The Trainer battles are now available for all players over level 10! Pokémon GO unlocked the feature overnight.
You can now battle against your friends and against team leaders. At around 3:40 AM German time, Niantic released the Trainer battles for all players over level 40. The trainer level has now been lowered to 10. All players above level 10 can now use the PvP feature.
We will give you a brief refresher on the topic of PvP before you jump into battles.
This is what we know about PvP – Trainer Battles
How can I battle? To challenge a friend, go to your Nearby List and swipe to the “Battle” page. There you can scan your friend’s battle code or he can scan yours. After scanning, you can select the league and start the battle. Alternatively, you will receive an invitation that you must accept.
If you have hyper friends, you can also challenge them over distance. To do this, go to your friends list and find the friend you want to challenge. Then click on “Battle” and the opponent will receive an invitation from you. It doesn’t matter how far away the opponent is.
How does the battle work? After selecting your three Pokémon, the battle begins. You use the fast attack until the charge attack gauge is full. Then you unleash the charge attack. The faster you tap on the appearing field, the stronger the attack will be.
This is new: You can now teach your Pokémon a second charge attack. This costs candies and stardust. With the second attack, you are more flexible and can counter the opponent better.
Additionally, there is a shield for defense. You cannot dodge in trainer battles, but you can use this shield. You can use it twice per battle. It almost fully absorbs the opponent’s charge attack.
What are the rewards? No matter if you win or lose, you will receive a reward for the battle. Confirmed rewards include stardust and the Sinnoh Stone. You can receive a reward from battles against friends three times a day and once from a battle with team leaders.
Fighting against Team Leaders
This is how you can battle against team leaders: You can also challenge team leaders in a battle. The NPCs help you become stronger. To do this, click on the team leader you want to challenge in your Nearby List. The battle will then proceed like the battles against friends.
Are the team leaders hard to defeat? If you have the right counters against the team leaders’ Pokémon, they are easy to defeat. Trainers with lower levels will especially struggle against Spark in the Master League.
We have already written a large guide that answers every question about PvP:
The world of Fallout 76 offers many places to explore. Those who explore Appalachia will encounter interesting and sometimes quirky or even grotesque scenes everywhere. We present some of them to you.
We too have braved our way through Appalachia to find the craziest scenes for you.
1. The marriage cockroach in the haunted house
Our first crazy location is in Ash Heap, one of the earlier areas in the game. You can reach Ash Heap via Charleston for the quest to learn more about the Burned.
West of Ash Heap, in the southern part of the woods and at the border of the areas, you will find a Nuka-Cola factory and a little further south, Camden Park. In the middle of these two points of reference is an inconspicuous blue cabin in the woods.
Inside the cabin, there are no enemies. Only a dead Mr. Handy lies in the small kitchen. The house itself has its surprises: There is a doll’s head neatly arranged in the refrigerator, and in the bedroom crib, there’s an alien, glue, Abraxo cleaner, and on the nightstand beside it, a lockpick hammer.
However, the truly strange thing can be found in the toilet. On the toilet sits a dead RAD cockroach, neatly laid out with a melon on its head and a walking stick in its… “hand”. But it gets even weirder.
You can loot the corpse of the cockroach. The insect not only has the standard loot from RAD cockroaches but also wears a wedding ring. What could have happened here?
Here you will find our current tips and guides for the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2. If you are looking for tips and tricks for Red Dead Online, you will surely find them here.
Red Dead Online has been in beta for quite some time now and invites all players of Red Dead Redemption 2 into its online world. To give you all our tips and tricks for the multiplayer mode at a glance, we have created this collection, which we update regularly and supplement with new guides.
These are the trophies and achievements – Trophy hunters have plenty to do even in the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2. We have compiled all online and offline achievements here for you.
How fast travel works in multiplayer – Fast travel works a little differently in RDO than in single-player. Here we explain how to find and use fast travel.
This is Dead Eye in multiplayer – What Dead Eye does in online mode and how to improve the ability is outlined in this article.
How to play and invite friends – Do you want to play not with random cowboys, but with your own posse? We show you in this post where to find and invite your friends to play together.
Why story missions disappear in Red Dead Online – The community is currently uncertain why story missions occasionally vanish from the map, even though they were just there. We provide a possible explanation here for you.
Find gang hideouts at these locations – Bandit hideouts often offer not only a challenge but also treasure maps. We provide tips and tricks for the hideouts here.
Settings for the online mode:
How to mute other players – Nobody likes to be shouted at by random players across the entire map. Here’s how to mute your fellow players.
How to use and change emotes – Here’s how to use emotes in Red Dead Online and adjust the option to your liking.
Money and items:
How to earn quick money in Red Dead Online – Weapons, horses, and various fees make life tough for your cowboy in RDO. We demonstrate how to offset this with enough coins in this post.
How to get a second holster – What is better than one revolver? Two revolvers, of course! Here’s how you can get a second holster in Red Dead Online.
How to get 4 free items on PS4 – PS4 players can secure some free items in the online mode. We reveal what they are and where to collect them in this article.
Some professional streamers from Fortnite have now criticized Epic. During the current tournament “Winter Battle Royale,” Ninja and other stars were too much in the focus of the official stream. This disrupted the broadcast of the tournament .
Which tournament is it about? It is about the first round of the semifinals of the “Winter Battle Royale,” a tournament with a million dollar prize pool, in which anyone could qualify.
Both Twitch star Ninja and TSM_Myth have been eliminated from the tournament and could not qualify for the finals.
But some streamers are also bothered by the camera work.
One of the most successful streamers in Fortnite: Myth
Too fast cuts when a pro is in action
This annoys the pros: The streamer Myth criticizes Epic for the presentation of the tournament: “Why the hell do they highlight it every time Ninja dies. It is really being measured with a double standard when the team decides what to show. I would rather watch switching streamers than someone being shown just because they are famous.”
The professional player Vivid says something very similar: “Even the casters noticed this when they said, the production team is not giving themselves a break.” Vivid believes that the commentators were referring to the rapid cuts if something happens to a star.
Professional Wish from Counter Logic Gaming says this is not a problem specific to Ninja, but to the production as a whole: “There is a trend to take the camera away from the actual fights just to show how someone with a big name dies. This kills the flow of the transmission. If there is action somewhere, then stay focused on it. And show the rest later as a summary.”
Myth also added later that it is not specifically about Ninja, but about everyone with a “big name.”
This is what others say: On Twitter, many non-professionals also express their opinions. One says, “They show LeBron James even when he is sitting on the bench picking his nose instead of showing his teammates.” That’s just what people want to see.
This is what it’s all about: It is indeed a problem that Epic is struggling with. A Battle Royale tournament with 100 players has various spots at any time that one could jump to. Which one does one choose?
Do you want to treat everyone equally and really try to objectively show the most exciting things happening in the tournament?
Or do you go for the big names and show the players you know most viewers will recognize.
More on the topic of whether Fortnite favors its stars:
In a forum post, Funcom announced that Conan Exiles will not have a Christmas event in 2018. Instead, fans will receive a new DLC with an Asia theme. The DLC “Seekers of the Dawn” also brings brand new weapons.
This is what to expect: Funcom released a new DLC for Conan Exiles on December 12. For €9.99, you can get the “Seekers of the Dawn” pack (here’s the link to the Steam store). The expansion takes you to the Japan-inspired kingdom of Yamatai.
There will be no event at Christmas, as there was for Halloween. The issues and feedback from Halloween has made the studio a bit more cautious.
Halloween did not go well in Conan Exiles: The event suffered from many bugs.
Japan DLC instead of Christmas spirit
That’s why there will be no Christmas event: In a forum post, community director Tascha explained why there will be no Christmas event in 2018. The main reason is that the team does not feel prepared for it:
We have heard that some of you want a Christmas event and we would have loved to create one. However, we have learned from the mistakes of Halloween and would prefer to have a few more tools before we start a new event.
Furthermore, we are currently working 100% on implementing really necessary improvements as in the patch that will be coming to the test servers in the coming weeks.
They do not want to risk splitting their work with an event, despite new people. However, interest in events is high and the team is eager to implement more events in the future.
This is what the Yamatai DLC brings: The Japan DLC, like all previous DLCs, contains cosmetic items. With the gameplay improvements and new features, the “Seekers of the Dawn” pack brings several new skins.
As already seen in the first DLC “Realm in the East” and in the second DLC “Jewel of the West”, you will receive new skins for building parts and new war paints. Additionally, there are armor sets for level 10 and the endgame (level 60) in the classes light, medium, and heavy.
In keeping with the Japanese look, there are also new skins for weapons, including for the new katanas. Katanas are one-handed swords with a unique fighting style that focuses on quick attacks and lunges.
Would you like a Christmas event too? Or are you looking forward to the Yamatai DLC?
The dataminer Chrales has found new Pokémon in the code of Pokémon GO. This time, they were Pokémon with different forms.
The code of Pokémon GO is regularly searched by the dataminer Chrales. After he recently found three new Pokémon in the code, he has now discovered additional Pokémon. The Pokémon he found all have different forms. This is comparable to the Pokémon Formeo, which takes on different forms depending on the weather.
Now the dataminer has found 5 more Pokémon that can take on different forms. They all come from the 4th generation.
These are the Pokémon found by the dataminer
Chrales found the sprites of Burmadame, Kinoso, Schalellos, Gastrodon, and Shaymin. All of these Pokémon can assume multiple forms. We will show you what makes these monsters so special:
Burmadame: This is the evolution of Burmy. This Pokémon was already found in one of the last updates of Pokémon GO. Burmy and Burmadame appear in three different forms. Depending on the environment, they wear a cloak made of plants, sand, or rags. It will be interesting to see how Niantic releases these three forms.
Kinoso: Kinoso is the evolution of Kikugi. The Pokémon, which resembles a flower, possesses the sun form. Kinoso opens up when the sun shines, showing its full splendor. This Pokémon could, like Formeo, be dependent on the weather.
Schalellos and Gastrodon: These two Pokémon exist in their western (pink) and eastern (blue) forms. The Pokémon could be ideally introduced as regional Pokémon. The western form could be available in the western hemisphere and the eastern form in the eastern hemisphere.
Shaymin: This Pokémon exists in the land form and the sky form. The sky form gives Shaymin, in addition to the plant type, also the flying type, allowing it to fly. Shaymin is a mysterious Pokémon. It could be introduced in a special research event similar to Mew and Celebi.
What does the find mean for players? So far, these Pokémon have only been found in the code. There is no confirmation of their release. However, it is interesting to see that all form Pokémon were added to the code at the same time.
These Pokémon could pose special challenges to players when it comes to catching them. It remains to be seen when these Pokémon will be released.
New costumes for Raichu found
What costumes have been discovered? This news sounds a bit strange, but it’s true: Costumes for Raichu have been found in the code. More specifically, a Raichu with a winter hat and a Raichu with flowers on its head have been found.
What does this mean for the players? It is interesting to see that this time only Raichu with costumes was found. Usually, it is always Pikachu that wears a special hat. Now, however, it is Raichu. The winter hat could be used in a Christmas event, which has already been announced. The Raichu with the flowers would be more suitable for spring and an event there.
This is pure speculation, though. It remains to be seen what Niantic has in store for Raichu.
With the Black Armory, the new raid “Scourge of the Past” has arrived in Destiny 2. In this guide, we explain how you can successfully master the first two phases of the new raid on your way to the final boss.
Since December 7, 2018, all owners of the Annual Pass have access to the new raid “Scourge of the Past“. It is a full-fledged raid set in the ruins of the Last City on Earth. There lies the most valuable treasure of the Black Armory, which is now besieged by Fallen.
The power level requirements: There is no minimum requirement to enter the new raid. However, a power level of 640 is recommended.
The first enemies you encounter are already at level 640. Moreover, the raid is quite demanding in places. You should therefore bring a power level as close to the recommended value as possible.
How to start the new raid? Scourge of the Past is launched via the planet map of Earth. The corresponding marker is located at the far right edge of the EDZ.
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Phase 1 – The Botza City Center
The starting situation: You start in a large area in the middle of the ruins of the city. The area includes narrow alleys, open spaces, and the roofs of numerous houses. Here, the goal is to gain access to the tunnels beneath this zone.
Instructions for the City Center
Activate the map:
Make your way to the center of this area. On a roof, you will encounter a Berserker. This is a powerful Fallen enemy with a yellow health bar.
The Berserker with its Weak Spot (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
To kill him, he must first perform his special attack. He will activate a bluish overshield that makes him immune. Inside it, you’ll be slowed down, and your abilities will be suppressed. At the same time, he will expose his weak points on his back and chest. Two players should go into the shield, destroy the weak spots, and then kill the Berserker.
This is where you need to insert the battery (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
If the Berserker dies, he drops a battery. Grab it and insert it into the Fallen apparatus located on the same roof nearby. Then, a holographic map of the area will be activated.
The battery does not last forever and may need to be recharged. Nearby, there is a display that indicates how long the map will still be shown to you.
The energy display of the map (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
Additionally, enemies will spawn at the map that you should eliminate. The Servitor can temporarily disable the charging station with a force field. Just kill him, and then continue.
Here’s how to read the map: The holographic map shows you several things:
The Holo-Map on the roof (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
The yellow circles represent the players, i.e., you.
The green squares with dots above them are the charging stations that need to be recharged. The dots essentially represent a number. 4 dots would be charging station 4.
The red triangles indicate other Berserkers from whom you will receive a battery. The Berserker with a thick glowing point drops two batteries.
If you kill a Berserker and pick up a battery, the player also gets points—essentially a number. If the player has 2 points, they must bring their battery to charging station 2 accordingly.
Charging station with energy display (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
Enemies, including 2 Servitors, will be waiting at the stations. Only after the Servitors have been eliminated will the shield of the station disappear, allowing the battery to be inserted.
The stations have a charge display. Once you’ve inserted enough batteries, you will progress to the next part of the raid.
These strategies are recommended:
One player can stay permanently at the map and guide their teammates to the Berserkers and then to the charging stations from there. Another player can support them and deal with the enemies.
Name the charging stations top, bottom, left, right, and middle. Use the tall tower marked “Fast” as a reference. That’s the top. The station on the roof is the middle. The rest should be named according to their position relative to the house.
Use this high-rise as a reference point (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
The other players split into two teams of two and take turns transporting the batteries in their respective squads. The second player is then responsible for dealing with the enemies and Servitors, since once you have delivered a battery, you cannot pick up another for two minutes.
Alternatively, the four players can also stay together and operate as a unit, with the battery carrier rotating within the squad. This strategy is especially recommended at lower power levels.
Remember that you can use your Sparrow in the streets—unless you are carrying a battery. This way, you can move faster to the Berserkers and the charging stations to clean up there.
The tunnels beneath the ruins
Once you’ve inserted enough batteries and fully charged a station, the protective bubble at the station will open, completing the phase. Grab the loot and make your way through the hole into the sewage channels beneath the ruins.
Phase 1 in the video: A detailed explanation of the city phase can be found in this video by Nexxoss Gaming:
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The way through the tunnels: The canals are like a small labyrinth with a lighting system that you can activate and use to your advantage.
So spread out and work with the lights. This way you can mark areas that lead to the exit and your teammates can follow you more easily. Follow the path through the tunnels until you find a destroyed Fallen walker. Then you are in the right place.
The instructions for the Sparrow phase
There, you will find two terminals with a hand hologram that two players must activate simultaneously using their melee attack.
Two of these switches must be activated simultaneously (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
Once that’s done, hop onto your Sparrows and follow the tunnels. Navigate around obstacles and ignore the enemies. The goal is to advance as quickly as possible, as a huge burning Servitor is pursuing you. If it catches you, you will burn.
If the Sparrow is destroyed, you must jump off or die, quickly call your vehicle back and continue riding.
Eventually, you will reach a room where there is no way forward and you will find two more terminals. Again, two players must activate them simultaneously. This will close the hatch behind you, preventing the Servitor from reaching you. Thus, at least two Guardians must make it this far.
The Sparrow route
There is no loot here—unless you manage to get the hidden chest. How to do that is explained further down.
Now proceed to the room with many columns.
Look up, and you will see several openings high up on the walls. The one next to a Fallen banner and the metal framework leads to the exit. Show off your jumping skills and fight your way up the pipes along the columns to the corresponding opening.
You need to get in here
This way, you will first enter the vault of the Black Armory and subsequently the next area of the city, where you will face the final boss, Ravager-Primus, in two further phases.
How to get the hidden chest in the Sparrow passage of the raid
This is what you need to do: You can get the hidden chest in the Sparrow section by activating a total of 8 buttons along the Sparrow route.
You need to drive close to these red buttons (Source: Nexxoss Gaming)
By driving close enough to them, their lighting will change from red to green. This indicates that the respective area has been activated. This task can be completed as a team; it does not have to be just one person taking care of the switches.
Once you have activated all areas, the message “A door opens somewhere” will appear in the bottom left. Then you just need to complete the remaining distance before you can look forward to more raid loot.
By the way, the chest does not contain any powerful rewards. However, the items come from the raid’s loot pool.
Phase 2 and the hidden chest in the video: You can see the complete Sparrow passage as well as the exact position of all switches and the hidden chest in detail in this video by Nexxoss Gaming:
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This is how it continues: How the two phases of the boss fight against Ravager-Primus unfold can be found in the second part of our raid guide to Scourge of the Past: Raid guide to Scourge of the Past – The Boss Fight
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Ubisoft has announced today a playable alpha for The Division 2. From December 15, selected players can test an early version of the shared-world shooter.
The Division 2 is getting a playable alpha, and it’s coming in just a few days. However, not all players will be able to participate.
This is how participants are selected: Starting tomorrow, December 13, certain players will receive an email with confirmation of their participation. They will be part of the alpha and will be among the first outside of Ubisoft to play The Division 2.
When does it start? The alpha of The Division 2 starts on December 15 and runs until December 18.
On which platforms? It will apparently only run on PC. There is no information regarding PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
In the announcement from Ubisoft, it is noted that participants must sign a non-disclosure agreement. Your feedback will be important for further development.
This is how you participate in the alpha: If you are selected,
you will receive an invitation email. In this, you must confirm the non-disclosure agreement.
Then you will be redirected to the alpha website.
You need to log in there with your Ubisoft credentials.
Now the alpha should appear in your Uplay library.
For technical reasons, there can only be a limited number of participants, which is why players will be randomly selected.
The medieval MMO Conqueror’s Blade opens its gates this weekend and allows players to take their first look at the game.
The new MMO Conqueror’s Blade gives players a first glimpse into the game world this weekend. We will reveal what to expect there and how to participate.
This is how you can test Conqueror’s Blade
When does the test run? On December 15th and 16th, all players will have the opportunity to test the medieval MMO.
You can play the siege test “Winter Madness”. You can choose a character and select from numerous weapon specializations. Additionally, each player receives a certain starting capital to equip their troops. Booming has provided new maps and units for the test.
In the attack scenarios, one troop storms towards the walls while the other troop tries to defeat the attackers and defend the wall.
How can I participate in the test? Interested parties just need to register at cb.my.com . There you need to provide your email, and you can participate in the tests.
What is Conqueror’s Blade? This medieval MMO is a mix of action and strategy MMO that is set to be released for PC. A release date is not yet known. However, this test is supposed to give you a first glimpse so that you know what to look forward to.
You lead your units into battle to defend or protect your territory. Additionally, you manage fortresses, cities, resources, and trade routes. You command soldiers from various cultures. The culture also determines which weapons and abilities can be used.
For many players an important question: Does my hero say something? For the new online game Anthem, there is now an answer: The character will have a voice. You will also be able to customize the hero, but not as much as in previous BioWare titles.
This is what BioWare says about the “mute” question: BioWare has answered one of the important questions: “Can the character speak?”
In an interview with Comicbook, Mike Gamble stated that in Anthem, the hero will indeed have a voice. You will not play a mute hero like in Dragon Age: Origins.
However, BioWare has not yet revealed much more useful information about what the voice will sound like or how it will be customized.
It is only said that Anthem will take the “traditional binary route”. This probably means that players will have the choice of whether to choose a male or female voice.
Should the player’s hero be able to speak, so as not to just stand by like a statistic while others advance the story?
Or should the hero remain silent, allowing players to imagine that they themselves are truly the hero who acts.
Customization of the actual character is possible, but not so extreme
This is what Gamble also says about character customization: In an interview with Comicbook, the producer promises that there will be many options for creating your own character – but not as many as in previous BioWare titles.
Fortnite: Battle Royale has received a new airplane and a sword in Season 7. This changes everything for our author Jürgen!
This was my first contact with the airplane: When the new Update for Season 7 came on December 6, 2018, I actually just wanted to quickly go online to check the locations of the “Dance Prohibition Signs” from the Week 1 Challenge for my colleague Patrick.
Spoiler Alert: I didn’t get far. When I finally landed, there was already an Ice King (who buys all Battle Pass tiers for a lot of money just an hour after the Season starts?) and wanted to grab the dance challenge as well.
Instead of dancing with me, he wanted to kill me with the pickaxe.
First contact with airplane
This is how the airplane surprised me: Suddenly, bullets were whistling around me everywhere. But it wasn’t an opponent with a rifle, it was a damn airplane! It flew straight at us and riddled me with bullets. The Ice King, in turn, jumped into the sea in his desperation and drowned pitifully.
Shortly after, I was able to watch an exciting aerial duel between the airplane and another flyer in spectator view. The two machines circled each other and shot each other to pieces. Eventually, one crashed due to stupidity and got stuck on the ground.
It’s just like in Battlefield!
“Wow,” I thought: “This is just like in Battlefield!” Until now, Fortnite was mainly a game for me where I ran around, built buildings, and shot opponents. That suddenly airplanes were attacking would never have occurred to me before.
That’s why the airplanes are great fun for me: The planes bring a new, silly flair to the game for me. This is due to the totally ridiculous way they behave in the game. Many players have no idea how to steer the things and constantly crash planes into trees or cliffs.
Players who can handle them bring a good dose of chaos into the game. Because then, you are never safe from the planes and can be taken out from the air at any time. And then there are also crazy stunts like the one where Ninja captures two planes.
The sword is pure chaos!
The sword is my new favorite item: However, I find the new sword even cooler. Just the epic battles over the location of the blade are a real blast, and you can always expect action at Polar Peak.
Once you finally have the blade in your hands, you feel incredibly strong. Although you can still die pretty quickly as a noob, you already have better chances and can cause considerable chaos.
In the round when I got it, I immediately took out three opponents in a row. Eventually, I did get caught, but my kill statistics had already improved quite a bit.
That’s why the new items are perfect for me: For me, Fortnite remains a huge enjoyment that I play happily without ambition after work. Whether I die right away or get a few kills doesn’t matter to me as long as I am entertained.
And with the new additions like planes and swords, the game becomes more fun and lighthearted for me. Now we just need Thanos to return and challenge an ultimate duel of Infinity Blade and Infinity Gauntlet! That should be a blast.
If you want to use the sword too, here you can find tips and the location:
The new Black Desert class Archer is playable worldwide as of today. The Archer is a purely ranged class that decimates enemies with a bow and crossbow.
The Archer is the first class that has access to powerful Awakening abilities from the start. Alongside the event, two XP events will begin, allowing you to pair a character with the Archer, both gaining experience simultaneously.
Leveling the Archer is worthwhile
Here’s what you need to know about the double XP event: Concurrently with the release of the Archer, an event in Black Desert grants double experience points to all players. To benefit from the XP bonus, all you need to do is log in to Black Desert.
Additionally, players can pair a class they have created with an Archer. The pairing of characters in Black Desert has been possible since mid-2018 and only works if one of the two characters has reached level 65. However, during the event duration, it is possible to do so with the Archer starting at level 7. Furthermore, the Archer shares experience points with the character it is paired with.
This is how XP sharing works: Pairing is possible up to level 60. Select the “Character Swap” button found in the left side of the screen next to the “Camping Tool” icon. There, you can mark a character. The character must be marked as the main character, and you only collect XP for the other character when playing with the Archer. The pairing can only be dissolved when you log in with the paired characters and redeem combat and talent XP.
Therefore, you can use the event to effectively level up a twink alongside the Archer or finally bring an existing character close to level 60. By the way, your paired character also receives XP beyond level 50. Just remember that PvP will be activated once your character reaches level 50 or higher.
Until when do the XP events last? The XP events start on December 12, 2018, and run until January 9, 2019. So you have plenty of time to actively gather XP until the end of the year.
The Archer can awaken from the beginning
Typically, players must first gain some experience with a class before gaining access to the most powerful abilities. Most classes can use their Awakening abilities starting at level 56. However, with the Archer, developer Pearl Abyss is taking a new approach. The class has access to the basic weapons, consisting of a glove and a crossbow, from the start. At the same time, it can immediately equip its Awakening weapon, a longbow. Fans have been waiting for the Archer class for 4 years.
In the embedded video, you can take a look at the abilities that it uses.
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The Archer is just the beginning of updates aimed at making Black Desert a better game. Recently, developer Pearl Abyss announced that the controversial Renown System would be abolished. Evening players in BDO have a chance in PvP again.
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With the “New Year’s Fest”, The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates Christmas and New Year’s together. Players can complete various tasks and receive great rewards.
During the New Year’s Fest, you can unlock style pages, collectibles, and a special Frost Astronach skin. We will show you how to obtain the skin. Additionally, there are double experience points.
Every race celebrates Christmas differently
This is how you start the holiday quests: Before you can dive deeper into the customs of the individual races, you need to get the New Year’s Fest scroll from the crown shop. Use the scroll in your inventory, which will give you a quest that leads you directly to the festive Nord, Breda, who is waiting for you in Windhelm.
These quests are available: You will receive one of nine possible quests that will send you all across Tamriel. For the quests, you do not need to have ESO Plus or own any of the DLCs. The following quests are available:
How long does the event last? The New Year’s Fest starts on December 13th at 4 PM and runs until January 2nd, 2019 at 4 PM.
Collect gifts and get rewarded
What the boxes contain for the New Year’s Fest: For successfully completing the quests, you will receive festive containers. The containers can contain various items:
A chapter about the style of the shapeshifter
A special recipe for the New Year’s Fest in the qualities green, blue, and gold.
Various collectibles, including a Nordic bath towel, a mud bag, and a Colovian fur cap.
Consumables, style, and crafting materials.
During the event, you can purchase various seasonal items in the crown shop. This includes a special house that lets you live in a snow globe.
How do I receive the double XP? You can complete a small quest for Breda, which rewards you upon completion with a memento that grants you double experience points during the New Year’s Fest. This bonus stacks with other bonuses from experience scrolls or the XP bonus from ESO Plus.
With the Crystal Frost appearance, you look like a Frost Astronach
This is how you unlock the Crystal Frost appearance: During the event, players can enjoy a special skin. The Crystal Frost appearance gives you the look of a freezing Frost Astronach. To obtain the skin, you must complete the achievement “New Charitable”.
For the achievement, you need to fulfill 12 charity writings. You acquire the writings with a certain probability when you submit one of the daily tasks of the New Year’s Fest to the NPC Breda.
In the gallery, you can take a look at the offerings of the merchants from whom you need to shop.
These crafting skills do you need: To fulfill the writings, you need to craft various basic furniture. You can obtain the blueprints from carpenters, blacksmiths, and tailors. For crafting, you need specific passive skills:
Tailoring 4. The talent is unlocked at level 15 in tailoring.
Carpentry 3. You can unlock this talent once you reach level 10 in carpentry.
Blacksmithing 2. You can unlock the talent once your blacksmithing skill reaches level 5.
Once you have all the blueprints and the corresponding materials together, you go to a crafting table and craft the item that the crafting writing specifies.
In FIFA 19 the new TOTW 13 (Team of the Week 13) is released today in Ultimate Team. You can find out which players receive Team-of-the-Week cards here in the overview.
The release time for TOTW 13: The twelfth Team of the Week is released on December 12th at 7 PM in FUT. Then the special cards of the TDW players will be in packs from 7 PM.
The players in Team of the Week 13: Here you can see all the new Inform cards:
Team of the Week 12 Overview – All Cards
Starting eleven:
Substitutes:
The 3 Best Players in TDW 13 by Overall Rating
Best Players: Salah (Liverpool) and Kanté (Chelsea): Both have an overall rating of 90. Salah is a lightning-fast striker with strong technique, evidenced by his 94 Pace and 91 in Dribbling. Kanté, on the other hand, is one of the strongest defensive midfielders and, despite his small stature, has impressive defensive values. Additionally, with 82 in Dribbling and a 79 Passing value, he is quite a balanced player who is not only valuable defensively.
Position 2 goes to Cancelo (Juventus Turin): The right-back is a very balanced player with high speed (91 Pace), good technique, and overall strong defensive values. His passing values are also impressive; even his shot rating of 71 is not bad for a right-back.
Position 3 – Fernandes (Sporting Lisbon): Bruno Fernandes is a central midfielder who stands out with his offensive values. With 85 in Dribbling and 87 in Passing, he is already a technically strong ball distributor, and his 82 in Shooting and 80 in Pace make him a goal threat in the center.
How and When to Get TOTW Players in Packs?
How to get TOTW players: You can draw the TOTW cards from packs that may contain rare (gold) players,
However, the chance is considered low; you need a lot of luck.
Additionally, it is possible to buy the TOTW cards on the transfer market when they are offered. However, the prices are usually extremely high, especially for the top players.
When can you get the new TOTW players? The TDW players are available in the sets for one week – from Wednesday 7 PM to the following Wednesday 7 PM. You can obtain TDW 13 from December 12th at 7 PM until December 19th at 7 PM in packs.
TOTW Predictions as an Investment
Many football and FIFA experts make predictions in advance about which players could land in the upcoming TOTW. You can read the predictions for TDW 13 on our site.
Trading and Investments with TOTW Cards: If you are willing to take a certain risk, you can earn many coins with TOTW cards and the associated predictions. However, you must realize that these predictions do not always correspond 100% with the “real” TOTW. There is no guarantee that you will be successful with investments.
This Hearthstone record is unlikely to be broken anytime soon. The player Disguised Toast has accumulated over 20,000 armor in a match.
The latest expansion of Hearthstone, Rastakhan’s Rumble, has been live for a few days now. While many players are still trying to form a new meta and get used to the fresh cards, streamer and YouTuber Disguised Toast has implemented other plans. A crazy combination of cards provides him with seemingly infinite armor points.
Who is Disguised Toast? YouTuber Jeremy Wang is better known as “Disguised Toast” and became quite famous with Hearthstone. He is considered not only a good player but also a “mastermind” when it comes to discovering new card combinations. Time and again, he finds brilliant ways to end a game spectacularly or achieve seemingly impossible outcomes.
The Shudderwock is to blame again: The focus of his latest video is a Shaman deck with Shudderwock. This card imitates all battle cries that have already been played in random order. In combination with some new cards that grant armor each time, he creates an endless combination that brings him several hundred armor points every turn.
Only the turn limit restricts him: The only limitation to this combo is the turn limit. After a certain number of turns, a game simply ends, resulting in a draw.
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A match lasting several hours: During his first attempts, a match lasted more than three hours. This is because Hearthstone plays all animations in sequence, making a single turn very long.
As the number of animations increases with each round, it stretches out. You can see Disguised Toast doing yoga exercises or reading and analyzing from “Romeo and Juliet” in the meantime.
Ultimately, he managed to exceed a value of 20,000 armor by restarting the game. Players will take a while to get through that.
What do you think of Disguised Toast and his crazy moves? Are these cool ideas or just willfully ruining the gaming experience?
A special honor for the new MMORPG Lost Ark. It is so popular in South Korea that it is now being used for a promotion with Nvidia the graphics card giant is leveraging the popularity of the MMORPG to advertise two graphics cards.
This is what is happening: The graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has entered into a partnership with the MMORPG Lost Ark. They are promoting the RTX 2080 and GTX 1060 3 GB graphics cards through the game.
Those who purchase the cards receive in-game currency for Lost Ark for free.
A press release has been issued stating that Lost Ark has been tested and optimized for GeForce graphics cards. The cards are designed to provide players with the best gaming experience.
This is remarkable: It is not big news, but it shows that Lost Ark is currently reaching a dimension in South Korea that makes it attractive for a giant like Nvidia to promote the game and attract a new audience.
How popular is Lost Ark in South Korea: We have already reported about how great the surge for Lost Ark is in South Korea. At the start of the open beta, there were 250,000 players online, later it became 350,000.
This led to long queues and some frustration. South Koreans demanded that developer Smilegate should exclude the Chinese.
This is what is currently happening in South Korea: A new patch for Lost Ark is being released today, which aims to improve class balance and the islands (Via reddit).
With the Winter Wonderland 2018 came a new balance patch for Overwatch. This adjusts Doomfist and Brigitte, among other things. Changes to Brigitte have been desired for a long time.
What has changed? With the patch from December 11 for Overwatch, both the Winter Wonderland event and some buffs and nerfs arrived. McCree was particularly buffed, as his alternate fire now does more damage.
The nerfs affected Brigitte and Doomfist. Doomfist can no longer control opponents as well and loses a bit of range. Although Brigitte heals more now, she has received significant reductions to her shield bash. This nerf prevents her from being able to kill Tracer with a combo.
Flankers can breathe easy
This is what happened to Brigitte: After Brigitte was almost hated by parts of the community, she received adjustments that many players had been calling for a long time. She loses much of her old playstyle.
This is what Brigitte’s changes mean: Brigitte can now heal more effectively, as she provides more healing over a slightly longer period. While the stronger healing may seem minimal, it should be sufficient to keep the team alive better.
The changes to her shield bash are the actual nerf that many of her opponents have demanded. Because Brigitte now does less damage with the shield bash, her popular combo is also weakened (shield bash, melee attack, whip shot).
Previously, she could deal 155 damage with the combo during the duration of the shield bash stun. Opponents with low hit points like Tracer were killed even at full health. This is no longer possible due to the reduced damage.
This is the situation for the other heroes: McCree now deals more damage with his alternate fire. “Fan the Hammer” adds 10 more damage per bullet. This allows McCree to more easily take down tanks and eliminate targets that jump right in front of him.
Doomfist loses range and thus damage on his seismic slam. The uppercut now stuns targets for only 0.6 seconds instead of 3 seconds. In addition, the damage of his ultimate in the outer area has been reduced, while the inner area has been increased.
The changes to Doomfist correspond to those that Jeff Kaplan hinted at during Blizzcon. They mean for players currently that Doomfist has to play more cautiously than before.
This is what the fans say: Reactions to the new patch are mixed. Many people celebrate the nerf of Brigitte, while others fear a trajectory like that of Mercy, who was continually nerfed and adjusted.
Brigitte has lost her status as a flanking healer. In forums, it is often mentioned that she now has to be played more defensively. However, she is now a valuable addition to her team.
There are primarily complaints regarding Doomfist’s changes. Very few players found him “too strong” before and do not find the changes justified.
How the discussion will develop remains to be seen. In recent times, disputes over new patches have usually subsided after a few days and weeks.
Since today, a trial version of Monster Hunter World is available for a short time on Xbox One and PS4. It gives you free access to part of the game. You can play it.
If you have always wanted to test Monster Hunter World, you have the opportunity this week. A comprehensive demo gives you free access to parts of the game.
Up to a certain hunter rank, you can play all content freely and for free. We summarize the important information about the demo.
The contents of the Monster Hunter World demo
For which platform is the trial version available?
This is included: In the Monster Hunter World trial version, you have access to
all 8 Hunter rank 4 / 3-star quests
thus also access to the maps Jungle and the Wildspire Waste
and all features of the game that are available up to that point in the game process
You can also play online with owners of the full version and carry your progress over to the main game if you decide to purchase.
When is the trial version available? The demo has been online since December 12 and will run until December 17 at 23:59. Currently, the demo is only available for PS4 and Xbox One. Whether a PC demo will follow is currently not entirely clear.
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How can I play the demo? All you need to do is search for the trial version in the respective stores. You can find all information about the trial version on the official Capcom site.
Thus, this is the ideal time for interested parties to get their own impression of the game. How we rate Monster Hunter World, you can read here in our review.
Will you take a look at the trial version? If so, these tips may help you.
A small detail in the patch notes is upsetting many players of World of Warcraft. There was a change that few wanted.
The Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance for World of Warcraft is live and players are already battling through the new war campaign and attacking the Darkshore. However, part of the player base is upset about a specific change that Blizzard sneaked into the patch notes at the last moment:
Mythic Keystone can no longer be destroyed.
What was the benefit of destroying keystones? If someone destroyed a keystone, they had the opportunity to receive a new one again in the same week. They just needed to visit and complete another mythic dungeon. Suddenly, there was a fresh keystone.
That’s why players are angry: Most players of high-level “Mythic+” dungeons had gotten used to being able to destroy a keystone if they were forced into a “bad” dungeon. Especially the Shrine of Storms was extremely unpopular and was frequently sorted out by players. Other dungeons, like Atal’Dazar, were perceived as “very easy” by players and were often tackled at higher levels.
Why was this changed? There is no clear statement from Blizzard as to why keystones can no longer be destroyed. However, players speculate that Blizzard does not want certain dungeons to simply be avoided.
Whoever has received a specific keystone should either come to terms with it or use a group member’s stone. Permanently destroying and “releveling” a stone until the “right” dungeon finally appears is apparently not intended.
What do you think about this change to mythic keystones? Is it good and sensible for players to sometimes face an unpleasant challenge? Or should Blizzard revert the change?
The biggest update of 2018 for Elite Dangerous, Beyond Chapter 4, has been released. We will reveal what’s included in the update.
The developer Frontier has introduced several new features in the latest update. This was already announced in October.
The game now features “Squadrons”, where players can join online clans. Players can also expect improved mining and exploration mechanics in Beyond Chapter 4, which will change the gameplay.
We will show you all the new features and explain how they affect the game.
Look forward to these new features in Beyond Chapter 4
This is Squadrons: Fans have been waiting a long time for this feature. With the new update, the Squadrons feature finally arrives. This allows players to form their own groups and fly together through space in multiplayer mode. With your clan, you can wage wars and complete missions together. There’s also a leaderboard that measures the various groups.
How mining is improved: You will receive new tools for mining that can even blow up asteroids. You can then collect the remnants, which are significantly more rewarding than before. New mechanics are designed to make mining more exciting for players.
These are the new exploration mechanics: The analysis mode has been completely revised. The Exploration Discovery Scanner and Detailed Discovery Scanner have been improved, allowing you to scan and analyze celestial bodies in greater detail. A new probe will save you a lot of time. You can shoot this at planets to obtain a precise analysis.
What else is new? The developers also introduce two new ships in the press release. Additionally, the update is said to bring visual improvements and fix various bugs.
In the following trailer, players get a taste of the new update Beyond Chapter 4:
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