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I still don't see how allowing every one to attack them would change this? They all ready can be attacked by every one expcept there own nation. Which if they are smuggling they prob aren't in there own waters so why would it matter if you add one more nation that can attack you. Smuggling in most nations was very illegal, that is why in game your treated as a pirate when your tagged with the flag.

I do think a warning would be good for the game, you know why there is warning labels on every thing? Cause some idiot still tried to do it even though common since would tell you not to, than they tried to sue the company after doing it. So we get warning labels. In just about every game I been on if you leave/retreat and leave you army/men behind they take heavy lost and or destroyed so why wouldn't it be diffrent in this game? I agree with you, but I think @rediii is right it prob should have some warning message when you try to escape and your fleet are still engaged. Honestly we do this to folks that have AI, we try to keep them in if they are escaping so they will loose the ships and crew. It use to be a pain back when they had 5 dura, but eventionally you will get them to run out of crew and dura's before they got to a port or you capture them, but than again this was back when they had that stupid coward perk some one could pop out right next to you even as you move to board their totally demasted and low crew ship.

Why would there be no traders? If you want high rewards of smuggling than you need to take the risk. Than again all the time I played Pirates I ran with smuggler as it didn't matter. They get treated as a pirate if another nation tag them so why shouldn't they be treated as pirates by there own nation too? All it does is mean that you have to be careful in your own waters encase the authorities catch you smuggling just like you have to be careful in any other waters. You don't plan to smuggle then turn off the flag.

and bring back the any one can attack you while you have smuggler flag on, including your own nation. That will drop a lot of players from using it all the time. It all ready forces pirates to join there side if you attack some one with a smuggler flag. So they should be treated like pirates when they have the flag on, being able to be attacked by every one including same nation.

This is why instead of the old alliance system I kinda been pushing having a privateer system for pirates. That way they can work for other nations/clans and keep the RvR to the core nations. IF you odn't want to get involved in the RvR you just remain an outlaw and do your OW thing. IF you want to get into RvR you have to get a contract (letter of Marque) from one of hte nations/Clans to work with them. While on the LoM you get bonus to your credit and xp depending of the nation is a high pop (negative towards) or low pop (bonus). Kinda the same way MWO (Mechwarrior Online) does there Merc units. You can take 1 week (think use to 1 month) contracts out at a time as for who your Merc Unit works for. This will help fill out smaller clans/nations with other clans and give them something to do. After all what is a Pirate? A Privateer without a job.

I actually run French refit on my prince for that reason when I'm playing tagger stern camper to keep folks in battles. Along with Renno's or other ships I use like this, they might not be totaly decked out speed ships, but they need to keep mast and sails up long enough for the big boys to catch up. Though I have been noticing folks mention a trend with US players and I think you where one of them and the ship I captured off lionshaft before the merge are heavy Mast modded for that reason since we go for mast to disable your ships and than have folks move in to board or just sink you. But it's not just mast your hitting, it's the rigging and other things that can grow foul and disable your ships.

I actually thought that they maybe added the new nations to test something and that would maybe lead to some real pirate mechanics or privateer mechanics in game.

It was so nice of them to make Lionshaft the VP too.

Nope no in game way and devs won't do it either. Basically if the creator goes AWOL you might as well break up the clan and make a new one.

Actually he doesn't need to leave. There is a new option that he can pick and give creator status to some one else. I think it dropped you down to Officer not diplo when I did it to test something. That reminds me I need to put that alt back into my crafter clan lol

Did ya'll recently leave port? Maybe they where still on cool down for joining a battle? Prob be nice if more details was given.

I haven't been impressed with all the fights I seen him without his gank squad to cover his arse and get him out. I notice he's not that great solo. I mean I"m not that great either but I'm going to put him pretty much around my level solo or a tab better. Hell I demasted him with the Lionshafts captured Wasa with Mediums on it. Only reason I lost that fight was cause of Fap showing up with a 1st rate. Once it caught up to our fight I was a goner...but it was a fun little fight any way....even with freaking all mediums on that ship. Ya'll know I hate the Wasa to so wasn't expecting to have lasted that long. It's kinda like me and talking smack in battles. Normally our rule is don't talk to the other team other than maybe a friendly hello or gg. Though there are some players that if I"m way in the back, sunk or just don't care I'll get them worked up in a fight or keep them typing. Cause they start to mess up when they are trying to respond back all the time and when you make mistakes in fight it means your prob going to keep making them. Some folks are just so easy to troll and work up too.

I also wish it was a BP not a note. That way I can make them when ever I want. I did notice that my Teak/Teak I built with mods was just a smidge slower than a fir/fir normal version with no mods. Which means a loaded down cargo ship it will easily run down. It should keep the same profile as the LGV for this exact reason. That and I think for what we are paying it should have 5 slots or atleast some boarding perks like the old Privateer and Pirate frigate got the moral boost, though I'll just be happy with 5 slots. Right now with three that pretty much is my Marines, Barricades and Muskets and nothing else. Would be nice to have those two other slots for some other perks to help it in fights.

They kinda need to split the new post thing. I click to post on things all the time until I notice it's Legends or even more one of the other games...lol

@Norfolk nChance Have you been in the new EPICS? You can't do that stuff any more. My guys went in one like how we do 1st hostility, normallly only 4-5 guys and we don't even need repairs most the time and kill 10 1st rates easly. They lost half there ships to AI and only got out with three chest. They are buffed up big time.. I believe they have 32's on the second decks instead of 24's. I would be suprise it was one of the many reasons they took the combat log out. I seen the stats of an OW Buffed up Victory in the API files so that prob what they are. I haven't looked through the API's since the new missions though or done one. As for the chest they have a high chance of getting 1st rate notes in them that you can keep and redeem for a full ship later along with mods and other things.

1st rates and above only, they are pumped up 1st rates too. I think it's 10 ships now and they are like super first rates. Might even be a restriction of having to have a group. I have yet to do one but the rewards are suppose to be some pretty good chest of stuff.

You don't have to be a slave to a clan. I played on EU all the way up to the merge with one pirate that I solo played and with none of my alts support. I stayed in 5th rates and below and used cheap captured shisp. Just like a pirate would do. Got tons of PvP and I lost a lot of ships. I don't let folks know that char's name cause it was my off clan fun time. SO you dont have to be a slave to nothing. That is the wrong attitude folks got about clans and solo play. They think they can't compete with the big clans. Well you can't in RvR cause that is based off Clans, but you sure as hell can do PvP in the OW, you just got to hunt smart. As for the numbers the game was new and got a lot of players on it, but those numbers dropped fast to more the core players that stick around. Many games have these spikes when they come out even if they aren't fully released. So stop trying to compare it to those numbers when it went live on steam. Will we every have numbers like that again, maybe when it releases, but I'm going to be the game will remain in the 500-1000 range at most. Hell when it was 1000 I hated it, you couldn't even get out of your dock and piss off your deck without getting ganked by half a dozen ships. It was just way to crowded back than before they split and did the mirror server. That was the point I switched over to the US server for the smaller population so I can enjoy the game more. And that is a player Mindset they need to get over.....in my old clan we went out in what ever we had and fought. WE FOUGHT TO WIN. We where 9 times out of 10 out number but we fought to the last man. This started to get us where we had port battles 13 vs 21, 16 vs 25, 19 vs 25 and one thing you see in all we lost very few ships and in the other team would loose almost all there ships. Cause we FOUGHT against the odds and they where so scared to loose there store bought ships....not even there good ships back in port they end up running as soon as we sunk a ship or two. If they stop worring about pixals and just come out and fight like there is no tomorrow they might actually win more battles. Though your never going to change those types. They are the same guys that showed up to all the empty port battles for combat marks, but when you had to fight other players was no where to be seen. No rewards is going to change that mentality so why should they be rewarded for what other players do when they go out and try there hardest and win battles? That is why I honestly hate VM system if it goes to all folks of a nation. It should only got to those that attend port battles. I honestly think every one that goes to a port battle even the lowest nation should get one VM at the end of the week. Than do the top nation rewards if your going to pay out all in that nation. That way even the smallest clan that fights over some shallow waters ports gets rewareded for trying to fight. Thus rewarding the guys that play the game and not the guys that sit in the ports and do nothing while there largest nation does all the hard work (or alts that are put in those nations to collect the points). I would add in one more group, the ones that want every thing just given to them. These are the guys that never play on hard mode, they always use cheat codes and they just don't want to play a game. They want to rush to the top and get the reward. They skip all the side quest and once they max out they stop playing. Ok maybe that is a few diffrent types, but if they don't want to do the work than I don't think they should get the reward. The other thing guys some of the ships that are now going to be under RvR/PvP rewards of the PvP Marks are not as good as folks think, once a good number of those ships are destroyed you will see more and more folks getting back into ships that wasn't being used as much. I have yet to redeem any of my Wasa's for that reason, pluss it's on my pirate char who won't use them. I'll save them for later to trade them for other things like say....>>COPPER PLATING<< or something else I might want. That same char has over half a dozen L'oceans most of them where captured in port battles as I use the Victory. I'll save them for a day when I need them for the clan or to trade for something. I bet you folks will be willing to trade later for good mods and books.

You can enter them like if a ship resupply, but you can't leave them and telport to other ports with them still in port is what I'm saying. This will keep most ports full of frigates and below and keep the SOL to capitals. Fleets would be effective as you can have to take it out of your fleet to telport to another port. Yah he links a very old post and that is why I assume he's talking about trying to get into certain ports. Those ports where never meant to be fast ports for big ships to get in and out of. I kinda would love to see a few more ports like that. I mean Nassau was a major trade hub, but I understand for balance only shallow ships can get into it. Than again I still hoping for shallows in actual battles. So maybe you have one area of a map that can only have frigates or shallow ships go to an objective in them but the rest of the battle can be in open water. Allow to have two different areas where some one could bring one big main fleet or they can split there fleet and bring a smaller fleet to take control of a side objective. Though this would be best as another topic.

All you need a room, funny thing I was like why would I want a list of what's on the ship when I saw this post, you get that when you go check the cargo/board. Than I read and was like OHHHH LIST....I think this would cause it to sink faster and they all ready back to sinking to fast with the new wind profile and leeway it's a pain to get to most ships that sink.

Your not going to please every one, that is why this is not a participation trophy rewards. If you want the content of part of the game you need to play it. I play all parts of it. I PvE grind, I RvR, I PvP so I can get all that content and have all that gear. Why should some one that only PvE's get the same content as I do when I play the whole game? The server honestly needs to be called PvP/PvE as it has both content. It is not a pure PvP server as some games have, cause than it would have zero PvE content. That is what the hard core PvP guys don't understand. This is not a pure PvP server. It's a PvP/PvE server with anther server that is pure PvE for those that don't want PvP.

Why do causal players deserve every thing that players that take time and play hard get? If you want other content that is in game you need to do that content. Many games it takes months or even years to max out. Even than you don't get all the elite gear in game. You have to do the elite/epic/legendary missions/events/dungeons to still get that content of the game. When a new DLC comes out does every one get it? No just the folks that pay for it unless it's free. Do you get all that new content instantly in game? No you have to actually play the game and do the things in the new content to reach that new stuff. It's not just instantly given to you. I don't call myself an elite player, but I have over 7K hours in game on my main account but some of that is AFK, so lets go with 4K hours I have on the other char. That means I have put a lot of time in this game so I have earned conent and gear through play. Does that mean I should be given content I don't play? No it shouldn't. I no different than a player that only has 100 hours. If he wants PvP gear and he has the same chance as I do with so many hours, he has to do the PvP content of the game or pay some one else to do it for him. It should not be just given to him cause he only puts in 1 hour here and there and doesn't have time to play all the content of the game. I'm so sick of this entitlement mind set where folks think they should get every thing while doing nothing. You want content you need to play that part of the game to get it.

You want elite content than you need to do elite content to get it. That or pay for it. Every other MMO is like this. You want that Elite dungeon gear you need to do the Elite Misison. That or pay some one else to do it for you. There is more than one way to get PvP marks. You can buy it, you can PvP on the OW or you can do RvR. SO nothing is being keep away from players. If you love PvE grind than trade those rare mods that you get dropped for something that can only be gotten by PvP marks. It actually now gives the guys that do nothing but PvP something to trade with to get the PvE grind equipment you need for OW/RvR PvP. And a new player should not be jumping into a fight on equal grounds as an Vet player. Even with the exact ship or set up or even the Vet using a store bought ship, he's prob going to own that new player. They should be learning the game and getting there skills up not trying to take on the top tier guys. Oh and most of my PvP marks have been gained in ships that don't cost PvP marks. Hell most of them where from sinking other players in the shallows so far.

Wait are you talking about trying to dock into shallow water ports with a deep water ship in the few that allow this? They shouldn't be easy to get int. Some ports honestly where hard to navigate in. And remember you have forts around you to protect you if you get tagged around a friendly port like this. I actually wish there was one more limitation. You can't leave a SOL ship in aport unless it's a DEEP DEEP harbor. Have three types of ports: Shallow, Normal and Deep. Shallows only light ships can stay docked in them. While some ships might be able to get into those ports, you can't just leave the ship there. Normal is limted up to 4th rates and the same for the Deep water anything can dock and stay in that port. This will limit folks from having SOL's all over the place. Also make free towns Normal ports so that you can't keep your SOL in them. Why would a neutral nation want the war ships of other nations in there port?

We been eyeing a port I wanted to do a port battle in for ages just cause of it's location and even if our clan doesn't flip it I want to show up for that one even just to screen. It's going to be an interesting fight if folks show up. We all ready been talking about what a nightmare ports like Willimgton would be on this system. I thin you where there when we took it from the US that one time? That was without Leeway and some bad wind, just imagine it now? I would bring more than one Mortar Brig for sure cause of every one that would get so beached.

See your points are flawed. I have unlocked Wasa on my second char. So I have fought in both ships. My main prefers the Aggy over the Wasa cause I like how it handled before the merge and current patches. The problem is you guys forgets that 99% of the game isn't elite players. Hell 70% of the game doesn't even get on these forums. Most of the guys and I say most cause I know them from Global that have been making these WASA OP post are guys that could hardly manual sail there own arse out of irons are spend most of the battle running in there speed ships. Of course if they take a Fir/Fir Ship against something with a heavy broad side of a ship of that type. I have over 7K hours in this game on my main and 4K on my alts, I done a lot of testing of ships so it's not just one example. Hell just look at my post count I think I"m like around the top 5-10 players on post. Up until recently when I started working again I played a lot of hours in this game. That was just one example I stated on here. The fact is that is it's a powerful ship that needs to be moved to a better spot that matches it's BR and maybe some minor tweaks to it's stats. It does not need to be nerfed to death. Any one notice when a few of us state fix the BR none of the guys complaining say anything about port battles? Instead they still say, "Well it will still be to powerful in OW." Well than maybe bring bigger ships or ships not made of fir fir. If you bring SOLO's don't sail them solo. Don't be an idiot when you out number and go at the player one at a time. Support the other players in your battle. To many folks die cause they only care about there own ships and hides and they leave the other players up the creek and run. And this is why many of us think that it needs a BR bump. Can still keep it a 4th rate but bring the BR up to match the 3rd rates cause of it's broad side weight, but ships like the Connie and Aggy need there old stats back and than do a proper BR balance between them. Even the Ingermanland and Wappen need some love too. Don't nerf ships cause older ships are under power. Bring the old ships back to there proper power level to balance things out. I bet you most of these guys that think the Wasa is OP wasn't away when then Wappen, Aggy and Connie first came out and every one thought they where OP too. It's just a balance issue is all. OW shouldn't matter about BR cause any one can use what ever they want. This just helps balance them in port battles is all.