Oof… tough crowd. And I thought I was being tough on AGS. But in all honesty, I think the reason why people are so upset with the recent DEV video, and the shorter previous one, was because we’re still waiting on something substantive. Like for example, what is the direction of the game? What are the future plans for the game? We all want it to succeed. We want New World to stop being a meme game and to be an awesome game that we see it for. When we watched this dev video (and I commented on the YouTube video about its lackluster), again, nothing informative. As others have mentioned here, stuff we already knew about. I commented that (along with others) this was stuff we already knew, and that the video was VERY dated. I added in, can you guys post the videos a little sooner? I know you guys need to do some editing and make sure the video is presentable and what not, but sometimes, leaving in the bloopers makes the video more personable. There’s a lot of us in the IT field here, and I am sure the dev team for New World experience the same things we do. But I am digressing.
I think for the next Dev video, and please pass this on to the team, please let us know what the direction of the game is going to be. What are the plans for the game? We found out that Mike Fazzinni was fired (thankfully, a bit overdue). No need to comment on that. We can all read in between the line. But we want to know what is AGS’s direction going forward? And please be blunt as legally possible. Are we looking at New World’s demise in the near future? We’re seeing subscription numbers falling daily, and we’re hoping 3v3 arenas will bring some players back, but it is looking more and more unlikely of that happening. And the way we can tell is we use the free weekend thing AGS did for New World. Where we can trial the game for free and see if it is our thing. But the very WEIRD thing about this event was, THERE WAS NO ADVERTISEMENT! Further, A LOT of new servers were created for the potential new players to come in and try the game. A LOT of servers. That was a bit much. Further, it wouldn’t be what the players will experience if they like the game and buy it and see the virgin map they saw (what we all saw at launch) was just a figment of their imagination.
Anyways, I am a big fan of the game, and sometimes my passion gets thrown in with my words when commenting. I really want this game to succeed, and so do many others. I remember how much of a disaster WoW was when it released. I think New World is better, in the sense that New World has so much untapped potential, just sitting there. Solo play is getting better. PvP is still sideways, but there have been some great improvements since launch. But the biggest player base is the casual crowd. WoW has proven this for several years. They should be the major focus, in my opinion. You already have the hardcore crowd.
TLDR: please, please, please for the next Dev video, please focus on the direction of the game. Let us know what your plans are for the game. How is the story progressing? That video after beating Isabella was AWESOME! I loved the story. I loved reading the notes about Nedenyek (I think I spelled that right) getting closer and closer, according to the heretic. I loved hearing about the factions growing ever more unsettled, and the Wardens are trying to keep things together and going forward to ultimately stopping Nedenyek. THIS IS GOOD STUFF!! Props to the story writers. But all is meaningless if we have no idea what the direction of the game is.
Thank you. And my apologies for writing so much.
NW gear and builds are much more nuanced, so one click is probably overkill but… Anyway.
