Why I HATE New World - Boring already...

So I've been playing New World for nearly

4 weeks now, and unfortunately I've kind

of gotten bored of it. And I don't know if

that's because I recently just hit level

60, which is the max level, or maybe it's

because I had a really bad dungeon

experience just now. Uh, I don't know, it

was just some stupid kid. He was the tank

and he clearly didn't know what he was

doing. And then I tried off-tanking, then

he kept telling me I was not doing it

properly or not doing it right, even

though I've tanked the dungeon Dynasty

over 30 times now, usually without any

problems. And it's some stupid kid

spamming caps, calling everyone idiots

that just ruins the whole dungeon

experience. And so far in our server,

there seems to be a lot of Turkish people.

And every time I've had a really bad group

where we just wiped and they're just

typing all caps, telling each other off

and calling each other idiots or just

spamming in Turkish, they always seem to

be Turkish people. So I don't know why

there's some kind of correlation between

having a really bad group and them also

being Turkish. No offense to Turkish

people. You know, Turkish people are great

and everything. I had a great 4-day

weekend with a Turkish girl that I'll

never forget, even though she may probably

prefer to forget it. That's neither here

or there. So back to New World. I feel

kind of sad and empty now that I've

reached level 60. And this always happens

in video games when you kind of reach the

end of the road. Of a game and you just

feel empty. This feeling of excitement,

everything's new and you feel like you've

got so many things to do that turns into,

okay, now what do I do? And I know just

hitting level 60 isn't the end of the

game. There's plenty of endgame content

that's available. I haven't even done any

PvP. I haven't done any of the elite

quests or the dungeons after Dynasty. I

haven't even gotten max level on any of my

professions or trades or— there's just

still so many things that I could be doing

to level up and improve my character. But

for some reason, after hitting level 60,

I just don't see the point anymore. And I

hate to say that I was right, but my

initial review of the game, I think I kind

of hit the nail on the head with many of

the points that at the time, you know,

people were calling me stupid and saying I

didn't know what I was talking about and

saying I was wrong. But it seems like I

was actually right for a few things. And

it seems like a lot of the player base has

gone now after the initial hype of the

game. It seems as though a lot of people

just got bored and fed up with the game.

Number one, there's no queue times

anymore. Before, in the first week or two,

if you tried logging in in the afternoon

or the evening, there would be at least

2,000 people in the queue waiting to log

on, and it would take nearly 4 hours to

log into the game. I have never seen any

more queues after week 2.

After week 3, there was just no queues

anymore. You could log in any time of the

day. You would instantly get on. No

queues. And you might be thinking that's

great, and yeah, it is. It's nice not

having to wait such a long time, but it

also means there's so much less players in

the game, and you really notice it in the

beginning of the game when everyone's

starting. It felt so exciting and fun.

There was like an army of half-dressed

noobs and new people to the game trying to

find out what to do, learn how to play the

game. Everyone's frantically cutting down

trees and mining rocks and harvesting

stuff, and you just kind of felt like you

get caught along in the momentum of the

whole thing and you're kind of trying hard

to also level everything up and get the

quests done and level up and get new gear

and be helpful and useful when it comes to

dungeons and help people with your own

character and your own skills. And that

was kind of what was driving me forwards.

I just really wanted to become a decent

player so I could help my group out in

dungeons. Dungeons for me, were really the

most fun of the game. Questing and

exploring was fun in the beginning as

well, but the quests are kind of

repetitive and kind of boring. I really

only enjoyed the dungeon gameplay. I

really liked PvE. I liked grouping up with

a team of people and using our skills

together to take down enemies and

difficult bosses and getting really nice

gear. It was just really rewarding and had

a nice social aspect. And I leveled

mainly from the Depths dungeon and the

Star— Star-something dungeon. And then

also Dynasty. I did about 7 or 8 levels in

Dynasty where I tanked nearly every run.

And yeah, it was just getting to a point

where I kept encountering these annoying

Turkish kids that were just terrible at

the game and They were telling me what to

do even though I have had more experience

than any of them, and I couldn't really be

bothered to argue with a bunch of kids. I

felt like the game was really fun in the

beginning when there were so many other

people. You could go to the questing areas

and it would just be full of people trying

to do the same quests, helping each other,

also kind of getting in the way. You'd go

to mission objectives where you had to

defeat some boss or some character or mob,

and there'd be like a group of 10 or 15

people waiting for the respawn. And it was

just fun. It was like a nice social event.

And as you leveled higher and higher, I

started to notice that there were less and

less people in the areas. Now I'm level

60, I'm in level 60 areas trying to do

questing, and I barely see anyone. And it

just feels really, really lonely. And the

whole point of playing an MMO is it's

supposed to be massively multiplayer

online and it has like a social aspect and

you're not supposed to feel lonely. But

I'm running around the end level areas

where there's just hardly anyone around,

and it just, it feels sad and lonely.

And I don't even want to do dungeons

anymore because even though the dungeons

were the most fun part, the dungeon

mechanics, the tanking mechanics, are just

really annoying. So to get aggro,

you have 2 abilities that, that taunt,

and then you just spam melee attack to

build aggro. Problem is, it takes quite a

few hits to actually get enough aggro to

keep the mobs on you, and the DPS will

just start attacking any of

the mobs without even thinking about this.

And then what happens is you're trying to

run around grabbing aggro, trying to keep

your team safe, whilst the mobs just run

all over the place chasing different DPS.

You got the ranged guy, you know, pulling

aggro and then getting all the aggro

because he does 5k crits and it's really

hard to get the aggro back off him. And

he's running all over the place. You got

the healer getting aggro and the whole

thing's just a massive mess. You can do an

AoE taunt, but it only lasts about 6

seconds, and then it's got a 40-second

cooldown. And then between that and the

other taunts, when they're both on

cooldowns, then it's really hard to keep

the mobs together. And then everyone

starts blaming you, saying, oh, you're a

rubbish tank, you can't keep aggro, why

don't you aggro them? I'm trying to, but

the stupid DPS keeps pulling and doing

these— this massive damage before I can

even get some hits on. Like the last boss

in Dynasty, I'm trying to hit it and then

the ranged DPS just does a 5k crit and

pulls it, and then I'm chasing after it

whilst it's one-shot killing everyone in

the team, and then I get all the blame.

It's just kind of annoying and

frustrating. And if I don't play as tank,

then it's just also really frustrating

because then you get stuck with another

person who's trying to tank and they're

usually pretty bad and they don't know

what they're doing, and then it gets

frustrating. And then I try to help with

off-tanking, then, you know, they get

annoyed. So yeah, it's a real shame

because I really, really love the game.

It still looks great. It's a really good

looking game. It plays really good, I

think, even though some bits are a bit

buggy. But I just don't really feel like

playing anymore. It was a good 4 weeks. I

had a couple hundred hours of fun,

but I think it's time to move on now

because I don't really see the point in

going any further. I don't really want to

do the endgame either, because I'm more

of a casual player. I don't like these,

you know, hardcore players. I don't like

the PvP scene because they're so— the PvP

players are so toxic. They're all trying

so hard to win and be powerful and be

the better team. And I just don't really

care that much. I don't have that

competitive spirit that these kids do.

They're trying to take over the map and

they think they're the best and they do

all the, You know, trash talking. I can't

be bothered. I think it's just really

immature, and I can't be bothered to do

the endgame hardcore PvE either because

you need really good gear. You have to be

really, really good, and I don't really

want that kind of pressure. I just want to

play casually and do easy stuff and just

have a good time, really. So yeah, I think

that's my time with New World over. I

don't really feel very motivated to do any

more Dynasty dungeon runs, and I'm too

high level to do Depths, which was a

really fun dungeon. It had a really nice

vibe in that dungeon. It was like, um,

you know the game Darkest Dungeon, that 2D

side-scrolling game with the, the dark

atmosphere and the music? Um, Depths

really felt like that, gave off that vibe

with the music, the trumpets and the

violin kind of, um,

music. And I really like that dungeon,

but going back to it as a level 60 just

feels kind of pointless and a waste of

time. And I don't really want to do the

next dungeons either because now that I'm

level 60, there's no more leveling. I

don't need XP. I just feel like it's

pointless, and I don't really care about

getting gold because what do you do with

the gold? You just buy materials and stuff

that helps you craft better gear. So you

can do the same thing you've been doing

the whole game, just a bit better. It's

just I feel happy with the

gear I've got already. I think I look

pretty cool. I got this cool shield and I

got this cool Chinese-looking armor from

Dynasty Dungeon. And now I just— yeah,

I feel pretty satisfied with what I

achieved in the game. Don't really care