Pada Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 You forgot to change the name of the PVP reward Connie. Should say United States now. Or you could change the reward to give us the new Connie. 1
van Veen Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 4 hours ago, admin said: Combat Medals were introduced. Combat medals will be granted for PVP activities, and will give access to pvp rewards. Yet another new currency. Now we are at 4 different currencies, 2 monetary and 2 renown: reals doubloons victory marks combat medals This is a game breaking design imho. The whole game is based on "you gotta do K to get A, and do J to get B, and do L to get C you need A and B to buy Z, or A, B and C to buy Y". It's too complicated and random. Rewards will never be balanced. While there might be huge inflation in one currency, another might be deflated. The game has no means to balance this (i.e. fixed exchange ratio). Odd thing is that PVE yields highest doubloon rewards and doubloons are required most for PVP/RVR ships. So PVP and RVR guys who want only best woods are forced to grind PVE mindlessly. Think of player retention. Please fix this before release. As said previously, I like most of the changes. But this one is a huge step back. 1
admin Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 51 minutes ago, Iroquois Confederacy said: Other question: Should solo PvP zone be inside the group PvP zone? Seems that you'd need to brave the gank gauntlet before hitting a 1v1, when maybe it should be the other way around. I don't know. It's basically a safe zone (sort of) All battles start 1v1. You can only attack the ship of your class and are safe from other classes. Other classes cannot attack you. (Solo patrol results though are only counted for solo kills in the designated class- all other classes get their damage counted in the general patrol)
admin Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 1 minute ago, van Veen said: Yet another new currency. Now we are at 4 different currencies, 2 monetary and 2 renown: reals doubloons victory marks combat medals This is a game breaking design imho. The whole game is based on "you gotta do K to get A, and do J to get B, and do L to get C you need A and B to buy Z, or A, B and C to buy Y". It's too complicated and random. Rewards will never be balanced. While there might be huge inflation in one currency, another might be deflated. The game has no means to balance this (i.e. fixed exchange ratio). Odd thing is that PVE yields highest doubloon rewards and doubloons are required most for PVP/RVR ships. So PVP and RVR guys who want only best woods are forced to grind PVE mindlessly. Think of player retention. Please fix this before release. As said previously, I like most of the changes. But this one is a huge step back. No. it's a proven industry fact that multiple rewards are better for games (unless they introduce 100s of them).
Socialism Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 @admin @Intrepido Is this what you guys are talking about? How long do these stay open?
van Veen Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 50 minutes ago, Jan van Santen said: When I visited it, i found a clan mission: bring 75K dubs and you get 5K life oak (?) wow! I am awestruck by the sight of a huge grindwall. At 200 doubloons per NPC ship in average this is 375 ships you need to sink. At 10 kills per hour (if you find that many) this is 37.5 hours of PVE.
admin Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 1 minute ago, van Veen said: wow! I am awestruck by the sight of a huge grindwall. At 200 doubloons per NPC ship in average this is 375 ships you need to sink. At 10 kills per hour (if you find that many) this is 37.5 hours of PVE. clans have 75 mln doubloons combined at their disposal RIGHT NOW. we have no doubt it all will be fine. 1
Iroquois Confederacy Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, admin said: I don't know. It's basically a safe zone (sort of) All battles start 1v1. You can only attack the ship of your class and are safe from other classes. Other classes cannot attack you. (Solo patrol results though are only counted for solo kills in the designated class- all other classes get their damage counted in the general patrol) In my opinion, it's an accessibility thing. Solo PvP is more accessible to individual players, so it should be what they pass through first. Further, there is a better chance of ad-hoc grouping if people "stage" in the solo area. 1
admin Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Socialism said: How long do these stay open? These missions will be available until you mine the resources out.
LeBoiteux Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, PG Monkey said: Good job renaming the old connie Some ships have the privilege to have their name on their name scroll and even to have it quickly changed to please certain customers while others definitely don't. How surprising... 1
Sir Texas Sir Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 45 minutes ago, admin said: by exploring agian you just killed every crafter out there by not making it easier to get ships, now it's going to be harder and only alts and powerfull clans will have these port. If it moves when it dry's up they will just move to the next port pushing weaker clans/nations out of the way. Nothing new here.....
Socialism Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, admin said: These missions will be available until you mine the resources out. interesting concept. I would say that 50k dubs is a little high. maybe 25k per 5k wood. 1
admin Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Sir Texas Sir said: agian you just killed every crafter out there by not making it easier to get ships, now it's going to be harder and only alts and powerfull clans will have these port. If it moves when it dry's up they will just move to the next port pushing weaker clans/nations out of the way. Nothing new here..... alts cant buy resources in clan ports. they are only available for clan members and their friend list. + this is a war server. time to treat war server as it is. join forces in your nation and capture. 5
van Veen Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, admin said: No. it's a proven industry fact that multiple rewards are better for games (unless they introduce 100s of them). Seriously? How is that proven? Do you have a link to a study report or something? To me personally, 4 different rewards make me sigh and think of quitting. I just can't be bothered to be forced to do this in order to get that when I do not want to do this but would like to have that. Why is there no other way? Why can't I exchange my doubloons for reals and vice versa? As in reality. Money is money, you have exchange ratios. Why can't I get rich trading (yields reals) and buy ships from there? A sandbox game should work with multiple ways to achieve what you want. 12 minutes ago, admin said: clans have 75 mln doubloons combined at their disposal RIGHT NOW. we have no doubt it all will be fine. Sure, for big PVE oriented clans it will be fine. What about small clans? Those which tend to PVP? Check your data to see if the richest doubloon clans are PVP or PVE and what size they have. Please prove me wrong on this point Edited February 28, 2019 by van Veen 1
Teutonic Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, admin said: These missions will be available until you mine the resources out. The fee to extract them seems really high to be honest. My clan alone, while more casual, probably only has 100k doubloons. So only "worth" 10k wood which could be swallowed up for a couple lineships seems... steep? Or maybe this is what you want. Still feedback on a better priced fee is needed.
Socialism Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Teutonic said: The fee to extract them seems really high to be honest. My clan alone, while more casual, probably only has 100k doubloons. So only "worth" 10k wood which could be swallowed up for a couple lineships seems... steep? Or maybe this is what you want. Still feedback on a better priced fee is needed. far too high.
admin Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, van Veen said: Why can't I exchange my doubloons for reals and vice versa? You already can. Other players buy and sell doubloons for reals and vice versa with player driven dynamic pricing. 8
Sir Texas Sir Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 15 minutes ago, admin said: clans have 75 mln doubloons combined at their disposal RIGHT NOW. we have no doubt it all will be fine. LOL like the majority or a few clans? Cause I don't know any clans that have that many doubloons on them right now. 58 minutes ago, admin said: live oak is now sold only in 1 port (in florida) But live oak forests also can grow in other ports (capturable ports). These forests can be cut down by clans and clans on their friend list. They pay the port doubloons and get resources in return in 24 hours. Clans that want these resources will have to fight for them on the War server On the Peace server - these resources will be sold in the admiralty. one port over the whole server is a little small. Sounds like Fine Woods 2.0 again. You will have only a few strong clans controlling these resources and when it runs out they will just move to the next port and capture it and since other clans/nations can't get the woods they will dominate the PvP/RvR. 5 minutes ago, admin said: alts cant buy resources in clan ports. they are only available for clan members and their friend list. + this is a war server. time to treat war server as it is. join forces in your nation and capture. This wasn't the way we showed you how ot fix alts, this now means no one but the most powerful clans will own a port and control resources I remember you stating you where looking at spreading them out better. This is not spreading them out better, this is isolating them to only the strong and the weak will never get a chance. 1
Carlos_Condell Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) @admin i have something that annoyis me... i found a OW battle inside the R zone of the spanish, 130 spanish br, 40br Brits side, im sailing a trinco and im Brit, but i cant enter the fight!!! for what reason!!! im confused! also the battle was just started Edited February 28, 2019 by Carlos_Condell
staun Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Teutonic said: The fee to extract them seems really high to be honest. My clan alone, while more casual, probably only has 100k doubloons. So only "worth" 10k wood which could be swallowed up for a couple lineships seems... steep? Or maybe this is what you want. Still feedback on a better priced fee is needed. But on the Other hand, how much do you need when the rest is sailing Oak/Oak with basic upgrades?
Meraun Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sir Texas Sir said: LOL like the majority or a few clans? Cause I don't know any clans that have that many doubloons on them right now. one port over the whole server is a little small. Sounds like Fine Woods 2.0 again. You will have only a few strong clans controlling these resources and when it runs out they will just move to the next port and capture it and since other clans/nations can't get the woods they will dominate the PvP/RvR. This wasn't the way we showed you how ot fix alts, this now means no one but the most powerful clans will own a port and control resources I remember you stating you where looking at spreading them out better. This is not spreading them out better, this is isolating them to only the strong and the weak will never get a chance. Well lets test it and the give feedback so they can ajust if needed. Why complaining now before we have testet it enough? 1
van Veen Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, admin said: You already can. Other players buy and sell doubloons for reals and vice versa with player driven dynamic pricing. If there was a good supply situation it would work, but the demand is a lot higher than the supply. Exchange rates are ridiculous. Imho there should be a fixed exchange rate, or better: only one monetary currency. Even the late 18th century knew banks that had more or less fixed rates.
Hethwill, the Red Duke Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 @admin or anyone else is the Constitution Note, purchasable in the Admiralty, the Constitution or the United States ?
DonaldJTrump Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) So how exactly were ships of the Line changed so they don't fear smaller ships? Like am I still prone to being easily stern raked? Edited February 28, 2019 by DonaldJTrump
van Veen Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Meraun said: Well lets test it and the give feedback so they can ajust if needed. Why complaining now before we have testet it enough? Can't test it if you don't have 50k doubloons...
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