The survival MMO H1Z1 takes some inspiration from Blizzard’s Hearthstone. Even at the release in early access, certain game modes in the later free-to-play MMO, known as events, will be hidden behind a small paywall, and players will need a ticket.
At the announcement of the early access on January 15, SOE President John Smedley surprisingly mentioned two versions of the game that would then be available. A “normal” version for 20 dollars and a premium version. This will, as Smedley explains now on reddit, cost $40.
The premium version will come with a few “tickets.” These tickets will also be sold individually (for 99 cents) or players should earn them “in-game.” Similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.
There will still be, as planned, servers with a variety of rules: PvE servers, servers without zombies, or servers where zombies can only be taken out with a headshot, and many more. These “normal” servers with different rules are all open.
For a Hunger Games feel, players will likely have to pay
But there will also be “event” servers, for which survivors will need a ticket. This includes, for example, a “Hunger Games” battle royale event, where players will compete against each other right at the beginning for the best gear, like the tributes in the “Hunger Games” book/movie series for the cornucopia.
Whether these event servers – like the arena in Hearthstone – will only be open for a limited time and repeatedly close and reopen, Smedley does not say. His remarks suggest this: They want to limit access to these event servers and reward participants.
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With the launch of the second digital expansion of SW:TOR “Shadow of Revan”, the developers at BioWare have released a third trailer that also includes some early positive reviews of the expansion.
According to reports, the developers seem to have done an excellent job expanding the story around the titular antagonist “Revan” – such an important figure in the Star Wars universe is getting a memorable conclusion.
If you have not decided to pre-order the 17-euro expansion, you can now go ahead and purchase it to dive straight into the action, as the content is now available not just for pre-order customers. If you are still unsure, just take a look at the final trailer. We have previously presented the content of the latest expansion of Star Wars: The Old Republicin this article. If you want to try the F2P MMORPG, you can register on the official website and test it for free.
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Many players wonder how to get the suitable buff food for their class in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor and which buff food is actually the strongest. First of all, it should be noted that cooking no longer works exactly as it did in previous expansions. The cooking trainers now only teach you two recipes; you have to discover all the others yourself. This is quite simple by diligently creating already known recipes – not only does your cooking skill increase, but all kinds of recipes are unlocked. The easiest way to level up the profession is with Sicklefish Meat, which can be fished anywhere in Draenor.
Which buff food do I need?
The buff food in Draenor no longer increases your primary stats but only secondary stats – so haste, multistrike, critical strike, and mastery. Generally, there are buff foods in two variations, the “small” one that increases your stats by 75 points each and the large one that provides a solid 100 points. Almost always, the small version is an ingredient for the larger one; here is the list of the most important foods and their locations. The principle is always the same, you combine several ingredients into a new variant. To explain this, I will elaborate a bit more on the Blackrock Barbecue.
1. Critical Strike: Blackrock Barbecue
To create the coveted food, you first need “Raw Boar Meat”, which you can find in abundance in the Frostfire Ridge; the boars roam in groups just to the west and north of the garrison. You then cook the meat into Blackrock Ham. After that, you get “Blubbering Deepsea Murloc Meat” from the Spires of Arak and process this into “Grilled Bristleback”. Now you combine these two items with a Fireweed and get Blackrock Barbecue!
2. Mastery
Collect “Raw River Beast Meat” from the creatures of the same name in Talador, cook them into “Braised River Beast”. Fish for “Thick Slumberer Meat” from Nagrand and cook some “Slumberer Sticks”. Next, combine both foods with a Star Lily to create the coveted “Slumberer Surprise“.
3. Haste
You need Talbuk Meat (found everywhere in Nagrand), process it into “Saut9 Talbuk”. Secondly, fish “Blind Sturgeon” and process their meat into Sturgeon Stew. Combine these two items with Frost Root to get “Frosty Stew“.
4. Multistrike
Once again you can collect the materials in Frostfire Ridge; the Rylaks often leave eggs from which you make “Rylak Crepes”. You can also fish Flame Ammonites in the Ridge, which are then used to make “Fiery Calamari”. Combine both items with a Nagrand Arrowroot and enjoy your Calamari Crepes!
5. Stamina
Tanks in particular appreciate some extra stamina. Hunt Elekks all over Nagrand and process their meat into “Hearty Elekk Steak”. Then fish some Sea Scorpions in the sea and cook “Steamed Scorpions” from them. Combine the dishes with a Talador Orchid and enjoy your “Sea Schnitzel Talador“, which grants a solid 150 points of stamina.
And one last little tip at the end: If you don’t want to spend much money on flasks, you should get “Oralius’ Whispers Crystal”, which you obtain in the garrison tavern when you complete an instance quest for Oralius. The tooltip still incorrectly indicates that all stats are increased by 200; however, this was recently toned down to only provide 100 points per stat. Nevertheless, it is a very worthwhile item that can save you a lot of gold without significant losses in your own performance!
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Attention all marriage enthusiasts out there: The latest patch for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn allows you to enter into the Eternal Bond of marriage. Additionally, significant balancing adjustments will be made.
The eagerly awaited feature “Eternal Bond” lets you step before the altar with the beloved of your choice. The Eternal Bond is a unique rite in which two soulmates pledge eternal loyalty to each other. As part of the celebrations, both will receive special rewards.
Different Ceremony Plans
Your dream wedding will not be planned by a wedding planner named Frank, but you have the option to choose from three different ceremonies. Once a decision is made, the ceremony can be ordered through the Moogle Station. Here is an overview:
Standard Plan
The simplest plan. During the special quest, the character receives their festive clothing, creates the ring for their partner, and acquires a particularly heartfelt emote.
Gold Plan
In addition to the Standard Plan, Gold Plan holders receive dyeable festive clothing and a new hairstyle. They can also change the colors of the carpet and flowers in the event hall and choose different video sequences for their entrance and exit.
Platinum Plan
In addition to the Standard Plan and Gold Plan, Platinum Plan holders receive two-tone dyeable festive clothing and can choose from more colors for the carpet and flowers in the event hall. They also receive a special mount and other bonus items.
Even though the story of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn takes place in a distant epoch, the developers have long arrived in the 21st century. Thus, from now on, same-sex couples can also tie the knot.
Class Changes
Amid all the wedding hustle, the latest patch also brings some class changes. For instance, the Pugilist job Dragoon receives an increased value in magical defense so that it won’t fall over as quickly in endgame content, while the Rogue job Ninja gets a slight damage reduction.
A list with detailed patch notes can be found here.
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The story in the fantasy MMO Guild Wars 2 about the Living World is taking a break until the new year.
If anyone thought that the saga about the Elder Dragon Mordremoth, the dragon egg, and the pending catastrophes and catalytic events would come to an end soon (final battle under the Christmas tree with subsequent expansion announcement right on New Year’s Eve included), then, yes … they will be mistaken.
In general, one could feel disappointed while waiting for the GW2 expansion: It is still worryingly quiet on the front, although something like this is sometimes teased and fans are counting on it and hoping to hear about an expansion soon, but here we know as much as we did twelve months ago: It would actually be logical, one hears nothing and ArenaNet sends no signals.
Anyway: The Living World of Guild Wars 2 is on a break until January 13, 2015. Between the years, the new “test” season in PvP will start and there will be a Christmas celebration, as ArenaNet announces.
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The korean genre mix with MMO elements Civilization Online is set to release in Korea in 2015. We have two trailers from the game for you.
About a week ago, we reported on character creation in Civilization Online and were quite taken with the extraordinary music. In this new trailer from character creation, you can see how the developers envision the individual nations and races. You can imagine that some people here might wrinkle their noses at it. Or as they would ask in the USA: “Yo, is this racist?”
But, well: Always remember, different peoples, different customs. And if we “Germans” come off a bit like Heidi and Peter the Goat, we can comfort ourselves with the thought: The Romans had it much worse. http://youtu.be/RJNnpNIZVGA
In another video, you can see the game in action and get a bit more than just the character creation. The idea of making players an individual figure in the world of Civilization could bear innovative and tasty fruits.
Civ Online already looks interesting, especially since it is currently in its second closed beta in Korea and still several months away from release. We can be excited to see where XLGames wants to take the game. http://youtu.be/N9i9BpyezkA
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The Korean MMO Bless (or BLESS Online) is now showcasing an extraordinary number and selection of mounts on its homepage. There are griffins and wyrms, but also exotic mounts like rideable hippos.
The Korean MMO Bless typically draws on an aesthetic that seems familiar to us in the West. It takes inspiration from European medieval themes, albeit in a version that also appears somewhat exotic to us here. And as far as we know, no one has ridden hippos here either.
Anyway: For the second closed beta, which starts in Korea, they have now shown a selection of mounts, and these are truly impressive. We have the screenshots for you, and there’s also a trailer from the dungeons.
More about the two playable factions in Bless can be found in our previews about the peoples of the South and the North.
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In the Free2Play MMO Black Desert , we are approaching the final stretch into the Open Beta and consequently the release. It seems that several trailers have been saved up over the last few months.
The first of the two fresh trailers focuses on the various mini-games in Black Desert. One of them will play a big role at release, where you have to build relationships with NPCs, so to speak, matchmaking them and spreading gossip. But this time, the trailer mainly shows the “tasks”, what you do in addition to fighting. Gone are the days of slowly leading sheep back to the shepherd. In Black Desert, you carry them over your shoulder, clean chimneys, haul in nets, beat the drum, everything that a hero of tomorrow does. http://youtu.be/XT3KkJJHxi4 The second trailer once again showcases what the game has to offer visually. And you start to understand why there is so much hype about the game. http://youtu.be/rryBx0sGnDY
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In the sandbox MMO ArcheAge, the restrictions on APEX have been lifted since last night.
APEX are, as it turns out, prone to “difficult situations” in the structure of ArcheAge. And when something goes wrong, players try to exploit it by redeeming the APEX multiple times. This has happened twice. With a fresh build that was supposed to be about something entirely different, an exploit became possible. During the fix to address this, a second exploit emerged. As a result, the APEX were removed from the game and deactivated twice.
Now there was an uncertain phase with the technical difficulties, so they were turned off again. Since last night, Trion Worlds seems to be confident that the situation is fully under control: The APEX are back in the game.
The “absence” of the APEX has shown how important they have become for frequent players. There were many complaints from gamers who have considerable amounts of gold asking when the APEX would be back. They wanted to finance their playtime with it. Without APEX, the incentive to earn gold in the game is likely significantly reduced.
However, some complain that the price of APEX has now risen to dizzying heights.
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Over the weekend, St. Nicholas brought a special joy to World of Tanks players: You can now battle with your tanks on Android devices. Furthermore, Update 1.5 offers a new tank line and a new map.
After the free-to-play action MMO has been available for iOS since June of this year, Android users can finally join the fight. According to Wargaming, 10 million tank drivers have already downloaded the iOS version of World of Tanks Blitz, and in the future it will likely be significantly more. Completely regardless of the platform, you can play with all World of Tanks Blitz players.
The British Tank Invasion
As if an Android version wasn’t reason enough to celebrate, Update 1.5 “British Steel” expands your fleet with ten medium British tanks. In addition to vehicles from the USSR, USA, and Germany, Cromwell, Comet, as well as the Centurion tanks and the FV4202 now enrich the garages of players. The crew has also been significantly improved. Currently, you have access to 17 crew skills, including Rage, Tank Breaker, Camouflage, or Deadly Accuracy. The update is rounded off by the new map Malinovka. There, the tracked vehicles embark on a wintry exploration.
The complete list of patch notes can be found here in the official forum.
Conclusion: What more could one want? Finally, Android users can experience the touch-optimized controls of the mobile version of “World of Tanks Blitz”. So get ready for plenty of Android users rolling onto the battlefield with their tanks soon. Additionally, Update 1.5 brings ten new tanks from the British ranks and also a new map fitting for the season. Only the new crew skills currently cause a bit of confusion in the community.
You can now download the multiplayer title via Google Play.
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In Destiny there’s confusion about the weekly Nightfall strike on December 9, the release day of “Darkness Awaits.” The strike is already possible this week, but some groundwork must first be done.
Today, Guardians in Destiny must act against their intuition. Normally, the Nightfall, the weekly Nightfall strike, is the first task you complete each week. After all, it gives a 24.5% bonus on experience and reputation, along with a flashy “smoking head.”
This week is particularly important, as the new DLC “Darkness Awaits” starts and brings a lot of stuff that still needs experience. The reputation rise is also now more lucrative, as there are “recommendations” from the Vanguard and Crucible needed for the new legendary gear, which can be upgraded to light level 33.
“Weekly Nightfall strike not working. How do I get in? How do I complete Eris’s quest?”
The weekly Nightfall strike only works this week if you have activated the DLC “Darkness Awaits” and have progressed far enough in Eris Morn’s story missions. Otherwise, it will say “Eris’s quest is missing.”
First, you need to complete the three “normal” story missions. After that, you will receive two bounties: One revolves around Xur and the Urn of Sacrifice. You don’t need that one.
The second bounty, “The Extermination,” you need to complete (for that you need to kill 25 Witches or Knights, which is easiest if you play the second new story mission on the Moon again).
After that, there are three more bounties from Eris Morn. You also need to complete those. They are 3 patrol missions on Earth. Only then do you get to the new Nightfall strike.
And for those who are annoyed that Bungie is being stingy and excluding players without the DLC from the Nightfall: You are right. However, it is the only new strike in the rotation. Next week you should be able to participate even without the DLC.
The modifiers of the Nightfalls this week: Jovian Complex
It’s about the strike “Jovian Complex”, or the strike Will of Crota. This is the new strike that came with Darkness Awaits and Xbox players can also join (the other “The Immortal Spirit” can be viewed here).
The enemies in Destiny’s Nightfall are now level 30. Since this is the level that most Guardians currently have, the strike is extremely deadly this week. The modifiers are:
Nightfall – after a wipe of the entire team, back to orbit
Epic – ensures that the difficulty is really challenging
Lightswitch – enemies deal double melee damage, quite nasty since the strike includes cloaked melee enemies
Angry – enemies are undeterred by heavy wounds and their target is, after all, you
Arc-Burn – everything that deals arc damage deals triple damage, which applies to both Guardians and enemies
What arsenal is recommended?
With increased arc damage, weapons that cause arc damage are recommended. This would be a usable armament, although it is still made up of pre-DLC weapons; perhaps we will have something completely different next week:
Fatebringer, Fatebringer, as a primary weapon. The legendary hand cannon serves well as a versatile weapon.
Patience and Time, the exotic sniper rifle Patience and Time is a solid choice, especially for players who want to approach the new dangers cautiously from the background. Otherwise, an arc primary weapon from Crucible or Vanguard vendors will also do. Generally, you want something with range in the Nightfall.
Thunderlord is a rare exotic machine gun, since it’s never been at Xur. If you have it, you should probably use it.
Tips and tricks for the Jovian Complex, the Will of Crota?
Everything is new, there are some brutally fresh spots: snipers that hit hard, fire from side corridors, and the stealth enemies are brutal. Additionally, you don’t have a 2-tier level advantage; the Nightfall is as tough as the raid otherwise. Therefore, you should probably carefully explore the strike and look for two good friends. As always, the best approach is to duck after one hit; in some cases, you won’t survive the second one.
We will upload videos and guides from teams that have conquered the strike throughout the day.
For those wondering where the videos are: There is, for example, a nice one from AngryDeathBox, who usually starts playing right away on Tuesdays. For the Will of Crota, he also found a wonderful loadout of Patience and Time, Thunderlord, and the Praedyth’s Timepiece.
However, his video is already titled “Attempt” (not a good sign) and in the description is the following hint: “Do not solo this, do not solo this, do not solo this.”
So if even some of the pros are capitulating – this week, there is no shame in doing the Nightfall in a group. If someone really wants to try solo: Extreme caution. The snipers, wizards, and knights pose various dangers for lone wolves, and much in the Will of Crota is extremely deadly. http://youtu.be/fqv8XIlRUm4 Okay, Safe-Sport for the final boss. Normally we don’t do this, but this is a special situation in the first week. It’s not the refined English way, but the efficient Swiss way. CheeseSpot for Omnighul. Only works with 2 players, one fights, the other revives. http://youtu.be/sSSdK402TRI
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The SciFi MMO shooter Planetside 2 will soon delight its fans on PlayStation 4 as well. The free-to-play game has started registration for the closed beta. Interested parties can register with their email on the official website.
Original launch date: 2014
The PS4 version of Planetside 2 was originally supposed to launch in the first quarter of 2014. However, Sony did not follow through, which is why the closed beta registration is only possible now at the end of 2014. It is expected to start at the beginning of next year. However, securing a spot with registration is not guaranteed, and it is also unknown if there will be a subsequent open beta. PlayStation 4 players can especially look forward to free massive battles in Planetside 2, where countless players fight on foot, in the air, or on vehicles against each other.
Ultimate release date unclear
However, these massive battles were the reason for the significantly delayed PS4 port. Reason: The CPU of the PS4 does not seem to cooperate as the developers had hoped. However, a longer development phase usually benefits players in the end. It is still unclear when exactly the release of Planetside 2 for PlayStation 4 will take place. The target is the year 2015.
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The new DLC “Darkness Lurks” for the MMO shooter Destiny launched at 10:00 AM our time.
Exactly at 10:00 AM this morning, the servers opened and there was an immediate buzz on the servers. No download was needed, nothing was glitching, it started right away.
We found the Twitch stream from ProNDC for you, where you can see how some Guardians experience the first hours of the add-on, visiting the vendors, playing with the new weapons, running around aimlessly, in short: experiencing all the madness of the first hours of an add-on.
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10:05: “Black Wax Idol” – there was speculation beforehand about whether the old ones could still be used – yes, they can. They are now needed to purchase items from the new vendor “Eris Morn”. “Black Wax Idol” is actually a standard drop from “The Hive”.
10:45: Because many were speculating whether something cool is happening in the “old” raid, “The Vault of Glass.” Yesterday, there was a tweet from the raid designer: There is no “new difficulty level” in “The Vault of Glass.”
@DoDEast@DestinyNews_net There is neither a “new level 31 hard VoG,” nor a “third difficulty for VoG” in The Dark Below.
10:50: Standard question that is now often asked. The “bounties” of the Vanguard or Crucible are available when you level up your reputation ranks with the respective factions from rank 3 onward.
11:00: There seem to be issues with the new weekly Nightfall strike. Everything is still fresh at the moment, and there is little information from Bungie yet. But it seems that one of the new strikes has been selected as the Nightfall strike (the PS-exclusive strike “The Immortal Spirit” even) and that you cannot easily access it. Players without the expansion cannot access it at all. Players with the expansion probably need something from Xur. Everything is quite confusing right now, we will keep you updated as soon as we know more. It looks like the weekly Nightfall strike will not start until Friday on December 9th.
11:10: Oh, the Murmur (The Whisper), the fusion rifle that can switch between Solar and Arc damage, is available directly as a legendary item. In the meantime, it was thought that this item evolves from a green one to a blue and then eventually to a legendary. This means that the Necrochasm will not do that either. The Whisper, however, needs an “ornate core” to be upgraded further.
12:10: Oh wow, reports are already coming in from the new raid. It seems that gear with a maximum light value of 36 will indeed drop, so the current maximum. Let’s see if all new raid items will be available there, or if Destiny is also saving something for the Hard Mode raid in January.
12:15: Eris Morn currently gives out two bounties in a first step (one of which requires Xur and can only be completed from Friday). Additionally: When the first mission “The Cleansing” is completed, she gives out three more assignments. Some say that once these three bounties are completed, you can already get into the new Nightfall strike.
12:40: Yup, it looks like it’s really possible to go into the Nightfall strike already. So it’s possible before Friday too. We will then provide the usual post about the weekly Nightfall strike in Destiny on mein-mmo. It has a tradition already. We shouldn’t break that.
14:20: We will provide a more detailed post about this later, but: The legendary armors and weapons available for purchase from the vendors of the Crucible and the Vanguard are impressive. We speculated about this yesterday, and that is indeed what has happened. The armors have a guaranteed maximum light value of 33. The weapons have a base damage of 272, which increases up to 331. For the weapons, chest and helmet, a “Vanguard commendation” or “Crucible commendation” will always be needed. Gloves and boots are available even without this recommendation. The mark costs are 150 for weapons, 120 for the helmet, 75 for chest, boots, and gloves.
15:00: Currently, there are already rumors that a chest in the new raid “Crota’s End” might be accessible even solo, with tricks and stealth. Allegedly, there could be exotics inside, supposedly it spawns randomly. Who knows, who knows. This video is definitely available about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmg7no5-U4
15:05: Not to be confused with this video that has been found everywhere for Destiny for 2 days. But umm … well …
16:40: It’s actually obvious, but we’ll mention it anyway. If you turn in exotic bounties now, you will receive – as expected – the new version of that exotic weapon. They start at 302 and go up to 331.
16:50: Not confirmed, but should give everyone hope. Allegedly, there have already been drops of raid armor pieces (with a max light value of 36) for three slots in the “normal” mode of Crota’s End, namely for chest, gloves, and boots. The helmet is still missing at the moment. That would be the same drop schema as in the old raid “The Vault of Glass” in Destiny. If that is the case, it will now be possible to reach level 32 already if one has extreme luck and can upgrade an exotic helmet from Xur on Friday or get a new one. As mentioned: If that’s the case. Nothing is confirmed.
16:55: What should also be added: So far, only good things have been heard from the raid. It seems to be quite intense and spooky. In our stream with ProNDC, the guys are also pushing through. However, it should not be omitted that the mood among the Guardians in the forums is currently tense. Because players need the DLC for the Nightfall strike, some feel almost extorted.
19:10: As expected, the raid Crota’s End has already been cleared for the first time. Six men, seven hours, and some painful deaths were enough to finish Crota’s End in Destiny for the first time. There was loot too: legendary weapons with 272/331 damage, thus as high as legendary weapons from vendors. And a new legendary ship, the “Light Abyss.” The team had already included a level 31 and also recommends that other teams first reach 31. Then they deal more damage to beat the enrage timer.
19:20: So far nothing has been heard about a raid helmet drop, it could really be that it will only be available in the hard mode in January.
20:20: There is now an official statement from Activision regarding the “Nightfall only for buyers” thing, which they provided to GameInformer. This is not exactly a very enlightening statement. It amounts to the fact that players without the DLC can do a lot of new things, receive continued updates, can buy from new vendors, have new weapons and events. Periodically, of course, in the first week of the DLC, the Nightfall from the expansion will be in rotation.
22:20: Our friends from ziro.tv have a tip for you if you want to grab a treasure chest in the raid Crota’s End: Die often. http://youtu.be/fB0SKIESu40
00:15: We now have a clearly stated statement from Destiny as a tweet: Expansion content from Darkness Lurks is now part of the rotation for daily and heroic activities. There will also be some non-expansion content coming back. This means: A week like this week, where players without the DLC cannot do a Nightfall strike, will happen again. But it will not be every week.
Expansion I content is now part of the rotation for Daily and Weekly heroic activities. Launch content will also be featured weeks to come.
Balance changes took place for the classes in World of Warcraft during the night from Monday to Tuesday, with the Mage being strengthened and the Hunter being weakened.
Yesterday we presented, how Blizzard currently perceives the classes. It has already been announced that before the heroic Highmaul raid opens in the USA, there will still be some adjustments to class balance. This has happened overnight.
The sun shines for Mages, Shamans, Warriors, Frost DKs
There are a lot of buffs to report. For the mage , the changes are the most significant. The damage of Frostbolt increases by 25%, the Arcane Mage’s abilities increase by 16%, and the Fire Mage receives crit buffs.
For the Warrior , as announced, Arms and Fury are being buffed. They don’t want Gladiator to be at the top.
But other classes can also be happy: Shamans are boosted across the board, and the healing is also getting stronger.
Even the less attractive Death Knight spec Frost is getting some love.
It’s raining for Hunters and Monks
The Hunter is hit by nerfs; they were probably too extreme during the execution phase, resulting in a 10% penalty on the kill shot. The aimed shot of the marksman Hunter also has to suffer.
And the Monk also gets a bit of the nerf hammer on the side. His Rising Sun Kick previously gave opponents a 15% increased chance due to the Monk’s abilities; this will now only be 10%.
Healer trinket gets weakened
There is a change for the healers; a purchasable trinket, the “Everburning Candle,” was too strong. Over the weekend, it was still stated that it was okay, knowing it was too strong, but the game can handle it; after all, people paid a lot of gold for it.
However, the opinion was changed yesterday afternoon. While the hefty Int bonus on the candle is retained, it now only gives back nearly 10,000 as a “Use” effect instead of almost 20,000 mana.
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In H1Z1, the early access starts in the new year, on January 15, 2015. The zombie MMO H1Z1 clearly distinguishes itself from the competitor DayZ in the announcement.
We’ll keep you updated on the most important news and bring the post up to date as quickly as possible.
Update 23:55: The early access date is now known. It is January 15. That’s still quite a bit further away than hoped.
Interesting announcement as well: People are often asked if they will be better than DayZ on the first day. The answer is a clear “No.” DayZ currently has more features and a bunch of cool stuff that H1Z1 does not have. But H1Z1 is also a completely different game and leans more towards “MMO and Masses.”
The zombie MMO will start with 64 square kilometers of area, planning to expand the area shortly after early access to continue growing.
Additionally, they offer a kind of “premium” access for $19.99 along with the early access, allowing players to join servers that operate a bit differently and offer a different game mode.
0:30:The live stream on Twitch is starting now.
Summary of the live stream:
To switch to certain servers, you will need “tickets,” which you can earn through in-game activities. Some tickets will come with the premium package.
There will be PvE servers. In fact, there will be servers that support a variety of different play styles. The premium servers will also include those in the “The Hunger Games” style, with a kind of battle royale for the best items at the start.
H1Z1 will launch with under 50 servers; the exact number is not yet known. The servers are expected to be relatively small at launch.
Base building will already be available in early access.
The early access will launch with 16 weapons.
A player studio will be introduced later, allowing players to create their own game content. In other SOE games, it’s possible for player-created content to be sold to other players. The “designers of these items, the players,” then receive a portion of the profit.
Among the strengths of H1Z1 are the variety of zombie types and how dangerous they are, especially when they flock together in hordes.
When a player kills another player carrying “shop items,” they can take a damaged version of those items. However, the killed player does not lose these items; instead, multiple copies are created.
They are considering providing a lot of statistics to a player when they die, such as how long they survived, how many zombies they killed, where they stayed, and similar.
The team has decided to tone down the gore factor. It will not be possible to sever limbs or decapitate someone. Internally, they have agreed that this is not the game they want to make.
There will be no quests or missions in H1Z1.
There will be no “map” in the MMORPG sense, where you just press “M” and an auto-map appears; rather, there will be maps that can be found in the world that players can go to and view to see approximately where they are – similar to the layout system at a bus stop.
H1Z1 will also feature handcuffs – and thus the possibility for kidnapping and similar misdeeds.
No support for PS Vita.
SOE President Smedley categorically excludes pay-to-win.
To make survival more attractive, SOE plans to equip players who survive for a long time with small skill bonuses based on the “practice makes perfect” principle.
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In Destiny, the DLC “Darkness Awaits” brings two new maps for the PvP mode, the Crucible. Here you can see videos of the two maps “Pantheon” and “The Cauldron” today.
Not included in the previews yet is Skyshock, the third new DLC Crucible map from “Darkness Awaits”. This will especially please fans of polished vehicle combat.
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In Destiny, the first DLC “The Dark Below” launches on Tuesday, December 9th, at 10:00 AM in Germany. Guardians shouldn’t rush to start right away.
It was officially confirmed today by Bungie, and there are no surprises: The DLC “The Dark Below” for Destiny will go live worldwide at the same time, with the weekly reset.
The reset occurs at 1 AM on the West Coast of the USA. That means it will be 10:00 AM for us. At release, players could access the servers earlier depending on their time zone. That won’t be the case this time.
The Dark Below is scheduled to be available to all players about 24 hours from now. Ready yourselves to dismantle a new Hive threat.
With the launch of “The Dark Below,” some new rules will come into effect, regarding the turning in of exotic bounties and similar aspects. Therefore, the warning: Make sure the DLC is really active before you turn in these bounties. First, test whether you can accept and play one of the new missions. If necessary, restart your console. In the past, there have been cases where players started an activity with the “weekly ID reset” and then received no reward because it was still counted as an “old ID.” You certainly don’t want to experience such disappointment when turning in exotic bounties, decrypting saved engrams, unpacking packages from the Postmaster, or engaging in other activities you’re looking forward to.
The release of the DLC on mein-mmo.de
Tomorrow morning, if everything goes smoothly, we will probably check if we can find a live stream to embed. And, should anything happen, whether good or not-so-good, we will of course be there and report as quickly as possible. Then, we might already have news for you during the day about how the new raid feels or what the new Nightfall strike will be like. It is supposed to have been raised to level 30 as well. In any case, even if you might not be at the console right now, you can rely on being informed here about the launch of “The Dark Below” in Destiny.
And a patch is coming before that
Update 19:30: It also looks like a patch is coming our way today in the next few hours. It is supposed to be a “minor” patch. What the patch will bring is still unknown. It probably won’t be anything major.
We’re pushing a minor update to Destiny soon on all consoles! You will not be kicked from activities to take this update. — Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) December 8, 2014
Update 20:40: The patch didn’t do much, fixed some bugs, and increased the difficulty for weekly heroic strikes, the Nightfall strike, and daily story missions. Here you can read about it officially.
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The Korean MMO “Black Desert” is coming in 2016. Over the weekend, it was briefly mentioned as 2015, but that was said to be “translation errors.”
It’s quite a hassle with these Asian MMOs. At the end of last week, it was reported that publisher Daum held a press conference where they announced a release of Black Desert for 2016 in the West. Nothing new. That was the schedule that had been announced earlier.
Then the Koreatimes reported in an article something completely different. Publisher Daum wants to hurry to take advantage of the good mood in the West and release the game here in 2015. The largest Black Desert fan site confirmed this with the developers as well. The original source of the news, the Asia MMO specialty site steparu, corrected accordingly: Black Desert is set to be brought to the West in the second half of 2015.
Today, a reversal: Publisher Daum said 2016 and meant it. There must be misunderstandings.
Korean-English seems to cause problems
In our own matter: A few months ago, we had the case that we were probably the only MMO magazine to watch a live stream from Nvidia at noon (it was just 3:00 AM in the USA), where a Korean-speaking developer from NCSoft, subtitled in English, casually stated, that Blade & Soul should come to the West in 2014. A huge deal actually. But this also turned out to be a mistake. Somehow they had mis-captioned him. He had said something completely different.
It’s a struggle with these Korean-English translations.
The language and cultural barrier is real. The rather flowery Black Desert Facebook account is also making a name for itself.
Perhaps this will change in the coming months when NCSoft has established an office in the USA for Blade & Soul and fills corresponding positions, and when publisher Daum has also established itself here in the West for Black Desert. Until then, we will probably have to live with one or another misunderstanding, even though it is annoying.
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“Goblins vs Gnomes”, the first expansion for Blizzard’s online card game Hearthstone, could go live as early as tonight.
The release in the USA is scheduled for today, the 8th of December. Tomorrow, the 9th of December, it will be available in Europe. It might be taken very literally with the 9th of December, activating it shortly after midnight.
In any case, Blizzard plans to release it in the USA in the “early afternoon” Pacific Time. This is likely to be around 3 or 4 PM, which means it will be midnight or 1 AM for us with a 9-hour time difference.
@NippleDragons Sometime in the early afternoon PST on the 8th, ideally.
Update 21:30:In the USA, the expansion is now live. Players receive three free packs at launch. Once it’s ensured that the expansion runs smoothly in North America, they will bring it to Europe. It should be available in early Tuesday morning.
We have already hatched on the American server and unpacked the three free packs … well, hopefully you have better luck tomorrow morning when Goblins vs Gnomes hits Europe.
Update 10:20: Short update – “Goblins vs Gnomes” is not yet live in Europe. This is due to problems with authentication and the shop that occurred in the USA last night. The technicians at Blizzard are on it.
Update 12:40: The latest official statement we found comes from this morning at 8:30 our time. It states that Hearthstone has only been released in North America so far. It should be coming to other regions, including Europe, within 24 hours. Here you can find the statement.
Update 16:15: At 15:53, it was tweeted from an official Blizzard channel that it will take “at least a few more hours” for Hearthstone to come to Europe.
It’ll be at least a few more hours before Goblins vs Gnomes is live in Europe. We’ll be sure to keep you posted! #GvG
Update 20:00: There is nothing new, except maybe this warning to be careful when purchasing new packs later. http://youtu.be/cqub0OFlmqc
Update 20:50: A maintenance is now scheduled for 9 PM. The maintenance is expected to be completed in “a few” hours. After that, we will have Goblins vs Gnomes, according to Blizzard.
23:20: Hearthstone – Goblins vs Gnomes is live in Europe … but the servers are suffering under the influx and authentication problems. You may have to try several times to get onto the EU server, and even then it still seems quite laggy. Nonetheless: The three free packs are now available and Goblins vs Gnomes has launched in Europe as promised on December 9.
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Not only the developers of Destiny at Bungie are good with videos, the community is also active and captures the story of Destiny every week with numerous clips and videos. We have compiled a selection of the best and most important videos from the last few months.
Starting tomorrow at 10 AM, a new era will begin in Destiny with the release of the DLC “Darkness Awaits”. We want to introduce the five videos about Destiny that have impressed us the most so far and represent a kind of chronicle of the history of the MMO shooter.
1. Live-Action Trailer
Just before the release, the hype around Destiny had reached a peak where one thought: Nothing could top this now. It was literally boiling. Until this live-action trailer was released: The hype went even higher. In the style of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and to the “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin, manufacturer Bungie really went all out. http://youtu.be/9ZyQK6kUdWQ
2. The Vex Mythoclast Cleans Up
It is a video that documents the early days of Destiny like few others: God, we had no idea back then. From Atheon, the final boss of the raid, dropped hard: The Vex Mythoclast. A weapon that perhaps no Guardian had held before caused devastating damage in this crucible match. Perhaps the most surprising of all: The guy holding the weapon. http://youtu.be/lQeIlojbuz0
3. 8 Bit Version
This merciless spoof, the parody of Destiny, playfully points out the quirks and oddities that the game and the community indulged in with a wry smile. Lovingly made, the insiders highlight some absurdities in Destiny in an unusual 8-bit look. http://youtu.be/KW9fIKW6v4c
4. The Honest Trailer
Destiny had to listen to some criticism just at the release, and the peak is probably the Honest Trailer from Smosh Games, which thoroughly analyses the peculiarities and absurdities in the game. http://youtu.be/bUIvhQPPCRg
5. This is What Exotic Weapons Sound Like
Especially creative and a sign of how fans engage with Destiny: Here, a player arranged the special sound of exotic weapons to a beat. There is now even a second version of it. http://youtu.be/F2gs4TZIzqs http://youtu.be/TbrDtyh0KRA
What do you think of our little video selection? Did you miss anything? Maybe the jump over the hell chasm, another trailer from Bungie itself, or a fan video? Post your favorites to us.
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