[A treatise on Naval Action: a complete guide - Mr. Doran]

True, but the 'gage' spelling is what you'll usually find in nautical reference materials.

[A treatise on Naval Action: a complete guide - Mr. Doran]

Weather gage. 

 

A "weather gauge" is an instrument that measures weather. An easy (and common) mistake because they are pronounced the same. 

[Little things you'd like to see]

From reading the threads from the devs I believe that is their intention.

 

Good to hear!

[Little things you'd like to see]

I'd like to see a system where each group or squadron could assign a leader, and the leader would have extra abilities used for helping organize the attack, for example, a marker to identify the target. There could a chain of command as well, in case the leader is killed.

 

A marker would solve the problem of Cyrillic player/ship names, by the way.

 

Just as an aside, it seems like lots of people seem to be using PotBS as a frame of reference, almost to the point of treating Naval Action like "PotBS II". Personally, and I have nothing against PotBS (I played for years), I hope the devs are starting from a clean sheet.

[Why have I only just found out about this....]

Всем привет! Old potbs player here as well. As much as I enjoyed the game, I hope NA is not just "PotBS II". I'm hoping it is a lot bigger, more realistic, more open and lot less like a typical MMO with levels and magic powers. One thing I've learned is that if your world is appealing, people will want to live there -- no need for gimmicks.