[Port battles]

What about if you created a model based on supplies. Therefore there would be flips that would be harder than others. For instance if the town had only minimal significance or had recently been captured then it's supplies shall be low and therefore will not be able to endure a blockade for too long (perhaps 1 or 2 hours) then more substantially fortified ports would have a larger amount of supplies and so would take (2-3 hours). This would then place the emphasis on resupplying the port. this then means that the port defence is not only focusing on one section of the player base but many. For example the traders to resupply the port, the pvp'ers to defeat or deter the blockading force and lower levelled players who would have smaller ships that could run small supplies or information (ports time until surrender or port battle) in and out of the port. With regards to the significance of the port, perhaps the lower ports provide 5 points towards victory and the stronger ports 10.

[Greatest Admiral's]

Boscawen: 1711-1761

Duncan: 1731-1804

Cornwallis: 1744-1819

Kempenfelt: 1718-1782

[Port battles]

With your blockading idea, would weather be taken into account. So should a storm roll into the area and you are blown off of the blockade for a moment would ships confined to the port be able to leave? Mind you I'm not sure if the weather implement on the open sea would have that effect in the final product.

[True Colours of the HMS victory takes 72 layers of paint back to see original colours]

I must confess that I have always preferred the yellow band as opposed to the Nelson Chequer. As much as I understand that it introduced a certain uniformity and a way of distinguishing friend from foe, I do believe that the yellow band with the blue trim was far more appealing. I believe that is why the Bellona in this game is one of the most mesmerising ships. Should be nice to have the option to see the Victory in the same (although I shall leave that discussion in the ship colours thread already begun).

[Little things you'd like to see]

I think that a distress flag would be interesting, or the ability to fire a signal gun would be nice. In addition when it comes to merchantmen in the game I believe that there should be some ability to induce them to haul down their colours as opposed to the whole, decrew or sink option. Should you kill their escort then perhaps they are more inclined to part with cargo without the dramatics.

[Greatest Admiral's]

Some other British Admirals to add would be Edward Boscawen (Battle of Lagos), Adam Duncan (Camperdown was a rather fantastic display) William Cornwallis (The Cornwallis Retreat) and an Admiral who was as important to the development of signals as Lord Howe and won some fantastic victories outnumbered also and that would be Richard Kempenfelt. A man who died before his time as he could not escape from his cabin in the HMS Royal George when she went down.