Amazon Games’ New World is now available and the developers have implemented a new update that will hopefully make things a lot smoother than in the beta stages of the game.
While the patch mostly contains bug fixes, there are still some notable changes that can be expected. Because a lot of people will likely play the game, the devs have fixed the spawn rates of certain characters required for quest completion, such as Master Henry, Gheist Maliko, and Pastor Walsh. This helps new players progress through the story faster, especially if someone has already killed them before they got to their location.
For combat changes, PvP damage scaling has been adjusted to lessen the gap between high-level and low-level players. In addition, even though the game has an anti-cheat system in place, the devs have also implemented extra protection against speed hacks, preventing such programs from running in the first place.
If you have plans of streaming the game, you can utilize the new streamer mode that lets you hide notifications and avoid interaction with other people, thereby improving the overall experience while you play.
Patch Highlights
- Addressed an issue where resetting “The Ritual” quest, players would lose the Heartgem needed to complete the quest
- Updated Barkimedes quests to address an issue where players could leave mid-Expedition and stockpile quest items for extra quest turn-ins
- Fixed an issue in the Windsward “Sole Survivor” quest where sometimes the quest would not update when approaching the Watcher
- Fixed an issue causing Hapless Howe animations to not play correctly
- Fixed an issue that caused players to become permanently stuck in the exhausted state
- Speed hack prevention added
- Fixed an issue that caused War to get stuck in the setup phase
- PVP damage scale adjusted to lessen the gap between high/low-level players
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to use the item hotbar to duplicate items
- Fixed an exploit where a War Declaration mechanic could be used to duplicate coin
- We added a new streamer mode that will allow streamers and players to hide notifications and avoid interaction with other players to improve their overall experience while playing the game
- Players can turn on streamer mode in the following ways:
- Slash commands in chat: /busy or /dnd
- The new “Social” Tab in the Settings Menu
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to take PvP missions without being flagged (via exploiting dueling)
- Fixed an exploit that allowed companies to be able to repeatedly declare war during the Invasion lockout period (but before the Invasion was scheduled) to duplicate coin from “refunded” war declaration costs
New World is now available but be sure to update your GPU drivers beforehand to ensure optimal performance. Have fun!
