Saliddry Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 a bit mad cause i have to wait another week an ..Finnaly this paypal shit is over i get told that i can finnaly get it .and than there sold out.... nothing more to say :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas aagaard Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Nothing new about the fact that they send out keys once a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saliddry Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 yes of cause but i would have gotten mine tomorrow :-) now it takes 1 more week where i can only watch some youtube video ... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixel Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I would pick up one of the Patrick O'Brian novels from your local library or bookshop for while you wait. Also if you really want to know about what sailing these ships was like John H. Harland's Seamanship in the Age of Sail is a good book too and should keep you busy for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balck Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thems the breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRuyter Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Just got in under the wire and have my key. +1 for the recommendation on Harland , it covers everything as the title suggests. It was recommended to me when I was sailing on a square rigged tall ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destraex Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Just make sure its the game you want before you purchase. $40 is a lot of money for an Early Access Game and I suspect the price will be reduced when it goes on steam. maybe eventually. But devs did say originally it would be more on steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYN_Bloody-Bandy Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 ... $40 is a lot of money for an Early Access Game ... Are you kidding? That's less than half the price I've paid for the last two early access/pre-alpha games, Battle of Stalingrad and Star Citizen. Fortunately I'm not alone and both are shaping up fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Did you all go through steam or the PayPal sight directly connected to game labs website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Madoc Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Are you kidding? That's less than half the price I've paid for the last two early access/pre-alpha games, Battle of Stalingrad and Star Citizen. Fortunately I'm not alone and both are shaping up fine... Star Citizen is not on steam and we really have no idea how that will turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Sands Gaming Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 yes of cause but i would have gotten mine tomorrow :-) now it takes 1 more week where i can only watch some youtube video ... :-) You can watch me playing Live on Twitch also (link in Sig...yes, shameless advertising so sue me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim DeGrim Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've almost 40 hours, if not more, already. At $1/hr, where can you go for that kind of value? For a game that is alpha, what is built is polished, works well (even considering the improvements coming... That's right dmg mod 4.0), and new content in the form of shops. Even if price were to go to half or nil, I would have no regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Madoc Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've almost 40 hours, if not more, already. At $1/hr, where can you go for that kind of value? For a game that is alpha, what is built is polished, works well (even considering the improvements coming... That's right dmg mod 4.0), and new content in the form of shops. Even if price were to go to half or nil, I would have no regrets. You would pay $1/hr for a game? Game looks great, apart from the menu's, hopefully they get a graphics designer for those. I understand they're working on mechanics and the actual in game graphics first though so gui menus probably not high priority for them right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegasusUK Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You would pay $1/hr for a game? Back in the day in 1999 there was a ww2 flightsim called Warbirds that use to charge $1.99 per hour to play, and yes some people would pay that and burning big holes in their credit cards before it went to a monthly fee. Kids today don't know how lucky they are when it comes to online gaming. The ui and chat/battle menus are all standardisd Unity and will change on release but not in alpha, main priority is the Open World Travel test so the menus can wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kngsbrg Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've almost 40 hours, if not more, already. At $1/hr, where can you go for that kind of value? While I really like your thinking, you probably have to add costs for power consumption, a share of the computers buying price plus interest over the years and data, if you do not have a unlimited plan (e.g. in the US). But all in all, you are right. It is not much per hour and the 40$ are well spend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Back in the day in 1999 there was a ww2 flightsim called Warbirds that use to charge $1.99 per hour to play, and yes some people would pay that and burning big holes in their credit cards before it went to a monthly fee. Kids today don't know how lucky they are when it comes to online gaming. The ui and chat/battle menus are all standardisd Unity and will change on release but not in alpha, main priority is the Open World Travel test so the menus can wait. I beta'd Warbirds (started beta when it was called Confirmed Kill) and I couldn't afford to play when it was $1.99/hr. That was ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 the game is not 40$ its 20 for teh game and another 20$ for the current yacht and since more content will be added to the pre order price will go up but the ones who pre ordered will get it all without paying extra. but that is old information no idea what will happen when steam EA comes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainsawEcosse Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I would recommend reading the forums while waiting, lots of reading to be done on how to sail, how to shoot damage mechanics etc. Get's you up to speed a lot faster than learning on the job as it were. I did exactly that while waiting for the paypal issue to be sorted out. Cheers, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've almost 40 hours, if not more, already. At $1/hr, where can you go for that kind of value? I'm averaged down to less than $.06 an hour if that tells you how much I like the game. I've had more fun in this alpha and prior to sea trials than about any game i've played even with the limited content. I am anxiously awaiting open world however. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim DeGrim Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 And the value keeps appreciating... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prater Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 $40 at 400 hours in 2 months. Hmmm....I'm at 10 cents an hour. I've never played a game as addicting as Naval Action. The only games that come close for me are Mount and Blade, Morrowind, and Skyrim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysse77 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 glad to see im not the only one who use price per hour to justify spending on games (especially to the significant other). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophist Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Back in the day in 1999 there was a ww2 flightsim called Warbirds that use to charge $1.99 per hour to play, and yes some people would pay that and burning big holes in their credit cards before it went to a monthly fee. Kids today don't know how lucky they are when it comes to online gaming. The ui and chat/battle menus are all standardisd Unity and will change on release but not in alpha, main priority is the Open World Travel test so the menus can wait. Prior to WarBirds, there was Air Warrior, which started the entire massively multiplayer online combat sim genre. I first flew that game in 1989 but didn't really play it actively until about 1991. But at that time, on the GEnie network, you would pay $6.00/hr during non-primetime hours (6:00 PM --> 6:00 AM if I recall correctly), and $12.00/hr if you flew primetime....which of course no one did. So yes, I defintiely agree, people have NO idea how good they have it relative to the way things used were in the not too distant past....and also bearing in mind that was over a 1200 baud modem connected via a crappy phone line going onto an "Internet" that was anything but robust and stable. As an aside I still remember the day that Kelton Flinn sorted out the packet routine to make real-time play possible (it was all scaled back to "half-time" originally to allow data handling to keep up with what you saw on your screen). Every online sim player owes Kelton a debt of gratitude for that game. It started it all and Kesmai broke trail for then entrie game space. Very inspirational folks in that company. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Madoc Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 So yes, I defintiely agree, people have NO idea how good they have it relative to the way things used were in the not too distant past....and also bearing in mind that was over a 1200 baud modem connected via a crappy phone line going onto an "Internet" that was anything but robust and stable. Times have changed and technology has advanced. I've been gaming on the PC since 2003 and never remember a game that charged a daily subscription let alone a per hour one. If a game company tried to pull a stunt like that today they would be laughed at. I guess they could get away with charging $10 per hour back in the 90's because online gaming was still in its infancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Pirate Musashi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I want to get my key for next week but hate using Steam. What is this about Paypay? Is there some way to skip Steam? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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