The MMORPG New World gains server merges to counter low populations after expansion surge ahead of the upcoming Season 4.
New World Gains Server Merges Ahead of Season 4
The New World team announced last week that they will merge some servers to balance the population after the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion that came out in October. These changes have taken place to prepare for Season 4, Eternal Frost.
The announcement first included merges across regions to combine servers that were added during the expansion launch. The population increased with Rise of the Angry Earth, so the New World team opened more servers to avoid queues and crowded servers as they did with Brimstone Sands. However, some servers have seen population drops that make them rather empty and less competitive.
What Happens to Your Character After Server Merge?
The servers that will be merged include the Central EU, US-East, US-West, South America, and Asia-Pacific regions. But the Amazon team said that, after hearing feedback, “No merge will be made to US-East or Asia-Pacific worlds at this time, allowing Octans, Pollux, Orion, and Sutekh to keep operating separately. We may reconsider this in the future if the population changes, but we understand the valid points that were raised yesterday and we will keep them in mind if/when we need to re-evaluate.”
Greetings, Adventurers!
Our server maintenance work has concluded early and the world merges are complete! Re-homed characters are now considered available for play!
🎮 Merged source worlds have been deactivated and will no longer be found on the world list list. See the…
— New World Game Status (@NWGameStatus) November 27, 2023
If you have a character on one of the merged servers, all of the data which includes housing layouts, storage, friends lists, companies and more will have been carried over. For those who have territory that was on a retired world, you will gain compensation in your company’s treasury automatically.
New World will be gaining its new season Eternal Frost on December 12th. Players will embark on the Glacial Tarn Expedition to celebrate the Winter Convergence Festival. It will bring new Artifacts, cross world Expeditions and an improved Group Finder. It also brings a new frosty story and festive activities. If you’re itching to jump into New World the game is now on sale with up to 60% off over on Steam, but grab it while you can as the offer ends November 28th at 10AM PT.
Be sure to also check out what else Amazon Games has been up to, with Throne and Liberty and Blue Protocol.
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