Aubrey

Wait, do they actually deliver the resource by ships, or do the resources magically spawn in these harbors?

So? It has downsides. You lose all your gold, all your ships and all your items in storage - you only keep your XP, that's it.

Same GPU and my performance is underwhelming as well. Ink is right though, AA in this game is incredibly consuming, more then elsewhere it seems. Since I turned it off, I can lock the FPS to 30 and have no problems anymore and the difference is marginal, really. Also, double check that VSYNC is off, best way to do that is to force it via the Nvidia itself.

It's coming today. I guess this thread can be sunk now?

It doesn't necessarily have to do with being able to pay or not, it is a matter of opinion and principles, your point is moot. I agreed on paying sum X to get my hands on this title. If they would (I know they won't) later, out of the blue, demand monthly payment, that would be ridiculous - like the original post. If you want to throw your money at them, I think they mentioned that donations will be a possibility sooner or later. So there you go. /thread

Hey if you don't like it, it's totally cool - just say it and be done with it. The thread is not about me or my personal motives - I shared them after questions arised - it is about the idea of optional/manual rank-up. Yay or nay - nothing more to it.

*sigh* It's... I even wrote it down. It is all there. Just...why!? -.-

Uhm. No? Combat = XP = Rank up.

Definitely, I completely agree. While I haven't thought it through - it was more of a shower thought - I don't see potential problems, but that is why I put it down here, so people share their thoughts.

You're quite suspicious, aren't you? At first it was the thought about AI fleets, now seal clubbing... do you come from EVE where everyone just tries to backstab the next player in the worst possible way? My personal goal, mind my nickname, is to reach the rank of Master and Commander, sail my Surprise and simply enjoy that - I do not strive for anything else (yet). I realized that I would still progress in rank and there is nothing I could do about it - hence this suggestion was born. No vicious thoughts as to how I can screw someone over, as you can see. However, I do see your point, though I don't think it would be a real problem. There are good beginners and bad experienced players, you can see that already in the game.

You missed the point, please read my suggestion again. Additionally, I provided two reasons. Had no idea about the AI thing, hired a cutter once and was only annoyed by it, but if that may be a problem, it could still be bound to "total XP" and not "displayed rank" or something. However, I have the feeling you didn't read my post at all... Same to you - did you actually read the few lines of text or did you just wanted to raise your post count?

Short and simple, I'd like ranking up to be optional, so when you reach the needed XP for the next rank, you have to hit a button to actually rank up. I'd like to see this implemented for multiple reasons, among them is the fact that it would support roleplay of groups, and another one is a personal rebellion against the "bigger is better" attitude most people seem to have with things. Not everyone wants to ride that Santisima as Admiral of the Fleet. Options for the way I'd say!

So far over 150 players...

Maybe, and while I agree with this in favor of authenticity, the point is if something sinks - it should be sexy, shouldn't it?

i like that!