In FIFA 18 the update 1.05 is available for download and installation. These are the patch notes for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
If you want to play FIFA 18 online today, you need to download a new update first. This went live on 14.11. and has the version number 1.05.
The update 1.05 is about 528 MB in size (PS4)
What changes with 1.05? – Patch notes
In the past few days, an “exploit” was causing issues in FUT 18. This made it relatively easy to win on the ultimate difficulty level in Squad Battles and thus earn a high points yield.
One only needed to take a few extremely poor players (of bronze quality) into the team and used them on the field to shield the ball. The aggressive AI on ultimate difficulty would often be tempted to commit a foul. This was repeated until the opponents received a few red cards. Then you could simply carry away the victory.
Since Squad Battles offer excellent rewards for the best players and one could gain enormous advantages through this “trick”, EA had to react. And they are now doing so with this update 1.05.
EA Sports, however, does not refer to it as “exploit” but rather as an “unintended gameplay mechanic”. These are the changes in English:
The possibility for a player controlled by the CPU AI to receive a second yellow card when attempting to push or pull an opponent has been removed. This does not apply to strikers who have penetrated towards the goal and are in a 1vs.1 situation with the goalkeeper.
This change has no effect on players controlled by humans.
EA Sports explains: The CPU plays the game with the same input restrictions as a human player. This means that the CPU also has an active player, who is referred to here as the “player controlled by the CPU AI”.
With Black Desert Mobile, a mobile version of the well-known MMORPG is released, and it looks really good according to a new trailer.
Black Desert Mobile is not a mobile adaptation of the MMORPG Black Desert Online, but an independent game. It hits the nail on the head of the currently popular action MMORPGs and can be compared to Lineage Revolution. The story is set 50 years before the story of the MMORPG.
Fast-paced battles from an isometric perspective
The game is played on smartphones (or tablets) from an isometric perspective, which is reminiscent of the Diablo series. You create your hero from the classes Witch, Valkyrie, Warrior, Ranger, and Berserker. Together with friends, you explore the vast world and face enemies in action-packed real-time battles.
The battles are quite spectacular. You can see this in a new gameplay trailer (at the end of the article).
Visually quite impressive
Like its big MMORPG brother, Black Desert Mobile also aims to impress with stunning graphics, and it seems to succeed. As the video shows, the graphics are detailed and full of effects.
How Black Desert Mobile ultimately plays can’t be determined from the video yet. There is also no interface shown that would indicate how the controls work.
The trailer mentions the date November 23. From this date, it will be possible to register on the Korean website.
The MMORPG Lineage Eternal was supposed to be playable by now. Instead, it is dead – but we can look forward to its rebirth. The PC MMORPG Project TL shows as an unofficial Lineage 3 that the Korean giant NCSoft is addressing the transition that has been overdue for years.
Development on Lineage 3 is said to have begun in 2008
The Korean giant NCSoft has two problems: First, they excel in a market that is slowly declining: in PC MMORPGs.
Secondly: The MMORPG series that is performing well in South Korea has aged. A successor has been missing for 10 years.
Lineage is from 1998
Lineage 2 is from 2003
Work on Lineage 3 reportedly began as early as 2008, but the game was never released – there was legal trouble surrounding it, TERA allegedly stole content from the game.
Top in a dying market – PC MMORPGs are struggling in Asia
The challenge with Lineage 3: While it was in development, the MMORPG market changed. PC MMORPGs are out in Asia. For a long time, Korea has been shifting to mobile MMORPGs. Everyone has a smartphone. Mobile is the future.
NCSoft is currently doing well with its PC MMORPGs like AION, Blade and Soul, or Lineage, but everyone knows: The games are aging, the shift to mobile must happen.
NCSoft’s idea was: We try to balance this. We are strong on PC and do not want to give that up, but we need to prepare for the future. We need a PC successor for Lineage, but also want to establish ourselves in mobile. Let’s create a “hybrid game” for PC and mobile.
Analysts were sure: The future of NCSoft hinged on Lineage Eternal. Lineage Eternal was supposed to have a global release, was announced for 2017, and was expected to be a mega hit, but: it simply wasn’t a good game.
Lineage Eternal never worked, NCSoft blocked for years
Additionally: Between 2014 and 2017, mobile development progressed much faster than NCSoft had anticipated.
Ironically, Netmarble brought the Mobile MMORPG Lineage 2 Revolution to market at the end of 2016 with the Lineage license, making a lot of money. NCSoft was in danger of completely losing touch.
Flood of new mobile games
NCSoft had to adapt and fully focus on mobile. The effects of this strategy are now evident in 2017:
With Lineage M, a first mobile hit has succeeded in Korea.
They are following it up with Blade & Soul 2, AION Tempest, AION Legion, and Lineage 2 M. Four “new” mobile MMORPGs based on well-known PC franchises are in the works.
They are also continuing to work with Netmarble, allowing them to develop a further Blade&Soul mobile MMORPG – NCSoft is happy to take the royalties.
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Project TL as the new PC flagship
Interesting is what happened to Lineage Eternal. The idea of the “PC/mobile hybrid” has apparently been abandoned by NCSoft, and now they want to develop a new “flagship” PC MMORPG.
Lineage Eternal is dead and has been rebooted as “Project TL”. With Unreal Engine 4 and a new concept, the game now resembles a response to “Lost Ark”.
Project TL could be the “Lineage 3” that players have been waiting for 10 years. And the game would also definitely be relevant for us MMORPG fans in the West, who still view the mobile MMORPG boom in South Korea with skepticism.
How does the Garden of Salvation challenge in the Destiny 2 raid work? Here is the solution for the raid challenge with the dogs.
On November 14, the third challenge in the Leviathan raid was unlocked. This leads into the Garden of Salvation, where you will face royal beasts, the “dogs”.
The Garden of Salvation challenge is described by the community as “very easy”, especially when played in normal mode. However, the challenge is also available in Prestige mode.
Solution for the raid challenge in the Garden of Salvation
To complete the challenge, you must meet one requirement:
During each “stealth phase”, a Guardian may only shoot at a flower once.
This means that both Prism weapon bearers may activate only one flower each to build the buff. If a Guardian shoots at a flower a second time, the challenge fails. This will be indicated with the message “Challenge failed” at the lower left corner of the screen:
How do I best approach this challenge?
The best method:
Defeat the dogs in one phase with a buff of x24. This is achieved by activating two flowers. With the right weapons, the damage output in normal mode is sufficient. Throw grenades, rockets, and everything you have at the beasts and you will complete the challenge in about 3 minutes.
Alternatively, you can proceed as follows:
Defeat the dogs in multiple phases (two should definitely be enough). Build a buff of x24 each time, deal damage to the dogs, meet in the safe room, and repeat. The Prism weapon bearers can be kept, you do not need to switch them. After each phase, the requirement for the challenge resets. Only during one phase may the same Guardian shoot at more than one flower.
It is also possible for you to meet in the safe room during one phase and swap the Prism weapon bearers. Just don’t get caught by the dogs.
Venero TV shows you the challenge in a video in German, he masters the challenge in two phases:
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The first reviews and ratings for Star Wars Battlefront 2 are here. On the Metacritic page, the press paints a positive picture of the Star Wars shooter, while players brutally tear it apart.
Hardly any game has been discussed as controversially as Star Wars Battlefront 2 lately. Most players agree that the Star Wars shooter works great as a game, looks awesome, and is a lot of fun.
However, the more details about the loot boxes in the game emerged, the more criticism arose. After all, the loot boxes contain gameplay-relevant “Star Cards,” and for many players, that crosses the line into pay-to-win.
The first user reviews on Metacritic are unimaginably bad. The PS4 version of Battlefront 2 has a user score of only 1.3 at the time of this news (14.11.2017, 14:00 Uhr)! Over 400 users cast their votes.
However, these user ratings should always be taken with caution; they are not representative of the entire game. They reflect the current sentiment surrounding the loot box debacle. A large part of the criticism consists of “emotional judgments.”
Moreover, the full release is still pending on November 17. We will see how the user rating will change then.
Things look quite different in the press, which was also able to test the game in advance. Some reviews are still in the making. The existing ratings paint a positive picture. There, Battlefront received 79 (out of a maximum of 100) points.
Here are some ratings from the Metacritic list:
IGN: 7.0/10 (Review is not yet completed)
Gamespot: 6/10 (Review is not yet completed)
COGconnected: 86/100
Darkstation: 4/5
Gamesradar +: 4/5
Gamespace: 8/10
The Telegraph: 6/10
The Sixth Axis: 8/10
US Gamer: 3.5/5
Shaknews: 6/10
Press Start: 8/10
One: 6/10
Gaming Trend: 80/100
What the press says about Battlefront 2
Most press reviews of Battlefront 2 are positive. For example, COGConnected states that Battlefront 2 has repeatedly proven that EA listens to players and has thus created a good Star Wars game in the end. The loot boxes are annoying, but that could still change. Moreover, the Star Wars feeling is fantastic and the game modes are fun.
IGN is a bit more reserved. The final rating has not yet been decided, and the author criticizes the rather weak single-player campaign and the loot boxes. Furthermore, he finds the game is not a serious competitive shooter. However, it is a fun and casual Star Wars shooter full of cool details that should certainly please any fan.
Star Wars Battlefront 2
GameSpot shares a similar view. The campaign is said to lack narrative strength, and the microtransactions and loot boxes are definitely not good for the game. On the other hand, it is just a ton of fun!
The colleagues at PC Games are also quite disappointed with the single-player campaign. It is shorter than expected and lacks depth. A wasted opportunity. The multiplayer part, on the other hand, is fun and would spread excellent Star Wars atmosphere. A final rating is still pending.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be released on November 17, 2017, on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Premium buyers can start as early as November 14.
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At least the DLCs for Battlefront 2 are free. Find out here what to expect in the first DLC “The Last Jedi”.
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Finally, the battle royale shooter “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” is taking its next step and bringing climbing features to the game. These are currently only available on the test servers and should be thoroughly tested there. Players have already found some bugs that allow you to shoot through walls.
PUBG 1.0 – Climbing takes practice
It’s quite strange that PUBG has not had a climbing feature in the game until now. Most obstacles had to be awkwardly circumvented. Now, the system is finally being expanded to bring climbing and diving features into the game.
You can currently try this out on the test servers in PUBG version 1.0, which will be available until Thursday morning. The patch is 6.3 GB in size and can be downloaded via Steam.
Testing the climbing system should have taken place earlier. However, a bug prevented the developers from releasing the patch on the test servers on time. In a blog post, the developers explain that the current test version does not run completely stable. There may be crashes and issues that require restarting the game to fix.
However, they wanted to at least give players the chance to try out the new features for a short time. Even if these are not the best conditions to test all features.
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On Reddit, the first players are showing how climbing works and where there are still issues. Player Shroud shows us how to get through the wall with the head (and the weapon):
Other players are just waiting for curious gamers to try out climbing. Happy Vaulting!
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Among the key points of version 1.0 are the climbing system and ballistics. In addition to overcoming obstacles, they want to make the weapons more realistic. That’s why the developers adjusted precision and hitboxes.
Furthermore, a bullet drop should be more noticeable. The fired projectile loses speed over time. This leads to bullets dropping faster than before. According to developers, the bullet drop should become evident at a distance of about 300 meters.
In The Division, the release of update 1.8 is approaching. Here are 5 tips on how you can prepare for it.
There is still no official release date for update 1.8 called “Resistance”. It is supposed to be released in autumn 2017 – the developers don’t have much time left.
If you want to start the agent future fully prepared, we have 5 tips for you on how to meaningfully spend the waiting time until the launch in The Division.
Tip 1 – Collect Exotic Containers!
Update 1.8 introduces four new exotics. If you want to get them early, you can now collect exotic containers. Because even in the containers you got in 1.7, the exotics from 1.8 can be included if you open the containers in 1.8.
There are several ways to obtain exotic containers:
This way you can get 7 containers per week (3 legendary missions, 4 incursions). If you do this with each character, you can farm 28 exotic containers in a week.
If these PvE challenges are too hard for you, you can also collect weekly assignment containers, which also guarantee exotics.
Even if you’re unlucky and don’t receive any of the new exotics in 1.8, it’s worth farming the exotic containers: Because they contain Division-Tech!
Tip 2 – Save Division-Tech
Division-Tech is a resource that has completely lost significance over time. However, in The Division 1.8, it will be more important than ever: Because you now need Division-Tech to optimize your gear.
A new feature in 1.8 is the Optimization Station, which allows you to push the stats and attributes of your weapons and armor pieces to the maximum.
or open exotic containers. The weekly assignment containers do not drop Division-Tech.
Tip 3 – Increase Your Supply of Crafting Materials
Not only new exotic weapons are coming, but the existing items and talents will also change. To craft the best weapons with the best talents in 1.8, it’s worth stockpiling crafting materials now.
For this, there is an efficient method: Buy items from the vendors for credits and dismantle them to receive crafting materials.
Here’s a good tip: Equip your agent with items with low gear score. Transfer all high-quality items (mods are not needed) to the stash and then to your other agents, so that this agent has no access to them for now. This will cause vendors to offer you items with low gear score, which are much cheaper. This way you can buy items extremely cheaply and then dismantle them into crafting materials.
Tip 4 – Clean Up Your Stash
Make room for new things! Most of you will have all sorts of green gear set pieces in your stash that you think “you might need them sometime”. After update 1.8, new global events will introduce “secret set pieces” for all gear sets. These are guaranteed to be better than the normal set pieces.
So, get rid of the old gear set pieces that you will not use anymore.
Tip 5 – Save Key Fragments
Lastly, a tip for everyone who places great value on their agent’s appearance.
With update 1.8, new cosmetic items will arrive, which can be purchased from the premium vendor through certain containers. These containers can be bought with real money or opened with cipher keys. These keys can be earned in-game. You need a total of 10 key fragments to craft one key. Each named boss has a 20% chance to drop a fragment.
If you want the new cosmetics but don’t want to spend money on them, then start farming key fragments now. This is particularly efficient in the Dragon’s Nest Incursion, where you can repeatedly defeat the four horsemen. You can play the incursion at any world tier.
Perhaps adding to an existing raid is quite a good idea.
Whether Bungie will really expand the Leviathan raid with Curse of Osiris, we should find out in one of the upcoming live streams for Destiny 2. The first one starts Wednesday evening. We will cover the streams on Mein MMO with a live ticker.
There are indications that the Leviathan raid in Destiny 2 could be expanded with the first DLC “Curse of Osiris”. Is this the “new raid content” that Bungie is talking about?
In recent years, Bungie has been repeatedly accused of merely recycling old content instead of providing new gameplay.
The last update in Destiny 1, the “Age of Triumph”, was a complete recycling lollapalooza. Every raid came back.
What is the new raid content in Curse of Osiris?
When the DLC “Curse of Osiris” was announced, skeptical Guardians raised their bushy eyebrows as they read that there would be “new raid content” in it.
This meant for the skeptics: There is surely some trickery going on. They surely won’t give us a new raid; otherwise, they would just write “new raid”, but something is being recycled or something in the direction of “Prison of Elders” is coming, which, as is well known, no one likes.
Is a raid designer trolling us or is there something to it?
However: The latest hints indicate that Bungie might continue to expand the existing Leviathan raid in Destiny 2.
This is suggested by a small conversation on Twitter. Someone said: “There are so many doors in the Leviathan raid. I would love to open one and see what awaits behind it. That would be the coolest design idea Bungie has ever made.”
One of the raid content designers at Bungie, Brendan Thorne, replied: “Funny you should say that.”
This is not an official confirmation, but it comes pretty close. Normally, “Funny you should say that” is something like the introduction to a confession: “Funny that you’re talking about this — that’s exactly what we’re doing!”
However, Thorne does not say that but only leaves the announcement hanging. Users on reddit think: Either this is seriously cruel trolling, or the user hit the nail on the head.
Some hints suggest that the Leviathan raid still holds secrets
Looking closer, this idea of a Leviathan raid XXL becomes more and more appealing. After all, numerous Cabal figures were listed in the booklet of the Collector’s Edition that Guardians have not yet encountered.
Moreover, it would be “resource-saving” for Bungie to expand an existing raid with additional wings and bosses instead of creating an entirely new raid from scratch: That would be some creative “recycling.”
For the existing DLCs for Destiny 1, there were indeed difficulties with resource scarcity:
The DLC raid Crota’s End is considered the weakest in Destiny overall.
For the 2nd DLC, Bungie didn’t even bring a raid anymore, but instead, with Prison of Elders, an unwanted surrogate.
Perhaps adding to an existing raid is quite a good idea.
Whether Bungie will really expand the Leviathan raid with Curse of Osiris, we should find out in one of the upcoming live streams for Destiny 2. The first one starts Wednesday evening. We will cover the streams on Mein MMO with a live ticker.
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Blizzard is currently working on WoW Classic. An announcement that has been making waves since Blizzcon 2017. Our author Benedict has a personal comment on this..
Actually, I expected Blizzard to announce two things for WoW at the Blizzcon opening ceremony: Antorus and the new expansion.
The announcement that Vanilla WoW would be playable again made me let out a short delighted shout here in Japan at around 4 AM.
Now, a week later, I have some distance from the topic, given it a lot of thought, and read a lot about it. I still maintain: Classic WoW will be great! Despite all the flaws and inconveniences that will accompany it.
What does WoW Classic actually mean?
Classic WoW, sometimes also called Vanilla, is the original version of the MMORPG. It is a WoW without any expansions.
Characters were limited in many areas compared to today. The maximum level was 60. Each faction had 4 races, and there were a total of 9 classes. The shaman was available only to the Horde, and the paladin only to the Alliance.
In return, you could customize the characters somewhat more freely. Each class had an additional weapon slot for ranged weapons such as guns and staves, or totems (shaman), idols (druid), and tomes (paladin). The choice of equipment was also not so limited, as there was no bonus for classes wearing the same type of armor (plate, etc.) in all slots.
The content itself is also significantly less than at the moment. The map only consisted of the two continents Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms at that time. There were 9 raids, 20 dungeons (some of which were split), and 3 battlegrounds. Manageable, but in Classic the journey was also more the goal.
I played WoW back in Classic. However, the release of “The Burning Crusade” came when I was only level 20 or 30 and casting my shadow spells in Duskwood. I only saw the end content of Classic much later.
Exactly that is also the point I am looking forward to the most: Raids with 40 people were already no longer available by BC. The epic battles against Ragnaros, Nefarian, Onyxia, and C‘thun I only know from stories. Experiencing that will be great!
I am especially looking forward to Naxxramas. I was only able to visit the necropolis during Wrath of the Lich King – because it simply vanished after Classic! But even in Northrend, it was one of my favorite instances.
The feeling of sneaking in as an unwelcome guest through a large stronghold of the Scourge and taking down the generals was wonderful. How fantastic must it be then to take on this adventure in its original form?
Those were the days!
What has changed since WoW Classic – and what will change again
In the past few days, I have also thought about how much raids have changed in general. Raid buffs have disappeared, classes have been significantly adjusted to each other. By BC, you still needed mages for High King Maulgar, in WotLK warlocks for the blood princes.
The relevance of classes is finally returning, even if that means raids will become harder again. As a die-hard Alliance player, I will miss Battle Roar, even though the Horde didn’t have it back then – but I am curious to see how loudly the paladins will curse when they have to rebuff every 15 minutes.
Most likely it will draw me back to my warlock. This means for me: Every new demon requires its own quest chain. I will have to work hard for the warlock mount. Soul shards will take at least 2 or 3 inventory slots, and I will need them to raid properly.
Everything is a hunter weapon! Image source: wowhead
It will be exhausting, and that’s a good thing!
I will also happily stand for hours on low-level mobs to beat them with automatic attacks, just to increase my weapon skill. These are all things I had forgotten – but actually miss because they give depth to the characters.
We were not heroes in Classic, to whom one hands one of the most powerful weapons of Azeroth. The current state: My character has never seen a two-hander before? It doesn’t matter, just hit and it’s fine!
We were adventurers in Classic who were fed up with the world’s problems. So we set out to solve them – or die trying. Often. And I will have no problem being a complete failure at the beginning.
What takes a long time will finally be good
The path from farm boy to dragon slayer is indeed long, and it begins with the first wild boar you take down without bleeding out. It takes time, experience, and training – both as a character and as a player. It feels… right.
This story that truly defines the character has been lost over time. In Classic, I get to experience it once again, to remember how I actually became the hero who today faces the Lord of Demons himself.
The upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077 aims to focus on online features. This is intended to allow the developers to generate constant revenue. The goal is to be commercially more successful than The Witcher 3.
One of the most eagerly anticipated RPGs of the coming years is likely to be Cyberpunk 2077. The team at CD Projekt Red has to meet high expectations, as the game will surely be compared to the last mega hit, The Witcher 3.
Fans expect Cyberpunk 2077 to be a top-notch single-player RPG set in the dark future of our world. However, not much is known about the game yet; the developers are only teasing the different classes or small snippets of information from time to time.
The CEO of CD Projekt Red, Adam Kiciński, spoke with the Polish site Strefa Inwestorow about the future of the company, and a buzzword came up: online features.
In the studio, they hope that Cyberpunk 2077 will be financially more successful than The Witcher 3.
“Online features are necessary or at least highly recommended if you want long-term success.” And they apparently want that with Cyberpunk 2077, as it has been confirmed that the game will have online functionalities. However, details are not yet disclosed.
The most common theory is that there will be a “social HUB” in the game, perhaps a bar or a specific district where single-player and multiplayer blend together. Those who want could look for other players at this location and engage in special multiplayer missions.
Talking about an “MMO” would, however, be exaggerated for Cyberpunk 2077. At its core, the game will probably be a single-player title, as several (unconfirmed) leaks suggest.
Connections between major games and “service games” like Gwent
These service games are intended to ensure a steady cash flow. For the future, one can imagine creating numerous connections between these service games and the “big games”.
Cyberpunk 2077 still without a release date
Cyberpunk 2077 is loosely based on the tabletop RPG Cyberpunk 2020. However, since “2020” is now much too close, they have raised the year slightly.
No concrete release date for Cyberpunk 2077 has been announced yet. However, the game has been in development since 2012, and the developers want to take as much time as they need – a claim that few studios can afford nowadays.
CD Projekt Red is mainly known for the Witcher series and has also been trying its hand in recent months at a card game called Gwent, which takes place in the Witcher universe.
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In Pokémon GO there are now new clothes that you can dress your avatar in. These are related to the release of new Pokémon games.
Soon, the new Pokémon games “Ultrasun” and “Ultramoon” will be released. In Pokémon GO, there are now new outfits for male and female trainers on this occasion. But why are they so short and summery?
Free Outfits in Pokémon GO
The release of Pokémon Ultrasun and Ultramoon for Nintendo 3DS is already on November 17. Pokémon GO trainers can celebrate this by dressing in clothes from the Alola region in the game.
The story of Pokémon (Ultra)Sun and (Ultra)Moon takes place in Alola. The climate there is warm with tropical flora. For this reason, the new outfits are summery, even though we are heading into winter time now.
You now have the opportunity in the in-game shop to dress your trainer for free. Female trainers can choose a sun hat, sandals, shorts, and a top. Males can select new sneakers, shorts, a hat, and a tank top. There are also new Pokémon bags.
This is the first time that Niantic is promoting an upcoming game in Pokémon GO.
Are you wearing the new clothes?
Waiting for Pokémon GO News
Recently, the developers at Niantic stated that there will be news about improvements in Pokémon GO in a few days. The development team is currently expanding and is planning exciting new features for the game in 2018.
However, the existing game should be improved first. Niantic did not provide specific details. Fans hope for village improvements and a revision of the chaotic EX Raid system.
Additionally, the community is wondering if there will be a Thanksgiving event in Pokémon GO in 2017. Last year, the event started on November 23 and rewarded trainers with a lucky egg with four times experience points.
As soon as Niantic announces something about the event, you will read about it here on Mein-MMO.de. Also follow our Facebook page for Pokémon GO to not miss any news.
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The arena of Hearthstone is once again changing. Death Knights are banned from the arena.
The arena mode of Hearthstone is very popular among most players. However, some cards consistently cause frustration and bad feelings, like the recently mentioned Malevolent Youngling. Anyone who had this card in their deck could almost plan for victory right away. For this reason, the card was banned from the arena a few weeks ago.
Now more cards are following – nine in total. All Death Knight hero cards will be removed from the arena!
In plain language, this means the removal of the following cards:
Malfurion the Pestilent
Deathstalker Rexxar
Frost Lich Jaina
Uther of the Ebon Blade
Shadowreaper Anduin
Valeera the Hollow
Deathseer Thrall
Bloodreaver Gul’dan
Scourge Lord Garrosh
The reason for the removal of the Death Knight cards is that the permanent upgrades of the hero power in the arena are too powerful. There are hardly any options to counter this with an ordinary arena deck – unless you also draw a Death Knight yourself.
The corresponding patch will go live today, on November 14, 2017, in America. It will likely follow in the late evening hours here in Europe.
Cortyn says: Honestly, I don’t think the removal of these cards is a good idea. The arena has never been a place of fairness. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. The more of these powerful cards are removed, the less fun it is for me because I was always really excited when I drew a Death Knight – or frustrated when the opponent had one. For more chaos in the arena!
What do you think about these cards being removed from the arena? Does it increase your desire for this mode? Or does it make Hearthstone rather boring?
The shitstorm that broke over Electronic Arts has had an effect. The required effort to unlock in the online shooter Star Wars Battlefront 2 has been significantly reduced.
As we reported, players of Star Wars Battlefront 2 complained that it takes around 40 hours to unlock the top heroes Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker in the game. They previously cost 60,000 credits. It takes quite a long time to earn this amount. Fans were not amused and voiced their complaints loudly. It resulted in harsh insults and even death threats.
Costs of the heroes will be reduced
These complaints did not go unnoticed by Electronic Arts and the developer studio DICE. Therefore, the developers announced changes now. The costs to unlock Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker will be reduced by 75 percent. It will now cost only 15,000 credits to unlock the two heroes.
The changes will also affect other heroes. Emperor Palpatine, Chewbacca, and Leia Organa will cost 10,000 credits, and Iden Versio, the protagonist of the single-player campaign, can be played for 5,000 credits.
DICE and Electronic Arts state that while the new prices still mean players will have to work hard, it won’t take as long anymore. The changes have already been integrated into the game with an update. So anyone playing the EA or Origin Access version now or starting with the Deluxe Edition from today will already see the new prices.
Developers listen to player feedback
DICE also announced that they will continue to keep an eye on player feedback and will intervene immediately if something needs to be changed. Also, there will be an Ask Me Anything on Reddit tomorrow. The exact start date will still be announced. During this AMA, the developers want to collect more feedback from players.
In Destiny 2, today, on November 14th, is the Weekly Reset. New activities are coming, such as the Nightfall Strike or a fresh raid challenge.
Perhaps the most exciting “Destiny 2” event of this week will take place tomorrow, on November 15th. Bungie will host the first livestream for “Curse of Osiris”. Starting at 8 PM, there will be information about the characters and locations of this expansion. We will report on all the details from this stream.
However, there is also a lot happening today, Tuesday:
At 10 AM is the Weekly Reset
At 10 AM, the third raid challenge starts. This should take place in the Garden of Salvation – with the dogs. We expect to publish an article with the solution later this afternoon.
Also at 10 AM, the Faction Rally ends.The winner was announced at 7 PM during the last rally. Today, the winning weapon should be available for purchase starting at 6 PM. We will keep you updated. The winner is the New Monarchy! As a reward, there is this sword.
Let’s see what else the weekly reset brings.
Nightfall Strike on November 14th on PS4, Xbox One, and PC
This week, as Nightfall, is Savathun’s Song.
The modifiers are:
Momentum: Health and shield regeneration are disabled when you stand still. Sprint to recharge them faster.
Time Loop: Anomalies: Destroy anomalies to extend the mission timer.
The challenges:
Complete the Nightfall with at least 5 minutes remaining.
Complete the Nightfall with fewer than 3 deaths.
Shoot 15 of its projectiles before defeating Savathun’s Song.
We have organized “Tzenkethi Shuk-din Escort Ships” and Improved Officer Training Packs for the PC version of Star Trek Online. Read here how you can win them.
In Star Trek Online, the Tzenkehti are known for their agile ships equipped with strong shields. If you want to own one of these ships, you can now win one for the PC version of Star Trek Online with us. Additionally, we offer improved officer training packs, which allow you to keep your ships up to date.
The Tzenkethi Shuk-din Escort Ship
As one would expect from a Tzenkethi design, the Tzenkethi Shuk-din Escort Ship is remarkably agile for its size and features incredibly powerful shields. It is equipped with the latest shield technology of the Tzenkethi.
This allows the shields of the spaceship to be reinforced on the flanks and at the rear. On the bow, however, the offensive capabilities are improved by increasing the damage output of the weapons in the front 90° firing arc.
The Improved Officer Training Pack
The Improved Officer Training Pack contains a retrofitted Constitution-class cruiser from the 23rd century [K1], a large experience boost, and free equipment requisition from level 10 to 50, which allows you to keep your spaceship up to date.
How to win the Escort Ship and the Officer Training Pack in STO
We received 5 Shuk-din Escort Ships and 100 Improved Officer Training Packs for you from Perfect World. To win a ship or pack, you only need to perform the required number of actions in the respective boxes displayed above.
The winners of the ships will then be randomly selected and notified via the provided email address. The contest for the ships runs until November 17 at 12:00 PM. For the packs, the code for the pack appears immediately when you have performed the required number of actions and keys are still available.
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The world PvP in World of Warcraft is set to become fairer. A new hotfix is being implemented to help everyone – except tanks.
PvP has always been a controversial issue in World of Warcraft. Many players want equipment to play a significant role in PvP, while the other group prefers that all players have identical stats.
In world PvP, the needs of the first group are addressed. There are no “weird rules” like the PvP templates from battlegrounds, and all abilities deal their full damage continuously. Legendary items also retain their usual “punch” when unleashed against other players in open PvP.
World PvP in WoW is set to become fairer
But that has now come to an end. Blizzard wants to make PvP in the open world a bit fairer. Therefore, all players (except tanks) will now take 40% less damage when participating in open PvP fights. Additionally, many legendary items will be adjusted in these situations to deal less damage. Below are all the changes:
Non-tank specializations will take 40% less damage from other players in world PvP.
Some trinkets and legendary items now have reduced effectiveness in world PvP:
Essence of the Souls now deals 70% less damage to other players.
Cold Heart (Death Knight) now deals 75% less damage to opposing players.
Kil’jaeden’s Burning Wish now deals 60% less damage to opposing players.
Insignia of Ravenholdt (Rogue) now deals 60% less damage to opposing players.
Pillars of the Inmost Light (Paladin) increase the damage of Eye of Tyr by 150% against other players (previously 300%).
Scarlet Inquisitor’s Bane (Paladin) now increases the damage of Divine Storm by 3% per stack against other players (previously 6%).
The Trickery of the Dreadlord (Rogue) now increases the damage of Shuriken Storm by 6% per stack against other players (previously 25%).
Fiery Shredder (Druid) now increases the damage of Shred by 165% against other players (previously 500%).
The hotfix and the changes mentioned above will go live with the maintenance on November 15, 2017.
What do you think of these adjustments? Should Blizzard leave everything unchanged in world PvP? Or should further restrictions apply, as they do in “real” PvP?
Lineage 2 Revolution will be released on November 15, 2017, in Europe and North America. We have already had the opportunity to test the complex mobile MMORPG in advance. Read here whether Lineage 2 Revolution is truly worthy of being called an MMORPG on iOS and Android, or if it is just a soulless grinder with an auto-play feature.
We at Mein MMO had the chance to be the only magazine in Germany to test Lineage 2 Revolution before the EU server launch. For this, we were invited to the servers in Singapore.
I, Jürgen, was able to play Lineage 2 Revolution beforehand and initially had my problems with the auto-play. Can we still call Lineage 2 Revolution a “game” when it essentially plays itself?
Automatic Gameplay – Blessing or Curse?
As soon as my freshly created human warrior lands on the “Talking Islands,” the starting region of L2R, it all begins! I am bombarded with quests and information. First, I am supposed to go to an NPC, next I am already embroiled in battle with wolves and bears.
I notice that I don’t really have to do anything except accept the quests and click through the dialogues. Because the game does everything else by itself! My warrior runs off on his own and slaughters the relevant quest creatures without any input from me.
It almost seems like he can’t wait for me to read through all the quests and information. He just wants to grind!
My Hero Does What He Wants!
He does this excellently! Because even if I wanted to, I can’t stop my warrior! Even if I manually take control and press the touch-screen directional pad or skill buttons, the warrior soon breaks free again and continues to grind. And he does so until he has defeated all the required opponents.
Then he dutifully runs back to the quest giver, and I get to click through the texts again. My warrior is already eagerly begging me for a new grind. Meanwhile, I sit inactively in front of the display, feeling a bit like the poor sorcerer’s apprentice from Goethe’s poem.
The apprentice also could not control the “spirits he summoned” in the end. Nevertheless, I do my “hero” the favor and activate the next quest, and off the character goes to massacre again.
How I Learned to Love Auto-Play
After completing a few more quests, I finally found out how to turn off the auto-grinder. You just have to click briefly on the active quest, and the grinding machine stops. Cool, finally able to play myself!
But after completing a few quests, I notice that the standard creatures are really no challenge. Despite the successful touch-screen control, it eventually gets annoying to beat them manually. Therefore, I eventually turn the auto-grind back on and watch contentedly as my little warrior continues to hack away.
Meanwhile, I make myself a coffee, and when I return to the smartphone, my eager little warrior has proudly completed the quest! Well done! In gratitude, I treat him to a new set of equipment.
The Perfect Mix of Comfort and Challenge
“Hey Jürgen, how can you call yourself a gamer if you don’t even want to play yourself?” I already hear some of you saying. And yes, it is indeed somewhat strange that in Lineage 2 Revolution, especially at the beginning, you can almost set all fights to autopilot.
But on the other hand: “Who really enjoys grinding mindless enemies for hours?” It is no coincidence that farm bots are very popular in many grind-heavy MMOs.
Lineage 2 Revolution is just consistent in that it makes the game easier for you by automating and simplifying necessary but not particularly exciting gameplay segments. And don’t worry, starting from level 20, the fights do become more challenging, and it doesn’t hurt to take matters into your own hands.
The Best Loot for the Best Skill!
You can still comfortably beat the standard trash in auto-farm mode, but when it comes to special bosses, elite dungeons, or speed runs for extra loot, an active and skilled player always has an advantage when he takes the wheel himself.
Especially against bosses, you have to actively dodge the special attacks. Otherwise, you will take too much damage, might get knocked down, or use up more healing potions. Fortunately, the enemies’ special attacks are displayed with a telegraph, so you can dodge in time.
And then it is crucial to time your 5 active skills wisely. Especially the two best special abilities with their long cooldowns should not be wasted on small adds or recently shielded enemies.
However, those who mindlessly grind the end bosses in auto-grind miss out on potential, and since many fights are time-critical, lazy players pass up valuable loot.
Bountiful Content and Gameplay Features
Lineage 2 Revolution constantly offers something to do. Boredom is practically nonexistent.
Especially the starting area, where beginners spend quite a few hours casually, offers something new all the time. Almost with every level-up and every completed story quest, you are introduced to new gameplay features.
This keeps the flood of new content somewhat manageable, and you are gradually introduced to all the game’s functions. And there are incredibly many! Anyone expecting mindless grinding without depth from mobile MMOs will be taught a lesson. Lineage 2 Revolution offers, among other things:
a highly complex item system that allows you to upgrade your equipment, fuse it into new quality levels, equip it with buff gemstones, and give it special properties.
daily repeatable dungeons for solo players, groups, and guilds
plenty of quests and story
daily and weekly quests for extra loot and experience
a complex skill system with active and passive abilities that you can upgrade and develop.
world bosses on every map for groups
a tower instance where you face increasingly stronger waves of monsters
PvP in the arena and mass PvP with the guild for control of castles
Grind Can Be Shortened – Invest Your Time in More Exciting Things
You get an extreme amount of content to grind every day. If the grind is too tedious for you, you can have already completed content done automatically. A press of a button is enough, and you immediately receive the reward that corresponds to your best run so far.
This is particularly worthwhile for the tower and daily dungeons, because who wants to slog through the same dungeon again when they have already achieved their personal best time? This way, you can focus better on the currently exciting aspects of L2R and don’t have to grind through annoying busywork every day.
Reward Overkill!
Through the many activities in the game, you receive rewards all the time. You log into the game? Reward! You are online for an hour! More rewards! You greet your guildmates! Extra reward! You use the daily “auto-clear” feature in the tower and collect all the loot from the levels you have completed? Mass rewards!
In addition, there are rewards for achievements, titles, researched monsters, and completed quests! Even the real-money shop gives you a few packages of goodies every day! Each of these goodies triggers a feeling of happiness in the player, and you eventually chase from reward to reward as if in a frenzy.
This is incredibly motivating, and you spend more and more time optimizing your character with better gear and upgrades to get even more loot and rewards.
Pay-to-Win Concerns?
The only thing that worries me a bit is the cash shop. You can buy cool equipment packages with the premium currency (diamonds) or get more runs and “auto-clears” for the dungeons. Those who pay get more. While diamonds are sometimes available in the game as well, paying definitely gives an advantage.
This situation smells a bit like pay-to-win, and in Korea, according to some Reddit users, it is quite common that you have to pay regularly to compete at the top in PvP.
It remains to be seen how this will develop here or whether one can also have long-term fun in the game without spending real money.
Now I Know Why Lineage 2 Revolution Is So Popular!
I must admit that I was far from enthusiastic when I was assigned the test of Lineage 2 Revolution. I have never had anything to do with Lineage and have never really played much on mobile except for Hearthstone. Therefore, I reluctantly installed L2R.
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After the initial shock of the auto-grind and once I understood how the gameplay works, I was eventually unstoppable. Like in a frenzy, I clicked through features. There was always something new to do. Sometimes it was a new dungeon, and then again a new feature for my gear that I could further enhance.
Every improvement to my hero made him stronger, and I could tackle new challenges. Eventually, 3 power banks were exhausted (L2R consumes a lot of power!), and I still hadn’t completed everything there was to do.
If you are looking for a motivating and surprisingly profound MMO on your mobile, then you can confidently download and try out Lineage 2 Revolution starting November 15.
Season 12 of Diablo 3 has started. To collect the best equipment, you need to delve into the Nephalem Rifts. Here are the best speed farm builds for all classes in English that will get you through the rifts the fastest.
Season 12 comes with some changes. The new patch 2.6.1 has shaken up the meta significantly and brought long-forgotten classes and setups back into the spotlight. The Barbarian has been massively improved, but other classes have also received buffs.
To reach the high tiers of the Greater Nephalem Rifts, you need the right equipment. You get that by farming the Nephalem Rifts on lower levels. Popular among these farming runs are speed farm builds – setups that will get you through the rifts much faster.
When speed farming, you need to keep the following rule in mind:
Enough toughness to gather loot effortlessly, enough offensive power to take everything down in one or two seconds, and then focus on mobility to dash through the levels.
In this guide, we will show you a top speed farm build for Season 12 for each class. The builds were created by the well-known Diablo 3 YouTuber Bluddshed.
The Barbarian has been significantly improved with the last major patch 2.6.1. The top three builds of the wild warrior are now playing in the major league. The Barbarian is once again a class to be reckoned with.
To farm the mid-tier Nephalem Rifts quickly, the Charge setup is recommended. This combines the two sets “Immortal King” and Raekor. The high speed of the Whirlwind ability is combined with Sprint and the Rune Marathon, which increases your movement speed by 40% for 4 seconds. You can find the complete setup on diablofans.com.
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The Demon Hunter’s Multishot
The Unholy Essence set of the Demon Hunter combined with the Multishot ability has also been suitable for speed farming activities in the last seasons. For Season 12, the build has been further enhanced.
The Monk is back in the absolute top tier. His sets and abilities have been significantly enhanced with the last patch. His speed farm setup with the Sunwuko set and Wave of Light is now one of the best combinations in the game since patch 2.6.1.
The ability Explosion has been improved with the new patch and offers a lot of speed farming potential in combination with the Tal Rasha set. The ability Teleportation provides the speed in this farming build.
Until now, the Necromancer was not considered a speed farming class; his abilities and armor did not allow it. Until now! Because the ability Bloody Paths combined with Stuart’s Boots has been significantly enhanced.
The Crusader can also shine in Season 12 in terms of speed. The Akkhan set in combination with the ability Condemn deals significant damage. With the Cavalry, the Crusader also moves swiftly through the rifts.
One of the most popular speed farm builds for some time now has been the Witch Doctor with his Hex ability. Combined with the Rune Angry Chicken and the Helltooth set, you can zip across the maps. Everything you need for that can be found on diablofans.com.
Which setup is your favorite? Do you have any other combinations? Let us know in the comments.
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This is not something you see and hear every day: This guy is replacing the sounds in Destiny 2 with sound effects he creates with his voice.
It’s time for the videos of the week! Community Manager Cozmo sifted through a bunch of community submissions and selected the three best videos that we are now presenting to you.
All Guardians who were involved in the works will receive an exclusive emblem that they can proudly show off in the game: This week’s MOTW title was awarded to Youtuber MrElephante – Gaming Videos for an a cappella version of Destiny 2. He removed the actual game sound from a PvP match on the “Altar of Flame” map and overlaid 7 recordings of himself imitating the Destiny 2 sound with his voice. Of course, the announcements from Lord Shaxx are included. Enjoy:
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“Life is a collection of memories. Of people we meet. Of places we visit. Of things we experience alone or together with friends,” writes the Youtuber. In his video, you see scenes from Destiny that he fondly remembers. By the way: The song was written and recorded by him.
Finally, there’s a video where a female Nightstalker Hunter is being drawn:
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Now let’s see what you have sent us. This is the fail of the day from Game Assault Tv – when the Fallen gently float away:
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That’s it for the videos of the week. How did you like them?
From our readership, we received a few videos this week via Facebook that were not uploaded on Youtube but sent directly as private messages. However, we cannot embed them here. If you want to see your videos here, please upload them to Youtube first and then send us the link to the video.
The latest character for Heroes of the Storm, Alexstrasza, was too large for the game. The developers worked with gigantic sizes.
At BlizzCon 2017, the next heroes for Heroes of the Storm were introduced – including Hanzo from Overwatch and Alexstrasza from World of Warcraft. In line with this, there was a cool cinematic showing Hanzo and Alexstrasza battling each other.
Strictly speaking according to “lore”, the fight should be quite one-sided: After all, Alex is a gigantic dragon lady blessed by divine creators while Hanzo is just a human with a bow and absurd ghostly powers. However, in the Nexus of HotS, they are evenly matched.
This inherent disparity in power has always been a problem for the developers. How do you make Alex feel powerful yet “weak enough” to be defeated by other characters? The answer was the dragon form.
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Too big for the battlefield: Alexstrasza’s true form
Alex can regularly transform into a dragon during battles, making her harder to kill and giving her stronger abilities. Not to mention, she becomes much larger.
Initially, the developers experimented with the actual size of Alexstrasza’s dragon form. It ended up taking up the entire screen. While it looked cool, it didn’t help the flow of the game. It was more of a short gag to test out.
Alexstrasza’s final dragon form, however, is only about 2-3 times larger than her elven body. This way, she doesn’t obstruct other players’ views, and proper gameplay is still possible. However, she no longer appears very imposing.
A part of Alexstrasza’s gigantic dragon form still exists in the game, by the way. When she switches to her ultimate flight form, you can at least see the shadow of the dragon hovering over the battlefield. A small reminder of what could have been with a crazy idea (that everyone would have hated).
How do you like the design of Alexstrasza in Heroes of the Storm? Is it acceptable to tailor characters to the game? Or should they have completely avoided a dragon form?
