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I feel it makes sense that if two ships are more or less equal speed and close enough to each other it should be possible to pull one another for boarding. Determined defender makes sense so i dont think it should be removed, but rather have it deactivated if your ship is in shock.

its been suggested maybe 5 years ago

I dont know if this poll needs any wider explanation, the shallow ships BR seems ok considering there aint any carronade meta, it feels evenly balanced (if you're close carronades are obviously the best, but atleast cannons have a chance). Now speaking about the lineships (4th and up) this game strives for being hardcore, realistic, and beautifully detailed naval combat sandbox so when 0.05% of the lineships posted beneath are the ships that was supposed to be the "backbone" of the navies durying 18th century it gives a wrong picture of how the combat actually was. Considering the reason 3rd rates were the "Meta" during the age of sail was due to the lack of timber which we ingame have more or less an unlimited amount of and would probably never change, the best bet would be to adapt the BR to force the fleets to not prefer to bring 2nd and 1st rates unless its like the very last outcome and people arent available for the port battle. BR Proposal Current: st rates 800> nd rates 540 - 600 rd rates 400 - 550 th rates <340 New: st rates 1500 - 1800 nd rates 900 - 1000 rd rates 450 - 750 th rates <400

ahh yes its hard, its as hard so that its though to accomplish and in the end you hopefully get a sense of achievement

can you elaborate on this? What do you mean by alliance leaders? say we have this implemented, there are like 5 alliance leaders chosen, 1 year after and none of them play what would happen, how would the community reelect people and keep it from being biased at the same time?

the simplest solution is to delete the whole instance thing plant the damn flag and have the battle next day, or 30 min later how it was 4 years ago

this meta is solely on the DLC ships available and the easy access of the heavy lineship permits from CM

@admin any idea when the next Battle Rating review for ships are coming? i remember a few months ago that the BR for 2nd rates was to be reviewed due to the 2nd rate meta in port battles.

Make Pirates Pirates Again, removing the outlaw mechanic was probably the reason 70% of my clan members of 40 quit the game. Reinforcement zone is gone so bring outlaw battles back @admin About the topic though, it was pointed out before it was introduced 🤷‍♀️

considering its slightly gameplay related with the global chat toxicity and trolling etc, its equivalent to say that if you dont like the repair system and want to limit it to max 3 repairs, just dont use more repairs. Besides the game IMO "feels" larger now considering you cant speak to people from other factions, and there are more talking in nation chat.

i also wonder if the thickness bonus is increased the second you click the hotkey for battle sails or when its increased when the crew has finished setting the sails to battle sails

300 players oh wow, I guess all of those just love the state of how it is right now, and not for the immersive sailing aspect

If you mean the combat as the gameplay i can agree with you, but the trading, crafting and pve part is just as flat as the earth

So when can we expect the hotfix where the upwind speed of square rigged ships (mainly lineships) have a heavily decreased top speed at less the 60* off the wind? *waiting excitedly on my 2kn santa cecilia 15* off the wind*

a great example imo is if you end up fighting just outside Montecristi, you have that middle channel, but shoals all around so if you're in a smaller frigate and if necessary you could sail wherever deeper draugthed ships couldnt. Maybe someone has a screenshot from battles around that area