Naval Action

Für 08-15-Spieler, wie mich, ist das Spiel mittlerweile leider gar nicht mehr zu spielen. Ca. 68 Std Spielzeit hatte ich, bevor die letzten "Verbesserungen" kamen. Dann dachte ich "Ach, so schlimm, wie es viele schreiben kann es doch nicht sein" ... Leider doch. Grinden bis zum Mond und zurück ist leider gar nicht mehr meins. Gegen die Bezahl-Schiffe braucht man auch gar nicht erst versuchen, etwas zu erreichen. Pay to win und Grind ohne Ende machen, für mich, das Spiel leider zu einer kompletten Katastrophe. Und es wird nun wohl, bis in alle Ewigkeit, in meiner Bibliothek versauern und jedes Mal, wenn ich dran vorbeiscrolle, werde ich denken: "Hach, waren das früher schöne Zeiten" Traurig :(

Good game but i cant play anymore bc it broke

Destroyed economy + made ptp

There was a time when Naval Action felt like a true seaman’s dream-an open horizon, a test of skill and resolve. Yet, as the years have passed, the spirit of adventure has given way to the burden of upkeep. The sea remains beautiful, but now it demands payment at every turn. The shift from free waters to paid passage has left many adrift. The cost of entry, compounded by dear-priced DLCs, weighs upon even the most loyal captains. What once invited mastery through courage and wit now leans upon grind and coin. Powder, shot, and patience are all sold dear, and the game’s economy creaks under its own design. One cannot help but feel that the hand upon the tiller has lost its course. Each update seems less a refinement than an interference, as though the ship is being steered into shallower waters by those who no longer hear the wind. And yet, beneath the frustration, one still glimpses what Naval Action once was—a rare and artful homage to the Age of Sail. That glimmer keeps many of us aboard, though the voyage grows ever more wearisome.

This used to be a good game, best of its kind in genre. Then the devs got greedy. DLC, paywalls, new systems and mechanics nobody wanted. Then they doubled down when everyone called them out for it. Player count dropped, barely 100 people on the servers. Devs still refuse to admit they are wrong. They have now decided to triple down and make the game paid for again after many years of being f2p. It hurts to see a old beloved game die like this. I pains me to write this review. Stay away...

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A few years ago, this game was sort of fun - I wasn't around before it was free-to-play, but I was puttering about before the 2025 update. I've heard from veterans it was more fun before 2022, but in my experience, the game was kind of fun even after - the constant resets and seasons were ♥♥♥♥, but even then, the game had its moments. Then the devs ruined it. Earlier this year, they dropped an update that massively changed the game - you have to grind for your ammo and to unlock its production, resource-by-resource. You have to grind to experience any combat, and as far as I can suss out, any combat is a net negative. You will spend more by pirating than what you stand to gain, even if it's piracy against other players. Yes, you heard that right: piracy, in a game whose main hook is piracy, is unprofitable and unfun. Buying your ammo is no better a grind either - the issues of random people buying up shot and powder and selling it back at massively-hiked prices persist half a year into the update's release. Combined with the changes to boarding and naval combat itself that make it grueling and unfair, the devs' attitude and passive-aggressiveness to critics and average Joes in their own discord server, and the shrinking playerbase after the initial influx of new players, the developers have nailed Naval Action's coffin shut for good. The only upside was that the game was free-to-play, and you could access the Peace Server, the dedicated PvE server of the game, as a F2P. Guess what the devs did October 17th? They made the game pay-to-play again, at a pricetag of $20 USD. Worse, they cut off access to the Peace Server and restricted it to anyone who bought the game before 2022, or to anyone who has bought the $40 USD Galeon DLC. It doesn't matter if you already bought any of the other DLC, you have to buy that specific DLC to access the PvE server if you just want to sail your ship in peace. TL:DR, don't buy this game. It's not worth it, not even for two hours of playtime before you refund it. Trust me, those two hours you'll get will be an hour of doing pointless back-and-forth trucking to scrounge barely any money at all, and then the rest of that will be spent being boarded, losing your ship and all your money to AI or another player. If you want a pirate game, I'd suggest Sea of Thieves. If you just want an MMO like this, go play EVE - at least it's more honest about what it wants from you, and it's actually free-to-play.