Edward Vernon

Been playing about 24 hours now and so far I like what I see. Sent a couple of bug reports on game crashes in battles. I am still considering feedback in the broader sense, but there are three things that have struck me right away. Formations. so far you have line astern and line abreast. You might consider adding echelons to these options. Altering the course of the guide (lead ship) in line astern works as one might expect that all subsequent ships (more or less) follow in the wake of the lead ship. There definitely ought to be the option to have all ships in a formation turn simultaneously. This was often used for manouevering into battle and in battle, allowing for all broadside to be brought to bear on the enemy simultaneously. Divisions seem to, on occasion, wander off and do their own thing, particularly when the lead ship of the division has to drop out of formation owing to damage. Apologies if this is repeating what others may have posted already, but i have not yet had chance to read the forums in their entirety.

This is absolutely THE BEST news. Congrats Devs and Game Labs for all the hard work and good luck with Valve. Congrats also to ALL the players who have tested this in Sea Trials and OW to provide the data and feedback for the Devs to work on and make this game what it is..... AWESOME!! Bring it on!

Same here, last played earlier today, logged out properly in harbour. Getting Steam Server Authentication Error. Have restarted, reloaded and re authenticated Steam, tried to play the game from Steam Library...all no use still getting that damned error.

So assuming the deafening silence means I am not going to get my recipe back........ Are the drops completely random? Is there anything taken into account that means I will not ever get another Surprise Recipe drop? For example does the client know I received one already so that I can never get another?

I don't think so, I had used all of some items in the warehouse crafting the Cerberus so there must have been spare slots

nope...not anywhere

This morning whilst crafting a Cerberus, I received notification that I had also crafted a Surprise Recipe (joy!). However I cannot find/see it anywhere.... (dismay!) Can someone take a look and restore/resupply this to me please?

World domination in a week...then do what the hell I want.....

The Admiral is telling the truth

Pass to leeward, load grape and then come up to windward

That is truly lovely......now make one with a real aircraft in it like the Lightning (1960's English Electric version) or the F4 Phantom or best yet the Buccaneer. Most impressive sight I have ever seen was standing on the bridge wing of one of Her Majesty's sleek grey messengers of death (height of eye 42ft) and looking DOWN into to the cockpit of a Bucc about 100 feet away doing 500 knots

Chustler actually is a male "talent" for Hustler

I agree too, but only because I know how to navigate and if I ever were "temporarily uncertain of my position" (a good navigator is NEVER lost ) then I know how to "find" myself again quickly

Now THAT is one of the best ideas I have heard in a while.....

Well it has to be said, I have not agreed with much the OP has posted on these forums, but the sense of his OP here is spot on. I am also VERY impressed with what the devs have done to date and the responses we get from them. I have great confidence in their ability to stick to the plan and deliver the game we all hope it will be. Please do not forget that we in the community have a role to lay here by testing, bug finding and making reasonable suggestions to imrpove the game. I doubt that any suggestion not fitting in with the general direction and style of the game will be implemented, no matter how many arcade voices are raised. Keep on the Straight and Narrow path...