Naval Action News

[h3]Captains[/h3]

It is a known fact that the main cause of injuries in the age of sail navies was not splinters or cannonballs; it was hernia. The dangerous condition, caused by the hard work and constant pulling of heavy weights and rope, condition which was once described by His Majesty Royal Navy Surgeon - Rear Admiral Humphrey De Vere - as scurvy of the sea, the menace of long naval patrols. But now lets talk about something completely different - patrols and XP.

[h3]Patrol Tier Changes[/h3]
Patrols will now use their own tiers of damage; damage tiers will be reduced greatly for light ship patrols and so on.

[h3]XP calculation for kills and assists. [/h3]
Currently the xp for kill is split between captains based on the % of their damage. This reduces motivations for group combat.
We have changed the system. To promote group activities the player who gets the kill will always receive full XP, assisters will get xp based on the % of damage they inflicted. This will encourage taking friends with you for NPC or player hunting.

[h3]Other changes[/h3]
Top mast HP was increased, as it was too easily destroyed even at battle sails.

Patch will be deployed today - 25th of July - at maintenance

Captains,

Diana event will run from daily maintenance on July 21st until daily maintenance on July 24th.

[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]Other changes[/h3]

• NPC Stats adjusted for improved balance of complexity of combat from lower level to higher level
  
• Prices have increased for some trading resources demanded by PVP zones ports
  
• Loki Runes drops have significantly reduced - for more enjoyable PVE experience
  

*Spotlight image from Captain HMS Mars from the June 2021 screenshot competition.

Captains!

New season starts today. We have big plans for the new season and will continue improving the game.

[h2]Major changes[/h2]
[h3]New combat events added[/h3]

• 3 timed competition combat events have been added to the game. Captains will be able to compete with other captains in the speed of destruction of several enemy ships for combat medals

[h3]Woods rebalancing[/h3]

• The wood has been rebalanced
  
• The old wood system was severely unbalanced, with many types of wood being completely useless and some heavily buffed

[h3]New approaches to balance:[/h3]

• Created several classes of wood, each with its own main characteristic and penalties to all other characteristics
  
• The higher the wood rarity, the greater the main bonus and the lower the penalty to other bonuses
  
• The higher the quality of the wood, the lower its drop chance or cost of obtaining in investments
  
• Base crafted woods have one bonus - rare woods can have several main bonuses

[h3]Slight structure increases[/h3]

• Structure have been increased for light and medium vessels to give a bit more durability. They still can be raked with ease - its just you need a bit more damage to deliver the critical skill shot

[h3]Masts damage and battle sails[/h3]

• Mast HP was lowered to allow easier demasting at full sails
  
• Battle sail mast damage reduction was increased to allow a lot more protection at battle sails and lower

[h3]Ship HP[/h3]

• Ship planking HP is slightly lowered for ships of the line. The overall balance of combat on higher level vessels is under review

[h3]PVP Zones trading[/h3]

• Rare woods are now only delivered to cities located in pvp zones
  
• Only PVP zones now provide best prices to sell trading resources
  
• NPC traders now try to avoid pvp zones when picking trading routes

[h2]Additional plans and known issues[/h2]

• BR limits for port battles are under review and will be improved within a short time after start of the season
  
• Fun and length of battles in lineships is under review
  
• Upgrade improvements are under way and will be delivered within 1-2 months after the start of the season
  
• Ship sail curves uniqueness will come back into the game
  
• Ship mass effect on speed and acceleration is under review
  
• 2 new races with different routes will be added to the game
  
• 1 new DLC ship (also available through events) will be added to the game
  
• Perks major rebalance and unlock of additional perk points for ship knowledge slots is also coming
  
• Better visualization of enemy ships in the open world and ships in the auction so new players can see which ships they should or should not attack or can or cannot use

[h3]Other changes and improvements will also come during the season[/h3]

*Spotlight image by Captain Lord Dorian Beckett from the June 2021 screenshot competition.

Captains,

We found the issue with 2 new combat events that could cause problems for players, and are working on the fix. If fix is not found in the short time we will disable the 2 new combat events and will deploy the patch tomorrow. Apologies for the delays in the start of the season - some interesting compensation will be provided for the delay.

Captains,

Following changes were applied today, July 10th:

All servers:
Seasonal land owner leaderboard was prolonged until 17th July.
Seasonal ship builder, quest master and patrol master leaderboards durations decreased to one week instead of two weeks.

Caribbean Main server:
Rewards earned for participating in seasonal leaderboards and weekly events during this week will be transferred to the next season.

We have deployed additional logging on the problem with invisible shallows in battles. Please use the F11 report button and send in-game reports if your ship is stuck too far from a shore in a battle.