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  1. Fletch
    Of course its selfish to expect an online game to come to a standstill because your in bed. I honestly never heard of anything like this before. Its called an EU server because the server itself is in Europe it has nothing to do with the nationality of the players, there are no rules on what country you live in to play on the EU server,. It does not say when you buy the game, certain servers only allow you to play the full game at certain times of the day. Its complete and utter nonsense. I promise you I sail for the Eastern alliance and I do care about port battles but I would never dream of complaining about what goes on when I am in bed its just a fact of life in online gaming that somebody somewhere is awake when I am asleep. We need to deal with the situation and adapt not cry about it to the Devs in my opinion.
  2. Fletch
    You are wrong in my opinion, we all paid 30 quid and no where did it say it was only fully playable at certain times of the day. Its selfish and stupid to think everything and everyone in the entire world has to stop playing because you decide to go to bed at a certain time of day.
  3. Fletch
    So what happens if you play on the EU server and have a night shift job? Or simply play unsociable hours? I think its nonsense to talk about time zones on an online game. What about Chinese people and Asians? Online games have always been in a non stop 24 hour world, it seems silly to me to think it all comes to stop at 2300 GMT.
  4. Fletch
    I am English and sail for the Eastern alliance not the western so I am on your side in game. No the Devs do not have to do anything. Everybody paid the same price for this game and everybody must have the same right to enjoy that game night and day. You are being selfish if you expect people who are online when you are not, to have their game options restricted just because it does not suit you. If I decide to stay up all night and play that's my choice not yours or the Devs, when I do play I wish to enjoy the same game and possibilities as everyone else who paid their 30 quid
  5. Fletch
    We should stop this time zone nonsense, its a free world and people should be able to play the game and enjoy the game at any time of the day and night. Has anyone thought some of those weird time zone players may well be people in Europe with night shift jobs ect? could be unemployed people could be nochturnal people I don't know and I don't really care. If your port gets flipped when your not around flip it back when you are around. Stop crying about it and start dealing with it. None of us can be online 24/7 and someones night time is always someone elses day time We could possible look at the hostility situation is it too fast should it be slowed down ? Possibly yes but stop crying about what other people do when your offline
  6. Fletch
    I would say its because early on in this game the US and Spain were bitter enemies.
  7. Fletch
    About time, I sailed with Spain for a while but left due to lack of English. That nation is crying out for a good English speaking clan. Good luck.
  8. Fletch
    I did put forward the suggestion that a port battle could have 25 slots but bigger ships take up multiple slots. So a first rate could take 4 slots a second rate 3 slots 3rd rate 2 slots 4th rate 1 slot something along those lines
  9. Fletch
    The wide awake club.
  10. Fletch
    Why do we have any timers at all? Its attacking a port not booking a dentist appointment. Who writes the enemy a letter and says we will be over after lunch to have a crack at your port? I also think the whole region should not flip the moment the capital does. When you capture the regional capital your influence should start spreading and every 24 hours another port in the region should flip, to capture an entire region you need to hold the capital for as many days as it has ports.
  11. Fletch
    I was around and very vocal about how pathetic it was. I refused to sail in those operations at the time so can hold my head up high about the whole episode.
  12. Fletch
    Balancing is also boring and can lead to a stalemate, I loved the days the Danes captured pot Morant, between the Danes and pirates the British lost half of Jamaica at one point. You know what ? It was exciting, logging on to save your nation, not travel half way across the globe to get a fight. The war swung one way and then the other. I miss those days and its actually quite dull on the British side at the moment if im honest and have thought about a switch to freshen things up.
  13. Fletch
    You cant balance anything in a game where people freely switch nations. Yet again players crying to the devs to fix something for them. It was players crying to the devs to fix diplomacy that created the big alliances because you were all crying about rogue clans. Stop expecting the devs to fix every single disadvantage for you and start thinking of new tactics and game plans to achieve results. Where were the Spanish last night? I didn't see any yet they are your allies, is it the other tides fault because some of your allies don't show up and the others did?
  14. Fletch
    Here we go again, self appointed politicians who speak for nobody in reality apart from themselves saving the day for us. Was it not these very people who kept pestering the Devs to enforce diplomacy on the rest of us rather than leaving it to the individual? The more you try and micro manage every aspect of the game the less choice and freedom is left for the individual player. People should not be forced into a clan into diplomacy or an alliance or into shooting at anyone or anything other than what they so wish to.
  15. Fletch
    Not long ago the Danes were unstoppable, many people flocked to the Danish flag to be on the winning team. Now its no longer the winning team you will see the numbers drop again as the glory hunters go off to find the next flavour of the month Faction. Im sure there is hard core underneath to keep the nation going once all the cry babies have left.
  16. Fletch

    Saw your latest letter to the king and the problems you faced with wind. Has anyone considered thinking outside the box and taking a 25 ships that sail well into the wind and win the match by moving around rather than fighting?

    If  points are won by whoever has the most ships in a circle why not try taking 25 lynx, these ships would sit under the guns of first rates and could sail between the circles freely no matter what way the wind blows. It should be possible with such fast moving ships to always have more ships in 2 circles than the opponent.

    I did not post this on the forum because I don't want the idea going to other nations.

    1. Jeheil

      Jeheil

      We did try using some fast 4th and 5th's in one early, however the problem was once they put 1st's in 2 circles, your smaller ships just get devestated.

      However, there is space for looking at alternative ways and means.

      Interestingly the speed difference between 1st and 4ths isn't that telling (2-4knt), what is very apparent though is the ability to tac.

    2. Fletch

      Fletch

      I would try the Lynx, a first rate would find it hard to hit, no matter how they placed their ships a fleet of such tiny ships should be able to hold numerical advantage in 2 cricles

  17. Fletch
    Sorry but it will not matter how expensive or how long winded you make 1st rates to craft, it will not be that long before one nation or even one coalition could field 25 of them. The fact those same 25 ships can be towed safely almost anywhere and used in every single port battle just makes the problem worse. First rates should need a much longer time to tow than other ships perhaps, If first rate fleets took a few days to tow we might see less of them. Other than that we need an answer to get more diverse fleets into port battles.
  18. Fletch
    Problem is the same 25 people with the same 25 first rates can teleport anywhere in the world and fight every battle. If one side lost badly the other side kept their 25 first rates intact that would be game over for a while.
  19. Fletch
    Its only drastic if the players are drastic enough to bring all first rates, 2nd rates could take 2 places 3rd rates 1.5, you get where I am coming from
  20. Fletch
    It does not matter how expensive you make first rates, people will always bring 25 of the biggest and best ships allowed in in order to win no matter what the cost. The only way to go is to make first rates take more than one ship slot out of your 25, say 3 places. So if you bring a full fleet of first rates you would get 8 ships inside 8 x 3 - 24. Either that or do it by BR.
  21. Fletch
    Run smaller mission, the one just before the Comadore mission is great for a bucc, you loose less crew and get most the kills in a fleet mission. Taking a mission the same level as yourself will always result in a lot of crew lost, always go one or two below.
  22. Fletch
    You want me to check out the pirate ports for you? I can run a smuggler flag trader and check some out. You wont find cheap ships in your capital, same as you will not find them in any nation capital. Just sail around a bit and check out some ports they will have cheap green ships.
  23. Fletch
    Seriously I don't know what faction you play, the Brits though are teaming with new players hence why the pirates constantly try and farm them around Jamaica. There are plenty of cheap ships in NPC shops, I am nor sure if every new player knows about them, I brought a new player in my group a green ship the other day because he lost his in a fight. Yes this game is not easy but why should it be? Its not world of warcraft, its rewarding when you have success, and its punishing when you fail. A perfect example I capped a pirate Ballona 2 days ago and was chuffed about it, lost it to another bunch of pirates last night. Its just how it goes. The community is quite mature though and new players can find quite a bit of help.
  24. Fletch
    Sorry but your not right about the npc ships. Every port in the game has a selection of dirt cheap green npc ships, sail around a bit and you will find them. I brought a group member a conni for 150k just the other day. Constitution is the biggest and you might have to try a few ports before you find them. Brought one in St Anne Jamaica less than 2 days ago.
  25. Fletch
    So now you have changed from saying ships are too expensive, too if you buy a green conni you will get out performed. Of course a good crafted one will out perform a cheap one. what do you think you are getting for your money? Its a throw away ship that you can earn pvp money xp and rewards in. Get a mate in one too and you can both tag team a player and cap his more expensive one. If you want to leet solo pvp and kick every ones ass your going to have to spend a few bob on a ship. If you just want some low risk fun by a green ship and have a battle. All the options are provided.
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