Billy Budd

As Jean Ribault has stated there are many goods items that you just can't express as a weight. I can't see anything wrong with the way things are atm as far as I am concerned.

Maybe, but as I prefer to play solo on PvE, I am undecided atm whether to give PvP a try or not, but I don't think I will be joining any clans. I haven't got TS for one thing and don't really want to get involved with other groups of players. I prefer to play alone and choose myself whether I want to do some trading, crafting or battle engagements. That's really why I prefer playing on PvE, you can play the game at your own pace. There is plenty to do in this game for single players, without getting too involved with multiplayer.

One thing, being able to play as it is at the moment, has been a good learning curve for me and I am looking forward to the final wipe. It means having to start from scratch again, except for my rank and XP, if this is the case, but I can live with that. I just hope I can reach my final rank in time, because it's a long haul starting as a Midshipman. Loosing all my assets is not such a problem as starting out in a Cutter again will be a challenge in itself.

You can please ALL of the people some of the time. And you can please SOME of the people all of the time. But you can't please ALL of the people ALL of the time! The above is a well known saying and no matter what changes will take place in this game, there will always be people that will welcome the changes and those that don't welcome the changes. This is a fact of life and you either accept it or you don't. I am sure the Devs are trying their best to get this game to suit most of the people, rather than all of the people who love this game, so you either accept the changes or you don't. Yes it will really piss off a lot of players and it will also be accepted by a lot of players. Whether you support the changes or not is entirely your decision. But at the end of the day, everyone will be in the same boat (so to speak) when the final wipe takes place before final release. I am a reasonable newcomer to this game and yes I play PVE, so I can't really vouch for those of you who like to play PVP. But personally I love playing this game, as it has a lot to offer. AS far as games in the Age of Sail is concerned, this game as far as appearance is concerned is the best that has become available to date. It has wonderful scenery and ships, beautifully rendered and it has some of the most realistic battles and fire power of any game ever made for this genre. I spend most of my time trading and a bit of crafting, rather than take part in battles, but enjoy this aspect of the game equally as much. I have built up a great player base in this game with more ships than I could wish for, most of which I have bought and some I have crafted myself. So far this game has given me hours of enjoyment and without the help from some of the more experienced players, I would still be trying to fathom out how everything works. So I thank those who helped me to understand how to do crafting and understanding more about the game. I welcome most of the new changes that are proposed and if it will make the game better, then I am all for it. When the game is finally wiped before the final release at least I will not find starting again from rock bottom, such a struggle as I did when I first bought the game three months ago. It is a great game and I just hope that the majority of you, will accept what changes need to take place, to make this game a success. Keep up the good work Devs.

The PRAY button makes no sense. So why don't they just remove it.

Although I am British, I agree with what you say about there being more Dutch ships in the game. There are enough British ships in the game at present and all other nations should have their fair share of ships too. Maybe the Devs will get the balance right eventually.

I agree, crafting top quality ships has been made more difficult since the introduction of fine woods, which are pretty scarce. You have to travel more to obtain them now. Not that travelling long distances bothers me, as I do a lot of trading and the new delivery missions has improved the trading aspect of the game, much better than before the patch. I have decided to give crafting a break for the time being. I have a good fleet of quality ships to my credit and a good bank balance, so I am just concentrating on upping my rank which at the moment is just over half way to becoming a Flag Captain. Its a long haul between ranks and the higher you need to go, the amount of XP needed, seems to double up. I play on the PVE server, as I prefer to do my own thing away from people who just want to challenge you all the time. There is more to this game than just fighting battles and I am enjoying it, playing the way I do.

I agree with what's been suggested. Even in the days of sail, recycling of metals by smelting was being done, just as it is today.

As a PVE player and prefer playing solo, and doing my own thing without interference from other players, I welcome some of the changes made with the new patch, but there are one or two things that have forced me to change my style of trading game play. I like the new map covering the different regions and I welcome the trading tools, but where is Kids Island out in the Atlantic area of the map? It is not showing! I discovered these islands by accident whilst travelling to Bermuda before this new patch was added, and Kids Island wasn't shown on the map. It is still missing from the new map. Is there any reason for this? Although I welcome a lot of the new resources, I think there are too many and some that don't seem related to the game. Why to we need several different types of tobacco? A lot of new resources, don't actually come into game play, from what I can see atm. Historical Artifacts, what are these supposed to be used for? The weights for most of the resources are way over scaled and why do fish, now weigh much more than converted fish meat, which doesn't make sense. Fish when gutted should weigh less when converted to fish meat. I do a lot of trading and have made a lot of Gold out of Sugar & Tobacco, by buying and selling at many different ports, but the price changes, give very little profit now. I know that these two commodities where a big money earner, and was really easy to get rich quick. I have made millions out of Sugar, Tobacco and Fishing, which has paid for all the ships I own, as well as having a 34 million bank balance to date. I just hope that from the trading aspect of the game, that the weights issue will get sorted out, as many items are way over the top. I haven't had much time to thoroughly try out other changes to the game yet, such as challenging other AI ships in the game, so I can't comment on any of the new action changes that have been made. I do like the new forts and martello towers that have been added to the ports, but I am not sure if these will come into play with PVE or not, but they have given the ports a nicer look. As for the PRAY button, still no mention of what this id for and what it is supposed to do? I was hoping that this would be part of this new patch, but it just doesn't seem to serve any purpose at all. So why is this? Can the devs, at least please explain what the hell this PRAY button is for?

Personally, I can't see any purpose for having a Pacific area. I would much prefer to just have the Caribbean as it is now.

All I can say, is I hope you get better soon. Back spinal injuries can take a while.

Glad to hear you are now enjoying NA. It does need a lot of patience to get to understand everything, but help is always at hand, if you ask. Most people on the forums are always willing to help.

Also the beauty of this game is it gives you choices. If you want to just play solo against the AI you have the option of the PVE server. If you prefer multiplayer, where you can get more involved playing with other players, then the PVP servers are for you. To get yourself familiar with the game, you can try PVE first or jump straight in with PVP where you will get lota of help from more experienced players and maybe get involved with joining a clan, where you will get all the support you need. The choice is yours. Personally, I prefer to play alone in PVE and quite a lot of people do. Some people play on two accounts, PVE and PVP, it is just left up to the individual as to what sort of game play they prefer. There is no, one server is better than the other as far as I am concerned, it's a matter of choice. Enjoy that is the main concern.

I agree. It is a bad choice of color for reading text, even dark blue can be just as bad. Maybe Orange or Violet would have been a better choice for Mastercraft.

Well all I can say, it's the best $40 I have spent on any game for a long time. If the game doesn't reach full development and is eventually abandoned, which I don't think it will. I will have had my monies worth. I can recall having listened to what Jeheil had to say in one of his many videos of this game, about spending this much on an alpha game. If you have only spent 40 hours playing NA, it has only cost you $1 per hour. You will spend five times that amount on a roller coaster ride at a theme park, that only last's three minutes. Those that smoke cigarettes, for every packet you smoke that's another $5 wasted. So I can't see that you wasted your money buying this game, even it you have decided to stop playing it. I hope that you don't waste another $40 dollars on your next game. I can think of many other ways of wasting $40 but spending it on this game, has certainly given me much much more than 40 hours worth of enjoyment. and it is worth every cent, (or penny in my case). I doubt you will find a better game of this genre, if you want to play sea battles during the age of sail.