Seems normal to me. As you find a resource you learn how to track it for future crafting. Just a another whine to make the game easier.
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Because you dont go from Iron → silver → gold → platinum in needs. You need iron for everything in this game, which is why high level people that can track it are still mining it.
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Except no other MMO does this, so it’s not ‘normal’ and I’m trying to make the game newby friendly.
But heaven forbid people don’t suffer through the most backwards things, since they make you feel like a big man to dealing with it, eh? 
Your attitude is what ruins games. ‘Stop making things easy because I wanna feel like a man!’
Then, when no one wants to deal with the backwards, user-unfriendly BS; No one plays, and you’re left sitting there going ‘Why does no one play this game? It’s awesome!’
You can need iron passed that level? huh? Maybe they need it to mass level up other professions, or to gather and sell? this made no sense to me?
The Devs have a list , they have prioritize things , i am sure somewhere on that list , is the complaint you listed , and maybe if they feel its worth the time to spend looking at that system they will look at it when they are done with all the other game breaking problems i am sure they are working on . first world problems … iron tracking so soooooooo far down the things they care about list .
Initial mats are used even in endgame (e.g. corrupted slivers are combined again and again to make keys for endgame). Iron is required to make Steel, for example. Linen (hemp) is required to make Sateen, etc. Tier 3 (which is where a lot of folks are right now, level 20+) requires all the initial mats. I haven’t check Tier 4/5, but I assume they work the same way.
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exactly. So it makes sense to allow iron tracking AFTER you’ve becoming proficient at it
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No, it does not, because you then know where irons pawns anyways.
Newbies to each tier need the tracker because they’re the ones who don’t know where the stuff spawns.
This is not hard to understand; it’s been a basic staple of MMOs since resources were added.
I’m not claiming anything new or different; This is how it’s been for over a decade to help new players.
It’s not hard to understand that in order for things to become EASY you have to EARN it. And Iron is NOT just a newbie resource, you use it all through the game into higher tier stuff. It 100% makes 100% sense to make it to where you have to work a lil harder and then you’re rewarded with something to make it easier.
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And then newbies, who can’t track the resource and never see it (because higher levels can track it & walk right too it, while newbies have to wander aimlessly), now can’t craft because they can’t get it without blowing money at the AH.
And then those newbies, who can’t mine and can’t craft, quit the game. Everyone here claims it’s better because it’s not ‘hand holding’, and then populations drop as people get sick of multiple things (quests not being sharable, other things), new players keep getting chased away by the user-unfriendly mechanics, and the game dies.
It 100% makes 100% sense to let people track resources as they unlock gathering them.
Like every other MMO does. Because it’s user friendly.
Why are we rewarded with node tracking after we know where the modes spawn? The tracking COMES FIRST. I don’t get why people can’t see this; it’s literally how every MMO that’s not run by idiots works.
Yup. Iron is needed for everything. Need to make silver, guess what, you need iron. Want to make gold, guess what…you need silver… Which requires iron. Want to make steel? Guess what… More iron.
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I tend to enjoy it this way. It makes sense to me. As you mine iron you become more experienced in mining it, which is to say knowing what it looks like and tracking it.
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Go level your mining on rocks. it really doesn’t take long to get iron tracking with this method and you can either dump the stone until you hit the level you want or you can walk back into town and level up your stone cutting.
So should there be a map of all resources available to all players on starting the game? No. No, because you are new to the land and you have to get out and explore to find things, nothing is given in New World…
That’s total nonsense. As a total newb, who never played Beta, I found iron in a matter of minutes. Stop trying to make this a “for the newbies” post, and be honest; it’s about you being lazy and entitled. MMO’s are about exploring, and figuring things out, not sitting in the corner having your hand held.
Jeebus why do you even bother playing, when you cant be bothered to actually play.
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I understand your frustration with finding iron, I had the same frustration when I was new in beta. Just play the game and keep your eyes peeled, it’s fairly common. The exception is Windsward so if you started there that might be part of your frustration.
If you’re hurting for a resource, try googling “new world resources map” and you’ll find some very easy to use tools that help you find what you need.
I personally agree that there needs to be a better source of iron, specifically, for beginner players. I think that the devs balanced it around endgame, so it’s just a hurdle you have to get over as a new player.
ya’ll tripping me out. I was a newbie, too. I also got frustrated looking for iron…I also would get mad when I have my sights set and then Billy Bob The Mage swoops in and takes it. You know what I did? I remembered where those nodes were, and spent an hour or so runnin around that area just grabbing what I can, when I can, flowers a long the way, a few mobs and a level later…BAM. Guess what? level 50 mining. There u go. It takes TIME and EFFORT and the reward is satisfying
because u can find iron everywhere even past starter zones! Once u have the tracker, it works everywhere, even places where u haven’t been and therefore don’t know where the nodes are. It’s meant as a reward. why do u ppl want it to be so easy! thats how stuff gets boring x___x
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So after reading all of this ander also most of the Answers other players made.
First of all i do KINDA agree with you. For me the entire Tracking system is completly uselss. you dont spot iron unless you are like 25m Of the iron when its already in sight.
Next thing is, as you said kinda newbee unfriendly but everyone on my server who asks for iron nodes or anything i basicly copy paste " New World Map | Resource Locations, Named Mobs, Dungeons and Lore Pages | NewWorld-Map.com ".
People have been using 3rd party programms in every MMO there is to optimize their farming. Especially currently with all the queue time people have more than enough time to inform their self about anything they have an interest in.
But what ever, devs will do as they think its okay and i also personally dont see a problem in this whole thing. If people are interested in farming iron or what the hell ever they gotta go get their intel. Why wouldn’t people with more expierence get value of it?
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