The changes shown are not set in stone yet. Especially the numbers are still being adjusted.
However, the video provides a good insight into what we can expect with the new season.
Do you perhaps already have plans on which champion you want to play (On-Hit-Effect Kog’maw)? What are your thoughts on the changes? Is there something you’re completely dissatisfied with?
Cortyn looks at The League of Explorers, the new adventure of Hearthstone.
For a change, no instance
“The League of Explorers” was not only announced during BlizzCon but also essentially fully revealed. Not only were all cards presented, but also a first look at potential bosses was given.
From a lore perspective (if one can speak of such in Hearthstone), the expansion is also a novelty: For the first time, no instances from World of Warcraft are being carried over (or only small parts of it), but a true adventure in the style of a long journey is planned.
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The League of Explorers is based in Ironforge and is dedicated to the collection of artifacts they gather to learn more about the world’s past. Right now, the locations of the fragments of the “Staff of Origins” have been found, an ancient relic that can provide insights into the creation of Azeroth. You will be sent out to collect these fragments, facing various dangers in the form of Hearthstone matches.
The Gentle Murloc Sir Finley Mrrgglton stands bravely by your side.
Each wing represents a fragment, and story-wise, each time you are accompanied by a different member of the League of Explorers. The four champions from the intro video each bring very different personalities and promise to enrich the battles with amusing comments.
The Various Battles
While there are also some classic boss encounters in “The League of Explorers”, the developers have noticeably worked hard to implement new ideas. So it’s not necessarily about reducing an enemy’s health points to 0, but rather surviving a certain number of turns.
In the style of Indiana Jones, a wild ride awaits you in a mine cart alongside Brann Bronzebeard, where you must shake off your pursuers. Brann keeps throwing various items at the enemies to make your battles easier – at least in theory.
A rather traditional fight is against Lady Nazj’ar, who, with her hero power “Tide Pearl”, replaces all minions at the end of the turn with new ones that each cost 1 more mana.
As usual, the bosses on normal difficulty will probably not require more than two to three attempts. However, the heroic challenges could be significantly tougher, requiring some serious brainpower (or a quick search engine) to overcome.
45 New Cards and “Discover” as a Keyword
With “Discover” you get 3 options every time.
In total, 45 new cards await in the 4 wings and the 9 class challenges that need to be tackled. As usual, only one wing will be unlocked each week, so it will take a few weeks for all new cards to become available. The Arena always has the cards from the currently active wing already in rotation.
Particularly impressive is the card “Golden Monkey”, as it replaces all cards in your hand and deck with legendary minions. While the Golden Monkey requires some time to ramp up, it can lead to exciting and quite wild matches.
As a new keyword, “Discover” is available on some of the cards. Discover ensures that three cards are presented to you, from which you must choose one and take it into your hand. It only offers you cards that would “logically” fit into your deck – so neutral minions or class cards.
This aims to maintain the fun element of randomness in the game while providing strategic components, as the choice of the right card will make the difference between a good and an excellent player.
All cards and more about the developers’ plans can be found on our Hearthstone theme page.
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The next content patch for the action MMORPG Neverwinter is Underdark. The narrator has his challenges in the German trailer.
I wouldn’t have even pronounced R.A. Salvatore correctly, the name of the author who created an exclusive quest line for the module, but the way the narrator struggles with fantasy names commands my respect. A professional is indeed a professional.
In the past few weeks, we have frequently presented the various facets of “Underdark”. The trailer summarizes it again. You can find more information about the individual aspects, the huge monsters, and the new region on our themed page for Neverwinter.
Underdark will be released on November 17 for PC. Players on Xbox One will have to wait a bit longer.
If you want to dive deeper into Neverwinter: A new dev blog has been released that discusses the changes to high-level crafting. There are many synergies combining guilds, fortresses, and crafting professions so that top craftsmen can set themselves apart from the crowd with their masterful crafts. The blog post is also available on the official Neverwinter site in German.
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The fantasy MMORPG World of Warcraft (WoW) still relies on a classic tab-targeting system, while newer games incorporate more action elements. Does Blizzard envision a change in the combat system?
Asian games particularly rely on an action combat system: Such as Blade and Soul
WoW is over 10 years old, back then the “classic” tab-target system was the benchmark; you select enemies or find them with the “Tab” key, then they are selected as enemies and you unleash abilities with hotkeys that specifically target that enemy – aiming is not necessary. The enemy, in turn, targets you and their abilities hit automatically.
Meanwhile, newer MMORPGs focus on an “action combat system,” where they simply hit what is in front of them and dynamically evade attacks. Is WoW planning a switch to the new system?
In an interview, the developers of World of Warcraft indicated that they are planning, to refine the combat system in WoW. It should feel better, focusing particularly on the animations, to give players a “better” feel and make combat more responsive.
In WoW you will never need the reflexes of a 13-year-old
However, an action combat system is viewed skeptically. It is believed that it wouldn’t appeal to such a wide audience as WoW has. There is certainly a player base that enjoys very intense combat, like a Street Fighter audience. However, it is doubted that it would resonate with their broadly targeted audience. They will ensure that in WoW, players won’t need the reflexes of a 13-year-old to master opponents or other players.
They want to ensure that when encountering other players or mobs, one does not need the reflexes of a thirteen-year-old. If they ever chose to make the combat system more tactile, they would consider the broad range of age, experience, and capability of their players.
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After the last point of the guide, it should be clear, that this will be a skin for Tristana and with that, besides Lulu, she will also become a dragon trainer. If that is not clear enough, you can convince yourself from the images in the guide about which champion it is.
The question is whether this skin will be “legendary”, as there is quite a lot of visual change and it is actually still too early for an ultimate skin.
I personally am very much looking forward to the skin. Just the thought that Tristana’s weapon could now become a dragon pleases me a lot.
Now one can speculate what the individual steps of the guide mean. Point 1 could certainly mean that the dragon gets bigger with each level increase of the champion because it gets “fed”.
What do you think, how will the skin be implemented? And do you already know if you want to have it?
The beta of Overwatch currently lacks one thing – a progression system.
Patched at the last minute
Those who have the great luck to currently participate in the beta of Overwatch, should first give me their account should have noticed that especially one system is missing. There is no way to achieve real progress. A small exception is the notification when you achieve a new record in a kill streak, but that probably won’t motivate anyone for long.
The logos will most likely be part of a progression system.
Just before the beta started, a hero-based progression system was removed, as it hindered the game’s concept. Players should play heroes they enjoy and not those for which they necessarily want to reach a certain level (like in Heroes of the Storm).
However, a similar system is not entirely off the table. In the future, there will be a different system that might be related to the already extracted spray logos. As soon as everything works as planned, this system will already be available during the stress test weekends – when exactly these will take place is still unknown.
In the MMO shooter Destiny , the new week starts on Tuesday, November 10th, with a Nightfall strike and a new boss in the Court of Oryx.
Fallout 4, Call of Duty, and Halo 5 are out, and it seems Bungie has managed their resources in Destiny so that after the September release, they fired on all cylinders for 6 weeks, bringing new quests, exotic weapons, and secrets, only to then switch to a winter hibernation at the start of the competition. Patches are announced for November and December, but currently, things are pretty quiet otherwise.
Some fans hope that today, on November 10th, a major winter offensive will begin, pulling some trump cards from their sleeve, bringing the missing exotic armor live: If that happens, we will certainly report on it, but it seems unlikely at the moment.
Let’s get to the weekly reset in Destiny.
The weekly Nightfall strike is against the Shield Brothers
This week, the Shield Brothers are active in the Nightfall strike, also known as the Smash Brothers or John Cena and John Cena’s brother.
Modifiers are:
Small Arms – Primary weapons are favored
Grounded – Guardians take more damage while in the air
Match Game – Shields must be broken with the correct elemental damage type
and Trickling – increases the cooldown of all abilities
This is the T3 boss in the Court of Oryx this week
The T-3 boss this week is Balwûr, the witch for which you must stand in puddles. We have a video guide for it.
Tips, tricks, and guides for this week’s challenges
Throughout the day, we will present videos of successful runs here. Interestingly, they often have a Swiss accent!
Here you can see how it goes with Balwûr, the T3 boss:
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It seems that a bit of Hollywood celebrity has snuck in among the visitors of BlizzCon…
Undead and Unrecognized
At BlizzCon last weekend, attendees were able to learn about the latest developments regarding World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch. Others came just to participate in the cosplay competition, while some simply dressed up a bit for the convention.
Those who looked around a bit might have encountered one or another undead face – one of them was none other than actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who later shared her visit to BlizzCon with the public on Twitter.
Such visits from celebrities show that gaming has now reached the heart of society. While actors often publicly expressed disdain for video games a few years ago, they now openly admit to having taken a liking to this medium. That they do not want to be recognized directly at conventions is more than understandable, isn’t it?
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It is now known how much storage space the game will require on PC, PS4, and Xbox One for Star Wars Battlefront .
Things are starting to roll for Battlefront. Yesterday, a live-action trailer was released, now the download sizes are also known, so players can clean up their hard drives to hopefully download the game without any problems.
Star Wars Battlefront will require a 23GB download on the Playstation 4.
On PC via Origin, players will have to download 27GB.
The Xbox One version is the “smallest” – here 19GB are needed.
@cristianvaca_ Star Wars Battlefront will be a 23GB download on PS4, 19GB on Xbox One and 27GB on Origin.
At BlizzCon, a new gameplay trailer for Overwatch was showcased, introducing a majority of the heroes.
A Colorful Mix of Heroes
For those who just can’t get enough of Overwatch and are desperately waiting for a beta access, BlizzCon was likely a small revelation of news. Apart from the extensive information about the three new heroes D.Va, Mei, and Genji, a new gameplay trailer was dedicated to the game, which presents most of the characters along with their abilities. Check it out here:
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As is usual with pretty much every published work around the game, fans are desperately trying to interpret something into the images. Particularly, the fact that at least one character in Overwatch will be homosexual has caused a stir.
Some fans believe they see a hidden message in the trailer, as each subsequent hero defeats the previously shown one – except in a specific case. You will surely recognize who does not follow this pattern. Absurd fan theory or a spark of truth? We will certainly find out soon.
For more information from BlizzCon, you can find it on our Overwatch topic page.
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It is Respec Time Again! We once again look back on an exciting week during which a lot has happened in the field of indie MMOs. The games are taking more and more shape, and there are some interesting things to look forward to!
Darkfall: Rise of Agon
Big Picture Games seems to have won the bid for the “reboot” of the classic Darkfall Online. A website has now been launched where not only is there a first trailer of the game, but it is also possible to sign up for an upcoming beta test (www.riseofagon.com). But what happened to Darkfall: The New Dawn, the reboot by Ub3rgames? There is a website here as well, and it somehow seems that there will now be two reboots of the classic… Won’t that cause confusion?
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Bitbox Ltd. announces that their sandbox MMORPG Life is Feudal will officially launch on November 17. After an extended early access phase during which the final touches were made together with the backers, the adventures can officially begin in just a few days. However, the game cannot really be described as an MMO since only 64 players will be able to act on the 3km x 3km world per server.
Players can create their own persistent worlds with their own rules, including permadeath. Cities and fortresses can be built and even the terrain can be altered. Character progression is classless, and players can create their own decoration items for housing. The combat system relies on physics and there is no “lock-on targeting”. Sounds interesting!
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The Russian development studio Battlestate Games has announced Escape from Tarkov, a mix of online shooter and RPG. The game aims to combine as much freedom as possible with an exciting, mission-based story and a lot of realism. Players improve their heroes through more than 100 skills, participate in large raids, or complete quests.
Above all, the ballistic system of the combat is intended to be as realistic as possible. The story revolves around two private armies waging a small war in the Russian city of Tarkov. The game is set to be released next year, with a beta planned for early 2016.
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The housing preview of the dirty sandbox MMORPG Revival is getting closer to completion and is supposed to provide a first look at the promising online game. A video has now been released that shows this housing system. The video explains how to place objects and how players can set up their own house in the game. Many options will be available to the players. The housing in Revival seems to be very interesting already. Let’s hope that the rest of the MMO lives up to its ambitious promises as well.
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The developers of the sandbox MMORPG Albion Online have spoken about the current state of affairs. Recently, the costs for crafting were removed from the game, and a rebalancing of the farming and consumables systems has been worked on. The combat system has been refined, and the staff has been introduced as a new weapon. Additionally, the sounds and animations have been improved, and the destiny board has been revamped. New icons for avatars have also made their way into the game.
Anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to check out Albion Online yet can sign up for the closed beta starting on November 23! Until then, you can watch the latest video showcasing the features of the worker system. Collecting resources is laborious, so why not hire additional workers? More on this can be found in the corresponding blog post on albiononline.com.
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In the MMORPG Gloria Victis, the developers are working hard to make the world as lively as possible. They want to move away from the more static worlds of other MMORPGs and give players the feeling of being in the most realistic environment possible. Enemies in MMORPGs usually respawn at the same spots. This should be different in Gloria Victis. The respawning is intended to be dynamic.
If you destroy a bandit camp in a forest, bandits will not suddenly appear out of nowhere again. However, the fact that there are no bandits might lead wolves to settle there. Additionally, players will only encounter creatures that make sense for the respective area, such as foxes found in forests but not in swamps. This dynamic system should make the world feel much more vibrant. More about Gloria Victis can be found in the following articles: 5 indie MMOs that promise a lot and Top 5 of the indie MMORPGs 2015 and 2016 as well as Gloria Victis – News on the Unity 5 transfer and territorial wars.
Time passes incredibly quickly. This can be seen not only in the fact that another interesting week of indie MMO news has gone by but also in the progress the games are making.
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A live-action trailer has been released for the upcoming online shooter Star Wars Battlefront, which has a straightforward message.
Subtlety is different. The live-action trailer makes it clear: Those who play Star Wars Battlefront are drawn into their own world. As people gradually disappear from the world and find themselves in the game, actress Anna Kendrick cuts a loaf of bread, has Jedi thoughts upon seeing the bread knife, and quotes the old Obi Wan: If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Star Wars Battlefront will be released on November 19 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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In Destiny , Bungie has highlighted some community videos again. We at Mein MMO are adding our own favorites.
This week’s videos from Bungie are a bit thin (although they are quite heavy), so we thought we’d spice it up with your submissions and our own finds. But first, the ones from Bungie, here is the video of the week: landscape from Destiny with a voice-over by Carl Sagan, an astronomer, author, and cosmologist.
The late Sagan, who passed away nearly 20 years ago, was already pondering such themes that Destiny repeatedly addresses: humanity’s urge to explore, the curiosity about the unknown. Even if the images are beautiful, hopefully it doesn’t end for us in the future like it did in the past for our Guardians.
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Our selection of videos is somehow quite trollish this time. Here someone is having fun on a Friday morning around 10 o’clock… just because you wear a funny mask doesn’t mean you’re immediately an NPC, right?
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A lot of effort and nonsense is also involved in this video: so to speak, a fever dream that lets the player wake up in an “other tower” where all dreams come true.
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And the last video comes from you, our community, and tells its story all by itself. No trolling, but a successful comeback. Such stories are sometimes written by Destiny.
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And as a little bonus video: someone is just having fun!
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With this selection, hopefully, you also found a favorite and there was something for you to smile, shake your head, or wonder about. If you have videos that we should feature here, send them to us via the contact form and maybe you will find your work here too.
And now have a nice week and be careful out there, Guardians!
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At BlizzCon, several player questions regarding World of Warcraft were raised – not all of them received a positive response.
No flying at the start, but …
At BlizzCon last weekend, there was traditionally a “Q&A” session where fans on-site, as well as all viewers on Twitter, could ask the lead developers of World of Warcraft some questions. While there were often very vague statements like “We will look into that”, some concrete answers could indeed be elicited from the Blizzard staff.
Flying will not be possible on the Broken Isles for now – maybe with Patch 7.1?
The bad news first: at the launch of “Legion”, flying will not be possible on the Broken Isles. While the required achievement for it will already be present in the game, not all steps can be completed immediately at the launch. It will take at least one major patch before we can drive out the Legion flying and stupidly skip quest areas.
… Triple and Quad Specs!
But there is good news for all undecided. After Blizzard has resisted allowing more than “Dual-Spec” in the last expansions, it will be possible with Legion to master all three specializations at the same time. The era of “Triple-Spec” seems to be within reach. Druids even get a little extra, as they have four specializations, with Quad-Spec waiting for them.
Demon Hunters have to make do with Dual-Spec as the only class.
Jokingly, it was added that only the Demon Hunters have to look on helplessly and must be satisfied with Dual-Spec. No wonder, the blind demon elves only have 2 possible specializations.
Final Fantasy XIV servers are currently down. Tomorrow, it continues with Patch 3.1.
Until 10:00 AM tomorrow, Tuesday, November 10th, the servers for Final Fantasy XIV will be unavailable as Patch 3.1 is being deployed. This brings a lot of new game content, such as the “Knights of the Round” making a comeback – at least the Final Fantasy version of them.
The minstrel has composed a new ballad, allowing players in FF14 to experience story end battles again in a heightened form: the Hero’s song of Thordan’s Fall brings these new rewards:
What else the patch “As Goes Light, so Goes Darkness” brings can be briefly viewed in this trailer or you can find all the information on the Final Fantasy page in German. They have the patch notes for 3.1. This will be the first content patch for Heavensward. After completing the expansion, the developers at Square Enix took a break.
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The Repopulation is one of the hopes for fans of sandbox MMORPGs, as it aims to combine elements of the classics Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies. However, the team is currently facing a problem.
The MMORPG has been in development for about five years, still holds the alpha status, and has had two successful Kickstarter campaigns. The developers follow a very aggressive update strategy, with updates being released at relatively short intervals. However, fans and backers have been waiting quite some time for new content.
Delays at The Repopulation
The developers have spoken out and explained that there are problems with one of the third-party developers. They are currently in negotiations regarding refinancing. This concerns the developers of the Hero Engine, which is used in The Repopulation. Due to these delays, no new updates can be created, which is why the last one is currently on hold. It is basically finished, and the developers express their utmost dissatisfaction with the situation and apologize to all backers. However, their hands are currently tied.
“Wait and drink tea” fits quite well here – The developers’ hands are tied
They hope for the understanding of fans and ask them not to exert additional pressure. It is still unclear how this delay will affect the further update strategy of The Repopulation. It is also uncertain what will happen if the negotiations with the Hero Engine developers fail. Will the makers of The Repopulation switch to another engine? The game is still in alpha status after five years of development, and switching to another engine would cause an additional delay, which the already frustrated fans would probably not accept lightly. It remains to be seen how this situation will develop…
There is a special honor awaiting the revenant Rytlock Brimstone in Guild Wars 2.
Rytlock Brimstone will appear in NCSoft’s Master X Master. This is a MOBA whose characters come from all sorts of games by NCSoft. It is essentially the answer to Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm.
However, Rytlock won’t be the first thing from Heart of Thorns to land in China: The expansion itself is set to be released on November 20 in China. Pre-sales begin on November 13.
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Hearthstone reaches a new milestone and presents three new card backs.
33% more players in 6 months
The already successful online card game Hearthstone celebrates another major milestone. As announced last week, the number of players has now risen to an impressive 40 million registered accounts. That is 10 million more players than in May, a growth of 33%. Estimates suggest that Hearthstone generates around 20,000,000$ per month through microtransactions (card packs, arena access, new heroes).
New backs that delight
Last weekend at BlizzCon, not only was the expansion “The Explorers’ League” with all its 45 new cards introduced, but also the mystery of the new card back was revealed. As expected, it is thematically related to the new expansion and comes with its own treasure map. To unlock it, players must reach at least rank 20 in ranked mode during the November season, then the back will be waiting for you in the reward chest starting December 1.
But more card backs have been revealed. Anyone who completes all encounters of the new adventure on heroic difficulty will receive an impressive back styled after the Uldum civilizations from World of Warcraft.
Finally, everyone who secures the Origins version ofOverwatch will also receive a card back featuring the shooter’s logo.
In the Free2Play MMORPG Aion , the Patch 5.0 marks an ascension of the Daevas, the player characters. Is this girl behind it?
In Aion, on November 13th, the Patch 5.0 will open a new chapter. It seems that the Daevas, the player characters, will receive a new evolution stage. In a trailer from NCSoft, this girl is now shown: She may appear innocent at first glance. However, anyone who has seen The Ring knows: Creepy!
But what does it all mean? There are theories, certainty will come next week. Here in Europe, we will have to wait a bit longer for 5.0 anyway. It seems that in Korea, they want to raise the level cap and find new possibilities for character progression.
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Information about the Black Desert founder packages has come to light. However, this information is not final, as stated by Daum.
Daum has the Blizzard plague: These damn pre-order pages just go online and are discovered even before they are ready to release the information. Black Desert is supposed to be released as a “Buy2Play” MMORPG in Europe and they are planning founder packages. The details of these founder packages were not clear until now.
Here, they seem to be following common practice: Charging steep prices of €50 for the Silver Edition, €100 for the Gold Edition, promising access to the closed beta (both) and to the alpha (only Gold), two or three and a half days of earlier access when the game is released, and all sorts of packages and goodies like name reservations, respecs, or horses of different tiers.
Additionally, they seem to be planning a “frequent buyer program” that offers discounts for the account, similar to what WildStar has.
Importantly, Daum has commented on this, stating that they regret the leak. The information is still not final, and they are still working on it.
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