Hethwill, the Red Duke

Maybe the existing ports economy and buildings availability can be modelled after the real counterparts ? Such was deep water shipyards, main resources, naval bases, trade hub ? So each port is unique in its own way.

If your broadside is higher it shouldn't be an issue to sweep the enemy deck with grape. It works perfectly. Same height or higher, example a Privateer versus a Snow - Take the man figures as reference, aim at should height. Imagine "shotgun" cloud spray. With the Boarding focus there's more crew amassed.

Yes nothing like a good boarding whistle ruse to make them bunch up xD

Well, it makes the crew focus Choice more important. I kind of imagine a deck full of activity, guns roaring and all that jazz, and suddenly a beat to arms for boarding action. Marines setup in their stations, open deck crews get their melee weapon crates, etc. Instead of everyone being already to attention. I'd still enjoy the musketry being used indirectly and marines using shots once the ships come as close as 80 paces . Would give a little bit more use for marines instead of being boarding only.

Ah ! Thanks for the clarification. Top. Can it be changed then ?

I want the change announced by the Devs to test it out and then discuss how it can be improved. Vote was specifically for this suggestion about slots.

The Preparation change is very welcome. The basic wood thickness changes ( hopefully the ship innate characteristics makes up for this ) seem too drastic but sure let's test them out.

The Devs want to make pirates as viable a choice as any nation, so stop coming up with "let's destroy them" suggestions.

Warships were designed also taking into account the guns that it would carry and the mass that would be present at the broadsides. Volume, weight, etc, with margins of course. Also remember ship design space in the gun decks also. An 18 pounder would recoil 3 meters when harnessed.

Yes, cavalry charge across the ice, wasn't it ?

Lynx multi-hull catamaran Just returned from a trip to the Polynesia and found that awesome upgrade.

Eagerly waiting for the full pilot episode

I find it hard to believe it happens that exact way, sorry. Upon leaving port or logging in there is a 120 seconds timer to Join a Battle. The battle timer is 118 seconds rendering impossible to exit a port to join a battle or logging back in to join a battle. What is happening, can be a lot of things: - the bait guy attacks and reset the counter once or twice until his buddies are ready to join ? - his buddies are hiding within a nearby shallows cove ? ( I do it often and you won't believe the amount of ppl that pass without noticing ) In any case there is no invisibility involved. All ships are visible if they are in game. Please can you explain the situation better ?

Sound good and another thing to add to the Pirates differences *scribbles notes* No Salary, higher benefits, higher share rates.

Maybe true but the combats I had against many US based folks, and including a duel versus a California fellow did not show any problems related to ping or latency and usually goes totally smooth. Can't tell the difference between fighting them and the EU based folk. Social aspect always suffers with a merge. I guess PvP2 has its own community that might be shaken a bit with a eventual merge

Yes, smashing Spain in the West was just a pat in the back

Brits, US and Dutch actually and everyone stomped the thread, but long gone and better not remember it.

Was quite a LOL storm on global chat Don't take it too much to heart, was a great comedy moment during a long sail. IIRC was during the hour before the El Toco attack ? 1am or something western europe time

There was a demand by Dutch Vicious through several pages of Global chat last night.

Sounds quite good. Let's test it !

Persona non grata Trait, ten times XP for the former nation captain that sinks him

Thought we were talking about the Action part of Naval. Sorry for misunderstanding. You are talking about the social complexity of Conquest.

Please Make sure you are sailing a trader full of mountains of shiny stuff

Oh yes. " Blessed be the afk trader for from it shall result no loss of life nor greater conflict. The crews shall rest and the loot shall find new life." - Pirate Jesus ​

oops, thought I did I really want to test the patch first and then see how can we tweak it. As it stands now it is stale so any change is better, given the devs are bringing it let's wait, test and then come back to the posts ( which i do a lot ).