The Western MMO Wild West Online starts today, on September 22, in the second technical alpha. In this, besides server stability, new missions, HUDs, and better maps are to be tested.
Last week, you could play the controversial Western MMO Wild West Online in the first technical alpha. There was a lot of criticism of the game and some demanded their money back, according to Reddit.
You might think: The developers need time to process all this. But that is not the case.
Despite all the criticism, this weekend you can again rob other players in the Wild West, ride around the area, or shoot down bandits.
New Alpha with More Content and Improvements
The second alpha will still show an unfinished game. But compared to the first alpha, the developers have improved a few things. Among other things, the following has been changed:
There are now missions that mainly act as tutorials
There is a new HUD graphic
Maps have been revised and now show discovery quests
Over 50 bugs that caused the game to crash have been fixed
When mining resources, you can no longer accidentally hit other players
The compass now shows the correct distance and direction of your horse
In the MMO shooter Destiny 2, the Trials of the Nine start today, on 22nd September. Which map will be played, what is the mode?
Update 19:05: The Trials are not yet displayed in the game.
Update 19:10: More and more users are reporting that the Trials are now working. Have fun!
Due to a glitch that was exploited, Bungie is changing the Trials on 22nd September.
Update 21:00: Bungie has now changed the Trials due to the issues to “Countdown on Eternity.” This is the same mode as last week. The change was apparently necessary because players cheated. They were able to glitch outside the intended combat area on the map “Altar of the Flame”.
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In Destiny 1, it was exciting for PvP enthusiasts week by week to see which map the Trials would take place on. In Destiny 2, not only is there the question of the map, but also of the mode. There is no longer a “fixed Trials mode” (which used to be elimination); instead, the competitive PvP modes Countdown and Survival alternate.
The first Trials of the Nine ran a bit chaotically last week. At the start, nobody really knew if you had to buy a ticket for the Trials, what the access requirements were, and where to actually start them. Now we know:
You must have completed the story campaign,
mastered the “Call to Arms” milestone at least once
and be over Power Level 260,
to have the Trials displayed in the Crucible overview. You do not need to buy a ticket. You have it automatically.
This week, the map “Altar of the Flame” is being played. Update: Due to a bug, the map has been changed. Players could leave the map. The new map is Eternity. The mode is Survival.Countdown.
What are the Trials of the Nine with the Survival mode?
This time, you will fight in the Trials in the mode “Survival”. This is a round-based PvP mode.
You compete in four-player teams against each other, with all four players per team sharing a certain number of lives. If a Guardian on your team is defeated, it costs you one life. If you defeat an opposing Guardian, it costs the opponent one life. The defeated Guardian respawns automatically after a few seconds. Reviving by teammates is not possible.
If all lives are exhausted, you can no longer respawn. If the team that has no lives left is completely defeated, a round is over. Win multiple rounds to decide the match.
After each match, you will receive “Trials of the Nine” tokens that you can exchange for Trials engrams with the vendor. In addition, you will receive additional rewards after 3, 5, and 7 victories. If you achieve a flawless run (7 wins without a loss), you can pick up an extra reward. If you have 3 losses on your ticket, you have to start over.
In the Trials of the Nine, there is no matchmaking. You have to assemble your team of 4 players yourself. Also, it is a “locked-loadout playlist.” This means you cannot change your weapons and armor parts until you leave the playlist.
Are you annoyed by the current issues with the Pokémon GO-Plus gadget? Don’t worry, Niantic is already working on a solution for the slow operation.
Many users of iOS 11 devices are complaining that there are currently issues with the Pokémon GO Plus gadget. The GO Plus is supposed to assist trainers while playing by making captures and spinning PokéStops easier. However, due to the new iOS update 11, annoying delays have occurred.
The developers at Niantic are aware of this problem and are already working on a solution.
Pokémon GO Plus: Vibrating takes too long
For a few days now, trainers have been complaining that it now takes significantly longer to catch a Pokémon or collect items from a Stop with the Pokémon GO Plus.
The reason for this is that the “alarm” of the Pokémon GO Plus can only be canceled after it has vibrated/blinked three times. Before the iOS 11 update, this could be done without a minimum number of vibrations.
The following video clearly illustrates the problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kw4qrea2Vs
Now there is good news. Niantic has read the feedback from fans (which has actually been present since the beta of iOS 11) and is aware of the issues. On the official website, the team explains that they are working on a solution.
We are aware of the issue regarding the Pokémon GO Plus for Apple devices with iOS 11. The problem is that the Pokémon GO Plus accessory does not register a button press until the LED indicator blinks three times. We are working on a solution to this problem.
GO Plus problems also on Android
Since the Apple issues, some Android users have also reported on social media saying “We are having issues too!”. Why Niantic only addresses the problems with iOS users and does not address the issues with Android is unclear.
Since there is a new PvP mode in the coop shooter Fortnite that resembles PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the developers of PUBG are upset. They claim that the battle royale mode in Fortnite is too similar to PUBG. Therefore, they are considering taking further action.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently the king of the battle royale genre. On Steam, the game from the Korean studio Bluehole has immense success and peak numbers of concurrent players. The competition in the form of H1Z1: King of the Kill has long been left behind.
Nevertheless, it seems that Bluehole is worried about a newcomer: the upcoming PvP mode for the coop shooter Fortnite. It is supposed to launch for free next week on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The port for consoles is still pending for PUBG.
Developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sees too many similarities in Fortnite
Fortnite is actually a coop shooter where four players build fortifications together to fend off waves of zombies. It was purely a game for PvE fans. Players did not compete against each other. But then, the developers at Epic Games created an additional PvP mode called Battle Royale.
In it, you jump – like in PUBG – from a lonely island, gather weapons, and take each other out. However, according to Bluehole Vice President Chang Han Kim, this is not okay. Fortnite is mimicking the PUBG experience.
They even advertise for Fortnite that the PvP mode is like PUBG. Epic Games stated in the announcement for the PvP mode that they are big fans of battle royale games like PUBG and H1Z1, which is why they developed the new mode.
Relationship between Bluehole and Epic Games strained
Also critical: Epic Games develops the Unreal Engine 4 alongside games. This is also used in PUBG, and they have a contract with Epic because of this.
They are therefore business partners, and such an action is even more inappropriate. Thus, Bluehole is considering taking further steps.
Battle Royale, the free PvP mode of Fortnite, will be released on September 26. This will be available on PC as well as on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. PUBG, on the other hand, is expected to come to Xbox One later. A PS4 launch remains unclear.
Players do not share Bluehole’s outrage
While Bluehole is upset about Fortnite, players mostly see it more relaxed. After all, PUBG is the undisputed king in the battle royale genre. And the Koreans did not invent this type of game anyway.
Even PUBG creator and former Arma modder Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene once said in an interview that he firmly expected other developers to try their hand at the genre and hopefully do their own thing. He himself would not care much and would rather finish his own game.
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And despite all the similarities, Fortnite’s battle royale mode has enough unique features, such as colorful comic graphics, a completely different gunplay, traps, destructible environments, and fortifications.
For Guild Wars 2 on September 22, 2017, the release of the second major expansion Path of Fire. But how do you get to the new areas of Elona and the Crystal Desert? And where can you find the first mount? Find out here information about the first mount and the game entry at release.
Guild Wars 2 will receive on September 22 at the release time of Path of Fire the second major expansion. Here you will enter new areas of Tyria, including the Crystal Desert and northern Elona with Vabbi and the Domain of Palawa Joko.
But how do you get there? The areas were not part of the world of Guild Wars 2 before. And where and how can you get the first mount?
Path of Fire – How to get to the Crystal Desert and start the expansion
The Crystal Desert is a distant and inhospitable place. After all, peoples have perished there while searching for the “Ascension.” However, in Path of Fire, the journey into the desert is not particularly difficult.
You just need to start the new story chapter of your personal story and follow the instructions. Proceed as follows:
Open the hero window with the “H” key or through the menu
Select “My Story” and then “Path of Fire” from the displayed selection
Once you have started the Path of Fire story this way, you will receive a letter in the game, which you will find in the mail menu.
Open the letter and you will receive an invitation to Lion’s Arch.
From Lion’s Arch, it will then automatically lead you to the Crystal Oasis in the Desert.
Congratulations! You have taken the first step and can now enjoy the expansion Path of Fire!
How do I get my first mount?
The major highlights of Path of Fire are undoubtedly the new mounts. You can find four of them in the expansion. But how do you get the first mount? Easier than you think. To obtain your first mount, you simply need to complete the first section of Path of Fire in the starting area of the Crystal Oasis.
For this, you will receive a magnificent Raptor as your first mount. With this dino, you can race through the desert at high speed and perform extremely long horizontal jumps. Additionally, there are other things you can do with the riding dino (and the other mounts):
You can participate in mount races at the Oasis Amnoon.
Thanks to the special movement skills of the various mounts, you can reach previously inaccessible areas and thus achieve unique accolades and treasures.
Continue to complete quests and story missions to earn mastery points for your mounts. They will then level up and learn new abilities. Mounts work similarly to the masteries in Heart of Thorns or Season 3 of the Living Story.
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Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood is getting bigger in October. With the big update 4.1, there will be a continuation of the main story as well as a new raid that takes you back into the world of Final Fantasy XII.
The epic story of Final Fantasy XIV is not over yet after the end of the last story quest from the Stormblood expansion. Rather, the epic story continues with update 4.1 “The Legend Returns”. Also, you can look forward to mysterious characters, a new dungeon, and a raid that takes you into the world of Ivalice from Final Fantasy XII.
Main Story – The Journey Continues in Ala Mhigo
Anyone who wants to know what happens to the city after the liberation of Ala Mhigo should not miss update 4.1. The liberated city is at the center of the new main quests and revolves around the difficult decisions that Lyse, Fordola, and Raubhan must make.
If you prefer exploring exciting instances, you can look forward to the new dungeon “The Drowned City of Skalla.” This city was once destroyed in war and ultimately swallowed by raging waters.
In Shirogane, the new housing area of Kugane, you can relax in a new house after all the challenges.
New Raid Leads to Ivalice from Final Fantasy XII!
Another highlight of the update is the new raid “Return to Ivalice.” The raid involves a visit from an airship full of mysterious characters that appear over Kugane and want to perform a play.
The raid itself takes you to the foreign world of Ivalice, the setting for various games from the Final Fantasy series. Games such as Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Vagrant Story are set in Ivalice, a world inspired by European medieval times.
Patch 4.1 for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood will be released in October 2017.
What have Turalyon and Alleria been doing all these years? Almost 2 hours of WoW audio drama provide an answer. Here you can listen to the official Blizzard game in German.
Patch 7.3 of World of Warcraft revolves entirely around Argus, the Burning Legion, and the Army of the Light. The main characters are Illidan, Turalyon, and Alleria. However, the latter two had been missing for a long time, and nothing has been heard from them since the strategy game Warcraft II.
The fact that they now appear in the game “suddenly” and lead the battle against the Legion surprises some players, and they wonder: What have the two actually done in the meantime? How did they come to the Army of the Light, and what really happened after the closure of the Dark Portal?
Blizzard is now providing an answer – and it’s quite elaborate.
In the three-part audio drama Thousand Years of War, Blizzard lets us participate in what Turalyon and Alleria experienced over the years. It not only explains how they came to the Army of the Light but also how the opposing forces of the cosmos act in World of Warcraft. Anyone with 2 hours to spare – since that’s how long the audio dramas are – should definitely check this out as a lore fan.
Thousand Years of War Part 1: Two Bright Lights
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Even “original language enthusiasts” should give the audio drama in German a chance, as David Nathan is once again featured as the narrator (the voice of Johnny Depp, Christian Bale).
So if you need a little something to listen to besides daily farming or world quest marathons, you should definitely check out the story – it’s worth it.
Cortyn says: As long as Blizzard continues to hire David Nathan as the narrator for the audio dramas, they could easily tell the dramatic story of Hogger from Elwynn Forest. I am definitely excited that Blizzard is releasing this story just “between the patches” and not as a prelude to a new expansion. This clearly shows (to me) how much they love their own story and the Warcraft universe. More of this, please!
More information about Red Dead Redemption 2 will be available soon. A new trailer? Gameplay? Rockstar will give us a date.
How do you build unbearable tension among fans? You say something but at the same time say nothing. This is exactly how Rockstar manages it with Red Dead Redemption 2.
On social media, they provided fans with a date. But they are not telling us what to look forward to.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Teaser in September
On Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks, Rockstar announced: On Thursday, September 28, something will happen. The date is featured on a background in the “Red Dead Redemption” style. They are not providing us with more details.
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Now we are waiting for next Thursday at 5:00 PM German time. It is hard to say what we will be surprised with. We hope for a trailer that brings us closer to the story of Red Dead Redemption 2.
By the way, Rockstar is right on schedule, which was promised for more information. Recently, it was said that there would be more info about RDR2 “this summer.” And now, just a few hours before the end of the last day of summer, an announcement for an announcement comes.
What kind of news are you hoping for?
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In Destiny 2, the Wardcliff Coil, an exotic rocket launcher, is available from Xur. What can this weapon do, what are the perks, and is it worth buying? Is it the Gjallarhorn 2.0?
Xur has appeared for the second time in Destiny 2 and countless Guardians awaited this arrival with great curiosity. The reason: In Destiny 1, Xur brought the Gjallarhorn in his second week – the best weapon in year 1 of Destiny that everyone coveted and which became the cult weapon par excellence.
For the Gjallarhorn was an exotic rocket launcher that was the solution to all problems. Who needed tactics when you could take down any enemy within seconds with the big G-Horn in hand?
But in year 1, countless Guardians made the “mistake” of not buying the Gjallarhorn. In the early days, no one knew what to do with an exotic rocket launcher. No one wanted to sacrifice the Exotic slot for it. Many were still unsure about Xur.
The result: Throughout the rest of year 1, these Guardians were immensely frustrated because Xur was stingy with the rocket launcher. He only brought it back in August 2015 – that day was named Gjallarhorn Day.
As fate – or Xur – would have it, the Agent of the Nine has once again brought an exotic rocket launcher in the second week of Destiny 2: the Wardcliff Coil. Does this Exotic have what it takes to be the “next Gjallarhorn”?
How to Get the Wardcliff Coil – Finding this Exotic
Finally, one must say, the Wardcliff Coil is in the game. As early as 2015, the symbol of this rocket launcher was discovered in the databases. Players wondered when and how they would get their hands on this weapon and if it was hidden somewhere in Destiny. But no, the weapon could not be found.
With “Rise of Iron” in Fall 2016, suddenly the perks of this weapon appeared in the databases. Now it was certain that the rocket launcher would soon be available. However, nothing came of it again.
For “the microphone” or the “Dubious Volley,” as the Wardcliff Coil was referred to in the community, only came into the Destiny universe with Destiny 2. Now it is available.
The Wardcliff Coil, which Guardians have coveted for over 2 years, can be randomly obtained from all sources that can drop exotic engrams. Also, Xur can sometimes have it in stock, like this weekend. In other words, you either need luck or must act quickly when Xur has it.
How Good Is the Wardcliff Coil in PvE and PvP? – Characteristics and Perks
The Wardcliff Coil is an exotic rocket launcher that deals arc damage. The rate of fire is 60, and the magazine holds a single charge. The standout stats are the high velocity of the projectiles and the good handling of the weapon.
These are the special perks:
Crazy Scientist: The weapon fires a volley of rockets. When you press the trigger once, several mini-rockets are fired at once.
Mechanized Self-Loader: The weapon automatically reloads when picking up ammo. Just run over the power ammo and start shooting.
The weapon clearly has its strengths in PvE. Especially when you are dealing with many enemies, such as during public events or in raids. The mini-rockets seek their targets and have a relatively high damage output, allowing you to eliminate hordes of adds in no time.
But the Wardcliff Coil is also useful against heavy bosses in PvE. It deals significant damage.
In short: A powerful weapon for bosses and for crowd control. Public events can easily be mastered solo, as some higher-tier enemies continuously supply power ammo. It is also useful in raids.
However, the Wardcliff Coil also has disadvantages:
Its range is quite limited. If you are not at close range to the enemy, the mini-rockets will fly wildly around.
In PvP, you have only one shot per ammo drop. With that one shot, you might take out one or two enemies, but whether it is worth sacrificing the exotic slot for that is something everyone has to decide for themselves.
Conclusion: The Wardcliff Coil is a weapon that feels truly exotic. It may not always be the best choice in every situation, but it offers an exciting gameplay experience that you should definitely try out. If you have 29 Legendary Shards left, they are well invested with Xur.
The Wardcliff Coil is arguably the weapon closest to a Gjallarhorn in Destiny 2: It is an exotic rocket launcher with cool properties and an extravagant look. It probably won’t reach the cult status of the Gjallarhorn. But who knows how we will think about it in a few months. It’s best to get the Wardcliff Coil now, or you might regret it one day…
By the way: According to the in-game description, the Wardcliff Coil is a randomly generated prototype of terrible power.
In The Division, maintenance work will be carried out today, on September 22nd. The servers will go offline. Additionally, the PTS for Update 1.8 has started.
As Massive has just announced, “emergency maintenance work” will occur today for The Division. This means the servers are down for the third time this week. On Tuesday, Update 1.16 was released, regular maintenance was conducted on Thursday, and today there is an emergency maintenance.
The work will begin at 4 PM our time. The servers will go offline. The estimated downtime is one hour, so you can play again around 5 PM.
Massive is quite vague regarding the “emergency.” They state: Some bugs will be fixed that caused multiple issues with loadouts.
After the maintenance, these issues should be resolved.
PTS for 1.8 are live – What are the patch notes?
Some new features of Update 1.8 can now be tested on the PTS, the public test servers. As Massive announces, they have been live since 3 PM.
However, currently only PC agents can access the PTS. Console players on PS4 and Xbox One need to wait a few more days. Massive is aiming for September 26th as the launch date for the console PTS, but this date is likely to be postponed. They will inform us in time.
As of now, while this article is being written, there are no patch notes online for PTS Phase 1 of Update 1.8. We will embed them here as soon as they are available.
In the PTS, you can visit the West Side Pier (the new PvE area) and Camp Clinton (the new social hub), play the new PvP mode “Skirmish”, test the new Exotics and six new secret Gear Sets, and try out the gear enhancement. However, not all features are live yet. The new Underground is still missing, for example.
Guild Wars 2 gets its second big expansion. But what kind of experience awaits you with Path of Fire? Will it be another annoying grind like in Heart of Thorns, or does the Crystal Desert offer something new and exciting for the fans?
I also didn’t like Heart of Thorns as much as I had hoped. But I have a better feeling about Path of Fire.
Path of Fire – Desert is better than Jungle
Unlike Heart of Thorns, Path of Fire takes you to the Crystal Desert and northern Elona. Elona was the setting of the grand expansion Nightfall for Guild Wars 1. This expansion is still one of my absolute favorite expansions, partly due to the cool story and the fresh setting in the Oriental and African look.
The Crystal Desert is even more historic for Guild Wars veterans. Who doesn’t remember the countless hours in Guild Wars 1, where you trudged through the eternal wasteland full of tough enemies in search of the “Ascension”? It was all laborious and exhausting, but in the end, you were proud to have accomplished it.
Also cool and back again: The Domain of the Undead Despot Palawa Joko, who was somehow a cool guy. So the setting of Path of Fire is full of beautiful memories and feelings that the annoying and convoluted jungle of Heart of Thorns never evoked for me.
Dragons are boring villains
Path of Fire also solves another problem that has been annoying me in Guild Wars 2 for a long time: Dragons are not good main villains! Sure, huge lizards that spit fire or whatever and wipe entire raids away in one hit are cool end bosses. But they are totally uninteresting for a dramatic story. A dragon doesn’t speak, it doesn’t act in a humanly understandable way, it is just boring!
That’s why I celebrated the appearance of the Sylvari rogue Scarlett Briar, who was an extremely cool rogue in the joker format. When she was finally defeated after many story episodes, instead came the utterly boring plant dragon Mordremoth. Sure, the dragon was a cool threat as a primal force, but as a charismatic villain, he was lacking.
Gods are better villains than dragons
At the beginning of Season 3 of the story, it seemed like more dragons were up next: “Okay, Zhaitan and Mordremoth are gone, Jormag, Kralkatorrik, and the new fire creature are still missing! All right, we can handle that! Taimi, get the Dragon Blaster ready!”
But then the big surprise: The new main villain is not the dynamic dragon duo of Jormag and Primordus! Your arch-nemesis is none other than the old war god Balthazar!
Balthazar was my favorite god from GW lore, and I’m really curious what the noisy brat with the horned helmet is really planning. Especially the fact that I now apparently have to protect the dragons from the wrath of the god because otherwise the world would burst is a genius twist. This time I’m really excited to see how it ends. In Heart of Thorns, however, I didn’t really care about the story. It was clear that Mordremoth would die in the end.
Mounts are cool!
Lastly, I’m really looking forward to the new mounts from Path of Fire! The four beasts are all cool, and I will hardly be able to decide between the magnificent dinosaur, the cute bunny, the sleek ray, and the teleporting fox creature.
That the mounts also take on the masteries is another plus point. I prefer upgrading my cool raptor’s jump power rather than learning a skill that allows me to crawl through dirty tunnels in the jungle.
My conclusion – Path of Fire will be better than Heart of Thorns!
Sure, the new mount masteries could turn out to be the same boring grind as in HotS, and the story about Balthazar and the dragons could turn out to be a dud.
Nevertheless, I have a good feeling, and the features of Path of Fire appeal to me overall much more than they did in Heart of Thorns. So I’m looking forward to my new trip to Elona.
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The Solstice Event (Equinox) in Pokémon GO starts tonight. You can expect a lot of Stardust and special Pokémon.
The kick-off for the Solstice Event in Pokémon GO is tonight. After players were dissatisfied in recent weeks for various reasons, as they could not participate in the Safari events, there is now again a global event that everyone can participate in.
In the coming days, you can diligently collect Stardust and hatch cool Pokémon like Chansey. Additionally, there is a triple XP bonus, which is especially beneficial for newcomers.
Stardust Event Start and End
Tonight, on September 22 at 10:00 PM German time, the Solstice Event in Pokémon GO begins. Although the term “Solstice” is technically incorrect, as the event is called “Equinox” in English and represents the day-and-night equal. Nonetheless, we refer to the event for clarity as the “Solstice-” or “Stardust-” Event.
The Solstice Event is active for more than a week and will eventually end on Monday, October 2 Tuesday, October 3. During the event, the following bonuses and features will be available to you:
Double Stardust: You will receive double the amount of Stardust as a reward when catching Pokémon and hatching eggs.
Special 2km Eggs: From PokéStops, you will receive special 2km eggs from which Chansey, Meryl, Larvitar, and other specimens can hatch.
Shop Packages: In the in-game shop of Pokémon GO, there will be special packages for you. These include items like lucky eggs, lures, and the new Super Incubators. This new type of incubator hatches eggs at 1.5 times the speed.
Super Incubator: According to new findings from data miners, the Super Incubator is said to have three charges. When this item was first found in the code weeks ago, it was assumed that it only had one charge. If these new findings hold and Niantic does not change anything, we would have a strong item for the event. Hopefully, the in-game price will match as well.
Triple XP for new Pokémon
An interesting bonus is the triple XP, which is credited only when a player registers a new Pokémon in the Pokédex. For players who want to start with Pokémon GO now, this is a great motivation.
Anyone who wants to recruit friends has good arguments for it with the event.
The “Pack Opening” is simply part of the Ultimate Team mode in FIFA. It’s fun to open sets; it brings excitement: “Maybe this set finally contains Messi!” However, one should not overdo it and should handle real-money spending wisely. In extreme cases, it can happen that one wastes thousands of dollars with Dad’s credit card.
Many players wonder: Which sets are the best? Which packs give you the most for your coins? Where is it worth spending savings in FUT 18?
These are the best packs in FUT 18
There is no universal answer to these questions: For example, if you want to build a bronze team, you should open bronze sets. If you want consumables, you shouldn’t buy a pure player set.
Most FUT fans want one thing above all: The best gold players that are the most valuable.Preferably special cards, such as the TOTW cards. For that, the sets must include “Rare Players”. With a good portion of luck, there might be a Cristiano Ronaldo or a Messi. However, most players are deprived of this luck – it would be good to be satisfied with a Hazard or Aguero.
To find the “best” sets, our advice is: Buy the available sets that have the lowest price per rare card. Sets with guaranteed Rare Players are especially recommended, with the best ones available through FUT Champions.
The three best sets in FUT 18:
Ultimate Champions Pack: 44 TOTW players – This is the most sought-after set in FUT 18. However, this set is only available as a monthly reward for those players who finish in the top 100. If you are not among the best FUT players, you can only watch how these sets are opened on YouTube.
Premium Champions Pack: 11 TOTW players – This set is also only accessible to the top “FUT Champions” players.
Gold Champions Pack: 3 TOTW players – You also need to be a top FIFA player for this.
The best packs you can buy with coins
In the following sets, you can potentially get the most for your coins (or FIFA Points). The calculations come from the site fifauteam and are based on hundreds of pack openings. They calculated how many coins a Rare Gold Player typically costs through the respective set:
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List of all sets – Overview
Here you can see which sets are available and which player cards and rare players they can contain. You can sort these tables as you like.
Standard Sets
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Promo Sets
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Sets that cannot be purchased
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To bring more variety to the battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a new map will be available soon. It features tall buildings and lots of sand. The new map will also include three new vehicles, as revealed by the head in a Q&A.
VW Bus for PUBG
In his AMA on Reddit, PUBG head Brendan Greene spoke about graphics, sound, and his desire for a single-player campaign. But the questioners managed to extract further news planned for the shooter.
Regarding the new desert PUBG map the head explained that new vehicles are already in the works for it. In total, the team is working on three additional vehicles. He did not want to reveal more details in the Reddit Q&A. However, there is now the first teaser on Twitter:
The strong resemblance to the popular VW Bus screams cult. How many players will fit in the van? Sounds like a good opportunity to hide in the back seat and wait for an unsuspecting driver. Then something will come from behind!
The status of the “hippie bus”, which stands for “peace and love”, will probably not be reached by the VW Bus in PUBG. But the vehicle does appear in similar forms in other games like GTA 5 Online. Even there, the car is not necessarily seen as a symbol of peace.
Surfer Bus in GTA 5 Online Source: gta.wikia.com
There is still no information on the other two planned vehicles for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. What vehicles would you wish for the new map?
More and more major publishers are shifting to “games as a service” titles like Destiny. Now Square Enix is on board.
In a statement to investors, the president of the Japanese publisher Square Enix, Yousuke Matsuda, reiterated the direction his company will take.
Square Enix will increasingly focus on multiplayer and online experiences. Single-player will become less important.
The days of single-player being the most important are over
The days of single-player games being the focus and multiplayer modes playing second fiddle are over. Multiplayer players have taken the lead. Today, it is standard for games to be designed for long-term play. Streaming is becoming increasingly important as well. Matsuda stated this in a statement to investors.
Experts point to the new multiplayer mode for Final Fantasy XV as an example of Square Enix’s new direction. They also expect a significant online component in the new shooter Left Alive.
With the current statements, the Final Fantasy publisher reaffirms a statement made in May. At that time, they had already announced that they would increasingly focus on the “games as a service” model in the future.
Games as a service – the pseudo-MMOs of modern times
Thus, Square Enix is following a trend that has been observable for years. The trend towards “games as a service.”
While single-player games dominated earlier, which received DLCs or expansions but were primarily relevant at their release, today the distribution model has become popular, which MMOs, MMORPGs, and MOBAs have relied on for more than 20 years.
Games are released, maintained with expansions and updates, and funded through microtransactions or other methods. The launch itself is no longer the deciding factor, but the lifespan of these titles is significantly longer.
The games then receive expansions and new content and remain relevant for years.
These games no longer rely on a strong single-player story, as that comes to an end eventually, but on multiplayer elements, character progression, and attractive gameplay that remains interesting even after several playthroughs.
Long-term motivation is the focus.
No genre – but the distribution model unites the new hot games
Examples of this development include diverse titles such as:
Grand Theft Auto Online
LoL
Overwatch
the FIFA series
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
or Destiny.
These games generate a lot of revenue even years after their release. Apparently, even the last single-player giants in gaming like Square Enix want to shift.
Other publishers like Ubisoft have also signaled clearly that they want to move more towards “games as a service.” It was already a surprise that Assassin’s Creed Origins would not focus as much on online modes as had been thought. However, Skull & Bones fully focuses on multiplayer.
It is assumed that future blockbuster titles like Anthem, Red Dead Redemption 2, or Borderlands 3 will fully embrace online play.
Next week, extensive maintenance is scheduled for Destiny 2 . A new update is coming.
Bungie announced an important date that you should mark in red on your calendar. Because on Monday, right before the end of the workday here, the servers of Destiny 2 will go offline – and will remain so for hours.
These are the important times:
On Monday, September 25, starting at 3 PM, preparations for maintenance will begin. You will not be able to log in.
At 4 PM, all players currently in Destiny 2 will be removed from their activities. The servers will go offline.
The maintenance is planned to end around 9 PM. However, it is common for Bungie that these times are never taken too literally. The servers could come back online hours earlier, or also hours later.
During the maintenance, the Update 1.0.3 will be deployed. What changes it will bring is not known.
Known Issues in Destiny 2
Bungie also lists known issues that have already been investigated or will soon be fixed, perhaps with 1.0.3:
The Trials of the Nine were not deactivated for the Weekly Reset as planned this week. From now on, the Reset should work. The Trials run from Friday 7 PM to Tuesday 11 AM.
The quest step “The Seal of His Majesty” does not increase correctly when players receive the Emperor’s seals.
Clan Engrams are sometimes not distributed even though players have met the requirements. If you change clans mid-week, you will not receive Clan Engrams until the next Weekly Reset.
If a player creates a new character after another character has received a Raid key, this key is incorrectly removed from the character’s inventory. By the way: Raid keys are removed at each weekly reset. So make sure to grab your loot by Monday at the latest!
Additionally, a problem is being investigated where Silver purchases are not correctly credited to the account. Bungie is working with partners to find a solution.
A student has designed her own character for Overwatch . Not only is the community excited, but Blizzard is too.
That Overwatch has one of the largest and most active fan communities is something most people are probably aware of by now. However, it is always astonishing how much love for detail some fans put into their work. This results in not only fan art for comics or YouTube videos, but sometimes also entire concepts for new heroes!
The student, who appears online as RM-Parfait (or “Purrfait” in Overwatch), has designed her own character for Overwatch: Tara. This was a significant part of her master’s thesis, with which she is now (presumably) completing her studies.
There are not only a few drawings of Tara, but also alternative skins, ideas for her home map, and precise specifications for each color used in her design.
Tara would enrich Overwatch as a healer. She could deploy “healing drones” that heal nearby allies as long as they are within a small radius of the drone. Additionally, she can trap enemies in a water bubble for 2 seconds, preventing them from acting and forcing them to wander around with the bubble until the effect wears off.
Even Kaplan praises the “Tara” concept
The community reacted so enthusiastically to Tara that they quickly urged Blizzard to also take a stance on this character. This led to RM-Parfait being personally praised by Jeff Kaplan just a few hours later with a “Wow, that’s fantastic! You are so talented!”
You can find the complete PDF with all drawings, references, and ideas in our sources.
What do you think of this character or the extent of the ideas and drawings? Would you want to play such a character?
Update 1.8 is approaching. According to the developers, it will give players what they have wanted in The Division for a long time.
In March 2017, Ubisoft and Massive presented the key innovations of Year 2 of The Division. It was stated that Update 1.7 would introduce Global Events as an exciting feature, and then a larger Update 1.8 would come that would deliver more game content.
Meanwhile, six good months later, not much has happened in Year 2. So far, only one Global Event has taken place, lasting exactly 7 days. After that, it was over. The next Global Event will not start until October.
The other features that have come so far, like Loadouts and commendations, have mostly been well received, but did not deliver the long-awaited new content.
With 1.8, this should change. In autumn 2017, agents will finally receive fresh game content – and that for free!
Update 1.8 introduces long-awaited game content
Recently, The Division developers spoke in a livestream about the goals they are pursuing with Update 1.8. One developer replied, that the big goal is to finally give players what they have wanted in The Division for a long time.
Basically, agents have been creating lists since the launch of The Division, enumerating the innovations they wish for in the future that would make The Division a better game. Like a map expansion, like PvP without PvE, or ways to upgrade gear.
All these things, and more, will be brought by Update 1.8:
Many users complain that the PvE enemies always stand around listlessly on the streets until you attack them. In the new PvE area, enemies will now spawn unexpectedly and randomly, providing a new player experience each time.
New narrative elements will be introduced. The enemy factions will unite in 1.8. You will experience this “story” through audio logs.
“Skirmish” will be the first pure PvP mode. Only agents will fight against each other. There are no NPCs. The maps are significantly smaller than in “Last Stand”, making the battles more intense.
In addition, there will be a ton of balance adjustments and innovations regarding items and talents.
However, not all wishes will be fulfilled with Update 1.8. There will be no new story missions or a first raid in 2017.
Nevertheless, many agents are currently positively surprised by how much content 1.8 delivers. Our reader maledicus writes that The Division is getting a real boost. He will check back in. Matima finds the innovation that hunters appear in the Underground “really cool”. Also, Lotte writes that she is looking forward to 1.8 more and more. In her opinion, this update is going exactly in the direction that suits her.
Are you also looking forward to Update 1.8?
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Many gamers think that their account is “cursed” or that the GameMasters hate them. Have you developed any gaming superstitions?
If the right weapon just won’t drop, it can be quite frustrating. If this goes on for several weeks, many players first complain that they just have no luck.
In every friend circle of gamers, there is one who is considered the “lucky one”, one who has a “sunshine account” and constantly gets better stuff than everyone else. And there is always someone who seems cursed and never has any luck.
Bow before the chest, and Gjallarhorn will drop!
In some games, there are even wild theories about how luck might be influenced. Many players think that there are very specific algorithms that might affect the loot.
Such types of “superstitions” exist not only in Destiny but also in MMORPGs like World of Warcraft. Here is a small selection of the most beautiful “conspiracies” that were never true.
Those who kill Kel’Thuzad’s cat (Mr. Bigglesworth) supposedly make all the bosses of the raid Naxxramas more difficult. This belief was fueled because Kel’Thuzad himself screams loudly when you kill the cat at the instance entrance.
If the players are not spaced out when facing Onyxia, she supposedly uses her “Deep Breath” attack more often. After every patch, there was a new theory about what influences this ability.
The first player to enter an instance supposedly decides its ID – which in turn is believed to determine the loot. If a main tank (warrior) enters a raid first, warrior loot is much more likely.
All these rumors ultimately turned out to be (of course) nonsense, but they are still funny and are even firmly part of the games. In WoW, there is an achievement called “They do that more often since the last patch” – in honor of all the theories around Onyxia.
Cortyn says: As often as I’ve visited Kael’thas in WoW to take the ashes of Al’ar from him, I can’t help but believe that my account is cursed. Maybe Kael’thas just never got over the fact that I betrayed him with a blood elf. It seems like the only way is to atone or just keep trying to get that one mount … and with every failed attempt, the belief grows that some GM from Blizzard is dancing around his computer like Rumpelstiltskin because he doesn’t like my face.
But now let’s come to you! Do you also catch yourself sometimes developing a “gaming superstition”? Do you also think that some GameMaster just wants to torture you personally and that’s why this one Legendary won’t drop? Let us know in the comments!
The second addon for Guild Wars 2, Path of Fire, starts this evening. Find out here at what release time it will start exactly and how many of you will buy the expansion according to our recently conducted survey.
Therefore, we started a survey about whether you want to get Path of Fire or not.
Survey – Most of you would buy Path of Fire
A few days ago we launched a survey and wanted to know, “Will you get Path of Fire for Guild Wars 2?” The results were more positive than one might have expected based on the previous mood:
2 percent of all voters have never heard of Path of Fire
5 percent play Guild Wars 2 but have (yet) no interest in the addon
11 percent are still undecided.
12 percent would start playing Guild Wars 2 again thanks to Path of Fire
18 percent disagree and will not start again
A whopping 52 percent, however, are fully convinced! They are already actively playing GW2, getting the addon and looking forward to it!
In total, 64 percent of all participants would definitely get the addon. 852 readers participated in the survey.
So when does the addon actually start today? The official start time of Path of Fire is 6:00 PM our time. Thanks to preload, you can already start the download now.
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