The new Neverwinter module Underdark offers quests by author R.A. Salvatore

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Fantasy fans should be familiar with the name R.A. Salvatore. The author created the hero Drizzt Do’Urden and the Drow elves. For Underdark, the next module of the F2P MMO Neverwinter, R.A. Salvatore contributes a quest line.

Something is brewing in the Forgotten Realms. Deep in the Underdark, the home of the dark Drow elves, demons have emerged from portals, seeking to conquer the entire land. The hero Drizzt Do’Urden, an exiled Drow, must return to his former home to find the root of the evil. You will accompany him in the upcoming Underdark module of the MMORPG Neverwinter!

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R.A. Salvatore will personally take care of a part of the story in the module, as he is designing a quest line for the game. Salvatore mentions that he feels like a game master crafting a story with quests for a tabletop group. However, writing a story for a game is completely different than for a book. The players should be the main characters, not the protagonists he has created. It has also changed entirely how to write about fantasy. While Tolkien had to describe his creatures like dragons or the Balrog in detail because no one knew how they would look at that time, now the focus can be on giving the characters more personality. After all, everyone knows how a dragon looks by now.

The author does not want to reveal too much about his work on Neverwinter yet, but he explains that he has a lot of fun developing his characters like Drizzt, the dwarf Bruenor, or the halfling Regis and incorporating them into the story. He also states that it is a challenge to distribute the overall story across the entire “Rage of Demons” campaign, which will take place not only in the game Neverwinter but also in novels, the D&D tabletop RPG, and the upcoming computer game Sword Coast Legends. Additionally, many things will be interconnected, which will especially interest fans of the Forgotten Realms setting.

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Underdark is set to be released this fall for the PC version of the MMORPG Neverwinter. The version for Xbox One will follow next year.

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Star Trek Online promotes players from Captain to Admiral

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In Star Trek Online, players will soon be able to command other starships like a fleet admiral. The admiralty system is expected to arrive this fall.

In Star Trek Online, players have long risen to the rank of admirals but could only command one ship at a time. The rest remained in the space garage. That is not befitting.

For the season 11 of Star Trek Online New Dawn, which is set to be released later this fall, Star Trek Online has come up with something new that strongly resembles the ship missions from World of Warcraft. That’s only fair: Blizzard has essentially borrowed the followers from Star Trek Online as well.

Players will send their “replacement” ships on missions with season 11. Each ship of a new class they command will unlock a ship type that players can command as admirals. Mission durations vary between 15 minutes and 20 hours – up to 3 ships can be sent on a mission. The ships differ by stats and special abilities.

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Starting at level 52, players will have access to the system. In a dev blog on the official Star Trek Online homepage, the details are discussed. The missions are supposed to follow a campaign that will gradually be expanded.

For those who can’t wait until the launch of the new season: The admiralty system will soon be tested on the Tribble test server by Cryptic.

This is the trailer for New Dawn, the next big thing in the Star Trek Online universe:

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Heroes of the Storm: The Medivac of Lt. Morales in Action

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The latest patch of Heroes of the Storm is currently available for testing and people are experimenting a lot with Lt. Morales’s Medivac.

Once Ganking and Back! Is there a group ticket?

Currently, on the test server, the next hero of Heroes of the Storm can be tested. While many suspected in advance how much the Medivac, the heroic ability of Lt. Morales could impact the game, we now see concrete evidence of it. But just to remind:

Lt. Morales can summon a Medivac that appears at her location. All group members can board within 4 seconds and are taken to a previously determined location – simultaneously and almost instantly.

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This not only allows for incredibly humorous ganking maneuvers, where a five-person team descends upon an unsuspecting victim, but also daring actions, such as a spontaneous attack on the enemy Nexus.

Even if not all moves work as the respective Lt. Morales might have imagined (such as when only she boards and zooms in on the enemies), this new ability promises to create considerable chaos on the battlefields once the StarCraft healer (most likely next week) celebrates her release.

More about the game, future characters, and the current patch notes can be found on our Heroes of the Storm topic page.

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Final Fantasy XIV: Finally! EU servers are coming to Europe – Date for the move is known

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In Final Fantasy XIV the nominal EU servers will now also move to Europe. The dates are known.

It was a difficult birth. Over a year ago, Square Enix announced that the servers intended for Europe, the data center Chaos, would soon be moving to Europe. Now it is finally happening.

The affected servers are

  • Cerberus,
  • Lich,
  • Moogle,
  • Odin,
  • Phoenix,
  • Ragnarok,
  • Shiva,
  • Zordiark.

The move of the servers will result in a longer downtime. The affected servers will be unavailable from October 19 at 2:00 AM until October 20 at 12:00 PM. That’s 34 hours. This means, if everything goes well, it will be significantly under the 72-120 hours that were once estimated.

The server relocation is expected to provide a much more pleasant gaming experience for European players. Until now, the EU servers have been located in North America.

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Hearthstone: Card Chaos from 30.9. is Duel of the Junk Piles

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The latest card chaos in Hearthstone brings the most terrible technical achievements from Azeroth into battle in the week of September 30th: The Boom Bot against the Nerv-O-Tron!

Hello! Hello! Hello!

Right at 5 PM, the latest card chaos mode of Hearthstone was made available again today. This time, you are not playing any known heroes, but two of the most annoying metal piles ever produced by goblins and gnomes: The Nerv-O-Tron faces off against the Boom Bot! Randomly, it will be decided which of the two heroes you will play.

The respective decks are pre-built and synergize with the new hero abilities: The Nerv-O-Tron grants a random ally Divine Shield and Taunt, the Boom Bot deals two damage – split among random enemies. Currently, the Nerv-O-Tron seems to be a bit overpowered, as no player can withstand the annoying “Hello! Hello! Hello!” of its emotes for long without leaving a match in a fit of rage.

The decks are colorful and quite funny.
The decks are colorful and quite funny.

Remember that there is also a classic card pack to snag this time if you achieve at least one victory in the latest card chaos. Excess cards can be disenchanted as usual to craft other cards from the gained Arcane Dust.

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Destiny: Update comes on September 30th – Patch notes are here

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In the MMO shooter Destiny, a patch is coming tonight, September 30th. The servers might also be down.

Last week there was already a patch, a hotfix, which we initially thought would lower the attack value of the Black Spindle, as announced. But it didn’t. Right now, you can still replicate the exotic sniper rifle Black Spindle from the weapon designs in high quality and infuse special weapons up to 300. This is set to change.

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In the update that is supposed to come tonight at 7:00 PM, issues with the strike Cerberus Vae III could also be addressed. Currently, Valus Tra’urc (also known as Rockets McDickface) drops no loot.

We don’t know exactly at the moment.

If the servers go down tonight, as if Destiny is undergoing maintenance, and if so, when one can play Destiny again on September 30th, we don’t know at the moment. Right now it doesn’t look like there will be a server downtime; otherwise, there would normally be a warning tweeted about activities being canceled.

Irony of fate: Today the daily is active again, where you can obtain the Black Spindle.

Solar Titan

This is what Patch 2.0.0.5 does on September 30th.

The patch notes are here: The Black Spindle will once again not be touched.

Instead, they are fixing the problem with Valus Tra’urc in the strike Cerberus Vae III. He should now drop loot again.

They also fixed a bug that caused greedy chests to sometimes deprive players of their rightful loot.

And above all, they are fixing a severe exploit with the Sunbreaker, the new form of the Titan. Players were able to run amok by activating the Super and spamming the shoulder buttons, throwing the Hammer of Sol like crazy. This is no longer possible.

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Now we just need to figure out what went wrong here…

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Chronicles of Elyria: After Aging and PermaDeath – Player Contracts

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The upcoming MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria promises to do things differently. An interesting system is represented by player contracts.

The developers explain player contracts based on how interaction between players often occurs in current MMOs. In principle, there would be little interaction, everyone does their own thing. For example, one player wants to craft a special weapon and must mine ore for that. Of course, they do this alone to increase their skill, or they buy the raw materials at the auction house without needing to interact with another player.

Alternatively, they spam the trade chat. Once they have gathered all the necessary resources to craft the particularly powerful sword, they find that their crafting skill is insufficient. So they take the materials to another player who is supposed to craft the sword for them. But what prevents that player from simply keeping the raw materials for themselves? This is where player contracts come into play. There is a distinction between explicit and implicit contracts.

Contracts are important!

Chronicles of Elyria trade contract

An explicit contract is a contract as you know it. Both parties sign a document and must adhere to the terms specified therein. It is also possible to enter into a contract with many other players. They then provide you with the aforementioned raw materials and automatically receive their payment in return.

Based on so-called character events, which consist of player activities such as trading, fighting, conversing, or exploring areas, the game’s engine knows what the players are doing and can consider the player contract as fulfilled or not fulfilled. Players always receive a prompt about what they need to do once they have agreed to a contract. This could be compared to the quest system from other MMOs.

Contracts can be very complex

Chronicles of Elyria negotiation

A skill called contract writing determines how detailed and complex you can create a contract. The better your skill, the more intricate a contract can be, including trade agreements, guild charters, marriage contracts, or even laws!
If a contract is broken, you decide whether consequences follow and what those are. However, you must also adhere to the laws of the respective region. In some, it may be allowed to take items from a player for breach of contract, while in another region you may only be able to demand money. You can appoint a sheriff to collect the debts for you. If a player manages to steal the contract from you, there may be no evidence that an agreement ever existed.

Implicit agreements must also be adhered to!

Implicit contracts also fall under the realm of law. One must adhere to the laws of the respective region without needing to sign a contract. Nevertheless, these laws apply, and those who violate them can expect consequences. Additionally, there are artifacts through which the player enters an implicit contract with a party. For example, one who wears the king’s ring must carry out the king’s will.

Interesting: Aging and dying – What the MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria does differently

The MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria seeks to take a step further in player interaction than current MMOs do. That sounds very interesting.

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Overwatch: Are private servers possible?

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In Overwatch, players will not be able to host their own servers – that right is reserved by Blizzard.

All power to Blizzard

It shouldn’t surprise anyone anymore, but Overwatch will also require a permanent internet connection to play. This is more than understandable for a multiplayer shooter, but some fans were probably hoping for the possibility to host their own servers to be able to run the game at LAN parties.

Blizzard has now confirmed that all servers will be provided by them and players can only play on official servers. This has the great advantage that no one has to suffer from the disadvantages that private hosting of games brings with it: In games like Left 4 Dead 2, the loser could simply shut down the server – that had little to do with fair play. At the same time, the risk of above-average high latencies is avoided when everyone has to connect to Blizzard. Last but not least, game manipulation can largely be prevented and any “mods” will probably be categorically excluded.

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Keep your hands off your own servers. They will not exist.

Nevertheless, there will be ways to create your own games with your own rules and invite only friends to a round. If you don’t feel like competing with supposed “randos”, you don’t have to take that risk – but you should have a large friends list.

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Whine Wednesday: Startup Issues with WildStar – the Second

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Hey, it’s Wednesday! Hey, WildStar is Free2Play! Hey, nothing works! Sometimes my thoughts are very brief and focused, but the great advantage here is that there is another Complaint Wednesday to read. But okay, Cortyn, master your emotions, tell everything in order, and first calm your mind with a great cinematic!

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Yesterday at 6 AM, WildStar celebrated its second release and is now called WildStar: Reloaded. Because the game is now Free2Play, many players downloaded it in advance to dive straight into the SciFi MMO at launch. Of course, exactly what always happens during a Free2Play transition of a major AAA title happened: The servers couldn’t handle the rush.

The result was long waiting times at the login servers, along with a very questionable calculation. Supposedly I would have to wait nearly 120 hours before I could enter the game. Strangely, however, after 30 minutes, the first 118 hours had already passed – lucky me! Sometimes just the hope that things won’t be as bad as announced is enough.

Waiting times in WildStar - nobody would have expected that 6 months ago.
Waiting times in WildStar – nobody would have expected that 6 months ago.

As you can see, you see nothing

But I don’t want to blame Carbine solely for the login problems. It’s normal for a massive rush to happen on release day, which then suddenly fades away. It is also more than understandable that you don’t want to get completely new server structures for just one day that will only be 20% utilized in the following weeks.

A friends list without names. Very useful and incredibly motivating!
A friends list without names. Very useful and incredibly motivating!

However: It is really astonishing how little works in the game. While many of my friends (and I too) could overlook certain issues, such as the non-functioning in-game shop (which probably also relates to server load), other bugs were more serious. Friends lists appeared to be deleted, guilds dissolved, chats set up so that whisper messages could not be received (and also there was no other way to be notified about it).

Almost all social functions worked only partially or incorrectly. This made it very difficult to re-engage returning players to the game when you couldn’t even contact them to explain the new features.

Worse than any spam bot

A small extra award goes to the developer who thought it would be a good idea to send all “replacement runes” received from old equipment individually via mail. I surely have about 150 different messages waiting in my mailbox – if I should ever be very bored, I can surely spend an hour just on that.

Right now, WildStar looks exciting - but not much can be done yet.
Right now, WildStar looks exciting – but not much can be done yet.

But yes, I know myself that this may not be justified at the moment. However, since the problems seem to lie not only with the server but also with the patch itself, the unpleasant thought arises that WildStar could be experiencing its second spring right now – with all the pollen and childhood diseases that it brings with it. It just reminds me too much of the first launch. May the coming days prove me wrong. I hope the next few days bring swift changes … because I would really love to report some nice things.

P.S.: At the moment I preview the article, WildStar advertisement appears on the side. Sometimes it takes so little to make me smile.

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Destiny: The first Guardian has reached the maximum light level – but 300 is enough for everything

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In the MMO shooter Destiny , the first Guardian has now reached the maximum light level.

The maximum level of 310 light is possible in Destiny. And last night, at least as far as we know, the first Guardian achieved this dream value in Destiny. It is a Hunter.

At the moment, he is still alone at the top, but Destinytracker already knows of 63 others at light level 309. It takes quite a bit of luck and endurance for the last few points.

That is exactly what annoys many players over 300. They complain that they can hardly progress and that reaching the new maximum level of 310 is not possible.

It is like back in the Glassed Chamber, when you absolutely needed boots to avoid getting stuck as “Forever 29,” it echoes through the Destiny forums.

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Game Director says: Light Level 300 is currently sufficient for everything in Destiny

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But at this point, no one should be sad or greatly concerned. On NeoGaf, Game Director of The Taken King, Luke Smith, spoke up and addressed the players about light level 300.

He essentially says: Don’t worry, it’s not like it used to be with “Forever 29.” It is currently nothing in Destiny that requires more than 300 light to have all advantages. Even the final boss of the raid does not have 310 light, but it’s capped at 300.

Whether you have 307 or 308 light, it doesn’t really matter in vertical progression.

You are the 1% of the 1% – don’t go crazy

Anyone who has reached a light value of 300 is well prepared for everything that is yet to come. Many who now complain that they can’t progress after 300, are the “1% of the 1%” of Destiny players, sometimes losing sight of how far they have come.

Destiny-Sniper

Smith himself is not so much obsessed with the light level (vertical progression), but with the ideal stat distribution of his characters (horizontal progression). He has hinted multiple times at how obsessively he pursues certain perks and values. He does take a look at guardians in the Tower who have certain items in the perfect constellation and surely does not appreciate that.

Read more about light levels in Destiny and how to progress:

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Battleborn mathematically proves that it can calculate really well

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The upcoming online shooter Battleborn presents its customization options for heroes.

With 25 playable heroes, Battleborn will launch, with “heroes” being an extremely broad term and not to be understood as “following a moral value system”.

A trailer has now shown what this mathematically means, how many combinations possibilities there are; in how many different ways each hero can be played, how many team combinations arise with 5 players, and how the various match combinations would look.

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If you look at this, you can only be glad that League of Legends has never done anything like this; due to their item mechanics and the larger number of heroes, the numbers would surely be even bigger –  maybe a mathematician would go crazy about these gigantic numbers and divide by zero or something!

Battleborn will be released on February 9 for Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC. Prior to that, beta events are to take place.

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Armored Warfare starts – Open Beta is soft release

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The tank combat MMO Armored Warfare is starting on PC in just a few days. With over 60 vehicles, it aims to compete with World of Tanks.

Armored Warfare is a modern free-to-play game, and the open beta is akin to a “soft release.” Since you can’t really “buy” the game in that sense, players will retain the progress they make in the open beta upon release.

The open beta starts on October 8th. Those who purchased a founder’s package can start as early as tomorrow, October 1st. This is called a headstart. Exact times are not available yet.

The developers assure that they will continue to develop the game during the beta. A significant number of additional content will be added to the existing 9 PvP maps and 25 PvE maps.

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We have dealt with Armored Warfare and the background of the game in this article: It is essentially designed as a modernized version of World of Tanks for all “tank enthusiasts” who can no longer stand World War II. Thanks to the role-playing background of developer Obsidian, Armored Warfare also features RPG elements.

After World of Tanks and War Thunder, Armored Warfare is the third player in this MMO niche, which is especially popular in the former Soviet Union. The special feature of Armored Warfare is primarily its PvE aspects. The competition mainly focuses on player-versus-player battles.

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Dragomon Hunter: Housing becomes monster breeding!

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The developers of Dragomon Hunter have now revealed that there will also be a home for every player character in their game: the Ranch.

A small home for all monster collectors

Newer MMORPGs continually seek to provide players with places where they can simply relax and spend some quiet time away from the many battles. Dragomon Hunter is no exception and offers players its own style of housing.

Every player gets access to a small ranch where they can engage in a range of activities with their Dragomons: Captured Dragomon can be leveled up and enhanced here (and petted a bit). When guests visit their ranch, they can even ride the Dragomon – the perfect opportunity to show off their pets.

Dragomon Hunter Ranch

Those who wish can also continue breeding their favorites, creating new creatures with special color combinations or unique strengths.

However, the ranch will not be without action: Occasionally, there will be attacks from wild Dragomon. However, the player’s own creatures can participate in the defense. More loot (rare crafting materials) awaits, but only if the players themselves fend off the attack – preferably with some friends, as everyone benefits from it.

In the future, the functions of the ranch are set to be expanded. However, lucky chosen ones can already try it out starting October 15 in the closed beta.

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Elite: Dangerous gets its first Horizons expansion at Christmas time

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The space online game Elite: Horizons will be expanded in a few weeks with the first part of the Horizons add-ons.

Fans of Elite: Dangerous have been waiting a long time for Horizons. The add-on is expected to bring a lot of new features. However, it is referred to as the “Season of Expansions,” meaning that not all innovations will be introduced at once, but rather the developers will roll them out gradually. By Christmas this year, the first wave of new features will find its way into the online game.

Explore the secrets of planets

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This includes the ability to land on planets. Without loading times, players can then enter the atmosphere of planets and moons with the Scarab as a ship and discover signals, crashed ships, resources, or hidden outposts and fortresses during scanning. These can then be explored or the resources mined.

It is also possible to encounter enemy ships in the atmosphere, leading to new types of combat. All of this brings you a lot of new rewards. You race through deep canyons or over mountain peaks of planets and can even explore the surfaces with an SRV (“Surface Recon Vehicle”).

Elite Dangerous Horizons Boden

There’s more to come!

However, the Horizons expansion series will bring even more. Next year, the multi-crew feature is set to be introduced. You will command large ships together with friends. Some man the guns, while others sit at the helm. This is connected to the introduction of huge motherships equipped with fighters. Your crew can then jump into these fighters during combat and defend your ship in space battles.

Additionally, the developers will introduce the ability to customize your hero in detail. You will then receive a character whose appearance you can determine down to the last detail.

Fans of Elite: Dangerous have good reason to look forward to this year’s Christmas season and the coming year!

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Black Desert: West-Release is progressing, now Daum is looking for European employees

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At Black Desert , they are gradually looking for European employees to serve the European market.

The Black Desert is Moving to Amsterdam

Step by step, Daum Games is preparing for a closed beta phase of Black Desert. In this context, the team behind the MMORPG with the incredibly detailed character editor and the cat madness is also expanding in Europe. Currently, there are four positions to fill.

One of them is the “Lead Localization Specialist,” who – as the name suggests – is primarily responsible for translation work. Whether this means that Black Desert will also be available in other European languages besides English remains to be seen, as it could also involve external content, such as websites. Other positions are Game Master and Community Manager.

Black Desert Job Posting

Anyone who feels called to perform such a task must, however, endure a relocation – as it is expected that the positions will be filled by people from the Amsterdam area.

Slowly but surely, things are happening – a start of the beta version therefore becomes more tangible, even if there is still no specific date.

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Destiny Guide: Tlaloc, Pikass, Fabian Strategy – How to get the exotic class weapons

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In the MMO shooter Destiny , three exotic weapons were added: Tlaloc, Pikass, and Fabian Strategy, which are class-exclusive. Tlaloc is only for Warlocks, Titans get the Fabian Strategy, and Hunters get the Pikass.

Amid the commotion surrounding “King of the Possessed”, it has been a bit overlooked: Three of the known exotic weapons can actually only be used by one class each. Yes, they are class-specific. It’s a crazy new world in Destiny, and we live in it.

The three class-specific exotic weapons that came with King of the Possessed are the scout rifle Tlaloc for Warlocks, the hand cannon Pikass for Hunters, and the auto rifle Fabian Strategy for Titans.

Destiny-Wieder-im-Sattel

We will show you on the next pages how to get the three weapons for each class – it’s not a big problem, it involves the quest “Back in the Saddle”. And we will show you what the weapons can do.

A warning in advance: One of the three weapons is a dud. It is currently still buggy.

Tlaloc-Destiny

And now guess which class is stuck with an exotic weapon that does not work as it should …

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WildStar: Free2Play launches with fantastic cinematic

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Coinciding with the launch of WildStar: Reloaded, Carbine has released a new cinematic – and it puts you right in the log-in mood!

I got a WildStar in me …

Since this morning at 6 AM, the megaservers of WildStar are back in operation, as the long-awaited transition to a Free2Play model has finally occurred. To warm up the dedicated fans and new players a bit, a new trailer was released at the same time. This captures the gameplay of WildStar much better and reveals how rough – and occasionally a bit silly – it is in Carbine’s SciFi MMORPG.

But see for yourself how the Exiles settle their disputes (like “real men”) and why the Dominion is a big bunch of killjoys.

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I find the trailer very atmospheric and well done, but I couldn’t help but think of the many role-playing moments in our in-game tavern – those were great times.

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SMITE vs. LoL: Why Kindred is not so innovative

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Yesterday we had a little news about the new League of Legends champion Kindred, eagerly awaited by the community. The principle of “two individual characters in one” is not new, even if it is now celebrated by LoL players. At least one other game (and surely many that I don’t know) had such a character long ago – and that character is centuries old. We are talking about Hel from Smite, a Norse goddess of the underworld.

Hel – The Daughter of the Trickster

Hel is definitely one of the most interesting goddesses handed down from Norse mythology. She is the daughter of Loki, the great trickster, and therefore a monster (like all his children). But that’s not all: She is also cursed with the madness of two personalities and takes care of those who cannot enter Valhalla. The “bright” Hel looks after the sick and the elderly, while the “dark” Hel sorts out all bad people and sends them to the underworld. But why do I bother when this video can explain her so much better:

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In contrast to Kindred, Hel often argues with herself – as it expresses her personalities. Not everything is serious, and much is just silly fun, but a few sentences are enough to know that the “bright” Hel and the “dark” do not understand each other – except when they lead or kill a soul into the depths of the underworld.

What Makes Split Characters So Popular?

Smite Hel Godcard
Half light, half shadow – completely crazy. And yet damn cool.

I can only speculate why these characters are so popular. That’s why I make it simple and shamelessly generalize from myself to others: Most heroes in MOBAs are not connected to their game world. They are puzzle pieces that somehow have to work with the other pieces. For this reason, dialogues – if they exist at all – between the characters are very rare and often only scratch the surface of the backstory. In Heroes of the Storm, for example, some heroes insult each other. However, if you pay closer attention to the words, it quickly becomes clear that they are chosen in such a way that they apply to multiple opponents. The individuality, the soul of the different characters suffers from this.

Hel's two personalities are also reflected in her premium skins.
Hel’s two personalities are also reflected in her premium skins.

Dual beings, like Kindred or Hel can break out of this trap. They can tell their own story without relying on other players. The characters can argue with each other, encourage or ridicule each other. They can engage in deep, meaningful dialogues or just fool around.

That may sound lofty or unrealistic, but I believe people long for stories and especially connections – and these characters provide that on a very basic level. They are not a reinvention and not innovative, but they give us a bit more story and a bit more entertainment than all other characters. Moreover, they are incredibly cute.

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Off to the Island with Albion Online!

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

Who wouldn’t love to own their own island? The upcoming sandbox MMORPG Albion Online aims to make this possible.

So far, it has been possible to buy a private island during the alpha phases of Albion Online. This served as a retreat. However, testers wanted more, which is why the developers have now come up with a new system to make owning a private island in the MMORPG even more enjoyable. As before, you will buy an island in one of the major cities of the game world. However, now you will find rubble and rocks that you can pay to clear out. This means, specifically, that you can expand your island over time!

Get your own island!

Albion Online Island

On the newly freed area, you can establish fields or plots. Buildings can then be constructed and expanded. Overall, you should be able to expand your island in five stages. This allows you to individually decorate your island. Guild islands are also supposed to get this feature, so you can collectively expand your own island in a guild. However, for example, growing resources in the fields can become hard work the further you expand your island.

With the closed beta of the MMORPG Albion Online, which is launching this November, you will be able to hire NPCs as workers to assist you actively. Sandbox Interactive will soon reveal more details about this new system of private islands in the MMORPG Albion Online. So it will be very interesting to see what options your private island will offer you in the future.

Albion Online Buy Island

The MMORPG Albion Online focuses on a sandbox where completing missions is only a minor aspect. You can even create and manage your own city and an entire kingdom, which you will also need to defend against your enemies.

Interesting: Albion Online: A Sandbox from Germany

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ARK: Snowy Landscape and Swamp now in the game!

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time < 1 minutes

The latest patch from Ark: Survival Evolved  introduced two new biomes – pack your winter boots and a raincoat, it’s going to be wet and cold!

Dread Wolves and Frogs You Shouldn’t Kiss

With the new patch 216, ARK: Survival Evolved not only introduced new creatures yesterday, but also two completely new biomes that expand the game world. For the first time, a large swamp and an icy snow landscape can be explored. As expected, both zones come with entirely new creatures.

Ark Survival Swamp Biome

In the deep snow, Dread Wolves can be found, tamed, and ultimately used as mounts. In the small ponds of the swamp, all kinds of toxic creatures wait – alongside giant snakes, there are also large frogs. Especially funny: The frogs can also be saddled and serve as a mode of transportation. This way, even larger obstacles can be quickly crossed, as they can jump great distances instead of walking over the ground.

Furthermore, the green Quakers have a ranged attack by swinging their long tongue. This video gives you a good impression of what the new patch has in store for you:

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