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New World: Aeternum Previews Cursed Mists Free for All PvP Zone, Lore, and Rewards

Avoiding massive murder balls of allied players is key

Christina Gonzalez Posted:
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New World: Aeternum takes us into the Cursed Mists PvP zone ahead of the big relaunch next week. This PVP zone is a new addition, and the deep dive goes into the mechanics, the content, and the results and changes from playtesting.

Cutlass Keys, with its pirate themes, got some new use and more pirates and additional surprises. Enter the Cursed Mists, a new, always available PvP zone in New World: Aeternum. In lore, it is a lawless, everyone for themselves place where hunger for La Esperanza’s treasure meets the “Golden Greed” curse. Since this is a free-for-all location, you can do whatever you need to in there, to secure your own fortune, collect resources, and Cursed Dubloons. Then, you have to escape with your loot before anyone takes you down or steals it. 

In this zone, there will be no loyalty ties to keep things ultra competitive, and up the challenge. No Company, group, or faction ties will matter. You can go in there and play with friends, but anyone could accidentally get hurt or be subject to betrayal. “It's horrifyingly easy to accidentally, or “accidentally,” catch friends in AoEs when the fighting gets hectic,” they note.

To prevent too much trouble, and keep things moving to deter collusion, Amazon is doing what they can “to discourage massive murder balls of allied players”, with  a crowd control mechanic that prevents lingering in packs for very long, and loot chests are like normal resources so if you loot one they will be unavailable to all players until respawn.

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As a new PvP direction, you won't have to rely on instances, timed spawns, or wait for the next event to come to have a  challenging, free for all PVP experience that can also net you some high quality rewards. This new zone is one of the ways to acquire 700+ gear, and the team says it could be the best option for solo players to gear up. for taking the risk, of course you could also get Named items and even Artifacts.

The new currency is relevant. Enter the Cursed Treasure economy, offering another way to acquire resources and some incentives to take the risk. 


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Christina Gonzalez

Christina is MMORPG.COM’s News Editor and a contributor since 2011. Always a fan of great community and wondering if the same sort of magic that was her first guild exists anymore.