I would love to share my thoughts / interest on adding a server (or multiple) to each New World region that is specifically designed to reset / wipe every 6-12 months.
Disclaimer: I understand that this is a touchy subject and that there are many opinions on whether it would be successful, but personally, I have read and seen so many players on the forums (including personal friends) share their interest in something like this being added to the game.
I believe that there would be a lot of players (including myself) who would love the chance to start on a fresh server, where no character transfers are allowed to switch to the server. This would firstly give players the chance to experience the exciting early game content of New World, such as buying territories and upgrading the towns / forts by completing the towns billboard missions. I also believe that it would be less overwhelming for players who haven’t played before or for a long time if we all started from the beginning, which would also bring back that exciting first few months of content which is no longer accessible, including more fair pvp opportunities (at least for a while).
I would also suggest that near the end of the servers life (before the next reset / wipe) players are given the option to keep their character and transfer it to an existing server. To keep their progression or favourite character and continue playing it on the existing servers.
If this is something you also share an interest in please feel free to add your thoughts to this topic!
I’m not suggesting that character progression should be wiped without question. I would suggest that players have an option to transfer back to one of the existing servers that don’t wipe before the 6-12 month wipe / reset (if players would like to do that).
It would just be a players personal choice on whether they would like to start again and experience the game from the beginning, including the early game content, on a specific server that is designed to wipe every 6-12 months. It wouldn’t effect players who wouldn’t like to start again
Thanks for your opinion on the topic though I do appreciate your feedback
I just don’t think there are enough people that would want that to justify the cost of the server and also the extra attention to it. They wont even make a PVP server and didn’t even want to when there were a million people playing.
My suggestion is that it would only be something that players who enjoy this type of game play would be affected by.
Players who don’t want to lose progression or hard work would be safe to continue playing their high level characters on the non wiped servers. And those who enjoy replaying, grinding and doing the early game content have the option to do so every 6-12 months on a server that is designed to wipe / reset
Thanks for your feedback though I appreciate each players personal opinion on the topic
I am glad to hear that you also like this idea. I think it would be great fun and re-spark interest in many new and old players who feel left behind or stuck in the progression of the old servers.
if they make a completely new server I don’t care but if they try to make this on all the servers it is a hard no. after doing the grind from 1 - 60 then from 500-600 is something i only want to do once not to mention the trade skill cant imagine trying to buy mats for that while still leveling.
I agree Soluss that there is a gap in knowledge on gauging how many players would be on board with this.
I think the easiest way to see would be for the devs to have a vote or poll where players can vote for or against the idea, which would help players show their interest in it and give the devs some insight to decide if it is worth it
I mean, I wouldn’t mind seeing a fresh start server type if they ever turn this ship around (I hope they do) but with players trending down sub 25k concurrent, it just doesn’t seem feasible right now.
Players transferring from a temp server just before it wipes will affect the economy of the server that they move to and not in a good way. If there are to be 6-12 month temp servers they need to be isolated from the long term servers.
That is a valid point Kaytrim. Maybe players should not be able to transfer. Or must transfer in small increments to reduce major shifts. (Maybe be put on a list with a date that allows characters to rejoin old servers) giving a slower shift of players back to older servers.
On one hand, It may change the balance or dynamic of the long term servers if players transfer to it every 6-12 months.
On the other hand, it may boost the servers population, overall in game players and switch up the balance of overpowered factions.
It is hard to know how it would work in the nitty gritty details of it. Which is why my thoughts are just a discussion at this point and not a reality
Interesting idea @Emshe. There really is something special about that fresh server experience where everyone is leveling. While it would not be the same at launch due to balance changes, game knowledge, and experience it could still be a lot of fun. While I am not sure this is something the Devs would like to pursue, it is a very interesting idea and I will forward your concept to them.
Thank you for your response and input on the idea, it would be amazing to get this topic on the devs radar and see if it could become a possible future server type
