Release Notes - December 10, 2009

[Dockwrecker The Privateer]

Aye James,that and the large islands look a tad odd....and I think enemy ships do not have drivers anymore.

Also I'm not sure if this is a new bug but I went to Basic again today becaiuse me week's time was up and the clothes reset,but none of the original hats (or Mortimer's shirt for that matter) came back.(last time I downgraded clothes stayed the way they were)But good thing I have another code,so I can fix the clothes for now.

[william kid]

ok I dislike the walk-through it just doesn't seem right. I also am not liking the ships on SvS that arent flying colors-if your not watching compass your gonna get sunk by a ship that appears to not be in the game-I also have had issues with it letting me get to a cannon-and last , it's not really an issue but I hit ramming speed and speedo showed 21 knots LOL-
in short if you see these our other issues send Mickey a note saying so

[Angel Stormwalker]

im so dissatisfied with my ship and enemy ships the look so fake more so the sails i hope the big D isn't finished with the ships cause if so i refuse to sail ever again

[Cpt. Charlotte Doyle]

sometimes running into (and being blocked by) an enemy's form is the only way some of us can manage to actually HIT an enemy during the invasions! this latest "walk through people' update is extremely annoying in my opinion... im thinking that if this turns out to be more a problem than lag solution, that other players that dislike this new aspect send feedback asking for personal space to be reinstated.

[CarribeanThunder]

Here's my criticism:

1: Walkthrough Pirates: As everyone else has said, going through other pirates like some phantoms from the Graveyard? Yeah, I'm not liking this one. 0/5 stars for this update.

2: Redesigns For The Ships: I don't mind the new looks, but War Galleon sailors have to go up/down a flight of stairs just to get to a cannon, then go down/up the same flight of stairs to get away from that Corsair that's just about to bomb you to smitherines.
Redesigns For War Galleon: 4/5
Redesigns Overall: 6/5

3: Water Sounds While Swimming: The old sound was better, and more realistic. 2/5

4: Tortuga Invasions: Well, of COURSE this is gonna be awesome. 5/5

5: SPOILERThe Goliath: BEAUTIFUL LOOKING GOLIATH.[/Spoiler] Much faster, much more fun to fight, so for this, the 25% Hull Defense update is good.
Goliath: OVER 9000!!!!/5
Hull Defense ( Goliath Exception ): 5/5

6: 25% Hull Defense Update: Not the best update. It's a little unfair that NPC Ships get better defense on their ships, while we get more damage in return. 1/5.

7: The Pearl's Hull Defense: Most of you will enjoy this, most of you won't.
The Black Pearl's Hull Defense is that of a Lv45 Juggernaut you will be attacking as a Lv1 Pirate with a Lv1 cannon. You take VERY LITTLE damage, even from the FINAL fort, and the Goliath. I, for one, do NOT like this, because it makes no challenge. But at the Goliath Battle, I had been going Face-to-Face with the Goliath, and before it sunk, the last few shots it made did this much damage
( | | ).
Anyway, 0/5 ( this is sure to also be a bug ) to this update/bug.

8: X Marks The Spot, Literally: Now, the Dig Sites are marked with Xs, and have a color of sand that stands out. This makes no challenge to finding the Treasure Chests. However, if you are one to find them quickly, then sure, I don't mind. But, at least, I say Disney add an option to allow the X-Marks-The-Spot Xs to appear or not ( like whether you want the music/sound on or off ).
3/5

9: Ships sink head-first: Ships now sink going forward, unlike before, how it was the Rear went below the surface of the sea first.
3/5, not my most favorite update, but ok.

10: Graphics updated: Now, medium graphics players will see some of the things you would see with High graphics options ( well, that's me ).

If you do not wish to view The Goliath in it's UPDATED form, do not click this Attachment.

[Bartholomew Foulsteel]

Just think of it: 300 people can stand IN a GM during an event! It will be like NOT crowded!

[Charles Darkwolf]

What in the world is up with this X marks the spot garbage? I just can't stand the way Disney is dumbing down this game! In my opinion, if you're not willing to take the extra time to find a dig spot, you shouldn't be playing this game. What a waste of an update over all, the only thing good I can see so far is the Tortuga invasion, and i haven't even witnessed that yet. Good Grief!!!

P.S.

I really really hate these ships now. They look like a 6 year old designed them, of course I'm really starting to wonder if the programmers really are 6 years old! Maybe that's the reason we can't get the things we really want, the programmers are too busy with nap time.

[Dockwrecker The Privateer]

Is it me or do ships have no drivers anymore?

[MacIronhawk]

Honestly, they just need to add more animations for ships sinking.

And, there's a Panda3D memory leak, Sven? I never knew that, but that would explain why I can play other games for hours but after a while on pirates I have problems.

[The Skirata Clan]

To the testers:


Did all the bugs you guys reported were fixed?

[CarribeanThunder]

I agree with MacIronhawk, there SHOULD be more ship sinking animations ( LIKE THE ORIGINAL BACK-OF-THE-SHIP-SINKS-FIRST ANIMATION, plus some new ones ). All ships shouldn't sink exactly the same.

To The Skirata Clan:
Yes, the boots and other bugs were fixed. Gladly.

[Aaron McEagle]

Was on test and was defeating Black Pearl.
Was not loosing health of ship but health on the side panel.
Then all of a sudden we came to the goliath and sank in a second.
What happened?

[Midhav]

Hey everyone here! Go to the grog blog and leave comments about the memory leak so others can see and the GMs will have to fix it. HURRY! we can save the game!

[MacIronhawk]

I hate just about everything with what's going on at sea.

Waves are smaller. Ships boxier. Cannons make no sound when hitting other ships. There's no "feel" like there was before when getting hit.

And they said broadsides aim better, did they not? That's the biggest lie I've ever seen in an update. They aim worse! Missed three times in a row when I was dead on during a battle.

Just pathetic.

And islands only look better at sea as far as details. The textures have been taken away from the whole islands except for the new details like trees, etc...

And things aren't to scale, either. Dang, the people working on this game must like downgrading everything.(I'm off the soap box now)

P.S. I reported this on test but they didn't fix it. I reported that all the animations at sea were way too fast. Falling masts fall down too fast for gravity in our world...

[Charles Darkwolf]

i left a grog blog message, and a ingame feedback message saying how unsatified I am about the look of the ships now. It's to the point now that I don't feel like sailing so I don't have to look at my ships. If Disney doesn't see fit to make things right again, then maybe for their next grand update, Disney could have the shipwrights sell brown paper bags to put over are ships so we don't have to look at them. Of course they would call it ship customization!