UltraVires

Release is happening? All my friends who said "I'm gonna wait till it's out on Steam." can get the game now??? Three Cheer's for the Devs!! Hip hip! HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!

at first I thought "good idea!" and then I thought... "hey... from a distance... all cannons kinda sound the same.." So... I'm actually not sure how I feel about this Idea... Maybe if I had some evidence that different sized cannons actually sound different when fired.

President Andrew Jackson's best quote: "I never thought much of a man who couldn't figure out more than one way to spell a word." There's a butcher-er of the English... language... for you. (Yes, that's a War of 1812 reference. )

Lot's of great stuff on here... but I had to put this up... because... "He Task's me! He task's me, and I shall have him! I'll chase him round the moons of Nebir, round the Antares Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up!!!"

I see shades of our Constitution Duel here Mr. Doran... Glad I could help you refine your tactics... And now you've done the same for me... Cheers! You may live to regret those words Prater, when the game releases... and we get Rammed by noobs...

Would you be needing any Privateers then Lads? I be thinking not well on joining the Navy lads, for I be not the kind as takes orders, nor bows and scrapes... But a Privateer needs a Letter of Marque from someone; else there's some as go around calling em' "Pirates" and wanting to stretch their necks like. I prefer me neck at it's present length... So if a share of me gold for a scrap of paper from you Decatur boys keeps me head out of the hemp, and me ship in the trim; then that be a fair Accord says I. What says you? In modern English: I'm not sure if I want to be a Navy player or a Privateer, as I'm still unsure how the progression in the game will work. I would still like to have some cool people to play the game with though... do you have an "Associate" member category, or something?

Welcome Billy and Hethwill! I'd be happy to give you some helpful hints Billy. If you see me in the Lobby, feel free to ask for help. You can probably ask most people for a "learning Duel" so you can go one on one.

This... I find this is the reason that I miss shots that hit on the single range shot, but the broadside misses. I'll fire a ranging shot, and unbeknownst to me our ships are sailing at an angle which is either opening, or closing the range... so the ranging shot hits... then the broadside misses. I don't really have any problem with this... I just need to be a better shot!

Yeah Tabby, it would be pretty strange to see a Lime Green 1st Rate sail past...

This is easy guys, when the Open World, and Ship Customization come out... Just buy a Constitution "class" Frigate, paint her in French colors... and Bingo! Acheron. Plenty of ships built in the US were used by Britain and France, amongst others. In the Novel "Far Side of the World" Cpt. Aubrey and the Surprise are actually after the American Frigate USS Essex during the War of 1812. Since the filmmakers were fairly sure they were only going to make 1 movie from the series, they wanted the "bad guys" to be French- to better represent the era of the Novels. Or that's what I seem to remember from the "Making of" documentary on the DVD.

They don't really need a buff in stats, otherwise there's no "reason" to buy a newer ship. How about the older ships are Cheaper, and easier to replace? Remember, in the future, losing a ship is going to hurt.