And war on sea is as normal as war on land (or isn't as normal :) ). And if
you are given a choice to tell others that you are newbie and all you have
to do is to reveal ID of your lone Galley then i can not see a problem.
Reinis
BTW i also started as a newbie some time ago. I started in the middle of
terrible war. I traveled lands where armies fought each other. It was land
not sea. Still, i haven't lost a single noble nor as a newbie nor as a
member of alliance, (tfu, tfu, tfu). And definitely one thing helped me to
succeed - i did not hesitate to contact warring parties.
> This sounds pretty nice from a distance, but when you're new and have a
>total of 8 sailors and a bunch of workers, and are in the area in
>contention, it sounds like "Dance, Pilgrim!" If I had the gold and
>resources to put 100 pirates on my exploration boat, sure, I'd be willing
to
>say, "Hey, bugger off!" But I and most people who started after turn 100
>don't. Also, there exists the problem that the BoRG is a purely military