вЂњOur philosophy is to give every weapon a unique role that fulfils a playerвЂ™s fantasy,вЂќ says Verfaillie.

New World is classless, but these weapons and the unique mechanics they bring to the table feel like the real archetype each player will be progressing with, especially when you consider that they have their own skill trees that you progress in for using them. вЂњOur goal is to never create advantages for poor connections, while trying to keep their experience as playable as possible.вЂќДЄs someone who has played the game a lot, and even indulged in a little PVP, combat never feels like it wavers which does regrettably mean every time my head gets kicked in, itвЂ™s on me.ДЄs a player who has spent the beta armed with a spear and musket, itвЂ™s remarkable how different every weapon feels. вЂњOne specific example is when a player has a high latency, we slightly slow down the startup of their attack, so the server has time to send information about the attack to potential nearby targets.вЂќ says Verfaillie. We also utilise impact sound effects, VFX, and screen shake on some of the bigger attacks to further sell the impact of combat.вЂќДЄll of this may sound tricky when you consider that most MMOs live on huge servers, but Verfaillie says that вЂ“ although you can never eliminate packet loss or latency issues вЂ“ there are several methods to help stop lag ruining your fights. Hitting with those feels great, and when you get hit by one, you feel it. вЂњMost weapons have a few big hitting abilities that cause staggers and do big damage. Rather than a dodge chance or evasion, youвЂ™ll need to actually move out of the way of a big attack to avoid getting hit by it вЂ“ and youвЂ™ll want to avoid the big attacks, as Verfaillie says the team has gone out of their way to make combat hard hitting. Put simply, if your weapon connects with your opponent, youвЂ™ll do damage. вЂњOur combat system is based on physical hit detection вЂ“ the attack capsules of an attackerвЂ™s weapons have to hit the defensive capsules that move in sync with the defenderвЂ™s animation.вЂќ вЂњ New WorldвЂ™s combat system is action-based, where positioning, timing and attack choice all matter,вЂќ explained Verfaillie, talking about the different feel compared to several other MMOs. NME talked to David Verfaillie, New WorldвЂ™s creative director, about how they managed to create combat that feels so dynamic. Hitting things feels pretty good in New World, and itвЂ™s a far cry from mashing number keys to get a variety of brightly coloured abilities to explode across the screen.

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In reality, youвЂ™re going to spend a lot of time whacking zombies, boars and anything else you can see with the gameвЂ™s assortment of weaponry. If youвЂ™re one of the 123,036 people that played New World in the last 24 hours, chances are youвЂ™re mostly there for the combat.

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