The Siege of Zuldazar will be different from all other raids in World of Warcraft, as it varies depending on the faction. We will reveal how it works.
The Game Director of World of Warcraft, Ion Hazzikostas, has revealed many details about the upcoming Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance in recent days. One of the highlights will be the new raid “Siege of Zuldazar”. We want to explain what makes the raid so special and how it works.
What is the Siege of Zuldazar about? The Alliance uses its newly gained military strength to launch a direct strike against the Empire of the Zandalari trolls. They attack Dazar’Alor and attempt to fight their way from the harbor to the top of the pyramid to defeat King Rastakhan himself.
Meanwhile, players of the Horde learn about the attack and try to rush to defend the city. They need to take a different route and also carve their way to the top of the pyramid.
Whether the raid ends with the same result for both sides is still unknown. However, it is to be expected for the sake of a unified canon.
How many bosses are there? There are supposed to be nine bosses in the new raid. Three of them are from the Horde’s perspective, and three from the Alliance’s perspective. This suggests that the other three bosses are “neutral” and possibly beneficiaries of the chaos. Potentially, they could be foes of the blood trolls or a Loa that has gone out of control. However, this has not been confirmed yet.
No side misses anything: So that no side misses anything and all players have full access to the nine bosses, players can later be told by spies what the other faction experienced. This way, even as a Horde player, you can “replay” the attack and fight against the three bosses that are actually meant for the Alliance. The same goes for the Alliance with the three bosses from the Horde’s perspective.
When will the raid be released? There is no release date for the Siege of Zuldazar or Patch 8.1 yet. However, it is likely that the raid will not come directly at the launch of the update, but rather be delayed, allowing players the opportunity to follow the new war campaign (which has been disappointing so far). Additionally, many guilds are still busy with the first raid, Uldir.
What do you think about Blizzard’s idea of designing a raid from two perspectives? Is it a cool move to make content more specific? Or will it be devalued again because you can see everything anyway?
That’s why we can afford new authors: Once again, we have good news: Many of you support our site by not using an ad blocker, allowing us to pay the authors who write for us. As a result, we were able to further strengthen our team.
These authors are new or now permanently employed: Freelance author Irina Moritz has recently become our permanently employed Community Manager. Irina has been our expert for Final Fantasy XIV since January 2018. In this role, she has convinced us so much that we are now glad to welcome her permanently to the team.
Irina will continue to write about Final Fantasy XIV but will also manage our social media, keep an eye on your comments and emails, and help the authors better understand what moves and drives the players out there.
We have big plans at MeinMMO for how we want to stay even more in touch with the community and interact with you. Irina will help implement these plans. An example of how close Irina is to the community is her Facebook page Eorzea-24/7 – over 2100 players of Final Fantasy XIV follow everything that happens in the world of the MMORPG.
New on board since last week is Alexander “Sputti” Leitsch. He will support us as a freelance author for the MMORPGs Guild Wars 2, Ashes of Creation, and New World. Alexander is 25 and has been playing MMORPGs for 12 years. He is a well-known figure in the MMORPG scene in Germany. Sputti established the largest German-language fan site for Guild Wars 2 . We are very happy to welcome him to the team.
In the next few weeks, you will also find new authors for FIFA 19 and Pokémon GO on our site. We are currently integrating them into our team – you will surely get to know them in the coming weeks.
The highlights of recent months
125% more readers: We had a strong increase in readers in the past months, especially since the beginning of August. August 2018 was the strongest month in the history of our site. And September is likely to be even stronger.
We currently have about 3.8 million unique users per month. By comparison: In August 2017, we had about 1.5 million. And that was already a lot for us back then.
Especially two games and one event were the focus of our editorial team in recent months.
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
How we defeated GameStar: On August 14, the new WoW expansion Battle for Azeroth was released in Europe. We had a great contest running with Blizzard. During this time, we dueled with the Alliance members of GameStar in the name of the Horde.
Our lore-obsessed house demon Cortyn, along with our man for raids and numbers, Benedict Grothaus, decided this battle for us. With numerous guides, news, player reports, and great columns, we accompanied the launch of Battle for Azeroth.
The old band comes together: The next big thing for our site was of course Destiny 2 Forsaken. Many new authors who have joined our site in recent years know us from the glorious Destiny 1 days.
So we were able to assemble a large team for this project:
Sven Galitzki, our main author for Destiny 2
Tom Rothstein, the veteran returned for the launch of Destiny 2
Micha Deckert contributed lore articles and stories from the community
from left: Dawid Hallmann, Marco Risch, Sven Galitzki
We were all very glad that Forsaken turned out to be as good as we all hoped. Finally, there is a lot to write about Destiny again, about guides, secrets, items, Xur, and raids. We hope it stays that way.
Gamescom 2018
Interviews and hands-on reports: In addition to these two big releases, there was also Gamescom, where we could deliver interviews and gameplay reports in large quantities and high quality.
Especially Ashes of Creation captivated our boss Dawid. He and our “Away” team Leya, Jürgen, Irina, and Tarek shone at Gamescom and conducted investigative interviews.
Steven Shariff in conversation with Dawid Hallmann from Mein-MMO.de
Service games require a lot of service: In addition, we have invested a lot in daily work on titles like Pokémon Go and Fortnite, as anyone who has looked at our homepage in the past months should have noticed.
We closely follow these “games as a service” and strive every day to bring news, guides, and curious stories from the world of gaming to keep our readers updated, informed, and entertained.
Faster page
Move to France: The technical team from Webedia has also completed a move of our servers. MeinMMO is now running on French and modern servers. This has already led to the page running even faster.
The server relocation is an investment in the future. The new setup is more stable, easier to check, maintain, and upgrade. Thus, we are well prepared for the hot release months and the coming years.
For you, nothing will change with the server move. You will still find us at mein-mmo.de.
EGX 2018 and MAX
Meet and see the MeinMMO team:
From September 28 to 30, Dawid, Jürgen, Leya, and Irie will be at EGX 2018. This is a gaming fair that is coming to Germany and Berlin for the first time. Here’s how you can win a trip to EGX 2018 and meet the Mein-MMO team there.
Also, our editors, staff, and even experts from our community are now increasingly seen on MAX. MAX stands for Monsters and Explosions and is a joint Twitch channel of GameStar, GamePro, Mein-MMO, and IGN.
The next few months
What’s coming next: September, October, and November 2018 will bring some game highlights for us and you:
And with Fallout 76, the gaming year will end for us before it heats up again with Anthem and The Division 2 in February 2019.
And maybe something crazy will happen. After all, new MMORPGs have been announced in recent times. So signs and wonders are still happening.
With new servers, fresh and proven authors, and the support of you, our readers, the next months on MeinMMO should also be eventful, exciting, and informative.
On Fortnite, the big finale of Season 5 took place on Wednesday evening, or at least the kickoff for it. The Space Cube has tipped into Loot Lake after days of wandering and has turned the lake purple.
What’s happening? For days, a cosmic cube has been wandering across the Fortnite map. After the Space Cube destroyed a boutique in Tilted Towers earlier today, which the loyal NPC citizens had built on behalf of Epic for months, the cube has now fallen into Loot Lake in the middle of the map.
Fortnite researchers had calculated this location long ago and repeatedly prophesied the arrival of the cube at the lake in the center of the Fortnite map.
This is what happened with the cube: According to eyewitnesses, the Space Cube has fallen into the lake and is now completely submerged.
This has cosmic effects on Loot Lake.
This is what happened to the lake: Loot Lake now has a vibrant color, namely purple.
Moreover, the water has strange properties: Players can now bounce on the lake like on a purple trampoline.
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What this means for players: Right now, this mainly means that you can cross Loot Lake much faster. The lake used to be somewhat of a “dead zone” because it was cumbersome to navigate here. Players usually only came here when the storm left them no choice.
The Space Cube has likely made the location “Loot Lake” in Fortnite significantly more attractive and interesting, but above all, purple.
What’s this all about? By now, it has become a tradition for Fortnite to end its season with a “real-time event” during which the map changes:
In Season 3, a comet approached the world in Fortnite: Battle Royale
In Season 4, a countdown counted down the hours and minutes until a rocket launched
and in Season 5, a cosmic cube is tipping around the map until it disappears in a lake
A completely normal Wednesday evening in Fortnite. We will keep you updated on what else the cube is up to. It is said to bring evil twins of the “lovely skins”. Maybe in Season 6.
Today marks the beginning of the FUT 19 season: A few days ago, EA Sports announced the official release date of the web app for FUT 19. The app launches on September 19, 2018 – about a week before the official launch date of FIFA 19.
The time of the web app: EA Sports did not specify exactly when the web app will be available in Germany. In recent years, the app often launched around 7 PM, which is why we strongly assumed that EA Sports would stick to this schedule again this year. However:
Update 7 PM: It is not live by 7 PM.
Update 10:45 PM: The web app is now live! However, there are immediate server problems for many users. Logging in is still not working for most. They receive error messages and error texts. However, there are also user reports that they are already in.
Requirements to start the web app from EA Sports today
These are the requirements for early access on 19.9.:
You must have created a FUT club in FIFA 18 before August 1.
This FUT 18 club must be valid until the launch of the FUT 19 web app.
Additionally, your account must have a “good reputation”. This means that if you have been banned before or have otherwise been negatively noted, you may not receive early access.
When does it start for players without early access? If you are not FUT 18 veterans, you will only gain access to the web app once you log in to FIFA 19, create your club in FUT 19, and answer a security question there. So, you have to wait until the release of FIFA 19 on 28.9. or 25.9. with early access.
Visit the transfer market to buy and sell players and items,
View the TOTW (Team of the Week),
Inspect all cards, rankings, and other stats,
Buy sets in the FUT store
and complete objectives.
New features for FUT 19 include:
Updated compatibility
Accept weekly rewards from squad battles, FUT champions, and Division Rivals
Improved filter functions
There will also likely be daily gifts again in the first days of the web app, so it’s worth logging in every day – even today. Veterans can also look forward to “Welcome back” sets.
Now it’s official: The next EX Raid boss in Pokémon GO will be Deoxys. You can share the invitations for it with some trainers.
First leak, now official: Today, on September 19th, announcements for Deoxys in Pokémon GO circulated in the morning. However, these were initially only as push notifications for smartphones. Niantic only shared the official news now in a blog post on the evening of September 19th.
Deoxys as a Raid boss in EX Raids in Pokémon GO
When will Deoxys come? The monster will appear from the next cycle of EX Raid invitations. When exactly the first raids will take place is still unclear.
What forms does Deoxys have? Actually, there are 4 forms of Deoxys: Normal, Attack, Defense, and Speed. In EX Raids, you can only challenge Deoxys in its normal form. Niantic did not explain whether this will change later.
Invite your friends to EX Raids
Alongside the new gym boss, Niantic also announced the feature to share EX Raid passes.
How does sharing passes work? If you receive an EX Raid pass from now on, you can invite a friend to join you in this raid.
How do you get EX Raid invitations? To qualify for such an invitation, you must complete a raid at a gym eligible for EX Raids.
This is how EX Raid gyms should be marked. Thanks @Chrales
How do you recognize these gyms? Soon you will find markings in Pokémon GO at gyms where EX Raids take place. You can find the marking in the gym details. Update from September 21: The markings are now active.
G’huun, the final boss of the first raid in WoW: Battle for Azeroth, has fallen on Mythic. The “World of Warcraft” guild Method has achieved the World First Kill.
Method claims World First on G’huun: Just a few minutes ago, around 20:25 on September 19, 2018, the first raid end boss in Battle for Azeroth, G’huun in Uldir, was killed on Mythic difficulty. The World First Kill goes to the top guild Method.
It took 7 days: The Mythic difficulty for Uldir was released on September 12, 2018. Since that day, many guilds worldwide have fought their way forward and taken down boss after boss.
Until today, 8 guilds faced G’huun. The first guild to reach him was Limit, who obtained the World First Kill on the penultimate boss of Uldir, Mythrax. Method and the well-known Russian guild Exorsus followed.
For the European guilds like Method, Uldir itself was only available later. Nevertheless, Method extinguished G’huun in Mythic mode after just over 7 days. Over 150,000 viewers watched the guild live on Twitch.
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That’s why raid guilds usually don’t stream: Method decided to stream their raid progress live. Normally, this was taboo: One does not want to give competitors insights into raid secrets to maintain an advantage.
How could Method take down the boss G’huun? Method did not extend the ID for Uldir this week. This allowed raid members to acquire new equipment and approach G’huun with stronger gear than groups that extended the ID.
For the kill itself, Method relied on “Class Stacking,” using many characters of the same class. Rogues found no place in the raid. The group for the kill consisted of:
1x Death Knight
1x Demon Hunter
1x Druid
3x Hunter
1x Mage
5x Monk (including 2 tanks and 2 healers)
2x Paladin (both healers)
1x Priest (healer)
4x Warlock
and 1x Warrior
How good are the Germans? The best German guild Aversion is currently ranked 16th in the world according to wowprogress (as of September 19, 2018, 20:50). They have defeated 6 out of 8 bosses and are currently facing Mythrax.
Blizzard has introduced a new mount in World of Warcraft, which you get along with six months of game time. In line with the new mount, the pirate ship, there is also a new pet in the shop, a parrot.
New mount and pet: Blizzard has introduced a new bundle in the official shop where you can purchase six months of game time and receive a pirate ship. Additionally, there is a parrot available as a pet in the in-game shop.
“The Dreadwake” and Captain Crackers
Flying pirate ship as mount: If you already know that you will be playing WoW for the next six months anyway, you can secure a free mount with 180 days of game time. This mount is the “Dreadwake”, a spooky flying pirate ship with wings.
Description of the ship: A ship like no other, held in the air by the gift of an unknown, kraken-faced god of the depths.
Image source: wowhead
A pirate parrot as pet: The new pet is a pirate parrot with a knife belt and pirate hat. You can also purchase this cute companion in the Blizzard shop or the in-game shop.
In the description of the pet, it states that you should not say anything to Captain Crackers that you do not want to hear for the next 20 years.
Image source: wowhead
In keeping with BfA: Thematically, the ship and the parrot fit the maritime design of Battle for Azeroth. It is also reminiscent of the two ships from BlizzCon 2017. In 2017, there were faction-specific mounts that represent a miniature version of the faction airships.
The god mentioned in the description of the “Dreadwake” could well be N’zoth. He has already been seen in the Warbringer video of Azshara.
You will receive the “Dreadwake” in a package from the official Blizzard shop. The package costs €65.94 and includes 180 days of game time and the mount. According to the shop description, this offer is only valid until October 21, 2018.
The game time will be credited to your current game time. If you have already purchased 180 days of game time in the last 30 days, or if you are subscribed for 6 months, you will automatically receive the “Dreadwake”.
You can also acquire Captain Crackers in the official Blizzard shop or in the in-game shop of World of Warcraft. Captain Crackers is available for €10 directly in the game.
That the “Dreadwake” and Captain Crackers are released today is no coincidence: It is Pirate Day in World of Warcraft! Visit Booty Bay and celebrate Pirate Day with Captain DeMeza by getting a pirate costume and drinking grog.
In a live stream, the developers at Standing Stone Games announced a new, yet secret class for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online. However, this raises some questions in the community.
New races or new classes bring fresh air into an MMORPG. However, fans of The Lord of the Rings Online are skeptical about the announcement of a new class.
A new class is coming! (or maybe not)
This was announced: During the live stream, it was only said that a new class for the MMO is currently being worked on. It is not known which class it is, what role it is supposed to play, or when it will be released.
Update September 20: Meanwhile, the community manager has denied the news (via Lotro forum). While it is possible that a new class may come to The Lord of the Rings Online at some point, it has only been discussed so far. At the moment, there is nothing to announce.
Original announcement:
Fans actually want something different
How are the fans reacting? The excitement over a new class among the fans of LotRO has been limited. There are several reasons for this, which the players discuss in the official forum.
A new class brings a lot of balancing work for the entire game. The class must fit well and must not disturb the balance
The new class must fit into the lore of LotRO. Here, fans react particularly sensitively if something is integrated that does not fit 100 percent into the background story
Some believe that the developers should first address the problems that The Lord of the Rings Online is currently suffering from. In addition, players demand more content before a new class is introduced
The last new class, Beorninger, was not very well received by the players. It had to be revised for a long time until the balancing was correct and all bugs were fixed
What would the players wish for? But if a new class does come, players would like something that perfectly fits The Lord of the Rings and not just some random fantasy class like those found in other MMOs.
They would love to see a type of ranger who can attack from a distance and can camouflage
Similarly, players could imagine a kind of Elf Shaman who masters new spells
The developers of The Lord of the Rings Online will have a tough time meeting the expectations and ideas of the fans.
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First only as a beta: Red Dead Online is scheduled to launch in November 2018. But initially as a public beta. There will soon be more information from the developers about it. It is expected that there will be issues in the early stages due to the size of the project.
How can you participate in the beta? Every player who owns a copy of Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4 or Xbox One will gain free access to Red Dead Online.
That sounds like GTA Online
Features like in GTA Online: The regular updates are also available in the online world of GTA 5 for free. New content and game modes are continually added to the game. GTA Online is also designed for single players and group players. They can work together to solve missions and events or shoot each other.
The advantages of GTA Online: The game is still relevant and lively in 2018 despite its advanced age. With RPG communities , GTA players have made the online mode their own and maintain a vibrant community.
New ways to earn money online are regularly emerging. One can now run their own drug business or manage a nightclub. Rockstar continues to succeed in refreshing the multiplayer experience with free DLCs after years.
The online mode in GTA also receives criticism: While GTA players appreciate the regular updates for GTA Online, they express criticism as well. It is often mentioned that Rockstar does not provide new content for the single-player mode (offline). Only the online mode is being supplied and expanded.
Fortnite: Battle Royale has been setting new records on Twitch for a long time. But that seems to be over for now, as Activision is gaining ground with WoW and Destiny 2. As a result, Fortnite saw a significant drop in players on the streaming platform Twitch in August for the first time.
Fortnite loses on Twitch: Fortnite likely reached its peak on Twitch in July 2018. The number of minutes that viewers spent watching Fortnite has since decreased by 13 percent.
In concrete numbers, this means that the colorful battle royale game could only gather 7.7 billion minutes of viewer time. That’s just 128 million hours. Enough time to watch about 2.5 million episodes of the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.”
The peak in July was 8.88 billion minutes. During that time, one could have watched 2.9 million episodes of “Orange is the New Black.”
Activision gains ground on Twitch
World of Warcraft and Destiny 2 flourish: Where Fortnite had to take a hit, other games have made significant gains.
Both Activision-Blizzard titles, World of Warcraft and Destiny 2, saw an increase of 48 percent in Twitch minutes. WoW had a whopping 3.3 billion viewer minutes on Twitch in August.
The reason for this is the two successful expansions Battle for Azeroth (WoW) and Forsaken (Destiny 2). Activision’s rise is also reflected in their stock price, which is currently on the rise – especially because the beta of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is going so well.
Fortnite still number 1, but Black Ops 4 is coming…
Nevertheless, Fortnite, with its 7.7 billion viewer minutes, remains the king on Twitch. The number 2, League of Legends, only reaches 4.82 billion minutes. LoL increased in August, raising its minute count by 10%.
Black Ops 4 could change everything: However, in October, Fortnite’s viewer numbers could be severely shaken. This is because the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is approaching. Its battle royale mode Blackout has already excited fans in the beta.
At least many beta players of Black Ops 4 don’t want to touch the battle royale game PUBG anymore. But Fortnite could also lose some players and Twitch viewers to Activision’s new battle royale heavyweight.
Season 6 needs to be big: Unless Epic steps up in the upcoming Season 6 of Fortnite and brings something spectacular that keeps players engaged. It will remain exciting.
From now on, interested parties can download the battle royale shooter Ring of Elysium for free on Steam.
The shooter Ring of Elysium has been quiet for some time, but now it is supposed to move quickly. Starting today, September 19, the battle royale title can be downloaded on Steam. However, it is still not available for EU players.
Is the next battle royale hype coming now?
What is Ring of Elysium? Ring of Elysium was initially known as “Europe,” but then received a name change. As in other battle royale games, you also have to search for weapons and equipment and compete against 99 competitors. However, there is also a story component.
This is the story of RoE: A cold wave has hit the mountain region of Mt. Dione. Authorities have already evacuated the population, but 100 people are still stuck in the mountain resort. The weather has made it impossible to rescue everyone. Only one helicopter is still in action, and the players must do everything they can to secure one of the four seats in the chopper.
What are the other differences? In addition to the story, Ring of Elysium has several other differences compared to genre veterans PUBG and Fortnite:
A dynamic weather system that can cause hypothermia
avalanches that threaten different parts of the map
Cover mechanics
A special equipment system in which each suitable item is automatically assigned to the corresponding weapon
Multiple mobility options such as paragliding, snowboarding, and mountaineering
First or third-person view
Since the helicopter has four seats, up to four players can win a match
In addition, there should be a whole range of other features, such as great performance, an “arcade game” playstyle, or a particularly clear user interface.
Note: Ring of Elysium is not yet available in the German Steam stores. Tencent states that they are also working on a EU version. However, a release date is not known yet.
The opinions from the community about Ring of Elysium have been summarized for you in this article:
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In Destiny 2 a new bounty is available where you need to find and kill a Silent Reaver. This will bring you top loot!
Who is the Silent Reaver? The Silent Reaver is an enemy that must be eliminated in the weekly bounty called “Wanted: Silent Reaver”. You can find the bounty with Spider – that is the vendor in the Shattered Isles.
Spider offers a bounty each week that has this powerful gear as a reward. Don’t miss out on the top loot!
Location and Mechanics of the Silent Reaver
Here’s how the bounty works:
Step 1: Go to Spider in the Shattered Isles and buy the bounty “Wanted: Silent Reaver” with 5 Ghost Fragments. You can obtain Ghost Fragments in the Shattered Isles by completing public events or other bounties from Spider.
You must be at least Power Level 500 to accept the bounty. The recommended Power Level is 540. The bounty expires seven days after purchase.
Step 2: Now fly to Earth in the EDZ. There, after accepting the bounty, a new adventure called “Wanted: Silent Reaver” has appeared. Go there and start the adventure.
Step 3: The adventure leads you into a Lost Sector. There you will quickly encounter Shank enemies that drop a charge when defeated. With this charge, you can destroy the machine that generates a shield that blocks your path.
The fight against the Silent Reaver: The mechanics with the boss work similarly. This time, however, it is not the path, but the final boss that is blocked by a shield through which you can’t deal damage.
Therefore, you must defeat Shanks again, which drop charges upon death. You will first throw these charges at the shield generators and later at a Servitor that also generates a shield around the Silent Reaver. Once the Servitor has been destroyed with the charges, you can damage the boss.
After a while, another Servitor appears that sets up the shield again. Repeat the mechanics until the Silent Reaver is defeated.
Nexxoss Gaming shows you the path and mechanics of the Silent Reaver in the video:
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If you are having trouble with the Silent Reaver, here are a few tips:
The recommended Power Level is 540. Since many Guardians have not yet reached this, you should definitely start the adventure in a fireteam.
The charges are usually located in the middle of enemy territory. Choose your Guardian with the highest Power Level, who can quickly run to the charge, pick it up, and throw it at the Servitor.
The other Guardians can hide at the entrance during this time. They are pretty safe there.
Once the Reaver’s shield is down, unleash your Power weapons on him.
To receive the loot, you still need to submit the completed bounty in your inventory.
Have you secured the loot this week?
The Silent Reaver is currently the third weekly bounty from Spider that drops powerful gear. You can find the previous ones here:
The latest update Y3S3.1 for Rainbow Six Siege introduces new penalties for team kills. What was intended as a well-meaning change, however, has not been well received by the community.
Ubisoft continues to try to mitigate the toxic atmosphere in the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege. A new change is now intended to address team kills. However, the community is up in arms. There are two factions against the change:
while some players already feel punished by the new regulation
others feel the change does not go far enough
Ban for Team Kills: Too harsh or not harsh enough?
What changes with update Y3S3.1? The latest patch for Rainbow Six introduces harsher penalties for team kills. Now killing team members results in a 30-minute ban, rigorously excluding the player from matchmaking, both from the casual playlist and from ranked and terrorist hunt.
Further violations lead to stricter bans, such as being excluded for one hour, two hours, 24 hours, or even for a whole week.
How was team killing handled before the update? Until patch Y3S3.1, a double team kill in any mode resulted in a kick to the main menu. In the ranked playlist, there was an additional 30-minute penalty for leaving the match.
Why has the penalty been increased? Ubisoft is still trying to improve and support Rainbow Six after more than two years. However, the community of the game is often perceived as particularly toxic. Recently, streamer Anne Munition showed the harassment she faces in the game.
How does the community react? Players are protesting against the patch. Some already feel punished by the introduction of the changes. There are reports of unintentional team kills due to friendly fire. This happens to experienced players.
Others argue that in certain situations it is part of tactical gameplay to eliminate your own team members. For example, if teammates are killed who are currently being interrogated by an enemy Caveira. If an enemy Caveira is interrogating downed team members, the location of the other teammates is revealed.
Other players find the changes good, but desire the introduction of a “Punish/Reward” feature. This would allow players to decide for themselves who should be punished for a team kill.
In contrast, other players argue that such a feature would only be abused. They complain that Ubisoft hardly responds to player feedback. For years, the community has provided good suggestions against team killing that would not require bans.
In FIFA 19, the TOTW 1 (Team of the Week 1) is known. You can find out which players receive the first informs of the new FUT season here.
September 19 not only brings the first Team of the Week in the Ultimate Team mode, but also marks the start of the Web App.
Once it’s online, you can already pull the Inform cards in packs from 7 PM. The TOTW 1 will then be available in packs for a week. The likelihood of pulling cards with a specific rating is even displayed in FUT 19.
The highlights at the start of the new TDW season are Chelsea’s Eden Hazard (92, LW), national striker Timo Werner (85, ST), and last year’s favorite Hirving Lozano (83, RW).
TOTW 1 – Ratings of the Player Cards in Ultimate Team
Starting XI:
GK: Yann Sommer 84
CB: Kalidou Koulibaly 88
CB: Álvaro 82
RB: João Cancelo 84
CAM: Dimitri Payet 86
CDM: Granit Xhaka 84
LW: Eden Hazard 92
RM: Andriy Yarmolenko 83
ST: Ángel 83
ST: Timo Werner 85
RW: Hirving Lozano 83
Substitutes:
GK: Thomas Strakosha 83
CB: Sidnei 82
LM: Ryan Fraser 81
RM: Nicolas Pépé 81
LM: Jérôme Gondorf 81
LM: Garry Rodrigues 82
ST: Bradley Wright-Phillips 81
New Card Design: In addition to the overall new card design, at least in the starting eleven of the Team of the Week, another detail has changed. The dynamic player images now extend beyond their original spot and intrude into other areas of the card. The players are presented transparently behind the stats.
What is the Team of the Week (TDW) in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team?
Every Wednesday, EA Sports reveals the Team of the Week in the “Ultimate Team” mode of their annual football simulation. This also applies to FIFA 19. The players who have excelled in real football over the past week are rewarded with special cards that have improved attributes.
You can pull the TOTW cards within a week from the packs that may contain rare (Gold) players. However, the chance of this is considered low.
In addition, you can purchase them on the transfer market if they are offered by other players. However, the prices are often extremely high. If you want to buy one of the new informs for your team, it’s advisable to purchase it at the beginning of the next week when they are cheaper.
Trading Tip: To start optimally into the new FUT season, it is also advisable to invest in the informs of the first week. A detailed explanation can be found in our guide for the perfect start in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team.
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Blizzard grants all fans of Twinks in World of Warcraft a nice bonus. Island expeditions provide some experience points.
The island expeditions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth are not liked by all players. To provide a few more incentives for Twinks, a hotfix has now brought improvements.
What will be changed? With a hotfix, Blizzard aims to significantly increase the XP rewards at the end of the normal island expeditions. This will make visiting the islands a worthwhile endeavor to gather some experience points and quickly level up to level 120.
Due to the short duration of 10-15 minutes, an island expedition is also suitable when one has very little time and still wants to feel some progress.
No reputation bonuses: As long as your character has not yet reached level 120, it cannot work toward the weekly cap of 40,000 Azerite. Therefore, it cannot gain 2,500 artifact power and 1,500 reputation with the Warbound or the 7th Legion. This is only possible at max level.
Perfect for collectors: This will be especially rewarding for players who have many Twinks and want to collect toys and transmog gear at the same time. This way, they can combine leveling Twinks and farming for the numerous rewards. Just recently, Blizzard drastically increased the drop chance for rewards.
The hotfix has already been active in America since last night. It should be active here today (09/19/2018), but at the latest by tomorrow.
Will you use the island expeditions to level up some Twinks? Or is the mode too boring for you, and are you waiting for updates from Patch 8.1 “Tides of Vengeance”?
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Warface, the Coop and PvP shooter from My.com, is now available for free on PlayStation 4. You can now experience PvP action and Coop adventures on Sony’s console.
What is Warface? Warface from My.com is a shooter that you play in PvP or Coop against AI. The six PvP modes include classic Team Deathmatch, a version of Capture the Flag, and soon Battle Royale.
If you prefer playing Coop, you can team up with up to three players to take on raids against increasingly vicious AI enemies.
What does the PS4 version of Warface include? You get the PvP and PvE modes, 19 maps, as well as the 4 Raids Anubis, The HQ, Blackout, and Earthshaker.
You can choose from the four classes: Rifleman, Sniper, Medic, or Engineer.
What are the plans for the future? The first four DLCs for Warface are already in development. You can look forward to four new raids (including the Pripyat Spec-Op mission at Chernobyl), three game modes (including Battle Royale), and 40 new maps.
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Is there more? If you like, you can purchase up to five starter packs in the shop. Four of them are specifically tailored to the needs of each class. The fifth – the Collector’s Edition – combines all four and expands your personal armory with even more weapons and bonuses.
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Patch 4.4 of Final Fantasy XIV is now live and has brought many new contents to the game. We have compiled a list of the latest cosmetics and collectibles from the patch and where to find them.
Note: This article contains potential spoilers for the contents of Patch 4.4.
Mounts
Fiery Kamuy: Random drop in the trial against Suzaku (Ex)
Master Typhon: Buy at the Gold Saucer for 750,000 MGP
Model O: From a chest in “Omega: Alphametry 4.0” – Raid (Epic)
Indigo Whale: Moogle Kiosk
Magitek Sky Armor: Exchange at a PvP NPC in the Wolf’s Den for 20,000 Wolf Marks.
Companions
Alpha Puppet: After completing the Omega questline
Daoist Moogle: Buy from the traveling Moogle for 140 Gil. Found in the following locations
Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X:9.4 Y:11.6)
New Gridania (X:12.4 Y:12.1)
Ul’dah – Nald’s Crossroads (X:9.6 Y:9.1)
Bridesmaid Moogle: New bonus for holders of the Gold and Platinum Plans at the Eternal Bond.The guests of the ceremony receive it upon leaving the banquet hall.
Capybara Baby: From a chest in the new channels of Uznair
Fire Peacock: Craft from the following materials: 1x Fire Red Tail Feather, 1x King’s Fern, 1x Comb Yarn and 1x Double Silk
Mini Omega: From a chest in “Omega: Alphametry 4.0” – Raid (Normal)
Sludge Prince: From a chest in the new Dungeon Saint Morcianne Arboretum (Hard)
Emotes
Allagan Stone (Smartphone Emote): Automatically obtained by downloading and registering the FFXIV Companion App
Summons: After completing the new quest of the 4 Holy Beasts
Verify: From the new channels of Uznair
Hairstyle
Modern Aesthetic – Mercenary: Buy from the PvP NPC in the Wolf’s Den for 18,000 Wolf Marks
Meanwhile, the community is buzzing with rumors about the next expansion:
The first reactions to the new Iron Banner since the release of the Destiny 2 expansion Forsaken indicate: Power level plays a big role, and matchmaking is also a topic in the forums. Many “normal Guardians” feel like cannon fodder.
First Destiny 2 Iron Banner with Power Level advantages: Yesterday, on September 18, the first Iron Banner in Forsaken began. This brought some innovations, including the activation of Power Level advantages.
This means: Guardians who can show a higher Power Level have an advantage over players with a lower Power Level. They deal more damage to weaker Guardians and take less damage themselves.
How significant is the advantage for Guardians with high Power Level?
Even in the weeks leading up to the first Year 2 Iron Banner, Guardians wondered how strong the Power Level advantages would be. After all, all Guardians are allowed to participate in the PvP event, regardless of whether they own Destiny 2 expansions or not, thus independent of certain Power Level limits.
How significant is the Power Level advantage now? There are no official statements about the current Power Level advantages yet, but many Guardians describe the advantages as significant.
It is said that even with a Power Level difference of 40 points, a significantly lower damage output with significantly increased incoming damage can be observed, making one essentially hopeless.
No chance in the Iron Banner without Forsaken? What players say
On reddit, some users with Power Levels around 525 are also saying that the advantages are too severe. This is directly noticeable in the K/D, which is significantly lower. In 1v1 situations, there is hardly a chance if the opponent has higher Power Levels.
No chance for Guardians without Forsaken: Those entering the Iron Banner at Power Level 400 (the maximum before Forsaken) are likely to be mercilessly defeated by 500+ Guardians according to many users.
Anyone who has invested a lot of time since the launch of Forsaken and has also visited the Last Wish Raid should have it much easier in the Iron Banner.
When will there be concrete numbers? Exact numbers regarding the level advantages are expected to be published by Bungie in the next weekly blog post. This was tweeted by community manager dmg04. We will report on it.
Bungie and its promise: Before the Iron Banner, Bungie assured that Guardians without Forsaken could play in the Iron Banner, but would suffer disadvantages. How significant these disadvantages would be was unknown.
However, the first reactions now indicate that Forsaken is necessary to achieve something in the Iron Banner. Guardians are already advising other Guardians without Forsaken not to enter the Iron Banner at all.
The matchmaking in the Iron Banner
But not only the Power Level advantages are currently being discussed; the matchmaking is also irritating many Guardians.
Randoms against fireteams: Players are currently frequently reporting situations where individual Guardians have to compete against groups of up to six players in the Iron Banner. The full fireteam has the advantage of communication and coordination, which often leads to many players retreating early under the mercy rule.
Many players have long wished for separate matchmaking so that solo players can stay with each other and fireteams can compete against each other. Bungie has not yet commented on these discussions.
This is what sticks: Listening to the players in the forums, it seems that “normal Guardians” without a full team and a high Power Level currently feel like cannon fodder in the Iron Banner of Destiny 2. Without Forsaken, it seems particularly bad.
It seems that the battle royale shooter PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is intended for a release on Sony’s PS4. This is now indicated by a rating for age restriction in South Korea.
What are the specific hints about PUBG PS4? According to the Korean Game Rating Board “GRAC”, there will indeed be a PS4 version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. This has not yet been announced by the developers Bluehole.
The Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee classified PUBG for PS4 players “21 years old and over”. Reasons for this include a high level of violence, drug use, realistic weapons, and other typical features of PUBG.
Rating announces PS4 version
So far, there is PUBG for mobile devices with Android and iOS, PC, and Xbox. Thanks to the rating shared by the Twitter account Nibel, there are now initial concrete hints about a version for Sony’s PlayStation 4. The rating is quite fresh and dates from September 11, 2018.
PUBG, however, announced at E3 2017 the deal with Microsoft that PUBG would be “console exclusive” for Xbox One. Microsoft never specified how long PUBG would remain “console exclusive” on the Xbox One.
After that, Bluehole did not comment on a PS4 release for a year and a half, stating that they were focusing on Xbox One.
Good conditions for PS4 version: By now, PUBG has reached version 1.0 on Microsoft’s Xbox. Due to this progress and the elapsed time, it could be that PUBG is now ready for PS4.
After all, it’s been almost a year since the release of the Xbox version. And PlayerUnknown himself said that you “never know where the journey leads” and that they want to focus on the Xbox version 1.0 for now.
With another console version, fans are asking if they can play together.
No complete crossplay yet: PC players currently cannot play PUBG against Xbox players. Among smartphones, there is crossplay between Android and iOS.
Players would be pleased: If in PUBG, Xbox players could face off against PS4 friends, fans would definitely be happy.
This wish could come true, as Sony has already given hope for Fortnite that they want to solve the crossplay issue. However, there has been no official statement yet regarding crossplay between the potential PS4 version and Xbox One.
Actually, China had already prepared an alternative for PUBG fans on PS4.
