Dev Update (video)

Joe ‘The Talent’ Neate is finally back with another dev update. You can watch the whole thing above, but if you’re pressed for time here the notes of interest:

• The Anniversary Updated landed really well – credit to the dev team and Insiders program.
• Some edge-case bugs effecting the completion of some Tales are being worked on.
• A bug that effected a pirate’s features has been fixed; effected users can get support through the normal channels.
• For Arena, a fix will land soon that match-makes into the Tavern, rather than into in-progress matches.
• Rare are aware that some teams are quitting matches early, even though all teams who complete a match get rewards. The dev team are in discussion for the best way to address this.
• The ability to use doubloons to purchase letters of recommendation for the Sea Dogs and Hunter’s Call will be coming soon.
• In the first week from launch, 8.1 million fish have been caught.
• Rare have been working on integrating support form external teams to allow them to upscale their output.
• Rare have allocated a week for the entire company to take art in a creative jam – a way to celebrate creativity across the team.
• The team are now in a new kick-off phase for determining the next steps for Arena and Adventure.
• An ongoing area of focus is also ensuring their team are working on the game in a sustainable way.
• There won’t be any big announcements at E3, but there may be some tease as they move further into developing the next features for the game.