Outage Tonight: Server Maintenance Feb. 1st

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/31/2012  |  Maintenance Notice  |  Discuss

The servers will be taken offline this evening so that we can perform essential hardware maintenance. All game servers will be unavailable between midnight PST/3am EST/8am GMT and 2am PST/5am EST/10am GMT February 1, 2012. We apologize for …

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Network Maintenance

Posted by Rhaegar  |  01/30/2012  |  Maintenance Notice  |  Discuss

We are currently performing some essential maintenance on our network. This may cause the Pirates of the Burning Sea website and forums to be intermittently slow or unresponsive. We expect this maintenance to be complete by 4pm PST (midnight GMT).

This …

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Building the Future

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/20/2012  |  Devlog  |  Discuss

Now that 2012 is well and truly underway we are excited to let you know what we have planned for the 5th year of Pirates of the Burning Sea.

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Release Notes for Build 2.9.42.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/17/2012  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a patch to 2.9 that addresses an issue with the OS engagement mechanics involving NPCs contributions to group strength. This build also fixes the invalid status of the San Fernando.

Release Notes for build 2.9.40.0 are

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Outage Tonight: Build 2.9.42.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/17/2012  |  Maintenance Notice  |  Discuss

We will be pushing Server Build 2.9.42.0 to the Live servers this evening. The Antigua and Roberts servers will be unavailable between midnight PST/3am EST/8am GMT and 5am PST/8am EST/1pm GMT January 18, 2012. We apologize for …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.9.42.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/13/2012  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a patch to 2.9 that addresses an issue with the OS engagement mechanics involving NPCs contributions to group strength. This build also fixes the invalid status of the San Fernando.

Release Notes for build 2.9.40.0 are

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Release Notes for Server Build 2.9.40.2

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/04/2012  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a server side fix to make the Transfer Character and Change Active Nation Treasure Aisle items available to all players.

Release Notes for build 2.9.40.0 are here.

Differences between 2.9.40.0 and 2.9.40.2 include but aren’t limited to:

Treasure Aisle:

• Transfer …

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Outage Tonight: Server Build 2.9.40.2

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/04/2012  |  Maintenance Notice  |  Discuss

We will be pushing Server Build 2.9.40.2 to the Live servers this evening. The Antigua and Roberts servers will be unavailable between midnight PST/3am EST/8am GMT and 5am PST/8am EST/1pm GMT January 5, 2012. We apologize for any …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.9.40.2

Posted by Fodderboy  |  01/03/2012  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a server side fix to make the Transfer Character and Change Active Nation Treasure Aisle items available to all players.

Release Notes for build 2.9.40.0 are here.

Differences between 2.9.40.0 and 2.9.40.2 include but aren’t limited to:

Treasure Aisle:

• Transfer …

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Release Notes for Build 2.9.40.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  12/13/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This milestone build features our holiday content for Christmas and another new ship – the Centurion 3rd Rate! This build also includes significant changes to Open Sea engagement mechanics, penalties for directly trading with opposing nations, removal of the …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.9.40.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  12/13/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a hot fix build to address an issue found in the 2.9.34.0 test build.

Release Notes for build 2.9.34.0 are here.

Differences between 2.9.34.0 and 2.9.40.0 include but aren’t limited to:

Treasure Aisle:

• Tackle Box: Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana were …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.9.34.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  12/07/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is the final 2.9 build we are pushing to Test Server. This build contains predominantly bug fixes and adjustments to the OS engagement ratio and trading with opposing nations penalty. Please let us know if you encounter …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.9.29.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  12/01/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is the second of three 2.9 builds intended for Test Server. In this build we’ve added new bonus books, Treasure Aisle items for Character Transfers and Active Nation changes. Weve also included a few bug fixes and …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.9.25.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  11/22/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is the first of three 2.9 builds we intend for the Test Server. This build contains a new ship (Centurion 3rd rate) as well as a first look at the new OS engagement mechanics, faction penalties for trading …

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Release Notes for Build 2.8.92.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  11/22/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a hot fix build to address some issues found with the 2.8.84.0 build.

Release Notes for build 2.8.84.0 are here.

Differences between 2.7.84.0 and 2.8.92.0 include but aren’t limited to:

Treasure Aisle:

• The Briar Canadian and Porcelain pipes were swapped …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.8.92.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  10/26/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is a hot fix build to address some issues found with the 2.8.84.0 build.

Release Notes for build 2.8.84.0 are here.

Differences between 2.7.84.0 and 2.8.92.0 include but aren’t limited to:

Treasure Aisle:

• The Briar Canadian and Porcelain pipes were swapped …

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Release Notes for Build 2.8.84.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  10/24/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This milestone build includes our holiday content for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. Featured in the holiday content are the Harvest Monkey shoulder and follow pets, holiday face paints, a new LT commission character, new weapons, consumables and …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.8.84.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  10/20/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This patch contains only bug fixes as an update to the 2.8.67.0 test server build.

Release Notes for build 2.8.67.0 are here.

Differences between 2.8.67.0 and 2.8.84.0 include but aren’t limited to:

Missions:

• It Takes a Village: This was not working on …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.8.67.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  10/13/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is our final 2.8 build we intend to push to Test Server. This 2.8 build contains additional avcom tweaks based on player feedback, a number of Captain Skill changes along with some bug fixes and last minute additions.

Release …

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Release Notes for Test Server Build 2.8.58.0

Posted by Fodderboy  |  09/29/2011  |  Patch Notes  |  Discuss

This is our second of three builds we intend to push to Test Server. This 2.8 build contains additional avcom tweaks based on player feedback and a number of Captain Skill changes. We intend to do one more …

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