Accelerate Your Progress in Far Cry 5 with Microtransactions

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The release of Far Cry 5 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is just a few days away. Now there is new information about microtransactions and an offline mode.

Many of you are eagerly awaiting the release of Far Cry 5 on March 27. Then you can embark on the adventure in Hope County on PS4, Xbox One, or PC. But what do the microtransactions in the game bring? And do you have to be online to play?

Microtransactions without Pay-2-Win Elements

Payment options in video games have almost become standard. Here a new skin, there an emote – That’s how you buy some changes for your game in the in-game shop. There will also be microtransactions in Ubisoft’s latest installment of the Far Cry series.

GameSpot spoke with Executive Producer Dan Hay about the payment options. He says the offerings that Far Cry 5 provides to players are substantial. Anyone who wants to accelerate their progress and is willing to pay can do so. However, how exactly these options will manifest in the game is unclear.

The community speculates that in-game currency can be purchased, which can then somehow be used in the shop for faster progress.

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Ubisoft also commented on this topic on Reddit and stated that the microtransactions are fair. There are no paywalls – everything can be acquired solely through playing. The in-game currency silver bars are scattered throughout the game and can be found by you. The purchasable items are only supposed to be cosmetic or time-saving. Everything you buy remains permanent and there are no loot boxes.

Entire Campaign of Far Cry 5 Offline

In an interview with GameSpot, Ubisoft also confirmed that the entire campaign is playable offline. Anyone who wants to play in co-op or multiplayer needs an internet connection. For those of you who drift through the campaign alone, no internet connection is required.

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The Season Pass trailer for Far Cry 5 showcases three crazy DLCs

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Racing-MMO The Crew 2 hat ein Release-Datum

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

Race across the entire US in an open world offers you the online game The Crew 2 – and that already on June 29 on PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.

While most racing games only let you race on predetermined tracks or at least define certain areas, you can expect in The Crew 2 all of North America. You enjoy a lot of freedom.

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Great freedoms, big races, big game world

Basically, you can do whatever you want in The Crew 2. With your vehicle, you race across the US and take part in various challenges:

  • Racing tracks and events await you everywhere
  • Simply participate in these events or race against other players
  • Besides car racing, you also drive motorcycles, boats, or even airplanes
  • Take on many challenges like drift races or show off in motocross events what you can do
  • Explore the US in an open game world
  • You gradually unlock new vehicles, including fast Porsche racers, beach buggies, or trucks
  • You switch between vehicles at the push of a button
  • Some races require a vehicle switch. So you drive first with the car on a road, then jump with the boat into the water, and switch to the motorcycle afterwards

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Starting soon!

With The Crew 2, starting June 29, you can expect big racing challenges, plenty of freedom, and a very large game world. In addition to the regular version, you can also buy the The Crew 2 Motor Edition, which additionally includes the Season Pass, unique outfits and vehicles, and a special license plate in a steelbox.

The Crew 2 plays very well according to the previews.

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PUBG: Crazy Relationship Drama Escalates with Samurai Sword Attack

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) was one of the reasons a woman attacked her boyfriend with a samurai sword at night. But somehow the game also saved the man’s life. At least, he believes so.

Alex Lovell (29) played PUBG for 12 or 13 hours a day. His plan was to become a professional eSports player. This is reported by the US site Kotaku.

His 30-year-old girlfriend Barber Emily Javier apparently had a problem with that. She felt that her boyfriend no longer gave her enough attention, only focused on PUBG. She felt neglected.

The aspiring PUBG star can somewhat understand this in hindsight. He told another site: “PUBG killed my sex drive. I just trained too hard; it drained me. I felt bad because I couldn’t give her the attention she deserved.”

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Woman buys a samurai sword, plans to kill aspiring PUBG eSports boyfriend at night

The situation escalated when the girlfriend found a red hair in the shower – she herself has green hair. Furthermore, she stumbled upon the dating app Tinder when checking her boyfriend’s smartphone. She also believed she saw scratches on his back. Therefore, she thought he was cheating on her.

So the girlfriend came up with a plan: she went to a shopping mall and bought a samurai sword. For a week, she contemplated whether she should actually go through with it and then decided to attack.

She taped the samurai sword along with two knives next to her side of the bed. One night, she waited until her boyfriend fell asleep, attacked him in the light of her smartphone with the samurai sword, and seriously injured him.

Prepared for the moment his whole life

However, her boyfriend was not a “sweaty nerd,” but an eSports player, as he later said. He jumped up, wounded. According to him, he had trained hard for such a moment and had prepared his whole life for it. After all, PUBG training included exercises for the hands, wrists, shoulders. Additionally, special moves and techniques with the mouse.

Therefore, he says, he could escape the situation using the Kung Fu style “Wing Chun.” He was able to stand on one knee, which was nearly severed, and on one foot that was only hanging by a thread.

Still, the samurai attack was severe. Although he managed to put his girlfriend in a bear hug, she reached for his family jewels and tried to yank them away from him.

Lovell says: “When I saw the look in her eyes, it terrified me to death. I told her that I love her and that she was killing me. She needed to call the police now, or I would die.”

In fact, the attacker then called the emergency services, and Lovell was able to be rescued.

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Severe injuries – 6 months of rehabilitation

However, Lovell nearly lost three fingers, suffered deep wounds to his feet, legs, torso, neck, and head.

It will probably take 6 months until he can walk again. Furthermore, extensive rehabilitation is necessary until Lovell can use his hands like before.

However, he seems proud to have won the fight with bare hands. He says the experience was better than anything he had achieved before in life. Indirectly, he had prepared his whole life for the moment.

His girlfriend is in jail. She is charged with attempted murder and has pleaded “not guilty.” The bail is set at $350,000.

By the way, Lovell denies having Tinder on his smartphone. The red hairs in the shower belonged to his dog. He loves his girlfriend, has no hate in him, never cheated on her, and forgave her the moment she ran out of the room to call for help.

The title image is from the Facebook account of Alex Lovell. It shows him 6 days after the attack.

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Pokémon GO: New Facebook link ends annoying PTC issues

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Your email is about to expire or you need an alternative to the PTC login? With this new feature for Pokémon GO, that’s possible.

Trainers, there is good news regarding your Pokémon GO accounts. Niantic announced that you will soon be able to link your Pokémon GO account with Facebook. This is particularly good news for those of you who are losing access to your email address or simply looking for another login option for safety.

Facebook Linking with Pokémon GO

The login process for Pokémon GO will soon be simplified for you. By linking with Facebook, you not only have another sign-in option, but you can conveniently continue your game progress from any device.

This addition is particularly beneficial for those trainers among you who created their Pokémon GO account with an email that is about to expire. For example, from a university that you no longer attend or from an internet provider whose contract with you is about to end.

With this change, it will be possible to link your trainer profile with a Facebook and Google account. Once the accounts are linked, you can log into Pokémon GO using any linked accounts.

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“A person currently signing in through the Pokémon Trainer Club can link their trainer profile with both their Google and Facebook accounts and will be able to sign in with one of these accounts in the future,” is stated in Niantic’s announcement.

Niantic also confirmed that this change will also make it possible to switch the email address linked to the account.

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This new feature is expected to be available “soon,” but a release date has not yet been announced. It is also unclear whether an update for Pokémon GO will need to be rolled out for this.

To utilize this new feature, players must be at least 13 years old. For the linking process, Niantic has provided a guide that you can view on the official Pokémon GO support website.

End of One-sided PTC Login Issues

In the past, it was more common for trainers signing in through the Pokémon Trainer Club to encounter issues. These were often outages affecting only the PTC – players with Google login were not affected.

Because with this new linking you no longer need to use the PTC as a login, but can choose linked accounts, these specific problems should be resolved in the future. This was also confirmed by support staff member NianticGeorge on Reddit.

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An old raid boss returns now with a stronger attack to Pokémon GO

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The weapons change with the 1st DLC in Monster Hunter World

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In their past stream, Capcom presented a whole range of new features and updates coming to Monster Hunter World on March 22. This includes the weapons from Monster Hunter World. Many of them received a buff or other adjustments. We present the weapon adjustments in detail. 

After MHW quickly became the most successful game by Capcom within 1.5 months, it shows no signs of resting on its laurels.

The first major free DLC, which will introduce the new monster Deviljho, will be released in just one week.

The weapons are also not being neglected.

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Buffs on (almost) all levels

Since the launch of MHW, Capcom has collected and evaluated feedback from the community: the results are impressive! The weapon adjustments include more than just buffs to attack power.

Some skills have been specifically adjusted to make handling the weapons easier and thus more enjoyable overall. 

There are also some bug fixes included.

Complete list of weapon changes in Patch 2.00 / 2.0.0.0.

The big DLC patch will be released next Thursday, on March 22. On PS4, the update will be version 2.00, and on Xbox One, the patch is 2.0.0.0. Here are all the weapon adjustments coming with the patch:

Great Sword

  • Charged Slash II and III receive damage buffs.
  • True Charged Slash II and III receive damage buffs.

Long Sword

  • Wide Range Slash: The time window and hitbox for successful execution will be enlarged. Additionally, the hit area of the slash will be increased.
  • Players will have greater freedom in controlling the attack direction.
  • Elan Helm Breaker receives a bug fix: after use, the player will now be completely immune to paralysis until they hit the ground.
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Sword and Shield

  • Circle Slash receives a damage buff.
  • With the weapon drawn, you will also be able to attach to the beetles with the grappling hook.

Hammer

  • Charge Strength Level II – The paralysis chances of upward slashes and brutal upward slashes will be increased.
  • Charge Strength Level II – The paralysis chances for the Big Bang will be increased.

Hunting Horn

  • General buff of attack power
  • The “Addition” effect of self-improvement will also include an attack buff.
  • The new effect increases attack power and prevents interruption during an attack.
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Gunlance

  • Shelling: Damage parameters have been increased when the sharpness of the weapon is yellow or worse.
  • The damage of Wyvern Fire and the Wyrmstake Cannon has been increased.
  • The sharpness loss has been reduced in all Wyvern Fire and Wyrmstake attacks.

Morph Blade

  • Null Summon discharge will be easier to handle.
  • Using the Null Summon discharge will grant a Level 4 Earplug buff.
  • The damage of the Finisher Slash of the Null Summon discharge has been increased.
  • Using the Finisher Slash of the Null Summon discharge will no longer cause sharpness loss.
  • It will be possible to transition directly from the Elemental Discharge in jump to a Null Summon discharge.
  • Bug fix: After using the Null Summon discharge, the player will be completely immune to recoil until they hit the ground.

Energy Blade

  • Balance adjustments of normal and elemental vials.
  • Adjustment of attack strength of all effects except the artillery ability to the explosive strength of the vials.
  • All attack vials will receive a buff to their elemental values.
  • Super-enhanced Elemental Discharge: The explosions of power-element vials will be closer together to ease handling.
  • The paralysis chances for vials have been increased for all attacks except the Super-enhanced Elemental Discharge.
  • The paralysis chances for the Super-enhanced Elemental Discharge have been reduced.
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Insect Glaive

  • General buffs for attack strength and extension of effect duration.
  • The effects of red-white and red-white-orange monster extracts on attack strength have been increased.
  • General extension of the effect duration of the extracts.
  • The duration of the extract effects will not be reduced while riding a monster.

Lance

  • Adjustments for easier handling of the weapon.
  • Upon successfully executed counter thrust, the player will be resistant to recoil for a short time.

Dual Blades

  • The Demon Mode will be easier to maintain.
  • The Demon Gauge will charge through normal Demon attacks and Demon Whirlwind.
  • Bug fix: You will be able to leave Demon Mode again while dodging.

Bow

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  • Bug fix: The angle restrictions of the attack are no longer ignored during the Dragon Slayer.
  • Bug fix: The shotgun and power shot abilities will no longer have a double effect during the Raging Shot.

Light and heavy bowgun remain unchanged.

The complete overview of all features and updates coming on March 22 can be found here:

This is all included in the 1st free DLC of Monster Hunter World

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The Future of Lord of the Rings Online: New Lands, Aragorn as King

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

Even though the ring is destroyed, the developers of the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online have big plans. What can players expect from the MMORPG in 2018 and beyond?

In an interview with Destructoid, Ben “DrOctothorpe” Schneider, lead designer of The Lord of the Rings Online, stated that they currently have very big plans regarding the future of the game. Players can expect many more exciting adventures.

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There’s plenty of material for more adventures

There is still much to tell and the world of Middle-earth is very large. The team has a lot of ideas for this:

  • New regions are to be added, including Umbar, Harad, Rhûn, Lithlad, and more
  • The team wants to create all of Middle-earth in the game
  • The coronation of Aragorn and his marriage to Arwen are important to the developers
  • The attack on the Shire is a scenario that many players desire
  • The reign of King Aragorn would provide much material for exciting adventures

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Lore expert helps navigate cliffs

However, the game’s license only covers The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The Silmarillion, which tells the older history of the world of Middle-earth, is not part of the license and therefore cannot be taken into account. To avoid any issues and still be able to tell exciting new stories that fit the lore, the team has hired an expert who is in contact with so-called Tolkien professors who know all of the author’s works, J.R.R. Tolkien, inside and out.

Fans of the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online can look forward to an exciting future.

Right now, a current update continues the story of The Lord of the Rings.

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Fortnite is now on iOS – Looks great, but the controls are difficult

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Recently, the first wave of invitations for the mobile version of Fortnite: Battle Royale was sent out. Are you among the lucky ones who can now play Fortnite on their smartphone or tablet?

Recently, the first players on Apple devices can try out Fortnite’s Battle Royale variant. Epic has sent out the first wave of invitations. However, it is not known how large the group of invitees is. The first players are already sharing their experiences on Reddit.

When the next wave will come is still unclear. Epic once again points out that the mobile version is in an early stage. A lot can still change.

First impressions of the mobile version are mixed

Anyone who wants to install Fortnite: Battle Royale on their smartphone or tablet needs to download 2GB of data.

According to initial reports, Fortnite looks fantastic on smartphones – a player on Reddit called it the best-looking mobile game of all time.

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The controls, however, are perceived as clunky and sluggish – an aspect that many players had feared. In response to the corresponding comment on the Fortnite: Battle Royale subreddit, Epic immediately replied and confirmed that they are aware of this issue and will continue to work on it.

Aiming also seems not to be fully refined yet – according to one player, it seems that an invisible grid influences aiming, within which the crosshair moves.

In the main game on consoles and PC, players only pick up resources, traps, and ammunition, while in the mobile version, everything is picked up automatically. However, this can lead to not always picking up the item you want. If you want a specific item, you have to select it by touch.

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How does the building mode work in the mobile version?

The building mode is a core element of Fortnite: Battle Royale – many players had feared beforehand that operating the building mode on smartphones would be nearly impossible.

Well, according to initial opinions, the building mode works. However, one Redditor admits that there is quite a large learning curve. The controls are not complicated but take time. This should become easier with increasing experience.

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Epic will send out more invitations in the next days and weeks. Each invitation should also come with codes that can be given to friends. These are not available for the first wave yet but are expected to be sent out soon!

Are you among the lucky ones who can play Fortnite: Battle Royale on mobile?

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Destiny 2: The fifth faction rally is coming – Afterwards there will be a break

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On March 20, the 5th Faction Rally will take place in Destiny 2. The factions are enticing players again with new weapons and the last chance to obtain armor ornaments of Season 2. After that, the group battles will take a break for revision.

Next week it’s time again. With the Weekly Reset on March 20, the factions will enter the Tower one last time for Season 2 and proudly spread their banners. Dead Orbit, New Monarchy, and Future War Cult will once again call the Guardians to arms to assert their interests.

There are new weapons to earn. Furthermore, the 5th Faction Rally gives the Guardians one last chance to unlock faction armor ornaments of Season 2 until the end of the winner’s week on April 3.

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As soon as this one-week event ends on March 27, the group battles will take a break and will be revised by Bungie.

All info about the 5th Group Battle

  • Start: March 20 at 6 PM
  • End: March 27 at 6 PM

Participation requirements:

  • At least character level 20
  • The campaign must be completed
  • As soon as the rally starts, you must play the faction rally introduction milestone if you haven’t done so yet
  • Then you join a faction

The rules of the game have not changed: Per character, you can pledge allegiance to one faction (Dead Orbit, New Monarchy, Future War Cult), then collect tokens for them and earn as many reward engrams as possible. The faction that drops the most reward packages after one week wins the rally. You support the faction of your choice by completing public events, strikes, and the raid, looting lost sectors, or measuring yourself against other Guardians in the Crucible.

The rewards of the Faction Rally

By completing activities as a member of a faction, you collect tokens. You redeem these for faction engrams, which contain standard rewards such as weapons and armor pieces.

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These are all Season 2 weapons that can now be earned through faction engrams:

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In Season 2, you can also earn ornaments, which you unlock by completing specified objectives. So you don’t need “drop luck” for this. These are the ornaments:

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Dead Orbit:

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New Monarchy:

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Future War Cult:

Additionally, the factions also have winner weapons for you. Only the faction that wins the group battle at the end will provide the winner weapon:

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Dead Orbit – Sniper rifle:

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New Monarchy – Grenade launcher:

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Future War Cult – Sniper rifle: If you are a member of the winning faction, you will receive the winner weapon after the event for 1000 Glimmer. All other Guardians can buy this weapon as well – however, for 50,000 Glimmer.

How the group battles will be revised

After the end of the 5th Faction Rally, the group battles will take a break. Bungie intends to fundamentally revise the event during this time. In the recent “This Week at Bungie” blog, Bungie’s season team talked about some goals they pursue with future group battle improvements for Season 3:
 
  • Pledging allegiance to a group should be a significant decision.
  • Rewards should not be time-limited.
  • Group battles should provide a unique gameplay experience and not just layer a rewards tier onto the existing game.
  • The event should provide more insight into its background story and objectives.
  • It should build on player interest in lost sectors and armor ornament tasks.
These goals are still very vaguely formulated, but more precise details on the future direction of the event should gradually follow during development.
 
Will you participate in the 5th group battle? Whom will you pledge your allegiance to? What do you think of Bungie’s plans to revise this event?

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How to efficiently farm faction tokens for the group battle

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WoW: One faction could get more races in BfA than the other

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In World of Warcraft there has always been equality in terms of the number of playable races. This could change with Battle for Azeroth.

In World of Warcraft, it has always been about the conflict between Alliance and Horde – this will be particularly emphasized in Battle for Azeroth. Since both factions can be played by players, this has always created a certain obligation to establish balance in the game. When the Horde received the Blood Elves in “Burning Crusade”, the Alliance got the Draenei. The Worgen on the Alliance side were directly countered by the Goblins on the Horde side.

This approach is also hardly surprising, as one can easily imagine the outcry from the other faction when they fall behind.

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With Battle for Azeroth, however, this principle might be deviated from, as Ion Hazzikostas, the Game Director of WoW, revealed in the Q&A stream.

While there will be the same number of Allied races at launch (3 on each side, which are already known), the developers could deviate from this in future patches.

New Races, When It Makes Sense in the Story

In Battle for Azeroth, new Allied races will be added over the course of the patches when it “makes sense in the story”. Here, one does not necessarily want to ensure that there is a balance.

In the long run, however, a balance should still be maintained. As an example, Hazzikostas mentioned it could be possible for the Horde to receive an Allied race in Patch 8.1 and the Alliance to also receive a new race a patch later. Ultimately, it should balance out, but the primary focus is the lore – if it fits with the story, then the races will join.

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However, Hazzikostas has not yet named any concrete plans – the details will be worked out in the future.

There is already much speculation about possible additional Allied Races.

Do you also think that Blizzard should not maintain this balance everywhere? Or is it important so that no faction feels “better” than the other for a time?

You can find all information about Battle for Azeroth in our comprehensive overview of the addon.

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TERA: What the community says about the 1st beta on Xbox One and PS4

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The first beta weekend for TERA on the consoles Xbox One and PlayStation 4 went a bit rocky for many players. However, there were positive comments, mainly regarding the gameplay of the MMO. At the start of the second open beta, we present some voices from the community.

The recent beta weekend of TERA on the consoles Xbox One and PlayStation could have gone better for some players. Many players complained about framerate drops, bugs, and crashes.

Particularly on Reddit, diligent testers expressed their frustration. A summary of his weekend was shared by the user Tiny_Tebow, who faced several problems.

Here he describes his frustration, especially that the NPCs keep ignoring him because TERA has crashed again, which drove him almost insane.

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Crashes, soft locks, and self-closing menus are just a few of the bugs that many players and also the Redditor encountered. Other players criticized the difficulty level, which offered hardly any challenge.

Positive Voices on Gameplay

However, there was also positive feedback for the beta. Particularly the combat system and the different classes delighted the testers. Fun is also attributed to the combo system, where appropriate skills are executed in sequence, gaining even more impact.

A nice detail from the community is that especially old PC veterans seem pleased that TERA will also soon be available on consoles. One user wrote that it makes him happy to see the capital Velika full of players.

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In the official forum, several old PC veterans claim that they plan to return to TERA with the release of the console version.

Second Beta Test

On Friday, another shorter console test for TERA begins. However, this is currently only open to players who participated in the beta last weekend.

The second beta starts on Friday, March 16 at 2:00 PM our time and will last until March 18 at 5:00 AM.

Here you can find your suitable class in TERA

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Overwatch: The new heroine Brigitte is coming next week!

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The latest Overwatch hero Brigitte has been on the PTR for a while. But when will she be released? Jeff Kaplan comments on this.

The Overwatch player base is eagerly waiting for Blizzard to release the next patch. Because update 1.21 is not only supposed to bring balance changes but also promises to finally implement the newest hero Brigitte into the game.

Brigitte is Torbjörn’s daughter, but she has picked up some tricks from Reinhardt. She enters the fight as a support character, able to protect herself with a shield or hit opponents to stun them. With her flail, she can whack enemies up close but can also deal damage at medium range. Oh yes – she also heals while dealing damage.

We have presented Brigitte’s abilities in detail in this article.

The PTR for patch 1.21 is now shut down. The community is asking: When will Brigitte be released? In a few days?

Overwatch Brigitte Origin

Jeff Kaplan, the game director of Overwatch, commented on this in the forums and explained:

“The tests were fantastic. You were all a great help. [Her release] is probably not this week, but she looks very good. Almost ready.”

Even though this is not a concrete promise, most fans likely take this as confirmation that Brigitte will be released next week – probably on the evening of March 20, 2018.

If that is indeed the case, we will of course report on it.

It is now official. It is indeed March 20.

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Are you excited for Brigitte? Or do you think there are already enough characters? How do you like the upcoming hero?

Along with Brigitte, there will also be some nerfs to Sombra – her hacking will now be harder to use!

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War Thunder kontert World of Tanks 1.0 mit Grafik-Update 5.0

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The military MMO War Thunder has always had great graphics. But with update 5.0 of the Dagor Engine, War Thunder is now even more beautiful. Just in time to compete with World of Tanks 1.0 on graphics and sound.

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Compared to its direct competitor World of Tanks, War Thunder definitely had the upper hand in two aspects: the realistic game modes and the better graphics. When the first images of the tank battles from War Thunder were released, tank fans were quite impressed.

However, by now, World of Tanks with version 1.0 and the new Core Engine has made significant improvements. But War Thunder is not standing still and counters with version 5.0 of the Dagor Engine in update 1.77.

Prettier and wetter battlefields with Dagor 5.0

To make War Thunder beautiful again, the developers at Gaijin have packed some impressive innovations into their Dagor 5.0 engine. These include:

  • Global Illumination and contact shadows for better lighting and shadow effects
  • Weather effects and volumetric fog and smoke bring more immersion to the maps
  • Improved anti-aliasing through Temporal Anti-Aliasing
  • Among other things, Displacement Mapping has made the battlefields more lifelike, for example through puddles and uneven roads and runways.
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More impact in sound!

In addition to the graphics, the sound of War Thunder is also being revamped. Each shot is now generated from multiple sound layers that cover the entire sound spectrum. Tank veterans can even determine the caliber of a firing gun from a distance based on the echo.

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The effects themselves have been enhanced with additional details, such as falling shell casings or the sounds of loading mechanisms of guns. Airplane noises are now significantly more dynamic and impressive.

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Modern tanks in update 1.77

The fleet of War Thunder has been expanded with several main battle tanks from the 1970s and 1980s at rank VI. The USA receives the famous M1 Abrams, Germany the Leopard 2K, Great Britain the Challenger 1, the Soviet Union the T-64B, and France the AMX-30B2 Brenus.

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All have powerful armaments and armor, high speed, and excellent mobility. Particularly noteworthy are the T-64B, which can fire guided ‘Cobra’ missiles from its main gun, and the AMX-30B2 Brenus, which features multi-layer reactive armor.

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German pilots can also look forward to the strategic bomber Heinkel He 177 A-5 Greif.

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The Division has 118,000 hardcore players – Global Event starts on PTS

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 3 minutes

Since today, the Global Event Onslaught is live on the PTS for The Division, while “Attack” has launched on the live servers. In addition to the Ansel support, the new State of the Game discussed bug fixes. We also now know how many hardcore players The Division has. It’s quite a few.

Today, the State of the Game was aired on March 15. After the big announcements from March 8, Massive took a more relaxed approach. The main topic was the current test servers running on PC, where the new Global Event “Onslaught” has started. The new event Blackout was tested beforehand.

Information about the new Global Events

The modifiers for Blackout:

  • Blackout (Always active): Players receive shock ammunition, which can stun your enemies. By running or shooting, you fill a charge indicator. You deal more damage the higher the charge is.
  • Extreme Blackout (In addition to Blackout): Enemies can be killed in melee by overload. If you miss the target, or your charge exceeds 100%, players and allies get stunned.
  • Total Blackout (In addition to Blackout and Extreme Blackout): Your charge indicator empties faster when near team members.
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The modifiers for Onslaught:

  • Onslaught (Always active): In addition to your damage, you inflict “On Fire”, “Bleeding Wound”, and “Gassed” effects, which you can change by reloading.
  • Wild Onslaught (In addition to Onslaught): Certain effect types deal more damage to your enemies, while they are resistant to others. Resistant enemies deal more damage.
  • Brutal Onslaught (In addition to Onslaught and Wild Onslaught): By reloading, you can gain a damage bonus to a magazine if your team members kill a vulnerable enemy within two seconds.

Note: Rewards and gear sets for both events are still unknown.

You can find the complete patch notes for 1.8.1 on the PTS here
 

Additionally, a few annoying bugs have been fixed:

  • Grand Central Station: Some players were unable to complete the mission on the new legendary difficulty. This should no longer occur.
  • Exotic Containers: Players complained that they were still able to pull exotic weapons from containers that should otherwise be found in the special equipment vendor’s offerings. This was unintentional and has been changed.

Additionally, commendations that were associated with the leaderboards have been removed. These could only be unlocked at certain placements on the rankings, but they will not make it into the game.

Ansel support in June

Alongside the upcoming patch, Nvidia’s screenshot tool, Ansel, was also tested. This was supposed to be part of patch 1.8.1, but is now expected to arrive in June. Ansel offers an in-game camera that allows you to take various shots.

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118,000 players with more than 1000 play hours in The Division

Lastly, there was another edition of Stats with Yannick. After celebrating 20 million players and about 500,000 who spent over 400 hours in The Division, Yannick has more data for us:

  • 118,000 players have already spent over 1000 hours on “vacation” in Manhattan
  • 421 players have even been on agent tours for more than 5000 hours

Are you on the PTS? What do you think of the changes?

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ProSieben shows Fortnite as a massacre – Educator says “panic-mongering”

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

A report about Fortnite was broadcasted on the private channel ProSieben, which speaks of “slaughter” in connection with the game. Many viewers are upset about this portrayal. An expert also distances herself from her statements shown in the clip. She refers to it as “scaremongering.”

Fortnite is currently experiencing a hype that reaches an extremely high number of households – including in Germany. Among them are people who hear the name of the game often but do not engage with it further.

ProSieben addressed the topic in its format “Newstime.”

Fortnite report in ProSieben Newstime

That the battle royale hit “Fortnite” is growing bigger cannot be denied. Gamers regularly play the game and compete online with others. Over 45 million players are now registered for the free game.

For those who do not play themselves, there is plenty to watch. Today, over 600,000 viewers simultaneously tuned in live when the renowned Fortnite streamer “Ninja” streamed Fortnite alongside rap star “Drake.”

Now the private channel ProSieben has decided to publish a report about Fortnite. The report was introduced with the words “… and now youth protection advocates raise the alarm.” You can watch the segment of Newstime here – skip to about 9 minutes and 12 seconds. We will embed a YouTube mirror here for you (the title is ironically meant here and chosen by the operators of the mirror).

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Fortnite Battle Royale as a wild slaughter

Besides neutral comments, statements and claims such as “Fortnite Battle Royale as a wild slaughter” or “enjoyment of the killing scenario, which worries many parents” are made in the clip.

Moreover, ProSieben explains in the report that the basic version is available for purchase from age 12, but the “significantly more brutal online variant” can be played freely online.

The report features educator Linda Scholz, who explains her opinion on the topic. However, she is dissatisfied with the ProSieben video, as a sentence was taken out of a longer interview and placed out of context through the introduction and editing. She speaks of sensationalist scaremongering and addresses ProSieben, Sat1, and others via Twitter.

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As a result, Linda Scholz, together with Spieleratgeber NRW, has written a statement regarding this questionable reporting by ProSieben.

“Even if in Fortnite: Battle Royale, gun violence is the only means of conflict resolution, it is a very fictional setting without detailed depictions of violence. […] Although realistic weapon names are used, the cartoon-style graphics give it a fictional appearance.” We have given the game a pedagogical recommendation from age 14 after editorial deliberation.  This is a guideline for parents who can, of course, allow their children to play the game earlier. We always welcome a discussion regarding our recommendations, but we ask for a respectful and appropriate tone, which was unfortunately missing in the discussion about the television report.

Furthermore, it states “For this reason, we distance ourselves from the context of the report ‘wanting to warn parents’ or ‘raising the alarm’ . Parents can only fulfill their educational responsibility if they can rely on various information sources.”

More on the topic:

“Help, my child plays Fortnite!” – What parents should know about it

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After Fortnite, PUBG is now also rushing with the mobile release

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 2 minutes

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PC, Xbox One) is also available as a mobile game for Android smartphones and tablets. The mobile version is now available in the West, but currently only in one country, which is very far to the west, in Canada.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has been released as an officially licensed mobile version by the Chinese gaming giant Tencent. Tencent also markets the original PUBG in China and initially offered the mobile version only in Asia.

PUBG Mobile Screen

According to Tencent, there have already been over 75 million pre-registrations between the PC and mobile versions.

By now, PUBG Mobile is already available in one Western country.

Canada has PUBG Mobile

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Anyone living in Canada with an Android phone can download PUBG Mobile from the Google Play Store and play it. This comes as somewhat of a surprise, as Tencent had not announced anything about a Western release before.

Therefore, it is also not known if and when the game will be released in other Western countries besides Canada. Whether it will stay on Android or also come to Apple’s iOS is also unclear.

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So if someone doesn’t want to awkwardly change their Android phone’s region, they probably have to hope that the competitive pressure from the upcoming mobile Fortnite favors the further localization of PUBG Mobile.

Read here whether PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds even works on smartphones.

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Finally, you can create your own skills in Black Desert!

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 2 minutes

In Black Desert Online (PC) there is finally “Rabam’s Enlightenment”. With this, you can combine two skills into a new, more powerful skill. Moreover, all 15 classes in the game immediately receive this feature.

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In Black Desert Online, from level 56, you can obtain a significantly better Awakening weapon. After that, many of your old skills and the previous weapon are hardly used. This already changed recently with the “Absolute Skills”, which are particularly tough versions of regular abilities. The Absolute Skills came to our version of Black Desert just a few weeks ago.

However, many players found the skill fusion system “Rabam’s Enlightenment” even better. It’s finally here!

All 15 classes receive new Rabam skills

From now on, starting from level 56, you can combine two regular skills from each class into a new ability. The result is a completely new skill with its own cooldown. This leads to new skills created from the following abilities:

  • Warrior: Smite + Roaring Rage = Seismic Strike
  • Black Mage: Crow’s Hunt + Bloody Doom = Crow Nightmare
  • Berserker: Raging Thunder + Beast’s Fury = Wild Frenzy
  • Ranger: Wind Charge + Piercing Wind = Storm Bolt Shot
  • Tamer: Fearful Tremor + Lightning Sphere = Resonance
  • Valkyrie: Heavenly Echo + Heavenly Spear = Heavenly Rain
  • Musa: Gathering Storm + Spirit of Musa = Steel Wind Speed
  • Maehwa: Maehwa’s Will + Blood Moon = Blood Moon Gust
  • Enchantress: Sage’s Memory + Lighthouse of Healing = Light of the Sage
  • Wizard: Sage’s Memory + Fireball = Sage’s Thunder
  • Kunoichi: Mist + Tendon Cut = Ninjutsu: Tendon Cutter
  • Ninja: Mist + Shuriken: Flight = Shuriken: Moonfall
  • Dark Blade: Vedir’s Madness + Corrupted Ground = Vedir’s Wrath
  • Striker: Ultimate Destruction + Lightning Step = Chain: Backstab
  • Mystic: Wrath of God + Roaring Tiger = Unleashed Wrath
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More fusion skills coming soon

The Rabam skills presented here are only half of the skills that are possible. Starting from March 21, 2018, there will be another batch of Rabam skills from level 57.

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The community, for the most part, is excited about the new skills. After all, many players have demanded the Rabam skills over the already existing Absolute skills to improve the balance.

However, some of the Rabam skills are said to be too strong. There is a heated discussion in the forum about whether the Tamer is now overpowered.

Black Desert Online is likely coming soon to Xbox One.

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ArcheAge will den nächsten Neustart mit Legends Return: 2 neue Server

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

With the upcoming update 4.5 “Legends Return”, Trion Worlds and XL Games are heralding a restart for the MMORPG ArcheAge.

Legends Return launches on April 5th and offers a fresh start for everyone who wants to experience ArcheAge anew or is joining for the first time. This will take place on two servers that will operate a bit differently than what you may be used to from previous servers.

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Restart on Progression Servers: Nui and Ezi

The fresh start on the two servers will develop alongside you. Nui for North America and Ezi for Europe. These are progressive servers, similar to what Rift currently offers:

  • Content will be released gradually and is available for a limited time
  • You only create one hero
  • The races Dwarves and Warborn are excluded because they level up too quickly
  • Not all areas are accessible
  • Level cap is 50

ArcheAge Legends Return Screenshot 1

Get a Dragon as a Pet

Additionally, 4.5 offers the ability to obtain dragons as pets. You will raise these dragons and later even use them as mounts:

  • You will receive a “Heart of Frozen Flame” from the Dragon Lord, whom you defeat in a raid
  • You will raise one of three dragons that differ in color, lore, and breath
  • Fully grown dragons can carry two passengers and can fly properly unlike gliders
  • You must take care of the dragons; otherwise, you will lose their respect after 30 days

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4.5 Comes to ArcheAge on April 5th

Moreover, update 4.5 improves crafting. Items can no longer be destroyed when crafting. Additionally, there will be new world bosses and adjustments will be made to the balancing of skills and combat.

Starting April 5th, you can log into one of the new servers. If you want to reserve your name and set your character’s appearance, you can do so three weeks in advance for a fee of $9.99.

4.5 Legends Return is not the first “restart” of ArcheAge. Over the years, the team at Trion Worlds has lured players with new servers. In ArcheAge, housing space is limited, making new servers particularly attractive. However, players on existing servers complain that this results in dead servers.

A remastered version of ArcheAge is currently in the works for Korea.

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Pokémon GO: Former legendary boss returns with a stronger attack

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

Now we know who will replace Rayquaza as a legendary monster in Pokémon GO: Lugia is returning as a raid boss!

Trainers, we have long pondered which legendary monster Niantic will release after Rayquaza. The developers delayed the announcement for quite some time and are now revealing which legendary boss you can battle next in Pokémon GO.

To the surprise of many players, it will not be a new Pokémon from the third generation, but the old, familiar opponent: Lugia.

Lugia with Sky Attack

You can currently find Rayquaza as a legendary opponent in Pokémon GO. Starting March 16, this monster will be replaced by Lugia, which can then be challenged in level 5 raids. We expect the changes to be made around 10:00 PM and that the new raids will be available in Pokémon GO from March 17.

Lugia is a “familiar face” for many trainers, as this monster has previously been available as a legendary boss in Pokémon GO. However, something has changed this time: the “new” Lugia can perform the “improved Sky Attack.” This is a flying attack that we previously didn’t know had been enhanced.

Pokémon GO Lugia Trainer

The community is already speculating about how this new attack will feel in the game. However, since Niantic did not clarify what exactly has changed about Sky Attack, there are currently only speculations. 

You can battle Lugia in Pokémon GO until April 2, before it disappears again. It is unclear whether other legendary raid bosses that have been released before will be published afterwards.

On July 23, 2017, Lugia returned along with Articuno as a result of the GO Fest in Pokémon GO. Shortly thereafter, Zapdos and Moltres were also activated to complete the team. It is unclear whether Niantic is employing a similar tactic now.

Prepared for the fight against Lugia? Here are the counters for Lugia in Pokémon GO

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Ark Survival Evolved is coming to smartphones! iOS beta started

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

Soon you will be able to carry the dinos from Ark: Survival Evolved i in your pocket. The game will be released as a mobile version! A release for Android and iOS is planned – the beta for Apple devices has already started.

On PC, Xbox One, and PS4, Ark: Survival Evolved has already sold several million copies. Now it wants to continue in the mobile market. The developer studio Wildcard has announced that they are working with developer War Drum Studios to bring the “entire” game to mobile devices.

Ark Survival Evolved as a Mobile Version – Beta Started

At launch, many MMO friends will likely try out the mobile game, as it is free-to-play. This is surprising, as the PC version costs a whopping €60. It is likely that the game will be funded through microtransactions, as is common with other F2P games.

According to the studio Wildcard, the player experience is said to be close to the original. It speaks of the “full online survival experience” of the PC and console versions, which has been adapted for mobile devices.

You can expect dinosaurs and other creatures (a total of 80) in the game that you will encounter in the world. Even features like crafting and building, which you know from the PC, PS4, and Xbox One versions, should not be missing on smartphones.

This announces a promising multiplayer title for on-the-go. A closed beta for the mobile version of Ark has already started and is available on iOS. The full version is expected to be released in spring for iOS and Android.

However, an exact release date has not yet been communicated. In the following trailer, you can see the game in action.

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Ark: Survival Evolved has been successful on PC since its release through early access on Steam. Later, the dino game was released for Xbox One and PS4, reaching a total of 13 million players across all platforms.

Co-developer War Drum Studios also previously worked on the mobile games Rockstar’s Bully: Chinatown Wars and GTA: San Andreas.

A sequel to ARK itself is even planned

Are we expecting an ARK 2? – What the developers say about a sequel

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In Elder Scrolls Online there are now dark mounts and a nasty pig

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 4 minutes

In The Elder Scrolls Online there are new Crown crates with particularly dark mounts. If you have always wanted to ride a grim camel, a wolf wearing an executioner’s mask, or a black sabretooth tiger, now is your chance. And there’s also a nasty pig as a pet!

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In The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) there are so-called “Crown Crates”. In them, you will find various items. Most of the time, they are rather moderately useful things like boosters and gifts. However, occasionally, you pull a nice armor, a quirky pet, or even an epic mount out of the box.

The contents of the crates always have a seasonal theme that runs for a few months. Recently, it was about flame beings. Starting from March 15, 2018, at 4:00 PM, a new theme for the crates will launch.

Crown Crates of the Scalebearer

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The “Scalebearer” is a resurrected dragon priestess who has fallen from her dragon faith since her first death and has devoted herself to the Daedric Prince of Plagues. The corrupted priestess and her disgusting cult are the enemies in the new dungeon “Summit of the Stormbringer”.

Many other creatures and items have likely emerged from her dark lair, which the clever Khajiit Pakruti has packed into Crown Crates. Therefore, you can buy the new crates for real money and, with a bit of luck, obtain the coveted pets and mounts.

Here you can find all the info about the DLC Dragon Bones for ESO

Executioner’s Wolf, Fuzzy Camel, and a Devious Pig!

The new mount and pet creatures from the Scalebearer Crates are all dark terror creatures. Among them are, among others, the following beasts:

  • The Dragonfire Wolf: This wolf wears a creepy executioner’s mask, under which flaming eyes blaze. The wolf also wears its mane in braids. And someone has set it on fire.
  • The Shadow Rider Senche: Senche are four-legged Khajiit versions that are just as intelligent as their bipedal cousins. This pitch-black senche is a kind of sabretooth tiger that also wears a hood and is surrounded by shadowy flames. Additionally, compared to other sabretooth mounts, it has a long tail and no small stub.
  • The Galvanic Warhorse: This powerful warhorse is filled with the power of the storm. Lightning surrounds it, and electric sparks fly from its eyes. The horse also wears braids and has a blue hood on.
  • The Frostcurse Camel: This camel doesn’t look particularly dangerous, but it looks extremely cool and laid-back. It has shaggy fur, and the braided beard braids are simply adorable!
  • The Nasty Flameback Pig: This animal is unfortunately not a mount, but a companion pet that runs after you on your adventures. However, the pig looks extremely nasty and sneaky. It has blood-red piggy eyes and a kind of Mohawk hairstyle made of red bristles. The ideal pet for nasty anti-heroes in ESO.
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In addition to these rare pets and mounts, there are also emotes, costumes, decorative items, and less rare pets. However, you can exchange unwanted rewards from the crates for gemstones and then specifically choose content from the boxes.

There may soon be a new class in The Elder Scrolls Online.

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