Alternatives to Naval Action

[Ruthless4u]

Given that Naval Action is headed towards a Primarily PVE age of sail trade and crafting simulation I am looking for an alternative.

All I ever wanted out of an age of sail game is it to have no magic spells that summon fireball from the sky, or sea monsters or any other fantasy BS. Just want good old fashioned ship to ship fighting against other players.

I've already played Sid Meier's pirates( over 20 years lol) and sadly that seems the only alternative.

Can anyone recommend me a good game?

And before anyone says it's not been turned into a trading simulation, simply look at the population numbers. They don't lie.

[Marlowe-33]

i only know Age of Pirates 2 - City of Abandoned Ships, but it's old now , this game seems to have died a death i logged in earlier and nation/general is dead even after trying to ask a question, nothing.. what a shame, i had very high hopes for this, looks like it's done.

Sad thing is i would have gladly bough any premium ship they had to offer, now, i highly doubt it.

[Ruthless4u]

Originally posted by Limey21:

i only know Age of Pirates 2 - City of Abandoned Ships, but it's old now , this game seems to have died a death i logged in earlier and nation/general is dead even after trying to ask a question, nothing.. what a shame, i had very high hopes for this, looks like it's done.

Sad thing is i would have gladly bough any premium ship they had to offer, now, i highly doubt it.

It's unfortunate, this game had so much more potential beyond a PVE AOS trading/crafting game.

Now just get ready for the guys claiming the population is low until the next patch/update.

To bad they don't realize if the game was heading in the right direction with these updates, players would stay instead of leaving again after a week.

[corpowat]

600 + pvp'ers won't agree with you

[Ruthless4u]

Originally posted by corpowat:

600 + pvp'ers won't agree with you

To bad they are not playing Naval Action. There is about 4600+ that disagree with you. Otherwise they would still be playing.

[Norfolk nChance]

Ruthless neither are you

but you do talk a good game.


Norfolk nChance

[Ruthless4u]

Well Norfolk if they bothered making it so you don't have to spend the majority of your time with mind numbing,no skill, time sinks such as trading/crafting then maybe more players would be interested.

[corpowat]

thurs/fri/sat nights on pvp I'm told is where you'll get the crowds thats pvp1 of course,pvp2 is like pve at times. the devs really can't win can they?

[Ruthless4u]

Originally posted by corpowat:

thurs/fri/sat nights on pvp I'm told is where you'll get the crowds thats pvp1 of course,pvp2 is like pve at times. the devs really can't win can they?

I really feel one of the biggest issues is there is no where near enough population to support the expanse of O.W. I doubt there will ever be the population needed.

[Kilrathii]

Uncharted Waters Online is great except for the p2w pvp. CoAS with Gentlemen of Fortune mod is also good.

[Nox]

I don't think there are any good alternatives.

For example I am interested with this project since day 1. I love Age of Sails and PvP. I didn't buy it yet because I wanted to see the direction, will it be a niche game, will they simplify things, will they focus on pvp or pve and will bugs get fixed.

I will buy it for sure one day (at the worst case at release). And I will bring my PvP friends also. And I am sure that I am not the only person in this situation. So I just wanted to say there are many PvP players lurking around. I doubt this game will have a population problem PvP wise in future.

[corpowat]

Untill I played pve after a few pvp games I'M tired of the bash and grind ie eve and the broken promises by the devs,,now this is a work of art if you watch the ocean [as yr sailing along]
the colours/the mists and the day/night that was all in a cutter whilst i was exploring and learning the game the detail on the ships /land ocean as i said a work of art IMO.

[Valetudin Arian]

Originally posted by Ruthless4u:

Well Norfolk if they bothered making it so you don't have to spend the majority of your time with mind numbing,no skill, time sinks such as trading/crafting then maybe more players would be interested.

I agree, if only they would impliment free ships from your nations version of the admiralty according to your standing with them.

[PhoenixOmen]

Originally posted by Ruthless4u:

Well Norfolk if they bothered making it so you don't have to spend the majority of your time with mind numbing,no skill, time sinks such as trading/crafting then maybe more players would be interested.

What part of "Is a Sailing game based on Age of Sails" didn't you understand? The game is not a match macker; is a sailing open world and PvP is part of it but not the only focus.

Edit: This is how you sound "I bought an age of sails game and I hate sailing"

[Ruthless4u]

Then if sailing is the primary focus, how come the only vids is of combat. Not hours upon hours of sailing.

This has been turned into an AOS FarmVille and will fail in less than a year after launch because of that.

[PhoenixOmen]

Originally posted by Ruthless4u:

Then if sailing is the primary focus, how come the only vids is of combat. Not hours upon hours of sailing.

This has been turned into an AOS FarmVille and will fail in less than a year after launch because of that.

You keep going back to the videos bro. A player can upload the content he or she wants, or are you saying they should upload the material you force them to show?.

If you want to upload a video where you spend two hours sailing, be my guess; but don't go around forcing others to do so because is what you want.