more like effective gear score. effective watermark IS your watermark
Regardless of what itās called, the point is the same.
It was a 2 week grind for you.
It is a 2 MONTH grind for everyone else now.
And you are here acting like you āput in the workā. No, you didnāt.
You didnāt grind for 2 months, which is what people who were already at 600 GS through the other methods will have to do now before they can get back to their previous power level.
And since you didnāt actually do the grind that you are saying is fine for everyone else, Iām sure you wouldnāt have any issue w/ having your Expertise reset along w/ everyone else too.
if you get bored cause you have obtained the max level of something the problem isnāt the game itās YOUā¦actually i should enjoy PvP in a PvP focused gamed AND progress to the cap of a skill level, in NW PvP is the focus of the game but is worthlessā¦ Not mindless farming to increase the secret number of Happiness (GS) and then when i have 600 GS iām done itās ion the 600GS that start the actual game, when you could focus on the primary thingā¦the PvP! PvP focused game should have a fast capping method cause i will log everyday to play a PvP enviroment on an evenly fieldā¦not to play āi have more time than you so i win gg eazy peazyā itās just DUMB to attract a specific playerbase (the Pvpers) and then SPIT IN THEIR FACE with FORCED PvE dumb event to do PvPā¦
If you didnāt care you wouldnāt reply.
But you do.
You canāt even pretend to be cool online.
How sad. Buh bye!
If you canāt tell on your own that 9+ hours / day is insane, unhealthy and in no way an example for how a game should be made then thatās on you.
Go see the sky.
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Even if it was retroactively implemented people would still be bitching because it made no fucking sense and crafters would still be in a bad spot because it takes significantly more time to make the 600 GS legendaries than it takes to actually farm watermark before they knee-capped the ways you could farm for it.
āOh boy, I sure love the fact I spent 500 hours leveling up my tradeskills, farming for a house, trophies, gear sets, food buffs and got the town event buffs and did dungeons to make replicas to reduce RNG just to have a 1/12 - 1/6 chance of a 600 GS piece of equipment just to have it be as strong as 500 gear. Itās totally fine that some guy who has spent a fraction of the time and effort doing chest runs in zergs mindlessly can utilize my gear better than I can!ā
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the only way this doesnt kill the game is if they impliment it when GS 700 is a thing. A fresh start.
Agreed! If you didnāt grind the WM as the game was designed, thatās on you! For the love of all that is good, please implement the expertise system sooner than later. Iām so tired of all the bots and exploiters getting their WMs the easy way now.
Bots donāt need WM to be a pain on games. Just fishing 200.
What kind of ignorant ape would advertise skill-based combat and lock it behind 100s of hours of grinding nonsense? The combat isnāt even worth it at the top level.
This is not a game where PvP is the focus and Iād appreciate all of you newcomers who have spent absolutely zero time understanding the game if youād abstain from spouting idiocy.
Hell, I can rank top 3 in an OPR without even attacking anyone.
PvP-focus my ass.
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Lol, killing mobs for Azoth, mining starmetal, and chopping down trees to be #4 almost every time.
Spawn two Brutes and victory is assured.
Haha yep! Level up that command post, buy some pots, battle bread, and zephyr snacks. Strap on my hatchet for the zoomies and an IG in case of a gravity well.
You aināt killin me son, Iām gonna P-v-E to Vic-tor-y
How about we also introduce a crafting expertise system, where you can only equip level 600 gs armour if you got your armouring to 200 also. That seems fair.
Just because crafters chose a different grind doesnāt make it invalid.
Let me edumacate you son. Since you lack insight. New World is meant to be pvp focused hence wars, OPR, and open world pvp. Why do you think they added luck to being pvp flagged? Oh yeah, to PVP. The game was originally only pvp with barely to no pve. Then the PVE players cried which I am assuming thats you, then they added dungeons and more pve content. What more facts do you need? Cool, farm brutes to win in OPR which is still pvp yet helps the team win. Youāre more than welcome to rebuttle but ima shut you down with facts my guy. P.S, PvP focused - The game wants you to focus on pvpāing, self explanatory. But you also need to grind for top gear and WM which is PvE but still PvP focused.
You are hugely misinformed. The game was originally supposed to be a pvp game yes. Then alpha came and all the people who came to try it (I.e pvpers as why would pve players come to test a pvp game) created such a toxic and imbalanced environment that ags had to revamp the game.
The game is now pvx and the devs are even pushing expeditions as a big part of the content they want players to do.
His sever seems to be inept too. Our OPR games always have fights on the pve areas so itās very weird to read that people are getting top 10 without pvp.
Two Days?!
Donāt be mad at me for optimizing a shitty system. I want the game to have great PvP and Iāve had the longest running threads on the subject.
The difference is, unlike you, Iām not blinded by copium and can acknowledge the problems. Youāre just living in denial.
This game is not PvP-focused, at least not in any worthwhile way. Itās just a stat-based grinder MMO that caters to scrubs and sacrifices quality for accessibility.
Cheers 
I knew you had no backing to your statement. Prideful people like you hate evidence and facts which I genuinely understand. Mad? Far from it, figured you would make excuses. Accept the loss my guy. Who cares about having a thread surpassing devs? Am I suppose to act like youāre entitled or famous? Na, just another unedumacated person. My last post is still waiting on your reply. Still PvP focused.
What bugs me the most is that this game was advertised as āplay however you want toā!
Except thatās now wrongā¦ itās play the way amazon wants you to play. If you play outside that narrative, then you get punished.