Test Release Notes - Nov 20 '09 Discussion

[ukebec]

Cuba/Pantano River is a disaster area. I looks like the coders started it and then got bored with it and went to White Castle or something.

That made me literally laugh out loud ex!

And I agree - the atmospherics are really nice now. I sent them an attaboy over that and the Frigate-upper-cannon-sail improvement.

But I am bitterly disappointed in the galleon changes and the fact that all female avatars now look like cheap, badly used tarts. I took screenies tonight on open of my War Galleon as I know I'm going to grieve over it's build when it's gone. Guess I'll screenie my avatar's face tomorrow night on open so I'll be able to look back on the "good old days" when I didn't look like a hag of questionable virtues.

Found earlier that I was able to achieve 18 knots on a slightly-sail-damaged frigate with ramming speed. Considering how much they've shrunk the ocean universe that is a bad joke.

Here we are, 4 days from Thanksgiving. The pork tonic counter is fouled and I fear it's going to be released to open without repair, as I remember this same issue from last year, before I had test access.

Yes, I do see that the devs are taking steps forward, but I'm very disheartened that I continue to see basic, simple issues I've reported (as have others) time after time not being corrected.

You have door placement issues with both blacksmiths on Padres that are not being adressed. Would it enhance our gameplay if it were fixed? Nah, not really. Does it affect game performance? I guess not...I'm not savvy enough to know about those things. But is it wrong and sloppy? Yup, you bet it is. And I hear uncle Walt spinning in his cryogenic chamber in Florida over it.

Just my two cents and humble opinion, but some attention to detail would be welcome to me. I wanted to be on test for over a year to help make an impact on the game for the benefit of all players. In the 9 or so months that I've been on test I've made untold number of reports. I can honestly say that not one single, solitary thing I have reported on test has been corrected before being released onto the open servers. I've seen many issues I've reported corrected in open, but NEVER before.

Still, I feel proud and priveleged to be a POTCO tester and will continue to do my very best to try and make a better game for everyone. But it's sad to feel like you're reporting into a black hole.

Sorry - had to vent my spleen a bit.

*Edited to say: Thank you VERY much Jack I on those before-and-after island shots. That is an amazing difference in the appearance and I didn't recognize it until your post. Kudos!!!!

[mikhailskills]

Tested the Drop Cargo And It Worked Well. Got 18 Royals

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by mikhailskills

Tested the Drop Cargo And It Worked Well. Got 18 Royals

Nice. Looks like that's buggy as well. I thought it was supposed to "drop" the lesser cargo.

Let's see... If it counts the "best" cargos by gold worth, the total should have been 1960 (w/o bonus) (appr 2450 w/ bonus of 490)
If it counts "best" as Royal > Treasure > Crate: 1930 (w/o bonus) (appr 2412 w/ bonus of 482)

^ That's counting just up to 18 drops (assuming you were on a War Galleon). The first equation leaves out one emerald royal chest since its value is less than the gold bars.

They counted everything... all 18 royals and 5 treasure chests (23 cargo drops).

[Basil Dreadflint]

I also think it's funny that gold bars in a Treasure Chest are worth more than Emeralds in a Royal.

[ukebec]

Wow Mikhail! 18 Royals...way to go!

[Sarah]

look like a hag of questionable virtues

yeah, they have to fix this. Sarah looks like she lost a bar fight...and who cut her hair like that??

[Aliese]

Originally Posted by Sarah

yeah, they have to fix this. Sarah looks like she lost a bar fight...and who cut her hair like that??

An intern, probably. Possibly even the same one that gave us super-pronounced collarbones.

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Aye, i do wish they added those new weapons they talked about, and another thing didnt they mention a secret weapon that Jolly Roger had? How come that wasnt in this update? :/

[Bonnylass64]

I haven't sailed yet, but my pirate does have that droopy eye going on. Yea thats an attractive look.

And then my game crashed to desktop. *sigh* Report sent in.

[Big Bad Wolf]

Here are screen shots of the goliath on test!

[bartholomew bladeroberts]

they also didn't mention the fact that they improved the bo beck model but most noticably in his teeth. I don't know why either

[swashbuckler II]

Oh wow, the goliath looks AMAZING.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by swashbuckler II

Oh wow, the goliath looks AMAZING.

In the first picture, I agree. In the second... I just want to laugh at that boxy thing floating in the water. I mean seriously, they need to fix that ASAP.

[Big Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

In the first picture, I agree. In the second... I just want to laugh at that boxy thing floating in the water. I mean seriously, they need to fix that ASAP.

First Picture was taken in high quality settings. as for the second picture, it was for another boss battle - my graphic was set to low to help the game load faster when TP or landing ( and it does work pretty well )

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Big Bad Wolf

First Picture was taken in high quality settings. as for the second picture, it was for another boss battle - my graphic was set to low to help the game load faster when TP or landing ( and it does work pretty well )

Oh, ok. Now I see the cannon, too.

Only thing that bothers me is... well, I could have swore that the low graphics looked even better than that. I mean... that's runescape bad.