ThatStupidLion
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Game is in pre-Alpha state and seems to be in a very good state already.
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New World is focusing on a couple of key aspects that will set it apart from the current mainstream MMORPG stock. First of all, there are no classes. The game supports a wide array of skills and specialisations that you are free to persue and work towards as you wish. If you'd like to tank, heal, support, do damage as a sneaky rogue or a powerful mage all these options are available to you.
Speaking of the movement, the game is action combat based and so does not rely on tab targeting (although you can press tab and lock to a specific target in a Dark Souls type of way). You have a stamina bar and can attack, sprint, roll, block your way through combat which makes the game feel very fluid and responsive even at this early stage. The pacing of combat felt good, not too fast or slow, and the animation locking made the attacks feel like they had weight behind them without going over the top and making it feel too cumbersome or heavy.
PvP seems to be at the very focal heart of the game and currently when you die you drop all of your gear which can then be looted by other players. This does mean that the gear your acquire is not very difficult to get, but there will be more powerful gear that offers a greater risk for a potentially larger reward. You might be more powerful and effective in combat, but if you die you will lose that powerful set of equipment.
This brings us onto territory control whcih will be a large part of the 'end game'. You can capture land and build upon it, creating outposts and bases for your guild to operate from which can house more advanced crafting stations giving you access to better gear. Your territory can expand over time and in the current version of the game there was a faint line indicating the boundry of a guild's territory. You will be able to tax players that wish to operate or build within your territory, which allows their structures to be under your protection for a price.
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