Test Release Notes - January 13, 2009

[katarakyan]

nice changes , hopefully the next changes will be new quest or new challenges for lvl 40 pirates.

[Jack I]

Looked at all the new feautres, liked them all (including the new way to pick how your friends are sorted on your friends list, they didn't mention that.) But mainly focused on this, new "action-packed tutorial".

Changes to the Tutorial:

• Rambleshack
  • Rambleshack now hosts Will Turner's Warehouse instead of the bar, so no more getting slapped.
  • On the path to Bo Beck's ship, there are now 2 undead gravediggers to fight. (Will has given you your sword.)
  • Instead of shooting at a sunken ship, you're now fighting a weakened level 17 French Shadow Crow. (Yes, it fires back at ya' mate.)
• Cutscenes
  • In the final cutscene between Will Turner and you, two of Jolly Roger's minions now spawn behind him to "come after him" instead of the angry mob you used to hear.
  • All cutscenes now have a transparent notice in the top left corner saying "Press ESC to skip."
• General Tutorial Help
  • Will Turner now shows you how to assign skill points and makes you put 1 skill point into sweep, and then makes you use it on the dummies.
  • The optional compass tutorial now uses a large compass, an undead, and a townsfolk to explain how the compass works.
  • When you shoot Jack the Monkey, a little notice under his health bar gives a message from Barbossa about taking a fine shot.

Other interesting things I have noticed.

• New music on islands including Tortuga, Devil's Anvil, Port Royal, Ile d'Etable de Porc, and Isla de la Avaricia. (I am guessing all islands have new music, considering this pattern.)
• Friends List can now be sorted by player name or their online status.
• Privateering is now listed in the lookout section.
• Chat has been refined.
  • There are now two buttons, one leads to the emotions list and another to the speedchat. Clicking the arrow takes you to chat.
  • All text said is now white, in all chat channels.
  • Names are now color coded.
    • In Local chat, names show up in Orange.
      Example: Jack Ironmalley:Testing
    • Crew chat unknown at this time
    • In Guild chat, names now show up in the same light blue as before, and now start with [Guild].
      Example: [Guild] Jack Ironmalley:Testing
    • Privateering chat names also show up in orange, with either [Spanish] or [French] as the prefix.
      Example: [Spanish] Jack Ironmalley:Testing (or) [French] Jack Ironmalley:Testing
  • If a user logs in or out, it shows up with a - before it and in orange text.
    Example: - Jack Ironmalley has gone offline.
  • All accomplishments are now in lime green with a - before them.
    Example: - Level Up! Notoriety Level 2

Pictures will shortly be in my gallery, and I'll post a blog with details on the Tutorial.

Blog: http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f...blog.php?b=513
Pictures: http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...ry.php?cat=641