Patch 35

Ahoy Mateys!,

Some big changes and bug fixes coming in today. Enjoy :)

New

• Minimum crews are now "required to operate a vessel. Sailors affects speed & turn speed. (Campaign and Battlemap) Gunners affects reload speed. Officers affects max engagement Range.

• Primary source factions now assigned to ships in equal distribution.

• Added a grape shot resistance level for all ships especially with lower decks.

• Added F7 display to the on screen controls list.

• CTRL+Clicking on the ship wheel will send the order to every ship in your selection.

• ALT+Clicking on the ship wheel will send order to all of your ships.

• You can now set default hotkeys for your ships in the Ship Formation screen. These hotkeys will follow you into battle so you don't have to re-assign them every time.

• Characters that deploy with land cannons will now attempt to occupy them on arrival.

• Cargo and Crew now unload from ships as you're selling them.

• Ships sold by player now appear in the Shipyard for Repurchase.

• Ships sold to Islands now decrease the island wealth (Can go into debt).

• Changed spawn positions and method across all encounters and battles.

Fixes

• Removed some incorrect crew data from previous issue.

• Fixed issue where campaign ships were super overloaded.

• Fixed issue where Mayors would close shop before interacting with player.

• Fixed major issue with orders being ignored after a flagship changes.

• Fixed very frustrating issue where ships would sometimes spawn outside navigable areas.

• Fixed issue with double-tapping hotkeys not panning to the units.

• Fixed issue where inventories of ships are sometimes completely empty.

Changes

• Telescope now shows from above the Crows Nest / flag.

• Increased normal building hp.

• Increased Tower hp.

• Purchased ships no longer come with a Skeleton Crew.

• Reduced the amount of gold required for negotiations with enemy factions.

• Rebalanced the NPC fleet growth rate.

• Minimum crew are no longer able to be deployed.

• Added a deployment limit of 700 troops.

• Buffed player soldier troops.

• Nerfed tribal soldiers.

• Updated some Instruction texts for control availability.

Big thanks to everyone on the Test Branch giving the patch a go this week. Alot of nice improvements and balance changes included as a result of your feedback.

Here is the link to the discord where most tracking / communication is happening:
https://discord.gg/Ws9fjmHP5U

Happy hunting!, John