Release 3.1.0 - Upgradable Outfits

UPGRADABLE OUTFITS & NEW CHESTS

Upgradable Outfits with new Legendary buffs

• All non-seasonal Outfits can now be upgraded, adding and improving buffs
• Buffs boost Tavern Pirates or the Legendary Pirate themselves (new LP Toughness and Damage buffs added)
• Each Outfit has ten levels
• Receiving a duplicate of an Outfit progresses its levelling
• Number and quality of buffs varies according to rarity level

Added 16 new chest types

• Chests vary in terms of content - to allow greater clarity in rewards, they now vary according to content and size
• New chests have now replace the old ones in Quests, Event rewards, etc. Seasonal Leaderboards will have the new chests from January onwards. The Dapper Closet will remain as a reward in Events
• New 'Quests' completed once the Silo and Legendary Fort are built to give player free new chests
• Chests now have improved 'potential loot' UI
• Old chests will remain in your silo with the same contents and drop chances

GAME BALANCING & ECONOMY

Changes to unlock structure

• Legendary Fort is now unlocked at Pirate Hall level 3
• Training costs for the first two levels of some of the Legendary Pirates have been reduced
• Upon building the Legendary Fort, the player now has the opportunity to obtain one Legendary Pirate for free
• Silo has had its unlock structure rebalanced across the Pirate Hall levels - cost and hit points have also been adjusted

Economy Changes

• Tweaks to speed up progression from Pirate Halls levels 1 - 4:
  • Upgrade times and gold/grog costs reduced
  • Mystery Chest rewards increased

• Exploration Point and Battle Point economy tweaked
  • Existing Battle Point and Exploration Point costs on buildings and upgrades (Mystic Mortar, Lighthouse, Academy, etc) have been reduced
  • Legendary Fort is now unlocked at Pirate Hall level 3
    
  • Battle Point and Exploration Point costs have been added to defence and resource building upgrades
  • Battle Points gained from battling have been greatly increased
  • Exploration Points gained from exploration have been greatly increased

• Recruitment tweaks
  • Hire costs for the Heavy Gunner, Skellywag, Priestess, Witch Doctor, Ghastly Gunslinger, Sky Raider and Aeronaut have been reduced

• Guild Perk Contribution
  • Currency required for each Guild Perk has been tweaked
  • Contribution amount has been increased, to encourage greater participation and contribution across the guild

• Exploration Rewards
  • Chance of dropping materials increased

As these are fairly major economy changes, we will be keeping a close eye on the numbers and possibly making further tweaks and changes where needed over the next few weeks.

Fixes

• Fixes to post-tutorial pop-ups
• Fixed rendering glitches on iOS 11
• Mystery chest fixes
• Fixed streak buffs for Aeronauts and Ghastly Gunners so they should now appear with the correct frequency
• Altered Legendary FAQ to reflect changes to Outfits

 

3.1.0 - (1000811) (Android only)

• Fixed crashing issue for older Android devices running anything less than Android 6.0

 

Server Update 04/12/17

Guild Perk Contribution amounts corrected for Training Ground and Blacksmith

 

Server Update 07/12/17

• Guild Perk currencies and values reverted to pre-update values
• Maximum amount of materials in Warchests and Lucky Chests increased

 

Optional Update 11/12/17

An optional update will be available on the App Store and Play Store today which contains the following:

NEW

• Christmas theme
  • Snow
  • Festive music
  • Christmas decorations
  • Seasonal loading screen

FIXES

• Fixed issue with Mystery Chest icon not disappearing
  
• Battle revenge fix
  
• Fixed replays with upgradable skins
  
• Fixed text alignment/scale on chest open screen
• Resized and repositioned buff icons down on outfit popup to prevent buff description hover popup going off screen on iPhone
• Fixed upgradable skin bar on chest screen
• Fixed Legendary FAQ

This update will become mandatory after the current Plunder Time event has finished.