New World Reveals February PTR Plans

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Though many players of Amazon Games' New World would agree that the game experienced a rocky start in 2021, it seems the title has grown a solid and faithful player base since its launch. The number of New World players may not be as large as it used to be, yet there are those who still enjoy adventuring through Aeternum. This 2022, the development team continues to make improvements to the MMORPG, and has just announced the changes that will be implemented for the February Public Test Realm.

New World first started hosting its Public Test Realm back in November 2021, two months after it was first released. Given that New World was riddled with issues and bugs, having the player community test upcoming content and features would provide the devs with plenty of valuable feedback. This does not mean that all bugs would be addressed by the Public Test Realm, but it would definitely help the development team determine its next steps and priorities when it comes to content updates.

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On the official New World website, the team shared details about the upcoming February 2022 Public Test Realm, which will open February 3, 2022, 10:00 AM PST, or 6:00 PM UTC. Right off the bat, the team stated that no new content like the New World Void update would be implemented in the PTR. Instead, the changes would focus on improving overall gameplay, player combat, PVE features, the Outpost Rush, in-game crafting, and more.

In particular, weapon swapping in New World will be improved. Swapping weapons while doing other actions like dodging, using reactions, etc., will no longer be interrupted. For player combat, adjustments have been made for dodging, blocking,