Blazing Sails News

Yarr!!

It's time for another update! Do you hate the feeling of having to shoot one measly bullet before having to reload? No more! We've added a new weapon called "The Repeater". This crazy automatic rifle is sure to bring even more chaos during boarding and land combat.

We've also added backpack upgrades so that your pirate can hoard even more loot without the need to return to your ship.

Lastly, we've added a rarity glow to the weapons so that you can see at first glance how good the weapon is you want to pick up. This should also prevent you mistaking a Blunderbuss for a Bomb Launcher! ;)

Here are the full patch-notes:

[h3]New weapon:[/h3]

• Repeater has been added (A twelve shot automatic pirate machine gun)
  

[h3]Backpack additions:[/h3]

• Backpack upgrades added (Each upgrade adds +250 carry capacity, you can install 2 upgrades max)
  

[h3]Loot additions[/h3]

• Weapon loot is now colored by it's rarity (white, green, blue, purple and orange)
  

[h3]TNT bow mount changes:[/h3]

• Mounting a barrel to the front of your ship now initiates the same cooldown as dropping a barrel from your inventory
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed missing pants mask on female body type that caused naked pirate booty
  
• Nearly full crew banners (3/4) now appear orange instead of red
  
• Fixed a problem that caused sail colliders to absorb projectiles
  
• Fixed a bug that caused client server hosts to not be able to transfer items from containers
  
• Fixed some LOD issues with the masts and sail pulleys
  

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Ahoy mateys! The time is finally upon us. The female pirate has arrived and is ready to kick some pirate bum! Like mentioned before you'll be able to use all unlocked customization on both bodytypes. Along with this we've also added 2 extra female voicetypes!

Because it's easter this weekend we also took the opportunity to add some special easter-themed event items, just to get your started you'll get a free unique easter sail emblem on game startup!

We've also added a few new LEGENDARY and EPIC items to Blazing Sails (some event and some normal ones). These will be quite a bit more challenging to unlock so have fun trying to collect 'em all pirates!

Here are some of the new items we've added:






Without further ado, here are the full patch-notes scallywags:

[h3]New pirate body settings:[/h3]

• Female body type added
  
• "Body type" renamed to "Physique"
  
• 3 physiques added for female (scrawny, average and strong)
  
• 2 new female voices added
  

[h3]Visual improvements:[/h3]

• Gold and silver materials improved to be much more shiny
  
• Flintlock firing pistol animation improved (used to go sideways when shooting)
  
• Right to left melee swing 3rd person animation improved
  

[h3]In-game UI improvements:[/h3]

• Compass now shows team members direction
  
• Compass now shows own ship direction
  
• Compass now shows marker direction
  
• Compass visuals adjusted to fit new indicators
  
• Scoreboard no longer flickers
  
• Pop up when clicking on player in scoreboard giving the following options: go to steam profile, open chat through steam and add as friend on steam
  

[h3]Score system additions:[/h3]

• Pumping water now also grants score points
  

[h3]Teleport compass improvements:[/h3]

• Compass needle now points to closest teleport pad
  

[h3]Profanity:[/h3]

• The profanity filter now also works on ship names
  

[h3]Damage effect rework:[/h3]

• Red damage overlay now shows from which direction you got hit
  

[h3]Balancing:[/h3]

• Dragon pistol moved from tier 4 to tier 5
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that caused the teleport screen effect to get stuck when being killed while teleporting
  

[h3]New cosmetics:[/h3]

• Easter Pattern Sail Emblem
  
• Flower Pattern Sail Emblem
  
• Easter Chick Sail Emblem
  
• Easter Egg Sail Emblem
  
• Angry Bunny Sail Emblem
  
• BattleDrank Sail Emblem
  
• Fire Phoenix Sail Emblem
  
• Cut Throat Sail Emblem
  
• Solar Phoenix Sail Emblem
  
• Black Bunny Ears
  
• Pink Bunny Ears
  
• Yellow Bunny Ears
  
• White Bunny Ears
  
• Purple Bunny Ears
  
• Red Bunny Ears
  
• Green Bunny Ears
  
• Blue Bunny Ears
  
• Silver Bunny Ears
  
• Gold Bunny Ears
  
• Grey, Gold and Red Commander's Bicorn
  
• Green, Silver and Black Commander's Bicorn
  
• Brown, Blue and White Commander's Bicorn
  
• Red, Gold and Black Commander's Bicorn
  
• Blue, Gold and White Commander's Bicorn
  
• Dark Blue and Black Commander's Bicorn
  
• White and Gold Commander's Bicorn
  
• Green and Dark Grey Commander's Bicorn
  
• Red, Black And Yellow Commander's Bicorn
  
• Purple, Dark Grey and Yellow Commander's Bicorn
  
• Black and Gold Commander's Bicorn
  
• Brown, Dark Grey and Cyan Commander's Bicorn
  
• Yellow Bird Nest
  
• Orange Bird Nest
  
• Green Bird Nest
  
• White Bird Nest
  
• Loose Bun Hair
  
• Messy Bob Hair
  

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Yarrr!

Hope you enjoyed the Iceberg Ahead show mateys! For the folks that didn't get the opportunity to watch live or would just like to re-watch the Blazing Sails stuff, here are the goods:

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As you can see we've been working hard on implementing the female pirate, which will be introduced to the game soon!

Like with the already-implemented male bodytype, you'll be able too choose between 3 types of physique as well.

Along with this we've also been busy implementing female voicetypes so you can blast out those voice commands like a true lady-pirate. Or would you just like to have a feminine voice with a buff male body? That will also work! Blazing Sail is all about customization and we're excited too see what you pirates come up with for your characters!

Hope you're excited scallywags! We're looking forward to releasing this update!
More news about this will be shared very soon!



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Ahoy mateys,

Our publisher, Iceberg Interactive will host a live event tomorrow that will include some very exciting Blazing Sails news! The show begins tomorrow (March 30th) at 19:00 CEST! Make sure you're watching scallywags, you won't regret it! You can find your regional time on the Steam sidebar to the right.



You can catch it live tomorrow, but make sure you set a reminder by smashing that bell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BIOdIVKaL8



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Hi there pirates!

It's update time again. We've got a few things for you all this week. The long awaited player reporting feature has been added. Pirates aren't the kindest souls, let's admit. But even pirates agree on certain lines that shouldn't be crossed. Spoiling the fun for others or spouting extreme profanity should not go unpunished. And thus, we will from now on review your reports and take actions accordingly to keep the seas as adventurous and fun as possible for everyone sailing on them. Actions may range from warnings all the way to server bans depending on the gravity of the offense.

Next to that we've got some new teleport effects, some more status icons and a brigantine buff!

Full patch notes:

[h3]Reporting:[/h3]

• You can now report players with one of 7 reasons
  
• You can also enter some extra information text
  

[h3]In-game UI:[/h3]

• Added status icons for swivels, water pump, cork, teleporting and on ship
  
• New ship icon (ship count top right) and on ship status indication icon
  
• New player icon (in crew member UI top left and player count top right)
  
• Status icons now turn red when on an enemy ship or when using enemy cannons, steering wheel, masts, capstan, swivels, ...
  
• Flag banner UI is now screenspace making it easier to read
  
• Added two crossing swords and a short animation to the prepare for battle screen
  

[h3]Teleport effects:[/h3]

• Added screen effect when teleporting
  
• Added a white transition flash when the actual teleport happens
  

[h3]Gameplay and balancing:[/h3]

• Brigantine water levels now rise 30% slower making it a bit stronger
  
• Entering enemy crows nests now takes 4 seconds instead of 1 second
  

[h3]Special flags:[/h3]

• Blackbeard flag added (we'll do a big country flag pass soon)
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the anchor to automatically drop each time you use the steering wheel
  
• Fixed a bug that caused projectiles to not deactivate when hitting a player making it possible to hit two or more players with one projectile
  
• Disconnects due to a server being in spawn selection will now show the correct disconnect popup message
  
• Flag banners no longer show any text when the match has started
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the compass sound to play when loading into a game
  
• Fixed a bug that sometimes cut off some of the compass teleporting sounds
  

Like this update? Let us know on Discord!