Popular Post admin Posted October 20, 2016 Popular Post Posted October 20, 2016 What's new: Rookie regions Bahamas has become a rookie region. Additional uncapturable capitals are added in the Bahamas. Rookie region has special ROE (identified by the message rookie battles area). All battles start 1v1 and other players can only reinforce it using reinforcement zones for 30 minutes. Limit of reinforcements is set at 300 BR. Map changed The map is split into regions. All information on the regions and their composition can be seen on the in game map. List of changes here Combat tuning Starting from this patch we will actively work on ship rebalancing. These works were delayed because of the tournament, but the tournament helped to uncover more balancing issues that require attention. Currently the main goal is to increase ship importance and reduce upgrade importance for combat performance. All men are created equal and all crew colliders were standardized. Previously some ships had men with 180cm height (on cutter) and some had 150cm height. This is no longer the case. Although cutter captains still have the biggest hands. Many upgrades were rebalanced and mostly nerfed Several perks were rebalanced and mostly nerfed Lower calibers that were often used on 5th and 4th rates had their penetrations improved. The change affected 4lb 6lb 9lb guns mostly. But these guns penetration drop from distance was slightly increased Carronades penetration drop from distance significantly increased making them effectively a short range weapon. Don't expect any penetrations above 500m. We also changed how penetration shot retain energy depending on the wood type. Fir hulls allow to pass more penetrating energy to the opposite side, live oak less. Previously all wood types had same penetration retention. Splinter damage: When a cannonball hits a broadside it affects crew differently when it flies above the deck creating casualties by shockwave or hitting men directly. Nelson’s assistant was killed by a shockwave from a high flying cannonball. We have separated cannonball damage to crew into two parts. Cannonball hitting an unprotected crew will generally have less casualties on the ship than cannoball penetrating the broadside, generating splinters. If you aim at broadside areas with crew behind it you might inflict good damage on the crew. Shipbuilding, Trading and Resources Trading was completely overhauled. We are very excited about it because we have coded in a very flexible system allowing us to easy add or remove resources by group, nation, region, island and large area, control prices and margins, demand and supply and multiple other elements helping us to make trading and resource generation to feel more alive. When we first introduced trading into game in 2015 it required several months of balancing based on mass use by large number of players. Thus - expect resource shortages, abnormal profits, and strange things in the first two weeks. Report them in the respective feedback topics and they will be fixed. All buildings were removed from player accounts and funds used to build them were compensated Shipyards removed from game for rebalancing, to allow players to build ships in multiple regions with regional bonuses. So building ships no longer requires a shipyard. All allied ports will provide shipbuilding capacity for the player. Funds used to build shipyards were compensated. Delivery orders will allow players to receive trading xp and crafting xp by helping the in game economy. All ports with the unfulfilled NPC demand and large player contracts will generate delivery quests that players can take and fulfill. This will allow traders to exert more influence on the market and see what is needed. Pricing systems were upgraded, new goods introduced, new NPC demand was created for some crafted materials (initially in the several areas only). Weights, prices, stacks and volumes will change. New buildings for new resources were added. Trader tools are integrated into the client. They will help adventurous traders to find good deals in the Caribbean. They might also help privateers to see where people might be going for good deals. Trader tools are accessible from the in game map (M). New resources will be required to craft quality ships depending on ship weight. Ship quality importance increased. Increasing ship quality will improve its characteristics starting from ship HP, speed, turning and other parameters. All ships stats and colors were recalculated as a result - stats are the same but because there are better ships their color of tooltip has changed. Speed and stiffness added to selectable characteristics, all RNG removed from crafting. Regional bonuses for ships introduced. Controlling certain regions will become more important if you want that particular bonus for the vessel. Capital regions will not give bonuses. 2 new wood types added: Mahogany (ligher live oak basically), Bermuda Cedar (fir without negatives) Contracts will be allowed for upgrades Upgrades can be broken down for parts and resources You can no longer sell a ship if it has something in hold or has upgrades installed (many players were losing items when not reading warnings) Wood production slightly changed. Compass wood is no longer a separate resource. Compass wood (curved trees) can drop from any forest during wood production. Fine logs (e.g. fine oak) will drop some times when growing trees in forests. European traders removed (experimental feature) Salt can now drop when fishing Contract number increased from 5 to 10 ROE (experimental feature) We will be testing several options for Rules of Engagement – ROE this patch. This might upset some users but it have to be done before release (will be impossible after). Open world battles: 2 circles system is being tested. 1 tag circle for attack and 1 large circle for pull. Battles will close instantly on start (except for rookie zones) Rookie zones battles. Battles always start 1v1. Battle will be opened until BR evens out. BR limit is set at 300. Players wont be able to enter if their ship will exceed the BR limit. Hostility missions: Battle will be opened for 30 mins. OW NPC fleets will no longer count for 5X anti griefing protection. Only players will affect that rating Crew size will lower battle rating of your fleet. Example (numbers are for illustration only): If sail a cutter with 2 Bucentaures in your fleet with 40 crew on each - you will fleet will be valued as 3 cutters for ROE. Mission changes. Missions can be taken for every region from any port. Missions will generate or reduce hostility - thus enemy should be able to influence the flow of events. Because of that missions will always be open for entry for all sides for 30 minutes. Bot distribution changes With new hostility system bot distribution changed. Regions will have national NPC fleets. For example you will mostly see british NPCs near Jamaica and only occasionally will see other nations fleets who sailed there from the nearby region. Pirate fleets added. Captured NPC ships will be good sometimes. And because of randomization of the hidden upgrades they might come up to be uniquely interesting (experimental feature). Port battles and conquest Port battle set up system changed significantly. Port battles will automatically arrange 46 (previously 48) hours after hostility level reaches 100%. Hostility will be generated by PVP (major impact), PVE (minor impact), Missions (minor impact), and War effort supplies deliveries (minor impact). Port battles will be a national effort and will require coordinated work of several fleets. Assault flag is be removed. Timers are removed (for testing) as we believe that in new system port battles will arrange themselves when there is max presence of players for both size (due to pvp impact). Also we expect that all timezones will need to participate to bring hostility to the port battle levels. If this assumption proves to be inaccurate we will bring back lord protectors (but with wider time limits). In addition to this we will reduce the speed of hostility generation if necessary to bring more timezones into action. New port system will immediately show players where the action is because the number of port battles and hostility zones is limited and nation can have a limited number of port battles set up. Port battles themselves will still be done on the open water with towers (but this wont last long). Alliances will continue for 3 weeks, voting period is set at 1 week. Port and coastline defenses Large forts and towers will be added around ports. The number will depend on the island and coast line size. They are placed randomly at appropriate places. Please report weird looking coastlines in F11 or in the forums. Forts will fire at enemies of the state and can provide good protection for traders and small groups. New ships Endymion Indefatigable Both ships are only available for capture from NPC fleets (experimental feature). Ship hulls were made by one of the community member Ragnar Hairy Trousers (sails for Britain) Other tunings More slots for loot added in the battle result screen. You can enter allied contested ports You now can capture lineships if they belong to AI fleet of a player. You cannot add the ship to fleet if it has something in the hold Upgrades and paints will be saved if you add a ship to fleet. You can freely add precious upgraded ships to the fleets. NPC trader loot improvements - Bigger traders carry more goods You can surrender during boarding now. Press escape and surrender if you don't want to lose crew during boarding. Minimal crew requirements increased for higher level vessels. Players wont be able to sail 1st rates with 10 men. 1st rates will require 100 men at least to operate. Fixed bugs: Fixed several particle bugs with demasting and mast collisions with water Several bugs with contracts fixed Fixed bugs with small/large repair kits when applied to fleet ships. Prepared perk fixed. It now works on all types of ammunition and charges. Fixed bugs with wrong rank of fleet ships when joining the instance Instance loading times increased Server technology improved. Hundreds of other bugs and technical issues fixed Conclusion. When new features are introduced they always play out differently with large number of players. Expect problems, report them and they will be fixed. Keep an open mind because the game is still in development and is not released. Plans for next patch Raids Land in port battles Improvement of server events And probably a weekly pvp tournament Several things that were promised to be addressed did not get in and will be added next patch. Things like mast damage, gun loss/repairs and other combat issues. edit ship colors have changed for some vessels, due to recalculation of the color of the tooltip. Stats and parameters are the same. Color indicated that there could be better ships now. All contracts for ship sales were fulfilled and ships bought out for system. 65
Anolytic Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 All men are created equal and all crew colliders were standardized. Previously some ships had 180cm men and some had 150cm men. This is no longer the case. Although cutter captains still have the biggest hands. Haha! 2
Twig Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) YEAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!Edit: Sorry, spontaneous cry of joy. Edited October 20, 2016 by Twig
Liq Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Sounds good. Can't wait to raid some PvE'ers missions 1
Hethwill, the Red Duke Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Many many many thanks for your work team. 2
Major General La Fayette Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Nice patch, finally but what about the Special Events and when the new UI will be released ?
Fellvred Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Carronades penetration drop from distance significantly increased making them effectively a short range weapon. Don't expect any penetrations above 500m. Speed and stiffness added to selectable characteristics, all RNG removed from crafting. European traders removed (experimental feature) Contract number increased from 5 to 10 \o/
Siegfried Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Eager to meet the new bugs and give them names, I like pets Thanks for the good work devs
Mighty_Alex Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 I can tell by the changes, the game is moving in the right direction. Well done devs!
FieryCross Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Whew .......... What about bp for ships added previously, heavy rattle, Age, L'Ocean etc Oh an this looks to be an interesting patch Edited October 20, 2016 by FieryCross 1
Corona Lisa Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) All men are created equal and all crew colliders were standardized. Previously some ships had 180cm men and some had 150cm men. This is no longer the case. Although cutter captains still have the biggest hands. So is this only about the hitbox of the crew? And is the cutter part a joke or what does that mean?^^ Edited October 20, 2016 by JonSnowLetsGo
Konali89 Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 It looks amazing:) I have to admit, i am a bit worried about the removal of EU traders haha, but will test it with an open mind and oh boy i cant wait for land in port battles. The whole overhaul of the economy, man i want to test it:) Looking forward to this patch. Konali
Pablo Frias Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 I´m currently crying..... We waited a lot. 1
Sir Isaac Redwood Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Thanks for your work. Definitely looks interesting on paper, looking forward to see how it works out!
Kair Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Nice ! I'm eager to test that asap ! Just one small question though : ROE (experimental feature) We will be testing several options for Rules of Engagement – ROE this patch. This might upset some users but it have to be done before release (will be impossible after). Open world battles: 2 circles system is being tested. 1 tag circle for attack and 1 large circle for pull. Battles will close instantly on start (except for rookie zones) I play 75% of my time with either my Danish or Swedish allies. Will I be pulled in with them ? Or is it like before I need to "manually" get in just after they started combat ? Because if that is the case, does that mean I wont be able to play with them anymore ? 2
Powderhorn Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 What do fine logs (such as a fine oak log) actually do? Do they give a bonus in shipbuilding? 1
The Spud Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 It kinda feels like this needs a victory speech of some sorts.... they better get the servers in shape, caus they'll be bussy tonight
Ned Loe Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Here it is. Thank you for your hard work. Those who did not rate this game on Steam please do. Say thanks to Devs if you can. P.S. Haters gonna hate. 3
Loco Bandito Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Can't wait for next patch lol. Raids and tournaments. I'm sold. 1
admin Posted October 20, 2016 Author Posted October 20, 2016 Nice ! I'm eager to test that asap ! Just one small question though : I play 75% of my time with either my Danish or Swedish allies. Will I be pulled in with them ? Or is it like before I need to "manually" get in just after they started combat ? Because if that is the case, does that mean I wont be able to play with them anymore ? allies are pulled in as well 11
Anolytic Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 allies are pulled in as well Finally! Excellent. Now only between 1 and 3 weeks before we are allies again.
Rychu Karas Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Speed and stiffness added to selectable characteristics, all RNG removed from crafting. it mean all upgrade slots are fixed also? Edited October 20, 2016 by Rychu Karas 3
lokii Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Great work, looking forward to testing and hopefully the return of dormant players.
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