Rick Astley

I think Donald Trump has found his wall maker Back on topic, Kanay knows how I feel with this game, we speak a lot about how the game has changed since the early days. I feel he has worded it perfectly and due to discussions I can relate to how he came to his conclusions. I personally do not like the direction this game is going towards, I gave it the benefit of the doubt after the "Great Wipe" but this new patch is turning this once enjoyable game into a FiFa ranking system.... The in game mechanics that one "Nation" **lol** can exploit to there cause... is the last straw for me.... Outlaw Battles are abused and well you cannot blame the Pirates for using them since the Devs thought it was an "epic" idea to give them a mechanic they can exploit that other nations cannot. The Futuristic stealth technology after OW PvP and the Caterpillar diesel engines that they allow the Players to have to escape any direction is a joke. This game in my eyes had great potential and I was starting to enjoy coming back... not anymore... A simple message for the Devs and the "LMAO" tester.... you guys have gone and "FCUKED IT UP"... I have not made steam reviews for this game yet.... but I sense if this game is not renamed Gank Action... or Exploit Action then I will happily leave this game and write an honest review... Why join any other Nation when you can have the same plus and added perk which no one else gets.....? ALTS in other nations spying and ruining any Surprise you plan... **I weeded one out of AUSEZ last night** I see this ship is sinking *Gank/Exploit/Pirate Action* (oops "Naval" Action) and well only the captain **The Devs and Testers* should go down with his ship.... I'm out... Enjoy your game guys..... those who stay and brave it out... you have my full respect... but I cannot sit back supporting a game that I personally do not enjoy playing at the moment and it seems I'm forced to play. I don;t want to wake up at 5 AM to do PB's therefore I cannot be a burden on my Clan. It was perfect having a global server due to having an angry wife and 2 young kids... I could log on and find action that the EU server could not offer..... but the last PB's have been US prime Time.... not good for a Russkie.... No hate towards anyone who plays this game daily, Yes I upset a few in Global chat but hey if you don;t have banter inter Nation..... You might as well play the Sims Anyway... cheerio guys o7 I might see you in the future... only the Devs can decide that fate... enjoy your ships o7 but not even Rick Astley can keep his promise in this situation. One for the road.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

It was successful in its job, demasting the SoLs. it played the role of a screening ship in this game. He asked for proof, I gave him proof.. you can try twisting the facts any direction you want... but the brig took on and was successful in disrupting an enemy fleet.

Pursued by the Turkish Fleet (6 ships of the line, 2 frigates, 2 corvettes), Russian brig Mercury engaged in unequal battle with line ships Selimiye (110 guns) and Real-bei (74 guns) near the Strait of Bosphorus. After damaging the ships one by one, the brig escaped pursuit So.... yes

And spend 1 hour chasing a fleet that has already been sailing in one direction when you join already away from the "Combat" It is exploiting a game mechanic to assist the Pirate nation in there port battles.

speak with your pirate escorts as due to by difference the tag came from your end.

You would have the same troubles then, players would just wait by the free port. I cannot see how a balance can be brought up with this with exploits for traders in Pirate or alts. People wanted a hardcore PVP game, now they have it they don't want to be ganked themselves. Just cannot see what the devs can do to make it fair for everyone. Maybe have the game how it was this time last year.

Please quote me saying I have a problem being attacked... I enjoy PVPing and I have not had an issue with it like others are mentioning in this conversation. I have sunk player ships and captured traders. I cannot find where your argument is as I have not experienced the same problems you and a few others are experiencing. I have yet to lose a ship to PVP or PB *Touch Wood* (Famous last words) but if I'm not having issues then why should I go play on the PVE server? surely if PVPing is such a problem for you then you should go there.

I like the suggestion and also what you have included to the gameplay with the idea from POTBS but with this current meta of pvp marks, the chances of allowing the ship to go is a no no.

Well a simple solution would be when a ship surrenders or is sunk/captured the captain of said ship is removed from battle so cannot relay when you leave the battle. This way you are given a private window of the 15 minutes to leave when you require so they would not know when you leave or how far with the invisibility.

Do you have screenshots in the battle where players joined? was it just 1 clan though or ships that sailed close? I tagged a guy that was sailing past New Edinburgh towards Cartagena, he called for help... but even ships hunting and about to do missions tried to join but by the time they sailed to the area the Battle was closed.. They could not join.

As I have stated in red to reply, hope that answers your question, from my clan personally and others we work closely with we always escort Traders as a clan, we never sail them alone. I find it hard to believe that it is a clan waiting for you after you ganking there ship as I rarely see it unless there clan is sailing close by.

Not at all, but small clans need the resources so you cannot blame them for being p***** about you taking there ship and cargo. Personally from our clan, if you lose your ship your a muppet as were off doing other things, you sail alone and loose your cargo.... that is your fault.

Trolling for having an opinion that is not the same as yours.... *Slow Clap* well done.... what a muppet you are if you think everyone who disagrees with you is a troll! With your name of @TommyShelby does that mean your a big time gangster.... a class A badass on the forums??? Give over... I chose Rick Astley because I wanted to....

Thanks for a sensible response I shall return the favor o7 Q - "you do understand this is only being discussed because of the fact we've got two dimensions, battle and OW instance, and therefore anyone can use the hyper speed of OW as an advantage to camp on an exact battle position" A - Well yes, but you also traveled at the same speed to reach your pray so if it's good enough for you why not for other players? Q - would have taken ages getting there, if we didnt have the luxury of ow speed boost and A - Yes but as I have advised, you and other people complaining here have also made us of the 75 times faster in OW in order to get to your hunting ground. Q - captains back in the day had no means of communication A - You are correct, but people using TS and Discord is out of the admins control, they cannot prevent people using it as I bet you and other on this topic use it also. Q - Right now, active pvp is being harshly discouraged; waiting for someone 'stupid' enough to deliver the PvP, camping on his battle position to grab an easy kill afterwards seems much more profitable A - But there are hundreds playing this game and PVPing without the need to complain, if your sailing close to an area known to have clan activity and you tag a ship in OW *75 times faster than normal like everyone else* then wait until they are far enough out, don;t sit by a port entrance to snag you prey. Q - Great gameplay, right? A - Yeah to be honest the devs have turned this game from being fun and enjoyable to an expensive grind fest. I can understand you want it easier to evade revenge fleets but this time last year it was easier for PVPing.... I have said this in numerous posts that the Devs had a winner last year this game was fun and exciting, but giving Gankers more bonuses to evade will just turn more people away and I've witnessed 21 of my friends who came back from the great wipe... saw what a mess it was and have given up the game.

You also have the benefit of sailing at 75 times normal speed to gank your pray..... expect the x75 times speed to be returned to you. Basically after reading your suggestions all I seem to make out of it is this " @admin I want to be able to attack defenseless traders alone steal there cargo and sink his ship for PVP marks as I so good of a captain I want to be able to get my pray and then get away without any repercussion, I want to be able to sail at 75 times normal time in Open world to catch my pray.... but I don;t want the other side to be able to do it. I want to be able to attack my defenseless pray without being interrupted as I'm really a bad player... True PVPers can do it and do it well but I'm slow and to be honest rubbish at this game so want you to make it easier for me." There summed your pathetic whine up perfectly. If I can do it and many others like @The Red Duke for instance in his Privateer... why cannot you guys?? Why must this entire game revolve around you easy mode!!

Add that as Number 5

Excuse me, but it is your ideas of invisible timers and porting out of battle to safety that is non "Realistic" Trying to turn your "Realism" BS onto me when you cry babies have been bleating on about it like sheep over the course of 3 pages.... give me a break...

That really doesn't matter, If ships are in ports then why can't they sail them out??? Traders in this game represent to a nation the same importance as they did for real navies and nations around the world today. The matter of the question is you claim you want "Realism" Well then ok... 1) Every player must be limited to one ship then, 2) Player must remain in that outpost while his ship is there. 3) Battles outside ports have no timers. Anyone can join no matter what time is displayed on the battle timer. 4) Port Battles are toO remove Circles as they were never in a Battle period. 4) Remove invisible as that was not historically correct either... Still to this day stealth ships can never beat the eye. Need I go on??? I have stated just how easy it is to sail from KPR to Mortimer steal a Pirate Captains 3 ships and sail them back to KPR, I cannot see why anything must change but you if cry babies want it realistic to benefit just you then I suggest the devs implement your realism events as I stated above listed 1-4

Why do you need such luxuries though?? People are able to gank and PVP easily already!!!

This thing happened to me while in a former clan. Someone who was trusted emptied the cash and mats to build an agy then left the clan. sinple solution is as stated, keep record of mats, resources, cannons etc on a spreadsheet... google sheets is free. Make it so only trusted officers have access.

The proposed system, as already stated is not a great idea sadly. The only other option would be to re introduce neutral as a nation and can operate from free ports and trade to other nations without smuggler flag. Only can be attacked by pirates but the neutral aka pve players can dump all there cargo if they are tagged. AFK sailing aka alts will still fall pray.

Sounds good I like this idea. Problem is with PVP marks these days, chances are they will be ignored, cargo looted and ship sunk.

Sure let's forget realism in favor of the gankers. If an enemy ship/fleet are stupid enough to sail close to a port then expect the navy to be waiting outside. People wanting special perks for ganking trying to claim "realism" about revenge fleets?? ok... allow the fleets to enter the battle with no timer like realism!!! You think realistically the Navies will sit back while important supplies are being attacked? You think the fleets in port will sit back drinking cocktails watching there countries ships being engaged?? You seem to want, TP to friendly ports!! Invisible after battle until your back in home! What else will you guys want for the future??? Laser Cannons??? Force fields? Stealth technology??? You gank near enemy ports expect to be hunted!!! Me and a few guys in my clan attacked a pirate in his inde with 2 indiaman sailing past pirate forts. We got away with all his ships sailing from pirate waters near Mortimer back to KPR... we did this without needing your special ganking suggestions. If you expect revenge fleets, then take a fleet!! Want to gank solo, then don't gank near ports where clan activity is high... simples!!

I agree with this 100%, people want to "get rich" quick and will scam there nation in the process. I like the idea of variable npc prices...

Oh please... pull the other excuses! Crafted ships should be competitive in price now that the devs increased the costs of npc ships in port. Not milking the players who are already grinding like mad to setup in the new system.