Henry d'Esterre Darby

I apologize, I missed that you were out of the battle for quite some time and that the ship had surrendered.

By Fighting Instructions, I believe Admin is referencing the Articles of War:

Please see http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/10619-chat-bans-chat-access-limited-here-is-why/ Thank you.

We are, unfortunately, unable to delete accounts. Please delete your messages and change your name and your account will "disappear". That is the way to remove yourself. Thank you.

A few things gentlemen. Threatening real life action is absolutely out of line. Whether it's an electronic attack or a real one, threatening real world assets over a game is not only ridiculous, it is criminal. I have pointed this thread out to the Developers to see what action will be taken. If you can't play an internet game without committing real world criminal acts, you need to step back and take a look at your life before you end up in real trouble. A large number of you need to read the forum rules. National News allows for lighthearted fun, that I've had to intercede in so many threads in this forum in the last few days, wasting my time and the Developers' time is also completely ridiculous. Reviews of recent posts will be conducted. Keep it in character, respectful and fun or I'll advocate for the complete removal of this board and we'll go back to not allowing any discussion of in game activities on the forums. This board is a privilege, and quite a few of you seem intent on abusing it. Keep it friendly, respectful, and constructive.

These subjects have all been discussed pretty heavily. Please search and you'll find threads for all of these subjects. Thank you for posting!

Unfortunately, you lost your ship to enemy action. There are no refunds for game mechanics that are working exactly the way they are supposed to (in fact, this being testing, there are usually no refunds for bugs either). I'm very sorry for the loss of your ship - I would, however, never recommend putting expensive modules into a 1 durability ship in the future. Good hunting sir.

Thank you. Currently, there are no rules against this activity, and attempting to enforce any rules would be far too draining on resources. The official word at this time is that players should be careful who they are doing business with, and only give materials/money up front to those they trust completely. There might be a feature or two in the future that will help to punish this kind of behavior, however, this is not possible currently. Scamming in this matter, while frowned upon, is not a tribunal offense. Caveat emptor. Case dismissed.

This has been pretty well hashed out. Durabilities are designed to prevent you from having to go ship shopping constantly. A durability is simply a "copy" of your ship. There's no difference, other than long amounts of time and annoyance, between having a ship with 5 durabilities, and 5 ships with no durability. It lets you get into the action much faster and with far less downtime.

What has changed on your system since you were able to play?

At the moment, we don't know if this is ok or not. The two instances I've been made aware of both happened while Admin has been out with the flu. I don't know if he'll want to throw the book at people or allow it, so for now I'd say you should probably not try to make a living as a scammer, unless you don't mind a potential asset and experience reset. Until Admin weighs in, either is a possibility.

Admin is the project's lead person - not just a forum administrator. If Admin is out sick, quite a bit of development related activities aren't happening.

You can not. You can only enter Neutral, Own Nation, or Free Ports.

Please try the "Reset" button on Ink's screenshot. Sometimes the game has issues if you rebind keys. If a rebind and/or reinstall doesn't work, please post back. Thanks.

I have reviewed your recent hidden posts. Every single one of them was a violation of the forum rules, or was off topic for the thread in which you were posting. Please remain on topic, do not discuss real life history or politics outside of the History forum, and remain respectful at all times. Thank you.

To be honest, how do you possibly enforce this without spending massive amounts of time that the Developers don't have reviewing logs, and who traded what to whom, etc. Currently, I'm not aware of any rules against this. DO NOT pay up front for anything to people you don't know and trust.

http://www.wiredstar.com/NAInsults While your insult is not on the list, I'd say it is in the spirit of allowed insults. That said, I can neither give you permission nor promise you won't be punished for not using the "approved" insult list. Back to the topic now please.

Just because "Light" forum PvP is allowed, doesn't mean the rules regarding being respectful go out the window. Since this has degenerated into people insulting each other and being nonconstructive, I'm going to close it. Those who insist on trolling and being disrespectful can expect warnings next time.

What is the difference between one 250 person guild, and 5 50 person guilds that are, in effect, the same guild?

How odd. I had no idea the tie-out was there in the first place. Thanks for the clarification.

Err....not sure what's going on there. Please explain further?

Press "P".

The post you're referencing pre-dated that change. I personally hid it because it was no longer relevant. You can look, but will not find it in the Developer News section.

Ask in Nation Chat how to trade. You can trade with a trusted person in a port - I'd recommend your capital so you don't have to sail too far after re-creating your character.

There was a change a few weeks ago that moved your combat XP to your Steam Account instead of your character. This allows people to have different nation/named characters on different servers, while keeping their combat XP and craft XP. You should be fine deleting one of your alt characters on the other servers and creating a new one if you like. When you delete a character, all of that character's assets on that particular server will be deleted as well.