Warframe becomes more social: Following in the footsteps of Destiny

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PC players of the third-person shooter Warframe can now download the new expansion of the free-to-play game. The add-on brings some novelties to the game and makes it a streamlined Destiny variant for PC players.

Social Hubs for MMO Feeling

With the expansion, the Orbiter Relays come into play. These are gathering spots for the 14 million Warframe players as stated by the manufacturer. Here, the Tenno peacefully engage in their activities or set out on an exploration tour. The relays are thus a completely new element of the third-person shooter and make Warframe more social and role-play oriented. Chatting, trading, and fighting together in a futuristic setting – it almost sounds like Destiny, right?

Warframe Social Hubs

Artifacts, Slaves, and Upcoming Opening

At the Orbiter Relays, players can find not only fellow beings but also new NPCs offering various things. For instance, the Void Trader Baro Ki’Teer sells artifacts for Ducats. However, the NPC is not always there, as he regularly changes his location…Xur sends his regards. Reputation can now also be improved in the relays. To do so, you just need to visit one of the Syndicate leaders who are located in the new spaces. Here you can trade your Medallions from the Syndicate missions and receive a reputation boost. Additionally, there are Augment mods at the Syndicates that optimize your Warframe. By the way, Darvo’s Market hasn’t opened yet. The Corpus trader is taking his time and will likely open the store soon.

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Shooter meets MMO

With this update, Warframe takes a major step towards MMO. Player interaction is increasingly put at the forefront, even if some elements of the update strongly resemble Destiny features. No problem – at least the seasoned PC player knows Destiny only from the Mein-MMO news. The expansion is currently only available on PC and is being tested there. The rollout to consoles has so far been very limited. On PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, only Prime Access supporters, PC-found users with a migrated account, or Tenno with a mastery rank of at least ten have access.

Players who are hopefully waiting for a PC release of Destiny should check out Warframe. The futuristic setting throws you into exciting shooter action with friends, acquaintances, or strangers. With the introduction of the Orbiter Relays, some MMO elements are also added – it’s definitely worth a try. In our list of the best free-to-play online shooters, the title made it into the top 3. If you want to dive into the free adventure: here is the registration on the official Warframe website.

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Evolve: A lot of excitement about the rankings, is it that easy to trick them?

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The team shooter Evolve still has issues with the leaderboards. Should it really be so easy that a disconnect before the line protects you in the “defeat” category?

Evolve is still at the very beginning of its development and at the moment there is trouble regarding the leaderboards. Rumors are going around and there is plenty of evidence, screenshots, videos, and threads that one can simply evade a statistical “defeat” by disconnecting before the end of a match.

A player is said to have managed to achieve a flawless 150-0 record as the monster Goliath. Now he is being hunted again. However, not by hunters, but by upset forum users who want to punish such abuse of the ranking system.

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At the moment, one should probably mark the leaderboards with a monster-sized asterisk: They are too easy to manipulate.

By the way, our Cortyn also dared to climb the leaderboards, managing to reach the top 3 in Europe with Goliath, when she wrote this Evolve test.

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Destiny: The weekly Nightfall strike on 17.2. is a nightmare

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In Destiny, the worst possible combination for the Nightfall strike has occurred during the week of February 17. It involves the DLC strike “Will of Crota,” against the screaming Omnigul. And there is no damage bonus active.

Ouch, Bungie had another surprise up its sleeve. In the Nightfall strikes, Guardians thought they had seen it all, but this combination is new: the DLC-only strike “Will of Crota” is active without a burn. This is going to be really tough. Such so-called “No-Burn” weeks have only occurred when Valus Ta’aurc was active, and they were already hated.

The Nightfall strike in Destiny grants a 24.5% bonus on all earned reputation and experience and the chance for exotic items upon successful completion. Normally, a specific damage modifier is increased by 300%, allowing the strike to be completed relatively quickly. Not this time. The strike “Will of Crota” is also considered unpleasant and lengthy.

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The modifiers for the Nightfall “Will of Crota” during the week of February 17.

The following five modifiers are active:

  • Nightfall – if the whole fireteam dies, players are thrown back to orbit and must start over.
  • Epic – the modifier ensures that it gets significantly tougher than in the heroic weekly.
  • Angry – enemies come relentlessly and are not deterred by heavy damage.
  • Lightswitch – enemies deal significantly increased melee damage.
  • Juggler – no ammunition drops for the weapon you are holding at the moment of the kill.

In the heroic weekly, there’s also no burn, only “Angry” is active.

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Tough Business: What weapons should be brought?

In a No-Burn week, you can bring your usual “standard” loadout; there aren’t many big tips here. In the Nightfall, anything with range is generally good. Sniper rifles, rocket launchers, automatic rifles.

It’s probably advisable to use an Arc primary weapon like Fate Bringer or Ir Yût’s Fang, to get through the Arc shields. The sniper rifle Black Hammer with solar damage also serves well for the corresponding solar shields. The fusion rifle “Murmur” proves usable this week as well.

Tips, guides, tricks for the Nightfall “Will of Crota”?

In general, it is advisable to go in as a team of three and then play normally. It will be a relatively tough affair, especially since the strike already tests the patience of players.

We will look for videos of successful and educational runs throughout the day and present them to you, so you can learn something.

In the first video, a German-speaking duo takes on Omnigul. Here they rely on Arc and fire damage – because of the shields. The scout rifle Ir Yût’s Fang and the Black Hammer are quite effective. The Lightswitch is particularly troublesome for the Guardians, especially with all the captains, as things can quickly go wrong. For Omniguls, there is once again a pretty quirky suicide safe spot.

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In this clean step-by-step guide, the individual areas of the strike are explained. Especially the middle is elegantly transformed into a sniper passage. It is a half solo run, but in the end, they preferred to do it in pairs. Here, too, caution is required with melee fighters.
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As you can see, the Nightfall this week is not for lone wolves; if you are looking for a pack, we recommend our raid finder article.

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League of Legends builds an artificial reef in the shape of Nautilus

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The MOBA League of Legends has promised to create an artificial reef off the east coast of Australia. They are good for nature and biodiversity.

Nautilus does not exactly look like someone who recycles or cares about the environment at first glance, more like someone who has heard about recycling and spreads tetanus. The guy drags around a rusty anchor and seems like a stranded oil tanker. But the players from Down Under have chosen Nautilus and not Nami or Fizz to model for the artificial reef that Riot Games wants to set up on the east coast of Australia.

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For this, a marine biologist has already been contacted, and they are working with a company specialized in this. These artificial coral reefs are good for the environment. Riot Games wants to be more present in Oceania now, has recently launched a league, and apparently wants to do something for the environment.

The reef is now the result of a week-long campaign in the game, the Ocean Week – one of the stretch goals was “If you score this many points, we will build a reef.” The whole thing is, as you can imagine, a larger project and it will take some time until completion.

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Destiny: Crota Hard-Mode defeated by 1 player alone, check out the video

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In Destiny, the final boss of the raid “Crota’s End”, Crota, has now been defeated by a single player. He has a history with such feats.

“It was so obvious that it would be him,” was the first reaction. Not bad when a single player stands out in a game played by millions. Defeating a 6-man boss alone – that truly embodies the motto “Become Legend” in Destiny.

From our perspective last night, sc_Slayerage, The Legend Himself, defeated Crota in hard mode. At the moment, there is no clear video of it, only the Twitch stream which we link here. The action starts at 22 minutes, with the kill occurring around the 30 minute mark. We will embed a better video with sound as soon as it becomes available.

Update 21:40: The video is now available, it even includes the entire raid.

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The player is not using his own character, but that of a friend, as he needed a Warlock for this and does not have one on his own account.

The raid Crota’s End is actually designed for six players. However, the hard mode was also defeated relatively early after its release by two players. One being a sword bearer and a Titan who supported and shielded him. The solo run comes without this protection, forcing Crota to his knees while dealing damage to him.

This is the first time that the hard mode of a raid boss has been defeated solo.

SC_Slayerage has already drawn attention to himself several times in the past:

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MMO Trends: Blizzard dominates January – with 3 games in the Top 7

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The MMO trends at Raptr are here. Not much is happening with the top games on PC.

The Raptr numbers reflect how many hours players spent with the Raptr add-on in an online PC game. Due to the nature of MMORPGs, they usually rank quite high, as they do this month.

Why we use the Raptr numbers to determine the trends instead of “official, calculated, representative” numbers, as some players might wish, is as follows: There are none. You can read more about that in our article on player numbers in MMOs.

Blizzard with 3 games in the Top 7

In January, once again League of Legends tops the chart. Followed by World of Warcraft. This remains relatively stable. Compared to the peak month of December, it lost 5% of playtime. An attack on the top spot during this add-on seems unlikely, but no one seriously expected that. A 5% decrease in playtime is certainly still within reasonable limits.

In contrast, WoW’s sister game “Hearthstone” made a leap, as the first full month now had the expansion “Goblins vs Gnomes” and this brought 24% more playtime.

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The big winner is Diablo 3. The hack-and-slash game increased by over 70% and is shooting up from the middle of the pack. Now in February, the new season started – so one can assume that February will be even stronger.

The dominance of Blizzard is impressive. For the future, they are also gearing up: On March 3, the next expansion of Hearthstone is set to be presented at Pax East in Boston. Additionally, they are bringing the next online games with Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch into position. Perhaps Blizzard will dominate the list again in January 2016, but with different games.

ArcheAge can stop the bleeding, stabilizes, but how accurate are the numbers?

There is quite good news for the sand park MMO ArcheAge. It looked like a crash since November, but now it has recovered and even gained a bit in playtime. However, it is unknown how much of that was actually “active” play.

ArcheAge invites players to keep their characters “logged in” even when not playing. Recently, Trion Worlds made this easier and removed the AFK timer.

Guild Wars 2 and Final Fantasy XIV with a slight upward trend

MMO Trends: Final Fantasy XIV and Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 benefited somewhat from the announcement of the Heart of Thorns expansion. Playtime went up. However, that could change again soon. No date has been set for when the expansion will really come, according to ArenaNet. And there is no big “interim program” to keep players entertained in the meantime.

Somewhat improved is Final Fantasy XIV. Here, they cleverly work with free weekends, larger content releases and promotions. However, a breakthrough has yet to occur. Here, Square Enix prepared a rich employment program until the release of the expansion “Heavensward”.

Raptr Trends January 2015

Interested in which PC games were particularly popular in December? Here are the Raptr numbers from last year.

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Evolve The Monster Hunt in Review

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For almost a week, I had the opportunity to thoroughly test Evolve, the latest shooter from Turtle Rock Studios, gather experiences, stomp hunters into the ground, and to be defeated just as often.

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Evolve, released on 10.2.2015.

Evolve has embraced the principle of “4 against 1,” which is the core of every game mode.

The Basic Classes Explained Quickly

 4 players take on the role of a hunter. There are 4 different classes, each with three men or women to choose from.

  • The “Assault” possesses heavy weapons and is mainly responsible for damage.
  • The Trapper captures the monster and restricts its movement options.
  • The Medic is responsible for healing the group and placing weak points on the monster.
  • Finally, the Support takes care of the “tactical advantage” of the group, whether it’s a protective shield, strong turrets, or large-scale reconnaissance.

And then there is the monster. Three different specimens are available – of course, it is also controlled by a player.

  • The Goliath fights with brute strength in close combat, throws rocks, and breathes fire on its enemies.
  • The Kraken can fly, focuses on ranged combat, and hurls lightning at the hunters from afar.
  • Finally, there’s the Wraith, a rogue who isolates and dismantles individual hunters before the team can react.

No matter which role you play: Each character is different and varies greatly from their colleagues. Regardless of whether hunter or monster.

A Round in Hunt Mode

Goliath Evolve Stage
Things look bad for the hunter. The monster “Goliath” is about to eat him. In close combat, he shows no mercy.

From the Monster’s Perspective

After the roles are selected, the monster gets a 30-second head start before the hunters arrive. You can start the match in many possible ways: Either the monster sprints away as fast as it can, but then leaves clear tracks. Alternatively, you can also sneak away, moving slowly, leaving hardly any signs of where you’ve gone.

If someone wants to go all out, they can also directly search for food without regard – because the monster starts at “Stage 1” and needs to eat to grow bigger. At the beginning, it is helplessly outmatched by the hunters. The map is scattered with wildlife that the monster can kill and then eat – this generates armor on one side, but also energy, which is needed to reach the next stage. Then you gain additional ability points, more health, and grow bigger.

In general, health is an important aspect – as a monster, you cannot regenerate health, but armor can. In battles, you must be cautious and preferably only attack when you have reached Stage 3 unharmed. Evolving takes a whole 10 seconds during which you are very vulnerable to damage. If you carelessly hit “V” to initiate evolution, you might already be shot before the process is complete.

From the Hunters’ Perspective

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Let’s go, hunters! Let’s track down the monster and destroy it as a team – as quickly as possible!

After landing, the search for the monster begins. Footprints, carcasses, and uprooted trees provide clues as to where the opponent is located. If there are absolutely no clues, birds occasionally appear to reveal the exact position of the monster.

The goal is now to trap and kill the monster with the help of the Trapper before it becomes too powerful. Even if you deal only a few percent of the monster’s HP in every fight, you make progress. It’s best to never give the creature a moment of peace because if it can’t feed in peace, it can’t evolve – and then it loses after 20 minutes automatically.

If the monster reaches Stage 3 without you inflicting damage, it becomes very difficult to turn the outcome of the round. Because from then on, the generator on the map becomes attackable – an optional target for the monster that it must destroy. The hunters are now the hunted, and it’s often a race against time to survive until reinforcements arrive. A hunter that has been killed respawns after 2 minutes. However, if all hunters die in this time frame, the monster wins as well.

If you want to learn more about the gameplay and different classes, you should take a look at our two guides, one for the beginner hunter and one for the Goliath.

Why My Eyes Hurt

[intense_blockquote color=”#ffffff” font_color=”#f24343″ width=”30%” rightalign=”1″]It is the first time I have really come close to the saying, “Played until my eyes bled.”[/intense_blockquote]

After the first two days of Evolve, I had incredible eye pain. I had to think for a while about what caused that. Were the colors too bright for me? Too strong “flashing” effects? Too fast camera changes? None of that.

The reason was incredibly simple: The atmosphere of the game is so intense and good that I simply forgot to blink during the ongoing matches. No matter what one may think of the rest of the game: Such an intense experience is definitely worth a look – in this case, a very long one. It is the first time I have really come close to the saying “Played until my eyes bled.”

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Destiny: Why doesn’t Xur sell heavy ammunition syntheses anymore?

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In Destiny , Xur, the Agent of the Nine, has not been selling Heavy Ammo Synths in recent weeks. They are more sought after than ever. What is behind this?

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A dream!

Xur’s Heavy Ammo Synths are available for a discount price when he has them in stock: five for one Strange Coin. As Strange Coins are no longer as valuable as they were in the early days of Destiny, it’s a deal Guardians would happily take.

The demand for Synths is also increased by the “Ammunition Bug” that Bungie plans to fix but has not done so yet. They hope to have it resolved by the end of the month.

Heavy ammo is especially needed in the raid, where Guardians suffering under the heavy load of having a Gjallarhorn often face ammo problems since Crota is quite the rocket sponge. Buying the Synths “regularly” costs Glimmer, which makes them eagerly anticipate the Agent of the Nine’s visit on Fridays.

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Feed me!

Bungie absolves all responsibility, pointing with clean hands at the guy with the noodles in his face

But, as is often the case with Xur: He does not always offer the Synths, only sometimes. And in recent weeks, not at all.

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Once again to blame!

Conspiracy theories arose about what could be the reason, perhaps related to the quest line “Urn of Sacrifice” or whether Bungie changed something in malice so that Guardians would learn to appreciate heavy ammo again or that the content is becoming artificially harder.

There is now an official statement from Bungie on the matter. The community manager said: “We have not changed anything. We did not decide to take the Synths away. I am sorry he didn’t have any this week. I have no influence over that snake-faced bastard.”

It has not been removed permanently. And there was no conscious decision made to deprive you of it. I’m sorry he doesnt’ have it this week. I have no control over that snake-faced bastard.

Until the bug is fixed, Titans can make do with this configuration, while others may find a trick is presented here.

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World of Warcraft: Flying in Draenor could come with 6.2.

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In World of Warcraft, the upcoming Patch 6.2 might allow flying in Draenor. The topic is still under discussion internally at Blizzard.

Flying in Draenor apparently divides not only the player base but also Blizzard’s design team. In an interview with a French fan site, lead designer Ion Hazzikostas spoke about the controversial subject, and they still haven’t reached a definitive stance.

According to Hazzikostas, players think that Blizzard is joking with them: “As if we had made a decision ages ago and were now hiding it. But in reality, it’s still under discussion.”

It is certainly within Blizzard’s imagination to activate flying in Draenor with Patch 6.2 and only restrict it in the new area, the Taanan Jungle.

Blizzard is still satisfied with the decision to keep players grounded in Draenor. If the developers had the chance to go back six months, they would do it the same way again. The new areas in World of Warcraft were designed with the “No Flying” rule in mind, and this rule contributes to a better gameplay experience.

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Defiance: Sweet Bug, Dead Bug – call Hellbug Love for Valentine’s Day

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The MMO shooter Defiance celebrates Valentine`s Day sharply.

The Valentine`s Day in MMOs is a sensitive topic. In Defiance, they probably thought about it for a moment and then thought: Eroticism, feelings, love… hmm… let`s just unleash our “Starship Trooper”-like Hell Bugs onto the world!

In the MMO shooter, the Valentine`s Day period lasts from February 9 to 22, the “Hellbug Season.” Those who successfully fight the hell bugs can earn titles, grab special weapons, or simply buy the Valentine`s package in the shop, which contains special outfits like a tropical helmet or a Hellbug tooth hat.

But the best part of the Hellbug Season is actually this trailer:

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Evolve: Wraith is too strong, so the dome will now be silent

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Changes are coming to Evolve: The monster Wraith is too strong and can too easily escape the dome. Therefore, Turtle Rock is planning changes.

The Wraith monster was already too powerful in the beta. While the other monsters were in the “You win some, you lose some” category, “Wraith” had a 70% win rate. This is mainly because the Wraith is so excellent at avoiding trouble or escaping from it.

Evolve is designed so that as the match duration increases, the balance shifts away from the Hunters and in favor of the monsters. And since Wraith is a master at avoiding early conflicts, her chances of success are apparently much higher.
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The best Wraith players listen closely

In the official forum, one of the co-founders of Turtle Rock is now addressing the issue. The data indeed indicated that Wraith reaches the highest evolution stage 3 more often than other monsters. A contributing factor: When she is trapped in the dome, she takes less damage than other monsters. Apparently due to her outstanding stealth abilities.

However, overall, Wraith does not seem to be trapped in the dome often enough. It is believed that this is because experienced Wraith players recognize exactly the sound the dome device makes when it is deployed. A top player can escape it by immediately using their movement abilities when they hear the sound. Therefore, Turtle Rock is currently working on removing the sound effects for the dome.

We have an audio change we’re going to try with the dome. The monster will no longer hear the Trapper dome VO and won’t hear the piece of gear fly up. Experienced monsters are running as soon as they hear the sound. Wraith can get out 100% of the time with one or two warps and a warpblast, even if the Hunter is ontop of her. So if we don’t play the sounds, she won’t be as aware when it goes up.

More about monster hunting can be found on our well-stocked Evolve topic page.

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Destiny: Guardians want to avoid the Iron Banner but still snag the big loot

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Rumors are circulating in the MMO shooter Destiny that you can skip the Iron Banner and still get the loot.

Maybe some of you know the “Eris Morn” trick: It is based on the fact that you can complete bounties for Eris Morn twice a day if you catch her right at the “Daily Reset”. That is at 10:00 AM for us.

Or you might know the problem where the Nightfall starts after the weekly reset and in the end, you receive no reward because Destiny hasn’t recognized the character as “Ah, this is a new week” yet. For that, the character had to be logged out first.

The game seems to sometimes have issues with these “weekly resets” and “daily resets” and how it works with “flying changes” and what exactly players can and cannot do.

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Can Lord Saladin be cheesed?

If it’s up to the Guardians on reddit, this mechanic is now to be applied in favor of the players at the Iron Banner. The “cheese” only works for players who achieved a high reputation rank in the January Iron Banner. Players with the “old” rank from January should now be able to purchase the new “February” items.

According to the redditor, players must do the following:

  1. Log into Destiny shortly before Tuesday 10:00 AM and stay in orbit with your character of choice.
  2. Go into a “fresh” Tower instance two or three minutes after the reset.
  3. Talk to Lord Saladin and buy the high reputation rewards immediately.
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Without Guarantee

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The thread opener on reddit claims that the method worked for him last time.

However, none of this is confirmed and it is surely not intended this way. Therefore, it may well be that it does not work tomorrow or that Bungie, now that it is prominently displayed, takes action against the issue.

Anyone who wants to try it should definitely stock up on Glimmer beforehand. The weapons and armor of the Iron Banner are expensive. Information on how the Iron Banner works if you want to do it “correctly”, can be found here. Which weapons and armor will be available this time has not yet been officially announced.

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World of Warcraft: 9 out of 10 – Method is facing Blackhand

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The Progress guild Method has already reached the first ID at the final boss Blackhand in the latest raid of World of Warcraft.

On Sunday, February 15th, around 16:45, it should have been the time, then the members of the Smelting Collective gave up and opened the way for the guild Method to the final boss Blackhand, the Orc chief Darkfist.

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It is the first guild to reach this point. While the top guilds sliced through the first seven bosses of the Blackrock Foundry in record time, the Iron Maidens took a break. They have already downed 14 guilds worldwide, the next boss, the Smelting Collective, only by Method so far. This means: Only the final boss Blackhand stands between the Progress guild and the coveted World-First.

Method had to concede to the guild Paragon only in the race for the World-First in the first Warlords of Draenor raid Highmaul . Now they have the upper hand for the moment.

If you’re wondering why the bosses seem to fall so easily: The Blackrock Foundry is actually nearly at the same level as “Highmaul” and is still part of patch 6.1. In Highmaul, the guilds had enough time to arm themselves to the teeth due to a relatively long artificial pause of 2 months.

In this article, we deal with World-First kills in WoW and their special features.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: Tailored for Playstation 4 and XBox One

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The fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is said to be tailor-made for consoles Playstation 4 and Xbox One. That’s why the port took so long.

Teams worked in parallel on the console versions to organically integrate features like controller adaptation and voice chat. A completely new user interface was also created in the process. They hope that the wait was worth it for the players when they can experience The Elder Scrolls Online on consoles on June 9.

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Mein MMO says: Well … we and many others have a different theory about why the port to consoles took so long. It seemed more like a delay of the console release, as the PC release revealed many unfinished qualities and weaknesses in the concept, and the game didn’t exactly have a triumphant debut.

The Elder Scrolls Online itself seemed to have been developed with a console port in mind from the start. After all, TESO already showed compromises in favor of consoles at release: The interface was already clean, and there were only a few skill buttons.

If it is indeed true that the adaptation for consoles took over a year, then Zenimax must be asked why they only realized two weeks before the console release what kind of work it would be. The topic was and is truly not a shining example for Zenimax.

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The Secret World does things differently, of course including Valentine’s Day

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The Dark Fantasy MMO The Secret World celebrates a very special Valentine’s Day.

The plague threatens, everywhere you hear the flapping of fat wings, madness claws at the poor souls who have lost their way in the Secret World, Funcom’s horror MMO. But that doesn’t really bother anyone. Killer rabbits, killer scarecrows, zombies – what do they call it in The Secret World? Exactly, Wednesday.

During the Valentine’s Day event, players can draw two “Bags of Amorous Joy” each day for Venice tokens, PAX, or Black Bars. These contain all kinds of trinkets: clothing items, jewelry, or outfits. But also the “Bag of Saint Valentine.” If you throw it into a crowd of players, those players receive gifts and if you hit a large group with at least 10 people, you will learn a new dance … this one:

http://youtu.be/nYbDDTtFQAg?t=9s

The event runs until February 25. A complete compilation of all items that can be in the bags can be found here.

Oh, and for those wondering what The Secret World can do aesthetically. Here are the old launch cinematics. They have something, right?

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Destiny: “After 100 hours, there is boredom, so what?”

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David Jaffe, the creator of the action-adventure game God of War, is now defending the MMO shooter Destiny in his own unique way via Twitter.

David Jaffe can’t quite understand how people can expect a game to entertain them for 100 hours or more, and then still not feel satisfied. He tweeted this in very flowery language: “I’ve read a few of those ‘That’s why I’m quitting Destiny’ articles,” he writes.

Jaffe can’t wrap his head around it when he reads, “I don’t know, after 100 hours or so, I have nothing left to do and it’s somehow boring.” “Of course!” writes Jaffe, “you’ve also played for 100 damn hours!” Since when did it become normal to expect a game to keep you entertained for so long?

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Out of ammo? Or just taking a break?

Destiny is currently going through a boring phase for many

The experience that Jaffe reads about in those “That’s why I’m quitting Destiny” articles seems to be something that some gamers are currently experiencing. The reasons for this are not hard to find: the last content expansion “The Darkness Lies” was released in early December and didn’t offer much new content. The withheld “Hard Mode” of Crota’s End also couldn’t hold players’ attention for long.

The next content expansion also seems to be a while away. The “House of Wolves” is not expected until at least April.

Meanwhile, there are issues at Bungie with the monthly events that were supposed to provide variety. The PvE event “Queen’s Wrath” has gone “back in the oven” since its first appearance in October and has not been seen since. Another PvP event, the “Trials of Osiris”, haven’t even been officially mentioned yet. Only the “Iron Banner” shows up every month, and it’s set to start again on Tuesday, the 17th.

At the end of the month, another patch is expected that will change weapon balancing and fix some bugs; however, it probably won’t be particularly motivating either.

Therefore, it might be likely that Jaffe will read some of the “I have nothing left to do in Destiny, what a lousy game” posts in the coming weeks.

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World of Warcraft: Futuristic Hologram UI – stylish, but probably useless

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In World of Warcraft, a Chinese player has now adjusted the MMO’s interface to make it look much more futuristic, but it does not help with the clarity.

The first thing that appears under many WoW raid videos is not “Wow, great kill,” “Grats on the tactic,” or “I’m a good boy, can I join you?” but rather: “What is the add-on that the healing druid is using?” or “What is that add-on that is yelling at you to get away?” Add-ons and interface modifications are firmly rooted in World of Warcraft.

While most are focused on arranging the information on the screen as clearly as possible and many rely on a minimalist interface, the Chinese user in this video is taking a completely different approach. He gives the good old WoW a kind of sci-fi manga twist.

What do you think about it? Would you want something like this on your monitor?

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Guild Wars 2: Successful Song Parody Prepares for Heart of Thorns

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A song parody by the YouTube artist Sharm sets the mood for the Guild Wars 2 expansion “Heart of Thorns”.

The singer and songwriter Sharm has made a name for herself in the YouTube scene for humorous yet beautifully crafted song parodies about current stories or events in MMOs. Recently, we featured her WoW song, in which she sings about the excitement of WoW players for their garrisons.

In this song, she takes on Guild Wars 2 and ventures into the jungle of Maguuma. To the classic “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” she dives into the jungle and shares what awaits us there: About Rytlock, the first Revenant.

Really a great number.

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ArcheAge: Supply crates remain, but become more valuable; Trion Worlds stays out of blockades

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There are new updates about the supply crates in the sand park MMO ArcheAge . Also, the policy of Trion Worlds regarding player blockades is explained.

Recently, there was a detailed live stream for ArcheAge where the status of the game was clarified. Employees from the West publisher Trion Worlds answered numerous questions from fans.

Fans do not like supply crates

The focus remains on the “supply crates,” the so-called lockboxes. Currently, there is a new one available with the Aquatic Archeum Supply Crate, from which players can draw a blue dolphin, but it is rare and many crates without it feel like a dud. Not a feeling anyone wants to have when investing real currency crystals.

Players have loudly and repeatedly expressed their displeasure about this type of supply crate in the past.

Especially since in January it was promised that such special rewards, like the dolphin now, would not be brought into the game through this crate, but also elsewhere, such as through loyalty rewards, the frustration is significant.

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The dolphin in question.

Supply crates are important to keep ArcheAge alive

The Trion Worlds team emphasized multiple times during the stream that they understood this, that they continuously convey the players’ situation in conversations with XLGames, and represent their interests. However, it is a give-and-take; no side gets 100% of what they want.

The supply crates are extremely important to the team. They help keep ArcheAge alive. Therefore, they will remain.

However, they want to strongly advocate for increasing the value of the supply crates, so that even the so-called “duds” are still valuable and can please the players. But this does not apply yet to the dolphin supply crate, but only for future ones.

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This is how Trion Worlds views blockades

With the removal of the AFK timer , blockades are now back in the spotlight. This is a phenomenon that emerged early in the game’s development. Players block choke points, hold other players captive, demand tolls, or just troll. Now, without the AFK timer, this happens more frequently as it costs players nothing.

According to Trion Worlds, they do not support blockades, but also do nothing against them. These are matters that players must handle on their own in the world with the means available. There have been creative solutions, such as “training” mobs, a tactic where a horde of monsters is unleashed on the blocker. They also do nothing against this training, of course.

In general, they have now developed quite a laissez-faire attitude. They also find AFK leveling of mounts acceptable now.

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The Elder Scrolls Online promises ultra-hot loyalty rewards that hardly anyone will ever receive

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The fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online promises its most loyal followers two truly epic rewards once again. The special thing: Only a few will receive them, as the loyalty system will be discontinued with the transition to Buy2Play.

This will please the most loyal of the loyal: The Elder Scrolls Online has announced loyalty rewards for 9 months and for 300 days, which are indeed impressive. For 9 months, there is the “Mask of Cheerful Slaughter”, a costume that is wholly dedicated to Uncle Sheo, the fan-favorite and habitual sadist from the daedric pantheon over or rather under Tamriel.

TESO Mask of Cheerful Slaughter

To obtain the costume, players must have been subscribed to TESO for at least 9 months from April 2014 to March 2015.

You get a Jaguar … and you get a Jaguar!

Those who were subscribed for one month longer, meaning at least 300 days, will receive a mount from the loyalty shop: the striped Senche, a big cat (featured image). In addition, players need an active subscription when TESO transitions to Tamriel Unlimited, the Buy2Play version.

For the tiger, it is sufficient that the 300 days have been paid; they do not have to have been used yet (the 30 free days do not count). For the costume, however, the 9 months, like the other rewards, must have already been consumed. It is not necessary to spend the time consecutively in Tamriel.

With the transition, the loyalty system will indeed disappear. Such mounts and rewards will probably be found in the Crown Store in the future. Whether the Sheo outfit and the big cat will also find their way into the store or remain ultra-rare rarities reserved only for the very few is still uncertain at this moment.

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