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How weird, map works for me (Chrome).

That's just stupid. We can safely and completely disregard stupid. A bit hard to do, especially in the very weird player psychology environment that is OW (sandbox). Consensual fights that are not overly lopsided could be a starting point. PB's are kinda like that by design, so they have that going for them. The duel patrol zone is being designed for "real fights". In Flanker, Air Warrior, Aces High, WoT and NA Sea Trials, Legends and OW duel room (+ a precious few lucky equal sides fights in OW or PZ) I played with and against top players. I have been beaten so hard so many times, I've learned a ton... I think... hope. I love NA dearly, It's a gem. If I didn't I wouldn't be here throwing sand in your eyes. _____________________ edit: This amuses me enormously.

Ok... Serious face. I didn't quote you by name because you represent a school of thought, you're not alone and it would be overly pointed to lay it on you. When I do these write-ups I purposely write with a fork, I lay it on thick to get the amplified point across and also to make it entertaining. William Blake wrote a book in the 1790's titled "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". In this book he writes the "Proverbs of Hell" and the most famous of those is "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom". You might say I wallow in a low-brow version of that proverb when I agitate on the forums. Blake explains: I might add for shits and giggles to spice things up. Also, Jim Morrison was fascinated by "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom". Trivia. I don't care about pve at all. I have no interest in it and view it as a (time effective) neccessary evil to grind slots. I don't believe in attracting victims to PvP by luring them in with fantastic PvE content. If that would ever work, I'm always open to the idea I might be wrong, I would be truly flabbergasted. You mention EvE as a shining example... Have you looked up EvE's pvp/pve ratio? It's absolutely atrocious, it's not fit to be a model for a game centered around fighting ships. Don't ask me about PvE. I don't care. There's your chance to run with PvE ideas because I can be waved aside with "He's admitted he doesn't care, so don't listen to him". hello kitty PvE!

Lol, now I know what to do if I want slots on basic cutter.

Good stuff! Remember my imaginary and absent target audience would be guys that struggle and not you. (That cues us into @z4ys nagging me to put it on YT, apparently the plebs live there)

We have this unavoidable break between OW and instance so it's all but impossible to make it "perfect". It's just my guilty pleasure to pretend shaming gankers will do any good at all. I don't disagree with you, I simply wanted Legends. Thanks! Will fix. Didn't know as I've never tagged a bot inside R zone close to the forts and then been jumped. Dude, you know I'm the greatest PvE player on the War server! @Havelock, Stahp! You're making me blush. @z4ys Don't pressure me!

True, I would say "some" or "few", though. Just because you're one of the good guys does not make it the norm. I'll never not complain about ganking ;). "Playing it smart" is such a hindrance to fun; It's other people's fun, not mine. Sorry.

A small guide to stay safe(ish) while fighting bots These topics pop up on occasion: I'm green text in-game (chat mod) so I sometimes get contacted by frustrated players: Some sandbox pundits think people need a bunch of shiny PvE content to engage in the game and distract them enough to not minding playing the victim over and over: I think this is truly idiotic but the dudes honestly believe this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ People either like or feel forced to hump bots. “Pros” like to jump people doing it or ambush them as they come out. I have no sympathy for people who engage in such weak-ass PvP. This guide will help you reduce your exposure to such inane sandbox heroes. If you go out into OW you will be at risk, this is fine, the slower the ship the more exposed you are. If you’re one of those who likes to be left alone with your L’Ocean I can only help a tiny bit. Before you go out into OW synchronise Felix’ map with OW, it may help you orientate when coming out of an instance. Always note your heading when going into a fight, you’ll have the same heading when you get out. If possible make it easy for yourself to run to safety when you get out, after you’re done with the bots you have about 15 minutes to plan where to zoom with accelerated invisibility when you click out into OW. The admiralty Kill missions are private and people can’t jump you when you enter those (?), before clicking in point your ship towards where you believe you’ll have the most safety (reinforcement zone, ports, forts…). When you tag a bot in the reinforcement zone (R zone) you won’t be able to call in bots to help you and the forts won’t shoot at your enemy [correction: @Banished Privateer confirms that forts will shoot at enemy players] but your countrymen will have 30 minutes to come join and help you. If you’re jumped in the R-zone make sure to bring up the nation chat and tell everyone where the fight is, remember you can bring up chat inside the instance. If it’s the typical gank group try to waste as much of their time as possible, both to allow help to arrive but also to bore them as much as possible. They’re griefing you so feel free to return the favour: Fire ship, run, surrender or whatever you think will annoy them the most. Do not rage in chat because they feed on that. How to tag an OW bot or fleet. You should always scan the horizon, but be extra vigilant right before and if possible while the tag timer counts down. The two minute timer is long enough for ships beyond visual range to join before your fight closes, this only applies to windward ships so keep the keenest eye upwind. Make it a habit to tag with optimal wind position as that gives you a favourable fighting position or the option to extend and escape should you get jumped. Let the timer run for two minutes while you “escape” before engaging. The instance jumpers will inherit the relative bot position when they join and will have a hard time catching up with you. A gank group may have a smaller upwind sailer and with the weather gauge you’ll be able to seriously put out hurt on the small ships separated from their cavalry. If you’re chased by gankers in OW you can proactively tag bots with favourable wind and draw out the chase or get lucky and escape with accelerated invisibility. Don’t grow up to become a ganker or instance jumper yourself. That stuff is for the weak minds. You need real fights and shit like that won’t sustain you but rather rot your brain. ____ Made a youtube pretty out of this to make life harder for you shitheads... Bite me!

Heh, there's a reason I've kept that sig. Posters want all kind of "hardcore" (please be my victim without complaining) stuff that "makes things matter" all the while saying it will work for PvP.

Ah, yes! I've been singing that refrain for a long time but I always get the "Get out of here! This is a sandbox and not your stoopid handholding arena games!" Ship crafting in itself is ok, though, isn't it?

Don't want to refute it, but what are you referring to with regard to crafting and imbalance?

Nobody said it wasn't easy, It's just hyper boring. (Or quite time consuming; 10k dubs with PvP isn't a small thing) I'm just lucky I always enjoyed frigates more than big ships. I feel no doubloon pain at all.

<Gasp!> You guys! You don't like the treasure hunt grind to make truly special ships?! I'm hurt and offended!

confirmed.

Headshot!

Heh, I would place my faith in qw.

Get used to it, @Slim McSauce. I've been annoying since 2016.

But that is area based and not port based.

Player production cost with a 1.5-2 markup sold at all freeports, maybe even open-for-all ports. I saw Reverse cry for repairs at Hat Island after being in a scratch with me.

Free your mind, rediii. I guess we have different ideas about what dumbing down is. Even I don't advocate deleting all mods, but quite a few are powerful enough to override or obfuscate skill. That is my definition of dumb.

That's not the right question... Say I have some minutes to spare, I sometimes do, I set my main off to my afk alt and pick them up while I read or what have you. Since I started I've prolly picked up 50-100 loots to barter for rare books. Now that I have all books the bottles pile up. Upgrade books drop too rarely for me to care (after book drop nerf). After wipe this'll be an effective way for me to avoid bot bullying for cash. A week or two and I'm back at cash being irrelevant for my gameplay. I have laughed at afk fishing, but it truly is great; I can get cash and nice things without engaging in pve (bots) play. I do hit on bots to grind slots but it's unsustainable for me having to pve without an end in sight (cash, dubs, epics, chests...). I fear for the RvR guys having to bot bully to do what they think is fun. I should rather say I FEEL for them. Long live bottles and may they save me from all the hands-on pve content the pve dudes want!

I demand recognition as the greatest PvE player on the War server!

"Is this real life or is this just fantasy?"

Ooooh, I like this. We sometimes cross swords but this is a post I can get behind fully. Do a trade run for a million billion or smuggle repairs into a free port for peanuts with risk? hello kitty repairs and their hurr durr imaginary eco impact!