[2022] [Focus Feedback & Bug Reporting] Outpost Rush Balance Changes

Greetings Adventurers,

With this PTR release, we adjusted brute summoning in Outpost Rush.

We think summoning brutes was too frequent and too easily done by a solo player. We want this to be more of a group effort so we have increased the cost by 50%.

• Brute Summoning Stone cost increased from 500 → 750 Azoth Essence.

Did you encounter a new gameplay bug, stability issue, or performance problem with the Brute Summon update? Let us know below!

During your playtest of Outpost Rush, we’d like to emphasize feedback centered around the impact of the changes to brute summons.

Please report related bugs and pieces of feedback regarding this experience from the PTR here. Thank you!

If you are experiencing a bug, please utilize the following template:

• What is your character name in the PTR:
• What server/world did you experience your issue on:
• Describe the issue you are experiencing:
• Is this a bug or an exploit:
• (if a bug) How did the issue effect your gameplay:
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• (if a bug) Please include a screenshot or video of the issue that you have experienced:
• What are the steps to reproduce the issue as you experienced:

You can find resources on how to leave good feedback in the How to Give High Quality Feedback post.

Your help in keeping feedback unrelated to the issue above regarding the Outpost Rush Balance Changes out of this focus thread is much appreciated!

Thank you for helping make New World the best game it can be!

See you in Aeternum!

As this intended for information gathering and not strictly for discussion, we are enabling slow mode for this post, thank you for your understanding!

Hey everyone, thanks for your feedback so far we’re keeping a close eye on it. One thing I did want to touch upon is that the feedback on how score calculations currently work in Outpost Rush has been really helpful. Often times many players are involved in taking down an enemy and we want to make sure everyone who helps gets appropriate points added to their score to reflect their contribution. This is on our radar!

I have good news for everyone who doesn’t like “meatball spam!” A fix is coming Soon™. Right now there’s a bug causing the Brute’s Corrupted Ball (or meatball, as you’ve all come to affectionately know it) to get spammed a lot more frequently than we’d like. When this is fixed, the Brute’s should be much less likely to hurl these towards players who are already inside of the Outposts.

This is on my radar!

Thanks for the continued feedback everyone!

Would an Armory located in each starting Fort provide the same relief that you’re looking for?