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Written by Cameron Koch, November 18, 2021 at 9:26 AM PST

The first major content update of the new world is here, which is great. In addition to other content including new weapons, this update also solves many of the pain points that players have encountered in the game since the game was released, making it the most important update of Amazon MMORPG to date.

Leading the way is the introduction of Void Gauntlets, a new focus/smart weapon that can play several different roles. Putting skill points into the annihilation weapon mastery tree will make the Void Gauntlet a powerful close-range weapon, while focusing on the Decaying Tree makes the weapon more supportive, weakening the enemy and supporting allies.

The world of Aeternum doesn't have too many enemies, but Amazon began to correct this situation by introducing a new rival faction, Valangian Knights. These fighters invaded the southeastern area of ​​Aeternum for unknown reasons, but it is clear that the enemy faction is not doing well. The new enemy types of many existing enemy factions in the new world will also be released with the update.

From the world itself to faction missions, everything has changed a lot. The visual effect of the novice zone is more obvious. Running on the road will provide players with a 10% movement speed bonus. Players participating in PvP have a higher chance of finding rare items. There are now additional faction PvP missions to participate in. The trading post (new world version of the auction house) now establishes a connection between all settlements, ultimately eliminating the need to travel fast around Aeternum and waste Azoth just to purchase a specific item.

Many players have called for an update to the weapon balance, and this patch also provides this. Every weapon in the game has been touched in some way, and Amazon hopes to make some of the less-used weapon capabilities more feasible.

In many ways, all of the above is just the tip of the iceberg. There is no doubt that the arrival of new content will make fans happy, but the past few weeks have been difficult for the new world, and this fact has not changed. After the discovery of various item and coin duplication loopholes, the player-driven economy of the game was shut down on two different occasions, and early invulnerable errors could destroy the game's PvP. Amazon said it is working hard to shorten the response time to such game-damaging incidents, and in addition to punishing cheaters, it is already making changes to prevent such vulnerabilities from occurring in the future.

The New World into the Void update is now live. The following is the complete update patch instructions.

Void Gauntlets have appeared in Aeternum. Manipulate the power of the void to support your allies and weaken your enemies with this magical damage/support hybrid weapon. It is the first weapon that can be scaled in intelligence and focus, making it a perfect match with the life staff and other magic weapons. Adventurers will be able to progress by mastering the tree with two weapons, allowing players to manipulate the void magic in different ways:

With its rich arsenal of buffs and debuffs, Void Gauntlets are very suitable for group battles, and can significantly increase the power of allies at the expense of the enemy.

The Varangians are an army of invading knights, currently attacking Aeternum in the southeast. They are led by commander Attalus, a Gaul known for his brutality and twisted humor. Commander Attalus and the Varangians are vassals of the powerful warlord Varik "Hammer" Iznov. They were sent to the southeast of Etnom to search for magical artifacts and arcane knowledge left by the Scarlet Wizard. Their goal is to obtain magic weapons that can help their lord conquer. The Varangian competition is fierce, and they will compete with each other to please Commander Attalos.

Why these terrible fighters will come is everyone's question. Face a variety of new enemies, including Varangi Lumberjacks, Varangi Scouts, Varangi Knights, and Varangi Archers, while determining what they are chasing in Aeternum.

Our goal for some of the following changes is to make the power of the master weapon control tree more prominent from the crowd crusher tree, and to concentrate some of the power of the shock wave's tearing into the armorbreaker's tearing.

The purpose of the life staff adjustment is to transfer some of the healing abilities to light and medium equipment loads, while reducing the ability of some tanks to build healing. We also want to make it easier to target and treat the right team members correctly.

We want to enhance the throwing axe tree to make it more useful, enhance the infection throwing ability to make it more feasible as an anti-healing ability, and improve the buffer of heavy attacks to make it more consistent. We are also committed to solving the problem that caused the miss.

The main goal of our sword/shield update is to make the jump strike ability feel better, and to improve the cushioning of heavy attacks to make them more consistent.

We have updated Fire Staff to reduce some of the effectiveness of standard attacks because they feel more powerful compared to certain skills, and updated some skills to make them more impactful.

Our goal is to strengthen and adjust some of the less commonly used skills to make more skill choices feasible.

Our goal for Ice Gloves is to reduce the effectiveness of some maximized skill sets while still maintaining their respective practicalities.

Similar to the balance update of other weapons, our goal is to enhance and adjust some of the less used abilities so that more abilities options become feasible.

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