Announcement fully explained

[kokane]

1.) New World: Aeternum is a simple name change. Duke Sloth speculated this is to make it easier to look up New World content which makes sense.

2.) New World: Aeternum seems like a soft revamp/restart and in October the game won’t stop being an MMO, you’re not losing your character and if you own the game, it’s an update. This has all been confirmed from the main website and on the official discord.

3.) Summer Game Fest announcement focusing on RPG, Solo and Co-op content is marketing, plain and simple. People like open-world RPGs, and that is all New World has to be for some. I wouldn’t take it so personal that they aren’t calling it an MMO.

4.) First 10 person raid is a big deal. It’s one of the only two ways to get endgame BiS is a likely indicator we’ll get more.

5.) FFA PvP to also get BiS is a big deal. A whole other PvP game mode to get BiS. More PvP content. Seems like exactly what we been asking for if you’ve been playing/lurking.

6.) Soul trials seems to be expanded upon and improved a lot. I’d expect levels of difficulty, more bosses, gear and achievements to be associated with this. This is speculation but would make sense.

7.) Swimming. We finally got it which is good.

8.) Optimization is good. More reliable and faster updates.

9.) Sharding is great. No more queues and with the influx of console players they’ll be able to handle the surge in population. Huge kudos to AGS for implimenting this.

10.) Cinematics and better storytelling. This will be great for when the new expansion drops that revolves around werewolves and vampires.

The Summer Games Fest announcement being console release was initially disappointing and confusing. After watching the 30 minute Dev video, it was obvious they were talking to two audiences. New PC/console players interested in playing when October comes and existing players. The existing player base likely knew all the news from PTR data mining, monthly dev updates and popular YouTubers. It has to be said, the amount of CONFIDENT misinformation spreading and doomer attitude is alarming and hilarious. Could have been explained better but not hard to decipher. I took a break but after this announcement I’ll be returning to Aeternum.

EDIT: Players that purchased the New World base game but have not gotten the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion will need to purchase the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion to get access to all of the content in New World: Aeternum but will still have access to everything in the base game. This means if you are playing or have played New World in the past you will not lose anything. - from their official discord

[YouTube.com/StoneLegion]

This does not explain the have to have both base/dlc to be able to play on the new version. Those of us with the base game can continue to enjoy what we got indefinitely? I bet not...

[Eciepecie]

Nah, don't listen to him guys and keep bombing. He is probably an AGS puppy.

They promised us something REALLY BIG and all we got is another way to drain more money from our pockets.

[Blistik]

so basically nothing has changed RIP

[Schwift Master]

All that is great, but what's happening in the pre 120+ days till then?

[kokane]

Originally posted by YouTube.com/StoneLegion:

Those of us with the base game can continue to enjoy what we got indefinitely?

Yes.

Originally posted by Blistik:

so basically nothing has changed RIP

Great changes/additions will come october 15.
For better or worse.

Originally posted by Schwift Master:

All that is great, but what's happening in the pre 120+ days till then?

Same ol' same ol'.
The usuall updates/bugfixes and what not.

[Deadly]

New name same dead game..rip

[kokane]

Originally posted by Amazing:

Okey sure, but is that enough to save the game?

Dunno man.

I never tought a game needs saving from something.

I play a game when i feel like it, and i move on when i dislike it.

Nothing wrong with having different expectations, nor taking a break and come checking it later, or just streight uninstall it and never playing it again.

[FOOD]

Originally posted by kokane:

I play a game when i feel like it, and i move on when i dislike it.

Good for you bro keep on swimming.

[CirceTheSiren]

only a few important facts revealed for just now for pc players soultrials will become repeatable and will get better loot and that shard thingie hopefully will protect my toons from the queue bloackade relolling instead of returning characters usually have caused in the past.
and it will start in october now ready for the release of the roadmap especially the barbershop part.

[Dreed]

For you this "changes" - without any details so far - explain the 10 months of waiting?
For most of ppl - besides of engine and optimalization chages that was required by Console develop game program - this announcment is less that Angry Earth paid expansion brings to the game.

For me we get one new mount, swimming, GS 725 end new expedition -raid or not still the same project, 5 ppl more in group, we already got it in Trials they just add roads, trash mobs etc.
Increase GS to 725 without any system liks GS ubgrade etc is a simple and lazy way to add something to the game. Thats sad - but they still didn't gives us any details.

The game needed save a PC population. Righ now I feel like they shows us a finger and focun on consoles and new players.

[Aeekto]

Originally posted by Dreed:

For you this "changes" - without any details so far - explain the 10 months of waiting?
For most of ppl - besides of engine and optimalization chages that was required by Console develop game program - this announcment is less that Angry Earth paid expansion brings to the game.

For me we get one new mount, swimming, GS 725 end new expedition -raid or not still the same project, 5 ppl more in group, we already got it in Trials they just add roads, trash mobs etc.
Increase GS to 725 without any system liks GS ubgrade etc is a simple and lazy way to add something to the game. Thats sad - but they still didn't gives us any details.

The game needed save a PC population. Righ now I feel like they shows us a finger and focun on consoles and new players.

There is a reason why they only reworked lowlevel experience, story quests in lowlevel and even added new faction in lowlevel, but never giving us the option for twinks.
This console release has allways been planned the last couple years.... they only want the quick cash from new players, No more, no less.

On top of it i bet the game will shutdown the next 2-3 years latest.... the indication is they are only talking about singleplayer experience, endgame coop, etc pp.... like changing this mmorpg into singleplayer so they still can sell it after servers shut down.

[Tzunny]

Originally posted by Eciepecie:

Nah, don't listen to him guys and keep bombing. He is probably an AGS puppy.

They promised us something REALLY BIG and all we got is another way to drain more money from our pockets.

Exactly, is nothing big & also is not NOW is in october ROFL and ofc will be borked AF at release and MAYBE will get fixed what they brake again by the end of the year... so yeah.

[Maybe]

PvPers don't want an FFA zone, this is not fortnight we life having our friends and companies to play with. What we want is some balance patches and a new OPR map. So no, changing an existing zone to be a pvp zone is not even close to what the PvP community was asking for.

And lets be honest here, there shard thing is cute but its not new tech and they don't have the players to fill the servers now and consoles wont bring that many people in.

[Micheal]

I laughed when they bought sharding in. Like, who was it for? There isn't enough players to warrant this. And then they drop the console launch lol. I doubt the console players will be dumb enough to fall for that lackluster name change. Speaking as an ex console player