Ahoy Captain's!
It has been quite a while since my last check in with Armada, but not to fear! Your Admiral has been hard at work creating a better action-packed naval combat experience for you all with some brand-new improvements to Hullbreaker that aim to enhance the feel and grit of both combat and sailing.
Sailing Improvements
Ships have been adjusted to add bit more weight and better controls to your vessel! Based on player feedback these changes aim to make sailing more satisfying and consistent. These changes also go along with the new wind mechanic added.
Wind
A strong gale has entered the arena...
Wind is now present in every round, the wind has a facing direction and influences ship speed. This feature was added to add another layer of mechanical depth. The Weather Machine can affect the SPEED of the wind as well, making ships faster and harder to predict.
You can see what direction the wind is heading by your very own compass! Now found within the new ship UI
New Weather Types!
Rival ships aren't the only thing to fear in the open water, there is now a new category of weather types classified as "Hazards" which are rolled for during weather selection
- Fog
- High Speed Winds
- Active Volcano
- Whirlpools
- Hurricanes
With an additional hazard that is present during any storm or rain weather type
- Rogue Waves
Be sure to face them head on to avoid getting your ship capsized!
An additional weather type has been added
- Heavy Storm
General Updates:
- Added the Volcano to the arena
- Added a new victory animation/screen
- Added a danger indicator in UI for getting close to whirlpools/hurricanes/rogue waves
- Added new sounds for better player feedback
- New weather/wind-based upgrades added
- Updated ship UI
- Updated oceans look and changed wave turbulence
- Main ship camera vertical FOV scales with ship speed
- Adjusted ship weight and turn speed
- Adjusted ship camera positions
Balance
Mortar
- Upon firing a mortar shot you are slowed for the duration of the reload time
- Increased landing time for mortar fire
Send Off
It has been a long period of development for the Gale & Tide update, so I wanted to give the community a choice for the next update. Of course, both updates will happen eventually, but this is to see which the community wants first
Would you more like to see the Fire Update? (work in progress title) Which will be a big focus on adding more upgrades with a lot more variety and more weapon types. Or the AI Update? (also a work in progress title) which will bring a new PvE experience with being able to face off against bot players either alone or with other Captains, granted that because the AI Update is going to be a significant undertaking, it will more than likely be released in two parts.
I will be posing a pool in the official Discord, but you can also leave a comment on the post to share your choice on which one should come before the other (as well as suggestions for other things you would like to see in the updates or Hullbreaker in general).
Want to leave some feedback on the state of the game? Find a bug? Be sure to post it in our Discord, Reddit, or Steam Community Discussions! Your input is invaluable for Hullbreaker's continuous improvement, so join the Armada today!
Your Admiral,
Dalton