I am new to the game, going on almost two months of gameplay and I have dedicated a lot of time to it.
The PvP and PvE content is stale, I have seen 5 exploits arise and fail to be fixed in a timely manner, and merges keep happening making me think the game is dying.
Realistically if I knew all of this before getting myself and friends involved I would have avoided the game, but now I sit here hoping AGS actually does something worthwhile in one of their patches. The roadmap is nice but it’s one full year for a decent amount of content that I doubt will even release on time
They seem to have a major disconnect with the community, forum responses are copy paste template answers, overall morale is low. Many players in my current company are bored after now maxing out 2-3 PvP sets, rolling gear is too expensive to aim for full BiS without owning top territories.
If I were to rate the current state in terms of the quality of the game as an MMORPG it would be 5 or 6 out of 10, but it has the potential to be good in the future.
I myself am a returning player and came bk last week…here’s my outlook from a solo player pov…mat gathering is still fubar’d, crafting is still a joke and bugged both, TP is bugged MAJORLY (If you search and list something to sell, it bugs out if you keep searching and everything’s “80 gold”, I have to exit out, go into another screen entirely THEN I can look back at the TP and it fixes itself)…now, I haven’t tried playing any instruments yet so not sure if they are bugged or not honestly. Heard pvp is still a joke, anyone with light armor is a glutton for pain from any ranged player (musket and bow I see a lot of complaints about in regards to pvp and those in light armor)
So take from my experience in game what you will but so far this is what I have noticed. I don’t see much difference from when I left the day they brought instruments to the game
The current SOTG is not that bad as long as you avoid the PvP scene in New World. PvE could be made more interesting but that’s another topic. Weapon balance is pretty much non-existent.
With the new incoming balance changes. It looks like it’s going to be play a Strength bruiser build or get farmed. Actually, other builds will still be competitive only if you cheat. Cheating in PvP is widespread, to the point it is now the norm. If you are trying to PvP in New World and you are not cheating, then you are not trying to win.
PvE in New World is still just a simple gear check, with minimal entertainment value compared to other Themepark MMOs. PvP is still mostly unrewarding. A lot of balance decisions for PvE is based off of PvP. So PvE combat mechanics suffers even more because of that.
Everything in the game except for character customization, PvP, and PvE is pretty good. You can immerse yourself in the trade skill long as you ignore the progression time. Music instruments are pretty decent. The sound effects in New World are pretty good.
All and all, it’s up to you to decide if it’s worth trying New World again. I personally still manage to spend 3 to 5 hours of a 30-day period playing New World. I personally would not make New World my main MMO, since I currently main BDO and plays GW2 and FFXIV on the side. But if New World is the only MMO you’ve ever played or owned, you’ll be sure to get some entertainment out of it.
This is well said man. And the new guy before also phrased it well.
NW is a fine game for a bit. But it’s hard to recommend since the difference with other mmo’s is they actually DO have thousand of hours of content and a “promise” that they’re constantly evolving and getting taken care of. NW was dropped pretty much a week after release.
It’s fine to recommend it as solo RPG with mmo elements. But as an “mmo” with a chance of longevity, just no lol
The only good reason to play NW was if u have some friends to play with…this game really fun to play with friends,but sucks if u plays solo unless u are some gold seller that only do farming all day
The state of the game is pretty terrible at the moment to be completely honest. Definitely not the time to come back if you ask me. The only thing the devs are 100% consistent with is dropping the ball on a weekly basis.
You’re in every second thread arguing about other people’s opinions while not having any opinions on your own. You literally have been on the forums since August 2020 and have not managed to open a single thread since then to point out a bug, suggest something or provide feedback. You constantly tell other people they’re haters, but haven’t contributed anything meaningful to the forums yourself in over 2 years.
That’s what a profile of somebody looks like that never puts anything out there because he’s too afraid of the reactions people might have. So get off your high horse until you actually start to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
You’re literally the ‘awkward’ guy from that Key & Peele sketch.
Balance changes are coming and they have a road map of upcoming content for spring and summer coming.
Now, if you havent done brimstone sands, like others said, you have a decent amount of content to grind. If you have its been a content drought the last few weeks.
Balance changes are still unknown, instead we get leaderboards that are just going to cause massive issues with farming/exploiting. Honestly the changes aren’t even the right move, have you seen the current balance around weapons? They haven’t been doing great.
The roadmap is nice but words are words, and actions are actions. Unfortunately the Actions of AGS have been to release half-assed content full of issues and exploits, if the content comes on time I doubt it will be in a good condition.
Look at the current state of the game:
Name badges glitch out, stop working for some people - faction colors invert when looking at them
Two perk exploits just recently resolved, before that there was musket exploits and a TP dupe
Score in OPR and other events can show 0 dmg/healing randomly
Scoreboards in OPR/Invasions can go blank not showing you any other people, or just select people
Company member list can be blank until relogging
After a server merge trophies do not work unless re-placed (for the server being merged in)
Can’t take what you see on the map seriously when selecting a town, breaks all of the time saying “Attacker Name” or “Corrupted” instead of the actual person attacking the city.
Plus probably 10 or more other bugs in the game that should have been fixed long ago
Now they are working on leaderboards that run off of their broken scoreboard system, so I am curious how that will work.
Technically you are right, they are “supporting/working on” the game, but that doesn’t mean it’s in a good place or will be. I hope it all works out but going off of their track record while I have been here it hasn’t been great.
If PvP content is what you’re looking for, definitely no.
If you’d like to do some PvE and explore a new zone, it probably wouldn’t hurt giving it a try.
If you’re the type of person that follows the crowd, does whatever is “meta” and cries when it doesn’t work out for you, then it’s probably not worth returning.
If you enjoy exploring beautifully crafted surroundings, experimenting with different builds, and meeting a range of people in an online world, then by all means, come back.
If you already have the game, it costs nothing but your time to have a look.
Looks like a thread created by haters, for haters.
NW is a great game, go play it yourself and make up your own mind.
Another echo chamber of haters that is going to be tagged as hidden from the public by the admins so you guys can continue your hate speech freely without bothering the rest of the world. @Developer
