v. 0.862
Beta pass is eatempestbeta as always.
What's new:
- WIND. It has it's physics now and it affects speed. - 40% upwind and +10% downwind. Watch flags and waves to see it's direction;
- Enemies are more different now. Some ships are vulnerable to boarding, some have weak rigging etc. use spyglass to find their weakspots. Ignoring that may turn into wasting a double amount of ordinary cannonballs;
- Due to the new balance loot is better by 35% on Normal difficulty;
- Better crew managment UI. Hiring, promotions and healing via buttons instead of dragging;
- Difficulty now determines an amount of loot instead enemies' HP;
- You start with 700 coins again;
- Sunken ships' collision is back and improved;
- You can now bribe guards to enter settlments where you have low rep;
- Dead and wounded system works properly now;
- Flamethrower requres x2 energy to use;
- Turning speed now depends on sailing speed;
- Better chances for a succesful matchmaking;
- Plenty of minor balancing tweaks, bug fixes, improvements.
Good hunting!ːboardingː