Amazon’s MMO New World (opens in new tab) Players can form and join companies — basically the same thing as guilds — that give their members various benefits: money, access to services, things like that.As with most player-run video game organizations, they caused problems almost immediately. (opens in new tab) From the game’s intense PvP wars, those who were in the club quickly ruined each other (opens in new tab) from a lot of money.
Another, less obvious, company-related issue also plagues our minds. This is not what you might think of in a video game. It’s a paper company tragedy. In the real world, paper companies exist entirely on paper, often for nefarious purposes such as tax evasion and money laundering. had become
“There seems to be a serious problem with the shell company on our server”, redditor yelvalhalla (opens in new tab) I wrote back in May. “That is, a company that creates other smaller companies of around five members so that they can hold multiple territories and have different siege times. You can’t divide power to get more.”
“They not only lead the war, they lead the whole server,” replied EasternWolverine348. WW and EF are the only realms that are moderately controlled, they are the only realms with some buffs (1 or 2 ), the others are bullish and hearty.These companies are , they don’t care about invasions, they don’t pay taxes, they don’t upgrade towns that are just forts. .more.”
its latest update (opens in new tab), Amazon Game Studios is finally making some changes to tackle the problem. I’m here. “Therefore, for 72 hours after leaving the company, you will not be able to participate in territory control activities with another company. We want to prevent that. It’s not intended for gameplay.”
The developers also put limits on the number of mercenaries companies can hire to join their efforts, so companies are forced to do their own heavy lifting. To avoid hogging your account, accounts are limited to one offensive war and one defensive war per day per game world.
“Our goal is to allow more people to participate in warfare, not to allow a few people to control multiple territories.” I hope, and if not, I’ll add more.”
Today’s update also touches on changes to crafting and town projects, and introduces the New World development roadmap for 2023. You can see this below.