Wicked Mouse

It may be possible to be seen that way, but doesn't FEEL that way. And I'm not talking about automating it completely. So instead of pressing the A key until your ship is pointed into (roughly) the degree you wanted to go, you click the compass and watch the ship turn until it reaches that heading, while crew calls out the heading to you to confirm the order. Maybe same for sails: instead of pressing W a couple times until you reach full sail, you click one of the few options and an officer will call out the full sail order to the crew. Optionally the developers can give them keybindings that can be remapped by the player. This is Silent Hunter III by the way:

As a captain one is not holding the steering wheel and steering the ship him/herself. Instead one of the crew members is doing so. Depending on the size of the ship there may also be a navigator on board to give commands to the helmsman? In any way verbal orders are given. Why not represent this in the form of being able to click on the compass what direction you want to go to? Same style used in Silent Hunter 3 for instance (maybe also other games, but this one I know). There you steer the submarine either plotting a course on the map or clicking the compass for a course. An officer will call out the direction for the helmsmen, same with depth, by the way. I think this will help with the immersion when directions are called out by an officer or the helmsman. Meanwhile you can keep the normal WASD steering for everyone who might dislike that system.

Ah, I did not know that. Thanks for the clarification. That explains indeed the reasons for doing so.

To come back at the general issue here of a review that accumilated enough momentum to be in the top recommended ones, yet sprouts such an unpleasant amount of untruthfulness that it makes developers uneasy about its existance. However I think, as done here, the best reaction to it would be to kindfully respond with a link to your reply and keep it that way. Flagging it as "off-topic" or any other way only fuels the fire that which you attempt to extinguish. As shown in the comments of the respectful "review", if you can call it that, such actions only underline their suspicions of censorship and what not, as only all the comments that go against the review are filtered out by the reviewer. Best is not putting any more energy into this matter, other than what you have done with this thread. Because anything you put energy in to will 'grow', figuratively speaking. So whether this is positive energy or negative you will make it bigger than it was. Good things become better, bad things become worse. So now you've laid it all down and wrote the post, I'd recommend to get it out of your system and focus on things that matter more and lift you up, like developing the game you envisioned to make, rather than the things that bring you down.

That's because hardly anyone that has it uses it. Free basic cutter is easier alternative. Everyone who bought the game before and at the launch of Steam Early Access has one that can be redeemed at any time.

Real days or in-game days?

Looking very interesting. Will this mean that crew (including sailors) will "level up"? Or gain veterancy? Comparable with how it was handled in NavyField 1?

Even then it was a pseudo-republic, called Batavian Republic, under the rule of King Louis Bonaparte. It had a distinctively different flag then.

LOL @ that propaganda poster! Hillary-ous! Anyway, if one is interested in some more time appropriate insults get Shakespeare's Insults: It costs next to nothing and is filled with only insults from his work. It's about an inch thick.

USS Constitution is of 1812. At that time the United Provinces was after a coup-d'etat already a self-proclaimed independent kingdom.

Looks flashy and impressive. Still sceptical about the end result

Intriguing proposal. I'm convinced this will tie into the (new) crafting system? I bet that's going to change as well? Could you describe a potential scenario? For instance you start as a new player, and you notice political things being discussed in nation chat, what will a new player build up/do to gain political influence and support politically?

You used a 3rd rate, which has no mortars, to ... fire a mortar and you're surprised nothing happened?

Sorry if many will see this as nitpicking, but I cannot help but noticing the HUGE capstan on the deck of the Bellonas/3rd Rates: The holes go as high as the overhead beams, while they should be at shoulder height:

Excited about the new patch!