Release Notes - April 30 2008

[Steely Jim]

Release Notes - April 30 2008

* New quests have been added for level 4 weapon upgrades for: Sword, Pistol, Dagger, Voodoo Doll and Voodoo Staff. These weapon quests will automatically appear in your journal once you've reached level 15 Notoriety for that weapon.
* You can now have an "inventory" of tattoos. You no longer have to remove a tattoo in order to buy a new - you can buy several and wear them whenever you want.
* Light Galleon ships are now available to Basic Access players.
* Fixed a bug occurring in Basic Access mode that was causing an "Upgrade Now" popup to appear every time you defeated an enemy, if you were carrying a blocked quest.
* Ammo pouches are now available for purchase. These pouches allow you to carry more ammo (i.e. bullets, cannonballs, daggers, grenades) than the base amount.
* It's now easier to find a crew using your crew panel (to open your crew panel: hit the "F" key and then press the "Crew" button). You can now:
o Create a crew: Crew Options -> Start A Crew
o Search for crewmates (once you've started a crew): Crew Options -> Recruit Crewmates (there are also some advanced options for the more discerning captains)
o Join someone else's crew: Crew Options -> Search For A Crew
o Let others near you know that you are looking for a crew: Crew Options -> Looking For Crew
* Better bonuses for crewing have been added: the notoriety bonus for a crew of 2 is 20%, and it ramps up to a max bonus of 50% for an 8 person crew.
* Improved whisper functionality:
o The chat panel remains in whisper mode as long as the player doesn't click X or try to reply to an absent avatar
o By pressing "Alt-Enter", you can automatically whisper to the player that most recently whispered to you
o The chat panel now provides more feedback when trying to send a whisper to someone who went away
* Modified the way NPC's target their attackers: they used to attack the person that first attacked them, but will now switch between attacking the person doing the most damage, as well as others nearby that are doing damage.
* The first voodoo doll quest, acquired at level 5, is now available to Basic Access players
* Shortened the length of the groggy penalty
* Shortened recharge time for tonics
* Added a "/event" command so you can see what events are in progress and how much time is remaining. In order to activate this feature, type "/event" into your chat panel
* Fixed the bug that was allowing strangers to board your ship. Only the captain's friends and crewmates are now able to board
* Added the following new quests that provide jewelry and tattoo rewards that you cannot buy in shops:
o "Spy Trouble"
+ Receive from Perla Alodia, Jeweler on Padres Del Fuego
o "Black Market"
+ Receive from Mercedes Corazon, Tattoo Artist on Padres Del Fuego
o "Eliminating The Competition"
+ Receive from Dajin Ming, Jeweler on Tortuga
o "Lala's Brother"
+ Receive from Lala Lovel, Tattoo Artist on Tortuga
o "Smitty's Sickness"
+ Receive from Jeweler Smitty, Jeweler on Port Royal
o "Family Valuables"
+ Receive from Solomon O'Dougal, Tattoo Artist on Port Royal
o "Precious Treasures"
+ Receive from Perla Alodia, Jeweler on Padres Del Fuego
o "Picking Up The Slack"
+ Receive from Dajin Ming, Jeweler on Tortuga
o "Smitty's Debt"
+ Receive from Jeweler Smitty, Jeweler on Port Royal
o "Special Ink"
+ Receive from Solomon O'Dougal, Tattoo Artist on Port Royal
o "Lala's Neighbors"
+ Receive from Lala Lovel, Tattoo Artist on Tortuga
o "Helping Mercedes Corazon"
+ Receive from Mercedes Corazon, Tattoo Artist on Padres Del Fuego
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I purchased the medium grenade pouch for 4k, and it gave me 125 explosives, 70 Stink pot and Flame burst, and 35 Smoke. I bought the medium cannon pouch for 2k, and got 150 each for Thunderbolt and Flamebrand.

EDIT: I'm mostly through the dagger quest now. They're typical laundry lists; however, either the counters are off, or you only randomly get credit for things along the way.