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wow, looking to be a huge patch and looking to have been worth combining sept-oct. BIG changes, but I'm liking just about all of them, ROE changes, will be quite interesting, and probably the most 'needed' as it were. This should be a great patch to test, will completely change the game i think, for the better. Can't wait!

Oh golly, here we go again

yes, I thought of this because in a battle against Pirates, there was a large explosion that took out the masts of several surronding ships, including mine As you can see, I am the black and white Victory in the back, in this situation i had already used my sail repair and was stuck like that, going 1.1 knts, had someone been able to tow me, i would've potentially be able to rejoin the battle in some capacity, or even escape with some dignity, I can see this being used if/when the put land in port battles, as you can tow disabled ships and use them almost like block ships at the harbor entrance.

Apologies, if this has been brought up before, but I've, yet to see the thread, and figured, why not bring it up again. Towing from what I've read, was quite common of sailing ships of this era, typically of disabled or captured line ships and frigates, but also of others. In game, this would allow disabled ships to remain relevant in the fight, (or at least get to it), but also to allow them to be towed to safety. how i think it would work; Ships would have to get close to each other to throw the line across, this would be done in a similar manner as boarding or assigning crew, both ships should be traveling less than 5 or so knts, and the ship being towed must accept the line, I.E. by pressing lets says B, but it could be any key, in turn the tower would have to offer it, and would have to build up prep to do it (it'd be a short timer, but should still need to be done I think so that you can't just slap a line across in no time at all) Once attached, both ships would have a shared escape timer, and only the tower can escape, I.E. the one being towed can't just disappear from battle, without his buddy towing him also leaving. additionally because whoever is towing, will have to tow, well another ship, speed will be greatly reduced, but as to how much I think would have to be calculated based, on weight, sail condition, sails of tow ship, sails (if any) of tow-e etc.

I've had the pleasure (maybe misfortune when i got sunk) of fighting against the OCEAN boys, they are a good bunch of guys, gallant in battle, and can take a joke. Probably the better Swedish clan out there as far as PvP goes. Good luck with recruitment!

an interesting ship, would definetly be an interesting addition, especially if it lives up to its duty of being a frigate that can carry cargo, maybe a cross in between a LGV and a Indiaman,. But the name though, whats it supposed to be named after?

A new month, maybe a new patch? In the meantime though the OW Pvp is hot and heavy and easy to find, and we're looking for more members to join us on our privateer adventures! I paid the Spanish a visit last night and I found myself a 3rd rate, is was a hard fight, but a good one nonetheless, o7 http://relicgaming.com/index.php

Based on what Admin has said, the 'Brest Harbour' paint job is based off this painting depicted what appears to be a laid up French fleet of ships, preparing to be equipped That being said, I do agree on Rouge noir, in that its ugly as sin. but I really like the Swiss guard livery for the connie myself.

though i suppose no Idea is without merit, I think this is a bit excessive, it'd be like sailing around with your hands tied, just doesn't make any sense gameplay, or realism wise. Personally I like the battle screen, it provides a venue to take a break, collect your thought and everything, i think the actual break of the BS is needed, people who say otherwise clearly have never needed to use it. Either way, my main frustration with the BS - if you can even call it that- is that you don'd know if they will come out or not (tbh best solution is probably just to not bother and patrol elsewhere on the island as opposed to sitting for 1.5 hrs on the swords in the first place). Texas' Idea is a excellent idea, realism wise, and could definitely work game play wise. Someone also suggested a message upon the enemy logging out in BS, or battle ending so ppl could wait an appropriate amount of time.

Quite the looker, and that lifespan! nearly 70 years before she was broken up, wonder if she saw alot of action?

Its been a wacky week thus far by Jamaica, Pirates, Spanish, Danes and swedes, oh my! If you're looking to get into an organized group to push the enemy back, or even take the fight to them, and see the world while you're at it, RELIC may just have a spot for you. We aim to do PvP, but do PvE to help lower level players rank up, additionally we have several level 50 crafters that can make nearly every-ship your heart desires, at little to no cost to you! Apply today at: http://relicgaming.com/ Otherwise you may end up like this, because this is what it can be like playing with the unorganized pubbies; Pic

I'm not one to defend pirates or anything, but this list should be taken as a Lesson as opposed to some unfair thing the pirates did. It's our fault we're not well organized, to some extent our fault all our guys were not on Nation TS, and our fault we don't have ships set up for PvP. Live and Learn. Additionally we have the same ability to form a fleet on ts and go to their capital, to get the upgrades and perks, and to at learn to make good moves and maneuver our ships well. We may fight here and in games sometimes, but at least at the end of the fight they say gg, o7, gf etc. thats good enough for me. This battle was hard fought, well fought, and all in all im happy with the outcome. I got sunk, we sank some pirates and the British side held their own in battle until time ran out, more than some of our fleets have done.

Indeed a good battle all around. O7 to those who participated.

Can't wait ! the only thing that really has me worried to any degree is the crafting changes, I don't want to lose all my beautiful BP ;-; Either way, i was exciting for this patch before this, now even more so. Should be interesting to test

Chrubin is the base Frigate, the name is on the back in Cyrillic.

RELIC is still recruiting! New, old, somwhere in between? doesn't matter if you are active, we can help you rank up and get your feet wet in PvP. Speaking of which, this is one of our members handiwork from today after a Spainish buc engaged him in mortal combat! http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/259344221873577034/701B5F91122C57D096EE1883039B2D17BA71117D/

I have not seen this, but sounds like a great idea, something that would've be done historical no? splitting the prize money between everyone. but I was not arguing for 3+ min timers, I am arguing for either no change in timers or just other changes. In fact sociable probably shouldn't make any kind of come back. the only reason why people liked it is because it decreased ganking somewhat because, you didn't know if someone def tagged you, that you were gonna get gang banged by ships or not. I might be misunderstanding you tone though that you were saying I was rehasing old ideas

here is one thing I think many people forget about gankers, even the gankers themselves as far as I've seen forget to mention it. When you go out to gank, you primary purpose is to find PvP, not really to murder people 1v10. So when you go up to an enemy capital for Pvp and see a lone ship what are you gonna do? let him go, just because it wouldn't be fair? I wouldn't I'd gank the sh*t out of him because i Came there to get PvP regardless of the odds. That being said, gankers aren't suicidal, they wont fight against a fleet of connies in renos, thats dumb so they run. its what is done. If you don't like gankers, the best way to combat them is to form a patrol, and you may say "oh they don't catch anything, the pirates just log out in battle screen" and that is true, but guess what? at least those pirates are gone for an hour or so and your waters are just that little bit safer. Or my preference, go to the enemy capital and gank their newbies 2 min timers I don't think hamper either side, but it does force as I think thomas shelby mentioned, "what you see is what you get" During the other timers, the ships you were engaging were probably scouting for a fleet over the horizon that you can't see. the 2 min timers are fine IMO, they fixed a bunch of problems we had earlier, and the ganking you are mentioning has always been around,and there is ways to fight it or in shorter terms I have no issues with 2 min timers, (for some of the thoughts i have above) and don't think it should be increased, that being said, i think the ROE changes that admin, and hethwill brought up about changing/expanding the ROE circle. that i think is a meritful idea that should be tried in lieu of timers.

PvP1 EU Britain is the place to be. And if you do end up there RELIC is recruiting. If you have any questions feel free to pm me

The quote that comes to mind is "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" If you reduce the Spanish to one port and eliminate their players, where does it end? next the french? then the Danes? do it enough times and there will be no 'enemies' to play the game with anymore. then whats the point? No point in PvP when your enemy doesn't exist any more. that why the treaty was written (as I understood it). to avoid completely crushing the spainish so they could fight another day, and that in the end we'd have more fun because our enemy would fight longer. seems kind of odd, but this isn't a real war, we gain little to nothing by crushing our enemy into dust, especially when we derive enjoyment off our combat

Stupid? what? I think this is a great idea, certainly a better environment to learn to play, all the ports are near each other the ships are small, and its a pretty easy sail to most of the nations main territory when they chose to 'leave the nest' as it were. At the very least worth a try, and it even has special ROE? it sounds pretty good to me, the only thing i fear is the port conquest, I presume (and hope) that a nation cannot completely lost their newbie zone. otherwise you may see one nation send vets up there to help their newbies wipe the others out.

huzzah! a great group of guys, surprised to see you didn't have a thread already. best of luck

Sign me up captain for Britain!

First off congrats on 1000 subs. I have watched virtually every episode of LTTK and always eagerly await the next! Sadly the resolution of my images was too big to have in post so some links will have to do. The first is a glorious thing indeed, a large dutch fleet got intercepted by the pirates on their way to inagua, I hopped in with my frigate, to assist. http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/446239101711343758/D8744E795BD8C014A80B9BED435C1FB9523697D3/ The second is a view down the british line at Macao http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/436109733636485924/28F9AA6CC268171C91A66F7502FA7FD937BB8063/ Next, the nation of neutral is more powerful than we thought http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/446240455621554635/ED1EBA4719C08592D57195E83C0AE0526A163EE6/ And lastly this, which I call 'orgy of destruction' http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/445115829681028242/4852421D908FAD44A9911C788752B7F66D1B4F90/

overall, I find the changes for this even good, the increased weight helps spread out the chests. Additionally i think it will 'spread out the event' for the people who wanted to delay th chest spawns, as this limits the number chests people can hold, so i think you'll see this event remain 'alive' for longer. Also I'm happy to see th posts from admin saying that these will be expanded upon/bps more accessible in the coming patches, regardless of my ability to participate thats good enough for me.e