Fortnite: Update 6.10 thicker than expected – Patch notes in English

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 4 minutes

Today there is an update for Fortnite. We are looking at the patch notes in German and seeing: There are indeed significantly more features than expected.

The update today brings quite a lot of new things to Fortnite. There are some features that we have known for a while that Epic has been working on. From today, players with a PS4 Pro and a 4k TV will be able to see the game in 1440p instead of 1080p.

Furthermore, small objects should no longer prevent trap placements.

Highlights of Patch Notes 6.10 for Fortnite Battle Royale

Change to Disco Dominance: In the game mode, there are now fewer bandages and no common weapons (gray) anymore. Additionally, the “side dance floors” are supposed to move closer to the storm edge, and the maximum respawn distance decreases.

Disco Dominance Fortnite

Change to Items:

  • Currently, the Backpack is disabled, which is why the drop rate of the smaller backpack is increased from 3.05% to 4.89%
  • The guided missile will no longer fly in the wrong direction
  • And weapon equip animation will no longer be skipped if someone is simultaneously sprinting and aiming
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New Vehicle: The Quad Ram is coming, it accommodates 2 players. The Quad Ram collects boost while driving, and this boost can then be ignited by pressing a button and ramming buildings. Additionally, players can be rammed and pushed away.

The Quad Ram can also take off and glide through the air when boosted over a cliff or a ram.

Controller Players Celebrate This Change

Many More Controller Settings: In the “Edit Controls” window, there are significantly more options, so you can now separate changes to combat controls from those to building controls. Furthermore, you can set the controller sensitivity for building mode in the options menu.

This change is currently being enthusiastically celebrated by fans. “Epic has delivered,” it is said on reddit.

Play me the Song of Victory: When a player achieves an epic victory, the music they selected in the locker will play.

Fortnite Tournaments

Online Tournaments for Everyone Coming to Fortnite

Tournaments are Coming: In the new Event tab, there is the tournament feature. Players should find a series of online tournaments here in which anyone can participate. Here players can earn points over several hours while participating in a tournament.

Players will compete in a match against other participants with similar points. Each new tournament starts with 0 points and players start from scratch.

As a reward, “golden awards” await. In the future, Epic Games is also promising “prizes.” They plan to expand the system.

This is how you stay updated on Fortnite: You can find even more news, stories, and guides about Fortnite on our Facebook page dedicated solely to Fortnite and its spinoff Battle Royale!

Rattenkönig
Rattenkönig

Highlights of Patch Notes 6.10 for “Save the World”

New Power Level Restriction: When you are in a group, it depends on whether the group is set to “Public” or “Private.” In “Public,” the power level of the weakest member of your group counts. In “Private,” the level of your group leader counts. This change has been introduced here on MeinMMO.

The aim of the changes is to prevent weaker players from sneaking into missions and being carried by other, unfamiliar teammates.

All Plankerton missions have a minimum requirement.

New Mission Type “Beta Storms”: These are new limited-time missions. It begins with “Data Acquisition” – an external storm approaches the mission object. This makes the playing field gradually smaller.

The mission lasts 20 minutes. This special beta storm is in the game until 6.20. After that, further mission types are to be tested.

Totengräber
Totengräber

Weapons in the Shop:

  • The Rattenkönig is an assault rifle – a semi-automatic shotgun that fires hefty bullets.
  • The Grave Digger Assault Rifle fires medium ammunition and deals high damage.

No More Duplicate Mythic Leaders: Additionally, duplicate avoidance among mythic survivors is active.

When Fortnite: Save the World could become free, we outlined in this article:

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has a massive dog problem

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 3 minutes

A special four-legged friend causes a mix of fear, frustration, and sympathy among players in the multiplayer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The new Call of Duty currently has a massive dog problem.

The specialist Nomad can unleash a combat dog on the enemies in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. However, this very four-legged friend is currently heating up the emotions of the players. It feels terrible to be torn to pieces by the dog, but killing the dog feels even worse.

A dog drives Black Ops 4 players crazy

How does one get the dog? Dogs have existed in Call of Duty as a score streak before. In the multiplayer of Black Ops 4, it is Nomad’s special ability, so you do not need to be on a kill streak to deploy the dog in Black Ops 4. Accordingly, you often face the four-legged friend in multiplayer matches – even when the opposing team is being completely dominated.

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This is how the dog causes trouble: The integration of the dog into the game currently feels far from optimal. Particularly the fact that you need considerable amounts of ammunition to take down the beast causes frustration and anger. The dog is like a sponge for bullets. Some players have already remarked that they would like to have armor like the dog – it is probably the best in the game.

Additionally, the dog is smaller than an opponent and can often only be spotted late – often too late. Because once the four-legged friend gets close to you, it’s basically over.

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There is also sympathy for the dog: Nevertheless, some players find it hard to send the killing machine to the virtual doggy heaven – and not just because the dog is a bullet sponge. The whimpering sound the dog makes when it dies is truly heart-wrenching and makes it hard for some dog lovers among the players.

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It almost feels like the developers tried to create an emotional barrier here. The dog is one of the biggest threats in multiplayer, but when you eliminate this threat, you apparently should feel as bad as possible.

A fan humorously remarked in a discussion on Reddit: “Shoot a rocket launcher at it – that helps drown out the sound.”

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This is how players are currently solving the dog problem: You can only partially defend against the combat dog. However, even killing the dog is difficult for some players. Therefore, a widely adopted solution in the community is:

Players often see no other option but to resign themselves to their fate. Only a few manage to take down the dog or escape from it with a lot of luck before it leaps at their throat.

How can Treyarch solve the dog problem? Almost all fans agree that something must change regarding the current state of the Nomad dog. Many players believe that a significant intervention is not even necessary.

Only the health points or the armor of the dog need to be reduced – and for animal lovers, the sound when dying. This way, it would still remain an effective weapon and could secure some extra kills. But as an opponent, players would have a fair chance to defend themselves against this killing machine. The developers definitely need to improve on this in the future.

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Pokémon GO: Metagross’ attack for Community Day confirmed

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

Niantic has confirmed the exclusive move of Metagross for the Community Day in October in Pokémon GO 

Community Day with Beldum: In just a few days, on October 21, the new Community Day will take place. This time, the day revolves around the Steel/Psychic Pokémon Beldum from the 3rd generation. The evolution Metagross can  learn the special Steel move Meteor Mash on this day.

Metagross can learn Meteor Mash

Niantic usually waits some time before announcing the special move. It is always revealed just before the Community Day. However, data miners found early first hints about the Meteor Mash move.

Can be learned even after Community Day: This time, players can also teach the special move to the Pokémon even after the three hours of the Community Day. Up to one hour after the event ends, Beldum can learn the move Meteor Mash upon evolving into Metagross. Until now, players had to evolve the event Pokémon during the three event hours to learn the exclusive move.

Pokémon GO Community Day Beldum

What can the new move do? Meteor Mash is a charged move with two bars.

The community speculates: The move will make Metagross better. The best moveset of Metagross so far was Bullet Punch and Flash Cannon for Steel type. This could be replaced by the new move Meteor Mash.

With the moveset Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash, Metagross will be a good all-rounder.

Information about Community Day

Shiny Metagross Pokemon GO
Shiny Beldum, Metang and Metagross – Source: Pokémon Blog

When does the Community Day start? The Community Day starts on Sunday, October 21, at 11 AM and runs for three hours. Players can still use the hour afterwards to evolve to Metagross.

The date for the Community Day in November has also been set. 

What bonuses are there? Beldum will spawn everywhere. It is the special Pokémon of the day. The lure modules will last three hours again, and trainers only need to walk a quarter of the distance to hatch eggs.

Shiny Beldum? As in previous Community Days, trainers will likely have the chance to obtain the shiny form of the event Pokémon.

Are you excited for the upcoming Community Day? Or are you busy waiting like these trainers for Generation 4 in Pokémon GO?

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H1Z1 Just Survive is not dead – Rescue at the last minute

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

Daybreak Games announced in the summer that the survival variant of the zombie online game H1Z1 titled “Just Survive” would be shut down. However, the developer studio has now reconsidered.

Originally, the doors of H1Z1: Just Survive were supposed to close this month. Apparently, the financial boost from NantWorks has ensured that the title can continue to be operated – at least for now.

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The End of H1Z1: Just Survive Was Not an End

Why was H1Z1: Just Survive to be shut down? The player numbers kept declining until the developers could no longer maintain operations.

When were the servers supposed to be shut down? The end of the online game was planned for October 24 at 8 PM.

An Interesting Change of Mind

What has happened now? In a Twitch livestream, Jace Hall from Daybreak Games explained that H1Z1: Just Survive has survived. It will continue to be operated, but for the time being, it is only in maintenance mode. Subsequently, the game is to be further developed together with the community to eventually – perhaps – become a full-fledged game mode for Z1.

Z1 is the new name for the significantly more successful battle royale variant of H1Z1. However, Daybreak is still in talks with NantWorks regarding this. For now, Just Survive is saved.

H1Z1

“Today, Just Survive has survived,” Jace Hall explained. “It is coming home. We are all a community and we will all work together. This will require time and a lot of effort, but we believe that the full potential can be realized.”

How did the change of mind come about? Through a deal with the corporation NantWorks, Daybreak Games was able to obtain fresh capital. The two companies are working together on a big gaming future. And here, H1Z1: Just Survive could also play a role. Through talks, the game has at least been saved for now.

How do the fans react? The players are somewhat skeptical. On the one hand, the deal is not yet finalized. Even though the shutdown of the game is currently not happening, this does not mean that it will actually become a long-term planned game mode for Z1. Moreover, many are wondering what makes Just Survive better than other survival games and what justifies its rescue.

Samhael on MMORPG.com writes, for example: “A question to the developers: Why? In a market that is saturated with battle royale games and survival games, how does Just Survive stand out?”

Wilhelm Arcturus comments on MMOFallout.com: “Yes, it will not be shut down… maybe… because there might be a deal. But there is none yet, so it will only be set to maintenance mode… until everything is settled.”

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Hearthstone nerfs today 3 of its most annoying cards

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Three cards from Hearthstone are being nerfed. Blizzard reacts to the current meta and even introduces a change to the “wild” game mode.

From time to time, Blizzard realizes after the release of a card that it is too strong and makes a Hearthstone match not more exciting, but rather boring, when combined with other cards. Sometimes this realization takes a bit longer. With a new patch, Blizzard has now significantly weakened three annoying cards from Hearthstone.

The affected cards are:

  • Gigglemancer
  • Aviana
  • Manawyrm
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The nerfs to Gigglemancer: The Gigglemancer is a new card from Dr. Boom’s Secret Lab. A neutral servant that has 2 attack and 1 health for 5 mana, but also summons 2 Spotters with Divine Shield and stats of 1/2. It is now found in almost every deck.

Hearthstone Gigglemancer Nerf

Its influence is too strong, which is why its mana cost is increased from 5 to 7. Even then, it can still be played alongside the Blood Knight – a popular combo.

The nerfs to Aviana: Aviana is a card from “The Grand Tournament” and is now only seen in the wild game mode. Its mana cost is raised from 9 to 10. It reduces the costs of all other Druid servants on the battlefield to 1.

Hearthstone Aviana Nerf

With this change, players can no longer play Aviana and Kun the Forgotten King in the same turn – at least not without the help of other cards, like the Coin or Innervate. Decks with this combination remain playable, they just require one more card to trigger the combo.

The nerf to the Manawyrm: The Manawyrm is an “Evergreen” card of the Mage. With its stats of 1/3 and a cost of 1 mana, the Manawyrm was not only very cheap but could also be easily buffed.

Hearthstone Manawyrm Nerf

Through combinations with things like the Coin and Arcane Missiles, the Wyrm grew faster without enemies being able to counter. Therefore, the Wyrm is nerfed and its mana cost doubled – it now costs 2 mana instead of 1 mana.

In America, the changes are already live, and in our region, they will be activated throughout the day.

Do you already know the new standard cards?

What do you think of these changes to the cards? Are they good and reasonable? Or does Blizzard ruin your favorite deck with them?

If you’re considering a BlizzCon ticket, you actually get that sweetened with card packs …

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Seht, wie Destiny 2 das Halloween-Event Festival der Verlorenen feiert

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time < 1 minutes

In Destiny 2 the Halloween event Festival of the Lost is happening for the first time. With its own trailer, Bungie builds up the excitement just before the launch. 

The Festival of the Lost is held in honor of fallen Guardians. The survivors in the Tower and the Last City commemorate their loved ones. What Guardians can look forward to during this celebration over the next few weeks has now been presented by Bungie in a trailer.

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What does the trailer show? In addition to the festively decorated Tower and the characteristic event masks, there’s a look at the new activity Haunted Forest as well as some event-specific items like emotes, sparrows, armor pieces, or the new auto rifle.

In addition, Bungie reiterates the key features of the event:

  • New Festival Triumphs
  • New activity Haunted Forest
  • Exclusive spooky story auto rifle
  • Double glimmer engram drops
  • A new questline and bounties
  • A puzzle at the end of the festival

The Festival of the Lost kicks off on October 16 with the Weekly Reset. Detailed information can be found here: The Festival of the Lost is coming to Destiny 2 – All information about the event

By the way: Simultaneously with the start of the festival, the improved Iron Banner will also begin. Furthermore, the Forsaken expansion includes both Year 1 DLCs for Destiny 2, which are needed to play Forsaken.

Are you looking forward to the Festival of The Lost? Or do you find such events uninteresting?

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Fortnite: Servers down for maintenance – Update brings Quad-Ram today

Robert Albrecht Robert Albrecht Reading time 2 minutes

The new update 6.10 will bring new content to Fortnite today, on October 16. The servers will be offline on all platforms (PC/Mac, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, iOS, Android). When are the servers down and when will Fortnite be playable again?

First “major” patch since the start of Season 6: The new Season 6 has already been running for a few weeks. Time for the first major update, which will bring new content. As usual, you will have to endure a server downtime.

Fortnite servers going offline – When will they be back online?

When do maintenance work start? At 9:30 AM German time, matchmaking in the game will be disabled. Starting at 10:00 AM, you will be kicked out of all activities and the servers will enter maintenance mode.

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When will the Fortnite servers be back online? If everything goes according to plan, you should be able to join again between 12 and 1 PM at the latest. Epic will also have patch notes available at the start of the downtime, which you can read as usual in a timely manner on MeinMMO.

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What does update 6.10 bring for Fortnite: Battle Royale? If you like to take down other buildings, you will receive another toy from Epic after the Quad Rocket Launcher: The Quad RAM. This bulldozer-like vehicle can be used offensively to destroy enemy structures.

Will there be the possibility to gift skins? Dataminers have found out that it will soon be possible to gift skins. However, it is not known if and when this feature will actually come. But who knows, maybe Epic will introduce the feature today.

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What does update 6.10 bring for the Save the World mode?  According to a Reddit post from Epic, players can look forward to the return of the legendary automatic rifle, Grabber. This weapon was already available last year during the Halloween event. More details will be announced with the patch notes.

Are you looking forward to the update and the new bulldozer?

Update 10:17 AM: The patch notes are now available. And the update is significantly larger than expected:

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Pokémon GO: Trainers are eager for Generation 4, Niantic keeps them waiting

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 3 minutes

Many are currently waiting for a release of Generation 4 in Pokémon GO. A countdown indicates a soon release of the fourth generation. In the meantime, strange things are happening in the live version of Pokémon GO around a WP update and potions.

On Monday evening, trainers stared anxiously at the notifications on their smartphones. They are waiting for a release of Generation 4, as speculations point to a launch.

So far, there have been some early signs of WP changes, but that did not last long.

Generation 4 – When does it start?

Meanwhile, the important sprites and models of the 4th generation are in the code of Pokémon GO. This means that Niantic just has to flip the switch to release the monsters of the Sinnoh region.

Countdown indicates release: In the last days, Niantic introduced the first Pokémon of the Sinnoh region on Twitter. These were the starters Piplup, Chimchar, and Turtwig.

The special thing about the introduction was that Niantic presented the monsters in the PokéDex order from place 3 to place 1. Trainers clearly saw a countdown for “3, 2, 1 – Release!” This theory quickly gained popularity and spread throughout the community.

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Why all trainers are waiting now: After this countdown, the release of the 4th generation was supposed to happen today, on Monday, October 15th. As usual, at the event start time of 10 PM, trainers were anxiously awaiting the announcement for the 4th generation. However, this has not yet been made (as of 10:50 PM).

When will the release come? Everyone is now eagerly waiting for the announcement from Niantic. When the 4th generation will be released is still unclear. Niantic has not yet announced a date for it. But you will hear from us as soon as there is something new.

So keep an eye on our Facebook page for Pokémon GO to be quickly informed about the 4th generation.

Short update on WP – Trainers wasted potions

At around 9 PM on Monday evening, there were initial signs of a major update. Niantic changed the battle points of the Pokémon. The WP update in Pokémon GO caused confusion. The developers already announced this re-balancing.

What was changed? Many WP of the Pokémon from Pokémon GO were adjusted. This caused some monsters to appear stronger while others appeared weaker.

This was the problem with the change: At the same time, many Pokémon lost hit points. Trainers were astonished as they flipped through their collection and saw that almost every Pokémon looked “injured” because hit points were missing.

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Some used potions: Many trainers quickly turned to their potions to refill the HP of their favorites. However, these potions were likely wasted, as Niantic soon reverted the WP update and at the same time refilled the hit points of the Pokémon.

Preparation for Generation 4:

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Fortnite sues large YouTuber for allegedly selling cheats

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The developer of Fortnite, Epic Games, has filed a lawsuit against a YouTuber and his partner for allegedly violating copyright provisions. It involves cheating or magical powers – both sides see it a bit differently.

This YouTuber is suing Epic Games:

  • Brandon Lucas (22), also known as Golden Modz. He has 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube – so he is a relatively big fish
  • and Colton Conter (“Excentric”), his partner – he appears more often in these videos

These are magical powers, not cheats

What does Golden Modz do? As TorrentFreak knows, Golden Modz is known for showcasing cheats for Fortnite and GTA 5, which he markets as “magical powers” and then sells on his own websites.

According to Torrentfreak, he says things like: “At the end of the stream, I will be giving away three months full of magical powers for Fortnite. Definitely no cheats – wink, wink – These are magical powers, okay?”

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YouTuber Golden Modz, Source: YouTube

This is what Epic Games accuses the two of:  Lucas is accused of distributing cheats via YouTube and selling them through his websites goldengodz.com and gtagods.com. He regularly promotes these sites in his videos. The co-defendant Conter is said to have appeared in the videos.

Lucas operates these sites and sells cheats and accounts for his personal gain. He shows videos of people using these cheats for the same reasons. His revenues are unlawfully acquired and occur at the expense of Epic Games and the community.

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Cheating to “win” – trolling to earn money

Epic says the defendants created these cheats by injecting code into the game “Fortnite”. The product is copyright protected.

In videos, the defendants sometimes played in duos or squads and joked about the magical powers with which they can kill dozens of opponents in Fortnite and “win” the game. Epic refers to this as “trolling”.

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A selection of the last 6 videos from the defendant’s channel.

Through their behavior, they violated the “Digital Millennium Copyright Act”, breached the contract, and unlawfully interfered with Epic Games’ business.

The lawsuit can be seen here (via Torrentfreak). The lawsuit was filed in North Carolina.

YouTuber expected to be sued, made video about it

How did the lawsuit come about? Before the lawsuit, Lucas received 9 strikes from Epic Games on his YouTube videos.

The videos are blocked after a strike. However, one can choose to contest these strikes.

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Lucas declared his innocence in a video from September 22nd, titled “I am getting sued by Fortnite …”  (via YouTube)

In the video, Lucas says he doesn’t see how his behavior could cause trouble when others do the same: They also released leaks and hacks. He feels discriminated against by Epic Games. He is just a boy making YouTube videos. A lot of people enjoy them.

Therefore, he filed an appeal against the 9 strikes that Epic Games raised against his videos.

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In the video, Lucas said he could probably be sued for contesting the strikes. But he cannot understand this, since so many others are also uploading such content. Lucas also makes arrangements in the video for what would happen if they shut down his channel.

This is how he reacts to the lawsuit: But apparently he was still surprised by the actual lawsuit.

https://twitter.com/Golden_Modz/status/1051644683217248256

In response to the actual lawsuit, Lucas first alerted Keemstar, the well-known “Drama” king of YouTube. He said on Twitter that anyone wanting to publish this story should contact him.

This is what it’s about: The process of a copyright strike on YouTube works as follows:

  • The person who sees their rights violated issues a strike. They report the video to YouTube. Subsequently, the video is initially blocked
  • The “recipient” of the strike has the option to accept it or contest it
  • If he contests, the plaintiff can choose to accept that or can assert his alleged claim in court and sue

If one contests strikes on YouTube, there is indeed a real chance of being sued.

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This is what Epic Games demands:

  • The defendants should hand over their profits
  • They should pay Epic Games compensation, as well as cover legal and court costs
  • And they should be permanently prevented from repeating such behavior

This is what Epic aims to achieve with the lawsuit: Epic is probably less concerned with filling its own pockets with damages, but more about creating a deterrent effect and setting an example. Similar lawsuits have arisen before – the first ones as early as 2017. In similar cases, Epic Games has reached out-of-court settlements with the defendants.

This is how you stay updated on Fortnite: Find even more news, stories, and guides about Fortnite on our Facebook page, which is dedicated solely to Fortnite and its Battle Royale spin-off!

We have already followed a particularly obscure case here:

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Check out on MeinMMO-Live how Leya is playing the new MMORPG Hit MapleStory 2

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Today, our author Leya will be playing MapleStory 2 live at 8 PM (October 15). The cuddly anime MMORPG has become a hit on Steam and is mostly positively rated by players.

You are warmly invited to visit our streaming channel MAX and experience the colorful 3D world of MapleStory 2 here. The game took Steam by storm and has over 42,000 players. The social aspects and the diverse options for creative housing are especially praised. The stream takes place as part of our MeinMMO-Live program.

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What will we show in the stream? Join me, Leya, for a casual Let’s Play. I will create a new character with you and embark on beginner quests together. Feel free to help me decide which class and appearance the character should have. I will also gladly accept suggestions in the chat on what to explore together in the stream.

When is the stream? Today, on October 15, from 8 PM to approximately 10 PM. A small extension is not out of the question.

Watch the VOD of the stream here

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Today from 8 PM at MAX: Maplestory 2 with Leya – Mein-MMO Live from MONSTERSANDEXPLOSIONS on www.twitch.tv

What is Max? “MAX” stands for Monsters & Explosions and is a collaborative project of our live streaming channel from GameStar, GamePro, IGN, Nerdkultur, and Mein-MMO.

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These loadouts are used by professionals in the multiplayer of CoD: Black Ops 4

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For the multiplayer mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, you can create a custom loadout. But what should be considered? Which weapons are worth it? Two pros will reveal it to you!

The two pro gamers Apathy and Attach explain their current loadouts for the traditional multiplayer of Black Ops 4 in their videos and give valuable tips on weapons, attachments, equipment, and perks for your own creations.

Tips from Apathy: This pro gamer is the current world champion and has been among the top players in previous Black Ops games. In the video embedded above, he shows how to optimally handle assault rifles – even though he is actually more of an SMG player.

According to him, the Vapr and Maddox are good hybrids between submachine guns and assault rifles. For pure SMG gameplay, he recommends the Saug.

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For other equipment in the gear slot, he recommends Stim instead of armor.

Tips from Attach: This pro focuses more on SMGs in his video embedded here in public games and recommends assault rifles more for the competitive mode.

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For SMGs, he recommends the Spitfire and the MX-9. For assault rifles, he uses the ICR, Vapr, and Maddox in his respective classes, as they are very dominant in competitive play.

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He also has a class that focuses on the tactical rifle Auger. This weapon is semi-automatic and kills enemies with three shots.

Attach also uses Stim for the gear slot.

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Oops, did Blizzard accidentally reveal the subscription numbers of WoW?

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On Twitter, an addon author published the subscription numbers of World of Warcraft. But are these numbers accurate?

For several years now, Blizzard has not released any data on how many active subscribers World of Warcraft actually has. Instead, they always list achievements in the “Earning Calls”, such as the fact that World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth sold 3.4 million copies by the launch day alone.

What happened? According to the Twitter account of WeakAuras, a very popular addon for WoW, Blizzard has released a new API that various users could interact with. Allegedly, savvy users were able to read the expiration date of all subscriptions for World of Warcraft. This led them to the current subscription numbers of WoW.

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What does the “leak” say? According to the original information, World of Warcraft had 3.2 million active subscribers at the launch of Battle for Azeroth; now it is supposedly down to 1.7 million, of which 25% are secondary accounts. These figures do not include Chinese players, as they operate under a different subscription model. Generally, player numbers are a big secret in MMOs. The number roughly matches the sales of Battle for Azeroth up to launch (3.4 million).

For comparison: With “Warlords of Draenor”, WoW still had 5.5 million active players (including China).

Where did the information come from? The information was then spread by the Twitter channel of the addon “WeakAuras”. However, it is also emphasized there that the data should be treated with caution, as it could simply be “bullshit”.

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How trustworthy is the information? In any case, the data should be viewed skeptically. Since the original source has been deleted, either because Blizzard intervened or because it was simply nonsense. Thus, the veracity cannot be verified in any way.

Whether the statements are trustworthy must be decided by each individual for themselves. An official statement from Blizzard will likely not be forthcoming. However, one should not treat the information as fact in any case.

Update October 15, 2018: Blizzard has since responded and revealed that the numbers are incorrect. It is therefore a fake.

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Monster Hunter could soon become a game like Destiny 2

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Capcom stated in its annual report that the company wants to focus more on “Games-as-a-Service” in the future. Games like Monster Hunter World are set to follow a similar path to Destiny 2 and will be continuously provided with significant updates.

Capcom in transition: The Japanese developer and publisher Capcom will restructure its business model. The studio is known for strong titles like the hack-and-slash Devil May Cry or the role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma. The studio seems to be ready to part ways with pure offline games. Capcom’s business report states:

  • Capcom plans to release only 3 games per year
  • These games will be supported with updates for 3 to 4 years
  • Microtransactions will generate ongoing revenue
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Monster Hunter World is already moving towards a service game, offering seasonal events with unique rewards. The images are part of the Autumn Harvest Fest.

Capcom wants what Destiny 2 has

Service games keep players engaged: Destiny 2 has strong MMO elements and follows the “Games-as-a-Service” approach. Players receive regular updates that keep them entertained in the long run. Additionally, there are significant DLCs. Regularly, ingrained game elements such as Iron Banner are revised and optimized, making the game livelier.

That’s why the comparison to Destiny 2: Of course, there are more service games that could be compared. However, Destiny 2 exemplifies the strength of a “Games-as-a-Service” title. Bungie keeps players engaged with weekly events and content rituals. But not only small content pieces give players a reason to log in regularly; DLCs or expansions also show that it gets improved over years. Players feel at home and remain loyal to the title in the long run.

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Monster Hunter more like Destiny 2: Especially during the times when Destiny 2 was struggling significantly, we observed at MeinMMO that many players placed their hopes in Monster Hunter World as their new Destiny. The problem was that Monster Hunter World was never intended as a “Games-as-a-Service” title – even though it seemed that way.

After six months, most players felt that the air had run out of MHW. The updates that followed were too infrequent for players and lacked new content.

Fans wanted more from MHW: The desire for regular, significant content updates in Monster Hunter World was high. Players even expressed that they would be willing to pay for an expansion with more monsters and maps.

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Approximately every three months, a new monster came to the world of Monster Hunter World. For players, this was too little new content. In the case of the Lunastra, shown here in the picture, these were even monsters taken from previous installments.

Monster Hunter World has successfully tested the waters

MHW still popular: Although Monster Hunter World is not a “Games-as-a-Service” title, it is still actively played. On Steam, there are still about 59,700 active players. On MeinMMO, posts related to Monster Hunter World are still among the most clicked. Players are eager for new information about the game.

Monster Hunter World has made such a strong impact that it could have been the perfect service game if Capcom had fully committed to that approach.

MHW received more social features: In an interview with MeinMMO, the developers of Monster Hunter World revealed at the time that they appreciated the advantages of an MMO. For World, Capcom specifically analyzed MMOs and introduced features like limited-time hunts or a daily login bonus into the franchise for the first time.

A hint that Capcom wants to move the Monster Hunter franchise more towards “Games-as-a-Service” was already given in our interview. In retrospect, it fits better than ever with Capcom’s announced directional change.

The communicative aspects and ongoing updates of an MMO game have their advantages and I would like to keep this in mind for the future. – Yuya Tokuda, lead developer of Monster Hunter World

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Players regularly receive new monsters in Monster Hunter World, such as the Behemoth, who is shown here intimidating hunters. However, having a new monster here and there is still insufficient to be considered a “Games-as-a-Service”.

Capcom’s most successful game: Monster Hunter World alleviates Capcom’s crisis and is the studio’s best-selling title. That alone was probably enough for Capcom to seek a directional change for all its titles.

We can assume that the entire Monster Hunter franchise will increasingly expand its social features in the future. The developers have recognized that these elements are what keep players engaged over the long term and lure them back into the game.

Continuation of MHW? Monster Hunter World still lacks the G-Rank, an expansion that makes monsters stronger and brings new gear. We could even be expecting a significant DLC here that also brings fresh content into the game. This would be another alternative to a completely new game.

This way, Monster Hunter World could win back its still interested players and become relevant again – just as Destiny 2 did with Forsaken.

What do you think, how will Monster Hunter evolve as a franchise? 

How much potential still lies within the franchise is evidenced by the Extrem Behemoth. This monster brought real MMORPG mechanics into the game and made the hunters go crazy.

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Leveling up faster in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Multiplayer – Here’s how

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We show you what you need to pay attention to if you want to level up faster in the regular multiplayer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

For the first time in the history of the Call of Duty series, Black Ops 4 does not have a single-player campaign. The focus of Black Ops 4 is clearly on the multiplayer experience. In the following guide, we explain how you can level up faster in the traditional multiplayer part of Black Ops 4.

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Leveling up faster in Black Ops 4 multiplayer – What you should know

What does leveling up in Black Ops 4 bring? Leveling up in the traditional multiplayer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 grants you rewards that you can use in various modes of the game as you progress. These include, for example, perks, scorestreaks, or weapons.

Additionally, after reaching the maximum level of 55, you can unlock the prestige mode – an additional challenge in Black Ops 4’s progression system.

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What levels you up in Black Ops 4 multiplayer? You can level up in the regular multiplayer of Black Ops 4 by earning XP – experience points. You collect these points in multiplayer matches by:

  • Victories and match bonuses
  • Completing challenges
  • Earn medals
  • Damaging opponents – that is, assists
  • Kills
  • Using specialist abilities or weapons

Keep in mind: No experience points can be earned in local multiplayer or in custom modes!

Choose the right game modes

You earn XP for just about everything in the multiplayer of Black Ops 4. However, especially at the beginning, it can be crucial which mode you choose in multiplayer.

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The right modes for beginners: For beginners, it is easiest to start in objective-based modes. Domination, Hardpoint, or Search & Destroy are excellent for this.

In these modes, you can also earn points by focusing on objectives, capturing points, planting, or defusing bombs. Even if you’re not very accurate yet and can’t get many kills, you can still collect quite a bit of experience points this way.

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The right modes for advanced players: Advanced players can dive into classic Team Deathmatch. Particularly in a coordinated team, you can collect XP excellently here. New players who have gotten used to the weapons and regularly get kills can also venture into this mode.

Team Deathmatch features intense battles where you can quickly accumulate a lot of kills, assists, medals, and scorestreaks. Additionally, the mode only has one round that runs relatively quickly. Nevertheless, you receive the same match rewards as in more time-consuming modes that run over three rounds.

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Here you can take a closer look at the medals.

Collect Medals

What are Medals? One of the best and fastest ways to earn XP is by collecting medals. Medals are essentially in-game achievements that include an XP reward for completing certain tasks, which you can often earn multiple times in each match.

What kinds of medals are there? Whether you’re seeking revenge on your killer, taking out an opponent with a remote-controlled charge, landing the first kill of a match, or simply securing a victory – there are numerous medals that can easily earn you more than 500 additional experience points.

The medals you’ve already earned and their requirements can be viewed under the Barracks section and then Combat in the multiplayer menu.

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Here you can find an overview of the challenges.

Complete Challenges

The traditional multiplayer part of Black Ops 4 offers numerous challenges. If you successfully complete these challenges, you will be rewarded with experience points.

What are challenges? These are tasks that need to be fulfilled – similar to the medals. However, these challenges are often more time-consuming and complex. Many of them require far more than just one match to complete. However, you can be rewarded with 500-1,500 XP. For completing specific multi-stage challenge quests, you can even earn up to 5,000 XP.

What kinds of challenges are there? The challenges are divided into several categories and can be viewed under the challenges section in the multiplayer menu along with their requirements.

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Use Specialist Weapons and Abilities

Using specialist abilities and weapons can also earn you considerable bonus XP. For example, using Recon’s Sensor Arrow grants extra experience points for revealing opponents.

So remember to familiarize yourself with the specifics of each specialist and use them accordingly in battle. Especially new players often forget that the characters in Black Ops 4 offer more than just their currently equipped weapon.

Pay attention to Double XP Events

There will be numerous double XP events during which extra bonus experience points can be earned.

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So keep an eye out for announcements from Treyarch and Activision on social media and in the game itself. These events are ideal for progressing through the leveling phase faster – especially if you are chasing the next prestige level.

This is how you enter the Prestige Mode of Black Ops 4

What is Prestige Mode? Prestige Mode is an additional challenge in the progression system of numerous Call of Duty titles – including Black Ops 4. After reaching the maximum level of 55, you can switch to Prestige. There are a total of 10 Prestige levels that you can work your way through.

How does Prestige Mode work? By switching to Prestige, you are reset back to level 1. However, you will earn new prestige challenges and can earn specific exclusive items that are only available through prestige – such as prestige calling cards or prestige symbols.

Then the leveling begins again until you reach level 55 once more. At this point, you can have yourself reset back to level 1 again and therefore advance to the next prestige rank.

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How to unlock prestige symbols? To unlock a prestige symbol in Call of Duty Black Ops 4, you need to level your profile in traditional multiplayer to level 55 and then switch to prestige. Then you get the first prestige symbol.

To unlock additional prestige symbols, you need to continue participating in regular multiplayer matches and earn experience there until you reach the maximum level of 55 once again. Then you can reset your rank and advance to the next prestige level – including the corresponding symbol.

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6 Jahre später stecken Fans noch immer irre viel Geld in Star Citizen

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The CitizenCon 2018 was a complete success for Star Citizen, at least financially. Instead of big promises, smaller goals were set. Fans seem to appreciate it: With 1 million dollars in 4 days, more money came in than usually in weeks – and that 6 years after the start of the crowdfunding.

This is how much money Star Citizen made in 6 years: Development of Star Citizen began in 2011, and in 2012 a crowdfunding campaign was launched. Players “pledge” money here and get virtual ships in return. Most of them are still not in the game, but will come in the distant future.

Highlights are always “big sales”, when special ships are offered.

In total, Star Citizen has raised over 195 million US dollars in crowdfunding. But most of that still comes from the golden age when ambitions and stretch goals made Star Citizen soar. The initial release date, 2014, was pushed further back and the crowdfunding dimensions kept rising (via StarCitizen-wikia):

  • On September 26, 2013, it reached 20 million US dollars
  • On August 15, 2014, Star Citizen had raised 50 million US dollars
  • On December 13, 2015, it surpassed 100 million
  • On May 19, 2017, it reached 150 million
  • On December 28, 2017, it was at 175 million
  • Now in October 2018, it stands at 195 million US dollars

In recent weeks, cash flow had significantly cooled down. In the week before the CitizenCon, Star Citizen made only 171,582 US dollars.

This period of “ever greater ambitions” has earned Star Citizen the reputation of building a castle in the air that will never be released. For its most vocal critics, CEO Chris Roberts is a fraud, for its fans a visionary.

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This is how the vibe around Star Citizen has changed:  At least for a long time, Star Citizen was a project that had to face accusations of having lost its way and suffering from feature creep. Some fans have simply grown tired of waiting and want their money back.

But that was the Star Citizen of the past. In 2018, things are relatively quiet around the game. The schedule for the previously three alpha releases in 2018 has been kept quite well, but so far little spectacular or controversial has happened this year.

Immediately before the CitizenCon, there was trouble over a live stream.

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This is how Star Citizen raised 1 million dollars in 4 days from fans

This is how much money Star Citizen made in the last days: Since the new convention, the virtual donation bucket has been ringing:

  • On Wednesday, during the trailer, there was 380,000$
  • On Thursday 325,000$
  • And on Friday and Saturday each 190,000$

This leads to Star Citizen earning more than 1 million dollars in just 4 days through microtransactions or “crowdfunding pledges”, even though the game is still far from release. Currently it is in alpha 3.3.

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When is something supposed to be released? The next thing we will likely hear from Star Citizen is a “full roadmap” to release, however, not for Star Citizen, but for the single-player mode “Squadron 42.” The roadmap for this is expected to come in December 2018.

Star Citizen itself releases larger updates quarterly. However, these are still alpha patches.

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Mark “Luke Skywalker” Hamill plays in Squadron 42

“Castle in the air brought down to earth”

This is how the CitizenCon was: But how did Star Citizen convince its fans to loosen another million US dollars 6 years after the crowdfunding phase? With ever greater promises? No.

Compared to the past, the CitizenCon was solid – just like the year 2018 so far. Instead of presenting new features and ever greater ambitions, CIG seems to be meticulously working on implementing the plans made.

As GameStar reports, Chris Roberts and his team have succeeded in finally bringing his “castle in the air from the past” down to earth.

Instead of big promises and wild future visions, they focused mostly on presenting what is about to enter the game or has just come into the game with alpha 3.3. Now players can use microphones and webcams to transfer their voice and expressions to the avatar in the game.

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Otherwise, they focused on presenting the new planet, Hurston, and there were plenty of new ships to see. They are naturally not cheap.

All this is already enormously impressive due to the high production quality of Star Citizen and is worth a lot of money to some.

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According to a leak, there will be another version of the Skull Trooper in Fortnite

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Fortnite: Battle Royale could soon bring back even more sought-after skins from 2017 to the shop. The “Ghoul Trooper” is still missing, and data miners have found a new variant of the Skull Trooper.

The story of the Skull Trooper? The Skull Trooper skin, which first appeared in Halloween 2017, recently reappeared in the shop. There was also a special challenge, and some players complained that this unique skin has now become totally ordinary.

New version leaked: The flood of Skull Troopers might soon become more colorful. Because data miners have found information indicating another version of the skin.

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So far, there is the standard version and a green-glowing version. Those who purchased the Trooper back then will receive a purple variant.

Red Skull Trooper for the “OGs”? The new color variant of the Skull Trooper is fire red and aptly named “Red Flames”. More is not known. However, it might be that the skin is another goodie for those who bought the original version from 2017.

Some players were upset that as fans from the beginning and “OGs” (Original Gangsters), they now have no special skin anymore, as it feels like everyone is running around with it.

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The current purple color variant hardly stands out as something special according to some players – a fire red glowing Trooper, however, does.

New event reward? However, it may also be that you can unlock the new version in an event that comes for Halloween. In the past, there have been several such events that allowed you to unlock various outfit variants for a short time.

Is the Ghoul Trooper coming soon?

New Halloween skin suspected: Meanwhile, many players suspect that Epic will bring additional skins before Halloween at the end of the month that were already released in 2017.

As a logical follow-up to the Skull Trooper, this would now be the “Ghoul Trooper”. That was the female Halloween skin back then and depicted the soldier Ramirez dressed as a zombie.

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The skin on the left is the Ghoul Trooper.

Interestingly, the Ghoul Trooper was never as popular as the Skull Trooper. But that shouldn’t stop Epic from putting this skin back in the shop in October.

It is likely that there will also be various color schemes, an extra option for original buyers, an alternative male version, and a back accessory.

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PC gamers of Monster Hunter: World get the Mega Man event

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The PC version of Monster Hunter: World is getting another event. The collaboration event with Mega Man will launch online this week on October 19th. 

What is the reward? As a reward for the event quest “Rush’s Bloodlust”, you will receive armor for your Palico that makes it look like Mega Man from the popular game series by Capcom. The armor remains faithfully pixelated, just like in the early 80s.

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The armor also has the additional effect of playing the old chiptune music from the Mega Man soundtrack. The music played depends on which weapon your character currently has equipped. However, this feature is unfortunately only active during the event quest itself.

What are the conditions for the Mega Man quest “Rush’s Bloodlust”?: To accept and successfully complete the event quest, the following conditions must be met.

  • Difficulty: 7 stars
  • Task: Hunt two Odogaron
  • Location: Arena
  • Hunter Rank: 13+ – How to increase your Hunter Rank
  • Fail Conditions: Time expired (50 min.) or fainted 3 times

You can watch the trailer for the features of the costume here:

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How to get the Mega Man armor

How can you forge the Mega Man armor? Once you have completed the event quest “Rush’s Bloodlust”, you will receive special Mega Man tickets. These unlock the set for your Palico in the forge. It is random how many tickets you get per quest, but you will need a total of 5.

With 5 Mega Man tickets, you will be able to craft the complete Mega Man set and the corresponding weapon. No other materials are necessary.

What are the status values of the armor? The armor is characterized by its elemental values, which are as follows:

  • Defense: 351
  • Fire: 6
  • Water: 6
  • Thunder: 6
  • Ice: 6
  • Dragon: 6

The Mega Man weapon has these values:

  • Rarity: 6
  • Attack: 40 (ranged and melee)
  • Attack Type: Blunt
  • Element: None
  • Affinity: 0%

Event Quest for Crown Hunters

If you are a trophy hunter looking for crown monsters, then the event quest “Rush’s Bloodlust” is a good opportunity to hunt the small Odogaron. A small gold crown Odogaron will appear in the quest 100% of the time.

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You need to be careful that Odogaron does not catch you with its claws. The wounds cause severe bleeding. You can counter this by either eating meat or crouching for a short time to recover.

The PC version of Monster Hunter: World is also currently celebrating the autumn event:

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Red Dead Redemption 2: Massive “Overtime” for a massive game

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On October 26, Red Dead Redemption 2 finally releases. It took immense effort from the studio Rockstar to make this happen.

The dreaded Crunch Time: “Crunch Time” generally refers to the period before the end of a project when everything urgently needs to be completed to ensure the final product is right. In many games, a lot of overtime accumulates before the release can finally be initiated.

Especially in Korea, this Crunch Time is very tough, which has already led to fatalities among developers.

The amount of work developers at Rockstar put in

The crunch before the release: Fortunately, there have been no fatalities at Rockstar, the developers of Red Dead Redemption 2. However, the developers likely invested a significant amount of overtime into the game.

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According to a major interview with Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on Vulture.com, massive extra shifts were worked to get everything completed.

100-hour weeks were necessary: Houser mentions that throughout the year 2018, the team often worked 100-hour weeks. That would average to 14 hours per day if one worked the whole week.

This extra work would have been bitterly necessary, as the finished game is supposed to contain around 300,000 animations and 500,000 lines of spoken dialogue. Still, it is 5 hours shorter than originally planned.

Bosses also put in overtime: According to a former employee, this hard crunch time is typical for Rockstar, but the bosses are not excluded and also “crunch” along without complaints.

Overtime under criticism

Massive workload has already caused issues: However, there has also been bad blood. In 2010, worried spouses of various Rockstar employees in San Diego published a blog post criticizing the harsh working hours and the behavior of management severely.

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The developers in question were said to be burnt out and constantly stressed. One even showed suicidal tendencies.

Rockstar responded to this accusation with the statement that they were “sad if some former employees of the studio felt that their time here was not enjoyable or creatively fulfilling.”

They wish them luck in finding a working environment that would better suit their temperament and needs.

There are alternatives – Bungie does not crunch

Crunch Time is common in many companies, but there are alternatives. The studio Bungie has not utilized Crunch Time for Destiny 2, according to their own statements. This was the lesson learned from the murderous overtime during their previous project, Halo 2.

Back then, it was common for each employee to work at least 50 hours a week for a year and a half. Those who survived that vowed, “Never again will we put ourselves through that!”

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Why I still enjoy World of Warcraft despite everything

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To counter the negativity surrounding WoW, Cortyn reveals what is still fun about World of Warcraft.

Similar to streamer Asmongold, I believe that not everything is running smoothly in World of Warcraft and that the game could be significantly better in many areas than it currently is. Nonetheless, I play WoW pretty much every day and enjoy it.

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It is no secret that World of Warcraft is much more fun with friends than alone. That is also the main reason why I rarely take “WoW breaks.” As long as there is still someone to play with and chat comfortably on Discord, everything else is not that important. The social aspect has always been good in WoW, as there are countless things to do.

Even if you don’t like the current content, there are countless things you can do in the old content, like collecting transmogs or simply visiting old raids and dungeons to experience the story.

The Fun of Old Content

In my circle of friends, there are now many who can be categorized at the “casual” end of the player base or who have taken long breaks. This means they have never properly experienced old raids from the last expansion, such as the Tomb of Sargeras or the Night Hold.

The Maiden of Vigilance in the Tomb of Sargeras

It was incredibly fun to go into the Tomb of Sargeras on heroic with four friends a few days ago and “very classically” refine a boss strategy for the fight against the Avatar of Sargeras or the final battle against Kil’jaeden.

Seeing friends fall into the abyss against the corrupted maid because they jumped into the hole too early with the bomb is also incredibly satisfying, just like the laughter in Discord.

Even though this may sound like a negative point, we are learning to appreciate the “old” things in World of Warcraft again. Of course, it’s a shame that aside from dungeons, so little can captivate us in the new content, but that is not really a problem.

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A friend of mine has just found out that he can earn a class mount in Legion and is now fanatically trying to obtain it.

Another player has taken a liking to pet battles and is now chasing pets more eagerly than any “Pokemon Go” junkie, just to proudly present me with his new high score of unique pets every day.

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The Secret of Minahonda

Another anecdote in my circle of friends is “the secret of Minahonda.” We were just about to tackle the HUGE FLOB!! on mythic and needed another damage dealer. So we turned on the group search and immediately stated in the description, “We are a Nappel group and are cruising through the dungeon, no stress, just fun.”.

Filtering was based on names, not item level – anyone who named their warlock “Shadowkillerxx” or their demon hunter “Illìdân” didn’t get in with us.

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We then caught a druid from the server “Minahonda,” which immediately led to discussions and speculations. What language was that? Apparently Spanish.

Since server names always had something to do with Warcraft lore, we started speculating on what “Minahonda” might mean.

So we asked the druid from Minahonda in English what his server name meant. The problem was that the druid probably understood very little English or had a degree in “I don’t read the chat”.

After the first mob groups where we got no answer, we switched to a bit of “pseudo-RP” and pleaded with the druid in the say channel for information.

  • “Tell us the secret of Minahonda!”
  • “We need to know! Reveal the truth!”
  • “Mi-na-hon-da! Mi-na-hon-da!”
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After the response still didn’t come, we decided to dance on one of the dance floors (which exist in the HUGE FLOB!!), and things got quite silly in Discord while we tried to solve the riddle.

After a confused “what is happening” from the druid, he unfortunately left the group, taking the secret of Minahonda back to Spain with him.

The dwarf paladin who replaced the druid didn’t care about our dance performance by the way. She stood up and danced along, which fueled our laughter in Discord even more.

I still have no idea what the server name “Minahonda” means. But is that really important? No. From now on, every riddle will be compared to this one. When we talk about the riddle of the belt of temporal gold, we can rightly say, “At least it’s not as complicated as the secret of Minahonda.”.

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This is just one example of fun situations that I could also imagine in other MMOs, but they happened in World of Warcraft. It’s a fun memory I only had because I was with friends in WoW – alone or “only with randoms” would simply not have been possible.

When Some Things are Bad, There’s Still So Much Good

There is a lot to do in World of Warcraft. And there are many things that are still a lot of fun.

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In summary, I still have a lot of fun with World of Warcraft, enjoy the evenings with friends in dungeons, on island expeditions, or in PvP. I still consider many mechanics from Battle for Azeroth broken and hope for changes. But until then, I will just do other things in the game – my battle pet collection also urgently needs an upgrade and I still lack the green parrot from the island expeditions.

Because even though I dislike the current content due to some mechanics, World of Warcraft as a whole is still “too good” not to play. And with Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance, which is probably coming in a few weeks, many things in WoW will also improve…

What are you spending your time on in WoW right now? What keeps you playing? Or do you think everything in Battle for Azeroth is great?

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New food for fan fear: No single-player DLC for RDR2?

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Single-player fans are worried, Red Dead Redemption 2 may not receive story DLCs after the release. There seems to be quite a bit of evidence pointing to this. An interview adds fuel to this concern.

This is the fans’ fear: Fans of Grand Theft Auto V have complained for years that the single-player part of the game is not being further developed. While DLCs for the game are released regularly, they are only for the multiplayer GTA V Online.

The fans fear that “Red Dead Redemption 2” could go the same way:

  • The single-player part will not be expanded, it will remain as it was at launch
  • In contrast, “Red Dead Online” will continually be developed with free DLCs and content updates.
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This is what the boss says in the interview: A new interview with Dan Houser has been released today. He is probably the main author of Red Dead Redemption 2 and one of the heads of RockStar.

Houser says that his focus is already on Red Dead Online. They are still writing scenes and currently capturing them in the motion capture studio.

The hope is that Red Dead Online will be as robust as Grand Theft Auto Online once it has established its creative state. Red Dead Online is supposed to start in beta in November.

This means: They are probably planning new content for Red Dead Redemption 2, but it seems likely to be only online.

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More hints: This aligns with a report from the end of September. It stated that PlayStation players would get to play the DLCs 30 days earlier than their counterparts on Xbox One.

This was specifically about DLCs for the multiplayer “Red Dead Online” and not about single-player DLCs for Red Dead Redemption 2. The label said: “Play Select Online Content First on PS4.” This seems to confirm that new online content for Red Dead Redemption 2 will be coming.

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Is there hope for single-player DLCs? Yes, there is hope. However, at the moment, everything suggests that RockStar is focusing on the online mode. If they plan new single-player content, they are probably going to just make Red Dead Redemption III.

Fans can take comfort in the fact that Red Dead Redemption 2 should at least be a massive game.

Therefore, RockStar will probably focus on Red Dead Online: The reason for the focus on online is clear: RockStar has made a fortune with the model in GTA Online and this is also expected for Red Dead Online.

Monetizing single-player DLCs is likely to be more difficult than simply releasing free DLCs and making money through microtransactions:

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Source(s):
  1. Vulture (Dan Houser Interview)