by Treasure Aisle:
A new Captains Club button has been added to Treasure Aisle. If you are not a Captains Club member, this will direct you to the sign-up page. If you are already a Captains Club member, you will have access to a new section in Treasure Aisle with things like special offers and exclusive and limited-time content for Captains Club members only. New content releases in the future will reside in this section of Treasure Aisle for a milestone before being moved into the main sections of Treasure Aisle. Contents of this new section are as follows:
New: category (items reside here for the first milestone): Avatar Tattoos, Curious Black Cat follow pet, Weapon Breaker hook hand for avatar customization, and Ol Woody fishing pole.
Limited/Exclusive category (these will remain Captains Club exclusives and may only be available for a limited time): Curious Ocelot follow pet, Quetzalcoatl fishing pole, new free title Joined the Club, and new PvP bounty titles. These items will remain exclusive to Captains Club members. The Ocelot and the titles require a current Captains Club membership to be summoned/worn.
Specially Priced (items available to non-Captains Club members offered in a special bundle or reduced price for a limited time): a randomized Lieutenant Commission bundle containing four different stacks of five Lieutenants, reduced price 8hr Bonus books (Doubloons, Faction, Loot), and a reduced price Orange Frog shoulder pet.
The BSP prices of vanilla ships in Treasure Aisle have been adjusted (downward) to narrow the difference between the BSP price converted to doubloons and the actual market value of the ships. It is still much cheaper to purchase these ships from the Auction Houses but not so dramatically as before.
Ships and Outfittings:
Based upon player feedback, Fortified Linen Sailcloth (permanent outfitting) had a stat added for improved usefulness: Mast Damage Resistance (+2).
The Dauntless frigate recipe was requiring MoVs. This was incongruent with other ship recipes and didn’t make much sense. MoVs were removed from the recipe and the number of ships output by the recipe was reduced.
Insurance values for all craftable ships has been reduced to match minimum crafting costs at maximum Port Infrastructure, with Lineship Structure Bundles providing 50% of their cost in insurable value. The existing 90% multiplier standard is then factored in.
Fallback ships all have one durability. Previously some of the starter fallbacks had multiple durability possibly making it more difficult for newer players to understand the fallback mechanic.
First and Second Rate ships can no longer have durability refilled.
The stats of captured versions of the Khan, Conquistador MC and Achilles were out of synch with changes made in 2.5.60.0. These captured ship deeds should now show their corrected stats.
Adjusted insurance of refits to more closely match their base ship’s insurance value. This means that MOVs are no longer insured in these refits.
Sail decal colorization bug has been fixed. You should now be able to colorize yours sails as before.
PvP:
In an effort to increase the value of the individual Mark as currency, the amount of Marks that Bounty Missions were paying out has been reduced. Additionally, some prices have been raised in the MOV exchange shop.
Counterboarding an unsuccessful boarding attacker was freezing at the countdown, breaking the mechanic. Fixed.
A boarding attacker who lost the boarding attack was only being blocked from a re-attempt for 20 seconds, which was often over by the time the loading screens went away. This blocking effect, now called Boarding Repelled, was extended to one minute and given its own icon and tooltip.
Missions:
Prison Riot was causing zone server crashes in rare situations due to the infinite respawns and lack of objective constraints. The mission now has a 6 minute time limit and a fixed number of respawns shared between the group.
Some loot tables were generating more items than they should. Known ones have been fixed to be more appropriate for levels, etc. Let us know if you find any issues with certain mission NPCs loot drops.
Daily missions have received a reduction to their doubloon reward payout.
The Prince of Thieves mission was blocked from completion by an unrelated dialog in the Grand Turk Home. Fixed.
The Dividing Loyalties mission mislabeled the destination regions players were directed to. Fixed.
Due to popular demand, the Turtle Recall mission chain is now available to all nations.
Killing Captain Iguana in the Baptism by Fire daily mission was not properly failing the mission as it should. Fixed.
NPC’s:
Civilian Ship Deed Traders have been removed. The original reason for the inclusion of these NPCs in the game no longer exists. We are removing them to remove a competing source for player made ships in the economy.
Ad-Hoc NPCs on the OS were shooting squishy cannonballs. We gave all of the level 25 (and above) Ad-Hoc NPCs Heavy Round shot to make them hit just a little harder.
RvR:
Unrest bundles are now no trade items – this also means they cannot be listed on the Auction Houses and no longer go into the opponent’s Loot Box when you lose or surrender in ship combat. They are removed from your cargo and destroyed if you lose or surrender while carrying them.
Port Governance:
Influence can no longer be traded across national boundaries. All influence trading must now be conducted with characters of the same nation as the character attempting to trade influence.
Avatars:
A new shirt (Flirty Blouse) has been added for female avatars to accommodate the new Tattoos.
A new Captains Club button has been added to Treasure Aisle. If you are not a Captains Club member, this will direct you to the sign-up page. If you are already a Captains Club member, you will have access to a new section in Treasure Aisle with things like special offers and exclusive and limited-time content for Captains Club members only. New content releases in the future will reside in this section of Treasure Aisle for a milestone before being moved into the main sections of Treasure Aisle. Contents of this new section are as follows:
New: category (items reside here for the first milestone): Avatar Tattoos, Curious Black Cat follow pet, Weapon Breaker hook hand for avatar customization, and Ol Woody fishing pole.
Limited/Exclusive category (these will remain Captains Club exclusives and may only be available for a limited time): Curious Ocelot follow pet, Quetzalcoatl fishing pole, new free title Joined the Club, and new PvP bounty titles. These items will remain exclusive to Captains Club members. The Ocelot and the titles require a current Captains Club membership to be summoned/worn.
Specially Priced (items available to non-Captains Club members offered in a special bundle or reduced price for a limited time): a randomized Lieutenant Commission bundle containing four different stacks of five Lieutenants, reduced price 8hr Bonus books (Doubloons, Faction, Loot), and a reduced price Orange Frog shoulder pet.
The BSP prices of vanilla ships in Treasure Aisle have been adjusted (downward) to narrow the difference between the BSP price converted to doubloons and the actual market value of the ships. It is still much cheaper to purchase these ships from the Auction Houses but not so dramatically as before.
Ships and Outfittings:
Based upon player feedback, Fortified Linen Sailcloth (permanent outfitting) had a stat added for improved usefulness: Mast Damage Resistance (+2).
The Dauntless frigate recipe was requiring MoVs. This was incongruent with other ship recipes and didn’t make much sense. MoVs were removed from the recipe and the number of ships output by the recipe was reduced.
Insurance values for all craftable ships has been reduced to match minimum crafting costs at maximum Port Infrastructure, with Lineship Structure Bundles providing 50% of their cost in insurable value. The existing 90% multiplier standard is then factored in.
Fallback ships all have one durability. Previously some of the starter fallbacks had multiple durability possibly making it more difficult for newer players to understand the fallback mechanic.
First and Second Rate ships can no longer have durability refilled.
The stats of captured versions of the Khan, Conquistador MC and Achilles were out of synch with changes made in 2.5.60.0. These captured ship deeds should now show their corrected stats.
Adjusted insurance of refits to more closely match their base ship’s insurance value. This means that MOVs are no longer insured in these refits.
Sail decal colorization bug has been fixed. You should now be able to colorize yours sails as before.
PvP:
In an effort to increase the value of the individual Mark as currency, the amount of Marks that Bounty Missions were paying out has been reduced. Additionally, some prices have been raised in the MOV exchange shop.
Counterboarding an unsuccessful boarding attacker was freezing at the countdown, breaking the mechanic. Fixed.
A boarding attacker who lost the boarding attack was only being blocked from a re-attempt for 20 seconds, which was often over by the time the loading screens went away. This blocking effect, now called Boarding Repelled, was extended to one minute and given its own icon and tooltip.
Missions:
Prison Riot was causing zone server crashes in rare situations due to the infinite respawns and lack of objective constraints. The mission now has a 6 minute time limit and a fixed number of respawns shared between the group.
Some loot tables were generating more items than they should. Known ones have been fixed to be more appropriate for levels, etc. Let us know if you find any issues with certain mission NPCs loot drops.
Daily missions have received a reduction to their doubloon reward payout.
The Prince of Thieves mission was blocked from completion by an unrelated dialog in the Grand Turk Home. Fixed.
The Dividing Loyalties mission mislabeled the destination regions players were directed to. Fixed.
Due to popular demand, the Turtle Recall mission chain is now available to all nations.
Killing Captain Iguana in the Baptism by Fire daily mission was not properly failing the mission as it should. Fixed.
NPC’s:
Civilian Ship Deed Traders have been removed. The original reason for the inclusion of these NPCs in the game no longer exists. We are removing them to remove a competing source for player made ships in the economy.
Ad-Hoc NPCs on the OS were shooting squishy cannonballs. We gave all of the level 25 (and above) Ad-Hoc NPCs Heavy Round shot to make them hit just a little harder.
RvR:
Unrest bundles are now no trade items – this also means they cannot be listed on the Auction Houses and no longer go into the opponent’s Loot Box when you lose or surrender in ship combat. They are removed from your cargo and destroyed if you lose or surrender while carrying them.
Port Governance:
Influence can no longer be traded across national boundaries. All influence trading must now be conducted with characters of the same nation as the character attempting to trade influence.
Avatars:
A new shirt (Flirty Blouse) has been added for female avatars to accommodate the new Tattoos.
