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Ned Low

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  1. Warnings of Black Plague were ignored! Now world will bow before them. (Just Kidding).
  2. For some people it's time consuming. Devs never balance this game. They lean towards people who play for at least 3 hours. So, those who only have 1 hour to play will need months and month to unlock and reach ship perk slots others already have unlocked. This creates very unbalanced world and to make it work for everyone I suggest to add books. So, those who only have hour maybe will find the right book that they need and speed up the process. You can still fight and unlock slots, but we need something that will reduce the time. Every other MMO has it and use it. Also, answer this question why do you spend 4 weeks grinding a ship if you never going to sail it after you move to another one? Why? Why there is no shortcut? This is clearly designed to keep us online and grinding. There is no fun in this.
  3. And? you will get others books that you can sell and he can trade the ones you need to you if he got 2. Once system settles in it will be nice non stop process of selling and buying books to unlock perk slots. Unless you enjoying this mindless grind. If you think about current gring system and it's purpose, it's designed only to keep people on server. Let's say you did grind 4 weeks in Brig and unlocked everything for Niagara, will you sail Brig ever again? No. This system did not change anything or added any new content to this game unfortunately.
  4. Hi all, I am not going to spend time explaining why grinding each ship to unlock another's slots is just ridiculous, but I will have to say that it can work if Developers add items that would help players speed up the process. I am suggesting to add Books. You will simply read, learn and unlock. It's quite realistic because captains always had a small library on their ships. Capturing another's ship you would discover nice collections from time to time. How it works: Each ship will need 5 rare Books (all tomes) to unlock all slots. Let's call them Weatherworn Books. They will be in tomes. Each tome will represent ship slot. 1,2,3,4,5. So, all you have to do is go fight NPC or Player and get a chance to find these Books. They will drop in random order and sometimes you can have 2 or more of the same one, but they should be tradable. For example, I go and hit an NPC ship and I kill it, loot system drops me Weatherworn Book of Mercury, Tome 1. (Click use to unlock 1 slot, you must be in Mercury ship). I then can stack these books in my warehouse and use them only when I sail such ship or sell them to others who sails such ship&needs it now. ------------------------------------------------------------------- So, let's say I went out and spent 2 hours hunting. I got: 1x'Weatherworn Book of Mercury, Tome 3' - Unlocks slot N3 1x'Weatherworn Book of Frigate, Tome 5' - Unlocks slot N5 1x'Weatherworn Book of Brig, Tome 2' - Unlocks slot N2 I only sail Frigate, so I keep the one I need and list the other 2 for sale. I then click and unlock only slot 5 (tome 5 book was found). This system will slowly start helping all players unlock slots on their favorite ships. Those who sail and fight get rewarded by selling these books. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's say there is 15% chance to receive it from NPC and 25% chance from player or it could be lower. Collect them all and speed up unlock process. This is the content that would make this game interesting.
  5. Could you possibly add Patch notes link to log in window? something similar to World of Warships launcher thing...would be helpful.
  6. I told you to wipe them last year before they spread, it's too late now
  7. Smelter Structure could be handy but would require limestone. I like the idea. I agree I have couple hundreds sitting without use.
  8. https://www.maptools.com/tutorials/plotting/protractor Here, It's always the best to use land mass. This way you can make corrections, readjust and sail again. Placing end point in the middle of nowhere is risky. For example when hunting ship wrecks I draw the line over the shipwreck icon and try to stay straight on 'red' marker , but still get little error. What I found works best with that is 'Home' free fly camera that will let's you find sunk ship expanding your view range. If it's a long sail error usually can be up to 2 miles (NPC spot distance). 1 inch length on the map = approximately 15 mins real time. So, knowing that I measure and set timer when to activate Free fly camera and start searching. Works every time. Tip - Take stopwatch, find 2 ports that can be connected in straight line point A-B. Start sailing and record time. Once you reached point B, record time + open map take ruler and measure distance. This data will give you approximate time needed to sail anywhere with very accurate timing.
  9. Watch your speed under compass and angle 'with the wind' when it starts moving , at the same time try to keep it nice and optimal. Remember your heading first, then follow wind direction (wind at your back) and always try to follow it as it moves (counter clockwise) and at the same time keep your final destination direction close. Once your ship reaches close haul and you start loosing speed, flip through and readjust your heading to your final destination. P3 in your case (less turning)
  10. Yeah, you have to empty player stock in order to see NPC price. Adding simple history tool would make it much better. Track 30 days of sales. Market needs a lot of work btw. ex.
  11. When in clan activity window would it be possible to add - Player's Name 'Docked in 'Port Name' instead of just 'in port'. Thanks.
  12. If this was illegal then Devs would never allow you to purchase 2 copies. You can't blame anyone, but them for such profitable decision. If you are a customer and you paid $80, you would use every game breaking way to achieve the best output that would benefit you. If game mechanics allows it , you use it (privately).
  13. It's nothing new and this has been used in many other games, for example potbs and was soundly allowed. If you don't break the game it should be fine. By breaking I mean you don't cause massive market shift of PB interruptions etc.. you are simply and privately enhancing your gameplay because you paid double or as we like to call it you are pay2win player.
  14. Not at all, we as people adapt if we are willing to do so, but without protractor new players would never stand a chance. 'Advanced navigation' is what you mean and I see it as useless atm and only should be added with love to manure enthusiasts only. Protractor is more than enough to sail with little to no error. If you read Devs post earlier, they will add your beloved l&l after game release. Calling me narcissist is very unwise, I do have the right as everyone else here to express my opinion and talk generally and not specifically about what I think is good or bad.
  15. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173917/Nelsons-battlefield-Google-Earth-finds-forgotten-clumps-trees-planted-living-map-commemorate-Admirals-victory-Battle-Nile.html For those who haven't read this please enjoy.
  16. How do you farm marks? You must have 2 accounts and not all have them if I am correct. So, this only applies for pay2win people.
  17. All they have to do is add reward achievement (when slot is unlocked). Let's say treasure chest with some nice stuff (flags, pennants ,figurehead when all slots are unlocked). It's simple to make it work, but they never add any content that is the problem.
  18. Protractor is all you need. if you can't use that then this is not your game. It even sets the marker on your compass.
  19. There should be Text file in your games directory that saves all your presets, just delete it. Usually works for all other games, havent' tested with UG.
  20. @@@@ noobs, all they do is give NA money and leave.
  21. thus we still get these posts
  22. So, what would you suggest that could fix this lack of information? Since Devs know the max shipwreck cargo drop they could just say bring ship with at least XXXX cargo hold. many problems in NA caused by lack of information displayed to Players and very easy to fix.
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