Battlefield 5 listens to the angry masses of fans and gives in. After a week of controversial discussions, the Time to Kill (TTK) is being reset to its original state.
After just one week, DICE now admits mistakes and will reverse the TTK changes today, on December 18.
What does this mean for players? In a tweet, Global Community Manager Dan Mitre stated that the Time to Kill will be reset to its original state, as it was at the launch of Battlefield 5, following the recent changes.
Additionally, the Conquest Core Playlist will be removed and other recently planned Core Playlists, where players could still play with the old TTK, will be discarded.
When will the TTK reset occur? An update will take place at 1 PM our time, which will restore the TTK to its original values. The update will be server-side, so you will not need to download and install a patch.
How does DICE justify this decision? In addition to Mitre’s tweet, the developers published another open letter to the community on Reddit, explaining the reasons for this step.
They followed fans’ feedback for a week after the recent changes, analyzed data, and concluded to reset the changes.
With the recent changes to the Time to Kill and the Conquest Core Playlist, they hoped to ease the entry for newcomers while also giving veterans a chance to continue playing with the old values – even though many did not ask for changes. This was evidently not achieved.
During the last week, they learned a lot. They recognized the problems surrounding Time till Death (TTD), identified poor balance among weapons, and collected valuable data on how TTK changes affect the game and players.
With this knowledge, they now have a better idea of how Battlefield 5 should be improved in the future – for both veterans and newcomers. Resetting the Time to Kill to its original values is the first step.
What was the problem with the recent changes to the Time to Kill? These adjustments apparently went against the wishes of most fans. Because large parts of the community repeatedly emphasized that the TTK itself was fine.
The problem lies more in the Time till Death (TTD) and the poor netcode of the game. Fans had wished for these issues to be addressed primarily. But instead, DICE ignored these demands and made changes to the TTK, even though most players saw no need for it.
By doing so, the developers aligned the game with the wishes of those who no longer play it, thus alienating veterans and further dividing the community.
With Atlas, the early access release of a new MMO is just around the corner. Developed by the creators behind ARK Survival Evolved, you will be able to wreak havoc as pirates on the seas. We explain what you need to know for the launch.
While online games like Fallout 76 often want to put players in PvE and PvP situations without giving them a choice, it is different in Atlas. You decide whether you want to play on a PvE or PvP server.
This is what developers hope for from the PvP server: PvP is actually an important part of Atlas. After all, naval battles between players are expected to be a lot of fun. However, the developers are aware that many players do not want to be forced into PvP. It is challenging to create a system that protects non-PvP players from griefers.
Therefore, Atlas provides the option to choose between PvP and PvE servers.
The team hopes for a similar structure from the PvP world like that of the space MMO EVE Online. Players should take politics into their own hands, creating organizations and empires that fight each other and determine power dynamics through PvP.
It will be possible to conquer territories, create a government, and continuously expand your area through outposts. Of course, you will then encounter other players, which can lead to conflicts and full-blown wars.
Those who do not wish to participate can simply play on the PvE server, exploring the game world and completing quests.
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The online world of the MMO consists mostly of water. To travel from island to island, you need a ship. However, depending on the size of the ship, it is also necessary to hire a crew. This leads to teamwork.
How important ships are: Ships, whether small boats or huge galleons, are built by you. You can even customize the vessels by giving the ship its own name and determining the color and pattern of the sails.
With your boat, you will sail from island to island, which is not without dangers.
Along the way, sea monsters await you that you must fight. On the PvP server, you will encounter other players’ ships, and naval battles may erupt. If you lose, the opposing crew can even capture your ship and add it to their fleet. This puts you back to square one, and you have to build a new boat.
Depending on the size of your ship, it is important that you assemble a crew. Whether you rely on other players or NPCs is your decision. There should only be enough people on the ship to man all stations. For example, every cannon must be operated, and you need a helmsman.
A crew requires a lot of teamwork, which should bond the players together. This makes every sea trip not only fun but also exciting.
3. Build your empire
The vast game world of Atlas invites conquest. Your task is also to claim lands for yourself and establish a base that serves as the seat of your government and acts as an outpost that defines the borders of your empire.
This is how Atlas aligns with ARK: Building bases works similarly to ARK: Survival Evolved. It is important to work together as a team to build a large fortress that can also be defended. Once you have constructed a fortress, you use it as your headquarters.
From the base, you plan raids and conquests. It is important to have as many players in your guild as possible, all of whom have their own ships. Over time, you will possess a large pirate fleet that you send out to accomplish various tasks.
This even includes conquering new islands. To achieve this, you land on the island and start building an outpost there. This way, other players know who owns the island.
If you play on the PvP server, conquest battles will take place. During these battles, other players will attack your outposts and fortifications to destroy them and drive you out. Then the players claim these islands for themselves. This creates a constant struggle for power.
4. Don’t create too strong a bond with your character
Similar to the MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, you should not get too attached to your character. Because he will age and eventually die. Then you will need to create a new character.
This is how the world becomes alive: The game world of Atlas is supposed to evolve continuously. Not only through political events, such as the rise and fall of empires, but also through the death of characters. Your character ages over time and will inevitably die at some point.
This will initially force you to create a new character. However, there are plans to implement a reproduction system. This means that you will need to find a partner to procreate. If the hero dies, you continue to play with the descendant.
It will even be possible to transfer your stats to your child and essentially continue playing. However, it is currently unclear whether there will be any restrictions on the transfer of stats.
But don’t worry, the system will not be active at launch. The aging of your character is planned as a future update. Just try not to be too disappointed that you will lose your hero someday when aging is introduced in Atlas.
5. Let your creativity run wild
Atlas will support mods. This means you can create your own content or even build your own worlds. The developers provide you with a Dev Kit to implement your ideas.
So many freedoms you enjoy in Atlas: With the Dev Kit, you can host your own servers and create islands, continents, and more. The developers do not want to limit your creativity.
For example, it should be possible to create airships with which you can float above the clouds. You can create new weapons, including machine guns or rocket launchers. Tanks are even possible. You determine what you want to create.
The developers explain that it is essentially possible to create your own MMO with the Dev Kit. You are not limited to one scenario. Do you want to create an MMO set in World War II or a steampunk setting? No problem.
The Dev Kit is integrated into Atlas, and you do not have to pay anything extra for it. Even hosting your own server is currently planned to be free. As a result, we will probably see a lot of interesting player-generated content around Atlas.
Are you looking forward to Atlas? It starts on December 21. Then the pirate MMO will launch on Steam in early access. You can find the exact start time here:
In Pokémon GO, trainers will soon be able to catch a new form of Deoxys. The Attack Form will soon appear in EX Raids.
What is Deoxys? Deoxys is the DNA Pokémon. It has the ability to change its form. Until now, trainers have been able to challenge the Normal Form of Deoxys in EX Raids. Now, it changes its form and players can encounter the Attack Form of Deoxys.
We will tell you how strong this form can become and when you can catch the Attack Form.
Attack Form available with next EX Raid wave
When will the Attack Form come? If you are currently invited to an EX Raid, you have the chance to catch the Normal Form there.
After December 20th, new invitations will be sent out. They will bring the Attack Form of Deoxys to Pokémon GO.
What is the difference between the Deoxys forms? The Normal Form has balanced stats. The Attack Form has an increased attack value.
The attack value of the Attack Form is the highest attack value of all Pokémon in the game.
The disadvantage of this form is its stamina. It has very little. With 46 points in defense, Deoxys is weaker there than a Caterpie. This means that while you can deal enormous damage, you will be defeated incredibly quickly.
Deoxys in the Attack Form has the following stats:
Attack value: 414
Defense value: 46
HP value: 137
Maximum CP: 2580
Will the Attack Form be better than the Normal Form? Due to the low CP and the very weak defense value, this Deoxys is unlikely to play a significant role. It remains to be seen whether its extremely high attack value (114 points better than Mewtwo) can somewhat compensate for its weak defense.
That’s why it will be interesting in EX Raids: If you challenge this form of Deoxys in EX Raids, it will be interesting to see how many Pokémon it defeats from you. Due to its high attack value, Deoxys could defeat your Pokémon with just a few attacks.
How do I get an EX Raid? There are two ways to receive an EX Raid invitation. Either you raid with many other players at an EX Raid Arena, or you are invited to an EX Raid by a Great Friend. However, the Great Friend needs an invitation and can invite a maximum of one friend.
InFortnite: Battle Royale the overly powerful sword Infinity Blade was actually removed. Bizarrely, it seems that it can still be found. This has also been confirmed by Epic.
Where has the sword reappeared? Streamer Quemzi noticed after being eliminated from the game that someone was racking up kills with an Infinity Blade. This seemed quite bizarre to him, as the controversial blade was supposed to have vanished from the game since December 14.
Therefore, he took a closer look at the replay stream and immediately discovered a player named FaZe CloakTV, who was wielding the sword. It was likely an impersonator using a name similar to the famous player “FaZe cLoak”.
However, the sword did not bring the impersonator any luck; he was shot by another player. The winner of the duel then took the sword and threw it into the storm, where nobody could reach it.
Reasons for the sword’s return
How can the sword be back in the game? Unfortunately, Quemzi could not find out how exactly his opponent got the blade. It seemingly did not appear in other rounds. Presumably, it was a glitch or exploit that the player had taken advantage of in his match.
What does the community suspect? On Reddit, where Quemzi posted the video of his experience, several theories were also raised. Among other things, commentators suggested that perhaps the hotfix for the removal of the sword could not be applied to all servers and platforms at the same time.
Thus, some clients might still be blessed with the sword. Others speculated that the sword was simply too powerful to be kept locked away for long. Its power could not be contained by the “vault”. The vault is the virtual place where all weapons that have been removed from the game land.
What does Epic say about the return of the sword? The site DotEsports has already reached out to Epic and asked what is going on. So far, no response has been made public.
Epic comments on the sword
Update 7:42 PM: Epic Games has now actually confirmed the incident. There is a “very small chance” that the sword can appear in some matches. A community manager announced this via Reddit.
A fix is supposed to be implemented with tomorrow’s patch that will permanently banish the sword from Fortnite.
Not all players found the sword that bad. Our author Jürgen liked to use it to have a bit of success:
The new Trainer battles in Pokémon GO present trainers with new challenges. We show you 10 tips that could help you.
When you fight against your friends in Pokémon GO, you primarily want one thing: to win. However, if you haven’t been doing well so far, it may be because your opponent knows tricks that you do not.
We present you with 10 tips on how to defeat any opponent and become the best among your friends.
These 10 tips will help you in Trainer battles
Attention: Some of the tips exploit bugs in PvP that may soon be fixed. So if you try one of these tricks and it no longer works, Niantic may have fixed the bug.
Tip 1: Know the effectiveness
This is why it’s so important: If you want to win battles against friends, you must first understand the fundamentals: Which type is effective against which Pokémon. You may have the strongest Pokémon on your team, but if you fight a Kyogre with a Moltres, you’ll bitterly lose.
We now show you a table where you can see the effectiveness of Pokémon. Also, remember which moves your Pokémon have so that you know what to use to attack.
This is why you should use such Pokémon: In Trainer battles, you need to be prepared for all situations. You don’t know which Pokémon your opponent has, so one thing helps particularly: Have Pokémon that are effective against many types.
For that, the second charging move is perfect. If you have a Tyranitar that knows Bite and Crunch, it’s effective against two other types. However, if it also knows Stone Edge, it’s effective against six types.
Tip 3: Exploit the cooldown when switching
This is how to exploit the cooldown: Try to make your opponent switch their Pokémon early in the battle. You can start with a Pokémon that your opponent doesn’t expect. They will switch their Pokémon, and you will have them exactly where you need them. Your opponent will have to wait several seconds before they can switch their Pokémon again. If you then have the ideal counter for their Pokémon, bring it out and defeat them. They won’t be able to switch anymore.
You must also consider this in return. Don’t let yourself get into that situation. Only switch a Pokémon if you see no other way. The cooldown in a Trainer battle is long.
Tip 4: Put yourself in your opponent’s shoes
Think like your opponent: Before you start a battle, think carefully. What could your opponent fight with? What are typical Pokémon for attacking? If you are fighting in the Master League, then it’s likely that your opponent is using Mewtwo, Tyranitar, or Rayquaza. Bring the appropriate counters.
You also need to consider the other side. Your opponent may also have the same thoughts. So bring Pokémon to your team that are unusual and that your opponent does not expect.
Tip 5: Use the charging move at the right moment
This is the right moment for use: If you are charging your unloading attack but the opponent is almost defeated, do not use the attack. Defeat the Pokémon with your quick attack and wait for the next Pokémon.
When this Pokémon appears, fire off your charging move. You will deal significantly more damage. Your opponent must either immediately use a shield or lose a bunch of important battle points.
Tip 6: You can save your charging move
This is how you can save your charging move: If you are in a Trainer battle, do not immediately use your charging move. Although the charge bar is full, the charging move is already gathering energy for the next use. You can collect your charging moves until you can use three in a row.
The same applies when switching your Pokémon. If your charging move is full, you can switch your Pokémon, and when you re-use the Pokémon, the charge bar is still full. You can therefore save the attack for a later time.
Tip 7: Rely on fast quick and charging attacks
This is why fast quick attacks are good: Niantic has made some changes to the attacks in Pokémon GO. A big change is that fast quick attacks, which deal less damage, are overall better than slow ones that deal more damage when used.
Moves like Psycho Cut and Mud Shot are very strong in PvP. Moves like Zen Headbutt and Volt Switch take an eternity and do not deal much damage over the long run.
This is why fast charging moves are good: Fast charging moves also have a significant advantage in PvP. They charge up significantly faster than slow charging moves and can lure out the opponent’s defense shields. If the opponent has no shields left, they are defenseless against your charging moves.
Fast charging moves include Crunch and Ancient Power. These moves charge quickly and can wear down the opponent’s defense shields over time.
Tip 8: Use your defense shields wisely
This is how to use the shields wisely: If you use both of your defense shields right at the beginning of the battle, then you will be at your opponent’s mercy for the entire fight. Think carefully when your opponent uses a charging move. Does this move hit me effectively? Can I survive this move, or do I need a shield?
Especially if the opponent is fighting with fast charging moves, it is even more important to preserve your shields. Fast attacks do not deal too much damage to you. At the end of the battle, such a shield can be the difference between victory and defeat.
Tip 9: Tap continuously on your screen
This is why it’s so important: It seems that Niantic has not fixed this bug in Trainer battles: If you defeat a Pokémon and your opponent sends in a new Pokémon, tap continuously on the screen. The opponent’s Pokémon loses some CP as soon as it appears.
You can deal damage to the Pokémon before it can even attack you. You can also use continuous tapping in other situations. If your Pokémon is defeated and you send a new one into the battle, you can also deal some damage before it even becomes visible.
Tip 10: Don’t use glass cannons
This is why glass cannons are weak: In Trainer battles, it’s not about dealing damage quickly. That matters more in raids. It’s important to deal solid damage over the entire period while still surviving. Glass cannons like Gengar or Absol are out of place here.
While it’s nice if your Gengar deals a lot of damage to the opponent, if you are defeated quickly, you will lose. In PvP, rely on Pokémon that can withstand a bit more but still deal damage. This includes Tyranitar or Kyogre.
Do you have any more tips for Trainer battles? What are your strategies?
Social media suddenly overflows with personal playtimes of PS4 players. The reason for this is the web tool “My PS4 Life” from PlayStation, where a video summarizes the most important data of your PS career. But what does the MeinMMO community think about it?
This is what “My PS4 Life” shows: The video goes back up to 5 years depending on the start of your PS4 career. In addition to your total playtime on the PS4, you will also be shown what your first PS4 game was, which three games you played the most intensively, as well as the total number of trophies and your rarest achievement.
Do I have to do this too? This individual retrospective is currently a hit among friends and on social media. Probably so.
Can you surpass the following Guardian? Give it a try and let us know your playtime in the comments for the most popular games. We are already looking forward to the submissions from the MeinMMO community.
Your personal career retrospective with My PS4 Life – Here’s how it works
Sony My PS4 Life is a type of web tool. On the My PS4 Life website, PS4 players can create their personal video with just a few clicks.
Here’s how to get your video: For a personal memory, you don’t even have to put in much effort. The content is tied to your PSN profile. You just need to log in on the official MY PS4 Life page and then click the “Create My Video” button.
Here you need to log in and create the video
After that, the video will be automatically created for you, so you just have to wait. The process may take some time depending on the extent of your career. However, you will receive an email at your PSN profile address once it has been completed.
Then you can watch it yourself and share it with others.
This is what the videos look like: You can get a brief impression, although without the personal touch, in this trailer from Sony for My PS4 Life:
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InFortnite: Battle Royale a new item has recently been announced. It is the previously hinted Snowboard. But is a mobility item even sensible?
What’s the deal with the Snowboard? Anyone starting the game client of Fortnite will immediately notice the new “Driftboard” in the news. This is likely the “Snowboard” that was already seen in the first two teasers for Season 7.
What can the Driftboard do? Not much is known about that. From the description text, we know that the Driftboard is supposed to be a “one-person vehicle”. You can only ride it alone. The name Driftboard also suggests that you can slide around tight corners with it.
Whether the board only works on snow or is meant to be some kind of floating hoverboard is unclear. It would make more sense if you could ride it anywhere and it was one of the already known hoverboards from PvE mode.
When will the new item be released? Since it has already been announced in the game, the Driftboard should probably come with the upcoming update this week. That would typically be between December 18th and 19th, 2018.
Players are skeptical
How does the community react to the new item? Players are only partially excited so far. Some clearly praise that there can never be enough vehicles and mobility items. For them, the cool board is a good idea.
However, many players are starting to have enough. It’s simply not acceptable that Epic introduces a new potentially game-changing item every week. Players are already zipping through the foliage with zip lines and flying through the air with planes.
With a board, even more players would be racing around at breakneck speed, which is a bit too fast for some fans. Epic should rather fix the existing problems in the game instead of constantly patching in new items and potential sources of errors.
Especially now, after Epic recently showed some insight and both banned the sword and nerfed the planes, a new speed item is a red flag for many concerned players.
Sony has introduced a new feature for gamers and inadvertently made the player counts of many games on PlayStation 4 visible. This has sparked the interest of many people. On MeinMMO, you’ll find out how many players are playing The Elder Scrolls Online, Overwatch, and No Man’s Sky on PS4.
This is how many players are playing the games: The website gamstat.com provides the current player counts for many PS4 games. The data was collected from November 20 to December 3.
Overwatch: Rank 15 with 10,200,000 players
The Elder Scrolls Online: Rank 36 with 3,950,000 players
No Man’s Sky: Also Rank 36 with 3,950,000 players
The player counts are roughly rounded and not exact.
For the trophies, it is then shown how many players own that trophy. In the games themselves, one can find out the percentage of trophy owners.
From these two numbers, it can be calculated how many players have ever played ESO, Overwatch, or No Man’s Sky and linked it with their PS4 account.
The interest in the numbers
This is why people are interested: Most players just want to know the player counts to find out how popular their favorite games actually are. They don’t gain much more than the assurance of being on trend.
Other players compare the player counts out of pure curiosity with the populations of their countries. In a reddit thread, users are fascinated by the fact that nearly as many people play FIFA 18 as live in Canada.
However, most publishers would probably prefer that the numbers were not public. This allows competitors to see how popular their games are and how their own brands compare.
It’s also not particularly beneficial for the image. Especially for games whose player counts do not look strong, the situation is quite unpleasant.
Are the numbers reliable? An absolute ranking of the most popular and least popular games on PS4 cannot yet be created. Gamstat.com currently lacks some data for that.
For games like H1Z1, player counts are currently only known from the Europe and Australia regions. For others, rounding errors or outdated trophy counts may also play a role.
It is also clear that this refers to the total player counts, meaning all people who have ever acquired an account for the game. It is not the counts of active players who have logged into The Elder Scrolls Online, Overwatch, or No Man’s Sky in recent months or weeks.
This also includes trial accounts that have installed the game for free.
The method itself seems to be reliable. If the trophy numbers from Sony are correct, then the player counts are also likely to be accurate.
What interests you about knowing how many players are playing your favorite games?
Out of nowhere, the studio Snail Games has released a new zombie MMO called “Fear the Night.” We show you a first glimpse.
On Steam, the game developer Snail Games announced a new zombie MMO. Under the name “Fear the Night,” players take on the role of survivors of a zombie apocalypse.
We show you a first glimpse at the new MMO and tell you how to play the game.
This is what Fear the Night looks like
What is Fear the Night about? You play as the survivors of a zombie apocalypse and must fight your way through nature. In the survival MMO, you must not only fight against zombies but also against robots. They have turned against humanity as well.
The robots were deployed by the government to fight against the zombies, but they have now turned into killer robots that threaten humanity. Your task is to hack the robots and turn them back against the zombies.
A trailer shows you that you can team up with other players in a group and fight the undead together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1sa41v23E
This is why you should fear the night: While you search for food and weapons during the day and set up a safe shelter, you must dread the undead at night. Only then will the zombies become active, and you must defend yourself properly. This is somewhat reminiscent of the PvE mode in Fortnite.
This is special about the game: The game features a 24-hour online system, so your character remains active even when you’re inactive. You must find a safe shelter before you log out of the game.
How do I get the game? The game was unexpectedly released in Early Access on Steam. Interested players can download it there. Currently, the game costs $11.24, but the price is expected to increase to $14.99.
What do you think of the new survival MMO “Fear the Night”?
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The newly introduced action RPG MMO Pagan Online by Wargaming has released a gameplay trailer for the first time. In it, you can see the action battles, three classes, and the graphic style of the “Diablo MMO”.
https://youtu.be/OaR9nyIo8rc
What is Pagan Online?Pagan Online is an action RPG in the style of Diablo, primarily aimed at old-school fans of the genre. In the new gameplay trailer for the game, you can now see for the first time what all is included in the game.
What is included in the video? Among other things, we learn the following information from the video:
You always begin your adventures by crashing down from the heavens directly into the instance (Battle Arena). There you will slay monsters and gather loot.
Three classes are visible: a hefty warrior with a hammer, who is likely a tank. There’s also a mustached axe-wielder, probably a DPS class. A petite woman with a whip rounds out the selection. Due to her “Healing Symbol” above the portrait, she is likely a support class.
You likely have seven slots for skills and one for potions. The abilities are mapped to the three mouse buttons, as well as Shift, Space, and the keys E and F. Pagan Online will initially only be released for PC.
The graphics are bright and colorful, which slightly resembles the thematically similar Torchlight Frontiers.
For more information about the game, you can find our report and interview from the Wargaming Fest 2018 here.
The military MMO War Thunder has broken the sound barrier with the new giant update 1.85 Supersonic. Therefore, there are now supersonic aircraft with guided missiles. In addition, there are Italian tanks, more ships, and maps.
What’s included in update 1.85? The new update 1.85 “Supersonic” is both the last and biggest update that War Thunder will receive in 2018. It is packed with the following features:
Supersonic Aircraft: The latest planes are jets that can reliably break the sound barrier for the first time.
New Weapons: With the supersonic jets come early forms of guided missiles.
Italian Tanks: The Italians are now also active on the ground and have some extremely odd tanks with them.
New Ships: New cruisers and destroyers await you in the naval combat mode.
New Maps: The locations Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Tierra del Fuego are added.
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These are the new aircraft: Aircraft can now be researched up to rank VI. The new planes at this rank include supersonic aircraft, such as the American F-100D Super Sabre, the British Gloster Javelin Mk 9, and the Soviet MiG-19PT.
In battles at supersonic speed, the physics engine will show, among other things, the conical cloud disc effect that occurs when breaking the sound barrier. On the ground, you can even hear the characteristic sonic boom.
New Weapons for Aerial Combat: Aircraft at rank VI and helicopters in the game can now be equipped with infrared-guided air-to-air missiles. However, these are early versions that are not as maneuverable as modern projectiles. They can be avoided. Helicopters also have flares to fend off the heat seekers.
The Italian Tanks
These are the new tanks from Italy: Almost 30 new Italian vehicles and tanks from the 1930s to the end of the Cold War have come to the game with the update. These include vehicles like the Breda 501 and the fast tank destroyer B1 Centauro. The anti-aircraft tank OTOMATIC has a powerful 7.6 cm gun that can perforate both tanks and aircraft with the appropriate ammunition.
These additional vehicles are included in the update: The USSR finally receives the battle tank T-72A f, the US and Japan get the missile-equipped infantry fighting vehicles M3 Bradley and Type 89. Great Britain receives the Israeli Sho’t Kal Dalet, a modified version of the British battle tank Centurion. This tank was used in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War.
The New Ships
These ships are included in the update: For naval battles, there are two new destroyers and four new cruisers USS Raleigh (USA), KMS Köln (Germany), HMS Dido (Great Britain), and Krasny Krym (Soviet Union). The British Royal Navy is now also available with more than two dozen warships for all players.
The Additional Locations
These maps are included in the update: Vietnam is a new location for tank drivers. Expect dense jungle in it. For aircraft, there is the mountainous map Afghanistan. Ship captains, on the other hand, will engage in naval battles at the archipelago “Tierra del Fuego” at the southernmost point of South America.
Recently, Sony launched the new “My PS4 Life” web tool. It allows players to share their gameplay information with others. However, it also apparently makes it possible to draw conclusions about the player counts and sales of all PS4 titles.
Sony may have revealed the player counts of all its titles. However, this is not a PSN hack or data theft. A new web tool from Sony apparently makes it possible to read the exact player counts. And this is how it works.
This is how My PS4 Life works: On the official homepage of Sony’s My PS4 Life PS4 players can create a personal video. The video captures which games have been played and which trophies have been earned.
Players can share the video with others and also view the videos of other players.
What exactly does My PS4 Life reveal? My PS4 Life reveals specific player counts for an achievement. For example, according to My PS4 Life, 33,764 players have earned the trophy “Photo Bomber” on the PS4. This is a trophy that exists in Fallout 76.
Now, you can check the trophy itself to see what percentage of all players have reached this achievement. In the case of Fallout 76, it is 8.3%.
From these two numbers, it can easily be inferred that a total of 406,795 players must have played Fallout 76 on the PS4.
What is the problem with this? If these numbers are even somewhat accurate, it is a big problem for Sony. Many companies want to keep their player or sales figures secret from the public and the competition at all costs.
In light of these numbers, Fallout 76 appears in a very poor light. 400,000 is a small number compared to how Red Dead Redemption has nearly 6 million or Black Ops 4 has 9 million, or even flops like Mass Effect Andromeda with 2.2 million players fared compared to that.
It is certainly not in Bethesda’s interest for such numbers to further strengthen the already harsh criticism of their latest Fallout installment and provide new points for attack.
Games with the most players on PS4 (Source: gamstat.com)
Check out the player counts yourself: After this connection was discovered, some enthusiasts set up a site that lists all the player counts discovered so far for PS4 games.
On the site gamstat.com, you can currently see 98 games along with their respective numbers. Leading the pack are GTA V (51,700,000 players) and FIFA 16-18 (28-32 million players).
How accurate is the data from My PS4 Life? That cannot be said for sure yet.
For games that have been released recently, such as in November, the data from the last weeks may not have been considered. There is no exact information on this.
Furthermore, in some cases, it is not possible to draw a conclusion about the direct sales figures. Some numbers may be misleading, as titles like Deus Ex or Destiny 2 have already been available for free to all subscribers in the context of PS Plus.
Also, used and resold games are not taken into account in these numbers.
However, for numerous games, there is indeed a direct correlation. And based on what is already known about the sales of various titles, it seems that these numbers and the calculation method are reliable.
It remains exciting to see how Sony and game publishers will respond to this.
Here we have the player counts of some games that we also cover on MeinMMO:
A The Elder Scrolls Online player has accidentally managed to play as the loot box cat Pacrooti. This sparked a desire among many players to also ride on loot boxes through Tamriel.
Players are asking ESO developer Zenimax for a loot box as a mount for Christmas. But what is this bizarre wish all about? The answer lies with the famous NPC Pacrooti.
Pacrooti, the Loot Box Cat
Who is Pacrooti? The Khajiit Pacrooti has had a steep career. Initially just one of the players’ helpers providing them with crafting materials, he is now responsible for the loot boxes in The Elder Scrolls Online. He sells and opens your Crown Boxes and gives you their contents as cards with item value. Most players appreciate Pacrooti very much.
Players are after Pacrooti’s box. Does the poor cat have to stand soon?
While he carries out his activities, he sits on a simple wooden box with a symbol on it. A “Crown Box,” as the loot boxes are called in ESO.
A player plays as Pacrooti: Due to a glitch, a player managed to take control of Pacrooti and steer him. In the video on Reddit, Pacrooti “slides” with his wooden box across Tamriel. What is amusing to watch has led some players to an idea: What if players could also travel across Tamriel on Crown Boxes?
“All I want for Christmas is a Crown Box mount”
The idea resonates with many players. The comment with the most upvotes on Reddit expresses what some wish for: A Crown Box mount for Christmas.
A player wants to see the feet of this spider mounted on Pacrooti’s box.
What should a loot box mount look like? But when it comes to implementation, opinions differ. Players have different ideas on how such a mount could be lore-friendly implemented:
A player suggests that Zenimax should simply give the box the legs of a Dwemer spider. The box would then be carried through the world by these little legs.
Another player generally likes the idea of the player simply sliding the box along the ground. However, the player should move their legs accordingly on the ground, as if they were moving on an office chair with wheels.
There would be enough Crown Boxes for all players.
Whether and in what way Zenimax will implement a loot box mount is still up in the air.
What do you think about a loot box mount? Great idea or totally ridiculous?
A strange NPC with a bunch of little kittens has appeared in a dungeon in World of Warcraft some time ago. Players wondered what the cat lady could be about. Now it’s clear: You need her for a mount.
This was the status: In August 2018, a new NPC appeared in the Legion dungeon Court of Stars, which players do not have to fight. The Nightborne Lady Chaton is a friendly NPC you can talk to.
Back then, Lady Chaton raised several questions. Players pondered for a long time what the elf could be about and suspected there was a puzzle behind it. They were right, at least in part.
Lady Chaton with kittens. Image source: wowhead.
Lady Chaton’s Kittens: Part of the Hive Mind
Who is Lady Chaton? The Nightborne Lady Chaton, whose name translates from French as “kitten”, is an NPC in the Court of Stars. She lives in a house near the second boss, Talixae Flamewreath.
She is surrounded by five little kittens:
Mauntz
Graupelz
Bella
Schatten
Frau Flauschibausch
The kittens can be petted. Every time you pet them, they receive a stack of the “Pet” buff.
Here you will find Lady Chaton. Image source: wowhead.
This is what the kittens are for: Lady Chaton, or more specifically her kittens, are part of a new puzzle in World of Warcraft. The buff they receive when petted is used to enter a code.
Players need this code to get an item for the scavenger hunt for the new mount “Hive Mind”. The Hive Mind is a mount that looks like a flying brain.
Similar to other puzzle mounts, the Hive Mind requires a long series of hidden tasks to be completed in a group. Recently, it’s been revealed what you all need to do.
What do you think about Lady Chaton being integrated into the Hive Mind? For more exciting news and interesting info about WoW, also visit our WoW page on Facebook.
The Twitch channel of streamer and former Overwatch pro Félix “xQc” Lengyel is once again making headlines. This time, however, it is not the scandalous streamer himself, but his mother who is causing reactions in the community.
This is what happened: The streamer xQc streamed some rounds of Bloodborne for his viewers on the weekend of December 16th. But the highlight of the stream turned out to be neither Bloodborne nor xQc’s famous outbursts.
Instead, the streamer’s mother was in the spotlight. She brought xQc food. To avoid being noticed, she crawled on all fours through the door into the room. Unfortunately, the camera was right on that door.
The action brought joy to the community. xQc himself reacted less calmly, rather somewhat resigned and annoyed, perhaps even embarrassed, when mom left again. The clip has now received over 160,000 views.
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Viewers clip “Part 2”: After xQc at least somewhat covered the situation and immersed himself further into Bloodborne, mom apparently did not understand the hint.
xQc continued his Bloodborne stream. A little later, “Sneaky-Mom” crept back into the room and presented her son with a plate of food. xQc’s chat definitely enjoyed that.
Dad Also Wants to be on TV: Sitting in front of a live camera seems to be a common preference in the Lengyel family.
On another occasion, xQc’s father wandered into his room and sat on his son’s bed. xQc’s reaction here is much more relaxed. Maybe also because he was just watching videos with his chat.
Somewhat confused, the streamer merely turned to his father and said: “Dad, I’m streaming. I mean, you can stay if you want, but this is exactly the angle of the camera. So, if you don’t want to be filmed.”
So, these brief interruptions don’t seem to have been that tragic. However, xQc also explained to his mother in February 2018 how Twitch works during a live stream.
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This is what’s currently happening with xQc: In November 2018, xQc confronted Overwatch and the community. He threw around wild insults and apparently hung up Overwatch both as a pro and as a streamer.
He has already been noticed several times for misconduct in the Overwatch League and was released by his team. His rather aggressive nature also frequently comes to the fore in the streams. xQc’s apology was then: “I’m a child of the Twitch chat.”
Whether the distance from Overwatch is doing him good remains to be seen. At least he hasn’t yelled at his parents and remained relatively calm. Unlike an Australian streamer who was reported for assault.
At the Wargaming Fan Fest 2018 in Moscow, alongside World of Tanks, the new game Pagan Online was also represented. There was some new information from the developer about this “Diablo-MMO”.
What is Pagan Online? Pagan Online is an unreleased action RPG MMO from Wargaming, the creators of World of Tanks. Pagan Online is themed around Slavic mythology and is primarily aimed at fans of classic action RPGs.
Who is Pagan Online for? The game is clearly aimed at Diablo fans who are frustrated with the current game development. So, it targets players who are not interested in mobile versions like Diablo Immortal and prefer the good old PC as a platform: the classic old-school gamers who really enjoyed Diablo 2 and similar games.
The Six Pillars of Pagan Online
At the press conference in Moscow for Wargaming Fest 2018, Wargaming’s Publishing Director Yaropolk Rash presented further information about Pagan Online.
Pagan Online is made up of the following: He also mentioned six fundamental principles that define a good action RPG.
Loot: Your loot should dictate the game style. However, in the end, skill should count more than pure gear power. There should be “endless” loot to satisfy every collecting instinct.
Challenge: The areas are called “Battle Arenas”, which are instances that should offer different challenges depending on the session. The goal is “strategic sessions of satisfying destruction”. The fights are meant to be dynamic and action-packed, drawing on MOBA and MMORPG elements.
Story: Pagan Online is based on pre-Christian Slavic mythology. The world of the gods of the ancient Slavic peoples has hardly been explored in games in the West and offers plenty of material for exciting and dark stories. For instance, the dark god Czernobog is supposed to play a role as the arch-nemesis.
Progress: In Pagan Online, you should not only level up one hero but build up a whole “family” of characters that you can play depending on the challenge.
Planning: The developers want to create a synergy system where the combination of effects, abilities, and characters will play a bigger role than their individual status values.
They also want to give players the opportunity to test various character combinations in raids and other content. All you need is “a PC and two hands.” A clear jab at Blizzard and their controversial mobile game Diablo Immortal.
Believable World: The developers want to create a living and constantly growing world in which every new battle and every day will be different from the last. They plan to use storytelling and instances with different choice options.
Interview with Wargaming
The basic concepts of Pagan Online sounded good on paper, but we wanted to know more. So we asked Yaropolk in the interview a few more things that were on our minds.
Yaropolk Rash, the Publishing Director at Wargaming.
MeinMMO: Pagan Online will not be an open-world game. How is the world then structured? Yaropolk: We have boundaries for the genre, we see no need for sandbox and open-world action RPGs. However, we have a dual concept of how to keep the world alive and evolving: changes to the environment and the monsters, as well as tactical leveling.
In Pagan Online, you are literally dropped from the sky into the “Battle Arena” (which are instances). In that, you have a task and you must go from A to B. What you experience along the way is different every time you enter the instance – even if it is the same instance.
In one run, you might encounter a goblin around the corner, and in another a big elite monster that one-hits you. It would then make sense to try a different class or gear. The map is the same in every arena, but the contents change.
MeinMMO: Are there quests?
Yaropolk: Yes, there are quests. There is also a main story line that guides you through the game.
MeinMMO: The game is called Pagan Online. How can one imagine the online features?
Yaropolk: Initially, it is a natural extension of your solo experience. You start off alone and are gradually introduced to the multiplayer part. Then there will be 2-player groups, then 3-player groups, and finally 4-player groups, which is the initial maximum.
There will be encounters that require this number of players and specific combinations of skills and classes. Just like in a raid in an MMORPG, where one needs to master DPS and tank rotations to win. There will be bosses and trash mobs.
We actually want to create a good experience for MMORPG players, with everything they know and love from the past. But in a shorter time. You don’t have to invest many hours every time if you have limited time.
Additionally, the combat system will resemble a MOBA with positioning and skill shots.
MeinMMO: How can one imagine the combat system? Yaropolk: I also like to compare it to the Berserker class in Everquest 2. You pull massive mobs and then smash them with AoE skills.
But the MOBA comparison fits as well, especially as everyone knows how a MOBA plays. We also have skill shots and you have to actively dodge and position yourself.
MeinMMO: What about classes?
Yaropolk: Yes, there are. A lot of them. But special classes, not your typical D&D classes. There will be six classes available at launch, including the classic Berserker and Paladin. But 4 of those classes will blow you away. They will do things quite differently.
You will then be able to further customize the gameplay of the class when you equip it with certain items. This way, you can also change your gameplay significantly. For instance, the Berserker can become a fire-damage or ice-Berserker. Ice would be a control hero, while fire would be more focused on DoT.
Release and Expectations
When is Pagan Online coming out? No exact date was given, but it was mentioned that the game will be released in 2019. However, one can expect playable versions by the first quarter of 2019.
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What are the chances of success for Pagan Online? Fundamentally, Pagan Online could resonate well with old-school Diablo fans and friends of hack and slay. With numerous jabs at Blizzard during the presentation, Wargaming clearly has this type of player in mind. However, for this audience, there is already the highly praised Path of Exile.
It remains to be seen whether Wargaming can establish its own niche with its game. We will definitely keep an eye on the game and follow its further development.
The online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2, Red Dead Online, is plagued by griefers. Rockstar has now announced that they will take action against this. However, only in 2019, then further updates are planned.
This is how Red Dead Online will continue in 2019: The studio Rockstar has announced that they have thoroughly reviewed the suggestions and feedback from players in the Red Dead Online beta.
They are currently working on updates that should come early in 2019. These updates are supposed to:
implement many of the key points in player feedback
further improve balance in gameplay
and introduce new anti-griefing measures that are currently in the works
This is the problem with griefers: Currently, “griefers” are arguably the biggest topic in the Red Dead Online community. The problem is that there is practically no protection against them and they can impose PvP on anyone.
Players fear that Red Dead Online will end up like GTA Online: which is known for its trolls and toxic community. Hardly anyone can play in peace without being bothered.
What countermeasures do fans want? Players have a number of suggestions for how Rockstar should take action against griefers:
A bounty system that places rewards on PvP players, so they think twice before attacking innocents
A “passive” mode that protects players from unwanted PvP
Or at least making players no longer visible to others on the map
Whether Rockstar will choose one of these measures or plans something completely different, we will likely only find out in 2019. The previous updates of Red Dead Online were mostly about bug fixes.
However, microtransactions have now become a new aspect of the game, although they are controversial:
Just in time for Christmas, the children in a French hospital received an unexpected gift from the local police. A happy coincidence played into the hands of the officers.
Actually, the hospital Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien de Corbeil-Essonnes was in a predicament. After their partnership with a toy store abruptly ended, the Christmas gifts for the children in the ward looked bleak. Therefore, the hospital launched a fundraising campaign, which by a happy coincidence, the French police could participate in.
What happened? During a search at the home of a suspicious man, the officers of the French police discovered four brand new stolen PS4 consoles. There was, however, no report of theft and the police could not identify the owners of the devices. Accordingly, the responsible prosecutor decided that the devices should actually be destroyed.
But things turned out differently. Instead of destroying the still-packaged devices, the officers decided to donate them to the hospital and bring joy to the kids there. “It’s the first time we redistribute stolen goods,” said one of the police officers.
What does the hospital staff say? Despite the common prejudices against video games, the hospital staff was happy about the donation from the police. The director, Thierry Schmidt, said: “We have children here who would all rather be somewhere else and play with other kids. The topic of toys is therefore very important, but we do not have the budget to buy them.”
Department head Sebastien Rouget also shares this opinion. The video games provide the children with a way to escape the sad everyday life in the hospital. They distract the kids and make the often painful treatments more bearable. It is a recognized analgesic method, Rouget said.
The kids have no objection to this somewhat early Christmas gift, even though for now they can only play free-to-play games from the PSN store.
In the gamer community, there are also other nice stories:
A bus full of Pokémon GO players is going from raid to raid while raising $25,000 for a good cause.
In San Antonio, a major city in the USA, a bus regularly makes rounds. The bus is filled with Pokémon GO players who are on a raid tour.
The players on this raid tour pay a certain fee for participation. The proceeds are collected and donated to a good cause.
The Raid Bus on Tour
This is how the raid tour works: If you want to raid in San Antonio with Pokémon GO, you can’t miss the big tour bus that regularly drives through the streets, bringing players from raid to raid.
Those who want to join must purchase a ticket. Then the bus departs, and the participants guide the bus driver to one raid after another. Until every player has completed enough raids.
Those who purchase a ticket not only secure a seat on the bus but are also supplied with food and drinks throughout the day.
Additionally, the organizers host a Pokémon raffle on the bus. There, you can win all kinds of Pokémon gadgets.
However, the focus in this raid bus is on something entirely different: the proceeds from this raid tour are donated.
How Pokémon GO Players Raised Money
This is how the organizers raised money: Once the costs were covered, every additional dollar went into the donation pot. The organizers did not pocket any money but diligently collected the proceeds.
This initiative started in August 2017, and so far, the organizers of the raid tour have raised a total of $25,000.
This is where the donations went: The donations went to numerous organizations. Helping children and animals in need, but also assisting victims of a hurricane through the donations.
The focus was on donating and not on supporting a specific organization.
And what’s next? The raid bus continues its journey. The organizers are still diligently raising money, and the legendary Pokémon in San Antonio will continue to be defeated.
InFortnite: Battle Royale the airplane is a source of great trouble for many players. Therefore, Epic wants to implement a significant nerf. But is that enough?
What is going to change about the airplane? The controversial X-4 Stormwing airplane is supposed to deal more damage to its occupants when it explodes. Due to an initial nerf, this damage has already been increased to 25, but fans demanded 50.
Epic initially proposed a compromise and promised an increase to 35 damage points. However, the developers have now taken the feedback to heart and actually want to patch the demanded 50 damage points into the game.
When will the airplane nerf come? The nerf for the airplane is expected for the next update, which should probably come on December 18 or 19.
Is the nerf enough or is the airplane still too strong?
Why is the airplane too strong? The airplane is one of the extremely controversial items that were recently added to the game. After the turret and the Infinity Blade, the airplane is now the current hot topic in the community.
Many players are annoyed by the following advantages that airplane users have:
The airplane is a flying combat platform, as all passengers can shoot happily from there. The pilot also has a powerful machine gun with unlimited ammo.
Airplanes can easily crash through buildings, rendering fortifications useless.
Players can easily keep their distance from intense battles with the airplane and cause a lot of chaos in the endgame.
Even if the pilot completely messes up and crashes, they have nothing to fear as long as the airplane doesn’t explode.
Anyone who jumps out of the airplane can reuse their glider in any mode and thereby safely reach almost any location on the map.
What does the community say about the nerf? 50 guaranteed damage points upon the explosion of the airplane are a good start for many players, as injured passengers and pilots might quickly die if someone manages to shoot down an airplane.
However, this does not change the crazy stunts that can be performed with the airplane, and builders will still complain with a great deal of annoyance when yet another daring pilot comes crashing through their painstakingly constructed fortifications.
However, Epic is likely listening more to its players right now and may provide additional nerfs, as the infamous sword has mysteriously disappeared overnight:
