Naval Action

[Father Ted]

Anyone know what this http://www.navalaction.com/ is?  Looks great, but I can't seem to see what sort of game it is...

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

There's a rather lengthy thread about the game over at SimHQ.  Sounds like it's a MP-only naval combat sim set in the Age of Sail. 

I'm keeping an eye on it.  Love to see some Age of Sail stuff done right.  Not too keen on the MP only aspect of it all though.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4011270/NAVAL_ACTION_-_Pre-Order_up._T#Post4011270

[Nefaro]

Anyone know what this http://www.navalaction.com/ is?  Looks great, but I can't seem to see what sort of game it is...

I've been keeping an eye on it since earlier this year.  Pretty sure they changed the name a bit since their early Alpha.

It's supposed to end up being a sandbox MMO (think Eve Online here) although they plan to roll it out in specific stages.  Such that the first public release iteration will probably be an arena battle type of game, somewhat similar to WOT/WT.  And then on up to full blown MMO later.  I expect this will take quite a while to reach the end stage but is definitely worth keeping tabs on.

[fabius]

I think it is from the team that Darth joined and made Ultimate General with.

[jomni]

So it says it will have the largest open world in history. 
Does it mean you will sail for great distances without even seeing some action?
Note: looks like you can actually teleport.

Would be great if there's a sailing sim with real navigation (no GPS minimaps), not just battle.

[Slick Wilhelm]

This looks very promising! It could be the first really well-done age of sail combat game. Hopefully, there will be some play against the AI available.

[Father Ted]

Thanks for the info chaps.  So it's a you-are -the-ship-type affair rather than an FPS in which you control a ship?

[Nefaro]

Thanks for the info chaps.  So it's a you-are -the-ship-type affair rather than an FPS in which you control a ship?

Looks like you run the ship from the deck.  So, yes I suppose.  :)

[smithcorp]

I pre-ordered this a few months ago and got a Steam key for the sea trials (alpha testing). I think this looks great, but i haven't been able to experience it yet - just when I had time to play for the first time last night, the servers were down for an update!

[RedArgo]

Just got my steam key and played a couple games.  I'm not sure what I'm doing, but it sure looks good.  Second game I even sunk an AI ship and my team won a PVE match.

I probably have automatic settings for sailing turned on and I don't know how to aim.  Pretty easy at point blank, but I don't think I'm hitting anything at longer ranges.  I need to look at their website for some directions.

At this point in development definitely reminds me of World of Tanks, but much slower.  The timer says one hour for a game, but both mine were over in about 20 minutes.

[RedArgo]

They added a couple new ship types.  The Snow which is a small frigate I think and the giant ship of the line Santisima.

Here are a couple of screenshots from recent battles.  You can see from the bottom left the circle filled with water, I'm already dead.

[MengJiao]

They added a couple new ship types.  The Snow which is a small frigate I think and the giant ship of the line Santisima.

  IIRC, there was a Santissima Trinidad (Most Holy Trinity).  130 guns.  I guess the joke was 3 decks of guns.

[Cyrano]

Yep, the Saint Triangle to those that love or hate her:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_ship_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Sant%C3%ADsima_Trinidad

There's an almost poetic absurdity to this ship.  Outgunned everything floating at the time, but could do little to prevent the pounding the combined fleet took at Trafalgar.  She and the Victory are the only two ships I've ever had a notion to try and model...

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

[magnus]

 If the put in the L'Orient, call me.

[GDS_Starfury]

naval action the right way