The Pokémon GO Egg Festival starts today and is active for a week. Double experience and special eggs await you!
Starting today, you can participate in the Easter event 2017 in Pokémon GO, where cool bonuses and strong rewards await you. Over the next seven days, you can find new Pokémon in 2KM eggs and even get additional rewards when a Pokémon hatches from an egg. Additionally, more experience points await you to level up your trainer.
Update: The Easter event is now active! We wish you a lot of fun!
Pokémon GO Egg Spectacle – Easter 2017
Put on your running shoes and get ready for the Egg Festival in Pokémon GO. Today, April 13th, the big Easter event kicks off at 10:00 PM. You will have a week to take advantage of the bonuses, which will be deactivated again on April 20th at 10:00 PM. During this time, you have a good chance to greatly increase your trainer level and add a lot more options to your Pokémon collection. Here’s what to expect at the Easter Event 2017:
The developers have come up with even more for the Pokémon GO eggs:
You earn more candies for each egg that you hatch. The developers have not yet specified an exact number. We will update this article as soon as we have more information on this.
Important Note: Only eggs you received after the start of the event count towards this. 2KM eggs already in your inventory before the event are not affected.
As a big bonus, during the entire event, double experience points for your actions in the game. If you combine this bonus with lucky eggs, you’ll earn four times the experience points. So this event is perfect for greatly boosting your trainer level.
Shop Discount
To ensure that as many of you as possible can enjoy the fourfold experience points, the lucky eggs are 50% off in the shop. If you have some coins to spare, you can activate the quadruple XP boost at a low price.
The affixes in “Mythic+” dungeons of World of Warcraft often cause chaos. We explain all the mechanics – including the affixes in patch 7.2!
Update: This list has been updated with the affixes from patch 7.2.
Those who tackle more than just regular dungeons in World of Warcraft: Legion will encounter unique challenges in the higher “Mythic+” instances that complicate their dungeon visits. These special conditions, referred to as “affixes”, occur at a difficulty level of “Mythic+4”.
From level 7, a second affix becomes active and from level 10, even a third. All 3 affixes at the same time often cause significantly more chaos than what is already present in a challenging instance.
WoW: All Affixes of the Mythic+ Dungeons
We have a small list of all affixes for you, explaining each condition and indicating when they can occur:
Challenging (from level 4): When trash mobs are defeated, their death cries empower other nearby enemies, increasing their maximum health and damage dealt by 20%. This only affects enemies already in combat with you and cannot affect bosses.
Quaking: Player characters periodically emit a shockwave that deals damage to other players and interrupts their spells.
Bleeding (from level 4): Upon death, trash mobs leave behind a pool of blood. Enemies in the pool are healed every second, while players take significant damage. The pools remain for a long time.
Explosive: Enemies in combat periodically summon explosive orbs. The orbs explode for heavy damage if not quickly destroyed.
Quirky (from level 7): Tanks generate significantly less threat, causing enemies to sometimes switch targets and attack the group’s softer targets.
Nekrotic (from level 7): Melee attacks from trash mobs generate a stackable debuff that reduces healing received and causes periodic damage.
Bursting: When normal enemies die, they explode, dealing damage equal to 10% of the player’s maximum health over 4 seconds. This effect is stackable.
Terrifying: If players fall below 90% health, they take damage every second until they are healed above 90%.
Tyrannical (from level 10): Bosses have 40% more health and deal 20% more damage.
Excessive (from level 7): Overhealing is converted into a debuff that absorbs healing received.
Unyielding: Normal enemies temporarily become immune to control effects.
Augmented (from level 10): Trash mobs have 20% more health and deal 40% more damage.
Volcanic (from level 7): As long as players are in combat, small volcanoes appear under ranged attackers every few seconds, exploding after a short period and dealing heavy damage.
Swarming (from level 4): There are significantly more trash mobs in the dungeon. The required number of trash mobs for successfully completing the instance is correspondingly increased.
Enraged (from level 4): Trash mobs go into a frenzy at 30% health, increasing their damage dealt by 100% until they die.
The affixes are cumulative to the additional strength that enemies already have in the “Mythic+” dungeons.
In the future, developers are considering further affixes to bring even more variety and fear into the hearts of players. Which affixes do you find particularly easy and which do you find extremely annoying?
The third ban wave in Pokémon GO has started and is now targeting many cheaters in the game. Niantic’s fight against cheaters continues!
Cheaters in Pokémon GO, known as cheaters, have long been a thorn in the side of the community and are particularly unpopular with many trainers. They gain advantages over “fair” trainers through websites, apps, and software.
The developers behind Pokémon GO do not tolerate these hackers and seem to have taken another important step in the fight against cheaters and hackers. As reported by PokémonGOHub, the third major ban wave has just started.
Cheaters complain
In relevant bot and cheat forums, complaints have been piling up in recent days that many Pokémon GO accounts with active bots have been banned. One user writes in the forum, “I had 15 accounts banned from level 24 to 33.” A short time later, he replies in the same forum that another 5 accounts of his have been banned.
Also, in the last few hours, users wrote in the forum that their accounts have been banned. This suggests that this ban wave is still active. It is already the third this year.
1. Ban wave from 20.01 to 24.01
2. Ban wave from 2.03 to 4.03
3. Ban wave from 11.04 – Still active
According to reports on social networks and in the mentioned cheat forums, it is assumed that this wave is primarily focused on bot accounts. These are often used for live maps, leveling accounts, and other fraudulent activities.
In addition, some players who have been reported by the community are said to be affected. One trainer reports that a bot account that regularly occupied gyms has not been found in the game for several days. The trainer had reported the suspicious account to Niantic. So it really helps if you report other accounts.
Some players who used Pokémon GO GPS spoofing are also said to be affected. These “players” use GPS software to fake a different location in the game. As a result, they reach PokéStops, monsters, and gyms that are actually not in the player’s immediate vicinity.
For the fair players among you, this means that the chances of gyms have significantly increased and perhaps some cheaters in your area have been banned. Although Niantic has not yet made an official statement on this, the posts in various cheat forums clearly show that the developers are currently taking strong action against cheaters.
With the freshly released update 2.3, the long-awaited multi-crew feature has now been introduced into the space online game Elite Dangerous, allowing you to cooperatively pilot large spacecraft.
Similar to what is also planned in Star Citizen, you crew large spacecraft in Elite: Dangerous with friends, where everyone has their own role to fulfill. Teamplay becomes even more important as a result.
Since it is now possible to see each other in these ships, you can now give your hero a face. The Holo-Me tool was previously only available in a beta version and is now officially released. Through this character editor, you create your own commander with a unique appearance, just like in a role-playing game.
Many new features and improvements
Additionally, it is possible to give your ship a name and a nameplate. With new camera options, you can view the spaceship and your commander from various angles. New ships and asteroid bases are also part of the major update, along with bug fixes and stability improvements.
Two threats
Furthermore, mysterious content is making its way into the space game, which the developers do not want to talk about. The community is already speculating that this content could be related to the aliens that are currently causing trouble in the galaxy. But these aliens are not the only threat, as the Empire and the Federation face a larger conflict. The emergence of giant alien ships certainly doesn’t fit well into the picture…
All players of the space online game Elite Dangerous can directly download update 2.3 and check out the new features and additional content.
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In the new Overwatch patch 2.09, there are issues that have caused some game modes to be disabled. A solution is already being worked on.
The recently released patch 2.09 for Blizzard’s shooter Overwatch not only activated the new Uprising event, but also had a few undiscovered problems. Due to these issues, the developers have now been forced to disable several game modes on PC, PS4, and Xbox One until a solution is found .
Overwatch game modes disabled
In the official Overwatch forum, community manager Lylirra states that there are technical issues with the latest patch 2.09. The difficulties affect the platforms PS4, Xbox One, and PC. For this reason, the following features have been immediately disabled on all platforms:
Custom Game Saves
3v3 Elimination
6v6 Capture the Flag
Leaderboards
There is currently no estimated date for when the errors will be fixed and the features reactivated. Additionally, it is still unclear what the error was that caused the deactivation. As soon as there are updates on this matter, we will update this article and inform you.
Until these modes are working again, you can try out the new PvE mode or pass the time with the patch notes for update 2.09.
Update: The game modes have since been reactivated.
Custom Game saves, Leaderboards, 3v3 Elimination, and 6v6 Capture the Flag have been reenabled on all platforms.
The new PvE mode “Uprising” in Overwatch excites players. But what makes the co-op mission so good?
With the patch 1.10/2.09, Overwatch has received a new, temporary game mode. Normally, Overwatch is all about intense PvP action, but during the “Uprising” event, players can dive into a PvE mission on the map King’s Row.
As Reinhardt, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Tracer, they carry out a mission in the service of Overwatch, while receiving instructions from Jack Morrison, Ana Amari, and Gabriel Reyes.
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Each round proceeds linearly: First, 3 control points must be hacked, then a payload must be protected and subsequently escorted. In the final phase, 4 specific enemies must be eliminated under time pressure. All of this happens while countless Omnics rain down from the sky, attacking players and the payload, jeopardizing the mission objective.
According to the first reactions on Reddit and in the official forum, players are very pleased with the mode. Especially the four different difficulty levels (with the last one being nearly impossibly hard) and the option to lead other heroes (without story) into battle is appreciated. Those who like it exciting can simply choose not to bring a healer.
What do you think of the Uprising game mode? Do you enjoy the PvP action or is it not for you?
Cortyn says: The game mode “Uprising” impressively shows what Overwatch could be if it were turned into a co-op PvE shooter or if more such modes were offered in the future. However, I must honestly say that after 2 or 3 matches, the excitement wears off. You can quite accurately predict when and where the enemies will appear. Occasionally, enemies even pop up right in the line of sight – that’s annoying and reduces immersion. However, those who wanted story and just want to “together” experience a little adventure in the Overwatch universe are likely to have a lot of fun destroying the Omnic threat on King’s Row.
For a game mode that is simply offered as part of a free update, Uprising is more than players could have ever expected. However, this sets a very high bar for upcoming patches and events. Let’s just hope that there will eventually be an Overwatch shooter with a proper campaign.
Paladins (PC, PS4, Xbox One) keeps our author Leya engaged. In a review, she takes a closer look at the “free Overwatch”.
I have been playing Paladins for a few months now and am still having a great time. However, there are a few things I would wish for in the future.
When I jumped into Paladins, I didn’t know much about this hero shooter. I had only heard that it is supposed to be the “Overwatch for the poor.” I have played Overwatch for countless hours and assumed that Paladins would meet my tastes.
Overwatch has been put aside, and Paladins has become an addiction. What is the reason for that?
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Experimenting with the deck build is the heart of Paladins
As a big MOBA fan, I find exactly what makes the game so appealing to me in Paladins. The card system offers me many strategic choices. I can significantly customize the same character through my deck building and adapt it to the specific match. I am free to choose how I want to play my champion and role.
In Paladins, there is no classic support character that runs after their team with a healing beam. Healing supports can quickly become damage supports with the right items. Flankers become damage dealers and vice versa. Should I enhance my tank’s shields or rather go on the offensive? The decision is left to me through the cards.
Always the same inner struggle with Pip: Flank or support? Source: https://i.redd.it/5iobwxfgpxqy.png
This flexibility and the rediscovery of champions – depending on the build – makes Paladins a constant favorite for me. There is always enough to experiment with over the long term.
The champions are strong characters, even without lore
I love the champions of Paladins. At first, I thought they were very similar to those in Overwatch. But that’s not the case at all. The heroes play differently and have different personalities. Although there is still no great lore, the champions have strong character. Just through their voice lines and appearances, they manage to captivate me.
An example: The Bomb King is always cheerful and spreads good vibes. Sometimes he tells me laughing that he wants to make a bomb out of my head. Suddenly, his bombs with cute faces look very different.
After half a year of Paladins, I still want more and am not yet tired of this action MOBA. However, I do have a few wishes for the future.
At the moment, Paladins is still full of bugs, and with each patch, new ones come up again. Additionally, the servers often suffer from severe hiccups. Paladins is still in beta, which is why I overlook these issues.
Paladins offersfew maps. Here, the pace of new content is restrained. More variety in the maps would create more depth in gameplay. It becomes monotonous playing on the same maps after a while. There is definitely a need for improvement here.
Paladins is F2P and fans of casual shooters definitely won’t make a mistake giving Paladins a try. However, one must be able to accept that Paladins still suffers from hiccups here and there and is not polished down to the smallest detail. After all, it is still in beta.
Paladins is referred to as “Overwatch for the poor” but is rich in MOBA elements, strategic decisions, and quirky characters.
What is your opinion on Paladins? Please share your impressions in the comments.
Where are which items located in the King’s Fall raid from Destiny? What does the raid loot look like at 390? And what elemental damage do the exotic adept weapons have? Here is an overview with all the info.
As of April 11, 2017, the Oryx raid in Destiny has a 390 light level version. This means that loot up to the maximum light level can now be found in this raid. Additionally, this version provides new exotic adept weapons and raid ornaments in challenge mode, which you can use to enhance your armor pieces.
Regarding the raid weapons in King’s Fall at 390, you should know:
The primary weapons have a standard and an adept version.
The standard versions are legendary and do not deal elemental damage – just like before. Non-agonized versions of these weapons do not drop – these are only available through normal mode.
The adept versions are exotic variants with a new look that deal elemental damage. They are only available through completing raid challenge modes
King’s Fall – Locations of all weapons, armor parts, items
Where can you find all the weapons and items in this raid? Which boss can drop which loot? A list of possible raid loot has been compiled on reddit, which we are reproducing in German.
Hall of Souls (Starting Area)
The chest can contain worm spores, telemetry, weapon parts, and the ankles of Eao.
Ship Phase (Chest at Jump Puzzle)
Heavy syntheses, artifacts, exotics, and legendary engrams.
Totems
Ghost shells
Agonized Reckoning from Midha (fusion rifle) (Note: We will omit the “agonized” designation here)
Exotics
War Priest
Armor: Gloves, Boots
Weapons: Pain of Drystan (Auto Rifle), Pain of Merain (Pulse Rifle), Corruption of Chelchis (Scout Rifle), Curse of Zaouli (Hand Cannon) – Through challenge mode, you can get the exotic adept versions. Additionally: Resistance of Yasmin (Sniper Rifle), Rage of Elulim (Rocket Launcher), Terminus of Qullim (Machine Gun), Silence of A’arn (Shotgun)
Furthermore, completing the challenge mode guarantees a raid ornament and a badge
Golgoroth’s Labyrinth (Chest)
Chance for exotics, artifacts, telemetry, weapon parts, and worm spores.
Golgoroth
Armor Pieces: Gloves, Chest Armor, Boots
Weapons: Pain of Drystan (Auto Rifle), Pain of Merain (Pulse Rifle), Corruption of Chelchis (Scout Rifle), Curse of Zaouli (Hand Cannon) – Through challenge mode, you can get the exotic adept versions
Additionally, completing the challenge mode guarantees a raid ornament and a badge
Jump Puzzle – Wall (Chest)
Chance for exotics, artifacts, telemetry, weapon parts, and worm spores.
Witches
Ghost shells
Class item
Exotics
Oryx – Final Boss
Armor Pieces: Helm, Class Item
Weapons: Pain of Drystan (Auto Rifle), Pain of Merain (Pulse Rifle), Corruption of Chelchis (Scout Rifle), Curse of Zaouli (Hand Cannon) – Through challenge mode, you can get the exotic adept versions. Additionally: Rage of Elulim (Rocket Launcher), Terminus of Qullim (Machine Gun)
Furthermore, you can get Ghost shells, Sparrows, ships, shaders, and earn a raid ornament and an emblem for completing the challenge mode.
Info on all weapons from the King’s Fall raid can be found on the following pages. There you can also learn what elemental damage the new exotic adept weapons have. Let’s start with the Pain of Drystan.
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Here you can see the skills and abilities that the Necromancer in Diablo 3 masters. These include a Death Scythe, Bone Spear, and the Army of the Dead.
The beta test of the Necromancer in Diablo 3 has started, and the first selected players can already begin testing. In this article, we provide an overview of the skills and passive abilities of the Necromancer currently available.
Keep in mind that this content is still in a testing phase and may undergo changes to values or functionality at any time. Additionally, the translations of some terms are not definitive and may change later.
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Primary Skills of the Necromancer
Bone Spikes
Basic Skill (Physical)
Produces: 24 Essence
Causes Bone Spikes to erupt from the ground, dealing 150 % weapon damage per second.
Stunning Spikes (Physical)
Bone Spikes stun enemies for 1 sec.
Bone Path (Physical)
Causes a series of spikes to erupt from the ground, dealing 100 % weapon damage. The spikes deal up to 100 % more damage to distant enemies.
Bone Stakes (Poison)
Impales the target and up to two nearby enemies with large bone stakes, dealing 150 % weapon damage.
Frost Spikes (Cold)
The spikes leave a frost area that reduces enemy movement speed by 60 % for 2 sec.
Blood Spikes (Physical)
Enemies hit bleed, taking 50 % weapon damage over 2 sec. Meanwhile, you heal for 0.5 % of your maximum life.
Blood Sucking
Basic Skill (Physical)
Produces: 15 Essence every time damage is dealt
Sucks the blood from the targeted enemy, dealing 300 % weapon damage.
While ‘Blood Sucking’ is channeled, you heal for 2 % of your maximum life every second.
Blood Loss (Cold)
Also slows enemies by 75 %.
Pure Essence (Physical)
Produces 20 Essence when at full health instead.
Life Drain (Physical)
Increases healing to 6 % life, but no longer produces Essence.
Power Shift (Poison)
Each time ‘Blood Sucking’ deals damage to the target, damage is increased by 10 %. Stacks up to 10 times.
Healing Pull (Physical)
Pulls all healing orbs within 40 meters toward you while channeling.
Death Scythe
Basic Skill (Physical)
Produces: 12 Essence per enemy hit
Swings a summoned scythe in front of you, dealing 150 % weapon damage as physical damage.
Blood Scythe (Physical)
Heals you by 1 % of your life per enemy hit.
Decapitation (Physical)
Has a 5 % chance to decapitate and instantly kill enemies with less than 20 % health.
Frost Scythe (Cold)
Each enemy hit increases your attack speed by 1 % for 5 sec. Can stack up to 15 times.
Twin Scythes (Physical)
Swings two summoned scythes in front of you, dealing 150 % weapon damage as physical damage and pulling enemies together.
Cursed Scythe (Poison)
You have a 15 % chance to curse enemies hit with a random curse.
Secondary Skills of the Necromancer
Death Nova
Basic Skill (Poison)
Cost: 20 Essence
Unleashes a nova that deals 350 % weapon damage to all enemies within 25 meters.
Tentacle Nova (Physical)
Each enemy hit heals you for 1 % of your life and reduces the damage dealt to 225 %.
Bone Nova (Physical)
Causes bone spikes to shoot from the ground, dealing 475 % weapon damage to enemies within 12 meters.
Blood Nova (Physical)
Consumes 10 % life and unleashes a blood nova that deals 450 % weapon damage to all enemies within 25 meters.
Plague (Poison)
Leaves a contaminated area on the ground that slows enemies by 60 % and reduces the damage they deal by 15 % for 1 sec.
Instable Link (Poison)
Each use increases the radius of your next ‘Death Nova’ by 5 meters. Can stack up to 2 times.
Bone Spear
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 20 Essence
Summons a piercing bone projectile that deals 450 % weapon damage to all hit enemies.
Crystallization (Cold)
Reduces the attack speed of each enemy hit by 20 % for 3 sec and increases your own by 3 %. Can stack up to 10 times.
Shatter (Physical)
Instead of piercing enemies, the bone projectile now explodes upon hitting the first enemy, dealing 450 % damage to all enemies within 15 meters.
Contaminated Mark (Poison)
Causes 15 % more damage after each pierced enemy.
Blood Spear (Physical)
‘Bone Spear’ becomes ‘Blood Spear’. This deals 518 % weapon damage, but costs 10 % life.
Teeth (Physical)
Throws 5 sharp teeth that deal 300 % weapon damage to enemies in front of you.
Skeleton Mage
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 40 Essence
Raises a corpse as a skeleton that attacks your enemies. The skeleton deals 400 % weapon damage per attack. Remains for 6 sec.
Gift of Death (Physical)
Raised skeletons leave a corpse when they die or decay.
Singularity (Physical)
Consumes all Essence to summon a powerful servant. The damage done by the servant increases by 3 % for each point of Essence spent.
Life Transfer (Physical)
Costs 10 % life to summon mages. They remain for an additional 2 sec.
Contamination (Poison)
Raises a contaminated mage that channels an aura of decay, dealing 175 % weapon damage during its duration.
Skeleton Archer (Cold)
Raises a skeleton archer that deals 400 % weapon damage.
Skeleton archers increase your attack speed by 3 % for 5 sec each time they deal damage. Can stack up to 10 times.
Blood and Bone Abilities of the Necromancer
Bone Armor
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 10 Essence
Cooldown: 10 sec.
Rips bones from nearby enemies, dealing 150 % weapon damage. Turns the bones into armor, reducing damage taken per enemy hit by 3 %, up to a maximum of 10 enemies. Bone Armor lasts for 60 sec.
[Placeholder] Vengeful Armor (Physical)
Increases the damage dealt to enemies by 200 %.
[Placeholder] Limited Immunity (Physical)
Your armor absorbs all damage for 5 sec., making you immune to all loss of control effects.
Twist (Physical)
Also stuns hit enemies for 2 sec.
Bone Strengthening (Physical)
Cost: 20 % life
Increases your life per second per enemy hit by 10 %.
Tormented Harvest (Physical)
‘Bone Armor’ additionally increases your movement speed per enemy hit by 1 %.
Bone Spirit
Basic Skill (Physical)
Sends out a bone spirit that chases enemies. Deals 4,000 % damage upon impact.
You receive a charge every 15 sec. and can store up to 3 charges. The charge time is reduced by 1 sec. for each devoured corpse.
Possession (Physical)
The bone spirit now charms its target for 10 sec., but costs 10 % life.
Panic Attack (Poison)
Upon impact, the bone spirit instills fear in enemies within 10 meters for 2 sec.
Poltergeist (Cold)
Increases the maximum number of charges to 4.
Open Account (Cold)
Upon impact, the bone spirit deals 1250 % weapon damage to all enemies within 10 meters.
Astral Projection (Cold)
Each enemy hit by the bone spirit on the way to its target increases its damage by 15 %.
Bloody Paths
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cooldown: 5 sec.
Cost: 5 % life
Shedding your mortal coil, you re-emerge up to 50 meters away.
Transfusion (Physical)
Heals you for 2 % of your maximum life for each enemy passed through.
Hemostasis (Physical)
‘Bloody Paths’ no longer costs life.
Metabolism (Physical)
Bloody Paths now has 2 charges, but costs twice as much life.
Power of Blood (Physical)
Increases your armor after use by 100 % for 2 sec.
Mortal Remains (Physical)
You leave a corpse at your original position.
Simulacrum
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 50 % life
Cooldown: 120 sec.
Creates a simulacrum from blood that duplicates your essence spenders for 15 sec.
Reservoir (Physical)
An active simulacrum increases your maximum essence by 100 %.
Cursed Form (Physical)
While ‘Cursed Form’ is active, each of your curse skills triggers all three curses.
[Placeholder] Blood Debt (Physical)
An active simulacrum reduces the life cost of your skills by 75 %.
Blood and Bone (Physical)
Additionally creates a simulacrum from bone, but reduces the duration to 10 sec.
Death Sacrifice (Physical)
If you take a fatal blow while your simulacrum is active, the simulacrum sacrifices itself instead and fully heals you.
Reanimation Skills of the Necromancer
Land of the Dead
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cooldown: 120 sec.
All corpse-based skills can be used any number of times for 5 sec.
Empowerment (Physical)
Your skills cost no essence while ‘Land of the Dead’ is active.
Frozen Land (Physical)
Enemies in the area of ‘Land of the Dead’ are regularly frozen.
Plaguelands (Poison)
‘Land of the Dead’ deals up to 5000 % weapon damage to enemies during its duration.
Land of Abundance (Physical)
While ‘Land of the Dead’ is active, you heal for 2 % of your maximum life for each enemy you kill.
Quick Burial (Physical)
For every 10 enemies killed, the duration is extended by 1 sec., up to a maximum of 2 sec.
Command Skeletons
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 50 Essence
Active: Command your skeleton servants to attack a target and increase their damage by 50 % for 5 sec.
Passive: Raises skeletons from the ground every 2 sec. (maximum 7). Skeleton servants deal 50 % weapon damage per successful attack.
Executor (Physical)
Reduces the active essence costs to 25.
Dark Healing (Physical)
Skeleton servants heal you for 0.5 % of your maximum life per hit while you command them.
Freezing Grip (Cold)
The target of your command is frozen for 3 sec.
Murder Command (Poison)
Let your skeleton servants rush an enemy and explode. Deals 80 % weapon damage to enemies in the area of 15 meters.
Frenzy (Physical)
Your active skeleton servants enter a frenzy, increasing their attack speed by 25 % for the duration of the effect.
Command Golem
Basic Skill (Poison)
Cooldown: 60 sec.
Active: Commands the golem to a target location, where it dissolves into a pile of corpses made of 5 corpses.
Passive: Raises a flesh golem that fights for you. The flesh golem deals 450 % weapon damage per attack.
Bone Golem (Physical)
Active: Transforms the golem into a bone tornado that carries all nearby enemies to the target location and stuns them for 2 sec.
Blood Golem (Physical)
Active: Commands the golem to sacrifice itself, healing you for 25 % of your life and reforming at the target location. While the golem is reforming, wildly flailing veins deal 450 % weapon damage to nearby enemies.
Decay Golem (Poison)
Active: Commands the golem to devour corpses at the target location. Each devoured corpse increases its damage by 30 %.
Flesh Golem (Poison)
Active: Commands the golem to a target location, where it dissolves into a pile of corpses with 8 usable corpses.
Ice Golem (Cold)
Active: Commands the golem to a target location, where it freezes enemies for 3 sec. Frozen enemies have a 10 sec. chance to suffer 10 % increased critical hit chance.
Army of the Dead
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cooldown: 120 sec.
Raises an army of skeletons that attack the target location. The skeletons deal 3000 % weapon damage to all enemies within 15 meters.
Catatonic Grip (Poison)
Hands shoot from the ground, incapacitating enemies for 5 sec.
Frozen Army (Cold)
Increases weapon damage by 3600 % and the skeletons attack all enemies in a line.
Unconventional Warfare (Physical)
Raises a skeleton army that attacks random targets for 4 sec.
[Placeholder] Death’s Vale (Physical)
The skeleton army pushes all affected enemies toward the center.
Dead Storm (Physical)
Unleashes a storm of the dead around you, dealing 2000 % weapon damage to nearby enemies over 5 sec.
Hexes of the Necromancer
Withering
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 10 Essence
A crippling curse that reduces enemy movement speed by 75 % and their damage dealt by 20 %. Lasts for 30 sec.
Opportunist (Physical)
Increases your movement speed by 3 % per cursed enemy.
Gift of Time (Physical)
Gains 1 % cooldown reduction per cursed enemy.
Wither (Physical)
Increases damage reduction to 30 %, but removes the slow.
Dizziness (Physical)
Successful hits have a 10 % chance to stun cursed enemies for 2 sec.
Weakening (Physical)
Strengthens the slow in the first 5 sec.
Frailty
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 10 Essence
A crippling curse that kills enemies with less than 15 % of their maximum life. Lasts for 30 sec.
[Placeholder] Cycle of Essence (Physical)
Gains 2 Essence when a cursed enemy dies.
Instability (Physical)
Cursed enemies explode upon death and deal 100 % weapon damage.
Blood Stench (Physical)
Cursed enemies take 15 % more damage from your servants.
Aura of Frailty (Physical)
Turns the skill into an aura that curses all enemies within 15 meters.
The range of this effect is increased by 50 % of your gold pickup radius.
An Early Grave (Physical)
Triggers at 18 % life, but costs 10 % of your life.
Eel Curse
Basic Skill (Physical)
Cost: 10 Essence
The target area is cursed. Successful attacks against cursed enemies have a chance to heal the attacker for 1 % of their maximum life. Lasts for 30 sec.
Infection (Physical)
Enemies that die during the curse’s duration transfer the curse to an untouched nearby target.
Final Drain (Physical)
When a cursed enemy dies, you heal for 200 % of your life for each enemy killed.
Cursed Ground (Physical)
Applies a curse to the target area, healing you for each enemy per second in the cursed area for 0.5 % of your maximum life.
Blood Flask (Physical)
When a cursed enemy dies, your potion cooldown is reduced by 1 sec.
Osmosis (Physical)
Each cursed enemy increases your life regeneration per second by 751.
Corpse Abilities of the Necromancer
Corpse Explosion
Basic Skill (Physical)
Causes all corpses in a 11 meter target area to explode, dealing 150 % weapon damage to enemies within 20 meters.
Last Embrace (Physical)
The corpses are pulled towards the next enemy before they explode, costing ‘Corpse Explosion’ 3 % life per corpse.
Eerie Proximity (Poison)
Causes corpses near you to explode, dealing 200 % weapon damage to enemies within 20 meters.
Bloody Seriousness (Physical)
Increases the explosion radius to 25 meters.
Death Cold (Cold)
Freezes all enemies caught in the explosion for 2 sec.
Shrapnel (Poison)
The corpses now explode in the opposite direction to you, hitting all targets in a cone-shaped area.
Cadaver Lances
Basic Skill (Physical)
Targets an enemy and creates projectiles from nearby corpses, dealing 750 % weapon damage to it.
Wearing Touch (Cold)
Hits with ‘Cadaver Lances’ soften your enemies, increasing their chance to land critical hits by 5 % for 5 sec.
Blood Lance (Physical)
Costs 5 % of your maximum life to throw an additional lance at the target, dealing 250 % weapon damage.
Bloody Force (Physical)
‘Cadaver Lances’ stuns the target for 3 sec.
Rending Shards (Poison)
Hits slow the target by 10 sec. for 10 % and reduce their damage by 6 %. Can stack up to 5 times.
Ricochet (Physical)
‘Cadaver Lances’ has a 20 % chance to hit a second target.
Devour
Basic Skill (Physical)
Devours corpses within 60 meters, restoring 10 Essence per corpse.
Relentless (Physical)
Additionally devours your servants, restoring 10 Essence for each servant killed.
Greedy (Physical)
Reduces all essence costs by 2 % for 5 sec. per devoured corpse.
Devouring Aura (Physical)
Turns the skill into an aura that devours all corpses within 15 meters, restoring 11 Essence per corpse.
The range of this effect is increased by 50 % of your gold pickup radius.
Satisfied (Physical)
Increases your maximum life by 2 % for 2 sec. for each devoured corpse.
Cannibalistic (Physical)
Each devoured corpse also restores 3 % life.
Reanimate
Basic Skill (Physical)
Targets an area and reanimates up to 10 corpses within 20 meters.
Ritual Sacrifice (Physical)
Increases the damage of revived creatures by 20 %, but each use of ‘Reanimate’ now costs 3 % life.
Bodyguard (Physical)
Damage received is reduced by 1 % per active revived servant.
Blind Rage (Physical)
Revived servants deal an additional 150 % damage but only last for 6 sec. Damage dealt is converted to cold damage.
[Placeholder] Unsettling Return (Poison)
When you revive a corpse, enemies within 20 meters flee in fear for 3 sec.
Purgatory (Physical)
Revived servants become usable corpses again after their lifespan ends.
Passive Skills of the Necromancer
Powerful Death
Devouring a corpse increases your movement speed by 3 % for 5 sec.
Life After Death
There is a 20 % chance that an additional healing orb appears when devouring a corpse.
Lone Wolf
Increases your armor by 100 %. Reduces your armor by 10 % per active servant.
Bone Prison
‘Bone Spear’, ‘Bone Spikes’, and ‘Bone Spirit’ have a 10 % chance to imprison enemies in a bone prison for 3 sec.
Leader of the Dead
Essence costs for ‘Command Skeletons’ and cooldown of ‘Command Golem’ are reduced by 30 %.
Rapid Harvest
Increases the attack speed of ‘Bone Spikes’, ‘Blood Sucking’, and ‘Death Scythe’ by 15 %.
Forbidden Creation
Your servants receive 200 % of your thorn damage.
Eternal Torments
Your curses cost 50 % less essence and last indefinitely.
Blood for Blood
Picking up a healing orb negates the life cost of your next blood spell. This effect can stack up to 3 times.
Blood is Power
Each time you lose 5 % life, all remaining cooldowns are reduced by 1 %.
Life Drain
Increases life regeneration for each enemy within 20 meters by 10 %.
Extended Servitude
Increases the duration of your summoned servants from ‘Raise Dead’ or ‘Reanimate’ by 25 %.
Last Service
If you take lethal damage, all servants are sacrificed instead. You heal for 10 % of your life. This effect can occur only once every 60 sec.
Gruesome Tribute
When your servants hit an enemy, you heal for 10 % of your life per hit.
Overwhelming Essence
Increases the maximum essence by 40.
Rathma’s Shield
After using ‘Land of the Dead’, ‘Army of the Dead’, or ‘Simulacrum’, you cannot lose life for 4 sec.
Dark Harvest
While wielding a scythe, you gain 1 % essence and life per enemy killed.
Rigor Mortis
Pestilence skills also slow affected enemies by 30 % for 5 sec. and reduce their attack speed by 15 %.
Toothed
‘Bone Spikes’, ‘Bone Spear’, and ‘Bone Spirit’ deal an additional 1 % damage for every 2 meters between you and the target, up to a maximum of 15 %.
Hexes, Blood, and Summoned Servants
With his abilities, the Necromancer functions in many playstyles. He has high-range skills, melee attacks, and abilities for his servants. You can choose whether to sacrifice life to become stronger with your blood abilities or to maintain control over an army of undead servants.
During the closed beta, the developers want to share more information about the Necromancer.
Mass Effect: Andromeda has finally been completed and the final quests are done. How our final verdict on the game is, you can find out here.
Although we already published a very detailed text about Mass Effect: Andromeda a few weeks ago, I had not completed the storyline of the game by then.
In the meantime, that has changed and I can now give a final overall impression of the game. My counter for the completion of the game stands at 96%, the only thing that seems to be missing are some of the “small” side missions, two of which I can’t complete and the other is of the type “Search the entire field without interface hints” – so they can be neglected.
How does Mass Effect: Andromeda fare as a complete work compared to the other titles in the series?
The developers have definitely learned from the controversy surrounding the ending of Mass Effect 3. Andromeda leaves little doubt about the outcome of the game and there probably won’t be any major conspiracy theories (like the indoctrination theory surrounding Commander Shepard).
The effects of the choices made throughout the story are largely addressed in the final mission. While they are often just brief appearances or single sentences from rescued NPCs, there is indeed a feeling that other decisions could have led some NPCs to abandon us.
What Mass Effect: Andromeda definitely lacks are memorable big boss fights. The battles against the architects are indeed grand, but all other “bosses” are rather boring. Especially the final battle was more annoying than challenging, which leaves a somewhat bland taste at the end.
But where Andromeda lacks in large, epic moments, it makes up for with small, thoughtful moments. When Ryder sits on the floor with Jaal in his room to look at a star map or when you climb a giant mountain with Vetra to enjoy the view – those are great images that stick in your mind. And krogan bar brawls are also not easily forgotten.
One last criticism is that the choices made during the game do not have much of an impact (apart from the final mission). It feels as if they want to prepare for a sequel here, and the effects of the choices will only be felt in the next installment of the series – just like it was the case with Mass Effect 1.
Final verdict: Mass Effect: Andromeda is an all-around solid action RPG and a worthy representative of the “Mass Effect” series. While the game lacks truly grand and memorable highlights in the story, there are always small, beautiful moments to be found. They may not have the impressiveness of a discovery like in the original trilogy, but they ensure that it remains exciting all the time.
I would still recommend the game to any fan of the series.
Skyforge, the sci-fi action MMO from My.com, has released on PlayStation 4 and is now live. You can now play the game for free without founder packs, and there’s a new trailer as well.
Online role-playing games are still common on PC and struggle to compete with the dominant World of Warcraft. However, MMORPGs on PlayStation 4 are still scarce and only work if they are somewhat dynamic and focus on action-packed gameplay.
Such a game is Skyforge, which struggled to find its place in the saturated PC market but now has good chances of success as a recently released PS4 title with a free-to-play model.
Skyforge – A Hell of a Fun with Gods!
Skyforge is a rather unusual MMORPG, as you don’t play elves or dwarves in a fantasy world but an immortal god in a futuristic setting. Your world Aelion is a paradise in a universe full of envious disgusting aliens attacking your planet in droves from space.
Therefore, in Skyforge, you do nothing else but regularly beat up this space scum together with other gods when they set their dirty paws on the blooming meadows of Aelion. Since you are a god, you are more than just a class; you can constantly switch your archetype as long as you have unlocked the others of the total of 14 classes.
Skyforge – From PC to Console
The hunt for new classes and abilities is an important gameplay aspect of Skyforge. Every class plays differently; the Berserker swings a kind of chainsaw sword, the Gunner shoots with a big gun, and the Cryomancer freezes his enemies.
The gamepad controls well convey the fast-paced action combat system and are on par with the PC version. This also applies to the content, which is expected to be on the same level as the PC version shortly after release. Skyforge is also available on the console as a free-to-play game.
By the way, there’s a new trailer for the launch of Skyforge on PlayStation 4 that showcases what a hero in Skyforge can be. Namely, everything!
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They are collaborating worldwide with talented voice actors. New content is constantly coming in that needs to be voiced. There can be difficulties in collaboration because the voices are not always available or other problems arise.
If that happens, they replace the voice with another one and completely revoice the character to maintain consistency. This is supposed to happen now with Pharah.
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The German voice of Pharah in Overwatch was previously voiced by the actress Ghadah Al-Akel. She has been known as the German voice for actresses Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Rodriguez in the past. Her voice is recognized from film and television (Grey’s Anatomy, Navy CIS).
Al-Akel was beloved by fans as “Pharah” in Overwatch. Since the latest patch, she is voiced by someone else. Overwatch players immediately noticed this when the patch went live on Tuesday evening. Some expressed their displeasure in German Facebook groups.
Then something strange happened. Players posted in the actress’s guestbook saying: “It’s a shame that you no longer voice Pharah. Your work was great.”
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Actress Was Not Informed, Considers It Disrespectful
Thereafter, the actress published a statement in her guestbook. She only learned of the recasting of Pharah through comments and messages.
Al-Akel says she was not informed about this. She would have liked to continue voicing Pharah. There was no conflict:
It was neither due to the fee, the collaboration nor to my availability concerning the voice recordings!!
She considers the recasting a “disrespect” towards herself and the fans. The statement from Blizzard surprises her.
We have inquired with Blizzard and will inform you when a statement regarding this matter comes in.
A famous recasting in the English original was the ghost in Destiny. It was said that there were “availability reasons” behind it, as Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage reportedly no longer had time for video game jobs:
Patch 7.2.5 for WoW brings the Black Temple up to date. Moreover, there is finally a sort of “dance studio”, albeit as an event – it only took 10 years.
Although update 7.2 of World of Warcraft has only been active on the live servers for a few weeks, the developers at Blizzard are already working hard on future content. The first details of patch 7.2.5 have now been introduced in the official forum.
Patch 7.2.5 is again a “small” patch that contains hardly any new content – such as new zones or raids – but does bring many improvements and small things that make everyday life in Azeroth more pleasant.
The biggest highlight is likely to be the Black Temple. This raid was originally designed for level 70 players and had Illidan Stormrage as the final boss. With patch 7.2.5, the Black Temple will receive a Timewalking version! The exact difficulty level and whether players can join through the Group Finder is still unknown. For nostalgia’s sake, here’s the trailer from long-forgotten times:
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However, there are a few fresh content updates. An “epic questline” centered around Chromie is being implemented in the game. Chromie is a bronze dragon that usually appears in the form of a female gnome and interacts with players. When Chromie is involved in an issue, it’s certain that some timeline has gone awry or a strange paradox has emerged.
Micro-holidays bring the “dance studio” – at least in the auction house
The concept of micro-holidays is being further developed, and the events are getting even more absurd than before.
In the Trial of Style, multiple players enter a scenario and must adjust their outfits at the hairdresser to match a specific theme. Afterwards, all players can vote for the best set.
Not much is known about the Auction House Dance Party. Presumably, all heroes within the auction houses will be celebrating – here’s to the next million through speculation.
The Moonkin Festival is likely to be druidic in nature, but there is still no concrete information.
Furthermore, additional items have been found in the game data that might make it into the patch but have not yet been confirmed.
King Magni wants something from the players – are the old gods stirring in Azeroth again?
There is said to be a new questline with King Magni, who asks players for help in the Sholazar Basin – an important location for the creation of the Titans. This could already be the first hint at a potential addon after Legion. Many players suspect that something terrible is happening with Azeroth while the heroes in patch 7.3 are fighting on Argus.
Oh, and Pet Battle Dungeons for Gnomeregan and the Deadmines are also in the game data – that should please all pet collectors.
Currently, on The Division, the servers are down today, April 13th. Maintenance will last several hours on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Today, Thursday, the regular maintenance work is taking place. After no bug fixes or patches were deployed last week, a changelog will be provided today.
The server maintenance begins at 9:30 AM. The online services are expected to be unavailable for three hours, so you can play again starting at 12:30 PM.
What’s changing today
Massive is implementing a fix for a bug in the “Last Stand” mode:
A bug in Last Stand will be fixed where SHD tech was multiplied from loot containers for all group members.
Today around 5 PM, we expect the “State of the Game” livestream from Massive. We will report on the information from it promptly.
A potential Easter special leak announces that the Pokémon GO event for Easter activates double experience points and rare Pokémon from eggs for one week.
Trainers can hardly wait for Niantic to officially announce whether there will be an Easter event in Pokémon GO and what rewards it has in store for us. Today, a potential leak surfaced announcing such an Easter event. It is supposed to start tomorrow and increase the chance of rare Pokémon from eggs!
Pokémon GO Easter Event 2017 – Easter Special
A leak has reached the Pokémon GO community announcing an Easter event that is supposed to start tomorrow, Thursday, April 13th. The article on PokémonGOHub states that they have received information about the upcoming Easter event and are currently verifying the sources. In the past, this source has proven to be reliable when they published accurate leaks for the release date of Generation 2 and the Water Festival.
The leak on PokémonGOHub states:
An event with double experience points starts tomorrow, April 13th, and will be active for 7 days.
Increased chances of getting rare Pokémon as loot from eggs. This includes Snorlax, Lapras, Porygon, and Miltank.
Drop rates for specific eggs were unfortunately not mentioned. Additionally, the leak does not mention any potential discounts on incubators in the shop, which some trainers have speculated about in recent days.
The same information that PokémonGOHub received regarding this leak apparently also reached a Spanish Pokémon account called “Team Eevolution“. They also mention double experience points and the increased hatch rate of rare Pokémon. A (translated) excerpt from the tweet:
“Tomorrow a double XP event will start, which will be active for one week. There will also be better results from eggs. This means: More chances for rare Pokémon like Lapras or Snorlax to hatch more frequently.”
A leak is not an official announcement – [Update: Leak confirmed]
We want to emphasize again that this is a leak that has not been officially confirmed. Niantic has not yet commented on an Easter event 2017.
Of course, we would be excited about an event like this, but we should not take this news as reliable, but rather consider it as a possibility. If the event starts tomorrow in this form, you should keep in mind that only new eggs that you received after the start of the event are eligible for the bonuses.
The new Ghost Recon Wildlands update 3.0 brings the live season challenges to the game. Unique rewards await you!
One of the most significant changes in the new GRW update 3.0 is the live season challenge. These tasks reward you with up to three unique contents per season. The missions you need to complete are partially suitable for solo players but also for co-op groups. We will show you how these seasons work in Ghost Recon Wildlands.
Seasons in Ghost Recon Wildlands
A part of the future plans for Ghost Recon Wildlands involves the introduced live season challenges. The first season will start on April 18 and can reward you with unique contents if you participate.
The seasons are meant to give you new contents regularly in Wildlands. Each season typically lasts 6 weeks and has its own theme. In the main menu, you can view the current challenges and progress.
To find new missions located in different areas on the map, you must complete special instructions in a designated order. To activate the challenges or update your statistics, you must be online. However, you can play the mission offline in the same game session.
Each week, a total of five new missions will be available to you. These missions will show you new sections of Operation Kingslayer. They are divided into:
Three solo challenges that can also be played in co-op mode. Player stats are tracked separately.
A challenge that you must solve with members of the special forces. Special Forces can be created or joined in the Ghost Recon Network.
A community challenge where the help of all players is required to achieve a common goal.
For each challenge, there is a reward for you. These are limited to a maximum of three rewards per season. During a season, each challenge is available for one week and is updated every Wednesday at 11:00 AM. The roadmap for the upcoming seasons in Ghost Recon Wildlands looks like this:
Ghost Recon Wildlands – Season 1 (April 18 – May 26)
Season one in GRW deals with the rise and fall of Unidad. From the depicted mission briefing, it is apparent that Unidad will become a greater threat and apparently prepare a larger operation. It is your task to gather information about this and take necessary actions against them.
Smurfing in Overwatch is not particularly tragic. At least the Game Director does not see it as a big problem.
If you play Overwatch regularly, you have probably encountered a player with a low account level who plays exceptionally well. The suspicion arises quickly that they might be a “Smurf” – a player who is actually using another account and has significantly more experience.
Smurfs are hated in most games, as they disrupt the normal balance of matchmaking. The fresh second account of a professional player cannot yet be perfectly ranked by matchmaking, so they often face significantly worse players, who then get crushed mercilessly.
In the official forum, players have been demanding for weeks: “Blizzard, when will you take control of your own game again? Smurfs ruin the fun!”
Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director, responded and explained that smurfing is not really a big problem. He wrote:
“Smurfing – and I know you don’t want to hear this – is not such a big problem. As an example, a few weeks ago we observed a pro player streaming with their smurf account. We were able to monitor their MMR [assessment of skill] internally and compare it with the MMR of their main account. Within 15 matches, these two values were identical. I know there is a very negative perception of “smurfing”. But the reality is that these skilled players rise back up from the lower ranks very quickly.”
Not every low-level player is a smurf
Furthermore, the community has come to the belief that every good player with a low account level must automatically be a smurf. Kaplan describes from his own experience:
“I have personally experienced a few cases where players accuse someone of smurfing when they haven’t done so at all. One of the people I play with is quite talented. He played a lot during the beta. He works on Heroes of the Storm and plays that game nearly every night.
But sometimes he stops by and we play Overwatch because he really enjoys the game. As an experience, his account level is significantly lower than ours. Most of us have 3-5 stars [between level 300 and 600] and he is level 30. Every time we play with him, someone claims he is a smurf. But he is not.”
What has been your experience with this issue? Are smurfs really that bad or do you often accuse someone “just for the sake of it”, even if it is just a good player who rarely plays?
Rogues terrorize the game world of Hearthstone. The Quest Rogue is easy to play and destroys almost every opponent.
With the fresh expansion “Journey to Un’goro”, many players have spent some hours in Blizzard’s card game again to check out the new cards and changes. Especially the “Mutation” mechanic and the new Quest cards create excitement – but only one of them is hated by almost all players.
In every season, there are several hate decks from the community that hardly anyone can tolerate, as they relatively easily secure a victory. One such deck is the “Quest Rogue”, which, as expected, relies on the rogue quest. The quest is relatively easy to complete, as the rogue only needs to play 4 minions of the same name. Since rogues have many ways to copy minions or return them to their hand with Shadowstep, the quest is often completed after 3-5 turns.
Other quests in the game usually take much more time and cannot keep up with this speed.
The Hearthstone Quest Rogue runs amok
What really makes the deck annoying is the reward. Once “Crystal Core” is played, all minions of the rogue have stats of 5/5 and you can already guess where the journey is going. From now on, only small minions with Charge enter the field, such as Patches or even the Stonehide Boar.
A 1/1 minion with Charge for 1 mana becomes a 5/5 minion with Charge. If the rogue then has “Bounce” cards in hand, they can even play the same Charge minions multiple times per turn, which often results in a 30-damage combo in one turn, thus bringing the opponent to their knees.
An example of this deck is the “Dog’s Rank 1 Legend Quest Rogue” deck, which you can find on Hearthpwn (link to deck list).
What do you think of this deck? Does it annoy you or is it exactly what you have always been waiting for?
Cortyn says: The rogue’s quest is currently too easy to complete when compared to other quest cards. Personally, I also do not like this type of deck that relies on a “one-turn kill combo” because it takes a lot of excitement out of the game. I hope that Blizzard will improve this and adjust the rogue a bit. Alternatively, some creative minds could come up with better counter decks against these cards.
What was the design goal of the Broken Shore in WoW? Will the Tomb of Sargeras get a cinematic? Our interview has the answers.
In recent weeks, we had the opportunity to ask the developers at Blizzard some questions related to Patch 7.2. We caught up with Travis Day, the Senior Producer of World of Warcraft at Blizzard. We have already discussed some parts of the interview in smaller articles – such as the Bad Luck Protection concerning the Gear Tokens – you can now find the complete interview here.
Mein-MMO: Players have been waiting for the Tomb of Sargeras since the days of the Warcraft games. Who and what exactly do we encounter in the tomb? How long is the raid supposed to remain relevant? And will there be an epic cinematic at the end again?
Travis Day: Players will ultimately be able to venture into the Tomb of Sargeras, but the first step will be the new dungeon, the Cathedral of Eternal Night. The Cathedral is available immediately, while the Tomb will be opened later in the storyline.
Both during the dungeon and during the raid, players will be accompanied by Maiev and Illidan, who – as you can imagine – have a lot to say due to their shared past. Players will not only learn the background story of the tomb but also what happened here in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne and at the beginning of Legion.
With Legion, we wanted to offer a variety of content, but always at the right time. We are very satisfied with the structuring of the raids in Legion so far. Many guilds are still struggling through the Nighthold, which is why we thought it was too early to open the Tomb directly with Patch 7.2.
And: We are glad that the final cinematic of the Nighthold was so well-received! While I won’t spoil the end of the raid, yes, there will be a finale – and it will be epic.
The hunt for secrets like Kosumoth or the Long Forgotten Hippogryph has given WoW a new aspect of exploration that is now associated with high expectations for future secrets. Have the developers snuck in a few things in the patch that were not visible on the PTR?
Day: It has been really fun to watch people solve the puzzles. We don’t have anything of that scale [Kosumoth] in Patch 7.2, but there are definitely some things we intentionally didn’t have on the PTR and that haven’t been publicly discussed. Players will have to figure those out themselves.
With Patch 7.2 and the tokens for gear, players can work towards legendary items of a specific slot. Isn’t that dangerous, as players might be tempted to do nothing but farm nether shards for the tokens? Doesn’t that also increase players’ fears of getting the “wrong” legendary if they do something else other than buying the corresponding token?
Day: The tokens for gear at the Broken Shore are an evolution of the vendors from Tanaan and the Timeless Isle. The main purpose is that players can quickly gear up their off-characters or get an upgrade for their main character. With Legion, we implemented a legendary system that can grant such an item in almost any type of content. Including this in the tokens seemed like the logical step to continue developing our vendors. Besides, these tokens are separate from the “Bad Luck Protection” for legendary items. They are separate and do not affect each other.
Many players compare the Broken Shore to Tanaan, as many mechanics are similar. Some players fear that the shore will just be a “Grindy Tanaan 2.0”. What has been done to prevent this? Where do the differences lie between Tanaan and the Broken Shore from a gameplay perspective?
Day: A new feature on the shore is building structures. Players of both factions can construct buildings that vary depending on the region (America, Europe, China, etc.). Once the buildings are completed, they provide bonuses, but the Legion destroys them after a while. As different buildings with different gameplay elements are always active, it keeps everything dynamic.
On the Broken Shore, we have expanded the world quest system so that areas have different enemy types at different times when new quests become available. Additionally, there are class-specific world quests.
These are just a few examples of ideas that have flowed into the Broken Shore. The zone benefits from our experience from previous patches and zones, ensuring that there are many new and refined systems. The main goal for the Broken Shore was to create a dynamic experience so that there is always something else to do. We are always looking for new ways to make Azeroth a living world.
Which feature or content from Patch 7.2 had you the biggest concern about players’ reactions? Was there anything where you thought, “Oh my, I hope players see the good in this change and don’t rage in the forums”?
Day: One of the biggest changes involves the artifact weapon. Here we changed how the “Infinite” trait behaves in Patch 7.2. The goal is still to view artifact power as a relevant method of character enhancement, even if the item level doesn’t increase.
Before the patch, players could reach the cap of 54 artifact traits. It required some work, but it wasn’t impossible – and that’s why many players felt it was “necessary” to get all 54 traits.
With Patch 7.2, we adjusted the “infinite” trait so that there is no reachable maximum, and the power increase becomes smaller over time. This way, the last trait doesn’t feel “necessary” and the whole system is meant to run more in the background.
In FIFA 17 FUT, the TOTW 30 (Team of the Week 30) has been announced. These players receive special cards in Team of the Week 30 in Ultimate Team.
A strong Team of the Week! Hazard is the highlight with an overall rating of 94, but other players also exceed 90, such as Cavani (91), Dybala (90), Özil (91), and Robben (90). Lahm and Oblak are close with ratings of 89 each. Here is the entire TDW 30:
Ratings and Player Values from the TOTW – Week 30
Starting XI: GK: Jan Oblak – Atlético de Madrid (Spain) – Slovenia RB: Philipp Lahm – Bayern Munich (Germany) – Germany LB: Marcos Alonso – Chelsea (England) – Spain CB: John Brooks – Hertha BSC (Germany) – USA CAM: Mesut Ozil -Arsenal (England) – Germany RM: Arjen Robben – Bayern Munich (Germany) – Holland CDM: Andres Guardado – PSV (Holland) – Mexico LM: Heung Min Son – Tottenham Hotspur (England) – South Korea LF: Eden Hazard – Chelsea (England) – Belgium ST: Edinson Cavani – Paris Saint-Germain (France) – Uruguay ST: Morata – Real Madrid (Spain) – Spain
Substitutes:
GK: Andrea Consigli – Sassuolo (Italy) – Italy RB: Matias Aguirregaray – Estudiantes de La Plata (Argentina) – Uruguay CAM: Paulo Dybala – Juventus (Italy) – Argentina RM: Aaron Hunt – Hamburger SV (Germany) – Germany CM: Jens Toornstra – Feyenoord (Holland) – Holland ST: Mario Balotelli – OGC Nice (France) – Italy ST: Bas Dost – Sporting CP (Portugal) – Holland
LM: Emiliano Rigoni – Independiente (Argentina) – Argentina RM: Elias Hernandez – Leon (Mexico) – Mexico CAM: Atomu Tanaka – HJK Helsinki (Finland) – Japan CM: Valentin Vada – Girondins de Bordeaux (France) – Argentina ST: Shinzo Koroki – Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) – Japan
FUT 17 – These were the Predictions for Team of the Week 30
These predictions come from the futhead site. Keep in mind that these will not 100% match the official team.
Every Wednesday, EA Sports reveals the Team of the Week in the “Ultimate Team” mode of their annual football simulation. This also applies to FIFA 17. Players who performed exceptionally well in real football during the past week are rewarded with special cards that possess improved attributes.
You can obtain the TOTW cards from packs that may contain Rare (Gold) players within a week. However, the chance is considered low. Additionally, it is possible to buy these on the transfer market if other players offer them. However, the prices are usually extremely high.
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