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Oh wow, boarding will be more importent ?, Well let me say it politely, boarding is so far almost the end of the game (between 200 and 650 people online). The boarding upgrades are far to powerful compared to all other upgrades you can get. If with my mods I had a gatling gun on board I would not mind but right now you need a cutter with boarding mods and you win against a santi. And history itself showed you cannot just board. Nelson Victory was close to be boarded by the french. The were all on railing ready to board. 1 single broadside of grape killed 550 guys instantly and 124 were severely injured. But here ? nothing happens when I shoot a broadside (we tried it out in a duell) I killed 34 guys. So why should I waste time to build nice ships. I take just anything get boarding mods and kill everybody. there are almost no real battles anymore and it will be just a matter of time until all port battles will be done like this. Because even heavily dammaged ships sail still as fast as before. and also be honest the boarding screen is not exactly brilliant (state of the art) which tells us it was not meant to be a or the major part of the game. Lots of people I know almost stopped playing because they think no battle no game. And now I have to stay in harbour because I have not the money to hire enough sailors or even worse they are not available at all ?? So maybe if I'm lucky I find one and have to put him in my warehouse so he doesn't run away lol ? I think nobody really feels shitty if he looses a ship after a good fight against somebody better when he is sinking. But an expensive ship stolen within 2 min gets you very angry. example why do reinforced masts slow down a ship , but all the mats like boarding ladders, barricades not, it's weight and not aerodynamic . Conclusion: if naval action is reduced to a dos-framed boarding battle and ship building, sailing and the rest of skills a good sailor has to have is not importend anymore, then this game is doomed

I really had enjoyed playing more than one character. If I offer you the first time in your life ice cream but I tell upfront, choose well if you choose chocolate you will eat it for the rest of your life! so what do you choose ? maybe the community of the country you choosed is not what you thought and a friend of yours is really happy with an other country. you say but this will help cheaters ? I say if somebody wants to cheat, he will buy a second account and it will be far more difficult to prove. Neutral, yes ! why? you are from no country offered, you want to start the game and can only choose from a) unknown countries or a country you don't like. so for me it's very clear. I would like to have 3 characters and neutral as well. thanks

What is realistic ? Do you think if in 17th or 18th century they were blind ? In real world you would see if a ship lost his mast or not as you see it here aswell. But other damages you can't see here whereas in real world you could see if the hull damage is light or heavy. I personally think it ok to see the damage just to see if your tactics are working or not. Nobody in whatever fight goes on and on and on, not knowing if he has succes or not. You need to have the possibility to change your game plan. Even as defender, I want to know if I have succes in a battle 1 angainst 2 or 3, even if just running away.