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  1. 5 minutes ago, Coraline Vodka said:

    Let's roleplay our way out of this "problem" and stop blaming things out of our control 

    Lol fuck that shit, there is no solution now just like there wasnt in feb,march last year. And the whole time inbetween. Agreements between players representing nations invariably lead back to this. Idk i love this game too much to quit because of rvr. Adapt and react.

  2. 3 minutes ago, Aegir said:

    Wouldn't be so sure about that, this being the interwebs and all there's definitely people around who would get a kick out of doing it just out of spite.

    Id like to think most of those shitheads have fucked off by now but my pessimistic side sees your point.

  3. 5 minutes ago, _Alucard_ said:

    Potemkin, I didn't say that. In fact, I don't think that would be good for the game. The US and oceanic players have been playing since the very beginnig so they deserve to play as much as we (the rest) do.

    I said what this server needs is to stop port battles in the middle of the night. That's not fun, you conquer a pixel yes, but we are here to have fun and we don't get it doing that.

    We need to give players content. And the war should be based on fun fights, not almost empty port battles.

    When can we play together? Weekends.

    Devs should create content for weekends. If you want to have a port battle in a weekend, fine. But there should be alternative content only available and worth to partake on weekends.

    We wrongly think that all it matters are ports. This game has a lot to offer, they just need to create content.

    It wasnt directed anyone man, im not saying anyone is right or wrong. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and thats just mine. Honestly i dont care, if ppl wanna nightflip an ninja ports then they are killing their own enjoyment of the game just as much as the other guy's. Its pretty simple, its our choice as a community whether or not we wanna self destruct. Sooner or later one side has to be the better man and end the bullshit, we dont have the game pop anymore for these shenanigans. 

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  4. All i know for sure is that splitting up the remaining TESTERS into separate servers with game pop being what it is at this juncture can only lead to even more empty port battles and OW than we have now. In regards to justifications for dick moves im stunned that any nation would point a finger at this point, much less 7 fucking pages of it.

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  5. As I said someone some time ago, my task as a "tester" (at least in theory) is to point out the issues/changes needed and it is devs task to find a solution to such issue... We can suggest things but its up to them to take those suggestions and fix the issues, but ignoring the issue wont fix the issue... And the nations unbalance is a BIG issue... IMO.

    Once that point has been done... It might make sense to talk about XvsY nations...until then what only matter is indeed the active players... Where British have 3-4 times more players. The "only X% of the nation Y play RvR" excuse is not only senseless but it can be also applied to every nation. People come and go but the relative numbers havent change that much... If you believe it, go to PR with a 1st rate fleet and we will see how many RvR appear... The last week I was told it was like 80vs25... They are there.

    I totally understand, and i wasn't saying pop imbalance doesn't exist. I was just trying to point out that there are limited options on how the issue (if you see it as one) might be addressed in an effective way. Snoopy's suggestion has merit but would bonuses and buffs or even negative attributes stop an englishman from playing GB? Would it make a brand new player who doesn't speak spanish or french play Spain or France? You might convince a few but id be willing to bet that in the long term it wont solve this issue, but it would be fun to test, and would be a good place to start trying to shift pop. My point was you cant force or coerce paying customers to not do what they want to do by taking away options. You can only encourage them to make the choice you want them to make which, i believe, was Snoopy's angle. Im pretty sure weenies that want an easy ride aren't the only reason why some nations have higher pops.
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  6. Imho nation balancing would be detrimental to any potential growth in total playerbase. The only feasable way to do it would be to limit the nation choice for new incoming players, you certainly cant force current players to switch without massive unrest. There will always be larger nations, its up to the rest of us to decide how best to deal with them. Imo this fits the "sandbox" game style.

    As for nations getting curb stomped, i dont think as many people leave the game because "they lost", rather the majority get burned out. Anyone whos been around long enough knows that (especially now with alliance blocs) its all but impossible to actually KEEP a nation at a few ports and any attempt to do so for an extended period would require an absurd amount of dedication and time. Somehow, whether its veterans or devs, newer players should be made aware that all is not lost in these situations. Its happened before and i can guarantee you it will happen again. Ive always been under the impression that at some point there will be an uptick in active users. I think this should be kept in mind when suggesting ideas that would alter the long term end product to satisfy current, possibly short term issues. Of course i could be completely wrong about all of this and im sure ill read all about it.

  7. Add incentives to large battles and bring back Trafalgars! A few days of 1v1s might be amusing but a whole week seems like overkill. A round of admin sponsored trafalgars would draw a crowd for sure. It would also get people playing together with players from other nations that they would otherwise be fighting against. You never know, it might help detox some of the animosity thats been simmering.

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  8. You think : US, Spain, Great Britain, South America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and so on... against France, Holland, some Russians playing Danemark and some germans playing Suede ?

    You are right, you had been on the good side of the hammer.

    Alanxo Basque privateer

    Rock on dude, i have no idea what you are trying to say here:(
  9. Never was one for diplomacy, heck never even joined any clan. Just join random people from other clans in RvR when i feel like it. But it gets kind of annoying when random Spanish players start whispering you "why are you doing this to us?!" as if i was camp guard in auschwitz, while its a few walking talking napoleon complexes, on your side that are refusing to better the game for their own national players for the sake of their ego.

    I often wonder how much more fun things would have been had we stayed aligned with GB or the US at the beginning. The alliance blocks would look quite different. Who knows, we might have ended fighting a united Antilles front lol. Unfortunately it didn't work out and that, as they say, is that.

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  10. From the perspective of new/cassual players of Spain that get their game ruined, it would be most definitely the former.

    Like i said i don't really care for diplomacy or forum crusading anymore. No one else has the ability to stop me from finding a good time in this game. At some point all this regurgitated bullshit just loses its appeal. I just want to see more than 200 ppl online at primetime 6 months from now. I hate to see people leave Spain for avoidable reasons, but honestly id even rather see them play for GB then leave the game and a negative review on steam.

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  11. ^

    And this my dear Spanish is one of the few people destroying your nation with his ego and narcissism.

    To sum it up you have a few of these people in your largest guilds who would care less about their new players or their nation so long as their pride and ego are fed. Im sad to say that unless you rebuild a new council and somehow oust their monarchy, they will continue to take your nation to ruin.

    Whats worse, those ppl in Spain who do this or the people from other nations who legitimize their wayward rhetoric through words and actions which undercut any attempt at actually changing attitudes regarding potential diplomatic solutions to our current stalemate from within? Personally i couldn't care less because atm people in Espana are working together as we always do when we get pushed back this far. The timers and their intent as openly expressed by Crowley are nothing but a slap in the face to any and all Espana players pubby or not, who log on to this game to have a good time regardless of strategic intent.
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  12. I don't have a problem with timer shenanigans. if we need those ports we will have to organize and get up at 2 am and retake them. Adapt and thrive or be dormant and die. And Spain really really needs a wake up prod in the ass to get organized asap.

    But I dislike when someone pretends to do something and hides behind semantics instead of being a man and saying "yeah, we did that so you can't recapture, life is a bitch, deal with it".

    I hear you, been fighting that battle for a long time and all i have to show for it is a forum warning and a couple chat bans.

  13. so out of all the ports we have attacked in the last few days Spain has defended but a few with a sizeable force what're are your allies now sitting on thier heels taking undefended ports in Haiti or trying to Gank newbies around KPR.

    Look on the bright side, once we have nothing left to defend, we can move en masse down south with the danes and french. It will be a much shorter commute to jamaica :D

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  14. I think it is. RIP Gene, you were the best meme we ever had.

    Right on man, and btw timer shenanigans have been a problem for a loong time now. Its no use arguing over at this point, we've had that covered for about the last 6 or 7 months.

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