Release Notes - October 26, 2007

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Release Notes - October 26, 2007

• Overall level cap was increased to 40 and the weapon level cap was increased to 25
• Raised the level requirement for upgrading ships
• Added the ability to click on other players' ships to get info about the captain and crew
• Added a "Port of Call" button on the map page, which takes you back to the last major island you were on
• Increased maximum capacity on all ships
• Fixed the rollup/rolldown sail animation that occurs when the player stops sailing
• Fixed the bug that was causing player to end autosailing
• Pulled the default camera distance back when sailing a ship
• Added a hint on dinghys for players who don't have a ship
• Balanced damage values for naval combat
• More flagship fixes were made
• When you grapple a second flagship, the first one will now sink
• Fixed the bug where cargo was being misreported if you teleported to a ship mid-adventure
• Fixed descriptions of 'Defeat Ship' quests so the ship class is always shown
• A new wake effect was added on ships
• Adjusted the level at which some quests are unlocked
• Fixed the "unknown location" bug
• Removed level 1 weapons from weapon shops
• Balanced voodoo doll and voodoo staff skills
• Added a team agro check - an enemy who agro's will also agro nearby enemies
• PVP games will now take place on less burdened servers to decrease lag
• Lowered the damage taken from the pistol "take aim" skill
• Tweaked the skill set used by Davy Jones' crew
• Fixed the bug that was causing players to start with incorrect Voodoo Staff skills
• Added a visual indicator to weapons and skills that are maxed out
• Added new animations for pain
• Added new animations for being defeated
• Re-enabled the quest indicator and ray of light for the graveyard and mansion
• Added names to NPC's that were missing one (O'Malley, Peter Blakeley, Daisy, John Wallace, Philip Fuller, Clayton Collard)
• Added more descriptive text in parts of the Greer, June and Nill Offrill quest lines
• Fixed the Jolly Roger soul drain, poision, heal smoke, spectral smoke, and curse hit effects
• Updated lighting inside caves to make it easier to see
• Made some minor economy adjustments
• Guild members are no longer able to eject the guild leader
• New island music has been added, so every island now has it's own unique music
• Updated both the tavern and sailing music
• Made footsteps a bit louder
• Added auto capitalization as names are typed in during Make-a-Pirate
• Adjusted the size and placement of the Founder token
• Some fixes were made to improve sorting of the friends list
• Adjusted chat formatting and colors
• Fixed Joshamee Gibbs' neck
• Fixed the problem that was causing the Report a Bug page to come up when you logged out
• Admin messages now use regular message popups and appear in the chat log
• Changed the icon for open chat vs. speed chat plus. The speed chat plus icon is now: "+"
• Adjusted the art and screenshots on the panel that appears when you are prompted to upgrade your account
• Several server side optimizations have been made to address the lag issue
• Changed server terminology to "Oceans" instead of "Worlds"
• Early entry has been added for new installs. You can now start making a pirate before the full game is downloaded