In FIFA 18, there are first reviews and opinions from critics and fans. How well or poorly does FIFA 18 perform on Metacritic?
The official release of FIFA 18 is on September 29, 2017. However, all owners of a Ronaldo Edition or ICON Edition have been able to play FIFA 18 without limits since September 26. Additionally, some press representatives received a full version days ago, which is why there are already some reviews and criticisms available online.
The website Metacritic collects reviews from critics and fans and displays a “Metascore” – an average score from all test ratings.
How does FIFA 18 perform on Metacritic? Is it worth buying?
Tests / Reviews for FIFA 18 – How good is the game on PS4, Xbox One, and PC?
The gaming press is largely enthusiastic about FIFA 18. From a maximum Metascore of 100, FIFA 18 currently receives
84 on PS4 (based on 33 reviews),
84 on Xbox One (based on 10 reviews)
and 70 on PC, where there is only one review available.
Here are some opinions from gaming sites:
PlayStation Lifestyle especially praises the story mode “The Journey 2”. Furthermore, it features polished gameplay in many different modes. Score: 95.
XGN: FIFA 18 combines fantastic graphics with new motion technology to create immersive and realistic gameplay. Score: 95.
Eurogamer Italy: FIFA 18 is a significant step forward for the series. Deep gameplay and rich game modes are perfectly combined. However, the defense on the field still needs work. Score: 90.
GamesRadar: The best overall football package available, with countless improvements. Score: 90.
GamePro praises the massive stadium atmosphere and calls FIFA 18 “the next evolutionary step”. Score: 90.
Trusted Reviews: FIFA 18 is simply fantastic. EA has done a superb job. This is the game that FIFA fans have been waiting for 5 years. Score: 90.
The GameStar talks about a “secret revolution” and emphasizes the many small innovations and greater realism. Score: 89.
Greater criticism comes from GameSpot with the lowest score of 70: While they praise the diverse game modes and annual updates in the FUT mode, they found the gameplay lacking. FIFA 18 lags far behind PES 2018, which offers a smoother and more satisfying football experience. FIFA needs to improve in the future.
Fan opinions and user reviews are significantly more “extreme”. It is noticeable that many fans rate emotionally and either give full 10 points or 0 points. On the PS4, the average currently sits at 4.9 – although only 55 ratings are available.
So far, FIFA 18 is performing similarly to its predecessor, FIFA 17: FIFA 17 has a Metascore of 85 and a user score of 4.8.
Mods are a new way in Destiny 2 to gain various bonuses. We introduce them and show you how to get the maximum out of your equipment.
Mods come in various types, all offering certain advantages. You can upgrade your weapons and armor pieces with blue and purple mods. As only legendary (purple) mods grant a bonus to power level, blue mods will not be considered here.
How can I obtain legendary mods?
There are several ways to obtain legendary mods:
You can get legendary mods by reaching power level 280 and visiting the Gunsmith Banshee-44. At this power level, he will grant you the ability to convert blue mods into legendary ones, provided you have three blue versions of each.
In addition, you can buy random blue mods from Banshee. If you do this often enough, you will eventually own three copies of them, which you can also exchange for legendary mods.
Furthermore, you will receive a legendary mod with every exotic piece of equipment. Note that you can only use mods once. Once they are bound to a weapon or armor piece, you cannot reuse them.
What weapon mods are available?
The selection of weapon mods is extremely limited:
For Kinetic weapons, you can only obtain mods that increase the power level of the affected weapon by 5 points.
For Energy and Power weapons, you at least get a corresponding element as well.
Legendary mods for Energy and Power weapons always come with an element (Void, Solar, Arc) and the bonus of 5 points to the power level. Since the choice of element is situational, we do not provide recommendations here; the selection of available weapon mods simply does not allow for it.
The legendary pulse rifle Nergal PR4 with Void Damage mod
What armor mods are available?
Armor mods offer significantly more options. Here’s what you can do with armor mods:
Reduce the cooldown of your grenade / melee / class ability
Increase an attribute (Mobility / Recovery / Resilience) by one point
Increase the reload speed of Kinetic / Power weapons
Improve weapon handling for Energy and Power weapons
Improve recoil for Kinetic and Energy weapons
The attribute-increasing mods are generally not recommended, as the increase of one point results in only a marginal effect. The impacts of other mods are noticeably more significant.
Tests by Guardians have shown that increasing reload speed is quite noticeable (12% for Kinetic weapons, 9% for Power weapons). Mods that focus on weapon handling increase the speed at which a weapon is ready by about 15%.
However, you will have the best experience with mods that reduce cooldowns as well as for the Crucible with mods that improve weapon handling.
The cooldown reduction of your abilities
The exact effects of armor mods on the cooldown of your abilities have been examined in detail by the streamer Datto. Many players have complained that cooldowns are too long. These mods can help reduce them. But that’s not all. They are even stackable.
You can equip up to two mods at the same time for melee and grenade abilities, and up to three for class abilities (depends on the chosen class and focus)! With three mods, the Nightstalker can use their class ability every 18 seconds. Note that the effect is multiplicative with each additional mod. Each mod reduces cooldowns by about 9%. With three mods, you thus gain a time advantage of 27%!
In addition to reducing your cooldowns, you also have the option to influence the recoil of your weapons. This effect is also stackable.
If you equip two mods that improve the recoil of your kinetic weapon, you hold a laser in your hand. A savvy player has tested this extensively. The following screenshots show the firing behavior of a weapon with no weapon handling mod equipped, one mod equipped, and two mods equipped:
The firing behavior of a weapon without a kinetic mod
The firing behavior of a weapon with one kinetic mod
The firing behavior of a weapon with two equipped kinetic mods
As can be clearly seen in the screenshots, the firing behavior with two equipped mods is significantly more vertical. This makes the weapon more manageable and allows you to land critical hits more easily. A significant advantage in battle against other Guardians!
Summary: In the fight against computer-controlled enemies, reducing cooldowns is a great feature; it’s worth investing in the appropriate mods. If you already have a very stable weapon in your hands, this setup is also recommended for the Crucible.
If you want to improve the firing behavior of your weapons to dominate in the Crucible, you should consider the mods that positively influence recoil. They offer bonuses that come very close to the weapon perk Balance Adjustment in Destiny 1.
What mods and setup are you using? Let us know in the comments!
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The semi-finalists of the Overwatch Contenders are set. Over the weekend, the final matches brought forth the winners – with some moments that will be remembered.
As is often the case with eSports tournaments, this year’s Overwatch Contenders also had its special moments. Time and again, the professional players show why they can earn big money with video games. Invenglobal has compiled five fascinating scenes that we would like to present to you.
Place 5: Leaf with rockets, but without a fist! Leaf from Team GamerOrigin
Lucas “Leaf” Loison, who is actually known for his pioneering work with Doomfist, surprises with a strong first “Play of the Game”. Although he isn’t wearing the glove this time, he has remained true to rockets. A barrage that everyone would love to have:
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Place 4: Take double measures, then charge once. Hafficool from Team 123
Hafþór “Hafficool” Hákonarson proves that a sword can decide a battle if it is wielded perfectly. Just at the right moment, he takes out Soldier 76 as he is about to aim his tactical visor, only to clean up with the Dragon Blade.
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Place 3: Definitely no déjà-vu. Vallutaja from Team eUnited
Time jumps are a tricky affair. If you’re not careful, you’re quicker than you actually plan. And sometimes you don’t even know what’s just happened. In a very chaotic skirmish in a tight space, Hendrik-William “vallutaja” Kinks shows how a Pulse Bomb can clean up in the heat of the battle.
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Place 2: Bring the earth to tremble! Fate from Team Immortals
If a weapon is bigger than your own body, it is usually an indication that you better stay out of its way. Especially if it is a rocket-powered hammer. A well-placed Earth Shatter can quickly decide victory and defeat, as Koo “Fate” Pan-Seung shows.
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Place 1: Sashimi in seconds. Agilties from Team Immortals
A death by something that is so fast that you can hardly see it is usually an extremely quick Tracer. Or a Genji with Nanoboost and Dragonblade. With inhuman reflexes and incredible precision, Brady “Agilities” Girardi carves his way to the well-deserved first place with a “Nanoblade”.
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In addition to the remarkable plays, the results of the Overwatch Contenders so far have also been very interesting. Both in Europe and North America, the teams have given their all. Here are the tabulated results:
Europe:
North America:
Four teams each from Europe and America have qualified and will compete for 100,000 Euros per region at the beginning of October. The playoffs will take place on October 7th at the Blizzard Arena in California. The final matches will follow directly the day after. In the European semi-final, there will be the following matchups:
Misfits vs. Cloud9
Team Gigantti vs. 123
These pairings will compete for a spot in the North American finals:
EnVyUs vs. FNRGFE
FaZe Clan vs. EnVision Esports
After the finals, also on October 8th, North America will challenge Europe in a team deathmatch showmatch. Maybe it will show that this game mode is also suitable for eSports.
This guide from Paladins tells you which champions are particularly suitable for beginners.
Are you new to Paladins and not sure which heroes to play at the beginning? Here we present champions from each role that are suitable for starting in Paladins.
Paladins’ roles in a quick overview:
Tank: The frontline is responsible for capturing and protecting objectives like the payload or the center point.
Damage: These champions are meant to significantly weaken and eliminate enemies. They need to drive opponents away from objectives and force them to retreat.
Flank: Flankers try to infiltrate the enemy’s backline. They are designed to pick off individual targets like the enemy support and eliminate them as quickly as possible.
Support: The supporters heal their team and hinder opponents. They usually have CC properties and can protect their team.
Here are our champion recommendations for beginners:
Frontline: Fernando – The classic tank with a big shield
Fernando has the deadliest weapon in the entire game: his damn good looks!
In addition to his good looks, the self-proclaimed knight has weapons and traits that come closest to a classic tank in Paladins:
a powerful shield
a charge
high health
immortality as an ultimate skill
Fernando is quick and easy to understand. He has a massive shield behind which the entire team can seek safety. Moreover, the shield withstands strong attacks for a long time. This makes Fernando ideal for capturing and defending objectives. It takes a lot of firepower to eliminate the knight or force him to retreat.
Fernando’s role is therefore simple to fulfill, yet the knight has a significant impact as a defender.
With his charge, Fernando quickly dives into battle and deals slight damage to enemies he hits. This allows him to quickly position himself in front of his allies and activate his shield. He plays supportively.
When things get tough, Fernando can activate his ultimate ability “Immortal”. This gives him and nearby allies a tremendous defensive boost. For a few seconds, Fernando and his team cannot be eliminated while this skill is active. A last-minute rescue or the signal to attack.
Despite his strong tank traits, Fernando is also flexible in use. He possesses a flame lance and throws fireballs, making Fernando a valuable support even as a damage tank. It depends on your deck build whether you play Fernando more defensively or offensively.
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Damage: Lian – The princess with the auto-aim rifle
Lian is an extremely dangerous offensive heroine, also favored by professionals. Nevertheless, she is suitable for beginners as she is an easy-to-learn heroine with which you can quickly win duels.
The princess has traits that make her a solid and secure beginner champ:
2 auto-aim abilities that deal heavy damage: Bravery and Grace
A powerful ultimate that grants Lian immunity to damage and CC.
Lian excels at her role as a damage champ:
With her fast and steady firepower, she melts tanks with ease and drives them away from the objective.
With her auto-aim properties, Lian has strong advantages in duels against aggressive flankers
Lian’s ultimate ability “Enlightenment” is particularly strong. The princess gains immunity to damage and CC while firing a massive shot in any direction that penetrates opponents. If she kills an enemy with Enlightenment, Lian receives a reduced cooldown on her ultimate skill.
Lian is a standard champion similar to Viktor, who is also a good choice for beginners. With her auto-aim and extremely high firepower, she has a greater chance of winning duels and eliminating enemies before being eliminated herself.
Support: Seris – The supporter with the strongest single healing
Seris is particularly practical for beginners among the supports in Paladins. The dark oracle, with her skill “Soul Renewal”, is the only supporter who possesses a healing beam.
Seris’ strong healing is intuitive and her skills are easy to hit:
Seris’ “Soul Renewal” is the strongest healing in the entire game when it comes to healing a single target.
The healing is executed with a simple click. The champion to be healed just needs to be targeted.
Seris does not have a skill that requires her to aim well
Supporters need to calculate their cooldowns well. They must quickly decide which ally to help or which enemy to hinder. Here, Seris has a bit more leeway than other supporters in Paladins.
Seris’ movement ability “Shadow Travel” makes her invulnerable and invisible! This means that the supporter is extremely difficult to catch and can quickly find safety. This allows you to play her a bit more aggressively or recklessly.
Seris’ attack consists of floating orbs. It is quite easy to hit with these projectiles, as they remain in the air and stick to enemies. With these soul spheres, Seris can deal significant damage and score some kills herself – also a way to support the team.
Seris’ ultimate ability “Convergence” creates a rift in reality that pulls all enemies towards it. Now the enemies are stuck for a few seconds and can be shot at will. No aim is required for this either. The most difficult part to learn here is to catch the right moment, which comes with experience.
Flank: Lex – Has Magnums with auto-aim & ultimate with insta-kill
Lex is a flanker who has built-in auto-aim, an easy-to-hit insta-kill, and he can reveal a champion. Additionally, he has solid mobility, which is particularly important for a flanker.
Lex’ skills are excellent for eliminating single targets:
Lex’ “Hunt” has high damage and built-in auto-aim. He fires quickly and accurately at the next target.
With his mobility skill “Battle Slide”, Lex moves quickly in the direction he is looking. The range is high and the cooldown low – ideal for escaping.
Lex can reveal at least one champion with “Retribution” and see it through walls. This can support in killing or fleeing.
His ultimate triggers an insta-kill on enemies with 65% health or less. This skill also has auto-aim but does not go through walls or shields.
Lex’ entire skill set is solid for someone looking to learn the flanker role. Flankers like Evie or Talus require more experience and skill compared to execute quick kills.
Lex can quickly get to the backline with his Battle Slide, land a quick kill with his auto-aim properties, and safely slide back out. What beginners should note with Lex: The reveal from Retribution does not mean you should blindly chase the revealed enemy. This can quickly lead to your own death without the necessary experience.
Another beginner-friendly flanker is Skye. The assassin has many escape options and can attack perfectly from ambush.
In FIFA 18, the TOTW 2 (Team of the Week 2) is known. These players will receive Inform cards in Ultimate Team this week.
This week, the second Team of the Week is already being released, as last week saw the Early Access with EA Access and Origin Access, meaning the FUT season in FIFA 18 started earlier with the TOTW 1.
The TOTW 2 features some highlights. Messi stands out with an overall rating of 94! From a Bundesliga perspective, Aubameyang is exciting with an overall of 89. He has a pace of 97! Here you can see the entire Team of the Week 2:
Player Ratings and Stats from TOTW 2 in FUT 18
Starting XI:
GK: Adán – Real Betis Balompié – (Spain) – Spain CB: Azpilicueta – Chelsea – (England) – Spain LB: Faouzi Ghoulam – Napoli – (Italy) – Algeria CB: Hilton – Montpellier HSC – (France) – Brazil CAM: David Silva – Manchester City – (England) – Spain CDM: Miralem Pjanić – Juventus – (Italy) – Bosnia and Herzegovina LM: Yacine Brahimi – FC Porto – (Portugal) – Algeria ST: Lionel Messi – FC Barcelona – (Spain) – Argentina ST: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Borussia Dortmund – (Germany) – Gabon ST: Álvaro Morata – Chelsea – (England) – Spain LF: Stephan El Shaarawy – Roma – (Italy) – Italy
Substitutes: GK: Mamadou Samassa – ESTAC Troyes – (France) – Mali RB: Daniel Sundgren – AIK – (Sweden) – Sweden LB: Danny Grainger – Carlisle United – (England) – England CDM: Manuel Konrad – Dynamo Dresden – (Germany) – Germany LM: Yoane Wissa – AC Ajaccio – (France) – France ST: Carmelo Valencia – La Equidad – (Colombia) – Colombia ST: Patrick Mullins – D.C. United – (USA) – United States LM: Yamil Asad – Atlanta United FC – (USA) – Argentina ST: Sascha Bigalke – SpVgg Unterhaching – (Germany) – Germany ST: Simone Zaza – Valencia CF – (Spain) – Italy ST: Vágner Love – Alanyaspor – (Turkey) – Brazil ST: Jürgen Locadia – PSV – (Holland) – Holland
These were the Predictions for Team of the Week 2 in Ultimate Team
The Team of the Week 2 will be released on Wednesday, September 27. However, there are already predictions available online. These are forecasts of which players might receive special cards could. These predictions never align 100% with the official TOTW, but they give a good overview of which players could be included in the Team of the Week.
These predictions stem from the futhead site:
Starting XI – Predictions:
Adan – GK
Faouzi Ghoulam – LB
Hilton – CB
Frank Fabra – LB
Stephan El Shaarawy – LF
Miralem Pjanic – CM
James Rodriguez – CAM
Leroy Sane – RM
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – ST
Lionel Messi – ST
Morata – ST
Substitutes – Predictions:
Mamadou Samassa – GK
Danny Grainger – LB
Yamil Asad – LM
Yoane Wissa – LM
Manuel Konrad – CDM
Carmelo Valencia – ST
Patrick Mullins – ST
Dani Ceballos – CM
Yacine Brahimi – LM
Simone Zaza – ST
Jurgen Locadia – ST
Vagner Love – ST
As soon as the official TDW 2 is known, we will update this article.
What is the TOTW in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team?
Every Wednesday, EA Sports reveals the Team of the Week in their annual football simulation’s “Ultimate Team” mode. This is also true for FIFA 18. Players who performed outstandingly in real football over the past week are rewarded with special cards that have improved attributes.
You can pull the TOTW cards within a week from the packs that may contain Rare (Gold) players. However, the chance of doing so is considered low. Additionally, you can buy them on the transfer market if they are offered by other players. However, the prices are usually extremely high.
The TOTW 2 is available in packs from September 27 (7 PM) to October 4 (7 PM). After that, you can only access the TOTW-2-players through the transfer market.
The former face of WildStar is going on a journey again. After Blizzard, he is now moving to a new “PC project” by Nexon.
Anyone who has been keeping up with the latest MMORPG releases in recent years cannot have missed Stephan Frost. Especially players of WildStar are likely to remember him, as he was the Design Producer and the voice of the “DevSpeak” videos, where he repeatedly broke down the madness of WildStar.
But we all know what happened with WildStar – despite good ideas, the “hardcore” principle failed to convince, and Stephan Frost quickly moved on: to Amazon.
Now Stephan Frost has changed employers once again. Last Friday was his last working day at Blizzard, and last night he announced where he is headed next: the Korean MMO giant Nexon.
He revealed on Twitter that he will be working for Nexon as Creative/Game Director on a “brand new, yet to be announced title for PC.” This is a big promotion for Frost – a “Game Director” is the director of a game, holding all the strings and making the key decisions.
So Frost has moved from a smaller fish in the pond (WildStar) to the ocean (Amazon/Blizzard), and now he is back in a pond (Nexon), but this time as a big fish.
The announcement is unusual in that the trend in South Korea has recently been leaning towards mobile games, and only a few PC games are being developed. Nexon is known for games like Maple Story and Vindictus.
Nexon is probably working on an Unreal Engine 4 MMO in the USA
However, it will likely take a while before we get to see images of the new game. Frost explained that he did not want to create any “hype” with the secrecy surrounding his job change – it is still too early for that, as the project is still in its infancy.
From other job postings by Nexon, it appears that it could be an MMO utilizing the Unreal Engine. Nexon has numerous job openings for their studio in California. But we still don’t know much more.
Do you have high hopes for this new announcement? Or do you find it strange when a developer changes employers so frequently?
You hope for new PokéStops in your area? This Ingress action could greatly help the Pokémon GO community.
Ingress is a popular game by Niantic that existed before Pokémon GO. Instead of walking to PokéStops, players interact with portals in Ingress. Through a new action with the community, players can now suggest new portals for the game.
The advantage for Pokémon GO players: Many of the portals will be turned into PokéStops or gyms for Pokémon GO.
New PokéStops
As Niantic announced on Twitter, “OPR” (Operation Portal Recon) is now active. This allows new portal locations to be suggested via the Ingress scanner. However, submissions can only be made by Ingress players who have reached level 11. So quickly registering and suggesting a few portals won’t work.
The “agents” from Ingress can then submit up to seven portals. Since the PokéStops and gyms in Pokémon GO are based on significant locations and portals from Ingress, Pokémon trainers can also be happy about the OPR action. However, not every portal will be turned into a stop or a gym.
One should still see an increase once the portals are approved. If there are Ingress players in the area, there will soon be good chances for new stops or gyms.
For the OPR project, Niantic uploaded a video. It explains what the project is about.
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When submitting portals, you must adhere to Niantic’s guidelines.
Antique or rustic farmhouse equipment
Do not submit if it is on private property.
Submit if it is displayed in a public park or museum and is of historical value.
Signs for residential or construction areas
Do not submit. Only if they are historically valuable or of significant importance.
Cairn (stone heap)
Submit if the stacks are of significant size and are publicly accessible and legal.
Cemeteries
Only submit if the cemetery is historically valuable or has special significance for the community.
Place or street signs
Only submit signs of historical significance.
Fitness / sports equipment
Submit if the location is in a park or other community gathering place. If multiple devices are present, only the area counts, not each individual device.
Fire stations
Only submit if it is a monument or museum. The access road for emergency vehicles should not be restricted.
Fire lookout towers
Submit if they are accessible to the public. Do not submit if the towers are privately used.
Wells
Submit if pedestrians have access. Do not submit if the well is in the middle of a lake and has no access.
View pavilions
Submit if the location is in a park or other community gathering place.
Golf courses
Do not submit portals “on the golf course.” Only take places where players can sit and meet others.
Tombstones
Only submit if the tombstone belongs to a famous or historically important person. It also counts if the tombstone belongs to a well-known community member and is over 50 years old. Additionally, the cemetery must be open for visits with historical background and other visits.
Rest stops
Submit if the place is a tourist attraction, has historical background, or is of significant value.
Historic houses
Only submit if the house is publicly accessible and not privately owned.
Hospitals
Only submit if the location does not block important roads. No portals are allowed on or in hospitals.
Hotels
Submit if the hotel is historically valuable, has an interesting history, or is unique in the community.
Memorial benches
Only submit if they commemorate an important community member or are located in sparsely populated areas.
Memorial plaques
Only submit if they commemorate an important community member.
Mountain peak markers
Submit. Permanent logbooks, structures, or signs are accepted.
Playgrounds
Submit if the location is in a park or counts as a community gathering place.
Post offices
Submit – Connects people around the world.
Ruins
Submit if the location is publicly accessible.
Campsites
Submit if the location is historically valuable, has an interesting story, or is unique in the community.
Trail markers
Submit if it helps explore the area or learn something about the location.
Water towers
Submit if they are publicly accessible, have a unique appearance, or are considered an important monument.
In FIFA 18 the most important innovations of the “Pro Clubs” mode are known. This is what you need to know for the new club season on PS4, Xbox One, and PC!
For many fans, the club mode is the most important mode of the annual FIFA series. The reason: It provides the most intense online experience, where even 11vs11 matches are possible. Together with a few buddies, you can play together in the club and compete online against other clubs.
In doing so, you create your own Virtual Pro, which you can customize and improve over time. This online experience mixed with the progress system of your own “Pro” is what attracts many to Pro Clubs.
In FIFA 18, the club mode returns in polished form. It features four important innovations.
These 4 Things Are New in Pro Clubs
Veteran club players have been wishing for years that EA Sports would invest more love into the club mode, provide more customization options, and make the gaming experience more social. It has been criticized that the focus in recent years has been too much on FUT 18 and that Pro Clubs has been neglected.
While FIFA 18 does not bring revolutionary innovations, it does include a few sensible changes.
A New, Better Game Lobby
Before a match, club players gather in the game lobby, where they choose their lineup and start the match. In FIFA 18, this lobby has been significantly improved. It is now more user-friendly, efficient, and reduces annoying waiting times.
In the game lobby, you have 5 options:
The tab called Game Lobby shows all players present in the lobby. Here you choose your position.
In Playing Styles, you can switch between your three playing styles – these are a new feature explained further down.
In Roles, you can choose the roles on the field, such as the captain, corner and free-kick takers, or penalty takers.
In Settings, you determine your jersey and choose whether the opponent search should consider the random position, the goalkeeper, or a minimum number of opponents. In game type, you decide whether the game should be a league, cup, or friendly match.
Playing Styles
Playing styles are what one might call “loadouts” in other games. You can skill your Pro in various ways and save this. For example, create a striker, a midfielder, and a defender. Each can have different body measurements and skills.
In total, you have three playing styles available. You can find them under “Player Development” or in the game lobby.
Until now, you had to painstakingly rebuild your Pro if you wanted to play a different position. In FIFA 18, you can quickly switch between playing styles. This saves time.
New Skill Tree – Player Attributes
Your virtual Pro now has access to a comprehensive skill tree, divided into the areas of physical, defense, dribbling, passing, shooting, pace, and goalkeeping. In each of these areas, you can unlock specific player attributes that improve your Pro.
To unlock these, you need skill points, which you earn by playing matches.
With this skill tree, you can customize your Pro and decide whether you want to focus more on stamina or high shooting power values.
Jersey Customization
In FIFA 17, you could already create your own jerseys in the club, but the options were quite limited. In FIFA 18, 12 new colors are expected to be added.
The MMORPG Legends of Aria (formerly Shards Online) is taking shape. The final alpha is starting soon.
Legends of Aria is considered by fans to be what many imagined as an unofficial successor to the classic Ultima Online. The gameplay mechanics are reminiscent of UO, as well as the freedoms and generally the feeling that you can do whatever you want in the vast world.
However, the PvP system differs from the original Ultima Online. In Legends of Aria, PvP is only possible in specific areas.
The final alpha plays like a real game
Anyone missing the feel of Ultima Online in modern MMORPGs should mark September 28. On this day, the final alpha phase of the online game starts. This brings a lot of new features, including 32 new skills, 100 additional weapons and armors, 300 more items and crafting resources, and new areas that you can explore and choose as your home. The final alpha of the MMO is supposed to provide a complete game for the first time.
New is also the city of Valus as an additional starter zone. Here you can experience your first adventures in the sewer tunnels or in the graveyard. In addition, you trade and meet with other players to form groups and explore the large area.
A well-rounded MMORPG
The exploration of the world is designed to be exciting. You will continually find interesting places where there is something to experience. Among them are teleportation towers that you must unlock for fast travel.
The developers explain that the final alpha of Legends of Aria offers a huge amount of new content. Players must experience this themselves to realize that the MMORPG has become a well-rounded game.
At the end of the year, the Early Access phase is expected to start, which is essentially considered a beta. A release of Legends of Aria is planned for 2018.
Bungie is putting a bounty on Destiny 2. The problem: For German players, the event takes place at impossible times.
The Bungie Bounty is back. This ritual was held weekly in Destiny 1. Bungie puts a “bounty” on a streamer. Anyone who takes them down in normal Crucible operations during a specific time receives a special emblem. Here it is:
Set your alarm if you want to claim the bounty
The problem: The event takes place at an unsociable hour for German players. From this Wednesday night to Thursday at 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM on PS4.
Anyone who wants to participate needs to set the alarm like back in the day for boxing matches and rise in the middle of the night and get started while they’d rather be peacefully asleep.
Players on Xbox One are also excluded from this current event. However, Bungie explicitly announces that they will hold later bounties for Xbox players on their platform.
Bungie annoys with US working hours
Recently, players in this country have been feeling that Bungie is located on the West Coast of the USA in Seattle: the long maintenance periods in recent weeks always took place during the main European playtime and stretched from the late afternoon to the late evening.
Between 4 PM and 10 PM, most German players probably want to fight against the Darkness with their Guardian. That doesn’t work when Bungie is busy tweaking the servers. And that continues to frustrate players.
Kill the hat guy, save the world
This time the target of the Bungie Bounty is the streamer Gigz. He is assisted by three Bungie employees: Senior Designer Kevin Yanes, Community Manager Cozmo, and Senior Designer Josh Hamrick.
Hamrick became known as “the hat guy” during the Sandbox stream for Age of Triumph in Destiny 1. He managed to draw the community’s ire because he presented it as his idea to nerf the Bladedancer. It was about the skill “Ungering Blade.” Back then, some people complained about “the hat guy”: they thought the Bladedancer was already too weak.
A porn dialogue makes its way into the German version of League of Legends. In LoL, assassin Evelynn whispers: Why is there straw here?
“Why is there straw here?” is a phrase that almost every German between 12 and 30 knows.
The phrase originally comes from a porn film from 2002 “Eighteen and a Half 18”.
A woman in lingerie enters a basement with a masked man. It seems to be about him checking the circuit box. There is straw in front of the circuit box.
A dialogue unfolds as follows:
Woman: “This is the circuit box we always have problems with. Can you take a look at it?”
Man: “Yes, gladly. But… why is there straw everywhere?”
Woman: “And why are you wearing a mask?”
Man: “Hmm… then give me a blow job.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUDmRDx4K0A
Porn Dialogue becomes Internet Phenomenon and part of League of Legends
This dialogue from the porn film became an internet phenomenon years later, around 2011.
Only this completely absurd dialogue, not the actual sex action, was shown so often in video clips that everyone had seen it at least once. Often in connection with how hollow dialogues in porn films are, as they are only about “getting to the point.”.
Now Riot Games shows humor and gives the sentence “Why is there actually straw here” to the sexy assassin Evelynn in League of Legends. As part of a champion update, her lines in the game were renewed.
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A user on reddit noticed that this sentence suddenly appears in the new German voice of Evelynn.
Evelynn, the Widowmaker, has been in League of Legends since 2009. She is a kind of man-murdering femme fatale with animal-demonic elements. Evelynn has always been depicted as highly sexualized.
The PC system requirements for the beta of the upcoming online shooter Star Wars Battlefront 2 are now known.
On October 4th, the multiplayer beta of the online shooter Star Wars Battlefront 2 will start. Pre-orderers of the versions for PC, PS4, and Xbox One can get an initial glimpse of the action-packed gameplay. The open beta begins on October 6th. From this day on, everyone can join in. The entire beta phase ends on October 9th.
The system requirements for Star Wars Battlefront 2 are known
Electronic Arts and Dice have now announced what PC you need to have to enjoy Star Wars Battlefront 2.
Here are the minimum system requirements:
CPU with AMD FX-6350 or Intel Core i5 6600K
Graphics card Geforce GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7850
DirectX 11.0
8 GB RAM
Windows 7 64 Bit
Origin Client
15 Gigabytes of free disk space
As recommended system requirements, the developers specify:
A good internet connection with a transfer rate of at least 512 KByte/s is also required.
If you play on PS4 or Xbox One, you don’t have to worry about that. Just download the beta, log in, and play. Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be released on all platforms on November 17.
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For Warframe, the eagerly awaited open-world update Plains of Eidolon will be released soon. However, it will not be in the last week of September. The developers are working hard and even cancel the Devstream to finish the update as quickly as possible.
Warframe impressed fans and critics when a few months ago the big open-world update Plains of Eidolon was presented at the in-house convention Tennocon. Since then, players have been eagerly waiting for the update, but concrete release dates are hard to find. According to the developers, the release is imminent. Perhaps even this week?
However, there has been disillusionment: Plains of Eidolon will not come this week, and there will also be no Devstream from the developers!
Release of Plains of Eidolon in October?
The reason for the stream’s cancellation is, according to community manager Rebecca Ford, the great stress currently at Digital Extremes studio. They are indeed working like crazy to finish the Eidolon update.
It was once planned that Plains of Eidolon would come this week. However, they decided to give themselves more time to complete the update.
Ford still does not want to specify exact dates. But the announcement sounds promising. The release date of Plains of Eidolon will be announced early next week.
If the release of Plains of Eidolon was truly planned for the last week of September, it could well mean that the open-world update is coming in October!
Day-Night Cycle and Giant Monsters in the Open World
Once Plains of Eidolon is released, you will experience new aspects of Warframe. Instead of roaming in confined areas, you will explore a large open map on the Plains of Eidolon. There, the usual enemies will roam during the day, which you can easily defeat with your Tenno.
However, at night, stronger foes venture out of their hiding places, and the tough endgame begins. The toughest battles will occur in Plains of Eidolon when the titular Eidolon appear. These are gigantic monsters that the developers internally refer to as Kaiju, Titans akin to Godzilla!
In Destiny 2 a new puzzle has been solved in the Tower: Here’s how you find the Dance Party Key and the Loot-a-Palooza Key and start a Dance Party!
Since September 26, the faction leaders from the Dead Orbit, the Future War Cult, and the New Monarchy have been in the Tower of Destiny 2. However, they did not come alone – they brought a new puzzle that has to do with Dance Party Keys and Loot-a-Palooza Keys.
Near each faction leader, there is a device that says “Dance Party Key required.” In this picture, you see the device at the Dead Orbit. For orientation: Arach Jalaal is on the left. The terminal is directly behind him:
But how do you get a Dance Party Key? How do you start a Dance Party?
How to get the Dance Party Key – Step by Step Guide
The first step is the hardest: You must go into the Leviathan raid and get lucky.
Defeat the final boss Calus. Among the loot you receive, there may be a Loot-a-Palooza Key. According to user reports, it is a random drop. There is no guarantee. As help, we have our raid guide for you here.
Once you have the Loot-a-Palooza Key, fly to the Tower to the faction of your choice. Look for the terminal nearby that requires the Loot-a-Palooza Key. For example, again the Dead Orbit: Run past Arach Jalaal and go up the stairs in front of you. This terminal is there:
Now a kind of mini-game starts. You will receive a message that hidden chests are nearby. You must open these chests, which are sometimes difficult to reach. You need to climb and master “jump passes.” This mini-game is indicated by the “public event” symbol. The symbol will guide you to the chests. In the end, you will receive the Dance Party Key!
Once the event is over, you can activate the device that says “Dance Party Key required.” A chest will spawn nearby and music will play. This chest can supposedly be looted by all guardians in the Tower – and they can also dance.
The rewards in the chest are, by the way, very meager. You only get Glimmer and maybe a blue item. But the real reward is the Dance Party that you can now celebrate. If you’re curious, this is what the Dance Party music sounds like:
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Blizzard is working on a new, unannounced MMO, but it will be a mobile title. Could World of Warcraft meet Clash Royale or Clash of Clans?
Over the last few months, Blizzard has pulled some of its top people from their regular jobs and assigned them to new, internal projects. These projects are games that have yet to be announced and therefore have no names.
For months, WoW lead Tom Chilton, Heroes of the Storm guru Dustin Browder, and Starcraft 2 icon David Kim have been “missing” and involved in the new project or projects.
Real-time Strategy Meets MMO on Mobile
We know that Blizzard is currently working on at least two titles, but we still aren’t sure exactly which ones.
One is likely to be a first-person shooter – some believe it could be a Diablo or Starcraft title.
The other is a mobile title, probably with a Warcraft license. Recently, we learned from a job listing that this mobile title is supposed to be a “MMO RTS project” – an MMO game with elements of real-time strategy.
RTS and mobile – one initially thinks of “Clash of Clans,” “Clash Royale,” and similar mobile games. They are incredibly lucrative.
Players control their armies and deploy them on different lanes, which then march against the opponents. This is supported by spells and tricks.
These MMO-RTS games used to be the most lucrative mobile titles worldwide: first Clash of Clans, later Clash Royale. However, in recent months, MMORPGs like Lineage M and Lineage 2 Revolution or MOBAs like Arena of Valor have dominated the global top charts on mobile.
If one were to combine a well-known game principle like “Clash Royale” with one of Blizzard’s major licenses like World of Warcraft or classic Warcraft, it would be a surefire way to print money.
An “MMO RTS” would fit this description: something like a Clash Royale with a WoW license.
In the past, Blizzard has been able to take existing game concepts, polish them, and take them to unprecedented heights. Clash of Clans and Clash Royale are already extremely successful on their own.
In the space online game Elite Dangerous, war has broken out against the Thargoids – even though the players actually wanted peace.
After mysterious alien spacecraft appeared in Elite Dangerous a few months ago, they have now declared war on humanity. The Thargoids appear repeatedly in space and pose a challenge as enemies.
The player Commander Relient Owl reports on his first encounter. A Thargoid ship was located among the wrecks of NPC imperial spaceships, noticed the player, scanned him, and opened fire. In no time, the ship was nearly scrap.
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So far, no player has managed to destroy a Thargoid ship. However, they can be damaged, as the player jcollasius reports.
He shot off a piece of the hull of a Thargoid ship, analyzed it, and discovered that the ships are apparently of organic nature. He could not find out much more, as the piece of hull corroded and attacked the systems of his ship.
Aggressions come from the Thargoids
Why the Thargoids attack is unclear, as the players of Elite Dangerous actually wanted peace.
A protocol for “First Contact” was even circulated, which was supposed to avoid an aggressive first contact and instructed players to behave calmly when in contact.
Source: reddit
Reactions to the protocol show that in most cases, the Thargoids are the attackers. Players generally behave pacifistically. However, this does not help them much, as the aliens continue to attack relentlessly.
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How this war in Elite Dangerous will develop and whether humanity has a chance of survival will be seen over time … or not. We at Mein MMO welcome our new intergalactic overlords in any case!
A streamer considered himself particularly clever and wanted to bypass his ban in Overwatch . However, Blizzard did not relent.
For several weeks now, Blizzard has been taking a more aggressive stance against troublemakers in Overwatch. Anyone who misbehaves, deliberately loses games, or artificially influences their skill rating to ruin the enjoyment of others will face penalties. Repeated offenses can even lead to a complete ban for the season.
One of these rules states that players may not manipulate their skill rating. The streamer Stevooo announced on Twitter that he wanted to undertake a “Silver to Grandmaster” challenge.
So Stevooo bought a new account, invited 5 “friends” who were all in the Bronze tier, and completed his placement matches. And what had to happen happened: Stevooo was ranked low, left the group with his “friends,” and began the challenge.
However, not for long. Blizzard quickly banned Stevooo’s second account.
He then complained that he only had the account to play with his friends. He felt punished for wanting to play with his friends.
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Blizzard explains that influencing the skill rating goes against the agreements. Stevooo retorted with a disgruntled: “Got it, I can’t play with friends.”
Blizzard even contacted Stevooo via Discord and explained the case to him in detail, how they came to the decision:
If Stevooo had continued to play with his friends after the placement matches, everything would have been fine.
Right after the placement matches, he started his “challenge” stream.
From then on, he only registered solo.
Blizzard sees it as proven that the account was created solely to start this challenge – and that is against the terms of service.
Cortyn says: I find the whole “Bronze to Grandmaster” challenges quite silly anyway. If a professional Grandmaster buys a second account and then starts in Bronze… does anyone really find that exciting? Is it really interesting to see that a Grandmaster player can plow through Bronze, Silver, and Gold opponents? Yes, wow. A professional is indeed a professional and can also earn back their original rank. What a “challenge”.
What do you think of this approach? Is Stevooo actually “in the right”? Or is it good that Blizzard does not let themselves be fooled here?
Good news for trainers from Pokémon GO: The Solstice Event has been extended. On September 26, there were significant server issues that caused trainers to lose important event time.
On Tuesday, September 26, there were significant server issues with Pokémon GO. Around 11 AM, we received the first complaints. Trainers struggled unsuccessfully with logging in. Even in the afternoon, after several hours of downtime, the servers only allowed a few players to log in to Pokémon GO.
When gameplay resumed in the evening, demands for compensation were voiced. After all, there is currently an event with double Stardust.
Niantic has now officially extended the Solstice Event.
Solstice Event ends one day later
After trainers worldwide had to forgo the mobile game for several hours, Niantic has offered compensation. The Solstice Event will now not end, as planned, on October 2, 2017, at 10:00 PM.
The new end of the event is on October 3, 2017, at 10:00 PM. On Facebook, the Pokémon GO team wrote:
“This morning we noticed an error that prevented players from logging into Pokémon GO. After working with our partners, we were able to resolve the issue and confirm that the login functionality is now stable. Due to this outage, the Equinox celebrations will be extended by 24 hours and will end on October 3 at [10:00 PM local time]. We thank you for your patience and hope you earn plenty of Stardust and hatch many Eggs.”
Players who lost important items like raid passes or lucky eggs during the server downtime or a day of the “7 days in a row spinning PokéStops and catching monsters” should contact Niantic support. You might receive assistance.
To do this, open your game, tap the PokéBall, then “Settings,” “Help Center,” and select “Submit a request” in the top right corner. There you will fill out the form.
In Destiny 2, a new Nightfall strike is up next: The Pyramidion. Here’s how to succeed in the Nightfall – even on Prestige!
With each weekly reset, Guardians are presented with a new Nightfall. This is a challenging version of a strike, where you have a time limit and other modifiers. If you master this endgame activity, you will receive the best loot. There is “powerful gear” that you can earn once per week and per character through the Nightfall.
This week, the Pyramidion is the Nightfall strike. This is a strike on Io where you face the Vex and Taken. You need to eliminate the Genesis Mind Brakion.
The Modifiers and Challenges of the Pyramidion Nightfall
The Pyramidion is actually a cool strike, which impresses with various environmental hazards. However, in the Nightfall, you have no time to examine this strike closely. Because time is of the essence!
These are the modifiers:
Flash Flood: Endless power flows from within you. Abilities recharge faster as a result.
Time Loop:Zero Hour: The mission timer cannot be extended. You have 22 minutes in the normal Nightfall and 17 minutes in the Prestige mode.
The Challenges in the Nightfall Strike:
Complete the Nightfall with at least 5 minutes remaining.
Complete the Nightfall with fewer than 3 deaths.
Do not allow Brakion to be shielded for more than 40 seconds before you defeat him.
Tips for the Nightfall Strike
General tips:
Use the Flash Flood modifier at all times: Always throw your grenades as soon as they are charged. You get a new grenade approximately every 6 seconds.
The pulse grenades are powerful in PvE. Therefore, consider using a Striker Titan or a Stormcaller Warlock who can deal damage to enemies.
The Nightstalker Hunter with the Orpheus Rig is also recommended, as he can generate many orbs of light, allowing you to use your super more frequently. Show the enemies your devastating abilities!
You cannot extend the mission timer, so you need to defeat the enemies quickly. Coordinate who uses their super, collect the orbs, throw grenades, and clear the areas as fast as possible. By the way: At the beginning, you can use your Sparrow to ride the first few meters in the Pyramidion.
Be more cautious with the laser beams. If you die, it will cost you more time. Move through with focus.
Once portals are open, run through them. The enemies that spawn do not need to be defeated.
Flash Flood also recharges the Warlock’s Rift and the Titan’s Barricade faster. Use these advantages, especially during the boss fight.
The boss goes down quickly if you keep him under fire with pulse grenades.
If you want to play with the Sunbreaker Titan, take the “Hallowfire Heart” chest armor. This significantly reduces your solar ability cooldowns while the Hammer of Sol is charged. That means you can throw grenades almost continuously!
If you get stuck somewhere, here is a video where Nexxoss completes the Pyramidion in Nightfall on Prestige. Even though the Guardians died multiple times, they ended up with over a minute remaining:
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The action MMO Lost Ark offers insights into the game mode “Guardian Raid” in the second closed beta. In this mode, you hunt a boss like in Monster Hunter and take it down. Watch gameplay videos to see what it looks like in the game.
Lost Ark is a fast-paced action MMO in the style of Diablo and currently, the second closed beta is running in Korea. Among other things, there is a game mode called “Guardian Raid”. In this mode, you set out to hunt a large monster that you should take down together with up to three teammates.
Guardian Raid gameplay in video
If you know the game Monster Hunter, you will quickly find your way in the Guardian Raids. Like in Capcom’s monster hunt, the goal in Lost Ark’s Guardian Raid is to hunt and take down a particularly nasty beast. There is plenty of loot waiting for you, but the fight is anything but easy.
First, you need to find the beast. Together as a team, you explore the map and once the creature is located, you need to quickly form up and deal some serious damage to the monster. But keep in mind that the creature will eventually have enough and flee. Then the fun starts all over again and you need to track down the beast once more.
Golden Scorpions and Ice Beasts
Currently, there are two such Guardian Raids on the site Steparu.com. One of them targets the golden scorpion Nakrasena. At another time, the team hunts a beast called “Arctic Regioros” in an icy wasteland.
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In each boss fight, you only have a limited number of respawns, so you cannot die too often. Guardian Raids are therefore only for experienced players who work well as a team and help each other out. We have embedded the videos of the fight against both Guardian bosses here. Enjoy watching!
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