Released on September 28th this year, New World has had a troubling launch filled with gamebreaking bugs, economy-destroying duping methods, and other annoyances that made people’s time in Aeternum needlessly border on tedium. The latest annoyance in New World pertains to the elite endgame zone called Myrkgard and the developer team’s decision to change how the enemies scale in the zone.
The peak of that frustration, no doubt exacerbated by the overall state of the game, came yesterday when players banded together to form a petition – with its stated goal being to have the developers of New World play through the content themselves on live stream, with some specific, carefully-worded conditions to boot.
The petition was met with a lot of support from the rest of the fanbase, who have pointed out that they would gladly support such an endeavor, especially if it was made as a charity event, and that it would provide the developers with a golden opportunity to come closer with their fanbase and connect with their community in good faith.
This isn’t a new thing, as developers of other MMOs tend to live stream playing through their own content, with perhaps the Elder Scrolls Online team being the most famous example – regularly hosting streams of new dungeons and raids in a transparent, live experience. Another worthy mention is that Naoki Yoshida, Final Fantasy 14’s game director himself, is in the top percentile of Black Mage players, and regularly clears high-end content in his own game.
