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Ballistics and Damage model 4.0 To make the gameplay feel real and provide more tactical depth: we will be gradually moving to the final damage model, which has passed several iterations before. To find out how previous systems worked please refer to the Damage 2.0 and Damage 3.0 posts on forums. The new system is in development. Testing of this new model will start by spring of 2015 or earlier. Key new features Penetration classes Penetration exists now, but needs to be expanded for faster development and additions of new features. It also needs to be improved to allow for more customization of ships and weaponry. Cannons and ships will have a penetration class that will determine the ability to go through the armor. We believe that will provide more tactical diversity to combat. Ship armor will not be unified any longer. There will be weak spots to be exploited. Heavy planking at the waterline will make ship of the line more effective against lower level ships. Angles and ricochets Hitting a ship at narrow angle will ricochet from the ship hull. Longer guns with higher cannonball velocity will have better chances to penetrate at angles. This will make positioning very important. This feature is completely new and gameplay might change significantly and will require testing. Exact colliders and positioning of internal modules We are moving to the exact collision models that fully represent the shape of the hull. Same will be done with important internal modules. To blow up a bow magazine or break a frontal pump you will need to shoot at the front part of the ship. Pass through shots Gun ports will be implemented in the damage collider models. If the cannon ball does not hit anything it will pass through the ship and could hit the next target Crew damage Crew damage will also change significantly as crew will no longer be a unified mass of people. Crew will be located deck-by-deck creating the situations where you destroyed everyone on the top deck leaving intact gun crews on the gundeck. This system also will allow for potential expansions of detailed crew management if the need arise. Ballistics changes We were very unsatisfied with the ballistics of carronades and frog like double shot and have reworked the formulas to allow better customization of cannons and fast additions of new features. Reload penalties will be added to certain types of shot. New system could also allow for types of powder charge type weight if this feature is be needed. Gun sights experiments will continue and we will test a couple of implementations of the sights next year. Carronades will receive long overdue love and will be a formidable close range choice of weaponry. Feel free to provide suggestions, feedback, and improvement ideas.

Keys for pre-orders done before 18-30 kiev time will be sent within 1 hour.

Hello Captains.. Thank you very much for the continued support of the project! We plan to send out the next key batch tomorrow this Wednesday - 24th of December. Everyone who bought the game before wednesday 18pm (Kyiv time) will get the key the same day. Happy Holidays ps official holiday greetings are also coming tomorrow.

Guide forum section is coming. We will post our draft sections of our manual there and will improve them together. Wiki is not currently under works.

I know that elite dangerous did a special voice pack for voice attack confirming commands. In the future we might also do something like that with your first lieutenant shouting back confirmations.

Thank you for proposing this. You can already donate on our pre-order page. This could seriously speed up the development. Donations are not free gifts. All donations will be rewarded with exclusive in game content.

You have been on the forums since 2013 You might have missed this http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/535-player-selected-ship-winter-2014/. You also missed the selection where you could have said something.I don't see your posts in those topics. This ship was selected by Captains and Testers. Respect their choice please. Santisima and forthcoming Ingermanland were also chosen by players.

Right now the only requirements to progress is damage - because we are testing ships it is not important if you are winning or losing. So you can safely exit the battle if you lost contact without court martial

we actually have a better one.. but it hits FPS strongly. (as well as wake and more smoke) for EA we plan to have a bit better graphic setting options to provide more variety for powerful machines

Keys sent..

Keys for people who bought before this time 21-30 kiev time will receive by end of today. We will also send a batch tomorrow.

Dear Captains. If you have bought the pre-order late Friday or over weekend you will also receive the key this weekend! Due to multiple requests we are going to do it one time (just because large battles are epic and we want you to experience it)

November 21st seem to be a mistake. Was it from the email? If you got it you should have the key

We will post in the pinned topic when servers are up. Hang on there

Всей старой гвардии планируем подарок кстати Корабль и вымпел. корабль пока в секрете.

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There is no confusion there.. keys to the limited sea trials are sent every friday. It is indeed very clear on the pre-order shop page To everyone who bought before 18pm kiev we will try to send out the keys on friday (no later than sunday evening). here is a news post about this http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/2018-help-missing-steam-key-email-what-to-do/

Line ships definitely will suffer from such stern stuns unless there is a good cool down (invulnerability) after such event. But agree that such feature could be done in a fun way and can add some depth - like shooting the tracks in WOT.

Hello Captain.. So what exactly is wrong with the promises on the store page?

Such short term stuns are a great idea, but will create a "first shot" problem. In most cases a player (especially a rookie) will not recover making the rest of the combat unimportant time sink. This will make players a lot more cautious. And increase combat distance. For the raking fire only - this might be a good idea, but needs to be tested.

Welcome leo

Good day Captains.. Welcome to the sea trials. Goals The goal of this event is to test ships in combat, the battle mechanics, to understand what is fun or not. Feel free to experiment with mechanics - this will help to find bugs and improve the game for everyone in the future. We need every ship to receive equal attention - that is why the progression is locked and damage based. You are rewarded for active combat, you progress even if you lose battles. Don't be afraid to run straight to the enemy. How to play For useful short cuts, commands and mechanics refer to the following topic http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/1964-quick-keyboard-short-cuts-list-keybind-suggestions/ We deliberately are not supplying the guides, tutorials and manuals at this stage to find areas where the game needs improvement to be intuitive on the first try. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on forums or in game chat. Two important things for the new player are wind polars and using yards How to tack properly How to use manual sails Light ships vs The rest We found that light ships are harder to sail. Wait for the brig and your experience will improve a lot. For best results get close and use double shot. There are 4 battle rooms in the game. You can fight against bots (somewhat dumb at this stage) in the PVE rooms. You can also combat against other Captains in PVP. PvP is more fun though. Some battles last longer and if you sink you don't need to wait for the end of the battle. You can just exit and start new. Exploits If you find something unusual test it and post about it. The goal of the Sea Trials is to also find potential loopholes and close them. Behaviour For the sea trials we want to build a nice and friendly community - a place where you will feel comfortable and welcome. Negativity, flame is destructive because our goals are to improve the game. We actively discourage profanity personal attacks, flaming and trolling at this stage of the game. You can refer to the Royal Navy Articles of War to understand what kind of behavior is acceptable. http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/2214-royal-navy-articles-of-war-1757/ Feedback We have created several topics where you can provide feedback on various aspects of ships. You can find them in the Sea Trials forum section http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/forum/33-sea-trials/ Technical issues If you encounter bugs, or just anything strange or weird use F11 bug reporter tool. It works in combat and in lobby. Alt Tab has issues for some users - alt tabbing in full screen mode might crash your game and maybe a system. You can reconnect to a battle after you restart (in most cases you will still be alive). If you crash - please use NavalActionCrashSender.exe program located in the game folder. (game is located in Steam folders). Enjoy

We don't have a formal policy on this (yet) but we somehow feel weird when people try to sneak in advertising into their posts. Why don't you just post directly in the tavern- here is a game guys, please dont delete because i think it is awesome because of the following reasons. And if it is worth it we will keep it here.

I had the first pirate herc on Roberts. Some of you might not even remember people like al pliskin or Jeremiah doroe or Der Zomb