The popular assault rifle Mk 17 can be found in a Unidad base. We will show you how to get this weapon in Ghost Recon Wildlands: The Mk 17 location.
In Ghost Recon Wildlands you have a wide selection of weapons. The largest selection is found among the assault rifles, where you can choose from 23 models.
Damage, handling, and fire rate are in the mid-range for the Mk 17. Precision and range are the highest stats of this weapon. These values, combined with the medium damage value, make the Mk 17 popular among players of Ghost Recon Wildlands. We will show you how to obtain the Mk 17 assault rifle.
Finding the Mk 17 – Caution in the Unidad base
If you want to try out this assault rifle, you must first take on some Unidad foes. However, for experienced shooters, storming the base without triggering an alarm should not be a problem. In this guide, we will show you the way to the weapon crate.
The Mk 17 rifle can be found in the middle of the region Flor De Oro, which is locatedin the southeast of the world map.
As mentioned in the other weapon guides, it is also advisable to fly to this area with a helicopter.
However, if you are coming from the north, you should fly low, as air-defense missiles will make your approach difficult.
The weapon is located in a Unidad base guarded by many soldiers.
So approach carefully and land on a nearby hill to get an overview of the base.
In our test, we landed northeast of the base, as you can see in the following screenshot.
With the binoculars or the drone, you can reveal the Unidad enemies and devise a strategy to take them out.
Since the soldiers are usually positioned individually, you can take them out one by one with the right timing without triggering an alarm.
Your target is a small building next to a watchtower. We have marked it for you on the map:
From the landing point, you can eliminate most of the enemies in the base with a sniper rifle. In our test, we did this with the L115A3 sniper.
Once you’ve taken out the enemies in your way, you can proceed into the base.
In our test, we entered through a door located along the wall of the base. On the following map, you can see the exact position of this door:
Now you will eliminate more Unidad soldiers with the silencer that you encounter on your way to the target building.
If you, like us, went through the marked door in the wall, you must cross the square to reach the weapon crate.
In the marked armory, you will find the weapon crate with the Mk 17.
Loot this crate to permanently add the weapon to your collection.
In the area around this base, there are many warehouses where you can immediately try out your new assault rifle. If you like a lot of action, you can also engage with the Unidad on-site and test the weapon’s high range and precision.
When Lúcio is in a team full of noobs, he takes the helm himself. True Overwatch heroes win even as healers.
Every week, absurd, exciting, or simply funny moments happen in Overwatch, often captured in a “Play of the Game.” We searched social media again and picked three special highlights for you. Have fun with our 3 “Play of the Game” moments of the week.
As a healer, it’s not always easy in Overwatch. Often, it seems like your team is somewhere else, just running away from healing. Lúcio Fountain of Tro must have had enough and didn’t want to wait for his team anymore. After his own team was killed, he quickly took it upon himself to take down the enemy team alone. You can see how that works on Ilios here:
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Let’s be honest: sometimes you just want to show off a little bit in Overwatch. And how could you better prove that you’ve been among the top 500 players in all 3 seasons? Right, you just have to get all 3 matching spray logos into a “Play of the Game.” Exactly that is what the Tracer player Nico managed to do – with a multikill that is impressive.
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Many ultimates succeed only because a Zarya perfectly places her Graviton Surge beforehand. Usually against a wall, a cliff, or a narrow passage. With a little “help” from a hostile Reinhardt, the Zarya player Dva managed to place the ultimate right in the middle of the room, causing the enemy team to literally “hang in the air.” No wonder Genji made quick work of the enemies afterward.
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Don’t feel like raiding in WoW? Just fake a hospital stay! That’s what a tank thought – the consequences came promptly.
In World of Warcraft there are days when fun is replaced by routine. However, since you have a certain obligation to a guild and your raid group, you drag yourself to the raid every week.
It is not always easy to cancel on your own group when you simply don’t feel like it – especially as a tank. Then there are often 10-20 players who can throw the evening “in the trash”. Since one player didn’t want to guide his group through the instance that evening, an excuse had to be made.
The reluctant tank claimed that he had broken his arm and therefore could not participate in the raid. The teammates showed understanding and wished him a speedy recovery. However, things began to get suspicious. Although the recovery of the arm was supposedly to take 8 to 12 weeks, the player promised to be ready again next week.
To support his story, he even sent an X-ray image of his broken arm and a photo of the destroyed car.
However, the tank was not particularly clever with this excuse. Some guild members noticed that the photo of the accident car had a timestamp – from 1997. With a little internet research, both images could then be found on Google and the exposure of the liar was easy.
The bottom line is that the guild now has one less tank and is richer by a lesson. That the tank with the fake excuse also used pictures of a car accident with a fatality particularly upset some guild members.
Although he was exposed, he did not give up and then published a picture of himself. However, in the picture, he only wore a compression bandage – no cast or anything appropriate.
The whole drama wasn’t even necessary.
Because according to the guild, there would have been “no reason to lie”. It sometimes happens that players simply don’t feel like it. They are not a guild with mandatory attendance and would have certainly found a replacement. However, the fact that several players worried unnecessarily is not something that can be accepted.
The presented images come from the Imgur image series (see sources).
Cortyn thinks: Every WoW player probably knows the dilemma between “I just don’t feel like raiding today” and “I have mandatory attendance, otherwise I’ll let everyone else down”. But I really wouldn’t have the time to come up with such an excuse. One should have enough guts to simply say: I don’t feel like it. Then there is the risk of ending up on the bench next time.
The L115A3 sniper in Ghost Recon Wildlands is particularly precise and has a high range. We will show you where to find the L115A3, its location.
Which is the best sniper in Ghost Recon Wildlands usually depends on the player and how they want to handle this weapon. The large selection of 17 sniper rifles will thrill sniper players, as they can choose the best model for themselves. In this guide, we will show you how to find the L115A3, which is compared to the AWP from Counter Strike.
Where to find the L115A3 sniper in GRW?
With this sniper rifle, you can precisely kill enemies from a distance, as the weapon has the highest possible precision value and a very high range. Finding this weapon is not a problem if you are quiet and explore the area well.
You will find the L115A3 in Monte Puncu in a weapon crate. On the following overview map, you can already see a rough position where you should head. (Marker at the blue arrow)
Fly to Monte Puncu by helicopter or plane. Of course, you can drive there by car, but it is easier to reach the specified position by helicopter.
In our test, we approached from the south. We were not attacked by anti-aircraft missiles.
Approach the area named “El-Yayo-Cooperative“.
In the test, we landed in the jungle northeast of this area and then carefully went down the mountain.
The area of houses where the weapon is located is not guarded.
You can approach the houses carefully through the bushes. For safety, use your drone to uncover enemies in the camps to the right and left of these houses.
Approach the buildings that are shaped like a mirrored L. In the following map section, you will see the exact position.
The “building” where the weapon crate can be found is a kind of hut with metal walls.
Right behind the conspicuous red tractor, you will come to the weapon crate.
Loot the weapon and the L115A3 is then permanently in your possession. In the adjacent camp, there are enough targets to try out your new sniper. The advantages of this weapon are high range and precision. With the high penetration, you can even kill two enemies with one shot if they are standing behind each other.
In WildStar , a player analyzed the negative aspects of the new update “Urmatrix” and referred to it as power creep. These insights lead to devastating results.
Developer Carbine has announced plans to bring new momentum to the Free2Play MMORPG WildStar in 2017. A system that went live last week was intended to herald this revival: the Urmatrix.
Similar to the Paragon system in Diablo 3 or the Champion Points system in The Elder Scrolls Online, players can further develop their characters beyond the maximum level with the “Urmatrix”. They collect essences and become stronger week by week. Some dungeons and expeditions scale with the increased power, receiving a scalable difficulty level.
As always, when such a new system is introduced, the developer strives to paint it in the best colors.
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On reddit, the player Rapid_Twirls has shed light on this from a different angle. His thesis: “The Urmatrix is ruining WildStar.”
Because through the improvement of characters, the heroes become proportionally stronger, without a large part of the game content “scaling up” with them. This means that everything that remains in the game as old content and does not scale up will be trivialized by the increased damage values and hit points of the players. This results in 4 dungeons and 6 expeditions being obsolete. The 3 current raids become meaningless and trivial as well.
Using percentages and razor-sharp arguments, the player dismantles the supposed advantages of the system and highlights the disadvantages. The catch-up mechanic, intended to help players who fell behind in the race for the Urmatrix, will either lead to a terrible grind or tempt players to spend money in the cash shop.
The entire balance of the game is completely thrown off because everything is designed around the current number of ability points and AMP points. If something new is added, it will completely destroy class balance.
Furthermore, new players will have an even harder time in both PvP and leveling, as veterans would exploit their advantage in the “Urmatrix system”. And so on and so forth.
It is a long, quite depressing post that leaves no good Chua-hair on the Urmatrix mechanic in WildStar. The post concludes that the update is bad for WildStar and that one should not play the MMORPG anymore.
Mein-MMO says: Such a “power creep” is always difficult. Only games that are actively and consistently developed can afford a power creep. So, games that are doing well and have steady revenue.
If players are allowed to become increasingly powerful, new game content must always be pushed that “scales up” with them. If 5 old pieces of content become obsolete, 5 new, current contents must be generated. Not every MMORPG can afford that.
However, players want to become stronger. Therefore, WildStar has taken this path with the “Urmatrix” and now faces new challenges that are certainly solvable. A large part of the objections would be resolved if Carbine said “Okay, in PvP or in non-scaling instances, we simply deactivate these advantages – there we normalize everything.”
Seeing the entire update as negatively as the reddit user does is painting a bleak picture. Games need to evolve and bring new impulses. Every MMORPG that relies on a power spiral will encounter problems with “power creep” and must find solutions for it.
A first such system, as in WildStar, is surely never perfect and requires further adjustments until everything scales and functions correctly. But one should not come with: In 2020, this system will lead to… – By then, Carbine will have come up with something. The bitter truth: Carbine must find new ways for WildStar if the game wants to survive into 2018.
But one thing is clear: such an extensive system like the “Urmatrix” involves a tremendous amount of work and requires a lot of fine-tuning.
More about the Urmatrix can be found in this article:
The fantasy MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV will receive two more patches before the expansion Stormblood launches in June. These are expected to bring significant changes to Eorzea.
These days, PAX East is happening in Boston. One of the most sought-after speakers there is Naoki Yoshida, the director of Final Fantasy XIV.
The most important questions about the Stormblood expansion were clarified at the Fan Festival in Frankfurt, but there were still some additions from a question and answer panel and discussions with the US side Massivelyop.
We summarize these in bullet points:
Two patches will come before Stormblood, the expansion 4.0.
Patch 3.56 will start in a few weeks.
3.57 will come “sometime after that.” Yoshida says players should prepare for major changes hitting Eorzea to set the stage for the Stormblood expansion.
280 weapons in the Diadem? Players should calm down, it is a lucky drop.
Regarding the 280 weapons that caused excitement in Patch 3.55b, Yoshida says these weapons are random and luck-based. They cannot be worked towards. That was also planned. The idea was to release such weapons one more time, which would become obsolete with Stormblood regardless. They would be a “lucky drop” for a few days. Players should calm down and not get overly excited.
No new collector or crafting class will be added to Final Fantasy XIV with Stormblood.
With Patch 4.1 or 4.2, they want to revise the in-game wedding.
Mannequins, mannequins for housing will be introduced. This will allow players to display their weapons and armor. This is planned for the 4.x series of patches.
Yoshida himself, as a smoker, would like emotes that signal “smoking” and “drinking.” But there could be issues with age ratings. He cannot promise anything here.
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In The Division, premium credits are heating up debates. Since 1.6, they are the currency for microtransactions.
About a year ago, even before the launch of The Division on March 8, 2016, some players noticed the existence of Phoenix Credits during the Open Beta. Many suspected that this could be a currency for microtransactions and asked Ubisoft for clarification.
Ubisoft’s Natchai Stappers explained via Twitter that Phoenix Credits could only be obtained through gameplay. He continued tweeting happily that there would be no microtransactions in The Division – and definitely no pay-to-win.
Now, in March 2017, it is said: “Check out the offer from the premium vendor!”
The prices of the premium vendor are “ridiculously high”
As early as 2016, Stappers backtracked, tweeting that he needed to be more careful with such statements. The Creative Director Magnus Jansen also revealed that there would definitely be no “shortcuts” through microtransactions. However, they were no longer completely ruled out.
With update 1.6, it was time: from then on, there were microtransactions. But they are all cosmetic in nature. No one “has to” invest additional real money to be successful in The Division. Because all microtransactions are optional. Nevertheless, they are under heavy criticism.
One reason for this is the horrendous prices: 500 premium credits cost 5 euros in the shop – 100 premium credits are worth about 1 euro. Some weapon skins cost 500 premium credits, some emotes even 800. Many agents can only shake their heads when asked to pay 8 euros for a single emote.
The prices are dismissed as ridiculous and exaggerated.
Massive has already taken a stand in a livestream: They emphasize that all purchases are optional. Nevertheless, they will pay attention to the feedback. But one should not rely on discounts in the near future.
Premium Credits – Bug
Since the launch of 1.6, there have been problems with premium credits on the Xbox One. Because of them, the servers were down for hours longer than planned on February 28. Massive decided to restart the servers on Xbox without premium credits. The plan was for Xbox players to be able to purchase the credits but only receive them once the issue was resolved.
Shortly thereafter, Massive gave the all-clear, stating that the issue was resolved. However, Xbox agents still complain today that they have not yet received premium credits – and this is almost two weeks after the launch of 1.6.
Massive writes in a current article that they are working as intensively as possible on a solution. They recommend not to purchase new premium credits with real money until they receive the premium credits.
When the issue will be resolved on Xbox is still unknown. Until then, the criticism of this currency is sure to continue.
Even if fans are up in arms, it is clear to the developers at Massive that The Division needs premium credits.
In the livestream about year 2, the Creative Director Julian Gerighty emphasized that the efforts with update 1.4 and the subsequent improvements required not only a lot of work and time but also a lot of money. Therefore, microtransactions can also be seen as an important reason why they can offer the entire year 2 for free. When paid DLCs or even a sequel will come again is currently up in the air.
What is your opinion on microtransactions in The Division? Do you completely avoid them or invest the occasional hard euro?
Chef Nomi from World of Warcraft has finally been dealt with. Hundreds of players slaughtered the Pandaren multiple times on the PTR.
As part of a stress test for the servers of World of Warcraft, Blizzard called upon all players on the PTR of Patch 7.2 to gather in Dalaran to participate in a PvP event. They wanted to gather as many players in one place to see how the servers would handle it and what impact it would have on the lag (Spoiler: The lag was massive).
However, the real highlight for many players was the fact that they could attack Nomi, the hated Pandaren chef who has been burning players’ crafting materials since the release of Legion.
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Blizzard, however, did not make it easy for the angry mob and raised Nomi to “Boss Level”, giving him some devastating abilities. He could rain fire and had a burning aura – no wonder, he knows all about burning things. When players finally managed to destroy Nomi and his clones, a few GameMasters arrived and took advantage of the situation to spawn more bosses in Dalaran.
Bosses from the Night Fortress, the Emerald Nightmare, and even Hogger and the dreaded whale shark attacked Dalaran. It made no sense – but it was a lot of fun.
The entire event was captured in a video, which also documented how severe the lag was:
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A new trailer for the space epic Elite Dangerous has been released, promising nothing good for the human race.
Elite Dangerous is the brainchild of David Braben, who caused a stir in the 80s and 90s with the “Elite” games. These games featured the “Thargoids,” an insect-like alien race.
Since the big sci-fi MMO Elite Dangerous has been out since December 2014, players have been searching for clues that the Thargoids are also making their presence known in the MMO. And it looks like they have found something.
Two spaceships land on a planet, get into their land vehicles, and set out to search for something in a mysterious cave.
Hovering ominously above the scene is an alien base. The way the trailer is edited, accompanied by music, speaks to the Hollywood-trained alien expert: “Oh, oh. I’m really glad I’m sitting here at home and definitely not stuck on this shit planet at the end of the universe, waiting to become alien food.” A wise life choice!
Or to put it more kindly: When the “First Contact” in Elite Dangerous occurs, it won’t be friendly.
Thanks to a glitch, Mercy from Overwatch is even more beautiful than usual – the span of her wings puts even some airplanes to shame.
To really stand out in Overwatch, you need to pull off a really good “Play of the Game”. Or you simply need to be Mercy and steal the show from all the other heroes.
No, it’s not about her “everyone glowing golden and getting revived” tricks, but about a glitch in the game that causes the span of her wings to grow significantly.
Actually, Mercy’s wings are more or less unremarkable and only come into play when she is rushing towards another player (using the shift jump) or is in glide mode to slowly descend (using the space bar).
However, on Reddit, player Rosilia noticed a glitch:
If you are currently “falling” with Mercy and glide down, then quickly perform the “Hello” emote and immediately continue gliding, Mercy’s wings grow to gigantic size. Rosilia also provided a short clip to show the Overwatch glitch in action:
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You can hardly see the glitch as Mercy because you see Mercy from the first-person perspective logically. The 11 other heroes would certainly be amazed when Mercy briefly becomes a true angel and steals the show from everyone else.
Really, the glitch isn’t very “useful” either, because you can’t make it much clearer than saying “Hello, here’s the enemy healer” – but it certainly looks good.
It’s surely only a matter of time until Blizzard fixes this bug, even though it doesn’t cause much harm and likely doesn’t give either party an advantage.
You want a Voidwalker Warlock in Destiny that can eliminate PvE enemies in hordes with its grenade? This is how you create a grenade Voidwalker Warlock in Destiny.
With “Age of Triumph,” there’s finally something to do again. Although it’s mostly old content with a fresh coat of paint – but there are again goals and new secrets to explore.
So you don’t have to face the upcoming content in your old Guardian gear, Nexxoss Gaming provides inspiration for a fresh Guardian setup. Its focus combination is called “The Grenade Voidwalker,” which is supposed to excel particularly in PvE.
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This build relies on the exotic Warlock gloves “Handcuffs of Nothingness”. You get this Exotic from the usual sources, such as raids, Nightfall, Osiris, and Xur. The Handcuffs of Nothingness provide these perks:
Scatter Charge (exotic perk): Activates tracking for scatter grenades. Charges an extra scatter grenade. The “tracking” here means target-seeking – the charges of the grenade specifically hunt the enemies.
You also have the choice between:
Energy Projection (fixed perk): Increases grenade throw distance
Movement Transfer (random): Bonus melee energy on grenade hits, or
Impact Induction (random): Bonus grenade energy on melee hits
Furthermore, Discipline, Strength, or Intellect as well as the reload speed of weapon types can be increased. For this build, especially Discipline is recommended so that the grenade charges faster.
The important focus nodes
For your Grenade Voidwalker Warlock, you need to activate these focus nodes:
Scatter Grenade: A grenade that splits into scatter ammunition and covers an area with explosions.
Lance: The Nova Bomb moves further and faster and deals more damage.
Soulsplit: When a foe is damaged with Energy Drain, the cooldown of the Nova Bomb is reduced. Note: The Energy Drain is the melee of the Voidwalker, which reduces the cooldown of the grenade by draining energy from enemies.
Extermination: Enlarges the explosions of grenades and the Nova Bomb
Embrace the Void: Killing enemies with Nova Bomb or any grenade triggers Energy Drain and restores health. This focus node was also affected by the regeneration bug of 2.5.0.2 .
Embrace the Void is particularly important for this focus combination: You eliminate an enemy with the grenade and thanks to Energy Drain, the grenade charges faster and can thus be used more frequently. For this, you can also choose the perk “The Hunger”, which causes the Energy Drain to last longer.
In the video, you can see how quickly the grenade is charged starting from 5:32.
When it comes to armor pieces, make sure your Discipline value reaches the maximum. Also:
For the helmet, you can look for perks like “From the Ashes,” which grants you bonus super energy on grenade kills.
For the chest piece, the perk Void Armor is recommended, which enhances your armor with a Void focus.
For the leg armor, the Void Double Kill is interesting, which grants you increased agility for 5 seconds.
If you want to focus fully on grenades and forgo the super, you can take Felwinter’s Lie as an artifact. This can also provide the perk Void Resonance, giving you a chance to generate a Sphere of Light from Void grenade kills of Shanks.
Ultimately, when choosing weapons, you can opt for the Tlaloc: This exotic scout rifle has the perk that kills with the weapon reduce the cooldown of the grenade.
Thus, you obtain an interesting Warlock focus combination that is fully specialized on grenades. What do you think?
Activision Blizzard, the publisher behind games like WoW, Call of Duty and Destiny, is the only video game company that ranks among the 100 best workplaces in the USA. Riot Games, the creators of LoL, are missing from this year’s Fortune magazine list.
Fortune magazine has published its annual list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work For,” and the only video game company is ranked 66th. It is Activision Blizzard, the publisher behind hits like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Call of Duty, Candy Crush and Destiny.
A publisher does not develop the games itself, but collaborates with development studios, commissions games, and takes care of marketing and distribution. Activision Blizzard also owns its own development studios.
Last year, Activision ranked 77th. Thus, it has risen by 11 places compared to the previous year in March 2017.
MMO shooter Destiny is among the games distributed by Activision Blizzard.
New worlds are built at Activision with talent
The head of Activision, Bobby Kotick, says: They hire the most capable and talented employees to build new worlds. 95% of employees stated in the survey that they are proud to work for Activision Blizzard.
According to Fortune, Activision Blizzard employs over 9,400 people.
The publishing giant has a lot planned for 2017. For instance, Destiny 2 is expected to be released this fall. A new Call of Duty has also been announced – WoW and the other Blizzard games continue to run steadily.
Is working on LoL no longer fun?
A question raised by the list is: What has happened to Riot Games? The creators of League of Legends ranked 39th last year, well ahead of Activision Blizzard. This year, they have completely dropped out of the list.
There is no statement from Fortune regarding this. The fluctuation in the list cannot be too high. According to Fortune, only six new companies entered the list of the 100 best workplaces.
This means that Riot is among the only six companies that have fallen out of the top 100. From 39, this is a significant drop.
Overall, the list is led by the giant Google. Followed by Wegmans Food Markets, The Boston Consulting Group, Baird, and Edward Jones.
Fortune evaluates a survey for the list that is filled out by 230,000 people in America. The survey concerns how employees assess their work life, how they evaluate their team leaders, the relationships among colleagues, and the support they receive from the company in both professional and personal life.
A major feature of The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO): Morrowind are the PvP battlegrounds. How these work and what rewards you get have now been revealed.
In PvP content, The Elder Scrolls Online currently only offers a fun gigantic campaign in the central province of Cyrodiil, where three major alliances with hundreds of players beat each other up and capture castles every day. That is certainly fun, but those who just want to play a quick round of PvP are left empty-handed. But help is on the way, as on June 6, the standalone addon Morrowind for ESO arrives and brings the long-awaited PvP arenas of the battlegrounds.
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ESO PvP Battlegrounds – Grave Demons or Fire Dragons?
There is new information about the gameplay and mechanics of the battlegrounds. The names of the three teams are now known. You will face two other teams of four players each in the battlegrounds, but you and your teammates do not have to belong to the same alliance.
Instead of fighting for the Ebonheart Pact or the Dominion, you fight for the glory of one of the following teams:
Grave Demons (Green)
Fire Dragons (Orange)
Storm Lords (Purple)
The allocation to a team is done randomly through a PvP browser, in which you register starting from level 10 (provided you have purchased Morrowind, otherwise it won’t work). You just choose whether you come alone or as a group and whether you want to play below or starting from the maximum level. Your heroes will be appropriately scaled up as they are everywhere in ESO. A well-equipped level 50 will have advantages over a level 10 newcomer.
PvP Battlegrounds – Deathmatch or Flag Hunt?
The battles in the battlegrounds are designed to last about 15 minutes – nothing compared to the hours-long battles in Cyrodiil! The game randomly determines which of the current three game modes you play in each match:
Deathmatch: This is the classic team deathmatch. You simply take out opponents and earn points for it.
Flag Hunt: The well-known capture the flag. You capture a flag and bring it to your base, but you also have to watch out that the opponent doesn’t steal your flag.
Domination: This game mode is also well known. You must capture and hold neutral points on the map to earn victory points.
Quarry or Daedric Ruins?
The battles in the battlegrounds take place on one of three randomly selected maps. Later DLCs and addons are expected to provide even more battlegrounds. The three battlegrounds in Morrowind are:
Foyada Quarry: This quarry is located on the edge of the “Red Mountain” and offers large, open spaces. Ideal for ranged fighters.
Ularra: A gloomy Daedric ruin in the north of the island. The fights concentrate there due to the cramped environment.
Ald Carac: Here you fight in the steampunk ruins of the fallen Dwemer civilization. The map is said to be more vertical in nature.
Medals and Awards for Great Loot
When one side wins on the battlegrounds, it’s time for rewards and loot. The good news up front: Everyone gets something. But those who play well will receive more, as will the winners of a round. Only leavers who leave early will go away empty-handed. ZeniMax even plans additional penalties, such as temporary PvP bans.
The amount of the reward depends on the medals earned in battle. These are available for:
Dealing damage
Healing
Getting kills
Getting kill streaks
Capturing or defending banners
Taking damage
Healing banner carriers or defenders
Of course, the distribution of medals and their weighting varies by game mode. In the flag hunt, there are fewer points for kill medals than in the deathmatch. There are no flags to capture there, hence only points for kills and healing. The rewards consist of items (purple items as main prizes), experience points, and alliance points for your faction. The developers may also want to include resource bags as additional loot.
Also cool: There will later be weekly leaderboards that reset every seven days. Depending on how well you can place there, you will receive additional loot!
The developers want to present players of the Diablo-like MMO Guardians of Ember with a major update every month that includes content or features. Guardians of Ember will soon be fully available in German.
About three months ago, the Early Access of Guardians of Ember started. Now the developers are presenting players with a roadmap in which they introduce future content and features that will be integrated into the game in the coming months. The new Dark Knight class will kick things off, set to be released in March. By summer, there will even be a complete German version of GoE.
GoE Roadmap – New Class, Game Mode, Act 5 and 6
Every month, a major update for Guardians of Ember is supposed to be released, which either includes new game content or features. Some of these planned contents are already available in the Taiwanese version of the game. Other content is new and will be integrated into GoE for the first time.
March – Dark Knight: This month, the sixth class in the game is to be activated. Since this character has not yet been tested by a large number of players, the developers place great emphasis on your feedback for balance changes.
April – Horde Mode: This game mode is designed for 5-player groups and demands defensive gameplay. You must defeat enemies that appear in individual waves.
May – Act 5: In the abandoned landscape of Labato Fjord, your next task awaits. There you must stop Arques before he joins Urdigard. Act 5 is the final segment in Early Access.
Summer – German Version: The developers plan to release a complete German version of GoE this summer.
Once the plans mentioned above are fulfilled, the developers will consider the game “complete” and will end the Early Access mode.
There will continue to be updates and expansions, which will be free for any player who has purchased GoE.
The plan for 2017 also includes:
Autumn – Act 6
Autumn – Guild Skill System
Winter – More PvP modes and maps
Bloodierversionof the game (Currently without a schedule)
Hardcore Mode (Currently without a schedule)
Controller Support (Currently without a schedule)
These plans are not yet finalized and can be changed at any time. The timelines are intentionally vague because the team is initially focusing on bug fixes, which are the highest priority.
The online role-playing game Riders of Icarus is getting a major update in March. It will include new enemies, new mounts, and even more dungeons.
Riders of Icarus continues to receive regular updates. Following the recent additions of deserts, rangers and giant world bosses, a new threat looms with the “Corruption of Light” update on March 22, 2017: chaos elves!
Riders of Icarus: Riding the Wolf Against the Spooky Ears!
The dark spooky ears are attacking their peace-loving relatives in the Ellora Refuge and causing quite a stir. Fortunately, the game offers you an increase in the maximum level to 55 and loads of new mounts.
Particularly cool: A flying divine wolf named Torkai, who is looking forward to battling the evil chaos elves! In addition to the wolf, there are about 30 other tameable creatures for your zoo.
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Also included in the update: A completely new dungeon and three instances on legendary difficulty. “Cavern of the Veil”, “Frost Keep” and “the Breach” are now available in extra-hard mode and lure with even better loot.
New dungeon with evil gods
The new dungeon is called the “Forgotten Shrine”, where the evil god of ruin is imprisoned in a demon stone. The chief chaos elf Yorminsul wants to free him, and you must stop him.
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In Pokémon GO, there is now a huge selection of different monsters. We will show you what you should know about the new Pokémon.
For a few weeks now, you can catch the new monsters of the 2nd generation in Pokémon GO. This means that over 80 new Pokémon have been added to the original selection, which can now be caught from eggs and in the wild. In this overview, we want to introduce you to the most important information about the 2nd generation Pokémon. This includes regional Pokémon that cannot be caught in Germany and special monsters that can only evolve in specific ways.
1. Time-dependent Evolutions
Not every Pokémon has just one evolution that it reaches by adding candies. Even in the first generation, we could observe this phenomenon with Eevee, which has three different possibilities for evolution. Whether Eevee evolves into Flareon, Vaporeon, or Jolteon can be determined by nicknames you give.
This evolution behavior is also present in the 2nd generation with Eevee. Now, Eevee can also evolve into the new Pokémon Espeon and Umbreon. You can determine the evolution with a nickname to obtain your desired monster once. The names Sakura and Tamao determine Eevee’s evolution. After that, however, you will need to use another trick to control the evolution.
2. Is this Pokémon the Ditto of the 2nd generation?
Ditto is the transforming Pokémon from the first generation. However, it was only activated long after the release of the game and can only be caught in the wild indirectly. The special thing about Ditto is that it can take the form of other Pokémon. Therefore, it’s possible that a caught Pidgey reveals itself as Ditto when added to your collection.
There is also such a mimic in the second generation of Pokémon. Color Change copies the attacks of its opponents with the ability “Mimic”. It then permanently copies the last attack that its opponent performed. The community currently suspects that Color Change will be activated in Pokémon GO in a similar way to Ditto. Professor Willow might make a discovery with clues about Color Change.
3. Togetic – a particularly hard-to-catch specimen
Not all Pokémon are commonly found in the wild and are easy to catch. Togetic is the evolution of the little Togepi and is considered a Pokémon that is extremely hard to catch. In the weeks following the release, trainers complained about having trouble catching this monster. Encounters in the wild were frustrating because the Pokémon simply wouldn’t stay in the ball.
4. Regional Pokémon – In Germany, you won’t find all the monsters
The ultimate goal in Pokémon GO is to catch all the Pokémon that are in the game. However, this is not easy when it comes to certain monsters. It becomes problematic with regional monsters that you cannot catch in Germany.
5. Unown – The letter Pokémon has a challenging medal
A special medal is awarded for a special Pokémon. You may know Unown from other parts of the Pokémon series. This species appears in different forms as letters from A to Z or as question and exclamation marks. Since the release of the over 80 new monsters, Unown can also be caught in the game. However, it is very rare and has difficult requirements for the medal.
For the Unown medal, you need to plan a lot of time, as it requires you to catch the Pokémon in 26 different forms. It does not count multiple times if you catch Unown in the T-form in the game twice.
6. Can you influence the evolution of Rabauz – Is that even possible?
A little fighter is the Pokémon Rabauz, which you can find in eggs in Pokémon GO. Like Eevee, Rabauz has multiple evolutions. But can you influence these with nicknames or other tricks?
So far, many tests have been conducted to assess their influence on the evolution of the little furball. However, there is currently no trick to guide its evolution to Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, or Hitmontop.
Legendary Pokémon hold a high status among trainers all over the world. The legendary Pokémon of the first generation include the birds Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. As of now, these monsters cannot be caught in the game, even though one trainer tried to prove otherwise.
The legendary Pokémon of the 2nd generation include the three dogs Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. Also new are the flying Pokémon Lugia and Ho-Oh, and the plant Pokémon Celebi.
Source: Pokewiki
Raikou: A legendary Electric Pokémon
Entei: A legendary Fire Pokémon
Suicune: A legendary Water Pokémon
Lugia and Ho-Oh: These legendary bird Pokémon have the types Psychic/Flying and Fire/Flying
Celebi: The Psychic/Grass Pokémon is similar in size to Mew and is referred to as the New Mew.
Some monsters from the 2nd generation require more than just candies to evolve. You need special items like sundial, king stone, metal coat, dragon scale, or up-grade. Only when you add these items will the monsters evolve. For example, a Seemon turns into a Seedraking when you have 100 Seemal candies and a Dragon Scale. A Porygon evolves into Porygon2 when you add 50 Porygon candies and an Up-Grade. You can see which Pokémon need these evolution items here.
However, these special items are extremely rare and should be used sparingly. A survey shows that the chance of getting such an evolution item is less than 1%. How rare are special items in Pokémon GO?
9. The appearance of the new Pokémon
When you are out and about visiting PokéStops, checking out gyms, or just wanting to hatch eggs, you will encounter the new Pokémon in the “wild.” If you haven’t seen them in the game yet, these monsters will be displayed as black shadows in the Pokémon tracker. Determining which Pokémon corresponds to these shadows can be challenging for trainers who are not familiar with the 2nd generation.
To better distinguish these monster shadows, this graphic is available. It lists the 2nd generation and is labeled with the corresponding names.
10. Egg rarity – Which Pokémon hatch more frequently than others?
An important aspect of Pokémon GO is hatching eggs. You get them from PokéStops in 2 KM, 5 KM, and 10 KM variations. The kilometer count is the requirement for how much distance a trainer needs to cover before the egg hatches.
Many of you may have already noticed that some monsters hatch from eggs more often than others. This observation has now been confirmed by the experts at TheSilphRoad. The contents of the eggs depend on rarity levels that are not synonymous with the egg type. In clear terms: Currently, it’s easier to get a 10 KM egg with a Dratini than a 2 KM egg with a Machop.
In The Division, the Urban MDR has been considered the best weapon in the game since Update 1.6. What makes the weapon stand out and where can you find it?
The Urban MDR is an exotic assault rifle with an exciting history: It first appeared during E3 2016, initially known as “B.L.I.N.D. System Battle Rifle”. It raised the agents’ expectations that unique weapons tailored to gear sets would soon be introduced to the game.
However, nothing came of it. Update 1.3 did not bring a B.L.I.N.D. weapon. Then it went silent for a long time. When Update 1.4 deleted the B.L.I.N.D. set and replaced it with Banshee, many lost hope that this assault rifle would ever come. But with Update 1.5, the weapon suddenly appeared in the game – albeit with a new name: Urban MDR.
Urban MDR – First Unimpressive, Then Impressive
Initially, the weapon was barely usable. While it had interesting properties, it could not compete with the best weapons.
Two features distinguish (and continue to distinguish) the Urban MDR:
It is an assault rifle that fires semi-automatically. This means that you cannot hold the trigger down to fire multiple shots in succession; instead, you must press the button repeatedly. Similar to a precision rifle.
It comes with the unique talent “Distracted”: Damage is increased by 10% (now 18%) against enemies suffering from status effects.
It already enabled an interesting playstyle in 1.5. Agents combined it with FireCrest or AlphaBridge. However, the base stats were simply too poor. It could not establish itself, as a look at a graphic by WOBO shows:
With Update 1.6, the Urban MDR was heavily buffed. It took a substantial increase from the damage pool, raising the base damage by 65%. Additionally, the talent now increases damage by 18%. Consequently, the stats of the Urban MDR far surpass those of other assault rifles:
This makes the Urban MDR the best weapon in PvE as well as PvP in The Division 1.6 – at least in terms of stats.
Finding Urban MDR – Locations
You can get the Urban MDR through several sources, but you must always rely on luck. It can be obtained from Survival containers, Operational Performance containers, or Weekly Assignment containers. However, it can also drop from other sources where you can get exotic weapons.
But: The Urban MDR is not everyone’s assault rifle. If you prefer to play with automatic weapons, it is not for you. Instead, opt for an LVOA-C, which is also strong in 1.6. Nevertheless, some agents report that it is definitely fun to play with this weapon. “This thing is a beast”, says a Reddit user. Quick, precise kills at long range are hardly possible: The crosshair opens too wide when shooting.
Are you playing with the Urban MDR? What do you think of it?
A new trailer for the game Friday the 13th is filled with blood and violence. Definitely not for the faint-hearted!
After the zombie hype has slowly subsided, the genre of asymmetrical horror games is beginning to make its mark. A highly anticipated representative is Friday the 13th: The Game, which traps 6 campers against a killer on a map. As the name suggests, the killer must murder as many campers as possible within a time limit, with numerous gruesome options available to him. There will be dismemberment, thrown out of windows, stabbing, drowning, and strangling – Jason has a wide range of options.
The game Friday the 13th: The Game is based on the horror film series of the same name, which is a classic of the genre (and had one of the best jump scares of all time).
A new trailer for the game was released at PAX East 2017.
Warning: The trailer is truly not for the faint-hearted and shows very little gameplay. It focuses heavily on the new execution animations, which graphically demonstrate how Jason deals with his victims once he has them in his merciless hands.
Anyone who cannot tolerate rolling heads, severed limbs, and plenty of other brutalities should steer clear of the trailer. You have been warned.
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A release date for the game is still pending, only “Spring 2017” has been mentioned – so by June at the latest.
Cortyn says: Unfortunately, the gameplay of Friday the 13th does not convince me as much as that of Dead by Daylight, but the game has not been released yet. If the developers play around with the possibilities a bit, it could become a damn fun game where you can finally kill your roommates when they put the empty milk carton back in the fridge. Erm, you know what I mean. The spark hasn’t ignited for me yet, because pure brutality isn’t enough of a reason for me to buy it.
After a lengthy dispute between the original developer studio Above & Beyond and Idea Fabrik, which provided the engine for the game, the servers of the MMORPG The Repopulation are back online today.
Repopulation has a complicated development history.
Developer Above & Beyond developed the MMORPG Repopulation, but they have since turned to Fragmented, a new game that is supposed to be more of an MMO shooter. After a dispute with Idea Fabrik, they sold the rights and assets of the MMORPG The Repopulation to the very company they were in dispute with.
At the end of 2015, the servers of The Repopulation closed because Idea Fabrik no longer provided engine updates, and Above & Beyond could no longer work on the MMO. The deadlock led to Above & Beyond launching the new game Fragmented using Unreal Engine 4, while they hoped to return to The Repopulation someday.
The Repopulation is coming, but the developer has changed
However, at the beginning of this year, it became known that both parties could come to an agreement and The Repopulation now belongs to Idea Fabrik, which will take care of the completion of the MMORPG. Initially, the servers were to be brought back online, which will happen shortly. As the developers announced, the alpha servers will go online again on March 12. Backers can play again from then on.
The Repopulation is also expected to be available on Steam later this month – likely between March 19 and 26.
Those who played before will be able to log in with their known login to their former accounts. According to Idea Fabrik, nothing has changed. Those who have problems can contact the developers through a ticket system. From this point on, the developers will take care of expanding the game, adding new content, and hopefully reaching a beta phase within this year.
Ultima Online meets Star Wars Galaxies
The Repopulation is inspired by sandbox MMORPGs like Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online. You live on a foreign, hostile world where humanity wants to settle.
You can explore this world, where dangers lurk around every corner, or help establish and expand cities, craft items that other players need, gather resources, and protect the borders of civilization from raids by bandits and aliens. The game world is divided into safe and unsafe areas. In the unsafe zones, open PvP is present, and you must proceed with caution.
The Repopulation is interesting for anyone looking for an MMORPG in the style of Star Wars Galaxies. Whether it can truly compete with the classics remains to be seen when the alpha starts up again soon.
However, this book also contains “achievements” that Bungie did not show in detail, raising questions. Particularly puzzling is an entry regarding the Traveler: It is called Concordat’s Shadow – the shadow of the Concordat. Given that this book is supposed to document your achievements in Destiny 1, there is surprisingly little to do with this milestone. Because Guardians had nothing to do with it so far.
The symbol of the Concordat
What is the Concordat?
Many Guardians will already struggle with the term “Concordat,” and it rarely appears in the game itself. The Concordat was a faction – a union of Guardians, like we know today from the New Monarchy, the Dead Orbit, and the Future War Cult.
The leader of the Concordat was Lysander. The specific ideology of Lysander and his faction is unknown, but we do know that the Concordat once rose against the Last City and the Speaker, aiming to topple the existing order. The last uprising of the Concordat took place during Bannerfall. However, the New Monarchy was able to quell the uprising. After that, Lysander was exiled and the Concordat was dissolved.
But why is Concordat’s Shadow a milestone in the seal book? Where do we encounter it in the game?
The mysterious Lysander Sparrow
Just a few months ago, an item was added to the game that directly refers to Lysander and the Concordat: The Sparrow Lysander’s Call. With the “The Dawning” event in mid-December 2016, a mysterious gift appeared in the Tower that could not be opened. The hint was “For those who defied Bannerfall.”
You had to go to the Bannerfall map, resurrect a Ghost there, and then you could open the gift: Lysander’s Call was inside – a green Sparrow. The symbol of the Concordat is also visible on it. Even back then, Guardians scratched their heads and wondered what this gift from Lysander was about. Thematically, it had nothing to do with the Winter event – except that the gift is a Sparrow. Is Lysander back in the Last City and trying to win your favor? How did this gift make it there?
It was also interesting that the Grimoire card for Lysander’s Call is in golden colors. These are usually reserved for significant and exotic items. Guardians speculated that there might be more behind this Sparrow.
Additionally, the quote from Lysander states: Every Guardian wants something: higher speed, a rare weapon, a secret.Learn what it is. Use it.
As the YouTuber My name is Byf now suspects, this quote could have a forward-looking significance. The speed likely refers to the Sparrow we already received. And perhaps the reference to the “rare weapon” signifies that we will soon receive a weapon from Lysander.
Will new Exotics come with the “Age of Triumph”?
The upcoming seal book states that 55 exotic weapons should be collected. According to Byf, however, there are currently only – if we consider the “Year 1”-“Year 2” duplicates – 53 exotic weapons. This means that “Age of Triumph” would need to introduce at least two new exotic weapons.
DeeJ already revealed that Age of Triumph will have secrets that Guardians will discover only in the game. Perhaps this rocket launcher belongs to that.
However, some Guardians are skeptical about this theory. The missing Exotics could simply be new entries for the Necrochasm, the Vex Mythoclast, or even for the Infinity. It is doubted that this mysterious rocket launcher will ever make it to the game. For now, speculation is all we can do.
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In addition to speed and weapons, Lysander also spoke of a secret. According to Byf, this could indicate how the future of Destiny will unfold. The speed refers to the Sparrow in “The Dawning”, the weapon to a new Exotic in “Age of Triumph”, and the secret to future events in Destiny 2. Is that possible?
If Lysander placed the Sparrow gift himself in the Tower, it would mean that he has returned. Perhaps he plans once again to attack the Last City and the Tower and to overthrow the Speaker. And perhaps this time he will not be alone, but bring a whole army of Cabal with him. Because according to rumors, a Cabal attack on the Last City is imminent in Destiny 2.
Did Bungie really give us these hints since “The Dawning” with this one Grimoire card regarding the Lysander Sparrow? Or are they mere speculations that have nothing to do with the future of Destiny?
The seal book indeed mentions the Concordat. However, it is a milestone that stands alongside other collections, such as collecting dead ghosts, on one page. Maybe this milestone only means that you caught the Lysander Sparrow during the Dawning…
At this point, nothing has been officially confirmed. But these hints provide plenty of room for delightful speculation. In a Gameinformer interview in August 2016, it was stated that we will learn more about the factions in the future. Perhaps the Concordat will be at the center of it…
What do you think? Do these theories make sense to you? Or do you find them too speculative?
