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The beloved Monopoly Go Cozy Comforts Album collection journey is drawing to a close. Since the album ends at the same time as Golden Blitz event, we're certain this will be the last Golden Blitz event of this album.

If you haven't yet collected all the stickers from Cozy Comforts Album, this is undoubtedly your last and best chance.

Below, I'll provide a detailed introduction to Golden Blitz event and its related content, allowing you to make the most of this opportunity and maximize your gains.

Golden Blitz Event

Monopoly Go is beloved by players worldwide for its fun event mechanics and rich content. Its numerous events and mini-games have attracted countless players, and among these fun events, Golden Blitz event stands out at the top.

Golden Blitz event is a limited-time special event designed to solve one of the game's biggest collection challenges: obtaining rare gold stickers. This event, where you can acquire your dream stickers simply through trading, has driven countless collectors wild.

The primary reason for the player frenzy is the rarity of gold stickers.

As is well known, Monopoly Go gold stickers are among the most coveted items for many players. They are not only difficult to obtain easily in the game, but also non-tradable. This characteristic often leaves players helpless and fuels the anticipation surrounding Golden Blitz event.

Furthermore, players are highly likely to obtain duplicate stickers in the game, making it even more difficult to collect the entire album.

While these duplicate stickers can be broken down to obtain stars, which can be used to redeem Stars Vaults, the chance of obtaining the exact sticker a player is missing through this method is extremely low. This is clearly not an ideal solution for players pursuing specific stickers.

To help players collect them more easily, and to balance game difficulty with player interest, Monopoly Go launched Golden Blitz event. It changed the game rules, allowing players to trade designated gold stickers with other players.

During each event, participants can exchange up to two designated gold stickers at a time, with a maximum of five trades per day.

This trading mechanism turns duplicate stickers into valuable assets, allowing players to exchange stickers to fill gaps in their albums.

Event Dates And Gold Stickers

Golden Blitz event will run from December 9th to December 10th, lasting 24 hours, similar to previous events.

It's important to note that, like all Golden Blitz events, this is a limited-time event. Furthermore, these designated stickers are only available for exchange during this event.

After the event ends, there will be no further opportunities to redeem them through this event. If you want to participate, be sure to mark your calendars to avoid missing out.

Following a fierce player vote, Monopoly Go Set 17 Frosty Fox and Set 22 To All A Goodnight have been selected as the designated Gold stickers for this event.

These two rare stickers from Cozy Comforts Album are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly collectible, and have always been popular among players. If you happen to be missing these two stickers, don't hesitate to take action and exchange them with other players.

Why This Golden Blitz Event Is Not To Be Missed?

In my opinion, there are several reasons why this event is worth participating in for all players. The most important of these is that it's the best way to collect all the stickers in the Cozy Comforts Album.

For any player who wants to fulfill their collecting dreams, collecting all the stickers in the album is no easy task. The rarity of gold stickers and the possibility of obtaining duplicate stickers in the album both require players to invest a considerable amount of time and effort in Monopoly Go.

What's even more frustrating is that even with such effort, players may still fail to achieve their goals and end up disappointed with an incomplete album.

But Golden Blitz event makes collecting easy. Without relying on luck, directly trading with other players is the fastest way to collect all the stickers.

Furthermore, regardless of whether you ultimately manage to trade for the stickers you need, the trading mechanism in this event builds a bridge for communication and interaction with other players.

Because this event encourages close cooperation between players and fosters a win-win mentality, it will help you more easily gain close friends and partners in future cooperative events.

More importantly, with Cozy Comforts Album coming to an end, the chances of duplicate gold stickers being useful in the game are slim. This means many players will take this opportunity to exchange stickers they no longer need, giving you a greater chance to trade for the items you want.

From any perspective, this is an event not to be missed. Whether you're a casual player looking for an easy sticker collection or a dedicated collector, this event has something for you.

Don't miss this opportunity! Get ready to join the final frenzy of the Cozy Comforts Album anytime now.

ARC Raiders is arguably one of the best extraction games of the year, attracting a large player base. However, increased player numbers also mean fiercer competition.

With more frequent PvP events, this creates opportunities for rat players. You certainly don't want to be ambushed and killed near the extraction point while carrying a full load of loot. So let's look at how to deal with rats in the game.

How To Identify Rats?

While most players in ARC Raiders are friendly, they can turn into enemies at any time. Especially when playing solo, judging other players' intentions is crucial, so never easily trust strangers.

Observe Equipment

Shields

You can determine a player's shield level by the number of bulges on their back. The lowest value shield is green, followed by blue, while epic shields are usually purple. Since rats also die frequently, they won't be carrying high-value ARC Raiders items, making players with green shields the most suspicious.

Weapon

Similarly, players using basic weapons without attachments, such as Ferro, Rattler, and Kettle, may be using free kits and intend to steal loot from bosses or ambush you while you're looting.

Players wielding high-damage player weapons like Venator, Volcano, or even IL Toro should also be viewed with caution. Even if they don't attack immediately, they know how to efficiently eliminate other players.

Observe Behavior

Rats' equipment may not be precise, but their behavior is undeniable. Be wary of players lingering on the fringes of combat, away from the center of the firefight, and never put yourself in a position where you might be backstabbed.

Most rats tend to linger on the periphery of the battlefield, waiting for the perfect opportunity to ambush. These opportunities usually occur when you are distracted or vulnerable, and they frequently ambush you while you are dealing with ARC enemies or looting.

Therefore, you need to conduct a risk assessment and choose between being attacked by ARC enemies and being attacked by players. Generally, you should prioritize ARC enemies because their behavior is more predictable. However, even poorly equipped players are more threatening than most ARC enemies in the game, so even if they seem friendly, remain highly vigilant if their behavior is suspicious.

How To Avoid Being Ambushed By Rats?

Common Rat Spots

Each map has several excellent ambush locations, which are the most favored by rats.

Buried City

The corridors and numerous bunkers in the underground subway stations are perfect ambush points. The unique subway station at the southernmost end of the map has a multi-level structure with many excellent hiding spots. Many players use the zip line leading directly to the bottom, making them easy targets for rats. It is recommended to use the paths next to the zip line, systematically explore downwards, and check for traps or players along the way.

Dam Battlegrounds

In the control tower, especially near the elevators leading to the top and locked doors, rats may ambush from the top, elevator shaft, or bottom. If you encounter this, use the ledges on the side of the elevator shaft or the roof above the main floor door to fight back.

Stella Montis

At Seed Vault extraction point, when you use a snap hook to reach the high points of the ductwork, you are very vulnerable to ambushes. Whether you are solo or in a squad, be extra careful at this extraction point.

The Blue Gate

Reinforced Reception window above the lobby often hides rats ready to ambush anyone entering. And the locker room on the right side of the underground safe zone is rich in loot and is also a notorious rat spot. They can climb onto the tops of lockers, door frames, and other small ledges to gain unexpected attack angles.

Spaceport

The small towers along Launch Towers wall are only accessible via a zipline from bottom to top. The tops offer ample cover, allowing players to easily hide and quickly eliminate rats.

Avoid The Rats

Sometimes you need to forgo your favorite loot spots or tempting opportunities, just like avoiding places where rats are common in real life. You also need to avoid high-risk extraction points. If many players are looting near certain extraction points, it's best to leave early to secure your loot.

Additionally, before map bugs like those in Stella Montis are fixed, it's best to avoid key points of interest with high-value items. If you encounter players at extraction points who are overly excited about your arrival, remain suspicious. Sometimes the best option is to watch them, slowly back away, move to another extraction point, or wait for player activity to subside before acting.

Specific Countermeasures

Tagging Grenades

Tagging grenades are an effective tool for countering hide holes. They mark ARCs and other players within their blast radius. You can craft them at the utility station using Electrical Components and Sensors. Carrying just one or two is effective for detecting suspicious locations.

Sound Control

The sounds of jogging, running, opening containers, breaching doors, and shooting in ARC Raiders travel incredibly far, and skilled rats are adept at pinpointing the source and location of these sounds. Therefore, when approaching a rat location, remember to maintain a low sound profile, scout first, then loot.

Take Corners Slowly

Raiders expect players to rush into seemingly safe areas, indicating they are unprepared, allowing rats to freely fire and ambush. Therefore, remember to turn corners slowly and carefully check your environment. This allows you to detect threats, gather information, and adjust your strategy before encountering enemies.

Rat players are a more threatening enemy than ARC, and with the start of the expedition, there may be even more rats on the map, so remember to stay vigilant and actively avoid potentially risky locations.

Fate of the Vaal is a brand new challenge league mechanic in Path of Exile 2 0.4.0, allowing all exiles to re-explore the fallen Vaal civilization and introducing Atziri, Queen of the Vaal, as a new pinnacle boss.

In the 0.4.0 patch, we return to Queen Atziri's palace, now a ruin, but in the darkness, crucial machinery still operates. Here, we have the opportunity to uncover the secret to saving Vaal race - a gateway to the past, allowing you to travel through time again and again, altering the temple and uncovering its secrets.

Next, we will detail PoE 2 Fate of the Vaal league mechanics. Don't miss this if you want to gain a significant advantage at the start of the league!

Vaal Ruins

In Fate of the Vaal, you will find ancient Vaal civilization ruins scattered throughout Wraeclast. These ruins seem to attract nearby creatures and have a strange influence on them.

After defeating them, the remaining Vaal seem to gain some power, but not enough to fully activate. Therefore, you need to find more of these arcane devices and sacrifice the monsters you encounter there to fully activate one of them.

However, because these devices are ancient and sometimes corrupted, when you activate them, you may sometimes see distorted ancient Vaal, and sometimes even trigger more powerful enemies. Ultimately, you will discover its true purpose: a portal to a lost temple deep underground, leading you to what was once the dwelling of Atziri, Queen of the Vaal.

Vaal Temple

What treasures are hidden within the temple? You're sure to want to know the answer.

At the portal exit, there is a control console. After activating it, you can see a map of the temple. The rooms here are not interconnected, and the layout is complex. This is where you might understand the purpose of the scattered ruins and devices throughout Wraeclast.

Temple Rooms & Upgrades

The temple's energy comes from sacrifices, and this energy can be used to modify the temple's structure itself. Each time you open the temple, you will receive six rooms that you can place to build your own dungeon.

Lay paths connecting the different areas and place rooms filled with precious loot alongside the paths. Once you've finished placing them, open the temple and explore your creation. Each room contains different challenges and rewards.

Please note that once you choose to enter a room, the door will only open after you win the battle, so choose carefully.

The placement of the rooms is crucial, as it determines the maximum reward you can obtain. For example, for Commander, you can place it next to a garrison of troops, allowing him to command the troops. As Commander's abilities improve, the garrison level will also increase, making the monsters stronger, but the rewards will also be more generous.

Different rooms have different upgrade requirements. However, you don't need to remember all the interactions, because when you select a room, the system will show which locations can upgrade other rooms and the specific impact of the upgrade on the temple.

After running the temple, some rooms will become unstable, so you will need to rebuild the temple. Since six rooms are added each time you return, this means the temple will grow larger and larger.

The above are the basic functions of the temple, but there is much more to it.

Once Doryani learns that you are going to Vaal, he will ask you to go back in time to try to stop Atziri from destroying Vaal.

As we mentioned earlier, the device at the entrance of the temple is a portal to the past, allowing you to travel back to a specific point in time, before Atziri caused the destruction of Vaal.

Atziri's palace is located on the other side of the temple, so you will need to significantly expand the temple to find her. However, her room can only be unlocked through a room you currently cannot access. You will need to visit the temple's architect to have him lay the path for you.

Once you are able to travel to the past, a whole new set of rooms will open up to you, containing extremely generous rewards.

Corruption Crafting

As you expand your temple, you will encounter various enemies, loot, and mechanics, and you can also unlock more crafting options while upgrading rooms.

Typically, a level one Chamber of Corruption room can only corrupt one item. But if you place it next to a room controlled by a Thaumaturge, and then place a Sacrificial Chamber room to provide soul energy, you can upgrade its level. And it's all worth it, because once the room is upgraded to level three, you'll receive very generous rewards.

In the level three Corruption Chamber room, you'll find a mysterious item slot that allows you to corrupt items.

Normally, once an item is corrupted, it cannot be modified further, but this device allows you to corrupt the item again, adding new enchantments. However, be aware that there is a 50% chance that these items will be destroyed.

Crafting Currency

One more thing to add about these crafting mechanics: it doesn't force you to carry the items you want to craft in the game. If you don't have the items you want to craft in the temple room at the time, you can also choose to craft some PoE 2 currency items first, so you can craft them later or trade them on the market as needed.

Atziri Pinnacle Boss

Finally, in each challenge league, the developers introduce a new pinnacle boss to test the strength of the player's character. In Fate of the Vaal, players will have the opportunity to face Atziri at her peak.

After defeating this architect, you will gain the ability to place Royal Axis Chamber. Once connected to the temple, you can travel to this chamber and ultimately face Queen Atziri herself in a final battle. This will be a truly fierce fight.

Once you defeat Atziri boss, you will find another console that can be used to modify the temple. This console is special, allowing you to place new types of rooms with specific rewards. Some rooms drop specific unique items, special runes, and PoE 2 currency, as well as some other more niche crafting experiments.

In addition, you can also obtain a mysterious staff: Atziri's Rule. This staff increases the level of all your Corrupted Spell Skill Gems and allows you to exchange life for extra damage. It's worth noting that when using this staff, Mirrors of Refraction will constantly appear on the battlefield, and any projectiles fired at these mirrors will split into a Nova, dealing extra damage to enemies.

That's all for PoE 2 Patch 0.4.0 Fate of the Vaal league. This league mechanic is somewhat similar to the past time travel feature, where each player can explore past versions of the temple, challenge different room types, and earn unique rewards, allowing you to build your own path in both the past and the present.

Diablo 4 Campfire Chat not only announced the changes for Season 11, but also its release date. However, this date is unusual, being two days later than players had predicted.

This is clearly unusual, leading players to speculate that Season 11 might have some surprises in store to counter the challenge from its biggest rival, Path of Exile 2 patch 0.4.0.

Why Is The Release Date Unusual?

Season 11 Release Date

According to Diablo 4's usual practice, the end date of each season pass typically signifies the end of the season. Therefore, according to the original schedule, Season 10 would end on December 9th, which usually means that Season 11 would begin immediately afterward on the 9th.

However, the latest official patch notes and blog indicate that Season 11 will begin at the following times:

• 8:30 PM Pacific Standard Time (PT), Thursday, December 11th
• 11:30 PM Eastern Time (EST), Thursday, December 11th
• 4:30 AM Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Friday, December 12th
• 5:30 AM Central European Time (CET), Friday, December 12th

The Unusual Reason

Official releases are rarely on Thursdays, and they typically release new seasons on Tuesdays. Furthermore, 8:30 PM EST is an unfavorable time for players worldwide, as it's close to midnight or nighttime in most regions.

This time also means that Diablo IV development team and engineers will probably need to work through the night to ensure a smooth season launch, resulting in additional overtime costs.

Furthermore, Diablo 4's official season updates deliberately avoid clashing with the seasons and leagues of other popular ARPGs.

This timing puts Season 11 very close to the release of its main competitor, Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.4.0. Patch 0.4.0 will be released on December 12th, bringing the new Druid class to Path of Exile series.

The Impact Of The Game Awards

The biggest reason for the two-day delay in Season 11's release is likely The Game Awards ceremony, also scheduled for December 11th, 2025. It's not just an awards ceremony, but also a platform for announcing major game news of the year.

The Game Awards will begin at approximately 7:30 PM Eastern Time / 4:30 PM Pacific Time, and Season 11 will be released a few hours after the awards ceremony.

The developers of Diablo IV have repeatedly hinted at revealing new content at The Game Awards, almost certainly the game's second expansion.

However, expansion announcements shouldn't affect season release dates. Therefore, this deliberate arrangement might suggest that Season 11 itself will include a surprise release linked to the expansion announcement. This content could be revealed at The Game Awards and released a few hours later with the season.

Speculation On The Surprise Release

New Class Paladin

Paladin is an extremely popular class in Diablo series, and its addition would greatly boost its popularity. Furthermore, some players have discovered that one of the cosmetic rewards for Season 11 Battle Pass closely resembles a flail, a classic Paladin weapon, and currently, there is no actual flail weapon type in the game. However, Season 11 already includes a major rework of core combat and stats systems, including elites, game difficulty, capstones, toughness, defense caps, and health potions.

Adding a completely new class without prior community testing or feedback on the public test server is extremely risky and logically illogical. Therefore, while the possibility of a new class is there, it is very small.

Expansion 2

So, is it possible that the official announcement of DLC 2 will be made directly? Generally, expansions, as paid content, require several months of promotion to introduce their features and attract players. It's unlikely they will be released without prior notice, and the official announcement has already stated that the expansion will be delayed until 2026. Therefore, the probability of announcing DLC 2 directly at TGA is very small.

However, Season 11 might release a brand new area connecting to the new expansion. After all, it's been over a year since the last DLC was released, and the official development of DLC 2 should be nearing completion, allowing them to promote it in-game beforehand.

The new area could serve as a prelude to the expansion. For it to be meaningful, the area would need to include side quests, new Diablo 4 items, main story clues, or new exclusive activities—which in itself constitutes a significant update.

While the specific content is unknown, Season 11 has a high probability of including unannounced surprise releases; otherwise, the seemingly illogical release timing of the season cannot be explained.

Other Clues

After the announcement of the first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, Diablo 4 added a free pet system. This proves that the developers have a history of adding free content alongside major announcements.

Furthermore, renowned game journalist Jez Cordon revealed that Diablo IV's content at The Game Awards goes far beyond just one expansion, indicating that there are even more surprises to come.

In any case, these hidden surprises have significantly increased the player community's anticipation for Season 11. What new content awaits us at 2025 TGA.

This week is drawing to a close, have you completed all the new tasks released every day in EA FC 26 on time? If not, it's best to step up your efforts this weekend to earn more rewards to improve your club and players.

Generally, the most common and easiest way to strengthen your existing players is through the various evolution events in FC 26. You can get upgrade effects as long as you meet the event requirements.

Evolution events sometimes apply to all players, and sometimes to players in specific positions, so you need to determine who can participate in this upgrade based on the actual situation.

Based on this, we will introduce two newly launched evolution events, The Wizard & Tricks and Flicks, to help you understand how to improve your players and the entire club, and get a better experience in the game.

The Wizard

This evolution went live on December 5th at 6 PM and is available for one week, expiring two weeks after the release date, meaning you have approximately 21 days to participate.

This event is also held by the game to encourage you to participate in Joga Bonito promotion, mainly focusing on giving you the opportunity to improve your left winger.

It is estimated that completing this evolution requires you to complete 6 matches and consume at least 40,000 coins or 400 FC points. If you lack both, a faster solution is to buy FC 26 coins, as accumulating points is more troublesome.

Rewards And Requirements

First, only players who meet the following requirements can be strengthened through The Wizard:

• Player OVR: Max 85
• Player Pace: Max 89
• Player Total Positions: Max 3
• Player PlayStyle: Max 10
• Player PlayStyle+: Max 1
• Not Rarity: World Tour Silver Stars
• Player Position: LW

In addition, the entire event includes five upgrade opportunities, and the higher the level, the better the strengthening effect. Details are as follows:

Level 1:

• OVR: +12 (Max 87)
• Balance: +20 (Max 89)
• Composure: +20 (Max 85)
• Positions: CAM
• PlayStyles: Trickster

Level 2:

• Acceleration: +10 (Max 90)
• Long Shots: +15 (Max 85)
• Penalties: +15 (Max 85)
• Roles: Inside Forward++, Classic 10++

Level 3:

• Passing: +10 (Max 83)
• Ball control: +20 (Max 88)
• Sprint Speed: +20 (Max 91)
• Stamina: +20 (Max 85)
• Skills: +4

Level 4:

• Acceleration: +10 (Max 90)
• Dribbling: +20 (Max 88)
• Positioning: +15 (Max 87)
• Reactions: +20 (Max 87)
• PlayStyles: Inventive

Level 5:

• Agility: +20 (Max 90)
• Finishing: +15 (Max 87)
• Shot Power: +15 (Max 85)
• PlayStyles+: Quick Step
• Roles: Wide Playmaker++

It's worth mentioning that when a player is upgraded, their card's visual effect in the game will also change: primarily in green and orange tones, with a strong graffiti style.

Tricks And Flicks

This event starts at the same time as The Wizard and is also part of Joga Bonito promotion, but it lasts for a shorter period, only one week. However, the advantage is that it's free; you only need to complete the challenges to get two upgrades.

To participate, you first need to ensure your player meets the following conditions:

• OVR: Max 84
• PlayStyle: Max 10
• PlayStyle+: Max 1
• Position: Not GK

Compared to The Wizard, Tricks and Flicks has fewer restrictions on players, so if you have some players who previously didn't have the opportunity to be upgraded, now is the best chance!

Level 1 requires you to complete 2 matches in any of Squad Battles/Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events modes using your activated EVO player on Semi-Pro difficulty. The evolution rewards are:

• OVR: +1
• Ball control: +12 (Max 85)
• PlayStyles: Trickster

Level 2 challenge requirements are the same as Level 1, but the rewards change to:

• Dribbling: +10 (Max 90)
• Composure: +10 (Max 85)
• Skills: +1 (Max 5)
• PlayStyles+: Trickster

The visual effect of this evolution on the player card features red and green tones. It's worth participating in these evolution events even just for the aesthetics, regardless of the player upgrades.

Best Completion Strategy

Generally, both evolution activities are not difficult to complete. Although Tricks and Flicks requires you to participate in competitive matches, you don't need to win. You just need enough time to play FIFA 26 and enough coins to unlock The Wizard.

However, considering that Tricks and Flicks only lasts for 7 days, we recommend that you prioritize completing it and choose the competitive modes you are familiar with or good at.

Generally, if you want to complete it faster, we recommend choosing Squad Battles, because in this mode your opponent is AI, and you can play casually to quickly finish the game and meet the requirement of 2 matches for the evolution activity.

If you want to experience more fun in virtual football while participating in the evolution, the high degree of freedom in Live Events can satisfy you. The other two modes are more competitive, more suitable for FC 26 players who like excitement.

Why Should You Participate In Evolution Activities?

Collecting more players is just the basics; having more doesn't necessarily mean you're more likely to win. The strength of each player is a more important factor.

While it's satisfying to win using those star players who are already very powerful from the start, over time you'll find it boring, and it also makes those players with relatively mediocre base stats meaningless.

Based on this, evolution activities provide more possibilities for fans of these players and players who like to win unexpectedly. With just a few points and coins, or by completing simple challenges, you can get more players on the field - why not?

Considering the high frequency of new events in FUT 26, it's okay if you don't have time to complete every single one, but it's best to set aside time to check the event rewards to avoid missing out on opportunities to upgrade your favorite players.

That's all for this guide. Remember to manage your time wisely and don't miss these two excellent evolution events! May your FC 26 team become stronger and stronger!

The Elder Scrolls Online development team is focused on a major class rework project, aiming to rewrite classes to maintain balance and better reflect their established lore.

This information primarily stems from a new developer memo released by the combat team. They state that this is a long-term project, and updates will not be released all at once. Class reworks will be rolled out gradually throughout 2026, and may continue beyond.

Development Team Design Philosophy

To differentiate classes sufficiently and showcase unique gameplay and presentation, the developers plan to redesign them, focusing on their backgrounds, abilities, appearances, strengths, and weaknesses. This redesign incorporates two core concepts:

Source Of Power

Source of Power refers to the origin of these classes' power within the game. Why and how they became the class, whether their power originates from their bloodline or the deity they worship, all determine the foundation of their ability design. For example, Dragonknight's power originates from dragon fire and earth energy, while Arcanist's power comes from a pact with the demon god Hermaeus Mora.

Power Fantasy

Power Fantasy refers to the manifestation of abilities, such as the skills used by a class and their role in combat, allowing players to experience the unique feel of playing that class. For example, there's the assassin class, which excels at stealth, Nightblade, and Templar, which fights directly using divine energy.

Development Team's Goal

The development team hopes to make each class capable of fulfilling any role, including tank, healer, and DPS. This only means achieving the goal, not necessarily being the optimal one.

They want each class to match its power fantasy in terms of abilities, animations, and sound effects. Current older classes will also receive visual and auditory modernizations to bring them up to the level of classes like Arcanist.

The official plan is to use player feedback and game data to guide class updates, ensuring changes are satisfying in terms of mechanics and themes while maintaining their uniqueness.

Current Class Issues

While the development team has clearly stated that these ideas are positive, the current class identities in the game remain somewhat ambiguous.

Low Class Differentiation

Aside from distinct classes like Necromancer, many classes lack clear differentiation. Skill kits from different classes are functionally too similar. They perform similarly in direct healing, single-target DoTs, and AOE skills, with the main differences being only in buffs, debuffs, and visual effects.

For example, Nightblade should be more deeply integrated into the theme of shadows and trickery; they could emphasize the interaction between stealth and backstab damage. The description of Templar's Holy Power is not specific enough. The official description should clarify whether his focus should be on healing or tanking.

Subclassing System

The most serious imbalance currently facing classes lies in the subclassing system. Subclassing involves mixing and matching skill lines from different classes, which are far more powerful than using a single class. Even if a pure class player use Elder Scrolls Online gold to get the meta sets, it performance is still not as well-rounded as a subclass player.

The main reason for this problem is that subclasses were not considered in the initial class design of ESO. This has led to huge differences in the current skill lines of each class, while subclasses can create overly powerful configurations.

How To Solve The Problems?

The official solution is to reorganize class skill lines, distributing key abilities so that no single skill line can provide all the tools needed to achieve the goal.

Although the subclassing system essentially competes with the default class features, it gives players the initiative to build the experience, allowing for free combinations. The official team will not eliminate this gameplay.

For pure class players, there should be more powerful, satisfying, and achievable class features. For players using subclasses, they can freely customize their playstyles, but may need to sacrifice class-specific features. The strength gap between the two classes is narrowing.

Even without directly nerfing skills, a more balanced distribution of abilities will prevent players from focusing on the optimal skill tree as much as before, inevitably leading to a loss in DPS.

However, this helps improve the overall health of the game, especially addressing the current issues in PvE and PvP caused by an unfavorable difficulty curve and gameplay convergence.

Their ultimate goal is to give pure classes a powerful and satisfying class identity and strength, while simultaneously narrowing the strength gap between subclasses and pure classes, while allowing them to retain the freedom to shape their identity or pursue specialized power.

Update Order

The official update order for the upcoming classes has been announced. This order may be adjusted, and the entire process may take up to two years.

• 1. Dragonknight
• 2. Warden
• 3. Sorcerer
• 4. Templar
• 5. Nightblade
• 6. Necromancer
• 7. Arcanist

Dragonknight

Official They also announced their direction for Dragonknight's adjustments, intending to position it as an attire warrior.

Refinement

Dragonknight will be given a unique damage-over-time parameter. A new passive skill called Avalanche will be added to Earthen Heart skill line, allowing Dragonknight to accumulate damage by stacking damage bonuses during combat; interrupting the attack will lose this bonus.

Reconfiguring

Dragonknight rework will retain the core resource management principle of "fire requires fuel," but provide a more satisfactory internal solution. For example, the reworked skill Inhale has been moved to Ardent Flame skill line, and Dragonknight will be able to recover a certain percentage of lost resources over time before unleashing the classic explosion.

Reworking classes is one of the most fundamental changes to the game. If done poorly or hastily, it could be a disaster for ESO simplification, but the information revealed so far is generally positive. This move may also bring back some players who left after the subclass system was introduced.

In any game that requires you to use weapons to fight, as long as your character has the potential to level up, the available gear will inevitably have its own tier system, allowing you to continuously acquire and use more powerful weapons through upgrades.

In the shooting game ARC Raiders, all weapons are divided into 5 tiers, each with a corresponding color, from lowest to highest:

• Common (White)
• Uncommon (Green)
• Rare (Blue)
• Epic (Pink)
• Legendary (Gold)

However, there is currently a problem in the game: the combat effectiveness differences between some weapons of different rarities are not significant.

It's worth noting that the rarer the weapon, the harder it is to obtain as a drop or craft in the workshop. If you go through a lot of trouble to get a gold-tier gun, only to find that it's not much better than your epic gear, you'll be very disappointed.

Based on this, we will select some weapons for further comparison to confirm this point and analyze the impact of this situation.

Stitcher VS. Bobcat

These two weapons are both submachine guns. Stitcher is common rarity, while Bobcat is epic. Both are quite popular in their respective tiers. They both use light ammunition, and the actual combat effectiveness comparison is as follows:

• Bobcat deals 6 damage per bullet, while Stitcher deals 7 damage per bullet.
• Bobcat's time to kill is approximately 1.4 seconds, and Stitcher's is approximately 1.7 seconds.
• Bobcat requires 20 bullets to kill an enemy wearing light armor, while Stitcher requires 17.
• Bobcat's reload time is 3.53 seconds, and Stitcher's is 1.56 seconds.
• Bobcat's equip time is 0.96 seconds, and Stitcher's is 0.9 seconds.

Although Bobcat, as a higher-tier gun, has an advantage in bullet damage and firing speed, it's not much better than Stitcher in other aspects, and is even slower in some areas. Frankly, the difference in time to kill between 1.4 seconds and 1.7 seconds is almost negligible.

However, Bobcat has more room for improvement; after upgrading, it gains benefits such as reduced maximum bullet spread, faster reload time, reduced recoil, and increased durability. Stitcher, on the other hand, has fewer upgrade options.

Awkwardly, if you have a level 4 Stitcher and a level 1 Bobcat, the latter isn't necessarily stronger overall. A reasonable equipment upgrade system shouldn't allow a level 4 common weapon to be better than a level 1 rare weapon.

Furthermore, testing reveals that even a level 4 Bobcat only has a slightly shorter or equal reload time compared to a similarly leveled Stitcher, and doesn't perform better in other aspects.

While Bobcat can fire more bullets at longer distances, something Stitcher can't do, you won't be using a submachine gun for long-range shooting most of the time; that's not their optimal use.

So, if a difference of a fraction of a second isn't important to you, then Stitcher and a level 1 Bobcat are essentially the same, and we even recommend using Stitcher more often because it's faster and easier to craft.

However, even if you choose the best weapons, it's difficult to win solely with them. Other equipment, tactics, and the help of teammates are equally important, because combat is not just a duel between guns; many factors are involved.

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Kettle VS. Tempest

These two weapons are assault rifles, and their rarity difference is the same as the previous two weapons (Kettle is a lower-tier common weapon). Let's look at their basic stats comparison:

• Kettle uses light ammunition, Tempest uses medium ammunition.
• Kettle deals 10 damage per bullet, and so does Tempest.
• Kettle's time to kill is 1.56 seconds, Tempest's is 1.46 seconds.
• Kettle requires 12 bullets to take down an enemy wearing light armor, and so does Tempest.
• Kettle's reload time is 3.67 seconds, Tempest's is 3.83 seconds.
• Kettle's equip time is 1.26 seconds, Tempest's is 1.46 seconds.

Overall, it can be said that the time to kill for these two guns is almost identical; that slight difference won't have much impact in ARC Raiders.

Regarding upgrades, Kettle can receive improvements to bullet speed, reload time, and durability, while Tempest's enhanced attributes are horizontal recoil, reload time, and durability.

If you plan to craft them in the workshop using blueprints, Tempest blueprint is definitely harder to find, and it requires more and rarer materials than Kettle, and is also more difficult to repair after wear and tear.

What Consequences Will This Lead To?

The above is just a part of examples; there are many similar situations in ARC Raiders. While at first glance this seems to allow you to get a better weapon experience with less effort, in the long run it leads to chaos and unfairness.

As your character improves, you naturally want better weapons, but if high-level weapons aren't good enough, you're likely to gradually lose the motivation to improve yourself, or even stop playing the game altogether.

Furthermore, this may also lead to an inability to judge the enemy's abilities and level based on their weapons in PvP battles, resulting in a lack of logic and system in PvP experience, turning it into a true "free-for-all," which is not a good thing.

How To Change This?

The reason these guns are so similar is mainly that the time it takes to kill with them is very similar. Considering that player characters in ARC Raiders have relatively weak defenses, the developers could try allowing shields to absorb more damage.

This would increase your survivability, preventing battles from ending too quickly, thus allowing more room for differentiation in weapon design, making the differences between them more apparent.

That's all for this introduction. Considering that ARC Raiders is a new game, we can certainly give it more patience and wait for it to gradually fix its flaws and provide you with a sufficiently good weapon experience.

Winter is here, and DC Universe Online is launching its grand winter event. This year's Season's Greedings will run from December 2nd to December 29th, 2025.

DCUO Season's Greedings will bring many winter-themed rewards, changes to Ally system, and the new Ally, Mister Freeze!

Season's Greedings Seasonal Rewards

Simply log in to the game to receive the following rewards:

• Once per Account: Mogo Acorn Supply Box (x20)
• Once per Character: Ally: Mister Freeze (Level 4)
• Once per Character: Skill Point Token

Winter Vendor

During the Season's Greedings event, players can exchange Holly Leaves for the following items at Winter Vendor:

Base Invitation: Mister Freeze

Endless Winter Cowl Style

Allwinter Mercenary Styles:

• Allwinter Mercenary Helm
• Allwinter Mercenary (Modified) Helm
• Allwinter Mercenary Beard

Toon Shaded Winter Chroma Pack:

• Toon Shaded Winter Chroma 1
• Toon Shaded Winter Chroma 2
• Toon Shaded Winter Chroma 3

Seasonal Base Items:

• Snow Clouds – Heavy
• Holly Jolly Fireplace
• Festival of Lights Fireplace
• Frozen Lake Floor
• Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1
• Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2
• Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight #3
• Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight #4

Batman appearance is inspired by Justice League: Endless Winter. His helmet includes a beard style that can be customized with face styles and supports area-by-area dyeing.

How To Get Holly Leaves?

This event's crisis is triggered by Orange Lantern of Avarice. Players must take on the role of either hero or villain to retrieve or destroy the stolen goods and obtain Holly Leaves by completing open-world events and raids.

The rewards for Holly Leaves obtained in daily missions, Daily Journal Missions, and Alerts have been adjusted.

• Daily Journal Missions: Reduced from 6 to 4.
• Seasonal Alert Rewards: Increased from 4 to 8.

Players can complete Season's Greedings Daily Missions at Hal Jordan (Heroes) or Sinestro (Villains), and the missions can be completed at multiple locations:

• Metropolis Seasonal Hub
• Gotham City Seasonal Hub
• House of Legends

The missions will automatically complete after you talk to the NPCs in these areas; you don't need to go back to the mission location.

Marketplace Bundles

Additionally, unlocking Marketplace Bundles will also grant you some Holly Leaves. The contents of this bundle are as follows:

• 50 Holly Leaves
• Festive Winter Hat
• Reindeer Antlers
• Jolly Aura
• Snowflake Aura

Ally Legion System

DCUO Season's Greedings introduces Ally Legion System. When unlocking an ally now, you can choose to use Legion Tribute tokens to unlock it for a single character or for the entire account. This is to prevent players from repeatedly training allies.

Unlocking an ally for multiple characters will require a significant number of Ally Legion Tributes, while unlocking it for only one character will require fewer tokens.

Legion Tribute tokens cannot be exchanged for DC Universe Online cash, but can be traded in Marketplace using Daybreak cash or Marketplace cash. Members and free players can each receive 250 Ally Legion Tributes, while completing Season's Greedings event can earn up to 1,000 Ally Legion Tributes.

Ally Legion Tributes are account-bound and cannot be traded with other players after acquisition. However, other characters under the same account can use them to unlock allies.

Before using Ally Legion Tributes, ensure your Allies are at the highest level and meet the required standards, as some Allies, such as Bruce Wayne's and April Fool's, cannot be shared with other characters.

Mister Freeze Ally

Mister Freeze can be leveled up to maximum immediately upon acquisition. Its skill deals approximately 10.4 million AoE damage to 5 targets, currently the second highest among all Allies. It deals approximately 3.94 million damage to a single target, which is average. Overall, it is inferior to Superboy in AoE and inferior to Flashpoint Batman or Zod in single-target damage.

Passive 1

When a player is attacked while holding a shield, there is a 25% chance to summon a Snow Devil. A maximum of three Snow Devils can exist simultaneously, lasting for 19.5 seconds. However, in practice, a maximum of two Snow Devils are summoned at a time, rarely reaching three.

This passive has a good trigger rate in actual combat because Snow Devils deal decent damage and have a wide attack range. It's suitable for tank classes that rely on shields, providing additional damage and indirect healing.

Passive 2

When your character consumes Supercharge, a continuous frost damage zone is generated around them. The duration depends on Supercharge consumed: 2500 points for 5 seconds, 5000 points for 10 seconds, and 10000 points for 20 seconds.

This passive synergizes well with builds that frequently use Supercharge, dealing sustained and significant AoE damage and preventing opponents from getting close, thus improving survivability.

Mister Freeze ally is primarily geared towards tanks, especially ice-based tanks, and provides additional damage and healing through summons and the damage-over-time zone. For DPS classes, Passive 1 might have some use with shield-based builds, but its overall design leans more towards tank support.

This concludes the overview of DC Universe Online Season's Greedings. Besides the event content, the most important aspect of this event is Ally Legion System. You can acquire Ally Legion Tributes based on your class and needs and enjoy seasonal events.

Diablo 4 Season 11, Season of Divine Intervention, has been postponed from the previously speculated December 9th to December 11th, specifically at 8:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, unlike the usual 10:00 AM start time.

Season 11 differs significantly from PTR 2.5.0, including a large amount of new content, system rework, and balance adjustments. However, the core theme is a slower overall game pace, increased difficulty, and a general nerf to build strength compared to Season 10.

In PTR, players were generally dissatisfied with changes to crafting aspects such as Sanctification system and Masterworking, and the official response was that these would be adjusted. These changes are now live in Season 11 release. Let's take a look at the specific changes.

Sanctification System

Sanctification is a new seasonal mechanic introduced in Diablo IV Season 11. The development team seemed to have considered making it a permanent system, but recent campfire chat hints that it might not be.

Veteran ARPG players will recognize that this system's core concept originates from similar systems in other ARPGs, such as Vaal orbs in Path of Exile and Worldstone Shards in Diablo 2 mod.

Essentially, it's a gambling mechanic with gear. Players can potentially gain powerful buffs to a piece of gear or brick it. Based on strong feedback from the player community, the development team made two key changes to Sanctification mechanic.

Removing Negative Effects On Specific Gear

In PTR, Sanctification could replace an affix on gear. While the new affix might be powerful, it could also brick the gear by replacing Greater Affix on Uniques and Mythic Unique items.

The current official solution prevents the attributes of Unique and Mythic Unique gear from being replaced. This means that the risk of destruction for top-tier gear, which is of greatest concern to most players, is no longer present. This negative effect may only exist on Legendary gear, and its impact is significantly reduced.

Changing No-effect Outcome Result

In PTR, there was approximately a 20% chance that sanctification would result in no change, meaning the equipment neither improved nor damaged. In Season 11 live servers, this 20% probability has been replaced with an increase in equipment quality.

This effect works in conjunction with Masterworking system, as Masterworking can increase equipment quality by up to 25%, with each 1% quality increase boosting all equipment stats by 1%. Sanctification now directly increases equipment quality by 5% to 25%, improving base stats such as armor, resistances, weapon damage, and the values ​​of all affixes, tempers, and mythic equipment stats.

Sanctification Probabilities

Based on official information and player testing results in PTR, the possible results and approximate probability distribution of sanctification are as follows:

10% probability: Replace an affix

• Approximately 15% probability: Add a new power.
• Approximately 20% probability: Add a more powerful affix.
• Approximately 30-35% chance: Adds a random powerful affix.
• Approximately 10-15% chance: Improves equipment quality.

According to Diablo 4 community manager, the new Might pool contains some incredibly powerful options, and the affixes added by Sanctification come from a specific pool of powerful affixes, which may include:

• Cooldown reduction
• Attack speed
• +2 to all skills on jewelry
• Doubling the strength of gems
• Percentage core stats
• Total resistance
• Crit chance
• Movement speed
• Lucky chance
• Resource cost reduction
• Maximum resource
• Maximum life

Defense System Overhaul  

Diablo 4 has made many changes to the defense system, including a rework of Fortify and Toughness system.

Fortify Reworked

Diablo 4 Season 11 introduced a new attribute, Fortify. It has also been reworked in the live servers of Season 11. It no longer directly provides damage reduction. The new mechanism is: when you take damage, Fortify points are converted into health regeneration, essentially a second health bar.

Fortify can coexist with Barrier, but they function differently: Barrier adds a shield to health, while Fortify quickly regenerates health after it is depleted.

New Defense System

Season 11 introduced a completely new Resistance and Armor system, but the specific workings (such as the cap) are somewhat unclear.

Additionally, UI displays a comprehensive Toughness value as a reference for survivability at each difficulty level, but you shouldn't blindly rely on this value. You must balance improving all resistances; otherwise, too low a single resistance can still lead to instant death.

Intelligence class can equip Skulls gems. For non-Intelligence classes, if the primary attribute is Armor, socket Diamonds to increase all resistances.

Affix Updates

Rings and gloves will have new affixes such as life on hit and coldown reduction, and Life on hit will be a crucial survival affix.

Crafting Changes

Tempering System

Tempering changes are consistent with PTR, and each item can now only be tempered once. As compensation, Diablo 4 items will drop with an additional base affix. While player control over affixes is reduced, the total number of affixes remains unchanged.

Masterworking Upgrade Rework

Masterworking has received some adjustments compared to PTR. Its maximum level has been increased from 12 to 25. While the increase per level is smaller, the cumulative increase may be greater, perhaps providing a 50% increase in base stats. Furthermore, there is now a chance to critically strike upon upgrading, resulting in an even greater boost.

Potion System Changes

Basic potions can no longer be upgraded, and players will only have four basic potions. As compensation, your character will automatically replenish one potion every 30 seconds to cope with prolonged battles.

These are the main changes to crafting and items in Diablo 4 Season 11 live server. Compared to PTR, it restores the strength of builds, preventing players from struggling this season.

For years, influenced by Diablo 4's game mechanics, players have consistently created character builds that develop in different directions by combining skills with suitable equipment. Based on this, players can make subtle adjustments to make the build they use more in line with their own ideas, thus presenting a lot of unique content.

However, the introduction of a special item in Diablo 4 Season 11 offers players some new inspiration, potentially adding something new to Sorcerer builds. It makes players realize that instead of focusing solely on stacking skills, strategically sacrificing some skills can unlock tremendous potential.

This article will delve into why certain previously popular skills should be abandoned, the powerful impact of the new Unique Orsivane, and introduce some top-tier Sorcerer builds that maximize the potential of this unique weapon.

Removing Defensive Skills

Traditionally, because Sorcerers are considered very fragile characters, players often need to unlock some defensive skills to gain sufficient survivability if they want to maintain their damage output on the battlefield for a longer period rather than being eliminated prematurely.

Their survival on the battlefield often depends on a range of defensive skills: Flame Shield, Frost Nova, Ice Armor, and Teleport. These skills are commonly used by Sorcerers, providing crucial barriers, crowd control, and mobility.

All these factors make removing defensive skills sound like a crazy decision. But listen, this recommendation isn't blind.

We suggest that the best development path for a Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 Season 11 is to completely abandon defensive skills. This doesn't mean the character will completely expose their weaknesses, but rather that using these skills isn't the optimal option given the alternative builds available.

It's the continued presence of these skills in the skill bar that limits their potential in Diablo 4 Season 11.

After seeing the effects of the new Ancestral Unique Mace Orsivane introduced in Season 11, you'll understand why we say this.

Orsivane's Unique Effect

In Season 11, we recommend that players using a Sorcerer build forgo the security provided by defensive skills and instead adopt a high-risk, high-reward approach. This revolutionary shift stems from the newly introduced Ancestral Unique Mace Orsivane.

Orsivane provides players with excellent attribute bonuses. Not only does it offer significantly faster attack speed, but it also increases the character's Intelligence, Core Skills level, Non-Physical Damage, and Maximum Life.

More importantly, when you equip this item on a Sorcerer, every defensive skill not in the action bar will increase the character's damage by a certain percentage. Simultaneously, you will also receive the corresponding Enchantment effect for that skill.

This means that even if Sorcerer doesn't use any defensive skills in the skill bar, they can still achieve a substantial damage multiplier increase in Diablo 4 Season 11.

Furthermore, players no longer need to consider casting skills during combat and will automatically gain the passive enchantment effects of these skills:

• Flame Shield Enchantment: Automatically activates when the character receives fatal damage within 2 seconds.
• Frost Nova Enchantment: Conjuration Skills have a 35% chance to trigger Frost Nova upon hitting an enemy.
• Ice Armor Enchantment: Has a chance to gain Ice Armor when attacked.
• Teleport Enchantment: Replaces the standard Evade skill with short-range Teleport. Note that you will not gain Unstoppable effect during this process.

This will give players fully automatic defensive effects and attack bonuses during combat, fundamentally changing the class's combat rhythm in Diablo 4 Season 11. The freed-up skill slots can be used entirely for attack and support skills, further increasing damage.

Recommended Best Builds For Orsivane

Orsivane is a Sorcerer-specific one-handed mace that can be combined with other weapons to create synergies and maximize its power. Below are our recommendations for ideal Sorcerer builds using this weapon.

Ball Lightning Sorcerer Build

In our opinion, Ball Lightning Sorcerer build is the perfect way to utilize Orsivane in D4 S11. The Orsivane's base damage multiplier significantly boosts the power of Ball Lightning skill.

Furthermore, pairing this one-handed mace with Okun's Catalyst creates devastating area-of-effect damage. Ball Lightning spins around the character, damaging surrounding enemies while also granting the player Unhindered effect, perfectly compensating for the need for safety in melee combat.

Crackling Energy Sorcerer Build

This build benefits perfectly from the automatic Frost Nova Enchantment. This enchantment provides additional crowd control, triggered by summoning skills, helping Sorcerer stun groups of enemies and safely unleash barrages of energy. Orsivane's damage bonus further amplifies this effect.

Ice Shards Sorcerer Build

Frost Nova generated by the enchantment, combined with the significant damage boost from Orsivane, allows Sorcerer to adopt a more aggressive playstyle. This build allows players to focus on unleashing numerous Ice Shards in Diablo 4 Season 11, while the auto-cast Flame Shield provides crucial safety.

After reading this introduction, you're sure to be tempted by these powerful builds. If you've decided to try these builds in the game, consider stocking up on Diablo 4 gold beforehand. With sufficient resources, you'll complete a high-level build faster than other players.

The introduction of Orsivane in Diablo 4 Season 11 has given Sorcerer builds new inspiration. This new playstyle sacrifices the safety of using defensive skills, but players gain incredible attack power and passive defensive capabilities. 

With the arrival of the new season, and the addition of this Unique item, builds likes Ball Lightning Sorcerer build, which utilize damage multipliers and ideal equipment combinations, will exhibit a very powerful offensive in the game.