DocHolliday

If this game went to factions I'd be out. Want no part of that and is the antithesis of how this game was marketed. I also find it interesting it seems that most people do not know that the devs held meetings with most of the top companies and the changes in Colonies are in part due to that. They mentioned possibly changing company limits and the devs were told this would easily be skirted. They did not seem to care when that was mentioned. The changes being made to the claim system is something "megas" wanted. I hate that term because I don't think most "megas" don't deserve that title but whatever. If this game ever has 40k people in it the current definition of a mega will change drastically.

Separating people across dozens of server types is not my idea of a true MMO. People are trying to destroy the very purpose of this game daily.

That can work, but i fear the devs will see this and take the easy way out and tout this as adding all these new ships. We want different models. Don't show them this until AFTER they add new models to the game.

I would not like this. It removes the political aspect and also introduces the simple human response of look these guys have more and are winning so we will join them to. Every damn PVP game ever with 2 sides deals with this problem, but in this game it would drag it out more and many would quit. The servers would need constant resets as one side quits playing and/or everyone joins the winning side. It would be horrendous.

Are we sure the Freeports will have the same decay rates and anchor bonus after the update? I don't know if that will be permanent. As it stands now most people who are still active are using freeports to park. Ships left outside of a Freeport do not last long.

I've lost 2 of 17 ships while online. Very few people I know lost more ships online than off.

I hate Reddit and its formatting. I prefer this linear style. Easier to follow imo.

Yeah and there were more viewers last night. Someone is just trying to be "edgy".

Hey guys we are designing a MMO that can have 40,000 people in the same world...but only 10 man companies are allowed. If you work around these rules you'll be banned. Seems a bit odd to me. I've never played a MMO with PVP like this before.

I like the idea of megas and smaller companies being able to co-exist in the game. The smaller companies can use the larger companies to get the content they want and vice versa. Its worked quite well in many games I have played over the years. The biggest two examples in my gaming life are Shadowbane and EVE. My gaming buddies of 20+ years were able to carve our own way in those worlds and participate in some of the largest battles seen plus enjoy our little vendettas against smaller groups. At times we punched above our weight. The games offered enough protection via its rule-sets and/or size to allow these things to happen. As the game stands now that is a difficult proposition. I feel the game is healthier when there are more options for people. Sure the small guy can still get shit on, but if they can return the favor its a wonderful thing and make the game healthier overall.

We've practically crashed servers by painting multiple boat's sails at the same time. They need to do some work on that before they can think about upping the resolution thus the amount of data needing to be pushed to the server, stored and synched with clients in render range. I hope they do. Its early and hopefully this is on their to do list. Not a huge issue right now with the PTR coming up and a content patch.

Single sided shotgun ships only work very well against shitty captains, multi-ship fights or if you are a lot faster. I've gone against a lot of different designs and never lost a ship 1v1. One brig I did lose was due to the server going down. Logged back in in the middle of the ocean. I prefer my balanced ship. It neutralizes shotguns with good range from the larges, decent speed and using the wind. Whenever they fire its at max range and I can easily maneuver the ship so they miss. They usually take some hits while trying to get that shot off however.

I don't like it. At the rate we're going you'll have to send emails asking permission from the devs to attack someone....response time 6 months.

I saw people saying this months ago. Its arrogant to think you have all the answers.

Why do people insist that the game will die unless the devs follow their advice?

Turn off the Auto Chatbox in the settings and enable auto-hide by hitting " \ ". That combo for me turns chat off and never pops up unless I hit enter to say something.

We were talking how great it wold be to save ship templates last night. Design ship. Save it. Need to build another just load the template and it tells you how many resources it needs to build it. Maybe put a time delay on building it. Put mats in shipyard, tell it to build your template and maybe it takes 10, 20, 30 whatever minutes to build. Small ships build quicker than large ones. If we were doing this manually like we do now it would take time to place all the planks, cannons, wood walls, ceiling, etc.

Hire this man to fix things.

Maybe I don't know how the market works. I thought you have to go to the market with said materials or finished product and therefor are exposed to the dangers of the high seas. Maybe its ignots that people have trouble getting access to. Maybe its a Legendary Large Cannon that does 190% damage. Whatever. This market is in a freeport, correct? Put the materials up for sale at this time. Next someone has to travel there. Purchase said materials and then travel out of the freeport with the materials or the final product these materials were needed for. Materials and/or finished products are on the high seas exposed to pirates. Unless someone has a ship sitting in a harbor meant to look pretty and not do much of anything.

You guys took a commanding (2) vote lead, but its back to be neck and neck.

Can I be put on the email list as well?

I beg to differ. Now is the time to explore more content. Explore things you have not done in the game. Look for issues, broken content and report it. Now more than ever its easier for us to do this because we are not protecting our assets 24/7 because they are easily replaceable and the population is low.

If I was an owner I would want to be known as a good one who takes care of the people living on my island. I would inform other companies of this and let it be known my company will not allow attacks to take place on my island without repercussions. Why would anyone want to live on an island where the owner does not lift a finger to help and project his land and the people on it? That makes little sense. Will it happen? Sure it will, but I believe more island owners will want to protect then to allow the mayhem and drama this introduces. The places people will want to live will be owned by people who actually care and protect one another producing a safe and more engaged populace that will go to war together in the name of mutual defense. That and its more fun.

Shut your pie hole. Cake is going to win this thing.

I am no spring chicken and I hate the damn mini games. Every time one pops up I curse under my breath. *shakes cane at others shaking canes for other reasons*