
For four months now, the multiplayer mode has existed in this form. Slowly but surely, the voices of players wishing for changes are growing. Particularly, the competitive playlist is harshly criticized, and the reasons for this are diverse.
What is particularly criticized? Specifically, matchmaking is hotly debated. People hunting for the hand cannon Luna’s Howl often face players who already own the top weapon Not Forgotten.
The reason for this is that with the start of the currently ongoing Season 5, the rank points in the Crucible were reset, leading to Guardians of all skill levels being thrown together as long as they are currently at a similar point level.
It is also criticized that new Guardians must complete a milestone that “forces” them to play two matches in the competitive playlist, which almost always puts the whole team at a disadvantage, as they do not have competitive gear at low levels.
These points lead many players to feel they are not competing against people at a similar skill level.
Is the competitive playlist in Destiny 2 even “competitive”? Opinions on this are greatly divided.
Other games with a ranked mode are significantly more complex. In MOBAs, for example, placement matches are held at the start of a new season to place players in the appropriate league for them.
There are no placement matches in Destiny 2. Every player starts at zero and thus at the same level, regardless of their abilities. This leads to randomness playing a large role in the competitive playlist, despite it theoretically not being present in this form.
This randomness in matchmaking leads to frustration, especially among players who only play the multiplayer mode to complete tasks or milestones. If these players are repeatedly matched with too strong Guardians, the population of the Crucible continues to decline. A vicious cycle.
For the fewer players available, the greater the risk of ending up in games that are hopeless, as in the long run, the stronger players tend to stay engaged. Additionally, the risk of poor connections increases, which could further mar the player experience.
Will we ever be able to choose which mode we want to play again? A major wish of countless Guardians is the direct choice of the preferred game mode, as was possible in Destiny 1.
In Destiny 2, only the Rumble mode can be directly selected; otherwise, it is left to chance whether you will play a Clash or Control match. The reasons for this lie in the player population.
Naturally, the active player count significantly decreases over time. To prevent individual game modes from thinning out too much, Bungie has merged these to ensure quick matchmaking.
The likelihood of this changing is extremely low. However, restructuring of the playlists with other game modes is possible.
Players will likely have to wait several more months for deep changes. Considering that criticism is already loud and clear, this may be too late for the longevity of the Crucible.
What do you think of the current state of the Crucible in Destiny 2? Do you share the criticism?
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There are new gameplay scenes from the upcoming coop shooter Anthem. A full 15 minutes of gameplay – the entire mission “Lost Arcanist” – await you.
Although Anthem will be released at the end of February, the developers at BioWare have largely held back on gameplay scenes and concrete information about the game. There have only been small bits of information shared on Twitter. However, a full 15 minutes of gameplay footage has now been released by IGN.
What is being played? A large part of the mission “Lost Arcanist” is shown, where players need to find a Matthias Sumner. Only scattered cries for help from him can be heard while he tries to hide from the enemy Scar.
Piece by piece, the characters follow the trail and fight numerous Scar that keep emerging from the ground.
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What is there to see? Throughout the mission, we get to see some locations from Anthem. The search begins in a wild jungle area, then moves into a swampy terrain, and ultimately culminates in a showdown in ancient ruins that are almost overrun with enemies.
It is particularly interesting to see that the perspective always jumps between the three Javelins. This allows players to get a glimpse of the different “classes” and decide whether they prefer to be a combo-based ranged fighter or use brutal melee attacks. We have more about the different Javelins in this article.
Do you like the shown gameplay footage? Did the gameplay scenes improve your impression of Anthem? Or are you rather disappointed with the shown scenes?
We have more about Anthem in this article for you:
After the fuss surrounding the supposedly new player “Ellie” for the Overwatch pro team Second Wind, there is now new information that fuels further discussion. Allegedly, “Ellie” was never real, which makes many fans suspect the worst. Blizzard has confirmed this to the team.
What has happened so far? The Overwatch team Second Wind signed a player known only by the name Ellie. “Ellie” was supposed to play in the Overwatch Contenders, a sort of second league of the Overwatch League.
However, from the beginning there were doubts about whether Ellie was “real.” Ellie had a very high ranking, but only a low account level and did not want to reveal her full name.
After many hostilities and doubts from the community, “Ellie” decided not to play and withdrew from Second Wind.
The hostile environment was not to her liking, and there was a big discussion about the male-dominated eSports scene. We at MeinMMO also reported on this.
This is new: Now there is new information. A streamer from the pro team Cloud9, Becca “Aspen” Rukavina, explained in her stream that “Ellie” was never real. She is the alter ego and social experiment of player “Punisher.”
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What does Aspen say about it? According to Aspen, Punisher contacted her shortly after the media sensation surrounding Ellie. In her stream, she explained to the viewers that there were many discussions about Ellie and added:
Ellie is not Ellie. The whole situation was supposed to be like a social experiment. Ellie is actually Punisher, he told me that yesterday. He didn’t expect it to get so out of control.
Rumors are solidifying: In several tweets, eSport expert Rod “Slasher” Breslau confirms that there is some truth to the story. “Ellie” is indeed a real person, but “not good at Overwatch.” She did not play herself.
Punisher is not a pro, but a ladder player in Overwatch.
Breslau also tweets that the whole matter is now allegedly being investigated by Blizzard. Players and management of Second Wind are in discussions with Blizzard to clarify the situation once and for all.
Blizzard contacted the “Second Wind” team
This is what Second Wind says: Meanwhile, Second Wind has spoken out via “TwitLonger“:
They have been feverishly looking for new players, have relied on the leaderboard, and found a top player “Ellie” in 4th place
they approached and recruited her without suspicion
when the suspicions arose, they contacted Blizzard and tried to verify Ellie’s identity
then Ellie stepped down
now Blizzard has contacted them and clarified: Ellie is not who she pretends to be. The Ellie account has been used for purposes that Second Wind cannot support
Second Wind apologizes to the community for not handling the situation better and promises improvement.
This is how the community reacts: The reactions to the original report were already controversial. Ellie sparked discussions about the state of eSports and the status of women in this area.
Some think this has made it even harder for women to gain access.
On reddit, people are discussing another perspective. They wondered why Punisher had not already caught the attention of Team Second Wind if his gameplay was apparently sufficient for the Contenders while posing as Ellie.
Geguri, the only professional Overwatch player so far
The user Voidsabre suggested that teams might prefer women over men with equal qualifications.
Many players and coaches from the Contenders League are expressing criticism about the matter on reddit. It is said that the issue has brought out the toxic side of the Overwatch community. There are hopes that this was not just a “stupid PR trick from Second Wind.”
What do you think about the whole thing?
Esports itself always causes discussions. The Overwatch League can be pretty tough:
The Sinnoh Stone is quite rare. You cannot obtain it like other evolution items from the PokéStop spin on the 7th day. There are only two ways to get the Sinnoh Stone:
1. Through the Research Breakthrough
If you complete a field research for 7 days, you will not only get a legendary Pokémon as a reward, but you also have a chance to get a Sinnoh Stone.
This was the first way to obtain the Sinnoh Stone. However, the stone is not guaranteed. After Niantic reduced the probability of getting the Sinnoh Stone in the research breakthrough, you now have about a 20% chance of receiving the stone.
2. As a reward in PvP
A better way to get the Sinnoh Stone is through Trainer Battles. Here you receive the Sinnoh Stone as a reward for completing a battle. You do not need to win.
Again, the Sinnoh Stone is not guaranteed, but you can earn a reward four times a day in total. Three times from battles with friends and once as a reward for battling against a Team Leader.
It is worthwhile to be active in Trainer Battles at least four times a day. If you don’t get a Sinnoh Stone, you will receive Stardust as a reward.
