Today, November 2nd, the new servers in New World are launching. We at MeinMMO are covering the Fresh Start with a small ticker.
November 3rd 10:30 AM: This morning the first servers even launch with a queue:
- Apophis has a queue of 250
- Artemis has 27 waiting
- Galahad has 3 people in the queue
9:30 PM: New World reaches over 120,000 concurrent players and ranks 6th on Steam. PUBG (121,000) and Lost Ark (124,000) are still within reach.
8:50 PM: The current queues:
- Artemis – 5,200
- Gawain – 4,500
- Fate – 400
- Apophis – 9,700
- Galahad – 1,600
- Jupiter – 3,300
- Crassus – 1,600
- Kronos – 300
- Ulthar – 2,300
- Imhotep – 470
- Cleopatra – 6,700
- Morgraine – 3,300
- Ilium – 1,900
- Nyx – 1,100
- Gilgamesh – 900
- Dracul (Event) – 2
8:28 PM: New servers are coming. Newly opened: Nyx, Ilium and Gilgamesh.
8:17 PM: Officially, all Fresh Start servers are now online. It is currently unclear if more will come. We will keep you updated.
8:11 PM: The queues for Prime Time:
- Artemis – 8,000
- Gawain – 6,000
- Fate – 1,500
- Apophis – 10,000
- Galahad – 2,900
- Jupiter – 3,300
- Crassus – 2,200
- Kronos – 1,900
- Ulthar – 1,300
- Imhotep – 500
- Cleopatra – 4,800
- Morgraine – 3,800
- Dracul (Event) – 7
8:02 PM: Cleopatra is here.
8:00 PM: Ulthar is the next new server.
7:59 PM: New World is at over 110,000 players. Record in 2022 and ranked 7th in the current Steam charts.
7:55 PM: Just before Cleopatra, the server Morgaine was launched.
7:52 PM: Just over 110,000 concurrent players is the best value for 2022, by the way. With 102,000 we are already quite close.
7:50 PM: In a few minutes, the last regular new server Cleopatra will launch.
7:30 PM: No new server so far. Jupiter also has a 3,000 queue.
7:21 PM: In the forum, some players are demanding larger instead of more servers. The developers explain that there cannot be more for the player experience and that performance would suffer under larger servers.
7:19 PM: New server Jupiter, still without wait time.
7:16 PM: Dracul (the event server only for streamers) has 12 people in the queue, Crassus 800. The other servers are in four digits.
7:08 PM: And already 3,100 players in the queue.
7:07 PM: Apophis is here.
7:06 PM: New World surpasses 100,000 concurrent players. Still 19,000 until Lost Ark.
7:02 PM: Apophis is taking its time, but Galahad has launched.
6:54 PM: Apophis will appear in a few minutes. A new server, a new chance.
6:52 PM: The issue with character creation is supposed to be resolved:
Character creation limits have been adjusted! You may try again now to make a character when you otherwise could not.
6:50 PM: Current queues:
- Artemis – 12,400
- Gawain – 7,500
- Fate – 3,400
- Imhotep – 3,400
- Crassus – 2,500
- Kronos – 1,800
- Dracul (the event server) – 17
6:46 PM: New World breaks the 90,000 concurrent players. Thus, the MMORPG currently ranks 8th on Steam.
6:43 PM: Amazon seems significantly more flexible with the servers than at release. But: The official announcements for the additional servers come so late that they are already full.
6:42 PM: Kronos is another new server, also already with a queue.
6:40 PM: All new servers have queues, but the three newest are still in the triple digits.
6:36 PM: Dracul is also a new server and currently has no queue.
6:34 PM: If we see this correctly, new servers outside of the order have been opened with Crassus and Fate.
6:30 PM: A total of over 22,000 players are still waiting in queues for the Fresh Start. That would be about 10 more servers.
6:27 PM: For anyone looking for some guides to New World:
6:25 PM: Keep an eye on the server list. It is quite possible that an additional server will come at half-past.
6:20 PM: Some players are also complaining about an error message saying they cannot create a character, even though they have space for it.
The developers are already working on a solution.
6:15 PM: The developers warn against leaving queues too often and creating new characters. You could enter a bot timeout:
Please be careful with leaving queue to make another character, there ARE limits to prevent character spamming (bot protection) and you’ll be locked out for a time limit.
6:12 PM: With over 86,000 concurrent players, we are currently at the level of mid-January.
6:10 PM: Queues:
- Artemis – 13,000
- Gawain – 5,300
- Imhotep – 4,000
6:02 PM: The second or third server Gawain is live.
6:00 PM: Currently, about 13,000 players are waiting for the new server Artemis and 3,000 for Imhotep. Even the three upcoming servers cannot cope with the influx with about 2,000 to 2,500 spots each.
Amazon still needs to react.
5:55 PM: With Imhotep, another server has been launched outside of the usual order.
5:50 PM: On Steam, New World is reaching high player numbers again. With just 78,000 concurrent players, it is above the level of February.
New World last had 100,000 players on January 6th. Let’s see if it gets broken tonight.
5:35 PM: As expected, there were queues in no time. The picture comes from our boss Dawid, who wanted to test New World again today.
5:30 PM: The first server Artemis should be starting any moment now. What this specifically means for the start of the other servers, we will see.
5:05 PM: The launch of the new servers is delayed by 15 to 30 minutes. Community Manager Luxendra revealed this in the forum.
When does the Fresh Start take place? The new servers will launch on November 2 at different times. Four servers will be opened for Europe, each appearing one hour apart:
- Artemis starts at 5:00 PM
- Gawain starts at 6:00 PM
- Apophis starts at 7:00 PM
- Cleopatra starts at 8:00 PM
More about the Fresh Start in general can be found here:
New World Fresh Start: Everything about the brand new servers
