Pirates Of The Burning Sea: PotBS: What's New in 1.2

MMORPG.com is featuring a developer log highlighting more of the v1.2 changes:

New Stuff!

And for the fun part, 1.2 is the first real chance to expand on our ship selection since beta. That means some of the newer ships have been around long enough to receive variants. The Postillionen is receiving Heavy and Mastercraft variants to help flesh out the mid 20s, arriving at 23 and 26 respectively. The Heavy Postillionen is set up to be tougher and generally difficult to kill, while the Mastercraft Postillionen has more firepower but not as much survivability as the Heavy. As we move forward, the different ship variants will probably become more distinct in their stat variation from the base ship.

There's a new Mastercraft Arcadia. At level 45, this is our first experiment with a high-end ship that runs against the wind. We want this ship to be a solid combatant without displacing and invalidating all the smaller ships. It's upgunned to 24×10lb and 6×6lb batteries with a 10% reload bonus.

Better yet, we have two new ship models. Both of these ships come from the same UC shipwright, and they're two different takes on the same ship. One of them is the new Athena Frigate, a level 29 warship frigate with a high top speed and sailing characteristics similar to the Triton. As far as the Triton is concerned, it is becoming obsolete in 1.2. It'll be replaced to the second new model, the Minerva Frigate. The new ship will mostly be the same as the current Triton, but setup in its new 36-gun model. You'll be able to keep your old Triton for as long as you want, but it won't be possible to produce it or capture it anymore.

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