coffeespoons

Could I suggest two alternative auction mechanics for the pirates? I'm not a fan of the system as currently implemented. - A "dutch auction" system. Replace the countdown timer with a credits figure that gradually declines. A couple of advantages in that you'd probably not have to sit around waiting to snipe. You wouldn't tie up all your money as an unsuccessful bider either- if you lose then at least you've got the credits to spend on defending yourself.

I'm afraid I'm another person who had huge problems resolving my inability to host games. I've got a netgear ADSL modem-router (DG834GT). I port-forwarded, disabled the plug and play settings, set up my PC on a fixed internal IP address from the router, ran CCleaner and Adaware and it all now seems to work. Feel free to PM me if you want further details on my settings. Thanks to those who posted guides and answered my repeated requests in the forum to try and enter games