Test Server Update, September 18
[p]Captains,
The following changes were deployed today, September 2025, on the Test Server:[/p]
The following changes were deployed today, September 2025, on the Test Server:[/p]
- [p]Grape damage maximum distance reduced by 100 meters[/p]
- [p]Grape damage slightly rebalanced: it now takes 5 broadsides to fully decrew an unarmored enemy ship (up from 4 broadsides on the testbed)[/p]
- [p]Grape ricochet angle adjusted to correspond to ball, approximately 45 degrees[/p]
- [p]Leak water inflow reduced by 20–25%[/p]
- [p]Cannon maximum horizontal aiming arc reduced from 40 degrees to 30 degrees (from 20° to each side to 15° to each side) to increase the importance of ship positioning in battles[/p]
- [p]Ship structure increased to 120% of planking[/p]
- [p]NPCs will now use battle sails more often[/p]