The airship spectacle Cloud Pirates is available as a free-to-play version. Until now, it was only accessible with founder packs, but now this fun online game is open to everyone. New features like sieges and the return of the three-player teams have also been introduced.
For a long time, Cloud Pirates was only available to those with luck or founder packs, as the online shooter with airships was previously only available in a closed beta version.
That is now over! The fun air combat spectacle has launched as a free-to-play release version.
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Cloud Pirates: Finally back to three-player teams!
An important feature of the free-to-play version of Cloud Pirates is three-player teams. These were common in early beta phases but were curiously removed by the developers, which annoyed many players. Now, the teams of three players are once again a fixed part of the game.
If you enjoy playing with even more friends, you can dive into the new PvP modes, where you can besiege or defend a fortress. You can build a “bulwark” as a guild (brotherhood) by farming resources in battles. These fortresses can, in turn, be attacked by other guilds at specific times, promising exciting and action-packed skirmishes.
Cloud Pirates – More versatility through battle customization
In Cloud Pirates, you have always been able to equip your ships before the battle as you like. Now this can also be done to a certain extent during the battle! At the beginning of the battle and after each respawn, you can change your ship configuration – assuming you have the necessary in-game currency.
If you notice that the enemy is set up very differently than you, you can quickly change your equipment to adapt to the new battle situation. Also new: There are consumables for your ships that are unique to each vessel, such as a speed boost or a cannon overload for more damage.
The Easter event in Pokémon GO will end today. Take advantage of the last hours with double experience and egg bonuses until Easter 2017 ends in the game.
Last week was successful for many trainers, as Easter 2017 was celebrated in Pokémon GO for a week. In honor of this occasion, there are still rewards and bonuses until this evening, such as double experience points, rare Pokémon from 2KM eggs, and discounted lucky eggs in the shop.
Since the event ends today, you should hurry to achieve your goals. In combination with a lucky egg, you can still gain quadruple experience points in the game for just a few more hours and quickly level up your trainer level.
Pokémon GO: Easter 2017 End – When?
The Easter event in Pokémon GO started a week ago on April 13. The community received the Easter special very well, which had already been announced through a leak beforehand. This evening, the event will end.
The developers mention 1:00 PM PDT – which corresponds to 10:00 PM German time.
Use the increased experience points until then to quickly level up your trainer level. Actions in the game yield double EXP. If you combine your adventures with lucky eggs, you’ll be rewarded with quadruple experience gain.
The special 2KM eggs will only be available until this evening. As the developers explained, there is currently a particularly high variety in the eggs, which ensures that rare Pokémon like Lapras are contained. These rare Pokémon are found in the 2KM eggs that will be collected during the Easter event. If you’re looking for starter Pokémon of the 2nd generation, you have the chance in the current 5KM eggs.
In the shop, lucky eggs are also available at a discount. If you still have coins left and want to replenish your stock, you can do so until the end of the event at 50% less cost. The current offers are:
One lucky egg: 40 coins
Eight lucky eggs: 250 coins
25 lucky eggs: 625 coins
What the Pokémon GO community can expect after the event is still unclear. However, Niantic stated that there will be cooperative gameplay for trainers in spring. The developers might then utilize this cooperative feature for a big Pokémon GO event in summer, which has been announced by Niantic Japan.
Genji from Overwatch has become slower and his Ultimate weaker. This was a mistake that Blizzard wants to fix.
It is likely one of the many small changes from the “Uprising” patch that have probably only been noticed by the “Genji Mains.” When the Ultimate Dragonblade of the cyborg ninja is activated, Genji can swing his sword multiple times and deal devastating damage.
Most players could swing the blade 7 times before the Ultimate duration expired and the sword was sheathed again. After the latest update, however, reports have increased on Reddit and the official forums that the number of possible sword strikes has been reduced to 6. Additionally, the ability is no longer as responsive as before, making it so that one could not strike immediately after the dash.
In the official forum, Geoff Goodman has taken up the issue and is checking whether there was a bug or an undocumented change to Genji’s Ultimate.
7 sword strikes should be the case
The altered feeling of gameplay comes from a bug fix. Previously, the number of maximum sword strikes depended on the player’s latency. Those whose latency exceeded a certain value could strike 7 times. All other players could perform only 6 swings in total. This bug has been fixed, which is why only 6 strikes are now possible.
Goodman acknowledges that this is a mistake – Genji will be buffed again in a future patch.
“Considering this, we will increase his swing speed so that all players are able to execute the 7th strike, regardless of latency. I’m not sure yet when we will release the patch, but when it happens, we will note the change in the patch notes.”
Other players report a bug where Genji would not deal heavy damage to opponents even though they are clearly within striking range. Goodman explains that this is mainly due to the latencies of both players, but is looking into ways to resolve this issue as well.
Tanzia is a game that looks like a classic online role-playing game in every area, but is played solo. Those who want to test the unusual gameplay live can do so in April on Steam in Early Access.
Imagine playing an online role-playing game, but there are no annoying teammates, no ninja looters, no flamers and trolls in the chat, no spam bots, and no arms races in PvP. If you enjoy the full MMO gaming experience but can do without other players, then Tanzia might be for you.
The cute role-playing game that looks like an MMO but is not will soon be available in Early Access on Steam.
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Tanzia will release on April 27 via Steam in Early Access. In Tanzia, you play a strange gray creature with pointed ears and no nose, through which you explore a colorful tropical world. Tanzia is an open-world role-playing game that heavily relies on gameplay elements from online role-playing games.
Therefore, you fight by targeting enemies via tab-targeting, and hits are displayed through large text boxes with damage numbers. So similar to World of Warcraft, just without other players. According to the development team, Tanzia is already running very well, the testers are satisfied, and the first chapters of the stories are already complete. Therefore, Tanzia will only be in Early Access for about eight weeks.
What do you think of the idea of a game that features MMO gameplay but is not one? Would you play it or would you prefer a proper online role-playing game? Let us know in the comments!
In the online shooter The Division, the lights go out today, April 20 – there is a server down.
Thursday is maintenance time for The Division. Starting at 9:30 AM, there should be maintenance work for The Division on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. During this time, The Division cannot be played. The server status will show down.
The Division: When are the servers down and how long will the maintenance work take?
The maintenance work should last 3 hours. Then it would be possible to walk the agent in New York again at 12:30 PM.
No changes or a patch are planned for today.
This afternoon at 5:00 PM, there will be a “State of the Game” – where the developers chat about their game and what the future holds. This is currently a sensitive topic in the online game.
We will report on it then.
We dealt with the future of The Division and what they are currently doing in Malmö in this article:
Dance Party in WoW: It’s time to really “dance it out” in Azeroth – and new transmog gear is also available at the styling competition in Patch 7.2.5!
The Patch 7.2.5 for World of Warcraft is just a “small” patch that does not bring particularly large content like areas or new raids. Instead, Blizzard focuses on plenty of “small stuff,” such as class balancing, micro-holidays, or other events, like a timewalking variant for the Black Temple.
But one feature players have been waiting for since “Wrath of the Lich King” is the Dance Studio. While this made its digital debut in the form of a garrison quest in Warlords of Draenor, it wasn’t really convincing yet.
Auction Houses Become Party Temples
In Patch 7.2.5, there is a new micro-holiday, the “Auction House Dance Party“. As the name suggests, the celebration takes place in the auction houses of the game world, which have been quickly transformed into a dance floor. During the event, strange music plays, and all characters start dancing wildly. Occasionally, an individual player is brought up on stage and receives a 24-hour buff to show just how special they are – similar to other micro-holidays.
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A second holiday is the “Trial of Style” where several players are thrown into a scenario and then have to transmog their character according to a given theme. Afterwards, all players vote on which outfit is the best and are rewarded with a new currency to buy real transmog gear.
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In Destiny there is a small debate. Should you take down Raid boss Aksis with a sword or rather pull out special rocket launchers?
While others were looking for Easter eggs or wondering how exactly to carve the Easter roast, there was an interesting discussion in the main Destiny forum on reddit.
A user says “This rocket launcher is better than anything else,” but hardly anyone believes him
Five days ago, a user wrote in a post:This week, the Future War Cult is selling the rocket launcher “The Warpath” with the perks Cluster Bombs, Field Scout, and Tripod. A friend of his had fought against Raid boss Aksis with a similar rocket launcher and dealt more damage than anyone else.
He knows that everyone is skeptical, but it should be tried.
According to his theory, the impact hits all of Aksis’s legs and his body. The cluster bombs then deal their damage to the legs. Therefore, such a rocket launcher is the best weapon in this scenario.
Until then, the community believes that the exotic sword “Dark Drinker” is the best weapon against Aksis. But the user said now: No, it is this rocket launcher.
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Hardly anyone was interested in this post. And the user himself couldn’t provide any evidence that the theory is correct for three days.
With a 3-day delay, this theory becomes popular
The interesting thing was that last week a rocket launcher with exactly these perks was available – vendor rolls change weekly. Moreover, Aksis has a special challenge in the coming week where every DPS point counts. There was already an incentive to try out this theory.
The video of the player who tested the theory was also seen by relatively few people. But the thread on reddit attracted many more readers. Thus, larger YouTubers like Kackishd used these insights and dealt with the topic themselves.
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Suddenly, videos on the topic “rocket launcher against Aksis” had 50,000 views and the theory was established.
Countermovement says: For God’s sake, use the sword again
Since then, a real hysteria has broken out over “rocket launchers against Aksis.” This week, there is again a rocket launcher available at the Dead Orbit with special perks the rocket launcher “Dust to Dust.”
The thread creator writes that he was out all morning while random groups tried to jump on the “hype train” and take down Aksis with the rocket launcher. Since most are not used to handling rocket launchers, chaos ensues. The tries are uncoordinated and quite horrible. Therefore, everyone should go back and take down Aksis with the Dark Drinker.
Furthermore, the thread creator misses the “Spin to win” feeling. Kills with Dark Drinker just have more style.
Almost a Jesus theory
Mein-MMO says: Too bad the data doesn’t quite match; otherwise, the whole thing could have been called the Jesus theory. Died on Good Friday and slandered, resurrected after 3 days and witnessed. And now there is the counter-movement.
Destiny – an Easter tale.
Read more about the Aksis challenge, which is currently active in Destiny, here:
The sandbox space game No Man’s Sky has allowed housing and base building for some time now. Since then, players have discovered all sorts of quirky structures in space, including a futuristic McDonald’s!
No Man’s Sky allows the exploration of countless procedurally generated worlds in the universe. Recently, you can also build houses and bases in the space sandbox. These can then be discovered by other players.
How much effort and attention to detail some players put in is shown by a replica of a McDonald’s at the end of the universe.
No Man’s Sky – A futuristic McDonald’s as a base
On a distant planet at the end of the universe, there stands a lonely McDonald’s. Those who discover the burger joint can inquire about the menu from a strange alien at the entrance and then inspect the premises. Everything has been thought of: There are storage rooms with frozen burgers, a frying and grilling area, and of course a guest area with stylish chairs and tables.
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Furthermore, it seems that the entire planet has been taken over by the corporate identity of McDonald’s, as even the animals in the world have names like “Ronald McDonald”, the famous mascot of the fast-food chain! You can find a video of the Space McDonald’s embedded here. The exploration of the restaurant itself begins at around 4 minutes.
What do you think of the housing feature in No Man’s Sky? Have you built or discovered bases like the one shown here? And do you find the representation of fast-food chains in a game appropriate or rather inappropriate? Let us know in the comments!
The community quickly identified the reason, namely the change to the “On Fire” mechanic.
This bar symbolizes how “good” you are in your role and how much you contribute to the match. Healers have received an “On Fire” rating much slower since the last patch, and their skill rating seems to be growing more slowly as well. The conclusion came quickly: “Because healers are less ‘on fire,’ their skill rating increases more slowly. Blizzard, change something!”
Now Scott Mercer from the Overwatch team has commented on this topic and explained that the community is on the wrong track here.
The “On Fire” mechanic was previously faulty
On one hand, it was about the “On Fire” display. This was previously faulty, as a character who supports another hero in something (like a kill) received full points, even with minimal contribution. This led to far too many players being almost constantly “on fire.” Moreover, the “On Fire” display is not just an indicator of your own performance but also your performance compared to your teammates.
Junkrat is probably the only one who is always somehow “on fire”.
Skill rating gain compares identical heroes
Furthermore, the gain (or loss) of skill rating is not directly determined by the “On Fire” display. Instead, the game compares the player’s performance with a specific hero to the performance of players with a similar skill rating using the same hero. So, if you play a Genji, you will subsequently be measured against the performance of thousands of other Genjis worldwide.
A flaw in the system has yet to be discovered.
However, Mercer admits that there are still some reports where the gain of skill rating seems to be faulty. So far, this has not been confirmed, but Blizzard is still looking into the matter.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will soon receive its first major monthly update. This will include performance updates, motorcycles, and a new weapon beloved from other shooters.
The developers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds promised daily, weekly, and monthly updates at the launch of the successful battle royale shooter. The latter are expected to be the most extensive and will bring new content along with improvements.
It is now known when the first major update will arrive and what it will bring.
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Motorcycles, Vector, and the Return of the Crossbow
The first major monthly update of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will be released on April 20 at around 10:00 AM. The maintenance work should take about an hour.
To ensure that the patch causes as few problems as possible, it will be playable on the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds test server one day prior. So if anyone wants, they can immediately check out the new content. This includes among others:
Improved client and server performance through optimizations
Generally higher FPS and less lag
Vegetation and object density adjusted for all graphic settings (to eliminate advantages for low graphic options)
New weapon: Vector .45 SMG, known and loved from Ghost Recon and The Division
New vehicle: motorcycle with sidecar
New items like 2x Aimpoint sight and ballistic mask
Map markers are now visible to the whole team
Crossbow has been reintroduced into the game
Crouched sprinting now possible
Sound optimized (gun and step noises)
Despite the extent of the patch, the developers at Bluehole emphasize that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has not yet solved all performance issues. They are working hard to achieve a stable frame rate for all configurations as quickly as possible. However, server-side lags cannot be ruled out.
Carbine Studios, the developers of the unfortunate online role-playing game WildStar, are apparently working on a new game. This is at least indicated by job postings that the company recently published.
Carbine Studios is the development studio behind the colorful and ambitious online role-playing game WildStar. This game has unfortunately been on the list of endangered MMORPGs for years, but development on the game continues.
However, it seems that WildStar is no longer the only project of Carbine.
Carbine – New Developers for New Team
If you go to Carbine’s homepage and look for job openings, you will currently find four of them. Carbine is currently looking for the following experts:
Lead Combat Designer
Senior Concept Artist
Senior Graphics Engineer
Senior Tools Engineer
All of these positions relate to experienced leadership roles in their respective fields, and concept artists and combat designers are often needed in the early stages of development. Therefore, it is very likely that these new employees will be working on a completely new project and not just developing the next update for WildStar.
Additionally, the job description always refers to “this new Team,” another hint that Carbine likely has a new iron in the fire.
Will Carbine’s new game also be an MMO?
However, details about the new Carbine team and its project are still nowhere to be found. The advertised positions could certainly fit an online role-playing game, but a combat designer is just as likely for a MOBA or an action RPG.
Niantic plans to completely ban spoofing, thereby removing an option for cheaters to cheat in Pokémon GO.
Cheating in Pokémon GO is unfortunately something that many users do regularly. Spoofing is particularly popular and has become the “normal” way to play the game for some trainers.
In this type of cheating, trainers deceive the game into thinking they are in a different location, allowing them to catch regional Pokémon from other countries or quickly take over many gyms. Spoofing is also known as “GPS spoofing.” Niantic has a zero tolerance policy for these players, which is why they are working on a feature that will completely stop spoofing.
Niantic is working with trainers
Spoofers can spoil the gaming experience for many trainers by taking over gyms where they are not actually nearby. Trainers start the spoofing software and deceive Pokémon GO into thinking they are in Paris, while they are actually lying on their sofa in Wanne-Eickel. This gives them unfair advantages over other trainers who play the game “legally” and without additional software. Spoofers can travel much faster from point A to point B.
A few days ago, the third major ban wave of this year has already started, targeting cheaters of all kinds, including bot accounts and many spoofers. The developers have now announced that they are working hard to implement a feature against spoofing in the game. They are using general feedback from players and reports from trainers who report cheaters.
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For you, this announcement means that you should continue to report cheaters if you have strong suspicions. Niantic carefully reviews the reports and listens to your concerns. You can report another player in the support section of Niantic. Here is the link to the support page on Nianticlabs.com.
Before making a report, make sure whether a player is really cheating. If someone is attacking a gym and cannot be easily found in the area around the gym, they might be in a car or behind a wall. If you are sure that this player must be cheating to perform certain actions in the game (for example, attacking two gyms within a few seconds, even though the player could not travel that fast), you should report them.
The community mostly welcomes the changes positively. On Reddit, the user Kemaneo writes, “If Niantic releases an update that at least reduces spoofing, it would be the best update ever released.”
Other players are already glad that Niantic addresses the problem so openly and is working on a solution. We are curious when the developers will have more news on this topic and can reveal more about the feature.
The legendary weapons of Illidan are making a comeback in WoW. With patch 7.2.5, the Azzinoth blades come as a transmog set – but only for demon hunters.
When transmogrifiying items in World of Warcraft, there are only a few unchangeable rules left. No class can transmog an item into another one that it could not actually wear. Moreover, the appearance of legendary items, such as Atiesh or Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros, cannot be transferred to other weapons – otherwise, in Azeroth, players would only run around with the appearance of legendary weapons like Thunderfury.
However, this could change with the next patch 7.2.5. The update also includes a timewalking raid, namely the “Black Temple” from “The Burning Crusade”. During the final boss Illidan, the Warglaives of Azzinoth could drop back then, two of the most impressive weapons in the entire WoW universe.
The Warglaives of Azzinoth have belonged to Illidan for ages – unless you visited him in the Black Temple.
Azzinoth Blades only for Demon Hunters
Originally, the weapon was only suitable for rogues and warriors, but over the course of expansions, death knights, monks, and demon hunters were also added.
In the timewalking variant of the Black Temple, the weapon will be available again – at least as a template for transmogrifiying. As it stands now on the PTR, it will only be available for demon hunters, not for the other classes – including not the original wielders from “Burning Crusade”.
From a story perspective, this definitely makes sense, as who would be better suited for the glaives of a demon hunter than a demon hunter? The associated achievement even has a name that fits the history of demon hunters. Translated, it means: “I’ll hold this for you until you come back out”.
The other classes might still feel snubbed – what do you think about the whole thing?
Marvel Heroes Omega, the Playstation 4 version of Gazillion’s superhero action MMO, has a beta date. And a fun local coop mode exclusively for the Playstation version has also been confirmed!
Marvel Heroes Omega is the long-awaited console version of Gazillion Entertainment’s playful action MMO Marvel Heroes. The action-packed game featuring numerous Marvel superheroes originally comes from Diablo developer David Brevik and became a real hidden gem among action RPG fans after a rocky start.
So far, only PC players can enjoy the escapades of heroes like Hulk, Rocket Raccoon, Captain America, Black Widow, and Iron Man, but the Playstation 4 version of the game has already been announced and will go into closed beta this week!
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Those who can’t wait to play Marvel Heroes Omega on their PS4 will be pleased. Because on Friday, April 21, the closed beta of Marvel Heroes Omega starts. However, access is only available for players who have purchased a founder pack in the Playstation Store.
The sale of the packs is also set to start on Friday.
Players who are subscribers of PlayStation Plus will receive goodies like an exclusive Daredevil costume and in-game discounts as additional bonuses.
Marvel Heroes Omega – Local coop in the PS4 version
The Playstation 4 version of Marvel Heroes, while less extensive at launch compared to the PC version (with only 38 playable heroes instead of 60), will have one feature available exclusively on the console: local coop, known as couch coop!
On the PS4, you will be able to play locally with your buddy on the couch and together fight the minions of Hydra and other Marvel antagonists. As local coop players, you can even bring in more allies via the internet!
ST: Nick Powel – Wigan Athletic (England) – England – 74
ST: Marcos Riquelme – Audux Italiano (Chile) – Argentina – 74
ST: Pawet Cibicki– Malmö FF (Sweden) – Sweden – 72
What is the TOTW in FIFA 17?
Every Wednesday, EA Sports reveals the Team of the Week in their annual football simulation FIFA’s “Ultimate Team” mode. The Team of the Week rewards those players who stood out in real football in the past week with special cards that have improved attributes.
You can pull the TOTW cards from sets that may contain rare (Gold) players within a week. But the chance of that is quite low.
In FIFA 17 FUT, the TOTW 31 (Team of the Week 31) is known. These players receive special cards in Team of the Week 31 in Ultimate Team.
A proper Team of the Week. Highlights are 3 players with 90 points or more: di Maria and Isco made it (both 90). Kevin de Bruyne (91) is also included.
A special feature: There are 3 German goalkeepers in Team of the Week 31. Kevin Trapp (85), Bernd Leno (88), and Michael Esser (72)
All 23 players can be seen here:
Three German Goalkeepers in Team of the Week 31
GK: Kevin Trapp – Paris Saint-Germain (France) – Germany – 85
CB Vincent Kompany – Manchester City (England) – Belgium – 87
ST: Nick Powel – Wigan Athletic (England) – England – 74
ST: Marcos Riquelme – Audux Italiano (Chile) – Argentina – 74
ST: Pawet Cibicki– Malmö FF (Sweden) – Sweden – 72
What is the TOTW in FIFA 17?
Every Wednesday, EA Sports reveals the Team of the Week in their annual football simulation FIFA’s “Ultimate Team” mode. The Team of the Week rewards those players who stood out in real football in the past week with special cards that have improved attributes.
You can pull the TOTW cards from sets that may contain rare (Gold) players within a week. But the chance of that is quite low.
The weekly unlocking of new quests in WoW is not only met with enthusiasm. Especially when there are only 7 clicks of content in some weeks.
Good Wednesday afternoon to you all! Have you already taken your weekly dose of World of Warcraft to get through the week? Yes? This time there was quite a small bite, wasn’t there?
That’s exactly what this is about.
I must confess that as time goes by, I am getting more and more used to the Broken Shore and no longer detest it as much as I did at the beginning. The concept of different buildings that are not all active at the same time, meaning different content is accessible at different times, turns out to be “quite okay” – but nothing more.
My main criticism is the weekly unlocking of new quests. The campaign surrounding the Legion judges is continued every week, allowing players to accept a series of new missions every Tuesday.
Click Khadgar
Select the quest “Splitterweeks”
Click “Accept”
Select Khadgar
Select the quest “Splitterweeks”
Click “Continue”
Click “Complete Quest”
Here, take 1,500 reputation points, come back next week. That was – and I’m not exaggerating here – content for exactly 5 seconds, before one rubs their forehead in confusion.
In the previous weeks, there were always at least 4-5 new quests, whose mission objectives could not be completed in advance. There was a new companion, new story developments, and above all, interesting tasks waiting.
I just wished that the missions of the Legion judges were distributed a bit more “fairly” over the weeks. I felt a little mocked yesterday when I fled the shore after less than 30 seconds.
How do you like the pacing of the quests in Patch 7.2 of World of Warcraft? Would you prefer everything “at once” or do you find the weekly unlocking just right to keep the game feeling fresh for a long time?
Today, on April 19, 2017, the servers of The Elder Scrolls Online on PS4 and Xbox One are down. Throughout the afternoon, the updates 1.7.1.0 (Xbox One) and 1.22 (PS4) will be implemented. Find out here what the updates bring and when the servers will be back online.
Those who want to play The Elder Scrolls Online this afternoon, April 19, 2017, will have to be patient. Unlike usual, the weekly updates for the console versions have not been rolled out over three days, but all on one day.
Therefore, the megaservers of Xbox One and PS4 are temporarily offline.
ESO – Maintenance for Patches 1.7.1.0 (Xbox One) and 1.22 (PS4)
Due to the Easter holidays, the servers of The Elder Scrolls Online were all shut down and maintained today on the same day. The patch versions 1.7.1.0 for Xbox One and 1.22 for PS4 were implemented at 12:00 PM. Therefore, the servers are still offline (as of 3:00 PM).
If the maintenance is comparable to that of the PC version, the servers on Playstation 4 and Xbox One should be back online around 5:00 PM.
The Elder Scrolls Online – The Patch Notes for v1.7.1.0 and v1.22
The updates 1.7.1.0 and 1.22 are roughly identical to the PC patch 2.7.11 from early April. Therefore, the console updates fix issues with the ability “explosive companion”, the Maelstrom destruction staffs, the Hlaalu furnishing document, and some bugs in the user interface.
Additionally, some minor errors in the “Lorkhaj’s Abyss” test have been resolved. You can find the complete patch notes in the official ESO forum as soon as they are published.
In the MMO shooter Destiny a bad habit has spread. If you want to annoy a player properly, you kick him from the group just before the kill of a raid boss.
It is the most hated behavior in Destiny and completely unnecessary: a player gets kicked from the group right before the decisive kill of a raid boss, leaving him empty-handed. The other players gain nothing from it – the kicked player feels humiliated and powerless.
This is a known bad habit in some games – but there are mechanisms in place to prevent this from working in combat, providing protection against being treated this way. Destiny does not have such protection. It is therefore possible to kick someone milliseconds before a kill and rob them of their well-deserved reward.
It is especially frustrating when this happens during a raid boss that has just issued a “challenge.” If you fail to achieve the kill, you may have to wait a month until you get the opportunity to secure the bonus loot from a challenge.
A boy is kicked from the group before the kill and is also teased
Currently, a particularly extreme case is making the rounds in the German community. A group did this to a boy and even uploaded the video to YouTube, where they mock the boy as he gets angry and upset.
The group chuckles and makes jokes while the boy walks away humiliated.
(Small warning: In the video, there is a level of language that we do not necessarily endorse here)
This video was then linked as a kind of “advertisement” on the channel of the German Destiny YouTubers Ziro.Tv. They did not find this funny at all and labeled the behavior as “antisocial” on social media.
The Ziro.Tv community then stormed the comment section of the video and let their grievances run wild.
What the group found immensely funny is, for many others, behavior for which there are no kind words. And we want to refrain from those unkind words here. Anyone who has accidentally listened to German gangsta rap knows the vocabulary involving the male offspring of prostitutes and such.
In part, the group’s plan worked: the advertisement has succeeded. The video now has over 19,000 views – but also over 3,300 thumbs down and a lot of really angry comments.
The player who was kicked from the Oryx group has been offered to redo the Oryx kill – they will also help him with any other challenge.
A similar topic came up earlier, where a young player was treated even worse:
The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind lets you play the new class of the Warden. The ranger-druid mix can heal, tank, and smash everything with his bear buddy! Check out the new class trailer for the Warden to see what the new class can do!
When we visited Zenimax in the USA at the end of January, we were not sure what impressed us more about the new ESO content: The new region Vvardenfell from the legendary third Elder Scrolls title or the fact that there is finally a new class in The Elder Scrolls Online.
But the more you see of the new hero type “Warden” , the more it comes to the forefront. Especially since the recently released Warden gameplay trailer!
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind – Tank, DPS and Healer – “Today we are all Wardens!”
Like the previous classes in ESO, the Warden is also versatile. The new hero can take on all three classic MMORPG roles: tank, damage dealer, and healer. Its focus is on different aspects than the previous heroes.
Its healing is, for example, more area-focused rather than single-target healing. Tank Wardens buff the entire group’s resistance with their ice magic, and damage Wardens must decide whether to execute reliable damage via Cliff Racer dive attack or precise skill shots with their animal attacks.
ESO Morrowind – A bear is not enough!
The bear is also a matter of style, as only those who pack the grim black bear as their ultimate – thus foregoing cool skills like the healing grove or weapon ultimates – get bear support. This comes with its strengths, as with the black bear, you essentially have another teammate on your side who performs well as both a tank and a damage dealer.
And since Wardens can perform all roles, there’s nothing stopping you from forming an entire group of only Wardens with bears that then trample through dungeons and raids as a living steamroller made up of humans (Khajiit, Elf, Orc, Argonian) and shaggy bears. Whether such a “bear-tastic” team will really be effective in the end remains to be seen, but they sure look cool – as you can see in the video!
The sandbox MMO ArcheAge is getting a prequel game with ArcheAge Begins. The new ArcheAge, however, is a mobile game for smartphones and tablets that, thanks to the Unreal Engine 4, does not need to hide graphics-wise. Read all the information about the mobile ArcheAge here!
ArcheAge is a complex sandbox online role-playing game in which players can build houses, establish kingdoms, and engage in powerful PvP battles. This game is now getting a mobile spin-off called ArcheAge Begins, available on devices such as smartphones or tablets.
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ArcheAge Begins – Mobile Spin-off as a Predecessor
ArcheAge Begins takes place long before the regular ArcheAge on PC. In ArcheAge Begins, for example, you will witness a fateful action that plays an important role in the current ArcheAge expansion Revelation.
The developers from XL-Games (the same as for ArcheAge) can pick up on well-known and new stories with this trick, thus not interfering with the development of the PC game.
ArcheAge Begins – No Open World, but Raids and PvP!
Unlike regular ArcheAge, ArcheAge Begins will not offer an open world. Instead, the areas will be presented as separate maps. However, even without the great freedom, there is plenty to do. ArcheAge Begins offers the following features:
Raids with up to four players
PvP sieges
Housing system
Complex crafting system with hundreds of combinations
Trading, livestock farming, and fishing as additional earning opportunities
Players can rob other players as bandits and pirates
Strategic combat system
According to the developers, ArcheAge Begins will place great importance on graphics and presentation. Therefore, the powerful Unreal Engine 4 was used, which is expected to deliver unusually high-quality graphics for mobile games, assuming suitable strong hardware.
ArcheAge Begins is set to release for Android and Apple’s iOS and is expected to hit the market in summer 2017.
What do you think about the concept and presentation of ArcheAge Begins? Would you play an MMO on your smartphone or do such games belong on PC and maybe on console? Let us know in the comments!
