Patch 25: Open world user interface update.

[Sir Texas Sir]

5 hours ago, staun said:

And you base you conclusion on? Have it been done before in the game. I just played it for about a year.

Why only premium ships. Make it worth to buy them. But as always you are right. Ppl would never risk a ship they can get free next day. So you are right it wouldn’t give more PvP.

Why free cannons and repairs? Simply to make it easy to fight. But ofc you are right. Ppl will not fight anyway. I would have thought it could have made made the shallow a fun place to be. Crusial part of the economy. Do you even belive what you write. In every Capitol they throw in repairs. Cannons you have to create. But that has nothing to do with economy. It is without any economic importants. They are a logistic issue. My idea was to make it s bit easier. But as said by you. Dosent matter. Plenty of mediums in every port. No need to make it easier for players to do PvP. Plenty of PvP around.

So you want to screw over folks like myself that supply cannons to the nation?  I supply pretty much all the 4/6/9 lbrs in CT and Marsh for the US nation.  Maybe it seems your nation needs some more cannon crafters is the problem?  The rest of the cannons tend to be taken care of by clans doing there own cannons.  Other wise folks can just use Mediums if they want instant cannons.

[Teutonic]

Couldn't have said it better than @rediii and it isn't a bad patch, it just feels like it does nothing....which i suppose is how a UI patch would feel. 

Not really even any new ship eye candy.

[z4ys]

Does nobody remember the dude that bought everyday the same flag just to deny conquest? Thats how good the flag system was.

[Rebrall]

1 hour ago, Teutonic said:

Couldn't have said it better than @rediii and it isn't a bad patch, it just feels like it does nothing....which i suppose is how a UI patch would feel. 

Not really even any new ship eye candy.

I’m sure I have said this around a million times now, the game was created backwards and upside down almost like it’s made by Australians 😂,

there adding the stuff that should of already been in game before any of us hit OW.

im trying to super optimistic about it and I’m struggling to even log in these days and I truly love this game but how many more players can it lose how many more content ideas are going to ignored? It’s pretty close to raising the white flag now,

its frustrating to see others games they are apart of get more done then NA, like this dreadnauts, I’m sure there are others working primarily on them but progress is so inconsistent here one minute we get heaps then it feels like it stops, 

the new ships can wait l, but they need to get this UI done and get there A** into gear with the pve side of this game the pvp is good as you are going to get till they have pathed out the pve as it most likely will affect the pvp in the long run 

Edited June 21, 2018 by Rebrall

[Wind]

17 minutes ago, Rebrall said:

I’m sure I have said this around a million times now, the game was created backwards and upside down almost like it’s made by Australians 😂,

there adding the stuff that should of already been in game before any of us hit OW.

im trying to super optimistic about it and I’m struggling to even log in these days and I truly love this game but how many more players can it lose how many more content ideas are going to ignored? It’s pretty close to raising the white flag now,

its frustrating to see others games they are apart of get more done then NA, like this dreadnauts, I’m sure there are others working primarily on them but progress is so inconsistent here one minute we get heaps then it feels like it stops, 

the new ships can wait l, but they need to get this UI done and get there A** into gear with the pve side of this game the pvp is good as you are going to get till they have pathed out the pve as it most likely will affect the pvp in the long run 

Toyota strategy, thing is this isn’t automotive industry at all. 

[Wind]

1 hour ago, Teutonic said:

Couldn't have said it better than @rediii and it isn't a bad patch, it just feels like it does nothing....which i suppose is how a UI patch would feel. 

Not really even any new ship eye candy.

We have 20+ sorts of fish that have no meaning or dedicated icons. Will they change it some day? Who knows...but content based on fish could be massive. 

Edited June 21, 2018 by Wind

[staun]

4 hours ago, Sir Texas Sir said:

So you want to screw over folks like myself that supply cannons to the nation?  I supply pretty much all the 4/6/9 lbrs in CT and Marsh for the US nation.  Maybe it seems your nation needs some more cannon crafters is the problem?  The rest of the cannons tend to be taken care of by clans doing there own cannons.  Other wise folks can just use Mediums if they want instant cannons.

Do not know if oure nation needs craftes. I make the cannons I need. But honnestly I dont think we need more craftere, nobody ever complaint about lack of cannons. Will it screw you over. When they decided to put ships in you can buy for money, they screwed over craftere to. But they are going to be part of the game. Whenever there is made change to a game, some win and some lose. Think it will be hard only to make changes if it only can be done if all win on it. But the change is not about me ore you personally, But about what is best in generally for the game.

Yes you can use mediums. But lets be honnest they are fine enough for PvE. But for PvP, not so much I think. It was a surgestion to maybe get more PvP. Yes I can make the ship somewhere els, put cannons on them and teleport them up there. Personally I often get short of a teleport of ship. It was a way to make it easier to players to go out and fight. Some will say, why should ppl be able to pay real money to get easy PvP? Well don’t think we will get them to remove the buying of ships, so might as well get some good out of it. It was simply an Idea for ppl to have no excuse not to go out and do PvP.

Equiped with cannons, it would just be, redeem your ship, go out fight, lose it, well then you get a new one tommorow. Think it would be a bit more action in the game. Yes it is easy acces PvP,  but that is what lots of players want. Plenty of players that just want an houre of fun.

My guess is that there will be cannons to buy in shroud. Somehow things like repairs find there way there, guess the same will happend with cannons if there is a marked for it. So for me personally don’t think it will matter. I can afford to pay fore them. But if there is no cannons, I wouldn’t put mediums on it and go fore PvP. Think most player feel the same way.

Ppl like the idea, thats fine, ppl don’t like the idea, well thats fine too. That the fine thing about the forum, we can have a debate and get more opinions, get the pro and cons, so devs have the best chance to make a good decision.  Personally I like this game as hardcore as possible. But my experience is that not the way the majority of the players want the game to go. It was an idea to maybe do PvP a bit easier. 

[Sir Texas Sir]

5 minutes ago, staun said:

Do not know if oure nation needs craftes. I make the cannons I need. But honnestly I dont think we need more craftere, nobody ever complaint about lack of cannons. Will it screw you over. When they decided to put ships in you can buy for money, they screwed over craftere to. But they are going to be part of the game. Whenever there is made change to a game, some win and some lose. Think it will be hard only to make changes if it only can be done if all win on it. But the change is not about me ore you personally, But about what is best in generally for the game.

Yes you can use mediums. But lets be honnest they are fine enough for PvE. But for PvP, not so much I think. It was a surgestion to maybe get more PvP. Yes I can make the ship somewhere els, put cannons on them and teleport them up there. Personally I often get short of a teleport of ship. It was a way to make it easier to players to go out and fight. Some will say, why should ppl be able to pay real money to get easy PvP? Well don’t think we will get them to remove the buying of ships, so might as well get some good out of it. It was simply an Idea for ppl to have no excuse not to go out and do PvP.

Equiped with cannons, it would just be, redeem your ship, go out fight, lose it, well then you get a new one tommorow. Think it would be a bit more action in the game. Yes it is easy acces PvP,  but that is what lots of players want. Plenty of players that just want an houre of fun.

My guess is that there will be cannons to buy in shroud. Somehow things like repairs find there way there, guess the same will happend with cannons if there is a marked for it. So for me personally don’t think it will matter. I can afford to pay fore them. But if there is no cannons, I wouldn’t put mediums on it and go fore PvP. Think most player feel the same way.

Ppl like the idea, thats fine, ppl don’t like the idea, well thats fine too. That the fine thing about the forum, we can have a debate and get more opinions, get the pro and cons, so devs have the best chance to make a good decision.  Personally I like this game as hardcore as possible. But my experience is that not the way the majority of the players want the game to go. It was an idea to maybe do PvP a bit easier. 

But see your flaw, you don't get a new ship in 24 hours.  That is the yatch's wait time.  So if your going out throwing away the ship you won't have one for a few days. I assume the wait time is going to be more like 3-5 days between ships you can redeem.   

And this is why I supply cannons for a nation, they sail like hotcakes and it gives me enough money to run the rest of my econs (I do have 5 chars) that help support my clans ship building.  

Hardcore as possible would not be push a button and have all the repairs and cannons given to you.

I'm honestly thinking with some of the things you been posting lately you really don't play the whole game or still fairly new to the game.

Also what cannons you use aren't the same as I would.  Oh and I do use mediums for some applications.  Every wonder why some one is out shooting you with insane reload?  Mediums are great for up close brawling if your not using carros, they reload faster than longs, and do more damage.  At close range pen normally doesn't mean crap.

[staun]

39 minutes ago, Sir Texas Sir said:

But see your flaw, you don't get a new ship in 24 hours.  That is the yatch's wait time.  So if your going out throwing away the ship you won't have one for a few days. I assume the wait time is going to be more like 3-5 days between ships you can redeem.   

And this is why I supply cannons for a nation, they sail like hotcakes and it gives me enough money to run the rest of my econs (I do have 5 chars) that help support my clans ship building.  

Hardcore as possible would not be push a button and have all the repairs and cannons given to you.

I'm honestly thinking with some of the things you been posting lately you really don't play the whole game or still fairly new to the game.

Also what cannons you use aren't the same as I would.  Oh and I do use mediums for some applications.  Every wonder why some one is out shooting you with insane reload?  Mediums are great for up close brawling if your not using carros, they reload faster than longs, and do more damage.  At close range pen normally doesn't mean crap.

What we now about redem time is that admin have said it will be equal to the Labour hours it need if it should have been build. Pretty sure I read that somewhere. have 2000 labour hours. My guess it will cost  about lets say a Cerberus. A Cerb cost 517 hours to craft and then ofc the crafting materiale hours. Lets say 1000. I havent the exact number. Witch actually will make the ship one I can redeem everydsy

Fine you don’t agree with me, But use an argument, like being new to the game ore not playing the game ore playing the hole game, well don’t really know what to say about that. But for the record. I played since June last year. I do craft, trade, PvP, RvR and missions, but lately I do spend less time in the game. Maybe a houre max a day.

I know the different use of cannons. My experience with mediums it that ppl just stayaway and slowly take you down. But your right everybody have there own way and preferences in cannons. That I dont like mediums in a PvP dosen’t ofc mean others players don’t like it.

Yes hardcore is something different then what I surgested. Hardcore would also means remove safezone an reinforcement, You have to transport your gold in the hold of your ship, no captains chest and so on. But all those things are to my knowledge been shot Down by the majority of players. it seams when all come to all, ppl don’t want a game that are to hardcore. I am fine with that. 

Edited June 21, 2018 by staun

[Thonys]

Control perk changes (might not get in).

• Perk control can be switched off in the beginning of the battle, if you do not want to use it.

perhaps a thought:or a change?

change it to a 50 % better aiming for the bow chasers 

-perk: elite aiming  gunners: - (the best of the rest gunners in the front.-  not available for the normal decks )

-wurth 5 perk points.....( not less than 5 points  if it is less than 5 points i am against it)

the perk control in his current condition  is unrealistic  - and not a great feature... 

Edited June 21, 2018 by Thonys

[Edmund Blackadder]

4 hours ago, staun said:

What we now about redem time is that admin have said it will be equal to the Labour hours it need if it should have been build. Pretty sure I read that somewhere. have 2000 labour hours. My guess it will cost  about lets say a Cerberus. A Cerb cost 517 hours to craft and then ofc the crafting materiale hours. Lets say 1000. I havent the exact number. Witch actually will make the ship one I can redeem everydsy

Fine you don’t agree with me, But use an argument, like being new to the game ore not playing the game ore playing the hole game, well don’t really know what to say about that. But for the record. I played since June last year. I do craft, trade, PvP, RvR and missions, but lately I do spend less time in the game. Maybe a houre max a day.

I know the different use of cannons. My experience with mediums it that ppl just stayaway and slowly take you down. But your right everybody have there own way and preferences in cannons. That I dont like mediums in a PvP dosen’t ofc mean others players don’t like it.

Yes hardcore is something different then what I surgested. Hardcore would also means remove safezone an reinforcement, You have to transport your gold in the hold of your ship, no captains chest and so on. But all those things are to my knowledge been shot Down by the majority of players. it seams when all come to all, ppl don’t want a game that are to hardcore. I am fine with that. 

Well, in my opinion „hardcore“ would be in first line realistic sailing an gunnery. And by that mean like the real deal with being able to set any sail in any combination and so on.

Or Battle Sails for the reason they used it in real life. More crew for guns, more stabile platform. And so on.

[Thonys]

On 6/18/2018 at 10:41 AM, admin said:

• Battle sails now give bonuses to
  • Ship turning
  • Yard turning
  • Sail resistance
• Fire changes
  • Fire now affects structure and planking differently. Planking will burn faster than structure. This is done to bring back more epic explosions as fast fires burn the structure too fast (ship sinks faster than it can explode). 
• Structural leaks and penetrating leaks water intake speed dependence increased. Changes are as follows
  • 50% speed – standard leaks (current)
  • 100% speed – leakage is increased 2x
  • 0 speed – leakage is reduced 2x

first of all i see excellent changes here, but

 

-battle sails must have also have a bonus to sail fire

when firing the guns with all sails up  possible fire in the sails is increased by 10 % when the wind is towards the sails

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also:- fire changes (perhaps one for the perk section)

-can we have a button  to a fuse in the the  hold for making the ship burn in 20 seconds  (a so called burner schip it keeps afloat but burns longer - ship is covered by grease and oil)

 

when the ship is gone for 50% on hull and 65% on structure the option becomes obsolete and useless  and so only deliberate burners have a purpose

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leaks:

50 % speed is that half speed or almost full speed i see a difference here in percentage and the terms we use 

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Edited June 21, 2018 by Thonys

[Fenris]

13 hours ago, rediii said:

rethink the RvR with flags

Rediii, there is no point rethinking the mechanic of RvR, untill ports are worth shit. Please start thinking the other way around. You have regions which ALL produce the same goods(trading), which cannot be sold anywhere, but in enemy capitals, or people need to sail 3 hours...Makes no sense at all, and untill this is not changed, it makes no sense at all, to change RvR mechanic. Fight/change the source of RvR boredom, NOT the symptoms.

13 hours ago, rediii said:

Nerf 1sts. Less HP or thickness

There is no need for this. They are good as they are.

13 hours ago, rediii said:

less speed

YES! And for all ships, not only for 1sts.

13 hours ago, rediii said:

Rakes (front and back) have to be effective

They are effective, watch on Twitch when this dude is passing an enemy stern  @Captain Reverse

Edited June 21, 2018 by Fenris

[admin]

9 hours ago, Teutonic said:

Couldn't have said it better than @rediii and it isn't a bad patch, it just feels like it does nothing....which i suppose is how a UI patch would feel. 

Not really even any new ship eye candy.

Next months we are only focused on the
OW UI - will be deployed soon
Port UI - next large patch (July)
Localization - (Aug-Sep?)

From the perspective of the player who already has 1000 hours spent in game that have-not yet left early access - we agree that UI does not bring anything new; EXCEPT bringing new players. Some comments show that even some veterans do not understand that UI and localization is most important to get out of early access.

RVR Is boring comments just sound like: "hey its winter, 2 walls are lacking in the house, and there is no stair to the second floor, but lets focus and rebuild/replace this advanced lighting in the second floor as i already climbed there on the rope and am bored of these lights".

We already made the mistake and tried to tweak combat and rvr and conquest keeping those 2 walls unfinished, which did not help with new players or new player perception of the game. 

So to make things clear and keep expectations in line
There will be no major work on RVR or Conquest until UI is finished and game is localized. The game is in early access which means it is still in development.

We will come back to RVR conversations after current priorities are finished. 

[Kawazz]

8 minutes ago, admin said:

OW UI - will be deployed soon

Today? Tomorrow?

[Sir Texas Sir]

23 minutes ago, admin said:

Next months we are only focused on the
OW UI - will be deployed soon I hope soon means this week, game is hurting on players doing other things while no lifers keep killing the remaining pop and taking ports.
Port UI - next large patch (July)
Localization - (Aug-Sep?)

From the perspective of the player who already has 1000 hours spent in game that have-not yet left early access - we agree that UI does not bring anything new; EXCEPT bringing new players. Some comments show that even some veterans do not understand that UI and localization is most important to get out of early access. I never had a problem with OW UI other than maybe being cleaned up a bit, it's the in port one that every one has issues.  Mainly for me I want to see the other changes.

RVR Is boring comments just sound like: "hey its winter, 2 walls are lacking in the house, and there is no stair to the second floor, but lets focus and rebuild/replace this advanced lighting in the second floor as i already climbed there on the rope and am bored of these lights". RvR biggest issues are you take to much a hit if you loose a ship in battle your out number in when doing hostility as the attacker.  We went from 97% to Zero after loosing one fight and grinding 2 1/2 hours....every one gave up and haven't tried that port again cause you take to big a hit doing hostility with player kills.  The other issue is to many Deep Water ports are 2500 BR which means an Elite team of 5-6 guys can rule those ports even when dealing with a much larger fleet.  That is great but not every dang port on a cost needs to be 2500 BR.  We hardly see any 10+ port battles in deep water.  There should be more ports with 10K or more BR so we can have 15 vs 15 battles.  This hurts big nations when dealing with a small elite players of other nations that take there port and they can't get it back cause one mistake cost you the battle.  So look at bumping up a lot of the low BR deep water ports.  Most of the shallow sports are 10-25 vs battle why aren't most of the deep water the same numbers?  What the use of bringing 20-30 players if only 5 of them can get into the PB.  This turns a lot of players off PB cause they never get in cause you have to send in your top elite players and it tends to be the same guys over and over and over again.

We already made the mistake and tried to tweak combat and rvr and conquest keeping those 2 walls unfinished, which did not help with new players or new player perception of the game. 

So to make things clear and keep expectations in line
There will be no major work on RVR or Conquest until UI is finished and game is localized. The game is in early access which means it is still in development.

We will come back to RVR conversations after current priorities are finished. 

Well looks like a patch drop this morning.  I'll be off to work before servers get back up, but hope this is the big one.

I stated my view on RvR and those are easy changes of numbers not a bunch of code changes.  Just increase some of the BR's for ports or maybe later give us an option to increase BR's of ports we own (this would go great with the Trade Clan option for contracts and such later).  Maybe look at the hit you take for player kills while doing hostility.

[Lovec1990]

its today at least UI

 

 

[Feddes]

Thank you to the devs for putting this together. I agree that UI changes will help to bring in more players. Hopefully we can keep them (so be nice to noobs!).

Is there any ambition to implement random wind direction in OW?  Chasing a backing wind is unrealistic and inefficient for long-distance travel, whereas random wind (or even predominant wind direction, e.g., normally from SE, but sometimes shifts) would greatly improve realism and immersion in the beautiful OW you've created.

Looking forward to the UI updates in a couple hours! Cheers

 

[Ink]

Captains, patch notes are updated

[z4ys]

Any date when the DLCs  will be released?

[admin]

8 minutes ago, Intrepido said:

 

Can you please specify which ports the system considers as "reinforcement zones ports"?

all ports that cannot be captured. 

[Lovec1990]

3 minutes ago, z4ys said:

Any date when the DLCs  will be released?

as far i know they will be released with patch but valve needs too approve it

[Sir Texas Sir]

18 minutes ago, Ink said:

Captains, patch notes are updated

Thanks gives me something to read as I eat breakfast and get ready for work.  Every one have fun testing out the new things today.  New job has me on days so I'll be about 10 hours behind ya'll....lol

[z4ys]

1 minute ago, Lovec1990 said:

as far i know they will be released with patch but valve needs too approve it

yeah they are part of the patchnotes, patch hitting today thats why i asked^^

[Lovec1990]

Buffing hercules what can go wrong?