Jean Ribault Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Can someone post a pic of it here please, so everyone can see it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teutonic Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) I colored where the nations own ports and currently they are the "unconquerable" ones. some players on the testbed have taken some conquerable ports. Neutral ports have 6 Neutral AI ships to defend it when you take them (can vary as I have only popped 2 PBs on the testbed) Edited September 5, 2017 by Teutonic 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Ribault Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thanks man, really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bach Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 12 hours ago, admin said: map reset only Will you be sending out another forged paper set so we can change nations to the difficulty setting we want to play? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Ribault Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 52 minutes ago, Bach said: Will you be sending out another forged paper set so we can change nations to the difficulty setting we want to play? Or at least make them tradeable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sang Noir Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 The game is going down, and it's going down hard. http://steamcharts.com/app/311310 What are you going to do about it? Have you moved on to your new game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2run Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Endless discussion. They cut all the fun stuff and developed the boring stuff. So yes. We have moved on to new cyberworlds. Maybe keeping that tiny little hope, that this game is getting fun again somehow... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lust Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 23 hours ago, admin said: map reset only Is Kidd's the other pirate safe zone? I was on testbed but i didn't sail there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bach Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, Captain Lust said: Is Kidd's the other pirate safe zone? I was on testbed but i didn't sail there... No. On the test bed Kidd's is Nuetral at the map start and will revert back to Nuetral if no clan pays to maintain the three ports. yes, I went to the trouble of sailing there and visiting all three ports on the tested. Pirates are listed as HARD nation to play. Having a 100% secure production and PVE base in the middle of nowhere would clearly move Pirates into EASY nation mode. Edited September 6, 2017 by Bach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikawa Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 18 hours ago, Bach said: Pirates are listed as HARD nation to play. Having a 100% secure production and PVE base in the middle of nowhere would clearly move Pirates into EASY nation mode. I simply don't understand that easy-hard mode discussion at all. Is not the player base the main factor which makes a nation "easier" or "harder" to play? And beside that, the difficulty is the same I guess for all players, or is this just the discussion to make AI combat easier for "easy" nations? Just the RVR part depends strongly on player numbers and this is a part not all players care about. There are a lot of solo / pvp hunters out who don't mind about RVR that much. In my opinion this topic gets way too much attention. The main focus should be on a good gameplay experience in daily tasks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryPanCake Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 4:19 AM, admin said: map reset only Thank you for the info. like you did for the previous total reset/asset wipe, will you provide some guidance as to how to "protect" our assets/OP's/buildings? At first glance, it looks like most of them will end up in neutral/free ports, so it might not be a big deal. Otherwise, let us know how to proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2run Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 3 hours ago, mikawa said: I simply don't understand that easy-hard mode discussion at all. Is not the player base the main factor which makes a nation "easier" or "harder" to play? And beside that, the difficulty is the same I guess for all players, or is this just the discussion to make AI combat easier for "easy" nations? Just the RVR part depends strongly on player numbers and this is a part not all players care about. There are a lot of solo / pvp hunters out who don't mind about RVR that much. In my opinion this topic gets way too much attention. The main focus should be on a good gameplay experience in daily tasks. Indeed. And to achieve this you need cheap ships and open battles to join. It's very, very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bach Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 4 hours ago, mikawa said: I simply don't understand that easy-hard mode discussion at all. Is not the player base the main factor which makes a nation "easier" or "harder" to play? And beside that, the difficulty is the same I guess for all players, or is this just the discussion to make AI combat easier for "easy" nations? Just the RVR part depends strongly on player numbers and this is a part not all players care about. There are a lot of solo / pvp hunters out who don't mind about RVR that much. In my opinion this topic gets way too much attention. The main focus should be on a good gameplay experience in daily tasks. The difficulty rating is a very very rough idea of what you can expect if you choose to play that nation. It is reasonable to give new players some idea of the game play experience each nation likely has to offer before they choose a nation. I believe that is all the Devs are trying to do with the difficulty rating. A solo/pvp hunter may not mind about RvR. But he probably will mind about long sails to targets. He will mind knowing which ports have easy targets and which will be very hard to assault solo. Nations with uncapturable ports near the center of the map offer short sails from home ports which require less preplanning. In this aspect they are likely to be easier to play. Target nations that are considered easy, like Spain, has a reinforcement secured set of home ports all the way over in the gulf. This area of Spain is Easy for Spanish PVE/econ but makes it HARD for solo pirate players to assault it due to distance and larger swatch of reinforcement ports. Sweden is hard mode and only get two home ports. A solo pirate hunter would find that Swedish players have less protection and less possible travel routes than Spanish players. This makes Sweden a HARDER nation to play and an easier one to be assaulted by lone pirates. Now Swedish player could turn this whole thing around by capturing all the port around them so the difficulty rating isn't a guarantee. But just x10 ports would cost the Swedes 1mil gold per day and none but the 2 home ports come with reinforcements. Plus anytime Swedish clans hop to another game those captured ports revert back to neutral. Anyway, you get the idea, its about guiding new players expectations of game experience. I would imagine if a mostly PVE oriented player joins Sweden, gets stomped daily by solo pirate hunters that he will quit the game in short order. But if the difficulty rating causes him to choose Spain and he stays in the game because he is ganked less then it will have done its job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfkSailor Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 When this patch comes, will a set of forged papers come with it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIerrick de Badas Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Letting jamaica to britain is still a problem as it's on center on the map the only uncaptaurable area. All natio should have uncapturable area around their capital but not like that in the middle of map 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabral Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 9 hours ago, PIerrick de Badas said: Letting jamaica to britain is still a problem as it's on center on the map the only uncaptaurable area. All natio should have uncapturable area around their capital but not like that in the middle of map So what you propose is that only KPR should be uncapturable, the remaining ports of Jamaica could be? Do you accept the same to Martinique, you only keep Fort Royal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIerrick de Badas Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 No problem. The problem is not the port uncapturable but their localisation on middle of map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cavanaugh Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 1 hour ago, PIerrick de Badas said: No problem. The problem is not the port uncapturable but their localisation on middle of map Agreed - it poses an issue both for British carebears who find themselves among the most prolific targets - just check combat news to see that the area is hunted by nearly all nations, and also to RvR groups on all sides - their centralization means they can spread out most efficiently post wipe, while also being on the best position to oppose expansion by other factions in areas other than the extreme western regions of the gulf and the south eastern French/Swedish region. Conversely the swedes cannot expand in any direction without enveloping at least 1 foreign capitol, exacerbated by limited range of host missions. "Breaking out" for the swedes would require leapfrogging to Haiti or panama as done previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Silberbart Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 On 8.9.2017 at 1:01 AM, PIerrick de Badas said: Letting jamaica to britain is still a problem as it's on center on the map the only uncaptaurable area. All natio should have uncapturable area around their capital but not like that in the middle of map that is absolutely right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Sorry, I lost the track about the news about the next patch and this thread is too long for search. Please, can someone tell me how can a clan to control an uncapturable national port? A battle where only national clans can fight? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCaveMan Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 6:37 PM, z4ys said: Why always pve in a pvp game? Because it is not just a PvP game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 21 hours ago, Siegfried said: Sorry, I lost the track about the news about the next patch and this thread is too long for search. Please, can someone tell me how can a clan to control an uncapturable national port? A battle where only national clans can fight? http://forum.game-labs.net/topic/22597-patch-monday-urgent/?page=8&tab=comments#comment-464689 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazco Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 7.09.2017 at 1:30 PM, fox2run said: Indeed. And to achieve this you need cheap ships and open battles to join. It's very, very simple. No, it's not simple. We had open battles and cheap ships before. It only gives lack of purpose and uneven fights with many possible exploits. What is needed are incentive systems to make players create fun encounters which are meaningful (change something in a game world). There are multiple ways to do this and to screw this. It's not simple. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2run Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 7 hours ago, CaptainCaveMan said: Because it is not just a PvP game... Ehh On pvp server it should be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodgi Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 7.9.2017 at 1:30 PM, fox2run said: and open battles to join. You know, you have my support with the fight for more PVP. But "open battles to join" does as much harm as good. Sure, there would be some more PVP, but it drags glorious PVP down to a mouthbreather level. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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