Any other old players coming back now that there are no more wipes?

[Onearmy]

Title.

I'm cautiously optimistic; but we'll see the direction the developers take from here.

I hated the wipes, however I don't think a lot of people remember the state of the game before the wipes started. The majority of the map was owned by the Russian faction. Majority of players had started playing Russia and taking over the map in a sort of protest against the direction the game was going. They dominated the whole map and any players who didn't join were being driven away.

Dev solution was seasonal wipes that would reset the map and players and put everything on equal footing. Of course that comes with its own problems.

That being said, I think I prefer no wipes. But there needs to be some mechanics in place to prevent a single faction from dominating the map.

I'm curious to hear what others think now

[Alexandr0s]

We are in the same boat dude!!

Waiting for the future of the game. I had bad memmories about the evolution of the game, but part of me belive that MAYBE will go for a good port

[elvismolotov]

for the developers its a major pushback that the seasonal concept did not work ... i still think its an interesting mechanic to actually conquer the ports but the necessary wipes after a season bite into the very long grind involved which everyone needs to compete in pvp (to get good ships with bonuses). if the grind is reduced significantly then noone will complain about wipes...one way is to offer dlc ships that are equaly strong as ships that a player with max skill can craft ....but still we have the crafters who lose alot each wipe
My idea would be to just ambush the Ports in Portbattles and fight for some useful rewards...instead of conquering ports and bring imbalance to the map
That way the Wipes wont be necessay in future.....

[Alexandr0s]

I think that first, they are going to stabilize the mechanics for something more realistic/Neutral, and after that they are going to add new content.

They must clean the room before add furniture

[FerrusPugnum]

In the next week or two hopefully, the test server with the new changes will be up and running to replace the war server. It will be worth a look. your max xp/rank from the war server or the free server will be your new rank on the test and new merged server to come.

[Revernator]

previous owners of game were mobile game makers not online mmos and for ruining any game the got control of, if naval is going full on f2p if so then all those who bought game must receive compensation. i just hope rolling back brings old and new players to game, and any future game content is thought about properly and the players get a chance to contribute

[Syd Khaos]

Was considering coming back but still on the fence.
Played pre-wipes and was kinda into the game, but the wipes killed it for me.
Considering giving it another go but unsure.

Are the servers no-wipe now? Or after next update?

[elvismolotov]

Originally posted by Syd Khaos:

Was considering coming back but still on the fence.
Played pre-wipes and was kinda into the game, but the wipes killed it for me.
Considering giving it another go but unsure.

Are the servers no-wipe now? Or after next update?

as far as i read the only server that is wipefree atm is the peace server.....warserver is closed and concept of seasonal gameplay is being reworked....and tested on a test server....sometimes there will be a wipe on the seasonal server and maybe the seasonal concept will end and we will get a fresh warserver...

[Star]

we lost everything. all our ships money and rank. all gone.

they said we gonna get our exp back but taht never happened.

they said its a new developer team still same people as before and still doing the same things lies lies lies all lies.

when will we get the truth ?

[Dead Baron]

I revisited the Peace server and my stuff was still there... but on a Friday night during prime time gaming hours, there were only 11-13 people online. Holy crap that's bad!

[Pad See Ew [FNF]]

I'm back for my on a year, off a year routine. We'll see how it develops. Might be just tonight!

[BlueLightning]

Originally posted by Dead Baron:

I revisited the Peace server and my stuff was still there... but on a Friday night during prime time gaming hours, there were only 11-13 people online. Holy crap that's bad!

That's crazy, wosb in beta (not even steam released yet) and the lowest player count in the worst hours where people asleep is 278. Today, on Sunday night or Monday's morning where people would been preparing for work.

it usually hit 1500-2000 in prime time, but holy smokes, 13 is just literally worse than skull n bones in single instance (max at 20 per server and usually 14-17 to let people invite some).

[Ghastous™]

Originally posted by Star:

we lost everything. all our ships money and rank. all gone.

they said we gonna get our exp back but taht never happened.

they said its a new developer team still same people as before and still doing the same things lies lies lies all lies.

when will we get the truth ?

With what i read up yes the its the same dev team as it was before so my guess is nothing really will change much and it will be just as bad as before with what they did to it

[Ethan Tokes]

That is why I returned. Game feels amazing rn too, minus a few bugs. It is a test server though.

[Seaside]

I've picked it up again to see how it is.
Couple of thoughts -
A) Be nice to have a player controlled NPC hostility/ aggression slider on the peace server.
B) Maybe a few too many NPC fleets and too many powerful fleets ?
C) This is a wish list thing, wish the map went up the US east coast into Canada up to Newfoundland. There was a lot of piracy - especially out of Newfoundland - believe it or not :)

[DutchGamer78]

Originally posted by seanjo:
Originally posted by Goose Green:
Yes and they are in an alliance with Britain. Brilliant idea by the devs... It does fit history, there was an alliance of sorts against Napoleonic France. Are France and Spain going to have an alliance?

Yes, this is what they said originally -

All flags will be incorporated into 4 alliances
Britain - British Alliance - Britain, Russia
France - French Alliance - France, USA, Denmark, Sweden
Spain - Spanish Alliance - Spain, Prussia, Dutch
Pirates - Pirates

Will this be implemented after testserver? I tried the seasonal but msn's and wipes were not for me. The testserver version is fun for now.