Amazon’s New Dev Blog Details How Items And Equipment Will Work In New World

new world equipment bannerAmazon Game Studios has penned a new dev blog with information on the items that players will have access to in New World. These include the usual array of items that you’d expect to find in an MMORPG such as potions, food, drink, weapons, armor, trinkets, and bags. Of significant note, is how armor works in the game which will be a bit different from what you’re used to.

“Each piece of armor that you wear contributes to your overall Equip Load, which in turn affects your mobility when evading. There are 3 states of Equip Load: Light, Normal, and Heavy. In parallel, there are 3 weight categories of armor: Light, Medium, and Heavy. Wearing all Light armor will keep you in the ‘Fast’ movement state, wearing all Medium armor will place you squarely in the Normal movement state and wearing all Heavy armor moves you into the Heavy movement state.”

Players will be able to mix and match different armor types to get the most protection for their preferred playing style rather than be limited to armor’s for their chosen class. Evasive players can opt for lighter armor types to keep their armor weight down while tanks will benefit more from the higher damage protection of heavier armor. Item Perks will also affect an individual piece of armor’s weight. Combined with the game’s open class system, players will have the freedom to roll a tanky archer or an evasive swordsman if they wanted to.

New World was initially scheduled to launch in May but was pushed back to August 25th because of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. More info can be found on the New World official site.