
Correct tacking, box-hauling, club-hauling and other elements of the age of sail sailing are possible. Yard angles, ship angle to wind, cargo, fittings and ship condition affects speeds and turning rates. If you are not interested in sailing heavy frigates or ships of the line, you can move out to Bahamas’ sand banks and only sail your favorite brig without fear of encountering a heavy super frigate.Īdvanced wind and physics model provides for realistic portrayal of ship’s performance in the age of sail. Water depth is important and there are large areas available only to light ships. Heavy weather also allows for sneak attack on enemy fleets and in PvP sneak attacks on ports. Wind and Weather conditions make travel easier or harder requiring tacking and reducing visibility of the shores and landmarks. Map is enormous - you cannot see across Lake Maracaibo. More than 365 historical ports based on their real locations are scattered across the map. Information on the current downloadable content, available via Steam can be found here.īreathtaking open world based on 18th century historical maps gives you an opportunity to explore the 18th Century Caribbean. Maintenace is announced in game by several on screen warnings informing the players about the downtime in advance. Downtime can be longer if complex updates are installed. Downtime length is typically between 30 and 60 minutes. You are at risk everywhere and can be attacked by other captains.īoth servers have a daily maintenance downtime starting around 11:20 CET (TBC).player vs player battles rage everywhere from the lower Antilles to French Louisiana.All combat is player versus AI controlled vessels.It is strongly suggested that you review a Comparison of PvE and PVP environments before you decide. Characters cannot be transferred between these two servers. When creating a character, players must select whether to play on a PVE Server or a PVP Server. There are two Naval Action servers online: The action is centered in and around the Caribbean in the Golden Age of Sail when many nation states were laying claim to territories and hungering for the goods of the new world.įind more information on the About Naval Action page. Naval Action is an exciting, realistic, and beautifully detailed naval combat game immersing players into the experience of the most beautiful period of naval history - when sailing ships ruled the seas. Imperial Navy promotion missions usually include the phrases "Imperial Navy" in the mission title, for example "Imperial Navy Strike Contract" or "Rebel Transmissions Imperial Navy Salvage Mission".Naval Action is an MMO (Massive Multi-player Online) simulation game created by Game-Labs. Note that rank progress continues to increase and count toward higher ranks even if the 100% mark for rank has been reached no reputation gains are lost while waiting for a promotion mission to appear. Completing a promotion mission will increase rank by one level. Once a pilot reaches 100% rank progress, Empire-aligned minor factions with whom the pilot has a "cordial" or higher standing will begin to offer promotion missions for the Imperial Navy. Source-and-return missions for Empire-aligned factions at repairing stations - While slower than passenger missions at damaged stations, the commodities requested by these missions are common, and the risk is still fairly low.įinding a system that best offers these opportunities can be difficult due to faction states changing constantly and a need for the minor factions to be aligned to the relevant superpower.Passenger missions for Empire-aligned factions at damaged stations - Missions are plentiful, fast, low-risk, and earn decent rank progress, but Thargoid attacks on stations occur inconsistently.Trade of Imperial Slaves - Only earns credits unless done as part of a mission.

Data courier missions - Low-paying, but low-risk.Charity missions - Requires large credit donations, but very little effort.Cargo delivery missions - Offers high reputation gain and moderate pay, but carries the risk of frequent pirate interdictions.Common tactics for fast rank progress are:


There are several types of missions that reward reputation, which improves rank. Progress toward the next rank is tracked in the right HUD panel, in the Reputation section of the Status tab. As pilots rise through the ranks, they are rewarded with access to exclusive Imperial ships, missions, and restricted system permits.įor players to be promoted through the Empire's ranks, they must complete missions or other favourable activities with minor factions aligned with Empire. There are 14 ranks in the Imperial Navy Auxiliary, which can be joined by any independent pilot.
