Blade & Soul: This is what the talent trees look like

In Blade & Soul, they now talk a bit more in detail about the various options for talent distribution …

Adjustments for Each Ability

Blade and Soul Skilltree 1

As an MMORPG with an action-packed combat system, Blade & Soul cannot do without customization options such as talent trees. Each class has multiple tiers and can improve each ability individually, often choosing between different variants. The distributed points, of which there is one per level-up, often change the basic effect of an ability. For example, one can enhance a sword strike so that it simultaneously restores a small portion of the player’s hit points or always lands a critical hit when another ability has been used beforehand.

Variable Skill Distributions – Anytime!

To save time, it is possible to rearrange the distributed ability points at any time in Blade & Soul. Thus, one can try out an entirely new build even for individual fights and switch back if not satisfied. Several sets of skill distributions can also be saved so that everything does not have to be individually recompiled each time. This is especially helpful for players who often tackle different types of content and want to be as efficient as possible in instances as well as solo content.

Recommended Talents for Beginners

If you don't want to think too long, you can simply choose a fixed preset.
If you don’t want to think too long, you can simply choose a fixed preset.

If you do not want to deal with all the details of the talent system, you can relax: Beginners or anyone who does not want to engage with the talents can choose between three different presets. A point distribution for solo play, group quests, and dungeons can be selected. The templates provide players with the most important builds that offer at least a good alternative in every combat situation – ideal if you do not want to spend time googling for a current build.


More information about the game and the upcoming Western release can be found on our topic page for Blade & Soul.

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SWTOR: When will the new companion Nico Okarr be available?

From the outset, BioWare promised players of SWTOR a new companion if they maintain their subscription – but when will it finally arrive?

When will the promised companion be available?

BioWare has worked diligently to remind players that at a certain point (around GamesCom) they would need to present an in-game subscription to be able to recruit the new companion Nico Okarr into their team. Since then, it has gone quiet around the companion with the cool cape and the double pistol. However, players are slowly becoming restless and want to know: When will Nico Okarr join the group? When can they roam around with him and blast enemies into the far reaches of the galaxy?

Pew Pew - Only with KotFE.
Pew Pew – Only with KotFE.

The Community Manager Eric Musco has now spoken up in the forum and issued a statement in a few sentences: Okarr will only appear later in the storyline of Knights of the Fallen Empire. He will play a relevant role in the story and will then, once the conditions are met, join the group. This also confirms that the companion will not appear before the expansion. This also means it will be absolutely necessary to play through the storyline of KotFE to obtain Okarr – but since this is likely the greatest appeal for players, it shouldn’t be a major issue.

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Skyforge: Catch-Up System, Rewards, Balance – This changes the 4.5 GB update tomorrow

In the Free2Play MMO Skyforge , the new patch “Aelion’s Call” will be released tomorrow on 16.9. We will tell you what to expect.

A 4.5 GB patch is set to arrive tomorrow in Skyforge. Maintenance will start at 10:00 AM on 16.9. and is expected to be completed by 4:00 PM. Then Skyforge will be operational again.

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The changes include:

For those who want to dive deeper into the secrets of “Aelion’s Call”: Here are the German patch notes on the official Skyforge homepage.

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Hearthstone: The most exciting games of the $250,000 ATLC tournament!

It was about $250,000 at the ATLC, the largest Hearthstone tournament to date. Exciting games and RNG frustration went hand in hand …

More viewers than at BlizzCon

Last weekend, the final rounds of the Archon Team League Championships took place, a Hearthstone tournament with a total of $250,000 at stake. Last Sunday, over 120,000 fans watched the streams, making the ATLC the most-watched Hearthstone tournament ever – even ahead of the finals at the last BlizzCon. Although the last matches were somewhat monotonous, there were still a number of exciting games that were decided by individual mistakes or the great improbability of chance. If you want to see all the games, just watch the following videos in full, otherwise, we’ve taken some highlight matches from pcgamer and fast-forwarded them.

If the Patron Warrior runs out of steam …

One of the most exciting matches was definitely the duel between StrifeCro (Cloud 9) and Dog (Value Town). Every player has developed a personal hatred against Patron Warrior, but this game shows how such a matchup can become a nail-biter:

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Secret Paladin of a different kind…

With The Grand Tournament, some new decks appeared, such as the Secret Paladin. It is already quite annoying on its own, but in a duel against a Druid, it can get pretty exciting. The encounter between Hyped (Tempo Storm) and RDU (Nihilum) is spiced up by a Young Dragonhawk Cho, who pulls a lot of spells. But see for yourself how the game takes an amusing turn when the panda pops out of the shredder:

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Overall, the ATLC games were very entertaining and created many moments that Blizzard had hoped for: Crazy plays with a lot of randomness that players will remember for a long time.

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Destiny: Confusion about Suros Package – Here’s how to get the pre-order weapons

Today, the new expansion “The Taken King” was released for the MMO shooter Destiny. Players are wondering: Where is the Suros package?

That’s a bit disappointing.

Bungie introduced the “Suros” package two months ago as a pre-order bonus. Weapons from the SUROS manufacturer were presented and described: Assault rifle, scout rifle, pulse rifle were to be included. Additionally, a shader and an emblem. Although nothing was said about the quality of the weapons, it drew attention. Players were excited about their pre-order bonus.

Destiny-Suros-Gamestop

Anyone who logged in today for The Taken King found the emblem and the shader in the post office. But they wondered: Where are my SUROS weapons? Why are they not in the post office? Is there a bug?

No, it’s not a bug, but it’s a disappointment.

As seen in this video, the SUROS weapons and also the Häkke guns are indeed there. They can be found with Roni-55-30, the vendor of the Vanguard. However, they are just regular “green” weapons with 160 Attack, likely intended for beginners who reach level 30 without having played the previous content.

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Blizzard releases templates for cosplayers

To help cosplayers create their costumes more easily in the future, Blizzard has now released several image series to better showcase the heroes.

Much Work, Much Research

The daily life of cosplayers is not always easy. Either at the last moment that one important armor piece breaks or they are treated by convention visitors as mobile decoration, not even receiving a small “thank you” for posing and taking pictures.

To make it a bit easier for the gentlemen and ladies with a great love for Blizzard characters during the work on their costumes, the game developer has now released plenty of character kits in the form of PDF documents. Here, all interested parties can view their favorite heroes from multiple angles, making it significantly easier to access the necessary design information to bring the costumes to life.

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Tyrande in the changing room – if only Malfurion knew!

So far, the selection is still small and limited to heroes from Heroes of the Storm. However, the individual documents are worth a look, as they show how many details are necessary to make a character in the game appear alive. Interesting also how much underwear gets designed that you will never see in the game…

Here are the direct links to the individual kits:

In the near future, Blizzard plans to release more kits to cover as many characters as possible.

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Guild Wars 2: What will be the Engineer’s specialization?

A new image teases the specialization of the engineer that players of Guild Wars 2 can look forward to in Heart of Thorns.

A furnace in the face

After the major fiasco of the Mordrem invasion last weekend, there is an attempt to quickly redirect the attention of Guild Wars 2 players back to other matters. Step by step, the remaining elite specializations will be announced and the next class is clearly the engineer. As with the previous classes, there is only a single image this time, leaving plenty of room for speculation and theories.

Fiery in the face - and flying turrets in the background.
Fiery in the face – and flying turrets in the background.

Unlike before, the community seems unable to identify a clear candidate for what the specialization is about. If everything goes as usual, the developers will write a detailed blog about it in a few days – until then, only speculation remains. What do you think, what could the new specialization be about?


More about Guild Wars 2, Heart of Thorns and the brand new elite specializations can be found on our GW2 theme page.

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Echo of Soul terminates in its home country

In the Korean MMORPG Echo of Soul , the servers are going down in Korea. The reason is that they were not satisfied with the latest developments.

It was released only a few months ago in Europe, while it has been on the market in Korea for 2 years: Echo of Soul.

Echo of Soul Screenshot

Now the publisher Hangames in South Korea announces that the servers will be shut down in October. They state as the official reason that they do not see themselves able to provide players with “satisfactory game content.” Apparently, fans are dissatisfied with the game updates.

The publisher is anyway withdrawing from the PC market, focusing more on mobile. They also recently parted ways with “Devilian.”

What impact this will have on the western version of Echo of Soul, and whether the development studio Nvius will continue to develop Echo of Soul for another publisher, we will surely find out in the coming days.

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They have already announced at the Aeria Games forum for Echo of Soul that they want to publish their own press release about why this has no impact on their version.

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Elite Dangerous: Gaping Boredom in Space?

Many gamers had been waiting for a new elite game, and their wish was fulfilled with Elite: Dangerous. However, now some players are experiencing boredom.

Elite: Dangerous disappointed especially single-player fans right from the start. The originally planned offline mode was scrapped just before launch, and the story in the game fails to truly convince, feeling tacked on and unexciting. However, apart from the story, there is actually a lot to do. Players can trade between different star systems, engage with other factions, participate in wars, smuggle, or be a pirate. All of this happens in a persistent online universe, where you interact with many other players.

The space, endless… boredom

But now, not quite a year after the release in December 2014, some players are feeling bored. Take Andrew Jennings, for example. He set a big goal for the “MMO”: He wanted to own every single ship, which required him to become a multi-billionaire in the game. So he started flying trade missions, gradually filling his bank account. In between, he made some credits exploring unknown star systems and participating in battles. One thing led to another, and even in games, the motto holds true: Those who have a lot want even more.

Elite Dangerous Cockpit

But what do you do with all that money when you already have so much that you don’t know what to do with it? Here again, you can refer to the real world: You spend it on highly pointless things. Andrew Jennings and his colleagues, for example, bought the largest ships in the game for outrageous sums and let them collide with each other. Eventually, boredom set in, partly due to the fact that the MMO creates instances of star systems when too many players are present. There are not enough players in one place to interact with. So only the usual activities remain, which become boring once everything in the game has been achieved.

New content is needed!

Elite Dangerous Galaxy Map

Even exploring would become unenjoyable over time, as the galaxy is empty. So players consider other things, such as crashing their ship into a black hole. However, since you wake up again on a station afterwards, there are no risks to take. Nothing has consequences. Therefore, Jennings gave up and turned his back on Elite: Dangerous.

If the developers were to introduce purchasable space stations or storage facilities, he would consider returning. The upcoming “Close-Quarter-Combat” update might also be of interest to him, as new game modes like Free-For-All, 6v6 Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag will be introduced. As an MMO (or multiplayer) with long-term motivation, Elite: Dangerous does not seem to function properly…

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League of Legends: Why the new champ will not be a Multi-Champ

In League of Legends there are currently teasers for a new “dual” champion. However, it shouldn’t really be split.

Yesterday we introduced you to the “tale” of the lamb and lion. There is pretty much consensus: This is likely a teaser for a new champ in League of Legends. Even on the test server, a little joke was allowed, showing one of two masks above the player’s corpse every time a champion died. Much indicates that the new champ, besides having an affinity for death, consists of “two halves”.

Maske-LoL
LoL-Test-Server-Maskeweiß

The new concept is very similar to a fan proposal for a dual Two-in-One champion “Dha and Ma”, a kind of Ying-Yang concept (we used the concept art as a cover image). Fans find many parallels from the fan art back then to what we now know about the new champ.

However, the new champ will likely not be a “multi” champion as in the fan proposal or like the Lost Vikings in “Heroes of the Storm”. There, players can control all three champions simultaneously like in an RTS.

Maske-League-of-Legends

This concept has recently been virtually ruled out by a champ designer for LoL, as League of Legends is designed so that you always select your own champion. Changing that would require a lot of work on the interface and the input. And such a champion would hardly have interesting abilities, except for splitting. While one should never say “never,” the designer considers it a bad idea and virtually ruled it out.

Even if the new champ looks like a “2-in-1” champion, Riot will have thought of something different.

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Destiny: Experience the first hours of “King of the Possessed” in the stream with

In the MMO shooter Destiny , the new expansion “The Taken King” launches today at 11:00 AM. Watch it in a live stream on Twitch.

Now the time has come, the hour of truth approaches. As soon as he starts, we will embed our friend Nexxoss-Gaming with his Twitch stream here for all Guardians who are not already at the console. Until he starts, let’s embed another German stream:

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The Hour of Truth is Here: The Taken King Releases

For exactly three months, since E3 in mid-June, Destiny players have been waiting for this moment: The new expansion “The Taken King” releases. After two smaller DLCs that were largely ready at launch, this is now the first real opportunity for Bungie to adjust and show what they have learned from the criticism and praise from fans about Destiny.

So much is already known about the expansion; Bungie has been feeding fans with information for months. But there are many things you just want to experience firsthand, and much is still not clear in detail.

Destiny-Old-guard-Shader
Don’t take it out of the collection yet…

We answered many questions about the start in this article yesterday. If you have further questions, just ask them in the comments.

First Bug Detected: That’s Why the Quest Is Stuck with Eva Levante

A “bug” is already known: Since the mini-patch yesterday, the veteran rewards are already in the collections. But you shouldn’t take them out of the collection: these are the “Old Guard” shader, the “Be Brave” emblem, and the “S-34 Ravensteel Sparrow.”

Because when you later tackle the quest “A Veteran’s Tour”, it gets stuck at a point with Eva Levante. If you did it, that’s also not a problem. Here, you have to delete the items temporarily until the quest proceeds.

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ArcheAge delivers impressive numbers for year 1 – These skill lines are the most popular

In the Sandpark MMORPG ArcheAge , the year 1 is once again reviewed. The numbers are impressive and quite quirky.

In MMOs, everything is logged, Big Brother is watching, and the data is noted. Trion Worlds enjoys creating long infographics with all this data, filled with trivia information. This has also happened with Rift.

But they are certainly worth a look each time. Especially in ArcheAge, where it’s not only about chopping off the heads of others, but so much more.

You can see:

  • Hardly anyone is a pirate
  • Regarding the skill lines, “Songcraft” is far behind, while the stealth line “Shadowplay” enjoys great popularity
  • The Black Pearl i is indeed very rare
  • and much more, like the most dangerous mobs, baked breads, assassinated mounts – have fun with ArcheAge’s infographic of the first year.
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World of Warcraft: Now even the advertising is being stolen

World of Warcraft gained attention last year with a humorous advertising campaign – which has now been quite blatantly copied.

The Axe in the Car Saves the … TÜV?

That in the MMORPG sector everyone steals a little from each other is probably no big secret. How boring would MMORPGs be if fun ideas like pets, group finders, or raids did not exist? Everyone picks up a bit from the others. In Taiwan, they have now taken it a step further and even copied an entire advertising idea.

To promote the new mobile game First Blade, the publishers set up a taxi that has been pierced by a large sword. Who doesn’t feel subtly reminded of Gorehowl, the axe of Grom Hellscream, which sliced a taxi in America a year ago?

So, who recognizes similarities?
So, who recognizes similarities?

What do you think: Cheap copy or clear case of “Good things should be copied”?

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Destiny Guide: What you need to know about the Taken King

In the MMO shooter Destiny , the new expansion “The Taken King” starts tomorrow, the fresh add-on. We have summarized the most important questions.

It kicks off at 11:00 AM. The Taken King starts. We have extensively reported on it over the past weeks and months. But surely there are readers who are only now really interested in what’s going on. For them, we want to summarize the important information.

To do this, we use the popular fake interview format. We act as if someone is asking us questions who probably stopped playing Destiny after about 3 months because they just never got the raid boots from “The Vault of Glass”.

Destiny Action

I haven’t played Destiny in a while. What is the most important thing I should know when I start tomorrow?

You now level up through experience points all the way to level 40. This is a new system. All the time, you leveled up to level 20 through experience and then through gear all the way to now level 34. That system is disappearing. Now anyone can level from 1 to 40 through experience points.

Do I start at level 20 then?

No, probably not. Everyone will receive the level they could achieve with the gear they have according to the old system as their light level tomorrow. And everyone can promote a hero to level 25 via an item they have in their mailbox. So you start at level 29.

Aaah, don’t remind me of that.

Sorry.

So light doesn’t matter anymore?

Yes, light is now calculated from the average of the defense value and the armor value of the gear. This results in the new light level. It still serves as a measure of how strong your Guardian is. And it also directly influences what enemies you can deal damage to and how much damage you take.

Slow down. I really haven’t played in a long time.

With a low light level, you simply won’t deal damage to strong enemies. Class items, artifacts, and ghost shells come in as new items that also have values. You should always grab the item with the higher main values to gradually increase your light level.

Destiny-Warlock-Artifact

Sounds complicated! I’ll have to check that out more closely tomorrow.

That’s a good idea. You can also walk around the Tower; a lot has changed there too. But nothing crazy important. Maybe that the gunsmith now also has his own quests and now there are laptops hanging everywhere with item collections in them, nothing else.

What?!

Not that important. You’ll see everything tomorrow. By the way, there’s now a “smart loot system” that figures out what you need. And you should get that more often – like boots if you don’t have any.

Sorry. Oh, and the vault is much larger than before.

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Hey, that guy with the flame hammer! What’s that?

That’s one of the three new subclasses. The flame hammer guy belongs to the Titan. The Warlock gets a kind of floating lightning god, and the Hunter gets a bow.

And I can just do that starting tomorrow?

No, you will unlock the respective subclasses through a quest. But that should be possible fairly early on.

Quest?

Yes, everything has now become a quest. It’s a new idea they have. Even things that were already in the game are now restructured into quests. The vendors who used to just stand around in the Tower are now supposed to have personalities, assign tasks, and interact more with the player. They now always want to tell the player what they can do next to become stronger.

Destiny Action

And who is this Oryx?

The new Crota. Actually, Crota’s father.

And who is Crota?

War – Who was Crota? The final boss in the second raid.

So someone like Atheon?

Exactly. Oryx is coming now and wants to kill the Guardian who killed his son. That’s you, by the way. And to do that, he changes the aliens in Destiny and transforms them into slightly different aliens with new abilities, different colors, and makes everything a bit scarier.

Destiny Taken

Is there a new raid for 6 players? I always liked that the most … except for the thing with the boots.

Now you started it. The new raid is supposed to be called King’s Fall and to be pretty good. It starts on Friday evening. By the way, we know very little about it. A new public event has been extensively showcased “Court of Oryx”, but nothing has been said about the raid yet.

New exotics?

13 weapons and 18 armors.

Is that all?

Probably yes for the armors, but for the weapons we don’t know for sure. A few are still missing, which have already been introduced, like a heavy fusion rifle that can ricochet lasers all over the place.

Destiny Xutr

And will they be available again from Xur?

The armors – yes. For the weapons, only a few; most will be obtained through quests. Similar to how it was with the Thorn before. Everything you get from Xur can then also be found randomly in Taken King activities.

So does Xur still play a role?

Yes, of course. We don’t know the new processes super precisely yet. But it seems like almost everything with Don Calamari remains the same. He continues to sell exotic weapons and armors. Oh, and he now sells a new item that can increase your chances of drops from bosses.

Are there still Strikes?

Yes, new ones are coming. Not much is changing. It should be a bit more varied, and the bosses should be able to do more than just have a long HP bar, but otherwise not much happens. The Nightfall is supposed to be a little different than before. There’s no reputation bonus anymore, but you also don’t have to start from scratch if you die. And the latest news is that an item has been found in the database that will allow you to do the Nightfall Strike twice a week, but whether that actually happens… we don’t know yet.

Destiny Ready

And what about PvP? Is it worth it now?

It’s been worth it for a while now. They have significantly increased the rewards. In the meantime, a new 3v3 event called Trials of Osiris has come out, which was well received. Iron Banner continues as well. But both of these will be paused for a while and then come back later. With the Taken King itself, there are now three fresh modes: These have already been tested for a week and were well received. More like fun modes, a bit of variety.

Is it still lagging as badly as before?

I’m afraid so.

What about the Gjallarhorn?

Yes… no. You have to be very strong now.

I never got it anyway.

Okay, then that’s not a problem. The exotics from the first year… you can still use them all. However, there aren’t “Year 2” versions of all of them. And the “Year 1” versions will be about half as strong as the Year 2 versions.

How do I obtain the Year 2 versions?

You can extract them from the collection if you have the Year 1 version. You’ll see tomorrow.

Destiny Taken King Blueprint Exotic Weapon

But raid armor to become level 40… I don’t need that anymore?

No, there will probably be raid armor again, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the experience level anymore.

What about the “Fate of All Fools?” Is it available now? I remember there was something with that sick guy?

Interestingly no, and it probably will never exist. It seems that the stats have been merged into the new PlayStation-exclusive weapon “Jade Rabbit”. And its look will sport a new pulse rifle called “No Time to Explain”.

Speaking of “No Time to Explain” – is there a storyline this time?

At least that’s what they promise. It’s also gotten better in the last DLCs; the stories were clearer and more logical than before but very short. Now there’s supposed to be some real substance.

What else do I need to know?

The weapon balance has completely changed since last week. The new hot currency is “Legendary Marks”, which you need for everything. And you can now simply go to one of the faction types and say, “I fight for you,” without needing to carry a specific item anymore.

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What else? Spill it!

So, if you want to know more, then check out our Destiny page. I’m not going to tell you all the nonsense again.

You son of a Xur!

Oh, come on. Go look for boots! By the way, tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM we will embed a live stream of the first few hours in Destiny Year 2. You can definitely pick up a trick or two.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Maintenance brings Imperial City to Xbox One and Playstation 4

In the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, there will be maintenance for Xbox One and Playstation 4 on September 15th and 16th. Players should leave their consoles on, as it could be a major patch: The Imperial City is coming.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Imperial City will finally be available on consoles. Update 7 will be deployed: The Imperial City includes two instances, an underground public dungeon, a large quest area, and there are new armor sets, the level cap will be raised. There’s a lot to do.

We have extensively covered Update 7 and the Imperials in recent months. Make sure to check out our dedicated The Elder Scrolls Online page, where you’ll find everything you need to know.

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Warning: The Update 7 on PC was approximately 10 gigabytes. You should therefore configure your consoles to start the download even if you are not at home.

Maintenance with server downtimes will occur:

  • On Tuesday, September 15th, starting at 12 PM for Xbox One.
  • On Wednesday, September 16th, starting at 12 PM for Playstation 4.
  • There will also be maintenance for PC on September 15th, as a mini-patch will be deployed to resolve initial issues with the Imperial City.

No one knows how long the updates will take and when The Elder Scrolls Online will be available to players on Xbox One and PS4.

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League of Legends tells a fairy tale

In League of Legends , there is once again fun in cryptically announcing things. This time it’s a story of a lamb and a wolf.

It resembles a fable, but not what is told, rather who is telling it. A wolf asks a lamb to tell him a story:

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What lies behind it? A new champion, perhaps a new skin, some new chapter in the story of League of Legends? The last time something like this happened, a really big, nasty fish appeared at the end as the new champ on the horizon.

Could it be that some kind of Jekyll and Hyde character is conversing with itself?

What really lies behind this story … one can only guess. The only hint was simply “They are coming.”

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Guild Wars 2: Mordrem event was a flop

The Mordrem invasion in Guild Wars 2 has failed – from more than one perspective. What went wrong with the event, you will find out here.

A sentence with X, that didn’t work out.

In theory, everything looked so good: Guild Wars 2 wanted to host an in-game event as a small teaser for the upcoming expansion Heart of Thorns that thematically highlights the threats of the new game content. The whole last weekend, the Mordrem attacked and besieged various areas of Tyria – but unfortunately only rarely provided the fun that fans had hoped for. This was not only due to the bugs on the first day, where players received no rewards for their efforts, but also to questionable communication that did not meet expectations.

The Mordrem attacked - and frustrated new players and veterans alike.
The Mordrem attacked – and frustrated new players and veterans alike.

According to the event announcement, it was supposed to be exciting and interesting for lower-level players as well, primarily to attract new players to the game. However, new players had absolutely no chance to deal enough damage to the enemies to participate in the rewards. At the same time, participating in the events did not grant any experience points, gold, or karma – so it was a pure waste of time for many.

Mordremoth: Guild Wars 2
The players are angry – so somehow the dragon has succeeded.

But the frustration didn’t stop there: Because the various events are spread across the whole map, players had to either teleport back and forth between the waypoints (which is quite expensive) or walk each time – here too, newcomers were left out, who either didn’t have the waypoints yet or couldn’t manage long walks in time.

In summary, the Mordrem invasion will probably go down in history as one of the worst events in Guild Wars 2. If the dragon Mordremoth’s plan was to discourage and demotivate players – congratulations, that worked.

The event has been discontinued. There are no plans to expand or repair it. And it is unlikely to be offered again.

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My 7 most beautiful places in World of Warcraft

Although World of Warcraft is graphically a bit dusty after over 10 years, there are at least some places for me that still give me goosebumps.

This may be partly because I had beautiful role play in these places and therefore they have stayed in my memory. Other places are simply historically interesting because they hold great significance for the lore of Warcraft. Lastly, there are the places where the whole atmosphere just fits together: be it the soundtrack, the quiet sounds of the surroundings, or the design of the world itself. I will show you a small selection of my “most beautiful places” in World of Warcraft – perhaps you know some of them and want to share them with us.

Zul’Gurub

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Although as an elf fan I consider troll architecture relatively unappealing, the old Zul’Gurub is still a place I cherish. Even during Classic, I occasionally sneaked into the area that players usually had no access to (let’s remember, dear children: back then there were no flying mounts!). The whole residential area with all its cult sites is built around a temple of Hakkar – I found that impressive. Zul’Gurub is probably the largest city in the game in terms of surface area.

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The individual cult sites of the various Loa were exciting almost a decade ago.
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Star Wars Battlefront: 10 minutes of gameplay from the alpha

Recently, another ten minutes of gameplay footage from Star Wars Battlefront has come to light from the alpha.

While there was an NDA in the alpha of the highly anticipated multiplayer shooter Star Wars Battlefront, many probably treated it more like a non-binding guideline or friendly suggestion. Now, another ten minutes of unedited gameplay is circulating.

It shows intense action on the chilly planet Hoth. The “Walker Assault” mode is likely being showcased. For those who want to try it out themselves: A beta is starting soon for everyone who registers. There, players will be able to try the new mode Drop Zone featuring survival missions against imperial waves of attacks – and also what we can see here, the thing with the walkers.

https://youtu.be/oVbE3Rr8N_o
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Source(s):
  1. Pc Gamer

Curved technology: Are curved PC monitors worth it?

In just a few years from tube monitors to curved displays. Enough reason to take a closer look.

In 2015, the first curved screen from the brand Philips will be released. 34 inches (86.4 cm) with a resolution of 3440 x 1440 pixels are supposed to provide an intense viewing experience, with a suggested retail price of €1149. This naturally raises the question of how useful this technology is. What advantages does it offer? And what disadvantages?

Reasons to buy

The most obvious reason is the curvature. This is supposed to ensure that the distances from the image at the edge are identical to that in the center. This means the curve follows the eye, which does not have to constantly re-focus, relieving strain. This can be very helpful, especially for image editing when working for long periods. Another effect is the improvement of plasticity.

Philips Curved Monitor Viewing Angle

The curved display brings the image edges and pixels closer to the user, making viewing more comfortable. Users sit closer to a computer screen than a television, thus the curvature of the screen can enable a far more intense work experience with minimal distraction. – Artem Khomenko, Product Manager

Furthermore, the monitors usually have the 21:9 format for a better movie experience. Additionally, an ultra-HD resolution or even higher is possible.

Reasons against buying

In addition to the high prices, there are also several other reasons against it. For a time, earlier monitors did not support all color spaces, making the devices unsuitable for graphic designers. Moreover, one must sit directly in front of the screen. Looking at the display from the side results in a distorted image. With a curved TV, you won’t be able to watch movies together with family. They are also difficult to mount on the wall. And when mounted, the protruding edges do not look very nice.

Conclusion

Philips Curved Monitor

The technology has not advanced very far yet. This makes manufacturing and pricing significantly more expensive, and the devices are currently a pure luxury product. Similar to SSDs.

The same applies to the UHD format. As a user, you gain little when such resolutions, although technically possible, are hardly available in films that support them. Of course, one could argue that it will be possible later, thus it is just a matter of time. That may very well be true, but then you do not need to buy a monitor now when they will be both more sophisticated and cheaper later on.

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