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Yeah got to admit I am getting anxious myself. It is 11:25 pm Kiev time right now so getting really late in the evening over there.

Instead of Ship, list category as SOL which will eliminate confusion.

Have the keys been sent out today? Hope not because I just checked my email and its not there.

Your probably right, at least for the initial ships selection. Still I think adding in several 74-gun ships from different nationalities at some point is a good idea. Someone I'm sure is going to want to be a purist roleplayer and only want to use English, French, Spanish, etc ships.

Hmm I actually think a hybrid system would be nice. Let me explain. Rather than a full on hit point bar, you instead get something along the lines of a "consider" status. For example, you have been in combat for a while and you target an enemy ship. Upon targeting you get a status update something like this, "Enemy ship appears moderately damaged and is listing to port" You target the next enemy and you get, "Enemy ship has taken fire but seems relatively unscratched". Target another and get, "Enemy ship is heavily damaged along her port side and appears to be flooding severally" Basically you just get a general status kind of like what a lookout in the crows nest might report based on visual data, about the status of an enemy ship.

Actually I like the idea as long as it is implemented correctly. For example, add a fire mode the ripple fires the guns from bow to stern but you have to actually hold the fire button pressed through the entire sequence. Then if you don't hold them button for the entire duration, the minute you release the button, all the remaining guns fire in broadside. Another option would be to set up the ship in like 5 sections with section 1 at the front and section 5 at the end. Then with each press of the fire button, you fire each section one after the other until all 5 sections have fired. Basically either method or perhaps something a lot more clever would give you the "fire as you bare" feature but still require direct player input that is tied to their accuracy and timing.

Yes but how are you so sure no one would use them? I absolutely would use the HMS Mordaunt because I hands down like the way the ship looks. I mean lets face some facts here, in a game like this, player skill plays just as much if not a more important role in the performance of a ship, than the ship itself does. Also we aren't talking huge differences in performance, I mean perhaps a more modern ship is a few knots quicker or turns a few degrees faster or maybe can get a few degrees closer to the wind, but this isn't an overwhelming disadvantage that skill can't make up for so these older ships can still be effective. I any case, I can almost guarantee you that once open world hits, I will be choosing my ship as much for how it looks as I will for how it handles or what guns it carries because part of the fun is envisioning yourself on the deck of that beautiful ship your sailing around. Anyway, I do agree that the devs shouldn't be wasting resources modeling ships no one will play but I would hazard to bet that quite a few of the earlier ships will be very popular and used quite often by those of us like me who aren't min/max types. Perhaps they should take some of the more popular older ships like the HMS Mordaunt to the polls and ask the community what they think and bring in a few of the more popular ones just to add a bit of flavor. Also, I think most would agree that there are quite a few newer, more modern designs that have yet to make it in the game that should take priory so while I wouldn't mind seeing some of the older ones eventually, there are probably about a dozen or more newer designs that make much more sense in the short term.

Those are some great looking ships. Kind of surprised the Slope-of-war and Corvette classes aren't really in the game.

Fantastic. Thanks for your help guys.

Ok I just want to make sure I understand. I am going to be setting up my Paypal today and intend to make my purchase of Naval Action tonight after work probably before 8pm EST. So my question is, based on how I read things, if I purchase by this time frame, I will receive my key sometime tomorrow via email, is this correct? Also once I get the key I have to go to steam and activate it and download the game there, correct? I did read the posts I could find but wanted to make sure I understood what to expect. Thanks all.

But how is this fact an issue? I mean so what if a ship which was considered a 1st rate powerhouse in 1670, isn't as strong as a Frigate built in 1820? You just tier the 1670 ship appropriately. Basically it just becomes cheaper to buy and easier to acquire because it is old and obsolete. Then as a player, you can "Choose" to use this ship either because it is cheaper and easier to acquire or perhaps because you just enjoy sailing an old Spanish Galleon with lots of character. I mean as I mentioned earlier, I love the HMS Mordaunt "Reason" from PoTBS, a ship designed in 1681 though I had forgotten about it until Wind posted here on the forums. In fact it was my favorite ship in that game just because I loved the way it looks. This ship is also something I would eventually love to get my hands on in Naval Action at some point and I seriously would not care that other, more modern, 4th rates or Heavy Frigates would likely handle better or even have better guns. Really it isn't always about what is best, sometimes it is about what you like.

Depends how your interpret the word "Golden". On one hand it can be interpreted as the Pinnacle of Peak of something. On the other hand "Golden" is also often used to describe the twilight or end of something. For example when we say someone has entered their "Golden Years" it means old age. In the case of the Golden Age of Sails, it means both. Basically if some says it is the "Golden Age of Sails" they are likely referring to the time when Sailing ships had reached their technological peak right before sails were replaced with steam so I think that that term is highly appropriate to the 1800-1900 time period.

I disagree. Take this ship listed here on the Forums. HMS Mordaunt 1681 Ship is from 1681 which is toward to the bottom end of the scale but it is a beautiful ship I would love to see in game and it would have exactly zero issue competing. Handling may or may not be as good as some of the newer heavy frigates but it would still be a great ship and one that I would love to sail in game.

Love this ship. Should be added soonest. Huge fan of 2 deck 4th rates in all shapes and sizes and this one has a excellent look about her. She's beautiful.