Naval Action News

Captains, the following changes were deployed on the Test Server today, March 5th:

• Fixed a bug where medical bark was not being produced, preventing Medicine crafting
  
• Increased the variety of ships sailed by NPCs in the Open World
  
• Adjusted the weight of raw resources and materials
  
• Improved localization
  

Captains, the following changes were deployed on the Test Server today, March 4th:

• Fixed bugs related to NPC behavior during boarding.
  
• Fixed bugs related to group invites and adding friends.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented item splitting in Open World.
  
• Fixed an issue where the required amount for clan creation was incorrect.
  
• Implemented various localization fixes.
  

Spotlight image by Captain Esteban from the June 2021 screenshot competition

Captains, the following changes were deployed on the Test Server today, March 3rd:

[h3]Boarding improvement[/h3]

• Boarding has been tweaked closer to old school boarding (but with less Cooldowns) including return of the command switch cost
  
• Free preparation per round bonus has been removed
  
• KD on brace, attack has been removed allowing more action
  
• Defend command is made not so useless against gun or cannon fire
  
• Min possible damage was increased to not get stuck in 3 kills per round
  
• Overall, we definitely will need another round of changes to bring it to great state - please provide feedback and thought on boarding in patch feedback topics
  

[h3]Other changes[/h3]

• Fixed bug blocking ship purchases
  
• Reduced minimum fees for distant ship purchases to 500 from 5000
  
• NPC tax is back to avoid price gauging and free 1 real overbidding on auctions
  
• Double shot bonus is now lower until ball cost balance is achieved. Reason is simple - because there is one standard cannonball the cost of double shot was extremely low compared to its received benefit. It will be increased once gunpowder and cannonball prices are finally balanced
  
• Fixed Crafting Recipes for the following items:
  
  
  • Medicine
    
  • Grape Ammo
    
  • Provisions
    
  • Gunpowder
    
  • Ball Ammo
    

[h3]Update on boarding vs NPCs[/h3]
NPC reactions during boarding are bugged on the test server. This is a known issue and will be hotfixed tomorrow

Spotlight image from Captain Junan from the February 2022 screenshot competition

Captains, following changes were deployed today on the Test server:

• Fixed a bug where books from loot were not working. Unfortunately, books that you found already have to be thrown out
  
• Updated loot from traders and warships
  
• Until further notice, raw resources, materials, consumables, upgrades, and books can also be sold to NPC shops
  
• Fire now deals slightly less damage to hull (but still significant)
  
• Reduced fire spawn rate approximately by 2x
  

Some Crafting Recipes are incorrect on test server. For example Gunpowder. To not waste money do not craft gunpowder until tomorrow hotfix

Spotlight image by Schindlers Liste from the September 2021 screenshot competition

Captains,

We are happy to announce that the Test Server is now available.



[h3]To test the new complete overhaul for the game including:[/h3]

• Damage Model: Overhauled ammunition, HP, leaks, fires, thickness, boarding, and various other adjustments.
  
• Sailing Model: Streamlined speed profiles for all ships, rudder inertia, and other tuning improvements.
  
• Crafting: full overhaul of the crafting progression.
  
• Trading: Trade routes are back in full force providing stable trade routes and distance based pricing
  
• Player-Driven Economy and Hauling: Crafted goods required for combat and trading provide even better money making opportunities than trading. All higher level items have to be crafted by players.
  
• New Modules and Books: Complete overhaul of modules and books
  
• Dozens of other changes and improvements giving almost a new fresh experience.
  

This weekend we are testing NEW PLAYER AND BAHAMAS EXPERIENCE, so every player will start from scratch with zero XP and money in Nassau. But don't worry - we will run a higher rank test early next week.


Instructions on how to unlock the test server and participate are posted on the official forum:
How to Participate

REWARDS for participation on the Test Server will also be unveiled early next week.


Feedback can be provided here on Steam: Steam Forums
And here on the official forum: Official Forum

Most useful and thoughtful feedback providers will also receive a special reward once the live server patch goes live.

Also let us know if you have any questions in the comments.