In Destiny 2, you can now obtain the third of four keys for the exotic quest from the Forge. In addition, the third secret Forge emblem has been discovered. We explain how to obtain both.
At the start of the first Forge (Volundr) of the Black Armory, Guardians discovered a mysterious chest. This is a quest item that rewards Guardians with the first exotic quest of the Black Armory. Now, the third key needed to open the chest is available.
How to Get the 3rd Key for the Exotic Quest of the Mysterious Chest
To open the butterfly lock on the chest, Destiny 2 now sends you to the Izanami Forge. First, you must unlock this third Forge – just like the two before it. Once you’ve done that, you can grab the 3rd key.
Here’s how to get the third key:
Start the Izanami Forge on Nessus.
You must successfully survive the first round.
Within the first 10 seconds of the second round, 2 drones will appear, surrounded by a blue shield. They are hard to miss if you look in the right places.
Turn towards the large wall behind the Forge. On the left side, the drone will appear by the column with a bluish light.
On the right side, you need to look at the pillar with a reddish light.
You must now take out these two drones. If you get both, a message “Maximum Hardness” will appear on the left screen.
Now you need to survive the second round of the Forge activity without dying.
Now you just have to finish the Forge. You don’t need to take out the boss for this.
At the end of the third round, a chest from the Black Armory spawns, from which you will receive the butterfly key.
Activate it in your inventory and the third lock will be opened. Only one lock remains to be opened.
How to Get the Third Secret Forge Emblem
In addition to the third key for the mysterious chest, unlocking the Izanami Forge has revealed more Forge secrets. It is now known how to obtain the third secret emblem of the Forge families – Meyrin’s Vision.
To obtain this emblem, you need the new legendary Forge bow “The Malicious Ripper.” You can get it through a weapon shape in the Izanami Forge. Then you go back to the Volundr Forge on Earth.
To unlock the third emblem, you must do the following:
First, kill all enemies to have some peace.
Now you must position yourself on certain symbols and then activate specific symbols with the bow by shooting at them.
First, stand on the butterfly symbol at the entrance of the Volundr Forge.
Shoot at the symbol with the three trees on the chest directly in front of you.
Now turn 180 degrees and shoot a piece of paper on a stalagmite protruding from the ground.
Now take a few steps towards the entrance of the Volundr Forge. There you will find a kind of sun or ray symbol on the ground. Stand on it.
Shoot at the heart symbol at the edge before you – twice.
Turn back around and shoot again at the three trees.
There is a symbol with two wings on the ceiling above you. Shoot at that now.
After that, you will receive the third secret emblem.
What can I do with the emblems? With the three emblems of the Forge, you can now activate three signals in the Volundr Forge. These are technical devices that you cannot interact with without the corresponding emblems.
Once all three signals are activated, a monitor with Nordic runes will activate in the Volundr Forge. This appears to be another step in solving the massive puzzle scattered throughout the Forge.
How exactly it continues is still unknown. However, the text roughly states, “Eyes trained beyond the end of dawn, a fourth flame will rise. Bring the acquired knowledge to the Raiders of Knowledge. Prepare yourselves.” Fans suspect this refers to the fourth Forge.
Video guide for the 3rd key and the 3rd emblem: You can watch how to obtain the butterfly key step by step, unlock the third emblem, and activate all three signals in this video by Venero TV:
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The entry into Dead by Daylight is currently particularly worthwhile on PC for several reasons.
Anyone looking to start Dead by Daylight and begin their career as a ruthless killer or a clever survivor should take note of the coming days. Because during the rest of 2018, there might not be a cheaper entry opportunity than now. The reason for this is a combination of several factors:
Double Bloodpoints:The entry into Dead by Daylight is tough. This is not only due to the learning curve but also because killers and survivors initially possess very few perks and those at a low level. Unlocking new perks costs bloodpoints, which must be earned in matches. From the evening of December 27 (around 8 PM) until January 3, there are double bloodpoints, which especially helps beginners to quickly obtain good perks. But of course, all other players benefit from it as well.
The game costs only €10: Dead by Daylight is currently drastically reduced in price, like many other games in the Steam Winter Sale. The base game is only €10 in the Steam store and many bundles and DLCs are also significantly reduced in price. However, the DLCs do not have to be purchased necessarily; rather, various survivors and killers can also be unlocked gradually – with the exception of a few licensed characters (Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, etc.).
Many newcomers are around: The fact that Dead by Daylight is also reduced in price at Christmas and part of the Steam Sale results in many new players. Since “good killers” can easily roll over fresh survivors, just as “good survivors” can drive a newbie killer to despair, many fresh players are a good thing. This is because it increases the chance that new killers face new survivors, creating a fair basic situation.
So if you want to take a look into Dead by Daylight (preferably with a few friends, as that makes it even more fun), you should tackle it now.
If you need more tips and tricks, our top lists of various perks provide good pointers:
In week 4 of Season 7 in Fortnite, you should search for the letters O, S, M, N, and the NOMS sign in Retail Row. We will show you the locations on this map. The task is: Find the letter O in the west of Pleasant Park.
What is it about? One of the new challenges from the Battle Pass in Fortnite: Battle Royale requires you to search for letters. In this article, we will show you where these letters are hidden on the Fortnite map. This way, you can easily complete the task and move on to the next challenges.
Finding NOMS letters in Fortnite – Week 4
The letter task in week 4 of Season 7 is divided into various sections. First, you should find four letters and then take a look at a sign.
Where should you search? In the Fortnite challenge, it says:
Phase 1: Find the letter “O” west of Pleasant Park
Phase 2: Find the letter “S” in Wailing Woods
Phase 3: Find the letter “M” in Dusty Divot
Phase 4: Find the letter “N” under a frozen lake
Final Phase: Find the NOMS sign in Retail Row
These descriptions are only rough. We have marked the locations on the map for you and will discuss them in detail below.
Phase 1: West of Pleasant Park, in grid square B4, you will find a single building south of the mountain. There is a pile of trash in front of it and behind it, under a covering, a green container. Next to the container, you will find the letter O.
Source: YouTube Hicko
Phase 2: In Wailing Woods, you will find a house directly underneath the lettering of the place on the map, which is surrounded by hedges in a square formation. Enter the garage and drop down. Now go under the gate and turn left. Go through a door and keep left. You will find an office with a green chair and computer. Open the door and look around the corner to the left. The S is lying on the ground.
Source: YouTube Hicko
Phase 3: The M is located in the southeast of the research base at Dusty Divot. One of the buildings on the ground, which is near the G5/G6 border, houses the letter. Enter the building and go right inside.
Source: YouTube Hicko
Phase 4: The frozen lake can be found at the snow biome. On the map, you will see a dark spot there. Break the ground to fall one level lower. The N is leaning against a corner of the room.
Source: YouTube Hicko
The NOMS Sign in Retail Row
Final Phase: You will find the sign at Retail Row. Head north to the buildings with black roofs. Enter the large building. On the front side, you will find the lettering that is hung on the wall. There is also lettering outside the building. You probably don’t have to go inside.
Source: YouTube Hicko
Video Guide: The screenshots of the individual letters come from the video by YouTuber Hicko, who shows every location of the challenge here.
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With these tips, you should be able to quickly complete the letter task. Perhaps you will also find some of the new gifts in Fortnite along the way. Now get to the other tasks of this week.
At the beginning of 2018, we introduced the major hopefuls in MMOs and MMORPGs for the coming year on MeinMMO. Now, at the end of 2018, we look back and ask: What has become of these games?
What are the “most promising new MMOs?” Every year at MeinMMO, we present the most promising hopefuls of a year. The MMOs and MMORPGs we expect the most from this year: Usually, this means that a beta or an alpha is supposed to start and that a new online game will become playable in some form.
The article will then be updated throughout the year and will be widely read.
Today, we ask ourselves: What did people think about the games back then, and what really became of them?
Bless – Things did not go so well
This is what people thought at the beginning of 2018: We thought the fantasy MMORPG Bless could, at best, become solid genre fare that finds a niche and entertains the hungry MMORPG fans with something new.
In the worst case, Bless would not find enough fans and quickly fade away.
This is how it really went: Bless launched in early access on May 30. However, it was early overshadowed by serious technical problems.
The MMORPG generated a lot of attention and MMORPG fans flocked to Bless. However, many were disappointed.
A shitstorm raged against Bless for weeks: Developers were accused of doing too little for the Western release. Some even spoke of a sham, a last attempt to make money with a game that had failed everywhere else.
Although Bless had been around for a long time on other markets, the game felt unfinished and could not meet the high expectations of many curious MMORPG players.
The developers later said that they had miscommunicated. Bless was an early access title, but players had expected a finished MMORPG.
From a peak in June 2018 with 27,613 active players simultaneously, only 2046 remained at the peak in recent days. And that for a Free2Play title.
While Bless has loyal fans who have found a new home here, praising, for example, the taming system and the general MMORPG features, many are not around anymore by the end of 2018.
Conclusion: Bless had a huge opportunity to shine in a dried-up MMORPG market in the West. Unfortunately, Bless could not capitalize on this opportunity.
The question arises whether the MMORPG has a future in this form. A team from Bandai Maco is working in the background on an Xbox One version “Bless Unleashed.”
Bless is the big loser among our most promising MMORPGs of 2018.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, you can now complete the tasks and challenges from Week 4 in Season 7. The challenges are listed here with further guides.
Week 7 offers a lot of variety: After many generic tasks in Season 6, Season 7 brings back more variety. Week 4 of Season 7 is a good example, as most of the challenges are more than just “Go to X and eliminate Y”.
Free and Paid: As usual, you need the Battle Pass of Season 7 for all 7 challenges. It still costs 950 V-Bucks (9.50 Euros). Without the pass, you can only complete the three free tasks.
All Challenges from Week 4 in Season 7
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Challenge 1 – Navigate using the X-4 Stormwing in different matches
Here’s how to complete the task: This task is easy to complete if you know where the planes are located. Luckily, you can find the locations in our guide to the planes here.
So make sure to land there quickly and grab a plane before others do. In the fight for the plane, you can also eliminate opponents with pickaxes.
Challenge 2 – Launch a Firework (hard, Battle Pass only)
Here’s how to complete the task: This task is not too difficult if you know where the sought objects are located. We will possibly link a further guide to the locations of chairs, wooden pallets, and wooden masts here.
Challenge 5 – Deal damage to enemies with the Pickaxe (Battle Pass only)
Here’s how to complete the task: This task is easy to complete if you start hacking right at the beginning of the game. Or you play a mode with respawn and happily hack through. It is also possible to complete the task by attacking a downed enemy with the pickaxe.
Challenge 6 – Eliminate opponents in Happy Hamlet or Pleasant Park (hard, Battle Pass only)
Here’s how to complete the task: This task is basically the only “normal” challenge this week. You should go to Happy Hamlet or Pleasant Park and eliminate opponents there. There’s not much more to say about it.
Challenge 7 – Search for Letters (hard, Battle Pass only)
Here’s how to complete the task: You need to find the four letters from the word “NOMS” at different locations and then visit the NOMS building in Retail Row at the end. Where to find the letters, you can find here in another guide.
Bonus Challenge – Find Holiday Trees and Dance in Front of Them
Although Hearthstone is an online game, only the solo mode appeals to me now. At least that’s the case for Cortyn.
Hearthstone is one of Blizzard’s games that is regularly supplied with a large amount of new content. After all, new expansions with 135 fresh cards are released roughly every 4 months. So, there’s always something new just a few weeks away. And yet, it hasn’t been the new cards that have made me log into Hearthstone regularly for a long time – it’s the solo modes like the Troll Arena or Monster Hunt.
I still remember well when Blizzard said that there would no longer be purely adventure-based content in Hearthstone. Instead, they would release several thematic expansions with many cards each year and also offer a free solo mode to support them.
The concerns within the community were significant back then. People assumed that the missions in Hearthstone would only be a small addition and would be “cheap” or “uninteresting.”
But the exact opposite has happened. The solo missions have become the best part of Hearthstone for me in the last expansions. I can play five or ten matches in a row and constantly try out a new deck, new tactics, or a new shrine.
On one hand, it’s great that the solo mode in Hearthstone gives me so much. On the other hand, it makes me sad that the rest of the game simply “doesn’t appeal to me anymore” and not even duels with friends really excite me.
“In the past,” I used to start farming quests weeks in advance, so that I would have 4000-5000 gold by the launch of an expansion to spend many hours in the arena and earn new decks. The appeal has completely disappeared now. More than 2-3 hours of arena playtime since the launch of Rastakhans Rumble, I’ve probably spent several times that in the solo mode.
If I’m not busy exploring the Troll Arena, then I play in standard mode with a random deck, where I just put Wurbelfitz the Wonderful into my deck. Because then I get one of several random decks that even correspond to current deck formulas and include cards from Rastakhans Rumble. Why spend money or arcane dust when I can play current decks with just one card from the last expansion?
I can’t even pinpoint exactly what bothers me so much. Maybe it’s the “same old” new appearance of cards, which now resembles an item spiral in MMORPGs. But just like in an MMO, the item spiral loses its appeal after a while, and you crave something fresh to shake up the whole game. Hearthstone could really use something like that right now.
I hope that eventually, a tournament mode or a “2vs2” mode that was considered years ago will be implemented. That would bring fresh air into the game, which the current expansions simply cannot deliver.
What are you currently playing in Hearthstone? Are you still climbing the ladder to become a “legendary” player? Or has your interest in the game also waned somewhat?
In Elite Dangerous, a lot has happened in 2018. Although not much concrete information about the plans for 2019 is known yet, many fans are already looking forward to the upcoming year, including our author Sven.
In addition to the Destiny series, there’s only one other big love in gaming for me – Elite Dangerous. I am particularly looking forward to the upcoming year. But what does 2019 hold?
This is why I love Elite Dangerous
Gameplay from Frontier: Elite II
This is how I got into Elite Dangerous: As a child and teenager, I spent countless hours in Frontier: Elite II and Frontier: First Encounters, exploring space. Today, there’s still hardly anything cooler for me than getting lost in the infinite expanses of the virtual universe.
Since 2014, there has been no path but the fourth installment of the Elite series for me, where I was a proud early backer. No other game allows me to unwind from daily life so effortlessly while having so much fun as Elite Dangerous.
This is what I enjoy the most in Elite Dangerous
This is how I earn my credits in Elite: I love exploring undiscovered spots in the galaxy that contain nearly 400 billion star systems.
The Beluga – one of many spaceships in Elite Dangerous
Additionally, I chauffeur wealthy VIPs from various mega-corporations on my over 200-meter-long space cruise ship, the Beluga Liner, from one interstellar sight to the next – for millions of credits.
By now, the recently revised mining has also become one of my favorite and most lucrative activities.
Overall, I love and appreciate the freedom that the game offers. You can choose to survive as a bounty hunter, trader, smuggler, merchant, or resource gatherer – Elite is what you make of it.
Exploring the universe offers unforgettable panoramas and moments
This is what makes Elite Dangerous special for me
Elite Dangerous has given me some of the most beautiful and memorable moments of my gaming life. I will never forget the feeling when the first system bears my name as the discoverer for everyone to see, my first visit to an asteroid space station, my first landing and drive on a planet, or the rescue operation by the Fuel Rats.
An encounter with the Thargoids
This is how the encounter with the Fuel Rats went: This rescue operation left a lasting impression: The Fuel Rats, a network of numerous selfless players, have made it their mission to help pilots who run out of fuel in the most remote parts of the galaxy and to rescue them from their misery – anytime and anywhere.
Some time ago, during my first steps as a discoverer in an uninhabited part of space, I ran out of fuel. There were no players around, no stations – just the infinite black void.
In panic, I searched Google for a solution and stumbled upon the aforementioned Fuel Rats. I contacted them through their website, and like an intergalactic emergency hotline, a friendly moderator accompanied me until my rescue.
The beginnings of the Fuel Rats nearly 3 years ago (Source: reddit user DerryBear)
I followed the instructions to shut down all systems, keeping only life support and my signal active. Soon after, my cockpit window froze, and the life support timer ticked down relentlessly. I had never felt such a suffocating and threatening feeling in a game before, as I did in that situation.
I truly felt alone and lost in the vastness of space. Only the moderator in the chat virtually held my sweaty hand. Just two minutes before certain death and the loss of my recently hard-earned ship, the long-awaited rescue finally arrived. A commander of the Fuel Rats had found me.
He greeted me warmly, refueled me, and guided me to the nearest space station, where he explained the basics of space exploration to me for over an hour. That night, thanks to him, I learned more about the explorer career and the game than during all my previous playtime.
This ship and I were saved by the Fuel Rats
This is why it’s worth taking a look through the VR headset: Another unforgettable moment for me was my first experience with a virtual reality headset in Elite Dangerous. It added the final touch to my great passion.
In my eyes, there’s currently nothing else on the gaming market that brings you closer to the stars than this experience. The Elite universe looks simply stunning in VR and elevates the gaming experience to a whole new level. Those who have the chance to try it in VR should definitely take advantage of it.
This experience is also the reason why a new computer with a VR headset and joystick setup is coming to my house at the beginning of 2019.
My commander at the start of his career
How Elite Dangerous changed in 2018
Here’s what has happened since the launch: Since the release in 2014, Elite Dangerous has been continuously improved and expanded over the years with numerous features such as planetary landings, passenger transport, multi-crew options, character creation, and the mysterious Thargoid aliens.
So also in the ongoing year 2018, where the now third season “Beyond” has continuously supplied the game with updates. Particularly with the last major update of the year in December, Elite Dangerous gained even more attractiveness for me and even Destiny 2 has been dethroned from my favorite games.
Multi-crew: Multiple players in one spaceship
Here are some highlights from the December update:
The game has received an overhauled lighting system. With the new light effects, the galaxy with its various planets and spaceships looks significantly better and more realistic.
Life as an explorer has become much more varied and complex thanks to new scanning and analysis modes. It now requires more than just a quick keystroke to perform a system scan and then move on.
The previously rudimentarily implemented mining, that is, resource extraction, has been significantly enhanced and has become one of my new favorite activities. There are now three new methods. For example, you can now hunt for explosives in asteroids with new tools, crack them open, and then collect the most valuable resources.
Additionally, the long-anticipated Squadron feature has come, allowing space pilots to form and organize in a sort of clan – with their own communication channels, leaderboards, and hierarchy structures.
Mining in Elite Dangerous
What can fans expect in 2019 in Elite Dangerous?
What we know about the coming year: Very little is currently known about Frontiers plans for 2019, i.e. Season 4.
However, David Braben, the head of Frontier Developments, recently stated that after the Beyond season, that is, in 2019, a lot of exciting things would be announced for Elite Dangerous. Some will be free, while others will be paid.
Frontier will transition from the current expansion model to large premium DLCs in 2019. For players, this means that instead of buying an expansion with multiple updates, they will be able to purchase individual large update packages separately.
What fans are waiting for: Planets with atmospheres and inhabited cities
Moreover, there are still some features that have already been announced or planned but have not yet made it into the game. Many fans hope that some of these will be coming in 2019.
Fans are expecting the following content for 2019:
Squadrons were supposed to receive their own large carrier ships this year, which they can use as mobile bases for their operations. However, this feature has been postponed and is expected as DLC in 2019.
Flight and landings on planets with an atmosphere have long been discussed and are eagerly requested by fans. Fans can hardly wait to land on Earth-like planets with flora and fauna and inhabited cities to explore.
The “Space Legs” are also among the most desired features and are expected by many fans in 2019. This refers to the ability to walk around your spaceship and space stations, as well as to leave your ship or exploration vehicle and move freely in space or on planet surfaces.
Concept art for Space Legs
However, please note: All these features are speculations and hopes of the fans. They have either been announced or taken up by Frontier, but there is no concrete date or further official information about them yet.
Numerous other features are planned as part of a “10-year plan” for Elite Dangerous. However, fans will likely have to wait longer than 2019 for features such as boarding other ships, first-person shooter-style combat, or procedurally generated cities on planets.
Should also come eventually: Combat in zero gravity
This is why I am looking forward to Elite Dangerous in 2019
Even if there is still little concrete information about 2019, I am very much looking forward to the upcoming year in Elite Dangerous and can hardly wait for the first official announcements.
In the past years, especially in 2018, Frontier has convinced me that they are working hard on the game and trying to implement all announced features as well as the wishes and criticisms of the fans.
If the features speculated by fans actually make it into the game, it could be a big year for Elite. With these mechanics, which all contribute to immersion, the game would take the next great step in its development and elevate the gaming experience to the next level.
Will we see scenes like this in-game in 2019?
In my opinion, Frontier has continuously managed to improve the game step by step. After numerous important milestones are in place, they still have great plans for the title, and I am very curious to see how Elite Dangerous will continue to evolve in 2019. Details shouldn’t take too long to arrive.
A passionate player created a graphic for the Blackout mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 to help you find the right assault rifle more easily.
In Blackout, the in-house battle royale mode of Black Ops 4, there are numerous weapons to take down enemies. Assault rifles are one of the most important and common weapon types. But how do the individual assault rifles perform? A new graphic illustrates the performance differences.
Performance of All Assault Rifles in Blackout – Graphical Overview
What does the graphic show? At what distances are assault rifles effective in Blackout? What damage do the individual weapons cause? And when does damage fall off? All of these are important questions that can be decisive for the individual weapon choice.
These questions have been answered by the Black Ops 4 fan and Redditor SonnyBeVapin in a custom graphic he presented on Reddit. A high-resolution version of a complete overview can be found here: Black Ops 4 Blackout Assault Rifle Graphic
The graphic utilizes a section from the Blackout world and illustrates how the individual assault rifles perform as distance increases through numerous reference points.
ICR-7
Maddox RFB
VAPR-XKG
SWAT RFT
KN-57
Rampart 17
Only the performance of the bare weapon is measured – without attachments and against targets without armor.
Specifically, it shows how much damage each weapon deals (red = maximum damage), when exactly the damage drop-off begins, and how the damage effectively reduces (the following values and colors).
What makes this graphic so special? The special thing is that players do not just see numbers that many cannot assign, but also helpful visual cues. This makes it much easier to understand a weapon’s performance and choose the best fitting one for their playstyle.
How to use the graphic properly: Keep in mind that the graphic is only meant as a guide for individual weapon choice. Do you prefer to fight at long or close range? Is the weapon you are using not designed for the distance?
The graphic shows the effective combat distances and when the weapon starts to do less damage. It does not take into account the fire rate, accuracy, or time to kill of the respective weapons.
For instance, the Rampart has a slightly higher distance at which it deals maximum damage than the Maddox. However, there are other factors to consider beyond just this distance. The Maddox has a much higher fire rate, almost equal to that of an SMG. On the other hand, the Rampart has one of the lowest fire rates of all assault rifles but deals significantly more damage at the same distance than the Maddox.
The graphic thus helps you weigh how the weapon functions and whether it suits your playstyle. Because fighting at long range with the Maddox is not particularly sensible, while the Rampart still deals more damage at the longest range despite damage drop-off than many of the assault rifles at optimal combat range.
Will there be more such graphics? As SonnyBeVapin explained on Reddit, more factors are to be considered in future versions – including damage with various attachments (suppressors, long barrels), damage against body armor, or the time to kill.
Such graphics for the other weapon types are also planned.
Is Cristiano Ronaldo the best player in FIFA 19? Not only the base values of the CR7 card say yes: No other player hits the net as consistently as Ronaldo.
This is what the goal statistics say: On the FIFA site futbin you can access the “Players Game Performance”. This statistic collects all kinds of data. For example, the total number of matches in which the football stars have been used by FIFA players, along with cards, assists, and of course goals.
The best striker in the game: Patrick Hoban?!
This player has the best goal ratio: Looking at the goal ratios, which is the average number of goals per game, a rather unknown name stands at the top: Patrick Hoban from Dundalk FC. The striker rated 76 in the first Irish league scores an average of 2.6 times per game – so is he the best attacker in the game?
This is why Hoban is not the most successful striker in FIFA 19: No, Patrick Hoban is not the best striker in the game. Because Hoban has only been used 1,467 times – this number is statistically negligible. Regularly used players tend to have several million uses. Most strikers who score more than one goal have not even been used 1000 times – only two strikers fall out of this statistic.
Ronaldo, the goal machine
This is the most successful striker in FIFA 19: The first of the two top strikers in FIFA 19 is the 94-rated Icon version of Ronaldo – the Brazilian Ronaldo. However, the striker has only been used 118,276 times in total. A number that is also small compared to the millions of uses of other players.
Often seen: Ronaldo celebrating a goal
Cristiano Ronaldo, in his base form, was used 2,696,025 times – scoring an average of 1.019 goals per game. No wonder that one starts to tremble immediately when the opponent has CR7 on their team: The Juventus Turin forward is hard to defend.
These are Ronaldo’s values
Ronaldo, the top player: This card should now be well-known to every FIFA player: The base card of Ronaldo excels in all areas (except perhaps in defense). It is no coincidence that Ronaldo was early on the number one in the Top 100 FIFA players.
The striker is dangerous in every situation: With Ronaldo, you can counter quickly, he wins most aerial duels, has perfect long shots in his repertoire, and is also a good choice for free kicks.
The fact that this Ronaldo card has the highest rating to date may be due to the fact that the Inform versions are significantly more expensive and thus less common. The base form is currently around 2,430,000 coins, while the Champions League card costs around 3 million. Such cards require an extremely high number of coins – with league SBCs you can at least save part of it.
How the other players perform
Who could pose a threat to Ronaldo? Are there any players currently who could match Ronaldo’s goal ratio? It doesn’t look like it at the moment. Gabriel Jesus, with currently just under 12,000,000 uses, is the attacker with the most matches, but has only a goal ratio of 0.56. The same applies to Kylian Mbappé, the fastest player in the game: 11.3 million uses, 0.55 goals per game.
This is Messi’s score: The eternal rival of Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, currently stands at about 3.6 million uses – so a good million more than Ronaldo, which may also be due to the price: Messi currently costs only one million. On average, Messi scores 0.74 goals. It is unlikely that this will suddenly increase. However, it is quite possible that Ronaldo’s score will worsen with more games.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
This amount of stardust in Pokémon GO is unbelievable! Brandon Tan, the player with the most XP, has now also collected an enormous amount of stardust.
What happened? The Pokémon GO player Brandon Tan from Singapore has finally reached his stardust goal after months of catching Pokémon. He has now cracked the unbelievable amount of 100 million stardust.
No player has possessed this much stardust at once before. At least not with photographic evidence. We will show you his journey to this point and reveal what he can now do with all that stardust.
100 million stardust after 2 years
Who is Brandon Tan? Brandon Tan is the player who has the most experience points in Pokémon GO. He has already earned over 700 million XP, which is by far the most. Some time ago, he made headlines after being banned for a month:
How long did he save up for the stardust? On Twitter, Brandon Tan mentioned that he has saved for over two years to finally possess this enormous amount of stardust.
For each Pokémon caught, you get 100 stardust without any bonuses. Based on this, Tan must have caught 1 million Pokémon.
How did Brandon Tan achieve this? Tan continuously walks around with a stardust bonus. This multiplies the stardust by 1.5. He also takes advantage of stardust events and plays there all day.
What can you do with the stardust now? On Twitter, Brandon Tan announced that he wants to invest his stardust now. Nevertheless, he wants to remain frugal and only level up Pokémon that are truly worth it.
If we assume that he levels up Pokémon that are at level 20, then he will need about 250,000 stardust. If he wants to use up all of his stardust, he could max out 400 Pokémon.
Whatever he wants to do with his stardust, he certainly won’t get bored with it.
Note: Before Brandon Tan reached this stardust milestone, the player “yama1989DD” had collected 100 million stardust. He was actually a few days faster than Brandon Tan.
There are role players in GTA Online as well – even with voice chat. But the character “Johnny Laser” is the funniest thing roaming Los Santos, according to Cortyn.
If you know my articles and me a little, you know that I have quite a thing for role-playing. Whether it’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, or the departed WildStar.
Without role-playing, I get bored after a few months – and yet no RP session was as funny as what happens on an RP server in GTA.
Laser-Tazer is the hero the world needed
I didn’t realize for a long time that there is actually role-playing in GTA that is played over voice chat.
My absolute hero of the last few months is the character “Johnny Laser”, a somewhat confused villain trying to establish himself in Los Santos and find his place among all the gangs that are already established.
By the way, he also considers himself the superhero “Laser-Tazer”, who got his superpowers when the police took him down with a taser. What his superpowers are? He doesn’t know that yet. But they are certainly super.
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The great thing is that he shares these RP encounters repeatedly in montages on YouTube. Those who watch the individual videos keep recognizing recurring characters like the genius policeman Krüger, who has had it with Johnny from the very first day and likes to keep him in custody a little longer:
As punishment, Johnny is often just taken out to a mountain outside the city and has to make the long journey back on foot.
Or Johnny ends up in prison, where players really have to serve a sentence (usually only a few minutes to hours) and chat with the other inmates.
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Yes, the humor is sometimes crude, occasionally childish, now and then below the belt, and you can’t really take Johnny Laser as Laser-Tazer seriously – and you shouldn’t either.
The player behind it deserves my full respect for how seriously he can stay in this role and how articulate he is. The cool lines he comes up with sometimes in seconds are hard to find even in common comedy formats.
I have included a few of his outings in this article. Immerse yourself in it and give “Laser-Tazer” a chance to entertain you. I’m sure it’s worth it.
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The YouTuber Aster is a little hero for me, who sweetens my day every time a new video from him comes out. There’s a little Laser Taser in all of us, isn’t there?
With version 0.11 came a major update for the online shooter Escape from Tarkov. However, the open beta is still not in sight.
Fans of the hardcore online shooter can look forward to many new contents including more quests and a dangerous boss enemy. A trailer gives you an insight into the new features.
What does update 0.11 bring? The big update 0.11 brings a whole range of new features and adjustments, including:
The underground laboratory complex “TerraGroup Labs” as a new map
What about the open beta? The new update 0.11 is still for the currently ongoing closed beta of the game. The announcement text for the patch makes no mention of the open beta.
It seems this is still a long way off, even though it should have started back in 2018.
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What’s next for Escape from Tarkov? The developers give a small outlook on the future of the game. A lot is planned for 2019:
Offraid healing
A system for customizing character clothing
VOIP
Further developments of weapons and character
New skills
A system for creating and publishing weapon presets
Optimization of graphics and net code components
Bug fixes and issues
The hideout
New maps, weapons, and items
Improvement of interaction with equipment and weapons
An upgrade to a new version of the game engine
Update of graphics
Much praise for the trailer and the plans
This is how players find the new update: In the official forum, players are excited about the announced features and are already looking forward to being able to play the new version of Escape from Tarkov.
The trailer receives a lot of praise on YouTube. It has already garnered 185,000 views and over 8,500 upvotes. In the comments, everyone agrees: The team can make trailers.
When will version 0.11 be released? The update was deployed on December 26.
In Destiny 2, the first Iron Banner of Season 5 is in full swing. We explain why participating at the end of the year could be worthwhile for you.
Since the weekly reset on December 25, the last Iron Banner of the year 2018 has been running. Guardians can still compete under the watchful eye of Lord Saladin in the limited-time PvP event until January 1 and grab fresh loot.
But what does participating bring? We show you 4 reasons why this Iron Banner could be worthwhile.
1. Use the Iron Banner to level up
With the start of Season 5, the level cap has been raised for all owners of the Forsaken expansion. Currently, many Guardians are still working their way up to the new max power level of 650. For them, the Iron Banner offers an additional opportunity this week to push their Guardian’s level towards the cap.
Lord Saladin offers 7 weekly bounties, all of which yield powerful rewards.
If your Guardian hasn’t reached full power yet, you can still make a solid push towards max level along with the usual sources with some time and effort.
This way, you can prepare your Guardian for the new Raid Scourge of the Past if their power level is still below 640.
If you are still in the leveling process, be sure to take this opportunity.
Additionally, for those who like the new look of the armors and want to find good perk combinations, participating in the ongoing Iron Banner can be worthwhile.
3. Iron Banner weapons from Year 1 – but with random rolls
As part of the Iron Banner, you can currently earn weapons from the last season. For example, the rocket launcher Bear Roar is available for direct purchase.
In addition to the weapons from Season 4, which will be available in Season 5 unlike the armors, two returning weapons from Year 1 can now be earned:
However, these come with random rolls and can also be equipped with Year 2 mods. Crimil’s Dagger can be purchased from Lord Saladin with fixed perks and also drops randomly. The submachine gun is only available as a random drop.
The SMG has very decent base stats for its archetype and some interesting rolls are possible. However, this weapon type is currently not a top choice.
The hand cannon has average stats and is outperformed by its direct Year 2 competition Duke Mk. 44 in almost all categories.
However, Crimil’s Dagger can now roll with perks such as Enhanced or Stable Rounds, Lawless Killclip Combo, Mess Seeker, or Zen Moment, which significantly improve the weapon compared to Year 1 and still performs quite well.
However, both weapons are not must-haves; they are rather average with chances for some good rolls. So, if you’re only playing the Iron Banner for the “new” weapons, the ongoing event is not mandatory. However, if you’re still chasing some good weapons from Season 4, you may have the opportunity to boost your arsenal.
4. Big bonuses during the Iron Banner
To celebrate the end of the year in style, Bungie has also introduced significant bonuses alongside the Iron Banner. There are
from December 25 to December 28, 2x Valor Points
from December 28 to January 1, 3x Valor Points
All those who, for example, are working to earn the pulse rifle “Redrix’s Claymore” in the Crucible and have to reset their valor rank multiple times within a season can greatly benefit from these bonuses. This is an opportunity that should not be missed.
Mercy is a character in Overwatch who has been reworked more than any other hero. Many players find her too boring since the last nerfs. A movement called #ReworkMercy aims to make her exciting again.
Who is #ReworkMercy? The #ReworkMercy movement is an association of players initiated by YouTuber Aria Rose, aiming to improve the hero Mercy. Fans are collecting suggestions and criticisms and actively discussing which changes could make Mercy a better hero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QViVB72FhDk
#ReworkMercy, a slightly different movement
According to the movement, Mercy feels less exciting to play after her reworks and nerfs than before. Many fans complain that they no longer have an impact on the game.
What is the criticism?
One of the biggest criticisms is that Mercy, as a support, has lost her usefulness. Since her last nerf, Mercy heals less, which used to be her unique selling point. She has always been the support who could heal best and most effectively – at the cost of other abilities.
In this area, she is now at least outperformed by Moira and Ana, both of whom provide equally strong healing while also supporting the team with damage and other useful abilities.
A player has elaborated on his suggestions and criticism to the US site Kotaku. Mercy is no longer influential enough for Overwatch and is not fun anymore:
I think that although her kit is fine, Mercy’s ultimate and abilities need improvement. Specifically, her ultimate Valkyrie. I agree that she is balanced, but the ultimate no longer excites me like the mass-res. Right now, nothing about her says, “Hey, play Mercy over hero X.”
It is acknowledged that Mercy is still played in higher ranks. However, it is about allowing the much larger part of casual players to enjoy the game as well, not just the “1%”.
What is the goal?
#ReworkMercy aims to remain constructive at all times. Fans are trying to get attention through videos and posts on forums or Reddit. They collect criticism and publish it, discuss suggestions, and engage in conversations about possible changes.
They are trying to find out why Mercy feels so boring from their perspective. This insight should then be spread so that it also reaches Blizzard and prompts changes.
After other movements like #DeleteBrig emerged, which achieve their goal through unfriendliness, #ReworkMercy wants to prove sustainable constructiveness. Aria Rose states:
Do I believe one can get attention faster with a toxic hashtag? Yes. But that’s not the point. I want to take this toxic movement and make something good out of it. I want it to be the counterpoint to the #DeleteBrig movement. I want to see ideas.
Many players have followed the call since then. New videos and contributions in forums addressing the topic keep appearing. Several possible changes have come up repeatedly:
Mercy should regain her old ultimate, Resurrection.
Mercy should receive a new ultimate with a completely new mechanic.
Mercy is actually in a good position and only needs buffs.
Mercy should gain abilities that compensate for the lack of healing and make her playstyle more active.
One of the possible new ultimates is that Mercy slams her staff into the ground. Around her, a kind of refuge appears, where allies are healed and resurrected. Other users suggest improving healing abilities or possible “overhealing”.
In a Google Doc, Aria Rose even collected and made all previous suggestions accessible. More than 100 suggestions have been submitted.
What the opposing voices say
There are also several critics of the movement who oppose another rework of the heroine. One user in the official forums writes on the subject:
I wouldn’t call it a “movement”. It’s the desperate attempt by e-girls to make their favorite hero overpowered again. She won’t get a rework. Stop hoping. Just play someone else.
Somewhat less derogatory and more constructively, some players at higher skill ratings argue that Mercy still has her place. As part of the “Pharmercy” comp, that is, Pharah and Mercy, she is still popular and strong.
For this statement, he was harshly criticized by other YouTubers who are part of the movement. However, Stylosa also brought his own suggestions for improving Mercy, which primarily focused on making her less dependent on her “Resurrection” mechanic and integrating her more actively into gameplay.
The offer boxes in Pokémon GO should provide players with many benefits. We show you what the player community desires the most.
What are offer boxes? Regularly, Pokémon GO offers offer boxes in the in-game shop. There you can purchase the boxes for coins. The boxes contain incubators, lucky eggs, or other items.
A survey on Reddit now shows what wishes the players have for these boxes. Which items should be included, and which items should definitely not?
This is what the perfect offer box should look like
What kind of survey is this? The survey could be filled out by any player on Reddit. It asked which items are desired and which items should not be included in an offer box. This way, the most popular shop items were determined.
Nearly 3,800 players participated in the survey. Multiple items could be selected as response options.
This is what players want:
83.3% want incubators
68.4% want raid passes
33.1% want star pieces
14.7% want lucky eggs
9.5% want incense
6.4% want lure modules
Incubators are the most popular. Especially right now, where you can hatch three new baby Pokémon, the incubators are in demand. They belong in an offer box for the majority of players.
At least more than half of the players want raid passes in the box. With them, you can complete more than just one raid per day and challenge the current legendary raid boss Heatran, for example.
This is what players do not want:
59.9% do not want lure modules
49.1% do not want incense
44.1% do not want lucky eggs
12.5% do not want star pieces
9.2% do not want raid passes
1% do not want incubators
Lure modules are the least popular. For most players, they are not useful.
Incense is also unpopular. Especially in large cities, there are enough Pokémon spawning, making incense not very useful there. Many players have reached level 40 and no longer need any more experience points, which is why lucky eggs also score poorly here.
Specialized box or balanced box? Over 70% of the community prefer an offer box that is specialized on one item. For example, if you need to hatch eggs during an event, then a box containing many incubators is desired.
Only 30% of players want a balanced box. They want a little bit of everything and not many identical items.
In Red Dead Online you can quickly improve the bond with your horse with an easy method. We will show you how it works.
What is it about? The bond with a horse in Red Dead Online is important so that you can call it from great distances and the animal won’t run away from you in heated situations. Players have now found a way to easily increase this bond and reach the maximum level within an hour.
Lead your horse to quickly increase the bond
A Reddit user tried out a method to increase the bond with his horse. On Reddit, he posted as Captain_Jalapeno how he casually increased the bond with his chestnut Arabian from level 1 to level 4.
What method was used? Instead of feeding the horse, petting it, or performing other actions that strengthen the bond, the user took the reins and led his horse.
In this method, Captain_Jalapeno also published a screenshot showing the distance covered.
Source: Reddit
This route fills the horse bond: The player writes that he took the horse from the stables in Valentine, then led it along the main road, then followed the train tracks south to the station. After that, he went up north. Along this route, Captain_Jalapeno led his horse, which had the maximum bond with him upon reaching the green line. However, you can also use any other route.
How long does this method take? For this player, it took 24 in-game hours to reach the maximum bond. That corresponds to about one “real” hour.
Reddit user pieceofchess asked if all horses require the same amount of experience points to strengthen the bond. To this, user michael4540 replied: “No. The higher the quality, the longer it takes.”
Are there problems with this method? Some players notice that the bond with their horse in Red Dead Online resets. However, that is just a display error. User dikdiklikesick writes that you can simply send your horse away and bring it back after 30 seconds to display the correct bond.
Will you use this method to improve the bond with horses in the future, or is it too boring for you?
Everyone is talking about Fortnite: Battle Royale and you want to try it out too? Find out in our beginner’s guide with tips and tricks in English how not to end up as cannon fodder!
Fortnite’s battle royale mode (PC / Mac, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android) is now considered one of the largest games in the world. Despite its simple gameplay, Fortnite’s battle royale mode allows for many tactical tricks that we will introduce in this article.
Download Fortnite: Battle Royale
How do I get Fortnite? The mode is completely free, just download the game from the respective store (PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One) or directly via the Epic Launcher (the game is not available on Steam) on your PC or Mac.
This is the goal of Fortnite: Battle Royale: Once you are in the game, you can get started right away. Matchmaking for 100 players is quick due to the massive player base, and lobbies are found quickly.
In addition to the solo mode for one player, you can also join the battle in duo mode with another player or directly participate as a 4-man squad.
Your goal is to survive the individual rounds as long as possible to emerge victorious from the matches.
You are new to Fortnite and just learned the controls? The following beginner tips will make it easier for you to get started. The second part deals with tips and tricks for advanced players who want to increase their chances of winning or win rate.
Don’t make a sound!
Fortnite has no radar. You are completely dependent on your hearing. However, this also applies to your opponents. Therefore, keep your noise level to a minimum.
If an opponent hears you, they have an advantage in battle – even if you are armed to the teeth.
Try to sprint as little as possible – walking or crouching produces significantly less noise.
Always pay attention to your surroundings before building or gathering resources with your pickaxe.
Note: Other players can also hear you when you switch weapons.
Use headphones!
To increase your chances of emerging victorious from a fight, you should definitely play with headphones. Any second earlier that you can hear your enemy is a huge advantage.
Speakers or televisions are not well suited for this purpose. Those who own a decent headset can hear sounds much better and locate them much more precisely with surround sound.
Why should one always be alert? Stay vigilant all the time! Don’t rest anywhere, an opponent could surprise you at any moment and invite you to a romantic dinner with their shotgun.
Found a point from which you can oversee a lot of ground to shoot opposing players? Always remember that you are not the only one who came up with this glorious idea. If you’re unlucky, you will already be expected there.
Why should you always keep an eye on the map? You should regularly call up the map to get an overview of the safe zone, which is displayed as a circle on the map.
If you are outside this ring after time runs out, you will continuously take damage from a storm.
This mechanic forces players to keep moving. The portion of the map that is safe from the storm gets consistently smaller and forces players into duels to inevitably end the rounds.
Align all your strategies according to the location of the safe zone. Luck and misfortune go hand in hand here. Is the eye of the storm far away? Then move immediately! It is not uncommon for other players to cross your path as you flee forward.
Can’t defeat enemies without risking being caught by the storm? Ignore them and run past at a safe distance. Don’t get involved in a protracted fight. You gain nothing from a victory if the storm eventually catches up with you and finishes you off.
Use shield potions immediately!
If you stumble across one of the coveted blue potions, consume it immediately! Because the potions grant you a shield of 50 points – and this lasts for the entire match. However, since the potions only provide a bonus to your shield, you are not safe from some types of damage:
Fall damage will always directly affect your life,
The storm also chips away directly at your life bar.
You can consume up to two of these potions to receive a shield bonus of 100 points.
Only attack with a realistic chance of victory!
Why should you think carefully about every fight? Unlike most multiplayer games, Fortnite’s battle royale mode is primarily about survival, not about killing opponents.
Always remember: You can kill 98 enemies and still lose the round.
So focus primarily on surviving! Anyone who rushes into enemy players like a bull in a china shop will make noise. This clamor can attract other players who may bring you back to the lobby unceremoniously.
Despite everything, Fortnite also rewards risky play: A successfully defeated opponent leaves all items from their inventory, which can give you an advantage in the final round. If you want to know which weapons you should pick up from fallen opponents, read our guide to the best weapons in Fortnite: Battle Royale!
Don’t rush to collect loot from fallen enemies!
Here’s why you shouldn’t be greedy for loot: You defeated an opponent and there was a true loot explosion? Suppress the impulse to immediately go there and inspect the loot. Gunfights make noise and can attract nearby players.
It is unlikely that your little tête-à-tête went unnoticed. Any player looking at the loot of fallen opponents is vulnerable at this moment. Your attention is compromised, and you present an easily overcome target.
Therefore, after every fight, wait to see if other players are attracted. This gives you the opportunity to take out greedy players who want to make off with your loot.
Every cover is destroyable – have a plan B!
Pretty much everything in Fortnite can be destroyed. Be it with the pickaxe or sheer firepower. Always keep this in mind when looking for a safe spot.
Scan your surroundings for easy escape routes and escape options if you are surprised by an opponent who targets your cover.
If you find a rocket launcher or grenade launcher, you can also turn the tables. Because these weapons are ideal for drawing opponents out of their hiding places and smoking out enemy structures.
Use the building function!
Why should you build in Fortnite? You have the opportunity to build walls and stairs to protect yourself from enemy fire. You should always do this as soon as someone shoots at you.
Building is the A and O of Fortnite and the unique selling point in the battle royale genre. Mastering the building mode gives you a huge advantage. If you want to get familiar with the nuances of building mode, you can check out our extensive building guide with plenty of tips and tricks.
This is what you can do with resources: Additionally, you should keep an eye on stocking up your resources during the game. There are three of them: Wood, Stone, and Metal. While metal is more robust than wood, the cheapest resource provides the best initial protection after placement. In the event of enemy fire, you should always use wood as cover.
If you find traps, take them with you! In the endgame, these can save your butt in your own structures.
Fortnite: Battle Royale Tips for Advanced Players
You mastered the basics and know how the building mode works? If you often reach the endgame but feel overwhelmed there, you can rest assured. We have some more interesting information that will help you finally achieve the coveted epic victory!
This is how you win with the building mode even in ambushes!
You’re running late and want to get into the eye of the storm in time? Particularly under haste and stress, it can happen that one becomes careless and only focuses on the target (the safe area).
You will not infrequently be flanked or pursued by opponents. To avoid being shot and taken down, you should immediately start building cover when under fire. Switch to building mode and build up to four walls around you with a 360-degree turn.
However, completely digging in only makes sense if you can’t locate the shots. If you know exactly from which direction the fire is coming, a placed wall is enough. This opens up retreat options for you.
If you are fired upon but not hit, you will learn where the bullets are coming from (the corresponding wall piece will be hit). However, this is only the first step to victory.
Because within your four walls, you can’t see your opponent and therefore can’t attack them. Therefore, immediately build a staircase in the direction from which the fire is coming. This way, you can overlook the area and scout your enemy.
Ideally, you now have a height advantage over your opponent, which significantly increases your chances of winning. If the opponent stays in place – shoot them with your assault rifle.
If the opponent is quick and tries to reach your shelter with an equally placed staircase, run towards them and give them a shot with your shotgun.
If you have mastered the building process under enemy fire, you will immensely increase your chances of emerging victorious from a fight. Once the walls and stairs are finished, shelters made of metal and stone provide much more protection than those made of wood.
Learn to coordinate between building mode and inventory!
Why is the switch between building mode and weapons so important? Fights in Fortnite: Battle Royale are hectic. The coordination between building mode and weapon inventory can often be overwhelming. You often want to build a wall under fire but haven’t selected the appropriate resource for which the units are available.
Switching to the weapon menu can also lead to equipping the wrong weapon or even a healing item, leaving you defenseless for a brief moment.
To keep track in the chaos, internalize the following points:
Remember the order of your weapon inventory. If you want to build cover or ambush the enemy with a well-placed staircase, select the weapon you want to attack with beforehand. A later weapon switch costs time.
Before you set off, equip the building resource with which you can build cover in case of attack. This saves time and frustration.
Sort your weapon inventory so that you can easily switch between two weapons. Those who keep bandages and shield potions alongside shotguns and assault rifles will struggle to use the weapons appropriately in a pinch.
The right coordination between building and shooting, as well as switching between building elements and weapons, represents one of the main disciplines in Fortnite: Battle Royale. Only those who always keep an overview of their entire inventory and resources will gain the decisive advantage in battle.
Weapons win battles, buildings win games
In the endgame, self-built fortresses are a surefire way to victory if done skillfully. After the available map area has shrunk for the second or third time, you should start building structures at the edge of the safe zone.
You should place these so that you can build stairs in two directions. The number of floors you need depends on how high your starting point is. In general, your building should always be as high as possible.
Now patrol within your fortress to
Spot and eliminate running enemies
Kill attacking opponents before they reach your fortress
Locate opposing structures
Many players hesitate to build a structure because they feel exposed (after all, the enemy then knows where you are). However, it is rare for other players to attack enemy structures (because they have rocket launchers or grenades). In general, your elevated position gives you an advantage.
Enemies shooting rockets at your shelter can be a nuisance. However, remember that the rockets can’t harm you as long as there is a wall between you and the rocket.
In doubt, you can leave your shelter from a hidden spot, surprising the opponent (who continues to rain rockets down on your shelter). This can be done by placing a door on the side away from the enemy.
You can also install a launch pad from your shelter, which can quickly bring you to safety or behind enemies – a great tool for surprise attacks, as the following video shows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmM8Es0Hiy0
What do you think of Fortnite’s battle royale mode? Do you have more tips? Let us know in the comments!
Note: The article was originally published in January 2018; we have updated it for Christmas.
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If you believe the reddit about Fallout 76, the game was under many people’s Christmas tree this year. Two little brothers made their older brother very happy with a special Christmas gift.
This is what happened: The reddit user chinablu13 posted a story about his Christmas gifts. He received Fallout 76 for his Xbox One, while his two little brothers got it for their PlayStation 4.
He writes that he lives on the other side of the country and therefore rarely gets to see his family throughout the year. His two little brothers pooled their allowance and gifted him a PS4 version of Fallout 76. This way, they can at least play together.
Fallout 76 and the sweetest Christmas gift
Why the second version? Fallout 76 is available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. However, there is no possibility of crossplay between the versions, meaning players cannot play together across different platforms.
Therefore, it was necessary for the family to have two PS4 versions so that they could play together. Fallout 76 allows players to explore the world of Appalachia in a group with friends or family.
As a result, players can share the experience of the wasteland and help each other out when they are in a bind. Many players report having much more fun playing together. The pleasant side effect: In a group, you can earn more experience points.
This is how the community reacts: Although some trolls and naysayers in the comments of the thread tried to undermine the game and the situation, most members enjoy the story.
Comments included: “Stop, I have to cry.” Other players shared similar stories about finding new and best friends through Fallout 76. The friendly and helpful Fallout 76 community is often praised.
The new multiplayer game Atlas is receiving a lot of negative feedback. Even big Twitch streamers like Lirik and Summit1G, who were actually looking forward to the MMO, are now disappointed.
What is going on? There is a lot of commotion around the new pirate game from the Ark developer Wildcard and its subsidiary studio Grapeshot.
After the game was delayed several times right before the release, Atlas finally entered its “Early Access” phase on December 24. And immediately, it got negative reviews on Steam.
The game is said to be a reskin of Ark, and the trailers promised too much to the players. Although the ratings on Steam are dominated by poor reviews, the sales figures of the game are still quite high.
“I was lured in by the cool trailer”
What are streamers saying about the game? The two streamers Lirik and Summit1G were eagerly anticipating the release of Atlas on their Twitch channels, only to end up experiencing disappointment. Especially Summit1G was really frustrated:
You would think they could have toned down the collecting and survival aspect just a little bit. […] Make it a bit more pirate-like, just a tiny bit. But it’s Ark, just with water between the islands.
Summit1G also believes that “Early Access” is not a good excuse for an unfinished product. “If they just wanted to test it, they should have offered a free-to-play weekend instead of charging $25 from people…” he said on Twitter.
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Lirik takes the disappointment with bitter humor and mocks the developers’ false promise that individual servers should be able to accommodate up to 40,000 players: “It was probably a misunderstanding. The developers joked that they would have 40,000 players, and the guy who made the trailer put it directly into the video.”
Additionally, both streamers retweeted a popular meme about Atlas on their Twitter accounts:
“Atlas shows how hungry players are for a functioning, large PvP/PvE multiplayer game for PC, despite the prevailing battle royale madness,” Lirik said about the initially high interest in Atlas on Twitter.
Due to the state of the game, gamers are demanding their money back:
In Destiny 2, many Guardians are wondering if they should struggle through Gambit for the top weapon “Halsbruch?” Is the auto rifle worth the hassle? Here’s what experts say about the weapon.
This is what Halsbruch can do: Halsbruch is a precise auto rifle and the new top weapon in the Gambit of Season 5 of Destiny 2. When players obtain the weapon, the auto rifle already comes with the maximum upgrade level of 10 as a masterwork weapon.
The two main perks:
Rampage – Kills with this weapon temporarily increase damage. Stackable 3 times
Onslaught – The fire rate of this weapon increases by stacking Rampage.
What do you need to do to get Halsbruch?
You get the quest for the weapon from the Nomad in the Tower.
You must achieve 500 auto rifle kills
Achieve 100 auto rifle multikills
Defeat 150 challenging enemies
And complete 40 Gambit matches – this is certainly the biggest time investment. Expect around 13 hours of playtime.
Then you will receive a masterwork version of “Halsbruch” from the Nomad.
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This is the idea behind the weapon: Halsbruch has been designed by Bungie for Gambit. In this mode, Guardians often need to take down larger groups of smaller enemies and also face “harder targets” that absorb more damage.
Since Halsbruch deals more damage after kills and kills also speed up the weapon, Halsbruch is a DPS monster in Destiny 2 when you have taken down 3 enemies with it.
Is Halsbruch worth the stress?
This is what Datto says about Halsbruch: The YouTuber Datto has spent a lot of time with the weapon. He believes that “Halsbruch” is indeed worth the stress.
According to Datto, Halsbruch is practically a “God Roll” auto rifle and is suitable for many encounters in the “Last Wish” raid or in PvE.
He sees weaknesses mainly in the fact that the weapon is an auto rifle and therefore doesn’t perform well at long range.
The weapon particularly shines in Gambit mode. So if you manage to grind through 40 Gambit matches, you should get Halsbruch.
You shouldn’t expect wonders in PvP with Halsbruch. For the weapon to unleash its full potential, it’s important to complete the 3 kills for “Rampage.”
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Nexxoss also highlights the specialty of the weapon:
The weapon is ideal for killing smaller enemies, or even a mini-boss if smaller enemies are flitting about nearby.
However, the weapon is only limitedly suitable for boss enemies.
In PvP, Nexxoss finds it hard to stay on target with the weapon. He can only recommend it with reservations.
While the weapon tends to run out of ammo because so many bullets fly, it is a lot of fun in PvE and proves to be a beast when there are enough small enemies to stack “Rampage.”
Nexxoss describes the weapon in PvE as a “gem” and sees himself in a deep love affair with Halsbruch. For Nexxoss, it’s a clear “must-have” in PvE.
Bungie seems to have succeeded in Season 5 in creating top weapons that are optimal for the activity you need to farm to obtain them.
