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Patch 26. Spanish Frigate Diana, BR rebalance - Diana is a timed reward.


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I like how a new ship has got the old grumpy serious face posters out all squeeling like little girls. Well, ok, no... But it sounds more fun like that.

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7 hours ago, Potemkin said:

What is her in-game crew total? It may not be wise to put 24lbers on her.

325 so the same as the Trinc.  Which get me thinking 26 guns on one deck and what is it 6 on the top or is that 12.  Her top deck is going to very lightly gun compared to say the Trinc or other ships around that level.  So she's going to be kinda like a buffed up Reno with one full gun deck and a few guns you prob will just put something light in for tagging.  I'm still wondering what her chasers are going to be like.  Would be interesting if they took those 6 guns and that was the chaser and just have her with one gun deck pretty much.  

6 hours ago, admin said:

diana wont be an imported ship

This is good to know, so I honestly think something like a Indiaman Refit would make a great imported ship for the future, up her gun/crew and maybe some performance with half cargo and new paint.  Specialty ships like that would make better imported ships in the future that aren't going to be PB or OW battle OP and a pain to balance.  In fact all the imported ships in the future could be just Refits with new paints of ships we have in game with slight state changes.   

 

As for up gunning ships would be interesting to test out this on other ships and the effects of putting max gun would effect ships more than they do now.  You will only get top speeds out of certain cannon loads while others none traditional heavy would effect stats more than they do right now.  Other than speed heavy gun loadout doesn't really effect ships that much and even that is so small.

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37 minutes ago, maturin said:

Ooh, more pics of Diana please

I just honestly want to see the gun lay out of it, but hay maybe it will drop in the morning and I'll have something to do when I get off work at 7am.

24 minutes ago, jodgi said:

I like how a new ship has got the old grumpy serious face posters out all squeeling like little girls. Well, ok, no... But it sounds more fun like that.

Just think if they bring back paints #HINT #HINT #HINT @admin

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2 hours ago, Crow said:

To the  Obusier crowd.........SHOVE YOUR OBUSIER'S IN YOUR PORTHOLES  and test the bloody game.

 

But don't cry after another potentially OP-in-it's-class ship is added to the game. We don't know this yet but on paper it seems like a very potent frigate.

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Gee - a new frigate is always very welcome! From what we can see it looks beautiful - I guess I will sail it a lot!
Great to hear that you worked out more for NAVAL ACTION. I play nothing else since a long time!

Seeing that you still tweak values, I would like to hint again to do more with FIRE values and consequences.
If a ship on FIRE would have more trouble fighting (crew all busy), or more resulting damage (sails?),
this would bring new aspects into combat.
Also, this would make more fire-resistent woods interesting for ship building again, like MAHOGANY.
Right now, MAHOGANY has hardly any meaning.

BUT: you are on a good way and I feel I'll sail NA for a long time.
Perhaps you consider selling PAINT packages or single PAINTs for small money - you might be asthonished
how much money you could make with this? I'd buy them, if not too expensive.
And every lost ship would refuel the business... ^_^

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8 minutes ago, CaptainSparckles said:

I hope Diana will not be a dlc ship .

14 hours ago, admin said:

diana wont be an imported ship

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1 hour ago, CaptainSparckles said:

I hope Diana will not be a dlc ship .

Admin said she will not be DLC, but that does not mean she will not be special reward ship only.

Cannot wait another 24h for her too go live

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Captains.
Diana is a timed reward. You can claim it within 15 days from today. If you miss it for some reason do not worry. It will be brought into the game as a crafted ship or as admiralty note ship. Pass along this information in chat.

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Just now, Teutonic said:

I saw 800 BR on the ocean but didn't see the Santi's, but i guess it is messed up?

Personally glad to see an 800 BR spread instead of a 600 though.

santa should be 800
ocean 900

its reversed now.

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I am pretty sure we will see BR outliers.

In any event, further playing and feedback for the right BR balance will help. But i do agree with @Banished Privateer some of the BR choices are a little out there :P.

honestly probably just means we thought the 3rd rate was so utter crap, now it deserves a spotlight lol.

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If battle rating is affected by sustained battle performance and usage rate it will always generate outliers, sometimes lowering its rating below lower classed ships.
It will become and feel normal, once everyone consider br not as arbitrary number based not only on ship stats but how this stats affect battle performance (new missions wont be BR based but will be class based)
Excepted outcome: Port battles will definitely be more diverse now. And ships that were avoided before will get used more. Which will in turn could increase the rating. If performance does not change - then ships stats definitely need to be addressed. 

Couple of iterations and the ratings will stabilize.

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Just now, Banished Privateer said:

Shouldn't we get a Diana feedback topic, @admin

tomorrow. i think its wind curve is slightly broken, did not merge properly or something.

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