Ahoy Ladies and Gentlemen!
Here comes my first post ever.
Playing the game since last night - and loving it, Aye!
First impressions:
Game is split in three parts.
Harbour game Combat instances Time accelerated sailing
Part one is fun, maybe a little sketchy right now but OK.
Part two is the strong point of Naval Action, heavily instanced, right, I am not sure how this turns out over (long) time. But fun and entertaining.
The last part is the weakest, if you ask me. I expected proper sailing - including a live environment, a proper sort of navigation, dynamic weather; I would love to do all this in real time if I'm in the mood.
Goofing around in a wobbling toy Yacht kills immersion, IMO, and all the beautiful environment you created so far didn't comes to bear properly.
I understand you plan to introduce exploration at some point, here is hope, this will add a lot of what's missing there right now.
What I would love to see:
Possibility to play in real time
Possibility to play in first person mode - completely
Possibility to play to play from Commander position(see above) walk the deck
As little "cheats" as possible; skill is trump
To understand where I am coming from, I'm a avid PC gamer since 1991, mostly vehicle combat sims, at least 10 year MP experience. I love roleplay and Iron man modes
Combat, gunnery and positioning is easy, with a lot cool new stuff ahead to learn and master, Naval Action is fun and wonderful game.
Now, Schnaps, Whisky, Champaign for all of you!
Including them wretchted Engländers:
I'll stalk your ships of the line and swear I'll be at least a pain in the axxx, untill you sink my little Yacht
S!
Le Revenant