Another SvS isle?

[Makeo]

Totally disagree on this. It would be fun, but oh my, the lag, lag, LAG! And besides, svsing on andaba/abassa wouldn't be fun anymore, to many people swarming you. To complex anyways.

[Crimson Rose]

Personally I think that Cuba should be the Spanish privateering base, since it was the main Spanish base in the Caribbean. Have the British capture the present Spanish base and set it up as their own. Three-way battles could be interesting.

However, privateering should not be mandatory. I landed on the French base just to see what it was like, talked to a few NPCs to see if there were any interesting quests, and suddenly I'm a privateer. I didn't even have the chance to refuse. Howcome?

Many days later I was out hunting phantom ships for a quest. I sunk one, then put into the Spanish island for repairs. I talked to no one except the shipwright. As I left the island I discovered I'd been dragooned as a privateer.

I managed to sink another phantom, but I was close to sinking. As I was heading for shore, I was set on by 3 French privateers. I didn't fire back but headed for the closest big island. Made it by superb sailing, only to be told, " You can't anchor, you're in the middle of a battle." No I'm not.

Needless to say they sank me.

Why was I automatically a privateer? Why didn't I have the chance to refuse? Someone didn't think this out fully.

[Kale Grayhand]

Originally Posted by Crimson Rose

Personally I think that Cuba should be the Spanish privateering base, since it was the main Spanish base in the Caribbean. Have the British capture the present Spanish base and set it up as their own. Three-way battles could be interesting.

However, privateering should not be mandatory. I landed on the French base just to see what it was like, talked to a few NPCs to see if there were any interesting quests, and suddenly I'm a privateer. I didn't even have the chance to refuse. Howcome?

Many days later I was out hunting phantom ships for a quest. I sunk one, then put into the Spanish island for repairs. I talked to no one except the shipwright. As I left the island I discovered I'd been dragooned as a privateer.

I managed to sink another phantom, but I was close to sinking. As I was heading for shore, I was set on by 3 French privateers. I didn't fire back but headed for the closest big island. Made it by superb sailing, only to be told, " You can't anchor, you're in the middle of a battle." No I'm not.

Needless to say they sank me.

Why was I automatically a privateer? Why didn't I have the chance to refuse? Someone didn't think this out fully.

The game automatically makes you a privateer as soon as you set foot on a privateering isle. So if you don't want to engage in svs, teleport to another non-svs isle and launch your ship from there.

[Crimson Rose]

Originally Posted by Kale Grayhand

... teleport to another non-svs isle and launch your ship from there.

Or sail as fast as you can to the nearest non-privateering island and dock ASAP.

Crimson Rose

[Mark Stormtimbers]

I would like the option to fight as the English.

[Crimson Rose]

Twice now I have been sailing between Cuba and Port Royal and I have seen a blackish shape for a half a second before it blinks out. It looks like a small fortress taking up almost all of a volcanic outcropping jutting out of the water.

That does not seem the right place for a new island. Is my imagination running rampant or something? Is this a ghost of an old island?

(Since Tortuga and Port Royal were both south of Cuba, the geography of POTCO is highly suspect anyway, so it is as good a location as any other, I guess.)

Crimson Rose