TEST Release Notes 9/29/09

[mikhailskills]

Release Notes - September 29, 2009

• Beware of Jolly Roger's Invasion! Keep your eyes peeled, for Jolly Roger's ship has been sighted near Port Royal. When he attacks the town, defend the Barricades and the Governor's Mansion from Jolly Roger's skeleton army! Note: for testing purposes, invasions will occur much more frequently while on the Test Servers.
• Townsfolk will now notice nearby players and greet them. Enemies will either taunt or cower from nearby players.
• When waiting for a Revive, Knocked Out players no longer stand-up when hit by a grenade.
• Added different types of footstep sounds.
• Updated some of the loading screen images.

[Midhav]

wow nice updates, though i was initially expecting something bigger. unfortunately i will not be there to see these invasions. but they will come along sometime. who was that bloody knave who said that there be no new stuff comin' and that we be only having that bloody Muertos MMoon again? ( i really like the curse though )

[nitnek]

Footstep ! Finaly !

EDIT : I can't log into test for the moment

[Deadeye Liz]

I just tried to log into test, its not letting me at this time.

[Raikel]

Looks like it may be a pretty well off update, though it is small, it is more than we've seen in a month or so, so I am happy. It also feels weird to walk by PR's docks without Casa De Muertos shaking their heads, and looking dumb, but I'll get over it. Still, if anybody could get on the test server and make pics, go for it, we all want to see what this is about, or if it's just a bunch of meaningless words.

it also looks as if we had a note of this happening before as well.

Aye Sven, have you explored the new caves? Have you reached Level 50? Thar be plenty of adventure in the Caribbean still to be had.

But be careful what you wish for - when Jolly Roger's final plans are revealed (and they will be revealed very soon) you won't be flippin' coins on the dock mate, I can assure you!

Cayman Trench doesn't always speak bull then....

[Dockwrecker The Privateer]

Wow i think this is one of the biggest things ive ever seen done on the game since i joined (a year and a half ago)cant wait till its on open. makes me wonder if we see the invasion we get to fight em right? either way im liking this

[Midhav]

you get to fight them Lawrence

[swashbuckler II]

2 words... What the..

invasions will occur much more frequently while on the Test Servers.

Invasions.... Could this be like the toontown invasions?

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by swashbuckler II

Could this be like the toontown invasions?

That's what I'm thinking. I hope so, because I'm sure it'd be fun to see Jolly Roger often. But, I wonder if they'll be frequent, like everyday, or only once a week.

[Eliza Creststeel]

Okay... am I the only one who is truly giddy?

This new stuff sounds awesome! I mean the footsteps may sound trivial, but NPC's actually reacting - nifty! And I can NOT wait to repel my first invasion!

[jason davy]

Can someone explain to me why there are always 2 threads with the same release notes? I see that one is under News and one is under Helm and I can understand the theoretical difference in the threads (discussion of how it works in Helm and "yay new stuff" from non-testers in News) but to me, it just seems like big jumble with the same things being said in 2 different places.

[Dockwrecker The Privateer]

Originally Posted by Roger Dreadrage

you get to fight them Lawrence

I think i was just thinking of it a bit like black guard if it were the other way.but fightings much better

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by jason davy

Can someone explain to me why there are always 2 threads with the same release notes? I see that one is under News and one is under Helm and I can understand the theoretical difference in the threads (discussion of how it works in Helm and "yay new stuff" from non-testers in News) but to me, it just seems like big jumble with the same things being said in 2 different places.

There are two threads for Test release notes to separate general discussion and the actual test discussion (finds, notes, issues, bugs, etc). The Release Notes are posted in the Helm for that latter purpose, to bring the serious testing discussion together without cohesiveness being lost in off-topic posts. General discussion posts within the post in the Helm will most likely be moved and merged into the News thread.

[Fillyteen]

Its not letting me on either, but I guess its server problems or something, but they are letting me be a tester but not with full access even though I was a tester before the game came out in the open

[Basil Dreadflint]

They forgot to mention in the release notes that the new update also makes the servers unstable and then you can't log on to test anything!

(It's the new methodolgy to reduce bug reports!)