The main quest isn’t much better, unfortunately, and it’s hamstrung by the sheer amount of people all vying for the same thing too. I really just wish there was more to them. You can visibly see influence increase, or help improve the settlement you’ve come to call your own through these tasks. It does have the benefit of making you feel like you’re contributing to the settlement or your faction, especially with the PvP quests your faction rep can give you. It also doesn’t feel like I’m learning anything about the world around me in New World, instead I’m just doing chores. PvP quests feel even more identical, as one afternoon I received the same exact task at least five times in a row before something different came about.īecause of this, it makes venturing forth and doing these tasks mundane and boring after a while. Rinse and repeat, oftentimes too in the same locations. Or you'll venture to this cave and kill 7 wolves. You'll got to this farm and search through eight crates or chests for some reason. However, one major issue facing New World is that these tasks are, sometimes, pretty much identical. Now this isn't really unique to New World, these are the mainstay quests in most MMOs for that matter. Tasks in New World fall in two main categories: slayer or gathering quests.

The major issue with these is pretty simple: variety. I'm running tasks for my faction, or I'm completing a task to help improve the kitchen in Everfall. The key thing to remember is that many of the quests don't really seem to drive the narrative, which is one reason why I mainly call them tasks when referring to them. Or, if you're trying to learn more about Aeternum itself, you're running the main storyline which the MMO presents to you pretty early on. You'll either be running quests for the town board, improving the settlement for the company currently governing it, or maybe you're trying to build your own faction's influence in the region so you're embarking on tasks for them as well. The vast majority of tasks you'll do in Aeternum involve a few key elements to the gameplay. Questing in New World has sort of been a mixed bag.

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