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Weekend Events: Ships permits and St. Kitts, February 16th-19th

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.

Weekend Events: Ships permits and Martinique, February 9th-12th

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.

Minor Update: AI turning and waterline shooting

[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.

Weekend Events: Diana and Ships permits, February 2nd-5th

Captains,

Two loot events will run from daily maintenance on February 2nd until daily maintenance on February 5th:

[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.

[h3]Drop chance for ships permits will be doubled until daily maintenance on February 5th[/h3]

Hotfix - Turnrates for former interceptors, more lineship crafting resources

[h3]Captains.

Hotfix has been deployed[/h3]

Ship of the line crafting resources availability

New source of Lineship material suppliers have been added to Gulf Region.
  • San Luis Mast Timber
  • New Orleans Heavy Rope
  • Vera Cruz Compass wood
  • Sisal Frame Timber
  • El Rancho Cast Iron


New source of lineship material suppliers have been added to Caribbean Sea (all freetowns)
  • La Tortue Cast Iron
  • La Mona Compass wood
  • Aves Heavy Rope
  • Guayaguayare Mast Timber
  • Dariena Frame Timber


Small quantities of ship of the line materials will also drop from sinking NPC 1-2nd rates in the open world.


Former interceptor turn rates.

Turn rates dependency on speed has been improved for former interceptors (trincomalee, surprise etc). They will no longer lose turning at speeds below 50% like all other vessels.


NPC Crafting resource suppliers
Amount of resources available for purchase - increased.