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1.3 Patch Overview

By Keith Cross on Apr 04, 2008

Flying Lab Software has posted an overview of the recent 1.3 patch for Pirates of the Burning Sea, which looks at the skirmish system, the new French Capital, and more.

One of the major changes in 1.3 is a revamp to the PvP reward structure. Our goal is to make it so that PvP players can focus on PvP combat and earn enough to replace their losses. The most visible part of this change is the Exchange shops, which will let you do all sorts of new (and profitable) things with the Marks of Victory. Isildur will provide the details on this with his devlog coming on Friday. If you play PvP, you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for it!

Another new feature for 1.3 is the Dueling system. While in port, a player can challenge any other player to a swashbuckling or ship duel. If the target accepts both players are teleported to a combat space to fight their duel. There are no consequences to this fight other than whatever ammo or consumable you may use along the way. This is an exciting feature in its own right, made even more exciting by the fact that this is just the first step toward the full-blown Skirmish System.