Samuel van Heerden

I have to say I feel the TP WOULD be abused if this was the case, PVP players would set up their Capitol Port closer to the front line and be ready to 'Warp' there in an instance if hostile ships turn up. Something more along the lines of PotBS perhaps would be better, which is to a limited extent already in NA, and that's the ability to Fast Travel to an Outpost WITHOUT your ship. But even with this it could still be exploited. For example if a player had several combat ships they can simply TP between them albeit with a cooldown. I would actually like to see a limit on the total number of Ships a player can have access to at a single time, I am not so keep on the idea of having a Personal Armada moored around the game world. 5 say would be more than enough. in all fairness the TP to Cap was only intended as an Aid should you have gotten stuck on the Open World, but people seem to see it as a feature now and want it expanded upon, I can only hope the Devs do not yield to this and at most keep it as an Aid!

Yes I agree with Olav on this one, being thats its still Alpha bugs and crashes are never far away! So unfortunately I doubt there is anything that can be done.

yes this is a good I idea. The Constitution for example will be totally missed by some players as they will go from 350 crew to 650 in one rank, so you can jump from the Trinco to the 3rd rate's. Unless the Crew - rank has changed since I last looked of course.

hey thanks, I couldn't find any help on Friday and wanted to play over the weekend so just decided to take the plunge and start over. But thank you anyway for the offer Captain.

Hey everyone, With the recent patch dropping allowing players to switch nation I am looking to do just that! I was sailing under the black flag but its just not as much fun as I though it might be. So im looking for a very kind soul to 'look after' my ship and gold while I reroll a new character? I am currently stationed in Conquibacao, a little way west of Willemstad (The Dutch Capitol). What im asking is if someone would very kindly hold my belongings while I delete my existing char, make a new one and sail over to Conquibacao from Willemstad. If someone with some decent forum rep of the Dutch nation would be willing to help I would be most grateful, Please message me so we can arrange a time, I should be about most of the weekend. Samuel

Hey Guys, any chance I could join? I am sailing as a Pirate at the moment but its not as enjoyable as I thought it might be. So as soon as the update that lets you keep your XP drops I will be making the switch! I also wanted to ask if it would be possible for someone to 'look after' my ship and gold when I do? I have already stationed myself in a neutral port in the south near Willemstad? If anyone could help me when the update goes Live I would be very grateful!

Can I just confirm im reading this right? I am A pirate, and want to change to the Dutch. I delete my char (after the update of course) and make a new 'Dutch' character, I will loose all my gold/ships but start a new with my XP still intact? If so that is wonderful news indeed! I was very near to re-rolling and being that im at rank 'Raider' I was felling a little hard done by! So really fantastic news if this is the case

^^ Exactly, its an Age of Sail game..... So they didn't have GPS and neither should we! As Marx states, Take your time to learn, you'll get it! Would be hugely disappointed if they suddenly added this, its just not fitting for the game! Map and Compass all day long.

A similar system to what they have on PotBS would be good, but instead of the player having a title like in PotBS, it would be for your ship, so for certain milestones or doing this mission or this or that you could receive a ship name/title (or choose from 2-3 options) and then you could apply the title/name to your ship? That way all the names are moderated and made by the Dev's so we don't get anything silly! Simply put its a beautiful idea, and would be very fitting. especially as now in open world if you see a ship it gives you the name of its captain, which you would not be able to see or know in real life (not unless you boarded her maybe), but you could obviously see the name of the vessel through a sight ect... There is one problem however, if even with the player base as limited as it is right now you would undoubtedly see ships with the same names! Which would be problematic, perhaps some form of community moderation in game to deny/approve a ships name? With a 24hr period between how often a player can apply for a name? That would stop the spamming of ship requests? Mabye a scale of how bad the name was, with a name thats almost acceptable having a smaller time to try again and someone clearly trying to spam with a rediculous name having to wait longer to apply again I almost think it would be nice if the shipbuilders chose the name when it was made? im not 100% on the history of how it worked back then but did they not choose to name a ship? It would no doubt be different for pirates as they could essentially do what they wanted, (of course with some form of moderation if they wanted a different ship name). A good question though with plenty of food for though about how it could be approached, it certainly would add something extra to the game that would really add to the setting and immersion if done right.

Hello all, Been away for a while as I started at uni in September so have been rather occupied recently, and secondly I have kind of been waiting for the game to hit the soft release on steam. As im hoping that's when there wont be anymore server wipes?!?! I love the game and have 60+ hours on steam but have yet to get the Beautiful Bellona sadly in open world or before! (Apologies if I have spelt that wrong) and cant spare the time to keep grinding to it... Anyway enough moaning about a wonderful game and back on point, So I was thinking, is the game going to have some form of in game encyclopedia? It would be wonderful to have access to something along these lines in game, with some details of the ships along with their background and history, stats, crew and armament ect and an interactive model you could move around and simply enjoy looking at(That would be awesome!). You could also have information on nations, ranks, ports, commodities, resources used in game ect ect. Not everyone is going to want to get the biggest 1st rates (not I for one) but I would love to have a closer look at them and enjoy the work you guys have put into modelling and texturing these beautiful creations, im actually studying Game Tech so have started some modelling myself (3ds Max), so now I have 'some' understanding of what's involved im really starting to appreciate the beauty in games a lot more! keep up the excellent work guys, the game is superb as is and im sure its only going to continue to get better and better! Samuel

I really dont like the Idea of this one Sorry. I am playing as the Dutch at the moment and the only vessel I really want to sail is the Bellona. I don't want to have to play as a certain nation just to sail my favourite ship/s. I like the idea of each nation having some small bonus/s though, for example the Dutch could perhaps carry more Cargo in their Merchant ships, or a Nation could get a 2% increase in armour or reload speed ect... each having their own, very slight, bonuses. something like that would be nice, just enough to give each Nation some 'Unique-ness'. I also like the idea of having ship upgrades varying in quality depending on their Nation or Origin. Certain nations may be better/worse at producing upgrades. The same could be said for cannons! Some may reload faster, some may hit slightly harder, more accurate, less dispersion, more range ect ect.... Maybe even add Mastercraft Bronze Cannons!

Hi all, would like to ask about the availability of Keys? I have been really enjoying the game thus far. I am a former PotBS player and have a couple of friends that I would really like to get into the alpha with. I have no doubt they would be able to give some great feedback to you guys either directly or through me on the forums. I also would love to give you guys some more Gold as I think this game is really shaping itself into something wonderful. If an admin could point me in the right direction as to how I go about getting a couple more keys that I can give to my friends I would be most grateful! Either that or PM with some details that would be great! Thanks in advance, Samuel

Wind, may I ask what the ship is in your Signature? it looks like the Prince/Indomitable from POTBS! now thats a gorgeous vessel. The Ocean looks rather Pretty too! Look forward to seeing it in game!

Please add this!!! She's absolutly stunning

Great Job, was looking for something like this!