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Hey thanks for that link. Expensive toys unfortunately but fully understandable when you see the quality and details that goes into these models.

This looks awesome!

Lovely! When?

I like this! Charismatic Captain: Captain's charisma allows for free recruitment of 10% of remaining ennemy crew of captured ships

Maybe it's time to add the Crow nest view in this game. That would be awesome and more realistic!

Well it seems a bit clearer now, many thanks. I think you overcomplicate matters bringing in to play this old Franco-Dutch treaty that is many months old, saw both nations in battle for months and so on Did anybody still think it was active ? So is Kierrip to blame for insisting you bring up this old truce? Guys, please keep it simple, wars have been started on misunderstandings So in a nutshell, French/Danish/Spanish & Pirates will fight out and around Haiti against the British/Dutch & Swedes? The non PVP zones announced this WE are and will remain in effect till further announcement. Got it right?

I think so. Indeed I sail for the French and was told this WE that we had to evacuate Pamapatar and its surroundings. Spent a good bit of time moving ships around closing down outposts and opening new ones in the north. Now I read that the Dutch don't give a hoot on what was agreed and war is back on with them so fighting is open again in Pamapatar, Coquibacoa, etc... So what's the point in trying to comply with a nation when it turns out to be a huge waste of time. Better off ignoring these talks and continue a life of privateering in Dutch waters with their heavily loaded traders Beginning to understand why we see more and more rogue clans! PS: Now I might not understand the true meaning of your announcement but it certainly seems clear that all talks this WE have gone down the drain!

Really hard for the common seaman here to keep up with diplomatic talks and changes. Feeling has never been stronger to turn Pirate and go free for all! At least in that outcome, you don't give sh*t about politicians telling you what you can and can't do and then the following day telling you the oposite. Sorry but pretty pissed off with way things are being handled.

Are you sure you deactivated your boarding, sailing and gunnery before you went into fire shock state? Stupid question I know. What about a fire ship upgrade on your Victory? That would be a really dumb thing to do as well but hey. Looks like a bug neverless.

Yes, get Gold Marines and you will rule. That's the current problem. I understand that there was some abuse introduced with the ramming = leaks = sunk ship but maybe that wasn't a bad idea after all? A ship fitted for boarded will be hell to maneuver so someone seeing death approach can at least help his team by sacrificing his ship and sinking the foe by ramming him. Think of it like a fireship. However the other issue here is that no matter how many leaks you have, once you enter boarding, your crew will disobey you and all go in survival mode till boarding is finished This in itself makes no sense.

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Excellent work Steel! So were's your roadmap for delivering day 2, 3 and 4 ? On paper it looks like the English lost that first day with 3 captured ships, however the Dutch had to disengage a lot of ships (cannons!) to tow those prizes back to port or other ships that were damaged. Bit of a dilemma it seems to capture ships.... But maybe in your day 2, 3 and 4 we'll see those ships return to battle if the delivery of the prize was fast enough...

Bermudas triangle hits again....

A big HUZZZAH! for the team Sharing this long term roadmap is putting your balls on the table with thousands of eager captains equipped with sledgehammers waiting for you to go wrong This is very encouraging and gives a sense of how things are going to kick in place. Keep up the good work.

humm, humm, ok who stole the:

Well since we are in early access mode, and that the devs have stated that they made it easy to switch to pirate mode for testing purpose, why not let pirates switch to a nation in much the same way? This would be an easy and quick fix that would help rebalance the nation numbers no? And give the devs a more balanced map for early access testing And if devs even want to consider putting any time and effort into this, they could implement a 'bonus/malus modifier' based on the nation the pirate is switching to. Idea would be to discourage pirates moving to the highest populated nation by making a price to pay proportional with the attractiveness of a nation. i.e. Join Britain, highest population non pirate nation: Cost=500 000 gold and loose 2 ranks Join Sweden, lowest population non pirate nation: Cost=20 000 gold, no lost rank My 2 cents....

Personally I can't see how this adds any fun or excitement to the game. Oh we could add 'Masterchef' upgrade or a bonus for French cooking and a penalty for Brit cooks But seriously, i would drop this idea.

Couple of things: - Will you leave the 'Send to Admiralty' so that you just collect the gold but not the ship? - Allow a 'Fleet' to stack up on boarding meaning I can still do something about those OP boarding ships by having 2 or even 3 ships undercrewed defend from the attacker? - Medkits are a MUST HAVE. - Add Surgeon Upgrades to the game. (Higher crew recovery %) Like the idea over all but non persistent crew has to be tested. My first thought is that I'll sail out to a battle, get my crew reduced by 30 to 40% and have to sail back to port. Turn off PC and off to bed. Not very exciting But I fully understand where you are coming from so why not give this a try.

Folks, idiots exist everywhere. A lot of new french players join France thinking it is for french speaking users only. Then they see someone speaking in Chinese (yes, we have a few) or English in the chat and freak out. Takes one person to explain that France is a nation in Naval Action and not the language for say. Therefore anyone can join France and all languages are welcome. What could be helpful is some color tag we could add to our name in the chat so that others can immediately see if we are french speaking only, french + english, english only, other Typical example is someone in the chat informing others that an enemy trader is spotted close to a port and he receives no answer or support simply because he used english as a language! If he could see that there is only french speaking folks active in the chat at the time, he would realize that there is a low chance someone will answer him.

That's a pretty lousy answer BTW. I am accustomed to more pertinent answers from an experienced and veteran player such as Hugo (mini-me)! The war the British find themselves in is their own choice. The war the Swedes find themselves in is their own choice. The war the Dutch find themselves in is their own choice. etc... So by reducing France to 9 ports, you and the Swedes have down a remarkable job, congrats! And let me say that I'm not complaining the least bit here. In fact the game has never been better for us. A handful of ports to focus on, plenty of time to harass you guys with interception fleets, plenty of Smugglers to get the resources we need to build our ships, and so on ... Seems like the only ones complaining are those that once had 40+ ports and are now discovering how vulnerable they are when faced with a stronger nation than theirs. Like it or not, this is a fact

Don't beat on the pirates too hard! Look at this map: http://www.navalactioncraft.com/mapand tell me how France is doing being constantly attacked by the Swedes in the North and the Dutch in the South? Pirates? Not an issue honestly

Idea is to see who really made a contribution in a given battle. we currently have # of kills and # of assists. I'd like to see some more detail. Here're some ideas: - Total number of canon balls shot - Total number of canon balls hit (at least 1 dmg, bounces are not taken into account here) - Total amount of damage * total hull * total sails * total crew * total canons taken out (? not sure about this last one) - Total distance covered - Total damage taken (some figure consolidating hull + sails + crew to be used for ranking among all players present) - # of captured ships * value of total BR

Looks like PKF paid a high price last night. Hope the Dutch nation helps you finance your losses!

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El pueblo unido, jamas sera vencido... On a vu les Espagnols réduits à une poignée de ports dans le passé revenir comme le Phoenix sans jamais avoir capituler face à la pression des Brits. Que dire des Suédois qui se font poutrer par les Français et Danois. Pour le moment c'est le bordel avec des timers 24/24 mais le fait de se recentrer sur le capital va nous permettre de mieux s'organiser et de mener des actions éclair pour reprendre en mode opportuniste les ports perdus. On a choisi un serveur PVP, on est servi camarades. Trop tard pour chouigner maintenant