Hey, I first wanted to actually thank the Dev team for all the hard work they have been doing since release. As someone who has a lot of game time over 2.5K HOURS, I feel like I have experienced combat a LOT in New World.
I enjoy both PvE/PVP aspects of the game so I have done both along the way as I consider this to make more of a well-rounded experience if you can enjoy both. Having the ability to play with friends not only PvE but also those who PvP lets you experience different parts of the game and I am glad that Dev’s pushed that element into the game.
When looking at issues we need to also think about priorities. What is causing the most issues with our players, what QOL changes can be implemented to help players engage with each other and spend time playing the game and having FUN, are there any game-breaking BUGS that require a hotfix … the list goes on in no specific order because of Priorities.
Things to improve in PvE would be more content which the Dev team is working on.
In regards to content ensure that it is giving the proper rewards for everyone. An example would be Dynasty rewards being set too low ruining everyone’s loot table who entered.
Things like this really hurt player experience and make them lose faith in the development of future content. I believe we can all agree the orb system was not the best, but going forward things are changing to allow people to enter to experience that content easier.
Things to improve in PvP would be adjusting how skills/perks work in OPR/Open World/Arenas. The changes to weapon swapping recently are atrocious. I am not sure how they got through QA if you all have one! All weapons should have gone through testing before you change something that is going to constantly be used and abused. Using abilities are the bread and butter of gameplay and they should feel as such. If it takes someone from the outside to come in and super code something it will be worth it for everyone. Those who have experienced weapon swaps glitching abilities to not work properly and resulting in death (whether it be your or someone else’s) really leave a bad taste that stays with people if not fixed. To me this is game-breaking and I just won’t play until that is fixed. Not going to spend countless hours hoping anymore I will only come back when we can have smooth weapon swaps the bread and butter to using abilities. Hurts bad to know I have had this much faith in the dev team to get it right and they release weapon swap in the state it is in … shame on you.
Rant over needed to be said.