Naval Action News

Captains,

Diana loot event will run from daily maintenance on February 23rd until daily maintenance on February 26th:

[h3]Diana Event[/h3]
Captains have to find rare ships like Diana, Santa Cecilia and Admiraal de Ruyter in the search areas provided below. These ships may carry a very rare ship notes and special loot coins, rare wood and rare guns:

• Gold Ducat
  
• Gold Rouble
  
• Gold Sultani
  
• Gold Thaler
  
• Strange Gold Bar
  
• Rare wood
  
• Rare guns

Coins might be exchanged in the Academy building to receive:

• Additional outpost permit
  
• Additional dock permit
  
• Diana permit
  
• Admiraal de Ruyter permit

If you already have the Navy Connection using the item will add even more outposts or docks (up to a total limit).

Search locations

• South Antilles - triangle of Aves, La Blanquilla and Saint George ports
  
• Northeast of Tumbado - area between Cuba and Tumbado
  
• South of Hispaniola

In case of capture of certain ports in the area, the nation of ships will change.

Spotlight image by cobra454 from the November 2021 screenshot competition.

Captains.

Patch has been deployed today.

• War on Grind: XP thresholds and amount of kills per level has been drastically reduced. More information and spreadsheet links is in news and announcement section in Official Discord.
  
• HP, Mast and Sail damage improvements and tweaks. More information and spreadsheet links is in news and announcements section in Official Discord.
  
• NPC Changes - low level NPCs no longer use Accuracy mods.
  
• Chain damage is now 1 hp for all calibers to provide visibility and full clarity on mast and sail damage.
  
• Wood changes. HP buffs for woods slightly reduced.
  
• Invisibility timer after battle: Players will get 30 second invisibility after battle to allow loading into open world for all types of computers. If player moves invisibility timer will stop. Players will also now longer be able to attack or be attacked 15 seconds after battle.
  
• Trading improvements: NPC traders will now bring small amount of trading goods for sale into Central and South America.
  

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on February 16th until daily maintenance on February 19th:

[h3]St. Kitts Event[/h3]

• St. Kitts 5 modules are available in the Admiralty, they can be exchanged for Broad Pennants that occasionally drop from 5th rates and higher
  
• Broad pennant will drop from military NPC ships

[h3]Drop amount for ships permits will be doubled until daily maintenance on February 19th[/h3]

[h3]Changes to the damage model[/h3]
TTK (Time To Kill) - Sustained focus fire should kill ships faster. HP of planking and structure slightly lowered for 1st rates, 2nd rates and 3rd rates.
Predictable Rigging and Mast damage. Chain shot from ANY caliber now delivers 1HP damage. This will result in easier understanding of mast and rigging shocks. HP of masts and sails adjusted accordingly.

DATA: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ismfxXECgWL3b1T8SuuLsqo4F6ZFhbvXQ3srN5hTOD0/edit#gid=0

[h3]War on Grind[/h3]
The XP required to rank up has been lowered. We want players to get into large scale PvE , PvP, Patrols and Port battles faster.
Together with previous Assists XP increase - levelling up in a group now will also be much faster.

DATA:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ismfxXECgWL3b1T8SuuLsqo4F6ZFhbvXQ3srN5hTOD0/edit#gid=587806980

[h3]Invisibility and Non-Aggression Timer Update[/h3]
A player now has a 30-second invisibility period upon spawn from the combat. During this time, the player can look around and choose their direction of movement.
Movement and Invisibility: The moment the player starts moving, their invisibility is cancelled. Immediately after, a 15-second non-aggression timer is activated. During this period, the player cannot be attacked nor can the player initiate an attack on another player.

[h3]Perks[/h3]
UI improvement for better clarity on level-based perks.


Spotlight image by komradkoshka from the April 2022 screenshot competition.

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on February 9th until daily maintenance on February 12th:

[h3]Martinique Event[/h3]

• Martinique 5 modules are available in the Admiralty, they can be exchanged for Broad Pennants that occasionally drop from 5th rates and higher
  
• Broad pennant will drop from military NPC ships

[h3]Drop amount for ships permits will be doubled until daily maintenance on February 12th[/h3]

Spotlight image by Cornelius Escoso from the February 2022 screenshot competition.

[h3]Captains.
Hotfix has been deployed[/h3]

• NPC ships will try to aim at the whole hull of the ship (not only waterline)
  
• NPC ships stay the course and wait for reload more often (instead of turning to shoot another broadside)
  

Please provide feedback on AI further improvements if you have any.