Naval Action News

Captains,

Diana event will run from daily maintenance on November 25th until daily maintenance on November 28th.

[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
  
• East 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.

[h3]Other changes[/h3]

• Damage from grape shot and crew shock were tuned
  
• Crew shock duration was increased. In addition to current limitations (repairing and sail control) it is no longer possible to fire a broadside, change crew focus, extinguish a fire, control the helm and activate brace during crew shock
  
• Brace mechanics changed: players can no longer control sails, but helm control and pump work added instead.
  
• Splinter damage to crew from round shot was lowered
  
• Ship explosion now cause damage to nearby friendly ships too (exception: friendly NPC ships)
  
• Server name was added on the character selection and character deletion screens
  

*Spotlight image from Captain Junan from the January screenshot competition.

Captains,

Where is my shipment? Event will run from daily maintenance on November 18th until daily maintenance on November 21st:

[h3]Where is my shipment?[/h3]

• All traders carry increased numbers of crafting resources and rare woods.

Spotlight image from Captain Junan

Captains,

Diana event will run from daily maintenance on November 11th until daily maintenance on November 14th.

[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
  
• East 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 from Captain banymark from the December screenshot competition.

Captains, following changes were deployed today, November 10th:

• Fixed a bug that prevented NPC ships from properly using yards in close range engagement.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from capturing certain ports on the Caribbean server.
  
• NPC Raiders now carry more doubloons on board.
  
• Craft experience on certain ships was adjusted.
  
• Improvements on localization (boarding).
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented diversity of nations of NPC ships in patrol zones on the Caribbean server.
  

P.S.: Grape shot damage tunes will be deployed within 3-4 working days

Captains,

• NPC raiders start to attack clan owned ports starting Monday November 14th
  
• NPC raiders will prefer attacking low tax income ports due to low money for defense
  
• NPC raiders will carry doubloons and some will carry supply of wood to rebuild the towns they capture