MikeDitka

Hate all you guys want on mega companies but they will always be around. That's just a fact. If every single company over 50 players would instantly vanish, the smart players that are currently at 15-25 members would recruit and become mega themselves.

It also doesn't matter what the gold or resource upkeep costs for megas are. We had at least 850k gold and 5-6 different types of every resource just in our 2nd island.. We frequently gave large quantities of gold for tokens and even tamed dragons for solo and small groups that just wanted to try them out.

I see the same 15 people or so complaining about megas. I'm willing to bet each and every single one of them got wrecked because they either fired the 1st shot, didn't state their presence upon enemy territory entry, or just shit talked. Whatever the case may be, your tears are just adding fuel to the fire lol.

a little tip: If you have a group of 4 people it shouldn't take longer than 1 hour to build a schooner. Put 3 ballistas on the back and go kill 2 whales manually. Avoid the SOTD's on the way towards the polar regions. Find a great island around the 12's area. There you will find the perfect temperatures to breed bears.

9 minutes ago, McMozart1 said:

Treat NA PVE player 100% the same as other server player or dont update at all . WE are not low life player, we pay the same amount as other , a lot of us are playing since day 1 . Empire launch could have wait a few week instead of NA PVE . You are disrespecting a lots of players Devs . Have a nice day , cause i'm really don't have a good one right now . 

Something tells me that you're skipping school right now. You might not want to miss anymore english or spelling classes.

26 minutes ago, Arcada said:

Of course. I just choose not to play PVP because I'm a very tiny group of 4 people literally can't do much with only 4 people against groups that are 20-50 players. We're not gonna join anyone else because we like our tiny group, and that's how we play every game. But yes, sadly you're right for sure. PVP griefing will be hella worse, Empires is a complete irrelevent server network since maybe 3 large companies will even make use of it, and the PVE groups will be flooded with the PVP failures when it actually launches the NA PVE server. Because it's going to be several weeks after everyone else....we're gonna be flooded with all those that can't handle the PVP servers....it's just stupid. All servers should get the update at the same time for complete fairness....but because how they're doing it, once NA PVE is updated, they will just fill it with the failed PVP griefers, who will of course foundation/pillar spam every island they can and block freeport piers so ships can't be spawned or enter there. 

This is how you effectively kill a game lmao in like every way. I guess we'll find out when they actually launch the NA PVE server....but am pretty sure it'll be exactly like that. 

That attitude isn't very healthy. I would like to think that many players are looking forward to the NA PvE servers because by that time, everyone will be familiar with the new changes and want a fresh start with a leg up. Players who don't want to be on a private RP server will also join, as well as those who prefer PvP but aren't good smart enough to survive. 

I don't think you meant to talk down to the 4 man companies on PvP but i can tell you that there are many small companies such as yourself that do very well on PvP. There was a team of 4 that lived on F-5 during launch week and they gave the chinese all they can handle before moving south and creating a mini-tribe of 8 that ended up being very successful and respected.

8 minutes ago, Arcada said:

Eh I'm PVE so I couldn't care less which PVP or PVE companies come back. Sadly on PVE all the islands will be claimed by one person who just respawns and places foundations everywhere as per usual. 

But yeah, idk why so many think the original companies who enjoyed playing won't be back when it's live again (with exception to NA PVE of course since we're being excluded entirely). Everyone stopped playing because of the wipe announcement, not because they got sick of the game for the most part. Also your statement about domination of the smaller tribes, lol, what smaller tribes? They're not gonna play on Empires, or whichever one these bigger companies are gonna play on because the odds are too uneven. Also since they're splitting PVP into Empires and Colonies, they're dividing the PVP communities on half and they weren't that large to begin with. I'd be surprised if you'd have any resistance whatsoever when claiming lots of territory.

Empires will be mostly empty.

The vast majority of players on Colonies are solo/small companies. It's been that way since launch and through this PTR. Especially now since there's no NA PvE yet, there will be more bobs than ever. Easy pickins.

Since you play PvE, foundation/pillar spamming, claiming land, getting griefed, etc isn't 1/10 is bad as it is on PvP. Good players always adapt. Those who can't, well they will be playing with you.

I can't figure out why some of you are so concerned about how many players will be back on servers once the officials arrive. What does it really matter to you? Are you worried that you won't find an island to call home? Are you worried that there won't be enough players around to have constant PvP? I don't get it.

Anyways, i'm not sure what the other big companies have planned or what they expect their numbers to be but I for one am certain that we will have at least 40 of our original members back in game today once the servers become available. During the PTR barely any of us played, and this was the case for the vast majority of other big companies as well.

I am also certain that ALL of the best islands, as far as the most valuable/quantity of resources, closeness to lawless and freeports, and overall terrain quality, will be going to the big dogs once again. Within the 1st 30 minutes that the servers are up, we will have many schooners and brigs fully built, a main base with defenses, and plenty of extra resources. I'm also very happy at the fact that the leaders/admins have all given the ok to dominate the solo/small tribes. 

Happy Sailing!

2 minutes ago, lordkhan4444 said:

he told me so it will be the 11th

As much as i would love to believe Jat is telling the truth, there are ALWAYS unpredicted problems. I'm sure they are aiming for Thursday but again....i can't remember the last time they kept their word on an announced date.

I've also noticed that many of the large patches/updates come late at night, except for the pve ptr that was just recently implemented relatively early in the day. If we can get the officials up and running by friday night, I'm sure many would be pleased with that.

16 hours ago, SIEGEGUN said:

 My company has not tried the PTS nor will most of us, if any of us. We are all waiting for the actual 1.5 to drop, I am willing to bet we are not the only ones.

Same here. 45-man company here but only 9 downloaded ptr and played. Officials or nothing most of us feel.

Yes Atlas 123 company built up on E-4 South Island) surrounding the vendor you buy NPC's from. Very cheesy and nooby but easy to get your new npc's out of there if you have a friend with a chair outside the behemoth gate to place them onto.

it doesn't matter what the devs do...there will always be people who don't approve changes. Myself, i'm not a big fan of the claim system but i will adapt. I won't get into details on everything but overall i think they've done a decent job so far.

I haven't gotten around to the submarine/crabs yet but i will on private server soon. I hear they need fixes anyway.

There are many ships of the damned. It's a cool concept having them in packs but my goodness, i counted 24 total all within render distance. 

Bravo on the new grappling hook, very cool.

Vitamin system still sucks. Just scrap the idea and slap whoever originally thought of it.

I can still shoot creatures in the face with arrows and they take 0 damage, wtf.

I was unable to play today for more than 2 minutes at a time due to disconnections on D-5 but overall, as the great Max Holloway says, It is what it is.