- What is your character name in New World: OzGaming
- What server/world did you experience your issue on: Agartha
- Describe the issue you are experiencing: Encumbrance not behaving as it should be, explained below
- Is this a bug or an exploit: Both?
- (if a bug) How did the issue effect your gameplay: Explained below
- (if a bug) Were you able to recover from the issue: N/A
- (if a bug) Please include a screenshot or video of the issue that you have experienced: Would need a video, I don’t have one.
- What are the steps to reproduce the issue as you experienced: Explained below
Essentially what’s happening is when I become slightly overburdened, I maintain normal movement speed, can dodge, cast abilities, jump and climb (all of these actions still show the related encumbered message on screen). I cannot fast travel or recall, however. Essentially the UI behaves as though I’m encumbered, but my controls/movement ignore it. This only lasts for a small window before I gain enough encumbrance to behave normally.
I have a max weight of 401.2 in my bags, and in all instances I’ve experienced this it stops at about 420 weight (sometimes earlier). The only thing I can think of that might be more specific to my character is that one of my bags has a weight modifier for wood (Lumberjack’s Burden - 7.2% weight reduction of wood), and each time I’ve experienced this I’ve had a lot of wood in my inventory, but not always the same amount which could also explain the variance in my “real” overburden value.
I haven’t done any maths with the wood I’m carrying at any given time and how much weight would be saved with the 7.2%, but it’s entirely possible that these weight calculations are not happening correctly, and my UI is thinking I’m overburdened before the rest of the game does. Of course, I’ll leave it to someone else to actually work out what’s really happening. Depending on what’s happening under the hood, this could be either a bug or an exploit, but even if it’s an “exploit” the only advantage you really get is that you can move/use abilities while slightly encumbered, which probably isn’t a huge deal.
