New World is bringing the first major update of 2023 today

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Today, April 4th, the “Camaraderie and Fire” patch is coming to New World. This not only brings the seasons, but also a lot of new content and some important balance adjustments. Those flirting with a return to the MMORPG now have some good incentives.

What are the highlights of the update? The biggest new feature in the update is the Season Pass. This appears in a free and paid version and contains skins, materials and boosters.

You can complete a variety of tasks to fill the pass, including special seasonal challenges, but also faction missions, town quests, dungeons, PvP and a stamp card that contains various daily tasks.

Also included in the patch are:

  • New story quests centered around a squad of mercenaries called the Silver Crows.
  • The new Expedition Empyrean Forge for level 60 players.
  • The new Mechanic “Gear Set Storage” that allows you to switch between gear sets with just one click.
  • A new Heart Gem ability. The “Fire Storm” creates a tornado that damages multiple targets in its path.
  • The main story overhaul for the Webermoor and Lightwood zones. This will be provided with new content and surprises, will have more dialogue and will be easier to understand overall.
  • Major balance changes to ranged weapons. These should finally be useful in PvE, for example through an increased damage boost.

    • When will the update appear? The new patch will be deployed on April 4th at 2:00 p.m. The server downtime is said to be around two hours. The maintenance work should therefore be over by 4:00 p.m.

    Until then, you can check out this developer video for the new update:

    New World – Season 1 video

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    New update revives a lot of old content

    What makes the update so interesting? The new seasons will “revive” a lot of old content. For the pass, you have to do tasks that no longer played a major role, especially for veterans, such as faction missions or city quests. The daily tasks on the stamp card also contain tasks in the old areas.

    The revisions to the Webermoor and Lightwood areas are also interesting. These adjustments already existed for the story from level 1 to 25. We tried them out in Fresh Start and were positively surprised. The cutscenes, the weaving of the villain Isabell, the revision of the quests for joining the faction including their own camps and the adjustments to the paths are very successful.

    New World felt a lot more like a story MMORPG after the adjustments. It’s even worth starting from scratch with a new character, since the overall leveling process is also much faster.

    What’s the deal with the balance? A big problem recently was the ranged and magic weapons in PvE. The best dungeon builds tend to be dominated by the greatsword, cleaver, battleaxe, and spear. That’s why the developers have made some adjustments:

  • Dispel power (specific scaling against enemy types) has been increased on ranged weapons (by 10% more than melee weapons).
  • Magic weapon light attacks no longer consume mana.
  • The fire staff has been completely redesigned.
  • Special effects that reduced elemental damage have been removed from the mutators.
  • Some magic and ranged weapon abilities can now provoke, giving tanks more leeway in weapon choice.

    • The balance in PvP was also tightened. In particular, the damage of skills that also contain crowd control has been massively reduced. This should make PvP content like Outpost Storm more fun again.

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    What does the equipment store bring? A big innovation in the update is also the equipment storage. If you are very active in the mutations, you will have several armor sets on your character. In the future, these can be packed in a special warehouse and changed with a click.

    However, at the beginning there are only two storage slots for free. Another 8 storage slots can be purchased for real money.

    With this change, however, the inventory is finally more tidy.

    What do you think of the first big patch of the new year? Does the update make New World more interesting for you again or have you moved on in the meantime?

    By the way, two more major updates and the first expansion in autumn are planned for 2023. You can find out more about this in this overview:

    MMORPG New World brings new seasons, an expansion and mounts in 2023 – Sounds absolutely great

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