The publisher of the shooter LawBreakers (PC, PS4) is disappointed with the game’s sales figures. Nexon attributes this to reasons such as strong competition from Overwatch, PUBG, or Destiny 2, but also to their own lack of experience with such a title.
The head of Nexon America, Jungsoo Lee, gave an interview to the Korean gaming site Inven. It covered numerous topics, including the shooter LawBreakers. Nexon released it in the West and is disappointed with its sales figures.
Not enough experience with paid games
Efforts were made to promote LawBreakers, but the results were “unsatisfactory” and they felt disappointed with the outcome.
However, LawBreakers is an important game for Nexon: it is the first game for PlayStation that Nexon America has released. They learned a lot from marketing for a Western audience.
One problem identified is that LawBreakers did not release at the right time. Overwatch and PUBG are the bestsellers in the genre. Other titles like Quake Champions, Destiny 2, and Call of Duty: WW2 are also popular.
The failure of LawBreakers is not due to the game itself, but they faced some disadvantages because they lacked experience in releasing a paid game. LawBreakers was originally supposed to be released in 2016, but it was postponed to improve the game. Ultimately, they unfortunately could not compete with games like Call of Duty or Destiny 2.
Furthermore, LawBreakers is not a game for Steam: AAA players are currently struggling with this. Steam users look specifically for certain games that perfectly match their tastes.
Viral or Marketing Sledgehammer – Nexon Between the Fronts
There are two different poles:
Small studios that focus solely on the game itself and rely on it going viral with great Steam ratings – like Factorio
Or the games of giant publishers like Activision Blizzard, who can spend tons on advertising
Nexon is situated between these poles and needs to find its own way. It must communicate clearly and directly with customers. With LawBreakers, they learned how to reach customers.
Nexon is in contact with Boss Key Production to provide a better gaming experience for LawBreakers players.
The right game at the wrong time?
Mein MMO believes: Since its release, LawBreakers has been considered a “game in crisis.” The explanations so far have been: the market is oversaturated. No one was waiting for the title because games like Overwatch or PUBG satisfy the hunger that LawBreakers targets. Apparently, Nexon sees it the same way now.
The disappointment regarding LawBreakers’ lack of success aligns with the fate of games like Battleborn or Gigantic. They also struggled to gain a foothold, even though all these games undoubtedly have had their advantages.
One week after the PUBG release for Xbox, the first patch is here. This will address the performance issues that received a lot of negative criticism.
Xbox players have been able to play the shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on the console via the preview program for a few days now: this is in an early access version. The PC version has regular updates that are supposed to improve the battle royale shooter.
The update was released today between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM and requires a console restart to take effect.
Primarily, there are many bug fixes to improve PUBG. At launch, there were minor issues with nametags and crawling animations in the game. These should be resolved by the patch.
Additionally, the update clarifies player icons on the world map.
The keyboard function is disabled by the update. Players noticed in the first days that they could play PUBG on Xbox with a keyboard. This was apparently not intended by the developers and has been removed for now.
Excerpt from the Patch Notes
Interface
Equipment symbols are now visible in the interface
Player icons are more clearly recognizable on the world map
Character
Settings for character hair color have been improved
Animations
Camera issues as a passenger in a buggy have been fixed
Characters now look in the right direction when they stop swimming
Performance
Anti-aliasing has been slightly improved on Xbox One and Xbox One S
Control on motorcycles is no longer inverted
Keyboard functions are disabled
Bug Fixes
A bug was fixed where the names of other players in a lobby were not displayed correctly
Curtains on windows no longer block the view of other players in TPP mode
Players can no longer lean out of the vehicle when that side is actually blocked
Battle royale shooters are currently among the trending games! Many developers want a piece of this lucrative pie. However, the development of The Culling (PC, Xbox One) is now coming to an end. This might be due to the hit game PUBG.
The Culling had considerable success. It was among the top sellers on Steam in 2016 and was also popular on Twitch. From the over 4,500 players simultaneously active in March 2016, only 13 (!) are left now.
What happened? PUBG. PUBG has completely transformed the genre, just as World of Warcraft did with MMORPGs back in 2004. PUBG struck a chord with players, who flocked to this title – leaving other genre contenders behind. Such as The Culling.
Out of Early Access and into the End
Since October of this year, The Culling is no longer in Early Access. It has officially launched. And while many developers hope to attract many more players after the end of the Early Access phase, The Culling shows well that this isn’t always the case.
The developers subtly admit that they have been beaten by PUBG. The market for battle royale games has changed.
However, the developers do not want to give up completely. They are now focusing on a new game, about which they do not want to reveal anything yet. The support for The Culling will be discontinued. There will be no more updates. However, the team plans to keep the servers online for the foreseeable future.
The Beginning of the Battle Royale End?
The developers thank everyone who accompanied them during the development of The Culling. It is not an easy farewell, but the team is now fully focusing on the next game.
Are we seeing the beginning of the bursting of the battle royale bubble? This should certainly be a warning to other studios. Just because you are in the battle royale genre does not automatically mean you are running a successful game.
Bungie comments on the Three of Coins in Destiny 2. Guardians criticized that these have no value.
On December 15, Xur brought the Three of Coins to Destiny 2 for the first time. These are consumables that increase the chance to acquire exotic engrams from all sources in the world for four hours. You activate the coins and, with a bit of luck, you may receive more Exotics than usual.
However, dissatisfaction spread over the past weekend: Many Guardians wondered if it is worth buying and using the Three of Coins at all. Countless players reported that even after eight hours of farming with the coins they did not receive a single Exotic.
Frustrated, they wrote that one should definitely not buy the Three of Coins. After all, they cost a whopping 31 Legendary Shards, which could be used more sensibly. We quickly started a survey about the coins on Mein-MMO.de. Nearly two and a half thousand Guardians have voted so far, with the result:
55% of you receive on average no Exotic at all when they play for four hours with active Three of Coins. 38% receive on average one Exotic.
A staggering 87% believe that the Three of Coins are not worth it.
62% will no longer buy the Three of Coins and 24% will only do so if they don’t have anything else to do with their Legendary Shards.
In short: A large part of the community doubts that the Three of Coins have any value. Many would not be surprised if Bungie soon came forward and announced that a bug was present, many wrote. And now Bungie has responded.
What does Bungie say about the Three of Coins?
The community manager dmg04 addresses the function of the Three of Coins. They collected and read the Guardians’ feedback all weekend long, and now they want to clarify:
When you activate the Three of Coins, it increases the base chance by 50% to receive an exotic engram upon completing an activity. By using the Three of Coins, you do not receive a guarantee of an exotic reward. It simply increases the chance that you will receive an Exotic upon completing an activity.
In other words, the Three of Coins should work as intended. With one exception: compared to Nightfall Strikes, the heroic strikes do not grant higher chances for an Exotic when the Three of Coins are active. That should actually be the case. They will fix this bug with a hotfix that is expected to be released early in 2018.
Many users are dissatisfied with this response on social media. They mention a number with the 50%, but it doesn’t give much information. Because 50% of what?
If the chances of an Exotic are at 1%, then with the Three of Coins they are at 1.5%. It’s not worth investing in the Three of Coins. And this is exactly what the user experience currently reflects – it’s not worth using the Three of Coins.
Via Twitter, the suggestion came that one should receive a guaranteed Exotic through the Three of Coins if one plays for four hours. According to dmg04, this is great feedback. There may be adjustments to the coins in the future.
By the way: Xur brings not only the Three of Coins but also a Fate Engram. This also seems to have problems, as Guardians report receiving duplicates from it. That shouldn’t be the case. A few hours ago, Bungie tweeted that they are also investigating the Fate Engrams.
The power of the state strikes back. Chinese players are excluded from almost all social services on Steam.
The Steam program by Valve is one of the largest gaming platforms on the internet. Thousands of games can be purchased, installed, and played here. Each game receives a large community page where users can discuss, create guides, showcase screenshots and artworks, or even publish modifications.
For a large part of the player base, many of these services are no longer accessible. Since December 15th, Chinese users of Steam can no longer access 94% of the Steam services. This essentially means that the following features are no longer accessible for the Chinese player base on Steam:
Steam profiles of other users
Groups
Badges
Game hubs (forums/guides/achievements)
Workshop
The marketplace
Dark times for Steam. Users are being locked out in China.
Playing games, chatting with friends on the friends list, and online matchmaking do not seem to be affected by this censorship. Only all social functions of Steam that are not directly related to purchasing or starting the game are no longer accessible.
The true reason behind this action can only be speculated at the moment. Most comments on Reddit assume that China wants to extend its authoritarian power, and thus larger social networks based in America are being swiftly blocked.
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Additionally, Steam (at least in China) has a major competitor, namely the platform WeGame from Tencent. Tencent has been suspected since September of transmitting users’ personal data to the Chinese government. Some users suspect that China wants to rein in Steam to better monitor the population with WeGame.
How much of this is conspiracy theory and how much is sad truth will probably come to light in the coming weeks and months.
How Method’s kill against the last boss of WoW: Legion went, they show in the video. Here you can watch it!
The race for the top spots in the “First Kill” leaderboard of World of Warcraft: Legion is finally over. After Method defeated the last boss in Antorus, the Burning Throne a few days ago, several guilds have followed suit. The Russian guild Exorsus takes home second place and the European guild Memento has fought for third place.
Thus, the major spots have been assigned, and the guilds traditionally begin publishing their kill videos. The secrecy of the boss strategies is lifted, and the public can finally participate in the final phases of the boss fights.
11 minutes of tension from Method to the Argus kill in WoW
You can watch the boss fight lasting nearly 11 minutes here. Including the usual “nerd scream” at the end when the kill finally happens. There is also a brief moment of confusion – as all players are forced into a loading screen for a moment, which looks like a reset boss fight.
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Argus, the Annoyance has much to offer in mythic mode. The fight already includes a phase where all players are directly killed by the boss – this happens multiple times in mythic mode, controlled deaths are part of the strategy.
The video, including the recognizable damage values from Recount, shows surprisingly well what differentiates the pros from the “casuals” – it’s indeed more than just pressing a few keys at the right moment.
It is also nice to see that even within Method there are some “experts” who ask 30 seconds before the actual kill “Was that it!” potentially jeopardizing a victory through bad karma. No wonder that in the voice chat there is only a brief “Shut the fuck up!” to keep everyone at maximum concentration.
Bungie recently released the first self-created webcomic about the backstory of Osiris in Destiny 2. And once again, nothing escapes the Guardians. Hidden in the comic is a mysterious string that leads to an in-game reward!
Bungie wants to continue telling a strand of the story about Osiris with the webcomic that you can view here, a story that has previously remained in the dark. It was not clear under what circumstances Osiris was actually exiled from the Vanguard and the Tower.
But the comic doesn’t just unveil this mystery. On the last page, the Guardians discovered strange symbols that indeed have a meaning.
Morse code reveals meaningless combinations of symbols
The comic had been published for less than half an hour when Guardians started to wonder on Reddit about a strange combination of symbols on the last page of the comic:
The secret string from the comic
What was up with this string? Some speculated a Morse code, but a translation yielded only a crude sequence of letters and numbers that seemed to make no sense:
XFVKHPN97
For a moment, there was uncertainty – until a Redditor had the idea to enter the string in the redeemable codes on the Bungie website. And behold, the code was accepted!
The string grants you an in-game emblem when you enter the code on the Bungie website. The emblem is called “The Visionary” and is styled in the classic Osiris look:
Once again, the community proves creativity and sharpness – the whole mystery was solved in no time. Bungie is known for hiding such little secrets in and out of their games.
Did you notice the string? Will you grab the emblem?
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The latest expansion for ARK Survival Evolved introduces mushrooms that can cause hallucinations leading to death. They are not easy to recognize and sometimes appear out of nowhere.
A new element that came with the DLC is “red mushrooms.” The ARK wiki explains the fine distinction. They take great pride in being a survival game that takes reality seriously, so these red mushrooms have two different strains:
the mushrooms with the pure white strain are harmless
the mushrooms with a slightly red strain are deadly. They cause disorientation and uncontrollable diarrhea, and the player risks drowning. It’s quite a ridiculous, trippy, and undignified spectacle.
So this isn’t fun; it’s quite a dangerous story. The mushrooms release spores, from which one should remove oneself in time. The ARK wiki recommends that anyone wanting to collect biotoxins or experience a small trip can also pick the mushrooms with the red strain.
An antidote for this trip is to eat 9 brown mushrooms, which negate this effect.
This becomes particularly dangerous because there are likely some locations in Aberration where this mushroom effect can occur even without mushrooms. Players have already found “invisible, constantly hallucinating spots” and then tested this effect for a relatively long time with God Mode. It looks pretty cool.
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In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds there is the desert map Miramar. But where are the best loot spots? Where can you find the most weapons and equipment? Here you will find out!
The second map in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is called “Miramar” and was released on December 20, 2017, at the official launch of PUBG on PC. Before that, however, players could already play the map on the test server. There many players have already gained extensive experiences with the loot system, and we want to pass on the insights we gathered here.
Learn everything about the best loot spots in Miramar in PUBG.
Pecado – Top loot location in the middle of the map
Pecado is a small industrial settlement located quite centrally on the map. Therefore, you can usually reach it quite well from the plane at the beginning of the game. Try to land on the box arena.
Inside, you will find a ton of tier-3 gear and can supply yourself well at the start of the game. With a bit of luck, you won’t have to deal with too many enemies, as many players have already jumped out beforehand.
Campo Militar – More accessible than the old military base
The “Campo Militar” corresponds in loot density to the Sosnovka military base from the Erangel map. The base is located at the very top northeast of the map and contains plenty of strong weapons and equipment.
Especially the large building in the middle and the warehouses are packed with loot. Just like on the old Erangel map, players often clash at the start of the game. You can die quickly, or you can emerge heavily armed as a candidate for the chicken dinner from the first battle.
By the way, keep in mind that the “Campo Militar” is easier to reach than the Sosnovka military base, which you can only access via two long bridges. Campo Militar, on the other hand, is accessible from several sides. Individual snipers waiting are therefore less effective.
Hacienda del Patron – The best loot on the map!
The Hacienda del Patron is a magnificent estate in the middle of the map, just east of the city “San Martin”. Those who sit in the plane long enough will eventually fly past it. The loot in this estate is good and is even sufficient for teams.
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How epic the loot in the Hacienda is, is shown by YouTuber BigBossBilly in the embedded video here. But be careful not to get slaughtered by players who landed earlier after you touch down.
If you still need something, you can find more loot in the nearby city of San Martin or in the northern water treatment plant.
The Prison – Back to the start zone!
In this prison facility, you start at the beginning of each Miramar round before the plane takes off. However, you can also return there. The prison is located at the very bottom in the southwest on a hard-to-reach island.
There are plenty of weapons and equipment lying around. However, you’ll need to look in all possible corners to not overlook anything useful. Additionally, there are a nice number of vehicles to quickly leave the island.
If you need even more loot: The town of Los Hugos on the same island is also a nice loot area.
Interactive Loot Map of Miramar
Already on the test server, savvy players gathered data on loot and created an interactive loot map of Miramar at the provided link. There you can see exactly where there is good loot, equipment, and vehicles on the map. The interactive map is continuously updated and provided with new data.
“Mythic+” dungeons are one of the greatest challenges in PvE of World of Warcraft. Now there is a new record: Court of Stars +25 within the given time! However, the record casts a dark shadow …
Mythic+ World Record: Court of Stars +25 in 28:59 minutes!
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WoW: Legion offers two things in endgame PvE where you can compete with others: Mythic Raids and “Mythic+” dungeons. While the former is about being as fast as possible, the latter are meant to be as challenging as possible.
An American group completed the Court of Stars at level 25 within the given time this week. This is only the second time that this difficulty has been mastered at all. However, since the dungeon was completed in a faster time, the attempt is “better” and thus in first place!
The group consisted of a tank Demon Hunter, a healer Druid, a Windwalker Monk, a Affliction Warlock, and a Balance Druid. A spell-heavy combination that is also necessary with the affixes Infested, Explosive, and Tyrannical.
With an average item level of 960.6 and 78.6 points in the artifact weapons, Shakib, Jdotb, Daarkee, Marvink, and Mittbitt secured the first place on the wowprogress leaderboard with just over a minute of remaining time.
Mythic+ Successes Will Soon Be More Difficult due to Combat Resurrection Nerf
What stands out about the combination is that with the exception of the tank and the monk, every class has a means of combat resurrection. A circumstance that was certainly useful for this record, but will not occur in the same way in the future.
In the upcoming patch 7.3.5, combat resurrections will be adjusted. Only one of a maximum of 5 stacks will recharge every 18 minutes, so only two resurrections can be performed during an attempt within the lowest requirement.
For the time being, the new record is great news – but it comes with the realization that such numbers will likely be harder to achieve in the future. Our congratulations nonetheless to the five players from the US realms Turalyon and Area 52!
By the way: The keystone was changed to “Dungeon of the Sentinels +26”, which the group unfortunately could only complete in 40 minutes.
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The mysterious third door in the Orbiter will soon be opened for the first time in Warframe! Behind it lies a personal quarter that offers new forms of decoration. Built-in shelves, an aquarium, and a music box are already available. What did the developers reveal in Devstream 103?
In Warframe, every player has a personal spaceship, the Orbiter. The ship can be colored and decorated to one’s liking. There are, among other things, posters with Warframe art, small figurines of the various frames, or special stones that one encounters on the maps.
The decoration craze in the Orbiter is even jokingly referred to by players as “Ikea-Frame”. Many feel that the constant redecorating reminds them of the Swedish furniture store.
In Devstream 103, the developers at Digital Extremes revealed that they will give decoration enthusiasts a much larger playground.
For a long time, the third door remained closed. Now it is clear that behind it lies a personal quarter!
The third door in the Orbiter will be opened for the first time: Step inside, into the personal quarter
In the Orbiter, there are three doors in the back area, of which only two could be opened so far. The third door remained a mystery for all players for a long time.
Now it is clear: Behind the mysterious door lies a personal quarter!
These features will the personal quarter in the Orbiter have:
Personal Warframe action figures, just like villain action figures: The player’s loadout will be loaded onto a “blank”, graphical template. The figures can also take different poses and be equipped with any weapon from the game.
Built-in shelves: In the personal quarters, there will be, just like at Ikea, ready-made built-in shelves. Here you can place the small Noggle statues or your stone collection.
Mannequins: Every Warframe player knows that the actual endgame is all about fashion! You can soon dress your most beautiful fashion frame on a mannequin and hang it on the wall.
Here are the new aquariums and the mannequin.
Fish tanks: For those who have no luck fishing and only catch small fish, you will soon be able to put them in an aquarium. It is adjustable which routes the fish should swim.
Music box: With the jukebox “Somachord”, you can play music of your choice in your personal quarter. There will be music fragments hidden throughout the solar system. Those who scan the fragments will unlock new songs for the Orbiter. Each song has 4 fragments that must be scanned.
Squads will soon be able to visit each other’s Orbiters!
In connection with the opening of the personal quarter, there will be a few changes to the Orbiter:
Quadruple decoration capacity: With the new room, the number of decoration items that can be placed in the Orbiter will also increase. Each individual room will have its own capacity in the future.
New placement mode: Decoration can soon be placed more flexibly. Objects should soon be able to float, among other things. This will also apply to the Dojo.
Mutual visits: Members of a group can soon visit each other’s Orbiters.
Two frames in one Orbiter? That has never happened before.
When this announcement from Devstream 103 will come to Warframe is still unknown. However, it shouldn’t be long now, and it can be expected that the third door will open as early as the next update.
Christmas in WoW is canceled for many. Blizzard has stealthily removed one of the most beautiful Winter Veil rewards from the game!
Those with little time to level a second character in World of Warcraft up to maximum level should equip their twink with plenty of heirlooms. Ideally, you recruit a friend beforehand and level up together to get an additional 300% experience points. Together with the Elixir of the Thinker, which also grants an additional 300% experience, this results in an almost 700% XP bonus, allowing characters to reach maximum level in just a few hours.
Since last year, there have been Elixirs of the Thinker in the “Wild Gift” rewards of the Garrison during Winter Veil. Although the elixir was rarely included, it fetched a pretty penny at the auction house.
Stealthily, Blizzard seems to have removed these level potions from the game, at least they no longer appear to be included in the Wild Gifts.
Occasionally, they are said to appear at horrendous prices in the black market auction house, but that’s not a reliable source, as it can take weeks or months for a single elixir to show up.
Is Blizzard only trying to sell level-boosters?
Some players suspect ill intentions behind this and believe that Blizzard wants to boost the sales of level-boosters in the shop. However, this assumption contradicts the upcoming scaling of the entire world in patch 7.3.5. This will allow players to finally experience the old zones in their entirety without the player level surpassing the area’s requirements.
Many players find it disturbing that Blizzard has not mentioned these changes in any patch notes, as it means players are now missing out on a reward from the Winter Veil event that many were looking forward to.
Did you always make good use of the level elixirs? Do you prefer to level only with heirlooms? Or do you use a level-booster when starting a new character?
The game director of Overwatch explains why Blizzard gets away with its loot boxes while other developers fail.
The major scandal topic in the gaming sector in 2017 is loot boxes. The discussions about them have escalated increasingly throughout 2017 until they have almost exploded. But why does everyone complain about loot boxes in Star Wars: Battlefront 2 while there is no outcry against Blizzard?
After all, Overwatch is also a full-price title that still entices with loot boxes.
Loot boxes must be for players, not against them
In an interview with PCGamesN, Game Director Jeff Kaplan revealed why loot boxes are accepted in Overwatch and what core philosophies developers should consider if they want their players to accept loot boxes.
The system must meet the wishes of the players. This means: No power increases through items in the loot boxes, only pure cosmetics.
All items in loot boxes must also be available in some way without luck. This way, even players without luck can save for a particularly desirable skin. That’s why there is the credit system.
Developers must constantly listen to feedback and make adjustments. For example, Overwatch has drastically reduced the number of duplicates in loot boxes, which has increased player satisfaction.
Cortyn says: In addition to the points mentioned by Kaplan, loot boxes in Overwatch are relatively generously awarded. Only about an hour of gameplay is needed, which usually corresponds to 3-4 matches. In the arcade, it goes even faster when trying out new game modes or during the weekly reset.
I don’t believe that the argument “Blizzard’s players are zombies who endorse everything” really applies here. Compared to other loot box systems, it seems more like a “game mechanic implemented into the game” rather than “cut-out” content that is deliberately made difficult for players to access in order to reach for their wallets.
What do you think of the loot boxes in Overwatch? Are they fairer than in other games? Or is it “just the same rip-off” as in other games?
Black Desert Online is introducing the next new class Ran / Lhan. In an action-packed gameplay trailer, you can be thrilled by the cool moves of the sexy fighter.
Just recently, the new class of Mystique in Black Desert Online was introduced, and developer Pearl Abyss is already delighting you with the next heroine. Like with the Fighter and Mystique, the Ran (or Lhan) is a martial arts fighter. However, she fights differently than the two previous classes.
A martial arts weapon master like from a Wuxia film!
The new class uses her fists and legs less to beat opponents. Rather, she has a sort of sickle on a chain as well as a sword with her. With the long chain, the Ran swings around wide and can hit several opponents at once.
To ensure she doesn’t take too much damage herself, she nimbly jumps around while the chain with the sickle blade slices through opponents. This is probably quite necessary, as the Ran isn’t really wearing any armor. Instead, she wears an elegant dress in Asian style and will likely meet her end quickly if an opponent catches her well.
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Overall, the Ran seems like a typical martial arts heroine who appears to have sprung straight from a Wuxia film (these are stories about Asian martial arts). We have embedded a video of the Ran’s martial arts in action here for you. Enjoy watching! When the Ran/Lhan (in the West) will be released is still unknown.
With this DPS build, you can deal a huge amount of damage in The Division 1.8. It is especially recommended for PvP.
Since the Update 1.8, Light Machine Guns (LMGs) are stronger than ever. While this weapon category has been upgraded, the once overpowered assault rifles have been slightly nerfed. They are still top-notch, especially the M4, but the LMGs also perform well in the post-apocalypse 1.8.
A great “Lone Wolf” build can now be created around the LMGs, which boosts the DPS and unleashes massive damage. The YouTuber MarcoStyle presents it in the video, and we provide all the info in the following in German:
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This is how you create the LMG DPS build in Update 1.8
This build is not recommended for solo agents. Your goal is to deal as much damage as possible. You won’t be able to take too much damage yourself. Therefore, you should have teammates by your side to keep you alive.
The build focuses on crit damage, so you are not dependent on precise headshots, but can continuously shoot at enemies, with critical body shots also dealing high damage. Furthermore, you do not want to waste time reloading, but keep the damage output consistently high.
Here’s how it works:
You will need six pieces from the “Secret Lone Wolf” set. This will be the biggest hurdle, as you need a lot of luck and time to gather all six secret gear set pieces. They provide the following bonuses:
2-set bonus: +100% Ammo capacity
3-set bonus: +8% LMG damage and +8% shotgun damage
4-set bonus:Talent – When the weapon is holstered, it reloads immediately.
6-set bonus: When you shoot in combat and reach 50% of the magazine, there is a 75% chance that a bonus will be triggered. This bonus takes effect only when the last bullet leaves the magazine. The bonus then refills the magazine immediately and increases weapon damage and fire rate by 30%. The bonus ends when you reload, switch weapons, or leave combat.
The 6-set bonus sounds quite complicated, but it really isn’t. You shoot normally at the enemy, and when you only have 50% of the bullets in the magazine left, this sign may appear on the screen:If the sign appears, you know that you will receive the bonus as soon as you release the last bullet from the magazine. The bonus will then greatly increase your “Damage per second” with the next magazine.
So take six pieces of “Secret Lone Wolf” for the armor parts, and make sure that the stats and mods increase the weapon attribute. Over 8000 weapons are required. Stamina should be around 5000 and Electronics should be around 3000. If you find that you’re struggling and dying all the time, increase the stamina a bit – at the expense of weapons.
Chest piece: Bonuses to health, exotic damage resistance, and ammo capacity. Mods for weapons and health
Mask: Bonuses to crit chance and burn resistance. Mods for weapons and crit chance
Knees: Bonuses to health and status effect resistances. Mod for health
Backpack: Bonuses to health and burn resistance. Mod for weapons
Gloves: Bonuses to crit damage, crit chance, and LMG damage. Mod for crit damage
Holster: Bonus to crit chance. Mod for weapons and crit chance
The performance mods all increase the crit chance through the Impulsifier.
The Weapons and Skills
As primary and secondary weapons, two identical LMGs are used:
MG5 with +22% damage against targets out of cover and the talents Malicious (+10% crit chance if you have more than two health segments), Deadly (crit damage is increased by 15%), and Precise (precision is increased by 25%). You can see how good the Precise talent is on the MG5 here:
The reload time of the MG5 is over 5 seconds. However, thanks to the 4-set talent of Lone Wolf, you can always switch between the two identical weapons without having to reload even once. The weapon switch takes about a second – so your damage over time will improve significantly.
The MG5s are considered the best LMGs in PvP since Update 1.8, as they have the highest burst damage. The only downside is the long reload time, which you can avoid with Lone Wolf.
When choosing the mods, make sure to increase crit damage and crit chance. Additionally, you can improve precision and optimal range. Important: Do not choose an Extended Magazine, but a magazine that increases your fire rate. This way, you only need to switch the weapon to have a full magazine again, and the 6-set bonus of Lone Wolf will be triggered much more often.
The MG5 LMGs have a crit chance of +38% and a crit damage of +118% with the above armor pieces and their mods. This means that more than every third shot deals more than double damage.
The Skills:
Impulsifier with Hacker – Important for further increasing crit chance and crit damage
Support Station with Immunizer – Important for keeping you alive while you shoot
The Character Talents:
Emergency Medicine: Uses a first aid kit at low health to increase damage resistance by 20% for 10 seconds.
Field Medic: Use a first aid kit near allies to heal group members within 20 meters by 40%.
On the Move: Killing an enemy while moving reduces damage taken by 15% for 10 seconds.
Precision: A headshot triggers an Impulsifier effect for 10 seconds.
The Conclusion: This is undoubtedly one of the strongest PvP builds possible in 1.8. Have fun with it!
There is a new trailer for Monster Hunter World that celebrates and highlights the cat companions of the hunters. The video showcases the diversity of Palicos and how detailed they can be designed in the character editor.
Palicos are the loyal cat companions that actively support you in the hunt. They may be quite small and adorable, but they are full-fledged hunters and have a few clever tricks up their sleeves.
In the trailer, you get to see the variety of armors available for the cats. This ranges from the white, fluffy Paolumu armor to the red, scaly dino armor of Anjanath. In Monster Hunter World, you can craft armors and weapons from the creatures you slay – this also applies to your cat companion!
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The video also shows that you can customize your personal cat companion as you wish. The character editor offers Palicos a lot of customization options, such as a large and colorful color palette, the shape of the eyes, or the tips of the ears.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) with the weapon handling from CS:GO? A dream for shooter fans that could soon become reality.
Since 2016, the developers of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have regularly inserted new “Survival” data into the game. The community speculates about a Battle Royale mode, similar to the popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. But what is behind the rumors?
PUBG in CS:GO
The YouTube channel “Valve News Network” took the time to investigate a fan theory. It considered threads from forums and Reddit that date back to May 2016 and showcase survival possibilities.
That was still before the big boom of PUBG. At that time, game modes like the Battle Royale mode from DayZ already showed that a survival concept could bear fruit.
In various patches, CS:GO developers added lines for a “Survival_Island” map, unarmed melee options, drones, and medkits.
The patches that Valve News Network mentions in the video provide many contents for a possible survival mode in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Light and heavy armor, parachutes, supply crates, new grenades, night vision goggles, and adrenaline shots all hint at a cool Battle Royale mode. However, it has not been officially announced yet.
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Whether CS:GO is really planning a Battle Royale mode or not is currently hard to say. A few lines of code are not a guarantee for such a mode.
However, it would not be surprising if Valve jumped on the PUBG bandwagon. The Battle Royale shooter already attracts millions of players in Early Access. Additionally, Valve is known for turning mods into functioning games. See Dota, Team Fortress, or Counter-Strike itself.
In Final Fantasy XIV (PC, PS4), Patch 4.2 is coming. It brings plenty of new content, but the players’ focus is on a small detail that might be huge.
About every three months, a content patch arrives for Final Fantasy XIV, and the content is usually the same:
Final Fantasy XIV receives new main quests, new side quests, a new dungeon, a hard mode for an existing dungeon, a new trial, and the raid continues. Plus PvP and other goodies.
Final Fantasy XIV – The content machine must be fed
Basically, all systems in Final Fantasy XIV move forward to the next step that players are waiting for. Final Fantasy XIV is a content machine that needs to be fed with new content; otherwise, it will run dry,
This will also happen with 4.2 “Rise of a new Sun”. The highlight here is a new 8-man raid: Omega Sigmascape. In the story, it takes you to Doma for the next chapter of the main quest.
This is all great, and fans of other MMORPGs are enviously looking at the constant content flow of Final Fantasy XIV, but it’s also a bit predictable and more of the same. Therefore, the focus on patches is mostly on the “little things” that subtly change the formula of Final Fantasy XIV.
Nightmare: Inventory
This patch, however, brings some “Quality-of-Life” improvements that are long awaited. Because a major issue with Final Fantasy XIV is the inventory.
Since you can play all classes in the game with the same character and also pursue all crafting professions, the inventory in Final Fantasy XIV is chronically clogged and too small for avid players. When you start collecting and crafting, it becomes a nightmare. The collector has the inventory also full of transmog items! A torture.
With Patch 4.2, Square Enix is taking some steps in the right direction:
The stack size of items is increased tenfold, from 99 to 999.
Additionally, chocobos will receive saddlebags, providing 70 new inventory slots
The new interface for bards
Two more “nice-to-have” changes:
The “Glamour System” is intended as a relief for fashion enthusiasts. A wardrobe will come to the inn room, allowing items to be exchanged for glamour prisms. This is supposed to simplify the “fashion game” of Final Fantasy XIV. According to the site USgamer: Although it’s still not as convenient as WoW’s transmog system, it’s a step in the right direction.
Bards are also getting some love: Square Enix is giving them a new interface for their newfound composing enthusiasm
When Patch 4.2 will exactly come to Final Fantasy XIV is still unknown. Probably in the first months of 2018. On January 19, more content will be revealed.
What new MMORPGs were released in 2017 or at least started a beta? We present these online role-playing games to you.
This list makes no claim to completeness and also covers games that are already fully playable, even though they have not yet received an official release.
Revelation Online (PC)
Release: Open Beta starting from 06.03.2017 – now released
Features: Quests, group content, story
Model: Free2Play
Revelation Online aims to tell an exciting story through cutscenes, taking a somewhat different approach than regular MMOs. An important gameplay aspect is also flying, which allows you to reach otherwise inaccessible places.
Generally, you can expect classic fare. You fight with friends against legions of monsters, complete many quests, and improve your hero.
With Albion Online, the German development team Sandbox Interactive aims to revive the times of Ultima Online. PvP plays a major role as you fight with your guilds for territories. However, PvE fans will also get their money’s worth. There is much to explore, and a dark force threatens the land of Albion. You must fight for your people’s freedom. You explore huge dungeons and also gather resources, as crafting is important.
You decide how you want to spend your life in the land of Albion. Do you want to supply other players with goods, or do you dare to enter the PvP areas to fight for control of territories? Will you complete quests and uncover the mystery of the mysterious land? It’s entirely up to you how you play Albion Online.
Citadel: Forged with Fire puts you in the role of an apprentice wizard. You awaken in a large world full of dangers and must first try to survive. To do this, you gather resources and craft items like armor and weapons using recipes. Over time, you learn new spells that help you explore the world and defeat monsters.
You can build your own structures like fortresses and not only compete against other players in PvP battles but also besiege their castles.
Features: Anime, boss fights, action combat system
Model: Free2Play
Kritika Online is an MMO for those who prefer only action and cool boss fights in their online games. From a lobby, you immediately start in action-packed battles against hordes of monsters and tough bosses. Thanks to the colorful anime graphics in cel-shading style and the sexy designs, Kritika Online also offers something for the eyes.
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MU Legend combines MMO with hack and slash and offers players both PvE and PvP content. Whether alone or in a group, the MMO features set MU Legend apart as an action RPG. The game, often referred to as “Diablo MMO”, has been in a worldwide playable open beta since November 7.
In dungeons, you can prove your skills alone or with a group. Those who consider their character to be strong can adjust the difficulty at the beginning of a dungeon, thereby increasing their chances of rare items.
Lineage 2 Revolution (Android, iOS)
Release: November 15, 2017
Features: Mobile MMORPG, manager
Model: Free2Play
Lineage 2 Revolution was released on November 15, 2017, in Europe and North America for iOS and Android. The title is a fully-fledged MMO that builds on the large Lineage franchise and heralded the era of AAA Mobile MMORPGs. Gone are the days when mobile games were pixelated monstrosities; Lineage 2 Revolution looks good thanks to Unreal Engine 4. L2R has achieved dizzying sales in Korea and is now also taking top chart positions in the West.
However, Lineage 2 Revolution has another feature that is sure not to be received favorably by all players but is undeniably useful: auto-play. You can watch your hero grind. While it may sound boring, it is more fun than one initially wants to admit: Lineage 2 Revolution is the most relaxing grind of all time!
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The world of the MMORPG Worlds Adrift consists of floating islands where important resources can be found. Not every island offers every resource, which is why you need to find ways to travel from island to island. For this, you can build airships, for example. On the islands, you will find plenty of dangers and challenges.
Moreover, other players are also trying to access the resources and treasures of the islands, so you can also expect PvP battles.
Note: The article was originally published in January 2017, and we split it in January 2018. In this article, you will find all the interesting MMORPGs that were released in 2017 or at least started in a beta. Upcoming MMORPGs in 2018 can be found here:
In Destiny 2 is Season 2 live, which comes with some new Iron Banner weapons. You will be able to earn these guns soon.
Since the launch of “Curse of Osiris”, it should actually only be possible for DLC owners to participate in the monthly Iron Banner event. That was Bungie’s original plan.
However, after a massive backlash regarding the “paywalls” of Curse of Osiris, the developers realized that they couldn’t take away so many activities from Guardians that were available to everyone before the DLC. Therefore, they are currently working on making endgame events like Iron Banner or the Faction Rally accessible to all players again. Only then will they take place in Season 2.
So even though we will have to wait a while for the first Iron Banner in Season 2, we can already take a look at the new Iron Banner rewards. They are already listed in the databases.
New Iron Banner Loot of Season 2 – Weapons, Ornaments, Emblem
Please note that while all Guardians can participate in the Iron Banner again, the new rewards from Season 2 will remain exclusive to DLC owners.
Crimils Dagger – Hand Cannon
All new Iron Banner weapons belong to the “Legendary” quality, including the hand cannon Crimils Dagger. It is a powerful hand cannon with high recoil. The archetype is the same as that of the Sturm. The range is high. Here are the stats:
The Perks:
First Shot:Improved accuracy and range on the first shot of an attack.
You have a choice between:
Armor-Piercing Rounds:Rounds deal additional damage to shields and penetrate targets. Slightly increases range.
Drop Mag:Magazine is ejected when reloading, wasting ammunition but significantly increasing reload speed.
The sights are True Sight HV, Crossfire HV, and Rest Hand HV.
Orimund’s Anvil – Auto Rifle
Orimund’s Anvil is an auto rifle that belongs to the same archetype as the Origin Story or Uriel’s Gift. It deals kinetic damage. Here are the stats:
The Perks:
Under Pressure:Increased stability and precision when the magazine gets low.
