And boy do we have something to share with ye’ all! Over the last few weeks we’ve been hard at work adding various QoL improvements to the game, especially in treasure hunt hoping to get more people to try out the new gamemode. More detailed descriptions of these exact improvements will be shared in the next patch notes.
But that’s not all pirates. Since the start of our Early Access journey we’ve seen many suggestions come and go but we did notice one in particular that just keeps popping back up. A TWO PLAYER SHIP! So being the dangerously obedient devs we are, we’ve made a little sloop for ye’ salty sea dogs.
Meet The Sloop!
The sloop will be available in both the BR and Treasure Hunt gamemode and is designed for max. 2 players/crew. Meaning that it should be able to handle the bigger 4 player crews.
Everything on the deck and below is compact and easily reachable so you don’t need as many hands like with the other ships.
Meanwhile, the sloop is fast and agile while also packing a punch with its many swivel positions.
It also handles like a charm with its short steering radius and fast sail deployment.
Boarding the sloop might also prove difficult for your enemies since it's equipped with only one ladder.
In terms of hull strength, the sloop compares to the brigantine. This way we want to even the odds of winning with a smaller crew size.
Hope you’re excited mateys! We hope to release the sloop + more sweet improvements very soon in our next update!
What about the Early Access Roadmap?
Usually we announce big updates like this one in our Roadmap instead of via a preview. Behind the scenes we’re working on some other big stuff and we just haven't figured out yet what the next part of the roadmap should exactly contain.
Therefore we’re holding off until we’ve sorted some things out. Rest assured, we hope to share more about our road ahead quite soon!
Major Update 1.8: NEW Gamemode: Treasure Hunt, Barbary Corsair DLC & More!
Ahoy ye gold-hoarding bilgerats!
The time is here for another MAJOR Blazing Sails update. We’ve got a sweet NEW GAMEMODE + A NEW DLC for ye all and we can’t wait to showcase all that!
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Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt is a new gamemode in which you and your crew must search islands for treasures! Treasures can be turned in at one of the 2 Outposts at the centre of the map in exchange for gold. Get more gold than your enemies to win!
But beware, pirate! Enemy crews can steal your chests and your gold by sinking your ship or can deplete your gold by killing your teammates.
These treasures can be found with a special compass that displays how many chests are in the direction you are looking at.
When you get closer, the arrow at the centre of the compass points in the direction of the closest treasure.
You win the match by having the most gold by the time the match timer ends!
Barbary Corsair DLC
On top of a sweet new gamemode we’ve got an epic new cosmetic DLC that allows you to look like a bad-ass Barbary Corsair. This DLC contains 6 unique color variations of the outfit including a few unique plumed and non-plumed turban-inspired hats.
Version 1.7.5.2: Shooting Range, sniper glint and more!
Ahoy pirates!
We're dropping a new small update a bit sooner than anticipated to fix the issues we've experienced with our back-end. However, we've got a few cool new additions stowed away in this one.
We've added a shooting range that you can use to practice your pirate eye. It includes all of the game's weapons, some bullseye targets, a few ships, cannons and more! So go wild and sharpen that aim.
Secondly we've also added a sniper scope glint. This will make it easier to spot those deadly sharpshooters. The glint will appear when another player using a sniper rifle looks at you.
Next to that we've also improved ship and land collisions a bit which should fix the teleporting up onto buildings, or teleporting up onto a deck from below when making odd movements around staircases.
Conquest has also gotten some improvements such as weighted flags which should make it so the next flag will now have a higher chance to be a flag far away instead of a flag that's very close by. Point reduction amounts have been rebalanced, flags can now only be captured while uncontested and more!
Read all about the changes and additions in detail below.
Note: We're still updating the main menu's news image, this will work in our next small hotfix.
Patch notes:
Practice addition:
Added a new shooting range map (practice card under the play menu) including bullseye targets with damage feedback, ships, cannons and all weapons
Gameplay additions:
Added a sniper scope glint (visible when an enemy sniper wielding player aims in your general direction)
Cross-hair screen accuracy improved
Added some invisible ship colliders to Kraken Keep to prevent ships getting stuck on shallows
Slightly increased cannon right click zoom from 20% to 30%
Final zone music in BR now loops
Profanity tweaks:
Profanity filter now automatically enabled when toggling streamer mode ON
Conquest tweaks:
Fish launcher now costs 2500 gold
Flags can no longer be captured while enemy players are contesting the flag
Flags can no longer be captured from underneath (exploit)
Pre-game timer changed to 210 seconds (3.5 minutes)
Ship sink point depletion amount increased from 300/400 to 350/450 (depending on player count)
Spawn on wreckage time reduced to 10 seconds after sinking
Flag randomization now uses weights (furthest flags have more chance to be chosen)
Collision improvements:
Improved ground snap detection which should make it impossible to teleport up onto buildings or high walls
Improved ship staircase collisions which should fix strange upward teleporting
Ship wall / railing detection improved which should fix accidentally warping over railings or falling off the ship
Visual tweaks:
Reduced noon time of day water specular intensity a bit (was much too bright)
Improved Trident beam effects and texture
Bug fixes:
Fixed galleon ladder climbing offset
Fixed a bug that caused loadout selection screen to appear on top of winning screen when dying right before end-game in conquest
Damage points on ships should now be visible again while spectating
Ahoy ye sly scallywags, hope ye all got the chance to catch that Tiger. If not, there's still time. We expect to shut down the Lunar event at the end of next week! So jump in-game over the weekend and get them Lunar cosmetics while ye still can...
New Gamemode
In other news, there's been a slight change of plans. As those of you with a keen eye might notice in the Roadmap below, the new milestone doesn't really represent the latest teased silhouette. All for good reason of course, we've noticed many of you have been asking for a certain gamemode and we just couldn't resist exploring those suggestions... so we started working on something that we think a lot of you will adore.
In some way, this new gamemode might feel like meeting a long lost friend. But he got a slick new hairstyle and finally shaved his unibrow... In any way, it will be something entirely fresh, yet with the same enticing Blazing PvP combat we all know and love.
New DLC
What better way to celebrate a new gamemode than with a brand spanking new set of shiny swag? Soon we'll also release our entirely new purchasable cosmetic set. And you better get your shades out, because this is one exotic looking ensemble!
More!
Last but not least and as usual we also will continue to roll out those sweet QoL updates including: bug fixes, more tweaks, balancing, more features, etc...
With all that being said I present to you: THE LATEST ROADMAP!
Update 1.7.3.2: Lunar Event, New Exclusive Cosmetics & More!
Ahoy Mateys, or should we say... Ahoy you cool cats and kittens? The Lunar New Year is here and for the special occasion we've got some sweet event-exclusive item drops including a few newcomers! T'is the year of the tiger, and that means you need some matching striped swag! Those of you who have the eye of the tiger can get some awesome new cosmetics to make your pirate look more Exotic.
Meet the brand new Tiger ship cosmetics:
The exclusives from last year are back as well!
And that's not all! We've also got a little QoL update for ye' scurvy seadogs. Check out the patch notes below:
Version 1.7.3.2
Last week's silent update patch notes:
New sounds:
Added a spinning chain sound effect to cannonballs that have chains (anti-sail, anti-cannon, trap-shot)
New cannonball trails:
Cannonball trails visually improved (fixed gaps and now tail dissipates)
Animation tweaks:
Amulet teleporting animation tweaked to be more centered
This update's patch notes:
New cosmetic items:
Tiger bow figure added
In-game chat:
Chat messages no longer split with "-" instead now pushed to new line
Commands and server messages no longer cut off
Spectator tweaks:
Conquest now also uses spectator cam and can now be spectated
Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug that caused weapon to go to wrong player after being picked up
Fixed inconsistency between join button and actual join process (mid-game joining team menu)
Update 1.7.3.1: More FREE Progression Outfits, Extra Unlocks & More!
Ahoy mateys, been a while! Since we've added many new DLC costumes over the last few weeks we felt like it was high time to add some more free cosmetics to the base game.
Progression Additions:
Therefore we've beefed up the progression timeline quite a bit. Check out these sweet new costumes you can unlock starting from level 129!
Ghastly & Infernal Skull Slayer Sets:
Pirate Curse Additions:
We've also improved the pirate curse a lot and added a special timeline with it's separate ghastly unlocks.
Patch notes:
version 1.7.3.1
New translations:
Polish translations have been added to the game
Level progression:
New Cursed set added
Crimson cursed set variant added to higher levels
7 new titles added
Added detail tool tip when hovering over progression items
Curse progression:
Curse progression timeline added
9 new unlockable curse burdens added
9 new unlockable curse titles added
Conquest:
Late joining players should now spawn with a fuse lighter in conquest instead of a bottle
Visual tweaks:
Bloom amount normalized over all time of day settings for a more consistent look
Winter event end:
Main menu reverted to normal
Winter themed cosmetic drops disabled
Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug that allowed players to teleport onto high building by jumping and turning
Party ready state should now always be in sync between clients
Default FOV now 80 instead of 60
Fixed a bug that caused walking animations to play when falling from crows nest on ships
Fixed a typo in loot chest menu
Tweaked overlapping BR spawn selection circles and knife animation
Fixed a bug that caused HUD to remain on screen when team is defeated
Version 1.7.2: First person animation improvements, new sound effects and more!
Happy New Year pirates!
We hope you all enjoyed the holidays and found some love, hugs, kisses, rum, treasure and whatnot. To start off the new year we've prepared a small update bringing some much needed love to some of the aspects that had been forgotten. Namely, the quality of the first person experience, the movement system and the sounds.
In today's update we're introducing an important change which may require some getting used to if you've been playing the game for a while. We've introduced reduced air control. What does this mean, you wonder? Well, before today pirates were also birds as they were able to literally glide around in the air, often making it very difficult for other players to hit them or even see them at times. With reduced air control gliding in mid air is much more limited. You can still change your direction a little bit while in the air, but you will mostly jump towards your initial jump direction. Currently air control is set to 40% which still gives enough control to adjust your jump trajectory slightly. This change should make close combat a lot more fun and engaging.
As for the first person tweaks, there's a couple of new things.
Your weapons will now always remain visible, even when sprinting, but instead of disappearing they are now held down. And landing after a jump now has a bounce animation.
We've also changed the game's field of view system which now uses a vertical lock instead of a horizontal lock meaning widescreen monitors will now be able to fully enjoy the game as it's intended without awkward cropping. Note, that this change may require you to readjust your mouse sensitivity and FOV setting.
And we've also tweaked quite a few weapon sounds to make them more distinctive, more punchy and just generally of higher quality.
Patch notes:
Movement:
Air control reduction added (40% down from 100%) reducing the amount of control you have while jumping
Field of view (FOV):
Field of view is now locked vertically instead of horizontally
First person animations:
New sprinting weapon animations (weapons are now held down instead of disappearing)
Jump land bounce animation added
New / tweaked sounds:
New water splash sound
Flintlock sound tweaked
Quad-barrel flintlock sound tweaked
Heavy / fast sniper sounds tweaked
New musket sound
Half-barrel sound tweaked
New double barrel sound
Repeater sound tweaked
Bug fixes:
Falling or jumping on ship no longer uses walking animations while in air
Small update time! This time we're introducing a few tweaks for conquest and some other small tweaks.
Patch notes:
Conquest:
You can now kick another player off the steering wheel (1 minute cooldown for kick and 1 minute cooldown until kicked player can use steering wheel again)
conquest only*
You can now respawn at your sunken ship or your new ship
Curse changes:
Curse health debuff decreased from 25% to 15% so cursed HP is now 85 (up from 75)
Streamer request:
Game sound now keeps playing when game is out of focus (alt-tab)
Cannon addition:
Added a slight zoom function to cannons (hold right mouse button)
Visual tweaks:
Improved texturing of galleon interior gunports
Bug fixes:
Fixed invisible bridge on Bone Barge conquest map
Fixed distorted voice commands when using world map
It's the most wondarrful time of the year! That time of candy-canes, santa hats, and big bushy white beards. And we're part of the holiday cheer with exclusive wintery cosmetics, allowing you to destroy your enemies with a holly jolly style. Don't like snow? We've also just released the intimidating Crab Lord cosmetics DLC pack!
Winter Cosmetics
During the entire winter event you'll be able to gather all the exclusive-winter themed cosmetics. We expect to end the event 2 weeks after the new year. So get those sweet pirate chests while ye still can!
To give you a head-start you get these holly-jolly ship icons for free just by starting the game during this event! ːfishheartː
Main Menu
We've even put a little extra icing (hehe) on the cake! The overhauled the main menu with snowy effects and holiday-theme will get you in the right mood for this special time of year.
Crab Lord Pack
We've also made a sweet new DLC for the special occasion! The perfect holiday gift for your online pirate friends!
As mentioned in our previous announcement, this will be a more cosmetic focused update but rest assured, in the meantime we are working hard on even more BIG gameplay additions! So stay tuned...
Roadmap Update: Upcoming Winter Event And New DLC!
Ahoy Mateys! ːfishheartː
While focusing hard on the recently released Galleon we almost lost track of time and realized it's that special time of the year again! Get ready to whip out those Santa hats and eggnog because we plan on making those cool exclusive winter cosmetics available once again for a limited time during the holidays!
On top of that we've got another wickedly awesome DLC planned: The Crab Lord set so you can FINALLY roleplay as everyone's favourite decapod crustacean!!
Hope y'all are excited scallywags, this will be a more cosmetic focused update but rest assured, in the meantime we are working hard on even more BIG gameplay additions! ːblazingsailsː
