Complaining Wednesday: Are games still allowed to be hard?

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

Have a nice Wednesday and so on. You have no idea how much Schuhmann suffers under such a lame introductory sentence, but my column, my rules! Without further ado, I want to get straight to the point: The expectations in and from games.

When reading interviews with developers over the past few years, the “Exit Point” has come up repeatedly and how to avoid them. This refers to a situation in a game that causes a player to log out and never return. While it makes sense to keep such exit points to a minimum, it also creates significant issues on the other hand.

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Content too difficult? Often a possible Exit Point.

Sure, there are “Exit Points” that can be avoided, such as problems during installation, complicated account setup, and so on. But especially in game design, such an “Exit Point” often poses a challenge. When I look back (a long, long time ago), what made me refrain from starting a Batman game on the Super Nintendo for a long time? Right, big challenges that I couldn’t overcome even after hours. Or that one level in Super Mario where the countdown was so tight. Grr. To put it more dramatically (also often referred to as “clickbaiting” in modern terms): For a game to have no Exit Points, it must not have difficult challenges.

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In Black Desert, not much is explained and much is overwhelming – surprisingly exciting.

What one often forgets in my view is: Too few challenges are also an Exit Point, at least for me.

That’s why – at least I suspect – a game like Black Desert as an MMORPG or Witcher 3 as an RPG is currently very successful. Many players long for not understanding things immediately, having to set off on their own, or simply spending time on something to understand it in all its facets.

Calm streaming or exciting challenge?

I don’t just want to complain (okay, caught: yes, I do!), because I also see that companies somehow need to make money and a satisfied customer is a paying customer. Who becomes desperate in a game and cannot progress, will likely not be very satisfied in the long run.

I also wouldn’t make a simple classification like “Casual = no challenge” and “Core gamer = super hard.” Because even “casuals” like to crack a nut and want to be challenged, and some core gamers would like to be guided to reach the next goal more or less directly. The question is more of an individual nature, whether you want to be “streamed” by a game or want to be challenged – relaxation can certainly provide both.

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With the separation of LFR and Mythic, players are accommodated – yet both are devalued.

I believe that in today’s time the balancing act between these two groups is hardly doable anymore. WoW (as just one example) tries it with “LFR vs. Mythic”, but even with this solution, not everyone is satisfied (though I consider it the currently best option).

What do you think? Do you want to be challenged by games and are willing to accept a few “Exit Points” for it? Or do you have a solution on how to address all player types?

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Pokémon Go: Erstes Gameplay-Material

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In the upcoming mobile game Pokémon Go, a video has been released showing the first images of the gameplay. We take a look at it.

A video has appeared on YouTube showing first playable scenes from Pokémon Go. The subtitle of the video indicates that these are excerpts from a presentation by CEO John Hanke (not shown) at this month’s SxSW event. Attendees were invited to a short preview of the upcoming mobile Pokémon title from developer Niantic.

Apparently, filming was done diligently:

https://youtu.be/eHgCmnVvfTI

You can see first gameplay scenes from Pokémon Go, where a Bulbasaur is caught with a Poké Ball. This ball needs to be thrown precisely and well-timed so that you don’t miss the wild Pokémon.

Pokémon Go relies on Augmented Reality

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Pokémon Go will be an augmented reality title. Unlike virtual reality, which creates a completely virtual environment, AR inserts digital elements into your actual environment in real-time. Thus, the entire world is intended to become your playing landscape. For everyone who found Kanto, Johto, etc. too small, Pokémon Go now offers our entire globe.

You will walk around with your smartphone in hand not just to catch the monsters; you can also trade them and engage in battles. The following video is meant to give you an impression of what your experience with Pokémon Go will look like:

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According to the developers, a field test will take place in Japan before Pokémon Go will be available worldwide for iOS and Android later this year.

Will you catch them all?

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Blade and Soul: Offline – So lange dauern die Wartungsarbeiten am 23.3. – Patchnotes auf Deutsch

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In the Free2Play MMORPG Blade and Soul, the first major expansion is coming today on March 23. How long will the servers be down?

As NCSoft reports, the maintenance will last approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes today. The servers should be back up around 4:15 PM our time. Blade & Soul could be playable again, if everything goes according to plan.

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Today, with the Silverfrost Mountains, the first truly major expansion from Korea is arriving: it raises the level cap of Blade and Soul to level 50, introduces 8 new dungeons, raids, an ice continent, and much more. NCSoft is really ramping up efforts to bridge the gap with the Korean version.

Here are the patch notes in German for Silverfrost Mountains from NCSoft – in addition to the “highlights,” numerous balance changes are also listed.

We presented the Silverfrost Mountains patch in this article.

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The Division: Blueprints of the Phoenix Credits Dealers – Are there new ones coming?

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In The Division, the Phoenix Credit vendors always have the same blueprints after the weekly restocks. Is this intended?

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The agents in The Division are currently a bit concerned about the restock of the vendors: The Phoenix Credit vendors in the Dark Zone and the Operations Base offer the same blueprints after their reset every Saturday as they did the previous week. Is this intended?

During the last “State of the Game” that streamed on Twitch during yesterday’s maintenance, developers from Massive discussed the patch notes 1.0.2 and answered questions from the community. This also included the inventory of the vendors – specifically regarding the blueprints.

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The team stated about this monotonous supply of blueprints from the Phoenix Credit vendors that this is currently by design: Hamish Bode, the Community Developer, confirmed that it is intentional for the blueprints not to change during the vendor reset. All other items that are not blueprints would be replenished with each restock.

However, it was immediately added that more blueprints for the Phoenix Credit vendors are “on the way”. Further information will follow before these blueprints are released.

When and to what extent this will happen was not stated. Presumably, we will have to enjoy the old blueprints for a while longer. Perhaps fresh crafting materials will come with the April update. More info on the Year 1 content of The Division can be found here.

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Destiny: What weapons master Banshee-44 has on Weapons Day, March 23.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny , the gunsmith Banshee-44 has a selection of weapons available for ordering and pickup.

Wednesday is weapon day at Destiny. We take a look at Banshee-44, who can also distribute exotic weapons to players, or rather, somewhat elaborate quests that then result in exotic weapons. The prerequisite is that he likes you well enough. And to gain his favor, you must test these weapons for him.

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These are the 5 test weapons in Destiny this week

  • A Suros auto rifle craves precision kills.
  • With the Häkke pulse rifle, you need to land precision hits.
  • A Suros rocket launcher wants to enter the Crucible.
  • The Häkke shotgun targets Cabal.
  • A sniper rifle, also from Häkke, wants double kills.
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These 5 weapons you can order this week

The most interesting weapon this week is the Suros Ari-41, an auto rifle with relatively high stability and low impact. That could be worth picking up.

The fusion rifle Thesan FR4 is also worth taking, should Bungie really change the balance. High impact, high stability.

The pulse rifle Herja-D is probably not that exciting unless Bungie boosts pulse rifles in the spring.

And then there are the two rocket launchers JLB-42 and JLB-47. If there is still demand at the moment, you should choose the 47 – better stats.

Recommendation: Suros Ari-41 and Thesan FR4. At the moment, probably not many people “need” a new weapon “right now”, but these investments could pay off in the future – In mid-April, a new patch will arrive that should also reshuffle the weapon balance.

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These weapons you can pick up this week with these rolls

An Arminius-D comes with Persistence, Partial Refund, and Reinforced Frame. Not a god roll, but decent.

The Suros Dis-47 comes with Perfect Balance, Hidden Hand, and Hand-Laid Stock.

An Thesan FR4 comes with Hotswap, Reinforced Frame, and Eye of the Storm or Under Pressure – a decent roll as well.

The pulse rifle Suros PDX-45 comes with Unrelenting, Oiled Frame/Adaptive Stock; Snapshot/Smallbore.

The Uffern HC comes with Mulligan, Triple Tap, and Precision Frame. That’s a decent roll.

In the video, you can see the rolls for Arminius-D, Suros Dis-47, Uffern HC, the Lyudmila-D, and the Suros PDX-45. These were the 5 weapons from last week.

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League of Legends: Die wichtigsten Buffs und Nerfs in Patch 6.6

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In the new patch for RiotGames Moba League of Legends there are again some heroes facing adjustments.

Also in the past weeks, there have been several champions on the various maps of League of Legends that have been labeled as “overpowered” and were almost a permanent ban. With the new patch 6.6, some champions will be “balanced” and adjusted to the game.

Changes to champions in the new patch of League of Legends

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Cho’Gath:

  • Devour (R) – Bonus health per stack increased from 90/120/150 to 100/140/180. A surprising change for the players of LoL, as the friendly dinosaur Cho’Gath is already quite solid in the current game. With this buff, he will certainly be a popular alternative to other champions in the Rift or on other maps in the coming weeks.

Ekko: 

  • Z Drive Resonance (Passive) – Movement speed increased from 40%/50%/60%/80% to 50%/60%/70%/80%. A small buff for Ekko, which is overall just a minor improvement.
  • Phase Dive (E) – Cooldown reduced from 13/11.5/10/8.5/7 seconds to 11/10/9/8/7 seconds. Individually, this buff is also fairly minor. However, in combination, these two improvements are quite strong.
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Janna:

  • Eye of the Storm (E) – The bonus damage granted by the shield has been reduced from 14/23/32/41/50 damage to 10/17.5/25/32.5/40. The developers cited this nerf because Janna is not only a good protector through her abilities but also a strong attacker.
  • Monsoon (R) – The disable duration of this ability has been reduced from 0.75 seconds to 0.5 seconds.

Nidalee:

  • Prowl (Passive) – When “Hunting Monsters” is active, monsters are no longer rooted. A rather minor change that mainly affects junglers.
  • Leap (W) – Fury Strikes no longer resets Nidalee’s basic attack. However, the base damage of Leap was increased from 50/100/150/200 to 65/100/155/200. Overall, rather negative changes for Nidalee, which will likely make jungling a bit harder.

Shyvana:

  • Twin Bite (Q) – The scaling of this ability was significantly reduced on the earlier ranks. Originally scaling from 180%/185%/190%/195%/200%, Twin Bite now scales with only 140%/155%/170%/185%/200% total attack damage. Anyone who has faced Shyvana in League of Legends recently or played her will have noticed that her damage is indeed relatively high. With this adjustment, her early game is now easier for opponents to handle.

Items like the ZZ’Rot Portal have also been significantly revised in League of Legends

Enchant: Runeglaive – Base damage reduced from 80 to 60. One of the most popular jungler items recently is now getting a significant nerf.

Titanic Hydra – Attack damage reduced from 50 to 35. The values of the Titanic Hydra were rather suited for an all-rounder item that could somehow be used in every situation – the defensive values are retained.

ZZ’Rot Portal:

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  • Armor reduced from 60 to 55.
  • Magic resistance reduced from 60 to 55.
  • The health of the Void Gate reduced from 300-1200 to 5. (Yes, really 5!)
  • Gold for destroying the Void Gate increased from 25 gold to 50 gold.

The health points of the portal now behave like a pink eye. So the 5 health points must be dealt with in 5 attacks. However, it regenerates these points if it has not been attacked for 5 seconds. In addition, there is now a clear symbol on the minimap.

These were not all patch notes, but if you want to know what happened to Fiora, Jayce, Kalista, or the Tiamat item, you can read the patch notes for the LoL patch 6.6 on the official website. Here you can find the official League of Legends website with all patch notes.

What do you think of the changes? Who do you think deserves a buff or nerf?

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Black Desert: Server offline on 23.3. – Lengthy maintenance work [Update: Extended]

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In the fantasy MMORPG Black Desert, the servers will be down for extended maintenance on March 23rd.

Since 9:00 AM, the Black Desert servers have been down, and the game is inaccessible. The reason is lengthy maintenance work. It is expected to last until 5:00 PM.

For those thinking a major patch is being deployed, perhaps even the new zone Mediah, they are mistaken: This is about improving the network, increasing bandwidth, and reducing latency – effectively reducing lag. There will likely be no changes to the game itself.

Update: The maintenance has been extended by 2 hours. The servers are expected to remain down until 7:00 PM. Daum apologizes for the delay.

We recently reported on the plans Daum has for Black Desert after its successful launch in Europe and America.

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Black Desert: Wie geht das mit Arbeitern, Knotenpunkten und Housing? – Video-Guide

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time < 1 minutes

In a video guide, Youtuber Refaser highlights how you can really take off with workers and nodes in Black Desert.

Unlike many other representatives of the MMORPG genre, Black Desert has a very large number of features that are not only quite complex but are also only slightly explained by the game. How convenient it is that we have our Youtuber Refaser, who takes the time for newcomers and explains in a detailed video guide how you can celebrate your first successes in one of the more extensive systems.

In Black Desert, you can not only craft and gather resources yourself, but also hire workers to do it for you.

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This time, he is primarily dealing with the various workers you can hire in the game, what nodes are in the world, and above all, how you should plan your housing placement in the various towns to avoid facing serious problems shortly after.

There’s also beer involved. Because that makes tired workers lively again!

You can find more news and articles about the game on our Black Desert theme page.

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The Division: Tips for an “OP” Caduceus Build – Will You Become a Super-Agent Like This?

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 3 minutes

In The Division, Schorri TV gives you tips and tricks on how to create an “OP” Caduceus build. You will need the assault rifle Caduceus, the right skills, and a special backpack.

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In the endgame of The Division, players strive for increasingly powerful agents. There are various ways to upgrade the agent to match your playstyle. The YouTuber Schorri TV presents his build and shows you tips and tricks you might not have thought of. We want to start with a trick on how to run around Manhattan with significantly more ammunition.

How to Have More Ammunition in The Division

There is a trick in The Division that allows you to have almost twice as much ammunition as before. The best build is of little use if ammunition runs out and you can only use your sidearm. This is not a glitch or bug, but a cool backpack: the Police Backpack.

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To get this backpack, you need to have pre-ordered the game. Then you can pick it up at the rewards vendor in the operations base. This backpack has a nice bonus of +75% ammunition capacity.

However, the Police Backpack of the “Standard” tier has a low armor value, making it not recommended to carry it in combat. But that’s not necessary: it’s enough to equip this backpack when picking up ammunition from ammo crates. Then you can switch back to your “normal” backpack and continue playing with 75% more ammo. This way, your agent won’t run out of firepower so quickly.

How to Create an OP Caduceus Build in The Division

Since Schorri TV’s build is heavily focused on the assault rifle Caduceus, it is to be viewed as a Caduceus build. This “OP build” looks as follows:

Here are his high-end weapons:

  • Primary: Caduceus
  • Secondary: Midas – You can learn more about the Midas in The Division here.
  • Sidearm: PF 45 – Custom 
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These weapons, especially the Caduceus, also influence the selection of attributes he focuses on:

  • Firearms: 1918 (Primary DPS: 124099)
  • Stamina: 1989 (Health points 61870)
  • Electronics: 1965 (Skill power 22.106)

He has skill points in this way to utilize all the talents of his weapons. These require a certain number of attributes to be unlocked.

These are the skills of this build:

  • The individual skill can be anything: When he is alone, he takes the medical one; in a group, the security one.
  • First Aid with the “Injection Mod”: This not only heals the user but also temporarily increases damage.
  • Seeker Mine with the “Air Detonation Mod”: The mine releases a multitude of small incendiary bombs upon reaching the target.

The seeker mine with this mod really heats things up for enemies, especially with the support of the following talents:

  • Burning: The burning status effect has a 30% chance to also trigger on enemies within 10 meters.
  • Chain Reaction: If multiple enemies take damage from an explosion, damage is increased by 40%.
  • For healing talents, he takes Rescue Medicine and Counter.
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You can find all skills in The Division here in the overview.

This build is entirely focused on the Caduceus to unlock its talents and ensure they shine. Because, according to Schorri TV, this weapon has an “OP Talent”: Cool Head.

This talent reduces all skill cooldowns by 5.5% on headshot hits. This allows you to use skills quickly one after the other – in this case, the seeker mine, which inflicts significant damage thanks to the talents.

It’s “incredible how it works and how quickly your skills are ready again.” Half a magazine in the head, and you can already throw the next mine. Therefore, he has placed a lot of importance on being able to use this talent effectively. And with the trick of increased ammunition, you have almost 1000 shots available with the Caduceus.

In the following, you can check out the video by Schorri TV:

https://youtu.be/DP15j2g-DdI

This build is suitable for both the Dark Zone and PvE. What do you think of this OP Caduceus build?

Do you need tips for a solo build in The Division. You will find it here.

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Doom: These 6 multiplayer modes are available in the shooter for adults

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

Bethesda Softworks has introduced the multiplayer modes of the upcoming shooter Doom.

Many shooter fans are already really excited about Doom. The multiplayer part promises fast-paced and tactical action. Now it is also clear in which modes you can compete against other players.

These modes include:

  • Soul Harvest – This is a team deathmatch variant where you earn points not by kills, but by collecting the souls of eliminated enemies. It is even possible to collect souls from your own team, which does not grant points, but can prevent those souls from falling into enemy hands.
  • Freeze Tag – In this mode, you must freeze your opponents and make sure to unfreeze your frozen teammates. If you shoot the sliding ice blocks into deadly traps, you can eliminate an enemy in this way. If all players on a team are frozen, that team loses.
  • Warpath – This is a type of “King of the Hill”, where the location you need to capture is constantly moving. By capturing and holding a control point, you earn points over time. With a certain number of points, you win.
  • Domination – Your task is to capture and control up to three stationary control points. The longer you hold a point, the more points you earn. A demon rune will appear on the map, allowing you to transform into a particularly strong demon.
  • Team Deathmatch – This is the well-known and classic multiplayer mode that is enhanced by a constantly appearing demon rune.
  • Clan Arena – Also a classic game mode where the goal is simply to eliminate enemies as quickly as possible. However, there are no respawns and no demon runes. If the time runs out before a team is completely eliminated, the team with the most surviving players wins.
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In these exciting multiplayer modes, you can dive in when the shooter Doom is released on May 13, 2016 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One – in an uncut version for ages 18+.

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Final Fantasy XIV and Phantasy Star Online 2 are Under One Roof

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PSO2 and FFXIV are working together to delight fans with some references from each other’s games. We have the details.

If two MMORPGs really, really love each other…

Many games initiate so-called cross-promotions with each other, offering a little mutual recognition and, of course, generating quite a bit of customer traffic. In Japan, we are now seeing a rather unusual collaboration, as the developers of Final Fantasy XIV and Phantasy Star Online 2 (whether this will ever appear here – who knows) are putting their heads together to work on a small collaboration.

The infamous boss Odin from the Final Fantasy franchise makes an appearance in the world of Phantasy Star Online, offering players an exciting boss fight  – according to the video, also with an “Instant Kill” ability, as Odin had in many installments of the series. Players can earn various costumes of the Miqo’te.

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At least for Phantasy Star Online 2, such things are more or less traditional; earlier, there were similar events with Tales of Zestiria or Valkyria Chronicles.

What kind of promotion they intend to offer in return in Final Fantasy XIV, and whether this will also come to Europe, is not yet known. The event is scheduled for the upcoming summer.

For more news and articles about Square Enix’s MMORPG, you can find it on our Final Fantasy XIV theme page.

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SMITE Contest: 3 Big Skin Packages to Grab!

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We are giving away 3 big packages each containing 8 skins for the PC version of Smite. With just one comment, you can participate!

Our last Smite giveaway has been here for a while, and it is certainly not because an email got lost in data nirvana (Okay, it did). That’s why this time we have a whole lot of skins for you to give away in three big packages.

We have put together three big packages for you, each containing a number of skins for the PC version of Smite. Each of the 3 winners will receive keys for the following skins:

  • Raijin: Nimbus, Thunder’s Roar
  • Bastet: Arcane Assassin
  • Ratatoskr: Armored Scurrier
  • Skadi: Winter’s Wrath
  • Apollo: Battle Bard
  • Artemis: Recon
  • Chiron: Hellrider
  • Smite Skadi Winters Wrath God Card
  • Smite Artemis Recon God Card

And the best part? Each key also unlocks the base version of the corresponding god, should you not already own it. Thus, the giveaway is also an effective way to enhance your god collection.

How can I participate in the giveaway?

To participate in the giveaway, you just need to show a bit of creativity and take a seat, and give a god a few words to say.

Smite Chaac Chocolade God Card Gewinnspiel

The question is: What kind of saying would you put into the mouth of the chocolate Chaac in the graphic below? Write a comment under this post (not on Facebook), with which you want to qualify for the giveaway.

Important: Make sure that the Disqus account you use to write the comment contains a valid email address, as we cannot contact you otherwise.

The participation deadline is March 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM. Multiple entries are not permitted and will result in immediate disqualification from the giveaway. The legal process is excluded. After the participation deadline, the editorial team of Mein-MMO will select the three entries we deem to be the most creative/funniest as winners and will inform them about the prize via email. Also, please note the further terms and conditions.

Good luck and may the muse kiss you (or at least cuddle you)!

More news and articles about the god MOBA can be found on our SMITE theme page.

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Destiny: “Adjust Your Expectations” – Bungie Dampens Hype around Spring Update

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In the MMO shooter Destiny there is a small dampener for the fans.

Tomorrow we will learn in a stream what will happen in the Spring update of Destiny. Yesterday, Bungie employee Eric Osborne already reported and said what fans should definitely not expect. Nothing will happen with the old raids, neither “The Vault of Glass” nor “Crota’s End” will play a role in the Spring update, said the Destiny guy known as “Urk”.

Players should adjust their expectations accordingly.

An update of the two old raids is therefore off the table. Fans would have certainly liked to see Atheon again, as the first raid is still considered the highlight of Destiny so far. At the moment, many believe, Bungie will resurrect “Prison of Elders” in the April patch – not exactly a fan favorite.

Tomorrow evening we will learn more.

What we know and suspect so far can be found here:

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The Division: So geht man mit Trollen in der Dark Zone um

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In The Division an agent shows how to deal with nasty trolls in the Dark Zone.

In the Dark Zone, some players try to get shot by other agents so that those good agents turn rogue and can be killed and robbed without consequence. In this situation, the YouTuber Novex also found himself. How the fun ended for the trolls can be seen in the following video:

https://youtu.be/ndOdsgJH1S4

Novex did not fall for this trick, so the nasty agents suddenly attacked him openly. Now he turned the tables: even though the rogue trolls were in the majority, he cleverly resolved this situation.

The YouTuber commented on it as follows:

These players were obviously not very good, yet it was damn satisfying.

Have you had similar experiences in the Dark Zone? How did they turn out?

Information and guides about the game can be found in our The Division guide collection.

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Diablo 3: Level 70 in 33 seconds – This is how speed leveling to the highest level works

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In the game Diablo 3 from Blizzard, there are many ways to level up quickly – but leveling 70 levels in 33 seconds is really good!

In the past, many records have been set in Diablo 3. Often, these records were about which level of the Greater Nephalem Rifts the best players can achieve. Now a video has surfaced showing how to get your Diablo 3 character to max level in 33 seconds – and without cheats!

Level 53 in less than a second

The player “Blacklung” demonstrates in this video one of the fastest methods to reach level 70. This doesn’t mean it’s the best and easiest way, but just watching is very entertaining.

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Here’s how leveling a character in Diablo 3 is easier for you:

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  • Items like the Custerian Wristguards (“Picking up gold grants experience”), Leoric’s Crown (“Enhances the effect of each gem socketed in this item by 75–100% ” ) with a red gem for more experience and a Gem of Ease (“Killed enemies grant +500 experience”) will significantly simplify your leveling process.
  • If possible, you should take a Cow Rift for fast experience farming. They are no longer as rare as they once were and provide increased experience, as well as more gold and stronger items.
  • It goes particularly fast if you have friends who already have well-equipped Diablo characters and can deal a lot of damage.
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The Division: Patch did not go as planned – Wild West in the Dark Zone [Update]

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In The Division, the patch apparently did not bring the desired success, but complete chaos.

Update 13.50: Further maintenance work is expected today on 22.3 to fix the issues described here in the article. The servers will go down again. A server reset will take place. It is assumed that the renewed maintenance work will take 15 minutes. No rollback of character files is expected.

Update 14:36: The servers are back up. Patch 1.0.2 is now “fully on the servers,” tweets The Division.

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At 12:00 PM, the servers at The Division went back online. A new patch had been deployed during the morning.

The first players quickly reported: The Bullet King is still active. The farming method that was supposed to be eliminated with the patch is reportedly still working according to many reports on reddit.

Worse still: Players report that in the Dark Zone, it is like the Wild West. Because there are currently no “penalties” for turning rogue and dying. Players are shooting each other down and getting incredibly high rewards – there are fears: Those who miss out on this are at a disadvantage later.

Some players are calling for an immediate “hotfix” or for the servers to be taken down or something. Other players say: Wait until I have reached DZ rank 50!

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A developer has reportedly assured via stream that they know the patch is not running correctly and they are already working on it.

The reports on reddit, for example, sound quite agitated. There is already talk of a “purge”, a server rollback that would practically undo the last hour – but all this is still speculation from the fans. What are your experiences?

Information and guides to The Division can be found in our The Division guide collection.

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Heroes of the Storm: Soon players will be able to ban heroes

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

For Heroes of the Storm, there will soon be a ban system that competitive players have long requested. We have the details for you.

Ene, mene, muh and you’re out – Bans in HotS

Players of Heroes of the Storm have long requested it, and now the saving patch is within reach. Soon there will be a ban system in the ranked game modes. The corresponding update is currently being tested on the test servers and can be experienced there until March 29.

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One of the most long-requested features is a ban system for the game modes Hero League, Team League, and private matches. Specifically, this means that both teams will each select 2 heroes that cannot be played by any player. The “coin toss” at the beginning of a match will then not only determine who can choose first, but also who can ban first. The first ban round occurs before hero selection, and the second round in the middle. The team that can choose heroes first will start the first ban, while the other team will start the second ban.

More heroes the world needs

The introduction of this system will lead to some further changes. Players who want to participate in the leagues must now own at least 14 different heroes. Previously, it was “only” 10, now 4 more are added (due to the 4 bans per round). However, this adjustment is relativized, as heroes from the “weekly rotation” count as “acquired heroes” for this calculation if they have reached at least character level 5. Therefore, for most players, nothing should change.

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The hero rotation counts as “acquired heroes” when the characters are above level 5.

Never be “accidentally afk” again

Additionally, there are some comfort features. Players can now create a favorites list, allowing them to see their favorites at a glance in the selection screen. With the continuously increasing number of heroes, this is a nice feature to maintain an overview.

Furthermore, the “afk players at the start” will soon be a thing of the past, as Heroes of the Storm will automatically switch to maximized mode when the loading process of a match is completed. Anyone who still prefers to wait at the starting point will now be “removed from the game much faster”.

But it will still take several weeks before this patch goes live. There is no confirmed release date yet.

For more news and articles about Blizzard’s MOBA, visit our Heroes of the Storm topic page.

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  1. mmorpg.com

Star Wars Battlefront: Free update brings spectator mode, rank cap 60, Hutt contracts

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

If you own a Season Pass for the online shooter Star Wars Battlefront, you can dive into the battles of the Outer Rim DLC today. For everyone else, there is at least a free update.

The servers of the shooter are now being gradually taken down. Downtimes will be between 9 AM (PC), 11 AM (PlayStation 4), and 1 PM (Xbox One). Everything should be back up by 3 PM, and then Season Pass owners can check out the content of the Outer Rim DLC.

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New Battlefields

While you shouldn’t expect new planets, you can now fight in Jabba’s Palace and in the hangar of the Hutt’s sail barge on Tatooine. Additionally, an smelting plant awaits you on the planet Sullust. On this planet, you can also engage in battles at pipelines and on platforms. This promises new, exciting confrontations. The new heroes available to you are the bounty hunter Greedo and the rebel pilot Nien Nunb. With these heroes, you can head straight into the fights on the new maps.

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New Mode and New Weapons

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13 million copies of “Star Wars: Battlefront” are already in circulation.

Of course, Battlefront fans are already looking forward to the fresh gameplay mode “Transport.” In this mode, you are in the Outer Rim and must try to reach an extraction point with your collected resources on the side of the Rebels. The players of the Empire are supposed to prevent this. Of course, new weapons will also find their way into the game. These include the Relby-v10 rifle and the DT-12 blaster pistol. Among the star cards, you will be able to collect the “Scatter Gun,” the “Dioxis Grenade,” and the “Adrenaline Stimulator.”

A Free Update for Everyone is Also Coming Today

But not only the DLC is arriving today, but also an update for everyone that brings numerous innovations.

Especially interesting: The rank cap is rising from 50 to 60. Today, there will be both a spectator mode, as well as the Hutt Contracts. This is a new way to obtain weapons and star cards.

You can read the full patch notes here at EA.

So there are again plenty of new and interesting content to dive into for the players of the online shooter Star Wars Battlefront starting this afternoon – however, owning the Season Pass is a prerequisite!

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  1. Starwars.com
  2. Gamespot

The Division: Alle möglichen Talente der Highend-Waffen in der Übersicht [Update]

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 4 minutes

In The Division, weapons have different talents. We present an overview of the talents that crafted high-end weapons can receive.

Update: Here you can find the complete list of talents as they are after Update 1.4 – in German!

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In The Division, you can craft high-end weapons at the crafting station in the operations base. We list all the talents that can improve these weapons.

These are all the talents of high-end weapons in The Division

  • Accurate: Precision is increased by x%.
  • Adept: Using a skill increases your chance for critical hits by 3% for x seconds.
  • Balanced: The weapon reaches maximum precision faster when shouldered.
  • Brutal: Headshot damage is increased by x% when using this weapon.
  • Capable: When you use a skill, the handling of your weapons is improved for x seconds.
  • Commanding: Every kill during an active individual skill extends the duration by x%.
  • Competent: Weapon damage is increased for x seconds by y% after you use a skill.
  • Coolheaded: After a headshot, all skill cooldowns are reduced by x%.
  • Deadly: The damage of critical hits is increased by x%.
  • Destructive: The “Armor-Destroy” value is increased by x% when you use this weapon.
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  • Determined: When you kill a target, skill cooldowns are reduced by x%.
  • Dominant: Every kill during an active individual skill reduces the cooldown of your other skills by x%.
  • Expert: This weapon deals x% more damage when your target is below y% health.
  • Ferocious: Damage against named and elite enemies is increased by x%.
  • Fierce: The chance for critical hits is increased by x% when you use this weapon.
  • Demanding: Kills through active skills extend their duration by x%.
  • Harmful: Every hit has a chance of x% to cause bleeding to enemies.
  • Intense: The first bullet of a magazine has a x% chance to cause the “On Fire” status effect.
  • Meticulous: When you kill a target, you have a x% chance that the magazine is instantly refilled.
  • Prepared: Damage is increased by x% when you are more than 40 meters away from the opponent.
  • Provident: The last bullet of your magazine deals x% more damage.
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  • Proficient: Outside of combat, the first bullet fired has a x% chance to become a critical hit.
  • Predatory: By killing a target, your health is regenerated by x% for y seconds.
  • Restored: If you kill a target with this weapon, all negative status effects are removed.
  • Responsive: Damage is increased by x% when you are within 10 meters of the target.
  • Stable: Stability is increased by x%.
  • Sustained: By killing a target, health is increased by x%.
  • Skilled: Headshot kills with this weapon reduce the cooldown of the individual skill by x%.
  • Swift: Reloading is x% faster.
  • Self-preserved: Critical hits with this weapon heal the user by x% of the damage dealt.
  • Talented: By eliminating a target with this weapon, skill power is increased by y% for x seconds.
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  • Toxic: Headshots with this weapon have a x% chance to activate the blind status effect.
  • Trained: Critical hits accelerate the cooldown of the individual skill by 0.1%.
  • Unforgiving: Missing health fields increase damage by x%.
  • Vicious: At full health, the chance for critical hits is increased by x%.

Note: The values indicated with x and y vary.

New talents after 1.3

  • Focused: When no skill has a cooldown, weapon damage is increased by about 12.5%. Since skills are usually used frequently in The Division, this talent may not have a long-lasting effect. Here, a skill power build that resets cooldowns quickly might be recommended.
    The G36 Assault Rifles coming with Update 1.3 will always have this talent. This is their fixed talent.
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    Decisive:     When you eliminate an enemy, the next shot is guaranteed to be a critical hit. Since Update 1.2, a 100% critical hit chance can no longer be achieved. With this talent, however, a 100% crit chance is guaranteed for one shot. This is a “fixed” talent of the new SVD Sniper Rifles.
  • Hurried: The more critical hits you achieve, the faster you reload. This talent always appears with PP19 Submachine Guns.
  • Showstopper: The further the magazine is emptied, the more precise the weapon becomes. This talent is found on the fully automatic shotgun called Showstopper.

For more information about the game, check out our The Division guide collection.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Update 18 brings Level 105, new region Anórien, 3 instances

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time < 1 minutes

In the Free2Play MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online, a new update is on the way: Fans are showcasing the new region Far Anórien on the test server.

Recently, much has been said about servers in Lord of the Rings Online: consolidations, relocations, and issues. Now it’s time to focus on the game again. Last week, Update 18 was released on the test server Bullroar.

Three New Scaling Instances

This allows players and monster players to level up to 105. The increase of the level cap was one of the main points in Turbine’s plans for LOTRO in 2016. 

With Update 18, three new scaling instances in the cluster of the Pelennor Fields are introduced: “Blood of the Black Serpent,” “Quays of the Harlond,” and “The Silent Street” – scaling from 75 to 105.

The update also adds the region “Far Anórien” with two sub-zones. The fan site “Lotroplayers” has already visited the test server and brought back two videos showcasing the regions of the new zone. These are Taur Drúadan and The Beacon Hills.

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