Barry Lyndon

Hello fellow seamen and of course sea women, I just recently discovered Naval Action. I watched quite some videos now and instantly my passion for the sea and classic sailing ships was re-ignited. Here my real and virtual "nautical history" and my thoughts on Naval Action so far (I didn’t play it yet): I used to play a lot of Sid Meier’s Pirates still on the C64 back in the days, later also on the PC. It was very nice to explore and step up in the service of the different nations. It was lovely to just calmly sail along a beautiful coastline. I would like to see similar things in Naval Action and I think they already exist in Openworld. Compared to Pirates, I would like to see more detail, which, from what I saw, there definitely already is. I like Patrick O'Brian’s novels for their detail and I would love to find features from the novels in the game. Again, from what I saw, the graphics are very detailed and there is the HMS Surprise, which is also in O'Brian’s novel - very nice. In 2009 I visited Portsmouth and of course I had to see the HMS Victory. Very impressive – it was very interesting to see that men from all sorts of nationalities sailed on her. In 2012 I visited a Napoleonian fort on Les Saints, which also showed great ship models such as the “Ville de Paris”, the “Formidable” and the “Le Triomphant”. Furthermore there were nice portrayals of sea-battles around Guadeloupe. Moreover I practice kitesurfing - there is hardly a more beautiful and at the same time intimidating feeling than that of being in the middle of a wave depth, seeing only the powerful forces of nature around you. From the videos it seemed to me that Naval Action depicts e.g. storms really well. So this is something I am very much looking forward to. In another video I heard that there are members in the forum favoring realism, wanting more a deep simulation type of game. Another group is more in favor of a simpler game style. When I heard this I had to think of DCS World - they have an arcade mode (which apparently not many people use) and a simulation mode. I don't know whether this has been discussed, but this was the first thing that came to my mind, to just implement two game modes. Although it would of course be a pity to have a division amongst the players in the game. I would picture myself in the middle. It should be challenging, but I wouldn't want to deeply study a vessel before I can manage it. I wouldn’t want Naval Action to be a “study sim”. Well, that's about it. I don’t want blather too much here already in the beginning - well, just shows that I'm a real seaman, doesn't it? Hope to join you soon on the high seas. Have a nice evening