The Valention Day is in Final Fantasy 14 the counterpart to the earthly Valentine’s Day. True to the model, everything in Eorzea is also in the sign of love on this festive day. Complete tasks and quests to earn cheesy rewards.
Do you have a fellow player in Final Fantasy 14 whom you love very much and want to show your true feelings? But you don’t know how to do that? Then don’t despair, because your savior is here! From February 2nd to February 15th, the love messenger Lisette from Valention can be found in Old Gridania in Mih Khetto’s Amphitheater.
Final Fantasy 14 – Get the total Valentine kitsch!
Talk to Lisette and receive from her the special quest “A Loving Gesture”. As rewards, numerous sugary love tokens await. First and foremost is the cute emote “Kiss Shower”. Additionally, you can summon a truly sweet love angel as a companion. For your cozy home, there’s a kitschy vase with little hearts, and for the orchestrion, the sheet music “The Kiss”.
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If you want to know how to best play the quest, we have embedded a video from the YouTuber Charles for you. His charming Austrian accent really brings the quest texts to life! Have fun watching!
In Destiny, a strong music video about the exotic armor pieces has been released. The new video of the week?
Now there is a video that you will enjoy watching and listening to: Because DUBA is back!
“Who?”, some of you might be asking now. DUBA is a YouTuber who regularly raps about Xur’s inventory and has recently made a name for himself in the English-speaking Guardian community. He gained international fame with a video that we also chose as the best videos of 2016: He rapped about all the exotic weapons and made it into Bungie’s videos of the week.
Now he is releasing another video: This time he raps about 53 exotic armor pieces. Enjoy:
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SWTOR attracts old and new players with great bonuses – it has never been easier to reach the endgame and get suitable gear!
At Star Wars: The Old Republic, the winter sales for experience points have apparently started. The developers at BioWare have decided to give SWTOR players a little “goodie” to bridge the time until the next patch.
From February 7, 2017, to April 10, 2017, there is 150% additional experience points for regular leveling and expansion of the Galactic Command.
Now is the perfect time to quickly level up secondary, tertiary, and quaternary characters to the maximum level and simultaneously boost the rank of the Galactic Command to unprecedented heights. Since better gear is directly linked to the Galactic Command, this is likely the perfect opportunity for many players to prepare for the endgame content and be ready for upcoming operations.
If that is still not enough experience points, the bonuses can also be combined with the boosters from the cartel market.
In League of Legends Patch 7.3 the Sandbox mode will be released that players have been waiting for so long. We have the LoL Patch Notes 7.3 for you.
Patch 7.3 in LoL particularly targets the current (Pro-)meta and makes balance adjustments to popular champions. However, changes will not only affect the professional scene. For a large part of the community, the Practice Tool should be interesting.
Such a Sandbox mode has been demanded by players repeatedly over the last years from Riot Games. In Patch 7.3 the Practice Tool is set to be released.
Champion Changes in Patch 7.3 – Patch Notes
Camille
Q – Precision Protocol
Damage of the empowered attack reduced from 100% to 80%.
W – Tactical Sweep
Slow: 90% 80%
Now decays fully over the duration to 0%.
E – Hookshot
Cost: 50 Mana 70 Mana
Stun duration: 1 second 0.75 seconds
Attack speed is only buffed when Camille hits an enemy champion.
R – The Hextech Ultimatum
Now no longer stays for the full duration after Camille has died. One second after Camille’s death, the effect/prison will expire.
Ivern
R – Daisy
Health regeneration removed: Daisy no longer regenerates 3% of her maximum health outside of combat.
Armor and Magic Resistance: 20/60/120 15/40/90
Fixed bugs where Daisy would uncontrollably attack the ground, teleport or even become invisible in certain situations.
General: Rule removed, whereby Thorn Spitters and Rampant Growth attacked a champion first upon spawn (instead of the next target). This also happened when Zyra did not hit an enemy with the ability that summoned companions.
Q – Deadly Thorn
Cost: 60 Mana 70 Mana
Practice Tool – Training Mode in LoL
During Patch 7.3, the practice tool is set to be activated in League of Legends. This mode will be unlocked in succession for the different regions and offers you the opportunity to test your skills, practice jungle routes, or perfect last-hitting.
While you can also do this in regular game modes, the Sandbox mode gives you special features like resetting jungle camps, infinite gold or invulnerable towers. We have presented to you everything that awaits you in this mode here. Training Mode in League of Legends – What Can You Expect?
Episode 4 of the living story of Guild Wars 2 was supposed to start on February 7. However, a wild snowstorm at the developer location in Seattle ruined everything.
Those who had reserved the evening of February 7 for the exciting fourth episode of the living story in Guild Wars 2 likely got frustrated and turned to another game. Instead of aiding Queen Jennah in the fight against the white mantle, players were left waiting in vain. The update for the next episode simply wouldn’t come.
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The reason for the delay of the new episode was force majeure. The Seattle area in the USA, where developer ArenaNet is located, was afflicted by particularly severe snowstorms at the planned update time. The blizzard was so intense that there were mass power outages in the area.
Without power, servers can’t run, so ArenaNet had no choice but to sit in candlelight and do nothing. By the way, no improvement is in sight yet.
In the official Guild Wars forum, Communications Manager Gaile Gray apologizes for the inconvenience and will also notify when the servers are back up. You can find the post in the sources.
Along with fun and horror, Cortyn experiences mainly one thing in the horror game Dead by Daylight: frustration to the limit.
Happy Wednesday everyone! After I have given too much attention to my favorite WoW in the last few weeks, I am now complaining on a different front. So what else is left but to dedicate a few lines to my new “underdog” Dead by Daylight, which has carried me through many a night?
The most annoying thing in the game is that there are still “Infinites.” On some maps, there are situations where survivors are simply unreachable. To explain it roughly: the killer is usually faster than a survivor. For a survivor to escape, he must either shake off the killer or buy time by jumping through windows. The killer can only pass blockades significantly slower.
Now, there are some situations where a survivor can simply “endlessly” toy with the killer (hence “Infinite”), while the rest repairs generators until the killer frustratedly stops the chase. Especially the players of the first hour, often recognizable by their prestige clothing, take advantage of such spots.
Equally frustrating is the matchmaking. Although I have surely improved in the last few weeks and now consider myself a “solid” killer with all characters, the matchmaking is a joke. Not only is it common to be mixed with 4 survivors at rank 1 while at rank 15, but also earning rank points is too easy. As a killer, I am currently at rank 3 – which is significantly better than I actually am. I am not as good as the game portrays me.
This is mainly because as a killer, you have to achieve very little not to fall in rank. Here a survivor hit, there a player successfully sacrificed – and you don’t drop, even if I was led by the nose 90% of the time. Currently, it is even possible for all players (survivors and killers) to leave a match so that they all rank up – that’s just ridiculous.
Survivors mock the killer
One last point is the “elite” players who hang out in voice chat as a group of four (for which the game, according to developer statements, is simply not designed) and are all armed with a flashlight and the Saboteur perk. It takes what feels like 20 seconds before there are four “Pling” sounds in a match and all hooks are destroyed, meaning I can no longer sacrifice the survivors in the usual way (the basement with the “indestructible” hooks is too far away).
But instead of ending it quickly and winning, the survivors mock me. As soon as I catch one of them and want to pick him up (silly of me, because where am I going to take him?), 3 people stand in front of me with their flashlights and blind me repeatedly. Over and over again. After that, they run in circles around me, teabagging like crazy and spamming emotes – should things get serious, they sprint away using the perk “Sprint Burst.”
In such moments, I don’t feel like the powerful killer that survivors should fear. I am no threat, but merely “points on two legs” that can be milked. I feel like the bullied outsider in a school playground shoving circle, who in desperation can only lash out in anger – or, in my case, simply escape the nightmare with Alt+F4 and hope to sink low enough in the ranking to play against reasonable people.
Sure, as the developers said, they are currently working on a massive update of the engine, which takes a lot of time. But when the base game has been suffering from bugs for over 2 months that ruin almost every match for the “better” players, and they also announce a console port… I have to wonder where the priorities of the developers really lie. As sympathetic as they are to me, I cannot understand it.
I really hope that the upcoming patch addresses all these issues – because the game itself is exciting and entertaining. But the bugs and annoyances lead to so much frustration that I currently log in less and less often.
Will submachine guns (SMGs) return to former glory in The Division? The latest PTS patch gives hope.
I still have it in my stash: my AUG. It was never one of my absolute favorite weapons – I always preferred the AK-74 black market version or the Vector – but it was a deadly beast.
In the early weeks and months, submachine guns dominated the scene in The Division. Leading the charge were the AUG and the Vector. Alongside the M1A sniper, they were the dominant weapon category in PvE and PvP. They were devastating at close range, devastating at medium range, and devastating “from the hip.” For long-range, one would pack an M1A sniper in the secondary slot and be ready for any danger.
AUG
The Decline of Submachine Guns
It is the same in The Division: What is powerful gets nerfed sooner or later. Submachine guns were hit particularly hard. Update 1.3 introduced a weapon balancing mechanism that granted new bonuses to weapon categories.
On top of that, the Vector and AUG were reduced in base damage by 10%. Massive made sure that submachine guns were dethroned.
With updates 1.4 and 1.5, they further stomped on the SMGs. The hip fire, once a major advantage of SMGs, was reworked so that the submachine guns exhibited extreme scatter. Assault rifles have since been superior to SMGs in almost all areas, which is why we already came to the conclusion: SMGs are currently “complete trash.”
SMGs Regain Former Strength
Since yesterday, the PTS Phase 4 is live, and it brought a surprising innovation: SMGs are getting their old bonus back! The developers had not talked about this at all, which makes this step quite surprising.
In short: Submachine guns are receiving the bonus for increased critical hit chance back. The maximum roll is expected to be around 22%.
Massive claims that during normalization testing in “Last Stand,” they observed old SMGs that still had the old bonus. They actually wanted to remove these weapons completely, but they performed excellently, and people enjoyed playing with them. Therefore, SMGs with critical hit chance will not be removed – instead, all SMGs in 1.6 will receive this bonus back.
On Reddit, agents are already writing: “Welcome back, SMGs!” How powerful they will ultimately be in the live version of 1.6 is yet to be seen. But one thing is certain: Along with the new Valkyria set, the eyes will once again be on the SMGs.
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With the WoW token, you can now purchase services in Overwatch, Hearthstone, or HotS. Yes, even whole games. But when is this coming to Europe and Germany?
On the night from Monday to Tuesday, the change went live in the USA. With the WoW token, which can be purchased for WoW gold, players in the USA now receive Battle.net credits. Until now, the WoW token could only be used to purchase game time in World of Warcraft, but now the offer is broad.
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With this credit, you can purchase card packs in Hearthstone, new heroes in Heroes of the Storm, or loot boxes in Overwatch. You can even acquire Blizzard games like Starcraft or Diablo.
WoW token triggers economic speculation in Azeroth
This has led to prices for the token skyrocketing in North America. Initially, the token cost about 58,000 gold in the USA. This rose throughout yesterday to 115k gold. However, it then flattened out to 72,000.
Source: wowtoken.info
In Europe, the price was already around 114,000 gold before, and it then increased to 200,000. However, it has now fallen back to 118,000. Meanwhile, the adjusted token is not even live in Europe yet.
Source: Wowtoken.info
The value of the WoW token is not directly determined by players, but rather regulated by an algorithm based on supply and demand. Players hoard these tokens or have already hoarded them in the past.
So there is a bit of economic speculation happening in Azeroth.
When is the WoW token with these features coming to Europe?
When is this going live in Europe?
Many thought the “new” WoW token could go live in Europe today after the reset. But that did not happen.
In the MMO shooter Destiny, today, on February 8th, the weapons day is celebrated. These orders are brought by Banshee-44.
Today is “weapons day” in two ways. Already in the morning, the gunsmith Banshee-44 begins his weekly weapons day: He brings your forging orders from last week, takes new orders, and, as always, has test weapons, telemetry, syntheses, weapon parts, and armor materials.
This evening, it will once again be about weapons: Bungie is holding a livestream with sandbox designers who will talk extensively about the upcoming balance patch. We will follow this stream live and deliver the information quickly in German.
These weapons are available for testing
If you want to rise in Bungie’s reputation, you need to execute its test weapons in practice.
A Häkke auto rifle has its sights set on the Cabal.
A Suros auto rifle aims for the Crucible.
An Omolon hand cannon wants to land precision shots.
A Häkke pulse rifle also wants to enter the Crucible.
A Häkke pulse rifle aims very precisely and demands precision shots.
These 5 weapons can be ordered this week
For 2500 Glimmer, you can choose forging orders:
First up is the Häkke auto rifle Arminius-D. A fast-firing weapon with impact 2. It is among the better auto rifles.
No desire for strangers? In Overwatch , you will soon be able to earn XP in private matches! Also: Server browsers are coming, “Capture the Flag” remains as a mode.
Overwatch has released another “Developer Update,” in which Jeff Kaplan talks about upcoming new features of the hero shooter. One point that has been long requested by the community is the introduction of a server browser. That’s exactly what is happening in the upcoming patch, as Kaplan explains in the latest video:
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Those who want can create their own games with the release of the next patch and have these listed in the “server browser.” There are also numerous filter functions that allow you to narrow down the selection. Should only friends be able to join the game? Do you want to only search for control point maps?
A lot of fine-tuning will soon be possible. If desired, individual heroes can be completely removed from cooldowns, allowing Widowmaker – like Spiderman – to use her grappling hook permanently. A “boss fight” is also possible, where a Roadhog has three times the health points and faces off against 6 other players with half health points.
Roadhog as a cool boss opponent? Soon possible with the settings.
However, the feature is still in an early form. In the coming months, it is expected to be further developed, depending on community feedback – ultimately, the number of customization options should be “virtually endless.”
Experience points also in the “Custom Game” mode
For many games, it’s a taboo: as soon as players are able to determine the factors for a match themselves – such as setting both teams and match duration – there is no progress in currency or resources. Such matches are merely “for fun,” so they can’t be exploited for quick leveling. However, Overwatch takes a different approach and allows exactly that: experience points in private matches.
You can also earn loot boxes in private matches soon – fun and rewards for everyone!
The exact details are still to be awaited. However, it can be assumed that there will be significantly fewer experience points than in Quick Play or a Ranked match. Blizzard will likely want to avoid “mindless afk-farming” in its own interest.
Capture the Flag remains
As expected, the “event” mode Capture the Flag will remain in Overwatch. At the moment, it functions as the event “Capture the Rooster” on three maps. It is supposed to work on 9 other maps.
The mode will be configurable like the others, allowing players to customize it according to their preferences. Hero abilities can be turned on or off. The rules for flag capturing are selectable.
All of this is supposed to come with the next patch. Blizzard has not yet provided a date for it.
Content and patches without pause in World of Warcraft? The developers stick to their goals.
When looking back at the last few years of World of Warcraft, most fans were excited at the launch of each addon but lost interest in the game more and more over the following months. The reason for this was often that there were drought periods in which no new content was being developed, because the developers were already preparing for the next expansion.
With Legion, everything was supposed to be different – and so far it has been. With each addon, the developers have learned a bit more about how to manage their time better and work more effectively on content, ensuring that there are no long breaks.
In an interview with Gamespot, the developers said:
“Our team has grown continuously over the years, and it’s also a matter of just working ‘smartly’. We have learned over more than 12 years how to make WoW – some here have been working on WoW for 15 or 16 years. We’ve learned to work on several patches in parallel and to integrate large patches with smaller patches.”
“It was a major goal for us with Legion [to bring continuous content]: We can only know how it has been so far, but it feels like Patch 7.1 came at a time when players were very happy with it – just like Patch 7.1.5.”
Cortyn says: So far, Blizzard is fulfilling all the major promises made with Legion and is regularly delivering content, which is not least favored by the delays of individual raids. Personally, I am still enjoying the game, and at least the Night Fortress will probably entertain me for a few more weeks before boredom might set in. All that remains is to hope that the plans for Patch 7.2 will also be fulfilled – because summer is still a long way off, and barely any of the “big” features can probably be postponed.
ARK Survival Evolved is the most downloaded game on the PS4 in January, and now even for the second time in a row. ARK PS4 – the combination apparently matches like bacon and eggs.
Sony recently announced its top downloads from the Playstation Store for January 2017. ARK: Survival Evolved reached the top spot on the PS4 in both Europe and North America.
Thus, the dinosaur survival game from Studio WildCard takes the leading position in PS4 downloads for the second consecutive time.
ARK prevails, even against other major new releases
In December, ARK had already shot up to number 1. However, there were no major new releases for the PS4 besides the dinosaur survival game that month. This time, in January, major titles like Capcom’s “Resident Evil 7: Biohazard” were released, and yet ARK was able to prevail again.
Top 10 PS4 Downloads in Europe
Here are the top 10 PS4 downloads in January for the European region. Rocket League and GTA also made it to the podium.
ARK: Survival Evolved
Rocket League
Grand Theft Auto V
Battlefield 1
Mortal Kombat X
FIFA 17
EA Sports UFC 2
Battlefield 4
Star Wars Battlefront
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
The tough survival struggle with dinosaur pets is once again very popular in the Playstation Store and continues to attract new players. One should also be curious about how ARK will fare against emerging competition: Conan Exiles is set to be available for PS4 later this year.
Are you perhaps among the newcomers to ARK? Then check out our ARK Beginner’s Guide.
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Overwatch turns Bastion upside down and gives him many new values. But Mercy is also significantly more useful now – at least on the current PTR. Read here the Overwatch PTR patch notes.
A new patch is currently being tested on the Overwatch PTR and it has quite a few changes in store. Especially Mercy and Bastion can look forward to some adjustments that are clearly to be considered buffs.
Bastion – The tank destroyer with more endurance
Several weeks ago, the developers announced massive changes to Bastion, as he is rarely picked in the current meta of the game. He was simply too stationary and too easy to counter – which is supposed to change now.
Configuration: Sentry
Activation time reduced to 1.0 seconds (previously 1.5 seconds)
Bullet spread increased by 50%
The bullet spread is now always at maximum
Magazine size increased from 200 to 300
Headshot multiplier removed
No longer deals critical damage
Configuration: Recon
Bullet spread reduced by 25%
Magazine size increased from 20 to 25
Self-repair
Can now be cast while moving
Now on the secondary fire button (right mouse button)
Is no longer interrupted by damage taken
Has a new resource that is consumed upon use and recharges when not used
Configuration: Tank
No longer grants additional armor
New passive ability: Armored
Bastion takes 35% less damage when Configuration: Tank or Configuration: Sentry is active
Oh dear, Bastion is almost getting a complete overhaul. Our favorite omnic (no offense, Zenyatta) will likely be picked much more often when all these changes go live.
Mercy – Undefeated instead of victim
Resurrection
While Mercy is casting Resurrection, she temporarily becomes invulnerable, just like the resurrected allies
Although it is only a single balance change for Mercy, it should have a significant impact on her playstyle. So far, Resurrection was often used in a way that “throws away one’s own life” to save the team. Now Mercy can also continue to participate in the fight after the resurrection if the allied team acts quickly and strategically.
Apart from these two changes, the new patch also brings several other adjustments to the settings, allowing mouse sensitivity to be adjusted more accurately for various abilities.
You can find the complete patch notes in the original English in our sources.
No specific date for the release of this patch has been announced yet.
What do you think of these changes? Bitterly necessary or is Blizzard tinkering too much with the heroes? Let us know in the comments!
On PC, hair and beard growth have been live since January 30. If everything goes smoothly, the patch will be available on February 14 for PS4 and Xbox One. Then players can also show off their hairdressing skills there.
The Premium Pass in Battlefield 1 gives you early access to new content. For a limited time, the Deluxe Edition is now included for free!
If you’re considering buying a Battlefield 1 Premium Pass, now is a good time to do so. As an additional benefit, you now get a free upgrade to the Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition contains cool content like the Red Baron Pack and three skins for vehicles in the game. With the Premium Pass, you receive early access to new content, superior Battlepacks, as well as new weapons and maps.
Unlock Deluxe Edition content with Premium Pass
The Premium Pass expands Battlefield 1 with four expansions, which you can access two weeks earlier. Additionally, it includes 14 superior Battlepacks that have an increased chance of rare weapon skins. These Battlepacks are unlocked monthly. Moreover, the pass unlocks 20 new weapons and 16 multiplayer maps for you. For more information about the Premium Pass, visit the official website: Premium Pass information on Battlefield.com
For a limited time, when you purchase the Premium Pass, you will receive a free upgrade to the Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition. This offer is only valid until March 15th. The upgrade to the Deluxe Edition includes:
• The Red Baron Pack: Numerous items inspired by the famous fighter pilot. • The Lawrence of Arabia Pack: Items and weapons based on the adventures of Lawrence of Arabia. • 3 Vehicle Skins: Skins for three of the largest vehicles in the game. • 5x Battlepacks: Each Battlepack contains an outstanding weapon or vehicle skin.
For all further information about the Premium Pass, including the Deluxe Edition upgrade, please visit the official websites of the respective platforms:
Fat beats and Murloc slime – the next patch for Heroes of the Storm will have fans’ hearts racing.
The upcoming patch of Heroes of the Storm is expected to go live in the evening hours of February 14th. Currently, players can try it out on the PTR and get a glimpse of the new hero Lúcio, who is transitioning from Overwatch to the Nexus. Additionally, the patch includes a complete overhaul for the little specialist Murky.
In Overwatch, Lúcio is one of the most popular supporters in the game, as he is particularly flexible and can support his team in various ways. In Heroes of the Storm, he will possess similar abilities.
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The trait Wall Ride allows Lúcio to slide along objects and obstacles, becoming 20% faster and able to glide through other units.
Soundwave deals damage in a cone-shaped area and pushes enemies back.
Crossfade corresponds to Lúcio’s passive auras from Overwatch. He can switch between “Healing Boost” and “Speed Boost”, which slightly heals nearby allies or accelerates them.
With Amp It Up, the current aura is massively enhanced for 3 seconds – meaning more healing or a speed bonus of up to 45%.
The first heroic ability is Sound Barrier. Lúcio and all nearby allies receive a massive shield that diminishes over 6 seconds.
The second heroic ability Reverse Amp turns Lúcio into a debuffer. For 4 seconds, his auras become negative effects that either harm or slow down opponents – depending on the active Crossfade aura.
The new Murky – Nasty, fun, but also fair
The new patch also brings a massive overhaul. Murky, the little Murloc specialist, is being fundamentally reworked.
Especially Murky’s pufferfish can now be stabilized. Instead of dying from 3 automatic attacks, it now has a fixed amount of health points, but can also be targeted by abilities and towers.
Murky himself has nearly 15% more health points, but now only reemerges from his egg after 8 seconds (previously after 5 seconds).
A lot has also changed with the talents: Murky can now recruit mercenaries much faster and even lay down false eggs to confuse enemies – when the eggs are destroyed, they cast “slime” on their attacker. Players can debuff Murky’s automatic attacks with a stackable debuff that slows enemies by 10% – up to 5 times in a row. Together with the slow effect of slime, selected victims will then only move at a snail’s pace.
Especially at level 20, the talent will bring a lot of joy – it allows Murky to summon the March of the Murlocs endlessly, making a huge area – theoretically – impassable or single-handedly taking down an enemy fortress.
A list of all changes can be found as usual in our sources.
The survival MMO Conan Exiles has already recouped its costs. Additionally, there is information about the PS4 and Xbox One versions.
As Funcom announces in a statement to investors, their survival MMO Conan Exiles has already recouped its costs. They have sold 320,000 units worldwide. The product is now operationally profitable. Conan Exiles launched in Early Access on PC on January 30.
The team will continue to work on Conan Exiles and ensure that all technical flaws are addressed and all player requests are met before moving into full launch on PC.
Development on the Xbox One Game Preview version of Conan Exiles is progressing according to plan. Work on the PlayStation 4 version of Conan Exiles is scheduled for later this year.
Funcom believes they will achieve the long-term goal for Conan Exiles and will be one of the top 10 multiplayer survival games on Steam a year after launch.
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Conan Exiles on Xbox One and PS4 – here’s the situation
So far, it is known that Conan Exiles is set to launch on Xbox One in Spring 2017. On the PS4, it seems likely to appear only at the official launch, which could be delayed for up to a year, potentially not occurring until early 2018. There is a statement from Funcom that they want to remain in Early Access with Conan Exiles “no longer than a year”.
It seems Sony has made an exception. Whether this will happen with Funcom and Conan Exiles at a later date is questionable.
Conan Exiles is evidently a hot title right now. On Steam, Funcom reports a peak of over 50,000 concurrent users. If you also want to join the barbaric hordes:
The next update of the MMORPG Albion Online will introduce the expeditions, which are PvE content where you can earn useful rewards.
The open world of Albion Online can be dangerous, and those who arrive new in the land may not yet be prepared to face these challenges. To prepare yourselves and become strong enough to explore the open world, you can complete the expeditions with the upcoming update. For this, you visit the city’s expedition leader and check what missions he has on offer. There will be different types with different tiers. However, you can access the higher tiers only after unlocking them through the destiny board.
Small Adventures in Between
You can undertake expeditions either alone or in a group. Your role will be determined by the equipment you wear. Once you have accepted a mission, you will be teleported to the location and have 60 minutes alone, or 120 minutes in a group, to complete the challenge. In the end, rewards await you such as royal seals, and a portal will teleport you back to the city. With the seals, you can create royal armor, which has a special spell depending on the type of armor.
Undead and More
The first expedition available to you is “The Recruitment of the Dead”. During this mission, you will go to an old cemetery where someone or something is awakening the dead. On the map, you will face hordes of skeletons and undead archers. You will fight your way through the cemetery to the ruins, where you will confront the Cursed Death Lord who is behind all the evil. Besides that, many more missions await you.
The expeditions are intended to be a nice pastime in the MMORPG Albion Online and especially help newcomers gain the necessary strength to explore the open game world through adventures.
Star Trek Online receives new ships! A total of nine versions of the “Multi-Mission-Explorer” ship type, three for each faction, are currently in planning. The special ships are also equipped with special goodies and crew members.
In Star Trek Online, the Federation’s Starfleet often received new ships first. But the developers at Perfect World have a heart for Klingons and Romulans. Therefore, these factions also receive three new ship variants of the “Multi-Mission-Explorer” each.
Star Trek Online – What’s in the new T-6 ships
The new ships are divided into three variants each: “Engineering”, “Science”, and “Tactical”. Each ship type has a special console skill and a unique ship trait. The following list shows what the ships have:
Engineering: These ships are well-suited as tanks, as they can absorb enemy shields and use them themselves. As a special ship trait, this version can distribute a buff to damage resistance,
Science: These ships are good controllers, as they can execute electrical attacks that deal damage and impair the enemy’s mobility. As a trait version, this attack triggers a chain reaction among nearby enemies.
Tactical: The combat version of the Multi-Mission-Explorer has a strong DPS skill, initially dealing smaller amounts of damage and then following up with a big hit. This hit is more powerful the more often the small attacks connect. Additionally, the attack impairs the enemy’s control. As a trait, the ship regularly launches mines that deal significant damage to shields. By the way, our own ship is immune to this.
Also cool: The new ships come with a special Lt. Commander crew slot. You can purchase the ships in the C-Store, either individually, as a faction package with the three versions of one faction, or all at once in a “Super-Bundle”.
If you want to succeed in Conan Exiles in the long run, you need weapons and equipment made of iron. Learn here how to find and farm iron and coal.
When you start a new game in Conan Exiles, you begin as a naked rogue, who has just escaped from the cross. Your starting equipment consists of ragged rags and primitive weapons made from sticks and stones. You can find out how to get there in our Beginners’ Guide to Conan Exiles, but here you will learn how to obtain iron for good equipment.
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Iron is an immensely valuable resource in Conan Exiles, as it is the only material from which metal items can be crafted. Additionally, you need iron to produce steel. But where does this cursed stuff lie?
First, you can collect iron when you regularly mine stones. Occasionally, a few chunks of ironstone will drop. This way, you can get some initial experience with iron. However, if you want more iron, you must mine it directly from iron deposits. These can be found high up on the southern plateau.
If you take this path, you will find coal and iron.
You will discover the plateau if you go to the site with the two large statues centrally by the river. From there, head straight north into the mountains and eventually, as indicated on the map, you will find a region with abundant iron and coal deposits. You recognize iron by the dark gray color of the rock. Coal, on the other hand, appears as black chunks. You will need a pickaxe to mine.
Beware of the hyena
When you go looking for iron and coal, you should be very careful. Various wild hyenas and an aggressive rhinoceros will cross your path on the way to the plateau. Especially in the early stages of the game, when you are not strong enough for all these dangers, it is best to go in a team with other players.
Also dangerous: Near the metal deposits, several tribes of wild NPCs reside. They will attack you immediately, so be cautious. However, if you are strong enough, you can also seize the opportunity and capture one or another slave there. In our Slave Guide, you will learn how to do that.
Once you have enough iron and coal, you can melt it in the furnace. Two pieces of ironstone yield one iron bar. You will then need these for various useful metal items. How to make steel from iron, by the way, you can find in our guide at the provided link.
