New World's Biggest Update Yet Will Add New Zone, Weapon, Leveling Revamp, And More

gamespot.com:

Amazon's MMORPG New World will receive its biggest update since launch this October, bringing with it new features like the Brimstone Sands zone, major changes to early-game leveling, and the Greatsword weapon, just to name a few.

As detailed in a new developer update video, Brimstone Sands is a massive desert zone that once was home to an ancient Egyptian civilization. But it's not just Egyptian influences players will discover. A Roman legion also once called Brimstone Sands home, only to be consumed by the mysterious Corruption that continues to spread throughout the island of Aeternum. Players will take on these corrupted legionnaires as well as the zone's Egyptian guardians as part of the game's storyline. A new Expedition (New World's versions of dungeons) will take players deep inside the region's gigantic Pyramid to uncover even more secrets.

Though Brimstone Sands is definitely the free update's biggest selling point, major changes meant to address complaints players have had about New World's leveling experience since launch will also be coming. Amazon mentions changes will first come to the game's starter zones (which carry players through levels 1-25), but that the goal is to bring similar changes to the entirety of New World's leveling experience once players are able to give feedback on all the improvements.

Details are light in Amazon's own developer update video, but a write-up from MMORPG.com shares more information about the leveling revamp, with Amazon looking to make visual changes to ensure each zone feels distinct, tell a central story in each starter zone, make updates to enemy AI, and improve quest flow so players don't have to spend so much time traveling back and forth between locations. Changes