Sandbox Interactive has released the Faye update for the MMORPG Albion Online and introduced the forest biome.
What would mystical MMORPGs be without enchanted and mysterious forests? In Albion Online, you can now explore these, as the newly released Faye update introduced the forest biome. In the forests, you can gather wood and rocks as well as hunt animals that provide you with hides as resources. But be cautious, as many dangers lurk in the woods, including mysterious forest spirits!
Getting Started for Small Guild Wars
But that’s not all that the update brings. If you lead a guild and are not yet skilled enough for the Outlands, then fight in the yellow and red zones of the Royal Continent for the Watchtower territories. You must capture and hold the watchtower as a guild. Then you can gather resources in that area. New emotes like crying, laughing, and dancing allow you to express your feelings in the game.
If you enjoy an atmospheric environment, you’ll be pleased to know that the official “Albion Online” soundtrack has been integrated. 19 music pieces now accompany certain situations or locations in the MMO. Additionally, the developers have also revised and adjusted the sounds and noises in the game. A journey through Albion should thus become a particularly atmospheric pleasure.
Also new is a feature that everyone should enjoy who likes to travel with mounts. You can now dismount from a mount, and it will stay nearby, waiting for you to mount again. There are also several other changes, such as fixed bugs and adjustments to the balancing of the MMORPG Albion Online.
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To get skins in Battlefield 1, you can now purchase Battlepacks with money. However, it is not cheap.
In Battlefield 1, you can get skins for the various weapons available to you in the game. This way, the weapons can shine in different colors, for example. These skins are obtained from Battlepacks, which are randomly given to you at the end of a match. If you do not want to rely on luck, you can also buy Battlepacks in the game. Previously, this was only possible in exchange for scrap parts. However, you can now also purchase the packs for real money.
Battlefield 1 – Acquire Battlepacks
If you do not have enough scrap parts to buy Battlepacks, you can choose from 5 packs that you can purchase for real money. In each of these Battlepacks, a skin is waiting for you. How rare that skin is depends on luck. In our Battlepack overview, we explain to you the differences between the various types of Battlepacks.
In Overwatch , actor Terry Crews is set to voice Doomfist, at least according to fans and himself.
Terry Crews became known in Germany as Chris Rock’s dad in the sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris,” which aired on Pro7.
Terry Crews – Footballer, TV Star, Muscle Twerker
In the USA, the former football player is known from the “Old Spice” commercials, and his career has since taken off. He regularly lands roles as a supporting actor in comedies, is the henchman of the villain in action blockbusters (Gamer), or the sidekick of the hero (The Expendables), providing a bit of comic relief. The muscle man’s specialty: He can make his powerful chest muscles dance individually. Currently, he stars in the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
In Numbani, posters of Doomfist hang.
The character is also quite a big name on social media and has recently distinguished himself as a gamer. Fans are now demanding on Reddit: When the new character Doomfist comes to Overwatch, Terry Crews should voice him! The post received 6600 upvotes on Reddit.
Crews feels similarly: I would love to play Doomfist, he says!
Overwatch: Doomfist – The Next New Hero?
Doomfist is currently still a mystery – in the cinematic trailer for Overwatch, it was about his “mighty glove” that was showcased. In Numbani, there’s a poster with 3 different incarnations of Doomfist: the hero, the hostage, and the successor. These are the only details we have about “Doomfist”. They have sparked speculation for months that he could be the next hero.
The theory about Doomfist is explored by ForceGaming in this video:
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In Elite Dangerous, players have now forced the developers to address a nasty exploit known as Combat Logging.
Most gamers are probably familiar with the so-called “Rage Quit.” You log out angrily before you ultimately lose. For most games, this doesn’t matter much – you still lose anyway. However, it is called “Combat Logging” when the loser gains an advantage by logging out. This is the case in Elite Dangerous. In a duel, the loser simply logs out and avoids defeat.
If you exit the game just before losing in Elite Dangerous using the Alt+F4 key combination, your spaceship will not be damaged or destroyed. This is referred to as Combat Logging. Some players filed a complaint with the developer, Frontier Developments. They explained that this is an exploit, meaning unauthorized use of a game bug. However, the developers have not taken any action against it so far.
Trapped in a “trojan video”
Therefore, some frustrated players around Commander “Rinzler o7o7o7” came up with a plan to force the development team to take action against this “Combat Logging.” Commander “Rinzler o7o7o7” created a video in which he recorded the Combat Logging in the online game. He uploaded this video to YouTube and sent a link to Frontier Developments. He also received a response stating that they would observe the player’s behavior in the video.
What the developers did not know was that Commander “Rinzler o7o7o7” had marked his video on YouTube as “unlisted,” giving access only to those who knew the link. After the developers’ response, it turned out that this video had zero views. Frontier Developments had not watched it at all.
The developers apologize
Then, the community lead of Elite Dangerous, Zac Antonaci, reached out and apologized. He explained that they did not act with the necessary diligence in this particular case. Normally, they would take Combat Logging seriously and monitor players exhibiting this behavior, as well as take appropriate measures. Anyone who notices Combat Logging should report it accordingly. The team will then investigate the matter.
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The latest addon for Hearthstone brings powerful Priest cards. But is that enough?
With the upcoming expansion “The Streets of Gadgetzan”, Blizzard is adjusting the balance of various classes. Especially fans of the Priest are eagerly watching the card reveals. So far, it looks pretty good – the Priest could become a real threat again!
Those who currently play a lot of Hearthstone mainly encounter Shamans and Hunters. Rarely does one see a Priest, and when they do, it has usually settled on a Dragon deck. Blizzard seems to want to further strengthen this deck, as the Priest is getting new Dragon cards.
Hearthstone Dragon Priest – The new cards for the trend deck
The Drakonid Operative is quite awesome with 5/6 for 5 mana and fills a significant gap, but becomes even better through its battle cry: If you have another Dragon in hand, you discover a card from your opponent’s deck. This not only gives you an additional card, but also insight into 3 cards of the opponent, allowing you to gauge what the enemy is playing – and which cards they do not have in hand.
The spell Dragonfire Potion is also designed for Dragons. It deals 5 damage to all minions, except Dragons. Therefore, one should have many of those in the deck as well.
But the other Priest cards hit hard as well. With the Pint-Size Potion for 1 mana, the attack power of all enemy minions is reduced by 3 for this turn. This allows many opponents to be brought within range of “Shadow Word: Pain” or can easily be killed with your own minions without suffering losses.
A renaissance for Anduin and Tyrande? New synergy cards
As an alternative, you can also throw a Potion of Madness for 1 mana, with which you gain control of an enemy minion with 2 attack or less until the end of the turn.
Lastly, the Kabal Talonpriest is on the list, which is already relatively solid with values of 3|4, but as a battle cry gives another friendly minion an additional 3 health – effectively making it a 3/7 for 3 mana.
As the perfect target for this buff, the Mana Geode with 2/3 for 2 mana is quite suitable. It creates a 2/2 Crystal whenever it is healed.
All the synergies between the new Priest cards are so strong that we will probably see all of them in many decks simultaneously.
What do you think of the new cards? Can they lead Tyrande and Anduin out of the crisis or is it still not enough?
In Destiny, new content is on the horizon – and it shouldn’t take long to arrive.
Today, Thanksgiving is being celebrated in the USA. Therefore, community manager DeeJ already published the weekly community letter, “This Week at Bungie,” last night, so he can sit down with his family and friends today and carve the turkey with a flaming axe.
The letter, which is usually full of announcements and status updates, is quite concise this time. Numerous Bungie developers are quoted about what they are thankful for. Most thank the community – which is not particularly surprising; after all, this is the letter to the community.
What Bungie is thankful for
Senior writer Christine Thompson is quoted: “I am thankful for the passion and enthusiasm of our fans. Whether they love or hate something, their passion and commitment drive us to keep improving.”
For Thanksgiving, Jon Weisnewski, the senior designer, is particularly focused on charity: “I am thankful for all Destiny players who have organized or donated to charity streams. You make the world a better place. Keep it up.”
Some developers do not take these thank-you notes too seriously, like Joe Sifferman, a senior designer: “I am thankful for the facepalm gesture.”
Destiny aims to shorten content gaps
The complete, lengthy list of things Bungie is thankful for can be found in our source reference. However, things get really interesting at the end of the letter.
DeeJ says: “The cadence of new content in Destiny is about to speed up again. We hope you can keep up.”
The pace at which new Destiny content arrives is set to increase again. They hope you can keep up. A promise that every passionate Guardian loves to hear.
DeeJ already commented on this sentence via Twitter: After the holidays, there will be a more detailed discussion about what is coming next. Some Guardians are sure that this only refers to the SRL event scheduled for December. Perhaps even Destiny 2?
At the beginning of the month, Activision’s Eric Hirshberg had already stated similarly: He said that Bungie has found a clever approach that would allow a steady stream of fresh content to be delivered. This statement referred to Destiny 2.
Large gaps between content deliveries are therefore set to be a thing of the past. However, we still do not know the details.
Finally, players of WoW have confirmation: Legendary items are not completely random.
Hardly any topic has been discussed as hotly in World of Warcraft: Legion as the distribution rate of legendary items. Is there now “Bad Luck Protection”? Does the played time affect the drop rates of Legendaries? Previously, Ion Hazzikostas, the Game Director of WoW, denied that there is such protection. One patch later (with 7.1) a post from the Community Manager followed, which again mentioned such protection. The confusion was great, which fueled further speculation among fans.
Now CM Aerythlea has once again spoken up and clearly stated: Yes, there is protection against bad luck in the distribution of Legendaries! The forum post states:
“Yes, protection against bad luck exists.
When it comes to the most desirable loot from bosses (gear/mounts/pets), they have a fixed drop chance. If the “Boots of Endless Glory” have a 33% chance, then this chance will be 33% every time, no matter how often you defeat the boss.
Legendaries work differently. If you play content where Legendaries can drop and do not receive one, your chance continues to increase. The more content you play without getting one, the higher the chance becomes.
Let’s say you have a 3-sided die. If you roll a “3”, you get the item.
In the case of the “Boots of Endless Glory”, you could roll the die 20 times and never get a 3. Your chance of rolling a 3 on your next roll remains at 33%. Each roll is independent, and previous results are not considered. The die does not care that you have never rolled a 3 before.
In the case of Legendaries, you could roll a 20-sided die and never get a 3. But thanks to “Bad Luck Protection”, the die gets weighted differently over time, making it more likely that you will roll a 3.”
Cortyn says: Finally, there is clarity in this case. The moral of the story is, as mentioned before, “Play the content, and you will eventually get a Legendary” – or two or three. How about you? Have you gotten any Legendaries yet, or do you still consider the “Bad Luck Protection” just a rumor?
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For Black Desert and WoW, there are special promotions for Black Friday – the games cost €5.
Starting now: WoW for €5
The classic World of Warcraft is currently available for €5. This includes all expansions – except for the latest “Legion.” WoW is considered the most successful and widely regarded as the “best” MMORPG in the western world. It is a classic, has shaped a generation of players, and about the current expansion “WoW: Legion” you hear only good things – also from our Warcraft expert Cortyn.
WoW is currently €5 in the Blizzard store instead of the usual €15. The free month is also included. It’s also possible to gift it. So if you feel lonely in the game and have no problem infecting your friends with the MMORPG drug No. 1 … give it away! For such unscrupulous people who infect their friends, Blizzard has a “Recruit a Friend” bonus!
Significantly younger than WoW, Black Desert first appeared in Europe earlier this year. It is regarded by many as the “MMORPG of the year 2016.” Although one can naturally argue about such things. With excellent graphics, a dynamic combat system, and a focus on trading and crafting it brings new facets to the genre and is not the “typical Asian MMO,” even though it originates from South Korea and looks like it at first glance.
In our editorial team, opinions about Black Desert are divided. While my colleague Stöffel cannot warm up to the title and has written a 72% “Interesting for genre fans” review for GameStar, I consider it the most important MMORPG since Guild Wars 2. And I know what I’m talking about!
Black Desert will also soon be available for €5. The price of the starter edition has been halved again. The offer is not yet active – but will be from tomorrow. A bit confusing: The advertisement is already running everywhere.
Tomorrow is “Black Friday,” the day that is now more important to many Americans than the silly Thanksgiving on Thursday. Today there’s only turkey and the annoying family is visiting. Tomorrow, on Black Friday, amazing prices await. Therefore, some in the USA skip Thanksgiving entirely, as they prefer to stand in line before stores for days and camp out there.
Riot wants to produce a movie and bring League of Legends to the big screen. Riot Games co-founder Brandon “Ryze” Beck discusses the plans and challenges of the LoL film project.
During a round of “Ask Riot”, a possible film in the League of Legends universe was discussed, among other things. Riot Games co-founder Brandon “Ryze” Beck has long dreamed of seeing his champions on the big screen but also recognizes the challenges of such an undertaking. As one of the most successful MOBAs in the world, a League of Legends movie would certainly find a lot of appeal. League of Legends would not be the first film adaptation of a video game. The Warcraft movie is one of the most well-known and is currently the most successful video game adaptation.
Music video: The Curse of the Sad Mummy
This is why Riot has hesitated to produce a LoL movie
“We dream of a film in League’s universe, where our champions come to life in theaters, but the success rate of video game adaptations is a disappointing lesson.” – Brandon “Ryze” Beck
Most adaptations of video games receive poor reviews and have not become major box office hits. For instance, Alone in the Dark, Street Fighter, or Need for Speed were heavily criticized. Therefore, the step toward film production should be well-considered, even though Riot would prefer to start on a film sooner rather than later. Looking at the cinematics and music videos of League of Legends, Riot certainly has the potential to produce a great film.
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Riot experiments with film production despite concerns
Despite these hurdles, Riot is exploring the film industry. Telling a story in film format requires different skills compared to video games. But Riot is taking on this challenge and trying to explore various formats. Brandon “Ryze” Beck hopes that these experiments and explorations will bear fruit one day and lead to a cinema format. He would also be satisfied with a smaller screen than the big screen, depending on what makes the most sense.
Bard – Cinematic: Mountain
Leya says: I believe Riot can produce great cinema, but I also understand their concerns. Unfortunately, most adaptations of video games are really not the best. I like to hear that Riot wants to take its time to deliver the appropriate quality.
How would you envision a League of Legends movie? Which champion would you like to see on the big screen?
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Some changes await you with patch 2.4.3 in Diablo 3. Updated and new items as well as another pet are included in the new patch!
The new patch 2.4.3 is available on the PTR servers of Diablo 3. In this patch, there are new starter sets for the upcoming season 9, which you can earn through the season journey. Additionally, the Diablo 1 dungeon is integrated into the game, and various equipment items receive new legendary affixes. Of course, there are also pets you can add to your collection. We will show you what to expect in season 9.
Diablo 3 Season 9 Start and Anniversary Dungeon
The 9th season will start next year. The patch 2.4.3 is currently being tested on the PTR servers and is expected to go live in January. Shortly after that, season 9 will begin in Diablo 3.
Every January there will be the Diablo 1 dungeon event, where you can “meet” the old bosses. And by “meet” we mean “kill.” The Anniversary Dungeonrewards participants with a Red Soul Shard. This new legendary gemstone has the following effects:
Regularly rings around control and unleashes a fire ring that inflicts 12,500% weapon damage on affected enemies.
After leveling up, your resource costs are removed, and skill cooldowns are reduced by 75% for 30 seconds (requires gem level 25)
If you complete the Anniversary Dungeon with a newly created character, you will receive a pet. But it’s not just “any” pet, it’s the Butcher. Yes, exactly! The big, powerful guy who once taught you to fear him will now be your pet. It feels kind of funny.
Season 9 – Haedrig’s Gift – Season Journey
There are rewards for the various stages of the season journey in Diablo 3. Among other things, there are Haedrig’s gifts that equip you with a certain class set. These contents change in different seasons. In season 9, there are the following starter sets for you:
Barbarian – Might of the Earth
Crusader – Thorns of the Invoker
Demon Hunter – Shadow’s Mantle
Monk – Monkey King’s Garb
Witch Doctor – Garb of the Jade Harvester
Wizard – Firebird’s Finery
Updated Class-Specific Items – 2.4.3 Season 9
In patch 2.4.3, there are changes to legendary items. However, these changes do not apply to items you have already looted. You will need to find the corresponding items again. Additionally, the minimum levels for these items will be adjusted to match the respective class abilities.
Crusader – Akkhan’s Armor: Akkhan’s Talisman (amulet) has been added as the 7th piece to Akkhan’s Armor. The amulet is always rolled with critical hit chance and 3 additional randomly selected affixes. The current bonuses and properties of this set remain unchanged.
Crusader – Faithful Remembrance: For every enemy you hit with Divine Execution, the damage of Blessed Hammer is increased by 50-60% for 10 seconds.
Barbarian – Saffron Shroud: The damage of the next Overpower is increased by 40-50% per enemy hit, with a maximum of 20 enemies.
Demon Hunter – Hellcat Waistguard: Grenades now have a chance to bounce 3 to 5 times. With each bounce, the damage is increased by 50%.
On the last bounce, the damage is increased by 800%!
The following skills are affected by this property:
Splinter Arrow – Dazzling Arrow, Splinter Bomb, Prepared for Everything and no rune
Vengeance – Anathema
Cluster Arrow – Demolition
Rapid Fire – Bombardment
Monk – Fist of the Leech: If you teleport with resource-consuming abilities while Revelation is active, these consumers are also applied for free to a target out of range.
Witch Doctor – The Barber: Spirit Barrage does not deal direct damage but is accumulated on the target. Upon stopping the channeling, the resulting explosion will deal 225% to 250% of the accumulated damage to all enemies within a 15-meter radius.
Wizard – Manald Healing: Enemies affected by paralysis take an additional 13,000% to 14,000% weapon damage as lightning damage.
Before the release of the raid “Harrowhold”, the developers of TERA reveal what the dragons can do in the 4 phases.
TERA is preparing for its next major patch, as the “Fang and Feather” update is coming soon, which will also implement a large new raid into the game. Harrowhold is designed for 30 players and consists of a total of 4 fights, which the developers refer to as “phases”. Each phase grants standalone rewards, meaning they should be viewed as separate boss fights – even if it’s against the same dragon.
The Community Manager “Spacecats” and his colleague Israel from Quality Assurance showcase the 4 phases in a detailed video that raiders can almost use as a guide.
It should be noted before the video that the two players are using GM commands to introduce the boss fights. In the actual encounter, you need 30 players and are certainly not able to survive as a single person for that long.
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Regarding the difficulty of Harrowhold, it is said with a wink: “If you have the current, toughest content on farm status, then you could have a good chance of victory here.” There will certainly be some work ahead for the raiders in TERA.
Harrowhold will be released on November 30, 2016, for TERA – at least for players under En Masse Entertainment.
An update is available for FIFA 17 on Xbox One. What does it include and will it also come to PS4 and PC?
This is the question currently being asked by the FIFA community, as this patch on 23.11 was released without announcement and without providing patch notes. Fans are reporting on reddit that the patch is 975.96 MB in size and has been available for download and installation since noon.
EA Sports has not yet commented on this, so we cannot currently list any new features, changes, or bug fixes.
So far, EA Sports has handled upcoming updates by releasing them first on PC and a few days later on PS4 and Xbox One. The patch notes are published in advance.
Therefore, we assume that this patch addresses “Xbox One” specific issues. As soon as the developers release the patch notes and if the update also comes to PS4 and Xbox One, you will learn about it here.
The new “Pokémon GO” tracker with the “Nearby” feature has now been expanded for testing in additional countries. When will the tracker be available in Germany?
In Germany, trainers currently have a hard time when they want to track Pokémon. Wild Pokémon were displayed at the game’s launch using a “Nearby” function and footprints. After this feature caused server issues, it was removed from the game. However, the developers want to offer a new solution for tracking wild Pokémon and are already working on a new tracker. This has been tested in selected areas in America so far. Now the testing phase is taking a step further and unlocking the tracker in other countries.
Nearby – Nearby Tracker
The new tracker was originally available only for testing purposes in San Francisco, California. This testing phase is now also taking place outside of San Francisco. To allow more trainers to try out the feature and provide feedback, the “Nearby” and sightings features are now available in the following locations:
America: All states west of the Mississippi (Except Hawaii and Alaska)
Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the western half of Ontario
Australia: All states and territories of Australia
In this tracker, there are the 2 functions Nearby and Spottings. Recently, work has been done on the Nearby feature, which can now display up to 9 Pokémon.
The developers value feedback on social networks and other channels. The community’s feedback will continue to be monitored to make any necessary changes to the game.
These features are not yet available in Germany. There is also no information on when they can be expected in Central Europe.
In the MMO shooter Destiny, a cool Easter egg was discovered. A dog is roaming around in the Iron Tomb!
Now to a curious find: While the Guardians were turning over every stone in the Destiny universe to possibly find one of the three missing exotic weapons, they stumbled upon the image of a dog. The community is still undecided if it is really a dog, a mouse, or even a wolf, but I would say: dog!
This hidden pup was allegedly first discovered by Twitter user TaylorLeeHall before it spread rapidly on the reddit forum. The animal is not easy to recognize, yet everyone would likely agree that it is not just random reflections. In this video by Mesa Sean, you can see the “dog”:
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He is hiding in the last story mission of “Rise of Iron”, in the Iron Tomb. However, not just there. Players found the same image in the raid “Wrath of the Machine”:
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We do not know who this four-legged friend belongs to and how it made it into the game. But the next time you’re in the Iron Tomb or the raid, you might want to visit this dog yourself.
In FIFA 17, TDW 10 is known. Which players will receive an “in-Form” card today, on November 23rd, in the “Ultimate Team” mode?
96! With this overall rating, Cristiano Ronaldo is available in packs this week. He is clearly the highlight of this Team of the Week. Pace, shooting, and dribbling each have 94 points. An extremely strong card. Whoever pulls this one probably has it made in FUT 17.
However, there are more strong IF cards: Kane, Toure, Sokratis, and David Luiz each have an overall rating of 86.
The Ratings and Player Values of the “Team of the Week” Players – Week 10
Starting XI:
GK: Carlos Idriss Kameni – 83
CB: David Luiz – 86
CB: Sokratis – 86
CB: Iñigo Martínez – 84
CDM: Yaya Toure – 86
CDM: Maxime Gonalons – 85
CAM: Yunus Mallı – 82
RF: Suso – 81
ST: Cristiano Ronaldo – 96
ST: Harry Kane – 86
LF: Lorenzo Insigne – 85
Substitutes:
GK: Thomas Kessler – 74
CB: Nathan Aké – 74
ST: Jermain Defoe – 83
LM: Ádám Gyurcsó – 74
ST: Ortuño – 74
ST: Andrew Wooten – 74
ST: Kasper Dolberg – 74
CB: Milan Biševac – 81
RB: Darijo Srna – 84
CAM: Diego Buonanotte – 81
CM: Kessie – 74
ST: Artem Dzyuba – 82
These players are available in packs from Wednesday, 7 PM, until next Wednesday, November 30th, at 7 PM. After that, you can only acquire these special cards on the transfer market.
What is the TOTW anyway?
Every Wednesday, EA Sports reveals the Team of the Week in the “Ultimate Team” mode of their annual football simulation. This is also the case in FIFA 17. Players who performed exceptionally well in real football the previous week are rewarded with special cards that have enhanced attributes.
You can pull TOTW cards within a week from packs that may contain Rare (Gold) players. However, the chance is considered low. Additionally, you can buy these cards on the transfer market if they are offered by other players. However, their prices are usually extremely high.
At The Division, a survey hints at plans for Year 2. Apparently, Massive wants to orient itself more towards Destiny.
For a few days now, Ubisoft has been sending a survey via email to selected agents, asking them to answer several questions about The Division. Player feedback is crucial to improve the game further. We at Mein-MMO have also received this email and answered the questions. It is noticeable that: Massive shows an astonishing interest in Destiny.
“Why are you still playing Destiny?”
Bungie’s MMO shooter Destiny has been successful in this genre for over 2 years, has a loyal and passionate community, and is already working hard on a sequel for 2017. It’s no wonder that the developers of The Division are looking at the “competition” and want to know what makes Destiny so successful.
The survey initially asks general questions about the individual. How old are you, what entertainment hardware do you own, what games do you play apart from The Division? If you check Destiny here, the survey asks more specifically:
The first Destiny-specific question seeks to find out how you play the MMO shooter: Do you play Destiny solo, in co-op with friends, with random players, or do you primarily play PvP?
The second question regarding Destiny is especially interesting: Here, Ubisoft wants to know what keeps you in Destiny. Why do you still play it? Is it because you play it with your friends, because you want to create the perfect character build, because it’s just fun, because the loot system is motivating, or because there are so many ways to play the game?
Do the questions already refer to the “Year 2” contents?
It seems unlikely that Massive and Ubisoft are asking these questions to significantly change the last DLC of the “Year 1” content. This is likely already far along in development. It would be too late for fundamental changes now. “Last Stand” is set to appear on all platforms in early 2017.
More likely is, and that is what agents are currently speculating, that the responsible parties are already planning for the “Year 2” content or even a possible sequel, “The Division 2.”
The efforts that the developers have put into Update 1.4 to make The Division future-proof also show that after “Year 1” there should be no end yet. Major issues from the past have been resolved. The game is fun again. It would be surprising if Massive said after “Last Stand”: “That’s it!”By the way: The survey also addressed numerous other topics, such as the Dark Zone or the story missions. They wanted to know if the story was understandable and whether moral questions arose when killing enemies.
Finally, we should evaluate possible upcoming content, how important we find it. Here, new story missions, new game modes, gear sets, enemy types, PvP experiences, new environments (even a new city?) and a larger Dark Zone were mentioned.
It is possible that we will find one or the other mentioned aspect in the future in a “The Division 2”. However, this is not officially confirmed.
What do you think? Do you believe in a “The Division 2”?
The upcoming SF MMORPG Project Genom has disappeared from Steam. A programmer is said to be responsible, having extorted and defrauded the developers.
Unusual post from the developers of “Project Genom”: a tremendous press release is making the rounds. Allegedly, they are being extorted by an employee. This has now led to serious consequences: Project Genom is no longer listed on Steam.
The culprit is said to have sent Valve a nasty letter, which led to the exclusion of “Project Genom”.
Currently, we only know the version of the story told by the developers. It paints an unflattering picture of the alleged villain. And Team NeuronHaze is violating a “typical rule” that applies everywhere on the internet: No names, don’t name and shame.
Collecting money, working little, and then extortion
The employee is accused of several things:
He is said to have earned $1,600 a month while the rest of the team received less or nothing at all.
The programmer is said to have not worked because he urgently needed to repair his house. The team raised $3,800 so that he could have his house repaired by contractors and continue working on the code.
However, he did not do that; instead, he essentially did nothing, so they had to hire programmers.
Upon the release on Steam, he began to extort the team: if he did not receive 10% of the proceeds, he would write a complaint to Valve and ensure that the game disappeared from Steam.
Team NeuronHaze then agreed to pay him $23,600 by the end of 2016 – but the programmer never signed this agreement.
They themselves did nothing wrong, did not violate the agreement, and were still informed on November 22 that they would disappear from Steam.
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The Project Genom team calls the programmer a fraud, wants to sue him, and warns against collaborating with him. They want to continue working on the project and get it back on Steam as quickly as possible. They apologize to everyone who is currently trying to buy Project Genom on Steam: that’s not possible at the moment. However, those who have purchased it on Steam can continue to play it.
Serious accusations. Keep in mind: We currently only know one side of the story.
Update 24.11.: The drama is entering its second round. The programmer is presenting his side of the story. And there is an unexpected outcome regarding the Steam issue:
Blizzard has banned several raid guilds for defeating the boss Helya using an exploit. Now the guilds are responding.
The latest raid in World of Warcraft, the Trial of Valor, has now been cleared by the major raid guilds in mythic mode as well. However, not everything was done fairly. Some guilds, including Exorsus, From Scratch, and Limit exploited a bug to complete the final boss fight against Helya. Blizzard’s response took a little while but was clear: A temporary ban for all involved players. There has now been an official statement from the Limit guild:
“Before the mythic difficulty was released, we discovered that one particular breath [a boss mechanic of Helya] could be avoided if our tank died while casting the ability. We planned to use this to our advantage in phase 3 of the fight. To our surprise, we found that the boss never used the breath again in phase 3, whereas everything worked as usual in phase 1. Once we realized this, we reported the bug, contacted Watcher on Twitter, and knew that we were not allowed to kill the boss this way.
After we attempted roughly 300+ more times without exploiting this bug (and were very close to the kill), we heard that “From Scratch” and “Exorsus” killed the boss exactly with this bug – seemingly without consequences. We decided that since other guilds had now beaten us using this bug, we would give in and do the same. It took 5 more attempts before we finally killed Helya. Obviously, we deserve the ban; we exploited the breath.”
Cortyn says: I can understand that the race for a first kill is stressful and under pressure from various sides, but that is no justification or excuse for exploiting bugs. Especially this “the others did it too” mentality doesn’t sit well with me. Just because someone else messed up and hasn’t been punished so far, that shouldn’t be a justification for doing something similar. After all, the people from Limit are straightforward.
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You must gather resources to create tools with which you can search for food and defend yourself against dangerous animals. If you play on a PvP server, it is even necessary to defend yourself against other players. It is also possible to build your own structures, which may lead to creating entire cities together with other players.
It is not an MMORPG
You can enslave NPCs and make them do menial tasks or sacrifice them to deities who will then grant you wishes. Conan Exiles can be played in both single-player mode and online. Funcom states that it is not an MMORPG. Due to the survival aspect and because Funcom wants to tell an exciting story this time (not in the form of quests, but in the form of lore snippets that can be found everywhere), you will not interact with thousands of players in the world. For that, there is Age of Conan.
By the way, the stories of Age of Conan and Conan Exiles are not really connected. Both games are set in the same world, but Conan Exiles is not a sequel to Age of Conan. A new trailer is already preparing you for the great adventure.
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Master X Master is entering the big Alpha test soon and anyone who wants to participate can win one of 250 keys here. This will definitely get you into NCSoft’s genre mix, which should appeal to both MOBA and Coop PvE fans.
Master X Master is a colorful mix of a MOBA and a top-down coop shooter that you can play solo, with friends in coop, or against each other. Additionally, among the playable heroes are some familiar faces from NCSoft games like Lineage, Aion, WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul.
Get your Alpha key!
So far, there have only been short test weekends for Master X Master, but from 22.11. you can play the game for a week until 28.11. This includes not only the solo and coop game modes but also the MOBA mode “Titan Ruins.” And for those who play the “Titan Ruins” mode five times in this Alpha, there is an exclusive title that will still exist after release. But how do you get the keys?
It’s easy: You just need to enter your email address in the embedded text field below, and then you’ll receive a key via email. But only while supplies last. First come, first served.
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The giveaway is run through Godankey, data is not stored for commercial purposes but is only used for sending the keys via email. Participation is free and legal recourse is excluded. Have fun and good luck with the giveaway!
For those who still don’t know what Master X Master is supposed to be:
