Leviathan

When you just spent entirely too much building a gaming pc for one game... Oh, and the Steam hours thing as Prater said

Not everyone responds to PM's and it's possible they didn't see it right away. You might try Nation chat as well to start a conversation and meet up with other players.

The ships that you are seeing are NPC ships. If you hail a player it will show their rank like "Ensign Bolitho" or "Commodore Leviathan" whereas an NPC won't show a rank when you hail it. The exception is once you are in a battle instance the NPCs will have generic ranks assigned to them. Every capital, English Harbour in this case, has NPC fleets that sit out in front for protection from ships of other nations. You can't join them while they sit there but if they would attack a passing player, or a player attacks them, you can click on the battle instance and join it to fight with them.

Are you using the defualt Ultra settings or are you using 2x or 4x anti aliasing on top of that? I recently finished a new build with a regular 980 and at 2560x1440 I was getting 55-60fps in the open world and 75-80 in battles. However, if I turned on 4x anti aliasing it would drop below 30 so I turned it off since it's really not needed at that resolution. I have an EVGA 980ti coming this week so I can update with my results to compare.

http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/5487-open-world-for-rest-of-players/?p=104993

Awesome, can't wait for Rattlesnake.

It sounds like you were attacked (either player or NPC) and sunk after you logged off. You remain visible and susceptible to attack for 10 minutes after you log off on the open sea, so yes it pays to find a port before logging off. The Lynx is a starter ship with infinite lives so that's why you kept it the second time.

I see a post of yours from about 12 hours ago http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/5134-stuck-post-here/?p=103766

I agree. In a game it's easy to sometimes lose the perspective of how big these ships are. I remember the first time seeing a Surpise in game and how massive it seemed compared to the ships like the Lynx, but after sailing everything for a while they tend to seem smaller. It's easy to forget how big the Constitution actually is as well

The link Tommy posted is correct. The game was taken down a week ago for maintenance and that notification posted. Please take a few moments to search the forums before making new topics for things such as this.

Some really nice pics posted on the USS Constitution Facebook page today https://www.facebook.com/ussconstitutionofficial

The majority of us are from the US but we have members from Canada and several other countries as well.

I'm still anxiously awaiting the Rattlesnake

One thing is certain... If a Dutch ship goes down that trio of crew will never have to worry about drowning.

I've had this happen as well. It seems that if everyone joins a battle within the first few moments it's fine. However, if someone joins the battle after it's been going for a while it freezes and kicks everyone out. You are returned to the open sea as you were before the battle started and get no credit for xp or gold. This has only been an issue the past day or two but it is definitely a massive issue right now.

I think you may be confusing skill and strategy/teamwork. In WoWS there is no effect from wind on your maneuverability, heel, speed, or range of fire. Granted these things shouldn't affect a warship as it would tall ship but it also results in less variables to deal with in a combat scenario. You range of fire is only limited by your type of guns and you can sail in any direction without regard to the wind. This takes a massive amount of depth out of the combat compared to Naval Action. Yes, there is teamwork and strategy but because of the absence of these elements it is much more point and shoot based. I think that's what most people are arguing.

You're welcome

Assuming you use Windows you can open up the volume control (little speaker icon) on your task bar. There you can see the programs that are running. If Naval Action is open you will see it listed and you can turn the volume up or down for it. There are no in-game volume controls currently but they should be implemented eventually but this should work for now.

If we are talking rum then this is my go-to However, If you absolutely hate money and want to get rid of it as fast as possible then buy this one

Sierra Nevada - Narwhal Imperial Stout (10.2%) Tons of flavors like coffee and chocolate but not for the faint of heart. Harpoon - Leviathan IPA (10%) A lot of hop bite at the beginning but mellows out nicely.

I'll take the first one. I like the black trim on the stern.

Looks like the USS Essex 1799? Would be hilarious to have the figurehead animated in-game cutting down rigging and crew

There's the rest of the stern decorations for the Bellona! Possibly the two best looking ships in the game so far.

Moved to UGG board