There are two aspects to this quote*:

First, Open Sea PvP is a very low restriction PvP system. Characters can be attacked by virtually anyone, and they can most certainly be ganked. That's the nature of the system, and we're not changing that system. So we don't want to hear any crying about it. War's not fair. Open Sea PvP is war. Open Sea PvP is not fair. I recommend trying to figure out how to make it not fair in your favor.

Second, it's a reference to the fact that it's only a game, and not something worth crying about. I know MMORPGs are very immersive games, and many people poor a lot of time and energy into these games. I'm really happy that players are that excited about Pirates, but at the end of the day, it's important to remember that it's still a game. It's not worth losing your temper, or getting upset over. It's just a game.

In short: there's no crying in the red circle.

*It should also be noted that the line is a reference to a quote from the movie "A League of Their Own." While it doesn't really impact the meaning of the quote, it does make it funnier to imagine a scruffy Tom Hanks shouting "There's no crying in the red circle!" At least, it's funny to me.

I don't have the question number handy, but there's a KB article with exact step by step directions for how to allow our traffic through a packeteer. You should pass that on to any ISPs that are using packeteers and are blocking our traffic.

I have been snooping around for good visuals for Barbary as well as Ottoman vessels, mostly to no avail. A little unrelated, but if anyone does stumble across some, please let me know. Most ships are depicted flying all kinds of flags, after all

Thread closed, as a link to the correct place for flag and sail votes has been provided.

Thread closed, as a link to the correct place for flag and sail votes has been provided.

I adore carracks, but alas, they're not a ship class we want in PotBS. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the much-speculated-over "Asian expansion."

This thread was resurrected after we took some time to re-evaluate its removal. For a more complete explanation, you are welcome to read this post.

If this thread continues to focus on the constructive feedback, we won't have any problems.

My apologies.

Best,
Aether

How about "tomorrow"?

http://www.burningsea.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=15


Joe

Our date to get 1.2 to testbed kept slipping because Point-a-Pitre isn't quite ready. We really want to get this build out ASAP, so we're punting PaP out of 1.2 (and into a mid-milestone build that I'll call 1.2B). Now that PaP is out of the way, we are planning to push the build to testbed sometime tomorrow. The release notes should also be published tomorrow.

This testbed release won't be fully translated and has some known bugs, but it's is pretty good shape. How quickly it gets to live depends on how testbed goes, but it will be on testbed for at least a week at a half.

1.2B will probably go live around a week after 1.2 proper.


Joe

We're pretty swamped with working on getting the next build ready, but this is important so I'm taking a quick stab at addressing your question:

Pirates:
-Don't get to keep ports
+Don't need to retake their ports

+Tend to be stronger solo hunters
-Do not have access to SOLs

-Get less gold
+Have greater ship selection
+Can build most ships easier

Right now, we’re most interested in expanding the pirate endgame and giving them better group combat potential. Along with that, we'll gradually be increasing the differentiation between pirate and national skills so that there will be fewer clones. If you have questions about specific areas that are seen as an advantage/disadvantage, then I will try to answer them but I might not be able to get them all.