Release Notes
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January 2008

January 8, 2008

POTCO Bullet Added a 7-day fullscreen preview. New accounts will start the game in fullscreen mode. After 7 days, the game will revert to a windowed mode with ads.
POTCO Bullet Crew teleport issues should now be fixed.
POTCO Bullet (Fixed a bug preventing family accounts with a large number of pirates from logging in.
POTCO Bullet Increased the Notoriety gain for Voodoo Staff (except for the Blast skill, which was reduced).
POTCO Bullet Reduced the amount of damage a lower level enemy deals to a higher level player.
POTCO Bullet Added a fix so that players can't kill Jack the monkey during the pistol tutorial.
POTCO Bullet Complete clothing system re-write to increase efficiency when rendering avatars.

January 10, 2008

POTCO Bullet Changed default game mode to full screen for Unlimited Players. The game was previously starting in windowed mode.
POTCO Bullet Clicking on a pirate's name in the guild panel will now bring up the regular pirate options panel. You can still update a pirate's guild membership through the guild button on that panel.
POTCO Bullet Fixed bug that was intermittently causing buildings to be missing when teleporting to an island
POTCO Bullet Made the placement of the pirate options panel more consistent when clicking on friend/crew/guild member in friends panel.

January 14, 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug preventing the ability to promote, demote, or eject offline guild members
POTCO Bullet Fixed a crash that occurred while teleporting to a friend's or crewmates' ship as they are docking
POTCO Bullet Fixed a crash from using the up and down arrow keys in the Pick-a-Pirate screen while in Basic Access mode
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that caused a change in the height of your pirate
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug with ponytails not showing up for certain hairstyles

January 18, 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed the bug causing braids to be missing on female pirates wearing a bandana.
POTCO Bullet Fixed the bug that was causing players' ships to show up twice in the dinghy interface when they had a crew member aboard.
POTCO Bullet Fixed the crash that was occurring when someone used the "port of call" button before downloading the entire game.
POTCO Bullet Fixed the crash that was occurring when using the Voodoo Staff Soul Flay skill.
POTCO Bullet Removed avatar panel pop-up that occurred when clicking on other ships. This was allowing people to teleport to another player's ship even if they were not friends, crew mates, or Guild mates.

January 23, 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was causing flagships to disappear over time
POTCO Bullet Changed default full screen resolution to 1024 x 768 for higher end graphics cards
POTCO Bullet Added a fix for issues that occurred while the voodoo staff is charging

February 2008

February 27 2008

POTCO Bullet Avatar Customization
POTCO Bullet There are now jewelers, barbers, tailors, and tattoo parlors in Port Royal, Tortuga, Del Fuego, and Cuba
POTCO Bullet Added the ability to zoom in on your avatar with the middle mouse wheel if you are not moving or in combat.
POTCO Bullet Added random drops of rare clothing when defeating an enemy. The chance of getting clothes is rare, but the colors are unique and you can't find them in stores anywhere.
POTCO Bullet Emotes.
POTCO Bullet Added emotes! You can access them via the speed chat menu or by typing / at the chat prompt. Here is the list of some of the emotes you can use with the / command: Angry, arrr, bow, celebrate, coin, cry, dance, flex, greet, laugh, help, nod, sad, scared, sleep, smile, wave, wink, yawn, yes, no
POTCO Bullet Guild invite token system update
POTCO Bullet Added two additional types of Guild tokens: Limited Multi-use Codes (i.e. a token that can be redeemed 10 times) and Unlimited Codes (a token that can be used forever, until you invalidate it)
POTCO Bullet Added a button on the Crew panel that lets you put a "Looking for Crew" message above your head. Click on the "Crew Options" button in your Crew panel to activate this feature. You can also type /lfc in your chat window to toggle the Looking for Crew label
POTCO Bullet Added in-game pop-ups to notify players when Blackjack Friday has begun (Blackjack Fridays are every Friday from 3-9 PM Pacific Time)
POTCO Bullet Moved the Game Options button to the main screen, next to your sea chest - it is now available in both Make-A-Pirate and the tutorial
POTCO Bullet Fixed bug that was not allowing players to teleport or chat to guild/crew members who they couldn't see
POTCO Bullet Fixed bug allowing players to teleport to servers that are full from the Pick-a-Pirate screen
POTCO Bullet Added clearer messaging to explain why a teleport may have failed (i.e. other player's ship sunk, etc.)
POTCO Bullet Added a check to see if your CPU is running at max frequency. If not, you will get a pop-up after the client has been running for 2 minutes.
POTCO Bullet Doubled the chances of getting a cheat card dropped when defeating NPCs
POTCO Bullet Fixed flickering in interiors on low graphics settings
POTCO Bullet Increased maximum crew size to 12 so you can fill a War Frigate with a single crew
POTCO Bullet Fixed an exploit where you could have multiple avatars switching being captain of the ship to avoid recharge times for broadsides
POTCO Bullet Fix for short male and other low height avatar's feet showing up below the floor
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug on the compass that caused North to point the wrong direction

March 2008

March 1 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that prevented female avatars from changing clothing

March 4 2008

POTCO Bullet Added feature to let other players know that you are away from the keyboard. Type /afk or /away in your chat window to activate it.
POTCO Bullet Fixed crash that occurred when clicking on the Rename button after your Pirate's name was denied approval

March 8 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was causing combat sound effects to go off every time a ship came into view

March 20 2008

POTCO Bullet Fix for the bug that was causing Grenade, Port Royal Teleport, Padres Teleport, and Cuba Teleport quests to not be assigned at the proper level
POTCO Bullet Adjusted camera angle when receiving a quest from an NPC
POTCO Bullet Fixed NPC animation for when they are talking to you
POTCO Bullet Added a close button to pop-up messages for holiday items and Blackjack Fridays
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug in lighting on the jewelry shops in low graphic settings
POTCO Bullet Removed extraneous sound effects that played after hitting Escape button during a cut scene
POTCO Bullet Removed duplicate skeletons in the Port Royal graveyard
POTCO Bullet Lowered the level of the Navy soldier outside of the Governor's mansion
POTCO Bullet Moved the confirmation panel for a lookout match to the left of the screen
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug with War Frigate broadsides always showing 10/12 broadsides on the ship page
POTCO Bullet Fixed the odd looking icon on the cannon level up message
POTCO Bullet Added icons to indicate an island tunnel entrance on the compass

March 27 2008

POTCO Bullet Reopened the Black Pearl Boss Battle. Thank you for your patience!
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug causing townsfolk to not appear neutral in the radar
POTCO Bullet Fixed a rare crash in the barber shop

April 2008

April 30 2008

POTCO Bullet New quests have been added for level 4 weapon upgrades for: Sword, Pistol, Dagger, Voodoo Doll and Voodoo Staff. These weapon quests will automatically appear in your journal once you've reached level 15 Notoriety for that weapon.
POTCO Bullet You can now have an "inventory" of tattoos. You no longer have to remove a tattoo in order to buy a new - you can buy several and wear them whenever you want.
POTCO Bullet Light Galleon ships are now available to Basic Access players.
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug occurring in Basic Access mode that was causing an "Upgrade Now" popup to appear every time you defeated an enemy, if you were carrying a blocked quest.
POTCO Bullet Ammo pouches are now available for purchase. These pouches allow you to carry more ammo (i.e. bullets, cannonballs, daggers, grenades) than the base amount.
POTCO Bullet It's now easier to find a crew using your crew panel (to open your crew panel: hit the "F" key and then press the "Crew" button). You can now:
POTCO Bullet Create a crew: Crew Options -> Start A Crew
POTCO Bullet Search for crewmates (once you've started a crew): Crew Options -> Recruit Crewmates (there are also some advanced options for the more discerning captains)
POTCO Bullet Join someone else's crew: Crew Options -> Search For A Crew
POTCO Bullet Let others near you know that you are looking for a crew: Crew Options -> Looking For Crew
POTCO Bullet Better bonuses for crewing have been added: the notoriety bonus for a crew of 2 is 20%, and it ramps up to a max bonus of 50% for an 8 person crew.
POTCO Bullet Improved whisper functionality:
POTCO Bullet The chat panel remains in whisper mode as long as the player doesn't click X or try to reply to an absent avatar
POTCO Bullet By pressing "Alt-Enter", you can automatically whisper to the player that most recently whispered to you
POTCO Bullet The chat panel now provides more feedback when trying to send a whisper to someone who went away
POTCO Bullet Modified the way NPC's target their attackers: they used to attack the person that first attacked them, but will now switch between attacking the person doing the most damage, as well as others nearby that are doing damage.
POTCO Bullet The first voodoo doll quest, acquired at level 5, is now available to Basic Access players
POTCO Bullet Shortened the length of the groggy penalty
POTCO Bullet Shortened recharge time for tonics
POTCO Bullet Added a "/event" command so you can see what events are in progress and how much time is remaining. In order to activate this feature, type "/event" into your chat panel
POTCO Bullet Fixed the bug that was allowing strangers to board your ship. Only the captain's friends and crewmates are now able to board
POTCO Bullet Added the following new quests that provide jewelry and tattoo rewards that you cannot buy in shops:
POTCO Bullet "Spy Trouble"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Perla Alodia, Jeweler on Padres Del Fuego
POTCO Bullet Black Market"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Mercedes Corazon, Tattoo Artist on Padres Del Fuego
POTCO Bullet "Eliminating The Competition"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Dajin Ming, Jeweler on Tortuga
POTCO Bullet "Lala's Brother"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Lala Lovel, Tattoo Artist on Tortuga
POTCO Bullet "Smitty's Sickness"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Jeweler Smitty, Jeweler on Port Royal
POTCO Bullet "Family Valuables"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Solomon O'Dougal, Tattoo Artist on Port Royal
POTCO Bullet "Precious Treasures"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Perla Alodia, Jeweler on Padres Del Fuego
POTCO Bullet "Picking Up The Slack"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Dajin Ming, Jeweler on Tortuga
POTCO Bullet "Smitty's Debt"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Jeweler Smitty, Jeweler on Port Royal
POTCO Bullet "Special Ink"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Solomon O'Dougal, Tattoo Artist on Port Royal
POTCO Bullet "Lala's Neighbors"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Lala Lovel, Tattoo Artist on Tortuga
POTCO Bullet "Helping Mercedes Corazon"
POTCO Bullet Receive from Mercedes Corazon, Tattoo Artist on Padres Del Fuego

May 2008

May 2 2008

POTCO Bullet Put in a fix to prevent player on player damage that was occurring in parlor games and other non-PvP instances
POTCO Bullet Put in fixes for a handful of crashes related to sailing, PvP, and the Lookout System
POTCO Bullet Removed invalid crew invitation messages appearing when players switched servers
POTCO Bullet Put in a fix for input controls freezing when using the pistol, grenades, or tonics

May 28 2008

POTCO Bullet Added new French and Spanish skeletons. French skeletons can be found on Isla Cangrejos and Spanish skeletons can be found on Cutthroat Isle. New French and Spanish skeleton ships can be found sailing around Isla Cangrejos and Cutthroat Isle, respectively. The new skeleton types are as follows:
POTCO Bullet French:
POTCO Bullet French Undead Maitre
POTCO Bullet French Undead Quarter Master
POTCO Bullet French Undead Lieutenant
POTCO Bullet French Undead Capitaine
POTCO Bullet Spanish:
POTCO Bullet Spanish Undead Conquistador
POTCO Bullet Spanish Undead Bandido
POTCO Bullet Spanish Undead Pirata
POTCO Bullet Spanish Undead Captain
POTCO Bullet Added two new islands to the world:
POTCO Bullet Isla De La Avaricia
POTCO Bullet Ile D'Etable De Porc
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was preventing people with PowerPC based Macs from being able to play the game
POTCO Bullet Adjusted the placement of Mother's day tattoos
POTCO Bullet Added new ship sinking cutscenes
POTCO Bullet Added an in-game feedback form. When using this form, please be as specific as possible. Please note that you will not receive any feedback from support using this form (click here for technical support). The feedback form button icon is a question mark and can be found on the options menu
POTCO Bullet In an effort to improve the early in-game experience, we have launched welcome worlds. This is a scaled down instance of the Pirates world that a player plays in until they launch a ship for the first time.
POTCO Bullet Added some debugging for tracking down lingering issues with textures when using the DirectX9 graphics API.
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was preventing collisions with the masts of your ship once you had been on a cannon
POTCO Bullet A new quest titled "Skeleton Infestation" will be given out by Orinda Le Jeune located on the Tortuga Docks
POTCO Bullet Fixed some misspellings in quest dialog
POTCO Bullet Ship panels no longer disappear when they break
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was breaking the "track quests" button after completing the black pearl boss battle

May 29 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a crash that happened when throwing grenades at fly traps or ships

June 2008

June 10 2008

POTCO Bullet Privateering has been added:
POTCO Bullet Join either the French or Spanish factions as a mercenary and engage rival mercenaries in epic naval battles
POTCO Bullet Launch your ship from the new islands of Isla De La Avaricia (Spanish) or Ile D'Etable De Porc (French), and you'll automatically be put into Privateering mode
POTCO Bullet Please note: because it is a large, more complex feature, Privateering will stay on the Test Server for at least a few weeks, at which point it will move over to the live game.Thanks for your patience!
POTCO Bullet Some new Privateering related loading screen hints have been added
POTCO Bullet NPCs with glowing question marks above their heads are "helper NPCs" and will give advice in the same manner as quest dialog. You can find a couple of these NPCs on the privateering islands
POTCO Bullet Improved some quest dialog
POTCO Bullet The quest journal should now scroll when using your mouse's wheel
POTCO Bullet Fixed the radar. Townsfolk are green, players are blue, and enemies are red.
POTCO Bullet Updated the dx9 texture debugging
POTCO Bullet A fix for the ship repair panel not updating after repairing your ship
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that allowed the French/Spanish NPCs to respawn on their ship if it was taking too long to defeat all NPCs
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug with the voodoo doll that would divide healing power among all attuned targets(including enemy NPCs) instead of only dividing it among attuned targets that are players

June 13 2008

We have temporarily removed privateering from the test server in order to make some improvements. Not to worry...it will be back up soon! In the meantime, we hope you can help us test a special surprise that we have planned for the 4th of July. From 12:01 AM on Saturday, June 14, until midnight on Sunday, June 15, fireworks can be found in the nighttime sky around Tortuga, Port Royal, and Padres Del Fuego. If you see anything wrong with our fireworks display, please let us know by using the in-game feedback form. Thanks.

June 16 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed the radar. Townsfolk are green, players are blue, and enemies are red.
POTCO Bullet The quest journal should now scroll when using your mouse's wheel

July 2008

July 23 2008

POTCO Bullet Privateering has been added:
POTCO Bullet Side with either the French or Spanish pirate "Lords" as a privateer and engage rival Pirates in epic sea battles
POTCO Bullet Launch your ship from the islands of Isla De La Avaricia (Spanish) or Ile D'Etable De Porc (French), and you will automatically be put into Privateering mode
POTCO Bullet New Privateering loading hint screens have been added
POTCO Bullet Added Privateering chat. Now you can communicate with other members of your team without an opposing team knowing about it. (This type of chat will appear in a gold color in your chat window.)
POTCO Bullet While in Privateering mode, flagships will sink immediately when you disable them
POTCO Bullet Adjusted the armor on NPC ships so it is slightly weaker than player ships
POTCO Bullet Cannon balls are no longer be able to be shot through islands
POTCO Bullet Added a minimum system requirements check to the game launcher
POTCO Bullet Added the Crew Heads Up Display (HUD) so you can see what other crew members are doing
POTCO Bullet Updated the Basic Access player popup
POTCO Bullet The radar now remembers your zoom level when boarding and leaving a ship
POTCO Bullet Added NPCs with glowing question marks above their heads. These "helper NPCs" will give advice in the same manner as Quest dialog. You can find a couple of these NPCs on the Privateering islands
POTCO Bullet The ship repair panel will update correctly when repairing your ship
POTCO Bullet Undead Grenadiers now animate properly when attacking players
POTCO Bullet Avatars that teleport to friends (but whose friends are still in jail) will be able to leave the jail, if the door was already kicked down
POTCO Bullet Updated the ship damage interface
POTCO Bullet Cannons do more damage the closer you are to your enemy
POTCO Bullet Removed the teleport totem icon from the map for Kingshead island
POTCO Bullet The Ray-Of-Light will guide you better to your Quest objectives
POTCO Bullet Fixed several Quest dialog bugs
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that caused the cannon reload status bar to occasionally hang at an intermediate point
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was preventing clothing/jewelry/tattoo rewards from being dropped by enemies if your inventory was already full of these items
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that allowed players to appear undead outside of PVP
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that allowed the French/Spanish NPCs to respawn on their ship if it was taking too long to defeat all NPCs
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug with the voodoo doll that would divide healing power among all attuned targets(including enemy NPCs) instead of only dividing it among attuned targets that are players
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that would not allow you to run after you died while taking aim with the pistol

August 2008

August 14 2008

POTCO Bullet Ships no longer spawn on top of one another in Privateering
POTCO Bullet Fixed an exploit that allowed you to run faster than normal if you were running and strafing at the same time
POTCO Bullet Added new hints for Privateering
POTCO Bullet Players can now dock immediately after respawning regardless of time since taking damage when in Privateering mode
POTCO Bullet Adjusted the collisions on ships
POTCO Bullet Fixed several crashes that would occur if you exited the game while using a weapon
POTCO Bullet The capitalization of the names of the Privateering islands and their lords is now consistent
POTCO Bullet You must now be at least a level 15 pirate in order to get the French/Spanish undead quests from Orinda Le Jeune
POTCO Bullet Reduced the amount of damage skeleton ships can deal

August 27 2008

POTCO Bullet Added new Quests and new Clothing Sets as Quest rewards! Visit Nathaniel Truehounds, a tailor on Port Royal for the Pirate's Life Quest, Amelia Sunfellow, a tailor's assistant on Tortuga for the Clothing For a Pirate Quest, or Adoria Dolores, a tailor on Padres Del Fuego for the Adoria's Family Quest. These new Quests award 3 new Coordinated Outfits. Please note, you will need to have a minimum Notoriety of Level 10 to access the Quest from Nathaniel, a minimum Notoriety Level of 15 to access the Quest from Amelia, and a minimum Notoriety of Level 20 to access the Quest from Adoria.
POTCO Bullet Updated lots of Quest dialog
POTCO Bullet Fixed a crash that occasionally happened when teleporting to a friend or crewmate
POTCO Bullet Reduced the penalty for being caught cheating at Poker
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug that was preventing some of the higher level ships (Death Omen, Juggernaut, etc.) from being spawned. You can now find these ships spawning around the outer perimeter of the Caribbean.
POTCO Bullet Disabled the red glowing crew icon
POTCO Bullet Fixed several camera related bugs
POTCO Bullet If you skip the Cutlass Tutorial, you are no longer required to unlock Sweep as your first skill
POTCO Bullet Your cannon ammo selection will now be remembered when you switch cannons
POTCO Bullet Broadside cannons will target enemy ships better
POTCO Bullet Relocated a treasure chest on Isla Perdida to a more accessible location on the island
POTCO Bullet Fixed the cannonball trail graphic for machines with integrated graphics cards
POTCO Bullet Reduced the travel time to Cuba
POTCO Bullet Lowered the difficulty of some of the Quest task goals for the Voodoo Doll Quest
POTCO Bullet Ships attacking you will now flash on your Radar
POTCO Bullet Fixed a missing icon on the Map Button in your Sea Chest
POTCO Bullet Changed the name of "Rutherford Bligh" to "Captain Job"
POTCO Bullet Fixed a case in Blackjack where a player has a non-natural 21 and the dealer has a natural 21
POTCO Bullet Updated the tutorial so that you have to get the free ship from Darby Drydock before being allowed to purchase additional ships
POTCO Bullet Added a Poker table in the King's Arm Tavern on Tortuga

August 28 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when at the wheel of a ship

September 2008

September 10 2008

POTCO Bullet Improved the frame-rate of cut scenes on low end graphics hardware
POTCO Bullet Updated Quest dialog
POTCO Bullet Fixed a couple of rendering issues when using the DX9 and DX8 graphics APIs
POTCO Bullet Fixed an exploit in the Black Pearl Boss Battle
POTCO Bullet Fixed a crash related to friends' list management
POTCO Bullet Fixed the download progress bar exceeding 100% when entering the game for the first time

October 2008

October 17 2008

POTCO Bullet Added new Quests for Level 5 Weapons. These new Quests are unlocked when a weapon reaches Level 20 and only after the Level 4 Weapon Quest for that weapon has been completed. These new Quests involve defeating Boss Enemies, so make sure you have a crew to help fight them! The Level 5 Weapons are:
POTCO Bullet Pirate Blade (L5 Cutlass Weapon)
POTCO Bullet Bloodletter Dagger (L5 Dagger Weapon)
POTCO Bullet Grand Pistol (L5 Pistol Weapon)
POTCO Bullet Taboo Doll (L5 Voodoo Doll Weapon)
POTCO Bullet Vile Staff (L5 Voodoo Staff Weapon)
POTCO Bullet Boss Enemies can now be found in the Caribbean. They are marked by a glowing skull icon over their heads and are much more difficult to defeat than normal enemies of the same level. Some boss enemies will always spawn in the same location, while others are more rare and randomly spawn throughout the world.
POTCO Bullet The Dagger has been rebalanced with new abilities:
POTCO Bullet Backstrike - Attacking an enemy in the back using a Combo Attack now does a Backstrike and deals extra damage. However, attacking an enemy from the front with a Combo Attack deals less damage than before.
POTCO Bullet Attunement Breaking - The Asp and Throw Dirt skills now can break Voodoo Doll Attunement on players and enemies. If a player using a Voodoo Doll is hit by these skills, they will lose their attunement and will need to re-attune their targets. Also, players who recently had an Attunement broken will be immune to further Attunement breaking for 30 seconds. Skeleton enemies who have their Attunement Broken will be unable to cast voodoo hexes for a short time.
POTCO Bullet Interrupt Ability- The Asp, Throw Dirt, and Viper Nest skills can now Interrupt another player who is charging an attack (such as Take Aim, Long Volley, and Staff Hexes). Interrupting a charge will cause that player to have to start his charge over again.
POTCO Bullet Throw Dirt also now gives a 25% reduced accuracy instead of 40% and lasts a shorter duration.
POTCO Bullet Trainer NPC's at local blacksmiths can now retrain your weapons, by retraining a weapon you can refund all your spent skill points and allow you to re-choose your skills for that same weapon.
POTCO Bullet Captains now have more control over who boards their ships with a new ship-boarding permission system. Additionally, players at dinghies now have a better interface for finding ships to board.
POTCO Bullet The Game Options interface is now more clear and easy to use.
POTCO Bullet The maximum size of Guilds has been increased to 500 members.
POTCO Bullet Fixed a major issue in Privateering affecting when players can make ship repairs.
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug where players were not allowed to sell a ship if they could not carry the gold received from the sale.
POTCO Bullet Pistol and Grenades deal slightly more damage in PVP now.
POTCO Bullet The targeting sights for weapons now only turn red when the enemy is within range. The Voodoo Staff targeting sight turns yellow when the target is within range of a Blast and turns red when the target is within range for the selected Hex.
POTCO Bullet Improved the sky, as well as updated and optimized many visual effects throughout the game.
POTCO Bullet Health meters for enemy ships should no longer randomly disappear.
POTCO Bullet Enemy ships can now attack your ship after you've disabled a flagship (but not after you've boarded it).
POTCO Bullet Players can now replay The Black Pearl Boss Battle even after defeating the Goliath.
POTCO Bullet Fixed some animation issues with NPC's that occur when players interact with them, also updated NPC movement to be smoother and less erratic.
POTCO Bullet Fixed an issue where crew members were not receiving their crew bonus when sailing on larger ships.
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug preventing enemies from recovering Health and Voodoo. Since enemies now recover Voodoo again, Hex Eater no longer permanently disables a Voodoo Doll using enemy. Constant Hex Eater shots will still keep an enemy's Voodoo near zero (preventing heavy spell-casting). Once the shots stop, the enemy will recover his Voodoo slowly and begin casting spells again.
POTCO Bullet Green and Grey leveled enemies yield slightly more Reputation Points than before

October 20 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug with skill respec pricing
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug where pirates on a Privateering ship with spawn-invulnerability could still take damage from cannon fire
POTCO Bullet Numerous minor bug fixes

October 23 2008

POTCO Bullet Fixed several crashes
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug with NPC disengage behavior
POTCO Bullet Reduced the amount of damage done by grenades in PVP

November 2008

November 18 2008

POTCO Bullet Added various holiday events
POTCO Bullet Enemies are no longer appearing tiny
POTCO Bullet Voodoo meter added to enemies' health display when engaged in battle with a Voodoo Doll using foe
POTCO Bullet The Break Attunement effect caused by Dagger Asp and Throw Dirt now prevents enemy NPCs from casting voodoo hexes for 15 seconds
POTCO Bullet Draining an enemy NPC's voodoo power to 0 with Hex Eater will now prevent it from casting spells for 10 seconds
POTCO Bullet Various bug fixes for crashes and other show issues

November 18 2008

POTCO Bullet Several bugs and crashes resolved

December 2008

December 16 2008

POTCO Bullet Added Winter Holiday decorations
POTCO Bullet Added New Year's holiday event
POTCO Bullet Resolved the majority of the issues regarding stranded ships
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug where players could sometimes not take the wheel of their ship
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug where players were occasionally dying repeatedly in jail
POTCO Bullet Fixed a bug where some skills displayed the wrong values on mouseover
POTCO Bullet Fixed some issues with NPC and ship movement
POTCO Bullet Chat text should now be hidden when F12 is pressed
POTCO Bullet Fixed a frequent client crash on logout related to special effects
POTCO Bullet We now prevent Lookout access while in the Black Pearl boss battle
POTCO Bullet Players who have been reverted to Basic Access status will no longer be able to use the number keys to access Unlimited Access skills or ammo
POTCO Bullet Enabled /time command for players
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