In Final Fantasy XIV is full of powerful characters, bosses, and monsters. But which NPC is actually the strongest? Here we have ranked the five most powerful NPCs up to and including Endwalker in the Power Ranking.
How was the ranking created? For our ranking, we have established a few rules. We only rank NPCs that …
are alive during the adventures of the Warrior of Light.
that are not Primals or monsters.
that appeared in the story before the release of Dawntrail.
Warning, spoilers! In this ranking, we discuss events from the entire main story as well as some side quests. If you have not yet completed the main story of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker aka Patch 6.0, be cautious here.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Launch trailer for Dawntrail prepares for the adventure in Tural
Rank 5: Zenos yae Galvus
Zenos, the son of the Garlean Emperor Varis zos Galvus, makes his debut in Stormblood. At first, he is just a brutal, unjust ruler in search of the next exciting fight. When the Warrior of Light finally defeats him, he considers his life so fulfilled that he takes his own life.
However, his soul manages to cling to the material world: He reclaims his body, which is possessed by an Ascian, and continuously tries to provoke the Warrior of Light into a final, epic showdown in Endwalker.
He eventually gets that – at the end of the universe, where he previously helped in the fight against the Endsinger.
Zenos is already an absolute powerhouse in Stormblood: He masterfully wields his three katanas, always seeking the next powerful opponent – no one can match him. Additionally, his soul can possess other bodies, as he proves on his journey back into his own flesh.
In Endwalker, he also shows that he skillfully wields the scythe and offers the Warrior of Light a perfect final exchange, which he narrowly loses.
Zenos in Stormblood.
Rank 4: Julyan Manderville
This placement may surprise some, as Julyan Manderville is not a character that appears in the main story. Very different from her husband: Godbert Manderville, the owner of the Gold Saucer. Julyan plays an important role in the quests around her son Hildibrand.
As a loyal wife, cook, and mother, she seems quite harmless at first glance. However, the woman is an incredibly powerful pan-swinger!
Hildibrand and Godbert are extremely muscular men with bodies made of steel. Julyan Manderville, however, adds a crown to the whole: When she gets angry, a dark aura envelops her body, and her eyes glow red!
In wise foresight, her husband and son usually retreat, and even the Warrior of Light takes cover. Something the Warrior does not do against any other opponent – not even against Zenos. Julyan must be correspondingly powerful.
Unfortunately, we have never truly experienced Julyan in battle. However, she managed to send her son flying with just one hit from the frying pan from the East of Eorzea to Kugane. Just imagine what she can do when she means business.
A well-deserved fourth place. The top 3 can be found on the second page.
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In Diablo 4 there are various activities you can do with other players. Experts, however, believe: It’s not worth it – group play is even penalized in some cases.
In YouTube videos, two experts are now talking about how group play is rarely worth it. In particular, an endgame activity needs their opinion to be revised to improve group performance.
Diablo 4 Season 4 “Loot Reborn” in the gameplay trailer
Less mats, because you play with friends
What do the experts criticize? Rob says in the video that group play is “punished like crazy” and simply isn’t worth it. One doesn’t even want to go into the activity with friends. Rhykker notes that group play in the pit is not encouraged and is discouraging.
The one who opens the pit with 3 runes gets 100% of the intended mats.
All others receive 50% of the intended mats.
This means concretely: One player gets all the mats, while all others get only half as much. So one would have to take turns opening the pit. It’s more efficient to just do the activity alone.
According to Rob, it’s not worth doing pit runs in a group when it comes to pace and difficulty. In principle, it’s even harder to play in a group. Each player makes the run harder. And splitting up on the levels to get through faster doesn’t really help, as there is usually only one way to go.
What could be a solution? Rob notes that when players open the pit, they should be asked whether they want to contribute with three runes. If they click “yes,” they should also receive all the mats at the end. In his opinion, that would be fair.
In the video, Rhykker notes that in Diablo 3, only one key was required to open a rift. People then wanted to grab as many “free rift runs as possible.” The developers then introduced the idea that every participant needs a key. Rob thinks this might come to Diablo 4 as well.
What do other players say about group play? In the comments under the YouTube video, “lil—-lil” refers to the lack of social features: “Right now, the ONLY way to play in groups is to shout in the trading channel.” And “davidblanche3713” says: “For people who like to play with their friends or even in a clan community, Diablo 4 has become very ‘soloplay’.”
On Reddit, the topic is also addressed. “PlutoISaPlanet” writes about it in his post:
It’s unbelievable how multiplayer-unfriendly this game is.
Why are the rewards in the pit halved just because the initiator made this trivial contribution of 3 [runes]? Do you remember the Greater Rifts in Diablo 3, where everyone needed the currency to enter? […] This game is a collection of hundreds of people playing a single-player game.
In Diablo Immortal, every dungeon entrance has a group finder. This damn mobile game promotes dungeon runs in a hundred ways that [Diablo 4] does not. […]
It’s even difficult to invite random players in the open world to groups. Press W over their character while they dash and teleport, and then there’s no indication whether you just missed them or whether they’re already in a group, or have other crossplay settings, or who knows what else.
Do you play often in a group or do you prefer to go solo? Do you go into the pit with your friends, or do you also find that it’s not worth it? Feel free to leave us your opinion in the comments.
The Spaniard Ibai Llanos Garatea, who appears on Twitch with his first name, is currently the most-watched streamer in the world. For his annual boxing event, he managed to bring the famous actor Will Smith on board.
What kind of streamer is he? Ibai Llanos Garatea, known online simply as Ibai, is a Spanish Twitch streamer who became famous for content related to League of Legends. Nowadays, he is primarily active in the Just Chatting category – he is less involved with gaming, however.
Since 2021, Ibai has held an annual boxing event called “La Velada del Año,” which translates roughly as “The Night of the Year.” At that time, the event attracted up to 1.5 million concurrent viewers on Twitch. The following year, Ibai set a new world record with a peak of 3.34 million concurrent viewers, which he broke for the third time in a row on July 13, 2024 (via TwitchTracker).
With such numbers, even xQc, the former star of Twitch, cannot keep up.
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Twitch personally names Ibai a legend
What was the new record stream? La Velada 4 took place on July 13 and attracted a peak of 3.8 million concurrent viewers to their screens. This once again surpasses his own records from 2023 and 2022.
With this, Ibai reached as many viewers at once as the record streamers in second and third place combined: The absolute peak of TheGregf is 2.4 million viewers, which he achieved in 2021 when he introduced his own skin in Fortnite. The streamer Squeezie reached 1.3 million viewers in September 2023 with a Formula 4 racing event and thus holds the record in the French area.
However, the boxing event can not only be followed on Twitch but also live in the stadium. There, 80,000 fans cheered in the sold-out Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, the home of Real Madrid. You can get an impression of the crowd on X.
Ibai has become so big that he even managed to get the global star Will Smith for an appearance at his event. He performed together with his son Jaden (via X).
A very specific song likely evoked nostalgia in many. You can see it here in the video:
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Such a success is also recognized by Twitch itself. In a post on the official X account of the streaming platform, it says: “Ibai and the Spanish-speaking community have made history again. You are legends of the internet.” (via X)
Ibai himself appeared moved on X. In a post, he shared a video of Will Smith’s performance, writing: “Nine years ago, I commented on LoL from my grandparents’ house. Today this happened at an event on my channel. Thanks to everyone who has accompanied me on this journey.”
When Twitch launched as a standalone website in 2011, no one would surely have expected that events of this magnitude would one day take place there. However, even back then, the streaming platform produced its own stars: Who was actually the first Twitch streamer and what is he doing today?
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Mounts can be expensive. Really expensive. We show you the most expensive mounts that you can buy for gold in World of Warcraft.
Since the vanilla version of World of Warcraft, mounts have been something very special. Showing off with rare or particularly noble mounts has always been part of the DNA of Blizzard’s MMORPG.
There are many different ways to obtain mounts. Some are rare drops from bosses, others hide behind complex puzzles, and for some, you need to lay down a lot of gold to acquire them.
In this article, we show you the 5 mounts with the highest purchase price that are currently available in World of Warcraft.
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We only refer to mounts that you can currently purchase directly from the respective vendors. Mounts that can no longer be acquired are therefore not included in this list.
Rank 5: Rustbolt Resistor
Cost: 419,430 Gold Vendor: Stolen Royal Vendor Bot (Mechagon Island)
Impressive – but also quite loud.
Back then, many fans were a bit disappointed that the big “Exalted” reward on Mechagon Island is a mount that you have to buy for a lot of gold. The Rustbolt Resistor is a mount that will likely please fans of mechanics. Spotlights, jet engines, Tesla coils – everything your heart desires. However, you also have to endure the constant, somewhat intrusive sound of the mount.
Little fun fact: Actually, the mount costs 524,288 gold. 524,288 is the number of bytes that fit exactly into 512 kb. Since Mechagon is fundamentally based on computer technology and machines, this is probably a little joke that the developers allowed themselves. However, since the price is reduced at purchase due to the reputation bonus, this joke is somewhat lost.
Rank 4: Palehide Direhorn
Cost: 500,000 Gold Vendor: Talutu (Zuldazar, Horde), The Sly Nick (Tiragarde Sound, Alliance)
For 500,000 a pretty little thing. (Image source: wowhead)
You have to lay down half a million if you want to be the proud (or poor) owner of a Palehide Direhorn. It is currently the most expensive “dino” mount that you can still buy in World of Warcraft.
The model corresponds to the large riding direhorns, which are primarily used by the Zandalari trolls in “Battle for Azeroth”.
The description of the mount says: “Light-skinned direhorns are quite rare, which justifies the price.” – Whether this is really true must be decided by each person alone.
The 3 most expensive mounts can be found on the next page.
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Once Human lässt Spieler zurück in eine verrückte Welt
Too good to be true?
What do the players say? In a post in the subreddit of the game, a player with the username “Big_Salt371” asked on July 14: “What’s the catch?” He wants to know at what point the game becomes “unbearable” if he doesn’t spend money.
The player says he just can’t understand how he can have so much fun without spending money. CoD Warzone is also free but has no PvE element and better weapons are hidden behind a paywall. It makes no sense to Big_Salt371.
This is how the community reacts: Some fans have been around for a while and report not having encountered Pay2Win elements so far.
Dapper-Shame2840 writes: “No P2W in sight, so feel free to spend nothing. I bought the Battle Pass for $10 to support the developers because I’m having a blast and love this game.” (via Reddit)
Decaptare responds to the player’s question of when it becomes unplayable without real money: “It won’t, [I] played it thoroughly in beta. Everything I’ve seen so far behind a paywall has been purely cosmetic.” (via Reddit)
Nomigo99 also reports a similar experience: “I have been participating since the beta tests and haven’t lost interest. I am now a paying player, but even then my gaming experience is not ahead of that of a F2P player […]” (via Reddit)
For the original questioner, it seems “too good to be true.” The genre of live-service games has disappointed him in this regard (via Reddit).
Players brace for a nasty surprise
What could the catch be? In fact, not all players are so optimistic. deadering expresses concerns about seasonal wipes and suspects that they want to get players “hooked” in the current phase to then introduce “the worse stuff” later in the season (via Reddit).
There are already theories about what the “worse stuff” could be:
Among the wipes, “time-saving” packages with XP and loot could be sold (via Reddit)
A user suspects that the game’s gacha mechanics could lead to more aggressive monetization in the future (via Reddit)
Others suspect that the monetization could revolve around controllers: This item is needed to get better loot from bosses, otherwise you only get basic loot
Some fans of Once Human refer to a quote from the developers, stating that they must remove all obstacles before Pay2Win can enter their game. Whether they can keep this promise to the players will probably be known by the next wipe.
Another possible “catch” of Once Human is evident in the game’s privacy policy. Because the privacy policy of NetEase raises concerns among some players. Players fear the game could be a data octopus. A cyber expert on Twitch, however, gives the all-clear
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The role of the Gamemaster was once familiar to almost all MMO players. Today, this important position has almost been forgotten.
As a child, I wanted to become a Gamemaster, I remembered this recently when I thought about why MMOs don’t fascinate me as much today as they did back then.
Who is writing here? Cedric Holmeier is one of the MMORPG experts at MeinMMO and has been fascinated by the genre since childhood. He has spent thousands of hours in games like Swords of Legends Online, Metin2, Jade Dynasty, and Tarisland.
I clearly remember my first encounter with a Gamemaster. As a new player in Metin2, one of the Gamemasters stood on my server with the glowing GM sign above his head in the city.
It didn’t take long before he spawned a few monsters and stirred up the marketplace quite a bit. Like a herd of sheep, he was surrounded by a crowd of players who followed him everywhere to probably snag some reward.
As a nearly-teenager, I was somehow excited about the role. Not only did you get to have such a cool sign above your head, but you could also do all sorts of cool things that distracted from the tedious grind back then in Metin2.
Over the years, I encountered more and more Gamemasters in other games, and each time it was a positive experience. Whether it was a bunch of bots being banned right before my eyes or a cool event led by a Gamemaster, I could always count on them for questions and problems. It became clear to me: “When I grow up, I want to be a Gamemaster.”
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Gamemaster was once an important role
The role of the Gamemaster was quite special. For MMORPGs, they served as the first point of contact for players with various issues.
They kept an eye on the players and punished those who did not follow the rules. Bots and cheaters could often be banned shortly after being reported to the GM.
As a result, players felt that something was happening here, and they were not alone with their problems. They were an essential part of the game and irreplaceable for most players; yet today, they have disappeared from most games.
Technology and automation make Gamemasters obsolete
The fact that there are hardly any Gamemasters left today has many reasons. The most important reason is the better anti-cheat systems that automatically detect cheaters and bots, making it unnecessary to ban individual players (via keywordsstudios.com).
Gamemasters were unpaid players in many MMORPGs (via gamigo.com) who did it all just for fun. Similar to how mods work on Discord servers today. However, since GMs were not paid, the quality of their work varied greatly, and new Gamemasters often needed training.
The means of interacting with the community have also changed with the rise of Discord and social media. Discord itself still sees gaming as a focus topic (via theverge.com). Developers no longer have to hope that their players look at the forum to receive their feedback. Every change is now quickly commented on and immediately categorized by content creators.
Events that used to be led by Gamemasters now usually take place as programmed quests or are simply announced via Discord or the game’s website.
In general, it can be said that the role of the Gamemaster has simply become increasingly irrelevant for developers, and they have been replaced by a variety of tools. The remaining Gamemasters today can mainly be found in older MMORPGs. New titles usually do not have these roles at all.
Personally, my dream of becoming a Gamemaster never came true. But I admit, since then I have also had several other career aspirations that came as quickly as they went. In my first MMORPG Metin2, I was really bad: Metin2 was my first MMORPG, and I was really terrible at it
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Things are heating up in the anime of One Piece. Two strong pirates face off, including one of the most popular characters from the series. The fight doesn’t last long, but it hints at how intense the Pirate King really is.
Warning, this article discusses the current episode 1112 of the anime One Piece. If you do not want to know the outcome of the fight or the participants involved, you should not read further.
Which characters are facing off? In the new anime episode, Eustass Kid, a pirate from the Worst Generation, encounters Shanks, one of the reigning Pirate Kings.
Shanks is one of the most popular characters from the franchise. In a recent ultimate survey, he ranked 12th among the most popular characters (via soranews24). Given the over 1,000 characters in One Piece, this is an excellent placement.
Eustass Kid challenges Shanks and his pirate crew in Elbaf. He seeks revenge for an earlier fight in which Kid lost one of his arms. However, Shanks’ response comes swiftly, leading to the first battle where Shanks is seen in action.
Eustass Kid appears in the film One Piece Stampede. You can watch the trailer here:
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Epic fight in One Piece that is unfortunately far too short
What happens in the fight? Unfortunately, the fight between the two lasts less than 1.5 minutes. Kid is just about to shoot when Shanks charges at him. Before he can launch his attack, Shanks’ Haki creates a gigantic hippogriff.
Shanks then prepares to strike with his sword. He slices through Kid’s weapon, which then explodes. The heavy blow has even broader consequences: it destroys a ship, knocks bystanders unconscious, and sends Kid flying several meters away.
You can watch the scene in the following video by newworldartur on X:
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Is this Shanks’ first fight? Although we have known Shanks since the start of the anime 25 years ago, we have never seen him in action in the series. There have only been two moments when he demonstrated the strength of his Haki:
He frightened a Marine Admiral just by his mere presence. His Haki caused Aramaki to flee.
This fight probably doesn’t show what potential Shanks really holds. He only needed one attack to defeat Kid. Against a stronger opponent, Shanks would likely have had to use his entire repertoire.
We are all the more curious to see what Shanks’ next fight will look like and what he has to offer. Shanks is one of the few pirates we believe has the potential to find the One Piece and become Pirate King: 5 pirate crews that have a chance at the One Piece
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The PvP shooter Concord is currently available for testing in a closed beta. Although the first trailer did not resonate well with fans, the early feedback for the beta has been positive.
The design was said to be the ugliest players had ever seen. The characters looked generic and the color combinations were inappropriate.
But Sony wanted to win over players with a closed beta. This weekend, players who are active PS Plus members or have pre-ordered the game can participate. Initial impressions suggest that the first impression of the game may have been misleading.
You can check out the first gameplay of the shooter here:
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Sony shows first gameplay of the new PvP shooter Concord
Concord convinces with the ‘ugly’ heroes
What do fans say about the beta? In the reddit forum, some positive and negative aspects of Concord are becoming clear. The characters, which players found so ugly in the first trailer, are suddenly the highlight of the game.
Many users write that the heroes feel distinct enough. The character models also appear detailed. User CdrShprd summarizes it well:
I thought I would hate many of these characters, but it’s really fun to play them and I want to learn more about them. I’m most curious about the galactic guide, which contains everything about the story, but it’s not in the beta.
On the other hand, there are a few criticisms that Firewalk Studios should take a closer look at. These include the following points:
Not all characters are balanced yet. Especially Roka and Star Child are overperformers.
The user interface may not appeal to everyone. There should be an option to customize the HUD.
Some quality-of-life features are missing. This includes an AFK timer and the ability to join a game after it has started, if one of the players has left the match.
But overall, the comments suggest that the criticisms are things that could be resolved in future patches. Concord is set to be released on August 23, 2024. Until then, the title could be optimized.
MeinMMO author Fabienne Kissel played only healers in MMORPGs and other games for over 10 years. But now she is finally playing a DPS in Final Fantasy XIV and never wants to go back.
For over 10 years I was the healer friend in MMORPGs and other games. No matter if in World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends or Overwatch – my role was clear: I healed, supported, and ensured that my group stayed alive.
But this era has now come to an end. In the new expansion Dawntrail of Final Fantasy XIV, I am now playing a damage dealer (DPS), and I love it!
Spoiler: An image from the first city in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is shown.
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Why I chose to be a healer for years
Honestly, I was drawn to the role of healer and supporter from the very beginning. Maybe it was because I enjoyed helping others and it simply made me happy. In raids, I was the one that other healers could rely on to protect their team.
Saving someone’s life, healing them, or giving them shields just made me feel good.
Whether as a Priest or Druid in WoW, as a Sage in FFXIV, as a supporter in LoL, or even as a cleric of the Life domain in Baldur’s Gate 3 – I was always playing as a healer and felt comfortable with it.
My challenge and the clichés as a healer friend
But this role also brings some challenges and typical clichés. Often I was mocked, as the typical healer girl, who doesn’t dare to step into the damage role and prefers to heal her boyfriend.
In Final Fantasy XIV, it is typical that even as a healer, one can deal considerable damage. In battles, you are not only healing but also causing significant damage – and I find that concept really great.
Nevertheless, I sometimes felt like a side character as a healer. Maybe it was just my perspective? But it often seemed to me that the focus was always on the DPS and their performance, while I stood in the shadows as a healer.
In MMORPGs, I have been lucky enough not to have negative experiences with comments from other players as a healer so far. In other games, however, it was unfortunately different.
Woe to anyone who played as the supporter Yuumi in League of Legends and even used a noticeably female name.
I often received comments like: “You play her because you can’t do anything else,” I hope you die or I was called a dumb E-girl and whore, which compared to other experiences were still mild.
When I played the support agent Sage in Valorant and spoke in voice chat, there were often sexist and abusive comments. This even led to me losing interest in Valorant.
Often I felt that because of my gender, I was automatically seen as a bad player, even though that was not the case. Even though of course everyone has a bad day or can’t be good at everything. This image gnawed at me, but I remained loyal to the role for years – until now.
The turning point came when a DPS spot opened up in my boyfriend’s Final Fantasy XIV raid group. I desperately wanted to join, but that meant stepping out of my comfort zone and taking on a completely new role.
I immediately worried: “What if I don’t do enough damage? What if I don’t meet the expectations? And how the hell do I play my rotation?!”
But I took the plunge and switched to damage dealer, specifically a physical ranged attacker (Physical Range) in Final Fantasy XIV. I originally leaned towards Machinist or Bard, but ultimately I decided to go for the Dancer first.
Visually, I am most attracted to the skills and animations. Also, I was recommended the Dancer because this job is considered the easiest Physical Range.
With the switch to the Dancer, I also chose a race change – from Miqo’te to Hyur.
The Dancer not only deals good damage but also comes with supportive abilities. Its big dance (raid cooldown) increases the damage of the entire group for 20 seconds. Additionally, the Dancer can provide its selected dance partner with its own buffs.
I think the concept of a dance partner is great because I support them with my damage buffs while also benefiting from them. My dance partner helps me fill up my resources for strong damage skills. Additionally, as a Dancer, I have a small heal that heals all group members around my dance partner and me.
I am proud when the damage numbers go through the roof
It’s much more fun for me to play as a DPS. Personally, the battles with the Dancer feel more exciting and dynamic than with the Sage (Healer). Even though I completed one of the hardest fights (Dragonsong’s Reprise Ultimate) in Final Fantasy XIV with the Sage, and I had a lot to do there. I really reached my limits in that fight.
But as a DPS, I feel overall freer and even more ambitious because I really want to deal a lot of damage. I am proud when I succeed.
My last act as a healer (Sage) was the Ultimate Dragonsong’s Reprise.
Honestly, the Dancer isn’t among the top DPS. And yes, it supports the group, its dance partner, and itself with buffs – making it definitely more attractive to me as a long-time main healer.
But the thrill of executing a perfect rotation is indescribable.
Compared to my time as a healer, I feel more seen and more part of the action. I am not the quiet supporter in the background, but more active in the battle. I feel like the damn main character.
That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy looking back on my time as a healer – I definitely do. But now that I’ve discovered the world of DPS, I don’t want to go back. The new role has opened up a whole new perspective for me and greatly enhanced my enjoyment of the game.
In the future, I plan to further improve my skills as a DPS and master new challenges. Currently, the plan is to accomplish the upcoming new raid tier at the highest level (Savage) with my group. I definitely intend to do the new Eden Ultimate as a Dancer. But thankfully that still has some time – so I can practice even more.
With the new update in Palworld, players receive additional possible companions, which can mainly be found in the new area. We at MeinMMO will show you which Pals have been added.
On June 27, the big Sakurajima update for Palworld was released along with a new area. The new area brings a lot of new Pals of various types into the game. In total, there are 14 new possible companions for you. Some new variants of already existing Pals have also been introduced.
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Trailer for the new Palworld update ‘Sakurajima’
All new Pals, their abilities, and their locations
Which Pals are involved? With the new update, several new Pals have also been integrated. Most of them can be found primarily in the new area. However, some, like Mimog, can be found spread across the entire map.
What kind of Pal is this? Selyne is a Pal of the elements Dark and Neutral and will likely be known to many as a new tower boss. You can also catch her for yourself. When you defeat or catch Selyne, she drops Sapphires, Cloth, and rare Claws.
Additionally, you can use Selyne as a flying mount, and it enhances fire and dark attacks while you are riding the Pal. In the camp, it can perform tasks in crafting, medical production, and transport, each at level 3.
Where can you find Selyne? This Pal spawns only under certain conditions: During the meteorite event, there is a chance that Selyne will spawn, but only in the new Sakurajima area.
Croajiro
What kind of Pal is this? Croajiro is also among the new Pals that were integrated into the game with the new update. It is of the water type and drops Pal juice and Cloth when defeated or caught.
If you let Croajiro walk with you, you can use it to launch yourself high into the air. To do this, you simply need to climb on top of it. In the camp, it assists you in crafting, transport, watering, and collecting, each at level 1.
Where can you find Croajiro? You can find Croajiro not only in the new Sakurajima area but also in other areas. Additionally, you can find it on Ice Wind Island, Eastern Wild Island, and in the west of Sea Breeze Archipelago.
Lullu
What kind of Pal is this? Lullu is of the grass type and drops you Pretty Flowers and Red Berries. The Pal is particularly useful when you pack it in your camp, as it increases the growth rate of your planted crops. Additionally, it assists you in the camp with planting, crafting, collecting, and in medical production, each at level 1.
Where can you find Lullu? You can find Lullu around the Dancing Sakura Shrine in the new area. However, you are most likely to encounter it east of there, just before the Mushroom Wetlands.
Shroomer
What kind of Pal is this? Shroomer looks like a mix between a dino and a mushroom and belongs to the grass type, unsurprisingly. What is also not surprising is that it drops you mushrooms and red berries.
Shroomer also serves as a mount and is very useful for your camp. With its spores, it ensures that your Pals’ mental state (GEI) decreases more slowly. Additionally, it supports you in the camp with plants, crafting, collecting, and lumbering at level 2 and crafting at level 1.
Where can you find Shroomer? You can find this Pal only in the Mushroom Wetlands.
What kind of Pal is this? Kikit is a small ground-type Pal. It drops you some interesting materials, namely leather, bones, and crude oil.
If you have this Pal in your team, it reduces the weight of crude oil and is therefore ideal when you are farming this material. For your camp, it isn’t necessarily the best choice, but it can at least assist you with mining at level 1.
Where can you find Kikit? You can find this Pal primarily in the Northern Rock Fields and in the Southern Sandbar.
Sootseer
What kind of Pal is this? Sootser belongs to the types Dark and Fire and drops you bones, crude oil, and medium-sized Pal souls. And if you place it in your livestock farm, it drops you additional bones.
Additionally, it supports you in your camp with fire production and crafting at level 3. It can also assist you in mining at level 2 or in farming or collecting at level 1.
Where can you find Sootseer? Unsurprisingly, you can find Sootser in the new area in the Mushroom Wetlands.
Prixter
What kind of Pal is this? Prixter belongs to the Dark and Ground Pals and drops you poison glands. The Pal is especially useful in dungeons because when you activate its ability, it finds the exit for you. Additionally, it supports you in lumbering at level 3 and in collecting and medical production at level 1.
Where can you find Prixter? You can find this Pal exclusively in the Northern Rock Fields.
Knocklem
What kind of Pal is this? Knocklem belongs to the ground types and drops you ore. Knocklem has the ability to strengthen its attacks and defense. Additionally, it supports you in the camp at level 3 in the areas of collecting and mining and additionally at level 4 in transport.
Where can you find Knocklem? You can primarily find Knocklem northwest of the Dancing Sakura Shrine.
To be continued on page 2.
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MeinMMO editor Jasmin Beverungen looks at the wildest animes. In principle, she is interested in any new anime, no matter how stupid it may sound. But as soon as mechs appear on the scene, she switches off.
The anime genre has become increasingly – let’s just call it “special” – over time. The names of animes are getting longer, and the premises crazier. Especially the isekai genre is brimming with brilliant ideas, some of which you must see. Looking for some examples?:
In “My Reincarnation as a Slime in Another World,” 37-year-old Satoru Mikami is stabbed. He wakes up as a slime in another world. As a slime, he can learn the abilities of other beings.
It gets even wilder in “Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon,” where a man is resurrected as… a vending machine.
The anime “I’m a Spider, So What?!” focuses on the story of a Japanese schoolgirl who has become a spider.
Even outside the isekai genre, there are wonderfully quirky anime series that I loved watching. For example, Bananya is about cats living in bananas. The art style and premise were just too cute for me to ignore the anime.
How could one not trust those eyes?
A popular anime that could fall into the category of “What am I even watching?” would be Assassination’s Classroom. An alien tentacle monster becomes a teacher to a class and tasks them with killing him within a year. Otherwise, the Earth will be blown up.
As you can see, there are numerous examples of crazy animes that you can just love. But as soon as I see a certain type of weapon in series, it flies off my watchlist.
Which anime films you absolutely must see, we’ll reveal to you here:
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Mechs belong in the junkyard, not in animes
I absolutely can’t stand mechs and find them simply silly. This may seem a bit controversial considering I tolerate banana cats in animes. But in my view, mechs just make animes worse.
The major downside of combat robots: Mechs take away the characters’ ability to become stronger. The pilots of mechs only develop their combat skills when they get a new robot model. Otherwise, they can’t push their own limits.
This character development can only be seen when the fighters use their own bodies or other melee weapons. For example, Son Goku trains his whole life, learns new techniques, and can thereby defeat stronger opponents.
Here, the robot is simply used to hold a giant machine gun.
That’s why realistic weapons seem completely legitimate to me. The fighter can learn to handle them better or use them differently, as in Sword Art Online. Mechs, on the other hand, are the pumped-up arsenal of weapons, where you might have to memorize the manual.
I find the combination of mechs and melee weapons particularly terrible. Why should they engage in close combat and fight with lightsabers or other melee weapons? What’s the point of having a long-range arsenal if they don’t use it?
Mechs also take the tension out of battles for me. I find it boring to watch gigantic machines firing their cannons. I have the same phenomenon with tanks or other overpowering weapons. Only that they do not symbolize a gigantic humanoid.
I think that is one of the main reasons why I find mechs silly. If there are gigantic combat machines, why do they have to look like a human body? Other weapons are designed according to their purpose, so why couldn’t that be done with gigantic combat machines?
There is actually one exception I have made so far. In Code Geass, mechs cause havoc, but the story is so exciting that I forgave the anime for the robot scenes. The series reminded me strongly of the tactical games from Death Note, one of the best animes of all time.
However, I was chastised by MeinMMO demon Cortyn for not having seen one of the best animes with mechs. Had I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion, I would have had a different opinion regarding the huge robotic beings, so their theory goes. But probably, the series will never run across my screen because I’m currently busy with animes about witches and elf brides.
Is there something that you absolutely cannot stand seeing in animes? Which animes make you switch off immediately? And do you have suggestions that could still make me a mech fan? Share it in the comments!
There are even worse abysses that MeinMMO demon Cortyn has ventured into. There are series that we cannot recommend to anyone. Cortyn reports on which terrible trash animes you should definitely avoid: I watched 10 hours of the worst trash anime so you don’t have to
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For the Pokémon GO Fest 2024, ticket holders can look forward to the special research The Duskfall regarding Necrozma. We at MeinMMO will show you the possible paths and what tasks and rewards are hidden behind them.
What research is it about? In addition to the free special research on Cosmog, ticket holders for the GO Fest 2024 can look forward to another special research named GO Fest 2024: The Duskfall on the second event day. This will revolve around the legendary Pokémon Necrozma and will provide you with fusion energy.
The research spans a total of 5 panels, each with 3 tasks, and you must choose between Solgaleo and Lunala after the first page. You will need them for the fusion with Necrozma.
We have summarized the tasks and rewards you can expect with the help of the overview from LeekDuck and explain what you need to pay attention to when retrieving the research.
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Special research on Necrozma – Panel 1/5
Task
Reward
Explore 1 km
3 Super Potions
Complete 2 field research tasks
20 Poké Balls
Spin 10 PokéStops or Gyms
2 Lucky Eggs
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 2 Instant TMs, 2 Charge TMs, and a meeting with Necrozma.
Attention: After this panel, you will need to choose between the following two paths:
Depending on which path you choose, not only the tasks and rewards change, but you also make a significant decision regarding the corresponding form of Necrozma. You will receive the respective resources for the corresponding fusion, so you should think carefully about your choice. How strong the two forms are has been summarized in the following article:
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 3 Hyper Potions, 3 Revives, and a meeting with Miniras.
Special research on Necrozma – Panel 3/5 Solgaleo
Task
Reward
Catch 20 Pokémon
Meeting with Espeon with scarf
Battle in 5 Raids
3 Max Potions
Win 3 Raids
1 Premium Battle Pass
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 2 golden Razz Berries, 2 silver Pinap Berries, and a meeting with Solgaleo.
Special research on Necrozma – Panel 4/5 Solgaleo
Task
Reward
Catch 10 Psychic-type Pokémon
10 Necrozma Candies
Make 15 Power-Ups on Steel-type Pokémon
10 Cosmog Candies
Land 25 great throws
5 XL Candies of Cosmog
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 25 Necrozma Candies, 1,000 Solar Fusion Energy, and 25 Cosmog Candies.
Special research on Necrozma – Panel 5/5 Solgaleo
Task
Reward
Make 20 Power-Ups on Pokémon
10 XL Candies of Cosmog
Fuse Necrozma
10 XL Candies of Necrozma
Win 5 Raids
3 Special Candies
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive a Top Instant TM, a Top Charge TM, and one XL Special Candy.
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Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 3 Hyper Potions, 3 Revives, and a meeting with Miniras.
Special research on Necrozma – Panel 3/5 Lunala
Task
Reward
Catch 20 Pokémon
Meeting with Umbreon with scarf
Battle in 5 Raids
3 Max Potions
Win 3 Raids
1 Premium Battle Pass
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 2 golden Razz Berries, 2 silver Pinap Berries, and a meeting with Lunala.
Special research on Necrozma – Panel 4/5 Lunala
Task
Reward
Catch 10 Psychic-type Pokémon
10 Necrozma Candies
Make 15 Power-Ups on Ghost-type Pokémon
10 Cosmog Candies
Land 25 great throws
5 XL Candies of Cosmog
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 25 Necrozma Candies, 1,000 Lunar Fusion Energy, and 25 Cosmog Candies.
Special research on Necrozma – Panel 5/5 Lunala
Task
Reward
Make 20 Power-Ups on Pokémon
10 XL Candies of Cosmog
Fuse Necrozma
10 XL Candies of Necrozma
Win 5 Raids
3 Special Candies
Level reward: Once you have completed all tasks of this panel and collected the corresponding rewards, you will also receive a Top Instant TM, a Top Charge TM, and one XL Special Candy.
When do you receive the research? All ticket holders from the global GO Fest 2024 will receive the research on the second event day. However, to retrieve the research, you must first complete the free research on Cosmog.
Don McGowan is well versed in the video game industry. He was a lawyer for Bungie, The Pokémon Company, and Xbox. He revealed what the wildest case he experienced in his profession was. And it involved a young Pokémon leaker.
What did the young leaker do? The boy discovered how to extract images from a Pokémon card game. He found an image logo of the developer and bragged that he had found a new Pokémon.
This violated The Pokémon Company’s terms of service. The company had the lawyer track down the leaker. A registration method with the card game helped him locate the boy.
If you are a big fan of Pokémon, MeinMMO has the following three titles as alternatives to the mobile version:
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Pokémon Lawyer Called the Leaker’s Mother and Became a Legend
How did he catch the boy? To create an account in Pokémon, a phone number can be provided. Through the child’s account, the lawyer accessed the parent’s information, thus obtaining the family’s phone number.
He called the leaker’s mother and told her what her son was creating on the computer. The mother asked her son if he had hacked the game. In the background, the lawyer heard the boy shout that he had not hacked.
How did the family react? The mother asked if there was a problem with what her son had done. The lawyer explained to her that hacking software is a crime. However, he refrained from lecturing her further and instead had a conversation about what “good and bad things her son can do with a computer.”
During this time, the son tweeted several times, which clearly showed his panic:
“Pokémon called my home.”
“What the hell is a legal advisor?”
“I now know that what I did was wrong. I will never do it again.”
The lawyer was so proud of himself and revealed that he had probably solidified his legend status with The Pokémon Company for five years. The company probably rarely heard such a curious story where a little boy was reached through his mother’s phone number.
At the Pokémon GO Fest 2024, you can earn fusion energy for Necrozma’s fusions from raids today. However, how this works in detail causes frustration in the community.
The highlight for many trainers is likely the opportunity to receive fusion energy in raids to perform the fusion of Necrozma.
However, the amount of fusion energy you need for the fusion and earn from the raids is causing frustration in the community. Because you need to successfully complete several raids to get it.
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How to get fusion energy and Cosmog candies
What do I need for a Necrozma fusion? If you want to perform the fusion on Necrozma, you need to meet several conditions.
Lunala for the dawn wings or Solgaleo for the dusk mane form
1,000 Lunar or Solar fusion energy
30 Necrozma candies
30 Cosmog candies
How do I get Lunala and Solgaleo? You can evolve Cosmog to get Solgaleo or Lunala if you have collected the respective 125 Cosmog candies. You could have received one Cosmog in the past.
Additionally, today you can receive a Cosmog in the free special research. In raids against the Necrozma forms, you can also receive 10 Cosmog candies per raid.
If you have purchased the ticket for the GO Fest, you will receive a special research where, depending on your choice, you can obtain either a Lunala or a Solgaleo.
How do I obtain fusion energy? If you dive into the raids against Necrozma in its Dawn Wings or Dusk Mane form, you’ll earn the respective Lunar or Solar fusion energy for successful raids.
As trainers report on Reddit, where the event has already started, you can expect between 80 and 140 fusion energy per raid you complete. So you need to complete several raids today to gather the necessary fusion energy.
In advance, codes were released that rewarded you with up to 200 Solar or Lunar fusion energy.
If you’ve purchased the ticket, you’ll receive a special research in which you not only receive a Lunala or Solgaleo, but also 1,000 fusion energy of the corresponding monster, so you can gather the necessary energy all at once.
How do I obtain Necrozma and Cosmog candies? If you successfully complete a raid against one of the two Necrozma forms, you will receive 10 Cosmog candies. Additionally, as usual, you will receive Necrozma candies for catching Necrozma afterwards.
Furthermore, ticket holders will receive 35 Cosmog and Necrozma candies in the special research that they receive today with the ticket.
On this day, there are also field research tasks that can reward you with the corresponding candies.
What does the community say about this? The fact that some raids must be completed to gather the necessary fusion energy is causing frustration in the community. Some of the comments include:
So I’m not fusing them. Got it, thanks, says one trainer on Reddit
Hm. So you have to do 16+ raids without raising the number of daily raid passes for non-ticket holders? Funny, writes another trainer on Reddit
My God. I don’t mind spending a few dollars on this game, but this is ridiculous. There’s no other reason to set it up this way than to milk the player base, notes another commenter on Reddit.
What do you think about this? Will you go out to get the necessary fusion energy in raids? Or are you put off by the number and the process required? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers. We will also be there in the live ticker throughout the day for the second day of the GO Fest 2024.
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In Pokémon GO you can secure the special research The Dawn of a New Discovery today, on the second event day of GO Fest 2024. We will show you how to obtain the research and what content to expect.
What kind of research is this? Today, on July 14, 2024, the second day of the global GO Fest 2024 is taking place in Pokémon GO. This event will feature a lot of spawns, raids, and bonuses, as well as a special research titled The Dawn of a New Discovery, which will be available to all players regardless of ticket purchase.
This research will revolve around the theme of Cosmog and Ultra Wormholes, consisting of a total of 3 panels with 3 tasks each. After the first panel, you will again have the option to choose between Emolga, Crabrawler, and Piccolente to determine the further path of the research.
This way you can secure a Cosmog, which you can eventually evolve into Lunala or Solgaleo. This is needed for fusion with Necrozma.
We have summarized the tasks and rewards you can expect with the help of the overview from LeekDuck below.
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Cosmog Research for GO Fest 2024 – Panel 1/3
Task
Reward
Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms
20 Poké Balls
Catch 10 Pokémon
3 Nanab Berries
Complete 2 Field Research tasks
100 XP
Stage Reward: Once you have completed this task and collected all rewards, you will also receive 3 Potions, 100 Stardust, and an encounter with Pikachu wearing a Solar Crown.
Note: After this panel, you will need to choose a path that will influence the subsequent tasks and rewards on Panel 2. The final panel will then be the same for all players. You can choose among the following paths:
Emolga
Crabrawler
Piccolente
Cosmog Research for GO Fest 2024 – Panel 2/3 with Emolga
Task
Reward
Catch 7 Emolga
Encounter with Emolga
Make 8 Power-Ups on Pokémon
20 Poké Balls
Evolve 9 Pokémon
3 Pinap Berries
Stage Reward: Once you have completed this task and collected all rewards, you will also receive a Silver Pinap Berry, a Golden Razz Berry, and an encounter with Cosmog.
Cosmog Research for GO Fest 2024 – Panel 2/3 with Crabrawler
Task
Reward
Catch 7 Crabrawler
Encounter with Crabrawler
Make 8 Power-Ups on Pokémon
20 Poké Balls
Evolve 9 Pokémon
3 Pinap Berries
Stage Reward: Once you have completed this task and collected all rewards, you will also receive a Silver Pinap Berry, a Golden Razz Berry, and an encounter with Cosmog.
Cosmog Research for GO Fest 2024 – Panel 2/3 with Piccolente
Task
Reward
Catch 7 Piccolente
Encounter with Piccolente
Make 8 Power-Ups on Pokémon
20 Poké Balls
Evolve 9 Pokémon
3 Pinap Berries
Stage Reward: Once you have completed this task and collected all rewards, you will also receive a Silver Pinap Berry, a Golden Razz Berry, and an encounter with Cosmog.
Cosmog Research for GO Fest 2024 – Panel 3/3
This panel is identical for all players regardless of your choice. You can expect the following tasks and rewards:
Task
Reward
Explore 1 km
3 Revives
Fight in a Raid
3 Super Potions
Earn 2,000 XP
3 Max Revives
Stage Reward: Once you have completed this task and collected all rewards, you will receive 5 event stickers featuring Necrozma, 10 Cosmog candies, and an encounter with Pikachu wearing a Lunar Crown.
What do you think of the content on the free special research? Which path will you choose? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers. To find out what’s going on in the game, check out our live ticker for GO Fest 2024.
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Malcolm in the Middle is an iconic TV series that depicts the everyday life of a rather unusual family. The focus of the series is Malcolm, played by Frankie Muniz. However, the filming was not always smooth, as Muniz revealed.
What is Malcolm in the Middle? The TV series aired from 2000 to 2006 and has 7 seasons. It mainly aired in Germany on Pro7 and was an important part of the afternoon programming for a long time. The focus of the series is mainly one thing: chaos.
The beauty of Malcolm in the Middle was the many arguments and the personalities of the family members. Despite all of this, there was always heart in the series and a likable family structure.
Everything was always narrated by Malcolm, played by Frankie Muniz. However, there were also problems on the set of the likable series, which is why he claims to be virtually absent from two episodes. If you are looking for more series like this, this list is worth checking out:
English trailer for Season 1 of Malcolm in the Middle
Muniz walked off the set in protest
Muniz gives an insight behind the scenes. Earlier this year, Frankie Muniz participated in the Australian version of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. There he also talked about Malcolm in the Middle and a moment when he simply walked off the set, as News.com.au reports.
He explains there that he walked off the set because of the behavior of crew members. However, he does not specify whom he exactly means. Another point that irritated him was that others could not stand up for themselves.
Everyone was so afraid to stand up when certain people were controlling, rude, or disrespectful, as if they were walking on needles.
Frankie Muniz about unknown crew members (Source: News.com.au)
According to him, he didn’t care if he would lose the role because, as the main actor, he could afford it.
In which episodes does Malcolm not appear? The interesting thing about his story is that it is unclear which episodes he means. In episode 17 of season 4, it’s known that he does not appear, only in flashbacks that consist of old clips.
However, the second episode in which he does not appear is unclear. It may be that scenes for certain episodes were not shot on just one day, and he only meant two shooting days during his protest.
Muniz does not think much of Hollywood, as he revealed in an interview with News.com.au. Despite his success at the time, he remained down-to-earth and hated L.A., mainly because he could not just go to the grocery store there.
After Malcolm in the Middle, he tried his hand at other productions but only played small roles in films or just guest appearances in series. For a while, he was even a race car driver. Two and a Half Men is also a series that is associated with Pro7 in Germany, where completely different problems occurred: After Two and a Half Men, “Alan” would no longer work with Charlie Sheen on a series
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In New World, dungeons play an important role. They offer a good method to strengthen the equipment level in the midgame, and in the endgame, the mutations are the most challenging content in the game. We at MeinMMO present you three builds for damage dealers that will make you look good in dungeons.
What do you generally need to know about dungeons? In every dungeon, there are different enemy types, each vulnerable to different types of damage. In the Garden of Origin, for example, there is the Angry Earth, which suffers 20 percent more damage from slash attacks but takes less damage from stab damage.
Therefore, we present three builds that are effective against a specific enemy type. You will also find alternatives among the builds that are strong as well but will not be detailed extensively. However, currently, only a few weapons are in the meta, and magical weapons have a poor standing.
Note: Each of the builds presented here is already strong enough in the normal mode of a dungeon. However, we have intentionally structured the guide so that it also addresses players who want to tackle the mutations.
Those looking for builds for tanks or healers will find them here:
New World will be released on consoles in October 2024 – here is the trailer:
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Axe and War Axe – Strong against Ancients
Why is this combo being played? The axe and war axe both scale with the Strength attribute, making them a useful combo. Additionally, you can pull enemies with the axe and then deal massive damage to them with the axe.
The axe also has the special feature that you become invulnerable for three seconds through the attribute “Defy Death” if you would normally die. This makes the build useful for beginners as well.
It comes into play when fighting the Ancients (Lazarus, Ennead, Destroyed Obelisk).
How do I distribute the attributes? You invest most points in Strength. For beginners: 300 points in Strength, 200 in Constitution. Experienced players can opt for a combo of Strength (300) and Dexterity (210).
Which skills do I use with the axe? With the axe, you primarily rely on the Berserker tree and also use two of the active skills from it:
Berserker
Raging Waves
Rending Throw
The Berserker mode increases your damage dealt, your movement speed, you cannot be interrupted, and you also regenerate health points. Raging Waves, on the other hand, deals significant damage and subsequently increases your movement speed.
You open the fight with Rending Throw. This applies the “Ripped” debuff, which reduces the damage mitigation of enemies by ten percent. At the same time, you skill in the “Throw” tree the passive attributes “Refreshing Throws” (reduces cooldowns of all axe skills when you hit enemies with a debuff) and “Exploitation” (ten percent more damage against enemies with an active debuff).
Which skills do I use with the war axe? With the war axe, you utilize both skill trees:
Pull
Maelstrom
Source of Gravity
With Pull, you draw enemies closer who are in front of you, and with Maelstrom, you draw enemies around you, absorbing projectiles while granting you the buff “Courage”. The Source of Gravity also provides crowd control to root enemies and grants you and other players in the effect the buff “Empowerment”.
You also deal more damage and take less damage when three enemies are in your vicinity, which, thanks to Pull and Maelstrom, should always be the case, at least away from the bosses.
What does the equipment look like? You focus on light armor to maximize damage output. The legs and hands should be medium armor, as you still gain the bonus from light armor. Beginners can also opt for medium armor.
Your armor should have the bonus effects “Empowering Rending Throw” and “Raging Waves”. These enhance your axe attacks.
For both weapons, you want to use an opal or diamond as a gem.
What are the alternatives? A similarly strong build against the Ancients is the great sword and war axe, which we will introduce to you again in more detail against the Corrupted/Lost. Alternatively, you can also use rapier and spear here.
Great Sword + Axe – Strong against Angry Earth
Why is this combo being played? Axe and great sword both scale with the Strength attribute, making them a useful combo. Unlike with the war axe, you forego some control in favor of even more damage.
The axe has the special feature that you become invulnerable for three seconds through the attribute “Defy Death” if you would normally die. This makes the build useful for beginners as well.
It is effective in combat against the Angry Earth (Garden of Healing, Barnacles, and Black Powder) because they are vulnerable to slashing damage, which both weapons deal.
How do I distribute the attributes? You invest most points in Strength. For beginners: 165 points in Strength, 150 in Dexterity, and 200 in Constitution. Experienced players can opt for a combo of Strength and Dexterity, ignoring the defense from Constitution.
Which skills do I use with the axe? With the axe, you primarily rely on the Berserker tree and also use two of the active skills from it:
Berserker
Raging Waves
Rending Throw
The Berserker mode increases your damage dealt, your movement speed, you cannot be interrupted, and you also regenerate health points. Raging Waves, on the other hand, deals significant damage and subsequently increases your movement speed.
However, you initiate the fight with Rending Throw. This applies the “Ripped” debuff, which reduces the damage mitigation of enemies by ten percent. At the same time, you skill in the “Throw” tree the passive attributes “Refreshing Throws” (reduces cooldowns of all axe skills when you hit enemies with a debuff) and “Exploitation” (ten percent more damage against enemies with an active debuff).
Which skills do I use with the great sword? With the great sword, you primarily utilize the offensive tree “Butchery”:
Crosscut
Unyielding Storm
Skyward Cut
Following the Butchery path (offensive stance), you cause 15 percent more damage but also receive 15 percent more damage. Therefore, it is important to avoid incoming damage as much as possible.
Unyielding Storm is used to cleave through large hordes of enemies, while Skyward Cut is meant for single targets. Crosscut deals generally very high damage.
It is crucial that you maintain the “Butchery Path” to continually deal more damage and reduce your cooldowns by ten percent when using heavy attacks. You should also dodge regularly to gain Empowerment for the next three attacks, which further increases your damage.
What does the equipment look like? You focus on light armor to maximize damage output. The legs and hands should be medium armor, as you still gain the bonus from light armor. Beginners can also opt for medium armor.
Your armor should have the bonus effects “Siphoning Crosscut” and “Raging Waves”. This will heal you and reset cooldowns.
For both weapons, you want to use an opal or diamond as a gem.
What are the alternatives? A similarly strong build against the Angry Earth uses spear and axe. In general, you can also play the axe + war axe combination presented above.
Great Sword + War Axe – Strong against Corrupted and Lost
Why is this combo being played? Great sword and war axe both scale with the Strength attribute, making them a useful combo. Additionally, you can pull enemies with the axe and then deal massive damage to them with the great sword.
The great sword currently has the highest DPS in the game, but also comes with some risks, as you take more damage in the offensive stance.
The build is effective in combat against the Lost (Barnacles and Black Powder, Amrhein) or against the Corrupted (Shipyard, Heart of Storms).
How do I distribute the attributes? You invest 300 points in Strength and 210 points in Dexterity.
Which skills do I use with the great sword? With the great sword, you primarily utilize the offensive tree “Butchery”:
Crosscut
Unyielding Storm
Skyward Cut
Following the Butchery path (offensive stance), you cause 15 percent more damage but also take 15 percent more. Thus, it is important to avoid incoming damage as much as possible.
Unyielding Storm is used to cleave through large hordes of enemies, while Skyward Cut is meant for single targets. Crosscut deals generally very high damage.
It is crucial that you maintain the “Butchery Path” to continually deal more damage and reduce your cooldowns by ten percent when using heavy attacks. You should also dodge regularly to gain Empowerment for the next three attacks, which further increases your damage.
Which skills do I use with the war axe? With the war axe, you utilize both skill trees:
Pull
Maelstrom
Source of Gravity
With Pull, you draw enemies closer who are in front of you, and with Maelstrom, you draw enemies around you toward you, absorbing projectiles while granting you the buff “Courage”. The Source of Gravity also provides crowd control to root enemies and grants you and other players in the effect the buff “Empowerment”.
You also deal more damage and take less damage when three enemies are in your vicinity, which, thanks to Pull and Maelstrom, should always be the case, at least away from the bosses.
What does the equipment look like? You focus on light armor to maximize damage output. The legs and hands should be medium armor, as you still gain the bonus from light armor. Beginners can also opt for medium armor.
Your armor should have the bonus effect of “Siphoning Crosscut.” For both weapons, you want to use an opal or diamond as a gem.
What are the alternatives? Useful in fights against the Lost is the combo of frost gloves and corruption gloves. This is because the lost are vulnerable to frost damage. However, this build is harder to play. Alternatively, you can also go with great sword and axe here.
Against the Corrupted, you can alternatively play well with rapier and spear, as they are vulnerable to stab damage. You can find all our guides for New World in this overview: New World Guides: All tips, tricks, and builds at a glance.
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In The First Descendant, you need to farm “Encrypted Vaults” for specific materials, but what are they and how can you find them?
Why are “Encrypted Vaults” relevant?
If you want to improve your defensive values or the damage of your weapons and descendants, you need to equip modules.
To equip more modules, you should have as high a module capacity as possible and reduce the capacity costs of your modules by adjusting the socket types of your modules.
To change the sockets of your modules, you need crystallization catalysts.
To increase your module capacity, you need Energy Activators (your descendant module capacity also increases with your Master Rank).
If you want to craft crystallization catalysts or Energy Activators, you need “Mix Energy Remnants” and “Conductive Metal Foil,” which you can only get from Encrypted Storage Boxes or (Precise) Encrypted Vaults.
What are Encrypted Vaults?
“Encrypted Vaults” (in German: Verschlüsselte Tresore) are containers from which you can obtain specific materials. They are locked and must be opened with a so-called code analyzer.
There are blue and purple vaults as well as corresponding analyzers. The blue vaults contain fewer materials but are easier to crack. The purple vaults can be quite challenging.
When you use a code analyzer on a vault, it gets consumed. Then a mini-game starts. Beware, the analyzer is also consumed if you fail at the mini-game.
Tip: The descendant “Enzo” has a passive ability that makes opening encrypted vaults easier. This can be a great help, especially if you often fail at purple vaults.
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Locations of Encrypted Vaults – How and where do you find them?
Encrypted Vaults can be found in various areas in the world of The First Descendant. The regions “Vespers” and “Agna Desert” are particularly important.
If you want to find an encrypted vault, you need to use your scanner. To do this, press the Tab key on the keyboard or the right stick on the controller.
If you look in the direction of an Encrypted Vault, you will hear a signal sound, a kind of beeping.
If you look in a direction where there is no encrypted vault, you will not hear any sound.
How far you are from a vault does not affect the volume or type of sound – only the direction matters.
We will update the article in the future with maps where you can find all encrypted vaults and target them specifically. Until then, you can use the vault we recommend as a farm spot in the next paragraph.
Farming “Encrypted Vaults” – This vault is easy and quick to farm
Here you will find a vault that gives you Mix Energy Remnants: In the Agna Desert, there is an encrypted vault in the area “Cinnabar Wasteland” that you can reach quickly and therefore farm reliably. This vault gives you Mix Energy Remnants – the material you need for the crystallization catalyst.
You can simply spawn at the outpost (Outpost) in the east of the map in the “Cinnabar Wasteland” area and from there run west along the edge of the map. There, after a few meters, you will find a hole in the ground that leads into a cave.
In this cave, you will find ammunition barrels as well as an elevation on which the Encrypted Vault stands. It spawns there reliably. This means: once you have opened the vault, you can return to Albion and then travel again to the vault in the Agna Desert and collect it again.
The First Descendant Map, Agna Desert, Encrypted Vault for farming Mix Energy Remnants (via Map descendant-hub)
If you have found the way to the encrypted vault once, you can farm Mix Energy Remnants this way as often as you want. The YouTuber easynow shows in a video exactly how you need to run for this (via YouTube).
Farming Code Analyzers – Here you will find keys to the vaults
If you need to farm code analyzers to open vaults, YouTuber Moxsy recommends a battlefield mission in the area “Barren Land” – this is only available in hard mode, so after finishing the story.
To play the mission, travel to the outpost “Rockfall” in the west of the region “Barren Land”. A few meters east of the outpost, you can then play the battlefield mission “Ambush Site”.
This mission lasts a maximum of 3 minutes, ideally only about 30-40 seconds, and brings not only code analyzers but also Kuiper Shards. This is also an important resource you need to upgrade your modules.
Also, on the second day of the Pokémon GO Fest 2024, there are some contents for you. We have summarized what they are.
After the first day of the GO Fest 2024 is over, the second day is approaching. This will take place on July 14, 2024, again from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
There are again some contents that are only available for ticket holders, and some that are available to every trainer, regardless of ticket purchase.
What exactly awaits you on the second day of the GO Fest 2024, we have summarized for you.
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What’s happening on Sunday at the GO Fest 2024?
Raids with Necrozma Morning Wings and Evening Mane: On the second event day, you will find Necrozma in both forms, Morning Wings and Evening Mane, in raids.
If you complete the raids, in addition to encountering Necrozma in its normal form, you will also receive fusion energy for the respective form as well as Cosmog candies. Both are prerequisites to perform the fusion with Necrozma.
All Pokémon from the Habitats: On Sunday, you can find all the Pokémon that were available in the various habitats on Saturday in the wild. There will be no more habitats. This means that you can encounter all Pokémon from the habitats mixed together in the wild.
Special Research: On Sunday, there will be a free special research task and another special research task for ticket holders.
The free special research is about the wormholes of the Ultra Beasts and rewards you with an encounter with Cosmog.
If you purchased the ticket for the GO Fest, you will receive in the corresponding special research, according to your choice, either solar fusion energy or lunar fusion energy. There is enough energy to perform the fusion.
Exciting monsters on Sunday: Among the most exciting monsters on Sunday are the following:
Necrozma in Morning Wings and Evening Mane form in 5*-raids
Espeon and Umbreon with scarves
Event Pikachus with crowns
Miniras, which is available as Shiny for the first time
Unown through incense, if you have purchased the ticket
More contents on Sunday: There will also be showcases and snapshot surprises on Sunday.
You can also find the Pokémon Emolga, Crabrawler, and Piccolente in their shiny variants. These Pokémon made their shiny debuts during the local GO Fests 2024.
What do you think of the second day of the GO Fest 2024? Do you like the content better or worse than on the first day? Feel free to leave your opinion in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers here. An overview of all contents of the GO Fest 2024 can also be found with us.
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Constantly, various anime games are being released on the PS5, mostly from Dragon Ball. Many of these games have a rather mediocre reputation, but MeinMMO editor Nikolas Hernes loves them nonetheless, and he has since he can remember.
Anime and video games have accompanied me throughout my life. It’s good for me that both things are often combined. I started devouring anime games with the PS2. I’m especially fond of the games based on Dragon Ball and Naruto.
This continues to this day, as I regularly buy anime games, especially on the PS5. Admittedly, many of them are mediocre, some even total rubbish, but if I’m honest, I still love these games.
I will also get the new Dragon Ball game:
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The child in me wants to live in an anime
Anime games are a nostalgic trip. Whenever I watched an anime as a child, I always had the desire to play the battles myself afterwards. That was already possible with the PS2. I devoured Dragon Ball Budokai 3. And I constantly tried to persuade my sister to play with me.
Even today, I still have that child from back then inside me. The thought that I can let several anime heroes battle against each other in Jump Force still makes me happy, even though Jump Force is a complete disaster. But games like Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions intrigue me too. And I have absolutely no interest in soccer.
The many What if questions are also an important point. Who hasn’t always wanted to face Cell as Muten Roshi in Dragon Ball? In such games, you can do that.
Despite the great love I have for these games, I have to admit that most of them are rather mediocre. The graphics are often outdated, and the mechanics are usually rudimentary. Especially fighting fans are often confronted with half-baked 3D fighters.
But I totally enjoy it. Balancing? Nobody cares. These games are stuffed with unfair moves that can be spammed and characters that are just much better in everything than other characters. That would bother me in a competitive fighting game, but annoying my friends with a single move is just fun.
But other genres also give me this joy. Did you know there is a third-person shooter for Tokyo Ghoul? Well, now you do, and it’s really bad. But that kind of thing awakens a nostalgic feeling, a longing for simpler times. Times when, as a child, you played every bad licensed game you were given.
Where I draw the line, however, are truly boring games. One Piece Odyssey comes directly to mind. It’s not really bad, but it’s not really fun or good either.
On the other hand, there are also the really great games. Dragon Ball FighterZ or Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles come to mind right away.
Anime games are better when enjoyed together. The good thing about most console versions of these games is that you can play them on the couch with friends. And I do that regularly. Since my friends are also anime fans, everyone has their own favorite character in these games, resulting in a little rivalry when playing against each other.
The other aspect related to the trash factor is the shared enjoyment of bugs, silly abilities, but also ultimate moves that you enjoy watching. And a bit of anger is of course also part of it. If you’re not annoyed by the friend who just defeated you, then something is simply missing.
The simple gameplay mechanics of anime games are actually a great advantage in this regard, as you can learn and understand the games faster, quicker than in complex fighting games.
I usually don’t get most anime games at release. The trashy fun is actually too expensive for me. The nice thing about such games, however, is that they often go on sale very quickly. Do you have recommendations in this area? Then let us know in the comments. One game I am really looking forward to is the upcoming Inazuma Eleven game: New game for anime fans is finally set to launch after 8 years of development, with a 30-hour demo
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