Naval Action News

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on August 18th until daily maintenance on August 21st:

[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]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 Lord High Adm Cochrane from the December 2021 screenshot competition.

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on August 11th until daily maintenance on August 14th:

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

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

[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

*Spotlight image from Edward Thatcher from the November 2021 screenshot competition.

[h3]Captains [/h3]

First insurance contracts were known from 1750 BC, it was done in form of the stone tablets and often had bugs stuck in the plates. Removing them was a long and tedious process. But its never to late to fix a problem.

Insurance contracts major fix
There was a bug in insurance payouts that was overpaying for very cheap ships and underpaying a lot for expensive crafted vessels. From today the insurance will take into account the number of upgrade slots and quality and base prices of woods used in ship construction. As a result you will receive less for cheap fir or oak ships but will receive much more for expensive wood 5 slot vessels.

Port battle BR Fixes
As we promised some time ago port battle BR limits should reflect the number of ships provide for ship variety in some port and take into account the location of the port. We have changed BR limits for ports to reflect this. Its a first step and we will tweak it for perfection soon with your feedback.

Explosions
We do not like that many port battles can drastically change their flow due to one explosion - the system did not take into account much lower HP for masts as well. As a result we are lowering explosion damage for structure, masts, sails, and slightly for broadside planking. We kept the damage to crew the same - if you expect nearby explosions do not forget to brace.

NPCs in Patrols
NPCs in patrol areas were streamlined so all nations can find enemies in those locations. Lower level NPCs were also provded.

Wapen/Wasa
Wapen and Wasa ship crafting blueprints was fixed as they used incorrect number of wood logs before.


We are very interested in feedback on explosions and their effect on battles, insurance payouts and port battle BR limits.
Please provide feedback in discord or steam forums.

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on August 4th until daily maintenance on August 7th:

[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]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 Lord High Adm Cochrane from the July 2021 screenshot competition.

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on July 28th until daily maintenance on July 31st:

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

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

[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

*Spotlight image from Captain Mimolette from the July 2021 screenshot competition.