why can I only redeem gold for my first character?

[michaelws]

I am new...and I was not aware that when I created my first character and redeemed that million in gold and was automatically made a rear admiral...that I would not be given this same opportunity when creating a second character.

 

I was told that to gain better and quicker experience in sail handling and gun control I should come in under a nation.  I did not know this.  So I created a second character.  Lo and behold I saw I could not even afford a repair kit and I have zero gold and am a midshipman.

 

Why is that?  I cannot play two characters at once or capitalize anything using two characters so why limit the redeemables and high ranking to only the fist character?

 

Can I remove my first character?  The neutral?  And if I do will I then be able to redeem the gold and rank with my remaining character?

 

Thanks for any information on this.

[maturin]

One Redeem button per account. It was meant to be a quick tweak that would only last a few days.

 

Just go pirate on your neutral character and you will have plenty of fun before the darkness of the servers comes for him.

[michaelws]

how does one go pirate?

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

Attack a friendly or neutral. Bang, pirate.

There is a hard wipe scheduled for next week. Everyone will be a Midshipman with no gold then.

[michaelws]

So hard wipes are due to new patches coming in? Thanks for the reply and the info on becoming a pirate. I think I will go with my second character...being a midshipman and being part of Great Britain. Might be easier to have friends when going into battle...and have their guidance to help me learn the ropes.

Thanks again.

[BlueEagleGER]

Correct, the wipe will come due to a quite huge update concerning the crafting system.

Welcome to the Royal Navy then!

[michaelws]

Thanks

[Hieronymous Alloy]

Hrm. I hadn't played since Sea Trials and I created a new character, first character, and I didn't get the redeemable at all, so stuck in Lynx. What happened?

 

Edit: logged in this morning and awash in Redeemables. Thanks!

Edited September 6, 2015 by Hieronymous Alloy