Xaelendra

I am no official and cannot speak in the name of my nation, but I guess I can resume the general opinion of players of France Nation as follow: I noticed british statements, and understood what they mean. You use well constructed sentences and fancy words so you can shine of the forum before all its members, but you and I, as every body involved in that in game war, know how much Great Britain community uses game mechanics failures to win instead of fair-play meetings on the battlefield the game is supposed to lead to. You took the Port Antonio flag yourself a couple weeks ago to prevent your community to take it once more and plant it before ours, thus I know you're clearly aware of that point. But here we are: we have no support from the devs, they have probably a lot more to do than dealing with these issues. We've only fancy words in response from your official representatives, or trolling from your players, both axed on putting the mistake on French nation - for some reason. And the exploits keep flowing in the game, making it impossible. So, here we are: As abusively using exploits seems to be natural and fully approved by our moderators, we gonna put our fair-play thoughs away and start using the same technics as yours. You wanted a dirty war based upon exploits ? Fair enough ! You have one. And, for myself, I would be glad to come and troll you on the future whining topics you'll write about our bad behavior, as you currently do. Let's get it started !

I was against any server merge before the next BP patch, but anyway and once again: if it was a strategic mather, I would agree with that. But it's not, there is NO defense on these server times. It just a trolling mean to make us wake up at 6 for nothing but the pleasure of... fuck, I don't even know what pleasure they take with that...

Euh, Pvp 1 EU server. EU = Europe. Europe time. Any other question ?

oO ! Oo ! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!! What about people on this timer ? Holydays, week-end, unemployees ? At that time, there were like 600 people connected on these timer, so I don't think a 12-14 timer si comparable to a 02-04 one where there is only 300 people playing pirate/US. We also, at that time, had a consequent chinese community on these timer (and I know we're not the only nation that have one). Ask the swedes if they ever fighted an empty battle on these timers. If british had some defense at 4 am, then it would be a strategic though. But there isn't. So, what is it, currently ? Trolling ? You're complaining about empty battles. We didin't fight any PB during our conquest of Haiti, despite the playerbase of Great Britain. Then, come the exploits and glitches. Both side used them, I used the bug on BR difference myself twice, but our leaders always told us not to use them and to stay fair-play. You can't imagine how frustrating it is to be told not to use glitches when you are heavily bug exploited. We lost a lot of RvR players because of the GB ally flag on Port Antonio, and others because of EURO 2016. We could not defend Haiti then. And now that EURO 2016 is over, and that people start missing RvR, we see that we have to take 02-04 ports ? I mean... these ports will be undefended anyway ! THERE IS NO BRIT CONNECTED AT 04 AM ! Whatever the timer you put on these port, they can't be defended anyway ! So what is the purpose of putting a 02-04 timer ? Trolling by making us wake up at 6 am ? We bought that game to enjoy it, and play, and you avoid playing and force us to wake up at impossible hours for.... I still don't know, for nothing I guess. How did you expect we react ?

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Swedes and danes declared war upon each other. France respect his alliance with danes, and attack swedes. Dutch respect his alliance with swedes, and attack danes. Dutch attack France they have an alliance with, to protect the swedes against us. French: Oh, you attacked us ! So, we're not allied anymore ? Dutch: WHAT ?! YOU ALSO DENIED OUR ALLIANCE IN ADDITION OF ANSWERING TO OUR ATTACK UPON YOU ?!! I WILL MAKE A BIG POST ON THE FORUM WITH A LOT OF COMPLICATED WORDS TO TELL EVERYBODY YOU ARE NOT VERY KIND ! That was diplocamcy according to dutch council. You can keep saying we're bad guys who betray every body we can and who don't pay the baker when he give us our baguettes. According to the answers of that topic, there just a few people remaining who believe in what you say. From my part, and many french players would say the same, there's nothing RP with this: I've never been so taunted, insulted and difamed since I play against VP. Neither with Great Britain, Sverige, danes and pirates gankers, or the few US I fough. We couldn't wait for the peace because we had enough dealing with the part of dutch community we were fighting. We're soooooooooooooooo glad you break officialy that alliance so you cannot ever have any excuse to come on our TS and speak with us anymore, and all our thoughs go to the swedes who will still have to bear you for a while.

I thank you, praefect, for let me know about the eventual lack of information transfer within France nation, unfortunately for you, I am a member of the french council and get at almost each meeting. Thus, I am fully aware of any proposal coming out of the French council, aware enough to know that all of what you are saying is or bullshit or free interpretation of your own about what we proposed you. During first part of the war, from your first attack against us until we reconquered south-eastern corner of the map, french rejected any peace proposal, that's true. But that was not a problem of force equivalence, of territory, of anything you mention, but only because we enter that war beside Denmark-Norge to respect our agreement with them and we didn't want to make an unilateral peace excluding them, as you refused to do peace with us to respect your alliance with Swedes and vice versa. No white peace has been proposed to Dutch at that time, not even when you had Kingstown, for the very same reason, so i don't know what you are talking about Glazo... In another hand, you seem mesure the winning balance by the number of ports taken by each side. It is not working like that. Let me tell you something: if the war continue, and that you wipe us until Fort-Royal, destructing all our ships by the way, we would not make peace if any reason pushes us to war (like a treaty with another nation, or direspectable peace terms to agree with). We would continue to tag you, with our grey unfitted basic cutters, until you get so sick of it that you decide to give us every ports until Fort Oranje. The purpose of french diplomacy is to find a way to peace, a way which might suits to every nation involved, and not to find a way to peace at any price including giving almost all our ports or breaking an alliance that we care about. By the way, if winning balance had worked like that, Swedes would have been forced to make peace at the very first day when they had no more ports than Gustavia, and the war against Dutch would probably not have looked like it actually did. The difference between you and us, is that we never ever reproached Swedes not to have make peace with us at that time. That was their decision to keep on fighting, decision that we understood and respected (we probably would have done the same at their place). Now, we found an agreement with Swedes (which does not need any of your appreciation, thanks all the same), and the only thing we ask in return is three ports of a contested area. These terms are respectable (not like asking everything but Fort-Royal and vicinity), Sweden and Danes, who are at the origin of that war, agreed with them (so there is no more about alliance to respect and allies not to abandon), and the only things that interfere now is actually your pride. I will clear something again: we are closely watching to our diplomatic behaviour, that's why we keep honoring our alliances even while times are dark for us, and that's why we do not want to push that war even more far for useless reasons. I assume that every nation we have diplomatic relations with are pretty satisfy by that behaviour, including our actual swedish and british ennemies. The only one who isn't is actually you, and from our point of view and after research the problem is not coming from our side. Maybe it's time for self-examination.

I followed that topic from the very begining. I didn't want to participate to those strong talking, I don't really enjoy clashes, or any very long debate, but this is too much for me... First of all, Pampatar, Carùpano and Galdonas are, basicly, french ports occupied by VP since the Black Friday. Dutch may have forgotten that, I can't blame them, they are orange for three months now and new players aren't necessarily aware of this, but I count on older players to tell them that story. Anyway, to see a diplomat talking about that contested area as dutch without any shade, as an unchangeable truth like it was given to them from the holy son of god... Well, it sounds kinda disrespectful and inappropriable to me. Then, you ask us to defeat your nation so we can demand our claims. I assume you and I play at the very same game, so if anything escaped you I will make it clear with simple words: There is no in game mechanic which may permit us to actually defeat you. Please, be more specific about what we are supposed to do. Finally, there is no page on that topic where the dutch diplomat is not remembering us that dutch were asking for peace from the begining of that war. White peace is the exact term he used. Well, asked the full North of our territory and a peace with Great Britain - which has, let's say it, pretty nothing to do with the actual casus belli: defending Sweden against Danes and their allies - in exchange for peace is not a white peace. Let us play in a reserve between Grande Anse and Kingstown like a critically endangered specy neither. These are insulting and totally unacceptable terms for a reddition. Here, we come with a proposition, which suits to Sweden and there needs for ressource producter ports, France and our will to bring peace in that part of the map, and VP which should be satisfied we found an agreement with the ally it supposed to defend and to have the opportunity for continuing its war against pirates, all of this in exchange of three ports we have strong claims on. And I read that proposal has been rejected by the Dutch Council "with unanimous assent" ? VP may wants that war for its own reasons, I am OK with that. But then, stop hidding behind a blurry will to bring peace with France, nor that sentence "We asked the french for peace but they always refusing". I can't take more of that shit which implies that French are bellicose and agressive when proposed unacceptable terms, whereas Dutch unanimously refuse peace with suitable terms for every belligerent.

Hello Every Body ! Me and a friend of mine were hunting near Rio Tocuyo (dutch territory, South-East of dutch capital Willemstad) when we met a dutch player with a Gros Ventre. We were very hungry, so that we tagged him to see what he was hidding in her belly. We were pretty surprised when we saw how much crew was handling the trader. The player, named "Central operator" and holding a 7UP tag beside his nickname, was a Jonker (lowest rank in dutch nation), and so had only 39 crew aboard. The Gros Ventre had no guns. Central operator with 39 and no guns ? Maybe a second account to help 7UP clan for crafting. No problem with that. But that player start to act strangely. He opposed no resistance. He did not try to ram us despite his lack of guns, he barely turned to avoid us.... He was looking like a drunk Irish by the pub's exit on a snowy day of winter. And, for the finish, he spoke to us in a logogram langage. I asked a Chinese player fighting for France, he told me that it was Chinese Mandarin, writed through Google translate (so, Central Operator is not Chinese). He told us, approximatively "I want to eat" and "You should learn how to take a picture". Those sentences are absolutely out of sense and still now I don't know what I should think about that. In my opinion, it's look like a bot, or a tentative of bot, but I can't be sure of anything. Maybe someone from 7UP clan might help us to figure it out. I may be wrong, but in case of doubt, I prefer to post it there.

Well, I don't think that frigates have a place in PB. From Renommée to Constitution, this is fast ships which are perfect for hunting and tagging in OW. This is how they are efficient, like no ship of the line can be. Perhaps frigates don't have a place in PB, but they definitely have one in the game. 3rd rates in the other hand... they are no hunting ships, and they are not strong enough for PB now that 1st rate only fleet aren't rare. Bellona and 3rd rate are the new bastard ships according to my opinion. Make them available in normal deep water could give them a new usefulness. PS: Sorry for my poor english.