There are lots of incorrect rumors right now about the gearscore watermark changes in New World, as well as the crafting changes coming this December.
Official PTR patch notes: https://www.newworld.com/en-us/news/articles/december-ptr-announcement
Dev Blog on gearscore rework: https://forums.newworld.com/t/dev-blog-end-game-update/619609
See also:
Awesome reekwater trophy farming route: https://youtu.be/zMSw15YjIqU
Territory standing xp trick: https://youtu.be/DDBc2uyF12w
Best lifestaff void gauntlet builds: https://youtu.be/Fiq-NF8ZIBs
Buy these before next patch for profit: https://youtu.be/ctqiQBfOCW8
Devs hold firm on difficulty changes: https://youtu.be/FPEWdoYsXOc
Dev blog on nerfs and secret changes: https://youtu.be/53mxVA1nRi0
Secret Zerg nerfs and more in 1.1: https://youtu.be/jZZha_D8t9Y
Extra last second 1.1 patch notes: https://youtu.be/9yVUh1hRPcg
Full 1.1 patch notes: https://youtu.be/Qg5fZGe7jxc
Armor that’s better than voidbent: https://youtu.be/JwSL1QLDOMI
Cheapest way to level all crafting before patch: https://youtu.be/_KjizojDcfk
Weavers fen gemstone money farm: https://youtu.be/2lHaVBCZV8Y
Legendary Tuning Orb farming route: https://youtu.be/FFeSROvdTvI
INSANE reekwater money route: https://youtu.be/qtR5jUGxlzo
13k/hour skinning spot: https://youtu.be/tKcMapHD1iA
CRAZY brightwood money route: https://youtu.be/4i6sjaaM6UU
BEST ironwood farming route: https://youtu.be/j7J0KzrVH_E
Edengrove legendary skinning spot: https://youtu.be/basIj1oDpm4
ebonscale money farming route: https://youtu.be/arxkrhBX6QA
Ultimate azoth guide: https://youtu.be/7EkbDtWJBDs
3 fast ways to make money: https://youtu.be/kM9tccfdsH4
Ultimate money guide: https://youtu.be/zgOdWJBthlo
Gear score exploit: https://youtu.be/eOahialQJUg
How to get 600 gear score: https://youtu.be/xRx4rtbkibk
Housing guide: https://youtu.be/KMJoPsFr-EU
Furnishing guide: https://youtu.be/SihytGcAMh8
Skinning cheat: https://youtu.be/tjZs9pw2Vpk
Engineering cheat: https://youtu.be/y0ay6ejqbWs
Max level in 3 days video: https://youtu.be/1HbwP0GmpTY
best and worst job board mission: https://youtu.be/d9rExC7QkA0
Weaponsmithing guide: https://youtu.be/HGbcXRns5gc
Armoring Guide: https://youtu.be/w71EaXz8pkY
Engineering guide: https://youtu.be/MTSkkw3zKSE
Jewelcrafting guide: https://youtu.be/3wkUD6U4_Qg
Arcana guide: https://youtu.be/qUnuGO7YrJo
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/videogamedatabank
Discord: https://discord.gg/SBQsaQzyM2
To lay this to rest, HWS will not reset. The New World HWM system is going to still exist and be renamed expertise. Also it’s going to be totally different to farm it after the changes go through.
Crafting is also different. There are tons of changes coming to the PTR this december and in this video I’m laying to rest all the fake news going around in discords and on the forums about the changes. People have somehow got some crazy ideas in their heads about how some of these changes are supposed to work. Don’t believe what you hear until you read it yourself.
Today I’m going to do my best to make sure you know what we DO KNOW and what we DON’T KNOW about the New World 1.2 december monthly update.
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This is a stupid change, haha. It was the nail in coffin for me.
There is zero benefit to being a crafter. It's pointless. It's effectively just dragging out the already boring endgame content no one wants to do. No one enjoys Myrkguard runs after the 20th time.
this might be the end for me… being forced to do pve
I think its time to go back to any mmo other than this one, honestly I had so much hope and belief that they could fix this pile but I'm convinced that instead of enjoying the game and having developers make good content they are going to 100x the time played for the same shit, and force players to make up for lack of content, whats next watermark booster in the store?
Expertise isn't the word I would choose to replace watermark. Expertise signifies that you're doing something to become better, over and over. Picking up gear off of corpses isn't something you can get better at, you get what you get.
What's the point of buying a high-level weapon then
Wounder how the power will decrese
PvP games don't sell … True
How do I get Trade Skill Apitude Reward Containers?
Another change that makes new world feel like a single player game.
500 Coin per gypsum orb though. Can’t these people do anything right?
but but but but SUCKS WHAT ABOUT crafted ITEMS I AM GONE ALL U DID WAS CHANGE THE WORDS ITS STILL CRAP LOWERING GEAR STATS MAYBE STILL SHOWS ON SCREEN BUT IS STILL LOWERED
I have started to hate this game. Awful changes and I think I’m done.
so… crafters are going to get screwed by this. People won't buy higher gear if it doesn't actually bump them up. Cool
"we're not gonna make it more fun" I feel like this should be the AGS motto
Im curious about the raw amount of drugs these devs do before making decisions about the game
Im curious about the raw amount of drugs these devs do before making decisions about the game
I think this is a great improvement to the system in place, it was not reasonable to spend 12 hours trying to upgrade watermark because there was simply not enough good repeatable methods. The most viable was your daily elite runs with a 23hr cooldown. Now we can have 6-7 GUARENTEED increases in our watermark while also being able to put it in a slot we actually care about. This will absolutely speed the process up as well as allow us to actually obtain jewelry with decent score. As far as having to pve to get these rewards, I do not see a problem with making people play the game, however, I do believe there should be equal opportunity for pve and pvp. They need to also include the upgrade in wars as well as releasing 2v2, 5v5 arenas or something similar to allow another daily activity for the pvp players. (I enjoy both sides) And as far as the crafting goes: you can still make great money from it, and if crafting/gathering is the only thing you enjoy about the game, why would ya need high GS?
Just my take, I think it's a step in the right direction and people are making it more controversial than it should be. Appreciate the video!
As long as the gear score drops are faster overall, and the content is'nt OVERTUNED like it currently is i'm totally content with this.
I know a few people that exploited a boss farm that I can’t remember the name of but they farmed him for a day or two earlier in the game life span then everyone that was exploiting this boss was banned for 24 hours their HWM shot up immensely and all they got was a 24 hour ban. One of them I have now seen since than get 4 almost perfect bis weapons that are 600 gears score. 2 great axes 2 fire staffs. Idk the price he sold all of them but one of the axes sold for 75k. I wasn’t pissed before thinking they got and extra 200k-300k in gold (something I will never able to reach most likely) but now I know they are also just going to be legitimately stronger in game because they exploited a boss. If I knew I would of taken a fucking week ban if it meant I didn’t have to grind my shit for weeks/months and gotten over 200k.
"Fighting monsters"
I'm having a really hard time envisioning what it is you do while you're logged in :S.
PTR 250 orichalcum ore converts to cinnabar. time to buy 50k ori ore. 😀
@VideoGameDataBank where would you recommend farming jewelry watermark before the new changes go in effect? Thanks in advance.
Thank you <3
Jewelry drop rate 🙂 My watermark for weaps n armors all of em 600. Jewelry 515 highest. I might just stop playing once this expertise patch out. Crafted my 600 jewelry couple days ago. Well this coming patch jus dog shit.
The watermark is just a part of the issue. What about the crafters that did not grind their watermark that just use their crafted items to play the game. Would they just be stuck at 500 gs even though they can make 600 gs items. If they do not want to take part in the grind of the elite chests grinds/ dungeons. I understand that you can use Gypsum to increase expertise. Its also time gated by dailies, it would be a massive grind just to max out the jewelry to 600. Thank you for the video, hopefully the crafters can just use their items without getting their expertise up even if its just their crafted gear.
This won't fix the shiet servers that have war freaks who want to get all territories for their faction's. There's already a hard balancing with PvE and pvp in this game and now they're forcing PvE on us to get higher watermark to get stronger instead of having the option of teammate crafters on whom we've elected to rely upon to craft us high water marked gears with mats we gathered by ourselves so we can gear up at a moment's notice incase a war on almost all territories being owned, occurs. We got no time for PvE if that's the case! Yeah this is all just beta at this point and it's gonna take them 5 years to finally shapen this game out to what it's supposed to be. Right now it's just a clusterfuck
This is stupid so what about craftted armors that took forever to grind.
Damn this game is getting easier and easier I'm already 600 on everything and its an achievement but now every one and his dog will have it what's the point why not just remove the wm system now if its that easy lol i really wanted it to be at least 4x as long tbh lol I'm looking to play this game for years as an MMO not have everything done in 2 months which I already have, might be time to jump over to something else I've clocked it lol.
The problem I see with the Expertise change and how gear scales to your Expertise is that it, again, punishes those who didn't grind to the finish line. Crafting exp changes moved the line further to achieve the end game results for casual players, this does the same. It was more convenient for me to buy a nice piece of gear then USE that gear to increase my GSWM. With this you're stunting them and forcing people into content, all in the sake of extending the playtime before reaching proper end game.
Being able to pick the one perk and have it say be focus is big imo
I got my turkeyleg item! I just saw a giant chicken chilling on my iron farm 🙂
wasted time… game dead
That is everything we know, and everything we dont know…gosh darn known unknowns
AGS : The nerfs will continue until morale improves
Crafters should be able to bypass this downgraded gs to your hwm. Simple as that
Yea but there's a hidden nerf on PRT atm. They removed the rollup % gains. So now you have a 1% chance to increase your watermark from 500-590 before it was between 3-2% between 500-560.
There's a reddit post showing the numbers.
The crafting water mark idea sounds really good.
Im quitting over the GA nerfs.
They just need to remove the system, it sucks! Forcing people to do endless grind is just bad for the game. New or returning players will give up right away, it's a bad system and we should whine more.
1:45 I love that guy that said "congratulations! 🥳".. it's just going to be a meme for the rest of new worlds lifetime lol.