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And that difference is the scary bit, Welsh - Rourkes Drift, Scots (Gordons Bastards against Napoleons Old Guard), N Irish at the Somme and the English at Trafalgar. We kick seven shades of @#$@# out of each other at every chance....but like any family...rile us...and well....

Perhaps the best week of PvP in the last 3 months, when two tribes go to war...the grand alliances clash on Haita, 80 ship operations, classic port battles, super screens and "Operation Balls Deep". Swarming a Vic http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/275100415617527768/A42D79B1A152358575BBE15FCCA968CCE79FF71F/ For those interested in player content, here is the "British Order to the Oceanic Player Base for Operation Balls Deep". <<+++ OPERATION BALLS DEEP +++>> OK Aussie TZ ,we have been give a mission impossible...now we in Australia don't understand impossible (its far to long a word). We have to capture Cap Francis. Port opens ~90 mins after restart, 8pm Sydney Time or 10-12 server time. Intelligence tells us they have WMD in there !! Our plan (with clan allies AUS) is to do this TOMORROW (Aussie Saturday evening). To do this we will need as many 4th rates and up docked up in La Tortue 30 minutes before port opens. We will need a Rear Admiral with balls of steel and a thirst for fame and glory to run a rattlesnake from Jeremie to target. We will need the rest of you (all...no fleeting...no fishing...no trading) in any ship you are prepared to lose to sail ahead by 3-5 minutes of our heroic flag carrier and ... tag every pirate, spanish, french and Danish mofo who may intercept our flag. If this goes to plan...you will most likely die. << End Comms - The Officer Core >>

Yes in my brain I transposed them. I have a small place between my ears to play with and talking and walking Have added a comment to the video. Its one of those things...after its all done and uploaded...even though I review my vids before posting...then as soon as someone points it out...its like nooooooooooooooooooooo. Anyway, the rest of it is useful and I describe what I 'mean' so....hopefully.

Ever wondered why your balls bounce and you can't penetrate ? Ever wanted to be able to sink baddies before they sink you ?...yes...well then this video is for you.

Will there be some 'clan' love in some forthcoming patches. I have put a post in suggestions and link it here : http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/15106-please-add-some-clan-love/

I think Clans need some love at some point as far as functionality is concerned. Ability to hand over clan 'founder' so if your founder flounders the clan doesn't Founder who is innactive for blah can be taken by next highest ranking officer, even allow for multiple founders to be set Let me sort the clan list (show by online, last online etc) I would love the ability to set a clan tax on PvP/PvE battle cash rewards Clan 'flags', 'mast heads' or 'sail insignia' (possible micro transaction) Clan v Clan 'war/diplomacy' options for pirates More sophisticamated officer structure and permissions (invite, kick, promote, demote, clan wharehouse etc) Clan Shipyard (for ship storage and ship trading amongst clannies Just my initial hopes n dreams from a man with a clan.

Good news on BR fix. And I understand problem on how to fix. We can wait and hope no more shenanaghins, screening fleet can become part of the 'way' now (harder in smaller Player Base Timezones) but also less likely. 2 reasons its happening now. PvP on Eu1 is condensed to two mass alliances Pirates, Spanish, Danes and France versus Brits, Swedes, Dutch and US. This is loose but in essence how it is. With the Antilies peace deal (a brilliant bit of community content) the French, Dutch and Swedes have moved to Mogadishu...I mean Haita and all hell has broken out...and some of the best PvP the server has seen has broken out. However with the recent BR tag to delay fleets heading to attack/defend...folks are resorting to desperate measures. The BR fix will remove ANY excuse for the shenanaghins and nations will need to send a pre-emptive screen where there is a triangle or quadrangle of opposing nations within range of a port. It shouldnt happen. But it does. Lets not cheer it or say its good. Lets boooo those who do it from this point on...and wait patiently for the new PB mechanics to be tested, which are looking very interesting.

The build up mechanic seems really interesting, I am a little unclear as to the actual win conditions to capture the port. Once the Port Battle Proper "kicks off" how does it work ?

Coolies. Thanks. Nice quick response.

There ya go Ceaser...and I actually referenced this post to them BEFORE THEY TAGGED CHEAT Attack (now) in play at truxillio PvP EU1 Spanish a pirate low rates/cutters repeatedly tagging Sols etc http://images.akamai...AD9AD54F7324F9/ http://images.akamai...A14F925CA0833B/ and me asking before he exploit tagged....and after http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/275100415605004937/637F2C91A4ECC3A31146BBBD133DCCAEC5AB6858/ And how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fa

Attack (now) in play at truxillio PvP EU1 Spanish a pirate low rates/cutters repeatadly tagging Sols etc http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/275100415604923614/7961A51D96F29FD7E300C0B872AD9AD54F7324F9/ http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/275100415604922222/DE9E0DCF8515D0B4BAA5D156DFA14F925CA0833B/ and me asking before he tagged.... ....and his reply http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/275100415605004937/637F2C91A4ECC3A31146BBBD133DCCAEC5AB6858/

Lets try that, without the "he started it" / "you are a nob" type follow ups....its the internet...what chance of that !

Firstly Celti I don't like exploiters full stop. I think the first thing we need to do, is not attribute exploiting to a 'nation'. I was in a fleet of 25 brits who attempting to sail to defend Port Antonio were tagged 4 times by 3 different spanish players, first one was nicely asked not to repeat, all these players are 'well known' players, not nubs and all players who have fought alongside you. 4 different Spanish did it again the following night to the dutch The spanish tried to plant a flag to stop a brit port take on an ally. So if we turn this into a Spansih did this Dutch did that, Brits are doing this, pirates did that, it will just descend into a slagging fest. Instead, as a Clan Officer, person in national chat, local diplomat, let all of us collectively say : No BR tagging.(this is rarely a noob by accident) No ally flags (we all know who are allies) No alt bullshit (fleet tagging). If any of us hear/see this, then call it out it national / global chat. Stamp out the "well they did this last week" excuse and let the Dev's fix the bits they can (BR rating is in next fix) and we the community deal with the ally flag BS. Coz if its a poo throwing contest...to be honest...every nation stinks.

I always knew the problem...nothing to do with that... I don't like the so called fix ! and agree totally with the only if its easy bit Lets be honest...its all pixels man...we lose a port...big deal...have more fun recapping it anyway

I am actually sort of with this....also expand AFK fishing by not having any fish in the 'green zone' due to pollution.

Can we revert the changes to the number of towers you need to cap (1 for shallow, 3 for deep) back to pre-9.9 I see no value in this at all, lets wait for the new port battles in a couple of months rather than tinker and unbalance. Shallow Water Port Defence is now daft/impossible, deep water defence much harder...and then you lose the port for days !!! To cap a shallow water port now takes 14 minutes for one player with gold marines and boarding mods. Plant Flag 2 mins ( uninterruptible) Setup 5 mins Sail to tower and kill with sexy time boarding modes 7 mins. So as a defender, assuming you have an outpust equidistant from the target, you have 14 minutes or lose a port for days. C'mon !!

Love the new patch. Not sure I like AFK anything. First off, in the past when Mrs J called me through to I dunno interact or something, I would just log off, now I leave the computer to fish then auto log me off. So I am no innocent. However fundamentally you shouldnt be able to gain anything beyond 'regen' (labour hours) by being AFK !! So maybe...perhaps...no fishing (or diminishing returns) if you are stationary for more than X minutes and same rule for a rudder hard left/hard right setup. (ducks as many smell cod are flung his way).

Fantastic effort and very much the sort of thing I am looking forward to. Would like to see some 'national' perks thrown in there somehow and the ability to have more than one of each type of officer under my command. I want a different crew to man my mortar brig than my Santi than my trader.

This is the thing that gets me. Myself and a matey were very cleverly tagged (the baddies..in this case the spanish) tagged two AI traders lynx and pulled us in. 2 of them SANK but surrendered before Davey claimed them, one ran with a slither of armour and got out, one just plain ran. 2 Ingies v 2 Constis, 1 Trinc and a Frigate. Almost 90 minutes of furious (and super fun) battle. 600+ hull penetrations. But ZERO kill or assist reward and with repairs and crew a NET LOSS in $$$ terms. http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/268344597679654851/2D04D9D55DF604D4FBBC74F2CFCEE0EFF2401445/

Olav please confirm, but the three perks shallow, frigate and sol apply as per the port battle designations of shallow, deep and regional So Shallow is upto mercury Frigate is Renomee to Ingie Sol is 3rd to Santi

If no good tele...then provide different rewards that you can collect !

Totally this. As more officers roll out make a perk some sort of Nav Aid. Either raw co-ords or a cooldown 'ping' that shows a circle on the map like when you are in port (mebee smaller) that means your 'about here',

#WaitToSeeWhatThePirateContentIsBeforeYouChangeTheOtherStuffAndDontKneejerkNerfAllTheNewStuff

Lol, 10 port battles in the 3 hours after shutdown last week....which is primetime aussie playtime...what ya on about. We have Spanish all over the shop on their timezones...its global...and in 2 months PB all get a whole new look...so lets see how that rolls

Thanks for that, there ya go. Wonder if Deep is A B C then ? ...and booooo I hate this change.