Grundgemunkey

No peace for the spanish ... we have travelled that road before ... we have given spain a peace treatty twice before when they needed it ,,, they have never offered it to GB when we needed it

my point was not really even lloyds insuring the royal navy ... just that all insurance started with the insuring of ships ...a trader would more than likely be insured by lloyds .. if you want to get picky the royal navy didnt require its captains in this period to finance the building of their own ships as we do in game ... however before you get picky again .. many captains used their own money improve their ships and buy extra stores gunpowder over and above that issued

your joking right .... the whole idea of insurance was built upon people betting on whether a ship would complete its journey .. in lloyds coffee house this became known as insurance where a ship owner would bet against his ship making it home ,, therefore if he lost his ship and cargo he would still get cash ... hence lloyds of london was born its no different tp car insurance where the premium is in effect you betting through your monthly premium that your car will be damaged or stolen ... the insurers bet is that it wont they win they get to keep your premium

a quick fix for boarding game is take the ability away to see your opponents preparedness or next action away .. make it a true rock paper scissors game where you have no idea what your opponent is doing next .. in a fight you dont know what the enemy commanders next order will be ...

id actually just settle for pre set historical ship names .. i have 3 bellonas different builds and mods would like to be able to identify which is which by name ... each nation in game must have had at least 100 ships in service over time period game is set would it be hard to give us a choice of 100 ship names to choose from depending which nation the ship is crafted in .. the name doesnt even have to fit the ships class/rate .. ie you build a suprise theres no problem calling it HMS Victory

i smell your fear .... running down your legs

i agree .... but lets not replace it with a ..."you are here" icon

then type in something else

on the other hand maybe its you that hurts the game ,,, taking what limited content is out of the game .... maybe some players get a sense of achievement out of navigating without having their hand held ... its not overly complicated ,, its not hard where is the achievement in sailing from one port to another knowing your position at all times ? your the only one get over heated and stamping your feet

wheres the automatic you are here icon ??

why Do you want an automatic fire button that shoots a broadside at the right moment too .... do you think manual sailig is too meta leave us something in the game ,, please dont try and fix soething thats not broken ,, the way we navigate around is fine

wasnt too bad.... though the smell of burnt paella lingers .. unlike capt o7 who made a quick exit from the battle and was last seen going over the horizon doing 22knts in a l ocean shouting " its all Christendoms fault "

you said you were lost just trying to help a new player only has to ask .. how do you navigate ,, to get the answer

type fishmeat into traders tool .. look at two nearest ports ,,, look on your map... make a rough mental triangulation,,,, thats where you are ... its not hard

i dont see what the fuss is about .. Even without f11 coords.. does anyone get lost ??

think its well over a year ago since last port reset ...if the game isnt been launched this year ,, its time for another reset rvr seems to be stale ,, another reset will provide a boost to game

good idea will just lead to griefing though

i suggest for more content that due to undrground earthquake or volcanic activity ,,,, small new islands appear .... they are not marked on map but reports appear similar to sunken fleet reports of a general area .. these islands can not be taken by a nation ,,, and you cannot open an outpost ,, but anyone can place a contract.. reason being thses islands have a variety of resources that are valuable in game such as copper, gold . cartegena tar etc .. after a period of time the island sinks back into the sea benefits are players can access rare resources for a limited time .. as there is no outpost avaialbe just an anchorage ,so no tow or tp ,, if you want to set up a contract or redeem it you have to sail there ... there maybe some players who feel that taking the resources off others is a more profitable exercise .. therefore to protect your ship and resources you may want to sail with other playesr escorting you therefore more pvp. also to stop players putting up large contracts at large prices ... when the island sinks .. if you have a contract awaiting to be filled in place that contract and the money sinks with the island ... some islands will stay for a wek or two some just a day or two

we were talking about the map in port battles not ow

i actually like option 3 ... in fact do away with the map altogether in pb

its hard enough to get people to pvp and rvr ,, as it is lets give people more reasons not to do either

I only see one reference ,, but hey ho lets say 2 .. so it was a rare occurance ..

i voted no .. its supposed to be historical and realistic ... 17th century dships would not have fought a large engagement in stormy weather .. they would have been too busy managing the ship trying not collide wth each other or sink from storm damage ..in reality when Royal Navy was blockading the French a storm would scatter the blockading fleet up and down the english channel they couldnt even remain on station nevermind fight a fleet engagement . secondly there is too much suspicion and salt already in the game over exploits .. imagine nation A attacks nation B port and in 3 attempts there is a a storm in battle making all 3 attempts failures .. meanwhile nation B attacks Nation A ports and all are calm weather battles ,,, its just not worth the grief last point would a storm in battle affect in game graphics especially large fleet engagements ?

I do love it when a poster gets under the skin of other forums users to such an extent they have to revert to insults and insinuation about the posters family . it shows that not only are France winning the NA war that Hornblower is winning the forum war .😊

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