Patch 10.2 - Mission changes, crafting, ROE, and other improvements

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Patch have been deployed to live servers today.

• Solo orders are now available for all ranks (despite they were reducing the feel of the hunt - players loved them). It was a mistake to remove them before mission agents were implemented.
• Basic cutters are no longer pulled into PVP battles with the following conditions:
  • basic cutter cannot attack other ships (including basic cutters)
  • basic cutter can be attacked
  • basic cutters are not pulled into battles if you attack another ship
  • basic cutter ARE pulled into battles if you attack a basic cutter

• Snow HP is increased
  
• Trader ships can now carry cannons - and will carry them. This will allow cargo hunting and baiting unprepared privateers.
  
• Trader ships overall speed slightly reduced (by 0.4 knots)
  
• Deceleration times reduced for the following vessels:
  • Cutter
  • Pickle
  • Brig
  • Navy Brig
  • Snow
  • Cerberus
  • Frigate
  • Belle Poule
  • Essex
  • Indefatigable
  • Pirate frigate

• Snow, Cutter, Lynx speed slightly increased
  
• Sailing rigs and refits rebalanced (with speed bonuses reduced)
  
• Defensive War supplies dumps now give correct decrease of hostility
  
• Crafted set bought by freetowns now contain more shipbuilding materials (to provide more ship building options for players operating from freetowns
  • NPC will sell those resources they bought at cheaper prices

• ROE timer problems fixed and some timers are tuned.
  • Players will no longer be able to attack directly from invisibility
  • Invisibility timer reduced to 30 seconds (players coming out of invisibility won't be able to attack for another 30 seconds)
  • Battle closing time reduced to 3 minutes from 5 minutes

• Demasting rebalanced.
  • We were not satisfied that too many pvp fights focused only on demasting and it will be much harder to destroy lower mast sections from now on.

• Labor hour costs of repair rig materials became lower
  
• Lower caliber guns costs were reduced
  
• Loot tables updated and npc combat ships will drop rare refits and admiralty skillbooks (previously only available for pvp marks)
  
• Endymion now uses correct pumps (and no longer requires 60 men to operate)
  
• Fort positions updated for several ports
  
• Furnishings price changed from pvp marks (25) to pve marks (300)
  

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