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At one time years ago in another time I would have agreed with you, but now... no I dont. Small companies need to understand their role in a game that is about numbers, and know that they need to either get good, or get big, or get good big friends. Not every game needs to cater to the little guy who cant be bothered to make friends or join a larger group. Some of the best people I have gamed with have been from larger groups. In Eve I was part of a small corp for a while, then a HUGE corp for a while and now I am not going to leave the alliance I am in, because I like the numbers. The numbers afford you options that normally are not available when you are smaller. Sure you dont have the control because you dont have a much say, and you have to understand that, but you gain security and force. Here I tried forming a small company and it was fun at first, then we ran into the same problems... we couldnt do many of the same things that larger companies could do. Instead after some discussion we decided to join a larger company and havent really looked back. It has been fun so far... yeah it hasn't been perfect but it has been fun. We have had some great fights, some we have won some we have lost but they have been fun. Like when we took 6 ships on a raid on an enemy company's shipyards. We hit their allies base with 30+ people, we all had jobs, assignments and tasks. And we pulled it off, sinking several galleons and only losing a schooner ourselves.

Small cannon? Do you mean the swivel? And yes they are useless against SotD. Lastly NPC crew do not repair when at sea.

So you admit that the player skills trump the skill points and money thrown at the character... Or are you saying that it doesn't matter if you have money to throw at it and that Eve is Pay2win. Because if that last part is the case, you have NO clue what you are talking about.

They were....

Hadnt thought of that... may have to try that, thanks!

I have seen a few wrecks because of this last part.... And they do have different drafts.. it may not seem like it but they do. I can take my Sloop over some very shallow areas when my Schooner would get stuck or the Brigantine or Galleon. I would love to see the use of dinghy more but honestly I doubt that will happen... not many people are going to RP like that.

I think the only limit should be your imagination and the max weight on the ship. If you cant think of it then dont be mad at those who did. I agree those are some ugly designs, but so is the A-10 Thunderbolt II, it isnt called the warthog because it wins beauty contests.

Not true.. I have had kills on ships that have been worth WAY more than my typical FW fit T1 frigate... I usually run around in a 9mil isk Maulus and I have killed 30-100mil isk ships in that thing.. I have also lost dozens of those ships. SP dont matter if you dont know what you are doing. Again my KB show that fact. I have quite a few SP, nearly 20mil and I have been WTFPWNed by much newer toons.

The factor on the crew payment is several fold. 1- Where was the crew acquired from. SotD rescued crew of higher levels often cost less per hour than those leveled to the same level from a Freeport. 2- Accommodations, the level in this can make a HUGE difference in the crew cost. 3- Ship activity, if the ship is docked crew will cost less than when it is at sea. 4- Captains skills when they are on the wheel.

Not to mention SotD are already REALLY slow to start with. I outran one with a medium handling sail on a sloop.

Currently what would you call a Galleon? Seeing as it is the biggest ship currently in game it would be the equivalent of giving them a titan. Try living in Nullsec as a solo player and survive..

Had you done any maintenance on the hull? Ships take damage over time if they are used or even sitting around. So you have to keep up on repairs or they will sink. Usually a couple of days if left unattended.

Here these two videos that will answer all of your questions.

They dont have sails so I imagine.. no.

Sometimes an animal will aggro on your boat, other times if you are close to the crew limit a bird will land on your boat and put it over crew limit and sink your boat.

It wont even slow down a big group. I have watched groups like the Goonswarm go to other games with limits on guild population, and they formed a dozen guilds and just didnt attack each other. They didnt slow down ONE bit. I can say you sir are an inspiration to the other small companies out there. Keep up the good fight!

WWII Online comes to mind. Neocron 2 Darkfall Online Mortal Online Guildwars even EVE Online doesn't cater to the solo player... good luck getting and operating a titan by yourself... and keeping it long. Sounds like you have no clue what you are talking about and thought you would show everyone on the forums. I agree there is a place for the randoms, but they need to understand their place in the grand scheme of things. They are not to be the top, but more or less the bottom, where they should stay. Like in Eve, if you are a single player and you arent in a major corp you will be a no-body and continue to be a non-factor the whole time you play that game. And will most likely never see the high end ships like Dreadnaughts, Titans, and carriers.

When Naval action went into EA several years ago, there wasnt a lot of choices... in ships or guns. Now there are dozens of choices, hundreds of combinations and finally an actual UI that isnt the base unity interface.

Blizzard did the right thing at the right time with WoW. They put out a game that the casual online gamer can pick up, play, play with friends or alone, and experience a developing story that was immersive and massive. But unfortunately it came out back when most MMOs were very group oriented... like Everquest, Asherons Call, and Dark Age of Camelot.

Nah Dark & Light was a scam from the start. This they at least are trying. And to be honest I have got my money out of the game.

Not all games... But yes a fair amount have. And those are the games I just dont play. I have been playing with the same group of guys/gals for nearly 15 years now... I remember when some them were the annoying kid in comms... now they are married with kids... And the thought scares me... because this is the same person who lost his house in a game because he forgot where he built it.

Wont work. I have seen something like this before in another game.. and you had outside the game agreements happen. I say this all the time..... "The army of one is great till the army of two or more show up" So to sum it up, get big son.

So you are asking to see if you can get ONE NPC to handle multiple cannons at once? LOL so to make it easier for solo players to sail MASSIVE ships.. no.

Please, most solo players have built galleons and lost them already and cried on these very forums about how hard this game is. That is why the developers are going to make it even easier for them to make them.

That or a REALLY big chicken. That or the chicken exploded when it laid it.