Test Release Notes- June 20,2011
 

Test Release Notes - June 20, 2011

• Pirates can dare to become a "Scoundrel of the Seas" now on the Test Servers. Set sail, plunder all you can from enemy ships and try to unlock all the Scoundrel levels.
• Enemy ship difficulty will increase based on the amount of plunder in your ship's hull.
• Added four Scoundrel levels of difficulty, each with its own jolly roger icon on the ship HUD (top-left while sailing).
• Optimized frame rate for flagship boarding.
• Fixed a bug where teleporting off a ship causes other Pirates to exit the Ship Repair mini-game.
• Fixed a bug where new Pirates could become stranded on Kingshead before receiving a ship.

Fixed a bug where teleporting off a ship causes other Pirates to exit the Ship Repair mini-game.
WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!1 Took long enough, disney!

Great update. Keep us informed.

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I thought it was ship customization, looks like ill wait longer...

Wow - this is an intense thing. It's like SvS against NPCs.

The minute you begin firing on an NPC ship the game begins to talk to you, as if it's a crew member alerting you that you're attracting notice, but also warning you if you're in danger.

What seems to trigger the tough fights is having a full cargo. A "Hunter" ship with red sails comes after you. It's definitely an NPC ship, and they're insanely fast.

In my very limited experience tonight I didn't see any "Hunter" ships go after anything but ships of the War class.

I sailed on a War Frigate and we had several Hunters chase us, including a War Galleon named Vengeance that must have had a top speed, without Full Speed, of 16-18 knots, minimum. I thought we'd left it in our wake and then it was literally on our six. I don't SvS, and I get very overwhelmed in those situations, but I can tell you one of the Hunters that came after us was a level 51. I think that was a War Sloop.

I didn't get any screenies because it was too fast paced and dangerous. We did make PDF intact, though.

Sailing on my Galleon (not War class), I got the message that there were ships closing in, but they seemed to only be regular NPCs schooling towards me.

For those solo sailors who are working on ship quests, my advice is either be prepared to defend your cargo, or port before you're fully cargoed.

The hunters came for me and a friend on a light sloop, once we got full royals. A level 59 war frigate. It is insane out on the seas now. The ship ranking crowed is gonna be extinct due to this update. No bugs found yet.

The verbal commentary is so fun!

Great update Disney! Huzza! Huzza! Huzza!

Screens to come

Aye was fun on that Light Sloop. I had problems logging on before but it worked fine after a few hours.. Agrees completly wonderful update!

There's a video on Youtube called POTCO Test Server 6/20/11 Scoundrel of the Seas (can't post link, or GM will be on me again..)
I think my favourite part was the voice, instead of just words, there's actually some piraty voice.


Anyway, I LOL'd at the video when the hunter came. What kind of ship is called Killyaded ?!?!

Nice video.

Me to.

There better not be any bugs mate. Thats good news!!!

Well thanks for the update matey.

I posted it up a couple of days ago in the A/V forum:

POTCO - Scoundrel of the Sea

A look at some upcoming updates headed to Test Servers very soon. Beware the Bounty Hunters mateys!

WOOT! No bugs so far? Great. Hopefully it will be on Live soon. This will make sailing much more fun, especially as a guild. I've always liked the "Survival of the Fittest" idea.

lol, thats actually a different one. :laugh8:
The one I saw is the actual test release.

Aye, me to. Mainly because of all the public ships with failed captains. I hate it when you go on a public ship, and you get a captain who
A: Can't talk
B: Can't sail for his life

Saw a pic on the Wiki:
Apparently, as you get fame, even SOTLs come after you.. O_O

Did they change hunter to warship?

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Went onto test to fight some hunters.
After you sink about a dozen hunters, the warships start to come.
Hunters = Was Sloop, Galleon and sometime Friagte lv 45-50
Warship = War fragate, SOTL lv 50-60

They come about every minute or so, so we often get surriunded by 2 at a time.
SOTL is crazy hard...

For the first time in POTCO history, we have NPC pirate ships that can hunt you down. That's sweet. I'm definitely going to be checking this out today.

And are there any Ghost Hunter ships? I'm aware there are Navy and possibly EITC, but has anyone seen a skeleton/ghost hunter ship?

So far, no. There are only Pirate and navy Bountyhunters

SOTL is unbelievably strong! But, we didn't have a crew of mastered pirates shooting fury. Many had brought their lil pirates for the fun of it all.

Now, Disney; allow the warships/hunters to cripple and board you, and vice-versa, and this will be the most epic update in POTCO history.... besides loot, of course. :D

EDIT:
Just watched a good video of it, and I have to say, this REEKS of ship customization. They are decorated in a way similar to the Raider ships from CD, which adds ammunition to the idea that we be able to make our ships look similar. I call: yellow sails, purple hull, yellow trim, and an emblem on the sails of a Witchdoctor! :D

I just realized that POTCO have been listening, and this update is specificly designed for high levels!
With all the hunters being lv 45+ and firing explosives (often bugged, since the explosives hit the bountyhunter's ship more often than the player's ship).

Although I wonder what will happen to the lower levels driving a light sloop or medium Galleon, etc. They will be far from being able to fight, and is easily outrun.

I also like the fact that they added this after i made a thread about the Navy sending "assassins" after you. It shows that POTCO is viewing POF, and actually taking into consideration what we say. GO POTCO!

Are the scoundrel levels your normal ship levels? I just have to ask because my ship level is 15 and the best action I've had is a few navy ships going after me. I did get to fight a hunter war sloop and ship of the line but that was only because a player's ship of the line triggered them to pop up.

These small ship updates really seem to hint at ship customization. The Queen Anee, the hunter ships, they all seem to hint at ship customization. Hopefully we'll see it before the summer ends because that would really keep us busy. But if there's anything Iwant the most if ship customization comes, it's quests to get rare flags or rare ship decorations. Just buying them would be lame. Sure, for basic decorations and flags that'd be good but I want to earn a skull and crossbone flag or a red hunter flag.

Where was this "Confirmed" to be Summer 2011?

What happens to the Bounty Hunter ships after they sink you? Do they start going after someone else? And, do the Bounty Hunter ships give reputation and/or cargo?

They do give Rep and Cargo if you sink them. If they sink you they will go after other ships that fire on them.

hey i was in the middle of catching a legendary fish when the game crashed could you maybe restore it or something cause i almost had it

You're encouraged to submit feedback (especially on test)....unfortunately I doubt it will bring back your fish. It's worth asking.....