admin Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Captains Patch is being deployed today Epic events reworked. Epic events now allow only 6 ships to enter (spawning 9 enemies) Epic events now spawn epic (strong) enemies. If you sink or board a ship in an epic event you can pick up a chest from a destroyed ship. Players will have to show strong coordination to be able to destroy those stronger enemies. For first stage of testing we will run the Lineship event (that spawn in unprotected waters around the caribbean). After this initial test we will add a frigate event as well. Port battle changes Port battles now allow limited battle rating based on the city size. We used historical city sizes initially. Please comment on the port battles sizes in the comments and propose changes if any changes needed Open world loot Open world bots and hostility missions now drop better loot depending on ship size. Mission bots drop less rare loot on average. If you are searching for a particular rare book - you have a better chance to get it by hunting NPCs in the open world. Other changes PvP marks have returned. PvP rewards added to the admiralty store. pvp kills now grant both pvp marks and combat marks 2lb gun has been added to game for use on the ships with swivels. First ship with swivels will be added to game in one of the next hotfixes Timers have been tuned slightly. Invisibility timer is now 30 seconds, cannot attack and be attacked is now 45 seconds Reinforcement bot stats slightly changed Speed cap has been increased to 15.5 knots All % caps have been increased by 5% to provide more variability in fitouts Turn rates have been improved for Endymion, Constitution, Agamemnon, Trincomalee, Indefatigable Damage from fire slightly increased (for testing) Explosions now affect ship structure Shot logger has been switched off Fixed the bug that some contested ports are not shown in the list of the contested ports Fixed the bug that did not auto-repair the rudder on the Indefatigable and several other ships In the next hotfixes Ship stats and BR rebalance (more on this later) Le Gros Ventre Refit Epic event tuning and frigate epic pve event Port battle BR limits tuning based on feedback Next large patch Tutorial Le Gros Ventre Refit pictures Hotfix 1 November 1 Significant changes New ship - Le Gros Ventre Refit, with swivels. The ship is available for pvp marks in the admiralty. Outlaw battles have been removed - they were a cause of multiple exploits that unfortunately could not be fixed in a reasonable time. Fixes Minor changes for loot tables (some upgrades were dropping too much) Fixed the bot distribution (some regions did not have enough bots) Minor tunings for some upgrades (for example fixed bug for trim by the stern providing incorrect bonuses Fixes of several bugs with ship trade that were not clearing the knowledge slots for the traded ships (creating confusion as they did not work if you did not have the skill yourself) 49
shaeberle84 Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Everything on that list is going in the right direction. =) Cant wait to try it out. 4
z4ys Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 will we get shallow ship epic events at some point as well? 2
Hethwill, the Red Duke Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Wow... A lot of unexpected changes. The PB sizes per historical colony size is really interesting. I wonder if Economy side of it, amounts on the production of goods, might get such a historical adjustment as well. ( dreams of abundance/shortage dynamics tied to politics and war famine, etc ) OW loot adjustments look good. This could mean a step further down the breakdown of it even. Loot in Reinforced areas being lessened compared to the non reinforce areas, to promote risk/reward. 6
Jarlath Morrow Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Looks great. Glad something was done with epic events - it was about time! Some unexpected changes too. Swivel guns? Very cool. 1
Aster Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Happy to see epic events have a purpose hopefully they are good. Why disable the shot log though? Now if only we could make courier missions useful... Hint EVE 2
randommexi Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, admin said: Open world loot Open world bots and hostility missions now drop better loot depending on ship size. Mission bots drop less rare loot on average. If you are searching for a particular rare book - you have a better chance to get it by hunting NPCs in the open world. thank you thank you thank you!!!!! all we need now is more AI fleets on the OS. Edited October 30, 2017 by randommexi
Rychu Karas Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 it Looks very promising. More variety of pve means more interesting in it, what means better population, what means more hunting opportunities. 3
shaeberle84 Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 8 minutes ago, randommexi said: Open world loot Open world bots and hostility missions now drop better loot depending on ship size. Mission bots drop less rare loot on average. If you are searching for a particular rare book - you have a better chance to get it by hunting NPCs in the open world. Does this mean more loot from NPC traders? This would be good (very good way to make money for newbie players and to practice fighting as well). 2
Wolfram Harms Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) Many good ideas there - sounds promising! - We may see Endy, Trinco etc. more now. - Players may get attracted by better loot, to leave the SAFE ZONES - so hopefully more PvP. - More damage by fire was long overdue - in reality, sails easily burnt all down. I didn't understand the "Port Battle"-changes you made - better explanation needed. But a BIG wish from my side: bring more variety to PBs - add "5thRate", "3rdRate" and "2ndRate" port battle types! Edited October 30, 2017 by Wolfram Harms
z4ys Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, Wolfram Harms said: I didn't understand the "Port Battle"-changes you made. Why should we stick to an ancient mechanic of nation vs nation when we have now clan vs clan.
Knobby Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Need details on PB changes ASAP! When will you guys realize you can't make such important changes without giving us proper documentation? Rest looks pretty good. 1
NethrosDefectus Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 All very exciting changes, can't wait to try it. I'd like some clarification on one point: "Open world bots and hostility missions now drop better loot depending on ship size." Does this mean a Victory has more chance of dropping copper plating (for example) than a Brig? Or is it just that the amount of repairs that drop better much the size of the ship? Personally I'm a fan of pure RNG on books and upgrades, I dont think ship type should affect that. But I do like the idea that you have more chance from openworld NPCs
Lonar Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 I wonder what the use of thoose swivel guns will be 2lb sounds not like they can penetrate anything, maybe they are effective vs. crew?
Niels Terkildsen Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 This patch looks excellent. Particularly the increased usefulness of OW NPC hunting and the increased no-attack-timer. Only thing I'm a bit sceptical about is the increased percentages for upgrades.
randommexi Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) already don't like the pvp rewards... 2 speed mods? really? sorry, I know not how to read. one is an OS speed boost. that I can get behind Edited October 30, 2017 by randommexi
GhastlyGhost Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 1 hour ago, admin said: Captains Patch is being deployed today - Thank you for patch, keep working ! Epic events reworked. - Good Port battle changes - WE NEED BR CHANGE OF ALL SHIPS !!! Port battles now allow limited battle rating based on the city size. We used historical city sizes initially. Please comment on the port battles sizes in the comments and propose changes if any changes needed Speed cap has been increased to 15.5 knots - Its not going to fix speed meta. You should to decrase speed for all ships. This speed 15,5 knots are very unrealistic. 2
Powderhorn Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Liking everything that I see so far. Do wish that reinforcement zones would go away. Always hated magical ships teleporting in. 1
George Washington Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) Port Battle BR Calculator for all your needs! Edited October 30, 2017 by George Washington
Cmdr RideZ Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 1 hour ago, admin said: Port battle changes Port battles now allow limited battle rating based on the city size. We used historical city sizes initially. Please comment on the port battles sizes in the comments and propose changes if any changes needed I have been waiting something like this more than a year. I am speechless.
Guest Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 There's a whole bunch of 5100-BR ports in shallow waters around the Bahamas. That's 204 BR per ship even if you fill all 25 slots, so there's no way to even utilize all the BR when ships can't reach the PB, same goes for the 3400 ports too (just by not as huge of a margin).
Powderhorn Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Just now, Aegir said: There's a whole bunch of 5100-BR ports in shallow waters around the Bahamas. That's 204 BR per ship even if you fill all 25 slots, so there's no way to even utilize all the BR when ships can't reach the PB, same goes for the 3400 ports too (just by not as huge of a margin). So, think of this as just putting in the framework for it to be done. Max BR numbers will, I'm sure, be very easy to change on the fly, allowing them to be dialed in to whatever is most appropriate. Also keep in mind, these numbers will have to change based on any BR overhauls that are done next patch. (For example, a Niagara and a Cerberus are not of the same strength, yet both are 100BR.)
GhastlyGhost Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 One important question. Is Niagara allowed to participate in shallow PB ?
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