The long wait times in the new MMO New World continue to be a problem. Now we can see how the developers want to address the issues. The servers in Australia reportedly offer more space.
What is the problem? Since the release of New World, some servers have been ruthlessly overloaded. Hours-long queues are the result. Although the team has opened many more new servers, players who prefer certain worlds still have to wait a long time.
The Amazon Game Studios team has already announced that they are working on server capacities. And what this looks like can now be seen unofficially.
Testing 500 additional slots per server
This is known: Currently, the limit per server was 2,000 players. Everything beyond that ended up in a queue that gradually let players onto the servers as others logged out.
On the website Newworldstatus.com you can check the current server capacities and the average wait times per world. However, the site is unofficial, so take the data with a grain of skepticism.
In the data of the website, it can be seen that some Australian servers are now operating with a capacity of over 2,000. It is assumed that the new cap is now set at 2,500 players on these test servers. Nevertheless, more than 1,000 additional players are still in the queue. So, will the cap of 2,500 players be sufficient?
Some of the servers apparently also have a limit of 2,250 players. It’s quite possible that the developers are still actively adjusting the numbers and searching for a sweet spot. Because when increasing the player limit, a balance must be struck between “We want many players on the servers and low wait times” and “Performance.”
This is what Amazon has said so far: The New World team has already reached out to the community with messages addressing the acute server problems. They mentioned these tests:
“We know that some players are experiencing longer wait times, and we are working hard on a few things to fix these issues. We are bringing additional servers online and will expand the capacity of our existing servers as soon as we have properly tested these changes.”
How long these tests will last and when they will be expanded to other regions is currently still unclear.
Do you think a cap of 2,500 players per world is reasonable, or would you like to see larger capacities? Perhaps you are currently playing on a deserted server and want to take advantage of the free server transfer in New World. Please share your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other players on the topic.
