New World Factions Overview

Introduction

• Discusses factions in "New World"
• Explains the benefits of joining a faction
• Describes the differences between the three factions
• Details on how to join a faction

Factions in New World

1. Covenant
   • Represented by yellow symbol
2. Marauders
   • Represented by green symbol
3. Syndicate
   • Represented by purple symbol

Benefits of Joining a Faction

• Access to Faction Store: Offers items like crafting materials, weapons, armor, gypsum orb, and chromatic seal.
• Opportunity to Create a Company: Similar to guilds, allows up to 100 players.
  • Private company chat
  • Companies can declare war and take over territories
  • Benefits include reduced taxes and weekly income
• Open World PvP: Enables player versus player combat.

Mechanics of Joining a Faction

• Requires talking to a faction NPC and completing initiation quests.
• Players have the option to do initiation quests for all factions before making a decision.
• Players can switch factions every 30 days.

PvP and Territory Control

• Open World PvP is optional and requires players to flag for PvP.
• Companies can own territories, providing benefits like reduced taxes.
• Only members of the same faction can join the same company.

Choosing a Faction

• Faction Store Items: Items are mostly the same across factions, but each faction has a unique crafting gear.
• Visual Style: Different factions have different armor styles.
• Territory Control: The map color can influence your decision based on the control of territories by the factions.

Forts and Bonuses

• Forts provide bonuses to the faction that controls them (e.g., crafting bonuses, free fast travel).
• Control of forts can change frequently, and territories controlled by a faction can have forts owned by another.

Faction Advancement

• Requires gaining faction reputation and tokens.
• Advancement quests are required to unlock higher tier items.
• Recommended to do at least three faction missions a day for bonuses.

Strategies for Gaining Reputation

• PvP Missions: Efficient for gaining reputation in late game areas like Great Cleave and Shattered Mountain.
• Expedition Missions: Complete missions for expeditions to gain large amounts of reputation.

Important Faction Store Items

• Grand and Greater Runes of Holding: Used for crafting bags, can be sold to other players.
• Gypsum Orbs: Valuable endgame items.
• Chromatic Seal: Important for endgame crafting.

Conclusion

• Choosing a faction largely influences company membership and PvP interactions.
• The faction store and territory control do not significantly impact gameplay.
• Most importantly, choose a faction based on where friends are or which appeals visually.

Additional Tips

• Consider faction influence on the map and fort bonuses when making your decision.
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Closing Remarks

• Invitation to leave comments or join live streams for further questions.