Hethwill, the Red Duke

Correct. Cost was one of the biggest factors when a Navy Board would decide. That and the task. Ever wondered why the "mail packets" were mostly top sail schooners and not frigates ?

Better place for that, and far more visibility https://forum.game-labs.net/topic/25622-tutorial-feedback-2

Sorry, should have noted that experiences may vary and if you feel secondary symptoms you should consult the nearest Naval Base physician.

None Just stating a battle that happened where the captain in command of a ship did his best. In any case, all ships involved from both sides, was a 4v4, were Blue quality and it could have been won by any of the groups. I bet that if it went the other way around we would have said the same way GG, GF and present appreciation for the well mannered and gallant opponents. No salt, pure naval action.

Pada's NavyBrig did it yesterday in the zone but he was smart enough not to go "here's my broadside chap, have fun". He got most of the kills of one engagement with some Hercules involved. o7

This is one of the things that really gives me both being hunted and hunting and sailing the west indies in our little game. Have to carry the dubloons, books, permits, notes, etc... but modules are exception. Hence this suggestion couple with the feedback, but i'll make a specific thread for it.

Sorry for this but cannot stop wondering why Pirates are not hardcore/impossible nation. We are approaching the most crucial phase and I would suggest to move Pirates to Hardcore/Impossible. Confederations and Republic can exist in Pirates in hardcore mode... after all what is a "republic" if not a group of players under the same clan name. They can get ports for their own and do everything anyone else does, like the other hardcore/impossible nations do. But, IMO, pirates are the natural hardcore nation that never was. Thanks.

Solution is to make timespace 1:1

After having first contact with the new flags system I come to suggest a improvement that relates to everything Open World and the battles created. - When accessing the Flags allow the player to choose the flag intended for each nation eg. player selects one from pirates, one from Sweden, and so on. - every battle that the player joins with his own Nation he will show his own Nation flag proudly. - if player happens to join a battle on the side of another nation he will show the selected flag he picked for that nation and not the default one for that nation.

For pure competitive arena pvp you might have a good point, especially in the zone. For pure age of sail experience crews, it doesn't have a major importance. For "NA is only PBs line battles" they can effectively screen without any major impact on the enemy nation logistics. All in all, and I seldom sail mine, like once a week I take both to a cruise, they can be as deadly as any if coming across a less competent captain. But in good truth, and this cannot be denied, the Hercules proved the disappearance of three ships almost entirely from player hands in the OW - Cerberus, Renomee and Surprise. And honestly it has nothing to do with quality colours.

Nation Capital and Shroud.

Hey King reckon the fellows can have a good chatter here, after all we are mumbling and cross talking "hardcore" gaming subjects at the same table in the.... https://forum.game-labs.net/forum/14-tavern/ 🍻🍻🍻 ... but for some reason some fellows keep going and going and going bashing someone because of something No idea brother. Same as in a noisy tavern, it all becomes background sounds after a while. Snappy salute. 🍻🍻

Indeed. I apologize for the outburst.

Such witty fellows ... 😁

01:00 server time i'm online plenty of times. Sometimes i think I play more with the eastern coast guys than with the euros. I can't hope to even login for "rvr timezone" in CET timezone which is, de facto, the prime EU time - that's right at the office hours and especially the afternoon meetings which sometimes take longer than expected. But enough of my time. You make a good proposition, but correlation between achievements and expectations is very loose. Time zone has nothing to do with having fun in a game.

I know right !?... I login, set sail and go hunt. I find a couple prey, capture them and have to sail back with the ships i captured with the loot i got. Session done. I have Ping, Number of Players, and FPS turned off [ Escape - Options - Social - turn off ] I have no clue how many players are on when I login. Was just sharing being silly.

All DLC Green, all crafted Blue. Same theory I agree. Why do crafted... why they have to be Gold ?

Okay. Start gifting copies to your buddies then. Start bringing them back. Whatever. You know, exposing with enthusiasm what you love about the game. Not "meh...meh...meh". That drives away everyone. Understand that not everyone lives in the same timezone. Snappy salute.

Loot the enemies. And I don't mean loot them after they sink. I really mean, hunt them down and catch them high seas full of stuff you need to craft your ships including dubloons. Their loot, their dubloons is only theirs IF they reach port safe. You should know that. You're a pirate.

Way way WAY more than that. And then they stop playing because "it got boring". ( true story )

We thought we do already ? ( you have the points, all of them, for suggesting DLC to be Blue. +1 from me. the rest ? not so much )

Let's settle something here before we proceed. Multi Player Game. That means that it is expected to sail with and against multiple players. Shallows is no different. Going solo, in a War server where contact with enemy player is "imminent" ( can happen at any time ), is a brave choice but not the STANDARD for a multiplayer game. That being a said, a squadron of 6th rates can successfully engage a squadron of Hercules and come out victorious. If you are caught solo, tough luck. Fight your way out or go down fighting and whining ( like i do when the dastards push me away from boarding - gamey dastards....grrrrr ).

I seldom win where's my Pay2Win ? C'moooon... let's get real.

That's why I don't sail them 74's. Not qualified... yet 😒

There's no Airships nor Tanks in 18th century warfare so yeah that's 2/3 of the arguments dismissed.