admin Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 Hello Captains Patch has been deployed today to live servers. 29th August 2018 Diana wil be given out for testing to all captains in the Caribbean. It will be a timed reward - you will have to login and claim it within 15 days after the patch. if you miss this 15 days window for some reason do not worry. It will be brought to the game as crafted ship or as admiralty note ship in the next patch. Spanish frigate Diana Spanish heavy frigate filling the gap between heavy and medium frigates Gundeck - 24lb guns 42lb carronades Upper deck - 9lb guns 32 lb carronades. Major BR rebalance We are gradually moving away from the static BR based on HP and DPS characteristics and will also consider several other factors including battle performance data. How it will work Ships with much lower performance statistics will have lower BR even if they are a higher class vessel. For example 2nd rate pavel having a much worse battle performance than 3rd rate Bellona will have a lower BR than Bellona. The changes will be applied gradually as full performance based BR is currently impossible as it will break old mission system. Once new mission system is added in September we will let battle performance influence the ship BR slightly more. This will mostly affect the port battles and will require captains to recalculate their battle plans for future conquests. Speed changes Wind curves slightly tweaked for Hercules Privateer Speeds slightly increased for Mercury Niagara Lynx Privateer Prince Elite and Spanish/Pirate rig refit bonuses lowered from 30/15 to 20/10 Keep in mind that this speed change is a temporary fix to provide more options in the 6th rate category - all ships speeds, turning, and heel performance will be updated after port ui patch based on battle performance with the goal to increase gameplay depth. Current historical wind curves (fully based on sail plans) have been found to reduce gameplay depth instead of improving it, and will be adapted this autumn. Update 30th August 2018 Battle rating has been corrected for some of first rates: L'Ocean 900 BR Santisima 800 BR Diana sailing curve has been properly applied on live servers Hotfix was deployed 12th September Fixed the bug locking you in port if you wanted to claim tutorial rewards without the outpost Fixed basic cutter BR issues Fixed Diana bugs with decals and colliders Constitution Classic timed redeemable added to all captains. Hotfix 19th September All upgrades increasing crew rebalanced (data below) XP and Money for kills and assists rebalanced based on BR of vessels (slight increase for 1-2nd rates) Yacht can now enter port battles and can be added to fleets Determined defender bonus lowered from 30% to 0.001% Boarding max speed increased to 8 knots (previously around 4 knots). speed difference between your ship and enemy ship was lowered and now cannot exceed 5 knots to board (previously it was 8 knots). Both vessels must be below 8 knots. Barricades defensive bonus increased by 0.1 and attack penalty increased by 0.1 as well. Crew bonuses reductions Shipbuilding: Very cramped: 5% - previous 10% Cramped: 2.5% - previous 5% Extra crew trim: 7.5% - previous 10% Modules and books: Light ship hammocks refit: 5% - previous 15% Hammocks book: 7.5%-7.5%-2.5% - previous 20%-10%-5% Diana Screenshot 46
Anolytic Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 1 minute ago, admin said: HMS Diana wil be given out for testing to all captains in the Caribbean. Nice! 5
Palatinose Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, admin said: Major BR rebalance We are gradually moving away from the static BR based on HP and DPS characteristics and will also consider several other factors including battle performance data. How it will work Ships with much lower performance statistics will have lower BR even if they are a higher class vessel. For example 2nd rate pavel having a much worse battle performance than 3rd rate Bellona will have a lower BR than Bellona. The changes will be applied gradually as full performance based BR is currently impossible as it will break old mission system. Once new mission system is added in September we will let battle performance influence the ship BR slightly more. Cool stuff Let's go test it boyyzz! 5
Musculb Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) I hope this ship will not be DLC after the tests. 😏🙏 Edited August 28, 2018 by Moscalb 12
Batman Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) A nice day to protect KPR from incoming raiders who want to steal HMS Diana from British Captains 😂 Edited August 28, 2018 by Batman 6
Fenris Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, admin said: HMS Diana wil be given out for testing to all captains in the Caribbean Release and replace as DLC to all those who bought cancer ship Requin, and remove Requin from game. Thanks. 2
Palatinose Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Batman said: steal such a hard word...
Havelock Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, admin said: HMS Diana wil be given out for testing to all captains in the Caribbean. Will it be a ship note or an imported veffel with 2 days cooldown? 15 minutes ago, admin said: Ships with much lower performance statistics will have lower BR even if they are a higher class vessel. For example 2nd rate pavel having a much worse battle performance than 3rd rate Bellona will have a lower BR than Bellona. This sounds really good! Remembers me of the riven mod system from Warframe... the less a weapon gets used, the better the mods stats become. Continually shifting metas are a good thing to keep games and their competitive aspects alive. 17 minutes ago, admin said: Additional info will be posted in a bit. Uhh, the tease! 1
Liq Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 I think it would be wise to inform the community about the planned BRs for each ship and allow discussion. Else one or two ships might get underrated by a lot and thus spammed as the new meta in PBs. And there will be more crying and work for you to adjust the BRs, again. 11
Vernon Merrill Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, CaptainSparckles said: But Diana isn't a Spanish ship ? Hahaha. I knew this was incoming! 1
woodenfish Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 Where will we be able to see the BR? Just wodering how we will calculate the BR for a PB if they keep changing... 1
Percival Merewether Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, admin said: .....Heavy brawler having a better turn rate than Trincomalee and Endymion. Nice!
HachiRoku Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks for fast br fix. Can't wait to play/test port battle now
Alvar Fañez de Minaya Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 20 minutes ago, CaptainSparckles said: But Diana isn't a Spanish ship ? British Diana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diana_(1794) Spanish Diana http://www.todoavante.es/index.php?title=Diana_(1792) 4
NethrosDefectus Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 How many Dianas will we be able to redeem? We can't effectively test them if we lose the only one we have to a gank fleet 5 minutes after leaving Aves for example. A timed cooldown similar to the current DLC ships maybe? @admin 1
NethrosDefectus Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 And as a "heavy brawler" will she be able to put up a decent fight against a Herc? No 5th rate currently can
admin Posted August 28, 2018 Author Posted August 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Alvar Fañez de Minaya said: British Diana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diana_(1794) Spanish Diana http://www.todoavante.es/index.php?title=Diana_(1792) oooops. well indeed. the qa made a mistake in write up - will post an update soon. 1
woodenfish Posted August 28, 2018 Posted August 28, 2018 Diana values that are in the api now can be seen via: http://royaltraderscompany.com/ships.php 2
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