In the co-op shooter Evolve , the developers will present the first balance patch tomorrow Friday just before midnight. Apparently, the monster Wraith is in for a change.
In a stream, the developers from Turtle Rock Studios will showcase the first balance patch on Friday. There are already some initial hints on who could be the main focus: The monster Wraith. Additionally, Hyde, Griffin, Cabot, and Val can expect some changes – here the win rate seems to deviate too far from 50%. For Cabot and Wraith, it is above, while the other three are likely below.
Hyde is low. Cabot is high. Wraith is high. Griffin is low. Val is low.
Testing some good changes this week.
The live stream starts, from our perspective, at a rather sleepy hour, at midnight from Friday to Saturday. An hour earlier, the balance changes are supposed to be presented in the official forum.
Before the balance patch, a fix for the Xbox is expected. There are issues that require immediate attention. The problems affect the progress of Xbox players. This can be deleted if players want to be active on more than one console.
Apart from all the announcements for upcoming changes, this impressive .gif was also found in the official forum. It shows the next monster, the Behemoth, in action:
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The MOBA Smite shines in the latest patch with unusually creative hero skins. For instance, the god Hercules gets a paint job as a Mexican luchador, and for Scylla, they take strong inspiration from Tim Burton.
Skins have been the royal road for free-to-play games that truly want to be free-to-play to make money without significantly affecting game balance. The beauty of the system is that designers really have to put in the effort to get to the players’ money. Players are only willing to pay for a skin if it convinces them. After all, gamers don’t gain any advantage from it, other than the feeling of owning something beautiful or cool.
And you can tell from the additional “For a good skin, there’s good money” motivation for designers. Even if some look “08/15,” this particular cash motivation often ignites the creativity of the designers, and evidently, the gentlemen and ladies in suits are also willing to approve things they might otherwise reject. They give the creatives a lot of leeway.
A bonus star is, in our opinion, deserved this week by the MOBA Smite from Hi-Rez Studios. There, the new goddess Bellona is being introduced, but the highlights of the patch are two skins.
In the god-MOBA, they turned the good old Hercules into a “Mexican wrestler,” a masked luchador, complete with new animations and the obligatory wrestling chair as a weapon:
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The absolute creativity bird (meaning an owl) has, however, been achieved by Hi-Rez with the new skin of the already creepy Scylla. “Daisy Despair” looks as if she just stepped out of a seemingly child-friendly nightmare by Tim Burton:
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The fantasy MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has surpassed 4 million registered accounts and is offering a free week for veterans from Friday, February 27th to Monday, March 9th.
This week came a substantial new piece of content with 2.51, which is now being showcased – and well, the “4 million mark” is happily being taken as an occasion. They would probably have offered the free week even if they were stuck at 3.8 million.
The promotion runs from Friday, February 27th at 9:00 AM until Monday, March 9th at 9:00 AM. To participate in the promotion, players must have purchased Final Fantasy XIV and registered an account at some point.
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Blizzard’s card game Hearthstone receives a convenient spectator mode with patch 2.2.0.7835 that automatically follows the object of interest without having to rejoin continuously.
Until now, you had to follow a player into each match individually if you wanted to spectate. This changes with the recent patch. The spectator switches to a waiting mode after the match ends and joins the next game of the player they are following.
Furthermore, the 30-minute AFK lock for spectators has been removed. They can now remain in full idle splendor and still keep watching. Previously, it was a bit like when the TV says: “Press a button or I’ll turn off.”
Also in the patch: Mimiron’s head has a new, fantastic animation, as it is said. And a pesky bug has been fixed with the Gear Master.
You surely want to know now: “What does Mimiron’s new animation look like, like the powerful Power Rangers?” Here:
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And no, in this Hearthstone news, there are no updates about the ongoing drama “Is the best Hearthstone player in the world maybe a guy? How do 50 different Hearthstone pros see this, the subreddit Hearthstone, and what does Reynad actually think?”
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With the new patch yesterday, Destiny received a lot of new data, including, it seems, also material for a second social hub, a second tower.
Last night there was a patch in Destiny: however, it hardly brought anything directly “new” in terms of “new game content.” The changes were more technical in nature. No new raid was launched and no new zone or anything like that was added. But with this patch, new data was also downloaded, which will be used later to prepare for the next DLC “House of Wolves.”
Important: datamining is neither “safe” nor official, but a mix of found data and conclusions.
Dataminers suspect they may have seen the second tower in a trailer
The dataminers from destinydb were already busy searching the database for changes. They came across a new “social hub,” essentially a kind of “second tower.” The description here is “Meet other guardians as they prepare for their adventures.” In the social hub, there should be space for 16 players, and it is suspected that it was seen in an early trailer (from 2013). There is also a screen from this early trailer (cover image) and this .gif was extracted from the trailer.
“Meet other Guardians as they prepare for new adventures”
Other data confirm what is already known
In addition to the new social hub, several missions and quests have also been found, which can probably be clearly attributed to “House of Wolves.” The quests seem to still be placeholders, about which little can be learned. There is also little known about the missions.
There is a new playlist that will be called “Vanguard Dragon” and is designed for level 28. The new raid is called “The Arena” and is intended for level 34. According to Planetdestiny, this raid could have “modifiers,” like the current weekly Nightfall strike. But these could also still be placeholders – no one expects that ascendant shards will actually drop in the raid.
The new strike that has been found will lead to a Fallen dropship and is named “Belly of the Beast.”
The intended area for the strike has likely been in the game for months and was already found in mid-October. Here is a video that shows the area “Traitor’s Ketch” and how to get there in live gameplay.
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It’s Wednesday again and I’m slowly running out of introductory sentences. For a change, I’m not complaining today about terrible game design, questionable sales strategies, or burnt PC accessories.
Instead, I want to vent a little about myself – although I’m sure some will find themselves in the topic. It’s about…
“Randoms”, the plague of the 3rd millennium
One can’t really play with them, but you can’t do without them either. I’m not talking about math teachers or the fixed task assignments within a shared apartment, but about the completely unknown players you are forced to team up with regularly in online games. Or briefly: Randoms.
Could also be a poster for a weekend with Randoms. Played for free.
Most of the time, you hate them – well, hate is a strong word. Let’s say instead that one tends to have a certain antipathy toward unknowns in online games much quicker than one would in comparable situations.
Upside-down world
I’m no better regarding this issue. What particularly bothers me is the fact that in the Internet, all forms of social interaction have been inverted and somehow perverted.
[pullquote]It’s just “Randoms”[/pullquote]In the real world, you try to show yourself from your best side to “new” strangers who are doing the same activity (colleagues, classmates, fellow students, etc.). However, with good friends, you mess around, give your opinion freely, or throw “casual” insults at each other – because friends just know better how to interpret it.
On the internet, this behavior has turned 180°. A match in SMITE isn’t going well? No big deal! It’s just “Randoms”, I don’t need to prove anything to anyone.
The first impression matters – even more so than in reality
I often find it hard to evaluate individual actions as such. Too often, I tend to misuse individual blunders as a stamp for the whole person.
“What?! The Random Scylla just totally messed up her ultimate? What a noob!”
“The support didn’t shield the medic, idiot!”
First impressions are something important and at the same time something incredibly unfair.
Mean thoughts…
I catch myself far too often having already made a judgment in my thoughts, even though a match hasn’t even been going on for 30 seconds. Sometimes, you should first take a look at yourself and become aware of what exactly you’re thinking – this applies even to demons.
How do you see it? Have you ever scolded a “Random” and then later realized that you completely overreacted? Or do you avoid games with unknown players from the start?
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In Destiny, the long-awaited patch 1.1.1 goes live on Wednesday evening.
Yesterday there were preparations, around 7:00 PM our time it was then: “It is time, the patch goes live.”
Players will be kicked from activities and will need to download a patch. Depending on the platform, that patch is indeed beyond two gigabytes. There are rumors that there could be significant “House of Wolves” content included.
We will be pushing the 1.1.1 patch for Destiny shortly. Players will be kicked from activities and required to download the patch.
The patch notes are also available now, which at least do not contain any major surprises – perhaps except for a change in the Crucible that was not announced beforehand. We have translated the patch notes for you into English (at least the important parts).
What changes with update 1.1.1 in Destiny
The most important aspect is certainly the change of the weapon balance, which every player will notice. Click the link for details. In general: Shotguns will be (only in PvE) twice as strong, pulse rifles will be nearly 10% stronger, auto rifles and hand cannons will be weaker, and fusion rifles will have their functionality slightly changed.
Then the “heavy ammunition” Bug has been fixed. This occurred when players equipped armor that increased their capacity to carry heavy ammunition. The bug caused them to have less ammunition than intended after a respawn.
The strikes should repeat less frequently when players are on a full fireteam.
There should also be less repetition and more variety in Crucible maps.
When players unlock the Crucible, they instantly unlock all playlists.
Players no longer drop heavy ammunition in PvP when they die, and significantly less special ammunition. This is supposedly to prevent players from killing others and then using the “new” heavy ammunition to take out the next ones, causing a sort of chain reaction.
There are also changes to the so-called “shoot-to-loot” weapons and those that can shoot through obstacles. One will have to wait for the results on the live servers to see what Bungie has really tweaked. It looks like nerfs for both types of weapons.
The Iron Banner now also has the smaller maps available, and the dreaded “headshot” bounty also now applies to pulse rifles, scout rifles, and hand cannons.
Xur always has an exotic engram available from now on.
Players can now also use heavy ammunition synths even when their inventory is full.
About 20 bugs have been fixed in the Grimoire cards. Most players should have more Grimoire points after logging in.
They also want to have fixed the bizarre behavior of weapons from the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 demo. Probably referring to this.
There is some bad news: The Vex Mythoclast has encountered a bug with 1.1.1. It now has less ammunition than intended in PvP. This applies to both the magazine and reserve. They plan to change this, but there is no schedule for it yet.
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In Destiny, predictions from a Japanese player about Xur’s inventory are circulating. What exactly did he say?
Since last weekend, predictions about Xur’s inventory have been in circulation. Unfortunately, they are often misrepresented. It is said that the Japanese user claimed that this Friday there would be the automatic rifle “Hard Light” and the next week the machine gun “Thunderlord”. He did not say that. However, there are “images” of two assortments of Xur, each containing one of these weapons. And there are “approximate” announcements of when these weapons are to be sold in Destiny.
Important: There is no guarantee that these “predictions” about Xur’s inventory will really come true. The user was correct about the inventory last Friday and also with the weekly Nightfall strike. Whether it will be the same in the coming weeks or if the patch yesterday mixed everything up is uncertain: It is also unclear which method the Japanese user is using. So please take caution.
This could be the inventory when House of Wolves is approaching.
What important items are expected in the coming weeks?
“In the near future”, meaning probably this Friday or the following Friday, it is said that there will be the shotgun Universal Deviceand the Warlock chest armor Heart of the Praxic Fire. It is unknown if both will be in one assortment or in two different ones.
The automatic rifle “Hard Light” is said to be available during an Iron Banner; here he predicted it twice, once on March 17 and once in April.
The hand cannon “The Last Word” is expected to be for sale at least once – probably meaning: within the next few months.
The automatic rifle “Suros Regime” and the exotic machine gun “Thunderlord” are said to be available to entice players for “House of Wolves”. However, he does not specify when that date is. According to Bungie, earliest in April. According to previous statements from the Japanese user, the release date for the DLC is allegedly set for May 19, so we can probably expect the Suros and the Thunderlord on May 8 and 15.
The Gjallarhorn is reportedly not expected to be available anytime soon.
This is expected to be available for purchase during an Iron Banner week.
When will Xur sell heavy ammo synths again?
Additionally, the Japanese player mentions dates when Xur is expected to sell the coveted heavy ammo synths. These are the current Friday, February 27. Then there will be a longer break until March 20. The other dates are: March 27, April 10, April 17, May 1.
What he has said about new PvP modes and the Iron Banner has already been summarized here.
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In the action MMO Neverwinter there are now new details about the duo Minsc and Boo known from Baldur’s Gate. The hamster is said to have been kidnapped.
The developers of Neverwinter gave an interview to the US site mmorpg.com and elaborated on Minsc and Boo there. The cult duo is set to make a guest appearance in Neverwinter. The storyline is based on a comic series.
When players first encounter the ranger Minsc in Neverwinter, he wants to save his giant miniature space hamster Boo. He has fallen into the clutches of a sinister cult that apparently worships “Elemental Evil”, which will be the focus of the next module of Neverwinter. Players are to assist Minsc. Whether the cultists have culinary intentions regarding Boo is not yet known.
If fans receive it well, more adventures with Minsc and Boo can be expected from Cryptic. They have the rights to both characters as part of a deal with Wizards of the Coast.
Although they could not win the original US voice actor of Minsc, they believe they can stay true to Minsc’s essence and hope for a popularity boost from the beloved character, as can be inferred from the interview.
The military MMO War Thunder receives the super heavy tank Maus and the Boeing B29 long-range bomber with patch 1.47.
The military MMO War Thunder calls its new patch 1.47 “The Big Guns”. Highlights of the patch include the superheavy German tank Maus and the US long-range bomber B29. A total of 11 new ground vehicles and 8 new aircraft will be added to the game.
Additionally, Gaijin provides some perspective: now you can pretend to look through binoculars from a ground vehicle. With patch 1.47, the beta test for “Steel Generals” ends, and the US ground vehicles are now freely researchable in the game. The “Ultra Low” mode for extremely low-end computers is also said to run better now. You can find all the details here or in the video:
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In Destiny, last week, the story of an 11-year-old who was severely trolled through the Shareplay feature of the PlayStation captured public attention. Now, the story has another act, the perpetrator has been found. And there are more victims than expected.
We reported last week about the wicked trolling in which an 11-year-old player gave control of his PlayStation to a stranger. The stranger (“KirmittheFrog”) promised to push him through a glitch in Destiny. Instead, he deleted two of the boy’s Guardians and took the only exotic weapon from the third.
Alleged troll is a victim himself
A journalist from the US site “Game Informer” has taken it upon himself to fully clarify the background, which is quite complicated. The PlayStation account “Kirmit The Frog” belongs to a 23-year-old man who lies in his bed, still at his parents’ house, under strong painkillers after a car accident. The young man is likely unaware of what is going on around him or who is in his room or messing with his PlayStation.
He only learned of the incident he is allegedly responsible for when a flood of hate washed over him via the PlayStation Network PSN in the form of anonymous messages. One even threatened to burn down his house. Others wished cancer upon him, which is particularly painful since he lost a sister to the disease in 2011.
Awful situation for everyone involved.
It was the first time… well, the third or fourth time
It has now come to light that the actual troll was a 17-year-old boy who was friends with one of the ten siblings of the 23-year-old and therefore had access to the house and also to the PlayStation. He deleted the characters of at least three other players as well.
The Game Informer journalist has now confronted the 17-year-old. At first, he claims it was the first time he did something like this in Destiny. Confronted with other evidence, he replied: “Well, okay, it was the third or fourth time. I thought it would be funny.” He doesn’t feel guilty and would probably do it again, maybe not. It would depend on the situation.
He takes the anger, emotional strain, and stress he has caused the 23-year-old and his family lightly: “That’s just the internet. People get upset about all sorts of things and say whatever comes to their minds.”
He also has some advice for the 11-year-old: “Live with it and move on. What else is there to say?”
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Today, Patch 6.1. goes live for World of Warcraft. It’s extremely large but mainly brings minor changes.
It’s quite intimidating to scroll through the list of what Patch 6.1. brings. However, almost all of it is just minor changes; it is, so to speak, the smallest biggest patch in the world, a lighthouse feature is missing:
The perhaps biggest change for Twinkers: Heirlooms are making a huge comeback. They will have their own tab like toys, mounts, and pets.
The Blood Elf models are new now, and changes are also made to other models.
Somehow, Patch 6.1, even though it brings so much, is missing that “one, decisive” feature that is really new. That’s probably why it’s so hard to remember exactly what the patch brings. The Blackrock Foundry has been up for a while.
In League of Legends, players explore a fresh concept with the new champion “Bard”, a supporter who is supposed to roam between the lanes.
There is a new champion in League of Legends. He is not just the next AD carry or the next jungler rearranging known abilities, but could be a game-changer. “Bard” is a supporter who shouldn’t be stuck on the Bot lane for most of the game, but is rewarded for roaming, meaning he also checks in on other lanes.
Additionally, there is a passive game mechanic that grants him a speed boost, mana, and some EXP when he collects bells. He also gathers “Meeps” around him, small spirits that follow him and significantly increase damage with auto-attacks. With the “Shrine of the Protector”, he can drop care packages for his lane partner when he goes to roam himself. His Q has ganking potential, and his ultimate can cover his team’s retreat. Particularly interesting: With the “E”, he opens a tunnel that allows passage to the other side of otherwise insurmountable obstacles. The tunnel remains open for a while, during which friends as well as foes can follow.
The next wipe in H1Z1 is due today. The servers should be unavailable for two hours starting at noon.
In the survival MMO H1Z1,the apocalypse is coming again. Today at 12 PM, if all goes as planned, the servers will shut down, and when they come back up after two hours, a server wipe will have taken place: afterwards, players will start from scratch. This is mainly aimed at resolving the chaos around player bases. DGC has introduced several changes in recent weeks regarding how construction can be done. This is still a sensitive topic.
In addition, 36 servers will be shut down and reserved for later, and 24 EU servers will be converted to EU-Battle Royale servers.
Fans are concerned about a new feature. Here, victims can “report” the one responsible for their death at the push of a button. Players fear that this button will be used out of pure “He is cheating!” frustration.
The strict “anti-hacker” policy is celebrated by the H1Z1 team in this video:
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In Destiny Xur, the Agent of the Nine, still holds the Guardians firmly in his grasp. He decides which exotic items are available and which rare treasures remain.
A user on reddit has compiled two new graphics that show which items Xur could actually bring, he just doesn’t.
The Weapons: What? He has sold Gjallarhorn before?
For the weapons, it can be seen that three items are still missing: these are the machine gun Thunderlord, the auto rifle Hard Light, and the shotgun Universal Remote. He also practically “did not” have the rocket launcher Gjallarhorn available. Although he had it on offer in the second week, most people didn’t even know there was a vendor like Xur. In other words: Back then, the world was still in order.
“Hard Light” is not an item that many long for. The auto rifle stands in the shadow of the PvP queen Suros Regime. One could say something similar about the shotgun “Universal Remote,” although many consider it a hidden gem in the Crucible. With the shotgun buff, which should be coming soon, it could also see action in PvE.
Otherwise, it is noticeable how frequently the “No Land Beyond” has been available, it has only been around since the beginning of December yet has appeared three times. A circumstance, that Bungie probably wants to change soon, otherwise we will see the third Dragon’s Breath in his inventory on Friday.
The Armors: Oh? There’s a Hunter Helmet?
For the exotic armors, some items may be included that players might not even know are in the game. The Hunter helmet ATS/8 Arachnid is probably unknown to most. Even the reddit expert aWryShark,who collects the max stats of items, recently forgot it in his listing. No wonder: Xur has never had it on offer.
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The “Xur hates Warlocks” slogan from the early days of Destiny is still relevant. While all items have already been available for Titans, the Warlocks still miss the Heart of the Praxic Fire, a sought-after chest piece, and the helmet “Skull of Dire Ahamkara.” As evidence of Xur’s hatred for Warlocks, it can also be mentioned: the “Voidfang Vestments” is with 8 appearances Xur’s absolute favorite item, even the Titan’s healing armor can’t keep up. He has only had it available 6 times. By the way: The helmet Obsidian Mind, which many consider a game changer for Voidwalkers, Xur has only had once.
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Since I last played myself, a lot has happened in The Elder Scrolls Online. The game has been completely turned upside down by Zenimax, and that is exactly the path I will be looking into more closely in this video.
However, there are also a few things that were announced in the meantime, but have not made it into the game yet. This includes spell weaving, a mechanic that allows you to customize your abilities, and the Imperial City, where PvP is at the forefront. It is possible that this content will be released as a DLC.
Still, a lot has changed in updates 1 to 6. Revised facial animations, improved group play, trials, armor colors, and lastly the justice and champion system, which will be arriving on live servers in early March.
As you can see, the developers have been anything but inactive over the past year. For me, that’s reason enough to take another look at the game.
– Darion
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The Free2Play action MMO Neverwinter will launch on the Xbox with a different version than the one currently running on PC. There will be no crossplay feature between PC and Xbox One.
There is a release date for Neverwinter on the Xbox One: March 31 has been chosen by Perfect World.
When Neverwinter comes to Xbox One in spring 2015, the game will experience a fresh start with new servers. PC players will not have access to the Xbox One version. Overall, the version will look a bit different: Here, you will start with the base game and the module “Tyranny of Dragons”, the expansion that came to PC in summer 2014.
However, it will not really be the summer edition. Balance changes that have occurred in the PC version should also make it to the Xbox version.
With the following seven classes, Neverwinter will start on the Xbox One:
Guardian Fighter
Two-Handed Weapon Fighter
Control Wizard
Trickster Rogue
Devoted Cleric
Vigilant Ranger
Destroyer Warlock.
The Warlock was the last class that was newly added to Neverwinter.
The eighth class, the Oathbound Paladin, which is set to arrive on PC with the next expansion, will launch later on Xbox. The Xbox Neverwinter is expected to start with all races available to PC players: so also including the controversial premium race Dragonborn. The game will be Free2Play, requiring an Xbox One Gold membership; and Perfect World aims to utilize the advantages of Xbox, such as the friends list and optimized controls.
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The new MMO Crowfall is currently in the Kickstarter phase and presents its concept in interviews. In doing so, it almost ritualistically distances itself from World of Warcraft.
The Kickstarter campaign for Crowfall has begun, and the gaming industry veterans behind the project are on a major press tour. Leading the way are J. Todd Coleman, the former head behind Shadowbane, and Gordon Walton, who had a significant say in Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, and SWTOR . The two use their big names to promote the project. Crowfall, it is said in an interview with PC Gamer, is “Game of Thrones in a DOTA-2 way.” In another interview with gamespot, it is referred to as a “child of the parents Game of Thrones, EVE Online, and Shadowbane.”
Everything but WoW
On what it shouldn’t be, there is quite a consensus: Definitely not World of Warcraft, no clone, no shared DNA, nothing like that. The WoW curse has haunted MMO makers throughout their careers. Even during the WoW beta, they realized it could become big and change the entire industry. And so it has.
Later, they were constantly faced with WoW in meetings. Investors always asked what percentage of WoW’s player base they could reach with their own project and how their MMO would compare to World of Warcraft. Anyone wanting to reach WoW’s numbers had to present a concept that sounded quite like WoW. The birth of the Warcraft curse, which would paralyze the MMO genre for the next few years.
Such WoW numbers are not what they want to reach with Crowfall. They do not want to create a game for the “masses,” but rather consciously cater to a niche. Even with 100,000 players, they would be very satisfied. If they were to target the masses, they would have to develop for them, and that is something no one on the Crowfall team wants to do. Therefore, they hope to raise enough money through Kickstarter to cover the MMO alongside their own investments and what strategic partners contribute. Should Kickstarter fall short of expectations, they do not see it as a tragedy: They have experience in gathering traditional funding.
A lot still up in the air
As both interviews hint, there are mainly ideas at the moment. They are quite substantial. For example, they want to solve the endgame problem. They see this in a PvP game where eventually players win, create an insurmountable lead, and keep newcomers or returnees “down.” They aim to change this by resetting the world repeatedly while keeping the player characters. This should also solve other problems, as balance errors will only have a short duration and will not matter in the next campaign.
As one of the main ideas, they plan a kind of anti-landmark; in the preliminary stage to Everquest Next, it is mainly about building things with voxels; in Crowfall, it will primarily be about destroying things. This seems quite fitting in a world with a finite expiration date.
Otherwise, in this stage, there are primarily ideas but little concrete planning. In the economy, players are meant to be decisive and important; in the combat system, they want to rely on player skills and realistic physics; and regarding game modes, the team plans various rule sets with play durations of a month or more. For example, one can imagine a three-faction battle: Two factions fight for dominance, while the third seeks to maintain balance between the two forces and wins if neither of the others has gained too much of a lead in the end.
There is no timeline for Crowfall yet; the Kickstarter campaign starts today, and we will report on it explicitly later and go into more detail about the planned features. As a payment model, they have aimed for Buy2Play with a subscription option.
In the Free2Play action MMO Tera , air castles are coming to Germany on Thursday, February 26.
As the publisher Gameforge reports, on Thursday, February 26, it will happen: The Flying Guild Castles are coming to Germany. These are fortresses that guilds will compete to own. Smaller guild members are already complaining that they have no chance of getting access. The mass guilds are said to be clearly favored in the distribution.
With 3.09, new instances are also coming to the world of Tera, an expanded enchanting system, a rebalancing of class skills, and much more. Further details have been mentioned in this post about Fate of Arun Part 2 .
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By the way: With the latest patch, club members, that is, subscribers, get more for their money. With a transport roll, which can be found in the club bar, it will be possible to visit the solo dungeon “The Stealth Clearing” once a day. Those who defeat the final boss Banyaka can look forward to masterpiece alkahest, scrolls of masterful transformation, and other treasures.
Update: The content expansion is now live. In line with the release, the American publisher EnMasse has contributed another trailer, which we do not want to withhold from you:
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In Final Fantasy XIV, Patch 2.51 brings the Manderville Golden Saucer, a collection of mini-games.
The cross-platform MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV now has Patch 2.51 available for download. According to dualshockers, the download size on PC is 1.34 GB, while on PlayStation 4 it is a bit smaller: the patch weighs 1.14 GB there.
The 2.51 patch is a true gem and rarity among MMORPGs. Only trivialities are included in the patch. It is filled with mini-games of varying complexity. While the card game Triple Triad or Chocobo Racing promise deeper game systems, the mini-games like the basketball variant “Bomberball” offer entertainment.
The schedule for Final Fantasy XIV is packed after the 2.51 patch, with the next patch, at the end of March, bringing the second part of “Beyond the Fall”, the conclusion of the “original” A Realm Reborn story, before it goes to new shores with the expansion Heavensward later this year.
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