Test Release Notes - October 7, 2011

[stpehen]

Updates:

• Ship Customization and Upgrades! (need we say more?)
• Loot and plunder all new rare materials from Bounty Hunter and Warships in order to upgrade Medium Class and War Class ships' armor, speed, and cargo hold.
• Visit any Shipwright to begin your Ship Customization and Upgrade path.
• Upgrades will provide your ship abilities that can be customized to fit your style of play:
• Upgrade your cargo hull to maximize your plunder.
• Battle at sea with the latest armor the shipwrights have to offer.
• Streamline your vessel for speed with the latest sails and rigging.
• Personalize Medium Class and War Class ships with brand new sail colors, patterns, and logos.
• Face off against enemy fleets in the brand new Pirate ship type, the BRIG - also customizable!
• All Light Hull class ships now made available to Basic Access Pirates - including the Light Galleon and the new Light Brig!
• Island NPCs now chat new town gossip regarding Ship Customization.
• On/Off First Mate Toggle for Scoundrel of the Seas voice (in the Audio - Game Options Menu).
• After looting at sea, Pirates can now take all items that do not take up Inventory space by clicking the "Take Small Items" button.
• Captains can now choose to not board a grappled Flagship, without waiting for the boarding timer to run out.
• New names submitted by you Pirates have been added to the Create A Pirate name-picker.
• Five new "Talk Like A Pirate Day" phrases submitted by you have been added under Expressions in SpeedChat.
• Fixed several teleport bugs.
• Fixed a bug with ships that would occasionally get stuck at sea.
• Fixed a bug that incorrectly allowed player limits on a ship to be exceeded.
• If you currently play on Test through a browser, please download the Pirates Online Test Launcher today by clicking here for PC or here for Mac.

Known Issues:

• Occasional crashes may occur when teleporting or walking through doors or tunnels. When reporting these bugs, please be very specific where you were and what you were doing at the time of the crash.
• Pirates may teleport under land or be able to access out of game world environments near the shoreline. Please report any bugs you may encounter using the in-game feedback form and be very specific where you were and what you were doing at the time.
• Occasionally ships will slide across the water. We will be fixing this as soon as possible.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

On/Off First Mate Toggle for Scoundrel of the Seas voice (in the Audio - Game Options Menu).

Forget ship customization! This is a blessing all in itself!

Fixed a bug that incorrectly allowed player limits on a ship to be exceeded.

A bit upset about this... having meetings on ships was nice so we can have privacy, but it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

Okay now that I'm done with that: WOO! It's here! These look like they'll be really great. Can't wait... but I shall, because I'd like this to arrive bug free. Glad it finally reached test. Let's all get to testing!

[FightingExecutioner]

Originally Posted by stpehen

Updates:
All Light Hull class ships now made available to Basic Access Pirates - including the Light Galleon and the new Light Brig!

Did they really mean the Light Frigate, or did they re-class the Galleons and Frigates?


Anyway, I'm so excited that the Brig is coming! *Passes out from too much excitement*

[Stephen O'Malley]

Figures that this is posted the day after I post a rant about how long they're taking.

Woot! I am excited!

I just saw the War Brig in their YT as well. Now THAT is a ship I would feel piratey on!

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

Guys, with all good news, the bad must arise.

Peddlers on test have the outfits for Nov. - The diplomat outfit.

And, here, is the jacket:



Looks like the rising of the EITC pirates on coming...

[Marry The Night]

So far I haven't encountered any bugs with ship customization or the new ships. There are, however, a few bugs with teleporting, textures and NPC ships -- but they're not really major. If the POTCO team works quickly to fix those few glitches, I feel that this update has potential to be released to Live next week or the week after.

Originally Posted by Davy_Mcwrecker

Guys, with all good news, the bad must arise.

Peddlers on test have the outfits for Nov. - The diplomat outfit.

And, here, is the jacket:



Looks like the rising of the EITC pirates on coming...

Personally, I'm fine with this. I honestly think the male Diplomat outfit looks pretty fancy

[Solomon O]

I got some pictures for you guys.







Me on somebody's War Brig. I have to admit. I love this ship class. It has a mixture of all the others ship types.




I could not get any pictures of cuztimization, I only had enough coins for a light brig, and you cant upgrade them. There were no cuztimized ships open to board until after these picture were taken. I will post more later.

[Dog Firestack]

I keep crashing when trying to log on test server. Anyone else?

[WeirdBeard]

Me too. I'm gonna keep trying. It was working fine earlier.

Are they fizing bugs on test right now or something? Because i'm not able to get onto test.

[Rannulf]

Originally Posted by WeirdBeard

Sorry for double post. Are they fizing bugs on test right now or something? Because i'm not able to get onto test.

Aye mate go to the test site: http://apps.test.pirates.go.com/pirates/#/home

The banner says its down for bug repairs.

[HammyTheSquirrel]

They mentioned those few bugs they already new about. (such as ship sliding... @o@) So they're probably fixing those. But i have to admit, that ship sliding bug with a hunter was amusing.

[Slasher]

Man, haven't been on in forever. Now I'll have to get on!

[Captain Jason]

Great. Finally we get ship customization and my computer stops working, AND my unlimited access runs out. Hopefully this will all be fixed by the time it hits the normal servers. Oh well, enjoy the new update!

[The Skirata Clan]

I am glad they are testing this. I hope they test thoroughly and listen to all of the reports sent by the testers. Please Testers send them everything that seems out of order. Without you guys the update might go to live with bugs and other bad things.

[akamystic]

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

I am glad they are testing this. I hope they test thoroughly and listen to all of the reports sent by the testers. Please Testers send them everything that seems out of order. Without you guys the update might go to live with bugs and other bad things.

I agree. We all need to do our part and submit all glitches. I know everyone is excited to get on Test just to buy the Brig and loot, but we also need to pay close attention to the bugs. A very exciting update I must say.