New World AFK: How to use Macros to avoid being kicked

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Amazon’s New World has taken the gaming world by storm, becoming one of the most played Steam games by reaching over 800,00 concurrent players.

Because of this, servers are extremely overloaded, with some servers seeing players wait for 1-3 hours to get in depending on the time of the day.

If you’re idle for 20 minutes the game will kick you out to allow for another player to join, but if you just need to go AFK for a bit, then it can be incredibly frustrating to have to spend hours trying to get back in so you can play New World.

There are some exploits that help with not being kicked, but Amazon is starting to wise up to them so they will likely be patched soon.

So, although it is a bit selfish to use exploits to stay in the server while you’re AFK, it is a necessary evil as needing to go AFK for an hour could mean you’re waiting for three more to get back in.

One way to get around this, at least for now, is to use Macros to make the game believe that you’re still playing.

Here is how to set up Macros so you don’t get kicked while AFK in New World.

How To Use Macros To Avoid Being Kicked While AFK In New World

Although not ideal, to avoid the server queue issue you can set up Macros to make the game believe you’re still playing.

It is a necessary evil as it helps avoid having to queue for a long period of time, but unfortunately at the expense of allowing another player to have fun.

Many keyboards and mice have built-in Macro functionality these days, which means that you could set it up within the software for your specific peripheral.

If yours don’t have that ability, there are many programs that you can download to set it up in the same way.

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For this guide I’m using MacroGamer as it is a free program, you can download it by clicking the link here.

Once installed and opened you will see the main menu for MacroGamer.

Macro Gamer User Interface
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Next, click on Create New to open the menu where you will create your Macro. From here, click on Start Recording and start pressing the keys.

MacroGamer Macro Editor
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You can press any keys you want, but the best option will be WASD so you don’t accidentally perform actions that you don’t want to.

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I would advise that you use multiple key combinations, rather than just holding W as the developers may be able to detect that you’re doing nothing but holding a single key, which is similar to using auto-run.

Once you have created the combination that you want press Stop Recording.

MacroGamer Macro Editor Complete
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Finally, click Bind To Key and select a key that you don’t use in New World and also select Repeat Until Stopped, this will make your button presses loop indefinitely. Also, make sure you name your Macro.

Now that you’ve got it all set up, click Run on the MacroGamer home screen and then go into the game and press the button you used to bind it, and the Macro will begin playing.

MacroGamer Running
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As I’ve mentioned earlier, by doing this you are taking away the gaming experience from someone else as they can’t get into the server, so I wouldn’t advise you to do it. But if you’re going to, that’s how you do it.

Hopefully, it won’t be too long until this isn’t necessary. Amazon is working incredibly hard on not only increasing server capacity but also creating new servers which will allow new players to join less populated servers.

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However, for the day one players that are forced to play in highly populated servers, you’re just going to have to wait until Amazon enables the server transfer tool, which will allow you to move your character to a new server.

My advice though is don’t transfer your character straight away, see if the server you’re in gets less populated and the queues go down. If everyone transfers their character to a new server then you’re just going to populate a new one and face the same issues, you also will only get one free server transfer, after that it appears that it could cost money to move again.

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