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Updates to Season of the Drifter
As a follow-up to reports of powerful rewards dropping at lower Power than expected, we wanted to catch you up on the current topics we’re investigating and also give you insights on our overall goals for Seasonal endgame progression.
There are two issues we’ve been tracking:
Reports of powerful sources granting +0 rewards
Current investigations point toward this being from daily bounties being carried over from last Season and being used to progress weekly bounties
We will continue looking into this issue in case there are other example of +0 drops
Director Challenges are dropping lower Power drops than expected
We expected players to hit the minimum-reward Power bumps at ~690 Power, but they’ve been hitting it at 650 instead
We have a fix ready for this issue, and we’re working to ship this Hotfix 2.2.0.2 sometime after we ship next week’s update
As with all releases, we updated powerful sources and added additional sources. It is our goal that the Seasonal endgame progression take roughly the same effort from Season to Season. Meaning that 650–700 should be roughly the same as 600–650. Some sources are faster and some are slower, but the overall experience is expected to be comparable. We missed these Power source tuning changes in the patch notes and we’re working to improve our patch note process for future updates.
We do have an update planned to go out in 2.2.0.1 on March 12 to address several issues. Here is a preview of some of the expected fixes.
Fixed an issue where weekly bounties were resetting on Sundays instead of with the weekly reset on Tuesdays.
Fixed an issue where the pursuits for Malfeasance and Breakneck were not progressing as expected in Gambit and Gambit Prime.
Fixed an issue where the Triumph “The Best Offense,” which awards Oxygen SR3, wasn’t counting the correct number of Orbs of Light generated in strike activities.
Fixed an issue where certain Primevals were despawning in Gambit Prime.
Fixed an issue where Blockers were not spawning on Kell’s Grave and Cathedral of Scars. These maps will be re-enabled when this issue is resolved.
Fixed an issue where various Gambit quests and bounties were not progressing properly.
Fixed an issue where Gambit activities may mistakenly report that players’ motes are lost when they defeat an enemy invader.
The full list of patch notes will come out with the update on March 12. Stay tuned to @Bungiehelp for more information on updates to the game.
Please keep the feedback coming. We definitely need to hear player reports to make sure everything is working as intended as well as your feedback to ensure we deliver the experience we all want Destiny to be.
This blog post describes the steps required to set up a multi node Kubernetes cluster for development purposes. This setup provides a production-like cluster that can be set up on your local machine.
Why do we require multi node cluster setup?
Multi node Kubernetes clusters offer a production-like environment which has various advantages. Even though Minikube provides an excellent platform for getting started, it doesn’t provide the opportunity to work with multi node clusters which can help solve problems or bugs that are related to application design and architecture. For instance, Ops can reproduce an issue in a multi node cluster environment, Testers can deploy multiple versions of an application for executing test cases and verifying changes. These benefits enable teams to resolve issues faster which make them more agile.
Why use Vagrant and Ansible?
Vagrant is a tool that will allow us to create a virtual environment easily and it eliminates pitfalls that cause the works-on-my-machine phenomenon. It can be used with multiple providers such as Oracle VirtualBox, VMware, Docker, and so on. It allows us to create a disposable environment by making use of configuration files.
Ansible is an infrastructure automation engine that automates software configuration management. It is agentless and allows us to use SSH keys for connecting to remote machines. Ansible playbooks are written in yaml and offer inventory management in simple text files.
Prerequisites
Vagrant should be installed on your machine. Installation binaries can be found here.
Oracle VirtualBox can be used as a Vagrant provider or make use of similar providers as described in Vagrant’s official documentation.
Ansible should be installed in your machine. Refer to the Ansible installation guide for platform-specific installation.
Black Widow Movie Starring Scarlett Johansson Casts Second Lead Role
The upcoming Black Widow movie starring Scarlett Johansson continues to add to its cast. Sources told Variety that Florence Pugh, who will be seen next in the eerie Pagan horror movie Midsommar, is joining Scarlett Johansson in the Black Widow film.
Pugh will play the second lead in Black Widow alongside Johansson, though it's unknown who she's playing. According to Variety's sources, Marvel considered "several candidates" for the role before deciding on Pugh after her won praise for her part in "Fighting With My Family."
It's still early days for the Black Widow film. It's unknown currently if it's an origin story for the character or how it'll factor into whatever happens in Avengers: Endgame. That film is believed to be the final entry in MCU Phase 3, so Black Widow would take place in Phase 4 at the earliest.
Nindies Showcase Officially Announced For Wednesday, 20th March
Completely out of the blue, Nintendo has revealed that a Nindies Showcase video presentation is on the way later this week.
The show will air this Wednesday, 20th March at 9am PT / 12pm ET (so that’s 4pm GMT / 5pm CET). According to a brief press release, the show will feature “roughly 30 minutes of information on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch”.
Everything new in iOS 12.2 beta 6: AirPower support & AppleCare+
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By Andrew O’Hara Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 12:56 pm PT (03:56 pm ET)
Release of iOS 12.2 appears imminent as the sixth beta was recently released to developers with a number of new changes and polish. AppleInsider goes through everything that is new in the latest —and possibly last —iOS 12.2 beta.
iPhone XS Max updated to iOS 12.2
One of the first changes we come across in the sixth beta of iOS 12.2, is the ability to view AppleCare status. If you head to Settings > General > About you will see a new option for AppleCare. It will show you your current warranty status, whether or not you have AppleCare+.
iOS 12.2 beta 6 AppleCare plans
Tapping into it you get additional details such as when it expires or renews if billing monthly. If you don’t currently have AppleCare+ and are elligble, Apple gives you the option to purchase it. You choose your preference —in our case AppleCare+ or AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss —and then choose how you’d prefer to pay. You can pay each month, or you can pay it off in full.
Most interesting to us, was the official support for AirPower included in the code of iOS 12.2. AirPower has special integrations with iOS such as the flashy animation that appears on your iPhone display with the charging status of your Apple Watch and AirPods. With this support finally added in the latest beta, it appears the release of AirPower is imminent.
The forthcoming iOS 12.2 update is looking to be a massive one with new icons, support for HomeKit TVs, a redesigned remote widget in Control Center, updated Wallet transactions, Apple News launching in Canada, keyboard color picker, and much more.
Apple is likely going to release iOS 12.2 to the masses around the time of its March 25th press event at the Steve Jobs Theater, where it is expected to debut the new video and News subscription services.
Eternity: The Last Unicorn is a full-featured action RPG inspired by tales from Norse Mythology with classic game mechanics. Travel through mesmerizing locations, meet fantasy characters and fight to protect Elven immortality.
Combatants from fate Universes join the fray - in addition to the 16 original servants from fate/EXTELLA: the umbral Star, characters from other fate series will enter battle as playable servants
Community Demos at ONS to Highlight LFN Project Harmonization and More
A little more than one year since LF Networking (LFN) came together, the project continues to demonstrate strategic growth, with Telstra coming on in November, and the umbrella project representing ~70% of the world’s mobile subscribers. Working side by side with service providers in the technical projects has been critical to ensure that work coming out of LFN is relevant and useful for meeting their requirements. A small sample of these integrations and innovations will be on display once again in the LF Networking Booth at the Open Networking Summit Event, April 3-5 in San Jose, CA. We’re excited to be back in the Bay Area this year and are offering Day Pass and Hall Pass Options. Register today!
Due to demand from the community, we’ve expanded the number of demo stations from 8 to 10 and cover many areas in the open networking stack — with projects from within the LF Networking umbrella (FD,io, OpenDaylight, ONAP, OPNFV, and Tungsten Fabric), as well as adjacent projects such as Consul, Docker, Envoy, Istio, Ligato, Kubernetes, Openstack, and SkyDive. We welcome you to come spend some time talking to and learning from these experts in the technical community.
The LFN promise of project harmonization will be on display from members iConectiv, Huawei, and Vodafone who will highlight ONAP’s onboarding process for testing Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), integrating with the OPNFV’s Dovetail project, supporting the expanding OPNFV Verification Program (OVP), and paving the way for future compliance and certification testing. Another example of project harmonization is use of common infrastructure for testing across LFN project and the folks from UNH-IOL will be on hand to walk users through the Lab-as-a-Service offering that is facilitating development and testing by hosting hardware and providing access to the community.
Other focus areas include network slicing, service mesh, SDN performance, testing, integration, and analysis.
Demonstrating Service Provider Specific Test & Verification Requirements (OPNFV, ONAP) – Proposed By Vodafone and Demonstrated by Vodafone/Huawei/iConectiv
Integration of ODL and Network Service Mesh(OpenDaylight, Network Service Mesh) – Presented by Lumina Networks
SDN Performance Comparison Between Multi Data-paths (Tungsten Fabric, FD.io) – Presented by ATS, and Sofioni Networks
ONAP Broadband Service Use Case(ONAP, OPNFV) – Presented by Swisscom, Huawei, and Nokia
OpenStack Rolling Upgrade with Zero Downtime to Application (OPNFV, OpenStack) – Presented By Nokia and Deutsche Telekom
Skydive & VPP Integration: A Topology Analyzer (FD.io, Ligato, Skydive, Docker) – Presented by PANTHEON.tech
VSPERF: Beyond Performance Metrics, Towards Causation Analysis (OPNFV) – Presented by Spirent)
Network Slice with ONAP based Life Cycle Management (ONAP) – Presented by AT&T, and Ericsson
Service Mesh and SDN: At-Scale Cluster Load Balancing(Tungsten Fabric, Linux OS, Istio, Consul, Envoy, Kubernetes, HAProxy) – Presented by CloudOps, Juniper and the Tungsten Fabric Community
Lab as a Service 2.0 Demo(OPNFV) – Presented by UNH-IOL
The latest confirmed DLC characters for Arc System Works' Dragon Ball FighterZ were Jiren and Videl, both of which launched at the end of January 2019. The trailer for the game's FighterZ Pass 2, which both Jiren and Videl are part of, revealed an additional four slots for unannounced characters. We've now learned that Kid Goku, from the non-canon Dragon Ball GT series, is the game's next fighter.
According to a post by Gematsu, Kid Goku will be playable via paid DLC. Of course, as with other post-launch characters, Kid Goku can be purchased via in-game currency, though the amount's currently unknown. Similarly, the price for Kid Goku has yet to be revealed, but it's safe to assume he'll cost $4.99 USD, the same price as every other DLC character available.
The post outlines some of Kid Goku's moves. His special, Super Kamehameha, transforms him into Super Saiyan 3 when "there are two or fewer overall team members remaining." It's unclear if this transformation is permanent or temporary though. He also comes equipped with a couple of Meteor specials like Super Spirit Bomb and a second hidden attack, as well as Power Pole and Reverse Kamehameha. Unfortunately, there isn't a confirmed release date for Kid Goku yet.
In our Dragon Ball FighterZ review, we said the game's "complex and distinct enough to be enjoyed by fighting game competitors, but there's no question that it's been designed to tap into the hearts of Dragon Ball's most dedicated fans," saying it has "bottled the essence of what makes the series' characters, animation, and sense of humor so beloved and reconfigured it into something new."
Dragon Ball FighterZ is available now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
