mattebubben

Im considering playing France now =P But i dont speak french and so far the majority of the in game chatting has been in french =(. And thats kinda offputting for me.

The Red white and Blue name is kinda confusing ^^ In that it can be used for half the nations in the game The British,The Dutch,the French (Republic) and The US all have flags that are Red White and Blue.

The Dutch players really need to watch it though. I hear the French have adopted a new secret weapon.

In The Caribbean they simply Trade out there mounts For different horses. The Dutch will never see them comming.

Well main problem with the Dutch... They Speak bloody Dutch...

No mate! =( if only. Then i would play the french without a doubt.

Well she is within the timeline. She was launched 1814 and we have 2 ships launched later already in the game (Trincon 1817 and Mercery 1820) I see no problem with having her in game. Just make her the highest rank (same rank as First rates) and price her accordingly. That would make her an interesting choice trading Nr of guns of a slightly smaller ship but with good hitting power and thats faster and more manuverable. Id have no problem with USS Independance (1814) or any of her layouts before 1820. or with USS Washington (1814) wich was launched soon after but as a 74. Washington is neigh impossible though seeing as no plans of her has survived.

I just feel like we have enough russian ships =P. we have 3 russian ships currently in game (russian flagged anyway) with another one on the way (this one). and in comparison there is 1 spanish ship and no dutch swedish or danish ships. and Russia is not even in the game =P. So id love if the focus was on nationalities in the game and then maby with the russian ships as a bonus later on. And one of the "russian" ships is not even russian... (Diana/Frigate/Cherubim)

Cant wait to see L'Hermione and the Götheborg sail together. But maby they already have? (Full size replica ship of a swedish Indiaman) Götheborg has made several China trips maby they could sail together to China some time?. L'Hermione could be her escort ^^

Well the "problem" with the boarding atm is that the current system is that ships have to travel at less then 5 knots in order to board. They should make it so the speed difference has to be less then 5 knots for example. Since atm if 2 ships are Side to side traveling at 6-10 knots with sides touching you can not board. Even though both ships are moving at the exact same speeds so the relevant speed differance is non existant. so atm i pretty much have to force ships to slow down by collisions or if they make mistakes turning into the wind. so they should change the system so 2 ships traveling 6-10 knots in the same direction can board while ships traveling opposite directions at 5-10 knots each can not board since the merging speed is to high. but the boarding range itself is not a problem.

i think they should either limit the armament to what they would/should carry. Or (and probably better) Give harsh Penelties for Over arming ships. First give ppl a warning (or a note) when they have heavier weapons then reccomended on a ship (18lb cannons on the Belle instead of the 12lb cannons lets say) and then give them handeling penalties for using to heavy armament (making them slower more sluggish top heavy turn worse etc) So while u can use to heavy armament its not optimal. Instead of it being the only choice if u dont want to be outclassed. And also they need to give Carronades lower rankings =/. Carronades are much lighter and needs a far smaller crew then Long guns. For example a 32Lb Carronade needs a smaller crew then an 8lb long gun. Wich is the reason why alot of smaller ships (Frigates brigs etc) Used Carronades to a large degree. For example a ship like the Suprise (Unité) Could have 9lb (8lb) long guns or 32lb Carronades on the gun deck with 4lb long guns or 18lb carronades on the QD Giving it several times the broadside weight (at the cost of range and accuracy) While in this game the Suprise can not use the 32lb Carronades it could use but instead gets the 12lb Long guns that it could not use. So if they feel Carronades are OP then maby balance them by reducing the effective range or accuracy. But dont Remove them and add "unhistorical" armaments instead.

As i understood there where attempts to use the Suprise with 12ld guns on the gun deck but the strain proved to be to heavy thus they where replaced with 32lb Carronades. They really need to lower the Rating of Carronades letting ships have there correct Carronades. For example Suprise would use 32lb carronades on gun deck and 18lb carronades on QD. and the Trinc would have 32lb carronades on the Quarter deck. While now its limited to 24lb Carronades or 12lb Long guns. 32lb Carronades should be equal or lower rank then 12 cannons. Maby nerf the range abit on carronades if they need balancing. Put atm most of the smaller ships cant use the Carronades they historically used

Id suggest more Single frigates and in 2-3s And also change the structure of the more "powerfull" fleets. like instead of a fleet with a 5-7 Victory/Santissima/Pavel give it 1 Santissima 1 vic 1-2 Pavels and 3-5 Bellonas (Third rates) Since the Third rate should be the by far most common Liner. And Frigates where the largest ship to commonly be serving solo (Wich is what made them very popular among daring commanders that wantd to rise in the ranks) Daring Commanders often wanted a powerfull frigate (5th rate with 12-24lb guns) more then they wanted to get a liner. Since a Frigate would give them a better chance to get Pricemoney / glory for themselves instead of having to slave around at blockades or wait in ports and when they finally saw action they where in large formations with Admirals getting the glory.

so we have 3 9lb (8lb) Frigates 3 18lb Frigates and 1 24 lb Frigate (or can the Trinc use 24lb guns?...) and 1 24lb heavy Frigate (Connie) But no 12lb Frigates so far?. And 12lb Frigates where in no way rare... So id say Make the belle a 12lb Frigate (if it is indeed the 1765 Belle Poule)

if those are the actual numbers then the ingame armament is really wrong... since not only dose the ingame variant have 18lb guns on the lower deck u can have 12lb long guns or 24lb carronades on the quarterdeck. and is that 6 sixpounders per side? or 6 in total.