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  1. French 74-gun Téméraire, 80-gun Tonnant and 118-gun Océan, etc. classes, being shit ? Not sure all the Naval Historians will agree with you... 😉 The two ships are not exactly of the same type. The Duguay-Trouin belongs to a variant. See here. Moreover, Admin seems to imply that this ship will be British in game and only visible as HMS Implacable. It makes too (small) differences. And NA "is fond of" Trafalgar 🙂 btw I'd rather see in game captured ships with their original name and nationality... (or at least, both versions) From @Wagram : HMS Implacable : French Le Duguay-Trouin :
  2. The San Juan Nepomuceno was French in design while... French Le Requin was Spanish-designed 😉
  3. btw the name of the ship is Le Redoutable : as it is Le Triomphant : in : Any French ship has an article in her shipname : Le, La or L'
  4. Je demande ça parce que j'ai lu, au sujet des pavillons, sur le site de l'Ecole navale : Je n'ai pas cherché de sources pour le confirmer/infirmer. Ce qui est (peut-être) vrai pour un morceau de tissu facilement changeable (et que l'auteur de ces lignes appelle "traditions") peut l'être (un temps) pour un morceau du décor sculpté... Il existe certainement des plans british de navires français capturés à l'époque pour trancher la question.
  5. Est-ce que l'écu aux trois fleurs de lys a survécu à la fin de la monarchie (sur les navires construits avant et toujours en activité après) ou a-t-il été supprimé/remplacé par la suite ?
  6. A playlist of several vids about the construction of the ship :
  7. Interesting suggesting !!! 🙂 'Je vais enfoncer des portes ouvertes', as we say in French : Shouldn't the first consequence be a less massive use of carro in game (full-carro ships) ? Really, I mean IRL ? (genuine question)
  8. Some nice pics and links on the English wiki page, such as this one.
  9. What's really interesting about a civil war is the consequences if it works : the creation of a new country (the USA, Haiti...), a political change (the French Revolution in 1789, the Russian Revolution in 1917...) or the risk of collapse of a empire (say the Roman civil wars). Otherwise, it's not 'civil wars', it's just replacing 'nation wars' with 'clan wars' (and increasing the number of opponents) . And a civil war is a very infrequent event in a country, if ever.
  10. What a great piece of news !!!! Hoping there'll be more and more types of 'ancient' ships rebuilt in the future. 'powerful' in terms of firepower and/or speed/acceleration ?
  11. (Reminds me I was a fan of the 'Crazy leak' patch. You could sink a ship with a few leaks. That was great. And is off-topic)
  12. already in game for NA timeframe. You can even choose between France and UK.
  13. I'd be interesting in knowing how many gamers, before buying the game, have ever heard of John Paul Jones or knew when exactly Nelson lived and what battles he actually fought... There were quite a few 'Ultimate Admirals' in all the naval nations of the modern period of Age of Sail (say 1650-1830) that could be made 'exciting' in a game or a DLC. In France, at least one can certainly be found among Duquesne, d'Estrées, Vivonne, Château-Renault, Tourville, d'Estaing, Grasse, Suffren, Gauthier de Rigny... And ppl like diversity of nations in historical games. 🙂
  14. I knew it! This is how it is commemorated now : (juste une p'tite blague) Ok... let's be honest. This is how it is actually commemorated :
  15. btw Napoleon Bonaparte was born 250 years ago (+2 days) on 15 August 1769. Napoléon 1er est né il y a (presque) exactement 250 ans, le 15 août 1769.
  16. Very nice job with HMS Leopard !!! Congrats ! (maybe the faces are a little bit too realistic, not enough sculpture-like) 🙂
  17. Voilà pour toi, ignorant, deux fameux alexandrins : "Ah! Je te casserai la tête assurément. Si tu ne veux, maraud, t'expliquer autrement."
  18. La Gross Venture ? What is that ? 😂 You mean a kind of Trousers Big with tree basts and moor gums ?
  19. So will I. The US campaign is advertised as follows : "Our young nation is surrounded on all sides. The British cannot accept our independence. Vicious pirates prey on our merchant vessels. Even our former allies, the French, are now against us". As far as I know, the only period when the French were against the USA is during the Quasi-War (7 July 1798 – 30 September 1800), that is during the French Revolution and the French Consulate, that is not during the French Empire, thus not during the Napoleonic Wars. As for the UK campaign playing Nelson, it seems to take place during the reign of King George III (1760-1820), thus during the AWI and the Napoleonic Wars, right ? However, not making France and Spain playable nations during this period of the AWI, French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars is quite "daring" in terms of History. Some other solo tactical war games also offers those one-sided campaigns (Order of Battle: World War II...).
  20. The Danish (light) frigates are real beauties, we do have plans of them, etc. :
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