Aenwyn

This change was reverted before moving to PTR but we accidentally left the patch note, apologies for the confusion!

For clarity, I was initially in Live Ops (like Kay!) with some focus on outward community communication. It’s why most of what you saw of my time was spent tackling issues/bugs. However, most of what I did was not outwardly visible. I’ve since moved into production but as I still keep up with feedback/get tagged, I’ll still be around to answer occasionally.

As for the feedback brought up by my answer, we’re very aware the possibility for different gear sets is incredibly high. We expect that feedback in the PTR as well and we hope to...

Thanks for asking! Currently, the plan is:

• 3 free Gear Sets total:
  • 2 free Gear Sets unlocked at level 25
  • 1 free Gear Set unlocked with free Season 1 Reward Track (only available to earn during Season 1)

The total amount available for purchase has not yet been announced. Both numbers are subject to change before we launch Gear Set Storage!

Definitely not, as here’s what I’ve been excited to share with everyone for awhile now, and this is just the beginning! But thank you for your feedback on this event. We’ll definitely be taking it into consideration for future events.

It will potentially be a couple more weeks for us to send out the PTR title. We’re working on expediting that in the future, but for the meantime it’ll be a little bit before these are granted.

As for the Leaderboard skin, we’re actively working on getting this resolved.

We’ve confirmed this issue and are actively investigating it to provide those missing skins!

Greetings Adventurers,

We are creating a thread in order to track new bugs that popped up due to the most recent update, Update 1.8.2.

You can find our Known Issues list here a...

There’s quite a bit of combat balance incoming, as it’s more of an overhaul than just some number changes. We’re planning to get it into the PTR by the end of this month, pending any further adjustments.

Honestly, I totally understand that. I’ll bring that feedback to the team when we announce ahead of time.

Not yet, the PTR title will be incoming a few updates out!

Also, here’s the patch notes:

Hola, aventureros:

Vamos a desconectar nuestros servidores para un mantenimiento el 2023-02-08T07:00:00Z. Esperamos un tiempo de desconexión de aproximadamente 180 minutos.

Aquí podéis encontrar las notas de esta versión: New World Update 1.8.2 - News | New World - Open World MMO PC Game

¡Gracias por vuestra paciencia y comprensión!

Greetings Adventurers,

We will be holding downtime 2023-02-08T07:00:00Z in your local timezone for the Weekly Update. Downtime is slated to last approximately 2.5 hours (~180 minutes).

Please find the release notes here: New World Update 1.8.2

Thank you for your patience and understanding!

You are correct that sometimes it’s the day before, however not in this case.

Patch notes typically go up the day of the patch (PST). At this time, there is no delay.

Thanks for your feedback everyone!

We’ve made adjustments to the rewards based on the feedback/data. The PTR has not been updated to reflect the final state of the Leaderboards. We’re also aware of two issues we’re working to resolve, so we will be launching with the following noted:

• Temporarily disabled Open World Kills Leaderboard while we resolve an issue.
• Outpost Rush Heals do not currently match their Leaderboard. We are working on a fix.

There’s a lot of great feedback here and as with most feedback, we get a spectrum (some contradictory, some we won’t implement, others we’d love to implement but there’s no quick way to do so, but all helpful to evaluate). If a change wasn’t made, it does not necessarily indicate that it never will be! We’re looking forward to hearing everyone’s feedback when it hits the live game on the 7th!

Neither of these issues will impact rewards gained, so it just makes sense to move forward with fixing them as soon as we can versus holding Leaderboards any longer.

Combat is always changing. Metas will shift, some weapons may feel (or genuinely be) unbalanced. There’s no need to hold off before any changes, otherwise you’re always holding off. Each week is a new chance to rank, each quarter a new chance to rank, so I’m unclear what the benefit to waiting is.

I misunderstood your point, apologies. My comment about different teams was geared toward the idea that combat changes are impacted (in terms of timeline) by the Leaderboard being released.

Different teams are working on different features simultaneously, not impacting other teams’ work by pushing forward different systems. Leaderboards are also Weekly/Quarterly based, as to your point about combat changes impacting ranking.

We’ve made adjustments to the rewards based on feedback/data. The PTR has not been updated to reflect the final state of the Leaderboards. We’re also aware of two issues we’re working to resolve, so we will be launching with the following noted:

• Temporarily disabled Open World Kills Leaderboard while we resolve an issue.
• Outpost Rush Heals do not currently match their Leaderboard. We are working on a fix.

This was the intent, but I understand the frustration and how it came across for those playing. Often when we join PTR, the request is to do things we wouldn’t do on live, like spawn giant mobs and teleport people. I also teleported players from the other team to create a small space duel, but that’s not what happened. While the intent was to lighten the mood and have fun in PTR, I admit that’s not how it came across t...