Vitae Aeternum: How to fix New World Aeternum’s endgame, starting with rewards and content relevance

04 Nov 2024Source: MassivelyOp
New World is currently enjoying an influx of new players following the Aeternum update, but historically New World‘s struggle has not been attracting players – it’s keeping them. In my last Vitae Aeternum column, I expressed concern that the recent changes to endgame will make this problem worse, not better.


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