🚤 Announcement: Testing Phase for New Boat, Naval Warfare, and Water Creature Changes! 🌊

We're excited to announce that the Test Center is now online! You can explore the South Sea, Buccs Den, Moonglow, and Windermere regions with a fresh character database as of September 23rd. Please note that all house and boat records have been cleared.

What Is It?

The upcoming patch introduces exciting new features and improvements to enhance naval warfare, boating mechanics, and water creature interactions in our game.

Key Highlights:

• Battleships: Experience the power of new battleships equipped with 8 cannon sockets. While common models are available immediately, higher quality variants can be crafted from recipes discovered in the world.
• Cannons & Ammo: Equip your ships with cannons (7 qualities) and utilize new cannon ammo types: cannonballs for ships and grapeshot for combat.
• Greekfire: Set fire to ships and the surrounding waters for a tactical edge in battles.
• Boat Crafting Workbench: A new workbench dedicated to crafting all boating-related items.
• Niter Nodes: Mine for sodium nitrate, essential for crafting powder charges and Greekfire.
• Boat Insurance: Protect your ships with insurance, allowing recovery in the event of sinking (ships will return as dry-docked versions).

Gameplay Enhancements:

• NPC Pirate Ships: Encounter automated NPC pirate ships that can engage in combat and drop valuable loot.
• Water Creatures & Swimming: New water creatures and mounts with improved interactions for pets, including the ability to players to swim or dismount effectively.
• Tracking Ships: Utilize tracking features to locate nearby vessels on the map.
• Improved Combat Mechanics: Experience refined combat systems with more accurate cannon firing and better NPC maneuverability.

Repair & Sinking Mechanics:

• New mechanics for repairing ships at sea, handling emergencies, and the consequences of sinking.

These changes are subject to testing and balancing, and we appreciate your feedback as we refine these exciting new features!

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Resources:

• Comprehensive Patch Notes: View Here
• Testing Checklist: Access Here – Please keep track of your results and notes. Once you’ve tested everything, copy your results here: Submit Results.

Important: Please do not submit your Checklist Results until you feel that you have thoroughly tested everything and it works as expected, or if you can no longer test anything. If you encounter any bugs or need assistance, reach out in Discord, and we will work to fix issues as quickly as possible.

Once any bugs are confirmed to be fixed, you can update your checklist and submit your results. This helps us ensure that we only receive comprehensive results at the end of the testing phase, and at that point we will review your notes for feedback.

Getting Help: If you encounter any bugs or issues, or if you're unsure how to test something, please reach out in our Discord: Help Channel. We're here to assist you and will address any fixes as quickly as possible!

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Testing Hub: South Sea Market

• Test Vendors, boating workbenches, shipwrights, and hireling shipmates are all available here.

Moongates for Quick Travel:

• South Sea Market (safe, testing hub)
• Moonglow
• Buccs Den
• Windermere

Testing Areas in South Sea Waters: Access these areas via Serpent Pillar teleporters from the South Sea Market docks:

• Firing Range: Auto-healing ships to test your cannons (Use Serpent Pillar South of the South Sea Market).
• Water Creature Spawns: Test your skills against new water creatures (Use Serpent Pillar West of the South Sea Market).
• NPC Pirate Ships Spawn: Engage with NPC pirate ships (Use Serpent Pillar East of the South Sea Market).

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Thank you for your participation and happy testing!