[Effectiveness of ship types.]

I'll be pissed off if there isn't. However, most of the world's coasts are within cannon shot of 20ft deep water, where any sailing ship can go.

^this. I don't believe shallow waters should provide any sort of real advantage, unless perhaps too keep outside boarding range. A bigger ship is going to have bigger cannons, and hence, be able to fire at the smaller ship.

[What will PVP be like?]

When aiming your gundecks at enemy ships, do you have to lead your target if they're a good distance off? or if i aim directly at the middle of the ship when they're 500+ yards away, will I hit the ship?

[Development priorities]

As others have said, I concur that open world should be a high priority for development before release. I personally feel that it is a must-have for a naval game like this.

[Interest in Next Round of Testing]

Here's an addendum to my earlier post. My DX Diagnostic report:

 

     Machine name: TOSHIBA

   Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_gdr.140330-1035)

           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA

       System Model: Satellite P55-A

               BIOS: 1.10

          Processor: Intel® Core i5-3337U CPU @ 1.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~1.8GHz

             Memory: 6144MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 6020MB RAM

          Page File: 3055MB used, 4947MB available

        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

    DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

 System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)

    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

     DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.16384 64bit Unicode

 

Thanks again for your consideration. It looks like a passionate dev team and community, which work well in unison. Looking forward to potential opportunities to help with the development!

[Thank you - growth of the website.]

Congratulations! I know that there has been much talk about Naval Action in the POTBS community. 

[What kind of ship are you looking forward to sail]

Personally, I'm a fan of 4th rates because in my opinion, they offer the best combination of speed and damage (at least in my experiences)

[Interest in Next Round of Testing]

Sorry for another of these type of posts, but after reading on these forums of interest from POTBS players, I thought it would be a good idea to have a forum where we can post our interest in the next round. 

 

Personally, I have been a player of POTBS since Beta and recently discovered this game from conversations with others. I would love to become a tester, if possible. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to sailing the seven seas with this enthusiastic community soon.

 

- Bergoo Darkbane