FlyMario

The only thing that makes me somewhat in favor of the teleport is when someone is out goofing around and a fleet is forming up at the capital to do missions. The idea that it could be used to shorten trade trips annoys me. It is however, 3 hours until you can do it again. Its not really Spamable.

Ahoy Captains! I am really enjoying the game. I spend most of my time traveling up and down the US ports and to the scattered islands east of the coast of Florida looking for good trades. I would like to see more Landmarks. It puts more interest to the trip. As I understood it there were lighthouses back in the days this game was based upon. Maybe some buoys. A ships whistle (or bell) to salute other ships as you see them. This would add to the nostalgia of it all.. The spy glass... Please oh please let us use this so that we can spot islands and ports. It drives me mad that I can't do this. Another suggestion would be a compass so that we can point our bodies at a port/island and get the heading to it... so we could do some basic positioning (navigation). The speed of travel doesn't bother me much. I feel its a good rate at this point. It feels pretty realistic to do trading and have a decent amount of time to travel. Not a fan of the teleporting... feels very cheap. I guess though, that's my choice to use it... not the Developers... Though, it does give an advantage to those who use it The one thing about the Open World that does concern me is that there is no subscription to this game... You buy it, you own it. The more real-time complexity we want out of the open world, will require the investment in servers to keep us all visible. I would rather the open world not force the developers into that situation. the fact we might be 1/2 a mile away from where someone else see's us is not something I am that concerned with. I know its still Alpha.... I know things will get better. ok this sounds like a bunch of scattered lines... I will stop now. Safe Sailing (and selling)

What people fail to realize is that there is a reason for the battle and that you might not have the full story. Simply jumping into a battle without any background information is probably a bad idea. Must someone stop and have tea with you and explain "The pirate on this ship has kidnapped my wife and I need to board that ship with minimal damage as to not kill her"? Must there be all this formal conversation in the heat of a battle. Maybe we should not be so rash to pass judgement. safe sailing

So earlier about 6:30pm Est I joined a small battle where there were 6 v 6 ships. I was in my cutter and the players on our side were saying lets focus on damaged enemies... which of course makes perfect sense. We didn't chatter at all really, just focused on the task at hand. Of course over time we did get split up and some were pretty much having to hold their own against their closest opponent. the battle raged on for a very long time. We only lost one ship on our side which curiously enough rammed me ... only to sink a few moments later. That sucked, I used to be a navigator in the navy during the 80's so never imagined letting a collision happen. I guess I got tunnel vision. The battle was epic and wished I had twitched it. It really gave me a feeling of excitement for future battles and what I really want from this game. oh and I finally ranked up. Safe Sailing!!! FlyMario... Pirate Killer

He died today at 94... http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/abe-vigoda-sunken-eyed-character-actor-dead-94-36528884 He would have made a great pirate! =( Safe Sailing...

Do you all worship the flying spaghetti monster like most pirates?

I kind of hope that the Devs / Moderators don't get involved with the whole pirate thing at all other than to fix any bug resolved around it. They created a game that should take on a life of its own. Imagine the Role-Play of being the most Notorious Pirate in the game... so hated that bands of people try to take him down... Come on this sounds exciting. This is the same thing as Eve Online, in that so many people cry over people Pirating. The game should not really be safe for anyone. I think we should embrace this type of game play. But yeah, using it as an exploit is not something that should be permitted. Safe Sailing ... accept for you pirates!

Would it be possible for me to request a Name Change. I mean yes its my fault... but I look at it like this ... the Game is in Alpha... My in game name is in Alpha too... Hard to imagine me being FlyMario in a sea faring game. Who is gonna be afraid of FlyMario in game... I know... if I ask everyone will... But please do me a solid. I promise to say nice things about your game on twitch. Does this seem like begging? Will that convince you to let me? Safe Sailing... FlyMario... the greatest ... err... Captain ever.

So, one of the things I like the most is Micro-controllers. The Arduino ... Raspberry PI... And making controllers using them along with lighting. I wanted to suggest that the developers provide a file that could be read that included things like your current mast settings, rudder position... you were hit ... the information from the battle log etc... This way we can make custom controllers and lighting systems that could bring the feel of the game environment to the gaming room. I know some will say "There are more important things to worry about"... yeah I get it... But its still a suggestion. I can provide more information if this suggestion would be accepted. FlyMario Sail Safe