Juan Alfonso

Let us not forget that many vessels that were in service during the specified time period, such as the Santissima Trinidad & HMS Victory were indeed quite 'old' by the standards of the time period. The santi's keel was laid in 1769 and the Vic's in 1759, furthermore ships were constantly being re purposed or upgraded so therefore having a mix of older/newer vessels is completely plausible. In regards to limiting the US navy to only a small number of SOLs, the fact is that whilst only a small number of american first-rates were indeed commissioned, they did have the plans & infrastructure to build ships of the desired calibre in this time period.

I would humbly ask a moderator to lock this topic. The purpose was to simply alert people on pvp2 that Spain has people in it again. I will not be akin to the 'wipe Spain off the map' stuff that always seems to come around, for I have not played the game for a few days (exams ) and thus do not know what's been going on. Nor do I wish a number of people to try and pull players from our server. People who find a problem with the players of pvp2 not wanting a 'merge' should, respectfully, wait to see if a merge actually happens. The key word in the admin's post is Potential. Territorial discussions regarding ports or things of the like are conducted in game or via direct communication methods like teamspeak. Not this thread.

This is a great idea, definitely would love to see this implemented

The general consensus of the Spanish Nation is that we wish to remain a neutral entity in server politics until we are more established. Therefore we are forming no formal alliances with any single nation in order to avoid dragging Spain into wars we cannot win. However we are indeed interested in a non-aggression pact with the United States and a port agreement. In short, we would like to have control of the entire western Cuban coastline, from matanzas to San Lazaro including the British Island containing the ports of Santa-Fe, Dauguilla, Cocodrillo & Siguanea. For the time being however we desire to retake the core spanish ports, Bahia Honda and Mariel when time would permit, and we will certainly give ample notice in when we want to launch a flag for these ports. Fair Winds fellow captains - Juan Alfonso IV of the House of Castella

France back would be awesome too Regarding the notion of port hopping/swapping, Spain will not be engaging in such endeavours. All ports that might be captured for the nation shall be retained and defended to the best of our ability

Hola Captains! Spain has been a hollow nation for a great while, and the time has come to bring her back to life! Myself and two other friends have decided to make the move, and this is a formal call to arms for all those who wish to aid in the rebuilding of our proud nation! We will do our best to supply ships, gold and resources to any who should join, and assist any who wish to bring over their vessels. As the leader of USE - The United Shipwrights of España I humbly ask that diplomatic channels be opened once again to our nation, to help and indeed allow us to restore our proud nation. Good Winds and Fair Weather to you fellow captains, Juan Alfonso de Castella

I joined Spain first on PvP2 because of my own family history. I am a member of the house Habsburg-Lothringen and thus chose Spain because of the family's rule in the 17th century. Also because Austria isn't a part of the game so it was the next best thing

If you chaps are still looking for moderators on PvP2, I'll be happy to apply. IGN: Lord Frederick de Villaret I'm a British Captain, active every day and have noticed quite a lot of toxic behaviour on global over the past few days. Whilst the server pop is small compared to others, I would still very much like to assist in cleaning the behaviour up a bit. I've played since steam release back in January & am Currently part of the AUS clan on the server. I look forward to helping you guys in the future

I get where this is coming from, but no one wants to have their gameplay controlled. For example If I were spain, and were forced to move to Columbia for pvp because the game decided I am to attack the french empire, I personally would get very frustrated by this. Remember, whilst monarchies were rules by an individual, most of them (excluding france) had to answer to a parliament. Thus a House or Lords structure the devs have presented.

This is a nice idea, however sadly (and I'm no expert on these matters) I do not believe that this can be done given how all servers are completely separate. Another way to do something like this however, would be to expand the server pop limit & actual map size to include parts of Europe and so forth. Possibilities are indeed endless.

Personally after the reset I will probably go back to Spain or go someone small like Sweden. The Pirates are simply no longer a fun option given that we must sustain port counts to support our nation-like economy. If the servers do indeed merge; I think factions like Spain will be much more playable due to increase player base and so on.

Yeah it was more like 1000 at peak, when I started playing the game had come just come out. The latency to US is about 250 which is manageable; however to EU it varies from 350-650 which is bearable however frustrating to say the least when attempting to board or fire cannon due to the delay.

I, for one, will sink with my ship so to speak. PvP 1 is not an option for me and indeed many others due to the latency issues when connecting from Australia or New Zealand. There a still a number of players still operating in our server, just unfortunate that there are only 200 in stead of the once 1500.

Whilst there is merit with all banding together on one server, I hope I do speak for many of my fellow Australians, it is sadly just not possible given the ping issues from Oceania to Europe I wholeheartedly agree with you sir, the battles we've fought have been bloody fun and have made me want to keep playing the game more. I do think that we need to just step back every so often and realise that yes, you may have lost a valuable ship but reverting to vile insults just makes everything worse. All in all, rivalries are good; they motivate people to do better and fight their perceived rivals, however Slamz is completely right - A PvP game without rivalry will be boring beyond comparison. I implore my fellow captains to be gracious in defeat, and humble in victory to help rebuild our server back to over 1000 players a night.

Then why did you even attack the port? The Americans would simply lead a battle fleet straight to Mortimer and we'd have a brilliant time pvp'ing. You could have done that. But instead you hide the fact that we kept your flag in battle for a consecutive 30-50 minutes and thus you were unable to start the attack.

Huehuehue indeed

The thing is Roberts, a basic victory is a hell of a lot better than a basic cutter.

My clan that I'm a part of AUSNZ, NO & a few new ones have sprung up in the past day or so. It shall be quite interesting to see the outcome, now that all pirates are once again back around Mortimer Town.

Quite a number of pirates on our server have taken their offer for a home on PvP 1, from what I hear only 2 formerly small clans remain

At least the British retain the same spitefulness on both PVP 1 & 2. All I want (as a scurvy pirate dog arr matey) is for pirates to be just that - Pirates. None of this port business just Rum, Gold and Women all around!

Some of us still remain loyal to the black, not many however. I'd say a good 30-40 remain active whilst the rest have re-rolled or become inactive :|

Aye, the Danes lost most of their player base quite a while ago I heard. And why do the British Empire feel so strongly about defeating a nation with only 18 players? Furthermore, why are ports in puerto rico to be given to the Danes? Have we forgotten that they took it from the Spanish? So why are you not restoring the ports of it's original owners. At least be honest and say you Brits would just like to take them instead of spinning a tale.

Have fun new Frankish 4th - 3rd rate captains we wish you well in your endeavours good sirs. Just beware that now you've only two ports to actually dock your vessels & a zerg of pirates who want to defend our new acquisitions

Aye, Alliances are very messy without the proper diplomacy. I'm very Interested to see what will happen with the pirates regarding diplomatic action.

Yeah I'm sticking around, however many ppl are still leaving :/