Skully

That can still happen and after that you'll see a whole coast line locked for 7 days. So if you are not there to block the advancing fleet, you are screwed.

The real problem is the economic model. NPC ship crafters should charge (more) for their hours, so player ship crafters can actually build ships cheaper. Now this leads to the problem of having too expensive ships on the market for beginner players. This can be countered by allowing you to specify how much dura you want to buy (up to the current dura limit). Effectively becoming a multiplier. At that point also allow selling of any dura and potentially add crafting to any dura. It would need some finicky tweaking of the balancing algorithms though.

I fear we'll see 2 rolling waves moving back and forth along the coast instead of an actual front-line. Then again http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14642-port-battles-assault-flag-rework-proposals-moderated/ should be upcoming. So we might as well give it a shot.

June 15th, The Ruatan Ruse Preliminaries Again the day started at Truxillo. Yesterdays British Cerberus had apparently docked into Truxillo. Now he put up his sails coming around the peninsula, only to find a Pirate scout in his Surprise waiting around the corner. Giving a bit of chase towards the north, the Cerberus takes the west side of Ruatan, while the Pirate breaks off towards the harbor itself. Was Ruatan going to be the primary target? Only moments later the report of a British fleet sailing for Brewers comes in. A repeat of the Croata Bay looked about to happen with 11 5ths locked into Brewers conquest. But this time only a small contingent of Pirates is available as three 4ths and four 5ths set course to intercept. As the Pirate fleet gathered before Brewers, the British finish their conquest. Some minor back and forth maneuvering ensues, including an attempt by Cutter to break the blockade. But in reality the British are firmly locked into Brewers Bay, and thus their commander sees no other option but to have every man run for himself. Pirates, being Pirate dive onto the pickings. However this turned out to be a ruse! Forming at Bonacca, without a Pirate in sight the British are forming their real attack force. Nine 4th and two 5th rates come at the ready. While sailing to reform at Truxillo, the British commander makes the astute assumption the Pirates will stick around Black River, never to leave their last man alone. The Ruse Completes Or should I have said, "The Moro Chico Ruse" as the British commander looked over his plans. Morro Chico would ensure no other Pirates could reinforce from out of Bonacca. However wind was not in his favor and he opted for the riskier Ruatan instead. With reports coming in that the Pirates had turned to Ruatan as well, eyes were cast nervously to the east, looking for either AUSFC fleet to loom up or more Pirates out of Bonacca. Alas this was all not to be the case. As a lone 3rd made a final attempt to get to the British commander, the British fleet scooped into harbor. Moments later the six Pirates sped into the harbor, but timing was bad. Immediately they were set upon by British ships. With no more reinforcements at the ready, the Pirate battle commander had to make due with what he had. As another two British 4ths and a 5th sail from Bonacca to join at Ruatan, the fate of both Ruatan and the Pirates were sealed. Result Counting on the Pirates to stick to their methods allowed the British to secure Ruatan and make a serious blow to the Pirate fleet. It can safely be said to be a victory for the British. What will be next? The plan for Morro Chico has been exposed. Or rather hop over Honduras and go for Guatemala's Placentia. That looks like an easy picking. Tomorrow's tale might just see it all.

Hence my suggestion for red dots for everyone for every post-battle. Without any form of indication of nation or composition. http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14627-where-is-the-action/

So with the crew patch in mind, add "Send to Admiralty" in port?

Welcome AUS to all out war on PvP1. No mercy! http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14676-pvp1-june-the-british-honduras-campaign-pirate-perspective/?p=272186

June 14th, Battle at Croata Bay Preliminaries The battle before the coast of Croata Bay actually started further west along the coast of Honduras, Truxillo. After the earlier conquest there, chances were high an encounter would be due. A lone scout was dispatched to figure out the British plans. Would they go for Ruatan or Utila? As the Pirate Surprise approached Truxillo, a lone British Mercury was spotted trying to go east past Truxillo head. He was quickly chased back into port. Sailing away again the Mercury came out and again, making good speed with the wind in his back. The Surprise turned close to the shallows hiding behind the treeline, trying to get behind the Mercury as it sped up out of the bay. Alas the British captain spotted the Pirate a bit too soon and again made his way back to port. Why was that captain so eager to go east? Why did he not drag the scout into battle as obscure any Truxillo movements? Both class of ship and movement of the Mercury gave away the British strategy. (Or was it a betrayal that did it? ) Neither Utila nor Ruatan was their target, but rather Brewers and Croata. As the reports of an assault fleet heading for Brewers came in the scout came up on Black River, only to find it empty... Racing on to Croata with the wind in its back. It was clear that Croata was the first target and the British fleet had set sail from Gracias a Dios against the wind. And thus coming up to the Croata channel, the entire British flotilla was spotted sailing in Croata Bay. The British fleet consisted of 20+ 6th rate ships, so the Pirate plan was easy. Bring out 5th rate interceptors and bottle them in. The Battle While waiting for the reinforcements to arrive a British scout appeared sailing a Cerberus. Neither party wanting to engage a short stalemate followed. The British were now fully aware a blockade was in the works. Nevertheless the Cerberus sailed off before any hostilities were started. As the conquest of Croata ended the British fleet reformed into 2 elements. The 2nd element staying back in the bay. Meanwhile the 1st Pirate element had formed at the entrance, consisting of 3 Renommees and the scout Surprise. Further back lay the Pirate 2nd element, while their 3rd element was still sailing in. A total of 8 5th rates. The British commander send out his 1st element consisting of five 5th rates onto the Pirate 1st element. Orders were clear, disengage and reform. Their commander is our priority. While the Pirate 1st was engaged, the British 2nd made a dashing attempt to break the blockade and ran into the Pirate 2nd element. British stragglers were left sailing for themselves out of the bay. Pirate 3rd element came in and started to hit the stragglers. It didn't look like they had an organized 3rd element. As the British scattered, the Pirates were waiting for 5ths and 4ths to be brought in by the British to rescue their remaining fleet. For whatever reasons unknown this never came to pass. The British kept out sending 6ths, one-by-one out of Gracias. To be picked off by the Pirates who had now formed into duo squads to deal with as many pickings as possible. Before the day was done, all Bonacca elements were called to stand-down. This needed no more than some free-for-all squads. Result It is hard to say who won at Croata. You could call it a marginal victory on the British side for capturing the port. But they never had a chance of executing their plan to its full extend, plus lost a lot of 6ths in the process. From a tactical perspective the Pirates dictated the battle from start to end, the British never took the chance to turn it into their favor. Notes On a personal note, I'll say this: they made every attempt to go for it. We could have had a Mexican stand-off at the Croata mouth for an hour. So in face of this bravery, I call it a victory for everybody.

Before the story unfolds, let me welcome AUS clan from PvP2 onto PvP1. They have livened up the 10-12 considerably. I do hope they keep the front line open at 10-12 and not fall for SLRN trickery allowing the whole west side falling back into slumbering EU times. But then again, we will gladly accept more brethren into the Pirates once that time comes. Previous month we saw: http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14165-the-betrayal-of-the-ausez-to-the-british-empire/?p=264990 And the Honduras campaign kicked off with: http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14649-courtesysportsmanship-after-pbs/?p=271764 So with these notes in place, I'll now start writing up the next episode: June 14th, Battle at Croata Bay.

As British Admiral the Earl of Torrington said, it is perfectly acceptable to avoid battle against a superior enemy.

Nation Pirates Rank Curse Clan AUSFC Player name Skully Ship Any Ports of operations Everywhere I hereby consider yourselves warned.

You will always have the option of logging off after a battle. That is a well established condition by now. It's more in-line with the discussion we are having at http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14485-hiding-in-battle-screens-solved/?p=271610 But from what I've read so far, I think the general consensus is not to have anything marked during a battle. If anybody thinks otherwise, maybe we should do a top-level poll?