Barbancourt

French scoundrels have invited enemies into the Antilles to make war on Sweden. Let the cannonballs fly.

Yup. Don't bother going beyond 5th rates unless you're in a large clan.

Pfffff - people will always say that to promote their particular idea of what's wrong with the game. "Xyz is killing the game! Population is dying! Everyone that left obviously agrees with me!"

Somehow 5 minute curbstompings just aren't "magical" to me. I want glorious clashing fleets!

Random mode is pointless

pleb

Doo do doo do doo doo doo...Don't Worry....Be Happy...

Maybe. The odd development decisions have caused years of hair-pulling. However, we're getting what we're getting and I'm going to make the best go of it that I can. We're all frustrated about this and that and a few other things, but there's no excuse for disgruntled people peeing in the pool trying to spoil things for everyone.

Let's hope that's on the back burner relative to a miriad of other things

Did you just arrive or something? You need more rum....

Shroud is a massive steaming pile of gankdung

Every so often I consider "retiring", and just Yachting in style full time.

That's disappointing to hear. I don't think there's any valid reason to take this fun activity out of the game. 🙄

People, the Wipe is going to happen. Get over it. Get over yourselves, as well. It's just a fricken game, and there's plenty of time to collect new toys in the post-Wipe era. Shaddup already

You could sail into the land at the right points at the very edges of the map when I did it in the autumn. I went via the ditch east of Sao Tome, going south south south right along the edge of the map under the land, then after hitting the corner of the map went west west west under Venezuala and the Andes until I popped out into the Pacific. On the return trip I went under the land on the west edge of the map near Acapulco and north north north under Oklahoma to the corner, then east east east until I popped out into the bit of water that allowed me to enter the Atlantic just east of the most northern "American" port.

The Gulf doesn't have the Antilles, Trinidad, Haiti, Panama, Bermuda, Carolina, etc, etc etc. I don't know why some people have such a hard time understanding that PVE players don't want to be confined to part of the map. They want to be able to go everywhere, see everything, have ports wherever they like, fly any flag they please, and not have to deal with azzhats attacking them.

Where do I buy an Immortal Belle Poule? That would rock!

Well, it's probably good that new people aren't tempted to purchase in the last days of early access, due to the low population extreme saltiness. Let them only see the fresh new beginning after release.

Add Buenaventura and Acapulco (slightly fudged position) and maybe another central one as supply ports, teleports disabled, and put in the Galapagos. Instead of canals just leave the subterrainean routes we're familiar with to keep it a journey. Fishing, bottles, and artifacts, asian goods and resources to haul back. Some sort of NPC population to encounter. Pacific scenery to enjoy:

A smart marketing campaign works wonders. With all the new DLC there's certainly a lot of money to be made by doing things properly.

I'd imagine that about 6 months after release inactive early access character and clan names could be deleted and released for re-use, and perhaps continuing on inactivity periods of at least 13 month intervals thereafter.

I haven't been back on PVE server because of the spectacular crashes

super!

include fore-and-aft ships