Insider Patch Notes 2.5.0.5
Insider Update 2.5.0.5 is now live. With the team focusing on balancing and bug fixes for the upcoming release of the Legend of the Veil, grab the Voyage from the Pirate Lord and head out to test the latest encounter!
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
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Legend of the Veil
Haunted Fort Balancing
- A Haunted Fort encounter can no longer take place near Crooked Masts.
- Ships are now prevented from approaching the Haunted Fort while the swirling tornado is active, crews will find their ships pushed away from the vortex.
- Fort Emplacements have now been strengthened, requiring additional hits before being destroyed.
- Phantom Cannoneers now have an increased fire rate, however reduced accuracy when targeting approaching player ships.
- Ghost Ships protecting the Haunted Forts now call in reinforcements less frequently giving players respite between waves. Sailing into a Ghost Ship now also causes reduced damage to player ships.
Known Issues
Legend of the Veil
- New Commendations for progressing the Legend of the Veil Voyage are visible in the Athena’s Fortune Reputation Tab. However, they are not currently unlocked when completing the necessary criteria.
- Crews progressing through the Legend of the Veil Voyage at the same time on a server can cause a scenario where two Shipwreck Graveyard sites can be generated in the same location.
- Veil Stones slotted into the Veil of the Ancients can become invisible after a player’s death or upon disconnecting. This is visual only and does not affect the ability to complete or progress on the Voyage.
- Crews migrating servers during the Voyage can cause various issues preventing progress.
Fixed Issues
Forts of the Forgotten
- Dying at a Sea Fort during the Adventure should no longer cause the Phantom Galleons to reappear close by.
Legend of the Veil Voyage
- New iconography has been added for the Veil Stone in notifications.
- Updated text and font sizes in quest book pages to improve readability.
Legend of the Veil – Haunted Islands
- When directed to Crescent Isle, the island will now have haunted island visual effects.
- All notifications shown while progressing the Haunted Island Quest now uses Athena’s Fortune imagery.
Phantoms no longer fade out and in during the ritual cutscene.
Ancient Priests in the final ritual sequence no longer have collision, ensuring players can pass through the ghosts.
After defeating the Soulflame Captain, the haunted island effects will linger until players have retrieved the Veil Stone.
Belle now animates smoothly when giving crews the Ferryman’s Lantern.
Legend of the Veil – Haunted Forts
- When destroyed, Fort Emplacements now shunt the player's ship with their pulses.
- Storage Crates of the Damned can now be picked up from destroyed Fort emplacements.
- A victory audio sting can now be heard when destroying the final Haunted Fort target.
- Roaming fog banks can no longer overlap with Haunted Fort encounters when active.
Environment
- When multiple ships are nearby, players should now see all figureheads on ships within range.
- While exploring Plunder Outpost, players should no longer discover a floating patch of grass out in the bay.
- Within the Old Brinestone Fortress, the lower-level grates should now prevent players swimming through when closed.
Visual and Audio
- Within the Reputation Tab, Commendations with Doubloon rewards now display their currency counts correctly.
Localisation
- Players selecting Thai language in the in-game settings will no longer find symbols indicating missing characters in loading screens, Mysterious Notes, Merchant Quests, Tall Tale Quest books and video subtitles.
