The developers of Skyforge seem to be listening to their players, as an open letter addressed numerous questions from the community and revealed some details about the developers’ communication strategy.
Many developers assure their players that they respond to their questions and suggestions and take them seriously. However, how far this is true is often not always clear. The developers of Skyforge have responded to the most pressing questions from players in an open letter to the community and also explained that they are continuously working to bring the US/EU client to the same standard as the Russian version. Unfortunately, there are not always so many exciting news to report.
They are satisfied with the success in NA and EU and promise to use these new resources to surprise players with a new approach to the game by the end of the year.
The letter primarily addresses the topic of “Pantheon Wars” (the guild wars), which are not currently on the priority list. However, there will be 3vs3 PvP battles in the summer. Additionally, there are plans for more interplanetary travel and numerous other changes and innovations. You can read the full letter from Skyforge in German with all announcements and responses using the provided link.
In the upcoming Patch 6.12, the popular ARAM mode in League of Legends is getting a few changes!
Patch 6.11 has just hit the live servers, but the development team is already working hard on future changes in League of Legends (LoL). In ARAM mode, all players receive a random champion to play on a specially designed map. This map has only 1 lane where all 10 players meet.
To ensure this fun mode doesn’t meet the same fate as Dominion, the developers seemingly want to bring “fresh air” and have planned changes to items and buffs. Please note that these changes are currently on the PBE server and are not final yet.
New Aura: In the “Howling Abyss” you previously had an aura that granted increased mana regeneration, passive experience, and 50% reduced healing effects on allies. Additionally, this aura now grants 40% cooldown reduction!
The following items have been removed: Doran’s Blade, Doran’s Ring, Doran’s Shield, Ancient Coin, Nomad’s Medallion, Amulet of Ascension, Spellthief’s Edge, Frostfang, Queen’s Frost, Relic Shield, Targon’s Brace, Mountain Armor, Wicked War Axe, Arcane Tracker, Lightbringer, Entropy, Winter Orb, Horn of the Protector
The following items have been added:From these 3 items, you can only buy a maximum of 1 per champion. Additionally, the “Refillable Potion” and the “Corrupting Potion” have been added.
Changes to the Oracle’s Extract: The effect of this potion now lasts even through death. Additionally, it provides the function of the red trinket that shows you the shadows of enemies who are hiding in the bush.
Summoner Spell Clarity: This spell gets 2 changes in ARAM mode; 1. The mana restored to your own champion has been increased from 40% to 50% increased – 2. The mana restored to your allies has been reduced from 40% to 25% reduced.
Clear Path for Teemo in ARAM from League of Legends?!
If these planned changes really persist as they are currently on the PBE servers, then it will not only bring “Fresh Air” into ARAM games but also much more frustration (more than already), when facing a Teemo as an opponent. Only the Oracle’s Extract will then be able to unveil traps like those set by Teemo – and that is a huge buff for the little Yordle, who is already very strong in this mode.
Removing the support items is also a strong nerf for some champions because many survived (better) the early game because of them. I do not want to claim that the ARAM mode is “unplayable” without these items, but they are indeed hard changes.
Are you satisfied with these changes or do you think Riot is shooting itself in the foot with the latest changes (like the removal of Solo Queue)?
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At ARK: Survival Evolved, the 1st anniversary is now being celebrated. And what is better than dinosaur babies? Exactly, dragons.
Birthday Dragons and Permanent Diseases
It has now been more than a year since ARK: Survival Evolved made a huge splash on Steam and entered Early Access. To celebrate this properly, Studio Wildcard has released a new patch, now number 242.
For a week, there are celebrations in the game, featuring some unique elements. This includes festive clothing (suits and hats), which however causes your character to wander around the island quite naked. But with the start of summer, that seems to be no problem, right?
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A good birthday surely does not go without a cake, which is consequently available to eat in ARK. However, one must first find some candles, which can be found in the supply crates. For stuffing oneself with the cake, a hefty XP buff awaits, making leveling significantly easier – at least for a while.
Apart from that, the patch has also brought new content, which will remain in the game beyond the birthday. The raising of dino babies is now more interactive, allowing players to cuddle, take walks, and feed them by hand, which increases their affection when they eventually become adults. There are also diseases that persist even beyond a character’s death. Once infected, you must necessarily search for a cure or live with this condition forever.
In the MMO shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division, a video shows how long some PvP fights in the Dark Zone can last.
Since the conflict update, a new value called Toughness has been introduced, which reflects health and armor value and transparently shows players how robust they are against enemy bullets. Especially in the Dark Zone, many agents now swear by extremely high Toughness values and craft builds with “Toughness” beyond the magical 500k mark.
With this, they want to gain advantages over other agents, but also over the unpleasant NPCs. The motto is: Those who can take more, stay alive longer. However, when agents meet each other who all have high Toughness values, a confrontation can drag on.
This PVP battle lasts forever
The agent Yuri Weiner shows in the video a rather extensive fight against four rogue agents: He and a random other agent team up against the rogue group. What follows is probably one of the longest close-range PvP battles you have ever seen. Take a look:
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The community’s reactions to this video vary: Some “pro gamers” see a chance to make fun of the aim skills shown in the video. Others simply find it amusing and draw comparisons to airsoft guns. The video is definitely entertaining.
In the end – after some minutes of shooting – the two agents emerge victorious. The four rogues probably had less fun in this encounter.
What do you think of this video? How high is your agent’s Toughness?
In the new trailer, you can see how versatile the massive update for GTA 5 Online will be!
The new add-on for GTA 5 Online is already within reach, as it will be played on the servers and made accessible to fans on June 7, 2016. To get waiting players even more excited for the upcoming expansion, there is now an exciting trailer that increases the hype even more.
Further Adventures in Finance and Felony – Here’s what you can expect!
As the head of an entire empire, you will be able to dominate the online world of GTA 5 in the future. Whether you do this through the sale of jewelry or drugs is entirely up to you. But be careful, you will be living even more dangerously than before. Until now, other players as VIPs were after you, but as the head of an illegal empire, you will be facing other players and the police.
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As you can see in the trailer, you can expect not only cool new jobs but also interesting ways to spend your hard-earned money. For example, there is the new super sports car Pegassi Reaper that you can race in the future.
For about 11 days now, Overwatch has been available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Many of our readers are enjoying Blizzard’s first venture into the world of shooters. They are diligently scoring headshots with the sexy sniper Widowmaker, pushing payloads with Reinhardt, and letting the healing effects of music resonate with Lúcio. Now that the initial “launch hype” has died down, it’s time for a new round of questions: How do you like Overwatch? Are you still excited about the game? Did your enthusiasm set in only after a few days? Or are you disappointed? Feel free to discuss with us in the comments!
Cortyn says: Anything other than “Overwatch has completely captivated me” would be a lie. Blizzard has once again succeeded in creating a game that (with very few exceptions) appeals to all my friends. Whether they are a “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” fanatic or a casual “Europa Universalis” player, Overwatch is fun for player types of all kinds – at least in my circle.
In recent days, I have spent way too much time in the game and even neglected my RP a little – after all, I can justify that to my own conscience with “I’m basically researching for work.” Whether we are trying seriously to win a round or just unleashing total chaos with 6 Zaryas, starting a big “Power Rangers” party with 5 D.Vas in different colors – it’s enjoyable. As long as we play in a group, Overwatch is exactly what we have been wishing for. Pure fun.
Or to put it in the words of a good friend:“These are the golden days of Overwatch that we will remember later. When we played together with 6 people and were all in the same game together.”
Yes, such events have become rare. And yet, precisely because of this, Overwatch is definitely worth its money, as it brings everyone back together and has already created beautiful memories.
But enough about me, what is your opinion on Overwatch? Are you having fun and was the purchase worth it? Or do you belong to the faction that complains about the “lack of content” and regrets having “thrown money away”? Let us know in the comments!
The DLC Dark Brotherhood has been released for the PC version of the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online.
By purchasing the DLC, or if you have an active ESO Plus membership, you will receive the “Assassin” personality as a reward. With this personality, you can customize your appearance in the game. When activating the personality, your hero performs some new animations and behaves a bit differently. For example, he leans coolly against the wall and fiddles with his knife, which he also does when walking through the area. Or he cuts himself a piece of apple and eats it.
Act like an Assassin
“Personality” is a new feature through which you can give your hero in the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online more depth, as the emotes then reflect a certain personality. Of course, you can further emphasize the personality by giving your character appropriate clothing, items, and costumes. This way, you become an individual “Assassin”. You can see what this looks like in this video.
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More personalities will be introduced to the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online at later points in time, making them a sort of “collectible”. You will then decide which personality your hero should receive at what time.
This can only be the reveal of the next expansion, which is expected in the fall. After Atheon, Crota, and Oryx, the next enemy should soon be waiting for us – a raid is considered almost certain. We will accompany the stream on Mein-MMO.de with a live ticker.
So it’s likely that next week the Destiny fever will rise again! But for now, a cold-blooded player approaches, off to Xur.
All about Xur in Destiny on June 3rd, June 4th, and June 5th – Location and Inventory
When does Xur come and when does he leave?
Xur arrives on Friday, June 3rd at 11:00 AM in the Tower. He leaves 48 hours later, on Sunday, June 5th, at 11:00 AM.
Where is Xur?
Xur is on the balcony by the Speaker.
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As a Legacy Engram, there is this time a chest. Year 1 items with year 1 stats can be decoded. The Legacy Engram is meant for collectors; Xur wants 29 strange coins for it.
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Blizzard has done it again! The online shooter Overwatch, released on May 24, is a complete success.
As Blizzard has announced, there are now more than seven million players in the online game. This is an amazing number, considering that the game just went live a little over a week ago.
Blizzard can be rightfully proud
“Over the months and weeks leading up to the launch, we noticed a lot of love and support for Overwatch – from Blizzard gamers, FPS fans, and even from people who had never played a game like this before – and we are very grateful for the passion and enthusiasm from everyone,” says Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We worked hard to create this game – and a new game universe – that everyone can enjoy. We are excited about this successful launch and look forward to all the fun, competition, and new content that is still ahead of us.”
Since the launch, players have switched heroes 326 million times and transported 11 million payloads to their objectives on the battlefields. In total, more than 119 million hours of gameplay have been spent. Blizzard is also pleased that Overwatch is not only resonating with players but is also among the highest-rated games of the year. The press is very enthusiastic about the online game.
Andreas says:
Blizzard deserves congratulations for this success. Once again, the company has shown that it can take an already well-known game principle and turn it into something truly special that appeals not only to genre fans but to almost everyone.
Just like with World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, or Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard does not reinvent the wheel but gives it a better rounding and chrome rims – and is once again completely successful.
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The latest patch of Black Desert brings many new items to the shop and introduces new amenities for the players – and a major controversy.
No XP Loss for Players with Positive Karma
Black Desert received a new update on June 1, which has brought several innovations to the game. Especially the game’s shop has received numerous new additions, including many new furniture items, expansions for the various stables in the game world, and plenty of horse armor.
Crafters can rejoice that “Simple Cooking” and “Simple Alchemy” no longer consume energy (even if this is still reflected in the recipe costs).
The most important change of the patch primarily affects PvP fans. For those who have 0 karma or more on their account, they will no longer lose experience points when killed in PvP. This change does not apply to players with negative karma (specifically Gankers) – they still lose XP upon death. Many players see this as a major “gamebreaker” that would ruin the appeal of PvP and practically ensures that only “good” behavior in PvP is worthwhile – because who would want to play the villain when the freedom of the PvP system is taken away?
Nostalrius, the former private server of World of Warcraft, is facing new allegations. What is true about the accusations?
The developers of MaNGOS are considering a lawsuit
The story surrounding the closed private server of World of Warcraft, Nostalrius, seems to never end. Now other parties are getting involved.
As the online magazine Buffed reports, which claims to be in contact with a “Daniel” who, along with his team, holds the copyrights to the emulator software MaNGOS, the story around Nostalrius could develop into a much more complex legal dispute. The private server Nostalrius reportedly only operated thanks to the MaNGOS software, which underwent some modifications.
According to “Daniel”, the Nostalrius team now wants to resell the emulator’s data to Blizzard to prevent it from circulating – further private servers of this quality should be prevented. However, this creates another problem, as the MaNGOS software is also copyrighted, which would be violated upon selling the modified version.
“The interesting thing is that Nostalrius will likely sell that very emulator with some improvements (which in their scope do not create any copyright over the software as a whole) to Blizzard, thus not only violating Blizzard’s rights but also our copyright over the software, which we certainly will not accept.”
According to the email, the Nostalrius team is using the server’s data as a “basis for negotiation” to do business with Blizzard. According to Daniel, such deals are “normal” and have occurred with many server operators – although very little has come to the public’s attention.
Mein-MMO says: Whether there is really any truth to Daniel’s statements is hard to say. At least in recent years, there have been no publicly known cases of Blizzard buying the code from private servers to prevent it from being distributed online. Perhaps we will never know if these accusations hold any truth, but probably only after the Nostalrius team’s conversation with Blizzard in the coming days. Until then, this is all just unfounded speculation.
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At 9 a.m., the servers will be taken offline. They are expected to be down for three hours. By 12 p.m., agents should be able to restore order in Ubisoft’s MMO shooter.
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The following changes will be implemented during the work:
A bug will be fixed that prevents the daily high-level targets from resetting properly. When participating in a friend’s fireteam, if they take a HVT mission and it is completed together, the mission will be shown as completed when it becomes available again on future days.
Further adjustments have been made to the Mobile Cover, allowing players to glitch through certain walls. This skill has often resulted in strange glitches and serious exploits.
Furthermore, a bug will be fixed that allows agents to skip parts of the “Clear Sky” incursion.
In “Clear Sky,” more “Kill Volumes” will be added around Columbus Circle. Generally, “Kill Volumes” refer to areas that kill the player if they stay there too long. This aims to prevent agents from reaching places that can give them advantages and/or are not intended for the mission.
Additionally, Massive states: The Challenge Mode of “Clear Sky” will not be activated during this maintenance.
There is currently no specific information on when we can expect this new challenge.
Through “This week at Bungie,” they announced: We are planning a “Destiny Reveal Stream.” This will take place on Thursday, June 9, at 7:00 PM our time. We will accompany this with a live ticker on Mein-MMO – unless the sky falls on our heads.
At Bungie, they say it will be about the dangers that the Guardians will encounter next. And they promise an exciting news week, otherwise, they have been keeping quiet lately, as is often the case.
We have compiled the theories about the new expansion “Rise of Iron” for you, based on a “leaked” promotional image (above). Neither Bungie nor Activision have officially confirmed this, but sources close to them have said: Yes, this is authentic.
The pantheon of SMITE is gaining new members again, the dragon god Fafnir is joining the fray with the next patch.
Fafnir, the Lord of Shimmering Gold
Currently, the newest god Fafnir is playable on the SMITE test server. The dwarf-like warrior has a special form of ultimate ability, as he can temporarily transform into a powerful dragon and thus assume his true form.
Let’s take a brief look at Fafnir’s abilities:
The passive trait Endless Greed grants Fafnir 4 additional gold coins when killing minions, structures, and gods. Depending on the amount of gold he carries, Fafnir’s defensive values increase.
With Curse Strength, Fafnir throws his hammer in a straight line forward, damaging all enemies in its path. Upon hitting the first enemy god, the hammer stops, stunning the target for one second, and then creates an aura around the target for 3 seconds that slows nearby enemies. In dragon form, this attack deals more damage and reduces the target’s defenses.
Coerce enhances an ally and massively increases their attack speed for 5 seconds while healing himself. As long as the spell is active, Fafnir deals bonus damage to the target of the allied god whenever he strikes. In dragon form, this spell can enhance multiple allies at once.
Fafnir’s jump is Underhanded Tactics. After jumping to a target area (which deals damage), all enemy targets in front of him are disarmed for 2 seconds. In dragon form, Fafnir can jump much further, deals more damage, and stuns the first enemy hero in front of him for 2 seconds.
The ultimate ability Draconic Corruption transforms Fafnir into his dragon form. During the animation, Fafnir is unselectable as a target. After the transformation, all nearby enemies are poisoned and take damage. His auto-attack is now a dragon breath that deals more damage but cannot trigger item effects. Fafnir can maintain the dragon form for a while to also benefit from the bonuses of the other abilities.
Skins and Balancing Changes
As usual, a new patch comes with new skins. The biggest highlights this time go to the female characters of SMITE. Aphrodite receives the “Aphra Kadabra” skin, in which she distributes her scandalous love potions as a sexy witch (with a naughty voice pack). Skadi puts aside her war equipment and trades her wolf Kaldir for a St. Bernard, with which she searches the ski slopes of the gods for the unfortunate – in the new “Ski Patrol” skin.
Finally, there are some small balance changes, as Kukulkan can now escape more easily. Ratatoskr and Raijin suffer a bit of damage reduction, and He-Bo can enjoy a reduction in his mana costs.
The patch 3.10 named “Dwarven Corruption” is set to be released on June 7th.
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The bot is supposed to provide a “Maphack”, among other things.
Bossland has been in the crosshairs of Blizzard for years, specializing in “helper programs” and bots for Blizzard’s games. They also made a big entry into Overwatch. You can be sure of Blizzard’s attention: for 6 years they have been litigating against each other in German courts. Soon the BGH is expected to issue a ruling.
In China, convicted cheaters are even publicly exposed
6 days after the newest “product”, a cheat program for Overwatch, is in circulation, Blizzard has likely discovered it and banned many users. In the forum of the “bot provider”, they speak of a first wave of bans on June 2, which many apparently fell victim to. Although everyone knows the risk, they acknowledge it was a quick ban.
Also in China, where the program is first making the rounds, cheaters have been caught. 1572 people, to be exact. The account names were publicly put on a virtual pillory.
A user notes in the Bossland forum almost comfortingly: It is currently hard for Bossland. Apparently, Blizzard is going hard against the company.
Allegedly, even repurchasing Overwatch does not help – banned is banned
For the caught cheaters, there seems to be no mercy. According to reports, there are neither opportunities for appeal nor anything else. And even the purchase of a new game is said, according to information from pcgamer, not to help; apparently, once caught sinners are banned again – Blizzard must somehow determine this via the hardware ID, it is speculated.
With the help of SpatialOS, a new high-tech simulation system, the world of Chronicles of Elyria is to be populated with hundreds of thousands of players, NPCs, and mobs.
In this context, Jeromy Walsh (Soulbound CEO) explained that he has been working on an architecture for years, which he now applies to Chronicles of Elyria. Furthermore, they aim to acquire as much middleware as possible, so they don’t have to develop everything themselves.
And this is where the newly announced partnership with the technology company Improbable and their SpatialOS comes into play.
In-game screenshots of an early design of the later player cities
Improbable is the developer of a new high-tech simulation system called SpatialOS, “which enables other developers to create simulations populated by millions of complex objects (such as mobs and NPCs); and at the same time allows game worlds and other simulated environments to run effortlessly on thousands of servers in the cloud.”
Thanks to the survival aspect of the game, cities hold special significance
By placing these complicated technical aspects in the hands of specialists and focusing on the creation and support of the “core server features”, the team from Soulbound Studios can now fully concentrate on the essential gameplay mechanics of the sandbox MMORPG.Jeromy Walsh explains with reference to the new tech:
“Many of you have asked how we plan to implement our goal of populating the largest game world ever created in a game with hundreds of thousands of players and NPCs. This is how!” With the help of SpatialOS, we can achieve our goal faster, and all of this even with a significantly smaller team.”
But this was not the only highlight of this week, as a new tech preview video for Chronicles of Elyria was released, introducing character interactions with the game world, following the last video on weather and snow:
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Matthias says: “A burnt child fears the fire,” and that applies to me as well; I have seen too much in all these years. Somehow, SpatialOS reminds me a lot of Storybricks AI, which promised something similar for EQNext on a smaller scale.
On the other hand, SpatialOS already makes a much better impression, as while Storybricks was more the ambitious idea of a small indie team that previously failed on Kickstarter, SpatialOS is a development already in its final testing phase of a 90-person company that has millions in backing.
And that this is not just pure “PR talk” is also proven by some other ongoing projects, such as Worlds Adrift and Ion, where Improbable’s technology is already being utilized, and whose developers are as enthusiastic as the Soulbound team.
New artwork of a demon. These are expected to play an important role in Elyria!
Chromie from Heroes of the Storm has been improved. She had one of the lowest win rates in the game.
More Life and Strength for Chromie
After the release of a new hero in Heroes of the Storm, they are rarely well-balanced right away. Almost always, adjustments need to be made a few weeks later to ensure the hero does not appear too strong or too weak. The same fate has now befallen Chromie, who experienced her first balance patch on the night of June 2. This was desperately needed, as Chromie had one of the worst starts ever in HotS with a win rate of just under 30%.
And here are the changes in detail:
The hit points have been increased from 1128 (+4% per level) to 1160 (+4% per level), with health regeneration adjusted accordingly.
The damage of Sand Blast has been increased by 3%, and the cooldown has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
The damage of Dragon Breath has been increased by nearly 8%, and the cooldown has been reduced from 14 seconds to 12 seconds.
Along with these changes, the talents have also been adjusted.
Möbius Loop (Level 6) now reduces the cooldown of Dragon Breath by only 40% instead of 50%. Therefore, the cooldown is still lower than before the patch (6 seconds instead of 7).
Anachronism (Level 6) now slows the enemy by 50%, instead of the previous 40%.
Sandstorms (Level 15) increases the damage after hitting with Sand Blast by 8% (previously 10%) and now stacks only up to 40% (previously 50%).
Wandering Dune (Level 15) reduces the cooldown of Sand Blast by only 0.75 seconds (previously 1 second). Together with the change mentioned above, it is still an improvement.
Quantum Acceleration (Level 15) now only increases ability damage by 20% instead of 25%.
In summary, the changes seem to balance each other out. Whether this truly brings Chromie closer to a 50% win rate remains to be seen. Generally, it is normal for a “complicated” character like Chromie to have a lower win rate, as she has a fairly high “skill cap” and tends to reach her full potential with experienced players.
A buff for Illaoi, changes to Trinity Force and new skins in Patch 6.11 at League of Legends.
In Patch 6.11, many changes are being made in League of Legends (LoL). Not only champions are being changed, but also items. For example, the popular Trinity Force is being modified to no longer provide critical strike chance, but offers more attack speed and cooldown reduction. Additionally, there will again be a special shop for your accounts, featuring exclusive skin offers!
In recent patches, Azir has always been one of the best champions for the mid lane. His abilities have now been adjusted to match the new mages in the middle.
W – Rise Up: Can no longer be used to deal direct damage to towers.
R – Imperial Phalanx: Duration reduced from 5/6/7 seconds to a constant 3 seconds.
Allies also no longer gain additional movement speed when passing through the wall.
Ekko – NERF!
With these changes, the AP scaling of the individual abilities is improved and the base damage is reduced. As a result, tank Ekko’s deal less damage, while AP Ekko can showcase his potential. Furthermore, he is meant to be “more vulnerable” so he feels more like a mage than a tank or bruiser.
Passive – Z-Drive Resonance: Cooldown on the same target increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
Q – Timewinder: AP scaling when thrown increased from 0.1 to 0.2.
Damage when returning reduced from 60/85/110/135/160 to 40/65/90/115/140.
W – Parallel Convergence: Stun duration reduced from 2.25 seconds to 1.75 seconds.
R – Chronobreak: Damage reduced from 200/350/500 to 150/300/450.
AP scaling increased from 1.3 to 1.5.
Illaoi – BUFF!
Currently, playing as Illaoi can be quite challenging. Sure, if you hit 5 people with your ultimate, usually no one leaves the battlefield alive, but it can be tough if you fall behind. With these changes, while you still need to be cautious about Illaoi’s positioning in fights, you can now benefit more from defensive items.
Q – Tentacle Smash: The scaling of tentacle damage with bonus attack damage (0/0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4) has been removed. The ability now increases tentacle damage by 10/15/20/25/30%.
W – Harsh Lesson: This ability no longer deals 15/35/55/75/95 damage + 1.1 attack damage but now scales with the target’s maximum health. The attack now deals 1.0 attack damage + 3/3.5/4/4.5/5% of the target’s maximum health (+ an additional 2% per 100 attack damage).
E – Soul Check: Slow duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds. The slow no longer decreases over time but remains constant.
Lucian – NERF!
The marksman, often referred to as the “I’m gonna punch you in the face” champion of LoL, is losing range and damage. Developers are unhappy that he can deal such high damage from a distance without putting himself at risk.
Q – Piercing Light: Beam range reduced from 1100 to 900.
Scaling with bonus attack damage reduced from 0.6/0.75/0.9/1.05/1.2 to 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0.
W – Flame Chompers: Range reduced from 1000 to 900.
Zed – NERF!
In the last patches, being an opponent of Zed has not been particularly easy. Ideally, he should be a melee assassin, but he dealt too much damage from a long range. If you do not hit multiple shurikens now, you will deal less damage to opponents.
Q – Razor Shuriken: Damage reduced from 75/115/155/195/235 to 70/105/140/175/210.
Scaling with attack damage reduced from 1.0 to 0.9.
Damage per additional shuriken increased from 50% to 75%.
Item Changes and Skins in Patch 6.11 for League of Legends
For a long time, Trinity Force has been considered the item for the so-called “tons of damage” – but with these changes, will there only be “kilos of damage”? Upon closer inspection, the developers at RiotGames agreed that TriForce should be modified.
Items to Combine: The TriForce will no longer be built from Zeal, Sheen, and Phage, but from Stinger, Sheen, and Phage.
Total Cost: With the new building cost and the reduced cost of Stinger, the TriForce now costs 3733 gold instead of 3800 gold.
Attack Speed: More daggers lead to more speed – instead of 15% now 40%.
Cooldown Reduction: Instead of 10%, there is now 20% cooldown reduction for the holder of the TriForce.
Critical Strike Chance: Without Zeal, there is no critical strike chance anymore: from 20% to 0%.
New skins are also set to be released in Patch 6.11 – although they will not be available immediately at the start of the patch, they will be activated during the patch and be available in the shop. In the image you see: El Leon Gnar, El Macho Mundo and El Rayo Volibear.
You can view the complete patch notes with all changes to champions and items on the official League of Legends website.
In Overwatch there are some unresolved questions. A series of “Mythbuster” videos now provide clarity and deliver exciting results.
Do 2 Lucios heal more than one? Can Torbjörn’s turrets consume medkits?
At first glance, most mechanics in Overwatch seem completely clear and understandable. However, if you think a little longer about certain abilities and effects, and how they might interact with each other in combination, then there are some interesting thought experiments. To spare players from constantly questioning whether a newly requested mech from D.Va can crush another player, the YouTube channel “DefendTheHouse” has taken on various myths surrounding Overwatch and rigorously tested them.
In the first episode, several intriguing questions are posed:
Can Tracer “time travel” through a destroyed teleporter?
Do 2 Lucios heal more than one?
Do 2 Mercys heal more than one?
Can Reinhardt move an exploding mech from D.Va?
Can Torbjörn’s turrets pick up medkits?
You can find the answers to these and more questions in the video.
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In the meantime, a second video has also been released, which also offers some exciting insights and shows a few tricks for advanced players. For example, D.Va is capable of simply blocking the arrow from Hanzo’s ultimate ability “Dragons”. Also amusing is D.Va’s ability to call in a new mech – if timed correctly, the arrival of the new mech can even damage and kill an enemy player. These and other mysteries are revealed in the second video.
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Blizzard weaves World of Warcraft with the novels and brings a nice detail to the Dalaran of Legion.
Kinndy Sparkshine lives on – in the lanterns of Dalaran
In the Warcraft novel “Tides of War” by Christie Golden, part of the backstory of “Mists of Pandaria” is told. The story mainly revolves around the significant plot that drives Garrosh Hellscream to drop a mana bomb on the human city of Theramore, to wipe out many leaders of the Alliance at once. Jaina Proudmoore, the ruler of the city, barely survives this attack. Since then, she has developed a burning hatred for the Horde. Numerous members of the Alliance perished in this attack, and the city was completely ruined.
One of these victims is the gnome Kinndy Sparkshine, who was Jaina’s student and was prophesied to have a great future due to her magical talent.
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In the book, Kinndy’s death is dramatic – the power of the mana bomb ruins her body so much that it crumbles to a pile of purple sand when Jaina touches it – this moment is considered the point where Jaina came a good deal closer to “madness.”
Kinndy was the daughter of Windle Sparkshine, who is responsible for the lighting of the mage city Dalaran. In Legion, Windle Sparkshine can still be found in the city, and every evening at dusk, he goes from lantern to lantern to light the lamps of the city. A special detail has now caught the players’ eye, as the shimmering figure of a cheerful, dancing gnome – Kinndy Sparkshine – momentarily appears above the lanterns when lighting them. Her father honors his fallen daughter this way and continues to let her smile be “The Light of the City.”
Cortyn says: For exactly such details, I greatly appreciate the world of World of Warcraft. I wish that even more details from the novels would find their way into Azeroth; it’s always wonderful when the different works intertwine.
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