The poll we placed some weeks ago is over now. Let's analize its results and make a few first decisions:
Poll consisted of two linked questions; the first one asked what period would users like better we started with. As it can be seen by the image above, results here are straightforward: we are required to start with XVII
th century (17 votes, against 10 for XVIII
th century). However, the number of votes requesting a development of both periods is significant enough to make us think that, despite giving higher priority to the period having won, the second one shouldn't be put aside. Somehow, we'd better to start developing this latter shortly after having started the first period.
As for the second poll, this one asked for users priorities among diverse seafaring nations --where several responses were allowed.
Results here are fairly clear, with English men-of-war flags an absolute winner with 20 votes! Other options can be grouped into three groups: those closely following the winner (14 to 12 votes), those not prioritary but inspiring some curiosity (8 to 5 votes) and the not so favoured queue (4 votes or less).
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THIS?First of all, results have been inserted into
Minairons Wishlist, so as to allow you to still influence scores and priorities (no matter if you already voted in the poll; what I'd like to foresee now is amount requests). Thanks to this, everyone can also request another projects not listed in the poll --just as I've done myself by adding Emanuel Wynn pirate, Jerusalem trucial trader, Russian man-of-war or Papacy ships!
Secondly, we had another 10 flag designs ready before placing the poll. All them are included
in pipeline and even a few have already been printed. These 10 designs fall into two categories: flag sheets belonging to
Iberian Peninsula nations (that aren't going to be affected by the poll results), and
French and
Ottoman sheets (whose releasing will be alternated with those best scoring in the poll; so in the next few days, pipeline will be modified with the insertion of English man-of-war flags and will start their production too).
WHEN ARE WE STARTING THE RANGE?It mostly depends on our first model ship production progress (this extremely hot weather isn't helping, BTW). When we see it ready, we shall launch the first sets of naval flags, so as to have them ready for the ship release.
Q. - What about XVIII
th century sets?
A. - I'm not forgetting them. I'm most probably going to set a similar voting process to help establish pririties --once the XVII
th century range is running.
Regards,
Lluís