Previously Extended Season 5 In New World Comes To An Abrupt Early End As Leaderboards Break

I can't help but think about the idiom "When it rains, it pours" when it comes to New World these days. Obviously, PC players of the MMORPG from Amazon Games haven't been the happiest bunch of players out there. Honestly, I think they're right to be upset. They were told "wait until June" for a huge announcement only to have said announcement be the reveal of a console version of the game with many "MMO" elements scaled back.

They were then told that their Season 5 was going to be extended and no more new seasons would come to New World until the October launch of New World: Aeternum.

Whelp, now PC players don't even have Season 5 to work on, at least the leaderboard portion of the season. A few days ago, the leaderboards for Season 5 broke. They just stopped updating. Ok, get the tech team on it. That's exactly what New World did. However, the issue wasn't fixed. It fact, it won't ever be. Instead, the leaderboards will just be left turned off and if you were ranked (or would be ranked by 8/13) you'll get rewards sent to you at a future date.

How you would personally know if you WOULD have ranked by the 13th is beyond me as...you know...the boards are broken!

Unfortunately, Seasonal Leaderboards will not be reactivating this season. We will be ending the Season 5 Leaderboards on 8/13 at 5PM PT (8/14 at 12AM UTC).
If you are currently ranked, you will automatically receive your reward. For those who would have ranked by 8/13, we will…

— New World Game Status (@NWGameStatus) August 8, 2024

I'll let the replies in the embedded post above speak for themselves. People aren't happy campers.