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Santiago de Cuba was first reported as the Russians using a rat alt. If this is the case, then the "old" rule would still apply. If alts were used in any manner by any nation to raise hostility at any port, then it is clearly a bannable offense. "This was written in late 2016, there were no hostility missions, hostility was generated through OW fleets and PVP only." Does a 2016 rule still apply today? Yes Did exploiting nation have Hostility Mission for ill-gotten ports? No Does this mean the Hostility Battle was found in the Open World? Yes Does this make the Hostility Battle an Open World Battle? Yes Does this mean that the "old" rule was broken? Yes Does the punishment state a ban? Yes Does this mean the exploiting players would be banned, especially considering the repeated offense? Yes Do I believe they should be banned? No, because the devs have not specifically stated that this is or is not the intentional way to play with Frontlines restrictions. If this is intended, then Frontlines is a waste of time and should not have been developed nor deployed. Until the devs say either way, sadly, this is what to expect from these kind of players. The very moment the devs make a ruling on this exploit is the very moment this activity should cease by rule. Whether it gets patched after declaration or not, at that moment it is definitely a bannable offense. OOoooooorrrrrrr the exploiting nations could just stop on their own because everyone else knows this is not how Frontlines is intended to work.

Honestly, no punishment should be given due to the fact that the devs refuse to make a decision about it. Maybe this is being done to give credence to the complete wipe before going live. Maybe the exploiters are trying to ruin the game so much just so we all feel better about a complete wipe. Or just maybe the exploiters don't know any other way to win other than to use exploits.

I had no idea about it until now because it never showed up. It may have happened, but Frontlines was designed to make exactly that....frontlines. It was not designed and developed to be useless within seconds. If so, then wow what a complete waste of dev time.

TY, and very true, but some ppl were very opinionated before they even logged in. heh.

Discuss... I just realized I should have made question 8 multiple choice. sorry

250k is way too expensive., imo.

Not a single russian sank? I mean, like not a single russian had focus fire upon it or never got boarded or surrounded or....Would love to see this battle on the YT.

I believe admin has stated that if we join a battle then we are committed to fighting. This was an alts prevention. I cannot remember where the post is. But here lies the problem. Many of us are friendly with clans from other nations. This is why when clicking on battle swords the Battle Info needs to include Clans that are in the battle. If we click on a battle sword and see a friendly clan in there, then we should not join. If we join, then we had better be committed to fighting. If we are friendly with someone not in a clan,thus they do not show in the Battle Info, and we join, the so be it, we must fight anyway.

The Caribbean welcomes you! Best wishes and fair winds.

FYI, hostilities showed up yesterday for Regional capitals, however today no hostilities are showing. Still the best map for the game...should be paid for it.

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I experienced this last night, but after about an hour it started working again.

Himself, ofc

He is salty as it soured his mood.

+1 I do feel there should be a Report field when right-clicking on a player name. Many players do not even know of this forum.

BTW, we miss you and that evil Snow of yours.

Aye aye, TY devs. If I understand this announcement correctly, all our outposts should be safe so we can teleport in and out of them to get our ships and warehouse items?

I'm in. What rate? Locale?

I think this would be the easiest coding fix ever: I'd like the crew to cheer not only when you put an enemy in shock but also when you sink them.

No SoLs as DLC. The upcoming update, imo, will be a great one for ship craftability. We should wait for that before any more DLCs. I would like more ships in game tho...some Dutch love is needed.

Aye, but they sat in that battle for another 10 minutes while the lone rat escaped. If it was simply a matter of "pvp means free for all", then they would have gone after the rat in OW immediately after attacking the Dutch. No, this was an egregious act of treachery. And to this, the night Dutchmen will remember. Edit: Don't get bent Brits, it's just play talk. But next time, get that rat for more pvp in the pvp zone...right?

That heart wrenching moment.....when you announce you are Dutch only to find out your nation's alliance with the Brits is not as strong as their alliance with the rats, despite how many times you've joined the Brit side to help them. Well played rats and Brits....well played....and duly noted.

^ Thank you, good sir. I forgot what happened last map wipe. I hope this time will be the same with us being able to TP in and out. Confirmation would be nice, tho.

It is my hope (probably in vain) to see such strong nations be willing to sell these rare resources, or ships made with them. But, I suspect it will become a hording thing. Our only option is to make national alliances to take over these ports and in good faith share those resources with allied nations. It might become a matter of the "suppressed" nations to build rage boarding ships as a counter to the heavy built ships...and hope tactics in PBs will be in their favor.

Best response anyone could have posted!