Overwatch: Players farm loot boxes and EXP, while being AFK

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

Players of Overwatch are manipulating loot boxes. The server browser makes it possible.

Most players feared it even before the server browser was introduced in Overwatch, and it has come true. Players “earn” loot boxes by hanging around in private matches created specifically for this purpose: AFK farming experience points.

Previously, Overwatch removed absent players from a match after a short time as they were not actively participating in the game. However, in “Skirmish,” which is the practice match before a real game, you are never kicked out of the game. It didn’t take long for clever players to figure out the settings to acquire loot boxes without really participating in the game. Only one character needs to be selected, and voila – sitting in the base for half an hour yields a good 7,000 experience points.

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Blizzard has not commented on this yet, but it is suspected that the developers probably don’t care much – the server browser was created with the intention that players can also acquire experience points here. How exactly they do this seems to be of little concern to the developers until we hear otherwise.

Cortyn says: Ultimately, this whole issue is not a big deal for me, as I don’t really care how players earn or buy their cosmetic upgrades. Those who feel the need to acquire loot boxes in this manner – well, my God. Their gaming talent probably isn’t that great. For me, loot boxes are just an added bonus, an occasional reward after long matches. The thought of “farming them AFK” wouldn’t cross my mind – they and the contents are simply not significant enough.

P.S: I hope I still say this when the “Eidgenossin” skin for Mercy is available again …

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Patch 1.9 of Overwatch is currently on the PTR and brings several nerfs – for example for Ana and Orisa.

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Pokémon GO: Update 0.57.4 Patch Notes – What is changing?

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The new Pokémon GO update 0.57.4 is now mandatory for trainers. What changes are there in this patch?

Players who want to play Pokémon GO must now download the new update 0.57.4 for Android or 1.27.4 for iOS. There likely won’t be major gameplay changes with this update. At least, that’s what the patch notes indicate.

Patch notes 0.57.4 Android / 1.27.4 iOS

After patch 0.57.2 made several significant changes to the game and the 2nd generation was released in the game, the new patch 0.57.4 is more for “polishing”. The patch notes state only:

  • Minor text corrections.

Some players from the Pokémon GO community already interpret these text corrections as a running gag of the developers, who generally summarize bug fixes and other minor changes.

Pokémon Eggs Regional Tauros

If there are further changes in an update that the developers withhold from the patch notes, data miners will find out. TheSilphRoad regularly engages in data mining of the new game data and has already been active with this update.

In the new GAME_MASTER file, the only change was the date of the patch. There were no move or stat changes or similar adjustments to the various Pokémon. The 0.57.4 APK showed no changes to the game. Therefore, the experts from TheSilphRoad assume that it really remained only at minor text corrections in this update.

Forced updates (i.e., updates that you must install before you can play the game) without new features and functions also indicate that there are new anti-bot measures intended to keep bots and cheaters out of the game. The cheater warnings that some trainers receive after the update at least suggest measures in this direction.

The wait for special monsters from the 1st generation will soon be over. Mewtwo, Mew, and other legendary Pokémon will be available in Pokémon GO this year.

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WoW: Last wing of the Night Hold in LFR open – Here’s how to take down Gul’dan!

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

The last wing of the Nighthold in World of Warcraft is open. Now Gul’dan is also going to face justice in LFR!

With the end of today’s maintenance (03/08/2017), the last wing of the current raid instances “Nighthold” is finally available for the Looking For Raid. Those who have not yet experienced the showdown with Gul’dan due to lack of a raid guild now have the opportunity to send the nasty Orc from an alternate timeline to the ground once and for all.

The fight itself against Gul’dan is – as usual in LFR – not particularly challenging, but there are a few little things to keep in mind to avoid being the “quota loser” who lies in the dirt due to the abilities of the Fel Orc.

  • In the first phase, Gul’dan summons three demons to his side and becomes untouchable himself. Focus on the Inquisitor first and avoid all green effects. You can use the Eye of Aman’thul (an extra button) to strengthen yourself temporarily.
    WoW Nighthold Gul'dan
  • In the second phase, you go against Gul’dan himself. Here, you need to react quickly to the appearance of adds, as the Eyes of the Legion will split after a short time. The split eyes will split again and so on – those who completely ignore them will quickly be overwhelmed. At the same time, Gul’dan will place burning chains on individual players. Move out of this effect only when at least 2 other players are with you, as damage occurs when the chains are “broken”, which is then distributed among all players in the vicinity.
  • In the third and final phase, Gul’dan gains new abilities. Occasionally, he will cast large, black areas around him (Storm of the Destroyer), which swell with each cast. Take to your heels and just run away from him until he is finished. Eyes will still appear and must be defeated.

Otherwise, there is hardly anything to consider. Beat up the Orc and enjoy the first-class cinematic that you will be rewarded with.

Don’t feel like defeating Gul’dan just for the cinematic? No problem, the video has been circulating on the internet for quite a while. Obviously, there are spoilers:

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Blizzard is currently considering raid servers for professional guilds to create fair conditions.

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The Division: Are we getting information on Year 2 today? Special report planned

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The Division is celebrating its birthday today, on March 8th. To celebrate, there is a special report – with info on Year 2?

Update: Here is the info from the special report.

Update: There is already some preliminary info about Year 2!

On March 8, 2016, Ubisoft’s shared-world shooter The Division launched. Today, Wednesday, marks the anniversary of this release date. Just last week, the developers announced that they plan to celebrate this anniversary – and that agents should not miss it. However, they did not reveal how the “celebration” will look.

  • Now we know: Tonight at 6 PM they will hold a special report. This will be broadcast live on Twitch.
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What this special report will be about is not yet stated by Massive. However, they thank you for a great Year 1, with “Year 1” being emphasized. This indicates that the developers may reflect on this year during the stream, but will finally also talk about Year 2.

What’s next for The Division?

For months, the community has been speculating about what the future of The Division will look like after Last Stand and 1.6. Given the efforts of the last months – especially with 1.4 – most agents saw it as unlikely that Massive would lower the shutters after 1.6 and say, “That’s it.”

In the latest situation reports from Massive, the community developers assured that it will definitely continue. The Division will still receive updates in the future. However, there was never any mention of new DLCs or additional content. There will come a time when they can talk about the plans.

The anniversary in the livestream

In all likelihood, this time will be tonight – coinciding with the birthday of The Division. We will embed the Twitch stream here for you, in case you want to follow the info live:

https://www.twitch.tv/thedivisiongame

We at Mein-MMO.de will be following the special report and will promptly publish our own article containing all important information in German and in a summary.

Until then, you can read the notes confirming that there will be a Year 2 in The Division.

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Diablo 3: Season 10 für PS4 und Xbox One?

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Console players have had to wait a long time for Seasons in Diablo 3. According to Blizzard, Season 10 will be the start of console Seasons on PS4 and Xbox One.

A Season start in Diablo 3 means that characters from the previous Season are converted to “normal” characters. If you play your Season characters, you will need to start them from scratch at the beginning of a new season. However, you can expect cool sets and items, challenges, and new leaderboards there as well. Soon, console players should also be able to take advantage of a Season.

Season 10 for Consoles – PS4, Xbox One

Fans of Diablo III are still waiting for the big confirmation that console Seasons will indeed be activated with the new season start. However, the team announced at BlizzCon 2016 that this feature would be coming “early in 2017”. Information from the Diablo 3 press kit from BlizzCon 2016 shows that this will indeed be the case at the start of S 10.

Seasons are coming to consoles: Seasons on PC and console will be held simultaneously in Season 10 – The Seasons include the Season journey, leaderboards, and all new rewards and cosmetic items.

Diablo 3 Console Seasons

Whether Blizzard can meet this goal and activate the 10th Season on consoles as planned will likely be revealed in the coming days. Because if they implement such a feature, the developers will surely say a few words about it. We remain excited and hope that Blizzard can stick to the schedule.

When does Season 10 start in Diablo 3?

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WoW: Raiding as eSport – Blizzard is considering PvE raid servers

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

Will professional guilds in World of Warcraft soon have their own servers for raids and “first kill” races? Blizzard is considering it.

With the regular releases of new raids in World of Warcraft: Legion, the race for the first kills of the toughest bosses has regained the spotlight. Some large guilds have already thrown in the towel, while others are still pushing through and planning the conquest of the Tomb of Sargeras.

WoW Tichondrius Nighthold

However, many raiders and some fans wish that Blizzard would place a stronger focus on the competition among professional guilds and perhaps even provide rewards or major events to ensure that the weeks of effort are more appreciated. The colleagues at PCGamesN interviewed Kim Phan, the head of Blizzard’s eSports department, about this.

“We definitely see this as an opportunity. Whether you call it eSports or not is another matter, but there is a clear competitive element, and my team shows great interest in it.”

A major criticism is often the chance-based inequality that exists between different guilds. If a character has the “wrong” legendary items or constantly has bad luck with loot distribution, they fall behind. The random factor often determines which guild starts with a slight advantage.

“I think it is important that in the end there is integrity in the competitive environment.” This clearly points to tournament servers that are used for many other games and create fair conditions for all participants.

WoW Nighthold Aluriel

“To be able to support this more extensively, especially if it is to be big and successful, we will start with a test to see how it goes, send out some broadcasts, and collect feedback from everyone. Do people enjoy watching it? Is it fun? Do we have the tools to support it?”

This is all but a promise that Blizzard will now pay more attention to “eSports in raiding,” but at least the developers have it on their radar and are planning. Whether this bears fruit will probably only show over months or even years.

The PvP lead of WoW is also leaving – if you want to pay him.

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Paladins: First female tank Inara in the trailer – a “tough as nails” woman

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The stone lady Inara is coming in large strides to Paladins. An initial trailer reveals more about her.

Fans of Paladins are currently eagerly awaiting the next patch, as it brings the new champion Inara. To hype the fans a little, the developers at Hi-Rez have already released a small teaser trailer that at least presents some of her abilities.

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Enemies will literally “bite their teeth” at Inara, as the good lady is made of stone and also creates solid walls with which the play area is manipulated. As a tank, she is still quite solid – but that was to be expected from a stone lady.

Leya has already addressed Inara’s abilities and all other changes in the OB45 patch here.

Oh – and of course such a teaser is a feast for fans of extensive fanfiction stories. But Skye and Inara would of course make such a cute couple …

Soon, Paladins will also start a beta on consoles – namely PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Skyforge: No more LFG chat spam – new group finder tool makes it easier to find players

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Skyforge will receive a revamp of the group finder tool with the update “Stand United”. This should finally put an end to LFG spam in the chat.

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The SciFi MMO Skyforge actually already has an LFG tool, but it is not used as often as the developers at My.com would like. Instead, LFG requests continue to flood the chat. The reason for this is that the previous LFG system had the weakness that you had to be in the class of the required role while looking for a group and had to choose a specific adventure. Even if in the end you would have liked to choose from several adventures, for example, if choice number two attracted many more players than the first choice.

Skyforge – Group Finder with Character Role and Replacement in Focus

The new group finder from the update “Stand United” is supposed to remedy this. The following changes to the LFG tool will come on March 9 with the release of the update:

  • You will be able to choose which role you want to take on, such as Attack, Support, or Defense. Multiple selections are also possible.
  • You no longer need to actively play the class with the specified roles while waiting for a group in the group finder. You can switch classes anytime in Skyforge, and the system relies on you to do that in time or agree with the group that you prefer to be a damage dealer rather than a tank.
  • Since you can commit to different roles, you can also jump in as a replacement for players of another role. When you arrive in the group, you can either switch your class or try with another role. This way, the group finding and picking up replacement players should go much faster.

Also interesting: Skyforge is coming to PS4!

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Conan Exiles: Wie nackte Barbaren ein MMO-Studio retteten

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MMO specialist Funcom, the developers of Conan Exiles, were on the verge of bankruptcy. But then salvation came in the form of naked barbarians!

Conan Exiles is a full success for the Norwegian developer Funcom. The barbarian survival MMO recouped its production costs within a few days and sold as many copies in the first four weeks as they had initially planned for the entire year.

Funcom was on the brink of ruin

But Conan Exiles is not just a top success for Funcom; it was the savior of the company! Without the brash barbarians and their survival struggle, Funcom would not have survived. The company was financially at its end despite (or because of) titles like The Park or the Lego MMO Minifigures Online.

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Joe Bylos, Creative Director of Funcom, said at GDC 2017 that they were on the verge of bankruptcy. They had to borrow money from investors to pay employees’ salaries. It was clear: The next game has to be a hit, or we are done.

Develop a hit or die

But what should this saving hit game look like? This question was not taken lightly. Rather, the developers closely examined the market using SteamSpy and sought a genre that could save the company even with moderate success. This genre was survival games.

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“These games sell very well…,” Bylos remarked, “… but they are often not of high quality.” In this niche, Funcom could definitely succeed, but they also wanted to develop a survival game that felt a bit more like Skyrim. Thus, they worked for 13 months to offer an Early Access version on Steam in February 2017.

Conan Exiles – Naked penises and breasts saved Funcom!

What followed is well-known: Conan Exiles sold extremely well and brought salvation for Funcom. The success surprised everyone, including Funcom’s Vice President Lawrence Poe: “We had no idea how quickly the success would come.”

According to Funcom, the great interest in Conan Exiles was primarily due to mischievous streamers. These had dived into the game’s nudity feature with childlike joy and were “completely out of control” with wildly flapping penises and bouncing breasts raging through the barbarian wilderness.

From that point on, Funcom knew: We are saved!

Also interesting: Conan Exiles – Funcom still has big plans for the penis!

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LoL: The Galio rework already in patch 7.6 – abilities and visuals in the video

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

For a long time, LoL players had to wait for a rework of Galio. This rework changes the attacks and appearance of the champion in patch 7.6.

In League of Legends, older champions are reviewed by developers and equipped with a new look or new abilities. Major overhauls are called “reworks” and have already been done for Yorick, Warwick, and Ryze.

In the latest rework, Riot has taken the grieving protector Galio. The video shows that Galio is more than satisfied with his new look and continues to provide CC with his skills.

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A mighty colossus awaits us

In the impressive video teaser, we see what awaits us with the new Galio. Visually, even the skin conveys a different feeling than in the “old” version. The golden accents emphasize that this is a “buffed” champion. With his abilities, Galio also demonstrates that CC is still an important part of his kit.

Soon, Riot will introduce what Galio’s new attacks do in another video. Until then, we have to draw conclusions from the teaser video. It looks like he has a gap-closer/dash that lifts a struck opponent into the air and then throws them down. This could possibly be split into two attacks: gap-closer and knock-up.

LoL Galio Gap Closer

Furthermore, there is a wind attack that already existed in a similar form in his old kit. These whirlwinds apparently deal damage to struck opponents, as can be seen from the knocked-over Talon in the video.

LoL Galio Winds

Another attack seems to have a huge range. It probably is his new ultimate ability that targets an area. After a short time, Galio flies to the marked spot and has a large impact radius (similar to Pantheon). Enemies within this radius are knocked away. It appears that this ability has two areas of effect: one close to Galio and one that is a bit further away. In the image, you can see it by the separated rings surrounding Galio.

It is possible that enemies in the outer ring are “only” knocked back, while in the inner ring they are taunted or take more damage.

LoL Galio Ulti 2

So far, these are just speculations based on the video. As soon as Riot releases the next video or further information about this rework in the coming days, we will likely get to know Galio’s abilities even better.

What do you think of Galio’s rework so far?

An important victory against cheaters – Riot sues against cheat service and gets 10 million dollars

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Destiny: Update 1.31 heute auf PS4 und Xbox One – Was ändert sich?

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

In Destiny, an March 7th, an update with version 1.31 is coming to PS4 and Xbox One. Players must download and install it. There are no patch notes.

Update 7:17 PM: The download is now available. It is approximately 80 MB in size.

Last week, an update was announced, which is scheduled to be rolled out this week. Today, on March 7th, it is finally here. Here are the important details at a glance:

  • At 7 PM our time, Destiny will be updated. You will be brought back to the login screen. Now you need to download and install it to continue playing.
  • For some consoles, it may take longer to automatically boot you out of the game. You can use the “Check for Update” feature on your console to manually initiate the update.
  • Once the update is installed, you can face the darkness again. Server downtime is not planned.
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What changes today, on Tuesday?

There are no content adjustments or game changes today. The player experience is not meant to be affected. Instead, Bungie intends to implement features that will help them gather player data better.

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The community manager DeeJ writes that he doesn’t want to sound creepy, but when you play Destiny, Bungie is always watching. They know everything about your Guardian existence: which activities you play, which gear you wear, and with whom you complete missions. This information would help the developers create better games. This is one of the reasons why you must always be online in Destiny.

This update is intended to improve the data collection. They apologize in advance for any inconvenience, but what is good for the engineering team is ultimately also good for the players.

Tomorrow, on March 8th, there will be a reveal stream for the next and final content update of Destiny 1: Age of Triumph. We will be live-tweeting in German. Until then, you can guess here if the Fatebringer will lose the Arc damage.

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Ghost Recon Wildlands: All 23 Assault Rifles – How to Unlock Them

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 4 minutes

In Ghost Recon Wildlands you have 23 assault rifles to choose from. We show you how strong each rifle is and how to obtain them.

The new tactical shooter Ghost Recon Wildlands has been released today and provides insights into the many weapons you can unlock in the game. To unlock “regular” weapons, in most cases, you need to explore the game’s areas. To unlock exotic weapons, for example, you need to take down certain enemies. In this article, we show you all assault rifles from Ghost Recon Wildlands and their unlock conditions.

Unlocking Weapons

In the various regions of Ghost Recon Wildlands, you can receive new weapons as rewards. However, you cannot simply steal weapons from enemies and keep them forever; you must open crates to unlock weapons, equipment, and weapon upgrades. In addition to the weapons, you can also gain new suppressors, for example.

You can carry different types of weapons in the game and use them depending on your playstyle. The following weapon types are available:

  • Light Machine Guns
  • Submachine Guns
  • Sniper Rifles
  • Shotguns
  • Assault Rifles
  • Handguns
  • Compact LMGs

Unlock All Assault Rifles

The largest selection of weapons in Ghost Recon Wildlands is available in the “Assault Rifles” category. A total of 23 different models are available to unlock and use in the game. All weapons are marked with displays showing the strengths and weaknesses of each weapon:

  • Damage
  • Precision
  • Handling
  • Range
  • Rate of Fire
  • Noise Suppression
  • Piercing

We present each model and its unlock requirements:

P416

P416 PS
  • Unlock P416: Already unlocked at the beginning of the game.

AK-47 Uprising

Ak 47 Uprising PS
  • Unlock AK-47 Uprising: You unlock this weapon through the Season Pass.
SR-3M PS
  • Unlock SR-3M: Explore Agua Verde or unlock this weapon in the shop.

AK-12

AK-12 PS
  • Unlock AK-12: Explore Tabacal or unlock this weapon in the shop.

AUG A3

AUG A3 PS
  • Unlock AUG A3: Explore Barvechos.

556xi

556xi PS
  • Unlock 556xi: Explore Caimanes or unlock this weapon in the shop.

805 Bren A2

805 Bren A2 PS
  • Unlock 805 Bren A2: Explore Villa Verde or unlock this weapon in the shop.

G2

G2 PS
  • Unlock G2: Explore Inca Camina or unlock this weapon in the shop.

L85A2

L85A2 PS
  • Unlock L84A2: Explore Espiritu Santo or unlock this weapon in the shop.

R5 RGP

R5 RGP PS
  • Unlock R5 RGP: Explore Puncu or unlock this weapon in the shop.

ACR

ACR PS
  • Unlock ACR: Explore Media Luna.

AK-47

AK-47 PS
  • Unlock AK-47: Explore Libertad or unlock this weapon in the shop.

M4A1

M4A1 PS
  • Unlock M4A1: Explore Flor de Oro or unlock this weapon in the shop.

Mk 17

Mk 17 PS
  • Unlock Mk 17: Explore Flor de Oro or unlock this weapon in the shop.

TAR-21

TAR-21 PS
  • Unlock TAR-21: Explore Monuyoc Santo or unlock this weapon in the shop.

Mk 17 Tiger-Tooth

Mk 17 Tiger-Tooth PS
  • Unlock Mk 17 Tiger-Tooth: You can unlock this weapon in the shop.

His AK-47

His AK-47 PS
  • Unlock His AK-47: Defeat Yuri and Polito to unlock his and their AK-47.

Your AK-47

Your AK-47 PS
  • Unlock Your AK-47: Defeat Yuri and Polito to unlock his and their AK-47.

M4A1 Tactical

M4A1 Tactical PS

Unlock M4A1 Tactical: Defeat Carl Bookhart to unlock this weapon.

Ritmo

Ritmo PS

Unlock Ritmo: Defeat DJ Perico to unlock this weapon.

G36C

G36C PS

Unlock G36C: You can unlock this weapon in the Ubisoft Club.

AK-12 GR Network

AK-12 GR Network PS

Unlock AK-12 GR Network: This weapon can be unlocked in the Ubisoft Club.

SIG556 Lama

SIG556 Lama PS

Unlock SIG556 Lama: This weapon can be unlocked in the Ubisoft Club.

The reviews of Ghost Recon Wildlands are positive – High scores on Metacritic

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Overwatch: Neue PTR-Patchnotes 1.9 – Dicke Nerfs für Orisa und Ana

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

The latest version of the PTR for Overwatch brings major nerfs for Ana and Orisa. However, Sombra, Junkrat, and Winston receive fine buffs.

The official test server of Overwatch (PTR) has received a new update. The developers are testing many new balance changes for the various heroes and have some nerfs and buffs up their sleeve. The healer Ana and the yet-to-be-released Orisa are hit particularly hard. However, Junkrat, Sombra, Winston, and Zenyatta can look forward to some improvements.

Here are the new changes in Patch 1.9 for Overwatch:

Ana

Biotic Rifle

  • Damage has been reduced from 80 to 60.

Biotic Grenade

  • Damage has been reduced from 60 to 30.
  • Healing has been reduced from 100 to 50.

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Junkrat

Junkrat no longer takes damage from his own explosions.

Orisa

Fusion Cannon

  • Magazine size has been reduced from 200 to 150.

Supercharger

  • Now requires 15% more charge to activate.

Sombra

Cloak

  • Sound effects and voiceovers when entering and exiting stealth are only audible within a range of 15 meters.

Translocator

  • Cooldown has been reduced from 6 to 4 seconds.

Overwatch Winston Screenshot
Winston

Barrier Projector

  • Cooldown now starts immediately after placing the barrier, not just when it is destroyed.

Zenyatta

Orb of Destruction

  • The cooldown after alternate fire has been reduced from 1.0 seconds to 0.6 seconds.

Orb of Discord

  • Can now target enemies behind a barrier.
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Cortyn says: Orisa has apparently proven to be too strong on the PTR, especially her large magazine allowed for plenty of sustained fire, which in turn enabled her ultimate ability to be used more quickly. The increased costs here represent a “double nerf” of the ultimate, which was probably necessary.

The changes to Ana seem pretty harsh and almost exaggerated, as much of her damage and healing potential is being taken away. The fact that the Biotic Grenade is being nerfed again shows that Blizzard is dissatisfied with the power of her spontaneous group healing. For such situations, it seems better to bring along a Lúcio.
Winston, on the other hand, may experience a boost from the changes, and players of Junkrat will finally not be able to kill themselves anymore – unless they blow themselves off cliffs.

Why Orisa is exactly the hero that Overwatch needs, we reveal to you here.

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The Division 1.6: This healer build keeps you alive in “Last Stand”

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In The Division 1.6 we show you how to create a powerful healer build for “Last Stand”. This will keep you on your feet in PvP. 

Since the launch of the DLC “Last Stand” and Update 1.6, agents have been searching for new strong builds. Massive has rebalanced things significantly, leading many players to leave their AlphaBridge sets in storage and craft fresh character setups.

If you want to take on the supporter role in your squad and fully focus on skill power and healing abilities, MarcoStyle shows you an outstanding build in the video. This can significantly increase your chances of victory in “Last Stand”.

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How to Create the Healer Build in The Division 1.6

This build fully relies on skill power, the tactician’s authority, and the skill “First Aid”. The idea behind the build is that your team is continuously healed, making you extremely hard to kill.

Skill power scales linearly up to a value of 450,000. That means that up to this (high!) value, your skills become stronger and stronger. Values above 450,000 have a weaker effect on the skills. Therefore, MarcoStyle relies on the tactician’s authority, as this set provides you with the following bonuses that boost skill power:

  • 2-set bonus: +15% skill haste
  • 3-set bonus: +10% skill power
  • 4-set bonus: Talent – For every bullet your group hits an enemy with, you gain 0.2% skill power, with a maximum bonus of 30%. The bonus disappears only when a skill is used.
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Focus on These Armor Pieces

  • Chest Piece: High-end with Energized: Allows all healing skills (including First Aid) to overheal. Ideally, all team members should have this talent. The chest piece also has a bonus to skill haste, health, and ammunition capacity.
  • Backpack: High-end with Inventive: Increases skill power by 15% at full health. Also provides a bonus to health and ammunition capacity. Thanks to the Energized talent, you will mostly have overheal and thus benefit greatly from the Inventive talent – as you remain at full health for longer.
  • Mask: Tactician’s Authority with a bonus to skill power and burn resistance.
  • Gloves: Tactician’s Authority with a bonus to health on kill, skill haste, and assault rifle damage.
  • Knee Pads: Tactician’s Authority with a bonus to health and status effect resistances.
  • Holster: Tactician’s Authority with a bonus to skill haste.
  • The Mods for this build mainly require skill haste, electronics, and “First Aid” boosts. This gets you to the following values:
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This build has over 9000 electronics!

The Character Skills:

  • First Aid with Defibrillator Mod: You receive an instant heal followed by a heal-over-time. Can revive allies. For example, if you have 300,000 HP ally healing, they will receive 150,000 HP instantly and another 150,000 HP over a 10-second period.

With this build, you heal your allies directly, and they can jump back into battle while being continuously healed for a further 10 seconds.

  • First Aid with Immunizer Mod: Thanks to this skill and the high-end talents, you will mostly have overheal.
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The Character Talents:

  • Adrenaline: The First Aid set heals for 10 seconds and does not stop healing when you take damage.
  • Triage: Heals an ally with a skill to reduce the cooldown time by 15%.
  • Field Medic: Use a First Aid kit near allies to heal group members within 20 meters by 40%.
  • Helper’s Death: Destroying a skill deployed by an enemy increases skill power by 20% for 30 seconds.

The Weapons of the Build

The weapon used is the Liberator with the talents Competent (Weapon damage is increased by 10% for 15 seconds after a skill is used) and Gifted (When you eliminate a target, skill power is increased by 15% for 20 seconds). A second weapon is an RPK-74 E black market version with talented.

By the way: Before you plunge into battle, you can eat canned food (consumable). These increase healing effects by 40%. In Last Stand, you receive all consumables back on every respawn.

This way, you achieve incredibly high healing effects and can use healing skills at short intervals.

The best weapons in The Division 1.6 are presented here.

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Conan Exiles has great plans for the penis: trophies and hitboxes are to come

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Penises in Conan Exiles remain one of the top topics in the survival MMO. At GDC 2017, Funcom CEO Joe Bylos presented further concepts that they still have in mind regarding the anatomy.

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Joe Bylos, Creative Director at Funcom, spoke at GDC 2017 about many innovations in Conan Exiles, including the upcoming sieges, mounts, sorcery and of course penises! Whether someone had asked him a question about it – like in the case of a colleague from PCGamer – or not, Bylos seemed fascinated by the topic.

Conan Exiles – Penises – “Women think it’s long overdue, men find it funny”

According to Bylos, almost everyone wanted to talk to him about penises at GDC. “I think I’ll be known forever as the “penis guy,”” he remarked at the end of the PCGamer interview. The penises in Conan Exiles weren’t originally planned to be a “big thing.” They were just there, and no one expected the later prominence of the topic.

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“I thought it would be good for a few laughs for five minutes,” Bylos said. “We thought maybe a few people would enjoy that and make use of full nudity. But then all the big streamers on Twitch suddenly started running around with exposed genitals.”

Meanwhile, it seems that very few people are upset about the penises. “Women probably think it’s long overdue for men to have a slider [for penis size] and men find it hilarious. It’s all good.”

Conan Exiles – The Future of the Penis

Since the swinging masculinity in Conan Exiles is so popular, Bylos wants to incorporate even more penis content in the future. For example, swinging anatomy currently does not have its own hitbox. They are more like a piece of clothing that cannot be specifically targeted.

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Since other games with penis content (such as Rust) have hitboxes for genitals, this could easily be possible in Conan Exiles as well.

Bylos still wants to incorporate castrations into the game. His previous statement on the topic in an AMA thread on Reddit was quite serious. He envisions a trophy system: “If you kill someone, you can click on the corpse and select ‘Harvest Trophy’ to receive an ear, a penis, a foot, or a hand. But it won’t always be a penis, especially not with female corpses.”

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According to Bylos, trophies obtained this way could be used to create decorations or jewelry. “I want to allow people to create a necklace made of penises that they can wear. Why not? That’s funny!”

Also interesting: Microsoft demands a penis-free version on Xbox

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Mass Effect: Andromeda system requirements – Can your computer handle this?

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Mass Effect: Andromeda has released its system requirements. And they are quite demanding!

The release of the last Mass Effect was almost 4 years ago and technology in computers has rapidly advanced since then. If you don’t want to play Mass Effect: Andromeda on PS4 or Xbox One but prefer the beloved PC, you should check your system beforehand. It could be possible that the PC may struggle with Andromeda.

What are the system requirements for Mass Effect: Andromeda?

The bad news first: Mass Effect: Andromeda is quite resource-hungry. If you’re only gaming with your computer on World of Warcraft or Hearthstone, you will inevitably need to upgrade. Here are the minimum system requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 (each 64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350
  • RAM: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2 GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2 GB
  • Hard Disk Space: At least 55 GB of free space
  • DirectX: DirectX 11
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For the game to run smoothly and at maximum settings, your PC needs to perform significantly better. Here are the recommended system requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 (each 64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350
  • RAM: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3 GB, AMD RX 480 4 GB
  • Hard Disk Space: At least 55 GB of free space
  • DirectX: DirectX 11
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Can your PC handle Mass Effect: Andromeda? Or do the high requirements force you to buy a new PC or even resort to consoles? Or has Mass Effect just slipped further down your wishlist? Let us know in the comments!

Mass Effect: Andromeda will be released on March 23 in Europe.

The predecessor Mass Effect 2 is currently available for free – grab it while the offer lasts!

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Ghost Recon Wildlands: Store bug leads to endless flood of credits

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In the new online shooter Ghost Recon Wildlands, a bug in the game’s store causes a flood of credits: Free credits can (or could) be withdrawn endlessly.

A YouTube video and a post on Reddit are currently reporting on an unusual bug in Ghost Recon Wildlands: a bug in the store that leads to infinite credits.

The 800 bonus credits available to players who purchased the season pass could be requested endlessly. In the store, the offer to get the 800 credits for free simply remains available, even if the offer has already been taken.

The bug apparently occurs in the PlayStation Store.

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Bug in PlayStation Store of Ghost Recon Wildlands leads to infinite credits – But be careful

On Reddit, the user of this “bug”, Question_of_Mind, said he received 50,000 credits this way from the PS Store. That amounts to about 115 euros. However, the bug has reportedly been fixed – at least for him. Such bugs “in favor of the player” usually don’t last long in the game, it is agreed.

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A warning: Since players can obtain credits worth “real money” in this way, one can certainly expect actions and sanctions from the publisher in such cases. Therefore, we advise against using this bug yourself, should it still work. This could lead to a ban or other problems. This is definitely not intended. And exploiting something like this is considered an exploit.

Even though the season pass is often viewed critically with new games, and publishers attach significant reliefs and bonuses to it to boost sales … the incentive to buy a season pass for Ghost Recon Wildlands should probably not be that great.

A store bug also occurred in For Honor, but it affected the players negatively. Ubisoft stated that it was a display error:

For Honor: Season Pass for Steel? Display error causes confusion

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Destiny: Age of Triumph – Does the Gjallarhorn lose Arc damage?

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In Destiny, there are discussions about the Fatebringer. Will this weapon lose its Arc damage with Age of Triumph?

Yesterday, Bungie released a reveal teaser for the upcoming content update Age of Triumph. Two important pieces of information can be gleaned from this: First, there is now no doubt that old raids with their unique weapons will be returning. The Glassed Chamber was shown in the teaser along with the Fatebringer. Secondly, the largest triumph book ever will be introduced, designed to capture all of your greatest moments in Destiny.

Now the Guardians have taken a closer look at the teaser and made an interesting discovery that raises questions: Will the hand cannon Fatebringer lose its Arc damage?

Is a Fatebringer without Arc damage still a “Fatebringer”?

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This comparison comes from the YouTuber Unknown Player:

On the left, the old Fatebringer can be seen: The weapon has blue highlights and it throws blue lightning towards the enemies – all signs that the weapon deals Arc damage.

The new weapon, however, which is seen in the trailer, has no blue highlights and no traces of blue lightning are visible upon a kill. Many Guardians are therefore convinced that the raid primary weapons with elemental damage will lose this characteristic when upgraded with “Age of Triumph”. However, there are also speculations that:

  • the weapon in the teaser is not the Fatebringer at all, but just a new weapon that looks similar (with one user on Twitter questioning whether the Fatebringer without Arc damage is still a Fatebringer)
  • only in this cinematic were the Arc effects omitted. In the game, it will still have “Arc Burn”.
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Interestingly, there is also a tweet from the community manager DeeJ. He suggests that there will be discussions about the Fatebringer.

Currently, it seems that the Fatebringer will indeed lose its Arc damage. This feature distinguished the hand cannon – even in Year 1, primary weapons with elemental damage were rare and sought after. With its perks Outlaw, Explosive Rounds, and Fireball, it was long regarded as the strongest legendary hand cannon. Even today, Guardians are still looking for the Fatebringer roll for their Imago Loop.

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New Triumph Book has 13 Pages

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The Age of Triumph will introduce the largest triumph book in Destiny to date. The trailer briefly shows that it will consist of 13 pages. Additionally, there will likely be class-specific milestones. One page is called “Hunter’s Way” – so the path of the Hunter.

What do you think? Will the Fatebringer return without Arc damage? Tomorrow evening we will be wiser.

You can find the reveal trailer for “Age of Triumph” here.

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Black Desert Online: Wer braucht Zelda? Link in BDO spielen!

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Black Desert Online has the best character editor that has ever existed in an online role-playing game. Meanwhile, some players have created heroes from the new Zelda game “Breath of the Wild” in Black Desert Online and shared them via template downloads. Check out the coolest and most successful Zelda heroes in BDO.

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If you want to run around in Black Desert Online as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dragon Queen Daenerys, Jesus, or Heisenberg, you can do this with just a few clicks thanks to templates shared online. Black Desert Online offers not only the best character editor in the MMO genre, it also allows you to share your creations on databases like BDO-Templates (link in the source reference).

Black Desert Online – Zelda without Switch?

Thanks to the character editor and sharing players, there are now also numerous templates for the heroes from the new Zelda game “Breath of the Wild”. So, if you want to see Link, Zelda, and others, you no longer need to buy a Switch (even if the new Zelda is totally worth the money according to colleague Leya).

Black Desert Link 01

The current templates show several versions of Link. Unfortunately, there is a compromise that one has to make. Ideally, the warrior class suits Link as he fights with sword and shield, the traditional weapons of Link. Unfortunately, the warrior must always be a rather robust person, but Link is actually a delicate elf (or rather Hylian, but they look like classic elves).

Female Link? Only in Black Desert Online!

In Black Desert Online, there are of course also elves, but they are all female. Both the forest elf, who with her blonde mane already looks very much like Link, as well as the new dark elf are always women due to gender lock. However, you can create particularly beautiful Links from them, if you don’t mind that the Zelda hero then has breasts.

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If you are not interested in the whole race and gender confusion, you can also create the rogue Ganondorf as a giant berserker. There is also a template for this in the BDO forum in the sources.

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Also interesting: In our article on templates in Black Desert Online we’ve already presented templates for Arnie, Geralt, and Daenerys.

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Diablo 3: Ban wave cleans up top of the rankings of Season 9

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Blizzard is very concerned about the fairness during the seasons of the hack ‘n slash Diablo 3. Therefore, it seems that a ban wave is currently taking place in the USA, which aims to clean up the ranking of the current Season 9.

Due to the fact that players are currently receiving significantly too much bonus to their class’s main attribute with increasing Paragon level in Diablo 3, and thus the damage they deal increases enormously, a bot problem has developed in the game. Botting has become even more popular through this system than it already was before.

Because this gives players an easy way to fight their way to the top ranks of the leaderboard. But that is not the point.

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Cheaters are being targeted if they are at the top of the leaderboard

As reported by the website Troupster, a ban wave is currently taking place, through which Blizzard wants to clean up the leaderboard of Season 9 of Diablo 3. At least 13 players are said to have been affected so far – players who stood at the top of the 4-player leaderboards. However, this is currently only the case in the USA.

The problem also exists in the European and Asian versions. Whether Blizzard will also act in this way here is currently uncertain, but one can actually assume so. However, it would also make sense to address the core problem and revise the Paragon system so that it can no longer be exploited in the mentioned way.

Season 10 is already on the starting blocks

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Perhaps Blizzard is planning something like this for the upcoming Season 10. Because this is already in preparation and can be tested on the test realm of Diablo 3 including the upcoming Patch 2.5.0.

How Blizzard detects cheaters remains a mystery, but the bans are likely carried out manually, which suggests that the accounts are indeed checked beforehand. This does not indicate automated software. It is definitely good that Blizzard is taking action against cheaters in Diablo 3.

Further articles on Diablo 3:

Diablo 3: Start Season 10, End of Season 9 and the Euternasie Event

Diablo 3: New Attempt – Archaische Items Changed in Patch 2.5.0

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