No Port Battle Report?!?!

[Athlen]

WTH?! I've been spoiled by Beta... where are my port battle reports?! No screenies?! No conflicting reports about how the battle could have or should have gone?!

Vox Dargard

[Archavious]

Spain won.

[Athlen]

Bah... After all the posturing and RP posting and whatnot, I figured someone would have posted something more in-depth;) Well, congratulations Spain. I was rooting for the Brits this time, nothing personal, just rooting for the defenders. Anyone have numbers for each side? quantity/type of ships? Who sank and who ran?

Vox Dargard

[Archavious]

Spain killed all the british that didn't flee.

[Cptn_Enth]

I was at work when the battle took place...from what I heard, the defenders fought bravely and to the last man, but as you know, Spain won, this time...

Fortunes of War and all that, you know.

[Yomm]

I simply can't write something up for every port battle in the Drunken Monkey, but I'll try and hit some highlights. For those port battles where Spain isn't involved, I'll need someone to send me a PM on these boards for some details.

My understanding for last night was all Brit ships were sunk and the sole survivor hid until the timer went off and forced Spain to kill the NPCs.

I have a personal bias against cowardly actions designed to do nothing more then delay what is going to happen. I think its poor sportsmanship to the highest degree.

[mefaircloth]

25 Spanish - 14 British

Havana Harbor Map.

Spanish spawned at "2" British spawned at "1" I think, we saw them awfully quick. The main fight happened in the Bay just north of the fort. Was over pretty quick due to Spanish numbers and British levels. The entire sea battle portion lasted 8 minutes. 13 of the 14 British ships were sunk. The Spanish lost 1 or 2, not sure.

The last British player ran into the fort and hid for the remainder of the battle.

The Spanish entered the port and killed the commander to finish it.


My hat is off to the few British who showed up. It was obvious in the first few minutes that it was going to be no contest and yet they held their line and tried to infict as much damage as they could before they went down. Some of your "More Words" and "Less Action" bretheren could do well to learn from your example.


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[Centerface]

The Brits were outnumbered 24 - 14. Spain was mostly SG, with 5 players having a rank of 30+. They formed two lines and broke straight through Britain's single line. It was at that point the Brits made a run for the town. However, Britain couldn't recover and lost. I think the British downed 4 ships before the end though. All in all it was over in something like 30 mins

[Ifernat]

It was mostly SG on the Spanish Side, Redemption had 3 people invited to the battle myself included. We pretty much went straight through the british line. Baron of SG was the very first in line and was sunk just before reaching the line. Maag of Redemption was second in line and managed to rake both adjacent british players before being overwhelmed by the fire. I was the third ship in the line and successfully punched through to the other side. 13 of the 14 british ships were sunk and the last guy hid. Spanish losses were only 2.

[jsnock]

Brits didn't show which is funny considering all the posturing and that they supposedly outnumber us. I'm sure they're licking their wounds and planning to outlevel us or something. At least I hope so, the competition is looking pretty bleak at this point.

No offense to the brits that did show. You guys rock.

[Ravnis]

Well the level 12 freetrader on the Spanish side died also. So at least 3 Spanish down.

Anyhow, good fight to the British! This one was ours but next time may not be the same. Lets keep the fun rolling!

[TheRooster]

I have a personal bias against cowardly actions designed to do nothing more then delay what is going to happen. I think its poor sportsmanship to the highest degree.

I have to disagree here. I, for one am grateful for whoever hid in the town. I was franticly making about 8 batches of ships before the tax rate increased. I got 7 made. (Our textile provider had trouble with Best Buy and had just logged in for the first time in about 3 days.)


I don't know who was talking before the battle, I wasn't watching the forums, but with only 14 players to defend, I was quite disappointed. That might be because of issues with getting a copy of the game, who knows?

However, it was obvious that there is a group of Spaniards who did nothing but grind for experience books during pre-boarding. They had their first Port target set well in advance. I commend you Spaniards, but now that the battle is over, you might want to go outside and get some sun! :)

Hopefully, we will have more bodies at the next Port Battle. More bodies in higher level ships.

[jsnock]

However, it was obvious that there is a group of Spaniards who did nothing but grind for experience books during pre-boarding.What else was there to do the second week of pre-board...

Hopefully, we will have more bodies at the next Port Battle. More bodies in higher level ships.I hope very much that you do.

[Viss]

I was disappointed to see so few show up for last night. But there very well may have been issues. I look forward to seeing return fire from the Brits.

I look forward to our next meeing in large scale PvP. I do want to see a "fair" fight this time. No disrespect intented, but seeing only 14 for the first battle pretty much ensured a win.

Smooth sailing until we meet again.

To those who were there and fighting for the Brits. I commend you all on your courage to stand and fight it out under such circumstances.

[SG_Foe]

Here is you battle report http://www.burningsea.com/forums/showthread.php?p=49282#post49282

[gpm1949]

The Brits were outnumbered 24 - 14. Spain was mostly SG, with 5 players having a rank of 30+. They formed two lines and broke straight through Britain's single line. It was at that point the Brits made a run for the town. However, Britain couldn't recover and lost. I think the British downed 4 ships before the end though. All in all it was over in something like 30 mins

I was one of the "doomed souls" that met his maker last night at the hands of the bloody Spaniards. I could be off, but I think I saw 1 level 46 and 15 level 31 Spaniards who were all sailing Falcon Naval Frigates. Their fleet was so confidant that they let a Skuda lead them into battle. And, as for our Fort, it obviously needs a complete overhaul, it couldn't even sink the Skuda. They just blew past it as if it weren't there.

The only good thing to come out of that battle is that the price of cannon shot rose 8% on the day, lol.

Angus Earl
Dark Knight Company

[jsnock]

I could be off, but I think I saw 1 level 46 and 15 level 31 Spaniards who were all sailing Falcon Naval Frigates. I think you're off. I havn't heard of anyone on spain breaking 40 yet.

[Teuffelhound]

A very good read Foe - thank you.

[SG_Foe]

No problem Teuffel. Glad you liked it. =)

[ScarletPimple]

I must apologize to my late Dark Knight Company brothers for not being there when you needed me most. I would gladly have brought my raft to the battle (since experience has shown the Spanish so easily distracted by it) but, alas, the courier must have misplaced my invitation...

[Yomm]

I have to disagree here. I, for one am grateful for whoever hid in the town. I was franticly making about 8 batches of ships before the tax rate increased. I got 7 made. (Our textile provider had trouble with Best Buy and had just logged in for the first time in about 3 days.)

Well sure, if you are down the last few minutes of making stuff then you want all the extra time you can get.

However, I can assure you that whoever was hiding in the fort wasn't doing so to protect your economic interests as much as being a nub and making everyone sit around and wait for the timer to go off.

It's cowardly and shows complete disregard for good sportsmanship.

It's one thing if the teams are even close in numbers, but this fight was over the moment that child ran away.

[MacSomething]

Since I wasn't there (and due to that whole real life thing won't likely win a lottery ticket to join a port battle any time soon), can some pleeeeeeease FRAPS a battle?

Was LBS represented? I thought they had a few dozen players...

Considering only 14 Brits showed up, does that mean accross the whole population, there were only 14 folks logged on who had built contention points during the 24 hour Conquest period? I'd have thought there would at least be a bunch of Bermudas there to round out the numbers...

[SG_Foe]

I believe a SGer Frapsed it. I think he is working on it now.

[CptRiggs]

Spain's #'s: 21 were Sturmgrenadier members. 3 Redemption members, and 1 non-guilded.

10+ Falcons
3 Arrows?

Rest were in lvl 21 Posts/Lancers/Packets/MC Locuts.. And that one oddball who was lvl 12... Although he did keep aggro from the Fort on him.. Thanks for that.

Which British guilds were represented besides Royal Red Squadron? My hats off again to you guys... RR members should be proude to have such great leadership. Cudos to you! and cheers to all the good times ahead.

[CptRiggs]

Considering only 14 Brits showed up, does that mean accross the whole population, there were only 14 folks logged on who had built contention points during the 24 hour Conquest period? I'd have thought there would at least be a bunch of Bermudas there to round out the numbers...

I'm pretty sure once the game sends out invites to those that "have" contention points (and can't find 25) it starts sending ramdom invites to anyone online. With a higher population then Spain.. Im pretty shocked they couldnt muster 25 souls. Im not going to under estimate the Brits just yet... To do so would be foolish.. Eventually their numbers will be felt.

[Jyriki]

Alas my vessel was berthed during the battle ((due to work)) and I was unable to join the battle against such an apparently worthy force. Nor will I ever likely be able to sail during the time these battles appear to take place. *sigh* Such is the life of a captain with a wife and kids who must put food on the table.

I must tip my hat to the Captains of the Sturmgrenadier, for they swung St. John very quickly and many of us had little chance to respond. None-the-less, I am confident that in future battles, His Majesty's Royal Navy will be much better represented and the Royal Red in particular.

Until we meet on the sea of battle...

Sincerely,

[Borsig]

Looks like brit naval officers wont be building large shipyards for a while.

Cheers.

[MacSomething]

Considering the current economic doldrums, they can probably buy ships from Spain for cheaper than they'd make them with their own Deep Water port.

[TheRooster]

Which British guilds were represented besides Royal Red Squadron? My hats off again to you guys... RR members should be proude to have such great leadership. Cudos to you! and cheers to all the good times ahead.

I believe there was only one Royal Red member present. Robin Locksley. The majority of the British were the European Freetraders (or something like that) and the Dark Knights. The rest were mostly unassociated. I also don't remember seeing any LotBS. :(


Also, if you don't have any contention points, you won't be invited. You need at least one point. I don't know if there were just too few people sailing in the red zone earning contention points, or if they just weren't online during the invitation time. Who knows?

[Llogeyr]

English Freetrade Company and Dark Knight Company made up the majority last night. Not sure if anyone from RR was there. Fairly certan Lords of the Burning Sea were not present. Anyhow. Thank you to those that did show and tried to make a go of it. We will get it next time.

Edit: I stand corrected. There was at least one RR member there.

[Centerface]

I believe there was only one Royal Red member present. Robin Locksley.

There were a total of 2 RR present at the battle. Robin Locksley and John Rudugger.

[Athlen]

Thanks all for filling out the info! I was mostly interested in #'s and lvls. Looks like the brits were a no-show for whatever reasons, kudos to those that made it and fought though. Sounds like the SG are probably going to be romping the map for a while as they seem to be spending more time on the game than anyone else. Well, we'll see what we see when we see it I suppose.

Vox Dargard

[KELLIR]

What is the score now a days?
What Ports have been taken, lost?

[SkylanceFS]

Spain took St. Johns and then the Brits took it back. Score is pretty much the same with spain and brits having 3 more points each.

[KELLIR]

ok, it has been another 10 days.

What is the score now a days?
What Ports have been taken, lost?

It has almost been a month. Somebody should be close to winning the map by now.

[Yves LeBlanc]

Current standings

1. Spain 17 ports controlled (170) 3 ports captured (9) Starting points (20) total points 199
2. Pirate 14 ports controlled (140) 3 ports captured (9) Starting points (20) total points 169
3. Britain 13 ports controlled (130) 2 ports captured (6) Starting points (20) total points 156
4. France 12 ports controlled (120) 0 ports captured (0) Starting points (0) total points 120

Total points required to win: 300

Spain is 8 port captures from winning the map. Britain is 11 port captures from winning the map. Pirates are approximately 40 port captures from winning the map, depending on timing. All these numbers assume no more lost ports.

Britain is currently assaulting the French port of Orleans, Spain is assualting the French port of Irish Point. Britain could conceivably push Fort-de-France (French) into contention as it is just under the point where it would enter Pirate PvP.

And that, my friends, is how things stand on Antigua as of 5 pm Eastern, 13 February 2008.

[sailorman_glh]

Great update and format. Thank you.

[KELLIR]

So the 5 captured ports are all Frenchie ports?

[Yves LeBlanc]

France has had one port captured by the British, two are currently in contention so they don't count as "controlled" for victory purposes. Spain has only captured British ports so far, though as mentioned they are attacking a French port now. Britain has points for capturing one Spanish port that Spain later took back. The Pirate port captures were on French ports, Irish Point once and Port-de-Paix twice. Britain has also recently pushed Fort-de-France into pirate PvP, though progress towards full contention has been slower than what has previously been seen.

[Asphyxia Lemieux]

So the 5 captured ports are all Frenchie ports?

As it stands now, the 3 ports Spain captured were British.

St. John's
Basseterre
Bartica

Pending Conquest is 1 French port.

Irish Point