General News

Not only FC 26, but many previous FC games have released new Team of the Week (TOTW) squads weekly after release, giving you the opportunity to continuously upgrade your club roster and always have the strongest players.

Only players who have performed exceptionally well in real-world leagues over the past week can be selected for TOTW, and the game releases a Best of TOTW squad once a certain number of TOTW squads have been accumulated.

For example, this year's EA FC 26 Best of TOTW compiled a list of the best squads based on the squads from the previous ten weeks, and it was released during TOTW 11 and Black Friday Thunderstruck campaign.

Based on this, we will introduce the ultimate FUT 26 TOTW 11 and this year's Best of TOTW squads, as well as strategies for obtaining these cards.

FC 26 TOTW 11

This lineup was added to Ultimate Team Pack at 6 PM on November 26th. You have a chance to obtain them by redeeming packs or playing the game until the release of TOTW 12 next Wednesday.

We previously predicted the players selected for TOTW 11, but the final official lineup is as follows:

• Lavelle - OVR 89
• Karchaoui - OVR 88
• Eze - OVR 87
• Cristiano Ronaldo - OVR 86
• Ait Bouldal - OVR 86
• Ane Azkona - OVR 86
• Pickford - OVR 86
• Ferran Torres - OVR 85
• Barnes - OVR 84
• Soulé - OVR 84
• Undav - OVR 84
• Fabio Abreu - OVR 84
• Losada - OVR 83
• Karl - OVR 83
• Savona - OVR 83
• Álex Febas - OVR 83
• Pobega - OVR 83
• Laborda - OVR 83
• Shiozaki - OVR 83
• Naujoks - OVR 83
• Ekeroth - OVR 83
• Armstrong - OVR 83
• Skytta - OVR 83

How about it? Does this list overlap with your predictions? If there are any you like, hurry up and get them!

FC 26 Best Of TOTW

This event uses Team of the Week players from the past 10 weeks of FIFA 26's release as a database. It selects some popular or outstanding players with an OVR of over 85 and brings them back to the game, giving you a chance to win the players you're missing.

The release time for Best of TOTW is the same as TOTW 11, but it lasts for nine days, expected to end on December 5th. The complete list of relevant players is as follows:

• Salah - OVR 92
• Alexia Putellas - OVR 92
• Haaland - OVR 91
• Bellingham - OVR 91
• Vini Jr. - OVR 90
• Kane - OVR 90
• Shaw - OVR 90
• Vitinha - OVR 90
• Mapi Leon - OVR 90
• Debinha - OVR 89
• Buhl - OVR 88
• Lavelle - OVR 88
• Rice - OVR 88
• Caicedo - OVR 88
• McCabe - OVR 88
• Maignan - OVR 88
• Harder - OVR 87
• Messi - OVR 87
• Reijnders - OVR 87
• Bruno Guimaraes - OVR 87
• Berger - OVR 87
• Calhanoglu - OVR 87
• Mateo - OVR 86
• Gakpo - OVR 86
• Chawinga - OVR 86
• Polkaj - OVR 86
• Aubameyang - OVR 86
• Pulisic - OVR 86
• Laurent - OVR 86
• Yeremay - OVR 86
• Weir - OVR 86
• Pedro Goncalves - OVR 86
• Walsh - OVR 86
• Grimaldo - OVR 86
• Diaz - OVR 86
• Rodrygo - OVR 86
• Dabritz - OVR 86
• Laia Aleixandri - OVR 86
• Ruben Neves - OVR 86
• Stanway - OVR 86
• Gravenberch - OVR 86
• Oberdorf - OVR 86
• Joao Neves - OVR 86
• Gvardiol - OVR 86
• Alvaro Carrera - OVR 86
• Inigo Martinez - OVR 86
• Pavard - OVR 86
• Eder Militao - OVR 86
• Ballard - OVR 86
• Marcos Llorente - OVR 86
• Carpenter - OVR 86
• Oyarzabal - OVR 85
• Berardi - OVR 85
• Gnabry - OVR 85
• Nusa - OVR 85
• Mahrez - OVR 85
• Antony - OVR 85
• Kumagai - OVR 85
• Stiller - OVR 85
• Konsa - OVR 85
• Modric - OVR 85

It has to be said, this is a truly massive lineup! This also means your chances of getting TOTW players through card packs will be significantly higher, unless you only want one or two specific players.

How To Get New Or Returning TOTW Players?

Time is limited, but there are many players to acquire, so FC 26 offers several ways to obtain TOTW players, which we will list for you one by one.

Trading In The Transfer Market

This is probably the simplest and most direct method. Simply consume coins to instantly find player cards that others are selling but that you happen to lack by filtering for specific players or player positions.

However, if you don't play many matches or have a low win rate, resulting in insufficient coins, it's best to get FC 26 coins for sale as soon as possible and trade to redeem your desired players in time to avoid missing out.

Obtaining And Opening Packs

Once TOTW 11 and Best of TOTW lineups are activated, they will be added to all gold card packs in the game. In addition, special promotional card packs released by FC 26 during Black Friday will also contain TOTW players, with a higher drop rate.

We generally recommend checking the pack drop rates displayed in the shop before farming for packs to plan your farming strategy more effectively. As for how to obtain FIFA 26 packs, the main methods currently include:

• Earning packs with coins or in-game credits.
• Completing daily, weekly, and season objectives, as well as specific milestone challenges.
• Leveling up Season Progression to unlock pack rewards at different tiers.
• Playing Division Rivals and Squad Battles for ranking rewards.
• Participating in weekend leagues and achieving specific rankings.
• Completing available SBCs.
• Participating in Moments mode to earn stars and redeem them for packs.

It‘s worth noting that other events launching on November 26th alongside TOTW 11 and Best of TOTW include rewards that can earn you packs, such as the new SBC Pre-Black Friday Challenge 1.

This SBC will last for 3 days, and completing the following related challenges will reward you with a non-tradable Prime Gold Players Pack:

• Player Nationality: At least 3 different nationalities.
• Players from the same league: Up to 5 players from the same league.
• Players from the same club: At least 4 players from the same club.
• Player rarity: Minimum Gold quality.
• Player OVR: Minimum 80.
• Team chemistry: Minimum 31.
• Squad size: Exactly 11 players.

More Black Friday deals will be available next week, making this the perfect time to complete all new SBCs to earn packs and unlock more TOTW players!

It's worth mentioning that IGGM Black Friday sale also started on November 26th at 08:00 UTC! You can win shopping discounts or coupons every day until the same time on the 30th!

That's all for this time. Hopefully, you can fully utilize in-game events to further expand your FC 26 squad before 2026 arrives! Have fun!

Monopoly Go's daily events during each album's duration often have themes consistent with the album's style. This can easily lead to the same event being held multiple times, given limited creativity.

However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, as the amount of rewards won't decrease. The only thing to note is that the type of special tokens among the rewards may change depending on the current major event.

For example, the new round of Harvest Bites we'll be introducing offers tokens to help you play Thanksgiving Partners, while last week's event of the same name rewarded flag tokens.

To avoid any mistakes, we will detail the new Harvest Bits gameplay mechanics and all rewards below.

Harvest Bits Event Schedule

The event started at 1:00 AM ET on November 27th and will continue until 4:00 AM ET on November 30th, lasting 3 days and 3 hours. During the event, you need to earn enough points to win all 62 milestone rewards, which mainly include:

• Total of 3,780 Partner Tokens
• Total of 20,275 Free Dice Rolls
• Pink Sticker Pack at the 26th Milestone
• 15-Minute Builder's Bash at the 18th Milestone
• 15-Minute Color Wheel Boost at the 44th Milestone
• 10-Minute Cash Boost at the 11th/33rd/57th Milestones
• 40-Minute Mega Heist at the 50th Milestone

How To Play Harvest Bites?

If you don't want to miss any Harvest Bites rewards, you must earn enough points within the time limit by moving across the board. To do this, you must land on tiles with single-cake-shaped pickups.

These pickups are not evenly distributed across the board, and the placement of other pickups changes every time you collect one. Therefore, we do not recommend enabling automatic dice rolls during this event.

If you wish to increase the dice multiplier, we suggest doing so when later pickups appear in clusters. This maximizes the dice's effectiveness and avoids waste.

All Harvest Bites Rewards

If you cannot claim all rewards, at least unlock Milestone 53 to obtain all partner tokens. This will help you complete all buildings in Thanksgiving Partners and win Wild Sticker and new board token in the grand prize.

Related: How To Get Festive Pumpkin Token In Monopoly GO Thanksgiving Partners?

Milestone 1-10

• Milestone 1: 5 Points; 80 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 2: 10 Points; 25 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 3: 15 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 4: 40 Points; 2x Green Sticker Pack
• Milestone 5: 50 Points; 50 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 6: 40 Points; 100 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 7: 50 Points; 2x Green Sticker Pack
• Milestone 8: 40 Points; 45 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 9: 65 Points; 140 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 10: 160 Points; 160 Free Dice Rolls

Milestone 11-20

• Milestone 11: 90 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 12: 60 Points; 55 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 13: 90 Points; 180 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 14: 100 Points; 3x Yellow Sticker Pack
• Milestone 15: 500 Points; 415 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 16: 95 Points; 200 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 17: 100 Points; 75 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 18: 115 Points; Builder's Bash, 15 Minutes
• Milestone 19: 120 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 20: 775 Points; 615 Free Dice Rolls

Milestone 21-30

• Milestone 21: 135 Points; 220 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 22: 145 Points; 100 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 23: 140 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 24: 160 Points; 250 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 25: 1325 Points; 1,000 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 26: 175 Points; 3x Pink Sticker Pack
• Milestone 27: 185 Points; 260 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 28: 195 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 29: 850 Points; 620 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 30: 225 Points; 300 Partner Tokens

Milestone 31-40

• Milestone 31: 235 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 32: 255 Points; 165 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 33: 200 Points; Cash Boost, 10 Minutes
• Milestone 34: 295 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 35: 1725 Points; 1,200 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 36: 300 Points; 350 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 37: 350 Points; 220 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 38: 545 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 39: 1550 Points; 1,000 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 40: 415 Points; Cash Reward

Milestone 41-50

• Milestone 41: 435 Points; 380 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 42: 460 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 43: 2550 Points; 1,550 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 44: 425 Points; Wheel Boost, 15 Minutes
• Milestone 45: 550 Points; 400 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 46: 665 Points; 385 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 47: 615 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 48: 3450 Points; 1,850 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 49: 675 Points; 420 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 50: 550 Points; Mega Heist, 40 Minutes

Milestone 51-60

• Milestone 51: 785 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 52: 2000 Points; 1000 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 53: 855 Points; 500 Partner Tokens
• Milestone 54: 950 Points; 555 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 55: 1200 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 56: 5175 Points; 2,500 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 57: 615 Points; Cash Boost, 15 Minutes
• Milestone 58: 915 Points; 425 Free Dice Rolls
• Milestone 59: 1200 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 60: 1600 Points; 715 Free Dice Rolls

Milestones 61-62

• Milestone 61: 1850 Points; Cash Reward
• Milestone 62: 10,000 Points; 5,550 Free Dice Rolls

That's all for today's introduction. This event has just begun, so it's not too late to start working on it! Good luck!

Whether to reflect the festive atmosphere or to better reward players, Borderlands 4 Bounty Pack 1, also the game's first DLC, How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, was released for free to all players on November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time!

While some players believe the free release is a sign of the developers feeling guilty for the limited content of DLC itself, playing new events for free is always a good thing! Here's a breakdown of DLC's main content.

How To Unlock This DLC?

This DLC doesn't require any additional installation packages; simply update your Borderlands 4 to the latest version after its release.

The new weapons and skins introduced in DLC can be seen directly in the game, but if you want to access the core content of the bounty pack, you need to find a specific present in town to trigger the side mission "The War on Mercenary Day."

Of all the hidden present locations, The Launchpad is probably the easiest to find. However, if you don't find any presents or quest markers in the town, it means your main story progress is insufficient to experience the new DLC, and you need to move on immediately.

The locations where all presents will appear are as follows:

• The Launchpad - The Fadefields
• Carcadia - Carcadia Burn
• Belton's Bore - Terminus Range
• The Lockaway - Dominion

How To Complete DLC-Exclusive Side Quest?

After unlocking the quest, you need to travel to Slime's Five and Dime to pick up another gift package. Opening it will give you several gifts. Next, quest markers will appear, and you need to deliver all the gifts to the corresponding locations:

• 1. The top of the first building indicated by the marker.
• 2. The small house with a vent and a refrigerator.
• 3. Find a house by the roadside and deliver the gifts to the roof.

After delivering all the gifts, NPC Rush will instruct you to move away from the last house and observe it - it has exploded!

Infiltrating The Ministry Of Culture

Completing this part requires several steps, which we will explain one by one.

• 1. Destroy the first propaganda tower: Clear all Order troops you encounter, destroy tower components, and unlock the control lever to reveal the antenna battery.
• 2. Open the locked door: Hack the system to open the first-floor door, kill the enemy, and find the room behind the vent to remove the secondary lock.
• 3. Destroy the second propaganda tower: The operation is basically the same as step 1, note that the main battlefield is the observation deck.
• 4. Hack Minister Screw's computer: Return to the upper area of ​​the observation deck, defeat the enemies that appear, and then hack into Minister Screw's computer to obtain a photo of Rush and his father.
• 5. Destroy the third propaganda tower: Refer to steps 1 and 3.
• 6. Head to the landing zone: Defeat all enemies, organize your inventory, and then start the boss battle.

Defeat The Two Mission Bosses

The bosses Minister Screw and Donk will appear together. Each of them has three health bars and the following characteristics:

• Minister Screw: One shield bar, one armor bar, and one flesh bar.
• Donk: One shield bar and two armor bars.

To quickly consume these power bars and directly attack the boss, you need to bring more targeted weapons, such as:

• Electric and Cryo weapons: Break and counter shields.
• Corrosive weapons: Melt armor.
• Incendiary weapons: Burn through flesh.

We recommend defeating Donk first, as he will activate a shield to protect Minister Screw. While focusing on attacking Minister Screw, be careful of the black holes he summons - you can avoid them by grabbing the grappling hook above the arena.

Bring The Photo To Rush

After defeating the bosses, enter Minister Screw's bedroom to trigger a cutscene. After the cutscene, place the photo on the table to trigger Rush's memory - mission complete!

Afterwards, you'll receive Specialization EXP, cash, and Eridium as your main rewards, along with two cosmetics drops, which we'll list below.

New Items Available

By participating in the game and leveling up, as well as completing daily and weekly challenges, you can earn Vault Card tickets as rewards. These can be used to redeem some of the new items introduced in How Rush Saved Mercenary Day.

New Weapons

These weapons are divided into two categories: redeemable legendary weapons and weapons that drop directly from the boss in DLC side quest The War on Mercenary Day. They include:

Legendary Weapons:

• Aching Roil (SMG)
• Rooker (Sniper)
• Hardpoint (Pistol)
• Missilaser (Shotgun)

Each requires 10 Vault Cards and can be redeemed repeatedly.

Dropped Weapons:

• Rowdy Rider (Assault Rifle)
• Inscriber (Pistol)
• Healthraiser (Repkit)

New Cosmetics

These cosmetic categories include skins, attachments, paint jobs, and more, most of which can be redeemed using Vault Cards. Specific rewards are as follows:

Vault Hunter Heads:

• Make it Rein
• Geeks Bearing Gifts
• The Guzzler
• Chaos Reins

Vault Hunter Styles:

• Forgot about Dreidel
• Candlenights Catastrophe
• Better To Give...
• ...Than To Receive
• The Nurple (non-redeemable mission reward)

ECHO-4 Attachments:

• Naughty
• Nice

ECHO-4 Paintjobs:

• Forgot about Dreidel
• Candlenights Catastrophe
• Better To Give...
• ...Than To Receive
• The Nurple (non-redeemable mission reward)

Vehicle Paintjobs:

• Missile Toe
• Candy Caned
• That's a Wrap
• Don't Kramp My Style
• Frosty Reception

Weapon Skins:

• Silent Fight, Holy Fight
• It's The Thought That Counts
• Baby You're Cold Inside
• So Much More Than A Bag
• Eat Me

New Vehicle

The vehicle is Trident. While its skin requires Vault Cards, it can be obtained directly from "Sleigh, Queen" rewards earned after completing the first main mission.

That concludes the information on How Rush Saved Mercenary Day DLC. More DLCs are expected to be released in the future, so take advantage of this first bounty pack while you can!

Recently, we welcomed the first event since the release of CoD: Black Ops 7, Proving Grounds Event. Proving Grounds is a standalone leaderboard system in the game where players can compete for better cosmetic rewards by continuously chasing points in matches.

BO7 Proving Grounds Event started at 12:00 PM on November 25, 2025, and will continue until 11:59 AM on December 1, 2025.

Here, we'll show you the fastest way to complete this event, climb to the top of the leaderboard, and win all the limited-time rewards. Let's take a look!

Event Rules

First, the rules of Proving Grounds are simple: earn scores.

Earn scores in all multiplayer games and modes to earn leaderboard points, even eliminations count. So, anything you do in Black Ops 7 - eliminations, assists, or capturing objectives - will earn you points.

However, please remember, this is not related to XP. In other words, even if you use double XP tokens in CoD Black Ops 7 bot lobbies to quickly earn tens of thousands of XP, or complete all daily challenges, these will not affect your actual score. This means you don't have to worry about those with hundreds of XP tokens using them to beat you.

Climbing The Leaderboard

Your leaderboard score determines your position on the top 30 players' leaderboard; the more points you have, the higher your ranking. Finally, after the event ends, you will receive rewards based on your final leaderboard ranking, including two camo rewards. Furthermore, completing Score Challenge will earn you additional rewards.

Before you participate in or enter your first game, a countdown will appear, telling you how much time is left until the event ends.

Then it will display the rewards for 1st, top 5, top 10, top 15, and top 30.

• Top 1 - Proving Grounds: Champion Animated Calling Card
• Top 5 - Proving Grounds: Top 5 Calling Card and Reverence Weapon Camo
• Top 10 - Proving Grounds: Top 10 Calling Card
• Top 15 - Loading Screen and Burial Grounds Weapon Camo
• Top 30 - Proving Grounds Calling Card

In addition, there's another set of rewards available, as mentioned before, based on Score Challenge. So even if you don't care about rankings, you can still earn rewards by playing the game and getting scores.

• Earn 10,000 Score: One Hour Double XP Token
• Earn 20,000 Score: Mad Peace Weapon Charm
• Earn 40,000 Score: One Hour Double Weapon XP Token
• Earn 80,000 Score: Drop ‘Em M15 Mod 0 Weapon Blueprint

So, if you just want to finish the game without aiming for first place, simply aim for 80,000 points within a week.

Gear Setup

Next, before you start running, you'll need to ensure you have a suitable set of gear. You can refer to our gear setup, but it's up to you.

For Wildcards, I recommend Perk Greed. It allows you to equip an extra perk, effectively giving you a fourth perk in your gear setup. This allows you to combine perks that wouldn't normally be usable simultaneously.

As for your secondary weapon, bring an A.R.C. M1 Launcher, which can be used to destroy equipment, vehicles, or other airborne Scorestreaks flying across the map. Furthermore, they can also serve as an alternative to eliminating enemies on foot, offering great flexibility.

For melee weapons, the choice is yours. However, you can prioritize weapons with higher base movement speed and utilize Lightweight Perk to maximize your ability to close the distance to enemies and increase your kill efficiency.

For Field Upgrades, we recommend Squad Link. If you don't have it, use equipment like Scrambler, which can also help you gain some points and disrupt enemy equipment within its area of ​​effect. However, we still highly recommend Squad Link because it provides an additional bonus to all teammates within the circle, helping your squad coordinate better.

For Tactical, we used EMP Grenade throughout the match. It's a handheld throwable grenade that fires an electromagnetic pulse, disabling all electronic devices within its blast radius for a short time. Therefore, it's a very useful tool in Proving Grounds.

For Lethal, the best choice is Point Turret because it's automatic. You simply need to place it, and anyone who gets close will fire. Even if you only hit the target without killing them, you'll still get points.

Perks

Now let's talk about perks. Here are a few important ones:

• Gearhead (Tier 2): Doubles the speed at which you gain Field Upgrades.
• Scavenger (Tier 2): Allows players to see and pick up ammo pouches left by dead players.
• Bankroll (Tier 3): This perk is crucial because it reduces your scorestreaks consumption, which is a core part of the game.
• Looper (Tier 3): Gives you the ability to regain Scorestreaks in the same life. However, this extra skill is unlocked only if you previously selected Greed Wildcard perk.

How To Score Quickly?

Finally, we'll share a super-fast scoring method that ultimately led us to 24,000 points.

The first thing we need to do is equip Scout Pulse, UAV Recon, and Counter-UAV. The key here is equipping Overclock ability, which reduces their cost. This way, you only need to kill one person to get Scout Pulse, then kill one and a half to get UAV Recon, and immediately get Counter-UAV.

The brilliance of this strategy is that you don't need to kill to get them; you can simply utilize everything else in your inventory.

For example, throwing a Pinpoint Grenade grants 5 to 10 XP per hit, and your grenades can also earn you assists or kills. Squad Link gives bonus points every time a teammate enters the linked area and performs an action against your team. There's also Launcher; if someone calls for scorestreaks against the enemy, you simply look up, destroy them, and you'll get Counter-UAV.

Once you have Counter-UAV, every kill your teammates get earns you 5 points. You just need to stand there and protect yourself. As your teammates kill enemies, your score increases. So, this will definitely help you complete this event smoothly.

Even if you die, if your UAV Recon and Counter-UAV are still active, they will accumulate enough points for you to get the next batch of UAV Recon and Counter-UAV. This snowballs the process, allowing you to continuously gain the target points.

That concludes the details of this BO7 Proving Grounds event. Have you claimed all the rewards yet? With the event nearing its halfway point, it's time to speed things up and leave your mark at the top of the leaderboard!

Hi Diablo 4 players, the previously postponed Compass to Carnage event has officially begun. Season 10 is considered by players to be the most fun season yet, as Chaos Armors and Chaos perks significantly increased the potential of builds.

Season 10 ends on December 9th. If you want to improve your builds before then, Compass to Carnage is your last chance to farm Chaos Armors. Let's take a look at which builds will make you most efficient during this event.

Date

Compass to Carnage runs from November 25th to December 2nd at 10:00 AM Pacific Time/1:00 PM Eastern Time/6:00 PM UK Time/7:00 PM Central European Time.

Event Bonuses

Infernal Compass Drop Rate Increased

The drop rate of Infernal Compass (keys used to unlock Infernal Hordes) is increased throughout the game world.

Infernal Hordes are the primary source of Chaos Armors, and with Season 10 ending soon, this is the last chance to obtain them.

The event provides extra Aether, making farming the 6-wave Infernal Hordes dungeon very worthwhile. Normally, farming 6-wave Infernal Hordes is not recommended because it's difficult to accumulate 666 Aether to unlock the final boss fight Bartuc, and Aether chests.

However, the increased Aether rewards significantly improve the time efficiency of farming 6-wave dungeons. So it's recommended to team up with other players for Infernal Hordes and take turns using your Infernal Compass to maximize your gains.

Increased Chaos Waves

The number of Chaos Waves encountered per run in Infernal Hordes mode is increased. Successfully sealing Chaos Rifts will grant players a significant amount of extra Aether.

Additionally, during Compass to Carnage event, another event called Mother's Blessing Reignite is also available, providing XP and gold bonuses. This event ends on December 2nd.

During the event, players gain 35% more XP. However, compared to the experience gained from the ultimate endgame content, The Pit, the actual increase is only about 10%. If you haven't reached Paragon Rank 300 yet, this event is a great leveling opportunity. Additionally, the drop rate of gold in the world is increased by 50%, a significant effect due to its multiplicative nature.

How To Efficiently Farm Infernal Compass?

Helltide

Actively farming in Helltide area is highly recommended, not only because the drop rate of Infernal Compass is high in Greater Helltide Chests, but also because you can obtain Grim Favors and Abherrant Cinders more efficiently. Quickly sealing Chaos Rifts is also highly recommended, as they are fast and efficient.

Viz-Jaq'taar Offering Board

After completing Tree of Whispering, you can exchange your loot for Greater Infernal Caches at Viz-Jaq'taar Offering board in Yelesna. These chests guarantee at least one Infernal Compasse and have a high chance of containing Chaos Armors.

Best Builds For Compass To Carnage

Compass to Carnage event encourages players to participate in Infernal Hordes event. This event has a large number of monsters, but they are not as strong as those in The Pit. Therefore, regular fast-farming builds are sufficient for efficient farming.

Some builds require unique or mythic unique items to solve resource or skill cooldown issues. If you want to buy Diablo 4 items directly to complete your builds, IGGM is hosting a Black Friday lucky draw where participants can receive discount coupons, helping you save money.

Sorcerer

• Hydra Sorcerer
• Lightning Spear Sorcerer
• Ball Lightning Sorcerer

Sorcerers perform very well in Season 10. They have many AOE skills, easily reaping monsters, and don't rely on Mythic items. Additionally, many Chaos Perks in Season 10 are very suitable for this class, such as Mana Shield and A Beast Cornered. These Chaos Perks solve the survival problems of these Sorcerers.

Spiritborn

• Evade Spiritborn
• Stinger Spiritborn
• Crushing Hand Spiritborn

Evade Spiritborn performs exceptionally well in Infernal Hordes. This build is one of the best farming builds in Season 9. With the right skill points, you can achieve an infinite dodge-triggered Thunderspike farming method, independent of Diablo 4 items.

Rogue

• Death Trap Rogue
• Flurry Rogue

Rogues have very high movement speed, but their damage is somewhat lacking, making them less efficient in The Pit. However, they are perfectly fine for dealing with Infernal Hordes. The above two are very commonly used Rogue farming builds. Death Trap Rogue deals higher damage but is more complex to play, while Flurry Rogue only requires focusing on using Flurry.

Druid

• Fleshrender Druid
• Companion Druid
• Cataclysm Druid

Druid offers a variety of gameplay options in Season 10. You can focus on skills or use summons. However, compared to other classes, Druid gameplay is slightly more complex. Different builds have different skill usage sequences, but due to their high damage, they can be quickly farmed in Infernal Hordes.

Barbarian

• Earthquake Barbarian
• Lunging Strike Barbarian
• Whirlwind Barbarian

Barbarian is a very aggressive melee class. Builds like Earthquake Barbarian allow you to rampage through Infernal Hordes. However, in terms of efficiency, it is slightly inferior to other classes, and generally requires specific unique items to function effectively.

Necromancer

• Shadowblight Necromancer
• Bone Spirit Necromancer

Necromancer deals high damage in Season 10, but its efficiency is slightly lower than other builds, whether focusing on summoning or Bloodwave. While you can use Shadowblight to clear the screen of monsters, you still need to manage resources and cooldowns, and you'll need suitable affixes.

This concludes the general information and recommended builds for Compass to Carnage. Hope you have fun in the final stages of Season 10.

Whether playing real-person shooting game or battling enemies in the virtual world of ARC Raiders, if you've ever experienced it, you'll know that becoming a competent gunfighter requires not only extremely high shooting accuracy but also relevant movement skills.

Unless you're playing a sniper who hides in the shadows, firing a shot and then retreating, to kill more robots or eliminate other players in ARC Raiders, you must penetrate deep into enemy territory.

In this process, you must constantly move to ensure you can dodge enemy bullets in time, using sufficient mobility and speed to ensure your survival chances.

Based on this, this article will introduce the movement techniques you should master in ARC Raiders from multiple perspectives, and the benefits they provide.

Movement Techniques Overview

First, it's important to understand that any movement during combat consumes your stamina. Therefore, if you're not carrying items that provide supplies, you need to constantly monitor and carefully manage your stamina bar.

Furthermore, completing movement actions not only helps you evade enemies or better conceal yourself, but some weapons also automatically reload or perform other settings simultaneously, saving you time and allowing you to focus on shooting.

Dodge Rolling

There are two types of rolling to dodge in ARC Raiders: a normal walking roll and a more efficient sprint roll. You can choose according to your needs, but be mindful of your stamina and use it carefully.

The difference lies in the speed: with full stamina, a normal roll can be performed about eight times, but it's much slower; a sprint roll is faster, but can only be performed about four times.

The special feature of rolling is that the shotgun automatically reloads while you're performing the action. To use this technique effectively, your movement level is not important; all you need to do is repeatedly fire and roll within your available stamina.

This allows you to maintain good mobility in combat, and because you're rolling, it's harder for enemies to hit you.

It's worth noting that a slide dodge can be derived from the sprint dodge. The specific technique and scenario involve rushing in and firing when you see an enemy hiding behind a wall, then immediately rolling back to cover, eliminating them before they can react.

If executed correctly, they won't have a chance to retaliate, and might not even see you emerge. This is perfect for solo stealth operations, allowing you to quickly escape.

Jump Shotting

Mastering jump shotting in real life requires significant practice and physical talent, but in ARC Raiders, mastering controller or keyboard controls makes it possible.

For optimal gameplay, the system automatically adjusts some settings; all you need to do is jump, aim, and fire - it's that simple. It's generally recommended practicing in Practice Range before using it in actual combat.

Even in fights against weaker enemies, simply rushing in or sliding will make it easier for them to hit you. However, if you jump and fire simultaneously, you can create chaos in the enemy ranks, making it even harder for them to hit you.

Continuous Crouching

Crouching is simply a basic dodging action, but crouching at the right moment can effectively prevent headshots. It's easy to do: just keep crouching while shooting.

Successfully using these actions depends not only on your skill level but also on unlocking the corresponding skills in ARC Raiders. The two most important are Youthful Lungs and Marathon Runner, which reduce stamina consumption and increase maximum stamina.

How To Manage Your Stamina?

Generally, mastering the three techniques mentioned above is sufficient for your daily ARC Raiders combat needs. After that, rather than learning more movement methods, your first priority should be managing stamina to avoid being unable to move as needed.

The character's stamina bar is located at the bottom of the screen. When it reaches its maximum, you will have approximately 3 to 5 seconds of unlimited stamina.

During this time, sprinting or jumping will not reduce the stamina bar, but rolling to dodge will instantly deplete your stamina.

Using items that help restore stamina, such as Calming Stroll and Adren Stims, can also help. Using them will trigger a corresponding animation, but this effect can be interrupted by rolling to dodge.

Therefore, if you don't have perks but want to conserve stamina in combat, you can slide, which doesn't consume stamina. Simply hold down the slide button while jumping, and you'll immediately enter a slide state.

Of course, the fastest way to restore stamina is to buy ARC Raiders items. These stimulant-like items can also be redeemed directly in the market or crafted in the workshop.

Usually, three are enough for a normal battle, but you can bring more if you're not comfortable with that.

How To Avoid Fall Damage By Moving?

Besides being hit by enemies, you'll also take damage if you accidentally fall from a height while exploring the map. To avoid this, you need to quickly press the crouch button before landing.

Unfortunately, this only works at a height of about 2 meters. If the height is too high, you'll still take fall damage. Furthermore, pressing or holding the crouch button too early will render this technique ineffective; timing is crucial.

Another way to avoid fall damage is by rolling to dodge. If you see any edges in the game, such as rooftops or cliffs, you can aim at them before approaching them, then jump and vault over them until you land safely.

That's all for this guide. If you think they're useful, try them out in ARC Raiders!

Amidst numerous predictions and speculations, CoD Black Ops 7 has finally released the official release date for Season 1, along with an overview of all content.

Season 1 will launch on December 4th, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time on all platforms, including BO7 and Warzone. Please note that the exact time may vary depending on time zones.

Below, we'll provide the ultimate guide to Season 1 based on the information already published!

Season 1 Overview

This season will effectively integrate Black Ops 7 and Warzone, introducing more endgame events and holiday activities, as well as a richer rotating map lineup.

You can unlock rewards in the new battle pass or new DLC weapons by playing on these events or maps. Of course, if you want a more guaranteed way to earn them, it's best to buy CoD Black Ops 7 products to get various buffs.

If you're planning to do this, now is the best time to get yours! Because IGGM will be launching a Black Friday and Thanksgiving lucky wheel draw on November 26, 2025 at 08:00 UTC, everyone who participates can win shopping discounts!

More Endgame Content

In fact, to compete with other games in the same genre, CoD BO7 opened its Avalon map-based endgame to all players for free on November 21st, but Season 01 will offer even more playable content!

New World Events

This season will bring four new world events in Avalon, but note that they will be released one at a time, not all at the same time.

• Colossus of Avalon - Beginning of Season: A massive mechanical device will arrive in Avalon. You'll need to work with your teammates to destroy it and clear out any small robot enemies that may appear.
• Toxic Tyrant - Beginning of Season: A neurotoxin crisis will erupt in Avalon. You'll need to find the source of the disaster and deal with any enemies you encounter.
• Wraith Wing - Mid Season: A flying machine from villainous The Guild may appear in the sky; you must destroy it and uncover the conspiracy behind it.
• Event 4 - Mid Season: Details not yet announced; stay tuned.

New Exotic Skills

These new skills can be obtained by completing Exotic Skill Cases unlocked through world events. As you unlock more skills, you can choose to replace equipped skills with new ones or upgrade older Exotic Skills to their maximum potential.

Here are all Exotic Skills:

• Mega Punch
• Conjuration
• Echo Shell
• Celebration
• Frost Cloud
• Resurrection
• Shattered Shield
• Graviton Reaction

As Season 1 progresses into the mid-season, the advanced Phantom Skill Track can be unlocked. This mechanic allows for more refined stealth and evasion, enabling silent attacks and withdrawals. Specifically:

• Ambush: Deliver a fatal blow from behind.
• Fast Melee: Increase your melee speed.
• Trap Avoidance: Traps and mines will be harder to detect you.
• Silent Movement: Reduces your movement noise and enemy detection range.
• Elusive Target: Reduces enemy accuracy.
• Decoy: Allows you to deploy an echo unit after taking significant damage to distract enemies.

Other New Content

Season 1 mid-term will coincide with Christmas, and the game will launch CODMAS event as a celebration. Additionally, endgame content will include daily and weekly challenges, giving you the chance to unlock more camouflage rewards.

Key Multiplayer Updates

At the start of Season 01, you'll be able to experience the new maps Fate, Utopia, and Odysseus, as well as the remastered Standoff, in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 multiplayer.

In the lead-up to CODMAS event, the game will continue to release the festive snow map Sleighjacked map variant. Later in the season, the maps Meltdown and Fringe, as well as Japanese-style Yakei, will be released.

Similar to other content releases, the new gameplay modes in this mode will also be launched at the beginning and middle of the season, including:

• Prop Hunt - Beginning of Season: Disguise yourself as a prop to avoid being detected by other players.
• Sticks & Stones - Beginning of Season: Start with a starting weapon and earn more supplies and win by eliminating other players.
• Sharpshooter - Beginning of Season: Everyone engages in free-for-all combat with the same weapon. Weapons change every 45 seconds.
• One in the Chamber - Beginning of Season: Engage in free-for-all combat with crossbows, bulletproof knives, and combat axes. Earn points by knocking down opponents.
• Gun Game - Beginning of Season: Team-based combat; weapon upgrades are available for each elimination.
• CODMAS with Holiday-themed - Mid Season: Earn points and Holiday Cheers in 6v6 free-for-all combat.
• Takeover - Mid Season: Two six-player teams compete for three neutral territories; one point is awarded for controlling each area.

Zombie Mode Updates

This mode will release a new turn-based map, Astra Malorum. In this mysterious observatory, you might encounter the robotic enemy O.S.C.A.R., but also have the chance to win LGM-1 Wonder Weapon - it all depends on your luck and skill.

In addition, the map's turn-based gameplay is paired with a 30-player leaderboard competition; the better your score, the more new Camo and GobbleGum rewards you'll earn.

Besides turn-based gameplay, Zombies mode will also offer the following new gameplay in Season 1:

• Survival Map Exit 115
• Ashes of the Damned
• Cursed Mode in Astra Malorum
• Directed Mode in Astra Malorum
• Holiday Modes: List Keeper's Challenge (Astra Malorum)
• Survival Map Zarya Cosmodrome (Mid-Season)

Warzone Updates

Following its integration with CoD Black Ops 7, various aspects of Warzone will be adjusted accordingly. In addition, the mode will continue to release new maps, Haven's Hollow, and new Verdansk POIs.

New And Returning Items

Notably, Season 1 adds new or returning items as rewards for multiple modes. These offer different combat buffs and are worth the effort.

Multiplayer Modes:

• New Scorestreak: Deadeye Drone
• Returning Black Ops 6 Loadout

Zombie Modes:

• Returning Perk-a-Cola: Mule Kick
• Returning Ammo Mod: Light Mend, Shatter Blast
• Returning Field Upgrades: Tesla Storm, Frost Blast, Mister Peeks
• New GobbleGums: Elemental Exposure, Slaylist

That concludes our introduction. With only a week until the release of Black Ops 7 Season 01, hone your shooting skills and get ready to shine!

It concluded the third Golden Blitz for Cozy Comfort album on November 24th, and the voting results for the fourth Golden Blitz are now available. The two selected gold cards this time are one 4-star and one 5-star, meaning that the fifth event will feature only 5-star gold cards.

So, which two gold cards were selected for the fourth Golden Blitz event? When will the event start? And how can you trade the cards you want in Golden Blitz?

Date

Although the official start time hasn't been announced, based on the voting end time, the event will likely run from 9 PM PST on November 27th, 2025 to 9 PM PST on November 28th, 2025. You can participate within this timeframe.

The album Cozy Comfort has already had three Golden Blitz events:

• November 23, 2025 - November 24, 2025: Comfy Basket (set 19) and Festive Touch (set 21)
• November 17, 2025 - November 18, 2025: Bark the Halls (set 16) and Snow Day! (set 18)
• November 10, 2025 - November 11, 2025: Raincoat Ready (set 15) and Rafter Raccoon (set 17)

The previous album, Bon Appetit, had five Golden Blitz events. Therefore, aside from the event on November 27, 2025, this album will have at least two more events.

Selected Gold Cards

The two gold cards were again chosen by the player community through voting. The four-star and five-star gold cards were voted on separately. The voting results are as follows:

Four-Star gold cards:

• Set 13 Changing Days: 11,298 votes (16%)
• Set 14 Butternut: 17,520 votes (25%)
• Set 20 Warm Layers: 9,536 votes (14%)
• Set 21 Choco Bliss: 18,294 votes (26%)
• Set 22 Jolly Wreaths: 13,202 votes (19%)

Five-Star gold cards:

• Set 16 Holiday Train: 23,923 votes (32%)
• Set 17 Frosty Fox: 16,935 votes (22%)
• Set 18 Plow Time: 13,631 votes (18%)
• Set 19 Toasty Treat: 21,080 votes (28%)

The two selected tradable gold cards are from Set 21 and Set 16: Monopoly Go Choco Bliss and Holiday Train. The remaining four-star gold cards are unlikely to participate in the next Golden Blitz selection, but five-star gold cards still have a chance. If you want any five-star gold cards to be voted on next time, participate in the community vote!

Why Should You Participate In Golden Blitz?

Golden Blitz event is your only opportunity to trade gold cards. No card pack has a gold card drop rate exceeding 5%, so not all players can collect all the gold cards in each album season.

However, if you successfully trade gold cards in Golden Blitz, completing all albums will be much easier. Additionally, if you are lucky enough to have duplicate selected gold cards, you can trade them in Golden Blitz for five-star or four-star cards you haven't collected yet.

How To Trade Gold Cards?

During Golden Blitz event, you can trade gold cards just like regular cards. The 5 gold card trading opportunities are not included in the 5 regular card trading opportunities.

You can send gold card trading requests to 5 players. If one player responds and successfully trades a gold card with you, the trading requests from the other players who haven't traded with you will be automatically cancelled.

To effectively trade gold cards during the event, it's best to find willing trading partners in the player community beforehand to avoid wasting valuable trading opportunities.

How To Get More gold cards?

In Monopoly Go, besides trading, the main way to obtain stickers is through card packs, and each pack has a certain probability of containing gold cards.

Pink, Yellow, and Green Sticker Packs

• Probability: Low

These three types of packs frequently appear as rewards in tournaments and banner events, and are also often available as Quick Wins and Shop Free Gifts. You can also redeem them with stars in Stars Vaults (not recommended). These three sticker packs offer the most common stickers, but rarely include gold stickers.

Blue And Purple Card Packs

• Probability: Medium

These two packs contain more cards and can include rarer cards like 4-star and 5-star cards. The probability of getting gold cards is also higher than the three sticker packs mentioned above. They sometimes appear as rewards for small special events like Peg-E or Digging events. Alternatively, players can obtain these packs by finishing in the top 4 of tournaments.

Players have a chance to receive these packs as rewards for completing daily Quick Wins at the weekend settlement. They can also be redeemed with Stars Vaults. Overall, while these two packs are relatively difficult to obtain, there are several ways to acquire them.

Swap Packs And Wild Stickers

• Probability: Swap Packs (High)

Swap Packs And Wild Stickers usually appear as final rewards for large events such as partner events and racing events. Additionally, the highest tier of Stars Vaults also has a chance to drop Swap Packs.

Swap Packs contain rare cards and at least 4- to 5-star common stickers. You can also redraw unwanted cards, making the drop rate quite high. A little trick is that opening Swap Packs during Sticker Boom will grant you even more stickers.

Wild stickers are not card packs, and the can be converted into any card in the album (including gold cards), but Wild stickers are unaffected by Sticker Boom.

That concludes the overview of Golden Blitz. Hopefully, you can successfully trade for the gold cards you need.

As is well known, the developers significantly increased monster difficulty and reworked the character defense system in the Diablo 4 Season 11 PTR, increasing the overall challenge of endgames but impacting the player experience to some extent.

Therefore, following player feedback on the PTR, they decided to completely overhaul Season 11 class system. In addition to increasing the strength of all classes by 5-10 tiers of Pits, they also modified resource management and removed all damage caps.

Here, we'll discuss in detail the changes to the class system in Diablo 4 Season 11 and the balance adjustments for each class, helping you choose the best class based on your playstyle when the new season launches on December 9th.

Class System Overhaul

Overall, the class system in Season 11 has three major changes. Before delving into the individual classes, you need to understand these major changes, as they affect all builds in the game.

Reduced Pit Difficulty Scaling

The first change is a reduction in Pit difficulty tiers. According to developer interviews, the strength of all builds will increase by 5 to 10 Pit tiers in the new season. This means that players who can easily clear a 100-level Pit on PTR server could potentially reach 110 tiers on the live server. However, the final result remains to be seen.

Melted Heart of Selig

The second change is a complete balance overhaul of Melted Heart of Selig Unique Amulet. On the PTR server, this item provides thousands of resources, allowing Barbarian players to easily generate over 50,000 Fury.

However, the new version will only provide approximately twice as many resources. This means that if you normally have 400 Fury, Melted Heart of Selig will only provide 800 Fury. While this is still strong, it's far less than on the PTR server.

More importantly, the damage-to-resource conversion rate will also change. On the PTR server, damage is converted into 1 point of resource loss. However, in the live server, this ratio might be 1/100, or any other balanced ratio. This means that Melted Heart of Selig will be more defensively oriented compared to the PTR, even though it provides fewer resources. But given the higher threat level of monsters in Season 11, this defensive boost is crucial.

Damage Cap Removal

The last piece of good news is that the developers have announced the removal of the damage cap in the new season, including Ramaladni's Magnum Opus, Hydras' Serpentine, and Ancestral Guidance. This is excellent for the diversity and growth potential of class builds.

All Class Changes

Considering these two changes, let's analyze each class one by one to see their current state.

Barbarian

Let's start with the class most affected by Melted Heart of Selig changes.

On the PTR server, Barbarian, using Hammer of the Ancients, easily cleared 125 tier Pits with 50,000 Fury. Thanks to the combined boosts from Ramaladni's Magnum Opus and Hammer of the Ancients, this build was ridiculously powerful.

However, now that resource generation has plummeted from 50,000 to around 800, the build's power has drastically decreased. Ramaladni's Magnum Opus alone lost about 17 tiers of tier scaling; Hammer of the Ancients suffers an even greater loss, as it scales every 10 resources.

HOTA Barbarian build is about 35 tiers lower than on the PTR server. However, considering the 10-tier gain from the Pit difficulty adjustment, the build can still reach around 100 tiers. This is still very solid, placing it in the top 80% or even higher, but it's no longer the absolute king it was on the PTR server.

For Druid players, the changes to Melted Heart of Selig did have some impact, but not nearly as much as Barbarian build.

Previously, Cataclysm Druid could easily clear 106 pits on the PTR thanks to Ancestral Guidance buff and a large resource pool. However, with resources plummeting from 35,000 to around 750, this build lost approximately 16 pits. But with the introduction of an additional 10-tier boost, Cataclysm Druid's ceiling is now around 100 pits, remaining competitive.

However, the biggest unknown right now is whether Ancestral Guidance cap will be removed. Frankly, we can't be 100% certain of all the details until the patch is released.

If Ancestral Guidance has no cap and improves with the new Melted Heart of Selig buff, then Cataclysm Druid might be even stronger than we expect.

Necromancer

Necromancer performed exceptionally well in Season 11 and even has a strong potential to return to the meta.

So why is it so strong in the new season? This is entirely because most Necromancer builds don't rely as heavily on Melted Heart of Selig as other classes.

Even back on the PTR, many players had already developed various builds that could clear levels 100-105 without relying on unbalanced resource bonuses, not to mention that all of these builds will receive a 10-level boost on the live server.

For example, Shadowblight Necromancer could already clear level 105 during the PTR, and now they can even challenge level 115, which is absolutely top-tier.

While Shadowblight build is stable, reliable, and powerful, what's truly exciting is Golem Necromancer using the brand-new Diablo 4 item - Gravebloom. This build could already clear level 100 on the PTR, and since it's a completely new build, there's still a lot of room for optimization. With the 10-level boost, the target depth for this build is now level 110 and even higher. It's also worth mentioning that this is a summoner build, which is fantastic for players who like to use summons to assist in combat.

Therefore, Necromancer is definitely one of the strongest classes in Season 11. It boasts multiple build options, easily clearing 110 pits, and offers a rich selection of items and skills, along with reliable defenses.

If you want to maximize the power of your Necromancer build, then in addition to a proper skill tree setup, it is also important to get and equip the best gear. It's worth mentioning that to celebrate the Thanksgiving and Black Friday, IGGM is offering a massive lucky draw, with every registered user getting one chance daily and a 100% winning rate! This means you can easily buy Diablo 4 items at lower prices on IGGM!

Sorcerer

Getting back to the main topic, Sorcerer also looks very strong in the new season, with its strongest builds being Crackling Energy or Lightning Spear.

On the PTR server, Crackling Energy Sorcerer can even clear 105 pits without relying on Melted Heart of Selig. This build is inherently powerful and has excellent scaling. With the additional 10-pit boost, Crackling Energy build is expected to challenge 115 pits or even higher.

Even better, there are currently no plans to nerf Crackling Energy. The build is stable and balanced on the PTR server, so it will only receive a pure buff upon release.

Spiritborn

Spiritborn will receive some significant nerfs in the new season, but it will still be very strong.

During the PTR, Evade Spiritborn build had some serious bugs. Primary Eagle Hall damage would stack twice, and Loyalty's Mantle damage calculation, which should have been additive, was multiplicative and caused additional damage.

These bugs are now being fixed. As a result, Evade Spiritborn's strength was significantly reduced, losing approximately 9-11 tier scaling, but subsequently gained 10 tiers because of Pit level adjustments. The end result is that Evade Spiritborn's Pit level is around 108, which is still very strong.

However, it's important to note that since Evade's abilities heavily rely on Temerity shield bonus in the PTR, whether this bonus will be nerfed is crucial to the current strength of this build.

Rogue

Finally, but still worth mentioning, Rogue performed poorly on PTR servers. However, the key point is that Rogue didn't abuse Melted Heart of Selig, so it didn't lose anything due to the nerfs. This means the class simply benefits from the increased difficulty of the 10-level Pit adjustment.

Death Trap Rogue build is approaching 100 Pit levels on PTR server. With the additional 10 levels of buffs, Death Trap build is expected to reach 110 Pit levels; however, a build based on Heartseeker skills is also viable.

Overall, Rogue is understated yet powerful. If other classes are nerfed while Rogue is buffed, it could become a dark horse in the new season. So don't underestimate this class.

In short, the class balance is currently quite good, with multiple classes offering various viable builds, which is definitely beneficial for the long-term development of Diablo 4. However, this is based on what the developers have currently leaked, and there are still some significant unknowns. Are there any other balance changes we don't yet know about? We'll have to wait for the final Season 11 patch notes.

Path of Exile 2 0.4.0 patch The Last of the Druids will arrive in December 12th, and the new class has undoubtedly excited many players. However, even with the new class, many players still prefer to stay in Path of Exile 1 leagues.

This is not only because Path of Exile 2 lacks a complete storyline, but also because its endgame content is still not good enough. This is evident in the fact that the official league updates consistently adjust the endgame content.

Many players hope that patch 0.4.0 will continue to improve Atlas tree, replicating some of the strengths of Path of Exile 1, but they don't want Path of Exile 2 to completely copy it, and they want it to have its own unique features to avoid the two games becoming identical.

Characteristics Of PoE 2 Atlas Tree

Path of Exile 2 consists of a main tree and multiple independent League mechanic trees, and the main tree provides general bonuses such as map quantity, item rarity, Precursor Tablets, and pack size, as well as non-league mechanics like shrines, strongboxes, essences, and rogue exiles. Players unlock points by completing nexus of corruptions.

The league mechanic trees, on the other hand, provide bonuses for specific league mechanics, such as Breach, Expedition, Delirium, and Ritual, each with its own points.

The advantage of this is that you don't have to really specialize in anything. You can max out all mechanics simultaneously without respecning, which is very beginner-friendly.

If you want to play Delirium today and Expedition tomorrow, you can directly access the full benefits of the mechanic, which is very convenient. Even if you randomly encounter any league mechanic on the map, you'll still get decent rewards and won't feel like you're wasting your time.

Characteristics Of PoE 1 Atlas Tree

Path of Exile 1 Atlas tree is a large and complex unified tree, with the main tree content and league mechanic nodes all on the same tree.

This also allows players to focus extremely highly on a specific farming strategy. For example, if a player likes Ritual, they can invest almost all their points into related nodes, significantly increasing its rewards and ensuring its appearance on every map, and the same applies to other playstyles. PoE 1 Atlas tree provides players with a highly customized experience,

but this large Atlas tree is obviously somewhat bloated and complex. For new or casual players, they need to take a lot of time studying the effects of each branch and may not even be able to find a truly effective path.

On the other hand, if a player's tree doesn't incorporate a particular mechanic, such as Delirium or Expedition, then when players randomly encounter these mechanics on the map, they'll likely ignore them since these mechanics rarely drop valuable currency or items, leading players to focus solely on their preferred gameplay.

How To Improve PoE 2 Atlas Tree?

The direction for improving Path of Exile 2 Atlas tree doesn't need to be as extreme as in Path of Exile 1, but the current system needs more depth and player agency.

Enhancing Node Influence

Currently, nodes in the main Atlas tree, especially non-core ones like Rogue Exiles and Essences, have too weak an influence. Even if they're reset, players might not notice, so everyone ends up choosing the same allocations, such as increasing map quantity, item rarity, and the drop rate of Precursor Tablets, because other options are not worthwhile.

The developers could enhance the effectiveness of these peripheral nodes, making them valuable and attractive enough to foster diverse point allocation strategies.

Balancing Node Value

Currently, item rarity has a significant impact on PoE 2 currency drops, making related nodes essential.

If the developers adjust the mechanics so that item rarity no longer affects currency drops, players will be more inclined to allocate more points to mechanics like shrines or strongboxes based on their preferred strategies.

However, players will undoubtedly complain about the disappearance of currency rarity nodes. A recommended solution is to distribute these nodes at the top of various mechanisms, guiding players to choose their preferred league mechanisms.

Increasing Node Customization Depth

Path of Exile 2's separate League mechanic trees are clear and easy to understand, and this structure can remain unchanged.

However, existing nodes can be enhanced to make each node within a mechanic tree more interesting and powerful, with a greater focus on supporting specific farming strategies.

Universal skill points can also be introduced, allowing players to gain a small number of points on top of their existing fixed points, which can be freely allocated to any League mechanic tree.

This way, if a player decides to focus on Ritual this league, they can invest these universal points into Ritual tree to maximize its benefits, achieving an effect similar to Path of Exile 1, but without depriving other mechanics of their baseline benefits.

Overall, Path of Exile 2 Atlas tree is still somewhat rudimentary. Patch 0.4.0 can make Atlas tree more impactful and give players more player agency, allowing them to play the game in many different, equally effective ways, rather than everyone following a single meta choice.