Test Release Notes - August 26, 2010
 

Release Notes - August 26, 2010

• Players no longer crash when logging out with a weapon equipped.
• NPC ships once again can attack player ships that are within range of them.
• Weapons now deal correct amount of damage in Pirate vs. Pirate.
• Corrected Passive Skills, such as Parry and Dodge.
• Fixed geometry on enemies, such as Spineskulls, Urchinfists and French Undead.
• Veterans can now be booted directly from guilds.
• Fixed weird transitions where sky would flash.
• Fixed a crash when knocked out after fishing while on a fishing boat.
• Fixed the Upgrade button on the login page in browser mode.
• Simon Hornbow now stands in the Faithful Bride in Tortuga.
• Fixed various client crashes when logging out.

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Halleluia!!!! So happy thats done with..

Does "correct" mean that they will do the same damage as if we're fighting NPC enemies?? If so, PvP is going to be a breeze. Also, since they were on the PvP topic, why didn't they fix the invisible glitch!??!?! Arrggghhh!! :D

Who's this?

I think that the little biters (fishes) are gonna to come out tomarrow or tonight...

NPC ships once again can attack player ships that are within range of them.

That was a bug? No!!!!!!

Lol i agree i didnt know that was a glitch and double no!!! say bye bye ships haha

ah, so no more shooting ships and they don't notice when nobody takes the wheel after launching a ship?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

If this doesn't hit open tonight I'm going to be bored for a while on open.

This update is taking forever!!!! Come on POTCO! I know you never release on weekends but make an exception for this one! A lot of us really are anxious!

I don't think so, b/c if they fix that the way ur saying, then they MUST do the same for SvS, coz in SvS, cannons & broadsides do NO WHERE near the amount of damage u do in non-svs sailing. Damage done in SvS is sadly only like 25% of what non-svs damage is.

I think they fixed exactly like it says regarding weapons, so WoOt. Blades were not doing damage like they should be, they were doing way less. That is the reason why Fine Blade, Pirate Blade, Rusty Cutlass were considered PvP blades, coz even the Lost Sword was not even doing as much damage Fine Blade was. In fact like none of the famed or rare or common weapons were doing as much damage as the "unenchanted" blades w/Powerfull skill were doing in PvP.

& yah they do need to fix the invisible glitch, getting annoying having to open my weapon inventory just to put grenades into 1 of my 4 weapon slots ONLY so I can kill myself when I spawn invisible.

What type of guild rank is Veterans?

Veteran is a new rank where a person is allowed to invite others to the guild but can not remove others from the guild.

he is the guy from the ravens cove quest, or i'm so told.

Wait, you can change your weapon belt in PvP... that never worked for me.

Yea, that invisible glitch is a pain.

[*]NPC ships once again can attack player ships that are within range of them.
I didn't think this was a bug, now it makes it even harder to plunder ships.
[*]Fixed geometry on enemies, such as Spineskulls, Urchinfists and French Undead.
This still hasn't been fixed even when I have send in at least a dozen or more feedback forms and a bug report.
[*]Simon Hornbow now stands in the Faithful Bride in Tortuga.
Who is this NPC Character guy?
:bookishfj7::piratewheelgo2:

hurry up already potco god

Be patient gzero. Let them get all the bugs out.

He's already in the Faithful Bride, but he's sitting down on live, so they must have just stood him up. He is sitting in a weird position with his hands just floating in space, though. They probably stood him up because he got tired of holding his hands like that. :laughks2:

Edit: Apparently I can't post a link to the pirates online wiki. But if you go there and search for Simon Hornbow you'll see his entry.

Rofl thats pretty funny:laughks2:

It still isnt out... going on its 5th week now... this is absurd...

I agree, this better be a darn good update. I think it's an excuse, maybe they are working on something bigger as we speak and aren't working on fishing as much. Or maybe they're just being lazy. :/

i think it's this...

I dont get it.. Why is it such a big deal of you crash when logging out? :bookishfj7:

Did i miss something?:erti078:

I think by "crashing when logging with weapon equipped" means the entire game closes. So, if you were logging out to switch pirates, the entire game would shut down.

And, seriously people. This update ISN'T worth the wait, which is exactly why we all should stop acting like if we go one more day without fish we're all going to die.

And no, they aren't being lazy. Why would they be lazy on an update that might draw peoples attention back to the game, if only for a moment? They're obviously trying to get all the bugs out.

And before anybody says "ZOMG JUST GET IT OUT, WE'LL FIX TEH BUGZ ON ZE OPENZ!", that's not what is supposed to happen. Test is for Testing, Open is for playing. Unless you wantr to spend your time finding and experiencing bugs, instead of playing. And while I'm at it:

- Just because you haven't found any bugs, doesn't mean there aren't any left.

- Minors bugs that we let go will build up over time in to a big problem.

It's kind of a sad thing that I've had to restate my points to such an extent I have memorized what to type.

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This update is worth the wait for me, mainly because I find fishing enjoyable, and because with it comes treasures. Now I won't have to play an hour to get a wool cannon ram in CD.(I'm up to three wool rams.)

And, Disney isn't lazy. Tell me their lazy when you're doing their job ten times better. We can't call them lazy unless we can do their job better.