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New World Continues Patching Brimstone Sands Bugs, With Some Workarounds Until More Fixes Come | MMO
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New World Continues Patching Brimstone Sands Bugs, With Some Workarounds Until More Fixes Come | MMORPG.com
The New World team continues patching some of the issues that have come up since the Brimstone Sands update this week.
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Absolutely do. They've really listened to the community as well, unlike so many MMOs.
Though many would argue listening to too many people and trying to mesh in content that caters to everyone, especially streamers and other loud people, is how the game became the mess it is in the first place.
Were you one of those who wanted this to be a FFA full loot PvP MMORPG ?
Respect, walk
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Listening to the players is a perennial problem, which we have likewise talked about on here many times. On the one hand if the dev team just wants to sit in its ivory tower it can lead to issues which are never fixed, and players will vote with their feet. On the other hand, listen too much and players can ruin a MMO with their expectations. It's a tightrope to walk, I did think some of the changes they made were in the pursuit of easy-mode but returning players have mostly been in favour so I now think they struck the right balance.
Where I totally agree is that streamers should not be determining the direction of a MMO, hopefully that's not the case here.
I dunno man, the combat is poor, the AI is god awful, the lore is pathetically underwhelming, crafting swaps from being god tier to worthless every couple of months. The only thing it has going for it is that it looks pretty but that just doesnt last.
Then theres the fact that theres little cause to do anything, it used to be you would work hard for sweet armour with great stats and looks unique but you can buy a set of pants at lvl 1 and look like a king and gear stats get messed up every time Amazon looks at New World.
I cant for the life of me see where this can go, its not a solid foundation, its pretty and that has a short shelf life, I cant see an Anime of this mess of what can only laughingly be called lore reinvigorating interest ala Cyberpunk which had an equally bad launch but still had an interesting core to build on and then theres multiplayer to come.
I could easily be wrong but all Amazon studios are doing is flailing right now and have been doing since they realized their lazily conceived "pvp" game wouldnt support a profitable playerbase so had to switch it up to get the whales in. The game needs new leadership and management and probable a whole new crew of coders as nothing about this game is impressive.
Don't get me wrong, I think Brimstone is an amazing addition to the game but I'm a sucker for anything Roman.
The problem for me is the lack of a real end game. The mutation dungeons are an absolute blast but even they get a bit repetitive and old. Other than that, what is there? More chest runs? Just 100+ people running from chest to chest... it's terribly boring end game. PvP should be the real end game in a game like this but the way it's designed is just really piss poor.
The one thing AGS does really well, imo, is the world building. The world looks, sounds and feels amazing. The new Brimstone area is very well done.
A few billion dollars later yeah....
65k is not enough to cover the cost of the game and the cost per month. And you gotta be an idiot to be anything from the cash shop on a half based bot game. Not sure they make any good money with the cash shop.
Exaggerate much?
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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I don't know what people are buying but the devs said that they make a lot in Cash shop sales. I mean I think FO76 has a bad cash shop but people buy stuff in there by the dozens too. People like to buy cosmetics. Just becasue they aren't my taste or yours doesnt mean they aren't someones and all it takes is for a few whales to want to own everything for them to make a buttload
I have seen quite a few players running around in the gold armor, but it's a bit fugly to my tastes.
FO76 has a great cash shop IMO outside of the Atoms I receive as part of the monthly sub or earn in game I've bought all sorts of great cosmetics for my camp and characters, never spending anything extra.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
I quit playing this game many months ago, I just logged in to these boards for a second to reply to this comment. Keep the lights on? it's Amazon. I think they have the funds to keep the lights on.