New World March Team Update
Greetings, Adventurers!
Join the New World team for the monthly Team Update video, where we discuss the upcoming Heart of Madness release, the Blunderbuss, upcoming events, and hear from the Customer Support team on moderation. The update ends with team members answering questions sourced from the community, so take a look below!
The video will sectioned by topic on YouTube, so if you’re only interested in checking out certain subjects, you’ll easily be able to navigate to them. Here’s an overview of the topics included in this month’s update.
Join New World team members Rob Chestney, Mike Willette, and Charles Bradbury as they discuss the Tempest’s Heart Expedition, which shows off the surreal and supernatural alternate reality of Isabella’s mind, which is giving way to corruption and chaos. Watch them talk about how they wanted this to feel drastically different than what players have encountered before, with dramatic set pieces that lead up to the final showdown with Isabella.
The team also discusses more additions coming in the Heart of Madness update, touching on bug fixes and quality of life improvements to reduce friction— like infinite ammo and requiring only one player to be at an Expedition entrance to begin.
David Verfaille and David Hall dive into the new Blunderbuss weapon and differences in playstyles between the Musket, factors while looking at balance changes, and plans for improving game stability in War.
Katy Kaszynski, Phil Bolus, and Mike Willette talk about the details for the Indigo Flame Twitch Drop event currently going on, plans for an upcoming double XP weekend, and the team’s work on regional character transfers.
Mike Willette, our World Experience Lead, also shares new in-game experiences and things
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