Hugo van Grojt

May I point you towards this here scientific fact?

That Scheer guy needs to be disciplined harshly! Let me log into my other steam account and get right on it.... (just kidding) Alternatively, the Dutch had a random player conveniently buy a flag for Macanao (French occupied at that time) preventing the Dutch navy from taking that port. Stupid stuff like this happens to all nations - trolls be trolls. It is bad for the community, but there is very little we can do at this point.

It is scurvy riddled scum like you that makes the eradication of the black scourge a priority for everyone but the most naive lambs. How easy it is for you to bite the hand that fed you - fed you well - all those years. Your treacherous talk should be a warning to all the rat friends out there. United we shall stand - or perish under the rule of the most iliterate of Italian wannabe dictators Lord Vicousolini. (Vicousolini picture removed by evil censorship) Lord Vicious announcing his peace offer to the U.S. council on the main square of Mortimer Town, May 1786

Ich will mal optimistisch sein - folgendes Szenario ist denkbar: Die Entwickler wissen sehr wohl, dass Wirtschaft und Piratenstatus kaputt sind. Aber sie sagen sich "Scheiß drauf, wir lassen das erstmal so - das ändern wir eh grundlegend in 1-2 Monaten. Bis dahin können sich die Deppen, ääh Tester, noch gedulden. Das wäre an sich schon okay, aber ich glaube dass vielen mal der klare Spruch von Admin fehlt, in dem er sagt "Ja wir arbeiten an dem Problem, aber wir lassen das kaputt bis zum Fix um nicht unnötig Resource für kurzweilige Lösungen zu verbraten" Zusätzlich muss man eingestehen, dass das letzte Patch den Nationen einige Features des PiratenLebens gebracht hat: durch die SchmugglerMechanik können wir uns jetzt auch in Battle Instanzen verstecken oder easy Schiffe teleportieren über "surrender" - das ist also ein Versuch, und das Leben unter den Piraten einfacher zu machen, bis sich was grundlegendes ändert. Leider ist meine persönliche Motivation gerade trotzdem im Keller und ich werde erst wiederkommen, wenn sich am RVR tatsächlich was bessert.

You are in the wrong thread, Sir. This thread is not about peace but about war - war on the black plague that is ravaging all over the Caribbean. You just happen to be associated with said plague spreading the disease. So that makes you a rat in plague terms. It is not too late to abandon your sick ways. To see the light and stand with those proud citizens devoted to ridding this world from the black scourge! That is what this topic is about.

I would like to opt out from that list. Thank youP.S. and please, for the love of God - fix the grammar and orthography in your signature, man! ????

Good one haha - protect the ring bearer! Eh... flag carrier!

Praefect, I think his argument was that the British are the majority of whiners in this thread. He was not hinting at the Dutch being threatened by the bigger French nation, to be fair. As flattered as I am by being labelled a voice of reason and a veteran, I stand by my previous point. I have no idea who made the decision for France to attack the Swedes. But, even if you don't like it - the French are the aggressor in this war and for this reason, they don't have the moral high ground this time around. The individual French captain might not like it and not be at fault for the decision taken by the French admiralty. But that is how things are for now.

The war that the French find themselves in is by their own choice. They decided to go for what they tought was the "winning" team by embracing the Black and the Black dressed in Red. And with these formidable allies on their side, they joined in on the gangbang of the Swedes being fully aware that this would trigger the defensive alliance between the Dutch and the Swedes. The Dutch and the Swedes would surely have preferred a greater Antilles alliance standing up to the Black or whoever the big bad bully of the server is at the time to balance out the global power distribution on the server. You chose differently, now sleep in the bed that you made until Lord Vicious comes to save the day.

Since there is a lack of endgame content provided by the game itself, it is upossible to the community to create such content themselves and exercise some restraint in conquest matters. Sadly, this is not happening. You cannot really blame the developers for that. And I am not. At fault are those nations that ally themselves with the strongest player group to imbalance global politics even more. Those of you that played Civilisation at all know full well how this works: keep useful allies until the biggest threat is crushed, then turn your former allies when there is nobody else left to fight. Voila, you have just "won" the game. Unfortunately, "winning the game" in Naval Action means driving away players in the opposing team. And that is what is happening. Can't blame the devs for players being too narrow minded and too focussed on "winning the game" rather than enjoying the game together with their foes. On a personal note: I have zero respect for those nations that gang up with the big bully to roflstomp their opposition - back in the day the French and Spanish allied with the British as the big bad bully, now they switched to the Black - that is as harmful to the player community as the exploiting pieces of steaming cow manure that the pirates are. The pirates can't help it - they are SUPPOSED to be the assholes by design. Nations allying themselves to them, on the othe other hand have no excuse other than being spineless, in my book.

How dare you making closed sessions of the Willemstad Crafters Guild public without consulting the chairman first! Mr. Cragger, stay out of the internal politics of the United Provinces - we are a sovereign nation and do not take lightly to meddling in our affairs.... Sincerely Yours, Hugo van Grojt P.S. the increase from 1 million dollars to 100 billion was decided upon due to the current inflation experienced all over the Antilles in recent weeks.

Her name is Ros - and King Joffrey, that slimy weasel killed her in cold blood with a crossbow .... So, no phone number for you, I am afraid...

To whom it may concern, The Hugo Republic Armada has successfully completed its campaign against Saipan and is returning to home waters (see revised top post). Sincerely Yours, Hugo van Grojt

Obviously, French war photographers and correspondents are gladly invited enter into the contest of the "Picture of the Year 1716" - Antilles Edition. Would be interesting to see more results of encounters elsewhere. Cheers, Hugo

I would like to point again at this issue for which STILL no penalty has been issued. Not only that, but [bW] clan (see post above) proudly stands by its practice of abusing any game mechanic in the book to ruin the gameplay experience of any normal captain playing the game the non-exploiting way. [bW] clan has been abusing the Willemstad Green Zone and logging out mechanics for weeks now, ganking single ships leaving Willemstad harbour that cannot defend against this abuse. Proof of that has been submitted to Steelsandwich and can be brought forward here. It is the same people, all the time. I can only repeat myself - will anyone actually take action? EDIT: inserted screenshot