The MMO New World is on the home stretch for the beta in July and the release in August. Accordingly, another major alpha update has been released, focusing on PvP, dungeons, and the leveling process.
What’s included in the update? The new patch mainly consists of 7 innovations and adjustments:
- Two new PvE missions have been introduced
- The wars between factions have been adjusted so that only companies with enough influence can declare war
- The PvP in the open world has been adjusted so that upon death, equipment takes less damage, and experience points from killing players are increased
- The required experience points have been reduced again after they were increased in the last update
- New equipment and rewards have been introduced
- The titles and achievements have been revised
- There have been numerous balance changes
You can find the complete patch notes on the game’s page (via New World).
The changes are particularly interesting because New World will soon switch to beta. Many new players will be released to the MMO in beta, and the NDA will finally be lifted.
What’s next for New World? On July 20, the beta for New World is set to start. On August 31, New World is expected to finally celebrate its release.
New PvE Missions and Adjustments in PvP
What changes with the update in PvE? For PvE fans, the new update doesn’t bring many changes. The focus was on the two new faction missions:
- In assassination missions, players must take down specific especially dangerous opponents
- In elite missions, you will fight bosses in the open world, and it is recommended to seek out teammates for this
- Both missions are intended to have a higher difficulty and provide better loot than the regular quests
Additionally, the topic of equipment has been worked on. Rank 5 faction armor sets now have a unique appearance, depending on which of the 3 factions you join. In addition, some new skins for the various weapons have been introduced.
If you enjoy exploring expeditions, the dungeons of New World, you can look forward to a greater variety of loot and a higher chance of obtaining special and named equipment items. Furthermore, the damage of all enemies in the dungeons has been increased by 10 to 20%.
We had the chance to try out the first dungeon of New World and report on it:
What changes with the update in the leveling process?
- The experience points for all levels beyond level 7 have been reduced by 20%
- The experience points for repeatable quests in expeditions have been doubled
- The experience points from territory influence gains have been somewhat reduced
What changes with the update in PvP? The biggest change of the update concerns the battles over forts. The company of one faction can declare war on the fort of another faction. However, now the war declarations have been adjusted so that the company must first be active in the area to be able to attack.
New World relies on an influence system for this. A company must have at least 10% influence in the area to declare war there.
Further PvP changes relate to the battles in the open world, which became more interesting again with the update in April, but are still optional:
- Equipment wears out 50% less upon death from PvP in the open world
- You gain more XP when killing a player, and overall better loot if the enemy had been alive for a long time
Revisions of Titles and Achievements: It was only during 2021 that a system for special achievements and corresponding titles was introduced. Apparently, there was a lot of feedback on this, leading to both aspects being revised again.
Some titles were removed, and the existing ones are to be tied to “high-rank achievements”. So, you will have to achieve something for the titles.
Additionally, you can choose a pronoun for the title itself to prepend to the title. The available options are: He/Him, She/Her, or They/Them.
Will there be another update before beta? Whether there will be another update before the beta is currently unclear. If one does come, it will mainly revolve around balance changes and small adjustments. We shouldn’t expect new features.
However, New World has undergone significant changes over the past 12 months. You can find an overview of all contents and the release of the MMO here:
Everything about the new MMO New World from Amazon – Release, Beta, Pre-order, Gameplay.
