It seems a lot of new things are brewing over at Flying Lab Software these days. Not only does the company have a new producer and a new client and tools programmer in the persons of Joe Ludwig and John Zipperer, respectively, but a new content patch - patch 1.2 - is in the works for Pirates of the Burning Sea.

According to Ludwig, some of the new features that PotBS players will come across in patch 1.2 will include the following:

• The new French Capitol -  Pointe-a-Pitre has gotten a new look and new mission content.
  
• Open sea upgrades - Expect more reasonable battle placement, an added battle prompt, and NPC battle survivors returning to the open sea.
  
• New tutorials - New skill tutorials will help ease the learning curve for new players, especially since they're tailored to nations of the player's choice.
  
• Facelifts for pirate NPCs - These include unique outfits for boarding and landing missions, plus new NPC loot that actually gives missions to players.
  
• improved UI - Watch out for new chat bubbles, names floating over heads and more.
  
• Bey's Retreat - This is a new epic mission that will reportedly take a group of experienced players some 4-6 hours to beat.