How ridiculously good Sea of Thieves looks is demonstrated by the developers with a new eight-minute gameplay video.
Release Date February for Sea of Thieves “utopian”
It was actually planned for the pirate online game Sea of Thieves to be released this month for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. However, so far there has only been a technical alpha for the Xbox version. As Rare has now announced, an alpha for PC will also be released soon.
Therefore, it does not look good for a release in February. The developers have also said themselves that this date is utopian and the online game will be released sometime this year.
Searching for Treasure
However, to get you in the mood for the pirate adventures, a new eight-minute gameplay video has been released. In this, a crew consisting of four developers sets out during the technical alpha to dig up a treasure on an island.
It is very clear to see how the crew has to work together to get the ship moving and steer it to the designated island. There, the crew also finds the treasure and spontaneously decides to give it to another crew made up of participants in the alpha.
A treasure given away? Never!
But that goes horribly wrong. For the other crew opens fire on the developers and a fierce sea battle ensues, during which the developers still want to give the treasure to the other crew. What is misunderstood as an attempt to board is actually only meant to deposit the treasure chest on the ship.
Rare plans to release more such gameplay videos. A release date for Sea of Thieves has not yet been set. It is also not known when the alpha for PC will begin, but the developers indicate that they are “on the way”.
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Perfect World and Cryptic Studios have announced a new adventure module for the MMORPG Neverwinter called “The Cloaked Ascendancy.” The release date is now known.
“The Cloaked Ascendancy” is the expansion that was teased at the end of last year and will lead you back to the city of Neverwinter.
After the adventures from “Storm King’s Thunder,” you wish to honor a fallen friend in Neverwinter. However, Gyrion the Ascendant and other wizards of the Mantle Tower are preparing to seize power in the city. Under the name “Cloaked Ascendancy,” the wizards plan to unleash their great magical power in Neverwinter!
A new zone in a familiar city
Although you return to Neverwinter, you will encounter a new adventure zone in the River District. There, you will try to uncover the dark plans of the wizards before ultimately attempting to defeat them in battle. The River District was one of the wealthiest areas of the city before the Spellplague, and Lord Neverember wants to restore the area to its former glory. Therefore, you must also secure the riches that still exist in the River District.
Old becomes new – release date of the new expansion known
“The Cloaked Ascendancy” will also introduce you to a revamped version of the Spellplague Caverns, which you can now complete on the “Master” difficulty level. New monsters and other bosses await you there. In addition to the new adventures, you can also look forward to further powerful artifact weapons.
“The Cloaked Ascendancy” will be released on February 21 for the PC version of the MMORPG Neverwinter. Owners of an Xbox One or Playstation will have to wait a little longer as usual.
In ARK: Survival Evolved (PC, PS4, Xbox One) it is possible to swing onto a flying dinosaur and rise high into the sky. Here is a list of all flying dinosaurs that you can tame and ride in our Taming Guide.
The dream of flying comes true in ARK: Here you can tame flying creatures and ride them. This gives you advantages, such as faster movement. You can reach places that would be inaccessible from the ground. Flying dinosaurs are also capable of grabbing other creatures and carrying them away.
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List of Rideable Flying Dinosaur Mounts in ARK
Currently, you can ride these 12 flying dinosaurs:
Pteranodon
Argentavis
Quetzal
Pelagornis
Lymantria
Wyvern
Tapejara
Griffin
Phoenix
Snow Owl
Astrocetus
Tropeognathus
Taming Flying Dinosaurs – How to Do It and How to Use Them
We take a closer look at the flying dinosaurs. How do you tame them best, what do they like to eat, and how do they help you in the fight for survival?
Pteranodon
The Pteranodon belongs to the reptile family and is the first flying dinosaur available for you to ride and fly. It is not an aggressive dino and will flee as soon as you attack it.
If you steal an egg or the Pteranodon is with a partner, it will strike back and attack.
You can find the Pteranodon here: Generally, the flying dinosaur is one of the more common animals in ARK and is widely distributed. You can find it on The Island, Extinction, Genesis, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero.
Taming the Pteranodon
The Pteranodon is a shy creature and will flee as soon as you attack it. This makes it a bit harder to hit it from the ground and knock it out. To tame it, you need (as with all creatures) a “knock-out” strategy. It is best to use a bow and tranquilizer arrows.
Here’s how to knock out the Pteranodon: Wait until the Pteranodon lands to rest, take your bow with the tranquilizer arrows, and shoot the Pteranodon. One or two good hits are usually enough to knock it out. The higher the level, the more arrows you will need.
Since the Pteranodon has little health and takes additional damage from ranged attacks, it can sometimes happen that you accidentally kill it. Sometimes, a simple stone is enough.
This food is most effective for taming the Pteranodon: The Pteranodon prefers to eat regular Kibble.
As a carnivore, the Pteranodon also enjoys other meat snacks. It particularly likes raw mutton, raw prime meat, and cooked lamb chop. Especially raw mutton is very suitable for taming the Pteranodon. If you have none of these lying around, use raw meat.
Regular Kibble Recipe:
1 x Medium Egg
1 x Cooked Meat
2 x Corn
2 x Potatoes
5 x Fiber
1 x Water
On an official server, you need about 8 to 30 minutes for a level 1 Pteranodon. At level 150, taming can take between 1 and 5 hours.
How to Craft the Saddle
To fly the successfully tamed Pteranodon, you need a saddle. You can acquire the engram for this at level 28 for 15 points.
In your inventory, you can craft the saddle as follows:
230 x Leather
125 x Fiber
75 x Chitin
Utility of the Pteranodon
Scout: The Pteranodon is one of the fastest flying mounts in ARK Survival Evolved and is excellent as a scout to explore the area. It is worth leveling its stamina to make the most of its greatest strength.
Although the Pteranodon cannot carry much weight, it is still usefulfor mining valuable goods. Its flying speed allows it to easily fly over dangerous areas. If you want to use it as a miner, also level it up in weight.
Although the Pteranodon is essentially a classic “speed mount,” it also has some tricks up its sleeve when it comes to fighting and dealing damage. With practice, you can roll through opponents with the Pteranodon and destroy flak armor. It is possible to grab human targets and gain a significant advantage in battle. However, during this time, it is vulnerable and can be killed. For combat, level health, damage, stamina, and a bit of weight to use stronger gear.
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In FIFA, the spin-off FIFA 18 has been officially announced. A Season 2 of the story mode “The Journey” is coming.
No one will be really surprised: In 2017, there will be another installment of the successful FIFA soccer simulation. The publisher EA has officially confirmed that FIFA 18 is in development.
According to CEO Andrew Wilson, FIFA 18 will build on the foundation laid with FIFA 17: The story mode “The Journey” will continue. It will have a second season with new characters and new storylines, according to Wilson.
He also notes that the development team in Vancouver is working on innovations for this year’s FIFA that are extremely innovative and affect many aspects of the game – including FUT (Ultimate Team). Every year, the number of FUT players increases by nearly 10 percent, which is why EA will also rely on this successful model in FIFA 18. In addition, the upcoming installment is set to be the most immersive FIFA yet.
The Journey – EA wants to build on the success
According to Wilson, not only is FUT successful, but also the story mode “The Journey”. Over 10 million fans have already played it. It was well received in the community. One of the few criticisms mentioned after the release was that The Journey was too short.
Now we know: Story content will be included in FIFA 18.
Alex Hunter – the new star
In The Journey, you step into the shoes of young soccer talent Alex Hunter. You experience how the beginnings of a professional soccer player unfold and get insights behind the scenes of the professional business: You must sign sponsorship contracts, complete training sessions, conduct interviews, and prove yourself for the starting eleven. Your grandfather Jim Hunter, who himself looks back on a successful professional career, is always by your side.
Your best friend from childhood also plays an important role in the story. However, after one season, it is already over. In FIFA 18, another season in the Premier League is expected to be told – and the first steps of Alex Hunter in the national team.
Cortyn views the next major patch of World of Warcraft with suspicion. Are all classes served “a homogeneous experience”?
In time for the complaint hour on Wednesday, Blizzard has released a new version of Patch 7.2 on the WoW servers along with an explanation. However, this does not reassure me, but raises new doubts. Is Blizzard running out of steam in the content frenzy?
I have no doubt that Patch 7.2 will be quite significant. According to Blizzard’s own statements, it will indeed be the “largest patch they have ever created for WoW”.
But I wonder: Is this big enough? With the launch of Legion, the bar was set quite high for World of Warcraft. Each class received its own campaign that tells a – sometimes more, sometimes less – important story about the attack of the Legion. Each class hall was unique and provided different bonuses.
If all order halls can now do the same thing – then a garrison would have sufficed.
With Patch 7.2, these contents will be further expanded: The class halls will receive new upgrades and the artifact weapons can be enhanced through a quest line.
But this is exactly where I start to worry. The upgrades for the class halls are identical for every class. Anyone can explore the same things – it just has a different name. This increasingly alienates me from the feeling of playing a distinct class when every hall receives the same upgrades.
We just reported today on the second negative point. To upgrade the artifact weapons, it is necessary to complete a quest line. In total, there are 7 different quest lines: one for tanks, two for healers, and four for DPS specializations.
And – without having seen the quests – I already claim that these quests cannot do justice to the individual weapons. Many weapons have personality or a long history that we have gradually learned about through artifact knowledge research. Throwing 4-5 weapons into one pot and imposing the same quest on them seems strange – as if there is no time to do justice to each weapon.
Xal’atath will surely receive the same quest line as some mages or shamans. Why?
It is important to note that Patch 7.2 is still a long way off and the current version is not yet complete. Nevertheless, what is already “announced” makes me worry that Blizzard is running out of ideas regarding class stories and customization.
A final judgment can only be made after the release of 7.2 – probably sometime in the summer.
What exclusive rewards does the “Last Stand” mode in The Division deliver? We have some screenshots.
Is the “Last Stand” mode just a welcome change, or is it worth it for quickly obtaining good items? The YouTuber Disturbed Gaming provides an answer to this question. He has already reached the maximum “Last Stand” rank of 40 on the PTS and showcases which exclusive items he received.
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As announced at an investors’ conference, Bioware is working on a new franchise. The first game is expected to be released at the end of March 2018.
Bioware also stated that fans should not expect a new role-playing game. The game is set in the action-adventure genre and aims to flip what you expect from an action game on its head. A multiplayer component is apparently planned as well. Bioware indicates that players will come together with friends in a new and interesting way. With the action game, they aim to reach a broad audience.
A DLC that was worth every penny: Mass Effect 2: Shadowbroker.
No RPG but RPG elements
The new game has been in development since 2012 and was teased at GDC last year – but no one noticed at the time. Bioware employees wore T-shirts with the logo and title of the game at GDC, but no one picked up on it. In the coming months, the studio plans to reveal more about the game.
The developers explain that while it is an action-adventure, there will still be RPG elements involved. There will be a type of character development system, and you will be guided through a story like in an RPG. All of this is supposed to be embedded in plenty of action and adventure. Sounds a bit like Destiny and The Division. There’s a lot of money to be made in this genre.
A completely new franchise
The game is not based on any of the studio’s previous universes. You will get to know completely new characters and also experience a gameplay that differs from previous Bioware titles.
The team aims to combine the entire experience of over 20 years to create something new and unique. Bioware is looking forward to presenting the new game soon and answering all questions. They hope for a bright future for the new franchise.
Andreas says:
What Bioware is working on is therefore not an RPG, although it contains RPG elements. There will be a character progression system and apparently quests, as Bioware mentions that you will be guided through the story as known from previous games. And there will be some kind of merging with other players.
Overall, it sounds like a cooperative game that focuses on action but also features quests. In broad terms, this could also apply to The Witcher 3, where you can invite friends to a cooperative adventure. Or is Bioware about to deliver something like Destiny or The Division? I’m very curious to see what Bioware will present in the coming months.
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The MMO shooter Destiny celebrates Weapon Day today, on February 1st. What is Banshee-44 bringing and what orders can be placed?
“Finally, it’s Weapon Day again!” only a few Guardians think. Many players will already have the best weapons from Banshee-44 in their possession. However, if you are a beginner Guardian or currently on the quest for your exotic sword, Weapon Day cannot come soon enough. After all, the gunsmith occasionally brings some of the best weapons for PvP, provided they come with strong perks.
The Kuruma exploit in GTA 5 Online has now been fixed by the developers. Some are pleased, while others want to uninstall.
The money problems in GTA 5 Online are a topic that the community constantly discusses. To fill your online account in the Grand Theft Auto 5 world, you can complete missions, race, or rob stores. However, much more legal money comes from CEO missions and heists.
In the Pacific Standard heist, there was the option to flee from the police in a armored Kuruma instead of on motorcycles. This method was not actually intended for this heist and made the escape significantly easier than on motorcycles. Rockstar has now removed this “glitch” and has drawn the ire of some players.
Pacific Standard Glitch Fixed – No Armored Kuruma Anymore
The Pacific Standard heist in GTA 5 Online consists of several sections. The most difficult section is the finale, where players have to flee from the police on motorcycles. With a 5-star wanted level, the unprotected motorcycles make it difficult, and players can quickly be shot by the police.
Private vehicles are prohibited during the last section, so players have to resort to motorcycles or civilian cars. Due to a glitch, it was possible to retrieve the armored Kuruma from a specific garage and complete the escape in the bulletproof car. Because this method was significantly safer than riding motorcycles, players regularly exploited the glitch. This greatly increased the chance of earning millions in rewards for the crew. The Kuruma glitch is demonstrated in the following video:
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Just a few days ago, Rockstar fixed this glitch, and players no longer have access to the corresponding garage during the finale. In the GTA forums, players did not want to believe this news. Has Rockstar really fixed the popular glitch?
Players are Angry
When it was officially announced that this glitch no longer works, many players were angry. They say that they now have to revert to grinding methods and that the game is no longer fun. Many players report that they want to uninstall the game or resort to cheats to maintain money in the online world of GTA 5.
Source: Kotaku
Some players speculate in the comments that Rockstar only removed this glitch to sell more shark cards. These shark cards can be purchased for “real money” and recharge the account balance in GTA 5.
In various ways, players are now saying goodbye to the popular exploit. YouTuber Gypsi uploaded a video on this topic:
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Other GTA 5 Online players are excited about the changes and are glad that Rockstar continues to address bugs and glitches in the game. They are looking forward to the possibility that the Pacific Standard heist is no longer the only heist played regularly. This will bring more variety back to the heists.
Furthermore, players now have to prove their skills again, instead of simply fleeing from the police in an armored car.
While it is nice that Rockstar addresses glitches and exploits, the frustration of some players is understandable. It’s not necessarily “easy” to earn a lot of money in GTA 5 Online. But it is still “doable”:
In the Import/Export DLC, you steal luxury cars and make your money from selling these cars.
Of course, all these ways are tied to work before you can make the “big money” with them. But it is still possible to get a lot of money without cheats.
What is your opinion on this topic? Did you use the glitch?
The survival MMO Conan Exiles presents its future plans and does not intend to remain in Early Access forever.
In a press statement, which we also have, Funcom states that the “full and final launch” of Conan Exiles is expected to take place in 2017. They do not expect Conan Exiles to remain in Early Access for more than a year.
This is likely a precautionary measure to avoid the bad reputation of Early Access. Some of the most well-known Early Access titles have been stuck in limbo for ages.
Conan Exiles – These are the next steps for the PC version
Moreover, Funcom is releasing a list of features that are currently in development:
A trebuchet – siege equipment to bombard opponents and their fortresses. The trebuchet will be difficult to construct and transport. Once set up, it should be well protected, as it will be a lucrative target for opponents.
A dye system – Funcom is working on a system to dye clothing and armor in Conan Exiles. Players will be able to extract dye pigments from various resources. Clothing items can then be dyed. This will help clans to standardize themselves for easy recognition in the heat of battle.
Animations for thralls – Currently, enslaved servants, the thralls, do not have animations when performing their crafting tasks; they only kneel. Here, they aim to provide animations for them to hammer, saw, or sew.
Furthermore, they plan to introduce new features, improve AI, implement bug fixes, and generally introduce a lot of new gameplay content regarding creatures, thralls, crafting, and story. They are also still working on translations.
Conan Exiles: When will it be available on PS4 and Xbox One?
Conan Exiles is currently available on PC in Early Access. It is expected to be released for Xbox One in spring. For PS4, with the “full launch” – as we have learned, is still expected to be in 2017.
We reveal to you which heroes in Overwatch are the mainstays and which are hardly ever chosen.
With each new patch of Overwatch, the balancing shifts a bit, and this also affects the game’s meta. Which heroes are selected particularly often? Which heroes are seen less frequently in battle? The website masteroverwatch.com tracks the gameplay of several hundred thousand players and thus compiles statistics. It can therefore be said quite clearly which heroes are particularly popular and which typically languish on the bench.
The percentage indicates how popular a character is – that is, how high the statistical chance is that players will choose this character for their team. Since each hero can only be represented once per team, the theoretical maximum value is 16.66% (100:6). (Click the image to enlarge)
Source: MasterOverwatch.com
Ana is at the top with her 12.3%, even the latest nerfs seem to have hardly affected her. Closely followed by the tank Reinhardt, who is also present in almost every team – his shield and ultimate are indispensable for most combos. Lúcio, D.Va, and Soldier:76 are also present in most matches, before there is a relatively large gap of almost 3%, followed by Zarya and then the rest of the heroes.
In the lower ranks, we still find Bastion and Sombra, with whom most cannot do anything in competitive mode. With a pick rate of under 1%, Torbjörn, Hanzo, and Widowmaker are also rather unloved.
The following data comes from the competitive mode on PC. On PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the values shift slightly.
Can the Guardians of Destiny look forward to a new fan event? Bungie has filed for trademark protection for “DestinyCon”.
According to the “United States Patent and Trademark Office”, Destiny developer Bungie has secured the rights to the trademark “DestinyCon”. The application was only filed a week ago – with the classification “fan convention in the field of video games, particularly in connection with the game Destiny”.
There is still no official statement from Bungie, but it seems quite possible that Bungie and Activision are planning their own convention. This may already be used to extensively present the sequel “Destiny 2”. They could take a similar path as Blizzard, which has been using the annual video game fair “BlizzCon” as a stage for important announcements for years.
DestinyCon would not be the first Guardian event
For a few years now, there has been GuardianCon, a fan-organized event led by popular streamers like ProfessorBroman and Gothalion.
The organizer of GuardianCon, ProfessorBroman, has already commented on “DestinyCon”. This year’s GuardianCon will not be canceled despite the new trademark. It will take place from June 30 to July 1 at the “Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall”.
Furthermore, ProfessorBroman speculates that Bungie will probably not plan an official convention in the near future. This is more likely a precautionary trademark protection. For this reason, the organizers of GuardianCon also had to change the original name “Destiny Community Con”. However, he can only speculate about this as well.
What and when Bungie will do something with their new brand “DestinyCon” remains to be seen.
This spring, Wootbox is bringing you your dose of Game of Thrones with the new theme called “Legend”.
The Wootbox is an offer for adventurous fans of culturally significant franchises. Every month, you receive a box with merchandise from various fantasy or science fiction series that are under a specific theme. The box costs just under 30 euros per month and contains items worth more than 60 euros. This time in March, Wootbox is all about legends.
Game of Thrones, Sonic, and Dragon Ball in this Wootbox of Legends
Charming ladies and noble gentlemen, Wootbox is coming! This month we will be telling you about a legend. A legend with mythical heroes from Dragon Ball, Sonic, or Game of Thrones. Brave fighters from Team Z meet bold, or at least still surviving, characters from Westeros. With this, you will definitely get your dose of heroic deeds of all kinds!
With the upcoming release of Sonic Mania, hedgehog hairstyles are back in style, and Son Goku certainly won’t complain about it…
The Wootbox Legend is available from 27.99 € and guarantees you a breathtaking spring with official and exclusive items worth more than 60 €!
This month, our oracles are back in action. For one lucky Wooter, there will be gifts worth over 2000 € in the Megawootbox! Pack your belongings: Mobius, Westeros, and Planet Vegeta are just waiting for you.
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As EA announces, the multiplayer shooter Star Wars Battlefront 2 will offer a single-player campaign.
The big criticism of the last Star Wars Battlefront (2015) was the lack of a single-player campaign. Critics complained that this made the game feel shallow. EA now agrees.
Now EA’s CEO, Andrew Wilson, stated that Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be released during the Christmas season of 2017 (this could happen in the fall as well). It is expected to be larger than its predecessor. Battlefront 2 will feature more distinct locations and hero characters than the predecessor. And the game will offer a single-player campaign.
Furthermore, Battlefront 2 will include gameplay from multiple eras of Star Wars. Wilson did not specify which eras he was referring to. However, speculation is on content from the two latest films “The Force Awakens” and “Rogue One.”
Star Wars Battlefront 2 is being developed by DICE, Criterion, and Motive Studios.
The next patch for World of Warcraft brings new quest lines – especially the artifact weapons will benefit from this.
The patch 7.2 for World of Warcraft is not expected by most players before summer, but more and more details of the upcoming update are coming in on the PTR. The latest version now included the option to upgrade the artifact weapons to a new level. However, this does not happen simply with a single click, but is introduced through a quest line.
Each artifact weapon must be upgraded individually, which is only possible starting from level 35 – as soon as all “normal” abilities and the first level of the final skill have been acquired.
During the quest line, the artifact weapon is “reset” to level 34 and the 35th trait (the “fourth gold”) is consumed in the process. However, players receive excess artifact power back, so it can immediately be invested in the new traits.
In the official forum, it was stated by the Community Manager Lore:
“Note that the quest lines for unlocking the new artifact traits are not completely unique to each specialization. However, we have ensured that no quest is repeated within a class. This means that there are 7 unique quest lines available for testing – 1 for tank specializations, 2 for healing specializations, and 4 for DPS specializations. So if you play a rogue, you will have a different quest line for Subtlety, Assassination, and Outlaw, but one of them would be the same as for a Fury Warrior.”
Thus, many quest lines will likely be similar and heroes will often be sent on similar missions.
The Morrowind addon for The Elder Scrolls Online is substantial. In addition to the Vvardenfell island and the Warden class, there is also a new PvP feature: the Battlegrounds. These allow structured PvP combat with three teams of four players each.
The Elder Scrolls Online finally gets structured arena PvP on June 6, 2017! On this day, the big ESO addon Morrowind will be released, and developer ZeniMax aims to offer something new to PvP fans as well. The PvP front has been rather quiet in recent years, as aside from the large-scale battles in the central region of Cyrodiil and the voluntary duels that were more of a fun feature, not much has changed in player versus player combat.
No to Faction Lock!
The Battlegrounds aim to change this. In these small arenas, only 12 players fight, divided into three teams of four fighters each. You participate in the battles via a special PvP browser. The team division is not bound to the three existing PvP factions. This prevents ESO from unnecessarily blocking available players, for example, if a large portion of the present characters belonged to the Ebonheart Pact or the Daggerfall Covenant, but only a few to the Aldmeri Dominion.
Matt Firor, the head of The Elder Scrolls Online, explained during our studio visit: “Three is always better than two.” Because when two teams fight against each other, the better team almost always wins, even if it is only slightly superior. In a three-way scenario, the disadvantaged teams can temporarily ally against the better team, giving underdogs a chance. This principle has already proven to work well in Firor’s previous work, Dark Age of Camelot.
Role Hunting or Knocking Heads?
In the Battlegrounds, you can choose between two game modes. In Team Deathmatch, things are not very subtle. Here, only kills count, and whoever has enough by the end of a round wins the match. If you prefer more tactics and strategy, you start in the game mode “Capture the Scroll”. In this mode, it’s less about killing, and kills yield significantly fewer points. Instead, you need to find and capture the coveted “Scrolls of the Ancients” on the map, which are named after the series. So it’s Capture the Flag with mystical scrolls that can blind you while reading. A cool detail: if you leave the combat early, you receive no rewards; however, those who stay can look forward to experience points, gold, and PvP resources.
From Quarry to Spooky Ruins
At the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind, there will be three different maps for the Battlegrounds. These vary greatly in layout and thus require different tactics and strategies. The individual maps and their characteristics are:
Quarry: This map lies at the foot of the Vvardenfell volcano and is a vast, open area. Here, ranged fighters are especially powerful, and tactical skills can only be used effectively in a few places.
Dwemer Ruins: The structures of the old steampunk elves are designed vertically, so battles take place on multiple levels. Therefore, you must position your team well to cover all possibilities.
Daedra Ruins: In the north of Vvardenfell lie these dark and bizarre structures. In the Daedra map, everything revolves around the central tower. This can only be captured in brutal close-range fights. Here, especially the new hero “Warden” should be effective.
In addition to these three maps, the developers plan to add more maps after the launch of Morrowind.
Jürgen says: I am not a big fan of PvP, and I dislike mass PvP like in Guild Wars 2 or ESO. Arena PvP suits me much better, so I am pleased that such a feature will finally be available in ESO. It has been a long time coming after over two years, after all, this feature has been announced for ages. I just hope that the maps are well balanced, and that the trio setup works in the arena as well.
The Elder Scrolls Online gets a new class called “Warden” in the first addon Morrowind. It is a mix of ranger and druid. Find out here what the Warden can do.
The Elder Scrolls Online gets a new generation of heroes on June 6th. On this date, the first major ESO addon Morrowind will be released, which will not only continue the story but also includes a new region, another PvP mode, and that additional Warden class.
Warden, what can you actually do?
The Warden is a class that has been sorely missed in The Elder Scrolls Online: A ranger with a pet and a nature magician like a druid. While the pet aspect could at least roughly be fulfilled by the magician with his Daedra creature, nature spellcasters have been rather scarce. This now changes with the Warden.
The new hero comes – like all ESO classes – with three unique skill trees: Animal Handling, Ice Magic, and Nature Spellcasting. All other skills depend on his race and the chosen weapons, armor, and guilds. As is common in ESO, you can equip the Warden as you wish and give him, for example, heavy armor or a staff. But what are the special characteristics of the new class? We were live at ZeniMax and learned everything about the abilities and gameplay of the Wardens.
My friend, the problem bear – The DD skills of the Warden
Like all ESO classes, you can skill the Warden as a primary damage dealer. To do this, you primarily use the animal handling skills of the class. Here, the Warden offers various abilities with which he can summon animals that then trigger attacks or effects.
For example, by attracting an underground beast that then lunges forward in a cone, dealing damage from below. Or you summon a Netch bull that grants buffs. On the other hand, there’s also a deadly swarm of insects that inflicts damage over time. If you want to troll your enemies hard, you spam them with cliff racers. The flying pests were already a nightmare in the original Morrowind, and in ESO you can use them as screeching dive bombers.
All these creatures bow before the king of animal companions: The Black Bear! This furry colossus is your ultimate ability and summons that very bear to your side. The shaggy fur stays with you permanently until it is killed. In the meantime, it hits hard and creates a lot of commotion. Therefore, the furry companion is also good as a tank. You can further enhance Master Petz, either as an “Endless Problem Bear,” which is automatically summoned again after its demise, or as a “Damage Bear,” which, in addition to its already powerful claw strikes, has its own ultimate attack. Bear hug!
“I can tank without a bear!” – The tank skills of the Warden
Those who do not like bears and prefer to control the battlefield can take the Warden as an Ice Mage. This skill tree grants the Warden skills that make him tougher as well as abilities that hinder and stop enemies. Additionally, he is great as a group protector, keeping his friends safe from damage with protective barriers. Besides the damage shield, he can also trigger a healing ability that first triggers a strong healing burst and then grants a lower healing over time.
Especially cool is a skill of the Warden, where he draws a magical rune on the ground. This is a nasty trap! If an unsuspecting enemy walks in, he is immediately teleported to the Warden and can then expect a good beating!
This skill is great for dungeons and raids, because if an enemy escapes the tank and bothers the less durable healers or ranged attackers, the Warden tank does not have to awkwardly chase after them, but has them right back in front of his blade thanks to the glyph. However, the glyph should be even meaner in PvP. If placed cleverly, you can hinder enemies from fleeing or optimally defend mission objectives. Ideal for tactically minded planners.
Chilling in the magic forest – The support skills of the Warden
With the last skill line called “Green Balance,” the Warden becomes a kind of druid. So a support mage who heals and strengthens his group with nature magic. Unlike the previous top healer in ESO, the paladin-like “Templar,” the Warden is a stationary and tactical supporter. His skills often work as cones or target a well-defined area. Therefore, this class is only for forward-thinking players. However, the Warden offers quite a bit. In addition to the cone heals already mentioned, he can also drain energy from enemies and share it with friends.
Also cool: The Warden can lay down a glyph and teleport to that location if needed. Ideally, the rune is placed where the healer is often needed but cannot always be, either in front with the tank or behind with the “squishies”. Alternatively, the Warden also lays the rune as an escape route if he draws aggro. The ultimate ability of the Warden as a healer is the “Magic Forest.” This consists of a beautiful grove of magical plants that constantly heals all players in the area of effect. A classic healing circle!
Jürgen says: I am not the biggest fan of pet classes and druids, but the Warden fits well into the ESO world and is not available in this form yet. With its more tactical gameplay, it complements the existing classes well, and anyone who has always wanted to throw around with animals now finally has the class of their dreams.
However, skills like the Magic Forest or the bear seem very strong at first glance. ZeniMax needs to be particularly careful here to ensure that the new class does not become “overpowered.” Especially in the new PvP clashes, hordes of Wardens are expected to run around at first, and no one has fun if the new battlefield feature mutates into a bear playground.
For a long time, it was unclear what ZeniMax would bring as a novelty in The Elder Scrolls Online (TESO) in 2017. Now you finally know: The entire island of Vvardenfell from the legendary The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is coming to Online-Tamriel! Jürgen was live at ZeniMax and has all the info about the new ESO expansion!
Actually, you already knew: Clever dataminers found an entire map of the volcanic island of Vvardenfell in the ESO code as early as January and on January 29, ZeniMax even posted a picture of cooled lava on Twitter. “No, those are dragon scales! The Dovahkiin and more Skyrim are coming!” some hardcore Skyrim fans still said, but at the latest since the ZeniMax livestream on January 31, everyone knows it! Morrowind and the island of Vvardenfell are coming to The Elder Scrolls Online on June 6, 2017!
Now it’s getting serious!
However, Morrowind is not coming as a DLC like Orsinium or the Dark Brotherhood! Rather, this legendary Elder Scrolls region is the first true expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online.
Morrowind therefore not only includes the entire island of Vvardenfell, which is about 20 percent larger than the previously largest map in ESO and offers about 30 hours of main quests. As a proper expansion in the style of Legion (WoW) or Hearth of Thorns (Guild Wars 2), The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind not only brings new quests and areas.
Instead, you will receive two things that have been sorely missed since the launch of ESO: A druid ranger class and structured arena PvP. Furthermore, you cannot purchase Morrowind with crowns from within the game but only as a digital download or as a stylish physical version that also includes the base game. A special edition including an art book and a figure of a clockwork golem is also available.
New Class “Warden” – The Druid Ranger
The Elder Scrolls Online has only four classes since release, a warrior, a healer, a mage, and a rogue. However, thanks to the free character system of ESO, you can almost develop these four basic types at will and play, for example, a heavily armored lightning mage with a two-handed axe or a fire warrior wielding a robe and staff. But two specific class combinations have been hardly possible until now.
We are, of course, talking about the ranger and the druid. Especially the former is a fan favorite in fantasy role-playing games and represents a robust warrior who prefers to wield ranged weapons and has an animal companion as support in battle. Such a combination has not existed – with the exception of the demon-summoning mage – until now, but with the new class of the “Warden” finally a pet-friendly fighter comes to the game.
The Deadly Zoo Keeper or the Green Druid?
The Warden can – like all other ESO classes – access three skill trees. The DD tree allows powerful attacks, all of which the Warden performs through summoned creatures. For example, a giant mole can attack the enemy from below, or a cliff racer (those fluttering pests from the original Morrowind) can dive-bomb the opponent.
Especially cool: As an ultimate, the Warden summons a big bear that stays with you permanently and beats up the opponent while tanking.
But even without the bear, the Warden can be a good tank. Another skill tree increases its resistance and gives it control skills that also make it shine in PvP. Finally, there is a variant of the Warden that corresponds more to the classic druid. So a nature mage who heals and supports the group with eco-magic. The healing skills of the Warden are all tactical and stationary.
Structured PvP – When two fight…
Even more sorely missed than a ranger class was actually a structured PvP mode in ESO. So far, there has only been open PvP in the central region of Cyrodiil, which, while capable of providing exciting large-scale battles and sieges, often turned out to be a giant zerg fest. If you were more into structured PvP in manageable arenas and with a specified team size, you had to play another MMORPG.
But with Morrowind, ZeniMax has seen the light and provides battlegrounds. You enter these PvP arenas through a special PvP browser, and as soon as twelve players have signed up, the system distributes them into three teams of four players each.
According to ESO chief Matt Firor, this should create more fairness since three teams prevent one dominating team from always winning. The battles in the battlegrounds are supposed to last around 15 minutes on average. Depending on the game mode, you either have to capture mission objectives or eliminate as many opponents as possible in deathmatch mode.
Morrowind? What is that?
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind brings long-awaited features into the game with the new PvP modes and the Warden class, but what is the addon actually about and what is this “Morrowind”? The namesake of the addon is a region in the ESO world of Tamriel, which already played a role in the single-player RPG “The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind” in 2002. This third part of the series was also the first Elder Scrolls game that was truly successful and popular. The first two parts, “Daggerfall” and “Arena”, were far too ambitious and technically underdeveloped for their time (the 90s).
Morrowind, on the other hand, marked the breakthrough because, on the one hand, the game looked extremely good at the time (especially the water effects were impressive!) and, on the other hand, it placed players in a convincingly open world. This was the island of Vvardenfell in the Morrowind region, where strange dark elves traveled on giant insects through bizarre mushroom forests and desolate volcanic ash deserts.
The story revolved around the “Nerevarine,” the reincarnated savior of the dark elves. Over the course of the plot, it turns out that your hero is that dark messiah, and in the end, you fight an ancient evil in the depths of the central volcano on the island and later confront actual gods. The Elder Scrolls was epic even before Skyrim and the Dovahkiin!
Back to the Past
Those who played Morrowind back then can look forward to a reunion in ESO, as the island of Vvardenfell has been meticulously transferred into the online role-playing game. Only the central volcano is off-limits, as you are not supposed to wake the later big bad Dagoth-Ur too soon. The Elder Scrolls Online takes place 700 years before the original Morrowind game, so the island of Vvardenfell looks a little different.
This means that the large ash deserts from The Elder Scrolls 3 in ESO are still significantly smaller, and the gigantic mushroom towers of the Telvanni mages have not yet reached the impressive size they would later achieve. Also cool: At the time of ESO, the construction of the city of Vivec is just beginning. Therefore, only three districts are accessible, which greatly aids in navigation. In The Elder Scrolls 3, the city had nine districts, and you would always get lost!
An Impotent God and the Steampunk Raid
The city of Vivec is being built around the palace of its namesake, the living god Vivec. He is part of the “Tribunal,” the three incarnate deities of the dark elves. However, you won’t experience much of his divinity in ESO-Morrowind, as Vivec lies suffering.
A mysterious plague has befallen him, and when Vivec dies, his magic that prevents the volcano in the center of the island from erupting will fail. Your task is to cure Vivec and save Vvardenfell. Along the way, you will encounter many familiar faces, including the assassins of the “Morag Tong”, the mysterious “Sixth House”, and even the bizarre mage Divayth Fyr.
This wizard will later help the Nerevarine significantly with his “cloned” daughters, but at the time of ESO, he is just a small wizard who, through clumsiness, lets Daedra into the clockwork city. This is the second major raid coming to ESO after the “Pit of Lorkhaj” (from the Thieves Guild DLC).
The new raid takes you into the depths of the clockwork city, a replica of the ESO world made of steampunk elements like steam pipes and gears. According to game designer Rich Lambert, this instance is supposed to be the hardest and most challenging raid in ESO to date. Whether that’s true, you’ll find out on June 6, when The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind releases.
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Jürgen says: I admit: I’ve known about the Morrowind expansion for a long time because I was invited to its presentation at the ZeniMax studio last fall. However, the sheer scale of the expansion (and the fact that it is a major expansion and not just a DLC) still surprised me.
The presentation by Matt Firor for the first ESO expansion dripped with nostalgia and as the classic Morrowind theme and the former starting region “Seyda Neen” were shown in ESO, I was sold, and my enthusiasm grew even more.
In Morrowind, there is a lot of love in the details, and in my opinion, the coolest and most coherent region of Tamriel is finally back on the theme! Now I just hope that Morrowind does not only thrive on nostalgia and delivers similarly cool quests and stories as before. Then ZeniMax would have created a worthy start to many more cool expansions and a fitting tribute to the original Morrowind game.
The Elder Scrolls Online is getting a full-fledged expansion set in the region of Vvardenfell. The island was once the site of the legendary The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.
The new hero should fill an important gap by acting as a kind of druid and ranger, summoning a hefty war bear as a combat pet. As an add-on, you can also buy ESO: Morrowind as a physical version in stores. The full version of ESO is already included, and you can also jump right into the ESO world as newcomers by purchasing the add-on.
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There will even be a hefty Collector’s Edition. The add-on The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind will be released for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One on June 6, 2017.
Attention! We were recently live at ZeniMax and spoke with ESO head Matt Firor about Morrowind and were able to see quite a bit of the new expansion. Therefore, more articles about the contents of the Morrowind expansion will follow soon, for example, about the new Warden class or the PvP battlegrounds. So stay tuned!
In the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), there will be a big reveal tonight on January 31. We will accompany the livestream with a ticker in German.
Today at 8 PM there will be a livestream from Zenimax on Twitch. The team from The Elder Scrolls Online will present how the next chapter of the MMORPG is going to look.
No one is wandering around completely clueless anymore. Unless The Elder Scrolls Online pulls a total shocker rabbit out of the hat, the direction is pretty clear: It’s heading to Vvardenfell, the volcanic island known from TES 3: Morrowind. Data miners point this out and so do the last teasers.
But let’s pretend we know nothing and let ourselves be surprised about what will be revealed tonight.
We will be there with a fun live ticker in German at Mein MMO when it starts later. We sometimes do this for special occasions – it has been the case for significant announcements for games like WoW, Guild Wars 2, or Destiny in the past. And today, The Elder Scrolls Online will also enjoy this.
So if you want to know what ESO is planning and what will be talked about, this is the right place for you. We will embed the livestream here and provide a German ticker with what is discussed.
We have embedded a recording of the stream here:
http://youtu.be/-4ptcqje1xc?t=3m14s
19:10: Let’s start the evening with the news that Creative Director Rich Lambert will be wearing pants. Proper pants that go down to the ankles. Lambert is known for his penchant for shorts. But in celebration of the day: Pants. ESO shares this on Twitter.
19:15: My favorite in the ESO team is Eric Wrobel, the Lead Combat Designer. He looks like Stifler from the American Pie series and kind of acts like him too. He brings a very interesting, anarchic energy to the streams. Like a mix between a bouncy ball and an enthusiastic young dog. But we probably won’t see him tonight. If Lambert wears pants, Zenimax is going serious.
19:23: Naturally, as with every big reveal, leaks are circulating. A few hours ago, an English-language site already reported what’s about to come – but without images or videos. One was embedded, but it didn’t work. The news has since disappeared from the internet. And since we’ll officially hear it in half an hour – let’s move on.
19:30: I think the last big reveals have all been spoiled. With Overwatch a promotional ad went live too early. With Guild Wars 2 a gaming site tweeted it out. With Destiny someone accidentally left promo material lying around where it got photographed. And with WoW: Legion, the pre-order page was already online, even though the announcement hadn’t been made yet.
19:45: A quarter of an hour left. The Twitch chat is pretty peaceful compared to other games. The community managers said good day, and now everyone is eagerly waiting to see what Zenimax has to reveal.
19:57: It’s about to start. To get ahead of it – we have already prepared a lot. One of our authors was in the USA at Zenimax and learned what the big reveal is and what it brings. However, he swore every oath not to tell anyone. We will publish big articles with the main updates after the stream, past midnight.
The stream begins – Morrowind confirmed, new class announced
20:00: Matt Firor gives a pre-recorded recap of ESO. Highlights like Thieves Guild, One Tamriel, and Housing in a nutshell. The next chapter is supposed to be bigger and more epic than anything before.
20:02: New trailer! A spectacular battle between a Morag Tong, a two-handed fighter and a black bear with a horde of constructs. Chat goes wild, shouting “Warden! Warden!”
20:05: Morrowind confirmed. Big title screen. June 6 – 2017. That’s the release date. Here’s the trailer:
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20:07: Vvardenfell is supposed to be the largest new zone in ESO. A new class called Warden will be introduced, which is a pet class. Three specs: Defensive ice magic, nature mage, and a pet spec. The bear from the trailer will then serve as the ultimate.
20:11: Morrowind will be open to everyone. New players are supposed to receive a tutorial, a new starter zone, and a new adventure. Thanks to One Tamriel, it will become an addon for everyone.
Battlegrounds are coming to The Elder Scrolls Online
20:13: Battlegrounds are coming for PvP – 4vs4vs4. So small-scale, but still three factions are involved.
20:14: As a new crafting option, equipment can be converted to the Morag Tong style.
20:15:Existing players can purchase access to Morrowind for “40 mice” – which will probably be 40€. There are also digital and physical collector’s editions – including the base game. It is quite clear that the expansion invites old TES fans to join Tamriel – for the 15th anniversary of Morrowind.
20:18: The Morang Tong assassin Naryu will serve as a guide for the player. The mission is to assist the demigod Vivec in resisting a new daedric threat. Morrowind is not necessarily supposed to resemble classic fantasy, but to integrate new alien influences into the game.
20:20: A new 12-player raid (trial) called Halls of Fabrication is planned.
20:22: Morrowind is supposed to bring back “old TES fans” who played it 15 years ago and still love it. But it also aims to introduce the “Skyrim generation” to Morrowind. They might not even know about it.
Vvardenfell is to offer a new adventure for newcomers and experienced players
20:24: In Vvardenfell, there will also be new houses. Morrowind is released simultaneously and worldwide on June 6. Zenimax is tweeting like crazy during the stream. A lot of information is currently being shared.
20:25:Battlegrounds are inspired by shooter modes. There’s Death Match and Capture-the-Flag. Game duration is about 15 minutes. Factions don’t matter – friends should be able to play with each other, regardless of alliance affiliation. Players compete as teams, not for their realms. There will also be leaderboards – more like arenas, not necessarily like battlegrounds in the MMORPG sense.
20:28: Content of the physical collector’s edition presented. “This is the assassin’s diary.” – “Oh, that’s fantastic!”
20:30: It’s already over. If you know ESO streams normally, this is extremely compact this time. They show the trailer again. Approximately 42,000 people are watching on Twitch at the end. Compact, interesting stream with a lot of information. As previously announced: We will soon have a lot more on The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind.
