In New World, the major patch 1.1 named “Into the Abyss” has been released. While official patch notes were published, players have found numerous secret changes that were not mentioned anywhere. We at MeinMMO summarize them for you.
In New World, the major patch 1.1 has been released. This brought new quests, the new weapon Abyssal Gloves, as well as dozens of other changes. However, some of these were not documented by Amazon in the patch notes.
Often, they are small changes, such as the replacement of the fountain in Everfall. Instead of a classic fountain, there is now a fountain that many players find rather ugly.
We list the changes that have so far been discovered by players:
- You can now trade with other players in expeditions.
- Elite chests seem to generally drop less armor and weapons.
- There is a new feature to search for stats at the trading post. However, it is not well executed.
- Missing materials for legendary recipes such as the Life Crystal Core should now be in the game.
- Some gathering nodes of Orichalcum in Everfall have been removed.
- The ring Weaver’s Knot, which had Luck as a stat twice, has been adjusted. Other items are also said to have been adjusted so that they no longer have Luck as a stat.
- Enemies of the Angry Earth now drop particles instead of Quintessences. However, the number of particles is so high that it nearly balances out with the Quintessences.
- The portals of the Corrupted in Myrkgard (an endgame farming zone) now scale stronger. Additionally, there is a new wall at the priest farm, making it harder to jump onto the ledge.
- The wall blocking access to Nihilo Visage now has significantly more hit points than before.
- The Energy-contributing small ration and the Energy-contributing travel provisions have received new icons.
- The color of the faction “The Alliance” has been slightly revised and now looks browner.
- Any type of Magnetite can be used to craft rune stones or Abyssal stones (Obsidian).
- Heavy attacks with the Life Staff now have a new sound that sounds like heavy breathing.
New World makes life harder for players and that is unusual
How are the changes received? In the reddit thread about the undocumented changes, there is plenty of criticism towards Amazon. Many of these adjustments make life harder for players than before.
Especially the reduced drops in elite chests and the tougher farming in Myrkgard are not well received. Many are puzzled that with declining player numbers, the MMO is made harder and grindier instead of easing the game for players. User Troggy summarized it as follows:
They have changed some things to slow down players so they don’t rush through (the missing) content too quickly. Watermark farming? Nerfed! Experience points while crafting? Nerfed! I think they saw players maxing out their gear score and one or two life skills and then leaving the game.
What do you think about the new update and the changes shown here? Can you understand the criticism regarding the increased difficulty in endgame and are you also bothered by it? Feel free to write it in the comments.
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