Skyforge in Review: Is the Free2Play MMORPG Worth It?

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The fantasy MMORPG Skyforge has been fully playable in open beta since summer 2015. Time for a test. Is this Free2Play MMO worth it?

What experience does the tester have with the game

I have been playing Skyforge for half a year: First in closed beta, then resetting again for the soft release. It was not a “I play it continuously 4 hours a day” situation, but rather I played in phases. It’s a sort of on/off relationship.

During that time, I didn’t touch it for six weeks, then I couldn’t keep my hands off it for two weeks.

Skyforge God

I played with two classes: the Berserker and the Gunner. And at least I made it to God, which means over 30,000 Prestige. The total hours played I can only estimate: It should be over 200, I think.

So that’s enough to describe the game so that solo players can get a good impression of whether Skyforge is worth their time. Those who join with a fixed group or a guild will surely have different experiences than I did. That’s just how MMORPGs are.

Skyforge God

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The aesthetics and the visual presentation. What does Skyforge look like?

Skyforge looks good, it is not quite at the level of Asian graphic bombs that are coming our way, but it is already on a decent, elevated level. No one will confuse it with a browser game or a second-rate game, nor with an old game from Asia that has just now found its way to the West.

It is a new MMORPG from 2015 and it looks the part. It plays smoothly through the instances. Everything seems mature and well thought out.

Aesthetics can be a tricky thing. Skyforge is a Russian game, Team Allods (Allods Online) has brought in US consultants from Obsidian Entertainment (Fallout: New Vegas). You can tell that this doesn’t necessarily come from our cultural background, mainly from the mustaches of the NPCs and some rather bizarre story twists. It’s somewhat like Night Watch/Day Watch – everything is a bit different from Western culture, but it’s not unpleasant.

On the other hand, the gods sometimes wander around like the Village People, in the most bizarre costumes. A knight stands next to a ninja, and they both look just like little Karlchen imagines them. Sometimes it resembles Carnival.

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The steampunk elements that some want to see haven’t been very decipherable to me. Yes, the Berserker’s sword is also a chainsaw somewhere … but good grief, you don’t really notice much of that in the game.

It’s actually a relatively subtle aesthetic, somewhat futuristic-fantastic, but not too exaggerated. Most of the time it’s in the background, and that’s good. In a grind MMORPG, you don’t need a graphic that keeps saying, “Look at me, look at me!”

Gameplay and story – how does Skyforge play? That’s what we’re discussing on the next page.

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Warframe: Space Ninjas are now couch-compatible on PC too

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The action MMO Warframe can now also be played from the couch on the PC version using a controller, provided it is a Steam Controller.

The collaboration between Warframe and Valve over Steam is bearing fruit. Excitement is building as they say: We now support the Steam Controller with the PC version. However, you not only need the controller, but also a Steam Machine (the new console-like PCs) or a PC that can run Steam in big picture mode. But once everything is set up, you can roam as a “couch space ninja.”

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The collaboration with Steam is likely to bear even tastier fruit at the end of November, as the first batch of items designed by players is set to go live. This is possible through the Steam Workshop. The creators of “TENNOGEN” are guaranteed 30% of the revenue. If you want to take a look at what’s coming to Warframe: We have linked it in the sources.

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Destiny Guide: How to Get The First Curse

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In the MMO shooter Destiny , the Hand Cannon The First Curse is one of the most difficult exotic weapons to obtain. Here’s how you can get the Hand Cannon.

The First Curse is a Hand Cannon and currently one of the rarest weapons in Destiny. Because you need Renown Rank 5 with weapons master Banshee-44. This requires several weeks of work, as you have to always walk your test weapons. At Rank 2 with Banshee-44, there’s a legendary weapon that fits your class, at Rank 3 an exotic weapon, which also adjusts to your class.

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However, at Renown Rank 5, everyone in Destiny receives the same weapon. It’s The First Curse, a Hand Cannon that is the counterpart to “The Last Word.” Even though Hand Cannons are currently considered somewhat weak and Pulse Rifles play a dominant role, that might change soon: The next balance patch is coming to Destiny in December.

Why is the weapon so rare? Only at Renown Rank 5 does the search begin, which then takes another two weeks, as you have to wait twice for the weapons day in Destiny.

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The Search Curse in Destiny

The actual search, which starts with Renown Rank 5, is called “Curse.” For this, you first need to gather 250 Hand Cannon kills while a telemetry for primary weapons or Hand Cannons is active. Even if you have an item that gives a bonus to Hand Cannons, that’s enough.

Now you have to wait a week. Then the next step “Weapon Skills” begins.

Weapon Skills - Destiny

What you need to do in the search step Weapon Skills

In the first step, you need to elevate the gray Hand Cannon “Curse” to an attack value of 260 through infusion. Then you can unlock the perk “Complete Ascend,” and this first step is done.

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You can complete the second step in the mission “Siege of the Warmind.” You need a 7-kill streak in PvE. It’s not a huge deal. If you need help, check the video.

The next step is trickier; you need 7 precision kills in a Crucible match. You can die in between; the main thing is that you achieve 7 kills through headshots in a Crucible match by the end.

Once you have submitted the search, you’ll have to wait another week for the weapons day.

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And then there’s the Hand Cannon “The First Curse” in Destiny. The search looks much more difficult than it is.

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SMITE: New God Chiron and New Mode Clash!

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Smite receives a new update on Tuesday – numerous skins, a new game mode, and a centaur as a god are waiting!

Clash – The Best of Two Worlds

Smite clash map

The new game mode “Clash” is supposed to be the transition between the MOBA mode “Conquest” and the much faster “Arena”. The game is played on a typical map with towers and phoenixes, but there are only 2 lanes and an open area in the middle where players will compete for a damage buff. After the map was tested on the test realms, the creators now want feedback from the entire community. However, it should be noted that the map is still in “Beta” state and therefore minor bugs may occur.

Chiron – A Centaur with a Love for Plants

Smite Chiron God Card

The new hunter Chiron is an interesting combination of a hunter and a passive supporter. Let’s take a look at the four-legged marksman.

  • His passive ability Herbal Medicine creates a plant every 12 seconds that increases all healing received by Chiron by 10%. If he uses an ability, the most injured ally is healed by a small amount, consuming plants. Maximum 3 stacks.
  • Training Exercise removes restrictive effects in the target area from all allies and then causes an explosion in the same area for low damage.
  • The Masterful Shot can be triggered at the push of a button and hits all targets within relatively high range that Chiron has damaged in the last seconds. The targets are slowed for 3 seconds.
  • With Giddyup! Chiron charges forward, knocking aside minions and enemy gods behind him. While charging, he can still fire automatic attacks.
  • The ultimate Centaurus activates Chiron’s constellation. In this mode, he can shoot three powerful shots that fly in a straight line through walls. If Chiron dies during his ultimate, he remains alive until the ability expires or he has used all shots. If an enemy god dies from one of the shots, Chiron survives and is healed for the amount of damage he inflicted.

New Skins – DJ Janus and the Kid Crew

Smite Janus Dubestep

Each major patch also comes with new skins, and this time there are plenty of them.

A standout is definitely the new skin for Janus, who cranks up the bass and knocks everyone out with his dubstep sounds. Khepri receives his mastery skins and can now crawl across the battlefield in golden and diamond splendor, enthusiastically shouting “Get off of them!”.

Ravanna receives two boxer skins as part of the current Odyssey, and Bellona dons a mohawk. Ah Puch and Scylla can each look forward to a “cute” skin available for purchase as part of the “Child’s Play” campaign. Who wouldn’t want to play with the Nutcromancer and his charming zombie fairies?

Minor Changes to Surrendering

Lastly, there is a small change to the mechanic of how surrendering works when a player has left the game. If a teammate disappears in the first 30 seconds of a game and does not reappear until the 5-minute mark, the team can surrender early. Previously, players had to wait 10 minutes, even though everyone knew that they couldn’t win with one player less.

For more information about the game and occasional key giveaways, you can find it on our Smite topic page.

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ARK: Update introduces penguin heating and nasty anglerfish

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The latest patch of ARK: Survival Evolved has expanded the game with two new creatures that can now be found on the island.

Hobbies: Clapping Penguins!

Actually, the updates for ARK: Survival Evolved were supposed to become less frequent for some months now, but players hardly notice that. In the latest patch, two new creatures have again been added, which are now causing trouble on the island. The first animal is the Kairuku, a relative of the penguins. This creature poses no threat, but its body generates a lot of heat, so players can venture into very cold areas with it as a companion without freezing.

Since the bodies of the young ones contain special materials, players are already talking about going out to “clap Kairu” – let’s see when PETA complaints.

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Secondly, the Melanocetus, an anglerfish, awaits brave players in the depths of the seas who want to tame or hunt it. The luminescent substance from its typical lure is excellent as an energy source for many different devices.

Aside from the two animals, new systems have also been implemented that allow for clan feuds. This is meant to motivate players to meet at certain times, even if it is solely for the purpose of beating each other up.

For more information about the game, you can visit our ARK: Survival Evolved topic page.

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Star Wars Battlefront: The season pass is now available for pre-order – Here’s what’s included

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The season pass for Star Wars Battlefront is now available for pre-order. We will reveal what is included.

In just a few days, Star Wars Battlefront will launch on PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. Shortly after, the first free DLC “Battle of Jakku” will be released, but EA also plans to continue developing Star Wars Battlefront in 2016 and provide it with new gameplay content. However, these come with a price tag.

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For those who already know: “I’m going to play this endlessly, I love Battlefront”, there’s an offer. There is a season pass that grants access to the 4 planned DLCs, you apparently get a discount (50 euros instead of an estimated 4×15€), and these two exclusive advantages in addition:

  • Season pass buyers will receive the expansion packs two weeks earlier
  • There is an exclusive “Shoot First” emote (this references a Star Wars controversy: Han Solo originally shot the bounty hunter Greedo before he drew his weapon; this was later changed by George Lucas to make the film “softer” and to portray the character of Han Solo in a more morally positive light.)
Star Wars Battlefront Darth Vader character

Included in the four expansion packs of Star Wars Battlefront:

  • Over 20 new pieces of galactic technology such as weapons and vehicles, as well as Star Cards
  • 4 new heroes and villains
  • 16 new maps
  • 4 new game modes
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Evolve: New, free character – Rogue Val!

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Evolve gives all players a free Medic – the first Hunter adaptation “Rogue Val” is here!

Chain Healing and Poison Arrows

With the Meteor Goliath Evolve introduced the concept of “adaptations” a few months ago, meaning variations of existing characters that come with different abilities. As the second character, a variation of the Medic Val has now been released, and it’s completely free! Let’s take a quick look at the abilities of Rogue Val:

Without a hat, but neon green.
Without a hat, but neon green.

The Sniper Rifle no longer leaves weak spots on the monster, instead it has multiple shots and deals slightly increased damage.

  • The Medgun heals less than before, but now features chain healing that jumps to other Hunters nearby. Thus, Val can heal multiple Hunters simultaneously.
  • The tranquilizer rifle has been replaced by a poison arrow. This still marks the monster, but does not slow it down. Instead, the poison deals damage for a few seconds.
  • The Healing Burst has been completely reworked. It is now a passive aura that slowly heals all teammates in the vicinity. At the push of a button, this aura can be canceled to heal Val about 75% of her own health points. However, this self-heal also triggers the cooldown during which the healing aura is disabled.

    • After the first matches, I can definitely say that Rogue Val performs very well in an aggressive hunter team. She does not play like an “adaptation” but rather like a completely new Hunter – since she is free (and looks damn sexy), no one should be able to complain. Except maybe the monsters.

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    World of Tanks: The first video shows the version for Playstation 4

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    The military MMO World of Tanks is coming to the Playstation 4. At a fair in Korea, the new version was presented for the first time in a video.

    Wargaming has clear plans for the “World of” military MMO franchise.First, covering the three combat types (Tanks, Warplanes, Warships) and then reaching as many platforms as possible. Next, the flagship title World of Tanks is targeting the Playstation 4. It is already available on PC, mobile devices, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

    The G-STAR 2015, a gaming fair, took place in Korea. There, an Asian site managed to capture the presentation of World of Tanks on the PS4.

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    You can see the map “Himmelsdorf” in the night variant, night battles have been created exclusively for the PS4 – just like some technical gimmicks: There will be more models in 3D and a special rendering method. Wargaming wants to be elegant and chic on the Playstation 4, promising at the announcement that the version will be particularly stylish.

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    Heroes of the Storm: Skins and Mounts for Lunara, Greymane and Cho’Gall!

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    A new video showcases the different skins of Lunara, Greymane, and Cho’Gall in Heroes of the Storm – and they look (almost) all great.

    Ringmaster and Night Elf Guardian

    Currently, there are at least three different heroes in production for Heroes of the Storm. We have already extensively discussed the two-headed ogre Cho’Gall, which is controlled by two players at the same time, but we have also taken a first look at Lunara and Greymane. Meanwhile, Blizzard has taken the time to put together a new video where we can see the different color variants as well as the Master skins and some premium skins of the three heroes.

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    While I still think the guardian Lunara is pretty cool, I had to shake my head at Ringmaster Greymane. Whoever buys and uses this skin really can’t take themselves seriously anymore. It’s almost as if it should be banned, just like the Sugar King Muradin.

    What do you think of the new heroes and their skins?

    For more information about the game, as well as all the info from BlizzCon, check out our Heroes of the Storm topic page.

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    MechWarrior Online is coming to Steam, developers shake the metal with joy

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    The Free2Play MMO MechWarrior Online (MWO) will come to Steam in a month.

    Two years ago, MechWarrior Online was released, remained a bit under the radar in all that time, the strategic duels between large, futuristic battle machines are still a bit niche compared to the duels between large, historical battle machines (especially tanks), which we usually have.

    December 10th is supposed to change that: MechWarrior Online will come to Steam. This has already worked wonders for some Free2Play MMOs like Tera, when something made its way to Valve’s display.

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    Piranha Games is happy about this development and invites everyone to dinner … in Vancouver, Canada, and attendees must cover their own travel expenses. Well, at least it’s coming to Steam! European servers were already available in the summer.

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    Destiny: Weapon Balance Update aims to address the major issues

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    In the MMO shooter Destiny , they plan to significantly adjust weapon balance in December. The gunsmith assures that all important points will be taken into account.

    The gunsmith of Destiny, Jon Weisnewski, reported on Friday via his Twitter account that they are now close to revealing the details of the major balance update in December. So far, they have processed all “major feedback points” in one way or another and are addressing them. He is mainly talking about weapon balance.

    Destiny-Hawkmoon

    The last balance patch for Destiny came with Patch 2.0 for “The Taken King.” Before, hand cannons (especially the Thorn) and shotguns were very strong; currently, pulse rifles are on the rise. Among the exotic weapons, the single items, no weapon has yet emerged as a “super weapon” like it was in the first year of Destiny.

    The Destiny community is quite divided over Bungie’s plans to reshuffle balance roughly every quarter. While Bungie claims it is beneficial and brings variety, some players prefer to stick with their favorite weapons. This is a core problem that has accompanied Destiny for quite some time.

    Stability or something new more often? What do you think? What do you wish for the December patch?

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    TERA: New patch aims to win back players

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    The upcoming patch for TERA brings numerous innovations aimed at exciting new players and returnees.

    More Comfort and Newcomer Friendliness

    Many secrets await on the new TERA starting island.
    Many secrets await on the new starting island.

    For the European players under the flag of Gameforge, a major patch is coming up that will significantly revamp TERA in several areas. We have taken a look at the various adjustments that are intended to make the game more accessible to newcomers and returnees. In addition, veterans can look forward to some improvements, especially in the area of chat functions.

    The New Starting Area: The Dream Tree Island

    The most noticeable change is the new starting area, where players will begin after the patch is introduced. This island replaces the old “Island of Twilight” and it will no longer be possible to quest or gather resources in the old area.

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    What initially appears to be an idyllic place inviting for relaxation quickly reveals itself as a deadly battlefield, as the Argons invade the island and seek to tap into the mysterious sources of power. Players must defend the location while exploring the secrets of why the Dream Tree Island has not been visible on the map until now…

    Character Creation – Easier to Understand

    TERA Character Creation

    A small change with a big impact has been made in character creation. The handling has been simplified, making it easier to see at first glance which classes a particular race and gender combination has. The customization options for your character remain extensive as before.

    The selection screen for your existing characters has also been revamped: instead of standing statically on pedestals, your characters now slowly march out of the mist toward their fate. While this has no gameplay value, it looks incredibly cool.

    More Character Names than Before

    The new TERA character screen for killer.klaus and his friends.
    The new login screen for killer.klaus and his friends.

    To offer players a greater variety of character names, the old system is being relaxed a bit, allowing for some special characters. Instead of relying solely on single names like “Klaus” or “klaus”, one can now use periods, hyphens, and underscores. So everyone can look forward to combinations like “Hero.Klaus” or “Killer_Klaus”. A bit unfortunate is that spaces are not allowed, as they are automatically replaced by periods. There are probably limitations to the existing system.

    Chat Channels – Less Spam, More Individuality

    The chat channels of TERA have always been dominated by spam. With the latest patch, they aim to at least partially address these issues. The “Looking for Group” channel has become dynamic, meaning that only players within 4 levels above or below your level can see your messages.

    To give players more options in creating private chat rooms, a dedicated menu has now been implemented for this purpose. Previously, private channels could only be created via cumbersome chat commands, which generally was not a user-friendly feature.

    Tera Chat Megaphone

    Anyone who wants to be a special snowflake for 10 seconds can now purchase megaphones in the in-game shop, which display chat messages specifically for all players above the chat leader.

    Battlefields – More Overview and Newcomer Tips

    To give battlefield newcomers some assistance, many new icons have been implemented, making it clear at first glance what needs to be done on the respective map. At the same time, new players will receive useful tips and hints during their first 10 matches until they become familiar with the various environments and can beat opponents on their own.

    Bonuses for Returning Players

    TERA Returning Players

    Because returning players have had a tough time in TERA, improvements are also being made in this area. Since the game reached a level cap of 65, there have been some changes that inactive players who haven’t logged in for years may struggle with. To directly “pick up” these players after login, there is a screen that summarizes the most important changes immediately after logging in. At the same time, returnees (anyone who hasn’t logged in for at least 30 days) will receive a starter pack with solid gear to dive right into the newer adventures of the game.

    TERA Headband and Mount

    One last tip: Anyone who logs in within the first seven days after the patch will receive a winged headband that looks quite stylish on female characters.

    Anyone interested in checking out the free F2P action MMO can sign up here on the official TERA website.

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    Tree of Savior: Enchanting 80-class MMORPG before launch in Open Beta – Check out the latest trailer

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    Tree of Savior classes

    The MMORPG Tree of Savior is about to launch its Open Beta in Korea. A new trailer was released at G-STAR.

    Tree of Savior is considered the spiritual successor to Ragnarok Online and stands out significantly from the majority of games we usually see. The 2.5D graphics are unusual for our eyes, and the background is hand-drawn. This gives the game a fairy tale feeling. 80 classes are planned and an open world.

    A new trailer was shown at the Korean trade fair G-STAR. The game is set to enter Open Beta in Korea in December, and it looks quite polished and interesting in the trailer. They plan to start the Open Beta with 53 classes.

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    The Western status of Tree of Savior is currently quite complicated. No publisher for the western market has been found yet, however, there is an international server with an English client directly from the developer, which is currently running a closed beta. And the game has also successfully passed the Greenlight process on Steam.

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    WoW: It looks like gnomes could soon become hunters

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    In the fantasy MMORPG World of Warcraft (WoW), it is now becoming apparent that Gnomes can become Hunters.

    There is no official announcement yet, but on Twitter, two developers from WoW have hinted that Gnomes can indeed become Hunters.

    Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi showed the image of a Gnome Hunter in the character creator and said: Senior Designer Jeremy Feasel is to be thanked for this. He and some others from the class team of World of Warcraft have been so persistent and advocated for Gnome Hunters that they eventually gave in.

    Feasel is also tweeting quite happily some pictures of Gnome Hunters.

    The community is currently still speculating whether this is really going to happen or if it’s just a particularly creative form of “trolling” – Gnoming, so to speak. The mechanical chicken is considered the favorite for the starting pet of the Gnome Hunter.

    Especially nice comment from the community: You misunderstood, when we demanded Gnome Hunters, we wanted a class that hunts Gnomes!

    For more news in World of Warcraft, check out our topic page.

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    Destiny: How not to do it and still be successful

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    In the MMO shooter Destiny , a player has now violated all good “Trials of Osiris” rules and customs and still succeeded.

    First rule of the Trials of Osiris: Always revive your teammates.

    Second rule: See rule 1.

    Every player in the trials is repeatedly reminded: No matter what you do, always revive your teammates, then you’ll have the advantage, that’s the way it goes. And if you also prevent the opponents from reviving, then it will work out with Mercury.

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    Well, it seems someone doesn’t trust their teammates very much.

    Since last night, the Trials of Osiris are active again. More about the “Delphi” map and the rewards available this week can be found in this article. Next week, there should be a Iron Banner starting with changed rules.

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    World of Warcraft: How to Play Druids and Rogues in Legion!

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    With the upcoming expansion “Legion”, Blizzard is finally taking action against the homogenization of classes in World of Warcraft. To avoid making players wait until the summer of next year, they are already unveiling initial plans on how the various specializations should feel. The conclusion is now the presentation of the Druid and Rogue, and we take a look at the most important changes.

    Rogues – Lawless Pirates or Shadowy Slayers?

    WoW Legion rogue subtlety

    Those who have dedicated themselves to assassination will be the only Rogues still able to use poisons and bleeds. This means that the assassin does not focus on particularly high damage numbers, but there are plenty of smaller numbers simultaneously. As the combo point generation for this specialization was somewhat lacking, the assassination Rogue will receive improvements to ensure a more consistent flow of finishers.

    Combat Rogues will no longer exist with Legion. Before players faint in droves at their PCs, here’s the explanation: the specialization will be renamed to “Outlaw“, because “fighting” is something all Rogues do, and that wasn’t descriptive enough. Outlaws primarily fight with swords and occasionally even shoot with pistols. This leaves a lot of room for exciting themes, such as a pirate – and who hasn’t always wanted to be a pirate?

    Subtlety Rogues are to be true masters of stealth. They move in the shadows, strike quickly and hard before disappearing, then strike again moments later from another location. To emphasize this, they receive a talent that allows finishers to have a 20% chance to re-enter stealth in combat! At the same time, some abilities deal shadow damage to underline the connection to these very powers.

    Druids – Lucky Bears and Laser Owls

    WoW Legion Druid balance

    Balance Druids are saying goodbye to the darkness resource. It was too strict and forced players to always meticulously adhere to a fixed rotation to be truly effective. The resource will be replaced by Astral Power, which will be gained from certain abilities and spent by others. This should give spellcasting owls more freedom in their magical use.

    Feral Druids are already fulfilling their purpose according to Blizzard. The playstyle of a wild, druidic form is coming across well, so there’s hardly any reason for changes. However, they want to create more variety in talents and offer exciting alternatives, which is why all cat fans can look forward to a wide range of new skills.

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    All Druids of the Guardian specialization have been in a strange position since Cataclysm. More than any other tank, they rely on dodging, when they should actually be sturdy bears that should be hard to overcome rather than agile and fleeting. Blizzard wants to improve this; tanking Druids will soon sustain themselves through their self-healing. At the same time, talents will ensure that enemies deal less damage to the Druid when under the effect of their DoTs.

    Farming Druids will change comparatively little. The playstyle is coherent and fitting, so the developers only want to make minimal changes in the talent area. However, one new talent is interesting: “Blooming” increases the duration of all HoTs cast by the Druid within 60 yards by 10 seconds when used.

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    Diablo 3: “We wanted to do something crazy and see what happens” – Ring set blows up damage

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    In Diablo 3 there was a crazy item set of rings that significantly boosted the bonus damage for each ancient item. Now the damage has been captured again.

    The designers at Blizzard have just had fun with a ring set that was initially turned up high and is now falling back down.

    Legacy of Nightmares, the Legacy of Nightmares, was a two-ring set that increased damage by 800% for each ancient item a player wore and reduced damage taken by 4% each. However, all of this only applied if you had no other set bonus active.

    It went live on the test server like this and people went completely wild with it.

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    Legacy of Nightmares: Instead of 75% now 800% down to 100%

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    Now Blizzard has ended the fun, capturing the values again. According to designer Wyatt Cheng, the bonus was originally intended to be at 75% and then the test server was used to try out a crazy idea and increased it to 800%, just to see what would happen. This gave players the opportunity to push boundaries. And they themselves received data they would never have gotten otherwise.

    The test server is there for such experiments, they say. Now they have lowered the bonus to 100%.

    The “set to not have to wear sets” is hotly debated in the community. Some say: Such things should also be strong, “self-made builds” without set bonuses should be the strongest item configurations in the game. Blizzard welcomes this experimentation but also doesn’t want the “don’t play a set” rings to be the only alternative to tackle higher rifts.

    The next patch for Diablo 3, 2.4., will introduce this set and many more into the game. They expect the new patch and the start of Season 5 around the end of December, beginning of 2016.

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    2. Gamespot

    Players in WoW and Final Fantasy XIV gather spontaneously and silently to think of Paris

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    In the fantasy MMORPGs Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft players spontaneously came together last night to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris.

    Even though MMO players are often said to escape reality: The reality with its atrocities cannot be ignored. After the bloody events last night in Paris people spontaneously gathered in games like Final Fantasy XIV or World of Warcraft to remember the victims, to be together, to somehow express their solidarity.

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    From the Final Fantasy server Balmung, it is said on reddit, “Balmung is with Paris.” In World of Warcraft, players gathered on the Argent Dawn server.

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    The Division: player has many agents, even more weapons

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    In the upcoming MMO shooter “Tom Clancy’s The Division“, every player will have the opportunity to create multiple agents.

    Each player can have up to four characters in The Division. For example, one can create a new character to play at a level with a friend who has just started.

    The information was shared in a new “We answer your questions” video from Ubisoft. There were also brief insights into the interface and menus of the game. Everything looks quite complex, but still organized.

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    Further answers in the video emphasize how free the player should be in The Division. Agents could also change their skills in the field and adapt as a result. However, this is probably not very advisable during direct firefights.

    Also interesting is the variety of weapons. Players can customize the appearance of their weapon with different skins and also make “modifications” to the guns in The Division, which also changes their appearance.

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    RIFT: Level 65 and now? What to do at max level?

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    A new video explains to players and interested parties what needs to be done in Rift at level 65.

    20 minutes of content

    In an MMORPG, reaching the highest level is rarely truly the end of the game. Almost always, a hero’s journey only really begins then, and the ever-increasing item spiral slowly starts to gain momentum. To provide returning players or interested newcomers with an overview of what awaits players in Rift, the developer Trion Worlds has now released a small introductory video.

    “Small” might be the wrong word here, as the summary lasts nearly 25 minutes, which is more than enough time to convey the numerous systems.

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    All in all, Rift is quite broadly established and offers the typical MMORPG content of today’s time. PvP battles, raids, crafting, and ongoing story missions are just a small part of the possibilities.

    For more information about the game, such as the new calling of the Primalist, you can find it on our Rift topic page.

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