Hodggoblin

Pirates are happening. As for the topic at hand. With currently available options of ships, the lynx should be the starter ship and/or the yacht for those that got it the alpha buy in. I do not like the idea of being able to start in anything bigger, reguardless of the early path you choose. Also, the starter ship will need to be replaceable for free if you sink your ship and have no ships available where you respawn.

Why not try explaining it in a different way that those who dont understand what your asking for may understand? Why not try to correct where you think what I am getting out of you said is the wrong conclusion on my part?

What you are suggesting seems a few steps away from an aim bot to me because (what I get out of this) is that you want there to be, either, an indication for your guns current fireing range and the range of the ship you are fireing at (as if the crew knew the precise or approximate distance from one ship to their own) via a change of color in the red line used to show your guns angle. Also, you ask for your red line to be lockable so that you dont have to reaim when your ship heels or moves. If you look at the red lines possition in relation to the ship you are fireing at, you can already do this. The reason is said that what the admin is saying COULD be okay is that I understand that sacrifices are for the the betterment of the game(increasing the community size by making the game a little easier). I am sad to see you ignoring the "beginner how to tips" that you need to learn at least one of them to solve your problem, i.e. using the red lines possition in relation to the ship you are fireing at. What the admin posted in not exactly your solution, as shown by my quote of your original post above. You want the game to tell you if you have a good fireing solution or not, istead of using ranging shots to figure that out for yourself. You also dont want to use your sails to alievate your heeling problems when shooting.

What you(Kngsbrg) are asking for sounds like it just a few steps short of an aim bot. It is currently not that hard to aim in the game. Use the ship you are aiming at for a reference of where your red line was before you shot. Learn to compensate for waves. Mess with your sails to adjust the heeling of your ship to get a shot. What the admin is saying seems to be pretty good and could be an understandable sacrifice for the benifit of the game. Although, it currently is not hard to aim.

Choose our own names with some basic filters and no duplicates. NO PAYED FOR NAMES. Really? This is a video game not a historical movie(not saying throw everything to the wind here, there are just some things that come with playing a game and not having a time machine). There were not enough actual navy ships in the world during this time to be able to name every ship thet every player ever gets in this game.