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Right, I just assumed that teak=oak for the time being..

I missed the memo on diff in planking between oak an teak, can you fill me in?

From what you all explain this guy must be so easy to beat, yet you want to change several mechanics?

Yes, that made more sense. You play as a brit and the antilles should always be full of bots, but yea it's also full of players. If you want to farm bots without being interrupted you could change location. Consult this map for NPC routes: What rank are you at and what ship are you sailing? Depending on that I have some ships you could buy off me to help you with the grind, I have some ok upgrades too that I don't use. Look me up unless you're already in a frigate. You probably already know, but the most effective way to grind is to damage, speedboard and repeat. Don't sweat it with the "tester community", most players are just dabbling and play a few days after a major patch then wait for the next major update. No need to be worried.

Ok, what is your main concern, then second then third? I'm having trouble sorting your thoughts. I want short close timers, is that what you are asking? Do you or don't you like PVP? I can help if you want a quiet place with bots but few players...

If someone presents their stern to me so they can "tank" my shots, I just say "thank you". What's wrong with bow tanking?

Hey! Friday fun posts are allowed! btw, Boo, do you have one of those drinks for me?

Then we have WoT where one year of crewtraining only boosts the overall potency of the tank (global statistics) by 2-3%. You can grind but the return borders on wishful thinking. Player skill 98%, grind 2%. No amount of mods or crewskill can make any tank to any faster in WoT <- There is wisdom here.

I agree, I'd like for the focus to be one the ships themselves and not what you have slapped on. There can be modules but today they (the compulsory ones) are too good. Mods have made two of the "metas" we've seen: speedcraze and boarding. If we bring mods down a few notches maybe they won't dictate the game so much? At night, when I pray to the pig cloud, I pray that he will free us completely from speedmods. Maturin is the prophet in the wilderness who has prepared us and opened our eyes.

My ship would be dubbed "Fuck Bots!" and be painted pink. I would not be able to help myself.

LOL, you've had that title a while now.

I ran off with the ninja-fixed, blondel is neutral. Thanks for the heads-up!

Hah! Now we can afk sail anywhere, look up F11 and make corrections to get anywhere we want. Good stuff!

I'll do that when I cap the right ships. I have a grey fir frig without any other speed mods right now, need oak and live oak also without additional speed/planking mods for comparison.

For me it worked flawlessly, yes you have that stutter, but it never broke anything. Gonna miss it.

Neither "F9" nor "F8" works for HD screenshots. Tried on two different computers, two last small patches, reset controls and rebound keys; nothing.

Gustavia is swarming with bots, you could move to where the bots are.

The same, afk sail a starter ship across the map, profit.

But

Is it a good thing if I can just hop into a disposable ship, point it somewhere and go to sleep or work? I see no point, only invitation to AFK "botting".

Ah, was confused by this: Bellona (before wipe): 74: So Bellona went back to the future? 74 is gunned like pre-wipe Bellona and post-wipe Bellona will be crafted with pre-nerf guns? (Wasn't it 24 pounders on middle deck?)

A few tiny little things: OW camera movement with similar "momentum" that the instance camera has. More zoom out in OW. Actually, camera distance from ship rather than FOV zoom out Map "M" to remember my last position and zoom level

In this regard I care nothing about historicity. I'm one of those who would sail around in pink ships if I could. So shoot me, right?

It makes the Bellona so much cooler!

I support this. If we do this we need to make sure there are useful upgrades that don't adversely affect speed, else we end up with noone wanting to mod their ship. (Actually, this really only applies to competitive players, there are always more clueless players).