If rep per level is reduced does that mean guilds that focused on treasure will get a level boost once the update hits? Or will the new level requirements only affect future levels?
Good Question - Guilds shouldn't shoot up following this change no, it should only affect the Guilds progress to their current and future levels.
Is this something that has been tested at or close to capacity? Clearly the current server issues with the introduction of guilds -- which on the surface doesn't have a clear connection to server performance -- had an unanticipated effect.
It would be a shame to have another highly-touted feature introduced only to result in weeks of server instability and gameplay problems. Again.
We'll certainly ensure we've had coverage internally and through Insiders, however what we are seeing is that even in those environments they don't compare to the scale and play behaviour of a retail audience - which is where issues can catch us by surprise.
This is something were aware of though and assessing how we can improve our confidence ahead of releases
The Hour Glass exploit was not only used for accelerated guild progression, but also for individuals to unlock the PvP curses. In my opinion action should be taken against individuals who used the exploit for any reason.
Overall it’s great seeing Rare be so transparent and communicative about the state of the game we all love.
I've kept this bit purposefully vague right now, but we are assessing all that players may have earned through this exploit and will be coming down hard - we know how important the status is around these hard to attain items and want to ensure we preserve that!
I really hope for a treasure hunting buff.
With 3 daily players, we recently hit level 30. We have 6 semi-active players. We're in the top 500 Guilds in the emissary ledger.
It's a grind, but I feel like we might burn out if we play too much.
Having commendations behind Guild level 1'000 feels out of reach.
Treasure Hunting earn rates are certainly below where we want them to be, so will be brought up as part of Novembers balancing changes.
Fewer servers running on each virtual machine huh?
Gee, I wonder what pact Safer Seas will have in December where every single ship electing that option needs to have its own server.
We already operate on different ratios (Server Instances to a VM) across Adventure, Maiden Voyage and Tall Tales servers. Clearly we can run many more servers on Tale & Maiden Voyage Modes so Safer Seas will likely sit somewhere between Adventure and Single use servers.
Is it more likely in your estimation that we will see a buff to treasure hunting or a nerf to hourglass for guild rep? Or a bit of both?
It'll likely be a mix, expect the amount of Rep required for a level to reduce in order to bring Treasure Hunting up but then bringing Allegiance down to balance it against this new Guild Rep Level amount.
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Might be time to consider dropping support for old gen consoles. It’s holding the game back considerably.
Older client hardware (be that Console or Low Spec PC) has no impact on the performance of the server.
nothing about hitreg? nothing at all? for real?
Edit: It's there
Have another read through the server performance section, this is having a massive impact on Hit Registration hence our focus here in stabilising the experience.
Small sample size but after I hitreg a pig 4 times in a row I definitely have some opinions about the state of "fixes" in this game.
I've seen this type of comment a few times using Animals as a basis for the broader Hit Reg situation.
We know that hit reg against animals is particularly bad, however we have instead focused our time on player to player combat scenarios as that is where players are frustrated the most. We've made real changes to how animals interact with the rewind system therefore should also expect no material improvements here.
Skull of Destiny still isnt working. Dropped two more quests over the day yesterday, 200 doubloons just gone. Moving CoF to the FotD but not fixing the skull of destiny seems like a huge misstep.
The canon bug needed to be fixed yesterday. Not a new bug, should be able to address it.
Choppy servers and bad hit reg is just something Ive learned to accept in this game, even though its also frustrating. Not to mention the rowboats clipping into stuff they shouldnt, did they mention that anywhere? I didnt see it mentioned.
Don't expect this to be an exhaustive list of all issues the team are investigating!
Maybe nerf the aim assist a bit? I most multiplayer games it’s just a push in the right direction, but in this it’s pretty much aimbot for the pistol or blunder
Team are aware and are assessing, however expect no changes until we can reestablish a base performance for us to assess the health of player combat following Season Ten's changes.
There's a lot of armchair developers in the comments, jeez.
I appreciate the transparency and action. I'm not happy about the player/ship limits, but if it results in better gameplay then it's something. Hopefully it gives y'all the data and confidence you need for next steps!
We are not in any way 'happy' with a reduction in player/ship counts either - they affect the core player encounter rates we designed the experience around. However we feel that right now if we can improve the broader performance of the game for all players on the server that's what we should be optimising for until we can fix the underlying issues.
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