Insider Patch Notes 2.6.1.3
Insider Update 2.6.1.3 is now live. ‘The Sirens’ Prize’ Adventure is back once again for Insider testing and final rounds of feedback as the team prepare for its retail release later this month!
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
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Adventures
‘The Sirens Prize’ Soulflame Captain Balancing
- The Sirens’ Prize Adventure has now been re-enabled for Insider feedback.
- During the final encounter, the Soulflame Captain now has reduced health and will no longer perform a lunge attack during the fight.
- Phantoms that appear during the Soulflame Captain encounter will no longer wield ranged weapons and instead attack at close range.
- Defeating a Phantom now has a chance to drop ammo pouches.
Ashen Lord Technical Test
- The early Technical Test of this fiery Ashen Lord encounter continues to be available for Insider testing. Head to Liar’s Backbone and speak to Belle before then heading to the nearby Ashen Winds Vortex above Molten Sands Fortress and face off against the Ashen Lord.
Sea of Bones
Invader vs Invader Matchmaking Technical Test
- The Matchmaking Technical Test is still live and available to players to take part in. To begin, simply choose a faction to represent using the Hourglass of Fate and then unfurl the war map to begin the fight.
Gameplay Improvements
Rebalanced Ferry Time across Crew Sizes
- Following Insider feedback, the Ferry of the Damned wait time has been rebalanced further to provide a more balanced experience across all sizes of crew.
- Solo crews will now be held for 15 seconds, two-pirate crews for 19 seconds, three-pirate crews for 23 seconds and four-pirate crews for 25 seconds.
Known Issues
‘The Sirens’ Prize’
- Some players may experience increased server instability whilst playing through the Adventure causing them to be removed from the session.
- Chapter Three of the Adventure will not finish properly if the Adventure times out.
- Ancient Priests found within the Shrines can sometimes fail to engage rival Ocean Crawlers.
- Chapter Three completion banners will show for all players on the server, regardless of whether they are doing the Adventure.
Sea of Bones
- Players may experience instances where world events like the Kraken follow them into the Tunnels of the Damned when invading.
- If a crew disconnects as an invading crew arrives, the invader may get stuck with a black screen for over two minutes.
- If a crew has lost a battle and then fails to migrate away to another server, this can cause server instability.
- Crews invading can experience their ship appearing underwater if migration fails.
Ashen Lord Technical Test
- As this feature is an early Technical Test, there is a range of placeholder assets, imagery, and text. The team are not currently looking for feedback on these clear placeholder areas of the experience.
Fixed Issues
Sea of Bones
- The lift to the Reaper’s Hideout Expansion should now play the sounds of the lift all the way through.
- The golden skeleton upper body cosmetic no longer has an irregular appearance when performing emotes.
- Players will no longer be able to perform costume emotes whilst the Skeleton Curse is equipped.
‘The Sirens’ Prize’
- Belle will no longer disappear during the ritual sequence.
- Belle’s animation during the ritual cutscene should now play as intended.
- Improved server stability to prevent crashes that prevent players from continuing the Adventure.
- The preview icons for Warrior of the Ancients Title and Sails will now be visible in Larinna’s Event Tab.
- Chapter Three of the Adventure will now complete as intended after the outro sequence.
*‘The Sirens’ Prize’ – Audio and Visual *
- A typo within a hint from The Ancients has been corrected.
- Local atmospheric rain noises will now stop once Chapter Three of the Adventure is completed.
- The text within Belle’s note should now appear as intended as well as the objectives now being in the correct order.
- The Soul Flame Captain now has their intended voice over.
*‘The Sirens’ Prize’ – The Ancients *
- The Ancient Warriors now have the correct voice over and subtitles.
- The Dreams of the Ancients and Voice of the Ancients’ treasures are now facing the correct direction.
- Ancient Priests should no longer disappear for a second crew when the first one hands in the Ancient Treasure.
Ashen Lord Technical Test
- The Ashen Lord no longer drops an Ashen Winds Skull when defeated.
Pirate Emporium
- The preview icon for the Mandrake Costume set now contains the correct image of the plant pot.
- Equipped belts no longer peek through the Mandrake Costume.
Environment
- The incense burners at Ancient Spire will no longer intersect with the rock around them.
Visual and Audio
- Wood burnt in campfires will now disappear as intended when fully used up.
