This is everything we know about Amazon’s MMORPG New World
Amazon’s new MMORPG New World is finally ready to set land on the shores of gamers everywhere, promising an open-world adventure like no other. Announced back in 2016, New World has been a long time coming, and players won’t have to wait long to explore the dark and twisted underbelly of Aeternum island. Whether you’ve tried one of the beta tests or are new to MMORPGs, New World has the potential to be one of best multiplayer games on the PC. Here’s everything we know about New World.
What is New World?
Led by player-run companies and 50v50 PVP battles. New World promises a bustling dynamic world entirely run by players and their actions. But if local politics and territorial control aren’t your thing, you can still play New World like any other open-world RPG. Unlike other popular MMORPGs like Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft, New World features a timing-based action combat system, which feels more in line with a traditional action-adventure game than the typical MMO auto-attack battle system.
Development history
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At this time, Crucible was also canceled, citing “the inability to see a sustained future as the reason for cancellation” and all of the focus was placed on getting New World out the door by August 2021. In that time, Amazon Games hosted a closed beta to gather feedback from the community, putting many of the top requested changes, like new weapons, VO for NPCs, and a variety of different mid-game and end-game content.
What is a classless MMORPG?
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As you level up, you can use your experience points to upgrade weapon skills, as well as your own stats. While New World isn’t class-based in a normal sense, you can still adjust your stats to fit the role you’re playing. You can respec your stats at any time, though respecing later levels will require a small fee of gold.
Weapons
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Each weapon also has three special moves that can be unlocked by improving your Weapon Mastery, as well as other passive buffs.
- One-Handed Sword and Shield
- Bows
- Great Axe
- War Hammer
- Musket
- Spear
- Hatchet
- Rapier
- Life Staff
- Ice Gauntlet
- Fire Staff
Factions and companies
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- Marauders: A ruthless military force bent on establishing a free nation where anyone with the strength to do so can prosper and profit.
- Syndicate: A secretive organization of boundless guile and intellect in search of forbidden knowledge.
- Covenant: A fanatical order that has charged itself with cleansing the land of heretics and defilers.
Once you choose a faction, you can’t leave it. So make sure your ideals align. Amazon Games released a faction personality test to help players choose which faction is right for them.
Once you’ve joined a faction, you can also join a company, which is a player-led organization within the faction. Companies can have up to 100 members and are necessary to the PVP mode, War. The person who starts the company is called the Governor, while their seconds-in-command are called Consuls. The Governor is responsible for managing territory upkeep, town projects, and leading their company into war, though they can delegate responsibilities to as many consuls as they want.
PVP modes: Outpost Rush and War
Outpost Rush is an endgame 20v20 battle where teams must coordinate and balance their time gathering resources, building up their outposts, capturing objectives, and defeating enemy players. Each team will start in their own fort on opposite sides of the map and vie for control of three outposts: Luna, Sol, and Astra. Each outpost can be captured by standing inside its capture point. You gain points for holding outposts and killing enemy players. The first team to 1,000 points wins.
There are many ways to turn the tide of battle in Outpost Rush, so don’t give up if your team starts to fall behind. You can access Outpost Rush once you hit level 60.
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When a Faction goes to war in a Territory, a Company that has contributed at least 10% of the total influence required to throw the territory into conflict is chosen through a lottery system to become the Vanguard, and the Governor of the Vanguard may select members of that company to participate in 50v50 combat. If there are insufficient numbers in a Company to fill out the ranks of the Vanguard, the Governor may choose from anyone in the Faction, or from volunteers from the third Faction.
The actual combat takes place at a time of the defending Company’s choosing, The attacking Faction must breach the Gates of the Fort to capture the defending Faction’s Claim over the Territory. Attacking and defending forces can use Battle Tokens to acquire Siege Platforms to aid in the battle and traps to hold get the upper hand on their enemies.
Expeditions
Amazon Games promises that each Expedition will tell its own story and be a unique experience, with varied mechanics and puzzles instead of just increased difficulty. We actually got to spend some time with the game’s first Expedition, The Amrine Excavation, so be sure to take a look to learn more about the dungeons of Aeternum
Settlements and housing
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You’re able to make your first purchase at level 20, but you can buy your second house at level 40, and your third at level 60, which means you can easily fast travel between all three settlements using your homes if you so desire.
The local economy
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Crafting
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We’ve just barely scratched the surface of the game’s crafting complexities, but the rabbit hole runs deep. While there’s just too much to go over here, you can take a look at the crafting section of the New World site to get familiar with its complexities.
Does New World require a subscription?
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PC requirements
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Minimum system requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD CPU with 4 physical cores @ 3GHz
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 or better
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband internet connection
- Storage: 35GB available space
- Additional notes: Internet connection required to play, offers in-game purchases
Recommended system requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1400
- Memory: 16GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390X or better
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband internet connection
- Storage: 35GB available space
- Additional notes: Internet connection required to play, offers in-game purchases
Beta
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Is New World destroying graphics cards?
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While the reason for the issue has not been officially confirmed by Amazon, players theorized that there wasn’t an FPS cap on the menu screens, causing GPUs to render ridiculously high FPS counts while browsing menus. In response to the issues, Amazon Games implemented a patch that caps frames per second on menu screens, along with a statement that claimed New World “was safe to play” and that they “have seen no indication of widespread issues with 3090s, either in the beta or during our many months of alpha testing.”
EVGA, manufacturer of the RTX 3090 graphic cards, has agreed to replace all of the 3090s that were accidentally bricked by New World.
When does New World release and how much will it cost?
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