It looks like recent terrain optimizations we’ve done had some additional side effects!
A fix for the “muddy” or “blurry” ground textures that are slow to load should be coming soon. It will be included in the next PTR update for the coming Summer patch, which itself will follow to our Live servers very soon.
Thanks for the reports!
You’re making a laughing stock of these cows! Leave them be.
Good suggestions! I too think that a transmog/wardrobe feature is a good idea. I’m definitely a collector in games, and New World is no different.
It’s something that is regularly brought up and discussed in the office.
I’m seeing this new rumor start to fly around… you have nothing to worry about. We do not have plans to close down New World, and the full New World team is wholly invested and dedicated to the long-term health and continual development of the game. Our New World team is not working on another project. Amazon Games as a whole is quite large now, spanning multiple studio locations, and other teams have their own projects but we’re still focused full-time on bringing you new content. And while we’ve only shared a part of our roadmap, we still have many more exciting things to come in the future.
Closing this thread as it’s purely fearmon...
Read moreI don’t have any information to provide here unfortunately, nor will anyone else at this time. But we definitely appreciate your feedback regarding wanting new maps for instanced PvP! 
I’ll review your feedback with the team!
Thanks for tagging me! I’ll review this thread and make sure we track any bugs and review the feedback!
It looks like the fix for this should be in the next patch, barring any additional issues during final testing.
I definitely suggest submitting issues like this to the Bug Forum or PTR Bug Megathread / Bug Reporting threads in the future! I’ll be quicker to reply there.
Also feel free to tag me directly for bugs. 
Thank you for your reports! I’ve made sure we’re aware of all of these. I can confirm we’re working on all of these, with a few having fixes in the testing phase.
@ThexCatmanx - I do not have an update at this time, but I can say that there are always active conversations.
We are always evaluating the health of the worlds and adjusting the status based on that data. It does look like the team already determined earlier this morning to unlock Abaton.
This is some great feedback, thank you!
Very impressive! Will make sure the team sees it tomorrow!
The fight against bots is always ongoing. We are actively working against them and banning when able but it’s a process. I apologize for the ones that you’ve run in to and will let the team know to look into it.
Took a peek at Delos to double-check and Global chat (and spam) look under control. If you see bot activity, please use the in-game report function. This is the quickest way to ensure these cases are looked at swiftly.
Feel free to tag me if you don’t see them acted on within a reasonable amount of time.
Great event overview videos, @slender! Good content from some serious investigative effort! 
Our Summer game update should be coming out soon… it’s in the final stages of testing.
If you’d like to ensure it goes to Live in the best condition possible, I do recommend joining in on the Public Test Realm, checking out the new content, and giving us feedback (including bug reports if you find any). This will help us improve the patch before (or shortly after) it goes wide. 
(And a big shoutout thanks to the many folks who have already been doing so!)
Hello –
I’ll just take a moment to jump in and remind everyone that sometimes people can just be good players in PvP games. Sometimes folks are just that good. However, some are cheaters and we do not accept cheating in New World. If you do see a cheater or botter (whether in PvP or out in the world), report them immediately through our in-game report function. This is the best method in order for the case to be reviewed timely by a Customer Service agent. Assuming other players will take care of it will result in the bad actor sticking around much longer than they ought to.
Outside of direct user reports though, we do leverage both our Easy Anti-Cheat solution and other internal metrics, monitoring, and prevention solutions that are constantly being updated and tuned. Online security is never ending.
Hello all –
It appears that this past Friday’s PTR Chaos was a little too chaotic and the party left Monarch’s Bluff a little worse for wear. As a result, we have restarted the PTR this evening which should restore all of the temporarily lost functionality – including the town buffs. Thanks for your reports!
See your in Aeternum.
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