LoL fans had to wait longer than usual for the latest champ. Kindred, a quirky new jungle character, was actually planned for patch 5.19, but it wasn’t until today, already in 5.20, that it became available.
Kindred is a unique champ in many ways. He symbolizes inevitable death and has two aspects. The “Lamb” grants a merciful end to those who accept death; the “Wolf” relentlessly hunts those who seek to escape him.
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In the game itself, Kindred takes on an unusual role. He is a “jungler” who can mark enemy champs: When he kills them, he becomes stronger. This also applies to jungle camps—only the wolf marks them of his own accord… an interesting new color in the LoL palette.
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The closed beta of Overwatch, Blizzard’s latest game, is set for October 27.
On October 27, just a few days before Blizzcon, the first shooter that Blizzard has ever made will enter a closed beta.
The start of the beta will be small, with relatively few players, and it will gradually expand. It is intended to be more of an “old school” beta focused on finding bugs and issues.
The beta will launch with both a spectator mode and a built-in voice chat. These are also firsts for Blizzard. With 18 heroes and 7 maps, it will offer a lot of gameplay content.
A small downside: The beta begins in North and South America and will arrive in Europe later. In addition to this “closed beta phase,” there will also be “open beta weekends” offered, which will allow many more players access to test server stability.
The lucky players who gain access to the beta events will be recruited from the Battle.net accounts that have signed up for it.
ArenaNet will work with ESL in the future to elevate the PvP of Guild Wars 2 to even more professional dimensions.
Two Seasons Before the World Championship
Since the announcement of the expansion Heart of Thorns for Guild Wars 2, the game has been experiencing a steady increase in new players, largely due to the free-to-play model. Especially in the PvP areas, ArenaNet’s MMORPG has seen such a massive increase that they have decided to take another step. In the future, ArenaNet will collaborate with ESL, the world’s largest eSport tournament organizer.
To kick off this partnership, there will be two seasons where all interested PvP players can compete for up to $400,000, the largest prize pool ever for a tournament in Guild Wars 2 – only after this will a world championship be held.
The cooperation with ESL also brings new benefits for players: The minimum age for participation will be lowered to 16 years, and regional restrictions will be largely removed. This opens up competitive PvP to an even broader audience of players and allows a larger number than ever before to fully commit to professional PvP with Heart of Thorns.
For more information about the game, the new elite specializations, and the upcoming legendary weapons, you can visit our Guild Wars 2 topic page.
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Star Citizen celebrates a new milestone: More than 1 million people are now supporting the project.
On average, $92 per supporter
The success story of Star Citizen is unique. Not only has the game reached its funding goal and all available “stretch goals” at a rapid pace during the crowdfunding phase, but the level of support is exceptionally high. While other games would be thrilled with a funding amount of $1 million, Star Citizen can barely chuckle at that.
With $92 per person, you can really do quite a bit.
More than 1 million people have already given the game a financial boost and are official “backers” of the title. With a total amount raised of over $92 million, this means that each supporter has contributed an average of $92 (about €80). The trust that fans place in this project is unparalleled. Already, Star Citizen is one of the great crowdfunding successes.
Anyone who has not yet heard about the game can try the alpha version 1.2 for free until October 24 and see for themselves whether the game is worth so much support. To do this, simply follow this tweet:
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In the latest card chaos of Hearthstone, the randomness factor is pushed to the max: Not only are the cards random, but so are their costs.
More RNG is always better
In the latest card chaos of Hearthstone, Blizzard has chosen another extreme. On 14.10. at 5 PM, the new game mode opened its doors, increasing the equally hated and loved randomness factor to a new maximum. Players can still choose their own class, but will be assigned a deck of completely random cards.
As if that’s not enough randomness, the developers have added another random component: The cost of each card in your hand changes randomly with each turn. This means you might play a Nefarian for only 2 mana or pull a free Neptulon from your sleeves. The current mode is thus not determined by outstanding skill, but almost entirely by luck – but it’s still fun.
Don’t forget that there’s again a chance to grab a free classic card pack. All you need to do is win a round in card chaos against a random player. As usual, you can convert the cards you get into Arcane Dust if needed, to craft other cards. A game is worth it for both veterans and newcomers alike.
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In World of Warships, players have the opportunity to test new ships if they prove to be accurate shots.
A “kill steal” is referred to when one player deals the main damage to an opponent and another player comes by and delivers the finishing blow. This is quite frowned upon, and Wargaming is now encouraging it.
For the latest event, which runs until October 19, players can earn the right to either captain the Königsberg, a German cruiser, or the Ognewoj, a Russian destroyer. To do this, they must sink four enemy ships in a battle – the killing blow counts. For the Königsberg, four enemy ships must be sunk in a level IV Japanese ship; for the Ognewoj, it must be in a level IV American ship.
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If players achieve the four kills (no matter how they did it), they can try out the respective ship until October 19. After that, it will disappear again. However, they will receive the experience they earned with it.
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The Korean MMORPG Black Desert will be released in German, but it will not be a Free2Play game.
This is a surprise: Black Desert will not be released in the West as a “Free2Play” game like in Korea, but it will be a “Buy2Play” title. This means: You have to buy it once, but there will be no subscription fees. The intention is to change Black Desert and its game systems accordingly.
Additionally, it has been announced that Black Desert will be released not only in English but also in German and French. This will involve extensive translation work: 2.5 million words need to be translated.
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Alpha tests for Black Desert will start soon
As a fan site announced, alpha tests for the Western version of Black Desert will start soon.
Today, the official homepage of the Western version of Black Desert went live. There isn’t much to see on it yet – except for the trailer we embedded above.
In Destiny , the in-game cash shop has only been active for a few hours, and rumors are already surfacing that Bungie intends to expand the offerings to include “Pay2Win” items. What’s the truth?
Every player received 400 silver as a gift. Those who want to buy additional silver will find that the smallest package of 500 silver costs nearly 5 euros. So far, so good.
Will players soon lose their good mood?
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Pay2Win elements are coming, stated in the Destiny forum
This morning, a furious post appeared on “Bungie.net”, Destiny’s forum, titled “Pay2Win is coming – I have the proof!”
A player claimed to have found indications in the database that soon “consumable items” would be added to the nearly pristine cash shop of the game, pushing Destiny into the disreputable “Pay2Win” corner. This term refers to when players can buy virtual advantages for real money.
To prove his allegations, the player cited the purchase screen of Tess Everis. It states that “consumable items cannot be returned.” While she is not currently selling any, the implication is clear: items that can only be used once are certainly on the way! The user found numerous items in the database, which he claims are new: all consumable items.
He concludes that players could soon purchase “buffs” for silver, thus indirectly for real money, to increase their drop chances in the hard mode of King’s Fall. He also found various EXP boosts for specific enemy races and boosts to level subclasses faster in the database.
The corresponding thread on Bungie.net has since been deleted. Gaming websites, including German sites, are reporting on it. There are forum threads, discussions are happening. The issue is circulating. It is causing panic and seems to confirm the concerns many have.
What does Bungie say about it?
On Neogaf, Luke Smith, the Game Director of “The Taken King”, has now addressed these allegations.
Smith writes that the items that increased drop chances in “King’s Fall” have been in the database for a while, but are not in the game. These files in the database were remnants of an idea that players could buy buffs from the “Speaker” – much like the “Three of Coins” from Xur. However, this idea was discarded due to bugs.
There was never a plan for players to purchase such raid drop buffs for silver.
On Twitter, Smith reiterates this.
We aren’t (nor are we planning) on selling consumables that buff King’s Fall drop rates for Silver.
Furthermore, Smith announced (while he was at it) that better rewards for the Nightfall strike are on the way. They plan to address that soon.
Mein MMO says: Interestingly, Smith specifically refutes only that one type of “consumable items.” However, he does not mention the “exp boosts” or other so-called “convenience” items. “Convenience” items refer to those exp boosts that save time but do not provide any “real” advantage beyond that.
As of now, it is still unclear whether the new cash shop has been introduced purely as an “additional” source of revenue for Bungie/Activision or if they intend to forego paid DLCs and instead only request payment for a larger expansion “once a year.” Rumors to that effect are also circulating. Bungie has not yet commented on this.
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World of Tanks draws attention, even from the Russian army. It is suspected that today’s players will be the soldiers of tomorrow.
Doubleclick instead of Marathon
Once again, World of Tanks is causing a stir. Unlike the usual outcries about a too realistic war simulation, this time it is about the future of real battles. The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin stated on Twitter his unusual view: “We don’t need tank drivers, but the players of World of Tanks.” The reaction came after an announcement by a Russian arms company to produce unmanned tanks in the future.
From the game into reality? Players of World of Tanks should replace soldiers.
In the past, Rogozin had made such statements. In his opinion, the warfare of the future belongs to the “glasses-wearing nerds, who would defeat the trained athletes fighting on a lower technological level.”
What do you think about it? Does it sound too outlandish? Or could a good player become the tank drivers of the future with a little training? I personally find the thought a bit frightening, because it would be the first time the media could truly say: “He has already practiced killing in a computer game” – and they would be right.
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If we you humans can never get enough of something, then it’s time. Even in our hobbies, it is becoming increasingly rare for us to fully commit to something: While we run through an instance, we listen to a Twitch stream in the background, during the loading screen of SMITE we squeeze in a short YouTube video, and while I am creating the thumbnail for this post, I am listening to Stephen King’s “Revival” as an audiobook.
Just afk
My personal favorite among the time wasters has been increasingly encountered in World of Warcraft in recent days. Since I primarily play healers and occasionally damage dealers, my wait times for random dungeons are usually relatively long; 20-40 minutes are not uncommon. When, after the second invitation (in the first one, a DPS always sleeps in), the round finally starts, we greet each other with a brief “Hi” or “Have fun” and then the damage numbers just roll over the screen.
However, a very special group of tanks seems to have conspired against me and my low wait tolerance and begins an instance visit with the cheerful statement: “Short afk,” followed by “WC,” “Smoking,” “getting something to drink,” or “washing the car.”
The invitation is there? Quickly accept and then afk!
I know, I know. I must be terribly conservative and really old-fashioned again. But Papa Demon and Mama Demon taught me back then that it’s incredibly rude for other people to have to wait longer for me. So, I kindly and gently ask here to the open community:
Why the Nether can’t you do these things before the instance?!
I’m not talking about unexpected emergencies. The phone can always ring or someone could be at the door; I fully understand that. But what really upsets me are these predictable interruptions that anyone who can count to 3 knows: “If I do this now, then I won’t hold up the whole group.”
So, I can only ascribe 2 things to these people: Either these people simply lack the empathy to imagine the annoying waiting, or they are doing it out of malice.
You can’t play with them, but unfortunately also not without them. Afk-tanks. Though… when I think about it, it goes very well without them. Image source
Maybe I’m just seeing the whole thing far too seriously and should practice a little more patience?
You know, that’s why I love role-playing so much. It is one of the few remaining activities for me where time doesn’t matter (Ha, pun! You didn’t see that coming!) and I can just stare at the screen expectantly for three minutes without having to do anything. Unless the shoe man needs attention again.
But enough complaining, after all, we can’t do without our tanks.
What do you think? Does such an “afk” group member annoy you too? Or can you stay calm, shrug your shoulders, or go afk yourself to annoy the remaining group even more?
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These weapons can be ordered from Banshee-44 this week in Destiny
Anyone who has reached at least reputation 1 with Banshee-44 can place an order, which will be delivered the following week. The following five weapons are available:
The auto rifle Häkke Zarinea-D – suffers from extremely low impact, it’s a “pea shooter” build, but has good stability
The scout rifle Omnolon Tuonela SR4 – decent scout rifle with high stability, average impact, small magazine
The rocket launcher SUROS JLB-47 – strong rocket launcher with good blast radius and high range
The shotgun Häkke Strongbow-D – average shotgun with high stability, average impact, low range
The sniper rifle Häkke Aoife Rua-D – average impact, very high range
There aren’t really any “knockout” choices, all weapons have relatively high stability and balanced stats. Or did you discover a favorite? Maybe the scout rifle, the auto rifle, or the rocket launcher?
In the survival MMO H1Z1 there will be a player and server wipe today, along with a patch. The servers for H1Z1 will be down for a longer time.
Today, on October 14th, starting at 3:00 PM our time until approximately 7:00 PM, the servers for H1Z1 will be unreachable. A new patch will be deployed. This will be the first major patch after a long polishing and advertising phase .
Some servers in H1Z1 will be discontinued
A server and player wipe will take place. Life and death in the zombie apocalypse of H1Z1 will start from scratch. Names must also be reserved anew.
By the way, not all servers that were active yesterday will go live again. Some rarely used ones will be closed; the hope is to achieve better loading times and more action on the existing ones.
The beta of Star Wars Battlefront is over. A total of over 9 million players joined the battle.
Blasted until the lightsabers flew
All other major games faded last weekend as Star Wars Battlefront invited players to the open beta. Anyone interested in the game could download the shooter for free in a Battlefield-like manner and engage in battles at their leisure. In addition to the Republic rebels and the Empire stormtroopers, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader also graced the battlefields to spread a little hope and peace death and devastation across the arenas.
More than 9 million players were attracted to the beta – the Star Wars hype still continues today.
More than 9 million players participated in the beta, making it the largest ever under the flag of EA. The developers are satisfied but reiterate that this is just a small taste of what players can expect with the full version.
Star Wars Battlefront will be released on November 19 in Europe, until then the developers want to polish the game and iron out any small issues.
For more information about the game, the various modes, and playable heroes, you can visit our Star Wars Battlefront theme page.
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After what feels like an eternity, Blizzard is now pulling the emergency brake. The popular Hearthstone deck of the Patron Warrior is being nerfed.
An Era Comes to an End
If you have taken the torture of climbing a few ranks in Hearthstone in the past days, you will mostly encounter one deck type: the Patron Warrior. This playstyle dominated the meta even before the last expansion and led to numerous “one-turn kills” that players could hardly counter.
The new cards from The Grand Tournament have not changed its dominance: Garrosh remains unchallenged at the top of the most annoying and effective decks with his grimy drinkers. Until now! Blizzard is mercilessly smashing the combo and nerfing the Warchief. This no longer grants charge to minions with 3 or less attack, but increases the attack of all minions that already have charge by 1.
The last week of the Warchief has begun. Soon it will be the end of one-turn kills.
The patch will go live next week. This will not only weaken the combination; it will simply become impossible. Warriors will soon have to find new ways to play successfully. Something tells me they will be playing Hunters very soon…
For more about Blizzard’s card game and the current changes, check out our Hearthstone topic page.
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The MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria takes some different approaches than its genre counterparts. This is also reflected in the professions and skills.
The lifespan of a hero in the MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria is limited. Eventually, they die, and the character is gone forever. Therefore, it makes no sense for players to spread their skills as broadly as possible, crafting a little bit here and exploring a ruin there. Because when the lifespan is over, one will not be an expert in any field. Therefore, one should focus on a profession in the MMO.
In total, there are four professions: Producers are the crafters who create items. Suppliers focus on obtaining raw materials for the producers and transporting goods to other locations. Explorers explore the world and experience adventures. Champions are the fighters who act as bodyguards or explore ancient ruins previously discovered by an explorer. Thus, everyone has their role in the game and can focus on becoming really good in that role during their lifespan.
According to the professions, the skills are also divided into different categories such as Combat (for Champions), Survival (for Explorers), Crafting (for Producers), Gathering (for Suppliers), and Deviant Skills to navigate cities and Bard Skills. A skill hierarchy looks as follows:
Combat
Melee
Brawling
Striking
Grappling
One-Handed
Axes
Swords
Rapiers
Maces
Daggers
Two-Handed
Ranged
…
When using a skill in which one is already very good, they will notice that they do not get better in it. In contrast, those who use a skill they barely know will notice significant improvements. The skills are divided into these tiers:
However, the engine will ensure that players do not progress too quickly and that there are not masters in all skills within a very short time. If players progress too fast, the advancement will be automatically throttled. Skills can be increased in various ways, such as by reading a book, finding a teacher, observing others, and by trying them out themselves. The Soulbound Studios want to announce more information about the skills system of Chronicles of Elyria soon.
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In the MMO shooter Destiny, the servers will be offline for maintenance on the evening of October 13th. A patch will be deployed.
This evening, Update 2.01 will be released for Destiny. The servers for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 have been offline since 6:00 PM local time. The patch will be deployed. Bungie expects it will take approximately 2 hours before Destiny can be played again. That would be at 8:00 PM local time.
As a reminder Destiny will be offline for maintenance starting at 9 AM PDT. Expected completion is 11 AM PDT – https://t.co/Ocy0lEVMfq
This is the role of the light level in the Iron Banner
Bungie has just released a graph that clearly shows how the “light level” in Destiny affects events like the Iron Banner or Trials of Osiris. Here, the level advantage is activated.
It is such that a difference of 10 “light points” in light level counts as being “1 level” below the player. For each level that you are below the opponent, you lose about 2% damage to them. At least for the first few light points. It’s still quite close.
Here is what the graph looks like (the red line is decisive).
So, if you are 50 light points under the opponent, you deal about 10% less damage to them. The curve is significantly flatter than before.
Patch notes 2.01 – Black Spindle weaker, re-rolling of armor, less Strange Coins
The patch 2.01 introduces Tess Everis and the emotes, the Iron Banner begins, and the sardine can for shotguns disappears.
However, there are also some unexpected changes:
Thus, the Black Spindle loses its +20 bonus on attack. That was not intended.
There is also a new way to “reroll” nodes on exotic armor pieces: This requires glimmer, armor pieces, and a glass needle. The glass needle is only available from Xur.
The first chest in the King’s Fall raid is supposed to become a bit more lucrative.
Light particles should now occur more frequently from public events (100% more) and also more often from XP gains after level 40, but less frequently from faction packages, from dismantling items, or from daily strikes or crucible bounties.
Strange Coins will be overall scarcer – there are still 4 instead of 5 in faction packages, and only half will come from daily strikes or crucible bounties.
Now there should be 25% fewer weapon parts from dismantling green or blue weapons.
The Iron Banner is live – weapons and armor are at 280, when bought from Saladin they cost 40 (armor) or 90 (weapons) legendary marks.
The weekly quest from Lord Shaxx will now be unlocked on all characters of an account when one has completed the quest line that leads to it.
Destiny players will receive 400 silver, a blue emote costs 200, a legendary emote 500 silver. So, if someone wants to do the Carlton dance or clap slowly and sarcastically, they will have to “buy in.” The smallest package is 4.99€ for 500 silver.
As always, there are a lot of smaller changes and bug fixes.
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The sandbox MMORPG ArcheAge is celebrating its thousandth day of gameplay in Korea with an impressive trailer.
1000 days of ArcheAge being live in South Korea is marked with a trailer highlighting the most beautiful aspects of the game: Especially the large-scale battles with war machines, the chaos and bustle of a field battle, the majestic ships in a naval battle can be admired. There are sieges and some formidable monsters: whether with tentacles or scales like the impressive red dragon.
Players can also relive all previous Halloween events. Halloween is the pride of The Secret World and here some gems are hiding. However, there is currently no exact date known.
In the stream, they also talked more extensively about “Carter,” a 16-year-old with extraordinary abilities. She is expected to have a very special role in “The Secret World.” She is already a fan favorite.
By the way: Soon there will be an option to buy items from the cash shop for other players and gift them.
Situation at Funcom remains tense
Unpleasant background noise: Funcom’s precarious situation remains precarious. They have made a proposal to the debtor to help keep the company liquid. This concerns first extensions and similar matters. A decision on this is expected to be made by the end of October.
It seems that there are scarier scenarios for Funcom than Halloween.
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A new video showcases some minutes of gameplay with the Witch from Black Desert. She shows no mercy and throws lightning around…
The Mistress of Elements
In recent days, things have calmed down a bit regarding Black Desert. Although the open beta has now started in Russia, there is still no information on when the game will make its way to western regions.
However, this is no reason not to report on Black Desert and its various game contents, especially when they come with such flair: The Youtuber Steparu uploaded a new video, showcasing some minutes of gameplay with his Witch (who looks more like a fallen angel) and demonstrates how the squeaky Mistress of Elements plays.
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The Witch is a master of crowd control and can inflict high damage on restricted enemy groups while having only a small amount of health points. If you don’t like hearing women scream energetically, she might not be the right choice for you.
