Announcement Patchday Notes 2022

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  1. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are currently syncing and had a sync earlier this morning. The changes are the following.

    Changes:
    • We have corrected the Black Friday image in the Shop
    • We have added the Sigma Discount icon to the Black Friday packages
    • Some background server changes which don't affect gameplay.
    Your Seafight Team
     
  2. Shelby1

    Shelby1 Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    It's that time again, sync time! We are currently syncing the following changes:

    Event Preparations:
    • We have prepared the Frozen Wrath event.
    New Feature:
    • We have released Atlantis Launchers and the ability to 'tinker' them. Further information will be posted in an FAQ.
    Improvements:
    • We have changed the Group Map select role timeout time from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
    • Changed the MiniMap colour of all Quest Givers to White so they are not confused with regular NPCs
    • Lowered the Price of the Voodoo Cannon Recipe in the in-game Shop
    • A maximum of 5 of each type of Atlantis Admiral can be spawned at any given time
    • We have disabled the ability to send a Mercenary Fleet if you are in PvE mode
    • We have made the amount of Glitters the same across all maps (previously there was more in maps 1-20)
    • Chests are now shown in a different colour from Glitters in the MiniMap
    • We have added a chance to receive common Crafting Tools from NPC's in Atlantis.
    Your Seafight Team
     
  3. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    All good things come in twos, here is the second sync which shall be coming shortly.

    Event Improvements
    • We have increased the spawn rate of the Bjorgolds
    • We have enabled the Ship/Pet packages in the in-game Shop (image will be added in a future sync).
    • Ice Chests have been adjusted so the Recipe is now a Worldbreaker Recipe Level 4
    • Ice Floes have been adjusted so the Cannon is now a Worldbreaker Level 3
    • We have removed the 2% Damage requirement to gain rewards from the Snowman for Damage Share
    • We have increased the Pearls, Crowns and Yulong for Sentinels Stag, Leto's Sentinel and the Snowman
    • We have added a small chance to earn Safanad Coins from Sentinels Stag and Leto's Sentinel
    Improvements
    • Limited the amount of Kraken Glitters to 20 per map
    • We have improved the Tinkering Tooltip with a clearer grid
    • You can earn the Poseidon's Eye if you have none from Drakir Arral or Drakir Hrell
    • Improved the Death Screen to show the Guild Tag in yellow before the player name
    Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue with the Genie being visible to all players
    • Fixed the quest 'Help from the Deep' which required you to take items to an incorrect Quest Giver
    • Fixed the Seer's Vision in Atlantis where you could not see the HP/VP of targets in your Torpedo Range
    Your Seafight Team
     
  4. Shelby1

    Shelby1 Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are currently syncing some background changes to attempt to resolve the issue with empty maps.

    Your Seafight Team
     
  5. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates!

    We had a sync a while ago:

    Event Changes:
    • We have deactivated the Rise of the Frost Giants quests until that section of the event is active
    • We have corrected the Winter Puzzle Image
    • If you enable the Aura of Protection while you have the Yuletide Gift, you will now drop the Gift
    • We have added the images for the Frost Giant pet in the Shop
    Improvements:
    • You can now use Unstoppables and Blood of the Inya in the Safe Haven
    Your Seafight Team
     
  6. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    Happy Monday! To celebrate, here comes a sync!

    Improvement:
    • We have improved the Tooltips for various aspects of the game; Skills, Weapons, Crew, Status Bar Icons, and Castle Boosters.
    Event Changes:
    • We have added some Upgraded Soccer Ammunition trades into the in-game Shop
    • We have adjusted the Aggro Range of the Anemoi and the Reload Time of the Championship
    Bug fixes:
    • We have resolved the issue with the Rift Quests / Ranking not showing after the Rift Reset
    • In the Design Description, you were unable to see all the benefits of the Gem, instead just the first was shown - FIXED
    Your Seafight Team
     
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  7. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates!

    We had a sync on US servers a while ago:

    Bug Fix:
    • The Auction was not correctly accepting bids.
    Your Seafight Team
     
  8. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are syncing with the following.

    Change:
    • We have hidden the Road to Atlantis Event Tickers, the puzzle rewards have been added to the quest line.
    Bug fix:
    • The XL Package from the Sale that went live today has the incorrect ammunition - Stone instead of Snow.
      • We will run a script to book the missing snow ammunition to all accounts who have purchased this package.
    Your Seafight Team
     
  9. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We ran the script to book the missing Snow Ammunition, the script was ran at about
    2022-12-07 21:25.

    Your Seafight Team
     
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  10. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We had a sync with the following changes.

    Improvement:
    • We have added the fireball effect to the Burning Dutchman one sail design version.
    Bug fixes:
    • We have fixed the Winter Wonderland Group Map Ranking.
    • In the Gem Crafting window, you were unable to see all the benefits of the Gem you have crafted - FIXED
    • Sometimes there was a delay before Torpedo Damage would be inflicted - FIXED
    • Submarine NPCs would stop attacking after fipring once - FIXED
    • We have restored the Atlantis Quests, Winter Quests, Calendar and Puzzle Pieces (please note, daily quests for these may not be available today).
    Your Seafight Team
     
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  11. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We had a sync today with the following changes.

    Changes:
    • We have reduced the amount of Mojo that can be used in the Cauldron of Aruba at one time
    • We have made some background changes to help with the lag issue experienced on the Ultra Server
    Your Seafight Team
     
  12. Shelby1

    Shelby1 Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are currently syncing.

    Bugfix:
    • We have corrected the Rise of the Frost Giants Ranking. You are awarded points depending on how many times you complete the map.
    Information:
    • We have ran a debuff wave for users who are using third-party programs.
    Your Seafight Team
     
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  13. Swift

    Swift Community Team Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We had a sync earlier with the following changes.

    Bug fix:
    • We have resolved the issue of the Rise of the Frost Giant group map buffs being active in the normal maps.
    Information:
    • We have debuffed some more third-party program users. All debuffed users (from today and yesterday), have had 33% of their EXP, ELP and BP removed.
    Your Seafight Team
     
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  14. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are about to have a sync with the following change.

    Temporarily, we shall disable the Cauldron of Aruba to investigate the effect this has on the lag. We will enable it again later this week.

    Your Seafight Team
     
  15. Swift

    Swift Community Team Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We shall have a sync later today with the following changes, please plan your gameplay accordingly.

    Event Preparation:
    • We have prepared the upcoming Bigpoint Anniversary event
    • We have prepared the Pirate Lords event for mid-January.
    • We have prepared Season 11
    Improvements:
    • Your own guild will now be displayed as the friendly "Peace" guild relation colour.
    • Guild relation colours can now be seen in the mini-map (e.g. if you set a guild relation to Peace, the peace colour will be shown in the mini-map). Guilds without a relation or users without a guild will still display as a red dot.
    • We have increased the default target size by 50% for Players, NPCs, Towers and Monsters.
    • We have reduced the target size for Glitters, Chests, etc so that the "bone hand" appears when over them
    • We have split the cooldowns for the Brothers in Arms and Companions of Mercy, instead of these cooldowns being linked, they are now separate
    • Your target lock/selection is no longer lost after you defeat another user
    • We have increased the time you have to choose your Group Map role before being kicked from the queue.
    • We have added the ability for players to leave the queue after you have accepted while you are waiting for another player.
    Event Improvements:
    • We have added a small amount of Terra Ammunition into the in-game Shop
    • Snow ammunition now also provides bonus damage against Jotun in the Rise of the Frost Giants group map
    Bug fixes:
    • When you gain a Battlepoint Rank, the correct rank is now displayed on the screen.
    • When you receive a Quest Item, its name is now shown in-game
    • You were unable to see the names of Atlantis Attributes - FIXED
    • You were unable to repair after an Elmo's Fire/Chilling Touch was used on you while you were attacking a target - FIXED
    Information:
    • We have done some background improvements to help with the lag
    • We have enabled the Cauldron of Aruba again
    Your Seafight Team
     
  16. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are about to have another sync with the following changes.

    Bug fixes:
    • We have deactivated the 20th Anniversary Event Quests until the Event is active
    • Players were unable to use Brothers in Arms, Companion of Mercy, Staff of the Jester and Staff of the Trickster action items - FIXED
    • Players were unable to Exploit Breaches - FIXED
    Your Seafight Team
     
  17. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are currently syncing.

    Event Improvement:
    • We have added a Confetti Ammunition package for the 20th Anniversary Event
    Bug fix:
    • We have corrected the amount of Bigpoints you could earn from the final event quest.
    • We have corrected the amount of required Battlepoints needed for the 'Terrors of the Seven Seas' rank
    Your Seafight Team
     
  18. Rymar

    Rymar Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We are currently syncing with the following changes.

    Improvement:
    • We have added the HH and MHH icons to shop packages which are available only during these times.
    • Lowered the Fleet NPCs range so they are now damaged by Guild Towers
    • We have added the following windows to the "Reset Locked Windows" option; Currency, Group and Reputation windows.
    • We have enabled the Aura of Protection in the Atlantis maps.
    Bug fixes:
    • The Road to Atlantis Quest Item was shown in the wrong Shop Category - FIXED
    • Happy Hour items were shown in the wrong Shop Category - FIXED
    • The logbook message when Tinkering was incorrect - FIXED
    • Battlepoints could not be gained sometimes while in Atlantis - FIXED
    Your Seafight Team
     
  19. Shelby1

    Shelby1 Board Administrator Team Seafight

    Ahoy Pirates,

    We have just had a sync with the following changes.

    Event Preparations:
    • We have prepared the Cauldron of Saba for January
    Improvements:
    • We have enabled a Captcha on the login page
    • We have updated the Kraken Map
    • Tentacles now spawn in maps 2 to 50 (previously 2 to 20)
    • We have increased the Kraken Queue to 20 players
    Bug fixes:
    • Launchers of the same level only applied one set of bonuses - FIXED
    • Daily Login Bonus shown Aura of Protection for everydays bonus - FIXED
    • Sometimes the charge percentage on Bastion/Overlord cannons shown greater than 100% - FIXED
    • Diminishing Returns did not apply to Battlepoints - FIXED
    Your Seafight Team