Mithrian

ROFL...Impossible when you don't have a team working on the game at all. Also, pirate encampment implementation on single player is the stupidest fucking thing I've ever experienced in my life....playing solo...with 14 pirates in a camp way too far inland to assault from ship...all in heavy armor, crack shots, with cannons and puckles firing from every angle. And that's just one of 6 encampments on that island...

The "live stream" (we're not fucking retarded, it was CLEARLY pre-recorded) was hands-down the absolute worst thing I've seen from a developer team in 25 years of gaming. It was disrespectful to the community and backers and was absolutely shameful to watch. This is coming from someone with 1600 hours in...I want this game to succeed so bad it HURTS, but I'm seriously still trying to put into words how utterly disappointing the live stream was....thanks for that, guys. Just keep burning bridges and ignoring us...99% of the original buyers gone/refunded and you're still treating your paying customers like trash.

The whole thing was prerecorded...and they're not going to be answering any of the REAL questions we have. 100% guaranteed. Shame on all of us for even believing that this was going to be any better or different than what's come before.

What about something in the vein of daily quests from other MMOs. Go to the freeport, pick up a couple of quests (one to bring back a tamed tiger, one to bring certain resources, one to kill so many of this or that), bring them back for rewards of actual gear (NOT BPs) and some gold, etc. Also, are you considering changes to skill trees? Specifically, promoting trade by requiring the skills in order to *craft* the items, but not to use them. Would be fantastic to have trade/specialization in those skills be useful. As it is, to be able to use the item, I am already able to craft it. Not great. What is being done to remove the "land warfare" meta from the game and move it towards ship/open-sea conflicts? PVPVE all on one map?

Beyond that, it is 100% possible to SOLO ship the Kraken. I did it this weekend. I sailed/fired cannons and had one awesome dude doing repairs. Finished it with time to spare (even after stupid invisible obstruction bug for 3-4 minutes). That was in a traditional brig with only 6 medium cannons in gunports. The thing didn't even have armor.

This...and this and this and this! Also, I SOLO shipped the Kraken last night with ONE "6 gun on each side standard" Brig. Had time to spare. It's FINE!

It's not QUITE 360. There are two spots that you can absolutely hit them without any return fire.

Try dead on the nose of the galleon

Said nothing about a new player...they'll figure it out eventually. I also said nothing about Level 1 ships...in fact, I picked up the quest skill for Scourged of the Damned last night...level 50 Galleon with my traditional brig. Was it easy? NO...but it was challenging and satisfying. Where is the fun gameplay in sailing in a straight line kiting something for 30 minutes while NOT RISKING anything?

Upvoted all the times I can!

ROFL...Someone should have told me and the folks I play with. I cleaned three grids of squads in my brig last night...and it ONLY has medium cannons in gunports. You sail with some competence and you kill them...

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To each his own then. If that's the situation we're possibly looking at, I won't waste my time with the game. At that point, it won't even be worth playing.

So we will all pay upkeep costs for everything we build? And what about the people that are willing to pay the upkeep in order to keep your harbor/ships walled in for days at a time? You okay with that too?

Yup, just take a trip around current lawless islands...and understand that it takes next to nothing (literal seconds) to harvest enough mats to start dropping thatch foundations every time they decay. Not fun...

Right, but this also means that if I implement pillars into my extravagant, legitimate build, I'm doing nothing but grinding materials to keep it from collapsing. It's asinine. At the end of the day, I'm not sure how it gets simpler than "Limit claim flags per person/company and add an upkeep that is designed to deal with abandoned claim flags." Alongside this concern, you WILL have people who will invest the entirety of their gaming time into ruining the experiences of others. I, for one, am not looking forward to sitting at my base for 3, 4, or however many days unable to sail while I wait for the decay timers on pillars blocking my harbor to go off.

Graphics settings has NOTHING to do with this. It's a change as of last night's patch. The SoTDs are rendering and then disappearing BETWEEN volleys of normal cannons...they're blipping in and out that close to my ship right now. One second I'm fighting it, the next it's gone...then back.

@Jatheish @Dollie This needs to be looked at quickly. Ships, whales, and SoTDs are NOT rendering until they are right on top of ships...I've HIT several ships as they are rendering in.

I definitely agree with this Ringo...for obvious reasons You have my upvote and support in this!

Fantastic transaction I recently had with Gerok and company. He was very accommodating and helpful. These kinds of operations show the potential of this game and this one is top notch! We'll be returning for more!