admin Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 What's new: Afk timers has been added to all servers. If the player is inactive in game for 30 mins he will be auto-kicked from the server. Bug fixes Tower target selection fixed. Towers in port battles now fire at targets even if they are partially blocked by other ships Bot deceleration bug fixed – it will reduce the number of collisions between bots and players. US server bugs with connections to instances fixed. Tuning Niagara was a new ship and some mistakes sneaked in: as a result Turn rate increased. Planking increased and its class improved (it was too weak for its class) The ship is still in testing and will be added to the game at a later stage. Its BR is still high and will be adjusted next patch (br changes require more coding so it will be done next patch.) NPC Ships of the line can now carry heavier weaponry on the stern and bow, to provide better protection against stern camping. Players will get this ability next patch. Leftovers. Group xp awards are also improved in the internal build. It needs additional checking and might be deployed on Friday (but this is not a promise). Niagara battle rating (BR) and other ship battle rating tuning will be done in the next patch 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlavDeng2 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 nice to see the AFK timer finally! lets hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tief N Tote Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 yea i might actually be able to get back on to pvp1 again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr Thrudd Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Group xp awards are also improved in the internal build. It needs additional checking and might be deployed on Friday (but this is not a promise). Looking forward to that tweak, playing in a group is loads more fun but the XP was a little frustrating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Jack Walker Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Nice patch, mainly for the afk timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mored Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Good to see that the "niagara" port battle exploit was fixed after it was used so extremly by some nations (in my opinion you should switch back all Towns to their starting nations and punish the players that used that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweatyPenguin Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 And yesterday I already slapped a disgustingly expensive planking upgrade on my Niagara. Y u do dis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z4ys Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Was hoping for the carriages adjustment: But Afk-Timers n1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob van Heemskerck Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) What's new: Afk timers has been added to all servers. If the player is inactive in game for 30 mins he will be auto-kicked from the server. Thank you!! Edited January 28, 2016 by Jacob van Heemskerck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderhorn Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 With AFK timers, how will that work with AFK sailing over long distances? IE - Do you need to jiggle your mouse every 25 minutes or so, or...? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror452 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 What if you sail on the OW and don't adjust your course for 30 minutes because there is no need to? Will you also get kicked? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mored Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I hope that there will be a warning (like it is in any other game i played before), so you can click something to prevent being kicked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Glad the AFK timers got added but I'd like to know what's classified as AFK. As quite often I'm literally sailing in a straight line for an hour xD Edited January 28, 2016 by Jord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalakithSkadi Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Cue the use of macro keyboards and whatever other software people can find that jiggles the mouse (or some other repetitive action like changing port menu) every X minutes, meanwhile people doing long distance OW sailing will be the ones who suffer. You could argue they should still be at their PC to do something every 30mins but regardless they are at least contributing to content out there regardless of their presence. It has been a problem in many other MMOs, so long as there is something to gain from staying in game simple timer's don't fix the problem. Edited January 28, 2016 by MalakithSkadi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlavDeng2 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Cue the use of macro keyboards and whatever other software people can find that jiggles the mouse (or some other repetitive action like changing port menu) every X minutes, meanwhile people doing long distance OW sailing will be the ones who suffer. You could argue they should still be at their PC to do something every 30mins but regardless they are at least contributing to content out there regardless of their presence. It has been a problem in many other MMOs, so long as there is something to gain from staying in game simple timer's don't fix the problem. no, but the timer will help reduce the problem, i have seen it happen and done it where i will go afk by accident because i forget to turn of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeekoning Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 One way to get rid of the problem would be to add a button to click when sailing long distances which would negate the 30 minute auto-kick. To prevent people from forgetting they had the button on, it would turn off whenever a port is entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokerjoker Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Finaly Patch notes Topic !! <3<3<3 Love you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Nice patches. Did you look into the Niagara getting capsized very easily by any ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 With AFK timers, how will that work with AFK sailing over long distances? IE - Do you need to jiggle your mouse every 25 minutes or so, or...? I assume you wont get kicked for that because technically you are still being active by sailing. I would imagine the afk timer would kick in for those sitting in ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skates Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Group XP is a good move because playing as a group is all but pointless unless you're trying to take down or capture a bigger ship otherwise the gold/XP gain from the fight isn't worth the time spent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorynych Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Afk timers has been added to all servers. If the player is inactive in game for 30 mins he will be auto-kicked from the server. I hope it doesn't treat long trips as inactivity. Sailing through the map may take hours, and it's normal if player doesn't press any keys or move mouse. I usually resize game screen to the half and go reading forum when my ship is traveling, so the game window is unfocused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prater Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Good to see that the "niagara" port battle exploit was fixed after it was used so extremly by some nations (in my opinion you should switch back all Towns to their starting nations and punish the players that used that) What exploit? There was no exploit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0deX Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) I hope enough group xp come soon. Its a MMO and not a singleplayer. But at the moment is a group useless Edited January 28, 2016 by C0deX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mored Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 What exploit? There was no exploit Hell you dont call it a exploit ??? The niagara was not on the targetlist for forts, so they didnt shoot at all if there where only niagaras on the field. 1 Niagara was able to conquer a deep water harbor (in theory). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justme Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 On the afk timer, does it apply to players only in port or to guys afk sailing as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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