In October, Rise of the Angry Earth will be released as the first expansion for New World. This not only brings many new contents but also an important change to the equipment. This point has driven MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch to despair multiple times.
What is the important change? New World removes creature ban and creature protection effects on equipment. These are stats that only work against a specific mob type:
- With the protection effects, incoming damage from humans, Angry Earth, Lost, or Corrupted is reduced – at best by up to 4.8% per piece of armor.
- With the ban effects, damage against certain creatures is increased by up to 14%.
These special perks on the equipment previously meant that one had to build a separate set for each dungeon to maximize their values. If someone also fulfills two roles – like tank and DPS – they have to carry around 12 different sets of equipment.
This, in turn, was associated with a lot of grind and really annoyed me. As a result, I reached a very high value in mutations in some dungeons, while in others I can just run the lower levels. There, my equipment is not good enough.
But that will finally end on October 3rd. Well, at least for the most part.
More Damage for Weapon Types Instead of Focus on the Enemies
How does New World replace the system? Instead of the additional damage against mob types, you can now specifically enhance the damage of magic or ranged weapons. This means you will probably only need three different sets – one for melee, one for ranged, and one for magic, although the weapons require different attributes anyway.
The defensive protection effects are being completely removed. Instead, some offensive abilities of the enemies are being revised to compensate for the disadvantage.
What else changes with the expansion? Rise of the Angry Earth brings several features, including an increase in the level cap, a new equipment tier, a revised area, the new weapon flail, and mounts.
An overview of all changes can be found here: New World – Rise of the Angry Earth: All about content, release, and mounts.
