Destiny: The hype around No Land Beyond – The new beast in the Trials

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 3 minutes

In Destiny, No Land Beyond is the dominant weapon in the Trials. Why is that?

No Land Beyond went through an interesting development in the Destiny storyline. It was introduced with the DLC “The Dark Below” and was instantly considered the weakest exotic weapon in the game. Guardians even joked that there was no greater humiliation in PvP than being killed with this gun.

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Over time, NLB became a sniper that, in the right hands, was considered a hidden gem. Currently, however, it is more than just a hidden gem: In the Trials of Osiris and elimination matches, it is the dominant weapon.

No Land Beyond – the most popular primary weapon in the Trials of Osiris

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No Land Beyond is a sniper rifle with a unique ability: It is equipped in the primary slot. In terms of stats, it corresponds to the Icebreaker archetype: You can obtain the NLB from the usual sources such as Nightfall, Raids, Trials of Osiris, and occasionally from Xur.

But why is the gun so popular now? This is due to the changes made to special ammo, which came with Update 2.5.0.2. In elimination matches, including the Trials, you will now only start the first round with special ammo. At the beginning of each subsequent round, “Special Ammo” is removed.

In the Trials, Guardians often resort to sniper rifles to snipe across the lanes. However, as special ammo is now scarce, No Land Beyond as a primary weapon comes to the forefront. And with a bang!

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According to the current statistics from guardian.gg, 12.4% of all kills in the current Trials are achieved with the NLB. This makes it the leading primary weapon in this mode by a large margin. In second place is the Palindrome with 6.5%.

Prior to the weapon patch, “No Land Beyond” was always among the most popular weapons in the Trials, but it did not hold this supremacy. The Clever Dragon and The Last Word were dominant. NLB was just swimming among the front ranks.

Now it is clear that Guardians definitely do not want to forgo their special weapons despite the special ammo changes. While the primary slot is occupied by the NLB sniper, the most common weapons in the special slot are pistols (which do not lose special ammo after rounds) and the Icebreaker – a sniper that regenerates its ammo. By the way: With 13.1%, the most popular pistol is The Wyrm.

If a precision hit is not achieved with the NLB, players quickly switch to The Wyrm to finish off the enemy. This seems to be the new meta in the Trials.

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Bungie is monitoring these developments. Community Manager Cozmo has already asked via Twitter what you think about the special ammo changes, especially in the Trials.

So we ask you: What are your observations? What weapons do you play with?

Currently, a super glitch is haunting Destiny. Here are the details.

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Pokémon GO: Heiteira – Ein gefürchteter Verteidiger in der Arena!

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In many arenas in Pokémon GO, you are greeted by a pink monster that looks nice at first glance. What makes Blissey so popular?

Pink and with a slight smile on its face, the cheerful Blissey does not seem like it would be particularly good as an arena defender. Still, trainers often find this 2nd generation Pokémon to be a suitable arena defender. What is the reason that trainers struggle to defeat Blissey as attackers?

Blissey in the Arena – Pure Defense

Since yesterday, players can catch and evolve 2nd generation Pokémon in Pokémon GO. This allows for the evolution of Chansey from the first generation into Blissey. For a total of 50 Chansey candies, you can evolve your Chansey into a good arena defender.

Blissey is particularly well suited as a defender because it has a lot of hit points and can also achieve high CP values. This means attackers need a lot of time to knock the cheerful Pokémon off its throne. In many cases, time even runs out before they can defeat Blissey.

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On Reddit, some trainers report that evolving Chansey is currently the best monster for defending arenas. Attackers only have a limited time to defeat the defenders in the arena. If a Blissey with a lot of hit points is waiting there, time becomes tight. The attack values of this Pokémon are not important because it plays more for time than to defeat opponents.

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Neverwinter: No Luck in China – PC servers close after less than 2 years

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The fantasy MMORPG Neverwinter is not doing well in China.

Cryptic Studios has been developing the fantasy MMORPG Neverwinter here in Europe and the USA since 2010, back then under the publisher Atari.

Later, the Chinese company Perfect World took over Cryptic Studios and thus also Neverwinter. It was only natural to bring the Western acquisition to its home market in China.

In September 2015, Neverwinter launched with much fanfare in the land of smiles. However, Perfect World quickly lost its smile as success could not be maintained. Now it is all over. On May 19, 2017, the PC servers in China will shut down. The PS4 and Xbox One versions of Neverwinter are not affected.

Recently, it seems that Perfect World is not doing too well. The latest news included layoffs:

ArcheAge, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online: Employee Layoffs

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Final Fantasy XIV: The Stormblood trailer is a feast for Asia fans

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In Final Fantasy XIV, the trailer for the expansion “Stormblood” has been released. It is a feast for fans of eastern and Asian themes.

The trailer for Stormblood seems to say: No more steampunk and fantasy, we are going “Full Asia” now. The music and the setting exude the atmosphere of martial arts films. Numerous familiar tropes from eastern films are featured.

There are beautiful duels in lofty heights against a picturesque backdrop, action in the streets of an Eastern-looking city, and it’s all garnished with a pinch of humor and self-irony – as is typical for FF14, it is also beautifully epic and dignified.

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Now that the “Samurai” has been revealed as the second new job alongside the Red Mage, you can really make a splash at Square Enix. Beautiful trailer, we think.

For more information about Stormblood, you can read in these articles:

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Könnten die Kämpfe von For Honor in einem MMORPG funktionieren?

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 3 minutes

Ubisoft’s new action game For Honor is an epic of battles with particularly intense combat. But would this type of combat system work in an MMORPG?

The fights are at the forefront in For Honor and are the highlight of the game. Why is that?

Putting everything else aside, the battles feel “real.” The hit feedback, how the weapons respond, the speed – all of this fits together nearly perfectly.

The fast confrontations give the feeling of being in a grand battle, striking with a sword, blocking with a shield, executing combos, or swinging a massive axe to literally throw a foe back.

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So battles feel good

Many action games offer similar combat. But those who have played For Honor will quickly notice that the developers put in a lot of effort here. They have packed the feeling of swinging weapons, striking with them, dodging, and blocking into the game particularly intensely.

Returning to other games after For Honor, fights feel somewhat “unreal.” Especially in MMORPGs.

In many online role-playing games, the tab-targeting system with hotbar is still found. The player clicks on the enemy, stays near them, and then presses keys in succession to execute attacks. It is a rather passive system that relies on tactics.

The right timing must be found to execute this or that special attack so that it also causes proper damage. It is a system that has proven itself and was born out of necessity. Because lag can lead to devastating situations in online role-playing games if, for example, an attack cannot be executed with precise timing.

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The problem of active combat in MMOs

These lag problems can be seen in MMOs that rely on active, free, and action-packed combat such as TERA, Vindictus, or Blade and Soul.

However, the battles in these games already give a very different impression. They are fast and full of action. They convey the feeling of chaotic battles and fast reactions and changing situations much better than the tab-target system.

There is more of an impression of being in a fight, and less of being a spectator who just occasionally gives commands and waits for them to be executed.

Yet even these active combat systems cannot convey the intense feeling of battles in For Honor. It may be unfair to compare For Honor, as an action game, with MMORPGs. But such a system with such hit feedback and such a feeling of swinging weapons could also benefit MMORPGs.

Of course, the problem of lag would still exist and stand in the way. Furthermore, many MMO fans desire a rather leisurely combat system that is more tactical. There will always be room for a hotbar tab-targeting system in the genre.

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Intense combat could attract new players to the genre

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But even more intense battles with an even better feel might make the genre interesting for action players, who would then realize that an MMO has much more to offer and might also take a liking to it.

Fights are important in many games and should therefore also be fun. Whether that is rather leisurely or fast, that is decided by the taste of the players and what they hope for from the fights.

The feeling of being in a dangerous situation and having to fear for one’s (virtual) life should always be present. Because that is part of what makes fights great. And this feeling is excellently conveyed by For Honor.

Perhaps some developers may be inspired to think about a combat system for a new MMORPG like the one used in For Honor. And maybe it works really well and leads to particularly intense battle situations that remain unforgettable.

We deal with the nuances of the combat system in For Honor in this article:

For Honor: Combos and Actions of All Heroes – Special Attacks

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Final Fantasy XIV: Samurai kommt als neuer Job in Stormblood – Trailer

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The fantasy MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV will really get the Samurai as a new job in Stormblood.

At the Fan Festival in Frankfurt, Square Enix announced, as expected, that the Samurai will be added as a new job to Final Fantasy XIV in June. It will be the second new class .This had already been hotly speculated beforehand – another fan idea was the “Blue Mage."

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This is the Samurai – a new job in Final Fantasy XIV

The Samurai will be a melee DPS class. The “Katana” will be used as a weapon. The job starts at level 50.

The Samurai will be able to deal heavy damage. He uses techniques like “Iai” (Iaidō), the traditional Japanese “way of drawing the sword.” Techniques of “Sen” such as “Setsu” (Snow), “Getsu” (Moon), and “Ka” (Flower) will also play a role.

The Samurai can store energy in his Katana to unleash it in special attacks. Above, we have embedded initial animations of the Samurai in a short trailer.

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More information:

  • The job quest is set to begin in Eorzea
  • The Samurai has no class that he directly depends on
  • He will use the same gear that the Monk is aiming for – so Str-Gear
  • Timing will play an important role in his attacks
  • Naoki Yoshida actually referenced the Spiderman director “Sam Raimi” with the Spiderman t-shirt, whose name sounds similar to Samurai

Naoki Yoshida presented the Samurai in this outfit, which takes a lot of courage.

https://twitter.com/SquareEnixUSA/status/832887480193994752

More information on Final Fantasy XIV coming soon. In addition to the Samurai, the Red Mage will also join the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV with Stormblood.

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood introduces new class Red Mage – Release date announced

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Paladins OB 44 Patch: Legendary Cards bring even more customization

Leya Jankowski Leya Jankowski Reading time 3 minutes

Paladins new patch OB44 brings Season 1, Legendary Cards, the currency Essence, and the Survival mode. We have summarized the patch highlights.

Yesterday, Paladins presented its latest patch Ob44 via live stream, which will also be the kickoff for Season 1. The biggest renewal in this patch is the “Legendary Cards,” which give you entirely new options for customizing your champion.

Together with the new cards, there will be a new currency, “Essence”. You need this to craft loadout decks and Legendary Cards. Additionally, the Survival mode comes, where only the strongest team survives.

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Legendary Cards – More Customization for Champions in OB44

Legendary Cards give you entirely new possibilities to customize and adapt your champion. They do not belong to your loadout deck but are selected at the beginning of a match. Each Legendary Card provides your champion with powerful attributes that add even more strategic decisions to the game.

  • Each champion has a total of 3 Legendary Cards with powerful attributes.
  • Before each match, the player selects one of the three cards
  • Legendary Cards do not belong to the loadout deck
  • Once the Legendary Card is selected, it cannot be changed during the match
  • Legendary Cards have no ranks
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Update: Due to community feedback, adjustments have been made to OB 44: Adjustments Patch OB 44

Essence – New Currency for Card Creation

Essence will be the new currency in Paladins, with which you buy cards for your loadout deck. The new Legendary Cards will also be unlocked with Essence. With the new currency, even more changes come to card creation.

  • Radiant Chests can now be bought for 3,000 Gold
  • Radiant Chests no longer give Gold, even for duplicate cards.
  • For duplicate cards, there is now Essence
  • Loadout and Legendary cards are now unlocked with Essence
  • Loadout cards will now be classified into “rarity”: Common, Rare, Epic.
  • The rarity has nothing to do with the ranks of the cards, which are still classified as I, II, III, and IV. It only indicates how rare or common a card is.
  • Once a card is unlocked, all four ranks will still be released.
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Survival Mode – The Tough Fight for Survival

In Survival Mode, you will fight with your friends until only one team remains. It is a tough fight for survival, where a deadly fog slowly moves from the outside to the center of the map. The teams are forced to confront each other in the middle in increasingly smaller spaces and try to eliminate one another. The Hunger Games or Battle Royale greets you.

If the round is not played out after one minute, the fog will cover the entire map and take down everything in its path. If you die in this mode, you remain among the dead. There is no respawn. The first team to survive 5 rounds wins. The Survival mode was already available over six months ago in Paladins but was removed from the game. With OB44 it returns, and the rules have not changed. Survival will be playable on two maps: Primal Court and Snowfall Junction.

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Leya says: I am very impressed by the latest changes in Paladins and look forward to testing this patch. Especially the Legendary Cards will turn the action MOBA upside down and add new strategies. Players will need to reorient themselves and learn the new cards and their effects. It will also be interesting to see if the Legendary Cards will throw Paladins off balance. I assume that a large testing period will follow, during which these new cards will be strongly adjusted or completely removed from the game. In any case, the upcoming time will be exciting.

What do you think of the latest changes in Paladins? I will now have to think more about cards…

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Destiny: Vex Void – Does the video provide a look at the never released 3rd DLC?

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

Unknown cutscenes featuring the Vex have surfaced in Destiny. What is going on?

A video has recently circulated in the community that apparently shows a trailer featuring previously unknown scenes of the Vex. It spread on both reddit and YouTube, gaining prominence especially through Unknown Player.

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The video is a cinematic montage by Prologue Films. Prologue Films previously delivered the prologue video for Destiny, the intros for “Darkness Awaits” and “House of Wolves”, as well as cinematics for “King of the Taken”.

The circulating video shows a compilation of these cinematic cutscenes. It features scenes of Vex that are not previously known:

https://youtu.be/pPrB4ZGwvZY

What is the significance of these scenes?

This video was allegedly published on Vimeo six months ago, but it has since been taken down. The embedded YouTube video above is a copy of it, albeit with audio issues, it at least shows the footage.

Visible is a Vex Goblin emerging from the water (around 0:31), a previously unknown location believed to be the homeland of the Vex (0:35), and a scene in which a Vex appears to be created (1:13). At 1:41, a Vex is seen briefly again. (Note: Timestamps refer to the video above).

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These cutscenes are not in the game, raising the question of where they come from. Three theories from the community:

  • They are scenes from Vanilla Destiny that never made their way into the MMO shooter. They relate to the Glass Chamber and the “story” involving the Vex. However, it is unclear why Bungie would have removed them. Thus, this theory is unlikely.
  • This theory has the most supporters: They are scenes from the originally planned DLC Vex-Void. A leaked Destiny roadmap showed that after “King of the Taken” (then still called Comet), a Vex DLC titled Vex-Void was planned:
    Destiny Roadmap

However, we now know that these plans were scrapped, and that “Vex-Void” and “Forge of Gods” fell victim to restructuring. Instead, “Rise of Iron” came, and in 2017 “Destiny 2” is on the horizon.

Whether these scenes originate from “Vex-Void” remains pure speculation. Bungie has never talked about these original post-TTK plans.

  • There is also the theory that we are already seeing scenes from “Destiny 2”. That, contrary to the Cabal coming, as multiple rumors suggest, it is the Vex who will surprise the Guardians. This may be the reason why the Vimeo video was taken down again.

Who knows, maybe we will eventually see these scenes in the game. Nothing is yet known about the upcoming spring update…

What do you think? What significance do these Vex cutscenes have?

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FIFA 17 FUT: Man of the Match – These 10 players are now in the packs

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time < 1 minutes

In FIFA 17 FUT, “Man of the Match” cards (MOTM) are now available in the game. These players are available for a few days.

Yesterday, the Ratings Refresh began in FUT 17, where selected players receive upgrades and downgrades. However, this is not the only change currently in the game.

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You can also obtain ten MOTM cards (Man of the Match) in the sets starting now. These are special cards with an orange design. The professional players who performed strongly in the European competitions this week are rewarded with upgraded cards.

MOTM from 17.2. to 24.2.

The players are:

  • Ibrahimovic
  • Lacazette
  • Di Maria
  • Thiago
  • Casemiro
  • Dzeko
  • Höwedes
  • Ederson
  • Acheampong
  • Onana

They are available in packs until February 24 at 10 PM.

You can read about the Ratings Refresh in the “Ultimate Team” mode in FIFA 17 here.

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Star Citizen: Never has mining been more beautiful! Trailer shows MISC Prospector, light effects

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A new trailer has been released for the space epic Star Citizen . It gives a glimpse of mining.

Star Citizen is impressive in many ways, a game of superlatives. The amount raised by the company through crowdfunding is as massive as the vision behind the project and the virtual chatter in the forums whenever the name “Star Citizen” appears.

Amid all the hustle and bustle, it is easy to forget how visually stunning Star Citizen is. After all, one of the founding ideas behind the sci-fi epic Star Citizen is: “Console hardware often limits what is technically possible. With Star Citizen, we focus solely on PC, make no compromises, and do it as well and as massively as we can.”

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And this leads to activities like mining looking spectacular. In a new trailer, Star Citizen showcases the MISC Prospector, a mining craft.

The Prospector is designed for “planetary mining” and can land on asteroids and other objects to dig for resources beneath the surface.

Prospector

“Planetary Mining” in Star Citizen is supposed to happen in four phases, as outlined in an article from April 2016:

  • First, scan for minerals beneath the surface until a location is found that is particularly lucrative: a “mineral pocket”
  • Then, the miner finds a safe landing zone on the object and activates the corresponding module to deploy a “mining laser”. During this time, other ship systems are shut down to allocate more power to the laser.
  • In the third phase, the resources from the mineral pocket targeted are transported to the cargo hold via tractor beam
  • Step 4 is to look for a buyer for the materials – the hard work should pay off. Or store the resources for further processing.

Star Citizen has big plans for 2017. Specifically, version 3.0 is expected to be a milestone:

Star Citizen: 2017 brings Alpha 3.0 and Squadron 42

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For Honor: Ubisoft sagt Cheatern den Kampf an – Erste Bans sind raus

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

In For Honor you fight for fame and honor – there is no room for cheaters and hackers. Ubisoft wields the banhammer.

Cheats and hacks are unfortunately never completely avoidable in online games. There will always be people who want to gain unfair advantages. The decent players can do little about it, they can only report the cheaters and hope that the developers respond.

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And that’s exactly what Ubisoft wants to do, as they now announce in a statement in the Ubi forum. The entire development team of For Honor sees itself in the obligation to tirelessly combat users who want to gain advantages through hacking programs.

For Honor uses knowledge from The Division in the fight against cheaters

Active solutions have been installed for For Honor that can identify and prevent new cheats. They use the already gained knowledge about cheats and hacks from other Ubisoft games, such as Rainbow Six: Siege and The Division.

These tools have been used since the beta phases to detect and punish cheaters. However, the team is continually working to improve the anti-cheating process so that the gaming experience remains at a high level.

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The developers believe in a fair and inviting environment for everyone in For Honor. However, they know that the fight against cheaters is just beginning. The first players have already been banned.

What penalties are there? Warnings and permanent bans

Ubisoft actively monitors all in-game activities. As soon as an account violates the code of conduct, it will face sanctions. Violations include, for example:

  • Cheating (hacking, exploits, bots)
  • Fraud, account trading
  • Harassment
  • Offensive content created by users (like emblems)
  • Inappropriate usernames
  • Advertising

Each player is responsible for their own account.

Depending on the severity of the violation, the following penalties apply:

  • Warnings
  • Exclusion from the game (between 3 and 10 days)
  • Permanent bans

If you receive a penalty, you will be notified via email. More on this topic in our references.

Ubisoft is already working on the first update. What new features are coming in the future, you can read here.

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Overwatch Cheats: Profi-Team trifft auf Spieler mit Aimbot, zeigt keine Gnade

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time < 1 minutes

No aimbots can help against the best players – a professional team humiliates a cheater with a ruthless victory in Overwatch.

Although cheaters are primarily a Korean problem in Overwatch, there are also fraudsters on European and American servers who use an aimbot or any other cheating software.

Recently, this also happened to professional player Seagull, who wanted to play ranked matches with some other pros from the scene. On the map Oasis, they encountered an opponent who was clearly using an aimbot – and that with D.Va. He probably wanted to push a team of non-aimbotters up. It didn’t take long to expose the cheater, as the team quickly and focusedly dove on D.Va again and again.

Fortunately for everyone involved, the games were streamed on Twitch, so we can watch the matches today. You can see the entire match against the cheater starting at around minute 60.

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After the team lost the first two control points to the cheater, “Viper” switches to Soldier: 76. Here cheating is particularly easy to spot, but he is also a bigger threat due to stronger firepower. However, Seagull’s team showed no mercy for the cheater and focused on him time and time again.

In Viper’s last desperate attempt to turn the round around, he is welcomed by several ultimates and then teabagged by the professional team – one of the few situations where this action is probably justified.

Since the aimbotter was in a team with three other players, it can be assumed that he wanted to “boost” them, raising their skill rating for particularly high rewards.

In Korea, Blizzard is currently taking strong measures against cheaters – numerous ways to cheat are now being suppressed there.

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The Division: Vendor Reset on 18.2. – The best items

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

In The Division, today, on 18.2., is the vendor reset. What do the vendors have on offer, which items are particularly worthwhile?

The update 1.6 and the paid DLC “Last Stand” are coming closer. They have already been submitted to Microsoft and Sony and as soon as they give the green light, the content update can be released on all platforms at the same time. Tuesday, 21.2., probably comes too early. However, the “leaked” date of 28.2. seems realistic.

Until the launch, you can still acquire some nice items from the vendors. Today is the big vendor reset. Let’s see what nice things are available.

Weapons – Offers on 18.2.

  • At the weapons dealer in the operations base, there is a FAMAS. This will become an exotic with 1.6. So it’s worth grabbing it now. It comes with Deadly, Responsive, and Uncomplicated.
  • Advanced weapons vendor: Strong Pakhan roll, the Cassidy is also worth it. Additionally, a AUG A3P with Determined, Relentless, and Expert. Also, a AK-74 Black Market version with Prepared, Malicious, and Focused.
  • At the specialty equipment vendor, you can get Historian, Valkyria, and Liberator again.
  • W 42nd St: MP7 with Destroyer, Prepared, Malicious.
  • DZ weapon vendor: MP5 A4 with burst fire – Accelerated, Destroyer, Prepared
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Armor pieces at the vendor reset

  • At the equipment vendor in the base, there are Wild gloves with a good roll.
  • The Ward Safehouse: Nimble Holster
  • In DZ06: FireCrest mask, Hunter chest piece, Striker backpack, Hunter knee pads, AlphaBridge holster, Hunter gloves
  • DZ equipment vendor: Mask with Rehabilitated

Mods on offer

  • At the DZ equipment vendor, there is an Electronics mod and a Reflex sight with Crit Chance, Crit Damage, and Precision.
  • Madison’s Stand Safehouse: Firearms mod
  • E 53rd St: Ti-RANT suppressor with Crit Chance, Crit Damage, and Headshot Damage.
  • E 46th St: Mod for Outpost Range
  • E 34th St: Firearms mod
  • E 31st St: Reflex sight with Optimal Range, Headshot Damage, and Critical Hit Chance.
  • W 46th St: Mod for Turret Damage
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Blueprints at the Special Blueprint Vendor after the vendor reset

  • M9 – Military version (pistol)
  • Short-barreled Rhino (pistol)
  • Firearms vest
  • Firearms knee pads
  • Vertical grip – Olive green
  • EXPS3 holographic sight – Light brown
  • Stamina gear mod
  • Firearms gear mod

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Ghost Recon Wildlands: TV-Spot zur Beta mit Raketenwerfern und Explosionen

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The TV trailer for Ghost Recon Wildlands makes quite an impact and invites players to test the open beta.

This teaser is full of action. With a TV spot, Ubisoft draws potential players’ attention to what awaits them in Ghost Recon Wildlands. Snipers, explosions, parachute jumps, miniguns, and rocket launchers are just a small part of what awaits you in this tactical shooter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksalCVLJYT8

Ghost Recon Wildlands – What You Need to Know

The new installment of the Tom Clancy series is called Ghost Recon Wildlands and will be released on March 7 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. This tactical shooter offers you a huge world with many different locations like jungle, canyon, and highlands. You have options not only in terms of regions but also regarding gameplay.

You can play Wildlands solo and bring AI opponents into your team if needed, who obey orders like “hold position” or “attack.” However, the game becomes even more interesting in co-op mode, where you can play with two, three, or up to four players. With features like simultaneous shots, you can effectively coordinate and execute target elimination.

Ghost Recon Wildlands Beta Coop Screen

You have the freedom to solve missions “loudly” accepting an alarm, or stealthily take out targets one by one. There are various ways to solve the missions. As Ghosts, you find yourself behind enemy lines and must overthrow the Santa Blanca cartel, which has (too) much control over Bolivia.

The open beta for Ghost Recon Wildlands begins on February 23 and offers you two areas to explore. The areas Itacua and Montuyoc and more information about the open beta of Wildlands will be presented here.

Want more information about the game? You can find our conclusion about the closed beta of Ghost Recon Wildlands here

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Dead by Daylight: Double Blood Points on the Weekend and New Map, Patch 1.4.1

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

Killers destroy generators, there are firecrackers and double blood points – the new patch for Dead by Daylight is here.

Players of Dead by Daylight had to wait almost 3 months for a new patch – but now it is finally here.

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From today (February 17) until February 22, there are double blood points in Dead by Daylight for completing matches. Those who want to unlock many items should therefore frequently hook people on meat hooks or repair generators this weekend to benefit from the “Valentines Blood Hunt”. This way, new perks and items can be unlocked in no time.

The patch 1.4.0, which was only hours later replaced by update 1.4.1, changed numerous issues and adjusted the balancing of various perks. Above all, the popular “Machine Gun” combo from killers, where they could strike without significant delay, is no longer possible.

A new item for survivors is Chinese firecrackers. These can be found in-game for a limited time – either in chests or in the blood web. When used, small explosions occur that blind the killer. However, if one is not careful, it also blinds the survivors.

Killers can destroy generators

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A popular strategy for survivors was to repair all generators to 99% to quickly finish the match – this has now become significantly more difficult. Killers are able to damage generators as long as they are not fully repaired. With a new action, they can reduce the progress of a generator by 25% over a period of 70 seconds. This “debuff” is applied through a 3-second action on the generator and is canceled if the repair is continued by a survivor.

Lastly, there is even a new map, a fresh variation of the “Autohaven Wreckers” map, called “Gas Heaven” – an old gas station, where only the gruesomest stories of the Entity take place now…

You can find the complete patch notes in our sources.

Furthermore, Dead by Daylight is set to release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year!

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  1. steamcommunity.com (Patchnotes)

Destiny: Trials of Osiris – The map on 17.2.

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time < 1 minutes

Today, on February 17th, the Trials of Osiris begin in Destiny. On which map will it be played?

The first Trials of Osiris after update 2.5.0.2 are starting! Last Tuesday, the long-awaited weapon balancing was implemented, which brought not only pleasant changes but also new features that are being heavily discussed.

One thing is certain: the update brought fresh air to the Crucible. Guardians can now be seen running around with different weapons – the dominance of the Matador and the Clever Dragon has been curtailed. Hand cannons and auto rifles are currently frequently seen.

ARK Survival Evolved PS4: 1 Million verkaufte Spiele

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The survival MMO ARK Survival Evolved has sold a million copies on PS4 in just one month.

In summer 2015, ARK Survival Evolved was released on Steam without much announcement. It rode the coattails of the movie “Jurassic World” and hit with the force with which a T-Rex crushes a porta-potty. Back then, the early access title sold over 1 million copies in one month. It was the Steam summer hit of 2015.

With a mix of Minecraft and adventure, great graphics, and innovative game ideas, it captured players on PC. Even though back then, even the beefiest computers groaned and stuttered when trying to render the game on higher settings.

ARK Survival Evolved: Hit on PC in 2015, Hit on PlayStation in 2017

Even a year and a half later, ARK remains explosive. On December 6th, it was released in the PlayStation Store. It was the most downloaded game over PSN in December and January and now reports: “We have already sold 1 million copies for PS4.”

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ARK Survival Evolved is still in early access on PC and in a preview program on Xbox One. Although Sony does not support such an “early access” program, the title is out on PS4. The temptation to finally let console gamers play the dino game was probably greater than the principle of “No experiments” for Sony.

A “full release” for all platforms is planned for ARK Survival Evolved in spring 2017.

However – all is not peace, joy, and pancakes in the land of the dinos. Even today, many players are still complaining on PS4 about lags and performance issues. Optimization has never really been the strong suit of ARK and the studio behind it, both today and a year and a half ago. But that should not dampen the joy over the sales success now.

Currently, it is a great time to be an ARK player. Just yesterday, the big update 1.11 for ARK Survival Evolved was released on PS4.

ARK Survival Evolved: Tek Tier Patch – The biggest update for ARK so far

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  1. gameindustrybiz

Hearthstone: Nerfs could be reversed

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Blizzard is considering reversing some nerfs in Hearthstone under certain conditions.

With the announcements for Hearthstone in the last few days, Blizzard has sparked many discussions. Just yesterday, it was reported that there will be no adventure as an expansion in 2017, but instead a total of three new sets with nearly 130 cards each.

Another big announcement was the introduction of a “Hall of Fame”, where some classic cards will disappear. In the Year of the Mammoth, a total of 6 cards (including Sylvanas and Ragnaros) will be excluded from the Classic set and will only be playable in Wild format. As compensation, however, owners of these cards will receive the amount of Arcane Dust back (without losing the cards).

On Reddit, a user subsequently asked if the nerf of the Molten Giant couldn’t be reversed and put into the “Hall of Fame” – after all, the card has been practically unplayable since the last change and therefore has no justification for existence anymore (aside from a “Holy Wrath” Paladin).

Ben Brode reacted to this and wrote:

“We are considering this for the next rotation.”

In plain language, that means: This won’t happen until 2018.

However, if Blizzard decides to move several cards from the classic set to the “Wild” format and actually reverses the nerfs, it could also mean good news for the Warsong Commander and some Druid cards.

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But so far, these are just considerations that are still far off.

We conducted an interview with Ben Brode in the last few days! You can find it here.

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  1. pcgamesn.com
  2. reddit.com/r/hearthstone/

Pokémon GO: Egg List Generation 2 – 2 km, 5 km and 10 km

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time < 1 minutes

Which eggs do the Pokémon from the first and second generation hatch from in Pokémon GO? In this egg list for Generation 2, you will learn more.

The new update 0.57.2 has changed the contents of the eggs in Pokémon GO. Trainers around the world are walking with their buddy Pokémon and letting their eggs hatch by the kilometers they cover. Meanwhile, the Gen-2 update is several hours old, and there is reliable feedback on the contents of the eggs.

Egg List Generation 1 and Generation 2

On Reddit, PokémonGOHub, and TheSilphRoad, trainers are compiling the new results from the eggs. The Pokémon hatching from 2 km, 5 km, and 10 km eggs are recorded in a list and communicated. With enough matches and screenshot evidence, the monsters are categorized accordingly. Therefore, matches with other reports are awaited to avoid misinformation.

The following egg list of Pokémon GO will be updated over time. Niantic frequently makes changes to the game that alter the contents of the eggs. We will update this list with new information.

Last update: 04.09.2017

Which Gen. 1 and Gen. 2 Pokémon hatch from 2 km eggs? 

Generation 1:

  • Abra,
  • Diglett,
  • Staryu,
  • Magikarp,
  • Geodude,
  • Krabby,
  • Baltoy,
  • Nidoran M&F,
  • Machop,
  • Victreebel,
  • Eggsecute,

Generation 2:

  • Snubbull,
  • Seel,
  • Pichu,
  • Cleffa,
  • Remoraid,
  • Slugma,
  • Togepi,
  • Houndour
  • Spinarak

Which Gen. 1 and Gen. 2 Pokémon hatch from 5 km eggs?

Generation 1:

  • Aerodactyl,
  • Eevee,
  • Growlithe,
  • Magikarp,
  • Kabuto,
  • Horsea,
  • Onix,
  • Pinsir,
  • Ponyta,
  • Poliwag,
  • Rhyhorn,
  • Slurpuff,
  • Seel,
  • Scyther,
  • Grimer,
  • Weedle,
  • Farfetch’d,
  • Gengar,
  • Gyarados,
  • Wartortle,

Generation 2:

  • Qwilfish,
  • Hoothoot,
  • Incineroar,
  • Elekid,
  • Chikorita,
  • Leafeon,
  • Typhlosion,
  • Girafarig,
  • Budew,
  • Totodile,
  • Rattata,
  • Lampent,
  • Magby,
  • Wailmer,
  • Marill,
  • Natu,
  • Phanpy,
  • Gligar,
  • Shinx,
  • Togekiss,
  • Porygon-Z,
  • Palkia,
  • Misty,
  • Woofers,
  • Dartrix,
  • Rockruff,

Which Gen. 1 and Gen. 2 Pokémon hatch from 10 km eggs?

Generation 1:

  • Aerodactyl,
  • Chansey,
  • Dratini,
  • Lapras,
  • Porygon
  • Snorlax

Generation 2:

  • Larvitar,
  • Miltank,
  • Wurmple,
  • Steelix,
  • Ampharos

We summarize the most important information about the update 0.57.2 in Pokémon GO here. Here you will learn not only what has changed in the game, but also how to evolve Eevee into Umbreon and Espeon, and which Gen. 1 Pokémon can evolve into Gen. 2.

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  1. PokémonGOHub

For Honor Orochi Guide – Tipps zu Combos, Skills und Konter

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 4 minutes

Some see the Orochi in For Honor as OP. But what makes him so strong? Here is our Orochi guide with tips on combos, skills, and counter abilities.

Even in the open beta, it became clear that the Orochi of the Samurai is among the most popular and best heroes. The reason for this is not only his cool appearance but also mainly his hero-specific abilities, special attacks, and combos.

Orochi – Info on the Samurai Assassin

The Orochi are the imperial assassins of the Samurai. His weapon is a katana, a long sword. However, he also masters the “dark secrets” of the Samurai and can attack with a kunai (throwing dagger), smoke bombs, or sharpened blades.

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As an assassin, the Orochi is a fast and agile character who can barely take any damage himself. You need to be able to react quickly and wait for counter opportunities. With his katana, he has only a limited range. For every action you take with the Orochi, you need the right timing.

Therefore, he also has the difficulty “Hard” – it takes time to master this hero perfectly.

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Recommended Playstyle: Wait for opponents’ attacks, dodge them, and counter. This will make the Orochi an extremely dangerous warrior. This playstyle is also supported by his hero-specific abilities.

The Actions and Special Attacks of the Orochi in For Honor

If you just hammer the buttons wildly, you won’t get far with the Orochi. You will master the Samurai only if you use the distance to your opponent correctly and know his special attacks.

Note on the combos:

  • R1 stands for Light Attack
  • R2 for Heavy Attack
  • Left Stick (L) for Movement (in the corresponding direction)
  • Right Stick (R) for Weapon Position
  • Square for Break Guard
  • X for Dodge
  • L3 for Sprint
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  • The first three combos are chain attacks.
  • With the Flowstrike, you initially step back, then take a step forward and perform an overhead strike. It is difficult to time, but if it hits, it deals good damage. Suitable against charging opponents.
  • The Stormfront is interesting: If you hold R2, the Orochi remains in his crouched attack position. If you release the button, he lunges forward and attacks the enemy. This allows you to quickly cover distances and surprise the enemy. However, the Orochi always attacks from the right. Experienced fighters will know this.
  • The Flashstrike is a good attack to initiate the fight. A quick strike.
  • With the Zephyr Strike, you move a step around the opponent and attack quickly.
  • The Windstrike and the Typhoon Strike require the hero-specific ability “Deflect”: You can deflect attacks by dodging in the direction of the attack just before a hit. If successful, you must also execute a light or heavy attack at the right moment. Windstrike and Typhoon Strike cannot be deflected.

All special attacks are shown to you with moving images in the video from Refaser. Be sure to watch the Windstrike and Typhoon strike (from minute 6:22) and then practice them:

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Additional Abilities:

  • Defense: Reflex: The guard remains in position for only a limited time.
  • Light Head Attack Combo: The second light head attack is guaranteed to hit if the first hits.
  • Cancel Typhoon Strike: You can cancel the Typhoon Strike and turn it into a Windstrike, Guard Break, or a dodge.
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The Gifts of the Orochi

The Orochi has 12 different gifts that you can select under “Abilities”. You have four gift slots, each with three options. There are:

  • Bounty Hunter: Passive ability – health and stamina on hero kills
  • Kiai: Stuns nearby enemies with a shout
  • Long Breath: Passive ability – you can sprint even with consumed stamina

Slot 2:

  • Smoke Bomb: Cancels enemy lock-on (guard mode)
  • Kunai: Throwing dagger that deals low damage
  • Revenge Attack: Passive ability – attacks fill the revenge gauge

Slot 3:

  • Longbow: An arrow that deals medium damage
  • Sharpened Blade: Attacks deal additional low damage over time
  • Slipstream: Passive ability – dodging enhances attack for a short time

Slot 4:

  • Nail Bomb: A trap that causes bleeding damage
  • Fear Incarnate: Reduces stamina regeneration and defense of nearby enemies
  • Hail of Arrows: Air attack that deals medium damage in multiple target areas
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Additional Tips for the Orochi:

  • Watch the in-game videos: If you’re just starting with the Orochi, select the hero, press “How to fight”, and choose the beginner video and the advanced video. Here, you will learn important basics.
  • React in battle to the opponents’ attacks, don’t just rush in blindly.
  • Try to find a mix of light attacks and special attacks. Using only special attacks makes you predictable.
  • Don’t let yourself be backed into a corner. You need space to dodge.

General tips for the fight can be found here.

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