Good Afternoon!
We've been keeping an eye on the achievement stats of the mod over the last few weeks and have noticed only 6.5% of our player base has the Part O' the Crew achievement! This is by far the easiest one to get, all you need to do is join the
Official Game Group. Joining the group will also help you keep notified of announcements and events!
Having a large fan base in the group will also help keep the mod's playerbase strong. Those who don't check the site or forums will be notified of patches, returning to the game and giving you more players to play with. You can easily help to build the group with just a few seconds of your time!
The first step is to open your friends list, then click on "Players" -> "Player list - recent games".
After clicking that, the following screen will pop:
In this screen you can see all of the players you played with in recent games. Click on "SteamID page" of a player and the following will pop up:
Here you should click: "Invite to join your group" and right after - "Pirates, Vikings and Knights II". (If you don't see "Pirates, Vikings and Knights II" as an option, either you aren't in the group already and need to
Click Here to join, or that player is already in the group and doesn't need an invite)
There you go! You just invited one player to the official group.
What I find even easier is going into "Player list - current game" while playing on a Last Team Standing map. Whenever I'm in spectator mode, I just go through and invite as many people as I can before the next round starts. (If you have it enabled, you can open the Community stuff in-game with Shift+Tab) Every player counts and we thank you for helping to keep this mod's player base strong!
I'm also very excited to announce that PVKII has been featured in a news report on TV. Some of you may already know about our affiliates over at
Root Jack, a pirate themed energy drink. Well, their local news did a story on our co-operation, which aired the other night on TV!
Check it out now!Ahoy Lads!
The team's been hard at work to bring you scallywags another update! The patch will download automatically the next time you start up PVKII!
In this update, our
Community members, Ciya and Bob, have taken time to translate the mod into both Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
We've also been squashing some bugs and working on balance. Check out the full list of what's been changed this week:
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Bug Fixes
-Fixed the erratic behavior of Territory Capture scores
-Fixed the achievements The Last Crusade, This is Sparta, This is Madness, and Only Got One Stone
-Fixed Chop Chop achievement playing incorrect achieved sound
-Fixed pickup sounds will now play regardless of a taunt and will not stop the taunt (You will hear both sounds)
-Fixed issues with Steam Community support in the new Steam UI Beta
-Fixed the hud hint message panel used by Server Plugins
-Fixed parrot sometimes showing up in both the Captain's hand and on his shoulder
-Fixed chests in a chest capture zone being affected by the keg's explosive force
Additions
-Global ban system is now active
-Skirmisher's Keg will now push away and stun Pirate allies caught in its blast
-The longbow, throwing axes, and javelins can only START charging when the wielder is on the ground
-Added to console output the remaining health and armor of the people who slay you as part of the death notice entry
Arena Changes
-Added a safe area from lava near the Pirate starting area similar to the other two teams
-Fixed wooden palisades not completely sinking into the lava during sudden death
Temple Changes
-Added some lights to some of the darker cave areas
Sandstorm Changes
-Significantly reduced the areas where fighting can occur outside the main territory entrances
-Fixed other small bugs
Balance Changes
-Increased spear charge special damage slightly
-Decreased Skirmisher's lunge special damage slightly
-Decreased Skirmisher's run speed slightly
-Decreased attack speed of the Skirmisher's cutlass slightly
-Increased Huscarl axe damage slightly
-Increased the push-away force when in a teammate significantly
Localization Changes
-Added support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese by Bob
-Updated the French Translation
It seems only 6% of our player base has earned themselves their Part O' the Crew achievement! To earn yours, be sure to join our
Official Game Group now! Join the already 4,600 players who can keep updated on news and events directly through steam!
