Things do get a bit more challenging as you approach the endgame, encouraging you to engage with the system more, but for hundreds of hours you'll see little growth. When you level up you get more points to put into your strength, dexterity and so on, but each weapon type also has an experience bar, as well as two progression trees with three abilities each.
You'll unlock all your weapon abilities very quickly, however, and if you find a pair of weapons you're comfortable with—I stuck to rapiers and muskets for most of the game—you're looking at hundreds of hours where you're just getting the odd passive bonus and not much else.
Fights do at least benefit from the dose of tactical nuance. You've got an active block and dodge, positioning to worry about, and you can read your opponents to predict their next move. Unfortunately it's also extremely stiff. When you throw a few more enemies and players into the mix it becomes impossible to really tell what's going on, and so you just spam your measly three abilities. With five players and so many monsters, dungeons—called expeditions in New World—are where the fights are their messiest.
The first trio of dungeons are bland trips into underground ruins filled with things you've already killed so many times before, but things do pick up, with more distinct settings and tricky boss encounters that require a bit of planning and communication. The majority of the fights still just put you in a big pile of players and mobs where you can hardly see what's going on, but you can expect a few more thoughtful scraps with unique enemies.
New World's real appeal, and the closest it gets to a focal point, is the faction rivalry. Three factions are looking to take control of Aeternum, with companies—New World's guilds—representing them by fighting wars and claiming settlements. When a company claims a settlement, it gets to tax players using its services, like crafting and player housing, as well as providing company and faction-wide benefits.
These settlements are the hubs for each territory, so there's plenty of foot traffic, and a lot of competition. Where the PvE quests yammer on about magic and prophecies and pit you against a generic evil force known as the Corrupted, which is completely incongruous to the grounded pioneer MMO New World is trying to be, the faction rivalry feels a lot more at home, with strong connections to crafting, the economy and PvP.
I've found myself setting up different operations in different settlements depending on who owns them and what the local economy is like. Windsward, for instance, has a vibrant economy and a trading post—where all the items and prices are determined by players—full of basic resources going cheap because it's one of the first settlements players encounter. This is where I spent a lot of time doing low-level crafting and continue to do much of my shopping. But the company that controls Windsward hasn't upgraded certain crafting stations that I use a lot, meaning I have to visit another settlement if I want to embark on high-level crafting projects.
Most of what you can craft is extremely mundane—some new gear, some food, some furniture for your house—and you'll never encounter the meaty projects you can usually find in a dedicated crafty survival game.
But I still find the actual act of crafting, and the gathering before that, deeply compelling. Unlike most MMOs, where you'll find a few gathering nodes here and there, Aeternum is filled to the brim with stuff to chop down, mine, pull out of the ground and skin. Even when things are quiet, you'll still usually hear the telltale sign that someone is at work—the crack of a pick axe striking iron, or the thud of an axe hitting wood.
Your crafting and gathering skills can level up, too, so you're always making progress. With higher levels you can start to see nodes and critters on your compass, get access to new resources and crafting projects, and even get bonuses that will help you in fights.
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And boy, does the Netgear EAX20 deliver, with category-leading speeds and an awesome foot range. The Netgear EAX20 does one thing and does well: it extends networks that are faster and have a longer range than the competition. Throw in a handful of customization options, and add a layer of online security to help protect your home network, and it's not hard to say that this admittedly pricey extender is worth every penny.
Choosing the best Wi-Fi 6 router isn't terribly different from shopping for any other networking product. While complicated jargon can be confusing, there are really only two significant questions that need to be answered. First, what speed do you need for your internet use and devices? Second, what sort of coverage do you need for your home? Speed: Wi-Fi 6 is good for high-speed connections, since the newer standard offers much higher throughput than the previous It's especially well-suited to gigabit-speed internet plans, which may be available in your area.
However, even average broadband speeds will benefit from Wi-Fi 6, as the standard offers better efficiency for sharing your bandwidth among many devices. Compatibility: Similarly, you'll get the most out of Wi-Fi 6 by using Wi-Fi 6-equipped devices, from laptops to smartphones. While the new standard is backwards compatible — it should work with every older Wi-Fi-connected device you already own — some of the features, like improved battery life for connected devices, will only work when both the router and the connected device have Wi-Fi 6 capability.
Most new laptops, desktops, smartphones and tablets now have Wi-Fi 6 capabilities, and a few even support Wi-Fi 6e, making a Wi-Fi 6 router the best way to futureproof your home network. Coverage: The other question is coverage area, or how far and wide your Wi-Fi signal will travel.
A basic standalone router is usually sufficient for an apartment or smaller home, with ranges of 50 to feet being common.
Larger homes, usually those with 3, square feet of space or more, would benefit from a mesh system, which pairs a base unit with satellite extensions that can be placed throughout the house. These extension units stretch the reach of your Wi-Fi signal to cover even the largest of homes, and can be expanded as needed with additional units. Learn more in our article What is a mesh Wi-Fi router, and do you need one? Gaming: One other consideration is gaming.
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Gaming routers offer all of the capabilities of a standard router, but are optimized specifically for gaming. They reduce interruptions, help eliminate lag time, and usually offer advanced controls for customizing how data is used in your home among different devices. Check out the best gaming routers for more details and our favorite models. Price: Finally, the biggest factor in many people's shopping decisions isn't capability or specific features, but price.
While Wi-Fi 6 products are still notably more expensive than older standards, there are a handful of budget-friendly options available, and even a few with Wi-Fi 6e. While these do offer many of the benefits of Wi-Fi 6, they will often do so with more modest device handling and less impressive coverage. Included in this guide: 1. The best Wi-Fi 6 routers offer fantastic data-transfer speeds and best-in-class device management, whether you're talking about a standalone router or a mesh-networking kit.
Peak Throughput: Size: 9. Reasons to avoid - Lacks gamers tools like geofencing and ping heat map. Throughput: 2. Size: Reasons to avoid - Expensive - Throughput declines quickly with distance. Ports: 1x 2. Throughput: Mbps 2. Size: 10 x 2. Reasons to avoid - Big devices are hard to hide - Expensive.
Netgear Nighthawk XR Reasons to avoid - No Multi-Gig input or port aggregation - day support policy and extra charge for security updates.
Eero Pro 6. Ports: 2 Ethernet on each unit.
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