Rabid_Infidel

My spec: Phenom2 x4 970 3.8Ghz - Usage in game: 40-50% on all cores Asus Amd Radeon R9 290x - Usage in game: 99% all the time no matter the settings used 8 gigs of ram at 1600 mhz No matter WHAT option i choose this never changes. Usage always is the same. And graphics changes usually result in minor FPS gain. FXAA- off Antistropic filtering- off shadows- low/low AA- off Texture/lvl of detail is at max. Ress. 1080p This settings will give me 38-42 fps open world near land and in small battles with few ships. On open water with no land in sight i will get about 50. Battles with many ships i get a FPS drop to around 25-30 at max! So this is the weird thing.. I know my proc i an older one but it's still underutilized. I can still surf the web, watch YT videos while playing the game so i know the CPU has enough juice left. Why my card is on 99% i really don't know. I had a less powerful card with the same results. Whatever is going on here i believe i should be doing better FPS wise with my rig. Not maybe by much but a bit better.

You talk of logic yet the logic has eluded you! You want all the perks and game style of the nation player but with a cool black flag on your ship. If you want a cloned another nation you have plenty to choose from as it is. No need for a fake "pirate nation". Pirates in this game should be something different. Whole different ball game with it's own dynamics at play. Pirates should not be able to crew ANYTHING bigger than a frigate, should have a tough time to cap deep harbors and be even harder to keep them in their possession. Anything other then that is stupid as is so far from reality that it's silly. Pirate moto is to make money by plundering, to strike undefended targets, fast and hard, plunder it and be gone before the nation can mount a defence. It's not up to pirates to wage open warfare against a colonial power! No if you ask me why would somebody play with such handicap i do not know but it's a life of a pirate. Like i said, if you want to play a gameplay of a nation then pick a nation. If you WANT to play A PIRATE, then for the love of god play like the pirate should play. LOGIC