Alpha sea trials - message from the Admiralty

[admin]

 

Dear Captains

 

First of all thank you all for pre-ordering. This helps us to bring more content to the game and develop it faster. We appreciate your trust.

 

Your opinion is very important to us and as promised we are planning to invite you to the limited content sea trials. Invitations will start going out by end of this week and will be done in batches. So if you have not received a letter with a steam key by monday don't worry yet. Only worry if you have not received it by next friday.

 

Goal of the Sea Trials are the following

• Test performance of servers, systems and infrastructure
• Test performance of ships: speeds, turning, wind curves
• Test performance of cannons, carronades and mortars

There is no other content in the limited sea trials. This is an alpha.

 

Because it is an alpha please:

• Keep your expectations low
• Expect bugs, crashes, and disconnects
• Expect strange behavior of ships and visual glitches
• Expect fps drops, lag and other problems

If you prefer to play a ready game it is better to wait for the Early Access or later. 

 

List of ships for the trials

Snow and 140 gun first rate are not in the build yet. and will arrive within next 2 weeks.

 

Other information

• Short Manual will be provided at a later stage. During first weeks we would like to check how intuitive our controls are.
• Feel free to ask questions in the sea trials forums. We plan top open them up after we start sending out invites.

Again the final reminder on the DX11 cards: Game requires dx11 to run. 

[KillBox]

There you have it, gentlemen!

 

You dispatches have been send via Post Ship, and should arrive at port soon.

Have your boys check with harbor master frequently.

[Edward Vernon]

Awesome...thank you for the update.  My internet connection is open and ready.....

[huliotkd]

i'm feeling like Homer looking donuts

[Charles Caldwell]

On Standby......Sir

[Bixol]

Finally :-D

i'm really looking forward to set sails

See you on the seas

[SirAdmiralBark]

ready an ship shape to sail!

[Sir. Cunningham]

Excellent news!

 

One question though: Will the Sea Trials last until Early Access? Or will we only have access for a period?  

[Edward Vernon]

Good question, don't know but I sincerely hope and expect we should have access right through. The testing requirements can only increase with the content.

[RAMJB]

Keep your expectations low

 

I can't. I know what to expect from watching youtube videos and that's more than enough to get me hyped about trying this game. I also think the game will meet all my expectations, as I kinda know what to expect (from watching those clips), and because I have plenty of experience in alpha/beta testing in previous games, so bugs/optimization/connectivity problems don't get me angry, as I take it as part of the game

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[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

Waiting for the signal to part company and make sail.  

[Edward Harvey]

F5'ing my courier here...

[D. Federico de Gravina y N]

So until the Saturday or Sunday, don't start it, no?

[PrezesOi]

Sunday 23:55 first invite will be given...

 

 

 

[Freebooter]

My sea chest is packed and I am ready at the dock.

[Hanser von Richthofen]

waiting for the invitations to start to sail

[furyGer]

Hey...  Wait for me..  Setting sails

[Foam Rat]

Me too--woo Hoo!

[Harry White]

I just want to look at the ships, fire de cannons and maybe, just maybe, sink some fools 

[AP514]

Woot....Woot

 

Rig ready for testing......

 

      Ship ready for action.....

  

             Capitain almost Sober.....

[Edward Vernon]

Now where on earth did I put my sea legs?

[Hyperion74]

This is gonna be fun. Never tested an alpha. Looking foward to it.

[Germanico]

"Mr. Preston, beat to quarters and let the men clear for action, if you please!"

[Llewellyn Jones RN]

You there!! call the Admirals barge!!!!

[OTMatt]

Awesome can't wait, here I come frigates.