Don Sancho Navarro

Hello everybody. There has been a lot of discussion lately about timers, faction size, game balance, etc. In this forum and National news. One thing I believe is clear is that Spain is not a "comfortable" nation to non Spanish speaking players. Despite some efforts to improve, especially in the nation chat, most of the information is still exchanged in Spanish, and the TS dynamics are mostly carried out in Cervantes tongue. Of course, this poses a difficulty, especially in a moment when Spain needs new players, broaden our connection timers, to try to match those of other nations hostile to Spain, with a larger, and more geographically diverse population. So, I would like to start this discussion for all of Spain´s Captains, to exchange ideas on how to make life easier for those of us that do not speak Spanish. Here I toss a couple of ideas: - In the TS: establish a corps of translators, that are nominated liaisons to non Spanish speaking clans, Russians, Germans, and our large and always welcome population of Polynesians. One or two liaison officers would do the trick, to pass on essential information about port battles, political situation, check about their needs and opinions, etc. - In the National chat: The same, all essential information about enemy fleets/privateers, battles, should be shared in an English-friendly code: for example Holand instead of berenjeno, sharing coordinates instead of indications, etc. - In Havana: Try to create a friendlier environment for new players. Restarting the activities of the Naval Academy, with volunteer experienced captains from all clans, to do missions, train and escort the new players. Maybe a Schedule of missions could be established for different grades, in English and Spanish, with some of us sharing the responsibility of training recruits. Any other ideas or suggestions? thank you for sharing your opinions here. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro Hola a todos: Últimamente se han dado muchas discusiones sobre los timers, tamaño de las facciones, equilibrio en el juego, etc. En este foro y en el de National News. Una cosa que creo que queda clara es que España no es una facción "cómoda" para los jugadores que no hablan español. Pese a algunos esfuerzos por mejorar, especialmente en el chat de nación, la mayor parte de la información se sigue intercambiando en Español, y las dinámicas del TS se siguen llevando a cabo en la lengua de Cervantes. Por supuesto que esto nos supone una dificultad, especialmente en momentos en los que españa necesita nuevos jugadores, para ampliar nuestros horarios de juego, e intentar armonizarlos con otras naciones hostiles a España, con poblaciones mayores y geográficamente más diversas. Así que me gustaría empezar esta discusión para todos los capitanes de España, para intercambiar ideas sobre cómo hacer la vida más fácil para aquellos de nosotros que no hablan Esañol. Aquí lanzo un par de ideas: - En el TS: Establecer un cuerpo de traductores que hagan de vínculo con los clanes no hispanohablantes: los rusos, alemanes y nuestra gran población de polinesios. Uno o dos oficiales de enlace serían suficientes para pasarles información esencial sobre batallas de puerto, situación política, y consultarles sobre sus necesidades y opiniones. - En el chat nacional: Lo mismo, información esencial sobre flotas enemigas, corsarios y batallas se debería de compartir en un código más entendible a los angloparlantes: por ejemplo, Holand en vez de berenjeno, compartir coordinadas en vez de indicaciones, etc. - En Habana: Intentar crear un ambiente más amistoso poara los nuevos jugadores. Reactivar las actividades de la Academia Naval con capitanes voluntarios de experiencia de todos los clanes, para hacer misiones, entrenar y escoltar a los jugadores nuevos. Quizás estableciendo un horario de misiones para los diferentes grados en Inglés y Español, con algunos de nosotros compartiendo la responsabilidad de entrenar a los reclutas. ¿Otras ideas o sugerencias? Gracias por compartir vuestra opinión aquí. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro.

If you vote based on your personal sympathies, you are welcomed to do so. I would like to make informed decisions, based on the relaity of the game, not who I like or dislike.

I recently published a thread asking the developers for clear statistics on the nations's weight, worth, numbers, economy and military performance. It would be interesting to know this so the players can make informed decisions when voting. http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/15712-transparency-international-suggestion/#entry293585 Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

Indeed, the voting numbers are interesting, not a fool proof method, but can give us an estimation of each faction´s weight. It is precisely to avoid these guesstimates and fruitless discussions in the forums why I believe this information should be made public.

Yes... or maybe not... you should have more faith in this game's players... we are not the average gamers, Most of us want to have fun with interesting and balanced battles, not beating the crap out of the weakest. Aniway, my point is not to calculate what players are going to do with their vote, i do not have a cristal ball. My point is that, if we vote, we should have as much information as possible to make good voting decisions, and not vote on a whim or a misperception. Thank you for your reply. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro.

Hello Chimera. I´m not necessarily correlating number of players to military power. In fact, I believe other information should be published as well, such as economic power, transactions, wealth, victories, etc. Responding to your question, the information, if provided, can help players vote alliances based on obtaining a balance in the game, or simply obtain total superiority by joining forces with the most powerful nations. It depends on them, my point is that, in order to make responsible decisions, players need to have accurate information, and not base their vote on feelings, historical likes/dislikes, or the whim of the day. Using your example, if we have accurate information that Britain is the wealthiest, most populated, most powerful nation in the map, maybe players from other friendly factions like the Dutch, neighbouring the Brits, may, or may not, wish to counter balance that power, by seeking other allies. Thanks for contributing to the discussion. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro.

I know, but now that players are going to vote, I believe this kind of information is fundamental to help them make the right decisions.

Yes, but at least the arguments would be based on facts. We are all arguing about player imbalances anyway. If the new diplomatic mechanics allow for voting, it is important that the voters make informed decisions. This information would let us us to track the evolution of the game, in many different ways, and shape alliances based on national interests, not like/dislike of one or several factions or, what is worse, old historical alliances. Thanks for the reply. Sancho

The actions of some nations, and their success in battle have forced players to resort to makeshift diplomacy to address imbalances in the number of players, especially during summer break, that have a radical impact on the capacity of smaller nations to defend their territory. There are hundreds of posts discussing these issues, and I believe that official statistics from the developers could be a useful contribution to these discussions taking place somewhere else in the forums. Here is the information I would like to know: - How many players are playing for each faction, at what time? - That are the trends of the population and wealth of the different factions over time? (historical data). - What is the net worth of each faction (Something like GDP) the sum of all money, goods, and ships accumulated by each faction? - What are the figures of lost, sunk, captured, built ships on each faction? I believe that good willing players from all factions are making an effort to maintain the balance and make this game even more fun to play. A good set of data, clearly presented would be a great source of information to make political decisions, especially now that the alliances mechanics are coming. I´m sure I´m not the first one to post this sort of idea in the forum, I apologize for the repetition. Yours. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

Great idea!!! Wipe all nations from the server, and let´s make a great, happy red map where Britain rules the waves!!!, Let's see how much fun you have trading fish meat and drinking tea by yourselves. Really, you should think twice before starting to type this kind of ideas. It just gives us a measure of your quality as a person, and as a player, which I'm afraid is not very high. Thank God the majority of players in this game are reasonable and mature people that have realized this game is about naval combat, not territorial annexation or national humiliation. In order to have fun, we need as many other players from other factions as possible. If I could not go visit our Dutch friends in Wilhemstadt, or the British traders off Jamaica... If i did not have the pleasure of intercepting them off Havana when they come visit us, the game would be dead for me, so I want all nations to be strong, active and picking on each other constantly. As I said, think hard before you put these things in writing. Sincerely. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

Dear Ink. Thank you very much for your help. I submitted an F11 report. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

Hello, dear developers. In the heat of battle I targeted a member of my faction by mistake, and became pirate. I did not fight with him, of course, or attacked anyone else. This happened around 15 minutes ago. Can I return to my faction please? Will I lose some of my outposts or ships? Thank you for your help with my stupid mistake. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

Oh, come on, Mr Praefect!!! The fact is that the pact to end combat in the Southeast of the Caribbean has given quarter to the Dutch and the Swedes, that have opportunistically moved to Haiti and launched combined attacks with the Brits against Spanish possessions in Cuba. We were figting and defending successfully the south of Cuba against the British, every single day, until the Dutch started supporting their fleets and mutually defending their ports with attack flags that prevented our flags from being successfully planted. The Americans, of course, have profitted from the opportunity to attack us themselves, also combined with Brit and Holland attacks. So yes, now Spain is fighting three different nations that pool their resources and coordinate attacks. All this added to tje ignominy of the timers set for the British ports in Haiti. So, please, do not talk to me about honour. We are just simply asking our longtime allies the French for support and relief. And do not be concerned aboutt our reputation. Those that fought us know how we fight, and some have described their feelings about Spanish Captains in this forum. We will continue to fight three nations at the same time, no problem, in the hope that our allies and friends keep you entertained in your safe heaven. I hope to meet you sometime around your capital, we visit often lately. Yours. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

Me borraron el post, no tuve oportunidad de revisarlo, ni ninguna justificación sobre que partes de mi post resultaban ofensivas. Básicamente, parece que el roleplaying se puede realizar solo en los foros de otras facciones, en las que he visto posts mucho mas fuertes. Mi opinión personal es que, cuando te hablan de 'la mano que te da de comer" te están insultando y llamándote perro, o algo asi, lo que merece una respuesta. El juego en si es un roleplay, en el que nos disparamos los unos a los otros con canones y grapa, y degollamos a los marineros de los otros con agresivos ataques, robandoles sus moneditas de oro y filetitos de pescado. Todo es de mentira, todo es roleplay, también lo que se escribe en estos foros. EL problema es que cada vez encuentro mas gente en este juego que no sabe diferenciar una cosa de la otra, una pena. De todos modos, vivo en Vietnam y estoy acostumbrado a la censura. No me preocupa, la solución es dejar de escribir en el foro. Un abrazo a todos. Brigadier Don Sancho Navarro

No roleplaying then? This Forum is going to become very entetaining.

OLEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Good discussion. I am personally not interested in becoming a human resources manager. An option would be tu put crew management on AUTO, with a small penalty for corruption and petty theft from accountants and junior managers. Which was usual at the time. Most of us have only a few hours to play the game and besides our crafting obligations, looking for resources, doing escorts etc there is little time for anything else. Please, do not sacrifice the playability of the game for the sake of 100% realism. Greetings. Don Sancho Navarro, Capitán de Bandera.

Great post, thanks.

Dear Vernon. It´s none of my business, and this is not a diplomatic post, anyway, but some persons claiming to speak for the entire US shine a bad light on your faction. I sincerely hope for peace between our nations, but negotiations should be carried out by mature persons, outside public forums. At least that is how these things are carried out in real life. I´m sure the Spanish diplomats of the King's Council are up to the task. See you around Havana. Don Sancho Navarro, Capitán de Bandera.

Buenas tardes, caballeros: Personalmente opino que estas propuestas sobre la tripulación, etc, van a restarle jugabilidad a Naval Action. La verdad es que no me interesa lo más mínimo el tener que andar pagando salarios y lidiando con cuestiones de recursos humanos. Los capitanes de verdad tenían contadores y escribanos que se ocupaban de esas cosas. Propongo que la gestión del personal sea una OPCIÓN de cada capitán. Se puede poner en automático si se quiere, con una pequeña penalización por corrupción de los susodichos contador y escribano, de esta manera no tendremos que ocuparnos de nóminas y esos rollos que me quitarán tiempo para hacer lo que disfruto. Si a alguien le entretiene, pues que se dé el gusto. Saludos. Don Sancho Navarro, Capitán de Bandera

Gracias, Eishen

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Oh yes. Give me your house, your car, your dog, let me sleep with your wife and daughter and I will offer you an olive branch. That is so funny!!!!

His holyness is not fat, just strongly built.

Ah, OK, thank you. I will tell my colleagues.