William the Drake Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Here is a quick list of important things to know about Naval Action for all our new captains joining the fray.1. Four servers PvP One- Europe PvE One- North america - Can only attack NPCs PvP Two- North America PvP Three- Europe 2. One character per account3. Character is shared across servers. Make a character on PvP one, and they will also be created on PvE and PvP Two4. XP is shared between servers. Gold and ships and crafting XP are not. There have been some changes with these two. Not 100% how this is handle atm.5. Basic cutter is free to purchase and repair. Basic cannons are free, but can only be fitted on the basic cutter6. XP is gained by dealing damage in battles and completing missions7. Missions can be taken at any port. Mission location will be marked on your map.8. Others can enter your missions9. Rank dictates how much crew you have. If you want to have more crew you must level up.10. No in game tutorial (yet). Check out the guides in this forum.11. Sinking? Caught on fire? Press "8" to go into survival mode. 12, You can only use 2 repair kits while in battle: one for hull, and one for sails 13. You can carry out emergency repairs to repair any of the 3 modules (rudder, magazine, pump). This has a cooldown of 6 minutes. 14. Everyone is at war. Just don't attack your Nation's fellow captains 15. If you are a National and you attack an ally, you will turn pirate. 16. If a ship is carrying contraband, it may be attacked, even if it is the same nation as you, with no consequences. 17. Nationals can enter their own Nation's ports, Neutral ports, and Free ports. 18. Pirates can only enter Pirate and Free ports. 19. Free ports cannot be captured. 20. Pirate is free-for-all. Attack anyone you wish, if you dare. 21. There is no GPS/Current Position Marker in game. Use your map, compass, and landmarks to discern your location 22. Manual sails only work in Combat instances. 23. Trader ships cannot mount cannons, have smaller crews, but have larger cargo holds 24. "bp" = BluePrint, this is a ship blueprint, allowing you to craft said ship 25. Manual sails are best saved for square-rigged ships (brig and up) 26. The numbers under a ships cannon slot correlate to cannon class, NOT cannon size/poundage. The first number set designates what class cannons can be used, the second set designates what class carronades can be used Example: [8-9]/[7-9] denotes that 8th and 9th class cannons can be mounted (i.e. 6 lb or 4 lb cannons) NOT 9 lb cannons! And that 7th, 8th, and 9th class carronades can be mounted (12 lb carronades). I will continue to add points as time goes on and more common questions arise.Cheers. Edited February 26, 2016 by William the Drake 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Rice Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 nice and simple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulsIII Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Niiiiiice. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kameradenschwein Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I just got the game on steam and I decided to sail for the dutch provinces. What happens if for whatever reason I decide to sail for a different faction? Since I can only have one character / captain per account? Do I have to delete my captain in that case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voi_Ta Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 @Landsmen: You can only turn into pirate now. No changing of nations. But I guess it would change. Only one account now. That might change too. !End of serious info! So i suggest to go with Denmark, we are better ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 What is the difference between a pve / pvp server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 What is the difference between a pve / pvp server? In the PvP servers, you are allowed to tag and engage other players. In PvE, you are allowed to tag and engage only NPCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nau Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 What is a battle instance? aren't we allowed to engage the ships from the other nations in the free world? I haven't bought the game yet(i'm kinda on the fence right now) but from what I have heard, Nationals can invade the enemy ports whenever they want, so how can it be if players who are in naval combat are separated from the other players? im confused xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 What is a battle instance? aren't we allowed to engage the ships from the other nations in the free world? I haven't bought the game yet(i'm kinda on the fence right now) but from what I have heard, Nationals can invade the enemy ports whenever they want, so how can it be if players who are in naval combat are separated from the other players? im confused xD The Open world is a condensed, large scale map of the Caribbean. You can attack or 'tag" someone here. When you tag someone, it will bring you into a battle instance, which is a real-scale map separate from the open world. For a brief amount of time after the battle begins, others can enter your battle. After some time passes, the battle will be closed and no others will be allowed to enter. Invasion of enemy ports happens the same way; Port Battles happen in the real-scale instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nau Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) The Open world is a condensed, large scale map of the Caribbean. You can attack or 'tag" someone here. When you tag someone, it will bring you into a battle instance, which is a real-scale map separate from the open world. For a brief amount of time after the battle begins, others can enter your battle. After some time passes, the battle will be closed and no others will be allowed to enter. Invasion of enemy ports happens the same way; Port Battles happen in the real-scale instances. Thanks! The game mechanics seem perfect! Also is there a limit to the number of ships which can enter an instance? I remember watching a clip on youtube where there was this huuge American fleet fighting an even bigger British fleet. I could count 20-24 us ships alone. Edited January 23, 2016 by Nau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VehoNex Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Hey, I've got a couple questions I hope someone could answer and I don't think a new thread would be needed since you have one open already. Manual vs Auto Skipper? Is there a benefit to manual skipper compared to auto or is auto good enough to handle most maneuvering? Sinking a ship: It seems I pump a lot of cannon balls into a ship before sending it to the bottom. Does aiming for the water line improve chances to cause leaks or is damage per side pretty generic? I saw mention of arcing your grape shot over the walls of a ship to damage the crew more. How is that possible for most ships? Is it using the swells and rolling your ship so that you can somehow gain height and angle on the other ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Manual vs Auto Skipper? Is there a benefit to manual skipper compared to auto or is auto good enough to handle most maneuvering? The benefits of manual sails are utilized best when sailing square-rigged vessels (brig and up), as opposed Fore-and-aft rigs. As I understand it, Auto skipper simply positions your yards to catch the most wind as possible and thus garner the best possible speed; not necessarily best for maneuvering. Sinking a ship: It seems I pump a lot of cannon balls into a ship before sending it to the bottom. Does aiming for the water line improve chances to cause leaks or is damage per side pretty generic? Yes, aiming below the water-line produces more dangerous leaks, thus resulting in the ship taking on water faster. I saw mention of arcing your grape shot over the walls of a ship to damage the crew more. How is that possible for most ships? Is it using the swells and rolling your ship so that you can somehow gain height and angle on the other ship? The is true when firing at a ship that still has armor. If the ship has low armor, then you should be able to damage crew with grape fairly easily when firing through the hull itself. Otherwise, yes, utilize the swells and time your shot so that you angle your shot into the deck of the ship from above, as much as possible at least. This usually requires having a ship of taller or at least equal height. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VehoNex Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Thanks for the answers. Last quick question: What does EA stand for? I can't find a definition for that beyond the well known Electronic Arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 What does EA stand for? I can't find a definition for that beyond the well known Electronic Arts. Early Access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cakezsensei Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Any possible way to revert "Pirate" status? Accidentally initiated on a friendly ship and now i'm a little screwed... Edited January 25, 2016 by Cakezsensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Any possible way to revert "Pirate" status? Accidentally initiated on a friendly ship and now i'm a little screwed... Unfortunately no, there is no current way to revert from piracy. Embrace the black flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cakezsensei Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Unfortunately no, there is no current way to revert from piracy. Embrace the black flag. No even for a GM/Dev or whatever to revert the process if they even help players with such a thing? XD I'm not embracing no black flag =/ It was purely accidental due to weird/poor interactions with the UI and keyboard shortcuts -.-" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ben Blackheart Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Great post William, TY! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taranis Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Thanks! Does crafting experience also convey between servers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Thanks! Does crafting experience also convey between servers? It appears that Crafting XP does NOT carry over from server to server. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmond Rooke Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thank-you for the guide. Any information on Repair Kits out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Thomson Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Repair kits are necessary to use battle repair skills, im not sure if all of them need a kit to work but sail and hull repairs do. You can also use repair kit at OW after a battle to fix your ship up whitout visiting a port. Is that what you wanted to know Emond ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmond Rooke Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Yes, thank-you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janat08 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Any chance moderators can keep this info up to date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janat08 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 When is release, what will be wiped on release, what caused game to become unpopular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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