MORE flippin QUESTIONS

[CAPTAIN BLACKADDER]

Having downloaded build 12 at last Why does the smaller class of ships now show no fear in attacking anything over 40 guns in the old game they would hsve a go but leg it rather sensibly at the first whiff of being outgunned now they are more like kamikazes than chikens also htis annoying habit of the wind changing direction when your in trouble and dragging you back into a fight there is now no chase you just cant get away while i accept this did happen no doubt but not every time , there should be Trade winds and currents that you can learn and use , also why can't you sneak up on a ship in harbour or at anchor at night and take her Drake pioneered the use of small cutters to take ships with the French in the 1570's and lastly for the moment can somebody tell me if differnt Eras are going to modded in at the moment you can be sailing round in ships covering three centuries the use of caronades by the English that English gunnery was the big factor in her domination of the seas and the superior design No race built Galleons this is turning more into a wish list but <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" />

 

[SirChristopherMings]

Captain Blackadder,
I've always been fairly indifferent to periods and commas myself, but I nearly ran out of air before I got to the end of your post. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" />

Regarding the wind changes, I get the impression that secretly you realize that they tend to make the game more challenging, and I'll bet that after you get used to them you'll find they make the game more interesting. I'm not certain of whether or not they are toggleable, but if you sail in Arcade Mode I don't think you'll find them having as strong an affect on your game.

One way around the inability to sneak up on a ship would be to buy an amnesty from the nation that you want to attack. With the ship no longer hostile you could sail up, give them a broadside to make them hostile again, and then board and take them. I may give this a try myself, if you take Skelly Bob's gunboat and slip up all casual and board a larger ship and then try to sail out from under the fort guns and any nearby warships, that sounds like fun. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/guns.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":2guns" border="0" alt="guns.gif" />

I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a way to mod the game so your "sneak up on a ship" idea could be implemented and maybe one of the modders will get inspired by your idea enough to try to do it. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

As far as modding in different eras, someone is always doing something with the game, I think recently someone was trying to adapt the game to the Roman Empire, and there was talk about about a Sir Francis Drake scenario so who knows, you may get your race built galleon yet. Where's that Armada? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/danse1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="danse1.gif" />

 

[NathanKell]

Sir Chris handled most all of this, but if I may throw in my $0.02:
Yeah, if you don't like being so dependent on the wind, I highly recommend arcade mode.

 

[CAPTAIN BLACKADDER]

Cheers for the replies , many appologies for my lack of punctuation <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" /> . I am all up for challenges but not at the sake of Accuracy , i don't think you could realisticaly reenact the Armada battles precisely because of the way the wind behaves ingame . Any advantge the English would have had would be lost because of the way the Game Engine functions at present and its becuase i want total immersion that i'm not going to play the Game in arcade mode , no fun there for me otherwise i'm thoroughly enjoying the new mods <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_praise.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_praise.gif" /> hats off to their creators can't wait for the next instalment <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />