Random PSA though for those disappointed by missing the Halloween event. You may not have much time, but the skins and all of that I imagine would be unlocked on all characters, right?
I know they addressed this with in-game skin purchases which would carry over. I can check my alt to see if they have the Halloween skins because that will likely confirm it.
I thought 90% of all European countries can speak English?
Im hoping we do see a resurgence of people back to New World, we are on the same team here.
Im just saying many people are going to come back, level up and leave just like before.
I cant speak for anyone but myself, but as a patron of actively warring guilds since release I nor many of my guildies had experienced any game breaking situations in relation to duping or “exploits”.
I personally think that argument is a cop out but again, its all anecdotal. I would love to see an increase in the playerbase but I just dont see lasting power in FSS.
So do i ^^ But my Friends can’t read/speak English.
I’m sad to see AGS still not learning from their mistakes and not providing enough servers.
I remember 300,000 available space on their servers last year for over a million games sold.
One year later, nothing changes mega ad, twitch event = 10 000 available space on the game.
We’re still going to go into the lockserver policy and force people to play or migrate in a loop so that friends can play together.
Servers by nationality is cool too, but it’s a pity that it’s only for the bs update and not for the fresh…
AGS when will you be worthy of a company like Amazon?
The team will be keeping a close eye on the servers. [Notice] Fresh Start World Rollout Plan and FAQ
Q: What if all Fresh Start Worlds are set to Full?
A: Servers may become locked between waves due to world capacity and queues but we will monitor worlds closely, especially during and right after the rollout phase to ensure that players can join a world in their preferred region.
Yeah the actual impact of the dupes and exploits are very minimal. The psychological impact of that is very significant though as evidence by the mass exodus from the game. That is definitely real.
I imagine the people that will enjoy these servers are ones looking for an experience where a majority of players are similar levels. Open World PVP more prevalent at lower levels, etc. It’s going to be amazing for that.
If it’s to escape the discrepancy of wealth between territory owners and regular folk, it’s going to be disappointing. The sweaty will exist everywhere haha. Especially since these are going live BEFORE the significant anti-shell company measures? Maybe not?
So you’re saying that everyone who left once is a serial quitter? 
Haha I’m sure you could argue that the population that quit is more likely to contain “serial quitters” than the ones that stayed. But I think there are plenty of people that are coming back to stay.
I will say that there will be an expected significant drop in players though. I know when New World was initially released people were very much claiming the loss was entirely based on New World being a “trash” game but there is a natural drop in players after launch that will be expected. Obviously NW dropped waaaaayyyy below that haha. But if we see a chunk leave I don’t think that’s bad. I think it’s exactly as being discussed. People realize that this game isn’t for them, loss of interest, chasing the next big hype, following streamers, etc. Without a doubt the psychology of players currently on legacy servers and returning players is very different. But we can’t also overgeneralize either.
I think this will definitely bring a ton of players back to the game. I just think if we see a drop off, the immediate reaction is not that this failed either. I think that’s expected. If we lose 50% that might be normal player churn. If it’s 95% again though that would be more in line with a failure. But I am optimistic. I think we will have some permanent friends.
The FAQ answers are GREAT! I love the launch plan!
Thanks AGS for giving us what we really wanted!
Love.
I’m sure that from AGS’ perspective, they’re very curious to see if the changes they have made over the past year result in better retention. Heck, I’m curious about that myself.
Why is it only 4 servers ? Why not 10 you do realize that fresh servers will have at least 5k queue lot of people want to come back and play the game 4 servers aren’t enough it’ll be a flashback of the launch a year ago please get more new servers
I definitely hope so! New World is unique in that it has smaller server sizes so it has less ability to fluctuate like other games. So I wonder if that will be an issue if we see players come and go regularly. It is also possible many of these players are more seasonal gamers that play for a bit, complete most of the content then leave and come back in another year with the next expansion. I believe that is common with MMOs where some people hop between a few MMOs as expansions are released.
The streamer server are going to be super busy have queues at first but then when the streamers leave it gonna be dead.
I personally don’t understand the appeal because eventually these servers, optimistically, will be like all the others.
And people think there will be an even playing field, whatever that means, but that is never the case. Time is always the limiting factor.
So I don’t see why legacy players would be excited for this
But newer players - it makes sense as it should be easier for them to find people to play with at their level, and more likely to have organic runs because people don’t know the content.
I couldn’t imagine leveling any profession all over again - woof. I’ll die on legacy.
I don’t see the harm, anything to keep players playing is good!
Now it’s much easier than before, it’s not so fucking unpleasant to raise professions and character levels even less so.
yeah utter fail on AGS part only 4 US east servers…you double that still wont be enough. do they not realize that brimstone sands only take 3 days max to clear all content so 80% of legacy server guys will be rolling fresh as well, sounds like another failed launch
It is precisely this policy that I have been denouncing for a long time.
I’m a GM of a community and I must say that I’ve known many game launches, but you have the worst management.
I try to organize a launch on my side so that my members can meet and have a good time but you lock the servers because there are too many people. You don’t provide enough places so some of my members are alone on random servers… My experience in September 2021 was opened in a hurry.
You should have proposed at least 10/20 servers for Europe with a tag per nationality because you are going to open them due to big queues.
I know it, you know it… look at the number of guilds that flood the ads look at the hype you put. Just get 60,000/100,000 players to come back and you will be completely overwhelmed with your 10,000 spots.
I totally do agree with your points and I think my excitement is more that it will bring more people to the game, even if I decide to stick with legacy servers myself. I think I’m going to wait for both revamping the level 25-60 experience and for them to add an official iron man mode before I create a new character.