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Perhaps, but they are not the only ones.
I've been here for consistently for only 17 months but in that time I have read many posts form people asking for large fleets. I don't particularly like them (large fleets) myself but have somehow become their spokesman. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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And just so you know, I am one who voted to keep things Pre Nelson!
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Ok, then I stand corrected. Does make me wonder why people looking to re-enact Trafalgar are playing a pirate game though. Perhaps they'll decamp to PotBS when it is finished, as the whole point of the game (at least I gather) is to have huge multiplayer battles in the 1800s.
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How do we even measure that, a poll?
And if they are not the majority, do they have no business enjoying Post Build12?
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I doubt a poll would be any use. Not enough people ever use the things, and they are too easy to rig. For that matter it's impossible to second guess the opinions of players who download and use the varying mods but don't join the board or post regularly. It'd be daft of me or anyone else to claim there's a silent majority behind their case/viewpoint.
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I wish that were so, but if you had been around here longer, you would know that Pieter, good hearted that he is, doesn't turn anyone away and puts every mod into the Post B12!
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In that case I see your point on the need for a switch in buildsettings. If everything is added to the modpack, then without being able to turn it off, the compiler either forces the player to use that content or not use the pack at all. But then if Pieter is of the opinion that Napoleonic content should be optional but not a part of the main post-build12 modpack (as seemed to be suggested by his posting in the discussion of modding in the Future thread), and acts in accordance with this opinion then a mod to reduce fleet sizes is likely to be added to the main modpack.
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So you are saying that they speak for the majority.
Or is it that this is a dictatorship, where the debate over what is proper to include in the Post B12 is not allowed?
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I'm not suggesting any individual speaks for the majority. My point is that the author of any content should have the right to decide whether that content is distributed or is for his/her own personal use. Mark has been very active in recent weeks creating stuff which he has chosen to share with other gamers. But it is his choice to do so, and he is under no obligation to meet the demands of other gamers or heed their advice (collaborative projects are of course different). However, as he as an individual created that content, and (AFAIK) Pieter acting as an individual compiles the modpack material and works hard to ensure the varying additions work together, then is it not their decision as to whether to include that content or not?
I'm not saying this is a dictatorship, but that there seems to be few rules as to how to make decisions on this stuff. Perhaps only those who have actively contributed content should be a sort of 'ruling council' making decisions rather than 'leeches' with big ideas and bigger mouths such as myself. Since on this basis those who have put in untold hours of effort and chosen to distribute their work for others enjoyment have in some way earned the right to collectively decide such matters...perhaps a poll amongst the modders themselves?
But if Pieter does indeed decide to add everything to the modpack then I suppose a switch is the only way to be fair to all users/consumers of that content.
And apologies gentlemen for having (likely) spoken out of turn. I obviously can't but second guess the actual opinions of the mentioned parties.