The YouTuber and streamer Entenburg, who specializes in MMORPGs, analyzes in his new video why the first season of New World Aeternum is a “disaster that was predictable”.
Who is Entenburg? The German YouTuber (75,200 subscribers on the main channel) and streamer (33,748 followers on Twitch) has made a name for himself in recent years with his MMORPG expertise.
Entenburg has been following New World since its turbulent development. His hope all these years was that Amazon Games could better highlight the unique and partially great aspects that New World offers in some areas. Unfortunately, this was not accomplished with New World Aeternum for the time being, according to his analysis from December 2024.
The gameplay trailer for New World Aeternum:
“Disaster that was predictable”
What does Entenburg say now about the Season of Conquerors? But what does it look like now with the Season of Conquerors that started on January 21, 2025? This is exactly what Entenburg focused on in his most recent video, which was released a few hours ago on the second channel Entenburch (via YouTube).
The core statement that the season is a “disaster that was predictable” – to which MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz also came to a couple of weeks ago – is justified by the YouTuber as follows:
- Although the season brought some adjustments and additions for the normal servers, it was far too little to entice dissatisfied players to log in with their old characters.
- The heavy focus on PvP in the first season and the concept of the seasons themselves were so uninteresting or even off-putting for many players of New World that the launch of the new server had almost no impact on player counts (via steamdb.info). Before the season, there were about 14,500 players live simultaneously on Steam, while after the season start, there were a little over 17,150.
- Like many others, Entenburg thinks it was a big mistake to fully rely on PvP in the first season. PvP fans would have preferred frequently requested content like practice wars or fresh PvP modes. At least those that are still there. According to Entenburg, many PvP enthusiasts from his circle turned their backs on New World a while ago.
- On the other hand, Amazon Games managed to attract many new players with the increasing theme park orientation and PvE content in Aeternum. To keep them engaged, further PvE content would have been absolutely necessary.
- It doesn’t help that the PvP requirement in the world has proven to be as frustrating as many players feared in advance.
- Fundamental problems with the season server are responsible for this: On the one hand, there is no karma system that protects low-level characters. On the other hand, there are no areas in the game world where players can level up characters with less risk, as is the case in other MMORPGs with open-world PvP.
Here is Entenburg’s video in all its glory:
- It remains problematic that the most efficient way to level on the season server is by chopping wood (through the conversion of wood into ethereal dust or life spirit orbs that grant experience, among other things).
- So instead of doing quests and repeatedly stumbling into brawls with other players, most characters are simply clearing the forests of Aeternum.
- We have already reported on another problem: The first season of New World Aeternum is only worthwhile if you spend money. You have to purchase the premium pass to receive rewards from the season journey.
- The cherry on top was a recent update that removed all designations of the New World servers. Suddenly, it was no longer marked which server the season was on, which worlds had joined Aeternum, and which realms existed even before Aeternum.
- An unintended side effect of this: Suddenly, transfers between all servers became possible – which can have a huge impact on the economy, the power dynamics, and more of a world. A saving hotfix came only after many hours. Additionally, players who exploited this were banned. Nevertheless, a lot of brought items and gold are likely still circulating on the PvP servers.
From Entenburg’s perspective, the developers of New World once again deliver a predictable disappointment, which is why the YouTuber does not want to create any more videos about the MMORPG in the near future. One might say it’s a typical Amazon Games move. This concerns yet another mistake: Aeternum was supposed to bring great momentum for the MMORPG New World, but Amazon Games made a mistake that was predictable
