Yarharhar! It's that time of the year again! ːblazingsailsː And we've got some spooky scary scallywagish stuff lined up for y'all along with the usual QoL improvements and bug Fixeses!
But first, a little bit of ye olde pirate shilling. The Iceberg Interactive Publisher Sale is now live! Ye can get up to 90% off on a bunch of amazin' titles! Blazing Sails is now also 30% off for your swashbuckling pleasure.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158940/Blazing_Sails/
A wise pirate once said: "You'd best start believing in ghost stories. Because now you're in one!", so without further ado, let's get into the spooky notes.
Undead Pirate Pack
Hope y'all believe in ghost stories scallywags! The long-awaited skeleton DLC is upon us and includes some ghastly goodies:
- 3 unique skeleton skins (scorched, drowned and bleached) that are combinable with (almost) all cosmetics
- Both male and female skin variations (you'll see the difference when combining clothes)
- Ghastly cursed voice lines for your pirate also in both male and female variations.
This DLC can be purchased HERE!
Cursed Pirate mode
Sick and tired of wiping newby bilgerats like cannon fodder? Oh boy, do we have a challenge for you... Starting from pirate level 6 you'll have the option to enable the Pirate Curse! That makes you look FRIGGIN EPIC! Of course, this comes at a price! Are you worthy to become A PIRATE GOD?
When winning 50 rounds with the Pirate Curse active you'll unlock:
- The Golden Skeleton skin
- "Pirate God" title
All of this can only be worn/enabled when the pirate curse is active!
Spooky Cosmetics
Like last year, the Exclusive Halloween Cosmetics can be found in the item chests and thus will be disabled again shortly after the event! So now is the perfect time to get that epic pumpkin hat you so desperately need!
Revamped Kill Card
We've also taken the time to improve the kill card. It now contains A LOT more handy information!
Patch notes version 1.6.6.6:
New "Undead Pirate Pack" DLC:
- Burned skeleton skin
- Drowned skeleton skin
- Bleached skeleton skin
- Male ghostly skeleton voice
- Female ghostly skeleton voice
The Pirate Curse:
- Experienced players can now enable the Pirate Curse to work towards unlocking the Pirate God achievement
- With the Pirate Curse enabled players have only 75 HP and all damage dealt to other players is reduced to 75% of normal damage
- Enabling the Pirate Curse drops a spectral wheel on your character's back (also synced in crew lobby)
- Added curse switch widget and info to start screen
While the Pirate Curse is active players receive:
- Glowing green-blue eyes
- A huge spectral steering wheel on their back
- A special green-blue skull icon above their name, in the scoreboard, on their HUD and in the enemy's killcard and kill feed
- 25% extra XP
Pirate God:
- Win 50 victories with the Pirate Curse enabled to unlock Pirate God achievement
- Players with the Pirate God achievement can equip the title of "Pirate God" and use the golden skeleton skin (while the curse is active)
Kill card revamp:
Kill card now shows more information about your attacker and the way you died:
- Attacker title and level
- Attacker crew
- Distance from where you were killed
- Killshot damage amount
- Attacker's leftover HP
- If it was a headshot that killed you or not
Gameplay improvements:
- Score, kills and deaths now persistent on servers meaning you won't lose your stats when being disconnected anymore (reconnecting will now just regrant you your previous stats)
- Steering wheel third person camera distance increased from 200 to 300
UI improvements:
- Kills now produce a new sound effect
- Crew member party UI now auto-scales based on amount of players in crew
Spectator improvements:
- Spectator cam now shows player avatar, level and title
General improvements:
- Empty ship names no longer possible in-game, now replaced with "Nameless Ship"
- Storm setting made slightly brighter
Main menu Halloween edition:
- Halloween decoration enabled
- Halloween theme song enabled
Achievements:
- All achievements should now work
Optimisations:
- Character clothing performance improved
Like this update? Let us know on Discord!
