I’m really a patient man, with dozens of games tested & played, and 1000’s of gaming hours but New World really takes the cake. This latest ‘turning off’ of Trade House was the tipping point for me.
I’m sure New World employees, investors, and the like have read the dozens of articles about player base leaving and/or not logging in. Soon, I’ll be joining the masses. Here’s a quick list off top of my head that really really require correction ASAP;
- Economy / Gold - Totally broken. The money sink removing Gold from the game is much much larger than the supply spigot. Taxes are out of control and should either be halved or better yet removed entirely. Repair costs are just plain stupid. My character is L59 with Starmetal tools. I spent an hour and a half harvesting yesterday. Nothing else, harvesting. It cost me 15g and change in repairs!! That’s insane. Yes, I understand wear and tear but come on. Death penalty? Sure, I get some durability loss in death but not every stinking piece of armor and weapon in my inventory. That’s also insane. Combat wear and tear? Sure, but reduce it by like 75%. No one wants to spend money because no one can make money!! Haven’t even looked at a house. Forget it. I’ve noticed the out houses you’ve added to towns. They’re a nice touch. Please don’t enable them. I don’t believe I could afford a poop tax.
- Inventory control - Why are you being so restrictive on inventory? Oh, and the weight values for items make zero sense to boot. I’m constantly bumping up against the cap. So, do some crafting to reduce storage weight, but you guessed it … I’m hit with an effin crafting tax! Sad thing is I couldn’t even do that yesterday or today because I need more crafting items. Said items are on Trade House but I can’t buy them because you have monetary trading, etc stopped. Ridiculous.
- What else is ridiculous? A toon moving in Heavy Armor runs just as fast as a toon in Light Armor. No drain on Stamina that I can tell either. Total BS. So, my advantage in Light Armor is being able to dodge? Where I’m out of Stam in two rolls? Gimme a break.
- Toons immediately sinking and walking on bottom of rivers, lake, etc makes sense if you’re in Heavy Armor. Light Armor should be able to swim, Medium Armor with slight stam penalty.
- I don’t mind running between points but some of your mountain chains are ridiculous. Designers need to work in some sort of ‘mountain pass’ every two to three hundred meters. The amount of time wasted back tracking is incredible.
- Wars are too frequent, as are invasions. If we, as a player base, can close enough portals within X amount of time then invasion should be averted. Oh, an invasion occurred? Lemme guess we have to spend more $$$ to go through numerous upgrades that we already had! Ridiculous. More areas, garrisons, forts, etc need creation and ability to be held by a Company and Faction. You simply do not have enough to go around, not even within Factions. What happens? Players, Companies, Factions, give up and no longer have desire to try some PvP, etc. While a nice concept, this area really needs a lot of work.
I think that’s it for now. I’d love to get some Developer Feedback.
I’m really hoping the Devs start listening to the Player Base, and realizing the server populations are not going to get better on their own. And No, server merges is not the answer. Not on a game as young as New World. Someone, somewhere, needs to swallow their damn pride and admit some major work is needed. Make the needed changes and make them quickly.
Good Day.