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I didnt say you ran out anyone for no reason. I just said if some more toxic clans became the big clan in that nation they could.

While this is true, it will constantly be in a state of internal war. You cant sail anywhere alone or in small missions without risk of being attacked by your own nation. Which is not the way things went back then. BLACK is a good example of two things, the right way, and the wrong way. They have exerted a lot of control over the pirates in GLOBAL, BUT they have also forced out a fair amount of players too. Imagine you get an absolutely toxic clan that is the biggest clan in that nation. They could drive away more players from the game than from the nation.

I love when people are close enough I can hear their boatswain give commands, like when they change the guns from locked to focused, or when they sound boarding, or when the are reloaded and fire. Yes you can hear him yell, "FIRE!".

Funny when I decide to run 5th rates, I like mixed gun setups. Longs on the gun deck and carros on the weather deck. This way I have the range to do what is needed, and the power for when in close. BUT only on ships with a real weather deck gun mount, not like the Reno which has what 3 guns per side on the weather deck. But Medium guns are by far very under rated guns. You can get a lot of penetration with them when used with the double charge and one penetration perk.

Exactly. I think I made a suggestion about changes to this that would make it well better.

Letting them fight it out isnt going to do anything but create more salt. Nothing good comes from fighting "blue on blue" in a game. Gamers DONT let go of grudges. And all it would lead to is a promotion of the zerg guild/clan and the big snuffing out the small.

Not really. Now people just sail around in the ship with the most firepower that can get to the speed cap. So no variation.

I am against rebellions in a game like this. Why? Because they didnt happen the way you all are suggestion. That and they dont work well in games like this where everyone thinks they are a hero or some kind of leader. When in fact 90% of the player base is sheep. I have played games that had this "feature" and all it took was one player to destroy an entire faction. This game needs a High Command system like WWII online. A system where players could volunteer to be in the high command. Once approved by Moderator team, they are put up for a vote by that nation. If the player has majority vote they will become a member of the High Command (Admiralty). The responsibility of the High Command will be as follows. Place objectives for the nation, these will be target regions that the nation is focusing on capturing and defending. Handle any internal national disputes. By way of an national tribunal. Be able to punish and or excommunicate those who have been found guilty of crimes against the nation.

For me the top 3 changes that are critical to me. -Added speed and increased invisibility timer. -Addition of other ships, Prince Neuf and Xebec -Removal of Pirates as a NATION and make them PIRATES! Those are the 3 top things for me.

3.5 Knots or slower is the max boarding speed.

Because I do quite a bit of work in the RvR area. While I dont fight in port battles I do help raise hostility, scout, and counter tag to keep people from chain tagging a fleet. Lately I havent done much because of a busy week.

So you are saying because I sail around in a Lynx or a Privateer, and do an actual historical representation of a privateer, that I am not a man? LOL that's rich, I expected more of you than childish insults like that. And I dont see you taking a T-Brig that is armed while sailing in a Lynx, or taking a Pickle or an Indefat. As a matter a fact I dont see you sailing any thing smaller than a 5th rate, and a heavy 5th rate at that. You scared or over compensating?

The guys from GB who are taking the gulf are retaking what they had taken previously, and that is part of an agreement. That I was not privy to. Next, you think highly of yourself. Poking a sleeping bear... okay. None of those RAs in 5th rates, are much better than noobs anyway. Hell even Diceman who is here on these forums is a "vet" and yet I picked apart his T-Brig that was armed, with relative ease while in my Lynx. Oh and as for Spain.. dont pin that on the US or GB, because everyone on this server has had a piece of Spain, except the Spanish.

I agree with you, but as a Lynx captain who uses Lynx's and Privateers as my primary hunting vessel, I can say that I doubt HIGHLY doubt that any of the players in the US nation will adapt to that. They will quit first or switch nations, like IGG and ride on the coat tails of the "winning" side. And a fully loaded T-Lynx is slow, REAL slow at its best point of sail, a fir/fir with speed trim and gazel will only do 11kn maybe 12, close hauled in battle. My Snow with just a figure head does 10.5 at that same point of sail. And I wont even mention my Lynx... that thing moves at the speed of smell.

I am British, and I am a privateer. I am also an avid hunter, who believes in conservation. I dont believe in hunting my prey to extinction, but I am an odd person I guess.

I go by battle speed, and 20kn OW is about 10kn battle. Which my Snow does 22kn at 45deg into the wind OW.

If you had bothered to read my post you would see that I was talking about the possible 1 porting of the nation. Right now they have to sail past a well patrolled region full of pirates with cargo ships as slow as sin hauling coal and other goods to the capital where they are easy prey. I know because even I have sailed up there in the HMS Jackalope and counted about a dozen trade ships un-escorted and slow as hell, easy targets for anyone with half a ship to catch. Nope instead you took a region right next to the capital for 2 reasons. 1- to prove a point with 1st rates. In other words rub their noses in that fact that you have loads they have none. 2- Because Savannah is right next to Charleston which is prime hunting grounds for hitting noobs and carebears without having to travel far.

Seeing as that is the kind of prey I love hunting. But most people rarely think like that or even bother to bring ships like that. Not to mention a T-Lynx only holds 500, 600 if you have the perk. And when loaded like that does at best 10kn at its best point of sail. Even my Snow can catch that.

The HMS Ontario (Snow in game) is 80ft long and 25ft wide. The USS Argus (a brig close to the one in game) is 77ft long, and 28ft wide. Snow- 226tons of burthen Argus, 299. While the snow is lighter, it should hold more than 900, I definitely agree with that.

The fix for all of this would be ammo stores taking up a separate cargo space called the "Shot Locker". No ship should have unlimited ammo of any type.

And there are plenty of pirates who will sit outside your greenzone waiting to catch said traders. Or jump into their missions. Yeah... it isnt easy not by a day in sight.

It is hard to do missions to get combat marks, if you cant run missions. Conquest marks.. LOL you wont have any if you have no regions. And good luck getting any traders out of a 1 ported nation that is actively being camped.

I would say congrats, but seeing as I did the same thing and more in a Lynx, I can say I am not impressed. Since the US has lost Georgia I have refused to hit US shipping because it is too easy, and I am starting to feel bad. That and no letters of marque have been issued for US shipping so I am not actively hunting.

mmm.. Ok. So there is no coal there. No gold, No silver No conquest marks. Yeah they can craft 1st rates without those things. LOLRSK8Ting away.

Get your facts straight kid. TF, VCO and myself did not leave the US to join our "enemies" because we lost. The GB was not our enemies and up until TF and VCO joined GB they hadnt even fought the US. So please if you dont play on this server get out of this forum. As I said above, IF you dont play on this server please refrain from posting in this forum. You are supposedly happy over at EU then begone and stay gone. Because you obviously fail to understand what a MMORPG is, and that it doesn't revolve around your play schedule. God have mercy on you if you ever play a REAL MMO like EVE, or Mortal Online, where I would have my clan wreck you 24/7 365 kid.