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Not to mentioned most pirates where just Privaters for one country and was listed as Pirates for others. Yah the only time you really saw a prize come back was in the Navy as they will ransom or refit them for service. This is why I think Nationals should have a send to Admiralty that only sends it to be sold. you never see it and you get your prize crew back when you get back in port. As for others they need to take that ship back to there home port to refit it, scrap it or sale it. It shouldn't be a click button and it's sent back home and you keep saling like nothing happen. I would love a surrender option that you can ransom off a payment to keep some of your cargo and crew after a battle instead of loosing every thing. Since the winner would have to haul the ship back himself or as an AI that would mean they would be more willing to let you go after such ransom and pickings of your cargo.

Did you even think of any AI fleets/ships around when you tagged him? I just hit a Trader Snow cause I was board and wanted to test out a new ship build. I got into battle and there was a Navy Brig in the battle too cause he was close by. Not every battle that has AI is cause of a player fleet. The exact same is if that other ship was a player you didn't see. Now you aren't just playing against one player and AI you are now fighting two players. What is the diffrence? To me I would prefer to fight the one player and an AI than two players cause the AI tends to not be the smartest ship on the sea with it's actions. We do care. We use LVG's and Indiman all the time to haul cargo from one area to another. Should of seen our fleets the night we switched from US to Pirates, some one could of been a very happy camper, but we ran with others as escorts until we got out in the BLUE WATERS. Just how do you think we get that "INTERNAL" system of provisions? They should. What is the difference from you hitting one ship and two AI's or hitting three players? Nothing other than what controls that ship. You don't want to hit something with a high BR that you can't fight than don't hit it and pick a more easy target. Pirates waited for a prime easy target to take. They didn't rush after every escorted ship. So if you see a Trader with two escorts (AI or Player) will you hit him cause you are out matched or will you wait for the solo player and easy target to come along. Sounds like you don't want to wait and just want the easy target. You need to stop thinking of just the player but the ships as a whole no mater if they are run by player or AI. Wait for a more easy target or get some friends to help you if your out number. There is nothing stopping you from using AI or even getting...>GASP< other players to help you.

You could all ways put a prize crew on it and add it to your fleet and take it back to port with your main ship.

To me that Brotherhood is more like how clans should be. We might not all get along and might even war between clans, but your brother/sister within the clan you know have your back. Never trust any others though and defently never trust a National. I wish they did work the Pirate vs Pirate system better so it can be used and not abused. There is an issue with the Pirates being ran like Nationals. I was just told this morning that they should take away SOL from PIrates cause it's a tool and we should have every tool Nationals do. Uh no we shouldn't cause we are not NATIONALS. We should be the thorn in there side, some times the breaking tide of a fight when we help one side or another or neither. We should war among our selves over who gets to raid what area. We should not be capturing ports, we should be raiding them.

Actually many Pirates where actually Privateers for one country but any one he had permission to attacked would call him a Pirate. To be honest I don't like the fact we have Pirates running around in mostly heavy frigates and SOL's all the times. Those ships if even used should be for PB"s and only special ones. That is why I don't think Pirates should be able to make them, but they can capture them though, but if they do than it's like a RED HOT HUNT KILL ON SIGHT BY ALL to be in one. Keep them to the frigates and light ships like they where normally in history. Though since they don't have SOL's give them more ships like the Pirate Frigate that has some twisted stats....more crew, cargo, or guns at the cost of other stats. Let them raid a port and those that where involved get a pay out of econ items that port would of made in said time. Like 3 days of port production that the Nats can't use cause it was raided (give it time to rebuild it self pretty much). THey don't have ports of there own (except a few that are Pirate only ports) and they can use all Freetown unless they are smuggling. In these free towns are the only place they can do econ buildings in. They will be spread out more so they will need to depend on the raids and hitting traders more than actually producing the goods. Allow clans to align with Nations if they wish so that if say you have Clan A and they are under pay from the British, but Clan B is helping the US and US and British is a war. Well the pirates can join that nation they are helping but not the other,and they can fight each other too while in those battles, but they only get xp for helping not just Pirate VS Pirate battles. This will keep them from uniting into one big nation and will keep them fractured. Well for the most part and those Nations will prob have to have a way to pay them for there service or face having them turn on them. This game really needs to be more keyed around the mid ship levels for PVP and most battles, not who every can bring the biggest ships and the most of them wins. This is prob why shallow water ports battles tend to be more popular with the masses cause even low level players can get involved.

Actually it was only 9, two of our current 11 was brought in after switching to the Pirate Nation. We had like 42 when we took the change. Only half of those where really active at the time we switched as we had about 20 players with average of 10-15 on during prime times. So we lost/left about 10 players in US and I haven't even seen any of them show up, but I know they have joined a few of the clans still around. So yah not every one of took the change and we respected those that stayed and have not bad mouthed or even shamed them like the rest of the US has done to us in Global.

I'm hoping for something this so that clans can work for diffrent nations if they like. This will maybe cause some inner Pirate wars between clans too. This way since we aren't exactly a Nation and get votes we can just be the thorn in every one side including other pirates. To be honest even if folks have 2-10 alts they aren't going to make a big difference in the number of votes unless a lot of players with the same amount of alts all go one way. Though if they do that than you remove those alts I bet you the results for the votes would still be about the same.

If ports are going to be reset and changed shouldn't we get a heads up to pull our econs out of ports and such? Or is there going to be a redeem for all your stuff in ports that will change and you no longer own after the patch?

Not every one talks like a crusty old sailor. I do because I'm a former Sailor that has prob more time at sea than most of you every dream of. Just a Crusty old Shellback. Though I do not speak that way around my parents or even kids. Some of us (not myself) don't want to hear that type of language in game. This is currently an all age game so if your using foul language or insulting/attacks on folks than enjoy your chat ban.

We where not loosing on the US side when my Clan switched. In Fact we had as a clan by our self taken a very close pirate port from them without any help from any other clans or US players. In fact most of the Bahama defence that keep ports in US hands was cause of our clan showing up. It wasn't until after we left and started to help the underman, but more organized Pirates that they keep taking ports from ya'll. AGAIN WE SWITCED cause of how TOXIC the older US players and some of the newer ones trying to prove something was to other players. You will never win when you keep the do it my way or the high way attitude that many of the US players have. You lost your best players cause of how much you treated them like crap not cause you where loosing. There are still a lot of great players on the US side and they will prob get burned out sooner or later. They are the guys that are still showing up at Port Battles and trying. If you guys get the stick out of your arse and stop thinking of just yourself and think of your Nation as a whole.....you would easly stop loosing so many ports and will be able to stand as the strong powerfull Nation you should be with the number of players you have compared to any other Nation.

Funny cause I leveled up on PvP1 EU server and than switched over to the US one when the population got decent. I only made two ranks while playing on PvP2 US. Since I have made one rank while a Pirate. So most of those ranks I didn't even make on PvP2 but I made on PvP1. I left that server cause of how they US treated new players over there. Than it started to be the same on the PvP1 server. This right here and the crap I get in global chat since is why I left. Cause ya'll are toxic to other players. To be exact when we switched the port turn around was about the same from US and Pirates. The steam roll didn't start until weeks after we switched. Even now we still show up with less players at Port Battles than the US brings and we still beat them. That is cause we don't show up in basic unmodded ships and we actually all get into one team speak and organize our attacks. Hell we don't even get with Spain or GB as they are just doing there own thing. Every one is just sick of the US holding onto almost over half the ports in game when they can't even keep them. This is being shown by how easily they are being taken by one of the biggest nations in game. Than when you just roll over and let us take them shows how you never had the power or control to keep them. You steam rolled other weaker nations to get those ports and it's time you get them taken from you and earn them properly. Fine if you don't like traitors than keep it in game. You do remember this is a game after all. I do play a National on PvP2 (not US any more and I deleted my char and started all new with him instead of porting things over from one nation to another). 60+ players? When have the Pirates been able to field a full 25 players for PB's. The US has many times in the past and still lost against over 5-10 more ships in a battle than the Pirates have. The problem is you bring basic un-modded ships and than have no organization. I know this cause I had been to many of those PB's we lost when we had way more numbers than the Pirates. We weren't loosing a ton of ports when my clan left. Though ya'll did start to loose them afterwards. We left a lot of players behind in our clan when we switched, but that didn't change much cause those that stayed where the guys that did't really show up for PB's any way. We wanted more PvP and port battles that was full of team work and that is what we got. SO now you just got rolled by about the same average 20-30 guys that get on every night and group together to win things. Something you can't even get US players to do any more. We are seeing still the same guys showing up at PB's on the US side and sadly they are the new players not the old cranky elitist that should be showing up every PB"s. Hell the other night I was tempted to contact one of those US players and offer to build him a new ship cause he keeps showing up over and over to those battles. Yep it's why I left the US on the PvP2 server and went to be a Privater for another nation since. It's why myself and others of my clan left cause we where getting treated like this in nation chat by other players cause we wanted to organize actual battles and work as a team. Something we are getting in the Pirate Group now and enjoying it. Hell I haven't even been going to most of the deep water battles cause I prefer the shallow water stuff and well it's like US elistest have just giving up even though they have all ways had the numebers and it's only the new players that show up and try.

I left PvP1 cause of how the US was treating players back when that server split with the mirror one. So what I did with my char there was turned him rat, but I didn't do it the switch over by hitting something after moving all my stuff. I deleted the char with a lot of gold and ships and started over with the rank and craft level only. Since I have turned Rat on PvP2 I have now took that same char and deleted him. I plan to make a National that isn't US to mess with the Alliance stuff, but haven't figure out what nation yet. Yah you can just easly move your stuff or go rat to become PIrate, but you can just as easy just delete that char and start all over. Remeber this is Alpha game testing so it's not like we are going to keep all that stuff any way. I actually think it would be good to wipe a lot of players stuff some time in the future to clean out the banks and reset the economy. Maybe when the game goes to a beta stage or something or when they bring the new Pirate mechanics so folks can choise to go back to national or stay a pirate. I know when the game goes live I'm prob going to make me a National char and if I end up with a second account I'll have my Pirate. That or have them on two diffrent servers cause some times you just want a diffrent play than just being a national. Other than that there isn't any special stuff that makes them OP.

Well he is British after all isn't he? They have been known to tend to be Carebears on most games I been on. All ways complain when others actually do things. Oh and I do econ, but I also fight the hell lot. What do you think supports the econ of a war machine? But it's every one else fault except them? That is funny how is it PvE when we are constantly doing Port Battles and PvP on the OW. Maybe the Brtis should of learned a long time ago and stop being a bunch of care bears. I mean how else is Spain to grow if they don't take ports? I'm surprised they haven't tried to take back part of the GOM yet, but I figure they are trying to get a good stable spot for now and not over extend them selves. Hell next we know the French might push to get back part of the GOM too. Why should they stay cluster up on a few islands way over there on one side of the map?

Actually if you do any big fleets with AI you can get some pretty big lag. I use to play on PvP1 EU server until the split and I moved to PvP2 cause the population went up and I'm a US player. When I use to be on the EU server you could feel the issues when you did any big fleets not just PvP battles. So yes you can get issues with the PvE server being in EU and not the US any more. Oh and with the new maps they been showing there will be a merger of the two servers with both PvP and PvE on one server so yes it makes a big diffrence when you get forced to play on a server across the world. Unless they only Merge PvP1 and PvE and than just add the PvE zones for PvP2 for people to pick which they want to play on the EU or the US server. Which wouldn't be a bad thing. They still get the PvE zone of the better server and the option to PvP if they so choose or just stay in there safe zone.

What exactly is that advantage? I have yet to hear what they have and why they are OP other than they beat you and your letting us have it. Maybe it's more your tired of getting beat even when you have the odds you still loose and run away.

Toxic? Have you seen the crap the US players say to us that left? Those are some of the same crap we heard in US chat when we where still US players. It's the US guys that are toxic. I don't see any of us Pirates on here crying about being OP and such. Oh wait look who made some of those threads? Pretty much the same folks being rude in global too.

That cause your prob only doing missions at most? Try a Port battle with 25 vs 25 players and tell me how that ping and lag seems.

I think I figured it out, them running away all the time is just them doing this race?

Maybe in the future or if we could have more than one char in the same nation, but right now a lot of the crafters are also some of the most PvP active guys too.

That kinda brings up something if they do a merger than how will they handle folks with two different nations? I was US on both servers but made my PvP1 go Rat to test it out. Well since than my PvP2 char has gone Pirate. Since I deleted all my stuff on PvP1 I'm just going to make him a National again. Just haven't picked which nation and I don't think it will be US as I really didn't like the way the US players acted over there on PvP1 to new players. So any one want a National player from the US that only speaks English than let me know and I'll change him back to National. Just going to be broke with a cutter is all. Which really isn't that bad cause folks keep forgeting this is an Alpha and they can wipe out stuff at any time. They only promise we will keep our ranks and levels only. I'm really hope do port resets for the new content, but it would be nice if they give us a few days heads up to move our stuff around if need be. Good thing most of my stuff is done in free ports.

There are actually a lot of US players I hate leaving cause of switching to the Black Flag. Though I enjoy battles with them and will tip my hat with respect when I see them. It's a mutual respect thing. Now there are other players I'll sink every dang time i see them without a heart beat. Where has freaking ELMO been any way? I'm kinda wondering what the ship lost count has been. I have lost only a mortar brig to a board and my stupid first attempt of fireship but other than that I have lost not ships to the US.

Well ya'll do have like 3 times more parts than any one else has or should I say had. Not to mention this is what happens when you piss every one else off and all the Nations decide to say we are going to crush you....you know like you have done to them. US VS Pirate, GB, and Spain. Hell even France grabbed a flag last night....though they have no ports new by. I was expecting Holland and Danish to grab some too. You know when your in trouble if the Swedes end up jumping onto this action. OH AND ALLIANCE COMES OUT NEXT WEEK I THINK SO STOP YOUR CRYING. They prob going to reset ports any way when that comes out. You still got all that GOM to live in if you wish.

I can see how it won't be to bad as PvE your not doing PB"s and PvP where you need the good ping connection. When I played on PvP1 you could tell the bad ping rate big time in big battles. My nomarl ping is about 159 with abour 59 on the US servers. That is a big jump and it's why many of us don't want to merge PvP1 and 2 cause of the ping rate. I really don't get why they keep supproting the PvE server as it's not really bringing much to the game and you honestly can go weeks without getting hit in the OW if you just sale smartly. Hell I only been able to not escape once when I been tagged and didn't want to stay and fight cause I was in a loaded trader. This prob why we been seeing a lot of PvE guys showing up wanting to join the PvP 2 server. The bad ping rate after the move.

And after playing with them in the US Nation we don't want them in the Pirates either.

One of the first big things we have to explain to new players so I think this is a great thing.