Jean LaPointe

I would believe the admins here are promoting the use of all ships for fighting, including the traders. The original traders in this game were either lightly armed or unarmed until you reached Le Gros venture, now they are well armed. Historically East Indiamen were used for national support. I cannot remember as this time under which king (Louis XIV or XV) but using indiamen to fight English warships to take control of some India Ports is a classic example of pressing merchants into fight for the crown. They do have books for sailing, fighting and personnel.Maybe a traders section would be a nice expansion of experience enhancements.

What update version should we be on as of August 11, 2019? Is version 1.6.38 current??

It has been a few days since I logged in. An update is needed but has no peers to complete this update and the game will not start without it. Is there a work around to fix this?? Thanks

You already have that with 3rd rate, bellona, victory etc.....................

Check your firewall and see if the application is blocked. The VPN will allow you to pass through the firewall, if this is the only way to reach the forum. The VPN will allow you to tunnel through local settings. Worth taking a look at.....

Game On. Servers back up and running...................

LOL, we all get a 4 day vacation from being at sea and all y'all going nuts..............................................

It would be great to have the 7 years war as well. Any thought to having famous battles that can be recreated to see how you could change the outcome, a Wooden ships kind of thing??

Remember a number of ships ferrying soldiers these SOL ships were "en flute", i.e. removing most of their cannons and serving as transport ships. 9 Ships of the Line have been know to ferry 3,650 soldiers across the Atlantic to Quebec which equals about 405 persons being transported per ship. The convoy would have been escorted by four additional, fully armed SOLs. So, 300 people on a brig would be overloaded. IMHO

When can we be able to get a copy?

As long as it takes to do so. If you had read the message from the developers PvP wipes first, followed by some testing prior to release. Take a breath please.

Absolutely good to see. Thank you for the knowledge update!!

So where in the message it mentions "Server Maintenance" 17th - 19th????

We will never have that kind of information, it will happen when it happens. It has always been this way. Grab a beer and watch re-runs of Combat on YouTube until then.

Yes, this is a launch. Another wipe after the Launch? Who really knows, but I think not. I do see the possibility of future resets of conquest areas to keep it playable on the PvP server. Not necessary for the PvE server as all ports are fixed. I have quit worrying over a wipe or not. Reading all the different opinions , which has included passionate verbal barrages, only summed up to creating a new approach to working the game. It is a good thing its a sandbox where you can approach it from a various directions. Having over 1800 hours in the game, top ranked in XP and can craft anything is a great personal loss of time invested and experience earned with this wipe. I hope the future only are resets and doesn't effect any personal gains.