The Worlds 2024 in League of Legends are over, and the Korean star team T1 faced off against the Chinese champion BLG. Both delivered an exciting final that even reached a fifth game. Both teams showcased performances that every fan of professional LoL should watch.
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On the other side, there was the Chinese champion BLG, a team that poses worthy competition to the Korean stars with players like BIN, knight, and Elk.
And the two teams delivered quite a show this year in the final. Fans were able to witness 5 games filled with impressive moments.
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Both Teams Show Their Best Side
How did the matches go? The first match had a lot to offer. BLG appeared aggressive and cheeky. From the start, they managed to dominate T1, preventing them from getting into the game. BLG won the first game.
However, T1 did not let themselves be discouraged in the second game and quickly adapted to BLG’s aggressive tactics. They played calmly, even in chaotic teamfights, and almost always knew what they could achieve at any moment. Particularly impressive were Oner on Nocturne and Faker on Sylas, who made excellent use of his opponent’s Rakan ultimate. The score was now 1:1.
In game 3, BLG again adapted to T1 and played even more aggressively than before. The Blitzcrank pick by ON stood out, as he annoyed T1 from the start. knight as Galio and XUN as Kindred also delivered stellar performances. Overall, BLG had the game under control and secured a second victory with constant pressure.
Even in game 4, things initially looked quite good for BLG. Zeus on Rumble was constantly pressured, and he was dived multiple times under his tower. But he represented the mental strength of T1. They did not let setbacks discourage them. They secured objectives and created advantageous moments.
Especially the legendary Faker showed that he has earned his status. He played cheekily, aggressively, but always very well at the right moments. He knew exactly how to position himself with Sylas and what he could get away with. This was particularly evident at minute 20. With a good flash and a stolen Rakan ultimate, he initiated a teamfight that was advantageous for T1.
T1 managed to win the fourth game despite initial problems. Now it was time for the night’s finale, the last match of the best-of-5.
In the last game, both teams fought for everything. T1 built a slight gold lead, but BLG did not relent. Even when BLG lost a teamfight, they tried to make it out with as little damage as possible.
At minute 28:40, a decisive teamfight occurred. At first glance, it looked quite good for BLG. They managed to take down Gumayusi and Keria but lost ON in the process. However, Faker, Zeus, and Oner had hardly lost any health and defeated the remaining 4 BLG players with a brilliant combo of Gragas, Xin Zhao, and Galio.
BLG did not give up. In a final attempt on the top lane, they tried to take Zeus down 4v1. But Faker reacted quickly and used his Galio ultimate. Although Zeus was killed, Faker managed to buy time, allowing Oner and Gumayusi to join the fight. They killed the 4 BLG players and ended the game.
Keria also performed very well here. The support saw knight on the mid lane, who was trying to teleport up at that moment, but with his Poppy ultimate, he interrupted the teleport, preventing knight from helping BLG.
Thus, Faker could react quickly with a good Galio ultimate, and the entire T1 team responded accordingly. They won the play and ultimately the game.
The final of the Worlds 2024 was an impressive spectacle of professional LoL. Both teams showed a strong side. Small mistakes from BLG and good decisions from T1 ultimately led to the victory of the Koreans. T1 demonstrated in the final what mental strength and inner calm they possess. Every negative situation was attempted to be resolved with calmness and precision.
All 5 T1 players showed that they are the best of the best and master good teamwork.
The victory of the Worlds 2024 is Faker’s fifth victory and T1’s fifth overall, and it marks the second victory of the same T1 team. What will happen with the current team remains unknown, but it is already known that Faker is not done yet and will continue to play in the next season. However, the situation in German LoL does not look as rosy. Currently, there is dissatisfaction: LoL: A team of German Twitch streamers no longer wants to play in Germany after issues with the league
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In Dragon Age: The Veilguard you can equip your character Rook with various pieces of equipment. Some special items stand out: the uniquely marked items with a red background. MeinMMO lists all of these special items for you and reveals how to obtain them.
What are unique items? In The Veilguard, all items have special effects. Unique items stand out especially and are so special that they can essentially define a build on their own.
Unlike regular items, you cannot upgrade or enhance unique items. However, they come with significantly increased base values that easily outperform all other items early in the game. You can also enchant them.
Please note that we are still collecting information. For now, you will find all items of the warrior, which is particularly suitable for starting as a class here. We will expand the article accordingly. Feel free to write to us in the comments if you find an item that is still missing from the list.
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Spoiler Warning: We try to reveal as little about the story in the article as possible. However, at some points, it is not possible to explain how to obtain the items without certain mentions, as they are partly rewards from quests.
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All unique weapons and shields with locations
The Hard Way (Axe): In the southern center of Treviso. You can reach the roof of a building from the fast travel point “Streets of the Ringing Coin” via scaffolding. Move the bookshelf aside, and the chest is on the balcony.
Meredith’s Legacy (Sword): Reward for “The Treasure of the Sharkjaw Caves” after completing Taash’s quests.
Mythal’s Light (Sword): You need to convince Mythal to help you without fighting her.
Defender of the Necropolis (Shield): In the northeastern part of the Arlathan Forest. The area opens only after completing several quests.
Inscriptions Stone (Shield): At the vendor of the Mourning Watch from rank 4.
Wedge of Fate (10 years aged) (Shield): After completing all quests in the Hossland wetlands, the corruption slowly recedes. A small area with the chest opens up at the middle fast travel point in the east, where the shield is located.
Grave Fidelity (Two-Handed Axe): In a chest at the crossroads. You must defeat Revenants in the world and gather their essence to open the doors. Part of the quest “Heart of Corruption”.
Brutal Hammer (Two-Handed Mace): Reward for completing Taash’s quest, found in a treasury after the final boss.
All unique armors with locations
Pillar of the Dead (Heavy): In the boss room after defeating the possessed, undead dragon in the Necropolis (after the quest “Restless Spirits”).
Extravagant Plate Armor (Heavy): At the vendor of the Masters of Fate from rank 4.
Completion of the Magister (Light): In the sewers of Docktown after fighting a demon. You will see the chest early but can only reach it after several side quests just before the end of the game.
Commander’s Presence (Light): At the vendor of the Grey Wardens from rank 4.
All unique helmets with locations
Helmet of the Raven (Heavy): At the Black Emporium in Docktown; you receive the invitation late in the game.
Commander’s Helm (Heavy): In the south of the Hossberg wetlands after destroying the pustule and defeating the boss there.
Silent Gaze of the Paragon (Medium): In a chest during Harding’s last personal quest.
Last Breaths (Medium): Reward for the haunting quest line of the Mourning Watch.
Iron Veil (Light): In the east of the Arlathan Forest on an island with a guardian construct. You must first connect the crystals with beams from surrounding towers. This option becomes available during several quests if you are not that far yet.
All unique amulets with locations
The Burden: In a chest at the crossroads. You must defeat Revenants in the world and gather their essence to open the doors. Part of the quest “Heart of Corruption”. By the way, a great item for a Reaper build as a warrior.
Unyielding Stone: After Taash’s quest, hunt down another dragon. The amulet is the reward.
A Pale Reflection: After the encounter with Mythal in a chest along the now open path.
All unique rings with locations
Andraste’s Will: In a chest at the crossroads. You must defeat Revenants in the world and gather their essence to open the doors. Part of the quest “Heart of Corruption”.
The Last Resort: In a chest at the crossroads. You must defeat Revenants in the world and gather their essence to open the doors. Part of the quest “Heart of Corruption”.
Essence Swirl: (Location currently unknown)
Chasm of the Black City: Defeat 50 Darkspawn in the crossroads. You will find the chest in the Corrupted Tree in the northeast.
Call of the Hall: Defeat 10 waves in the arena at the Hall of Heroism.
Curved Tail’s Crest: Solve the statue puzzle on the coast of Rivain. Accessible only after completing Taash’s quests.
All unique belts with locations
Glorious Ultimatum: Reward for the quest: “Even the Dead Tell Tales”.
Jenny’s Belt: Travel to the central fast travel point in Treviso after completing all side quests there and head to the Dellamorte estate. There you will find a statue puzzle in the courtyard:
use Lucanis’ power to interact with the tears
turn the statues in the direction the appearing ghostly images point
pull the levers you can reach over the arms
after turning the last statue behind the falling gate, a door opens, and you reach the chest with the belt
Unique items have the advantage of being inherently strong, but are usually surpassed by fully upgraded normal items. Nevertheless, their unique effects can be useful for playing completely outlandish builds. You can find more tips about the game in our collected guides: Dragon Age: The Veilguard – All guides for the start, decisions, puzzles, and more
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In Throne and Liberty, many players gather to defeat the Archbosses. Due to the high number of players, crashes are not uncommon, which even required intervention from the developers. However, there is a trick to help prevent crashes.
What are the Archbosses? In Throne and Liberty, there are various bosses encountered in different locations. The rarest bosses are the so-called Archbosses. They appear only rarely and at scheduled times that are announced long in advance.
The loot dropped by these bosses is powerful and valuable. Anyone who receives an item from an Archboss can consider themselves lucky. Due to the rare spawns and good loot, these bosses are highly sought after, leading to many people gathering in the area. So many, in fact, that it results in game crashes.
However, a trick can help you avoid crashes.
A large and active guild also helps with the Archbosses:
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A setting for fewer characters helps against crashes
What can be done to prevent crashes? The Archbosses attract so many players that Throne and Liberty begins to lag for many. In some cases, the players themselves cause crashes, which can also result in lost loot.
To prevent this from happening, there is an option in the settings that reduces the load on your computer. You can decrease the number of characters visible around you. This way, you see fewer other players, and the game runs much smoother.
Where can you adjust this setting? Go to the settings (on PC, press O) and navigate to the Graphics tab. There you will find under Quality in the “Standard” category, in fifth place, the option for “Character Count”.
It’s best to set the character count to low to maximize performance.
Important: Just remember to revert the option before you dive into the next PvP battle, or you might find yourself running into a horde of enemies and only realize it too late.
If you want even more performance, you can also hide the abilities of other players. To do this, go back to the settings and this time go to the Gameplay tab. There, under Characters in the “Attack” section, you will find the option to adjust ability effects right at the top.
All bosses in Throne and Liberty are diverse and come with their own mechanics and abilities. Although the Archbosses may belong to the most powerful and offer good loot, they are not necessarily the most annoying. You can find the top 5 most annoying bosses here: Throne and Liberty: 5 bosses that annoy every player
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World of Warcraft is an MMORPG – but by now a solo game. The survey clearly shows: Fans of groups are a shockingly small minority.
World of Warcraft is one of the largest and most successful MMORPGs of all time. Currently, the game celebrates its 20th anniversary with plenty of rewards, while at the same time expensive shop offers are causing a stir. In World of Warcraft, social bonds have always been an important part of the game – but is that still the case today? We wanted to know this in a survey a few days ago. You participated in large numbers, and the surprising result is:
The vast majority of you play World of Warcraft primarily as a solo game.
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What you think about World of Warcraft
In our survey, over 1,000 of you participated. This selection you made:
44 % mostly play WoW solo and only occasionally in a group (502 votes).
29 % play WoW exclusively alone and never with others (335 votes).
This already results in a majority of 73 %, who predominantly or completely play WoW alone – so nearly 3 out of 4 players.
18 % play WoW mixed – sometimes alone and sometimes as a group (210 votes)
So, about every 5th person is playing mixed and can engage with content intended for both groups and solo players.
6 % mostly play WoW in a group and only occasionally solo (67 votes).
2 % play WoW exclusively in a group and never alone (27 votes).
Together, that accounts for only 8 %, who primarily act as a group. This means that less than every 12th person experiences World of Warcraft predominantly as a group.
WoW – “Only” a solo game with optional group content?
That the result is so clear seemed hardly anyone had expected it. For some, it remains a mystery how an MMORPG can trigger such great interest among solo fans.
This does not mean, of course, that group content is no longer served. There are still new dungeons, raids, and other events that are primarily designed for groups. However, Blizzard is adding more and more options to be able to manage these activities alone – such as through follower dungeons or the story mode raid.
MeinMMO editor Sophia Weiss started completely blind in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Accordingly, she chose what she liked for her Rook. The result is the coolest elf of all time: Versatile, powerful, and with exciting lore flavor.
At the time this article is being created, I have already invested around 27 hours into the game. About three of those were spent only on character creation. In addition to designing my Rook, most of the time was actually spent on choosing the race and faction.
Currently, I am playing my first run with an elf and a former member of the Veilrunners. Although I am playing as a mage, probably the hardest of the three classes, I am effortlessly slashing through all enemies, and my background opens up many conversations that are closed off to others.
All of this is the perfect idea of a rebellious elven mage, and I highly recommend my build to anyone who wants to indulge in a similar fantasy.
I will introduce you to how my Rook is built here.
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No idea about the lore? Time for something new.
When I say I went in blind, I really mean it. I didn’t watch any videos about the worldbuilding and even skipped over Benedict’s lore article about the earlier games. I just wanted to approach it with a fresh mind.
In fact, the initial entry was somewhat overwhelming. There is so much to read and learn. But since I wanted to play and not read, I just skimmed over the explanations.
Normally, I don’t play elves. They are usually too stiff for me. This time, I thought: Why not?
After 3 hours in the character editor, this is what came out. At first, I thought she was quite pretty. Since the original complexion gave my character a beard in some scenes, I redesigned her later.
With the factions, it was more complicated. Grey Wardens, Shadow Dragons, Masters of Fate… Everything sounded incredibly serious and important.
In contrast, the Veilrunners are not a group that actively saves the world every day. They are a group of adventurers, scholars, and researchers navigating through long-abandoned elven ruins. To me, that sounds like Indiana Jones, Lara Croft, and a bit like Eve from The Mummy (1999). And all three are pretty cool.
Fun fact: Although you start the game in Minrathous, the first real missions take place in the Arlathan forest. For a few hours, I thought that each faction had its own opening to the game. In Arlathan, the Veilrunners have their headquarters. I felt right at home.
As a Veilrunner, you can immediately seek trouble in the first area after the intro.
Zooming across the battlefield – A class choice based on feeling
I am into physical fighters. Bastard swords, lances, war axes. Those are my tools of choice. Normally. The only deviation from this was in my very first Skyrim run:
Back then, my character always wielded a blade in one hand and a spell in the other. This way, I could weaken enemies as they rushed at me before they would then run into my sword.
This is why I was particularly drawn to the Spellblade. And it plays incredibly well.
For the Spellblade, you choose the mage subclass. This is automatically equipped with three different weapons: A magic wand allows you to cast ranged spells in a classic manner, while the second set consists of a dagger and a magic ball.
The aforementioned bowling ball is already the centerpiece of the Spellblade: It comes in various strengths and damage forms. So far, I have unlocked fire, ice, lightning, and necrotic. If you attack with a light attack, your character will throw the ball at the enemy.
The dagger is your heavy attack and deals significant damage. However, it only really packs a punch when combined with the ball:
Every hit from the ball builds a stack. Once you have three stacks, you can make it explode with a dagger attack. This adds significant damage on top of your knife attack and is a quick death sentence for many mobs.
This is how my points distribution in the skill tree currently looks:
The only disadvantage is that you have to stay constantly in close combat. But you are quick enough to catch up to ranged fighters.
Your ultimate looks particularly cool by the way: Mages can standardly shoot a Kamehameha at their opponents. Once you unlock the full Spellblade specialization later, you can replace the energy beam with a lightning area that deals more than 2,000 points of damage to your enemies.
BOOM! Just wiped out a bunch of enemies.
Varied and (almost) always at an advantage
So far, I have only played the Spellblade and have not tested any of the other classes. Therefore, I cannot say whether other classes can do this as well, but the Spellblade allows you to switch damage types within seconds.
This is super practical because different enemy types have various strengths and weaknesses against damage types.
My colleague Karsten has fully tuned his Rook for necrotic damage. This puts him at a disadvantage when he faces enemies that are resistant to it. However, it is incredibly satisfying when even light attacks chip away good portions of the enemy’s health bars.
Of course, you can also tune your companions to various damage types and cover them with your spells or attacks. But I still prefer to have an effective standard attack. So, during my quests, I pay attention to the enemy types I encounter and switch between my magical bowling balls as needed.
The main hand of the Spellblade with the magic ball.The offhand of the Spellblade with the dagger. Note: You can make your weapons look different – that’s why the character is holding a different knife than the selected one.
Being independent from companions? The Spellblade makes that possible
However, I don’t pay much attention to specializations with my companions. I always like to have someone who can control enemies and someone who supports me in close combat. A healing spell is also always a plus. My favorite combo is Neve and Lucanis.
In fact, I decide based on feeling and story: When I am in Minrathous, Neve comes with me. Bellara always supports me in the Arlathan forest and Emmrich, of course, in the Necropolis. I vary the second character depending on how interesting I find the combination.
For example, I often catch Bellara and Lucanis philosophizing about cooking at the lighthouse. During missions, I enjoy listening to their discussions about spaghetti carbonara.
But that’s also nice about the build: you are almost completely independent from your companions and can mix and match freely.
Now, I think you have a good first impression of the Spellblade. I wish you a lot of fun with it and would love to hear your feedback on the class in the comments. If you are just starting fresh in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, we have just the right article for you: Dragon Age: The Veilguard: 10 tips I wish I’d known beforehand
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In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you can expect a group of companions who will support you in battle and with whom you can engage in romances. MeinMMO summarizes everything that is currently known about the romances in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Update from 03.11.2024: We have updated the article with new information about the romances.
What is possible and what is not? How do you influence the dynamics within the group? It is time for answers.
This trailer introduces the companions of Dragon Age – The Veilguard:
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard introduces your companions in the trailer
Romances in Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Who can I romance?
In the new installment of the Dragon Age series, free love is the motto for everyone. Regardless of what gender or race your alter ego is, all companions can enter into a relationship with you. It should also be possible for companions to flirt with each other and give their hearts away. Fixed sexual orientations, as seen in some of the predecessors, are a thing of the past.
The developers of The Veilguard want to present you with a crew of individuals who bring their own problems, motivations, and backstories, ultimately feeling like realistically drawn, almost living companions.
Moreover, the companions from Dragon Age 4 have a kind of relationship level. Your decisions in the game and conversations with companions affect how much a companion likes or trusts you. This, in turn, will unlock talent points that allow you to activate skills for combat sooner or later.
In certain situations, it can happen that a character becomes hardened. Then it becomes more difficult to build a relationship with this companion or even win them over as a partner. One of the most important decisions here is whether you choose Minrathous or Treviso.
Can I romance multiple characters?
No. In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you commit to one relationship and cannot end it. So make your choice wisely. Once you are in a relationship with someone, it can happen that other companions begin dating each other.
The game gives you a clear indication when you start showing romantic interest and when the point of no return is reached, at which point you will enter a relationship with a companion.
Improving relationships with companions – Here’s how
All seven companions have their own quests through which you can deepen your relationships with them; moreover, these are one of the most important sources of experience for your companions. Otherwise, you influence your relationships with the companions through unique dialogues and your decisions made in the game.
If you want to flirt, the game makes it very easy for you: simply always choose the heart option. You will gain approval from the respective companion through corresponding behavior:
Harding: cheerful and happy
Neve: a bit cynical, straightforward, and clever
Lucanis: cheeky, sometimes a bit snappy, but honest
Bellara: curious and open-minded
Davrin: daring and straightforward
Emmrich: compassionate and open
Taash: rough and blunt
According to the developers, romance is not automatically the final goal. On ea.com, it states: “These quests and bonds are not limited to romantic interest; platonic friendships are equally important in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.”
What is Dragon Age: The Veilguard? The game is developed by BioWare. It is the fourth installment of the main series after Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. The game was originally known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. You can find out more here: Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Everything about the release, release date, and companions
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In one week, on September 25, 2024, the World Championship for League of Legends begins. The 20 participating teams are already determined. But who will win the LoL Worlds 2024? We look at the bookmakers’ odds and see: There are 2 favorites. Their mid laners have been considered the next big superstars for years, but they have disappointed at the Worlds so far.
This is how the Worlds will unfold: The Worlds will take place in 2024 in various countries in Europe, including Germany.
The World Championship starts on September 25 with a preliminary round, where 8 teams will compete against each other. 4 will advance. These are best-of-3 matches.
After that, there will be a group phase with 16 teams, where 8 teams will be sought to continue playing. In the group phase, 3 matches will also be played per encounter.
Then the knockout matches will begin in a best-of-5 format. The final will be held in London. The winner will be determined on November 2 and can look forward to a prize of $450,000.
The legend “Faker” is not a favorite to win the LoL Worlds in 2024, but only in the extended favorites group:
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Both favorites have mid laners who are hungry for success
Who are the favorites to win the LoL Worlds 2024? The bookmakers see 2 teams as equal: The winner of the Chinese LPL league and the second place from the South Korean LCK league.
Bilibili Gaming may not be a big name, but they have significantly strengthened over the past few years and dominate China. The star here is mid laner Knight (24), who previously played for TopEsports. Knight has been predicted to have an international breakthrough for years, but it has eluded him so far.
Knight and top laner Bin were selected for the LPL All-Star team this year. The supporter ON made it to the second team.
The league was clearly won by Bilibili Gaming in the summer of 2024. In the playoffs, they lost only one game against TopEsports, and they went through with scores of 3-0, 3-1, 3-0. It’s clear that the Chinese are considered favorites with odds of 1:3.75.
Knight and Chovy – the LoL Worlds 2024 could make one of them the next big star of LoL:
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The second favored team to win the LoL Worlds is Gen G. from South Korea. All 5 players from the team were selected for the league’s “All Pro Team,” which shows how dominant Gen G. is in South Korea.
Mid laner Chovy (23), known as “Our Lord and Savior”, took home the MVP crown. The young bot laner Peyz (18) won the award for Summer Split Player of the Split. Coach KIM is considered the best coach in the league.
Even though Gen G. is nominally so strong, they could not win the LCK league in 2024. That was achieved by Hanwha Life. Nevertheless, Gen G. is among the favorites to win the LoL Worlds 2024 along with Bilibili Gaming, with odds of 1:3.75.
The 8 teams from Asia are also the 8 strongest teams at the LoL Worlds
Who are the extended favorites? All others in the extended favorites group are teams from Asia:
In 3rd place is Hanwha Life Esports, the surprise winners of the LCK. With odds of 1:4.75, they are just behind the favorites.
Top Esports is in 4th place, as the second hope from China. They have odds of 1:7.
Faker and T1 only make it to 5th place – those who bet one euro on them get back 9.
He carries the hopes of Europe – but they have been resting there for 6 years now.
Where do you see the European teams?? Far behind. The Europeans from G2 are rated weaker than all teams from Asia by the bookmakers:
Caps and his team only come in 9th place with odds of 1:29.
Next are 2 US teams, FlyQuest and Team Liquid with odds of 1:41.
Fnatic is given only a chance of 1:51.
Completely behind, with odds around 1:91 and 1:101, are the Mad Lions-Koi and the 100 Thieves.
5 Swedes are at the Worlds – and only one German
Is a German also playing at the LoL Worlds 2024? While South Korea has 37 players competing at the Worlds, China 16, Vietnam 10, Sweden 5, and the USA at least 4, there is only one German at the Worlds: BrokenBlade plays for G2 in the top lane.
Can Chovy or Knight finally replace Faker?
Here are the open questions at the LoL Worlds: It is once again shaping up to be a duel of the mid laners.
The two favorites, Knight and Chovy, have been seen as “the next big superstar of LoL” for years – but neither has been able to win anything tangible so far.
Even though they are only 4 and 5 years younger than Faker, they belong to another generation. After all, Faker won his first World Championship back in 2013 at the age of 17.
Chovy and Knight are hungry for success. This is about succeeding as the next big face of LoL and esports.
In the last two years, the “favorite of the heart” won with T1 and with DRX an absolute outsider. If that pattern continues, 2024 might just be the hour of Hanwha Life, who managed a surprise in the LCK.
But one should not underestimate Faker and T1, as they have the experience of winning even under pressure.
From the Western perspective, things have looked bleak for years. 2020 was the last year when a European team was truly competitive: Perhaps G2 Esports can surprise one of the weaker teams from Asia, but there is little to suggest that a team from the West will play a role in the semifinals. Articles like this have indeed been a while ago: Germany is among the most successful nations in LoL – these are the 5 players you should know
T1 and Faker win LoL Worlds 2024
Update November 2:How did it end? Faker and T1 won the LoL Worlds today on November 2. On their way to victory, he defeated both challengers and top favorites for the championship title. In the semifinals, Faker eliminated the South Korean challenger Chovy (Gen G.). In the final, he defeated Knight (BLG).
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You have decided to play a warrior in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but you’re not quite sure how to make the most of the class? MeinMMO provides you with a Reaper build for warriors that can take down bosses in seconds.
In our build, we focus on damage through necrosis and abilities, as well as health drain for defense. This makes you strong enough to take down bosses and large groups of enemies in a short time, even on the highest difficulty.
A tip upfront: If you want to get the absolute maximum out of the build, choose the Veilguard as your faction during character creation. This increases your maximum suffering stacks by 1. However, this is not strictly necessary.
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Leveling as a Warrior – Here’s how to do it best
Until Level 20, you cannot choose a specialization, and until then, it is not advisable to restrict yourself to necrosis. How you skill here is largely up to you, as you can reskill at any time outside of combat.
Depending on how well you assess your reaction times, you can take two different paths at the start:
Agile Blade => Rage => Spectral Bastion; This focuses on high defense and allows you to withstand attacks better.
Counterstrike => Concentrated Retribution => Titan Crasher; For this route, you must be able to parry perfectly, otherwise you’ll gain no advantage from the skill points. You deal more damage but live more dangerously.
After this, you should head toward Bloodied Assault, from where you can reach the Reaper specialization. Pick up everything along the way that increases your damage and pay special attention to:
Damage through suffering and especially necrosis
Damage and improvements for Shield Throw
Necrosis stacks
Improvements for duration skills
Two important nodes are also collateral damage and breathing room (besides the brawler specialization).
In the Reaper tree, you want to choose the lower path first to further increase your necrosis damage. Only at Level 40 do you also skill the second branch.
Remember that using a skill makes you invulnerable for a few frames. You can thus evade dangerous attacks or even interrupt enemies.
This is roughly what the ideal setup for the build looks like.
Reaper Build for Warriors: The Best Equipment
You play the Reaper Build with sword and shield, as this is the only way to fully exploit the strengths of your advantages. Weapon attacks with a two-handed weapon deal more damage, but weapon damage is the smallest part of what you deal.
The following items should be collected and improved as quickly as possible:
Dark Shard (main hand): Increases necrotic resistance, necrotic damage, and triggers necrosis. At the highest level, you deal additional necrotic damage against targets that are already at maximum stacks of suffering.
Defender of the Necropolis (shield): Inflicts necrosis on shield throws and deals damage to secondary targets when they are affected by necrosis.
Striking Misfortune (armor): Increases necrotic resistance and necrotic damage. Additionally, you remove all suffering when using necrotic skills and even become unyielding when you suffer necrotic damage.
Watchman’s Pouch (belt): Increases necrotic damage and applies necrotic damage and necrosis stacks to nearby enemies when you consume a potion.
Precious Corruption and Necrotic Jade (rings): Increase necrotic damage and damage through necrosis, as well as their duration and maximum stacks.
You can choose the helm depending on what you currently lack:
Crow’s Call mask makes your normal attacks stronger, making you less vulnerable to enemies that are immune to necrosis.
Death Mask further increases your necrosis damage.
Iron Veil is particularly strong until the “endgame”, before you possess the other helms at epic or legendary quality.
For neck pieces, “The Burden” is a good choice: This means you can never have more than 70% health, but deal more damage when you have low health. Alternatively, you can use the Magister’s Pact for more damage or the Warden’s Key for more defense.
We do not recommend a two-handed weapon for this build. If you still want to use one, the Crystal Great Axe is a good option. However, you should NOT upgrade it to legendary level, as this will change all necrotic damage to frost damage. This can be useful against enemies with immunity to necrosis – so it’s the ideal secondary weapon.
The Best Enchantments and Runes for the Build
Main Hand: +40 additional necrotic damage
Shield: +20% damage at low health
Armor: +250 health
Helm: Any resistance
Neck: +20% damage through necrosis
Rings: +25% duration skill damage and +20% rage generation
Deadly Terrain: +50% radius
Reaper: +25% ability damage at low health
Spectral Bastion: -15% duration of cooldown
The best rune for the build is Hunger. This increases the effect of health drain and grants weapon attacks additional health drain upon activation. Ideal for situations where your potions have run out. The best alternatives are:
Scourge: Increases necrotic damage
Ascend: Lowers your health to 1 and you cannot heal for 10 seconds, but you gain flame weapons, Accelerated, Increased Damage, and Rage will be maxed.
Crystallize (especially at the beginning): Freezes nearby enemies. Beware: This does not interrupt attacks, only delays them.
The playstyle is quite simple: You build up necrosis stacks on targets with weapon attacks and Deadly Terrain, and then continue attacking to trigger the effect of Dark Shard. At low health or against weakened enemies, use Reaper. In an emergency, use a potion or the rune.
One of your main sources of damage is also your shield throw. This is particularly useful against bosses and dragons that keep jumping away from it. This way, you maintain necrosis stacks on the enemies and take them down, even if they try to escape from you. Remember that you can throw the shield a second time if you catch it with a block “when it returns to you”.
You should best use Spectral Bastion to interrupt enemies or ignore damage from abilities you can no longer evade. If you are good at parrying perfectly, you can gain an advantage from precision.
For companions, it’s best to take Emmrich and Lucanis with you.
Lucanis’ Equipment and Skills:
Cruel Helix with “Attack my target causes necrosis”
Swings Antivas with “Critical ability hits reduce cooldown”
Trevisoer Poignard
Antivan Bladekeeping set
Skills: Adrenaline Rush, Abhor, Eradicate
Emmrich’s Equipment and Skills:
The Hermetic Pendulum with “Causes Quietus when breaking barriers”
Rudiment of the Lich with “Detonations remove necrosis and cause necrotic damage in an area”
Crowned Focus
Singing Seal
Skills: Last Rites, The Hour Strikes, Entwining Spirits
With Lucanis, you basically only use Adrenaline Rush on cooldown. Emmrich makes targets vulnerable to more damage via The Hour Strikes and regularly passively uses Entwining Spirits, allowing you detonations with Reaper.
Remember to let both “attack your target”; otherwise, you won’t benefit from, for example, Lucanis’ ability to make your target vulnerable to necrotic damage. If you are looking for more builds or guides for the game, you can find everything collected in our overview: Dragon Age: The Veilguard – All guides for getting started, decisions, puzzles, and more
Later on, you should also invest in rage generation, defense, or active skills. Skills grant you +15% skill damage, which is very important for this build.
The goal of the build is to apply many necrosis stacks to the enemy and to use abilities while your companions support you. For this, you should ideally use the following skills:
Spectral Bastion: Increases your defense and deals damage and staggers to enemies that attack you. The use also knocks nearby enemies back, allowing you to push enemies off ledges.
Deadly Terrain: Contaminates the ground around you and deals damage to enemies. Additionally, you generate necrosis stacks on enemies this way.
Reaper: Swings a scythe through all enemies in front of you and drains a significant amount of health from them. You can heal yourself even without potions. You also explode weakened enemies.
As your ultimate, you use Ghost Storm, which creates a tornado in front of you and pulls in enemies. The storm moves and drains life from the targets.
Remember that using a skill makes you invulnerable for a few frames. You can thus evade dangerous attacks or even interrupt enemies.
This is roughly what the ideal setup for the build looks like.
Reaper Build for Warriors: The Best Equipment
You play the Reaper Build with sword and shield, as this is the only way to fully exploit the strengths of your advantages. Weapon attacks with a two-handed weapon deal more damage, but weapon damage is the smallest part of what you deal.
The following items should be collected and improved as quickly as possible:
Dark Shard (main hand): Increases necrotic resistance, necrotic damage, and triggers necrosis. At the highest level, you deal additional necrotic damage against targets that are already at maximum stacks of suffering.
Defender of the Necropolis (shield): Inflicts necrosis on shield throws and deals damage to secondary targets when they are affected by necrosis.
Striking Misfortune (armor): Increases necrotic resistance and necrotic damage. Additionally, you remove all suffering when using necrotic skills and even become unyielding when you suffer necrotic damage.
Watchman’s Pouch (belt): Increases necrotic damage and applies necrotic damage and necrosis stacks to nearby enemies when you consume a potion.
Precious Corruption and Necrotic Jade (rings): Increase necrotic damage and damage through necrosis, as well as their duration and maximum stacks.
You can choose the helm depending on what you currently lack:
Crow’s Call mask makes your normal attacks stronger, making you less vulnerable to enemies that are immune to necrosis.
Death Mask further increases your necrosis damage.
Iron Veil is particularly strong until the “endgame”, before you possess the other helms at epic or legendary quality.
For neck pieces, “The Burden” is a good choice: This means you can never have more than 70% health, but deal more damage when you have low health. Alternatively, you can use the Magister’s Pact for more damage or the Warden’s Key for more defense.
We do not recommend a two-handed weapon for this build. If you still want to use one, the Crystal Great Axe is a good option. However, you should NOT upgrade it to legendary level, as this will change all necrotic damage to frost damage. This can be useful against enemies with immunity to necrosis – so it’s the ideal secondary weapon.
The Best Enchantments and Runes for the Build
Main Hand: +40 additional necrotic damage
Shield: +20% damage at low health
Armor: +250 health
Helm: Any resistance
Neck: +20% damage through necrosis
Rings: +25% duration skill damage and +20% rage generation
Deadly Terrain: +50% radius
Reaper: +25% ability damage at low health
Spectral Bastion: -15% duration of cooldown
The best rune for the build is Hunger. This increases the effect of health drain and grants weapon attacks additional health drain upon activation. Ideal for situations where your potions have run out. The best alternatives are:
Scourge: Increases necrotic damage
Ascend: Lowers your health to 1 and you cannot heal for 10 seconds, but you gain flame weapons, Accelerated, Increased Damage, and Rage will be maxed.
Crystallize (especially at the beginning): Freezes nearby enemies. Beware: This does not interrupt attacks, only delays them.
The playstyle is quite simple: You build up necrosis stacks on targets with weapon attacks and Deadly Terrain, and then continue attacking to trigger the effect of Dark Shard. At low health or against weakened enemies, use Reaper. In an emergency, use a potion or the rune.
One of your main sources of damage is also your shield throw. This is particularly useful against bosses and dragons that keep jumping away from it. This way, you maintain necrosis stacks on the enemies and take them down, even if they try to escape from you. Remember that you can throw the shield a second time if you catch it with a block “when it returns to you”.
You should best use Spectral Bastion to interrupt enemies or ignore damage from abilities you can no longer evade. If you are good at parrying perfectly, you can gain an advantage from precision.
For companions, it’s best to take Emmrich and Lucanis with you.
Lucanis’ Equipment and Skills:
Cruel Helix with “Attack my target causes necrosis”
Swings Antivas with “Critical ability hits reduce cooldown”
Trevisoer Poignard
Antivan Bladekeeping set
Skills: Adrenaline Rush, Abhor, Eradicate
Emmrich’s Equipment and Skills:
The Hermetic Pendulum with “Causes Quietus when breaking barriers”
Rudiment of the Lich with “Detonations remove necrosis and cause necrotic damage in an area”
Crowned Focus
Singing Seal
Skills: Last Rites, The Hour Strikes, Entwining Spirits
With Lucanis, you basically only use Adrenaline Rush on cooldown. Emmrich makes targets vulnerable to more damage via The Hour Strikes and regularly passively uses Entwining Spirits, allowing you detonations with Reaper.
Remember to let both “attack your target”; otherwise, you won’t benefit from, for example, Lucanis’ ability to make your target vulnerable to necrotic damage. If you are looking for more builds or guides for the game, you can find everything collected in our overview: Dragon Age: The Veilguard – All guides for getting started, decisions, puzzles, and more
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been struggling with criticism since its announcement: Many find the graphics simply too colorful. On PC, this can be changed thanks to a setting.
What is the issue? The predecessors of Dragon Age: The Veilguard were visually darker and more mature. In comparison, the colorful and somewhat cartoonish look of the fourth part has already disturbed many longtime fans since the announcement.
Now that the game has been released, comparisons to Disney or Pixar movies are being made. The characters supposedly have no realistic faces, and the color scheme is simply not dark enough. While there are some options to make at least your character look a bit more presentable in the editor, a simple trick on PC helps to make the game overall look darker.
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With a few clicks to a darker Dragon Age
How does the trick work? If you are playing on PC, you need to follow a few simple steps to get a less colorful and shiny image:
Shut down the game and open the “Bioware” folder in your documents.
Open the folder of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and then select “settings”.
Open the file “ProfileOptions_profile” with a program like Notepad.
Look for the entry “GstRender.UI_Bloom 1” and change the number to 0.
Save and close the file.
And that’s it. The game will indeed look darker and “more realistic”. Just the depth of field suffers a bit from this. In the community, some players have already tried the trick.
Does this satisfy the fans? On Reddit, user Braunb8888 shared the trick and quickly received feedback from other players:
“I watched comparisons on YouTube, and turning it off seems to affect the lighting and depth of field a bit. But it looks so much better,” writes Lucapardi.
“This has completely changed the appearance of the game and gives it a much-needed darker tone,” finds blacksnowredwinter.
“I just tried this, and everything feels more grounded,” says adamserpentius.
“Does anyone know if there is a way to do this on console?” asks user breosaighead.
Unfortunately, as of now, there is no way to disable bloom on consoles in this way.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has impressed the press before its release and attracted tens of thousands of players at launch – who are also expressing positive opinions. Now the first user reviews have appeared on Metacritic and strike a significantly worse tone.
This is how The Veilguard is received on Metacritic:
However, the user score for the latest BioWare game is significantly lower. The Veilguard only receives 3.4 out of 10 points, with a declining trend (via Metacritic, as of November 2 at 1:00 PM).
In the over 2,100 reviews, users are very critical of the new Dragon Age.
This is what users say: In the reviews, there is very little substantial criticism. Most reviews either give a score of 0-1 or 9-10 points, with both sides of the spectrum providing only a few justifications.
In the negative reviews, users mainly criticize BioWare’s decision to make The Veilguard significantly more inclusive. For example, in German, the entire game is gendered and several non-binary characters appear in the game.
The positive voices counter with a similar attitude: they just want to balance out the “transphobic crybabies”. Here and there, some reviews at least praise the gameplay or the story or provide somewhat more detailed criticism such as flat characters.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard: 4 Tips I Wish I Had Known Before
The Veilguard fails to impress users on Metacritic – Where does the difference come from?
Steam has strict guidelines regarding reviews. A new law aims to prevent disreputable reviews, leading some users to notice that critical reviews on Steam seem to disappear arbitrarily. Moreover, you usually have to own the game.
On Metacritic, however, anyone can share their opinion about a new game 36 hours after release. This often leads to “review bombing”, where a game is penalized even if it is not actually that bad. Often, the reasons are trivial details or entirely different issues.
A sort of meta-war is currently being fought around the new Dragon Age, not directly about the game itself, but about the direction in which video games are generally developing. Specifically, this is a battle between proponents of inclusive content and the “anti-woke”.
Finally, you can play Dragon Age: The Veilguard on PC via Steam and Epic, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. To make sure you are well-prepared for your adventures in the new action RPG, we have gathered all our guides for getting started, decisions, and puzzles here for you.
Update from 31.10.2024: Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now live and we have started to upload the first gameplay guides.
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What is Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the latest action RPG from the game studio Bioware. You can dive into the fourth part of the main series since October 31, 2024. To be as well-prepared as possible, you can find all guides from MeinMMO about the game in the overview.
Numerous players of the Open Beta of Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam are presented with graphics that one would actually expect from a game on the PS2. Developer Capcom responds with a short statement regarding the technical issues of the demo.
What is wrong with the graphics on Steam? Both in the community hub on Steam and on Reddit, players are sharing screenshots of very abstract models with low polygon density. This way, the actually very detailed 3D models in the game are not showcased at all.
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Monster Hunter Wilds in the atmospheric 5th trailer
The issue with the models, which remind more of the beginnings of 3D graphics in gaming, affects not only the monsters in the game but also human characters.
Statement from Capcom on PC technology
What does Capcom say about it? In a post on X, the developers refer to their Steam guide. However, the developers directly address one problem:
The issue of ghosting occurring in certain environments when frame generation is activated will be resolved in the full version of the game, which is already in an improved state compared to the beta test.
Frame generation is used in Monster Hunter Wilds to give players an FPS boost. The relatively high system requirements of the game were raised under the assumption that this technology is activated.
Players take it with humor
How are fans reacting to the technical state of the demo? The broken models and performance issues do not leave the best first impression of Monster Hunter Wilds. However, many do not let the technical difficulties ruin their fun.
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In response to the question of what kind of monster the Reddit user is actually fighting (it is actually a Chatacabra), responses such as:
DGKSoulsofcatz: “That’s the Polycabra Bro.”
pyspher710: “Polygonus the Destroyer.”
Far-Pipe9689: “Basically my sleep paralysis demon.”
Another Reddit user has not held back and has defeated all the monsters that can be hunted in the beta, despite the low-poly models. In the following clip, he can be seen fighting a Rey Dau.
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There is even some initial fan art from people to “honor” these models. Here, a user shared their interpretation of the “Origami” Rey Dau on Reddit. The Rey Dau belongs to the new monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds and is the hardest fight in the beta.
Some users on Reddit hope that these models will make it into the final game as an option in the game settings. Even though they look strange, Monster Hunter Wilds is not unplayable because of them. And in the end, the models do have a certain charm.
It’s almost a shame that we only got to experience four of the new monsters in the origami style. By the time the game is released on February 28, 2025, Capcom will probably have fixed this glitch. You can see what other monsters have been announced for Monster Hunter Wilds here: Monster Hunter Wilds: All monsters in the list that are currently known
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It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG news in two minutes.” We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world for you. Look forward toThrone and Liberty, an touching Netflix documentary, new information about Patch 7.1 for FFXIV, and much more.
The highlights of the week:
Throne and Liberty announced this week “great changes” for the near future of the MMORPG and received a lot of praise from the community for it. It was about bots, world bosses, new PvP content, and upcoming progression systems like the runes.
In Elder Scrolls Online, Update 44 has been released, and MeinMMO had the opportunity to talk with one of the developers about the new content and the criticism from the community. Meanwhile, 25 million players are said to have played the MMORPG.
A Brazilian player with the nickname “Breeya” has become the first player to reach level 70 in Black Desert (via mmorpg.org.pl).
This week in Elder Scrolls Online, you can expect an additional 100 percent experience from a mini-event (via elderscrollsonline.com).
On November 1, 2024, the latest Producer Letter for Final Fantasy XIV took place (via YouTube). Included: a new trailer for the content update 7.1 (see below), the release date (November 12, 2024), and new information about the content – which is also reflected in the update of the overview page for Crossroads (via finalfantasyxiv.com).
The further content roadmap for FFXIV is as follows:
November 26, 2024: Patch 7.11 with Ultimate Futures Rewritten
December 17, 2024: Patch 7.15 with new quest content (like Hildibrand)
December 24, 2024: Chaotic Raid Cloud of Darkness
January 21, 2025: Patch 7.16 with new role quests
The freshly released trailer for Final Fantasy XIV – Patch 7.1:
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The Buy2Play and subscription MMORPG Embers Adrift is in financial trouble. Apparently, payments from the publisher Digital River have not occurred. Therefore, the developers of Stormhaven Studios are now separating from their partner and planning a move to Steam. The MMORPG is to be made fully available for free to all interested parties for an indefinite period. More info can be found on forums.embersadrift.com.
Fractured Online will switch to a Free2Play and season model on November 20, 2024. More details can be found at fracturedmmo.com.
The Horizons update of Albion Online is live and brings improved open-world gameplay, fresh UI features, and much more. The overview can be found at albiononline.com.
The developers of Ravendawn have introduced Update 2.0.3 (via ravendawn.online). You can expect, among other things, the in-game event Harvest Evening, fresh high-level spawns, improvements in creature hunting, and more.
MeinMMO demon Cortyn celebrates 20 years of World of Warcraft in this column:
The anime MMORPG Gran Saga has postponed its early access launch from October 30, 2024, to November 6, 2024 (via mmorpg.org.pl). The game is expected to be released on platforms including Steam.
Thus, we have summarized for you the most important events that have recently occurred in the world of MMORPGs.
In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you have the choice of three classes and nine specializations. We will show you a strong mage build focusing on a specific specialization.
How do mages play? If you want to forgo the sword of a warrior or the daggers of a rogue and prefer to face your opponents with magic, this class is perfect for you. However, in the skill tree, you have a dilemma of choice, and especially when it comes to specialization, you should decide on a direction.
In our guide, we present a build that chooses the “Deathcaller” specialization. Thanks to your necrotic abilities, you will quickly deal with opponents.
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Abilities for the Mage Build
How do you skill the mage? Starting from the center of the skill tree, you have a variety of active and passive abilities that you can equip. The following are particularly recommended if you are playing as a Deathcaller.
The best abilities for the mage before level 20
Which abilities are good? In the skill tree, you first need to work your way towards the specialization, which can be unlocked at level 20. Practical for beginners are the following skills:
Chain Lightning: Fires a bolt that hits multiple targets and shocks them.
Fire Wall: Creates a wall of fire that damages opponents trying to pass through.
These two abilities can especially help you at the beginning. With the Fire Wall, you are also already on the path to the Deathcaller abilities in the top left corner of the skill tree. Work your way through the “Mourning Watch” section, with its skills, you weaken opponents and continuously deal damage.
With the skills you unlock here, necrotic damage increases, and you deal more damage over larger areas. Particularly important are:
Contaminated Ground: Contaminates the battlefield and generates necrosis.
Channelled Thoughts: This generates 50 mana per second.
The best abilities for the mage after level 20
How to skill further? Once you reach the Deathcaller specialization in the skill tree at level 20, unlock it without using a skill point. Then focus on the following abilities:
Spirit Bomb: You drain life from enemies and then hurl a necrotic explosion at them. Part of the drained life serves as healing for you.
To make Spirit Bomb and Contaminated Ground even stronger, skill abilities that enhance area and duration attacks.
With this, you already have a very good foundation before moving on to the final skills in the tree at level 30.
The best abilities for the mage after level 30
From level 30, you can unlock additional abilities. Here is what we recommend:
Soul Fire: Uses 50 mana to unleash a wave that causes a detonation in exhausted enemies.
Mortalitas: If your mana is exhausted, your hit points will be used instead. Good for emergencies when you are in an unfavorable position to use “Channelled Thoughts” (near enemies).
Despair: Generates bonus damage equal to the life force that you and your opponents lose.
Thus, you are well-skilled. The remaining points can be distributed among other skills as desired.
What weapons does the mage use? The class uses staffs for long distances and mage daggers along with orbs for closer targets. It is important to manage your mana, as special abilities consume it. You can see how much mana you currently have in combat mode below your abilities.
Staff, Mage Dagger, and Orb
What weapons are good? In general, you have free choice here, but it is advisable to play as a Deathcaller with a staff or a dagger that has necrotic damage. An example would be the staff “Veil Seeker”. It not only deals necrotic damage but also a high level of stumbling.
A good mage dagger is the “Spellcaster Stiletto,” which can be purchased from the crows of Antiva, one of the six factions. It provides additional mana regeneration and defense.
As an orb, “Veil Song” is suitable, which also deals necrotic damage. Additionally, it provides +25% stumbling.
Armors for the Mage
What armors are good? All classes can wear all armor types. Make sure that your armor enhances the abilities you use and the type of damage. Good defense is important, as opponents tend to rush at you.
On your head, you get 15% more mana regeneration with the “Carastes Double Hat”.
Additional Equipment
What else is there? As additional equipment, we recommend the following items:
A good ring for the build is “Necrotic Jade,” because it causes +20% necrotic damage.
The belt “Guard’s Bag” gives you additional healing and deals necrotic damage to nearby enemies when using potions.
“Lifeless Skull” is an amulet that enhances your control abilities as long as you invest points in that direction.
The rune “Reduce,” which weakens all enemies within six meters.
The old Stratholme proves to be treacherous. An ancient mechanic can still wipe entire groups in World of Warcraft.
Currently, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG is being celebrated in World of Warcraft. One of the new features is the “Classic” time walking. Old dungeons from the Classic era can be revisited. Players earn Time-Modified Badges and solid rewards for new characters. However, the Classic mechanics often lead to a group being torn apart.
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What happened? In the WoW subreddit, player Schrogs writes that his druid “Durande” had a peculiar experience in the undead wing of Stratholme. The dungeon is generally quite simple and hardly noteworthy. However, the group suddenly faced a problem with the Banshee boss. The Banshee quickly took control of the group’s tank – and he obediently succumbed to his fate and killed all the other characters in a matter of seconds.
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The group, which mainly consisted of characters in the low 70s, stood no chance against the tank at level 80 with an item level of 630.
Why is that? The Banshee boss in Stratholme periodically takes control of individual characters. Typically, players quickly beat down the controlled character until the Banshee releases them. However, if it’s the tank and he is significantly better equipped than the rest of the group, things can go horribly wrong.
Additionally, scaling in time-walking dungeons can sometimes be a bit strange or simply bugged. When characters are not yet at the maximum level, their power usually scales. However, in the case of the mind control, this was apparently not the case. Therefore, the druid with item level 630 could easily plow through his teammates, ending up victorious.
Interestingly, in many modern fights, this mind control comes with some restrictions, making it difficult for controlled characters to overwhelm their teammates.
Fortnite took down its servers on November 2nd to start maintenance for Chapter 5 Season: Remix. You can find out about the server status and how long the downtime will last here.
Saturday, 02.11.2024
1:50 PM
We are slowly bidding farewell and ending our live ticker. The servers seem to be stable, but there are still occasional queues to log in. If problems arise or Epic Games takes the servers down for emergency maintenance, we will be back on track.
12:42 PM
The servers are online, and you can log in again (via x.com). Keep in mind that the rush is high, so expect queues. We will stay with you for a little while longer to ensure that the servers remain stable. If you can log in, we wish you a nice weekend and lots of fun in Remix: Chapter 2!
12:00 PM
The downtime is still ongoing according to Epic Status and will last for two hours – until 2:00 PM (via status.epicgames.com). We will keep an eye out for important news and list them here in our ticker. If nothing significant happens during this time, we will check back at 1:00 PM German time and give you a brief update.
11:36 AM
Shiina was able to identify some update dates (via x.com) where future updates of Fortnite could take place. Note the following dates:
December 1: CHAPTER 6 – SEASON 1
December 10: v33.10 (Winterfest)
January 14: v33.20
February 4: v33.30 (Final Update of Season 1)
February 21: CHAPTER 6 – SEASON 2
11:08 AM
How to secure the Goldsense
Epic Games has prepared a gift for all fans, but you have to earn it first. Earn up to 140,000 XP in any modes of Fortnite before November 11 at 6:00 AM to unlock the Midas-inspired pickaxe “Goldsense”.
Goldsense
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Now there’s also confirmation from Juice WRLD’s manager (via x.com). There will be a concert at the end of Remix: Chapter 2, and it will also be interactive. You can find more about the upcoming live event in our patch notes:
All unreleased skins that are still in the data of Update 32.00 have been summarized by leaker Hypex in his video. These include skins that will still appear in the shop. Here is the video:
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Epic Games has already implemented Snoop Dogg into the shop section. Whether he can be purchased immediately after the downtime is not known. However, here you already have the design so you know which items are to be offered:
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In the patch notes, Epic Games revealed that players will receive a free skin called “Slayer Juice WRLD” during the live event of Remix: Chapter 2. This skin will appear with cel-shading, resembling that of an anime.
Leaker iFireMonkey now assumes that the skin could represent the outfit from his music video “Already Dead.” The look of Juice WRLD is also present in cel-shading there.
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Kits mythical weapons from Chapter 2 have been updated and will likely return to the loot pool again, according to Hypex on X. Especially the shockwave launcher was a popular item from that time:
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Lightning McQueen is also confirmed according to Shiina and will be appearing in Fortnite if the leak is to be believed. Here’s how he looks for Rocket League:
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Rocket Racing will also receive new items, including a Battle Bus and the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat from Fast & Furious. This will find its way into Fortnite in one of the next updates:
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For all Snoop Dogg fans out there, there will be an emote that allows you to move like Snoop Dogg. Here’s what it looks like, and it even plays the original music from his song:
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According to the “Epic Status” page, the downtime will last up to 7 hours. You will be able to log in again at 2 PM if everything goes according to plan. However, as with any release, you should expect complications.
The downtime may be extended, or queues may delay your login. We will stay on top of it and report any issues. (via status.epicgames.com)
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According to leaks, Fortnite may permanently add the Chapter 1 mode as a core activity. However, this has not yet been confirmed. In this mode, you could probably play on the Chapter 1 map at any time.
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According to leakers, the well-known starter pack skin from Chapter 2 will be offered for purchase again. This could mean that older packs could also be sold again so that players can complete their collection.
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Good morning! The servers have now been taken down for the downtime. You can already download the update on some platforms, and it is approximately 50-60 GB (via x.com)
Now all fans are anxiously waiting for the downtime to finally kick off Remix: Chapter 2, but it has not yet been activated. We will show you when the servers will be taken down.
When does the downtime start? Officially, the downtime begins at 7:00 AM German time on November 2, 2024 (via x.com). We will be there with a ticker at that time and provide you with the most important info.
When can I play Fortnite again? That depends on the duration of the downtime. This is a larger patch as a new season is being launched. So it could be that the server down lasts up to an hour. If complications arise, this could be extended.
What’s included in Update 32.00? With version 32.00, Fortnite Season: Remix begins. In this, Chapter 2 returns along with its weapon meta, remix skins, and the old map from Chapter 2.
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The official trailer for Fortnite Chapter 2: Remix featuring Snoop Dogg and Eminem
Fortnite: Patch 32.00 – What skins will be there?
What do we know about the skins? With a remix season, old classics from past seasons come in a new shine. They will be fused with additional skins to create something entirely new. The following remix skins are known:
Muscle Cramps Midas
1-Ball (A variation of 8-Ball)
Chaos Agentess
TnTina Mountaineer
Skye mixed with Guff/Ollie
Is Season: Remix the last in Chapter 5? It looks that way right now. Just like in Chapter 4, the chapter ends with Season: OG. Such seasons are usually shorter in duration and usher in the events of the next chapter. What awaits in Chapter 6, we unfortunately do not yet know.
Hogwarts is a real haunted castle. At least many ghosts haunt its halls. But who were the eerie figures in their lifetimes?
What are ghosts? As in many other stories, ghosts in Harry Potter are deceased individuals who remain in the world of the living as incorporeal beings after their death.
Only witches and wizards can become ghosts, no Muggles.
Ghosts can hardly interact with their physical environment.
Passing through a ghost as a living person feels very cold.
How do you become a ghost? After death, witches and wizards can choose to remain in the world as ghosts. However, since this state between life and death is very unsatisfactory, few choose to do so.
Reasons for an existence as a ghost include a fear of final death, unfinished business, or a strong connection to a particular place.
Spoiler alert: The article contains spoilers about Harry Potter books and movies.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Trailer for the 2nd Part of the Fantasy Series
The Bloody Baron, The Fat Friar, and Nearly Headless Nick.
The Fat Friar is the house ghost of Hufflepuff. True to his house, he is very peace-loving and wants to get along well with everyone.
He even defends Peeves the Poltergeist when he gets into trouble again. The “poor, thoughtless poltergeist” should, just like everyone else, have the opportunity to participate in the feasts.
During his lifetime, the Fat Friar healed diseases with the mere touch of his wand. He also had the habit of pulling rabbits out of the supper cup. His inattention eventually led to his downfall. Other church members noticed the witchcraft and executed him.
Rank 6: Moaning Myrtle
Moaning Myrtle died during her school years, in 1943. She was a Ravenclaw student by the name of Myrtle Elizabeth Warren. She fell victim to the basilisk’s deadly gaze from the Chamber of Secrets, as we learn in part 2.
In her early days as a ghost, Myrtle spent time haunting her former classmate Olive Hornby out of revenge. Olive had always bullied Myrtle. However, the haunting ended quickly when Olive involved the Ministry of Magic. Since then, Myrtle has to spend most of her time in a girls’ bathroom, where she also died.
Here, the eternally whining Myrtle still haunts during Harry’s school years, which is why the bathroom is shunned by most.
Professor Cuthbert Binns teaches the subject of “History of Magic” at Hogwarts. He did not let his death deter him.
One day, he nodded off in the staff room. The next morning, he got up to start his class as always with meticulous punctuality – but left his dead body behind. It’s rumored that he didn’t even realize he had died.
Although Binns possesses a lot of knowledge in his field, he presents it so monotonously that everyone, except Hermione, immediately falls asleep.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Why is Pirate Software actually visible to almost every user of YouTube? He has exploited the system perfectly.
If you let yourself be entertained by “YouTube Shorts” for a while as a gamer or tech-savvy person, it’s only a matter of time until you come across “Pirate Software.” The YouTuber has grown tremendously over the past year, and his short clips, often containing interesting points, are widely discussed.
Things looked very different a while ago. His secret? He “played through YouTube” – and recognized exactly how to grow particularly quickly.
While some become successful on YouTube, others are withdrawing from streaming:
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Who is Pirate Software? Pirate Software, whose real name is Jason Thor Hall, has grown tremendously in 2023. A while ago, he was a small player on YouTube with only a few thousand subscribers – now he is on the verge of breaking the 2.5 million mark. In his mostly short clips, which distill exciting statements from his streams to the essentials, he speaks about insider knowledge from the tech scene or his time at Blizzard and Amazon. He often shares entertaining or simply interesting anecdotes.
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How did he become so successful? The success didn’t come by chance, but was calculated coldly, Pirate Software explained openly a few weeks ago in a conversation with streamer itmeJP and some other colleagues. He reveals that he closely examined the market and YouTube:
YouTube has put all its efforts into Shorts. They haven’t developed the streaming product or discovery further. They have pushed Shorts. Whenever you want to be discovered on a platform, the platform won’t do that for you. […] You have to look: What are they doing that makes them the most money, and you have to follow that trend.
So we thought: Okay, they are putting everything into Shorts, and so far, no one is really taking advantage of that.
The “Short Content” has been heavily promoted by almost all platforms after TikTok became extremely successful with it. Therefore, YouTube has also tried to highlight its short videos particularly. Something that Pirate Software knew how to exploit exactly.
My plan was: Publish a Short every day. […] We wanted to create more content. One [Short] every day, without missing a day. And then it should be published exactly at noon every day. The reason I did that: This is lunchtime for all the big companies on the West Coast of the United States. These are mostly tech companies. I primarily produce tech content. So that is exactly the moment when they look at their phones. The moment when they pull their phones out of their pockets for lunch is the moment when they can see it – and then I appear – exactly when the algorithm picks it up, and then they spread it to offices nearby.
That was the plan. And I thought maybe we’d get a few thousand subscribers. It was many more, and it went so fantastically. And now, every time I open YouTube, I see myself 5 times.
In Dragon Age: The Veilguard you have the choice between seven different companions that you can romance. MeinMMO wanted to find out in a survey who you would choose – here are the results of the vote.
What did we want to know? Anyone who wants to have romantic relationships in Dragon Age: The Veilguard must choose a companion. You can find more about the romances and how they work in a dedicated Romance Guide. We wanted to know whom you choose for your playthrough.
How did you vote? A total of 1,039 people voted on MeinMMO. The first place is quite clear with 27%, while the companions behind are fighting for a better positioning. Specifically, the ranking is as follows:
Place 1: Neve Gallus (27 %, 282 votes)
Place 2: Lucanis Dellamorte (19 %, 195 votes)
Place 3: Bellara Lutare (19 %, 194 votes)
Place 4: Lace (Borte) Harding (17 %, 179 votes)
Place 5: Taash (7 %, 77 votes)
Place 6: Davrin (6 %, 60 votes)
Place 7: Emmrich Volkarin (5 %, 52 votes)
So far, so good, but let’s take a closer look at your choice.
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What does your choice indicate? Basically, the romances have no special advantages or disadvantages. Whether you choose Neve, Bellara, or one of the others does not impact the overarching story. Therefore, the choice is subjective and probably depends on which personality appeals to you the most.
Nevertheless, especially Lucanis, Emmrich, and Harding undergo an interesting development in their story that can minimally influence your romance with them. The relationship with one of them is therefore a little more multifaceted than with the others.
Lucanis in second place is not very surprising, after all, the member of the Crows of Antiva is distinguished by much charm and a cultivated demeanor. And he can cook extraordinarily well…
The gap to third-placed Bellara is very narrow. Only one vote separates them. Many of you were probably won over by Bellara’s initially bubbly nature.
The dwarf Harding managed to win 17% of you. The last three places are filled by Taash, Davrin, and Emmrich. All three join the group relatively late in the actual game, at a point where some of you may have already chosen someone else. But who could resist Emmrich and his necromancer skills? Quite a few in the MeinMMO community, it seems.
It is not uncommon for players to spend thousands of hours in their favorite game. However, many cannot understand writing a negative review for a game after such a long time on Steam.
The title image is a collage made from a stock image from Pexels and a screenshot of the game.
What kind of review is this? The review comes from a Steam user named “Herb McDerperson” and was written for the game Battlezone 98 Redux. Between the game’s release on Steam on April 18, 2016, and the writing of the review on August 30, 2021, the Steam user spent more than 8,400 hours in the mix of strategy game and first-person shooter.
This corresponds to just over 4 hours of gameplay every day, assuming the player started right at launch – although he admits to often leaving the game running in the background. Despite – or perhaps because of – his dedication, the player cannot recommend the strategy game. Joshua Wolens from PC Gamer tracked down the player and spoke to him about his reasons for writing a negative review after such long playtime.
A considerable dose of nostalgia is conveyed by the launch trailer from 2016:
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Battlezone 98 Redux: The Launch Trailer on Steam
He played Battlezone for years, but then the remaster came
What is the story behind the rating? The Steam version is a remaster of the game originally released in 1998. Scott Smith, aka Herp McDerperson, tells PC Gamer that he received the game for Christmas in 1999.
Years before his review on Steam, Smith had spent countless hours in the strategy game: all hours of his youth, which are not even included in the total of 9,041 hours on Steam. After a long break, the player returned to the game with the “1.5 Patch,” an unofficial patch that fixes many issues of the original game.
But then came the Redux version, and many players apparently could not resist the appeal of an official, polished Battlezone. “The release largely destroyed the multiplayer scene of 1.5,” Smith says. “It is now pretty much dead.”
Despite his aversion to the new version, the longtime player switched from the original to the remake.
Among the criticisms the player mentions in his review are numerous bugs and crashes as well as some missing features. Many of the points are probably especially relevant for players who know Battlezone both before and after Redux like Smith. Other complaints from Smith are more serious, such as the fact that the minimap suddenly shows everything while the original only displayed what could be captured by the player’s radar.
However, the multiplayer experience is the worst, as according to a community legend, it was assembled within a week. Smith is not sure if this is really true, but the mere thought reflects his difficult relationship with the game’s developers. He even has a sort of feud with one of their employees:
In the past, both Battlezone remasters have repeatedly had problems with their multiplayer servers, and I have been VERY vocal about pushing for these issues to be fixed. Rebellion was often VERY slow to address such issues… As a result of my interactions, I have a hostile relationship with one of them (whom I will not name). Of course, I blame the other party for that.
Why he decided to write his review on that day in August, Smith cannot answer. He had actually planned to do so for years. However, he can explain that he has spent over 600 hours in the game since then: “For some time now, I only open the game to help someone, usually Modern, with problems. I have rare institutional knowledge and enjoy helping others with it. I have easily spent a few dozen hours on tech support.”
Smith still looks occasionally at the remaster of the sequel, Battlezone: Combat Commander.
