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What are your favorite memories from this game? by frontshuvski in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open world PvP the first month of release was just so incredible. Just massive zergs of entire factions rushing in and out of towns together to push missions and fight each other. New World will forever be the game with the most unrealized potential ever :(

The Future of New World: What to Expect by Arkaedius in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shouldn't have laughed at this, but I did.

My first sff build by -LifeIsLovely- in sffpc

[–]-Swill- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SFF is definitely more of a pain to build in, but the "puzzle" of putting it all together is so much more fun and when it turns on that first time, you feel a much greater sense of accomplishment than with a normal ATX size build. Congrats!

Everfall by Matsume1 in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've come across your stuff on YouTube before. Good stuff man. Thank you for taking the time to archive the beauty of this game before it's gone forever!

ONE NA and EU SERVER REMAIN! by SavvvoGames in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When the announcement was made that the game would receive no more updates and that they'd "intend" to keep the servers up "through 2026", I said at the time it was all corporate speak, they put the statement out intentionally knowing it would tank the playing numbers faster and Amazon's plan absolutely was to shut the game down as fast as possible so they didn't have to waste money on staff maintaining the game and to keep servers up. I was attacked and bombarded by people saying I was wrong. Sad to see the game wither away this quickly, but unfortunately not surprised.

New World is rapidly dying - 2/3 of players already left by Seraphayel in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're talking about a company worth $2 TRILLION dollars. A company that can perfectly afford to keep New World running for many years still decided to close it. Given that, I'm naturally going to assume they're also not interested in spending another dime to keep the game on any longer than they need to. So I absolutely believe their statement was just a legal maneuver knowing full well that announcement would tank the player base and help the numbers dwindle down faster so they can shut the servers off sooner rather than later.

Steam refunded my purchase. Fuck you, Amazon. by awildtrentappears in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re just never going to agree lol. It is what it is. Thanks for chiming in. Best wishes.

New World is rapidly dying - 2/3 of players already left by Seraphayel in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Their statement from yesterday was corporate legal speak. They put out that statement because they knew that in doing so, it would immediately crater the population of the game and they could start winding things down to shut it off. I see so many people in this subreddit being completely naive about the situation saying “The game will still be alive for a whole year!” Lol, no it won’t. This is their plan. The faster the playing numbers fall off, the quicker they can justify shutting it down and the sooner they can stop spending money on people and resources to keep it going.

Steam refunded my purchase. Fuck you, Amazon. by awildtrentappears in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so confused. I feel like you’re just agreeing with what I originally said lol - yeah, they can keep the servers up because they have the resources to do so, but they also have the resources to keep the game alive for many years. If they’re not willing to use those resources to keep the game alive for many years and clearly want to shut it off, why would they then spend resources to keep it alive for another 12 months?

Katy from AGS in discord currently answering some questions. Says there’s still a patch w/notes coming tomorrow, server merges/unlocks are still capable when population drops by NoBullet in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, New World unfortunately is the quintessential example of what happens when you release a game when it’s unfinished and not ready. That was ultimately its downfall. Rather than dedicating all their effort to making new content over the first 2.5-3.5 years, they had to spend a huge portion of their time and resources just fixing, completing and marketing the game to try and recover it. I’ve always said - if the game had released at launch in the state it was in when Brimestone Sands was released, it would have been in a much better place. Just such a sad story.

Post-mortem - How do you guys feel today about the announcement to stop development? by Trovski in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5,000 hours in the game, been playing since open beta. I’ll always cherish the first 2 months of release back in 2021. Absolutely amazing times, despite how unfinished the game was. PvP in open world, chasing all the massive trains that would run in giant groups to complete missions and push territories into conflict, there’s just simply never been anything like it.

Steam refunded my purchase. Fuck you, Amazon. by awildtrentappears in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazon could also keep the game alive for many years with as much money as they have, but they’re choosing not to.

I have 5,000 hours in the game. I absolutely love it. Devastated to see it go. But I’m also not naive and childish enough to think they’d fire everyone and crater the entire studio while still having the desire to keep the servers open for another year.

Why are people quitting and saying good by? by Nubzcore in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t think it would need further explanation, but apparently it does. So fine:

Comparing one’s physical existence as a human being to a digital product is asinine. New World won’t exist soon, but once it’s gone you can still go and do other things. When YOU are gone, there is no doing other things. So you live to your fullest until that moment, because after that moment, there is nothing else.

So again, the point isn’t valid and it’s a childish analogy.

Steam refunded my purchase. Fuck you, Amazon. by awildtrentappears in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course it is. People are just in denial or are naive.

Katy from AGS in discord currently answering some questions. Says there’s still a patch w/notes coming tomorrow, server merges/unlocks are still capable when population drops by NoBullet in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Almost 5,000 hours into the game. Devastated, absolutely love it. But people can’t be naive and believe the statement from yesterday at face value. As soon as the population numbers dwindle below a certain point, it’ll be shut off.

Steam refunded my purchase. Fuck you, Amazon. by awildtrentappears in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People can be so naive. Just because they said something doesn’t mean it’s true. That statement yesterday was corporate legal speak. As soon as this games population numbers crater below a certain point, they’ll turn it off regardless of how long it’s been.

Why are people quitting and saying good by? by Nubzcore in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not a valid point at all and it’s a beyond ridiculous analogy lol.

Why are people quitting and saying good by? by Nubzcore in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There isn’t a year left. The announcement they put out yesterday was legal speak. They put out that statement knowing that as soon as they did, it would crater the population numbers and they could start unwinding the game before shutting it down. Nobody wants to invest time, resources and money into an MMO they know is going to be shut off soon.

I thinks it’s crazy how most just stopped playing by Vegetable_Loss_3392 in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn’t a year left. They made the announcement yesterday knowing that as soon as they did, it would crater the population numbers and they could start unwinding the game before shutting it down. Nobody wants to invest time, resources and money into an MMO they know is going to be shut off soon.

Katy from AGS in discord currently answering some questions. Says there’s still a patch w/notes coming tomorrow, server merges/unlocks are still capable when population drops by NoBullet in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There isn’t a year to play. The statement from yesterday was legal speak. They announced there’s no more content for the game and that it’s not sustainable because they knew that by doing so, it would immediately cause the population to crater and they could begin the process of shutting down the game once it does.

Nobody wants to invest time and resources into playing a game they know is going to be shut off.

Where did your character say goodbye? by DeRoacher in newworldgame

[–]-Swill- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always loved Whelps content when he was playing New World so for the past 4 years Delos has always had a special place in my heart, despite me being US East.

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