Ultimate Guide to Picking the Best Archetype - New World Aeternum

[@Wanasek666]

Avoid swordbbearer Me: picking swordbearer, because big sword goes BONK

[@Whoopwhoopkid]

I only disappointment is we don't have a dual welding rogue

[@captainkayT1]

really glad you made this video, haven't gotten far enough to understand the difference

[@donger88]

Great info! I have been looking for a good video that explains archetypes. I think I am going ranger for logging and woodcutting!

[@baboonbanana99]

Have fun chopping trees! 😱

[@piratekernel7869]

Wow coming back to the game, this seems very helpful

[@ChiiBomb]

Anyone else choose the swordbearer thinking it was a great pick then you hear him say it’s the worst 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@patrikpetrucha5536]

@@ChiiBomb me because of the armor 😄

[@staticgaming3263]

@@ChiiBomb literally reminded me of guts so I picked it 😂

[@sarphusgaming3542]

I'm picking ranger and swapping to GS/spear by the end of the starter area. Both starter areas give you a GS. Will swap to light armor immediately. I will take off the whole suit except the chest if it's all med so I don't get loot biasing toward medium pieces. I want to make steel tools early. I might sell steel tools if it looks like it will make sense. I don't plan to do much crafting till endgame. I'll sell wood to get cashflow. I think most people will pick metal-based crafting skills so they will all need wood.

[@baboonbanana99]

Exactly my thought process. Doing the same thing and playing a similar build!

[@Jth1004]

Thank you for this!

[@sarphusgaming3542]

@@Jth1004 Hammer is also a viable high dps option. I just tested it this weekend. VERY strong if you play it right using the dmg tree. You can animation cancel your recovery animation from heavies with actives and do a lot of damage. I do quick heavies for my heavies. It still procs the "on heavy attack" passives but swings almost twice as fast. I would say Spear, GS and Hammer are all capable of standing on their own. I know a lot of people think Hatchet is a top tier leveling weapon but these 3 are stronger if you play them well.

[@sarphusgaming3542]

@@Jth1004 That's fine. I'm doing vg/hammer so I can just put leech on mobs and face tank them while doing insane dps to them. The trick to getting magic weapons with melee attributes is the loot biasing system. So you get a common one with no attributes and use it on your off hand until you get a drop that's a STR one or DEX if that's what you're after. Alternatively, you can craft them.

[@sarphusgaming3542]

@@Jth1004 I'm testing GS vs Hammer right now. I'd say GS is a lot easier to use effectively. It's basically positioning and spamming heavy attacks. Hammer has really good single target burst; especially on ancients. Also bonus dmg vs lost (10%). I'm planning to use both.

[@misterkage7530]

I don't get this at all with the solider and destroyer. I would think the solider would be more for amorsmithing and the destroyer would be more weaponsmith. It doesn't make any sense because the first thing a person think when they see a carrying two big ass weapons he would be into Weaponsmith and a person who has a shield would be in Armorsmith. I play shield tanks and the first thing I would be interested in is Armor not weapons.

[@baboonbanana99]

LOL that is true.

[@iabaca]

@misterkage7530 I disagree. I imagine someone carrying massive weapons that focus on just being that juggernaut. And hence would also have beefy ass armour. Soldier would focus on weapons and being tactical.

[@WaveyKing-ej3pe]

Very helpful thank you

[@rob8820]

The archetype is not just the start gear, reddit has links to archetype effecting MSQ rewards all the way to gearscore 600 legendary rewards. So there is impact all the way to level 60 at least. Its still a bonus though not critical to play.

[@baboonbanana99]

The archetype gear is really garbage. Otherwise, I would've mentioned it. Quest rewards and drops are better. But yeah any archetype you pick is just a bonus and doesn't have too much of an impact on your character 👍

[@canbozz5445]

Is it possible to pick the Okulist but play as a ranger? I want to be a ranger but have the buffs of the okulist

[@JeffGrimes-x3k]

I grew up playing world of Warcraft for years and that was the only mmo I have ever really played growing up and now you play these mmo and the gun and bow classes have you aim yourself and shoot instead of just choosing a enemy and firing by itself and I don’t really care for that aspect of the way they do this now

[@santossanchez49]

Does armor allow you to craft light armor too or just medium?

[@baboonbanana99]

You can craft heavy, medium, or light

[@linefax5536]

If I want to craft Tools (engineer) but prefer harvesting over logging. Should I still pick Ranger for the engineer boost, or should I pick Mystic for the harvesting Archetype buff? I guess Arcana is always nice to have later on as well. I will mostly just farm the resourced and sell them instead of acually crafting the finished item.

[@baboonbanana99]

Seems like you're more interested in gathering rather than crafting early on. You can always level Engineering later on so pick what you enjoy! At the end of the day choosing an archetype is a very small part of your character progression.

[@nordy259]

Just my own opinion but I'd say engineering boost is better because it allows you to make better gathering tools faster.

[@baboonbanana99]

@@nordy259 Yup, they also sell very well. Ultimately pros and cons to both lol. I'm still deciding which one I want to go

[@theovue9253]

What’s is engineering in this game?

[@horineesgaming7354]

Is there any build for pvp that u can kill other people but also heal your team the same time And what is best 1x build

[@arthurlayao3465]

Something with a flail. But that’s like more support and tiny healing.

[@baboonbanana99]

Like arthur said, Flail / LS is the best option to heal teammates while also being aggressive. Making a video about the Life Staff currently! I'd say the best 1vX build is Fire Staff / Rapier. It has massive single target, aoe damage, and great survivability.

[@z34chevy91]

I feel like there is gonna be more soldiers and occultists than anything because of the specilaztion in mining alone, Anyone who is a vetran of this game like myself knows how much competition there is gonna be mining the nodes, I would like to have gone th mystic route because im gonna do a flail/void guantlet como with the life staff but because of the specialtizion of that class not being mining its not gonna happen...

[@MichaelTrujilloJr23]

@@z34chevy91 so I should just go soldier ? I was thinking about going ranger.

[@creamcheeze2870]

a brand new player might think that you obliged to do some crafting at some point, and I haven't played angry earth xpac, but in Brimstone I didn't do any crafter ever and had the bis gear, so...

[@baboonbanana99]

This game requires some sort of refining / gathering if you want to be self sufficient later on in the game. You don't have to do crafting at all but choosing an archetype for it's gathering skill is a pretty good option as well.

[@InverseDestiny]

genuinly the level 50 bonuses are really not that insane, so just play what you want. hitting 50 in any of them is done so fast cause of the xp changes,

[@baboonbanana99]

Yup! I would say though, the early game competition for specific nodes might be rough so starting something with mining might be a bit more beneficial. Especially if you want to start refining as early as possible.

[@InverseDestiny]

@@baboonbanana99 yeah it could help out. the server fracking should help a lot with nodes though since we wont all be in the same instance

[@baboonbanana99]

True, really great changes they've made to the early game and crafting / gathering overall.

[@Dabomb457]

Is it worth it to buy it on console if I already own NW on PC?

[@baboonbanana99]

Character progression doesn't carry over between platforms. But if you want to chill and level a new character or try it out on console I don't think it's a bad idea. I am personally going to buy it on my console and level a new character in my free time.

[@FirelordArashi]

Why show the end of the game in the video……. spoiler.

[@stephenfuller1840]

So the crafting is not important. What should actually be said is that archetype matters for min/max stats. If you want to be a full dex build but you chose Soldier at the start you will not be able to get dex as high as someone who chose Ranger because Soldier adds points to Str and Ranger adds points to Dex.

[@williamrivera23]

huh…no, the archetypes are just for cosmetics, buffs to crafting and starting weapons. You will always be able to change classes and reset points later into whatever you want. Crafting is actually very important, not only to get gear but to make money as well.

[@Rc_BadBull]

how stupid is this archetype stuff.. so you cant even lvl up everything anymore or cant choose wich gear u wanna run like light med heavy?

[@baboonbanana99]

At the beginning of the video, I mentioned that it's just a new way for New World to introduce weapon combos. You can still play however you want and wear whatever you want! You just get a boost to certain profession skills at the start to help players who want to prioritize a specific profession. I think most players will probably pivot into whatever they want to play after they loot an item / get a quest reward

[@polan7429]

the fact you make it out the front door everyday is insane

[@fullmetalathlete]

Way to wildly misunderstand a very simple thing 👍🏼

[@CringeConsultant]

I blame the schools and the parents.

[@theswingmaker5946]

@@polan7429the fact you take it in the back door everyday is insane