1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,840 The Winter Summit just concluded and I immediately jumped over to 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,800 the sailing blog post where we will be covering everything they 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,320 announced and more on the winter Summit about sailing this year. 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,960 So I'm super excited. They're going to be talking 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,320 about the combat changes. They're going to be doing a, a 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,880 total revamp, it looks like. So we're just going to read 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,400 through this. I'm going to share my thoughts 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,440 as we go along. Drop a like on the video if you 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,520 enjoy it and let me know of anything that you're curious of 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,200 down in the comments below and I will be sure to read them. 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,160 Sailing into 2026 As we enter 2026, this year's Winter Summit 12 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,440 feels particularly special for sailing. 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,800 It was on our Winter Summit back in 2022 that we asked the 14 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,320 community whether you wanted to see a new skill come to the 15 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,640 game. Thousands of you voted all your 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,080 passion, helping to fuel and guide our development, and now, 17 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,640 three years on, it's a reality. Sailing is in game right now and 18 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:52,800 we couldn't have done it without you. 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,400 The volume, quality and passion of your feedback has been 20 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,160 nothing short of incredible. Because of you we've we've 21 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,240 refined the skill into something we are proud of. 22 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,520 You've helped shape sailing since the beginning and we're 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,240 not stopping there. Looking forward, we've got lots 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,200 planned for sailing this year. We want to build upon the strong 25 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,280 foundation we've made together, taking learnings from what went 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,760 well and importantly, what could have been done better. 27 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,200 Grab your sea legs because the Here's a closer look at the 28 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,720 sailing road map for 2026. An important note, everything 29 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,760 outlined in a road map is subject to change, Development 30 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,440 progress, and most importantly, your feedback will continue to 31 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,720 shape how and when these updates release. 32 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,960 The timelines given below are just a guideline and not set in 33 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:37,240 stone. Additionally, at the end of the 34 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,360 blog, you'll find out how the Ceiling Opinion Poll has shaped 35 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,640 this road map and how we will continue to work with the 36 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,080 community on the changes you want to see. 37 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,080 All right, beautiful. So again, they sort of change 38 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,280 this about there was initially like a little video presentation 39 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,360 talking about the sailing road map, but they have decided to 40 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,040 put the boat combat fixes in first. 41 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,360 So hopefully in the next couple months we're going to be seeing 42 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,840 some great fixes. I, I hope spring does not mean 43 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,240 like may or something. Oh God, spring boat combat 44 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,199 rework. After reviewing your feedback, 45 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:12,120 it's clear that we need to spend more time on boat combat to make 46 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,960 it feel better for players. The results from the sailing 47 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,920 opinion poll showed a clear picture that improvements needed 48 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,080 to be made here as a priority. We can see that players don't 49 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,600 currently feel that boat combat is a worthwhile activity for 50 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,960 various reasons. Cannons feel expensive, slow, 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,560 and impactful, plus a range of other smaller issues. 52 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,040 We're taking this feedback very seriously, and as a result of 53 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,320 this data, we're prioritizing boat combat as our first major 54 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,720 launch for sailing in 2026. For the last few weeks we've 55 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,840 been looking into pain points, frustrations, and suggestions on 56 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,280 what we can do to improve this area. 57 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,640 We've come up with a few changes, or with some changes 58 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:49,760 which should help to address the major issues. 59 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,680 Here's what we'd like to do. Cannonballs. 60 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,320 We recognize that getting cannonballs in sufficient 61 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,440 quantities has been a pain point since launch. 62 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,680 We added the Ancient Forge to speed up the smithing of 63 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,520 cannonballs, but you've told us that the real problem is the 64 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,280 amount of cannonballs per metal bar. 65 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,000 It's also the Ancient Forge. This place sucks, but we'll 66 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,880 we'll talk about that later. Therefore, we would like to 67 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,640 separate the cannonballs used for the Dwarven Multi Cannon 68 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,600 away from the cannonballs used for sailing. 69 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,080 The existing steel and Granite cannonballs would be renamed 70 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,280 Dwarven Cannonballs and Dwarven Granite Cannonballs 71 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,080 respectively. A new cannonball mold will be 72 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,480 sold in various accessible locations that, when used, 73 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,760 allows you to Smith 8 sailing cannonballs per metal bar. 74 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,720 Notably, this would not require the completion of the Dwarf 75 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,360 Cannon quest. We know that many of you have 76 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,880 already converted your bars into cannonballs and wish we would 77 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,280 have updated this sooner. If this goes ahead, we would not 78 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,680 be able to reimburse any cannonballs. 79 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,720 However, we do believe that this will create a better long term 80 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,960 cannonball economy. OK so I actually like this so 81 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,920 far. I love that they're changing the 82 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,120 actual thematics. I would have a problem because 83 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,320 of my OCD about like steel cannonballs just not being able 84 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,440 to be used for sailing for whatever the hell reason. 85 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,120 So it's kind of interesting that steel cannonballs, the ones you 86 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,960 make with steel bars are just going to be called what did they 87 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,600 just call it dwarven cannonballs. 88 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,360 That what I just saw I'm already missing where it just I had 89 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,400 dwarven cannonballs. There it is. 90 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,200 And dwarven granite cannonball. So super interesting. 91 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,000 There must be they have to like somehow tie in additional lore 92 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,320 explaining how like Steel specifically is just happens to 93 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,960 only be the be the only one that is fired with a dwarven 94 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,000 multican. I have no idea. 95 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,640 Anyway, I like this though. And eight cannonballs per bar. 96 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,840 I mean, we may as well just start just say 10 or even like 97 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,720 15. I mean, I guess we'll continue 98 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,040 with his blog post. Who knows, maybe there's going 99 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,560 to be some Ava's effect or something. 100 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,720 So I guess we'll continue. Interesting though. 101 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:49,760 Additionally, we are going to increase the number of 102 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,920 cannonballs that drop from various sources within sailing, 103 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,080 such as from drop tables and from cannonball stall thieving. 104 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,200 We will also ensure that cannonball shops restock faster. 105 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,200 We have seen your suggestions for ammo saving mechanics on the 106 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,880 boat. This is not something we are 107 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,240 looking to explore at this time as we believe separating 108 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,640 cannonball types will help their economy is sufficiently OK. 109 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,720 Core combat changes. When sailing launched, we wanted 110 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,080 cannons to be the best way to fight sea monsters in any 111 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,640 scenario. That fantasy is so cool. 112 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,920 However, in order to achieve that, we ended up in a position 113 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,080 where traditional combat feels sluggish and your gear upgrades 114 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,040 don't matter. We've seen your feedback that 115 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,120 Sailing feels disconnected from the rest of the game. 116 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,640 All these issues have caused Sailing combat to feel like an 117 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,200 unofficial 4th combat skill. Yep, that's totally true. 118 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,960 Sailing isn't a combat skill and we would like to bring it more 119 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,760 in line with what you'd expect from the rest of the game. 120 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,560 Canon should be thought of as just another range weapon 121 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,400 slotted in a similar place to existing range combat, though 122 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,720 slightly better in most cases given the niche area it can be 123 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,160 used in. As a result, we'll be adjusting 124 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,240 cannons and cannonball stats to better suit the ranged weapon 125 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,440 progression. On a similar note, we would like 126 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,800 to open up the floor to allow range gear to count toward your 127 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,040 range accuracy and strength when using sailing cannons, truly 128 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,480 making the cannons feel like the range weapons they are and 129 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,600 rewarding the gear you grinded hours and hours for. 130 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,320 If not leaning into range gear, we may want to look at sailing 131 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,600 specific combat armor. Although we have concerns about 132 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,160 this making sailing feel more like a combat skill, we would 133 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,760 like to hear how the community feels about this. 134 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,200 Yeah, I I don't know about sailing specific combat armor. 135 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,600 Jesus Christ I we should just be able to wear our stuff and deal 136 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,120 full damage with our stuff and just raise the HPFC monsters and 137 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,080 actually have cannons shoot hard. 138 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,440 I I don't know that's just me. I mean maybe I don't this is 139 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,480 just my own opinion. I feel like we should be able to 140 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,800 deal full damage with our gear but what what is it about them 141 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,400 being in water that's making our hits and we do like fucking 20% 142 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,080 damage? I don't get it, the fantasy of a 143 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,560 slow hard hitting cannon hasn't quite been satiated. 144 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,560 Therefore we are proposing slowing down the cannons attack 145 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,160 rate even more. God damn it oh God. 146 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,640 But in turn improving its strength to make up for it in 147 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,520 seclusion. This change would result in no 148 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,360 change to DPS, but would be thematically cool and more 149 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,920 economic option as you get more damage for cannonball. 150 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,720 Oh OK that's kind of interesting. 151 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,160 I still don't like it because I want my cannon to feel like it's 152 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,840 firing. And I mean just imagine the 153 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:24,160 cannonball becomes some like 10 tick thing and you hit a zero 154 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,680 and you're just waiting 10 ticks for anything else to happen. 155 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:32,000 Like come on. I don't know, but I guess that's 156 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,960 interesting. So we want you to engage with 157 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,120 Canon combat because you want to, not because the alternative 158 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,640 is bad. We are confident that the above 159 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,880 changes will make Canon combat more appealing. 160 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,600 That said, alternatives are always good. 161 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,040 Traditional combat from boats has felt sluggish and bad for 162 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,960 too long, so we're proposing removing this restriction, 163 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,400 making traditional combat from boats act the same way as it 164 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,760 does in the rest of the game. However, combat from boat to 165 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,880 land will remain disabled due to the possibility of bypassing 166 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,880 intentional mechanics. We envision your progression 167 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,200 through the game to weave between using cannons and 168 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,440 traditional weapons. When these changes go live, the 169 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,080 meta will likely settle on using traditional combat at the top 170 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,520 end, with your crew acting as supercharged thralls for now. 171 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,000 Remember, cannons are only going up to Dragon Tear Dragon 172 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,960 shouldn't compete with mega rares like tunic and shadow. 173 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,280 But the future may hold more interesting boat weapon upgrade 174 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,480 such as variance of cannonballs and proof cannons. 175 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,640 Different combat style weapons. Magic cannon anybody? 176 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,440 What about a stationary ballista or even a boat mega rare? 177 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,039 For now, we are committing to fixing the foundations of boat 178 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:39,600 combat such that we have the space to introduce these exiting 179 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,600 upgrades in the future. Exiting. 180 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,560 I think they meant exciting crewmates. 181 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:49,120 On land combat can be relatively AFK due to auto retaliate, but 182 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,840 at sea there is no such thing. Additionally, you might be 183 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,640 constantly having to bark orders at your crew if you want them to 184 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,720 attack different targets. For this reason, we are 185 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,800 introducing a Fire at Will mode for crewmates to allow you 186 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,000 engage in combat in a similar laid back way. 187 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,920 When toggled via the side panel, the crewmates would fire at any 188 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,200 attackable creature they find within range. 189 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,680 We would also look to update their range such that they find 190 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,160 targets the same way that a player would. 191 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,880 Oh my God, thank God. Also can we? 192 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,040 I mean, I know this is basically what they're doing. 193 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,880 I thought like an auto retaliate was good enough, but this is 194 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,600 this is actually better. I'm impressed. 195 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,440 Hell yeah other. The Dragon Cannon barrel can be 196 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,080 difficult to obtain, especially as most players will try to get 197 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,680 two of them for the boat rather than just one. 198 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,080 Currently the only way you can obtain it is via Shipwreck 199 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,560 salvaging, with few other options speed this grind or to 200 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:42,480 speed up this grind. Given its rarity, going dry on 201 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,880 this feels terrible. We would like to add an 202 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,280 alternative, more engaging way to obtain the Dragon Cannon 203 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,120 Barrel. Hidden amongst the tangled kelp 204 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,320 lurks the Veiled Kraken, a high a new high level sea monster. 205 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,960 Not for the faint of heart. The Veiled Kraken will certainly 206 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,520 fight back. Can I just say how fucking goofy 207 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,920 it is that we have like 20 different variants of krakens 208 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,240 and it's like the only unique thing we can come up with? 209 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,080 We'll certainly fight back, similar to the Vampire Kraken. 210 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,000 However, for your trouble, they might decide to drop you a 211 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,440 Dragon Cannon barrel. Of course, being a crack in the 212 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,920 Veil, Kraken would also be able to drop the inky paint. 213 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,920 Very cool. There is a certain wiggle 214 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,520 technique that players have become accustomed to in order to 215 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,200 maximize their DPS at sea. Rotating the bows to ensure both 216 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,520 cannons can fire at the given target. 217 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,040 Generally. Generally this feels bad for 218 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,640 most players. We would like to introduce 2 new 219 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,440 weapon hotspots on the Sloop and expand the gun port in the hole 220 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:36,280 such that it can fit two cannons on either side of the boat. 221 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,760 Before you get your hopes up, you would still be limited to 222 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:39,960 two cannons per. But why? 223 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,000 Why are we limited where if if the players are going to start 224 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,680 doing full damage, why not let us just have 4 cannons? 225 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:51,200 Like come on, I'd like hello, if we want to we'll just send it. 226 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,840 That would actually feel good legitimately having 4 cannons. 227 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,000 I guess they couldn't all be dragging because don't. 228 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,760 Aren't there only like 4 NPC crew members that are two that 229 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,440 can shoot the dragon 1? I don't even know actually, but 230 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,240 why not just give us four? Fuck it if if we can already fit 231 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,960 2 on one side, why? That's just like a weird random 232 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,000 arbitrary restriction to not allow you to also build on the 233 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:16,880 other side. Anyway. 234 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,040 Lastly we'll oh wait let's see what they also said here. 235 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,200 Only ever to only ever want to fight from starboard side. 236 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,600 No problem. Perfectly aligned your cannons 237 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,800 to fire the same direction every time OK so Please note that by 238 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,240 the time this launches you will already have the option to move 239 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,320 facilities around but Oh my God thank God. 240 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,240 Lastly, we'll reduce the delays in looting sea creatures. 241 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,320 This is currently clunky and takes you out of combat out of 242 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,760 the combat flow. We will prototype some options 243 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,800 and show you our favorite soon enough yes thank God. 244 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,480 The looting is just our absolutely out of control. 245 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,480 We should have like some I mean we should just be able to 246 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:59,320 Telegraph stuff honestly, but and not have it just drag over 247 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,920 to you actually have it like just loot the thing immediately. 248 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,240 That would that would not break flow at all and it would 249 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,600 introduce it would make it so telegrabbing being on the 250 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,400 standard spellbook actually has use because right now, I mean, 251 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,120 you can't even summon thralls on your boat, which makes no sense. 252 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:20,160 But it also just wouldn't be an option to be on the RKS spell 253 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,480 book if you basically were forced to Telegraph loot. 254 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,040 I mean, you wouldn't be forced to do it, but it would be the 255 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:27,320 obviously the most efficient thing. 256 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,120 So I don't know. I and fuck it, let us have 257 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,680 thralls on the boat. I I would say let us do that 258 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,280 too. Once we've ran all the numbers, 259 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,280 we'll review where things sit in terms of XP and GP from boat 260 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,240 combat. We expect the kills per hour to 261 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,360 increase significantly, and therefore may review some 262 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,400 creature stats and drop tables as a result. 263 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:46,840 We'll keep an eye on bounty tasks in particular. 264 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,880 A key learning for us is that we should have emphasized earlier 265 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,720 on to players that sailing XP is not the main reward for bounty 266 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,040 tasks. Sailing isn't a combat skill, 267 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,480 and we don't want sailing to feel like 1. 268 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:00,560 When creating training methods, there are several levers we can 269 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:04,080 pull. XPGP and loot or fun. 270 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,640 I know that's not really a thing that Jag X does when it comes to 271 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,800 skilling, but fun actually could be a lever you pull. 272 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,600 Bounty tasks are intentionally balanced around their loot being 273 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,240 their primary reward rather than XP so that we can give players 274 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,440 an engaging experience at sea. Whilst we're open to tweaks and 275 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,280 changes to make it feel better for players, as principle will 276 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,760 remain the same even after the combat changes in review. 277 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:30,880 So what do you think? Are you happy with about these 278 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,200 changes or would you like us to consider anything else? 279 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,440 If the feedback is positive enough for us to proceed, we 280 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,280 would like to release these changes as soon as possible. 281 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:39,960 Let us know what you think by voting in the poll and sharing 282 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,200 your feedback on our usual, usual channel. 283 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,360 So let me know as well down in the comments. 284 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,760 I, I would just, I'm just curious what you guys, what your 285 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,640 guys's thoughts are. If you guys have any additional 286 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,680 improvements to be made, I'm going to continue on. 287 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:53,400 I could talk more about this, but we'll just continue on 288 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,920 summer new quest The Red Reef. This year, you'll continue the 289 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,400 Trouble Tortugin's quest line with the Red Reef. 290 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,760 This is a brand new quest that sees you going undercover to 291 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,440 investigate a suspicious trading company. 292 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,120 You can expect twists, turns, and a lot of laughs along the 293 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,760 way too. Since this was pulled back in 294 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,800 2025, we don't need to pull anything right now. 295 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,560 We're releasing this content when we're fully satisfied with 296 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:22,400 the state of ship combat, since naturally during the quest you 297 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,480 can expect things to get a little messy when protecting the 298 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,400 Tortugans. Naturally this will mean a later 299 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,880 release than what was originally planned, which might mean late 300 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,960 spring 2026 or later. Rewards. 301 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,040 This is an experience level quest. 302 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,960 That that's the reward quest requirement. 303 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,520 Wait, what? This isn't the rewards. 304 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:42,400 What is this that? What is that? 305 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:46,320 Oh, here's the rewards I see Skill requirements. 52 sailing 306 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,440 and 48 Smith thing rewards 2 quest points 15,000 sailing 307 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,280 XP-5000 smithing XP. Access to the sacred. 308 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:54,640 I hate that. I hate that. 309 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,320 I think I already talked about that. 310 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,480 Yeah, but yeah, I hate that. Containing camp for free 311 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,840 resources and invisible wood cutting boost and a deposit box. 312 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,120 NPC boat combat. Are you tired of fighting sea 313 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,360 monsters? Are you looking for a real 314 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,120 fight? Soon you can play through your 315 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,760 naval combat fantasy of going Sloop to Sloop with another 316 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,200 boat. This is insane. 317 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,080 Alongside the Red Reef quest, we would like to introduce the 318 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,840 ability to fight boats at sea. These aren't just NPC's like 319 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,920 you're used to, these are boats that can hold NPC's inside it 320 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,280 just like your boat. This could lead to interesting 321 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,520 encounters where you might be attacking a ship and the pirates 322 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,520 on the boat at the same time. While we are committed to 323 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,320 improving basic boat combat first, we think this would could 324 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,800 be a great way to expand the Sea at combat system further. 325 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,200 Close, sorry. Closer to the time it will 326 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,960 reveal more information about the encounters you can expect 327 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,040 and what interesting booty these ships may be carrying. 328 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,240 Hopefully a fat booty player designed I. 329 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,800 I actually love that though, being able to actually fight 330 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,040 like pirate ships, not just like the eighth different crack 331 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,720 invariant or just sharks or dolphins. 332 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,360 Like I actually do find it very charming and goofy that there's 333 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,440 just sharks like tail whipping your boat over. 334 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,440 They don't just like run away. By the way, can you Can you 335 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,040 imagine how tilting it would be if sailing combat had or like 336 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,760 the the NPCS out on sea had the mechanics that early monsters 337 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,560 have? You know what I'm talking about? 338 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,960 Like when you start killing a fucking what? 339 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,920 What's a good example of something that starts backing 340 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,600 up, starts moonwalking, maybe like a cow or I don't even know 341 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,240 what NPCS these days do this. But there are actually, I do 342 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,720 know Dagonoffs. Dagonoffs do this shit in the 343 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,640 the water birth island dungeon. You start hitting a Dagonoff and 344 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,320 you start backing up and so another one PJS you and then you 345 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,680 can never get around to killing the other one that has like 1 346 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,000 HP. Can you imagine these sharks 347 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,760 start like backing UPS like Michael Jackson in swimming 348 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,360 away? You know, like that'd be crazy. 349 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,520 That'd be so tilting. You actually have to move your 350 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,440 boat all around. I'm just going on one right now. 351 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:53,800 All right, player designed island. 352 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,160 One of the most exciting parts of sailing has been how much 353 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,960 you've helped shape it. When we first started with 354 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,000 sailing, we were committing to making it one of the most 355 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,040 community driven updates we've ever created. 356 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,760 With that in mind, we asked ourselves, what if we just let 357 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,160 players design their own island? And here we are. 358 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,200 This is next level community involvement and we're so 359 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,119 unbelievably amazed by how incredible the the talent has 360 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,200 that has been shown from the community. 361 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,599 The competition has now closed and we'd like to thank 362 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:21,280 absolutely everyone who took part. 363 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,319 We received over 1400 entries to this competition. 364 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,359 We were absolutely blown away by your ideas. 365 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,480 We were truly honored to read through each and every 366 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,160 submission. We were especially touched by 367 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,400 some of the personal messages you shared about the game in 368 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,320 your emails. A panel of J mods from the 369 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,960 Sailing team have had the incredibly difficult task of 370 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,360 selecting 4 finalists. Today you'll get to vote for 371 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:43,880 your favorite being a Ranked Choice vote. 372 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,640 Before we get into the into each potential island, it's important 373 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,920 to remember that details can and will likely change throughout 374 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,360 development. We're presenting each design to 375 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:56,560 you as it has been submitted, however, there are certain 376 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,160 aspects of each entry that we would need to tweak, adapter cut 377 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,640 to better suit the needs of the game, our scope for the project, 378 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,040 and most importantly, our community. 379 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,120 When you cast your vote, please keep in mind that details such 380 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,480 as level requirements might change and certain features 381 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,040 might might need to be cut or adapted where we see fit. 382 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,560 Interesting. So I guess I'll just pull this 383 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,720 up really quick because this is just the four finalists, which I 384 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,680 I don't know I I would say I'm slightly disappointed and not 385 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:30,040 seeing some of the other islands as the finalists, but ultimately 386 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,160 just I mean I, I have to say my favorite 1 was like the little 387 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,840 sandstone mini game by Zao that he just killed it. 388 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,960 And I just thought that would be it would be such a such a great 389 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,680 way to start introducing like rhythmic flow that is a knife 390 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,160 log and skilling like from an update like that island would 391 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,280 have felt so fucking cool to like train on yes. 392 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,040 I don't really know because most of it like these islands just 393 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,920 don't seem I will have to take a little bit of a deeper dive into 394 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,240 these. But yeah, I, I maybe we'll just 395 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,440 do a different ramble on kind of going over this because I don't 396 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,000 want to like not give credit where it's due, but I think I 397 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,720 looked at one of the islands and wasn't super impressed by it. 398 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,760 But let's let's take a deeper dive later on a different 399 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,280 ramble. So let's see Autumn new 400 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,160 Barracuda trial. I really hope this is in like 401 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,880 the Tizar area. I don't know how they're going 402 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,120 to do that necessarily, but I want I want us to have a thing 403 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,880 on the on lava. Some guy on the Reddit like 404 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,560 mention that and I've just been obsessed with it. 405 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,200 We we could make like a an Onyx keel. 406 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,480 You know what I'm talking about? Like imagine like I think right 407 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:42,960 now the keel of a dragon ship is like what 64 sheets or 408 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,120 something? 64 dragon sheets to make just 409 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:47,320 one dragon kill for a Sloop. Can you imagine? 410 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,680 It was like onyxes. So you need like 64 onyxes to 411 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,960 make Actually that would be now that would now that would be 412 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,880 more expensive. What if it was 400 though? 413 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,640 Because it's 400 grunite bars to make the the the keels of other 414 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,240 or like that just the basic metal ships. 415 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,920 But imagine like 400 Onyx is even 64 Onyx is though. 416 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,520 Jesus Christ. Just to be able to like, get on 417 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,720 this new lava thing, that'd be insane. 418 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,400 Barracuda Trials are fast-paced time trials that test your 419 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,680 skills as a sailor by racing in time trials. 420 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,520 We're pleased to see from the opinion poll results that 421 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,800 generally players seem to love doing these. 422 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,400 The data suggests enjoyment is right up there with Shipwreck 423 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,600 salvaging. You'll be pleased to hear that a 424 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,120 brand new Barracuda Trial is on the way and it's shaping up to 425 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,880 be the toughest 1 yet. While we can't share all the 426 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,680 details just yet, some of them don't exist yet. 427 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,400 Here's what we can say. This trial will push your 428 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,680 sailing skills further than ever. 429 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,200 We're taking all the lessons we've learned from previous 430 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,360 trials, and we're keen to work with you. 431 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,200 It'll be challenging, it'll be intense, and yes, it'll be fast. 432 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,160 You've been warned. Oh God, I really hope they speed 433 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,320 up the boat. That'd be insane. 434 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,120 Sequel Quest Existing storyline Autumn also brings a brand new 435 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:02,960 Sequel Quest continuing of the Gillinor's existing storylines. 436 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,640 Even before sailing launch, you gave us so many exciting ideas 437 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,320 for stories built upon what already exist in game. 438 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,840 We don't want to spoil what we're working on just yet. 439 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,920 So for now, hold your breath. The seas make it quite strange. 440 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,000 Also, I just wanted to point out on the new Barracuda trials, we 441 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,880 need like a legitimate rewards. I mean I did enjoy the fact that 442 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,400 the crystal extractor came from participating in the Barracuda 443 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,600 trials, but we need more sorts of rewards. 444 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,760 You know, they don't need to like super compete with things, 445 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,720 but we need something unique from them because, well, like on 446 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,280 an Iron Man right now, there's just absolutely no real drive to 447 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,320 go do any form of Barracuda trials because it's just for XP 448 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,360 and most Iron Man want to actually have a good ship, you 449 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:49,040 know. So anyway, just just kind of 450 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,920 sucks in a way that I have had no incentive to do it. 451 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,720 I mean, I got 99 sailing on squad camera. 452 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,560 I just, I did the Barracuda trials just so I can get my 453 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,880 Crystal extractor and everyone back. 454 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,840 Sea expansion now for something we'd like to work on toward the 455 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,320 end of the year, a sea expansion. 456 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,560 When Sailing launched, we deliberately focused on more 457 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:11,760 curated ocean regions, meaning there are still vast areas of 458 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,960 Gilnor Sea waiting for content, including the Eastern Ocean, 459 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,840 Untamed Ocean, and the Forgotten Ocean. 460 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,400 There are also existing regions, like the Sunset Ocean that could 461 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,520 benefit from more content or points of interest. 462 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,120 This expansion may tie into other updates revealed above, 463 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:31,000 such as a sequel quest, another area update, or new Barracuda 464 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,360 trial, but we're still exploring options and we're not ready at 465 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:37,320 this stage to commit yet. Got ideas? 466 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,240 We'd love to hear them. For now, we're just green 467 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,520 lighting. Whether this is something you 468 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,080 would like us to do? Opinion Poll At the end of 2025, 469 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,680 we ran our first sailing opinion poll in game. 470 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,800 We got valuable insights from the community on just that. 471 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,240 We want you to know that we take feedback, your feedback, 472 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,160 incredibly seriously. So, so broadly, here's what we 473 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,640 learned. Firstly, we're pleased to note 474 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,280 that the results of the pole paint a largely positive 475 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,320 picture. Core sailing systems like boat 476 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,160 movement, ship upgrades and most training methods are enjoyed, 477 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,360 but ship combat stands out as the biggest pain point, as 478 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,640 mentioned above. To address this, we've shifted 479 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,720 the focus of the road map to focus on ship combat and 480 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,640 explained our approach to what we're changing earlier in this 481 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,320 blog post. If you would like further 482 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,840 changes, do let us know by sharing your thoughts on our 483 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,160 usual social media channels. Players generally expressed that 484 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,160 early game sailing 1 to 30 felt the weakest, but generally noted 485 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,240 that it becomes more enjoyable the longer you stick with it. 486 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,680 Interestingly, however, most players want development focused 487 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,760 on high level experience, 72 to 90. 488 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,120 We're exploring how we can adapt content plans to fit that 489 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:42,080 bracket, but it's always important to remember that our 490 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,000 content needs to appeal to a wide cohort of players so that 491 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,400 everyone has reasons to play and enjoy Sailing. 492 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,440 Generally, it looks like players are seeking training methods 493 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,280 that provide better GP per hour, stronger rewards, and reasons to 494 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,920 continue beyond just simply getting 99. 495 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,480 Roughly 80% of players believe Sailing needs buffs, but it's 496 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,880 not conclusive on of how or where. 497 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,760 So far, the main areas where players seem to want buffs are 498 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,680 around Courier tasks, deep sea trawling and certain ship 499 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,760 upgrades. There's also a strong appetite 500 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,160 for high value unique items, bosses, cosmetics, and generally 501 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,680 deeper integration with other skills. 502 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,920 Now, we don't have any news to share on buffs just yet, but 503 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,320 rest assured these areas are something we will be discussing 504 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,280 as a team, so you might see us resurface this in a future A 505 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:30,840 blog post. Encouragingly, we it looks like 506 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,680 most of the 2026 road map received a lot of support, 507 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,480 particularly for ship combat being reworked. 508 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,800 Few. Naturally, some updates were 509 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,720 stronger than others, but broadly speaking it looks like 510 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,000 players approve of the content in the works. 511 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,560 Well, everything except one. Protection Tasks A note on 512 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,560 Protection Tasks Since the launch of Sailing, we've had 513 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,720 lots of feedback around port tasks. 514 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,320 While some players worked out optimal routes for Courier tasks 515 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,840 and managed to racket back speed, the general community 516 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,240 consensus has been that they don't feel worthwhile for the 517 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,320 time invested. On top of that, we already know 518 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,120 that ship combat hasn't been in the best place, which naturally 519 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:08,960 impacts bounty tasks, making them not feel worthwhile. 520 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,880 Our intention behind Courier tasks has always been that they 521 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,800 should be stacked together and completed alongside other 522 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,800 gameplay within Sailing. However, players have expressed 523 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,720 that this can end up leaving them feeling more like an Uber 524 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,120 Eats driver rather than a sailor. 525 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,040 Port tasks should evoke the core thematic of sailing, using your 526 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,000 boat as a tool to help NPCS across Gillenor. 527 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,480 It's not the most exciting way to train sailing, but not every 528 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,320 gameplay method will be exciting to everyone. 529 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,320 However, it is increasingly clear from feedback that changes 530 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,160 could be made. Early last year, we brainstormed 531 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,760 new ways to make port tasks feel more exciting. 532 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,480 This is where we wanted to propose a new kind of port task, 533 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,920 protection tasks. Instead of hauling deliveries 534 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,560 from port A to port B, you'd be tasked. 535 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,680 You'd be tasked with escorting other NPC ships safely to their 536 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,880 destination. Even better if there's no crates 537 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,440 for you to have to pick up and you'll need to focus on what's 538 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,600 going on at sea. Our idea behind this was to 539 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,120 shake up your game play and ensuring that trips feel a lot 540 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:07,640 more dynamic, cooperative, and generally a little bit more 541 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,680 interesting. Additionally, we wanted to help 542 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,560 make the sea feel more alive with a bunch of NBC boats out 543 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,760 there with you. However, after reviewing the 544 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,760 results of the opinion poll, it's clear that this type of 545 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,800 content isn't what players are asking for right now. 546 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,640 Only 45% of players said they like this kind of update when 547 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,080 asked. Instead, the data is telling us 548 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,120 that players would generally prefer our time to be spent on 549 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,360 fixing some of the pain points with existing content. 550 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,440 We hear. We hear you loud and clear. 551 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,320 So as a result, we've paused any further development here and we 552 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,840 will not be pulling protection tasks until further notice. 553 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,560 That's a good thing. Quality of life So now that 554 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:44,040 we've covered the big beats in 2026, we'd like to talk or we 555 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,880 let's talk about how we're handling smaller gripes, issues 556 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,080 and pain points. Sometimes a small change can 557 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,120 make the world of difference for players and we know how 558 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,640 important these updates are for how it feels and investing your 559 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,200 time into the skill. Alongside these updates, we will 560 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,760 also launch quality of life changes to Sailing as part of 561 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,400 our ongoing development work. With Sailing, the team is 562 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,240 smaller than than where we were at launch, so we need to 563 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,560 prioritize these changes in terms of resource scope and 564 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,240 impact. Here are some of the changes 565 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,920 that we're ready to pull. However, Please note that we 566 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,640 don't have a release date for them yet. 567 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,200 All right, UIM changes the dear God you sailing and UIM just do 568 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,560 not mix. Everything I've heard is just 569 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,760 sounds like agony. Let's see what they have to 570 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,200 offer though. Good news, Barricade trial 571 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,560 outfits are now storable within the Player Owned house. 572 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,120 We had this on our radar for feedback, and thanks to all of 573 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,800 the data we got from the opinion poll, it got bumped up on our 574 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,720 priority list. Now for the question on every UI 575 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,400 Ms. Mind, the cargo hold restrictions will cut right to 576 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,840 the chase. Over 80% of UIM want changes to 577 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,000 the cargo hold. From the data we got, the most 578 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,600 popular solution among UIM in the opinion poll was to simply 579 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,240 remove all UIM restrictions on the cargo hold so they are 580 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,760 effectively treated as main accounts accounts for this 581 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,240 feature there. There are plenty of typos in 582 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,200 this. I'm not the best narrator 583 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,160 either, but dear God that's not helping. 584 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,080 Many UIM also wanted us to change how they handle the 585 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,040 materials for building facilities on their boats. 586 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,920 By the way, that is just I I have faith in the UIM community 587 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,240 for just saying. Can we just have a normal cargo 588 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:22,320 hold? Anyway, many UIM also wanted us 589 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,000 to change how they handle the materials for building 590 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,320 facilities on their boats. We're certainly open to it, 591 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,080 though the surveys results were less clear about the level of 592 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,840 support for this change. For now, we'll start with just 593 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,000 the cargo hold change for UIM that'll let us spend more of our 594 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,600 development time on changes that would benefit the wholesaling 595 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,720 community. We'll keep an eye on your 596 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,200 feedback and consider if we should revisit this in the 597 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,640 future. Other the following quality of 598 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,640 life changes from the opinion poll received a lot of support 599 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,040 from players. Movable facilities please. 600 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,120 Rapid travel systems I I don't really care. 601 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,480 Port task filtering to only show tasks you can do. 602 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,160 Facilities being upgraded at a reduced cost. 603 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,640 Interesting. Hide locate. 604 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,040 So just if they're being upgraded it's reduced. 605 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:09,120 I'm guessing hide locations that have been charted already. 606 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,960 Allow the medallion of a deep to be used at Fossil Island and use 607 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,160 the spec button for wind modes. That's great. 608 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:19,680 Spyglass cutscene skip. Also you know be cool if is if 609 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,880 the the HP button up top also could heal your ship. 610 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,720 That's not to mention the thousands of helpful suggestions 611 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,000 we got when we directly asked asked for your ideas. 612 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,720 Now the team needs to prioritize the improvements to ship combat, 613 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,160 which were so strongly supported in the survey results. 614 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,680 So other work will have to wait a little, but we hope to fit in 615 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,960 some small fixes despite this. So we're pulling a few changes 616 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,160 that we believe we can release relatively soon, with a view to 617 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,920 offering more when the more urgent work is complete. 618 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,760 In fact, we're pleased to confirm that Movable Facilities, 619 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,920 the most requested quality of life change from the opinion 620 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,000 poll, should be released in an in an unpolled change coming 621 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,840 next week. Thank God Hell yeah. 622 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,280 Additional poll questions You told us that the Griffin tasks 623 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,960 are too rare, making the Bells Folly sit in an odd spot where 624 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,880 it can feel harder to obtain than a zombie axe. 625 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,840 As a result, this makes the weapon feel too niche, and we 626 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,040 generally recognize that players aren't going to go out of their 627 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,560 way to obtain it. Griffin tasks can't be manually 628 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,760 extended, so if you wanted to kill more, if you want more 629 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,080 kills for uniques, you have to get assigned the task again 630 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,480 instead of extending the current one. 631 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,800 As we pitch this item as the stab equivalent of a zombie axe, 632 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,440 we think it should sit around the same level of difficulty to 633 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,720 obtain. We're proposing to increase the 634 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,600 weighting of Griffin tasks on Vaneka and Sheldar, plus add an 635 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:40,000 additional or an optional task extension, which will help to 636 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,280 address this frustration for players by making Griffin tasks 637 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,520 a bit more impactful for mid level progression. 638 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,360 Very cool. I who knows, maybe I'll go do 639 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:48,800 that on Dirk Steel. We'll see. 640 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,960 OK, yeah, yeah, sounds good. As mentioned, we'll also add a 641 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:59,080 task extension which adds a flat plus 80 so that tasks will be 642 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,560 more impactful once you get them. 643 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,680 You can choose to pay to extend this task for a cost of 50 644 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,320 Slayer points, which is the same as unlocking the task. 645 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,640 I'm so glad these are like so cheap as well. 50 is very fair. 646 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,880 If successful, this update will launch at the same time as 647 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,000 combat achievements for Griffins, ideally in the next 648 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,080 few weeks. There's also a change that we're 649 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,600 looking on to make the sea feel a bit more immersive and alive. 650 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,120 We would like to add existing fishing spots in various 651 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,600 locations at sea so that if you would like to engage in regular 652 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,040 fishing from your boat, you can do so. 653 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,440 Let us know what you think. That's, that's charming, that's 654 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,400 cute, I like that. Finally, we'll be making an 655 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,640 unpulled change to the Medallion of a Deep so that it works at 656 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,080 the farming area of Fossil Island following player 657 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,720 feedback. Right now, the medallion doesn't 658 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,520 work in Fossil Islands various zones, which feels inconsistent. 659 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,120 Yes, especially since it's Hughes, its use is to promote 660 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,640 underwater exploration. We're still not going to allow 661 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,800 the full benefit of it to be used under within the underwater 662 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,120 agility and thieving training area since that would trivialize 663 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,760 the breathing mechanic entirely. Just just do it. 664 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,720 Just do it. But we're open to feedback on 665 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,720 how the medallion may still improve your experience in this. 666 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,360 Listen. Just do it. 667 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,840 Can somebody, anybody still listening to this in the 668 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,480 comments, can I just get any backup on this? 669 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:16,040 Who cares about that swimming mini game? 670 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,640 Nobody likes it. It's painful as hell to do. 671 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,320 I remember doing that on Sabay for a bit. 672 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,320 I collected like, I don't know, 150 mermaid tears and just was 673 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,840 just so sick and tired of it. And the worst part was, is this 674 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,400 constant draining meter of your fucking breath. 675 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,800 It's just stressful. It reminds me of those like old 676 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,880 PS1 games that are just inherently stressful, just 677 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,320 anxiety inducing because you got like this fucking timer that's 678 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:38,800 just counting down the whole time. 679 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,960 It's horrible. A medallion of a deep is the 680 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,200 perfect solution. You get a medallion of a deep 681 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,840 and now it's like, oh shit, I kind of want to do this mini 682 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,960 game now I don't even have to like breathe. 683 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:52,080 You know, that would be amazing. I, I am 100% unless somebody 684 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:56,920 could somehow convince me of the the like negative consequences 685 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,760 and really give me a fair argument of why this would be 686 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,440 devastating to it. I just I can't see how this 687 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,200 would be bad at all. Who but who even does this 688 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,920 stupid swimming mini game anyway? 689 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,160 It's painful. It's so painful to do, Just just 690 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,520 let it work. All right, That's enough for 691 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,680 rambling on that one. From quests and trials to 692 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,320 islands and sea expansions, 2026 is shaping up to be a huge year 693 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,120 for sailing. It wouldn't be possible without 694 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,800 your continued feedback and passion. 695 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,120 Please remember this road map is not set in stone. 696 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,520 Timings and details may change depending on various factors, 697 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,120 including player feedback and development realities. 698 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,760 Don't like something featured today? 699 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,080 Let us know in the comments. Your thoughts and feedback will 700 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,120 genuinely influence what we build next, so do let us know 701 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,760 what you're excited for, what you're unsure about, and what 702 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,760 you'd like to see more of. We'll see you soon. 703 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,200 Hell yeah. All right, I, I am liking this. 704 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,200 I honestly, I'm kind of excited for the combat changes. 705 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,680 Loki, I I'm surprised I didn't really mention much about drop 706 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,440 rates of things. I feel like dragon sheets are 707 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,680 just like in just an insane grind. 708 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,080 I mean for an Iron Man to get a fully pimped out dragon boat, 709 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,840 it's like it's like straight up grinding for 99 prayer alongside 710 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,120 of it. If you just did like frost 711 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,679 Dragons the whole fucking time. It's it's really obnoxious. 712 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,000 And especially considering that they're going to come out with 713 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,960 additional parts in the future. You know, we're going to have 714 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:23,239 like bosses out on sea. It's concerning that you know, 715 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,400 we're we're we're still going to be having these dragon sheets 716 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,880 that are basically going to be rendered irrelevant once some 717 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,520 raid comes out or some other boss that just gives us better 718 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,239 stuff. And I don't imagine it'll be an 719 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,639 attachment to it. If it is, that's going to be 720 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,679 just a wonky as well. I just feel like just make the 721 00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:43,320 drop rates more common. Even if you even if across the 722 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,520 board you just made drop rates like 30% more common, that would 723 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,800 be such a good change that would feel fair. 724 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,280 Right now it doesn't really feel that fair, just feels like this 725 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,159 super hefty grind for basically nothing. 726 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:59,480 I mean if the for example, if the dragon salvaging hook 727 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,960 actually was good, I I did not even notice the XP difference 728 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,680 between 2 dragon salvaging hooks versus 2 runes salvaging hook. 729 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,320 It's like a legitimately like with both of them being 730 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,760 upgraded, it felt like a 3% difference. 731 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,400 I mean it really did feel like nothing was like RNG for the 732 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,880 hour. So maybe if you made the stuff 733 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,680 actually good then it would be you know, the time would feel 734 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,240 fair, but it just doesn't right now. 735 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,080 Also, where the hell did my star go? 736 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,200 Just sitting here? Dirk Steele is getting out 737 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:28,520 there. I'm I'm very proud of him. 738 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,080 I hope you guys have been enjoying the series. 739 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,480 By the way, I'm very excited working on episode 3 at the 740 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,080 moment, but come out in a couple weeks. 741 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,440 But thank you all for listening to the ramble as always, really 742 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,400 appreciate it. We got 2 huge J mod J mod casts. 743 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,440 Excuse me coming out very soon, Maude Sween and Maude arcane 744 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:49,160 going to be two bangers. We're also getting ran delicious 745 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,400 on. He re obtained 200 mil all 746 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,120 getting 200 mil sailing, maintained his top page rank. 747 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,480 And that'll be a super interesting conversation because 748 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:05,920 I mean, he's like a full on, you know, like cop like he, he has a 749 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,400 job and he took time off. He had been I, I'm, I'm almost 750 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,240 certain because in our past conversations he had built up 751 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:16,080 enough like paid time off over like years to prepare for the 752 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,320 200 mill sailing grind. So he said like 8 weeks off of 753 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,160 work and just grinded the hell out of it. 754 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,280 I mean, we're talking like 17 hour days minimum. 755 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,880 So it'll be super interesting taking the deep delve into 756 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,600 everything he experienced on that grind. 757 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,240 So that'll be super exciting to listen to and just for me to 758 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:35,880 talk with him. So anyway, a lot of great cast 759 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,320 coming up. Thank you all for your support 760 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,960 and I will catch you in the next one. 761 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:40,480 Peace.