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Cockeyed Callaway

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  1. Stepping back and looking at this wipe I'm not sure if they could have done it worse. Yea the wipe has to occur and if that means players who were testing lose stuff, that's part of the deal. Why spread it out over two months or more though? Why change a trading system already implemented for one we don't even know will work? Why inform players in a manner that leaves more questions than answers. Why refuse to take responsibility for statements and guarantees that were made? Developers certainly have the right to prepare and implement a wipe any way they want. I don't have any problem with them taking away my pixels. I do take exception with this piecemeal, pulling off of the band-aid. It removes any interest in the game from its players. The attitude this action promotes is one that drives players toward other games and some may never return. The old trading system wasn't great, we all agreed. However announcing a wipe and then implementing a new one is dicey at best. What if no one likes it? What if it doesn't work? It would seem to me that you shouldn't fling a change as major as this into the cogs and walk away as if its a job well done. Whats going to happen? When is it going to happen? These are statements that need to be made clear as a bell. Many players rushed to remove ships from auction houses. Selling them at deflated prices or sinking other ships to make room. When a well worded sentence of intention would have prevented misunderstanding. This is what happens when you slowly, painfully pick at a wound, which in this case is the wipe. For many the statement "we guarantee" is a promise, a hand shake and in this case, a written agreement. Many seek a heartfelt explanation for its reversal. One that should be offered in the sincerest of manner. One presented in wording that makes it clear that it pains developers to go back on this guarantee, this hand shake, this written agreement. Developers will have zero credibility with players until they do.
  2. How about a flag that you could put on any of your ships?
  3. I have but one strategy for the coming month or so, collect and learn books. That is the sole reason for me to log in. As for testing the trading system, why? From what I've seen on the test bed it is strictly distance based. The further you're willing to travel, the more money you will make. Frankly I find this to be an idiotic idea for several reasons. Chief of which, it makes players do the dullest thing possible. Sail for hours on a barren sea. You want to turn new people off from your game? Well this is the ticket. Who in their right mind wants to play a game and twiddle their thumbs for hours? My suggestion...add nuance, not distance. Secondly, because of the former reason, only people with alt accounts will do it...maybe. You already have these players and their money. How does changing the trading process to favor them help retain new players? Except for spying the only real purpose of have an alt is to do the really dull tasks while you play on your other account. Thirdly, you want more people in the game and you think trading will matter to them? Then close down the PVE server and force them to play the game for real. More people logged into the one server will do wonders. Most of the PVE players will find that its not that tough to trade on the PVP server. You don't seem to give a damn about how many players from the PVP server are lost. Why care about the PVE servers player base. What better time to close down the kiddy pool then during a renovation.
  4. This whole wipe announcement should be a huge wake up call for anyone believing anything this administration says in the future. I can not remember a time when a date that was given was met. So they lied again..." I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here." I for one gave up believing what these guys say long ago. It would be wise for some of you to do the same. Sorry NA developers, your credibility is not credible. New players, if you like the game play, just deal with the fact that these guys are notoriously bad when it comes to any form of information and or communication. Old players...shame on you for believing them. Two Bold predictions A) It won't happen 'when' they say it will. B) It won't happen 'like' they say it will.
  5. Well you'd be quite wrong about my playing time. I've been here for some time, American, British, French, Pirate. Two accounts totaling 1400 hours. Plus most of the DLC. I've owned almost every ship and sailed the length and breadth of the map. I currently have tens of thousands of boubloons, hundreds of thousands of reals, thousands of every tree and product produced. I like that it will all be reset. I'll start again, its not big deal.
  6. After following what has been the most interest and populated chat I've seen on these forums for some time, I am left with this thought. All of the people bitterly complaining, seem to think that they can somehow change or control this situation. While a few voices realize that change is not only inevitable, but good. Frankly it has been illuminating from the standpoint of which type of players I'd like to be clanned up with in the future. Ones that can't except or countenance change or those that embrace and overcome it. The choice is simple.
  7. All of this is to be expected, they did give false information. That said, its also their game and they have to do what they think will make it viable. I'm sorry their are so many unhappy players. I for one look forward to a brave new world.
  8. I just want to make sure I have this right. By the final wipe... Sailing XP gone Crafting XP gone All moneys gone All items gone All ships gone (except DLC) Ship knowledge gone Book knowledge remains Is that right?
  9. Gentlemen, the admiralty has tendered unto us its orders. I see there are those among us who are thinking of resigning their commissions based on this unfortunate turn of events. It is of course their right to do so, with the honor of their service fully acknowledged. I however I must state for the record, that I am invigorated by this turn of events. The idea that I should be sent to a Mediterranean devoid of others footprints. That I may take part in remapping a new world, fills me with hope and excitement. Sure I will arrive naked on its shores, but I shall also arrive versed in its ways. Privy to its dangers and mindful of its secrets. Not some swabby who can't aim a cannon or scamper up a shroud. No...no this is an opportunity to be twice the seamen I was. To place my mark upon this island chains shifting waters. I see this not as punishment, but reward. It is time for the cadets to depart the academy for their final berths. Fair winds to all.
  10. Thank you for the opportunity to perhaps redirect your thinking on the subject. "Cockeyed you guys wanted to sell all of us down the river to become a servant of CCCP for a few measly hand-outs." Certainly one way of looking at the situation. Another may be that ICS was attempting to limit our enemies to one direction. Thus allowing trade for the many French players who enjoy that type of play and safety for the PVE players. This may come as a shock but, there are people in France who enjoy that type of play. The deal would also have allowed us to focus our attention to the weaker and more defeatable nation to our south. Thus pleasing the PVP types. "As far as I can tell PURGE doesn't want any deals at all, so they aren't going to be very interested in your critique." Which is a valid statement and one of the reasons France is now experiencing the loss of her ports. Their and others inability to compromise and negotiate, is the chief reason France is isolated. That mindset of disinterest is never healthy for a nation. Which is something I would suggest you keep in mind while you defend their actions. "From the snippets I saw when we tried to communicate with CCCP for negotiation they were consistently just jerks." No, they are not "jerks" they are Chinese. Unless you can overcome your cultural differences you will not be able to negotiate in good faith and a valuable ally could be turned into a deadly enemy. I might add, don't trust "snippets" they can sometimes be misleading. "They wanted to dictate terms to their own pleasure, and had your man in their pocket and didn't want to hear from anyone else." Every nation negotiates for their own benefit. What you see as being in someone's pocket, could just as easily be seen as coming to a mutual understanding. The events that have transpired over the last few days occurred within a week of ICS's leaving. It could be argued that ICS was a major bulwark preventing them. Yep,...those backstabbing, spying, worthless, nation destroying, in the pocket of CCCP, ICS traitors, may actually have been keeping France from being one ported. That however is just one opinion, I'm sure you and many others feel differently. But don't worry, I'm sure you can fight your way out of this mess or you could...dare I say...negotiate, LOL, sorry, I know that's not France's strong suit. At least not anymore.
  11. These two statements are telling and uncover the deeper problem. On one hand the parties are asked to hold themselves to the highest moral standards, yet on the other, one of the countries offering the agreement (France) can't be bothered to spend more than five minutes defining said agreement. It occurs to me that the problem may be systemic to one of these parties (France) and their inability to make good on former promises, as opposed to the other breaking a lesser part of the current one. You need only look at the history of France and her mistreatment of previous deals to quickly come to the conclusion that she has not shown the ability or trustworthiness to negotiate properly. Even if she did have the ability to negotiate, she has show a woeful lack of character and maturity in seeing said negotiations through. For France to now lament about broken promises should be viewed through the veil of tongue in cheek comedy.
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