There have been some choppy waters for Windrose post-launch. While the open-world pirate adventure has managed to attract consistent player numbers, with around 6 figures in Steam concurrents thus far, the servers' overall stability could be improved.
In seeking a remedy, developer Kraken Express has turned to the community for assistance. "If you happen to work with, or know someone at a major EU/NA ISPs who might be open to speaking with us, we would truly appreciate an introduction," the team asked on the official Discord. "It could make a real difference in improving co-op connectivity for everyone."
Oh dear. The devs mention that "several hotfixes are already in development," but double down in the same request on how useful outside support would be: "Your help is incredibly valuable in making sure we address things properly."
Over on Steam, where Windrose went into early access just two days ago, players have noticed requests that appear to come from Russia, raising some eyebrows. Kraken Express alludes to such concerns, while also throwing its hands up and saying the next steps are unclear at present. "We've received multiple reports that some of our server addresses and backend services used for co-op may be restricted or blocklisted by certain ISPs across Europe and North America," the company says.
"To be completely transparent, we're still trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong here," it states. The whole situation is a headscratcher, because it seems to go beyond servers being stress-tested, but hopefully someone from the player-base can bring forth a solution.
"We don't yet have a clear answer, but we're doing everything we can to get to the bottom of it," Kraken Express says to finish.
