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  1. scale BR of the ship to it's crew (cannot exceed original BR if over-crewed)

     

    ie ship with 300BR with a capt who can only muster 50% of the max crew = 150BR

     

    the math is already in place in game and calculates the percentage on your ship screen when in port

     

     

    end of problem

     

    Agreed in full :)

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  2. The War On Christmas came to a grisly and hard-fought close today, as the British port of Saint Nicolas fell to Pirates who took advantage of the BR system to stack ships undercrewed, continuing the ongoing tradition of port battles being unfun for either side.  

     

    Analyst sources suggest that this tactic may reel its head again in the future performed by attacking British forces, where the Pirates will then decry it as foul and "Gaming the system".  

     

    The fall of Saint Nicolas represents the loss of a valuable iron-producing port which was almost immediately put to use by the new occupiers and merchants who thought they'd be clever to buy out the iron and sell it at a huge mark-up later on, telling themselves they were playing EVE online and performing a grand market heist rather than just being pricks who were screwing over the community.

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  3. That the Brits have convinced the Spanish to declare war on the U.S., against their own best interests, can be interpreted as either a warlike provocation or masterful manipulation. Perhaps both.

     

    Masterful manipulation of Europe's bedbound sick man who's undergoing delusions of grandeur fueled by massive silver-poisoning? :P

  4. It has come to my attention that there is now a Pirate Brotherhood that is imitating TDA Yacht Club. As Club President of the TDA Yacht Club, I present our historical papers showing that we are indeed the original Yacht Club:

     

     

     

    As a member/ambassador of said club, I wish to state assurance that we are in no way connected with the TDA Yacht Club, nor was the intent of formation meant in any way to serve as a mockery or offense towards the members of the TDA Yacht Club.  The club's existence was genuinely unknown to us at the time of our establishment.  

     

    Apologies if this is seen as an offtopic post, I dont mean to interfere with your clan's business.

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  5. You even typed in Battle chat "Good fight guys" now the gun smoke has cleared this, tut tut.

     

     

    That was me IIRC.  I'm the self-declared ambassador, so I'm there to help keep the mood as positive between "enemies' as I can :P

     

     

    . Look my friend, I am not sure if you expected us to meet you in the centre of some foreign field

     

    It uh... it was your port.  It was as non-foreign of a field as you can get without it being located on Old Blighty itself.

     

     

     

    We had to use the only advantage we had against your odds. You had more than enough ships and of the right type to pin us and sink us but yet it was us who managed to split your ships off into manageable groups to chew up.

     

    Not going to "Put on an RP hat".  But this didnt happen.   With about 50 minutes left, one of the FTS guys noted "they're gonna run down the clock".  You did exactly that.  I'm not here to critique whether that is

    a valid tactic (it was a valid tactic, given how mechanics work IMO).but absolutely no decisive engagement happened, and the promise of one vanished when the clock ran down to 0 with British ships under fire.

     

     

    defenders refusing to fight and winning via a time limit, while perfectly allowed, is still a bit cheap.  I would prefer a mechanic that makes that much more difficult.  If an attackign force has all but taken the port, but the other side "wins" by running away, it is hardly a win.

     
    I'm of the same opinion.  I hope in the future a middle ground can be reached in which both the attacker and defender will have fun.
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  6. I support the OP. Navigation around 1800 was not a guessing game. Make a map tool to define the angle from start to destination. If I know it is roughly 240 degrees, then I know I have to sail roughly Southwest to West.

    Agreed in full. I'm genuinely surprised that anyone would object the inclusion of such tools for plotting a course before departure. . It's realistic, immersive, and useful for everyone.

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