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New World’s crafting is great because I had no choice but to use itWe’re going on a bear hunt, whether you like it or not
We’re going on a bear hunt, whether you like it or not
Right now I’m playing a lot of MMOFinal FantasyXIV and I’ve not crafted a single thing, not one itty bitty ring or tattered leather belt. And I don’t plan on it either, until at least I’ve reached the retirement endgame where people ditch fighting and become carpenters who sit in city centres and saw wood for hours on end.
New World Gameplay - playing Amazon’s new MMO from the beginningWatch on YouTube
New World Gameplay - playing Amazon’s new MMO from the beginning
Now, I can’t speak for the vast majority ofMMORPGsout there, butWorld Of WarcraftandFinal Fantasy XIVfeature so many different secondary jobs that they basically make up an entirely separate universe: smithing, botany, cooking, fishing, doing the dishes, wading through Moonpig cards to find ones that aren’t too cringe for your mate’s birthday - you get the picture. And they involve talking to specific trainers dotted all over the gaff. Oh, you want to learn cooking? Then speak to Dotty, who’s holed up on the peak of Mt. Everest. Oh, you need to learn how to fish? Well, you’ll need to sign this document committing your soul to a demon, but before that, do you know what this is? A fishing rod! Yes! Now this is a bit of bait, you put it on likethis…
All EXP you gain when fishing doesn’t only goes towards your fishing ability, but also your overall level.
In New World, crafting is just a natural means of survival. Axes and pickaxes and knives are basic tools handed out to everyone, not just the select few who feel like becoming a lumberjack or miner. In the early game, at least, the actual act of gathering materials is simple and intuitive, with a quick press of E when near bushes or trees or whatever to strip them of their goodness.
The sounds you make when clinking pickaxes into rock or chopping wood are bliss for your earholes as well. Even little things, like the way you don’t watch a circle fill when doing so, but rather see it deplete with every weighty thunk of your axe, are refreshing. It’s so satisfying watching it tick down to nothing and seeing those precious logs stash themselves in your inventory.
Young Tree is my rapper name.
