Hey New World Dev Team,
First off—huge props for The Coral Divide! 🌊⚔️ The new Outpost Rush map feels faster, more intense, and brings exciting verticality to the fights. The trench, high ground advantages, and reduced time-to-conflict really make for an engaging PvP experience especially from a Melee perspective.
That said, after testing, I have some constructive feedback on a few mechanics and features:
🔹 Brute Retreat Bug – When summoned at Sun, Brutes charge the point (awesome!) but then goes into retreat mode, becoming invulnerable and running back outside. This makes their impact inconsistent and lengthens their time on the map.
🔹 Bulwarks – Great Idea, but seems impractical – At 50 Azoth + 5 Wood, they seem too expensive for the limited utility they provide. Players need them most coming out of spawn on the main bridges to Sun, but with no resources available at that point, they rarely get built when they could actually be useful.
🔹 Bridges – Cool, but clunky – They only build from one side, making them more of a convenience than a tactical asset. If you are in the Western spawn point the bridge is of very little value because you can just run up the embankment next to it. If you are in the Eastern spawn point, at 100 Wood + 100 Ore, the cost outweighs the benefit, especially since players have to backtrack to build it after gathering materials.
🔹 Trench – Great verticality, love the caverns, but too mazelike – I feel like the Trench is where it’s easiest to get lost, confused, and frustrated as the caverns either lead nowhere or are in a horseshoe that drops you back into the Trench. The only throughfare I found was the Baron spawn
🔹 Baron Spawn – LOVE the fact it is UNDER Sun, HATE the fact there is only 2 entrances – I really loved having 3 entrances/exits of the spawn points AND the control points. Really wish there were more ways to access Baron, so that you could get into that fight from any side of the map
Overall, The Coral Divide is a step in the right direction, but needs a few adjustments, it could be the best Outpost Rush experience yet! Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.
❤️ Av3 “Invasion Jesus” M0rt3m
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