This fort can be taken away by another company, but first they must declare war, having first undermined the company's influence in that territory. Each territory also contains a fort, but once that fort is claimed by a company, it falls under their control and that of their parent faction. New World's island setting is divided into territories, and can be further divided into settlements, which act as player-hubs for crafting, quests, inns, buying houses etc. These companies are affiliated with one of the game's three factions, and inherit the faction of their Governer (the person who created the company). Companies are 100-player groups-New World's guilds, basically-which can take over and govern territories. If you want to really get involved in New World's social side, you can found or join a company. (Image credit: Amazon Game Studios) How do Companies, Forts, and Settlements work?
Marauders: A military faction set on turning Aeternum into a free nation.
There are three different New World factions that you can join at level 10, letting you become part of a company, and fight in faction wars and events: (Image credit: Amazon Game Studios) What about factions?
Outpost Rush: This PvPvE mode is a 20v20 battle where you compete to capture outposts, gather resources, and upgrade your defences, all while fighting off enemies, and other players.If you survive for 30 minutes you win, if not, the territory is downgraded. Invasion: This PvE defence mode sees 50 players defend their fort from waves of enemies, including the powerful Void Destroyer.Expeditions: This mode is basically New World's equivalent of the MMO dungeon, and sees you and four friends building a balanced party to solve puzzles and defeat bosses.War Mode: This massive one hundred-player PvP mode sees your faction attack or defend a fort in order to determine the fate of a territory.There are a variety of different New World game modes for you to try out in Aeternum.
Your reward for opting into PvP is extra experience points for everything you do. If you're killed by a player from another faction, you only lose some equipment durability, and maybe some pride and time. If you want to fight other players in the open world, you can turn on your PvP flag once you join one of world's three factions. You don't have to pay much attention to player politics at all, and can play New World like a standard open-world RPG: Explore new areas, kill new things, find new resources, craft new stuff. You can group up with other players to take on world events or attempt a boss fight. If you want, you can spend all of your time fighting monsters, leveling up, and finding or crafting new gear. There's a PvP territory control element to New World, but it isn't a totally player-driven sandbox. However, due to the long queues in the days following New World's release, Amazon has added additional servers in many regions and is planning to increase the server cap to fit more than 2,000 players.Īmazon hasn't said what the new server cap will be, or when it will change, just that testing is in progress. How many players can be on a New World server at a time?Ĭurrently, 2,000 players can be on a single server at the same time.
Hold steady! We'll have our full review posted as soon as we can. On the one hand there's a frustrating grind and no mounts mean traveling the map is sluggish (though the lack of horses in New World is explained), but on the other hand the crafting is quite generous and engaging and, as Fraser states in his review in progress, it does feel like a proper adventure. But you can check out our New World review in progress in the meantime. If you're looking for a proper review, well, it's a big game and we haven't spent quite enough time in it yet for a verdict. New World leveling build: Best weapon combinations