Bring WINDCATCHER back please!

[swashbuckler II]

Yeah i just tested it. Just wow.

[Rackat]

SO, it is back to the way it should be? It actually works??????????????????

[Sven Niscadae]

Shouldn't they have put that into the test release notes? Or maybe big D doesn't want to admit they messed it up last year.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Eeeep. I may have done an invalid test last night. Trying it again today is not giving the same results.

To test: I launch a ship and take hull damage from an NPC, then land and repair ship fully. I then launch the light sloop from Port Royal and nudge the ship forward then back up as close to shore of Port Royal as I can. I carefully do no zoom the view out, nor change the compass. I aim the mast-top of my light sloop to line up with the middle "T" of the word "Tortuga" then wait for my clock to get to 59 seconds, then press the up arrow once. End time is when Tortuga's "Drop Anchor" appears. If any friends sign in or out during that minute and a half, I start test over. If any NPCs shoot at me, I start test over.

With or without windcatcher, that run is coming in at 87 seconds today on TEST. It must have been a fluke, or a friend or guildie coming online during yesterday's test?

Anyone else able to confirm or deny this? Was I just seeing what I hoped beyond hope to see?

[League]

I dunno, Swash II sounds like he got results...

[Edward Edgemenace]

Well, that's why I'm still asking...anyone with two pirates (one with zero windcatcher, one with windcatcher) able to confirm this?

[corndog20]

I did notice this as well. I spent alot of gold retraining my maxed sailing for speed because I like the SvS feature and I am usually alone on my war sloop. Now I can't out run a war frig...

[akamystic]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Well, that's why I'm still asking...anyone with two pirates (one with zero windcatcher, one with windcatcher) able to confirm this?

Aye.....I can do that. If not, I have a couple of friends on my list without windcatcher. A raced them a couple of weeks ago (with 2 points in mine). We used light sloops and we were neck and neck. I could not pull away from the other sloops in the slightest bit. I'll try this again soon and report results.

[Timothy Willis]

it is because of svs... they dont want a pirate with rank 1 windcatcher to not be able to sail away from a rank five.

[Rockinfrog]

I read today that Wincatcher has been fixed. Has anyone verified this? I am reluctant to spend another 10,000g to readadjust sailing if this is not true. I do not post much, but read everyday so I look forward to reading your thoughts. Thanks

[jason davy]

Originally Posted by Rockinfrog

I read today that Wincatcher has been fixed. Has anyone verified this? I am reluctant to spend another 10,000g to readadjust sailing if this is not true. I do not post much, but read everyday so I look forward to reading your thoughts. Thanks

It has been fixed on test! Hopefully it will be fixed on open soon. So yes, and no. It will be working again eventually, and that's exciting! (That means another 10k for me to redo my skills- I took all but 1 point out of windcatcher while it wasn't working.)

[Edward Edgemenace]

This is simply the best news I have seen in a long time. My test run from Port Royal to Devil's Anvil with windcatcher was 38 seconds. No pity for people having to retrain now, to get real speed in SvS. Bwahahaha. Skill point allocation for sailing now means REAL choices. I am tickled silly by this.

[Rockinfrog]

Thanks Guys. I'm looking forward to seeing this on open.

[akamystic]

Yes.....this is most excellent. Time to whip out some $$ for moving skills....again...lol

[Juliana Maria]

Does windcatcher make a big difference? Like is the speed significant?