Destiny has released some impressive numbers for the end of the year. The MMO shooter on Playstation 3 and 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One shows its cards here.
The Weekly Update for Destiny, the last of this year, has no special announcements to make, there are no fixes for Crota’s End, for any weapons, no buffs for the Exotics from the Glass Chamber and no outrageous surprises in the structure of the game. We have truly had enough of that in the past few weeks.
Guardians learned too late that they could upgrade the old exotic weapons at Xur to new, bare naked versions. However, the Guardians found out a few days later, after another announcement that also concerned exotic items. And that’s why some resources and some shards were wasted.
Instead of any surprises, numbers are mentioned and they are significant:
12,869,066 players have played Destiny so far. If all these players were put into a city, it would be as big as New York and Los Angeles combined.
22,932,276 Guardians have been created.
They have spent 872,404,449 hours in-game. This means each player has spent an average of nearly 68 hours.
Currently, over 500 developers are working on Destiny.
Atheon, the final boss in the old raid “The Glass Chamber,” has been defeated 2.4 million times.
Crota, the final boss in the new raid “Crota’s End,” has only been defeated 95 times.
At Destiny, they are confident that the numbers will have increased by the time you read this. Now they will take a break for Christmas, visit family, and disperse in all directions. They have one request: Guardians should be kind to the newcomers who will surely be joining Destiny over Christmas.
The next update for Destiny will be released in January and hopefully bring some changes that players are waiting for. They are not revealing more details yet. Information about the next update will be available after the holidays.
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In Destiny there has been the “Cloak of the Pit” for three days, a white auto rifle that, with a lot of care, is supposed to eventually become the “Necrochasm” of the best weapon in Destiny. Today we’re looking at the intermediate stage, the legendary auto rifle “Eidolon Ally” and explaining how you can use a trick to increase your reputation with Eris Morn faster in Crota’s Curse.
Briefly the backstory. Once upon a time in Destiny … a few months ago, they said they wanted to tell the story differently now. “That sounds good,” said the Guardians, “so far it has been pretty lame.”
“Yes,” Bungie said, “we want to do the quests now like before with the exotic loot quests.”
“Ehm … really?” asked the Guardians, because the exotic loot quests had not exactly been the most fun parts in Destiny.
Cloak of the Pit, Eidolon Ally, Necrochasm
Now we have the result of this change in mindset at Destiny: The Cloak of the Pit, the Eidolon Ally, and the Necrochasm are a quest auto rifle that becomes stronger at each stage of the quest. Originally, something like this was also planned for the other quest weapons, the fusion rifle “The Murmuring.” However, they decided against it.
The first auto rifle in this series, the “Husk of the Pit” or also Cloak of the Pit, we introduced to you on Wednesday morning. Swords of Crota, the great sword bearers, have a chance to drop the rifle. Now, the white gun is not exactly a hit and is attracting a bit of mockery. It feels like a pea shooter, while a lot of ammunition comes out, not much is happening here in terms of damage.
What will happen to the Husk of the Pit? And how does it work?
To turn the Cloak of the Pit into the next best weapon, the legendary auto rifle “Eidolon Ally”, you need Rank Level 3 with Eris, under Crota’s Curse, to then purchase the item Embalming Sphere. The embalming sphere costs 10 Black Wax Meditations.
Additionally, you first need to kill enough Hive to be able to upgrade the weapons at all. Then you will get the legendary auto rifle “Eidolon Ally” or “Eidolon Ally.”
What you can do with the Eidolon Ally and whether the weapon is worth it, ProNDC will tell you:
http://youtu.be/MUwORuksxoU
How do I get the fastest reputation with Eris Morn?
You need reputation rank 3 with Eris Morn, there’s no way around it. But how do you get it the fastest? There’s a “trick,” better said, a kind of exploit. For this, you need to be able to play in the morning at 10 AM, as new missions arrive from Eris Morn then. It’s important to accept and complete the missions without logging out in between. Once you’ve done that and log back in, Miss Eris should have new missions for you.
Maybe you have time on the weekend, so you might be able to speed up the reputation increase to rank 3 by a day or two, thus shortening the time until you have the Eidolon Ally.
Getting the 10 Wax Meditations shouldn’t be a problem. And you can quickly slice through the Hive, especially if you repeat a correspondingly low-level mission; there you can also farm some serious Glimmer.
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The Necrochasm will only be available in January and even then you probably have to defeat the final boss Crota in the raid Crota’s End for the exotic item “Crux of Crota.” Whether it drops all the time or if there is only a chance to get it, is not known at the moment.
And is the Necrochasm worth all the effort? Is it the new hammer weapon in Destiny? No idea.
At the moment it’s a bit like hunting for something of which one does not even know if one really wants it. Whether the Necrochasm can rank among the currently strongest weapons in Destiny, is still unknown. Currently, the Gjallarhorn and the Icebreaker lead the ranking of the most sought after weapons. However, in the raid Crota’s End, there is also decent substitutes like the Black Hammer and the rocket launcher Crota’s End. But none of those are primary weapons…
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The creators of Skyforge, the Allods Team and Obsidian Entertainment, have released a new developer video about the upcoming free-to-play MMO.
In this video, Development Director Eric DeMilt and Senior Class Designer Aidan Karabaich present the solo instance Lanber Catacombs. The spectacular video lasts 15 minutes and gives an impression of the gameplay of the defensive Paladin and magic-wielding Cryomancers in a dungeon.
Those who want to convince themselves of the action-packed god MMO can perhaps do so starting from January 16, 2015. On this day, 500 keys for the closed beta will be raffled among all Facebook fans:
For this, players only need to like this page on Facebook and enter their email address linked to the Skyforge account. Those who do not yet have a Skyforge account can register at www.skyforge.com.
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There was a two-hour live stream from H1Z1 on the night from Thursday to Friday. It will be the last opportunity to stay updated on H1Z1 in 2014.
On January 15, H1Z1 will enter Early Access. The last live stream about H1Z1 was at the end of October. So there’s about a month until fans can experience the unusual zombie mix of shooter, Minecraft, and MMO themselves, and it’s been two months since they last had a taste of H1Z1.
For the stream, SOE once again brought out the A-Team: the former Counter-Strike pro gamer and now combat system expert Jimmy Whisenhunt, who always brings a unique energy to the streams, and Adam Clegg. While SOE president John Smedley also made an appearance in the stream (he’s increasingly starting to resemble a Bond villain lately, just without petting a white cat, instead he has a puppy…), in any case, Smedley is not acting like an Elder Statesman in gameplay.
The new built shows a whole lot of stuff and improvements that have been announced but never presented before: in current gameplay, it’s naturally clearer.
The fauna has been revised, there are significantly more animations, the “map signs” are now in the game, which players can orient themselves with according to genre. The game overall appears significantly more mature and stronger than last time. A bit of the “missing soul,” the individual character, has flowed into the game, reflecting the maturity in the graphics and gameplay that naturally occurs when makeshift placeholders are replaced.
For example, the now huge, bushy trees look completely different compared to before. And the gameplay now features the announced combos in close combat with an uppercut as the third strike.
The inventory system has been changed from a “tile system” to an RPG-like “weight” system, which means in future, chewing gums will no longer take up the same space as an automatic rifle.
However, one must say: Even though the game is slowly approaching a “finished” version, it is still far from the quality and polish of a “finished” game. But one can see why SOE is now daring to enter Early Access on January 15, although, as SOE emphasizes, it won’t be for everyone.
http://youtu.be/JGqjTN9pCzQ?t=4m39s
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In ArcheAge, a video of the Pegasus mount has emerged, which was raffled at a special event in Korea and is considered the most beautiful and rarest mount in ArcheAge.
The Pegasus, the winged horse of Perseus, is a mythical creature that is also very rare in the sandpark MMO ArcheAge: As reported by reddit, the Pegasus mount is available in the Korean ArcheAge for players reaching level 53, but only for 3 days.
So far, only a few players have obtained it permanently; it could only be acquired once in an event. Well, that makes the Christmas event with its reindeer seem inadequate.
Whether this will ever come to our western ArcheAge is still unknown. Of course, people are already mocking on reddit: If it does, it will cost quite a bit.
Apparently, only a handful of players worldwide have the flying horse with gliding function.
Oh, and if you’re like us, you’re wondering: Where the hell do I know this song from? You know it because you’re probably a bit older than 20. This is the synth-pop hit “Always” by Erasure from 1994 or as some MMO players say: The year 10 before WoW.
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Weeks ago, Gaijin Entertainment teased the update Steel Generals for War Thunder and then surprised everyone yesterday with the release of the Closed Beta. In addition to the first US tanks, a variety of new features and improvements are entering the game.
In War Thunder, with the Closed Beta for Steel Generals, the first six American tanks are available, which will be supplemented weekly by another tracked vehicle. According to publisher Gaijin Entertainment, the number of US tanks is expected to reach 30 in the first quarter of 2015. Gaijin’s CEO Anton Yudintsev explains why:
We are pleased that we can release the update before the holidays to give players plenty of time to test the new features. The Closed Beta of Steel Generals and the release plan for the first quarter of 2015 ensure that the tanks are perfectly balanced, optimized, and ready for epic battles by the time the majority of players have access – just as our players expect.
In addition to the American tracked machinery, Japanese fighters and other jets, as well as new Tiger tanks and the Russian SMK tank, will join. Overall, the roughly eight million players of the free-to-play title are expecting 15 new vehicles and aircraft.
Reworked Damage Model, Tow Cable, and New Mode
Technical adjustments have also been made: Some vehicles have undergone a series of balance changes, and the airplanes have received a completely new damage model. From now on, aircraft damage is traceable, and the wings do not only break at predetermined points.
With the new breakthrough mode, players now have the task of capturing enemy points in a specific order and preventing the opponent from doing the same with your points.
In addition to some new maps like “Battle of Moscow” or “Eastern Europe”, tank drivers receive a tow cable. With this cable, you can pull your comrades out of trouble and danger zones. You can even right tanks that are on their backs.
The list of all features can be found in the official forum for the game. And if you want to try out the free-to-play tactical shooter War Thunder, you can register here for free on the official site and get started after downloading the client.
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In Destiny Xur, the Agent of the Nine, will also appear at the Tower on December 19 to offer his goods. We have his inventory and location, tell you what he is selling, which exotic weapons and armor he can upgrade this time, and have screenshots and videos for you.
But how do you get Gjallarhorn or the Icebreaker? Either you are incredibly lucky and randomly receive the exotic weapon somewhere in Destiny. Or you buy it from Xur, the Agent of the Nine. But he only has it each week with a vanishingly small probability. Should he perhaps have Gjallarhorn, the Icebreaker,Thunderlord, or another similarly spectacular instrument of death on offer this week?
What is the deal with the different stats on the exotic armors: Strength, Discipline, Intellect?
Here we have an article. Please note that the limits of the 32 tier armors, what stats they can reach at maximum, are higher than with level 30
What does Xur have for Warlocks, Hunters, Titans?
Sniper rifle Patience of Time for 17 strange coins. One of the most popular weapons in Destiny, especially for Hunters. Arc damage is often in demand during the Nightfall strike, additionally, the stealth feature allows for some tricks.
The new DLC gloves Ruin Wings for Titans, he parts with them for 13 strange coins. They start with 94 strength, at max upgrade they reach 101.
Knuckle Head Radar, a helmet for Hunters, costs 13 strange coins, with a roll of 97/104.
The Claws of Ahamakara for Warlocks are also DLC gloves, costing 13 strange coins. The Claws of Ahamkara have 2 stat values, which is a bit confusing. They have 56/60 discipline and 58/63 strength.
And an exotic helmet engram, where Guardians can once again try their luck by investing 23 light particles.
Which 6 weapons and 6 armors can Xur upgrade in Destiny this week?
These weapons can be upgraded this week, cost an exotic shard, between 7000 and 8000 Glimmer, and the old version of the weapons. Caution: The weapons and armors lose all their upgrades and come back “naked”, as if they were freshly dropped.
The Dark Fantasy MMO The Secret World is even mysterious in its promo actions. Some players are offered 30 Fridays via email. No one really knows what criteria the winners are selected by.
Typical for The Secret World: There are 30 Fridays via email, but no one really knows who it affects. All you know is: There is such a promo action, and they threaten with a killer clown (You will die! Hey, that happens in MMOs where killer clowns are after you!), but who exactly gets selected and who does not remains a mystery. By the way, the Fridays refer to free days, not Fridays as in “Friday the Thirteenth.
It seems somehow connected to knowing someone at Funcom and that you’ve played something at some point – or it could be something completely different.
Calculate the sum of the letter values of your email addresses and see if you come up with 23.
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The asymmetrical MOBA Evolve will have a large beta for players on Xbox One in January. PC gamers and PlayStation 4 players will have to settle for a smaller technical beta.
The MOBA Evolve might have been the game of Gamescom 2014. Also, the Big Alpha in November attracted a lot of attention. Xbox One players will have the opportunity to get a detailed experience in the wild genre mix of MOBA and coop shooter from January 15 to January 19 during an open beta.
Progress made in the open beta is expected to carry over into the release, allowing Xbox One players to already make some progress, for example, in unlocking the 4 last hunters. Starting from January 17, the new campaign mode, which puts single matches into a larger context, will also be unlocked. PC players and friends of the Sony PlayStation 4 won’t be completely left out in January. A “technical beta” will begin for both, inviting players who participated in the alpha. The beta for PC players starts on January 16, while PS4 players will begin on January 17. However, they will not have access to the new game mode, and their progress will not be carried over.
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In World of Warcraft, a preview for the next Patch 6.1 has now been released. In addition to things that could be expected, such as the new Blood Elf models, the opening of the next raid, and a new system for heirlooms, Blizzard has also planned some surprises.
Blizzard gives an outlook on the near future of WoW. Here they show that they also want to keep up with the times.
Blizzard introduces tradable game time
Thus, they introduce “tradable game time”, which is already familiar to players of WildStar, EVE Online, ArcheAge, and other games. This involves an in-game item that can be traded in-game, which grants a specific game time to the account with a right-click. You can buy the item either from other players for gold or from Blizzard for real money, to then sell it to other players for gold – or to trade it for any other services.
Similar offers are already seen in the trade channels of this world: “Trading gold for game card/game time.” However, this is against the EULA of WoW and can be penalized. Additionally, players can already be scammed and ripped off this way, losing their hard-earned gold. If it happens officially with this item, there will be security.
Caution: It is currently unclear whether the tradable game time will come directly with 6.1. Blizzard does not make a significant distinction in the outlook between “long-term projects” and the direct preview of 6.1.
Additionally, with 6.1, the revamped heirloom system is coming. The heirlooms will find their way into the game and the interface in the form of a tab, just like mounts, toys, and pets used to. The “normal” version of the heirlooms will be purchasable from vendors, and there will also be items with which the heirlooms can be upgraded in World of Warcraft.
Heirlooms in WoW allow twinks to breeze through the content. They provide XP bonuses and have relatively strong stats.
The base version of the heirlooms should, however, only reach up to level 60. There will be two additional tiers that can upgrade the base items – one to level 90 and one to level 100. The original items can be purchased for gold, and upgrading works through a special currency that players can earn in-game.
More of everything: Legendary quest, new raid
The less surprising part of 6.1 continues the legendary questline involving Khadgar. Here, players will also be able to earn a legendary follower, as currently, only the guys, gals, and Blood Elves manage to reach epic status.
There will also be new content for raiders: The Blackrock Foundry, the next raid in WoW, will open its doors. Rukhmar, the next world boss, will also be present. This also brings the itemization into a new realm.
Blood Elves will receive their remodelling as announced. Additionally, the garrison will be further expanded to remain attractive. Detours to friends’ garrisons should be worthwhile in the future. The invasions should also become a bit more exciting: Perhaps a world boss will also drop by for some exciting brawls.
The patch will soon be available on the test server, and the new raid will likely launch in February. It seems that Patch 6.1 could be expected around this time.
Attack on Ratchet
Mein MMO says:The actual surprise in this preview is certainly the tradable game time. There was previously no signal from Blizzard for this.
A kind of “ingame tradable game card” is not a new idea, as EVE has been doing this with PLEX for years. In the past year, it became acceptable with WildStar and ran relatively smoothly, while ArcheAge faced major problems with its APEX.
The reasoning behind this for Blizzard is clear: They are trying to cut off the lifeline of gold sellers or at least attempt to. Certainly a right step for WoW, which could have been taken a few years ago. But it is typical behavior for Blizzard: They observe what other games are doing, see how well it works for them, and then wonder how to implement it in their own game, in World of Warcraft.
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The first raid Highmaul in World of Warcraft has been cleared by the Finnish guild Paragon. There is now a video of their first kill in WoW.
The kill of Paragon on Imperator Mar’Gok lasts 18 minutes. Five days ago, he had to surrender, as he had nothing left to oppose the overwhelming power of the elite players. And the fact that Mar’gok lies down was only fair, as he had sent the men to the ground in the previous 121 tries.
It was the world-first kill on the Emperor, after which Paragon also achieved the world-first clear and sent the Butcher to sleep. This is of course about kills on the new difficulty “Mythic,” which has a uniform group size of 20, being the only one of the difficulty modes.
Have fun with the kill video (and yes, the last minute traditionally features Teamspeak for the nerdgasms and nerd screams.)
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At Blizzard, they love extraordinary promotional material for their World of Warcraft. Fans adore it, whether at Blizzcon or during events right on the streets of the metropolises. But how does such a three-meter Orc come into being, looking as if it could spring to life at any moment and go on a rampage with its axe?
Players associate a lot with Grom as many have grown fond of him over the years or at least earned his grumbling respect. When Blizzard decided to create a lifelike sculpture of the legendary Orc, they certainly couldn’t risk turning the Goliath into a David.
So they had professionals do it. How they shaped a three-meter Grommash Hellscream out of nothing, you can watch in this impressive video from Blizzard:
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The SF MMO WildStar is coming to China at the end of 2015 or early 2016. The development studio Carbine and publisher NCSoft have apparently come to a deal with the Chinese publisher Giant Software.
Oh, this could be good for WildStar and Carbine. As reported by 2p.com referring to an interview, WildStar will come to China at the end of 2015 or early 2016.
The head of Giant Software, Ji Xuefeng, is said to have confirmed this in an interview in Chinese. There has been no statement from Carbine and NCSoft yet.
GW2, like WildStar, is under the care of the Korean publisher NCSoft: Therefore, the path to the Far East seems to be intended for their western games, after it didn’t go so well in the West recently.
In Destiny a Hunter has now soloed the entire raid “Crota’s End”.
This even drops the jaws of veterans on reddit. The Hunter “sc Slayerage” from the elite clan “The Legend himself” has released a half-hour video showing how he completes the raid “Crota’s End” with his level 31 Hunter.
Well, the 30-minute video shows some cuts. One can thus assume that it wasn’t always as easy as it appears in the finished video. This is also evident from the fact that Slayerage starts the raid as a level 31 Guardian but finishes as a level 32, suggesting there was a little level session in between. Nevertheless, it is an impressive achievement. The light of this Guardian shines bright.
What does the Bladedancer himself have to say? He greets all his teammates who laughed at him for even attempting something like this. One can guess who at “The Legend himself” will have the last laugh in the future.
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Wargaming is treating its fighter simulation World of Warplanes to a thoughtful and explosive Christmas event.
What do you think of first at Christmas? Right, UFOs.
WoW players (yes, that’s how you abbreviate World of Warplanes) can take a seat in a UFO that shoots snowballs over Christmas. The UFO is designated UFO 42M.
The UFO was already in the game on April 1st, but now it is fulfilling its true purpose: Engaging in fierce battles on the new map “Lapland” under the watchful eyes of a rather unfriendly snowman. Those who successfully complete the mission “Happy New Year” will be rewarded with the light bomber Dornier Do 17Z-7 Kauz.
The event starts today, Thursday, December 18th, and runs until January 15th, and looks like a lot of quirky fun in the trailer:
http://youtu.be/ki7a_tE68_k
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While the Worldbuilder Landmark received a huge patch yesterday, the attention of developer SOE now shifts over to the “mother project” Everquest Next.
Landmark is kind of a “peek into the cooking pot.” In this worldbuilder sandbox, players can use the tools that the “real” developers at SOE use to develop the MMO project Everquest Next. Initially, this went pretty much in parallel: The developers were essentially creating a new brush to design landscapes for Everquest Next. Suddenly, players in Landmark also had such a brush tool.
This step in development is slowly coming to an end. A quarter ago Landmark received a combat system, since then it has continuously transitioned from creative building to MMORPG.
Landmark: Dig where no man has dug before
Yesterday, a massive patch released for Landmark with extensive patch notes that introduced various PvE features into the game and should significantly liven up the sandbox there. It brings mobs, loot, new adventures, and players can now dig as deep as they have never dug before.
In a way, Landmark with this patch is making the final step from a worldbuilder to an MMORPG with PvE elements (or at least the beginnings of a full-fledged MMORPG).
Those who want to know what Everquest Next will be like, must play Landmark
For SOE, this also means: the focus is now shifting from Landmark and the “tools” and moving to Everquest Next. In the new year, most of the team will be working on Everquest Next and features developed for EQN will then be ported over to “Landmark”. They are essentially reversing the flow.
So we’re so close to transitioning the team almost entirely toEQN, and then we’ll take the elements that we build for EQN and port them over into Landmark, but our focus will shift almost entirely to EQN after the new year.
Everything in theory is quite complicated. This happens when you announce an extraordinarily transparent development process and are still creative.
For the players, this means: starting today, one can take an even closer look at what Everquest Next is supposed to become by diving into Landmark.
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A few days ago, the developers of “Star Wars: The Old Republic” addressed player concerns regarding queue times and server structure. While they couldn’t provide concrete statements yet, they did mention several points they want to tackle in the coming year – from which at least theories can be derived.
First, the issue of queue times in PvP and PvE areas will be addressed, and they will also “rethink the separation of servers”. A natural possibility here would be cross-server battlegrounds and flashpoint visits, as they are already common practice in many other games.
Furthermore, they also want to continue to “support the chosen playstyle of the server, be it PvE, PvP, RP or RP-PvP” – this certainly reassures role-players that RP servers will not be abolished.
Lastly, they aim to improve the social systems within the game world or expand them. Here too, many known options present themselves, such as cross-server guilds or circles, reminiscent of those from WildStar. As soon as there are clear statements from the developers, we will of course inform you.
Finally, a small note: For the past two days, the “Life Day” event has returned to SWTOR and offers this year for the first time some housing items that are only available for a limited time. If you want to do some virtual Christmas shopping to make your Sith apartment a bit more festive, you can do so until January 6. Speaking of housing: In celebration of the third anniversary of Star Wars: The Old Republic, fortresses are currently available for just 3 credits. Additionally, players can pick up free decorations from the anniversary personal vendor on the fleet, including a large holo-projection of the entire galaxy, which is shown here on the title image.
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The Update 15.1 nerfs the essences of Gondor in the online role-playing game Lord of the Rings Online and makes the Battle for Pelagrir suitable for groups.
The new update for Lord of the Rings Online (15.1) came to the live servers last week. In addition to expanding the Battle for Pelagrir to group size (we already reported on this), 15.1 now makes the essences that were in Central Gondor uniquely usable. There were apparently some “unfair” usage possibilities that endangered the balance.
Moreover, they have also tweaked the bear, so to speak, and introduced some tweaks for the new class Beorning. Additionally, you can now hear Aragorn when he negotiates with the spirits. Previously, he was close to acquiring another nickname, “Ghost Whisperer”, alongside his numerous other titles.
Korea-MMO Black Desert has a new dual trailer that deals with open-world bosses and all sorts of war machines that will be needed for sieges.
The Korean MMO Black Desert starts a true trailer avalanche before the release. Today’s trailer is divided into two parts. In the first part, we see open-world bosses stepping into the world of Black Desert like nightmare figures. The players use a mix of mines, instruments (for whatever reason?), magic, and good old steel to carry out the exorcism. Whether this flashy combat style with correspondingly loud noises is too much for the delicate MMO sensibilities of us Westerners will likely be determined in a few months, when the beta is set to begin here.
Our highlight: the funny drummer.
In the second part, things are noticeably more organized. We see how players use the war machines to ambush opponents in PvP.
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The fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online (TESO) is facing significant changes next year. The final phase of the overhaul of the Champion System is set to occur with Update 6. On the late evening of Friday, December 19th, the details will be presented in the ESO Live stream show.
After The Elder Scrolls Online launched in April of this year, fans expressed criticism primarily regarding the “end-game”, which became apparent. The veteran ranks felt tedious and lengthy, progress with one’s own hero was only moderately exciting, and the bars increased far too slowly; not much happened after level 50.
The change from the veteran system to a champion system was one of the central points. In recent updates, preliminary stages were already introduced, and with Update 6, which is set to hit the test server in January, even bigger upheavals are on the horizon. The heroes are expected to differ more significantly from one another, have more opportunities for customization, and even twinks should benefit from strong main characters.
All characters on an account will enjoy “benefits” earned by champions (characters over level 50).
However, how all this will work in detail is still somewhat nebulous and difficult to explain. It is a complex system. This point is extremely important for TESO. Once the champion and rights systems are implemented, the port to current-gen consoles Playstation 4 and Xbox One will take place.
Questions about Gameplay and the Champion System
To quench the thirst for knowledge of the fans, they plan to answer the fans’ questions about the new champion system on Friday night during the “ESO Live” stream show.
The following points will be addressed:
Gameplay Changes
Removal of the attribute overload system
New buff and debuff categories
Changes to area effect caps
New ways to gain ultimate power
Armor and ability changes
Changes to synergy abilities
Champion System
Overview of the new system
How the system works and why we chose this path
Changes made since the announcement at the ESO guild meeting
Transition from the veteran system to the champion system
The “ESO Live” show takes place on Friday afternoon Eastern Time, while it will already be late evening around 10 PM our time. If you miss the ESO Live, don’t worry: We will summarize it for you.
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