It has taken a long time, but finally there is a date for the German localization of the MMORPG Revelation Online. It was actually supposed to be ready in autumn 2017.
Revelation Online has had language issues since the beta. During the testing phase, large parts of the game were only in Chinese or Russian. Even months after the soft launch, it didn’t get much better, and Revelation Online could only be played in English at most.
New producer finally promises German and French localization in March
The German (and French) community has been grumbling for a long time about the missing translation. But the new game producer Ty Parr promises relief in the first statement to the player base. According to Parr, the translation will come soon.
Plans are already underway for a closed beta test of the localization in February. If everything goes well, the German and French texts should be playable on the live servers of Revelation Online as early as March 2018.
Bug fixes take precedence over new content
Another major topic for Ty Parr is bug fixing. He sees it as more important than new content in the game. Therefore, he has reoriented the work of the developers. The dev team is now supposed to spend more time on bug fixing than on new content.
A nearly bug-free game is for the new producer a strong foundation, without which no further developments should be necessary. In addition, Ty Parr plans further innovations in Revelation Online, which he will reveal at a later date.
Monster Hunter World is currently a hot topic and especially popular among Japanese players, as the action game by Capcom is very well received. It is therefore not surprising that Final Fantasy XIV fans also enjoy it.
Above all, they enjoy the detailed character creator of Monster Hunter World, as some Japanese fans have recreated the developers of Final Fantasy XIV as hunters in MHW.
Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida
The beloved “Yoshi-P” in the FFXIV community, Yoshida has gained great popularity among fans after the successful reboot of the MMORPG.
He is the head of Business Division 5 at Square Enix, which is responsible for the development and maintenance of the MMORPGs from the Japanese game company.
Head Game Master Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi
The manager of the Community and Service Division is Yoshida’s right-hand man and is better known among players by his forum name “Foxclon.”
He is present at all events and supports “Yoshi-P” during the “Producer Live Letters” streams.
Sound Director and Composer Masayoshi Soken
As a student of the legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, Soken continues the tradition of excellent soundtracks in the game series.
He is responsible for sound design and music in FFXIV and has even set a world record for the most original pieces in a video game.
You can read about what to expect in new outfits in the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.2 here:
Bungie plans to adjust the shader mechanics in Destiny 2. The shaders may soon function similarly to those in Destiny 1.
When Destiny 2 was released in early September, the shaders triggered the first medium-sized shitstorm around the MMO shooter: Because it turned out that these items are one-time-use shaders. They are consumables that can only be used once. If you change your armor, you need new shaders.
And since you can quickly acquire shaders through the Eververse, the cash shop in Destiny 2, the shader issue became quite significant and dominated the media in the early days.
Although the initial excitement about the one-time-use shaders subsided after a few weeks, the shaders are still criticized in 2018: As playtime increases, Guardians found that they get overwhelmed with shaders in the endgame, making it a tedious task to manage them. You can only dismantle one shader at a time, making it a process that takes several minutes if you want to tidy up your inventory a bit – or have to, to accept new shaders at the Postmaster.
An inventory full of shaders
Bungie plans changes to the shader system
In the latest blog post, Bungie takes an in-depth stance on the shader issue. They have been gathering feedback since launch and have heard that players are complaining about the tedious process of deleting shaders one by one.
Bungie has often been asked why they don’t implement a mechanic to dismantle multiple shaders at once. This works with other items after all. Senior Design Lead Tyson Green explains that this is not so easy to implement. There is a problem with shaders.
Every shader, according to Green, is an individual item and individual items trigger individual reward bundles when dismantled. If you dismantle a whole stack of shaders at once, dozens (or hundreds) of reward bundles are triggered simultaneously. This creates a challenge that the developers still need to address.
Because a mass dismantling of shaders is not only difficult because a large number of rewards must be delivered at once, but also because the amount of produced rewards must fit into your inventory so that they do not get lost directly.
They are still looking for solutions to the problem.
Green states:
It should become easier to dismantle shaders en masse. They are looking for “mass dismantling solutions.”
Bungie knows that Guardians miss the shader mechanics from Destiny 1. They want to reintroduce this, but without losing the ability to infuse shaders into weapons, ghosts, ships, etc., alongside armor pieces.
They also understand the community’s desire for greater freedom in using shaders, that their availability is not limited. Therefore, Bungie is trying to bring back the shader collections or find ways to create copies of shaders in possession.
The shader mechanics in Destiny 1 were such that you only had to obtain each shader once. If you dismantled it, you could retrieve it for free from the shader collection and use it again. However, in Destiny 1, only the entire armor could be colored and not individual items separately.
Work on a new shader system in Destiny 2 is in full swing. More information will be available in the future.
A fan of the Overwatch League and the Shanghai Dragons team bet that his team would not win a single map. Now he has to pay up – and he is happy about it.
But it also looked bleak for the Shanghai Dragons: sadly, they were languishing in last place. The record: not a single game won and a team manager, who apologized for the poor performance in a tweet and promised improvement through tireless training.
Stand on 26.01.
Bet is on!
For Reddit user “MissingPear” it was a reason to fire up his team. “If the Shanghai Dragons dominate even one map against Seoul Dynasty this Thursday, I will buy every single Dragon Skin!” he announced. And that’s a total of 26.
And this against Seoul Dynasty! They are currently at the top of the table and have not lost a single game yet. And this, despite the fact that MissingPear actually hopes that the Dragons would win. He is concerned that the final league score will be 0:40 against them.
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The entire match consisted of four games on different maps. The Dragons fought, but as expected, they could not stand against the might of the strong-playing Seoul Dynasty. In the first three games, they cleared everything – the match was won.
But the bet was not lost yet. There was still one game left. This was played on the Mexico map “Dorado”. Here the Dragons rallied again and managed to end the evening with a positive score.
And MissingPear? He is happy – and of course settles his betting debt. Since he already owned Mei’s Skin, he “only” needed 25 Dragon Skins. He got them and spent nearly 100 dollars for it.
He bought 2600 League Tokens for this. Since one skin costs 100 tokens, he consequently had exactly 100 left. He invested them appropriately in the Seoul Dynasty Skin of Widowmaker.
Recently, we reported on the rumors that BioWare will soon pull the plug on SWTOR. However, the developers didn’t mention this in the news or the recent stream. This stream was about the plans for 2018! And they don’t sound like the game will be shutting down anytime soon.
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2018 is to be “the year of returning companions,” according to Eric Musco and Charles Boyd in the developer stream on Twitch. Here are the details from the stream:
Some companions will return. Among them: Jaesa and Kira.
The Spring roadmap is scheduled to be released in mid-February. Accompanying it, there will be a stream to explain the details.
Solo-Ranked Cross-Faction is still on the to-do list.
Building on the stream, Game Director Keith Kanneg published a forum post summarizing and teasing update 6.0.
More Speculation, But Nothing Concrete
Kanneg asks for patience regarding the upcoming roadmap. After all, they have just recently released update 5.8 and are still knee-deep in work. Unfortunately, he also cannot say anything specific about the contents of 6.0 yet.
The fact that he cannot say anything about the contents yet also shows that there will indeed be a 6.0. That is good news in times when SWTOR’s future is uncertain.
Timing-wise, a new major update would be well-timed for May. After all, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” will be hitting theaters then. Either way, it’s good to hear that the developers are thinking about 6.0 and are already working on it.
In a few days, Season 12 of Diablo 3 will end. Then there will be a short break before Season 13 continues. All info on the start and end dates.
You have a few days left to achieve your set goals for Season 12 of Diablo 3. As the developers now explain, the end is already in sight.
Diablo 3 – End of Season 12
At the end of a season in Diablo 3, your season characters are converted into normal characters. Earned gold, equipment, and more will be taken into the non-season.
Season 12 of Diablo 3 ends on Sunday, February 11 at 5:00 PM.
After that, there will be a short break during which you can prepare for the next season. Think about which class you want to push in the next big adventure and set appropriate goals.
Season 13 – Start in Diablo 3
After the end of the twelfth season, a two-week break will begin.
On Friday, February 23, Season 13 in Diablo 3 starts at 5:00 PM.
Then you can start again with a fresh season character and compete for the top spots on the leaderboard. Are you trying something new in Season 13 and picking a class you haven’t played much yet?
What will be carried over from the season?
What actually happens when the season characters are converted into non-season characters after a season? Progress is not lost. You take the following things into the non-season:
Gold,
Paragon levels,
Heroes,
Blood shards,
Items (equipped and from the loot chest),
Crafting progress and recipes,
Loot chest slots and tabs,
Achievements,
Legendary properties from Kanai’s Cube
Rewards from Season 12 (transmogrifications, portrait frames, and wings)
The transferred loot will then be found as mail on your non-seasonal characters, and you can salvage them. The same applies to seasonal hardcore characters, whose equipment, gold, etc., will be transferred to non-seasonal hardcore characters.
A series of problems with the successful game Fortnite: Battle Royale has now attracted fraudsters. They lure with the compensation that Epic has promised. But one should be very careful.
Currently, there is a theme week in Fortnite: The topic is bugs, maintenance, and issues:
The day before yesterday, the servers were down for maintenance for 14 hours.
Yesterday and today there are difficulties joining groups.
Chaos weeks in Fortnite raise emotions
Some players are already going through withdrawal, completely losing it and sending angry voice mails, in which they call innocent journalists, whom they confuse with Fortnite employees, sons of prostitutes or claim they are illegitimately born. Both are, however, not put so politely as here.
In any case, some bugs came with the last patch for Fortnite: Battle Royale that Epic has not been able to fully remove: The building interface is annoying, for example.
In short: It has not been smooth for the usually successful Fortnite for the past two or three days.
Compensation for Fortnite promised, but nothing known yet
The developers of Fortnite have therefore announced that they will compensate players for the problems, especially for the long downtime on Thursday. However, there is still nothing “concrete.” It was only said that players would be compensated, but nothing has been put into motion yet.
This gap is now apparently being exploited by fraudsters.
Apparently a fake website that lures with false promises but only wants to get its hands on who-knows-what.
Fake website promises compensation
They have set up a fake website and are promoting a giveaway there. It claims that one can choose between two compensation packages. Both lure with 1000 V-Bucks and a costume. One only has to enter their account name.
This is fake – and one should not do that under any circumstances.
It becomes treacherous because it looks professional and is promoted in the comments of the official Fortnite social media. One has to look twice to uncover the scam. The fake giveaway is sold there as compensation.
1000 V-Bucks as compensation – that would be about 10€. If something sounds too good to be true – then it isn’t.
Note: We are making this article because there have also been comments on our site, Mein MMO, stating: Epic is giving 1000 V-Bucks as compensation. Furthermore … we almost fell for it ourselves.
Loot boxes still spark heated debates. Are they gambling? Or are they even worse because they circumvent the rules of gambling?
Since the end of 2017, a heated discussion about loot boxes has erupted. The trigger was Star Wars: Battlefront II by EA, which offered players clear advantages through its loot boxes in a full-price title, advantages that could only be earned with hundreds of hours of gameplay. This led to one of the biggest shitstorms ever encountered by a game developer.
On the YouTube channel “The Game Theorists,” there are always exciting and well-researched theories. Either about story elements from specific games or about individual mechanics and how they actually work. Now the channel has taken on loot boxes, delving deeper into the psychology behind them.
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However, the debate about “loot boxes” is not new and is already nearly 80 years old. Because anyone who doesn’t like the concept of “buy this box and receive a random selection of items” could have been upset much earlier. “Mystery bags” in supermarkets were loot boxes in their purest form, and even Panini football stickers of top players are nothing more than loot boxes. The same goes for Magic cards and other card games.
If all these things are legally considered loot boxes, simply because they contain a random selection of products, then this discussion could theoretically be taken even further and brought to absurdity. Because then even a bag of gummy bears would be a loot box if the distribution of different gummy bear colors is not balanced.
Bags of gummy bears. Just another “loot box”?
“Now it’s getting silly,” one might say, and would probably be right. But where exactly is the difference? Legally, this could lead to a big problem and require a very clear definition.
The legal discussion
However, there are also aspects of loot boxes that clearly differentiate them from gambling. For example, many games have a hidden reward system that rewards persistence. For instance, if you open 40 card packs in Hearthstone, you are guaranteed to have a legendary card among those packs since the chance increases with every opened pack – by the 40th pack, it is even guaranteed.
Slot machines do not have this and are even prohibited from doing so. A losing player cannot suddenly be offered “better” winning chances to motivate them to keep playing. The chance is the same each time, and thus there are no “guaranteed” wins in between.
In Germany, the discussion about whether loot boxes should be classified legally as gambling has been ongoing for a long time. There are several points of difference, but the most important is probably the question of a clear win. Because it is not clearly decided whether the items contained in loot boxes, which vary in rarity, truly represent a “win” in the legal sense.
Some argue that the content of loot boxes has no “market relevance” because only the player decides the value, which is almost always of an ideal nature. In this view, loot boxes would clearly not be considered gambling.
A different situation arises in games where some items from loot boxes can also be purchased specifically in the shop – for example, in Star Wars: The Old Republic, there are such cases. Then it could be clearly defined what value a single item has, providing a fixed worth – and thus also an actual win.
The problem is further exacerbated when players can sell their items to other players, as then a clear value can also be assigned to them. However, since the game developers are not involved in this trade, they cannot be assigned the asset value.
Developers analyze us more closely
Moreover, developers are observing more closely how we play our games. How much time do we spend on average in a game? When do we buy loot boxes?
Nowadays, developers even collaborate with analysis companies that develop a new matchmaking system.
They aim to filter which weapons or items a player might like. Subsequently, the player matchmaking ensures that one competes against players with a higher skill rating who use precisely those weapons. This way, the thought is encouraged: “If I had this weapon, I would be that good!” – and suddenly, one is one step closer to the purchase decision.
Whether such mechanics are actively used in major games so far is, of course, pure speculation. But even the mere possibility that these capabilities are developed and used is concerning.
Every player has their own price
Even more companies and business ideas are working to optimize loot boxes. For instance, major publishers collaborate with “scientific revenue,” which provides software that precisely analyzes player behavior and finds out how much money a player is willing to spend on microtransactions. The result is that different players see different prices.
If a loot box costs about €1.50 for player A, it might cost only €1.30 for player B and €1.70 for player C. Since loot boxes do not incur costs in their direct “manufacturing,” apart from the original design of the included items, it is in any case a profit for the developer.
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Offering different prices to players could lead to legal issues in some countries, while being completely legal in others. Here, too, it remains to be seen when and whether this will become a reality in major titles like Overwatch.
Cortyn says: Considering the two videos and the complicated legal situation, one starts to reflect more deeply on the subject and struggles with how much money one is willing to invest in loot boxes. One thing is definitely clear: game developers are becoming increasingly skilled at analyzing our behavior as players and unwittingly enticing us to purchase loot boxes repeatedly. Is it understandable that developers want to extract as much money from players as possible? Absolutely.
But where should the line be drawn?
At the moment when algorithms determine matchmaking to encourage me to buy loot boxes, the game has taken a back seat and is merely a disguise to veil the purchase of loot boxes.
By now, I hope that loot boxes and the systems behind them will soon receive state regulations. They do not necessarily need to be declared as gambling, but some form of regulation must take place.
What is your opinion on the topic of loot boxes and gambling? How should a regulation look, or is there no need for one?
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In FIFA 18 Ultimate Team, the first MOTM cards (Man of the Match) are live. In English, they are called the “Players of the Day” cards.
The “Ultimate Team” mode got a bit more colorful last night: Since January 27th at 1 AM, new orange cards are in the game, the MOTM cards.
MOTM stands for “Man of the Match”, and these cards are referred to in English as the Players of the Day.
Which players receive MOTM cards? These cards honor those players who delivered strong performances in a game but did not make it into the Team of the Week. Typically, matches from national or international cup competitions are considered. The best players of these matches are determined by EA Sports and rewarded with orange cards.
These are the “Man of the Match” cards in FUT 18 since January 27 – Ratings
Since January 27th, the first Players of the Day are in the sets. They are players who recently excelled in the Spanish cup competition:
Ivan Rakitić | 87 > 88
Pablo Sarabia | 80 > 85
Jaume | 75 > 81
Eraso | 74 > 80
These Players of the Day are available in packs until February 2nd.
More info on the Players of the Day – Release, cards, rating boost
MOTM cards are upgraded player cards. The overall ratings are increased by 1-2 points compared to the standard cards (or previous special cards) of the players. In some cases, the rating boost can be significantly higher, even changing the quality of the player.
The Players of the Day do not have fixed release dates. The first batch was revealed on January 27th. Most MOTM cards are expected to be released between March and July, as this is when important cup games take place.
More info:
You get the MOTM cards by pulling them from packs or acquiring them on the transfer market. The chances of pulling an MOTM card are just as high as the chances of pulling the corresponding player at another time.
If you already have a standard card of the player who receives a MOTM card, nothing happens to your card. It remains unchanged.
Expeditions are one of the coolest features in Monster Hunter: World, and while all quests are available in multiplayer, you can only play the expeditions in co-op through roundabout methods.
Expeditions are the only way to explore the maps without a time limit!
There are 2 ways to play expeditions in multiplayer, but they are quite cumbersome
1. First quest, then explore
The first method is to tackle a quest together with your hunting partner. Decide beforehand where exactly you want to go on an expedition together, as this will determine which quest you should take.
So if you have completed a quest in the Ancient Forest together and now want to go on an expedition there, the group leader and all members must select the option “Return to camp with current group”.
This way, the players stay in the forest and can go on an exploration tour together.
However, it should be noted that the expedition ends as soon as the group leader returns to Astera or leaves the expedition in another way.
2. Send an SOS signal with the emergency flare
The second method is somewhat less reliable. For this, a player must start an expedition, and those who want to join should gather at the quest board.
The player then sends an emergency flare, and his companions must try to find him through it and join his session. This can take up to 5 minutes.
It is important to note that the expedition area has been unlocked for everyone. It must also not be the very first expedition that you have to complete in the story. Co-op mode seems impossible in that case.
In Destiny 2, the Masterwork armor will soon be introduced. This comes with two benefits, but also a bug.
Since mid-December, you can hunt for Masterworks – these are better and rarer versions of legendary weapons that grant special bonuses. Each Masterwork weapon has an additional random perk that allows you to customize the weapon a bit.
Masterworks are rare items that you can grind for a long time if you want to optimize your Guardian. And now, Masterworks will be expanded with Masterwork armor.
How do you get Masterwork armor?
The Masterwork armor will be added to the loot pool on January 30. From then on, it can drop in the endgame (from Power Level 250). Every legendary armor piece you obtain has a chance to be a Masterwork.
To acquire the Masterwork armor, you mainly need luck. It can drop from all sources of legendary items, with higher chances in Trials and raid activities than, for example, from engrams from Lord Shaxx or the weapon master.
There is one exception: All raid Masterworks can only be obtained as raid drops. They are not available via engrams or directly purchasable from the raid vendor.
By dismantling Masterworks, you obtain Masterwork shards. With enough Masterwork shards, you can upgrade the existing armor you already own to Masterworks. This costs 5 shards and 20 legendary shards:
What can the Masterwork armor do in Destiny 2?
These are the bonuses of the Masterwork armor:
Each Masterwork armor piece grants +3% damage resistance when you have an active Super. If you fill all 5 armor slots with Masterworks, this damage reduction can reach up to +15%. You will be able to withstand more while in your Super.
The stats on Masterwork armor can be rerolled. This costs you one Masterwork shard and 10 legendary shards each:With this, you can change the armor stats of Resilience, Mobility, and Recovery.
However, there is a bug in this rework process that Bungie noticed late in development and cannot fix until the update with the Masterwork armor is deployed.
This bug occurs when you reroll the Masterwork armor in quick succession: The bar that indicates the item is being rerolled will fill up, but nothing happens with the armor. The Masterwork retains the previous stat and no shards are consumed. It is a UI bug. If the problem occurs for you, you should try again later.
The issue is currently being investigated and will be fixed in the future.
According to Community Manager Cozmo, this is merely the first version of Masterwork armors. The system is set to be expanded in the future with additional bonuses.
Battle for Azeroth brings many new mounts to the World of Warcraft. We will tell you which have been found in the game data so far.
Since yesterday, the Alpha server of Battle for Azeroth is active. Although ordinary mortals do not yet have access to the servers, data miners are already diving into the huge pile of files that need to be sifted through. In doing so, they are discovering plenty of new items from the upcoming expansion of World of Warcraft. The colleagues at wowhead have meanwhile read a lot of mounts. We want to present some highlights from the upcoming expansion here.
New Mounts from Battle for Azeroth
The Hivemind is a large brain that players may already know from the head of Yogg-Saron. The special thing about the description is that “other players can join in,” so multiple players will likely merge into one mount. How exactly that will look remains to be seen.
If you wondered during the announcement trailer whether Dinosaur mounts would really come – Yes, they are. The Brontosaur mount has been discovered.
Hyenas will also be used in Battle for Azeroth to travel quickly from point A to point B.
While we’re on the topic of absurd animals, how about a riding frog?
The Goblins are busy at work again, creating new hovercrafts that come in various colors. These look like clear candidates for the engineering profession!
Whatever a Crawg is or will be – you can apparently ride these creatures as well.
An expansion with pirates of course does not come without parrots. Therefore, these birds will also be used as flying mounts!
How exactly the different mounts will be obtained is still unknown and will surely be revealed as soon as the first players gain access to the Alpha server.
Please keep in mind that it is also possible that these mounts will not be made accessible to players, but will only be available to certain NPCs or will find their way into the game at a later time.
In The Division, today, on January 27th, is the big vendor reset (Vendor Reset). Don’t miss out on these offers.
Since January 23rd, the fourth global event has been live, finally bringing all the secret gear sets that were missing into the game. Now you can hunt for the classified versions of each gear set and create powerful builds.
You might be able to use some items for your builds that the vendors have brought this week. We present recommended weapons, mods, and blueprints – we skip armor pieces since the secret gear sets are not available for purchase.
Recommended Weapons since January 27th
Exotic Equipment Vendor: SASG-12 S – Black Market Version with Determined, Malevolent, Vengeful
Exotic Equipment Vendor: SCAR-H – Military Version with Balanced, Careful, and Destructor
Camp Clinton: Pakhan with Dominant and Destructor
Camp Clinton: Historian with Prepared and Painful
E 34th St: PP-19 with Precise, Malevolent, and Accelerated
DZ03: Surplus SVD with Deadly, Painful, and Disciplined
The Mods after the Vendor Reset
Exotic Equipment Vendor: Short Grip with Crit Damage, Reload Speed, and Precision
Advanced Weapons Seller: Rifle Suppressor Omega with Headshot Damage, Crit Damage, Optimal Range, and Reduced Threat
Advanced Weapons Seller: T2 Micro Laser Sight with Precision, Crit Damage, and Headshot Damage
Camp Clinton: Sight VX-1 (12x) with Headshot Damage, Stability, and Optimal Range
The Cavern Safehouse: Mod with Bonus for Crit Damage on Impulse
Camp Hudson: Muzzle Brake with Stability, Crit Damage, and Crit Chance
E 31st St: Rifle Suppressor Omega with Headshot Damage, Crit Chance, Stability, and Reduced Threat
E 42nd St: Stamina Mod with Skill Haste
E 46th St: Stamina Mod with Skill Power
W 31st St: Mod with Bonus for Sticky Grenade Radius
W 46th St: Angled Grip with Stability, Optimal Range, and Precision
W 53rd St: SR-7 Suppressor with Crit Damage, Precision, and Crit Chance, and Reduced Threat
DZ09: Extended Magazine with Crit Chance and Crit Damage
The Offers from the Special Blueprint Vendors
The vendor at the Terminal has these blueprints:
Converted USC – Submachine Gun
M60 Classic – LMG
Holster
Stamina Gloves
EXPS3 Holographic Sight – Light Brown with Optimal Range and two additional bonuses
Ti-RANT Suppressor with Crit Chance, Reduced Threat, and two additional bonuses
Performance Gear Mod
Electronics Gear Mod
The blueprints at Camp Clinton:
Model 700 – Precision Rifle
Navy MP5 N – Submachine Gun
Firearms Vest
Firearms Backpack
Rifle Suppressor Omega – Light Brown with Headshot Damage, Reduced Threat, and two additional bonuses
MK4-M5A2 Sight (15x) with Optimal Range and two additional bonuses
The days of the MOBA Paragon are numbered. In a few months, the servers will go offline. But at least there is a big compensation.
Many games tried to ride the MOBA hype of recent years and put their own twist on the genre. Paragon failed at this task. Despite regular updates and the free-to-play model, it could not retain enough players. Therefore, Epic Games has now announced that Paragon will be discontinued on April 26, 2018. The servers will then be shut down and the game will no longer be accessible.
The developers apologize for disappointing the players’ trust and for not being able to make Paragon the game they promised despite their best efforts.
However, Paragon has a big compensation for all players who invested money: All costs will be refunded upon request. No matter what you bought in the game for real money, Epic Games will refund the full amount upon request.
Real money or Fortnite currency
Alternatively, it is also possible to exchange the invested money for V-Bucks in Fortnite to secure a little boost there.
Paragon had high ambitions back then, launched with an alternative “full-price” version, but could not establish itself in the market. Throughout the approximately 18 months, Paragon was unable to retain any player group long-term and faced low player numbers shortly after launch.
This, in turn, negatively impacted matchmaking, further increasing the frustration of the remaining players. A vicious cycle from which Paragon could not escape.
Some time ago, Epic Games explained that they are reallocating resources from Paragon to invest in Fortnite.
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With Zenny, the in-game currency of Monster Hunter: World, you can buy and unlock various items. To ensure the crafting of your new cool equipment doesn’t falter due to a tight budget, we have a few tips for you on how to quickly farm money or Zenny!
You need Zenny for various transactions in Monster Hunter: World.
For example, the merchants in Astera want to be compensated with Zenny in exchange for items.
Also, at the forge, Zenny is required for crafting weapons and armor.
Additionally, you can optionally pay for your meals with Zenny.
As the crafting of equipment becomes more expensive, you should always carry a reserve of the currency with you.
While you can always sell the remains of the monsters you hunt, you’ll want to use them to craft new gear since better equipment grants access to new, tougher monsters.
A trophy in Monster Hunter World is tied to the possession of Zenny. You receive the bronze trophy “Greed is Good” when you have 1,000,000 Zenny in your possession.
With our tips, you will always have enough Zenny saved up to afford all the upgrades you want.
Method 1: Farm Might Seeds Early in the Game!
Might seeds represent a great way to fill your wallet at the start of the game without having to hunt big monsters or complete complex quests.
The core idea is to sell Might Seeds and fill your wallet. Although you only receive 150 Zenny per sold Might Seed, this can be worthwhile in large quantities.
Unfortunately, Might Seeds are rare and hard to find. The best location is in the Wildspire Wastes near the northern camp:
At the marked spot, you can find Might Seeds
Search the area for Might Seeds and repeat the process by fast traveling between the camps in the Wildspire Wastes.
You can significantly increase your Might Seed output by cultivating them at the Botanist. The Botanist is located in the trade yard of Astera and allows you to cultivate resources that multiply in this way.
Cultivate Might Seeds and use fertilizer to speed up the process. Now you can just go about your daily business and pick up the Might Seeds at the Botanist in between.
The key: You can simply hoard the Might Seeds. This way, you always have a reserve on hand in case money gets tight.
Investigations are side quests that you can accept at the Resource Center. At the beginning of the game, only a few investigations are available to you. The number grows with your story progression.
This way, you can complete up to 250 investigations. Successfully completing an investigation always rewards you with an amount of Zenny depending on the difficulty.
Some investigations reward you handsomely – up to 10,000 Zenny are offered by some side tasks upon successful completion. Just complete a few investigations in between when you want to catch your breath from the main quests!
Early in the game, you’ll come across items that can be used multiple times but have a cooldown – the mantles. The first one you receive as part of the story is the Ghillie Mantle, which allows you to briefly hide from enemies.
As you progress through the game, you can find more of these mantles – each with unique abilities. By completing the 5-star quest “Redefining the Power Couple”, you receive the Bandit Mantle, one of the best items in the game and THE source of wealth in Monster Hunter: World.
However, you first need to clear the quest – and that is no easy task. You are to face the Rathalos and its female counterpart, the Rathian. Only after defeating both monsters will you receive the mantle from the vendor at the forge.
So what does the mantle actually do? Every time you attack a monster, there is a chance for an item to drop that you can sell. You don’t have to kill the monsters, just attack them.
The stronger the monsters, the better the rewards. If you wear the mantle and it glows golden, an item has dropped for you. You can then sell the items at the trade yard in Astera.
For farming, the Jyuratodus in the Wildspire Wastes is suitable – it is easy to defeat and drops large scales that you can sell for 1,000 Zenny each.
Pro tip: In a group, you can significantly speed up the Zenny farming process. If four hunters wear the mantle at the same time, you also quadruple your yield. However, keep in mind that the mantle doesn’t last forever and has a cooldown.
The greatest effect is achieved if you rotate the activation of the mantle. Player 1 activates the mantle, and everyone benefits. When the effect ends, Player 2 activates their mantle. This way, you maintain the buff continuously.
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Conclusion / Summary: How to Farm Zenny in Monster Hunter World
Are you at the beginning of the game and your Zenny reserves are running low? Farm Might Seeds and cultivate them at the Botanist! This way, you should be able to make do for a while.
You should complete the investigations between main quests to gather monster materials and money. In the endgame, the Bandit Mantle will serve you excellently! This way, you will always have liquidity to optimize your equipment!
Do you have any more farming tips? Share your strategies with us in the comments!
The Elder Scrolls Online (PC, PS4, Xbox One) will receive a transmogrification system similar to that in WoW with the upcoming Update 17. With the “outfit system,” you can customize your armor.
The upcoming Update 17 of The Elder Scrolls Online not only brings the Dungeon DLC Dragon Bones but also regular content accessible to all players. Among this is the highly anticipated outfit system, which allows you to customize your clothes.
The outfit system in ESO resembles the transmogrification from World of Warcraft to some extent.
The heavy armor should look like a robe!
The outfit system is the dream of all fashion-conscious ESO players. Because often you had to wear ugly armors because they had good stats. The old, prettier armor was discarded. But with the outfit system, that’s no longer necessary.
I you can now “overwrite” the appearance of armors and weapons with the look of other items of the same type.
If you wear an ugly heavy plate with good tank stats as a Dragonknight tank, you can make it look like a fancy mage robe. The stats of the plate remain, but it now looks like a robe.
No boots as helmets!
This system also works for weapons, but in any case, the items must be of the same type. You can convert a chest piece into another or a one-handed axe into a one-handed sword. However, you cannot turn an axe into a bow or boots into a helmet.
Off to the outfit table!
You will assemble your outfit at the new outfit tables. They are found wherever the dye tables used to be. However, you can still dye your clothes there! Assembling an outfit costs gold or the new outfit tokens available in the cash shop.
Also good to know: If you want to hide your helmet, you need to set it to be invisible in the outfit system starting from Update 17.
Account-wide style collection
With Update 17, the learned crafting styles of all your heroes will be collected on your account. You can then use them for the outfit system and apply the learned styles there. Additionally, you can purchase more slots for even more predefined outfits in the cash shop.
Update 17 with the outfit system and the Dungeon DLC Dragon Bones is expected to be released in February.
The PSN is down today, on January 26th. There are massive issues. You receive the message that the PSN Network is under maintenance. However, no maintenance is scheduled. Additionally, the error code WS-37432-9 is shown.
Since around 6 PM today, the PlayStation Network has been experiencing issues: players are unable to log in, the PSN is down. There is a note that the PlayStation Network is currently undergoing maintenance.
You receive the error code WS-37432-9. This means that maintenance is being conducted or the PSN is temporarily overloaded.
As of 6:14 PM, the official PlayStation Network status has been updated. All online services are experiencing issues. In other words, nothing is working anymore. Account management, gaming, social networks, and the PlayStation Store are affected.
You may experience difficulties when starting games, applications, or online features. Our developers are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and we appreciate your patience.
No maintenance has been officially announced. The online services should actually be functioning properly. Therefore, there is a bigger issue.
Meanwhile, the PlayStation Twitter account has spoken out. They are aware that some users cannot log into the PSN. This is being investigated, and they thank you for your patience:
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In short: It is not your internet connection that is causing problems with the PSN right now, but Sony. How long the disruptions will last is still uncertain. Just last Tuesday, the PSN had an issue that took hours to resolve.
Cloud Imperium Games creates excitement with a video about Squadron 42, making players eager to finally experience the single-player campaign of the MMORPG Star Citizen.
The video showcases impressive scenes from the game area “The Coil”, which plays an important role in Squadron 42.
You could already see this area in the long gameplay video of the single-player campaign. Now the developers have presented it again in the latest Around-the-Verse video, detailing how they designed it.
A Uncomfortable Place in Space
The Coil is a dangerous place formed by an explosion. This explosion destroyed a planet, causing its debris to float in a mist in space. Navigating here is anything but easy. However, pirates use this location to hide. However, fighting in The Coil is only challenging.
The new video provides further insights into this area, which looks particularly impressive due to the volumetric fog.
The team discusses how they had to redesign The Coil because the first version was simply too “pretty” and testers felt comfortable in it. The Coil is meant to be a threatening place where every excursion could be the last. The fog is not an area where one would like to linger or establish a base.
Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are Taking Shape
Currently, there is no release date for Squadron 42 or Star Citizen. However, the recently released videos show that both games are making progress. Squadron 42, for example, already looks like a real game.
Next week, a lot of new content will come, which you can take a look at. One thing you can check out today is Xur’s new inventory. The Agent of the Nine appears today, let’s welcome him together.
All Info about Xur in Destiny 2 on January 26 on PS4, Xbox One and PC
When does Xur arrive? – Time
Xur arrives every Friday at 6 PM for the Guardians. He chooses a location where he can offer his exotic goods undisturbed by enemy aliens. You have until the next weekly reset to strike a deal with him. On Tuesday, January 30, he will depart at 6 PM.
Where is Xur? At this location, you can find Xur today
Xur has specific positions where he likes to stay over the weekend. This time he is located on Titan.
Offer and inventory of Xur – List of items with prices
Weapon: Workhorse – Auto rifle for 29 Legendary Shards
Titan: Dune Strider – Leg armor for 23 Legendary Shards
The weekly PvP event Trials of the Nine starts this Friday evening at 6 PM in Destiny 2. The trials end with the weekly reset on Tuesday evening at 6 PM.
As a PR action for the release of Monster Hunter World, developer Capcom has set up the “Monster Hunter Meat Shack” in London. There, you will be served gigantic mountains of meat for free.
In Monster Hunter World, a hunt typically begins with a big feast! Your loyal Palico cat companion works hard in the kitchen to serve you a massive pile of meat dishes. Stuffed and full of buffs, hunting is much easier.
A feast like this in real life is currently taking place at a Monster Hunter PR event in London.
Eat and play in the Monster Hunter Meat Shack
In London at Flat Iron Square, Capcom has created the “Monster Hunter Meat Shack” as a PR stunt. This is a grill booth designed with the ambiance of Monster Hunter World. You will find jungle decor and the skull of Rathalos, among other things.
Anyone who secures a spot in the Meat Shack can gorge on gigantic meat platters and giant burgers for 1.5 hours for free. Regular supplies are grilled on a giant spit. However, by human staff, not by Palicos.
By the way, there is only meat. Vegetarian options are explicitly excluded in the event description.
If you’re in London…
Besides the gluttony, the Monster Hunter Meat Shack also offers an opportunity to play Monster Hunter. The console is embedded in the table, so you don’t even have to stand up to stuff yourself virtually in the game.
Those over 18 even get a monster mug with free beer!
The event runs until Sunday, January 28, 2018. So, if you happen to be in London this weekend, are over 16 years old, very hungry, and want to play Monster Hunter World while stuffed, you should check out Flat Iron Square.
