Maximoose

They could even consider starting kickstarters for separate ships. I would personally be very willing to spend money to get a good looking Portuguese or Dutch ship.

I dont want a lot of Dutch (Or Spanish/Portuguese) ships in the game. Im just trying to point out that they should atleast have some ships. The Americans already have a lot of ships, why give them more when there are other navies that have none? It would be ridiculous to have many Dutch ships in the game and i accept that. This thread wasnt meant to be just about Dutch ships. It was more to point out that there are a lot of nations that really need some love. With the 30-10 example that i gave i was trying to illustrate that giving too much attention to one specific nation (especially if it didnt play a major role) can drive away or upset players from the left out nations. Im not saying there should be a lot of Dutch ships (there really shouldnt) im just saying that each nation should be given the amount of ships they deserve, and to not neglect nations to just cater to a specific audience.

I have been following the forums for a long time, but this has been my first time posting. After coming back from vacation and looking at the development plans for 2017 i decided to make this thread. As a Dutchman i know that the only time period in which my nation could play a noticable role was the age of sail. The prospect of being able to play Dutch ships played a big role in me backing the project. After i found out that there were no Dutch (combat) ships i was very disappointed. I have a gut feeling that people from Portugal and Spain feel the same way about this. Especially with the great amount of US ships currently in the game. Why not start kickstarters to flesh out these countries first instead of adding even more US ships? I feel like adding or starting kickstarters for these nations would attract a lot of new (and retired) players to the game. Another ships game which does a similair thing is World of Warships. The devs in it keep on adding more and more ships from a nation which played a very minor role in the time period that game is set in. This in return drives away European players, who have almost no interest in this specific nation. European people get rightfully upset when the biggest nation of the time period has 10 ships while a very minor navy has 30. The only reason the devs of the game do this is to cater to a specific audience, and with it driving away the smaller audiances. I feel like the devs of this game are planning to do the excact same thing. I just hope that the devs would pay a little more attention to the European nations, instead of the US one. I just really felt the need to show my current frustration with the game, in a hope to improve it. I apologise for any spelling mistakes in this thread .