On reddit, a player has compiled the biggest bugs and exploits surrounding PvP in New World. The thread is getting a lot of support and is also being shared by many big content creators.
What are the major issues? The reddit user Imaginary-Fun has already participated in 21 wars and won them all. Now he has listed his top 4 biggest problems in PvP (via reddit):
- The Resilient perk is too strong and therefore a must-have
- Some passive effects from the weapon skill trees do not work at all
- You are basically forced to wear heavy armor if you want to be useful for your team
- Even though the first and most well-known invulnerability bug has been fixed, there are said to be other tricks to become immortal
Especially frustrating is the fact that these errors were partly pointed out already in the beta in July. Furthermore, some users write that similar feedback was already given in the alpha. The problems have been known for a longer time, but have not been fixed so far.
In addition to the bugs and balancing issues, there is also the hurdle that players should actually be part of a large guild to participate in wars:
Resilient perk reduces all damage
What are the problems with the Resilient perk? This perk reduces damage from critical hits by 4.8% and can be found on faction armor.
However, Imaginary-Fury has discovered that all damage is reduced by 4.8%. So, if you have 5 armors with this perk, you receive 22.5% less damage. That’s quite significant in PvP.
What is the problem with the skill trees? Each weapon offers various active and passive effects that you can unlock via skill trees. However, many of them have problems:
- Some passive effects do not work at all
- For others, only part of it works
- For some, the texts do not match the effects
- Some passive effects are stronger than indicated
This basically leads to the fact that you would have to try out what the individual skills actually do, instead of relying on the tooltips.
What about the armor? The light armor is actually supposed to enhance your damage, while the heavy armor primarily provides more defense.
However, the damage buffs from the light and medium armor do not work. Therefore, you only benefit from the larger dodge roll.
Imaginary-Fury therefore states that you are basically only useful for your team if you wear heavy armor.
Are these really the major issues? Yes, the thread is getting a lot of support on reddit and has already received over 1,500 upvotes. Many players are especially annoyed that they trust the skills or farm specific gear only to find out that these contents do not work correctly.
However, some players criticize Imaginary-Fury for knowing about the bugs with the Resilient perk and still using it. They see it as a kind of exploit. However, he is also defended, as many companies in the wars now rely on this perk.
What do you think of the situation in PvP? Have you had similar experiences?
But not only in PvP does New World currently have problems. There are also general issues that urgently need to be fixed:
