Release Notes - October 17th 2008 - OPEN

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by League

You misunderstand Zeppers. The system rocks. It allows you to limit whoever imaginable.

Since I wasnt criticizing the system, im not so sure it was me that misunderstood. I was only criticizing what sounded like wanting to jump on ships without permission. Actually I think the issues over defaults (unless they were already addressed) are null, it seems to default to the boarding rules we had prior anyhow. I like this feature its nice.


I was mistaken however about repeating the main boss battle. Access to it was just never mentioned. If you have reached the boss battle you can do it over and over by going to "Lookout" and selecting Treasure Maps.

[ukebec]

solo bb was being cut out.

Actually, you can still solo the BB. Just don't choose a number and it allows you to solo. Which was a surprise to me since everything else seems to be aimed at ending solo play.

[Poison elf]

Hmm, perhaps I was mistaken on the solo bb. I will have to try it again, maybe I missed something. This is a entirely new set up, that we didn't see on test. I did try it though and wouldn't let my character go if I didn't choose one of the crew numbers 2 or above.

Ok looks like I got it now, first panel does it, not going into options, but that appears to just set lookout for other players, the two times I did it i didn't go anywhere while searching for others window just remained up. Maybe a bug, or it is waiting for others to join like pvp, not sure.

[ukebec]

elf - I just logged back in. The trick is don't click on "options"...just click on the wording "Recover the Black Pearl". That way it takes you straight to the BB alone.

[Poison elf]

Originally Posted by ukebec

elf - I just logged back in. The trick is don't click on "options"...just click on the wording "Recover the Black Pearl". That way it takes you straight to the BB alone.

Yup, got that far, and loading the game etc. My character just would never go after that point while window remained in lookout for other players. Maybe try a differant account and characters see if it works there.

[CrimsonRabbit]

Ship vs Ship cheats to be fixed,

~Fixed a major issue in Privateering affecting when players can make ship repairs.
~Health meters for enemy ships should no longer randomly disappear.

They're working on it. This was the major glitch that effected my SvS gameplay. I can usually handle the other cheats alright.

[Chris]

Aye yea f12 no longer removes chat

[Blackskull]

Can anyone else not get into Pirates right now??? I try to select my avatar and everything crashes. Anyone else having this problem??

[Nautical Nattie]

I'm there now working on my quests. lol when grenades are thrown at me i get flung into the air, it's hilarious.

[mm1984]

First off, I am not a tester, nor is it a "privilege" that I ever want to have. Testers, thank you for what you do for the game. With that out of the way, I agree Poison Elf. I'm not one to complain, unless it is warranted. This update seemed way too rushed, IMHO. While there are features that I like, mainly the point reallocation, degrading the weapons that were already hard enough to level, making them now virtually useless (if they could even be called useful in the first place), is not a way to make me want to keep paying to be a pirate errand boy for a bunch of lazy NPCs and button mash just so I can level up weapons to a point where I have nothing useful left to do with them, except for protecting fellow pirates.
Also this whole thing about fixing "bugs" that actually helped us level and didn't hurt anyone else (like the KH fence and to an extent the flagship glitch for grenades), yet not fixing the host of SVS problems that they said they would, does not help POTCO development's waning credibility in my opinion.
I'm sorry but if this trend of updates degrading the gameplay continues, I have better things to spend my $10 per month on. It's becoming an interactive chat room, and frankly mates, I have better things to do with my free time. It's not that I won't miss the friends I've made either.
Ok, my rant is done. This has been an editorial by the manager and sole employee of this station. Thank you for your attention. Now back your regularly scheduled program.

[Mr.LoveLocket]

I hate this update, lag, glitches.
OMG i hate this

[Alien Emperor]

I'm not horribly dipleased with the voodoo regenerate thing, since the only thing I used gun for was hex eater.

The dagger... I'll still use it because its anti- doll now, but not quite so frequently.

All in all, it's ok, but a little rushed. I hate that you have to get the 4th level of weapons first, tho. I also haven't noticed any bugs... yet.

[wmah]

This is horrible just walking around towns on dead servers the player keeps stalling. Buildings take forever to appear causing me to walk into them. While launching my own ship twice I was under the floor Game crashed twice leaving me with a black screen of evil and on the one computer I had to reboot along with the flashing buildings cause the game graphics options don't help anything other than the appearance of the game but hurt the overhaul play of the game making it unappealing.

[The Skirata Clan]

the excitement we all felt is dying really fast!

[Chris]

No kidding! Lol i went from Yay Yay Hooray! To BOO Boo This Sucks! In less than an hour!