Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is one of the most well-known streamers on Twitch and for some time now he has been absolutely excited about New World. But even though he is known for enjoying competing against other players, he prefers PvE in Amazon’s new MMORPG.
This is what shroud says: In one of his recent streams, shroud explains what he will probably spend most of his time doing in New World. He says: ‘When this game comes out, I don’t know how much PvP I will actually do. I like the PvE aspect more, which is really strange.’
Actually, shroud is known as a shooter god and “human aimbot”, who enjoys jumping into every battle against other players to destroy them. In New World, however, he seems to have found his calmer side.
Previously, shroud praised the endgame content of New World and the way the game handles it. He finds: This is how MMOs should be.
What PvE content does he mean? New World offers numerous PvE contents, most of which are designed for group work:
- Dungeons for multiple players, so-called expeditions
- Invasions of corrupted NPCs, which threaten the land
- Resource gathering and crafting for the best gear in the game
The new MMORPG delivers a mix of all possible contents, which shroud probably wants to see at least once. We have embedded the entire video here for you, the quoted part starts at minute 3:05:
“I will also participate in wars”
This is what shroud also says: Even if shroud seems to be more fond of the PvE aspects, he reveals that he will still play PvP and show it. He apparently wants to experience the wars: ‘Of course, I will also participate in wars and stuff like that. But I really don’t care about world PvP.’
Through PvP, in New World, it is determined which faction and which guild currently controls the territories. For this, they receive taxes and fees from the players there, which they can use to finance expansions. PvP is thus a quite important aspect.
However, what bothers many other streamers about the system is the scaling. A post on reddit explains that some known players seem to be annoyed when they lose to a “newbie” at a higher level (via reddit.com).
However, shroud is not bothered by this scaling at all: ‘I like the scaling system. Maybe it needs a few tweaks here and there, but I really like it. I like that a level 20 player can kill someone at level 60.’ So it seems that in PvP, skill matters more than gear and stats.
How does that fit together? shroud already predicts that particularly engaged (‘sweaty’) players will devise the optimal build for every available content. They will have an optimized setup with weapons, skills, and attributes for open PvP, instanced PvP, and PvE.
However, a lot of Azoth is needed for this, which he already considers to be the most important resource for everything. Azoth is used in New World for everything, such as redistributing stats, fast travel, or switching weapon skills.
At the moment, shroud is trying not to play too much so that he doesn’t ruin the fun for the release on August 31. However, one of his streamer colleagues is playing extensively: Asmongold is almost daily in Aeternum and is rather critical about the release:
Twitch streamer complains: ‘New World is not ready for release’ – plays anyway for hours
