Test Release Discussion - 20 August, 2009

[Sven Niscadae]

Thought I'd provide a public service this morning. That ray of light places ya right in front of the Governor's mansion and people just can't see the barrel as it's around the corner.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Sven Niscadae

Thought I'd provide a public service this morning. That ray of light places ya right in front of the Governor's mansion and people just can't see the barrel as it's around the corner.

I didnt even know they had a ray of light on this quest task.
Most of the searching tasks have never had them in the past.


Edit: I copied some of the more relevant comments from the long winded open news discussion, to a thread here in The Helm.
Some testers may wish to take a look here: http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f...ad.php?t=12922

[Jack I]

Thought I'd share some of the info I've found out about the sailing.

You no longer lose all forward momentum when making small changes to your direction

They nailed this one good, you don't lose it all, but you don't keep flying at full speed when you hit a turn. Sailing on my sloop, I could hit a top speed of 11 knots without Ramming Speed or Full Sail. Turning took me down to a minimum of 5 knots, and I never dropped below it.

When using Full Sail (3), my speed increased by 2 knots, with a max speed of 13 knots and turning speed of 7 knots. It seems that getting your sails ripped off affects stuff now as well. Just had a Barracuda knock my sloops only sail off, and I couldn't get above 1 knot unless I used full sail, which only took me to 3.

Also, something they didn't mention, the Cannon GUI changed.

• Bug: Only your sea chest and the ESC option should appear, but sometimes as seen below the other GUI does not disappear.

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by Jack I

When using Full Sail (3), my speed increased by 2 knots, with a max speed of 13 knots and turning speed of 7 knots. It seems that getting your sails ripped off affects stuff now as well. Just had a Barracuda knock my sloops only sail off, and I couldn't get above 1 knot unless I used full sail, which only took me to 3.

That's good to hear. Before you it wouldn't take your sails into account. SvS should take an interesting turn if people go to lop off sails and masts to slow down their opponents.