VIDEO - December New World Team Update

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If anyone wanted to know what the devs responsible for weapon design are using.

Question: “Do you have a favorite weapon pairing?”

Dave Verfaillie, New World Creative Director: “Great axe and warhammer”

Dave Hall, Player Experience Lead: “Sword and shield, add in the warhammer and great axe”

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Also sounds similar to mythic keys in WoW which is one of the most popular forms of content in that game.

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so some things they said confused me , could someone explain ?

at some point when the dev was talking about mutators and keys for them .
he said something about signing up at a board ? what was that about?
maybe we getting dungeon finder or is it something else?

also on the same topic if those keys will be able to be crafted multiple times a day and easy .
is that confirmation that orbs are getting removed?
i mean i dont understand where does that leave normal dungeons , no way we will still have to
craft the same orbs and we can get into higher levels easy without them . that part just confuses me.

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Mutators are baiscally Mythic dungeons (WoW) which is going to get a lot of PvErs very interested.

Confirmed 10 levels of difficulty and also reward increases to reflect the increased difficulty. Also combinations of mutators (see affixes).

Also confirmed that their aim is for players to be able to do these expeditions ‘Repeatable every day and unlike existing keys be more freely available’. The exact mechanics will be tested in a PTR in Jan.

February was confirmed as a deep dive bug/exploi/balancet fix time.

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Sounds like there will be weekly “town board” style quests where it will be to complete a random-affixed expedition. It sounds like the affixes will be similar to the random ones you currently find on some elites/bosses like explosive/brutal/slicer/etc. I don’t know about you but an expedition full of 66 elites with slicer does not sound like fun.

They’ll tie in a new set of rewards to these “mutator” dungeons. There will be 10 levels that get progressively harder. I imagine there will be better rewards the higher you progress in the levels.

To me the random affixes sound like a game no one mentions that it seems like New World devs copy a lot from that’s not even an MMO - Path of Exile.

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Its a direct take from WoW which isnt a bad thing as its one of thbe most engaged and popular game modes of that game.

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Seems like a lot of pve stuff…
Biggest problem in games when they spend time and resources on pve and forget about pvp. Next 3 months and what’s new for pvp players?

This game wouldn’t work with just the wow pve crowd they seem to be trying to please.

Not a smart move gona lose the alot more players to please some carebears.

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Yeah, because the rewards scale accordingly and there are many other rewards besides gear. In New World that’s not the case.

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This sounds pretty… disappointing. Two more weapons, one additional dungeon and dungeon difficulties? Where’s Brimstone Sands? This game desperately needs other forms of progression than gear. Why would anyone even run the new dungeons when you’re still stuck at 590/595? There’s no point to it.

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I hope next video they show a round table of stake holders at AGS, describing how they set up those mechanics in ways to increase profit and player retention :wink:

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Damn a lot of you are toxic af. I thought the video was really well done and informative. I love the current patch and am excited for what is to come. I wish the haters on the forum would act more constructively instead of with vitrol.

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People want an expansion when the game has not been out for 3 months yet.
Have patience people we’ll get new zones too

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Are you ok? This is just a video game. Maybe try not to take pixels on a screen so seriously. 🤷

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Nah dude, lead guy working his butt off can’t even get a haircut.

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But they are putting better rewards in mutations.

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Rofl I’m good why? What’s wrong with wanting them to experience the same thing they’ve bestowed on the players? I mean it’s been nothing but good things right? So here’s hoping they get the same treatment. Cheers

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Its a video game. Anyone that gets their panties tied this tightly in a wad over some pixels on a screen has issues.

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You want to be more specific on who exactly hurt your feeling and/or are toxic?

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Nah players time is just as valuable as theirs.

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