Thank You For This Game

[theox]

With all the complaints and vitriol out there I wanted to give you the perspective of a very satisfied customer.

 

1) Gameplay - I am very much enjoying Naval Action, especially the grind (which to me is a very valuable apprenticeship). I have been pleasantly surprised several times. Ship fires, explosions, cannon smoke, capsizing, and ramming are all fantastic and well implemented. I enjoy the option of manual sails and would like to see more sail options (royals, etc) perhaps as an upgrade or add-on.. I know more ships are coming and I am excited by that as well. I am a former PotBS player and was disappointed by their "magic" abilities and am overjoyed to see this game focused on realistic Age of Sail combat.

 

2) Graphics - The ships and world are beautiful. I am occasionally struck by this in the middle of combat, usually to my detriment I am looking forward to ship customization (flags, paint, figureheads). 

 

3) Economy - A point I wish many would understand is that this is Early Release. This isn't intended to be perfect right now. I am appreciative of the fast feedback, even if I don't agree with all the changes. I have confidence the team will make it right in the end. I am enjoying building ships and how difficult that is and am really looking forward to port production and port investment in the future. I like having a stake in the future. 

 

Overall, thank you for making this game. Six months ago I was resigned to the reality that no one would make a game such as this as it does not have teabagging, powerups, and twitchy game play. Thank you for dispelling that cloud. I am very appreciative of your realistic approach to the game balanced with playability. I just wanted to give you some positive feedback for a change and let you know you're on the right track. 

 

[Lyric]

Great feedback!

[Ned Loe]

Your feedback is very important to developers of Naval Action. My personal thanks for writing this review.

[Mandragoran]

With all the complaints and vitriol out there I wanted to give you the perspective of a very satisfied customer.

 

1) Gameplay - I am very much enjoying Naval Action, especially the grind (which to me is a very valuable apprenticeship). I have been pleasantly surprised several times. Ship fires, explosions, cannon smoke, capsizing, and ramming are all fantastic and well implemented. I enjoy the option of manual sails and would like to see more sail options (royals, etc) perhaps as an upgrade or add-on.. I know more ships are coming and I am excited by that as well. I am a former PotBS player and was disappointed by their "magic" abilities and am overjoyed to see this game focused on realistic Age of Sail combat.

 

2) Graphics - The ships and world are beautiful. I am occasionally struck by this in the middle of combat, usually to my detriment I am looking forward to ship customization (flags, paint, figureheads). 

 

3) Economy - A point I wish many would understand is that this is Early Release. This isn't intended to be perfect right now. I am appreciative of the fast feedback, even if I don't agree with all the changes. I have confidence the team will make it right in the end. I am enjoying building ships and how difficult that is and am really looking forward to port production and port investment in the future. I like having a stake in the future. 

 

Overall, thank you for making this game. Six months ago I was resigned to the reality that no one would make a game such as this as it does not have teabagging, powerups, and twitchy game play. Thank you for dispelling that cloud. I am very appreciative of your realistic approach to the game balanced with playability. I just wanted to give you some positive feedback for a change and let you know you're on the right track. 

I could not AGREE more with this . . .Well done and Cheers to the Developers and the founding community of players.

[theox]

One thing I forgot:

 

1) Current navigation model is fantastic. I VERY much enjoy not having a map marker of where I am. This adds a great element of mystery to the game as well as requiring people to give relative positions when spotting the enemy. The only thing I would add is the option to obtain latitude via sextant at noon each day. That's it. I love this navigation model!

[Banjar]

Ditto theox; thoroughly enjoying all aspects of the game.  I am in every day, usually more than once.

[Mrdoomed]

Great game.

[Hyperion74]

I love wooden war ships.

I love the period.

After coming back on board after several moths away I am pretty impressed.

On the OS I just have to pan the camera and admire the beauty of the graphics. My word, it is truly breathtaking.

Thankee All

[Kaskeria]

Yeah, the game is great and fun. It's working really well on early access, so it should only get better!

Mask.

[Kaskeria]

The game its... GREAT!

Edit: loops double post,, just ignore this

Edited February 10, 2016 by Kaskeria

[rduffy34]

With all the complaints and vitriol out there I wanted to give you the perspective of a very satisfied customer.

 

1) Gameplay - I am very much enjoying Naval Action, especially the grind (which to me is a very valuable apprenticeship). I have been pleasantly surprised several times. Ship fires, explosions, cannon smoke, capsizing, and ramming are all fantastic and well implemented. I enjoy the option of manual sails and would like to see more sail options (royals, etc) perhaps as an upgrade or add-on.. I know more ships are coming and I am excited by that as well. I am a former PotBS player and was disappointed by their "magic" abilities and am overjoyed to see this game focused on realistic Age of Sail combat.

 

2) Graphics - The ships and world are beautiful. I am occasionally struck by this in the middle of combat, usually to my detriment I am looking forward to ship customization (flags, paint, figureheads). 

 

3) Economy - A point I wish many would understand is that this is Early Release. This isn't intended to be perfect right now. I am appreciative of the fast feedback, even if I don't agree with all the changes. I have confidence the team will make it right in the end. I am enjoying building ships and how difficult that is and am really looking forward to port production and port investment in the future. I like having a stake in the future. 

 

Overall, thank you for making this game. Six months ago I was resigned to the reality that no one would make a game such as this as it does not have teabagging, powerups, and twitchy game play. Thank you for dispelling that cloud. I am very appreciative of your realistic approach to the game balanced with playability. I just wanted to give you some positive feedback for a change and let you know you're on the right track. 

 

Great post! minus the paint..I really and truly don't want to see black, purple, orange, and pink ships running around .

[Admiral 8Q]

Great post! minus the paint..I really and truly don't want to see black, purple, orange, and pink ships running around .

What about yellow with purple polka dots?     

Current navigation model is fantastic. I VERY much enjoy not having a map marker of where I am. This adds a great element of mystery to the game as well as requiring people to give relative positions when spotting the enemy. The only thing I would add is the option to obtain latitude via sextant at noon each day. That's it. I love this navigation model!

Same here. No gps or radar.

[McFatts]

Agreed.  A hearty +1, I have been waiting for a game like this for a long time.

[Kingbuns]

I agree on some of your points but not all.  I like the gameplay, combat is good, but it is pretty slow at times.  The graphics really aren't up to par for a game with a 2016 or 2017 release,  to have the recommended graphical settings all you need is a okay computer from 5 years ago, and that's probably being pretty generous on my part.  I do see the economy being very good but it's hard to justify asking people to pay 40usd to play/test an unfinished game when most games on release can usually be had for nearly that.