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I know for certain that at least one ungrouped brit yacht was excluded.

If I haven't done so already, this Beagle is very grateful you added the events. What I'm saying is merely that we almost didn't get to play the battle because we were short of players and like you said there aren't that many ppl interested in this event.. hence the idea of better rewards as advertisement. Events are nowhere near of becoming a farming avenue.. if that changes by all means reduce rewards.

Tonight's battle was quite enjoyable - for some reason the matchmaker saw fit to exclude the smaller ships, however. I think we need more incentives for these Events - double xp/gold perhaps otherwise this game mode will remain deserted.

Everyone streaming this game should remember..

We mustn't replace the pig cloud god with false idols.

The vast majority of 74s had 18pdr guns instead of the 24s, including the Bellona. I hope they keep her carrying 18s.. it also makes 80+ gun two deckers like Pavel, (Bucentaure) less pointless - their ability to carry 32(40) and 24 pound guns was their selling point in RL.

This would only work if ship models were exterior shells for each nation. If we follow your example San Juan Nepomuceno would have identical stats as the Bellona otherwise you run into the issues in marecek's post. In Spanish service the ship was arguably undergunned with 24pdr guns - (seems to have been a thing in the Spanish navy). We would lose diversity and nuances like that if they were nation specific.

The Pig Cloud God will not look kindly on computer games in school.

Unless you can capture ships with 5 durability limiting ships to nations would be more restrictive and unrealistic than free for all: French player crafts Tonnant class ship and it gets captured. No sane player would sail it because of the danger to modules => no Tonnant in British service in the game.

Ich hoffe ihr lasst euch nicht entmutigen bei eurem Projekt - Schweden ist als die Hardcore Nation gedacht gewesen und hat nur den einen Hafen und der liegt auch noch so dicht an den niederländischen und britischen Startpunkten.

I like the proposals - if we can switch freely between those two roles (officer/privateer).

Oh, very nice indeed

The cool part about this game is that my first impression was the same as yours (wtf backwards?) and there are a few knowledgeable people in here (in this thread, no less) who were able to shed light on this. Here is a video of a square rigger tacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxCKGS_bLKI Another good source for noobs like me (if you ignore the terrible music) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6DZIvMZWzQ It would be cool if we had different wind speeds and not perpetually perfect conditions (and full sails at all times) so you'd need to keep a watchful eye on your sails. I also agree that, against the AI, sailing backwards is silly but can be effective. It's less of an issue against players who know their trait. You are also right about your other point: there isn't enough crew to fight both sides at full efficiency in RL. We'll see where the devs strike the balance between realism and playability I guess.

If it was so dangerous, wouldn't heaving to be a problem?

.. where is the risk? (sudden gales aside)

Bucentaure is longer and afaik a bit beefier in general - and has 12pdrs instead of the 9s. I think all 80ish gun ship should get chasers. I'm a noob and in my lubberly brain I think it would have been possible to rearrange the guns on the forecastle on these vessels .

The problem with masting is that it is too effective: You can inflict two cooldowns worth of repairs in one double broadside - you would have to pound his hull forever to achieve the same drain on his repairs. I don't fault anyone for using it but is annoying because instead of sailing your ships we get to play motionless hulks it's especially bad for the lead ship.

She's no better than the Bellona in Traf which means she's useless (and in need of a buff). All the speed in the world but no bow chasers is a massive drawback unless you intend to run or run a boarding outfit against targets unable to sail away.

Next week All-Lynx Traf?

Aye, some form of training room would be very nice (ideally not limited to two people).

Mission: "Doubles for Bubbles"

Well done gents, the new generation of James Cooks have arrived!

That would be piracy good sir! But yes for pirates and uh "privateers" that would be cool.

They create more leaks (maybe not enough w/respect to the damage [points] done previously).