Pokémon GO: Plant Weekend – Grass Event starts tomorrow!

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The next Pokémon GO event is just around the corner and brings along Grass-type Pokémon. We will show you when the event starts and ends.

A global blooming will take place this coming weekend. As announced, a certain Pokémon species will be found more frequently in the coming days. According to Professor Willow’s research, these are Grass-type Pokémon. The start and end of the event has also been revealed by the developers. Hope for good weather this weekend so you can complete your collections without being disturbed by rain.

Grass Event in Pokémon GO – Start and End

In his research on the habitats of different Pokémon, Professor Willow has made some interesting discoveries. Among the most recent and important findings is a surge of Grass-type Pokémon. And he can even limit this frequent occurrence temporally. The start of the Grass Event is therefore the afternoon/evening of May 5, which is a Friday. Throughout the afternoon/evening, you will find Grass-type Pokémon more frequently in the wild.

Unfortunately, there are no precise details yet on whether the increase only concerns certain Pokémon of this type, or all Grass-type monsters.

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However, you only have a short time for this event, as it ends on May 8, which is Monday, and the spawns of Grass-type Pokémon will return to their usual numbers. Unlike the week-long Water Event, the event with the green friends is only of short duration. So make good use of the next few days to add the possibly missing Grass friends to your collection.

Which Grass-type Pokémon are suitable for the event, you can find out here

Lure Modules last longer

As another change, the developers later announced further modifications to the Grass Event. To help you catch your Grass-type Pokémon more easily, lure modules will be active for 6 hours the entire weekend! It seems the developers are particularly generous with you, as modules usually only last 30 minutes.

Shiny Bulbasaur or other Grass Shinies?

At the mentioned Water Event, fans found the first shiny monsters in Pokémon GO after just a few hours. Accordingly to the Water Event, these shiny monsters appeared in the form of Magikarp and Gyarados.

It is possible that new shiny Pokémon of the Grass type are expected during the Grass Event. Perhaps the title image featuring Bulbasaur is already a hint towards the next shiny that the developers are announcing secretly.

Let’s be surprised if there are any shinies at all in this event. Which Pokémon would you prefer?

Looking for hunting enhancement? The Pokémon GO Plus has a new low price on Amazon

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Player finds golden StarCraft CD, Blizzard overwhelms him with gifts

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

For the discovery of a 20-year-old CD, Blizzard is offering a lot, including a meeting with the developers and a BlizzCon visit.

It sounds a bit like a story from a typical young adult novel: When buying a box full of old items, Hector Solorzano acquires a suspicious golden CD labeled “StarCraft Gold Master Source Code” from Blizzard Entertainment.

For those who don’t know: the CD was lost nearly 20 years ago (1998) and has since been sought after because it contains, among other things, the source code of the game.

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After Solorzano shared his find on Reddit, some called him a liar and didn’t believe his story. Others wanted him to upload the CD’s content so that everyone could enjoy it. Still, other players became almost angry that Solorzano wanted to keep this CD for himself.

Ultimately, however, he chose a different path and contacted Blizzard directly. The game studio requested to have the CD returned – and Salorzano complied with the request.

As a first reaction, he received a finder’s fee from Blizzard – $250 in credit for the Blizzard Store and Overwatch as a new game.

But Blizzard’s gratitude didn’t stop there. Shortly thereafter, he received a large package from Blizzard, filled with lots of merchandise. From Overwatch plush toys to a new keyboard and a Diablo bottle opener, almost everything for the nerd’s heart was included.

And that was still not the end: Shortly after, he received a call from Blizzard and was asked if he had ever heard of BlizzCon. Of course, he had – but he had not been able to afford it until now. No problem – Blizzard is covering travel, accommodation, and even adds a “round of drinks with the developers.”

Overall, this story is a clear case of “Honesty is the best policy,” and whoever finds a little treasure and returns it can be assured of the owner’s gratitude.

Blizzard has now confirmed the entire story in an email to Kotaku:

“[We] wanted to show an appropriate level of appreciation for the player because he did the right thing, not just for Blizzard, but on behalf of the large and active community that still enjoys StarCraft today.”

Elsewhere, they are not as generous – in WoW, for example, they are removing the bonus chests from “Mythic+” dungeons.

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Lineage 2 Revolution: European release of the mobile MMORPG hit in June?

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Lineage 2 Revolution is a high-gloss MMORPG that will be exclusively available for mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones. After the game was immensely successful in South Korea, it is reportedly set to launch in Europe in June.

One of the most successful games in South Korea right now is Lineage 2 Revolution. The online role-playing game runs exclusively on modern mobile devices and has already generated around $170 million in its release month in Asia.

Therefore, the developers at Netmarble Neo want to release the game in the West as well.

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Lineage 2 Revolution – Launch in June?

According to an English-language website about the game Lineage 2 Revolution “should” launch here soon. However, it is not clear from the announcement whether Netmarble plans to launch Lineage 2 Revolution as a beta or if the mobile MMORPG will appear “properly” right away.

The information that it could start as early as June 2017 comes from a “Pre-Registration” page that is now offline again. In the meantime, users could even reserve their name there.

Lineage 2 Revolution will offer 4 playable classes: Humans, Elves, Dark Elves, and Dwarves.

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The game promises top-notch graphics, large real-time battles, and an interesting character progression.

We will surely hear a lot more about Lineage 2 Revolution in the coming weeks and months.

Also interesting: With ArcheAge Begins, another high-gloss MMORPG is coming to mobile

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Overwatch: New anniversary event? Data miners find clues

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Is a birthday event being prepared for Overwatch ? Data miners have found numerous hints about a new event in the PTR update.

Hard to believe, but Overwatch will soon celebrate its first birthday, as the release date will mark its first anniversary at the end of May.

The data miners have already analyzed the latest patch on the PTR, which mainly brought balance changes. However, the eager fans have found new hints hidden in the game data. There are initial lines of code that indicate an “EVENT_6”.

Moreover, initial hints have been found that each hero in the game will receive 5 or more cosmetic items. In most cases, these will likely be voice lines, spray logos, and similar “fluff”. However, a few heroes will receive more items, fueling speculation for skins, highlight intros, and new emotes.

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It has been a year since the release.
  • Reaper will receive 8 items
  • Tracer, Orisa and Sombra will each receive 7 items
  • Hanzo, Pharah, Bastion, Symmetra, Genji, Zarya, Soldier: 76, D.Va and Mei will each receive 6 items
  • Ana, Torbjörn, Reinhardt, Mercy, Roadhog, McCree, Junkrat, Winston, Widowmaker and Zenyatta will each receive 5 items

This also wonderfully overlaps with previous events, so characters with few skins will now receive new ones. Only Tracer is getting a special treatment – but she is also the beloved cover girl of Overwatch.

The anniversary of Overwatch is on May 24

Overwatch Orisa Highlight

The timing also seems to wonderfully fit into the speculated plan. Until May 22, the “Nexus Challenge 2.0” will take place in Heroes of the Storm – exactly 2 days later would be the anniversary of Overwatch.

Whether a big event will indeed take place on May 24 remains to be seen.

So far, all of this is still speculation and merely interpreted from some key data by the data miners. It would be surprising if Blizzard lets such a date slip through their fingers – because there would surely be plenty of fancy loot boxes again.

Have you seen the live-action movie about Mercy? Fans really went all out!

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The Division: Update 1.6.1 removes the worst Exotic from the loot pool!

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 3 minutes

For The Division, agents have hated the exotic backpack “NinjaBike Messenger Bag” for months. With update 1.6.1, it will be removed from the loot pool.

The State of the Game went live on May 4th. It had surprisingly many good news for the agents.

NinjaBike will no longer drop with 1.6.1

The “NinjaBike Messenger Bag” is considered the worst exotic in The Division. Even when it was introduced with update 1.5, it faced criticism because other exotics simply offer better benefits, like strong damage boosts. And NinjaBike has only this talent:

  • If you die in the Dark Zone, you lose less loot (1 public item less) and 20% less Dark Zone XP.
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With update 1.6, this talent actually became even worse: The patch introduced the change that you do not lose Dark Zone experience and currency if you are killed in the DZ and are not rogue. This means that the effect of losing 20% less DZ XP is completely pointless.

Therefore, agents have been demanding for some time that this unpopular backpack be revised or removed from the loot pool. It is a huge disappointment when, after struggling through a legendary mission or working hard to earn the weekly supply containers, the NinjaBike backpack is the reward. It is only good for dismantling.

Now comes the relieving announcement from Massive: The update 1.6.1, expected in May, will remove the NinjaBike backpack from the loot pool. If you already possess this exotic, this item will remain unchanged.

Massive recommends that you keep your existing NinjaBike exotics, as they are expected to be revised with a better talent in the future, and this change will likely be retroactive. They are targeting update 1.7 for that. However, they cannot promise this yet. With 1.6.1, it will be removed from the loot pool to avoid further disappointments.

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Ninja-Bag as a reward? The agent looks grumpy.

More inventory space in the backpack

Another piece of good news: Massive will test starting tomorrow on the PTS whether a backpack inventory expansion works. In the future, there should be 120 slots for level 30 backpacks, which is particularly useful and important for the loadouts feature.

Tomorrow, on May 5th, the third PTS phase will start around 10:30 AM, during which this new feature will be tested. A maintenance will take place on the public test servers from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM beforehand. The patch notes will be published tomorrow.

The PTS phase 3 is expected to be the last phase. If everything goes well, nothing will stand in the way of releasing 1.6.1 in May. Therefore, you should do everything possible with the backpacks starting tomorrow to uncover any possible bugs regarding the slot expansion. With changes to the inventory, it can also happen that items may be lost.

Note: The capacity of the storage remains unchanged.

Furthermore, there was information today that the invitations for the ETF will likely go out next week. You can find information on the elite task force for 1.7 and 1.8 in the link.

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Crowfall: Players are liable with their name – No anonymity for griefers

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In the MMORPG Crowfall, so-called griefers and player killers should think twice about ruining the fun for others. Because they will not remain anonymous.

Griefing is a popular pastime for many. Players – who are usually weaker – are ambushed and killed repeatedly in PvP. This makes the attackers feel good, have fun, and ruin it for the victims.

The classic Ultima Online almost went under due to griefing, as victims abandoned the game in droves at that time. Therefore, a server with stricter rules was introduced, focusing on PvE. A controversial but necessary solution.

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Griefers are a problem

Griefing is still a problem in many MMORPGs today, especially when open PvP with full loot is up for debate. On one hand, players enjoy the risk of being attacked by other players at any time and anywhere.

However, this opens the door wide for griefers to engage in their malicious play, which can ruin the fun for many. The MMORPG Crowfall is designed around PvP, which raises the question of how the developers will tackle the griefing problem.

In Crowfall, no one is anonymous

They do not want to impose strict rules on the fans. Essentially, the players determine what is allowed and what is not.

This could now become a paradise for griefers. But they will surely think twice in Crowfall about annoying others.

Because every player’s account name is visible to everyone. A griefer will be immediately recognizable and can be associated with their account name. Anonymity is a thing of the past. And this is the shield under which many griefers operate. Even if one creates a second character, it is always clear to whom it belongs.

So, anyone who has a hero as a friendly helpful player and a second character who constantly attacks other players will not have a good time in the game, because probably no one wants to play with them – not even with the helpful character. The developers of the MMORPG Crowfall have talked about this and several other topics in a new video.

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Destiny: Range, Precision and Aim Assist – What do these stats mean?

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In Destiny, we delve deep into weapon stats. What do stats like range, precision, aim assist, and stability really do?

Destiny is not meant to be a “numbers game”. You shouldn’t have to sift through dozens of statistics with every new weapon while pulling out your calculator. Instead, Destiny aims to be a shooter where Guardians choose weapons that feel good to them, look appealing, and are fun to play with. The developers have emphasized this in the past.

Therefore, players are not bombarded with numbers in-game. In fact, you see remarkably few numbers in the menu. Rate of fire, damage, range, stability, and reload speed are only displayed with bars; only magazine size and attack level are shown in numerical form.

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All other stats, such as aim assist, are not visible in the game at all. If you want more information about the weapons, you have to visit external sites. But even these cannot uncover all the secrets surrounding the weapons in Destiny. What exactly does aim assist do? And how do the stats influence each other?

Weapon Theory – What the stats do to help you hit better

The Guardian Mercules904, who is known in the English-speaking community as a weapon expert and crucible enthusiast, has thoroughly examined the values on the weapons. As he writes, he has spent a lot of time testing the various stats in Destiny. Now he explains what range, precision, aim assist, and stability actually do.

These overlap and influence one another. Together, they determine how the weapon feels in the hands of the Guardian.

Range

Range is a value you should primarily increase on hand cannons with the appropriate perks. If you use “Extended Barrel” or “Hammer Forged”, three things change on your weapon:

  • Damage Falloff Distance: Weapons in Destiny deal less damage at certain distances to the target. This is the damage falloff, or “Damage Falloff”. The furthest distance at which you still deal maximum damage is called optimal range. By increasing “range”, you expand this optimal range.
  • Aim Assist Falloff: Additionally, the distance at which aim assist is effective is increased. More information on this below.
  • “Error Angle”: This value determines how far a shot can deviate from the center once the bullet has left the weapon. Under sustained fire, this error angle increases, meaning that even if you aim directly at the center, not every shot lands directly in the center. If you increase the range value, the error angle narrows – the shots are more precise.
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Precision

Precision is a value that is not displayed directly in the game. You can increase it with perks like Persistence, Eye of the Storm, or Hot Swap. This improves two things:

  • The “Error Angle” (the value that is also influenced by range)
  • The “Projectile Precision”: This refers to the probability of whether a bullet lands directly at the center or gets deflected. This value has proven particularly difficult to test, which is why Mercules is not entirely sure here. As an example, the hand cannons: They have poor values at the error angle, meaning that when you fire shots rapidly, the bullets fly all over the battlefield. However, since hand cannons have a high “projectile precision”, the first shot is still extremely precise. It lands exactly where you aim. With rapid follow-up shots, the projectile precision suffers.

Aim Assist

Aim assist is influenced by perks like “Hidden Hand” or various scopes. It does the following:

  • Crosshair Stickiness: When you have an enemy in your sights, the crosshair wants to “stick” to it and follows slight movements.
  • Bullet Magnetism: The bullet hits the target even when you slightly miss it. The bullet essentially changes its path after leaving the weapon. This aim assist is only effective at certain ranges (can be increased by range). The function of magnetism can be seen as a larger hitbox – as an area around the target in which shots still count as hits when you aim there.
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Stability

Stability can be increased with perks like “Perfect Balance” or “Reinforced Frame”. It has two effects:

  • Barrel Movement: With each shot, the weapon has a certain recoil. This jerking motion can occur vertically and/or horizontally. The more stability you add to the weapon, the less it moves during shots.
  • Aim Assist Degradation: The higher the stability, the longer and faster the aim assist works again.

Official numbers on these observations are not available from Bungie. Therefore, you should take them with a grain of caution. What are your experiences with these values?

Enough theory – which weapons are top-tier? Here we present 6 weapons that dominate in the Trials of Osiris.

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Defiance: SciFi-MMO-Shooter lebt noch – Seuchen-Event, neue Waffen

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 2 minutes

The MMO SciFi shooter Defiance is still alive and receiving new updates. Therefore, a new event is currently online where you face a plague with flamethrowers.

Defiance-Alcatraz

Defiance, the online shooter that once ran parallel to the story of a mediocre SciFi series, is still alive unlike the series of the same name – and continues to receive updates.

Defiance – Outbreak Event – Flamethrower vs Virus

For centuries, humanity has known an effective remedy against all kinds of plagues: fire! And what worked wonderfully in the Middle Ages works just as well in the future of Defiance. In the current ArkFall event “Outbreak,” an epidemic is spreading that unleashes disgusting plague mutants upon us.

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To deal with the contaminated minions, Defiance provides us with a bunch of napalm weapons.

You’ll burn everything that even remotely looks like a plague servant until May 22nd. One of the coolest new weapons is the “Calamity Rocket Launcher” from the new weapon manufacturer CDC. It fires several rockets at once, incinerating everything. There’s also the new napalm synergy that deals more damage – including over time.

Also interesting: Defiance – Auction House Abolished

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ESO: Hüter soll für Veteranen und Noobs gleichermaßen taugen

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The Elder Scrolls Online receives a new class, the Warden, with the new chapter expansion Morrowind. The developers at Zenimax have now explained how this came about and what its prerequisites were.

The Elder Scrolls Online will receive the first major chapter expansion Morrowind on June 6th. It features the new island of Vvardenfell, an exciting story about the god-king Vivec, PvP battlegrounds, and a new class called Warden.

The developers have now revealed how the Warden came into being in its current form and what the background of the new class is.

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The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind – “The Warden is intended to be new”

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In an internal interview, Lead Combat Designer Eric Wrobel, Senior Animator Silvia Littlefield, and Lead VFX Artist Cambria Blaize spoke about the work on the new class. It was important to the developers from the beginning that the Warden becomes something new and unique. A nature class with pets was already a good start. The animations emphasized fluid, natural movements, and to ensure clear distinction, the Warden’s effects are teal and dark blue.

Many skills were considered for a long time and many were changed during development. For instance, the current tank tree “Winter’s Embrace” was originally intended to be responsible for damage. However, since the other two trees for animal companions and nature magic were not suitable for tanking, Winter’s Embrace was chosen while animal companions became the damage-dealing tree. According to Eric Wrobel, there came a point where there were simply no further skill ideas on the topic of “Mudcrab Armor”.

The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind – Warden – Easy to learn, hard to master

The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind can also be played by complete newcomers without prior knowledge of ESO. Therefore, the new class should not become a hero only for professionals but should also appeal to beginners. Thus, the Warden is suitable for all three roles: tank, damage dealer, and healer. The trick, according to Wrobel, is that the Warden can be easily learned, but skilled players will be able to get even more out of it.

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To ensure that the Warden is neither too strong nor too weak, it is constantly monitored and player feedback is evaluated. This allows developers to quickly determine where there are inconsistencies and make changes. This was already done during the design process.

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The Warden’s bear was just a boring follower without its own activated abilities; there was no team spirit with the shaggy creature. However, since the bear now has activatable skills, it deals more damage and genuinely feels like a loyal friend and companion.

Also interesting: Is The Elder Scrolls Online nerfing the Templar because of the Warden?

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Diablo 3: Necromancer – Reviving Allies? Unfortunately not

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 4 minutes

In a Q&A session, Blizzard updates the community on the Necromancer in Diablo 3. Here’s what you should know.

In January, there was already a Q&A session about the Necromancer in Diablo 3. It provided a rough overview of what we can look forward to and which skills the Necro will use.

In yesterday’s Q&A session, the Blizzard team spoke about the current state of affairs and what challenges the Necromancer faces. They also addressed feedback from many testers who can already play the Summoner on the PTR servers.

Pets, Skills, Mechanics, and Reworks – The Q&A Summary

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At the beginning, the team, consisting of Community Manager Brandy Camel, Lead FX Artist Julian Love, and Senior Game Designer Travis Day, introduced the Necromancer pack. The Summoner comes with two additional character slots, two extra stash slots, a pet, cosmetic wings, a portrait frame, a banner, a banner sigil, and a flag. Once again, there was no new information about the price and release date of the Summoner.

  • Sets and Portals: There will be four class sets and set portals for the Summoner.
  • Number of Set Pieces: Sets will not consist of seven or more pieces.
  • Damage Type: Primarily, the Necro kit consists of physical damage. Cold and poison damage are also part of the kit, but are not as frequently represented.
  • Melee Set: The Saint set is more aimed at players who prefer the “melemancer” playstyle.
  • Curse Mechanics: To get ideas for the curses, the team looked at Diablo II mechanics. Not all curses are designed to “just increase damage,” but they all have slight differences.
  • Thorns Build? There is no specific thorns set for the Necro. However, there are smaller “things” that are beneficial for this playstyle.
  • Resource Cost Reduction on Life Points? Players asked if the resource cost reduction would also affect the cost of life points. The designers were close to incorporating this mechanic but ultimately decided against it. Given the many interactions with legendary items, this mechanic would be too risky.

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Pets, Plague Set, and Necro Expectations

  • More Pets? Currently, there are no items that increase the timers or the limit of pets. Instead, items are on the way that will allow you to reach the pet limit faster or further buff the companions.
  • Plague Set Synergy: The Plague Set will receive cool legendary items next week that harmonize particularly well with the set.
  • Expectations: The Summoner was designed based on the expectations of players with curses, pets, blood, and bones. The developers did not specifically focus on 2-, 3-, or 4-player rifts during the design.
  • Summoners are squishy! Travis Day paid attention during testing to how players perform with the Necro in high rifts. It was noticeable that Summoners are squishy and take a lot of damage. More legendary items and skill changes are on the way to compensate for this.

Blood is Power Skill is Being Reworked – Was Broken

  • Originally, “Blood is Power” did: Every time you lose 5% health, all remaining cooldowns are reduced by 1%.
  • This ability now needs to be reworked because players could exploit the skill to become invincible and have a massive damage output.
  • The theme of this ability will not change but is intended to be less “broken.” Additionally, the invulnerability rune of the Bone Armor will be altered so that the cooldown starts only after the skill ends.
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Weapons, Resources, New Legendary Items

  • Weapons, but no Armor: Summoners will get scythes as weapons. Similar unique armors are not planned.
  • Automatic Regeneration: Automatic regeneration of essence was internally tested but felt unsatisfying. Instead, generator skills have been made more efficient.
  • All Legendary Items: All new legendary items are expected to be available next Tuesday.
  • Changes to the Blood Set: The Blood Set will undergo fine-tuning: healing mechanics should not consume stacks too quickly. The playstyle of the set will not change, but there will generally be more healing.

Two-Minute Skills Should Feel Really Strong, Reviving Allies: Interesting, But No

  • More Power: All two-minute skills from the Summoner should feel truly strong. Currently, the developers are observing how the sets and legendary items interact with the skills. Precise adjustments will follow based on these observations.
  • Reviving was a major challenge: In the game, there are over 1100 different monsters that had to be adjusted for revives.
  • Reviving Allies: Reviving allies would be an interesting idea. However, there are currently no plans to implement such a mechanic.
  • Iron Golem? The Iron Golem from Diablo 2 will not be present. The interaction of players would focus on items and less on gameplay, which felt “not right” to the developers.
  • Set Dungeon Rewards: Summoners will receive two flags as rewards. There will be no interaction with old achievements for set dungeons, so you will not need to complete these Necro dungeons for the wing reward.
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Console and PC Need Separate Versions of Rise of the Necromancer

  • The Necromancer pack does not transfer to another platform. If you want to play the Summoner on PC and Xbox, you need to purchase the packs separately.

What can the Necro actually do? All Necromancer skills in German can be found here

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Hearthstone: 9 cheap Un’Goro decks – Budget decks for every class!

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We show you in this post which budget decks can help you succeed in the Un’Goro expansion of Hearthstone . With these starter decks, you can get into Hearthstone!

If you want to play at the top level in Hearthstone, you either need to own a lot of cards or be a pretty good player – normally, both criteria must be met. However, to have fun even as a free-to-play player who only occasionally plays a few matches, solid decks are required.

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If the money for card packs is not enough and you want to see how far you can go without spending much, then the best option is to go for inexpensive budget decks. The colleagues from Hearthpwn have selected 9 decks for this purpose, which we want to briefly introduce to you in this post.

All presented decks do not include epic and legendary cards and have – if you do not own any of the cards – a crafting cost between 1000 and 1600 Arcane Dust. Even penny-pinchers should have that much saved up.

Budget Deck for Druids

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The druid deck relies on fast, crisp rounds, which ideally are quickly dealt with by a malevolent beastie with appropriate mutations. Essentially, the deck is based on the plan to flood the board with as many minions as possible to then swiftly defeat the opponent with a Roar of the Wild.

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Budget Deck for Hunters

Hearthstone Hunter

With the Hunter, the popular Rush technique is also employed. The game board is quickly flooded with numerous wild animals, which are then enhanced by the Master Hound. Classics like Cask! and the Animal Companion are spiced up with some new cards – here too, the Malevolent Beastie makes a great appearance. Face is the place!

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Budget Deck for Mages

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For Mages, a Tempo Mage was also chosen, who maintains control long enough with strong spells and some frost effects to annihilate the opponent in just a few turns. Major threats are eliminated by the Shatter card or through a Portal: Firelands, which subsequently brings a powerful minion.

Link to the Mage Budget Deck

On the next page, there are affordable decks for Paladins, Priests, and Rogues!

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Ashes of Creation trifft den Nerv der MMORPG-Fans – Hit auf Kickstarter

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

The Kickstarter campaign for the MMORPG Ashes of Creation is going very well. After reaching the funding goal within just 12 hours, it has now surpassed the 1 million dollar mark.

Ashes of Creation seems to have hit a nerve with MMORPG fans. While other Kickstarter campaigns for online role-playing games have not fared so well, the interest in the game from Intrepid Studios appears to be significant. This is likely due to the team’s truly good and interesting ideas. Additionally, Ashes of Creation has already shown material from the game. And it looks good.

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More than a million dollars!

By reaching the 1 million dollar mark within just 36 hours, the first stretch goal was unlocked. This allows gambling to make its way into the taverns, which you can play together with other players.

In addition, the developers presented some of the mounts from Ashes of Creation, which will be exclusively available to backers of the Kickstarter campaign. These include particularly ornate and decorated horses, the Moonstrider Mule, which is slow but can carry a lot, and the Dawnbreaker Mount, which allows you to fly through the air.

Stretch Goals within Reach

If 6,500 supporters are reached for the campaign, then every backer will receive a kitten and a puppy as pets. The next two stretch goals seem to be within reach given the speed with which the campaign is progressing. These include group mounts that can only be driven by groups of players and ships and sea voyages.

Ashes of Creation shows how great the interest in MMORPGs is – as long as they develop in a direction that many fans desire. The online role-playing game is expected to be released in late 2018. An alpha could start later this year.

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Wootbox im Juni: Science-Fiction – Es geht ab in die Zukunft!

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With the new theme “Sci-Fi”, Wootbox is teaming up with the future next month! Since the Guardians of the Galaxy are back in cinemas, it’s about time for an update. The June Wootbox makes this possible, taking you to the heart of distant galaxies and yet unknown technologies.

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To transcend space and time… what could be better than doing it in the company of Marty McFly or Doctor Who? And if you prefer to wander exotic planets, then the Guardians of the Galaxy and the soldiers from Mass Effect are also there to support you. No doubt: this new Wootbox brings everything together to leave the present behind and take off into the future.

Wootbox June – SciFi goodies worth 60 euros!

The new Wootbox is guaranteed to inject a little future into your present, it is available from 25.99 € and has a value of more than 60 €. Even the most experienced time travelers can’t be fast enough to benefit from this offer, with which all futurists among you will find their fortune.

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By the way: time travelers from Austria can now also subscribe to the Wootbox and join the Wooter community!

Another good piece of news is that payment via SEPA is now also possible. We are very happy to be able to offer you this option.

You can order and subscribe to the June Wootbox themed Science Fiction at the provided link.

This is a sponsored post from a partner of Mein-MMO.de

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Virtual Reality MMORPGs – Ein Schritt näher an Sword Art Online

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The VR “Online RPG” Age of Heroes could be a step towards Sword Art Online. But this future is still a long way off.

In the anime “Sword Art Online”, the virtual reality of an MMORPG becomes reality for its players. The popular anime revolves around the “Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game” Sword Art Online.

Players immerse themselves in this fantasy world, become the heroes and characters they play, experience adventures there, and can no longer log out. Those who die in the game are also dead in real life. The complete virtual experience.

Sword Art Online – the dream

For some, what is described in the anime is the complete merging with a character in a fantasy world, a beautiful dream, an ideal concept. Escapism in its purest form to escape the banalities of everyday life.

When IBM announced in 2016 as part of a promotional campaign that they would create a kind of demo for “Sword Art Online”, a fan said he would give 100 years of his life just to spend 1 year in Sword Art Online.

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Yet Sword Art Online was written in 2002 and takes place in the then-distant future, in the year 2022.

In the real year 2017, virtual reality is still in its infancy. Most “Virtual Reality” games are experiments and simulate movements or simple activities. We are still some way from an immersive world. But: There are advances.

Age of Heroes Greenlight on Steam

The Chinese developer Omnigames has presented a “Multiplayer Co-Op RPG”. It’s called Age of Heroes. There are four classes. With Mage, Warlock, Archer or Priest, players explore a fantasy world. There are dungeon crawls, spells and battles.

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In a video about the game, you can see how the player performs gestures in the real world and then casts spells, draws the bow, or strikes with their character. The developer estimates the gameplay duration of his game at 90 minutes.

Still a good way from “Sword Art Online”, but it is a step in that direction that fans yearn for. Age of Heroes has at least received Greenlight on Steam. Here is the Greenlight page for Age of Heroes.

Age of Heroes is being developed for Oculus Rift, Vive and PlayStation VR.

What you can currently play on the relatively inexpensive PSVR, we demonstrate here:

PlayStation VR: The best games of 2017 – These PSVR games we are looking forward to

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Destiny: 6 Waffen, die in den Trials of Osiris dominieren

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Which weapons are the best in the Trials of Osiris from Destiny? These six weapons stand out.

It has been a good month since the end of March 2017, we are in the Age of Triumph. The biggest novelty of this last content update for Destiny was the return of the old raids, which is why PvE clearly took center stage in the following weeks. How do the new challenge modes work, where can you find which raid loot, what else is new?

In addition to the raids, the story missions and the Trials of the Elders challenge were also upgraded as PvE content. PvP lagged behind a bit.

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Although Lord Shaxx now brings more bounties and the Crucible quartermaster has new quests with delicious rewards for you – making the Crucible overall “more generous” – the PvP area has been trimmed down. Each week there are only a few playlists that rotate. Only one mode is fixed: Elimination, which turns into the Trials of Osiris over the weekend.

In these weeks, more guardians are considering taking a peek into the Trials, which represent the toughest PvP challenge in Destiny. Because a whole page of the Triumphs book is dedicated solely to this mode. And even PvP skeptics want to achieve many of these milestones.

But which weapons are particularly well-suited for engaging in the Trials of Osiris? We present six weapons that have been dominating the Trials since the Age of Triumph. With these weapons, most kills are achieved.

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Important: It always depends on the map which weapons you should rely on. Are weapons for close range or long range required? Regardless, these six weapons have consistently held the top spots in recent weeks.

No Land Beyond – A Unique Weapon

No Land Beyond has gone through an interesting development. It was introduced with “Darkness Lurks” and was immediately regarded as the weakest exotic. Guardians even joked that there was no greater humiliation in PvP than to be taken down by this weapon. Over time, however, it established itself as a secret tip and gradually became more present in PvP.

Its best time was during the weeks following update 2.5.0.2, which was released in February 2017. The reason for this was the changes to the special ammo: In elimination matches, including trials, you now only start the first round with special ammo. In the beginning of each subsequent round, the “special ammo” is removed.

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Over time, No Land Beyond benefited. It has the unique property of being a sniper rifle that is equipped in the primary slot and therefore does not depend on special ammo. Statistically, it corresponds to the Icebreaker archetype:

The statistics of this weapon skyrocketed. It accounted for over 14% of all kills in the Trials with just this weapon. It was by far the leading primary weapon for weeks. The second place had not even half as many kills.

With the Age of Triumph, however, No Land Beyond was nerfed. The flinch was increased and the recoil became less predictable. Thus, the huge hype around this special weapon is over.

We list it here as the current third-best primary weapon in the Trials. However, on some weekends, the MIDA Multi-Tool was able to push No Land Beyond off the podium. The exotic sniper and the exotic scout rifle are currently quite similar. Both account for about 5-6% of all kills in the Trials since the Age of Triumph.

On the next page, you will find a popular weapon that takes an excellent second place among primary weapons.

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WildStar: Rankings, Dungeons and more rewards – Patch 1.7.1 live

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Patch 1.7.1 for WildStar is live and brings some relief to the game. This includes the PvE leaderboards and a shared bank for all heroes on the server. New dungeons on the highest difficulty level and more rewards at Madame Fey are also included.

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WildStar continues to be developed, and even though Carbine is reportedly working on a new project, there are still updates and innovations for WildStar. With Update 1.7.1, some of these went live.

WildStar – Patch 1.7.1 – PvE Leaderboards and More Dungeons in Hard

The new patch expands the instance rotation for the “Overwhelming” difficulty. With “Fire Skull Island”, “Raging Logic”, and “Outpost M-13”, there is now one dungeon and two expeditions more in the repertoire. The overwhelming difficulty brings a special challenge and better loot.

WildStar Primal Matrix Boss

So you can properly celebrate and show off your achievements, there are now leaderboards for PvE. They show how well you perform compared to other players. Group comparisons are also possible.

WildStar – Patch 1.7.1 – New Items Against Glitzies and Global Bank Slots

The patch also brings a new offering in Madame Fey’s lottery booth. The greedy Lopp fortune-teller now offers cool dinosaurs as mounts among her other stuff. So you can manage the many items from the lottery shed and the loot from the instances properly and hand them over to the right heroes, there are now finally global realm bank slots.

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These can be used by all your heroes on the server. Just unlock them in the in-game shop. There you can also expand them if the space is not sufficient.

Also interesting: WildStar – Raids are getting harder – but so are the players!

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Heroes of the Storm: AFK players ruin matches, want the D.Va skin

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The “Officer D.Va” skin leads to numerous matches with absent players in HotS. The outcry from fans is loud.

Well, in hindsight, Blizzard’s concept with the “Nexus Challenge 2.0” doesn’t seem very well thought out. Since yesterday, the players of Heroes of the Storm have been loudly complaining in the official forums and on Reddit that their matches are repeatedly sabotaged by players who are essentially not participating in the match properly.

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The reason for this is the new “Officer D.Va” skin that all Overwatch players want. However, they need to complete a total of 10 matches in Heroes of the Storm, 5 of them against human opponents.

While most Overwatch fans are really excited about the new skin, they are less so about Heroes of the Storm. The result: Almost every match has a player afk who usually doesn’t hide the fact that he is “only here for the skins and doesn’t want to properly play this crappy game.” One feels “forced by Blizzard to play this shitty game to get a skin.”

The demand from the players is relatively clear: Anyone who behaves like a complete idiot in Heroes of the Storm by being afk or repeatedly running into the enemy’s blade should have D.Va’s skin taken away from them. Better yet: Anyone who misbehaves so much that they receive an account penalty in HotS should also be excluded from Overwatch for a while.

Overwatch Dva Officer

So far, Blizzard has not commented on this issue. But even there, the developers are likely dissatisfied that some Overwatch players are ruining the experience for the many newcomers who are currently exploring Heroes of the Storm.

Jaina is the Top AFK Hero

There’s a little tip at the end: If you want to avoid these AFK players, it helps to choose Jaina as your hero. Most saboteurs also choose Jaina because she is the free hero after the tutorial. Since there can only be one Jaina per team, this eliminates a risk factor.

How do you see the whole thing? Have you spent more time afk than actually participating in your matches? Or do you always give your best because 9 other players also want to have their fun?

What our Jürgen thinks of Heroes of the Storm 2.0, he reveals to you here.

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WoW: Fan event “Running of the Gnomes” becomes a permanent in-game event

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The pink gnomes have always run against breast cancer in WoW according to their own rules. Now Blizzard is helping.

For nearly 7 years, there has been a nice tradition on the American server Scarlet Crusade in World of Warcraft . Once a year, players create a small level-1 gnome with pink hair and preferably pink clothing to participate in the official “Running of the Gnomes” event.

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In this rather cute pink run, the course from Dun Morogh to Booty Bay must be completed. However, it’s not just done for the fun of pink joy; it has a serious background. Donations are collected, which are paid 100% to the Cleveland Clinic to advance the research on the Tuohy vaccine, which aims to combat breast cancer. Donations come from various individuals, and there were no set guidelines – some donate a fixed amount, while others donate a sum X multiplied by the number of participating gnomes.

Blizzard expands event to in-game event

This year, the event – which takes place again in October – is expected to receive special attention because Blizzard is turning it into its own in-game event. The original course will be marked with appropriate flags, and at the start and end point, there will even be a quest. This alone is likely to ensure that more participants than ever before will take part in the gnome run this year.

In an interview with colleagues from PVP Live, Dravvie, one of the founders of the event, revealed that he feels very honored by this gesture from Blizzard:

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“I feel honored that this small, fun charity event, which I started years ago with some friends, has turned into such a large event that Blizzard saw fit to make it its own holiday.”

We can only hope that this support from Blizzard will lead to even more donations being collected. In any case, it’s a lovely thing when the community’s efforts are so supported by the developers.

What Blizzard had in mind with the thought worm of the riddle seeker has also been explained by them.

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GTA 5 Online: Mysteriöses Verschwinden – Wo sind all die Kassierer hin?

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In GTA 5 Online, strange things happen. Cashiers disappear from the stores and no one knows where they are hiding.

The online mode of GTA 5 always provides entertainment. It becomes particularly amusing, for example, when a glitch causes the police to be locked out of their vehicles. Currently, the community is on the trail of a mysterious disappearance. In the shopping and liquor stores of the online world, suddenly the cashiers are missing.

Update: The cashiers are back in place now. There was no explanation for their deactivation. However, Rockstar confirmed that the issue has been resolved and the cashiers are back in the stores on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

Ghost Stores in GTA 5 Online

Is Los Santos turning into a ghost town? For a few days now, players have noticed that some stores have no cashiers behind the counter. After giving the game a few hours to possibly fix a glitch, there is still no sign of the NPCs. The community does not understand what is happening and is trying to get to the bottom of it.

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If you play GTA 5 Online, you know that the stores where you can buy snacks have an NPC seller. While working behind the counter, cashiers have to witness some questionable things, like blood-soaked customers. It gets worse when the customers want to steal instead of buy. Then a day at the store can quickly become stressful. Was this stress perhaps too much?

There are now no cashiers in the 24/7 stores across the map; customers in liquor stores are also not being served. In fact, NPC customers approach the counter wanting to pay, but then stand there “like ordered and not picked up”. After a while, they leave the store confused.

GTA 5 Online Hairdresser Store

Hairdressers and clothing stores do not have this problem; there is still someone behind the counter to receive your money.

Daily Goals are now Problematic

GTA 5 Daily Quest

While this game bug sounds funny at first, it quickly becomes a problem. One of the daily goals in GTA 5 Online is to rob stores. Since there is now no cashier present to aim your weapon at, these robberies are not possible. You cannot complete the daily goal and must therefore forfeit your reward. 

Not the Only Problems in GTA 5 Online

In addition to the disappeared cashiers, there are other issues in the online world of Grand Theft Auto V. Players are complaining on Reddit that they cannot sort garage spaces. Others cannot place bounties on other players in the online lobbies. What causes the missing functions?

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In the past, Rockstar has fixed bugs and exploits by temporarily disabling the corresponding functions. This would at least explain the missing garage organization, as there was reportedly an exploit that allowed players to cheat money.

It’s possible that the cashiers have also disappeared for exploit reasons. However, this disappearance may also announce a new event. Since there has not yet been an official statement from Rockstar Games, we have no choice but to wait.

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SWTOR: “May the 4th be with you” – Astromech and double XP

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Today we celebrate in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Because the unofficial Star Wars Day “May the 4th” is happening again and brings you free goodies and more experience points in Bioware’s online role-playing game.

The 4th of May has been considered the unofficial Star Wars holiday since at least 2011 and has been celebrated every year by many fans worldwide. Naturally, this year the 4th of May will also be celebrated in Star Wars: The Old Republic with gifts and events.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Free Droids and XP Boost for Star Wars Day

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For the holiday, SWTOR is giving you a free little astromech droid as a mini-pet. Log in by May 8 at the latest to receive the little rascal. Additionally, until May 14, you will receive a huge experience points booster that will grant you double XP.

SWTOR – Patch 5.2.1 is here

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If you prefer to complete raids and missions, you can also be happy. Because Bioware has fixed various bugs and issues with Patch 5.2.1 that have plagued the game since the Iokath Update.

You can now correctly recruit the companions Quinn and Dorne, and there is now better loot for daily Iokath missions. Additionally, there are loot improvements in veteran and master flashpoints in the level 51 to 64 range, alongside bug fixes in the new raid.

Why is May 4th actually the Star Wars Day?

Fun facts about Star Wars Day: The 4th of May was chosen because the British Conservative Party booked an advertisement in a newspaper on May 4, 1979, for the electoral victory of “The Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher and printed the pun “May the 4th be with you, Maggie. Congratulations!”

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In the German-speaking area, an unsuspecting interpreter made people laugh in 2005 during the release of Episode 3 by mistakenly translating George Lucas’s greeting “May the Force be with you” as “On the fourth of May, we are with them”. However, the day has only been celebrated worldwide since 2011. Less known is the “evil brother” of Star Wars Day, “Revenge of the 5th,” on May 5…

Also interesting: Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Story so far

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