7 February 2010

TREASURE REWARDS: 
- Treasures now give rewards when found 
- Reward can be viewed in the slot below the map piece/treasure 
- All rewards will be placed in "My Stash" when collection is completed 

 

CRITICAL ATTACKS: 
- Part 1, Baseline +5% 
- 1% increase by adding 3 mateys 
- Maximum cap 25% 

NEW PREMIUM ITEMS: 

- Crystal Ball - view enemy ship level 

 

You can see your's opponent level. 

 

Here you will find for how long Crystal ball will be active. 

 

- Accuracy De-Buff - make enemy ships miss more often when shooting 

 

- Fire Resist Power Up - Adds +25% Fire Resistance to your hull 

 

NEW SHIPS: 
- 2 New Ships for Mediterranean Sea 
- 2 New Ships for Egyptian Sea 

CHANGE TO EXISTING PREMIUMS: 
- Experience booster now grants +100% from +50% 
- Coin booster now grants +100% from +50% 
- Resource booster now grants +100% from +50% 
- Heath booster now grants +25% from +10% 
- Increased Resource packages 

Please let us know what you think about new additions here - http://apps.facebook.com/forum-pirates//viewtopic.php?t=450803. 

27 January 2010

Navigation HUD: 
- Updated with new fields 
- Split out Wood and Iron from Resources menu 
- Removed Map Piece progression 
- Islands are now static instead of dynamically placed (5 Per Sea) 
* Roll over island to see your progression 
- Revised roll over on an enemy ship, displays now Name of treasure and Piece you're fighting for 
- Removed Auto-panning 
- Removed "Set Sail" (replaced with Refill Islands) 

Upper HUD 
 

Lower HUD 
 

Island Scene: 
- Island has been scaled larger 
- Island object population has been increased 
- Island now re-grows by itself over time (see timer) 
* Regrows ever 6 hours, Midnight, 6AM, Noon, 6PM (Runs off PST) 
* You can also pay to re-grow it if it's been cleared (click on left button) 
Note: this will move the player to the navigation screen, they can re-enter the island and it should be fully regrown 

 

Treasure Room: 
- Reduced the amount of collections to 5 (6 if you defeat boss) from 9 per sea 
- Treasures can now be collected out of order (non-liner) 
- Collect the 5 surrounding treasures around to boss to FIGHT the boss 
- Progress of map pieces also displayed in Treasure Room 

 

Shipyard: 
- Changed Stash tab to show "ALL" items 
- Display X/Y # of stash 
- Limited Ship name to 18 characters 
- Fixed scrolling when purchasing item (saves the spot) 

Daily Booty: 
- Daily bonus every 24 hours to get resources and power ups 
- You can do this again for 5 facebook credits (click on the Daily Booty icon on the right side) 

 

You can win ie.: 

 

Wish List: 
- Added "WISH" on the Resources Pop-up (Now says "BUY" or "WISH") 
- Posts a forum feed to your wall, anyone who sends you your WISH resource will receive a Coin Bonus 

World Map: 
- Updated Style 
- Added "Battle Sea" (PvP) 
- Added Steam Punk Sea (Coming Soon) 
- Added Isles of the Dead (Coming Soon) 

 

Quick Travel Menu 

 

Battle Sea: 
- Battle by spending COINS (ante) 
- Coin cost is determined by level 
- If you win, you will receive 50% of your ante 
- If you lose, you will receive 0 coins 

Note: 
- you will not gain EXP in Battle Sea 
- There are no cannons or bow/stern, and clothes available for purchase 

 

Character Customizer: 
- Color Pallet is now available in the store (This works for clothing, hair, etc etc) 
* Select the color below, it will re-color all the items in the store, then purchase! 
* Black and Pink are premium colors and cost credits 
- Pricing is dynamic based on the color you have selected 

 

That would be all for today - Please let us know what you think about it in here -http://apps.facebook.com/forum-pirates//viewtopic.php?t=450378 

20 January 2010

NEW Character Skins 
* Select "Character", look under Faces, and then Skins 
- Zombie Skin - 99 facebook credits 
- Voodoo Skin - 99 facebook credits 
- Skeleton Skin - 99 facebook credits 

 

Each skin will be a permanent change (if you purchase another one, it will override the one you have) 

Cannon Update 
* All cannons now will require Coins + 1 Resource to purchase (Removed 2nd resource) 

Resource Update 
* Island exploration is now reduced to Wood and Iron 
(You can no longer find Steel, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Titanium from searching islands. They are still available for purchase in the store.) 

New Gifts 
* Added 5 Resources 
- Steel 
- Bronze 
- Silver 
- Gold 
- Titanium 

(The amount of resources you gain is determined by your level) 

Receive gifts like normal, you'll see them in your stash. "USE" the item in your stash to apply the amount to your total resources. 

New Sea: 
- Mediterranean Sea now available at level 50 
* There are no Mediterranean bows or sterns available yet 

Shipyard: 
- Added store tile at the end "Sail to the next sea for more items!" 

Large Mast: 
- If you have 4 of more cannon ports, you will automatically receive the large mast 

Legacy Items: 
- Removed from the store 

Please let us know what you think about it here - http://goo.gl/eDNff 

18 January 2010

Stealing 
- ELIMINATED for all users 
* You will NO LONGER lose map pieces! EVER! 
* When willing a battle, you will be awarded a piece that YOU NEED for a collection (sea dependent) 

Seas 
- Now level locked instead of collection locked 
* Caribbean - Available at level 1 
* Northern Europe - Available at level 10 
* Far East - Available at level 20 
* Mayan Sea - Available at level 30 
* Viking Isles - Available at level 40 
* Mediterranean - Not Available 
* Egypt Isles- Not Available 
* African Isles - Not Available 
* Machine Sea - Not Available 
* Isles of Undead - Not Available 
* Lost Isles of Treasure Kingdom - Not Available 

Note: 
* Existing players will be placed into the Caribbean sea upon re-entry 
* Items (Ship parts, Clothing etc) are themed by SEA and locked by SEA 
* Fighting Bosses remains the same, you need to collect ALL treasures for that SEA for the boss to appear 

World Map 
- Updated look 

*Traveling between seas is VERY important right now. This is how players will know what to buy* 
*Items are themed by SEA, so if a user says "I can't upgrade" they need to travel to the NEXT sea or any other sea available* 

Treasure/Collections 
1st Update 
- Now able to collect treasures based on the sea that you're in 
- Simultaneously able to collect multiple treasures at a time (liner progression, but dependent on sea) 

2nd Update 
- Later on you'll be able to collect treasures out of order (non-liner progression) 
- Bonuses will be awarded as well (retro active) 

Treasure Room 
- Button disabled 
* We are re-working treasures and UI 

Mercenaries 
- Updated with more higher level mercenaries (check 2nd page) 
- Added "Skins" to mercenaries (Voodoo, Skeleton, Zombie) 

Matching System 
- Dependent on Sea and Treasure 
* If you go to a sea which you've completed all the treasures (this includes defeating the boss), you'll be asked to sail to a sea that is still incomplete (No Enemies pop-up) 

 

17 December 2010

Cannon Upgrade: 
- Now available for cannons [labeled "Upgradable" text in the item cell, click on this for an informational pop-up] 
- Go to the Shipyard 
* Click on a cannon you own (facebook credit one) 
* Click on upgrade 
* You'll receive a prompt displaying your current cannon, that will upgrade to the next level of cannon 

- You can only upgrade a cannon to the next tier of the same cannon (basically taking Brutal Cannon 8, and upgrading it to Brutal Cannon 10) 
- You cannot skip an upgrade (Must go from Brutal Cannon 8 => Brutal Cannon 10 you cannot go from Brutal Cannon 8 => Brutal Cannon 12) 
- Upgrading a cannon replaces your old cannon (you won't receive another one, it will destroy the old one, and give you a new one) 

New Ships: 
- For Mayan Sea (users must be in Mayan Sea to view, and be the required level to purchase, both ships are for coins - regular currency items) 
* Hut Bow/Stern 
* Stone Bow/Stern 

Share your Mighty Pirate Ship! 
- Visit the Shipyard, and click on the Camera icon below your name in the top left corner 
- This will take a snapshot of your ship, and you can post it directly to your wall 

Interface Updates: 
- Dueling button now visible at all times (instead of mouse over) 
- Store: Changed item categories 
* Added "Boosters" category 
* Added "Power Up" category 
* Island and Battle are now "Energy" 
* Coins and Resources are now "Resources" (moved Coins into resources) 
- Shipyard - facebook credit cannons have now "Upgradable" on them (if you click, it'll show a informational pop-up) 
- Shipyard now has "UPGRADE" on roll over states (if cannon is premium) 
- Shipyard now has fly-out "Sell, Stash, Upgrade" on click 
- Shipyard now has a Camera icon to share a photo of your ship 
- New Loading Screen (when exploring an island) 

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15 December 2010

Highlights 
- Skeleton Battles 
- Gender Change Potion 
- Stealth Potion 
- Dueling costs reduced to 2 credits from 5 credits 
- Lots of bug fixes and performance tweaks! 


 

Stealth Mode 
- Now available in the store 
* This item works like a consumable, it'll go into your "My Stash", to use it, activate it 
- A cloud effect will appear on around your ship 
- This item is a time limited item, lasts for 8 hours (counts down even if you're not in-game) 
- Other pirates cannot attack you, but you can attack other pirates to take map pieces 
- Does not effect dueling, you can still be attacked/attack 

 

 

Gender Change Potion 

- Allows to change your gender once. 

 

Skeleton Island Battles 
- Search an island, and you may run into a skeleton to fight! 
* The skeleton has taken your rewards for searching the object (rock, tree, etc) 
* To defeat the skeleton, you will need to spend 2 Island Energy to attack it (it takes 2 attacks to defeat, so total, 4 Island Energy) 
* Upon defeat, you'll receive the rewards you would have gotten by searching the object (rock, tree, etc) 

 

Tweaks 
- Loading optimization for Islands 
- Added Duel Victory Wall 2 Wall post

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8 December 2010

Highlights 
- Take a snapshot of your character and share it on your wall! 
- Duel your friends and show who's the greatest pirate of all! 
- New boss: Aka Oni of the Far East 
- Lots of bug fixes and performance tweaks! 


Show off your Avatar 
1. Visit the Character Customization screen 
2. Click on the camera icon on the bottom left 
3. Follow the steps to publish your character avatar on your wall 

 


New boss: Aka Oni 
- Added 3rd Boss, Aka Oni. You will find him in the Far East 
* Defeating this boss you'll receive 1 Dragon Cannon (also the ability to purchase them in the store for Facebook Credits) 

 


Wake Up (I poke yew!) 
Crew Management screen has been updated: 
- Highlight an inactive crew member and press "Wake Up" 
- This will prompt a Wall 2 Wall post to re-engage your friend 
- Inactive crew members stats go to 1/1/1 
- If your friend re-enters the game, their stats will go back to normal for your ship's benefit (in Battle) 


Matey Duels 
- Highlight your Matey's in the bottom friend bar and press "DUEL" to initiate 

Dueling Rules 
- You must be in the same Sea as your matey (if not, travel to where they are) 
- Does not cost energy 
- Limit once every 24 hours per matey 
- Does not take mateys map pieces when you win 
- You do not lose map pieces if you lose 
- Will only gain XP upon winning or losing (no coins given) 


Re-Dueling* 
- Available now for 5 facebook credits 
* You can do this if you want to skip the 24 hour waiting period before dueling your friend again


Character Information 
*You can access this menu by pressing on the top left hand corner of the navigation screen (Character Name/Exp Bar) 
- Reset Win/Loss record now available for 9 facebook credits 
- Purchase 4 Stat points now available for 54 facebook credits 
- Re-Distributing stats now available now for 74 facebook credits 

New Sails 
- More sails have been introduced by sea, theme, and level unlocked 


Tweaks 
- Updated shipyard store aesthetics 
- Updated character customize store aesthetics 
- Updated Level Up Pop-Up to display up to 3 friends you're higher than 
- Updated some forum feed text and images 
- Reset Stats button changed to Redistribute Stats 
- Updated Duel information pop-up (stylized)

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3 December 2010

Viking Islands 
The Viking Islands are finally available, complete with a set of awesome new hulls and cannons! This addition also fixed the loading problem experienced by some high level players. 

The Red Ronin! 
Dare you face the infamous Red Ronin? Travel to the Far East to test your mettle against this biggest fish in the pond so far! 

Too many crew members - no more! 
Last week we fixed a bug which had allowed some players to acquire too many crew members. This gave them an unfair advantage in battle. We've now fixed the last of these ships and you should no longer encounter an overwhelming force like this. 

Accuracy problems fixed 
Over the last couple of days, we've seen problems related to accuracy points. Essentially, they'd often not save and the points would be lost. If you're missing attribute points, please submit a Help Request and we'll get you sorted shortly!

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1 December 2010

Recent highlights 
- Two new bosses! 
- Three new ships! 
- Game optimized for better performance! 
- World Map redesigned 
- Lots of small bugs fixed! 


Bosses added! 
We've seen lots of cool additions to the game recently! Last week we introduced our first boss: The Voodoo Priestess of the Caribbean. She was followed by the Northern Europe boss Duke Villiany and his floating castle. If you've not faced these fearsome enemies yet, or you've already left these seas behind, make sure to head back and get a piece of the action. Unique prizes await those who survive these encounters! 

  


New ships! 
We've also introduced more items. Players who've reached the Far East will now find three new set of bows and sterns available! As with other ship parts, each set come in various editions depending on your level. 

 

 


World Map redesigned 
The World Map has been redesigned in order to reflect the linear progression through the game. Also, new seas has been added. There's now a grand total of five seas to explore with another six in the making! 

Please note that the Viking Islands are not yet available. 


New Character Information page 
Now viewable through clicking on the portrait/name on the navigation screen (instead of going through Character Customization screen) 

Updated UI 
- Displays Win/Loss record 
- Displays Current Location 
- Displays Total Treasures Collected 
- Displays Stat Bonuses through clothing use 


Upcoming FBC services 
- Win/Loss Reset 
- Add 4 Skill Points 
- Redistribute Skill Points 

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24 November 2010

Drop rate and economy 
- Map Pieces are now available through every search able object on an island (previously only available from select objects) 
- Increased Map Piece drop rate 
- Added resource text tip in pop-up to avoid confusion 

Energy adjustments 
- Base Battle Energy increased to 18 from 12 
- Base Island Energy increased to 36 from 32 
- Decreased Battle Energy replenish time to 15 mins from 20 mins 

General 
- Ship flipped horizontally in the Shipyard to mimic vs. Battle and Island Exploring 
- Removed Zoom in/ Zoom out buttons during battle 
- Added music during character gender selection 
- Increased Health Points on all sterns, hulls, and bows

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17 November 2010

Resource Updates 
- Copper has been removed from the game 
* Any Copper you currently have will no longer be displayed with the updated resource pop-up 


New Resources 
- Bronze 
- Silver 
- Gold 
- Titanium 

Resources now has a chance to drop in any sea. The chance for a specific resource to drop is determined by which sea you're in. 


New Cannons! 

Old cannons have been removed and replaced with the following: 

- "Rifle" Cannon: Medium Accuracy, Medium Damage 
- "Elite Rifle" Cannon: Medium+ Accuracy, Medium+ Damage 
- "Premium Rifle" Cannon: Medium++ Accuracy, Medium++ Damage 
- "Grapeshot" Cannon: Medium+ Accuracy, Multi-Shot Damage 
- "Elite Grapeshot" Cannon: Medium++ Accuracy, Multi-Shot+ Damage 
- "Premium Grapeshot" Cannon: High Accuracy, Multi-Shot++ Damage 
- "Sniper" Cannon: High Accuracy, Low Damage 
- "Elite Sniper" Cannon: High+ Accuracy, Low+ Damage 
- "Premium Sniper" Cannon: High++ Accuracy, Low++Damage 
- "Boomstick" Cannon: Low Accuracy, High Damage 
- "Elite Boomstick" Cannon (Low+ Accuracy, High+ Damage 
- "Premium Boomstick" Cannon (Medium Accuracy, High++ Damage 

 

Old cannons will not be deleted but they can no longer be purchased. They've been adjusted somewhat to fit with the new economy. 


New Ship Hulls 
We've replaced the old hulls with a new line of hulls, giving you more control 
- Hulls now have more knobs to control HP and Number of Port Unlocks 
- Hulls unlock more frequently now - Every 2 levels 
- Bows/Sterns also have staggered unlocks 

Shipyard Updates 
- Decor items have now been reduced in cost 
- Black & Pink Paint are now available for coins