SirWili

Yes. Just because of the time and extra effort it would take to load them separately. I haven't heard about any navy or other group which would not used either canister or bagged grapeshots. Maybe somewhere during the history somebody has been fool or desperate enough to do it without a container, but it's not an effective way of loading the cannon.

Seems nice, althought the size of the ship is not for overseas trading. That kind of small merchant ships were called coastal traders here in Finland. They usually kept the land on sight, since the boat was not suitable for large waves and stormy weather.

Naah. The sail control is pretty much instant as it is now. No need to turboboost it, since it takes around 5 secs to fully raise or lower your sails. All of them. If it would be made slower, then maybe.

Most of these are coming. Check the forums for open world topics.

Well.. Theres a large swedish merchant sailship replica götheburg, if you ask from the owners via e-mail, you might get its schematics quite easily for reference. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Götheborg_(ship) Heres the homepage of the ship http://www.soic.se/en/ Heres the first ships replica which took 24 swedes to the "new sweden" in america in 1638. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Nyckel There might be also schematics available

Kellys Heroes. ... On more "historical" point of view... Dont remember the tittle ,it was a ships name. Movie told a story about slaves who rebelled against the slaveship crew. They tried to sail back to africa but end up being trialed in usa. Good movie, worth watching. Edit: movie name is Amistad. Trailer http:/youtube.com/watch?v=KP0hwVVUTaci I really wish that this game wont end up cleaning the history of slavery and abusive actons of european nations / religions.

Dont shoot down gnomes. We have reported sightings about them in Finland. Actually theres even juridical cases from 17th or maybe 18th century where gnomes were trialed for causing fires which destroyed some buildings near the city I live in. Unfortunately they couldnt catch one so they had to give the sentence without seeing the criminal, but in theory police should be still looking for them. Even today gnomes are looking after our children. If children behave baddly gnomes will report to the parents, or in a severe case straight to father christmass. Gnomes are just as real as Kraken. No gnomes, no Kraken. Edit. Nice that you agreed about spirits.

Why should I be trollingI just would like for this game to be accurate, not only technical details but also in social aspects of age of sail. Superstitious beliefs were very common and I would really like to see them in the game. I would also like to see the slavetrading, genocide of the native population of north and south americas, looting of the africa, killing and thieving for your religion and nation. Age of privateers, Opium and tea trading etc.. Actually putting gnomes, unicorns, giants, onelegged humanoids, witches and such together with Kraken is the right thing to do. Put personally I'm against putting only one of them in to the game, i call for all or nothing. Spirits, bad omens, monsters and gnomes were just as real as Kraken for the sailors who lived in the timeframe of NA. At the given timeframe, there were actually more proofs about demons and gnomes than krakens. If theres a kraken, there should be also protective forces, where gnomes as an example come to play. Buy a gnome for your ship and be saved from the damnations of the sea. Gnomes were helping people as long as you respected them and took care of them. Stay safe from a kraken, invest in gnomes. No gnomes and such, no kraken.

Sure, lets bring Krakens, seadragons, giants, mermaids and all of the characters from the lores of seamanship. BUT, if we do that, I really want that theres an option to counter some of these awfull encounters which might have dire consecuenses on poor sailors health and wellbeing. We need something powerfull, something which has as strong mythical/legendary power as the mighty kraken and other seamonsters all together: Gnomes. Gnomes are helpfull and positive characters as long as you dont insult them. They can counter ALL of the most common bad omens. Gomes come with moneyback quarantee which covers following threaths sailors might face during their travels. Black bags Gingers Albatross Stones cast to sea Krakens Women on board Stepping into the ship with left foot All the other Seamonsters Looking behind after leaving from port For successfull journeys, Gnome. Now on sale with just 100 pieces of gold and 10 silver/month for the milk it needs to stay happy. Dont leave from port without it. http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/02gnome.jpg

Edit: ^??? You call us immoral on what basis? And why do you have a flaming ship under your post? Would you shoot at your neighbours with cannons? Sorry for that, but I thought that I noticed doublestandards within your comments. Ontopic: Sure. Get the religional factions in to the game. It would make good drama as Sin Khan was first to prove. Lots of historical bloody wars and plots to get the missions for the game. Nothing like receiving a command to defend the glorious teachings of buddha from crossbarers. Or fighting for the true christianity against the wrong kind of christianity. That would be my most favorite role to play. The diplomacy and religional factions should be just as cunning, abusive and bloodthirsty as they have been in the real world. No polishing, no blaming, just historical events. For religious members of the gaming society it would be great to act according to their beliefs and join the religional faction which presents their real life beliefs. Or take a walk on the wild side and look how it was on the other team at that time. @maturin; who do you mean, me?

My first ship would be LB Woofistan. I don't care if someone names his ship as Lordzz NeviLslovela(Y)er32004, as long as the name is written only on the ship and not visible on the overhead markers. (Some restrictions might still be in place. Personally I wouldn't like to see ships named long live Hitler, praise Stalin, kill all (name your favorite minority) etc.) IMO personalizing your ships also makes you want to keep them afloat.

Well.. I use the same nick in most games I play. Been playing mostly Wot and warthunder lately.