Hethwill, the Red Duke

Indeed !

There's a suggestion thread about adding the soon-to-be-deleted-Outpost contents on the confirmation window.

No no, maybe I explained wrong. You lose 20% which can be replaced from your rank allowance given the nation pool has it. But now that i look back at it sounds weird.

LanderD, from the devs post

Ouch. Been there before. But there's two confirmation windows if i remember correctly, with Confirmation button in two different places.

At this stage of development and Alpha version, apparently yes. We are human, we can adapt. In the future we might have to start from zero, so everything cool for now

Well one needs an outpost in a free port to send anything there. You can't have an outpost at every single free port. Some freeports are really far from anywhere and they are already used as forward bases. Maybe what you are looking for is Naval Base, basically a special Outpost slot.

Maybe it requires Victory in battle ? Mission successful ? Or maybe a end battle reward in a more complex Articles of War articulation. Some captains did lose their ships in action but were deemed to be awarded promotion and even land titles following examination of the engagement reports, some of them even supported by the enemy captain's letters. They did act like it was established by their respective navy command even if they lost the ship. Truly a wondrous age of gallantry with little to do with "power gaming". Most probably a squadron ( under 10 ships ) commander would lose commission if the enemy would complain through diplomacy of having been "ganked". Almost certain that happened more than once in history in the age of sail.

An italian PT boat actually put a RN Battleship out of the water, it's not even an analogy bringing carriers and PT boats to a wood and iron and gunpowder warfare age. I agree that SOLs must be the powerful things they are. They just need to be harsh to order, harsh to maintain and having purpose for War. 74 guns were the Post ships on the empires and were engaged many times by similar vessels. The 38 guns frigates did what what did best, protect trader, interdict trade, establish blockades, patrol, etc. SOLs must be strong, true floating fortresses and damn expensive.

He had no musketry backups. It could work with full gunnery and that amount of marines. Maybe he was testing something ? I know I mess up doing it a lot.

Yes. There are fundamental game differences between Outpost and Free Port. And that makes the choice and mechanics completely different.

A trader's workflow is like... "click click click, sail" A freebooter's workflow is like.... "sail, click click click" Two players, two different perspectives. Flotilla hunting and sweeping (gank) is a different subject all together. The sweep attack whatever is on its way and whatever numbers.

Yes. We could have a mechanic to do that but also the Captain could have the sense to surrender ?! It is a razor sharp double blade. You want to surrender or you want to be forced to surrender ? Watch out what you wish for. It might come true.

Devs cannot control it by any legal means unless it is an EULA breach ( which covers a copy individually ). Alas not even Steam can control it by any legal means unless it is a breach to the contract. Happens to all games that deal with risk/reward afaik. You wouldn't believe the amount of multiple ALTs in DayZ, which kind of broke it in some servers, as death ceased to be a problem and multiple accounts players always had stashes hidden with full gear ready.

It is a nice poll but cannot vote as the answer 2 is too vague. I will vote for a Delivery system to Free Ports.

You missed the most vital "level gameplay" option. I can't believe it was on purpose. - Make it equal to Cargo Delivery - Pay & Deliver to Free Port.

A freebooter is a citizen of the world ! Can move anywhere and everywhere with grace, elegance and, above all, with a clean conscience that his heart will remain immaculately black.

Highly discussable ( we would spend months at it ) and was majorly left to captain decision. The one true written rule was Article 10 and actually expected full commitment and engagement based on the assumption the RN quality would prevail over numbers. Any equal fight was always expected to be a victory. Can bring up enough engagements totally unequal between frigate types, like 2 and 3 versus many more, but it is impossible to simulate in game. Suggestion: In game it can be modeled with Crew Morale that lasts for the entire battle, drops and recovers, and affects overall functioning of the vessel.

From the scores and turn choices he didn't have anything other than the marines

I shall scribble you out of the saturday pnp then. Damn beardies.

bahahahahahah just too great a comment

You can't tell the difference i'm affraid. And in regards of exploiting it I totally support your position ( the mermaids are my witness, but I really despise power gamers ). But alas it is impossible to do anything unless the culprit openly brags or someone catches him bragging and even then had to know his specific Steam accounts, etc, yada yada, and so on. It is two Steam accounts, each with its own game account. Pretty much the same as two people from the same household play the same game.

You mean I couldn't play with the young'uns from my home, as they share the same public address. And yes we all would disconnect. Different Steam accounts though. Same as ALTs do.

I wouldn't mind to have a spiritual comfort one of those Sisters of the Holy Mojito as a cabin maid. I am sure my black sould needs a lot of conversion. Arhem. Might raid the convent one of these days...or nights.

Would make sense to think that.