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Crashing bug fixes are still ongoing with the PTE/Production servers in WW3. The latest patch was released to PTE for the weekend and is expected as a hotfix early this coming week. Remaining unfixed crashes are related to <1% of reasons. This should substantially stabilize the game. https://forum.worldwar3.com/index.php?/topic/7632-pte-december-update-038-patch-notes/

A prominent streamer has called on Ubisoft to strengthen their efforts against toxicity and hacking. This includes nothing particularly unique, but does urge things like better replay cameras and strengthening the rule sets in casual. One of my favorites was to add mirrored team kill damage and allowing forgiveness/punishment for team kills (e.g., WW3). Rainbow Six Siege caster says Ubisoft, players must do more to curb toxicity | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Rainbow Six Pro League caster Parker “Interro” Mackay took to Twitch to lay out what should be done about toxicity in-game.

If you use WhatsApp, FB Messenger, and/or Instagram, be aware that Facebook intends to merge the backend of all of these programs together. For now, it appears they will remain separate apps. This is a backtrack on Facebook's part on saying the apps would remain separate after acquiring them. Facebook to merge Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK App integration raises concerns about people's privacy, data experts say

I cant imagine what any studio could do with that kind of bank roll. It's an impressive number.

Early PTE results have shown improvements in lowering crash rates for folks. A hot fix was issued to bring these items into production. See below for the fixes in production now. Testing continues and more to come. https://forum.worldwar3.com/index.php?/topic/7557-december-update-033-hotfix-patch-notes/

PCGamer published a story on how much Star Citizen is costing to make. They've already burned through $200 million and the game isn't complete yet. Looks like the majority of funding is going to salaries. Star Citizen has cost nearly $200 million so far | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM But it's also raised over $200 million.

Reshade is like wearing sunglasses for an Olympic sport. I think we all agree that it should be allowed on the basis of protecting your eyes and helping you beat the glare. When might it be too much though? With augmented reality we could see a future where some athletes can get biometric feedback data through their glasses, optimal plotted routes, information about their opponent's pace/stats, etc. I think that is where reshade is at right now. We all can see some benefits but we also see the reality where it provides illicit information. Because we have absolutely no idea if someone is using it for altruistic purposes or not, it is going to be (and has been) banned in PvP environments.

PTE was updated to 0.3.6 to address some of the known issues in 0.3.5 this last weekend. Usually the full patch goes live after 1 week of PTE.

The best part about this news was that a server browser was being demanded by players and the devs moved it up from full release to now. They even said as much in recent interviews. That's a good sign because RSP is also on the player demand list.

This sort of trick bothers me mostly because it takes out the concept of soft cover from games entirely. We've come a long way in games and soft cover/camouflage has a place in newer shooters. Crawling around in ghillie suits on Ghost Recon made covering grassy environments doable as opposed to having to have urban environments with hard cover everywhere. If you can just turn off all of the visual obstructions you don't like, it ruins the game for everyone else who is playing by the standard rules of the game. This is cheating. You are using an unfair advantage. I realize people can argue things like Reshade all day, and I get it, if you're just tweaking the game to make the colors look a bit better, it may not be cheating. If you're radically changing the graphical settings to specifically make targets visible in a way the game would NEVER allow... you're a cheater. If you want to run these graphical tweaks in single player or PVE co-op, I don't care. You're not diminishing my experience. If you run it in PVP, you're cheating and deserve whatever the game maker throws at you.

Looks like the Starbarians are continuing finally. This is hand-drawn piece of animation done by one guy (aside from some voice over/music help) that involves space, violence, and sex. It is also pretty short (~5 minutes each) and has been animated over a few years, with the quality getting better over time. Episode 3 came out today with 4 and 5 supposedly coming out this year. These have been hosted on Newgrounds from the beginning and are super high quality animation (nearly TV quality). Average user rating is around 4.75-5.0 which is nearly unheard of for that site. Enjoy. Episode 1 STARBARIANS - Episode 1 WWW.NEWGROUNDS.COM The Starbarians have landed... Episode 1.5 Starbarians - Episode 1.5 WWW.NEWGROUNDS.COM The Starbarians are back! Episode 2 Starbarians - Episode 2 WWW.NEWGROUNDS.COM A new Starbarian adventure begins.... April Fool's Episode STARBARIANS - Episode 3 (April Fools) WWW.NEWGROUNDS.COM What a cocktease. Episode 3 STARBARIANS - Episode 3 WWW.NEWGROUNDS.COM Planning to make a fortune as gladiators, will the STARBARIANS answer a higher calling?

WW3 is getting a server browser with Patch 0.3.5 which should be released in the next week or so. This is an early patch ahead of 0.4.0 to address a multitude of bug fixes needed after 0.3.0 released and caused a multitude of game crashes for folks. This patch is light on features but heavy on fixes. 0.4.0 is still due soon. This may be good news for a RSP in the future. https://forum.worldwar3.com/index.php?/topic/7475-pte-december-update-035-patch-notes/

A few of us are considering it while wrapping up the original Division with these crazy shield challenges.

One of the forum moderators for WW3 let slip that 0.4 is headed to PTE soon. The dev team has been taking extra time to stamp out the bugs causing crashes after 0.3. This will likely still mean a January release. The same mod mentioned the new combat helicopter drone which will be the WW3 equivalent of helicopters on the battlefield. Again, they are not planning aircraft you can directly drive like tanks. The devs feel like adding full blown aircraft will be detrimental to the feel of the game.

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Double rewards for HVT going on right now too.

They said it wont immediately impact Destiny 2. It will remain on Battle Net, but Bungie will be transitioning to take over production roles that Activision handled. I'd expect hiccups with releases of future patches in terms of advertising/resources. Bungie freely admitted it will have a lot to learn.

Looks like Bungie and Activision are splitting over Destiny 2. Bungie will take over full control of the Destiny franchise as Activision reportedly said it wasnt performing as expected. Maybe a sign that studios will finally start realizing the mega publishers aren't the only way to go. Bungie splits with Activision, keeps control of Destiny | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Destiny 2 studio Bungie has ended its partnership with Activision.

That is one sophisticated cheat to use VPN packet sniffing tech to gather player location data. Makes you wonder how they detected that hack. Good riddance to these hackers. Sadly, it seems no matter the sport, cheating/hacking seems prevalent at the highest level. How many pro athletes have gone down over doping/drug use?

A player in WW3 created a weapon mod guide some might find useful. See the link below. It is fairly detailed in describing how the game handles stats. https://forum.worldwar3.com/index.php?/topic/4798-tutbuilding-your-weapon/

Not surprising. I have mixed feelings on this mainly because I'm still torn about these films not really being Star Trek. They got the J. J. Abrahms makeover that focuses on action and wide appeal over story. I like the new films, just miss the Roddenberry ideals. Maybe this will give them room to go another direction.

I'll probably use the Ubisoft platform to buy this game, but glad they are moving away from Steam.

Mixed on Doc too, but I get it. Pretty rare people survive a fire fight and can receive a heal. His hard anchor status makes him not too versatile too.

It's not super in depth but has some decent thoughts on how best to play characters. Only one is rated as a never play, but several we bring out often are rated situational. Something we may want to watch more carefully depending on maps.

PC Gamer updated their suggested list of operators in Siege based on recent patches and tweaks. A few operators have definitely shifted around. Give it a read to see how your favorite operators fall out. Best Rainbow Six Siege operators: Who to pick in 2021 | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM All 60 Rainbow Six Siege operators, ranked. Which attackers and defenders should you use?