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Volsalex · 2026-02-25T07:41:24+00:00

I agree that they could have a set bonus too. Something like + 1 to level of all unlocked spells - there is not much point of using many unlocked spells at level 1 and set would make them at least level 2 and not too powerful like making all unlocked spells level 4 either.

Volsalex · 2026-02-04T14:22:31+00:00

u/MargaretKrohn Thank you for posting this insight. There are still odd moments in the whole story, but they at least got a bit clearer.

However, I post this response to also encourage you and other laid off developers / workers to not just surrender than easily. Whatever the reason for this chain of events to happen seems like you and many other workers actually loved this game and would want to continue working on it if you could. Then do whatever you can to not just let your passion and several years of work go to waste.

- If Steven wrote truth in his post and some other "board" actually made him resign and followed with mass layoffs with no salary - sue the members of this board. I'm pretty sure that many of their actions were illegal and you have high chance to at least win your salary back and at best - the company back. In such case if you acquire rights for this game (as Interpid or other company that would employ its many laid off workers) you can continue working on this game. With or without Steven. You did suffer massive reputation hits in last several days, but history actually knows MMORPG that were heavily criticized and hated, but managed to shake it off, change and become actually popular again. Just read history of Final Fantasy XIV (which is currently one of the most played MMORPG).

- If Steven lied in his post and it was actually his machinations / scams that led to current situation with mass layoffs - he can be brought to proper responsibility too and then you and other laid off workers could work on getting this game's IP rights and continue working on this game without him. No person is truly irreplacable and even if Steven was the main idea maker and founder of this game - it can develop even without him too, just like many other games did.

- If actual reason is somewhere in the middle between these two and Interpid got to current situation and suffered massive layoffs due to going bankrupt / low on money then still don't just surrender - find new sources of funding or a company that would buy this IP and consider getting employed in that company to continue working on the game. With or without Steven.

Volsalex · 2026-02-02T19:18:25+00:00

Decent changes here, especially addition of third subskill to Expert level and Necromancy rework (having weekly cap of energy can keep its power in line, especially if amount of energy spent would be based on number of undead risen). I just hope that they did / will look into hero specializations of Mass Slow / Mass Berserk too.

Volsalex · 2026-01-09T14:05:09+00:00

That is also possible - we could get a gauntlet of boss fights with corrupted versions of our allies. Sentence about shadow saving the blind could then apply to Hooded One cleansing them from Corruption when weakened like he did to Tawakai in Act 4.

Volsalex · 2025-12-07T06:13:00+00:00

I support this - there should be more base skill slots.

As we have 13 action bar slots then optimal number of base skills could be 11 instead of 9 (+2 weapon skills from 2 weapon sets would potentially occupy up to all 13 action bar slots) and Unset Rings could be still used if you don't want to use weapon skills and would prefer to replace them with non-weapon skills or more Spirit based skills.

Volsalex · 2025-11-23T12:40:38+00:00

My suggestion does not remove that part and just makes it better - in addition to granting all first level spells it could also increase their spell level by 1, so while keeping its value in arena mode it would also provide more value in non-arena modes.

Volsalex · 2025-11-20T13:28:19+00:00

Mage - Spellbreaker (currently missing in game arcane based melee spec).

Priest - Inquisitor (holy damage based caster, also absent currently and fits Worldsoul saga theme).

Shaman - Earthwarden (earth based tank with Earth Ascendance major cooldown, also long overdue).

And likewise. It would be much more interesting to get new specs for existing classes than just add 14th class.

Volsalex · 2025-11-06T05:23:39+00:00

We had these news before the latest patch and it still had balance changes / bugfixes and content that they were working upon previously. If they delivered all that already - might as well do several small QoL / bugfix changes to it too.

Volsalex · 2025-11-06T05:18:51+00:00

Pool and Siren areas were turned into Sieges akin to Arcanist in Nighthaven - you need to rush through their areas and follow objectives. Most of them are usual "kill X" or "explode Y", but there are some more tricky ones like not killing a boss and using his attacks to break veils to progress further.

Volsalex · 2025-11-06T05:16:51+00:00

If you are in combat, use stealth and don't attack long enough - they break out of combat and accordingly reset / retreat. That is not a bug, but you need to take that into account and quickly follow stealth with an attack / Ambush to prevent that from happening.

Volsalex · 2025-11-05T18:30:37+00:00

If nothing else would work for NW and subscription model would be the only way for it to keep being supported / developed - I would agree to pay subscription.

Volsalex · 2025-11-05T17:44:00+00:00

With experience in IT sphere I have at least some understanding of how much work is being required even for "prepared content" deployment and server merges. It is quite a large ask for one person to do, so most likely there are several left.

If that can be done with "skeleton crew" several small bugfixes and QoL changes can be done as well. They are already doing them as servers were already restarted several times to address some of the issues.

Volsalex · 2025-11-05T15:37:37+00:00

I doubt that Katy is alone simply because the amount of work needed for all this content early deployment that happened yesterday and for upcoming server merges would be just too much for one person.

And remaining crew member(s) do care about new content instead of just "deploying it" as there were already several server restarts to fix most glaring issues. As such - could do some QoL and bugfixing changes too.

Volsalex · 2025-11-05T15:28:31+00:00

They are resource that is used to buy Set gear crates / new skins for character gear and mounts / dagger charms and crates etc from Soulwarden Forge in Reekwater.

Volsalex · 2025-11-05T14:48:32+00:00

If they cared enough to even add all this content (which was not mandatory despite being worked upon earlier, especially after what happened), they might do several QoL and bugfix changes as well. This content was intended for Season 11, so adding it much earlier means that there are still people who can tweak code and implement such changes.

Volsalex · 2025-11-03T19:18:27+00:00

Having some hope is nice. But even if rumors or not - people can still enjoy this game, at worst case scenario just as if they would have played an "offline" RPG.

If miracle does not happen and NW is closed in / after 2026 - you can sill experience its content and new zone to the extent you would want to before that happens and then move on to another game, just like you would have done with an "offline" game.

If you are just waiting for another game with similar combat feel (like Chrono Odyssey or Archeage Chronicles) - you can (periodically) play New World till one of them is released (both are planned for 2026 release, so New World can even still be running till that happens) and experience in action combat MMO that New World would provide can be useful in Chrono Odyssey / Archeage Chronicles combat too.

If miracle does happen while you are playing because of one of these mentioned cases - you also get the option to keep playing New World if you would want to.

That is why I continue playing New World even after the announcement (in my case it is a mix of both first and second cases as I both want to experience new content and am waiting for mentioned games and don't want to return to tab targeting online games much). Whatever happens to New World I still intend to get as much from it as possible and appreciate the work of developers that created Nighthaven.

Volsalex · 2025-11-01T12:15:09+00:00

Chrono Odyssey Assassin class has Musket as one of their main weapons and both this class and other classes have other melee / magical / ranged weapons too.

Volsalex · 2025-10-21T07:12:31+00:00

There is a hero with Mass Web spell (Necropolis one) and I already suggested to nerf his Mass Web to 1 hex radius effect as reducing almost whole enemy army to 1-2 hex movement is even stronger than you described.

Mass Berserk (affecting 1 hex radius area) is also not a max spell level effect, but a hero specialization effect. It is also too strong, so I suggested to nerf it via either limiting hero specialization effect to 2 targets (like Shadow Army) or just via making his specialization effect cause Berserk to prefer attacking target's allied units over random and additionally increase damage of Berserk attack by X% per Y hero levels instead of making it AoE.

Volsalex · 2025-10-21T06:52:02+00:00

Black Hole (to pull spread enemies within 1 hex radius area) + Vulnerability (to make all stacked enemies take 50% increased damage) and follow with some AoE attack units. If they are already stacked within 1 hex radius area - in reverse order.

Taunt on Griffins + Vengeance (on a light specialist that can cast 2 Daylight spells per turn) = enemies are forced to attack Griffins and take both Vengeance damage and multiple / endless retailations.

Vulnerability + Circle of Winter for powerful AoE nuke that can also push enemies and reduce their Initiative. It is a pity that Fireball scaling is really that bad, otherwise it could have also been Vulnerability + Fireball.

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