Sword and Shield at a stat disadvantage when swapped to other weapon in slot

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  • What is your character name in New World:
  • What server/world did you experience your issue on: Castle of Steel
  • Describe the issue you are experiencing:
  • Is this a bug or an exploit: I don’t know if this is considered a bug or if it’s just not working properly.
  • (if a bug) How did the issue effect your gameplay:
    Before we delve into this simple issue, take for example - if you use a hammer/great axe , you get the 30 stat points from each weapon no matter the weapon you have out.
    When you use a sword/shield and hammer, you get the 60 points from sword/shield hammer ONLY WHEN you have the sword in hand, BUT when you swap over to your war hammer, you lose 15 stat points from the shield. I understand your character does not get the points from the shield if you don’t have a sword on - but when you do have the sword equipped and you swap to your other weapon, you still lose the shield points??

IF you have a sword equipped in slot, you SHOULD always be getting the 15 points from the shield whether you have your sword in hand, or if you have your 2nd weapon in hand. Any other weapon combination you can put together, life staff/rapier, GA/hammer, etc etc. you have the 60 stat point always on.

Currently with sword/shield and another weapon (hammer, GA, spear etc) you’re only getting 45 stat points when you use the secondary weapon. This should not be the case and is not working as intended.

This is not saying that a person should get the shield stat points at all times. You should not get shield stat points if you’re holding a rapier / fire staff, but you SHOULD always be getting the shield stat points if you have a sword equipped - even when you swap over to your 2nd weapon whether it be great axe, hammer, spear, life staff etc. Anyone who is using a sword / shield will ALWAYS be 15 stat point lower than every player when they are using their 2nd weapon.

This is similar to a rapier/fire staff user only receiving 15 stat points from the rapier when they have their fire staff equipped. This doesn’t make sense.

Maybe just point 30 points on a sword and 0 points on a shield if this is too hard to fix…

  • (if a bug) Were you able to recover from the issue: Nope
  • (if a bug) Please include a screenshot or video of the issue that you have experienced:
  • What are the steps to reproduce the issue as you experienced: Put on a great axe, war hammer. Check your stats when you have either weapon in hand, stats unchanged. Put on Sword/Shield and War hammer. Wield the war hammer and notice you’re missing 15 total stat points.
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Not a bug, it’s by design:

How does this make any sense at all.

Then everyone else, whether it be a life staff / void gaunt user, or fire staff / ice gaunt user should only get half of the stat of the other weapon they’re not using.

This doesn’t make any sense LOL

Put 30 stat points on a sword and give the shield 0… SIMPLE fix.

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I didn’t say it makes sense and I’ve been in those threads lobbying for it to change. I said it’s not a bug.

Hey sorry. I didn’t mean that toward you. I just mean the response New world is giving. It’s a pretty simple fix. I agree - it’s not a bug, it’s just not working correctly.

Well, hop on in those other threads and add your voice! :slight_smile:

They just need to add the str/con/Dex stat too the sword to fix the problem, swapping too my secondary to loose my 200 con bonus :rofl:

Devs have said they’re looking into potential solutions, but nothing yet

I have just about given up on sword/board , the disadvantages are too great , you can’t balance stats . This is very shortsighted of them , as tanks are in short supply and tanking just has less rewards in this game due to the meat shield mechanics of pve encounters. PvP on the other hand makes tanks even more useless . How can Amazon always be working on stuff but never produce anything ?

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