my suggestions for this title
Make server one full hardcore
1, All ships one Dura (makes all crafted ships usable)
2, Pirates perma death (introduce a leaderboard for 'Most Wanted' and bragging rights)
3, Pirates get no gold for damage or sinking (they have to capture for rewards)
4, NO teleport (if teleport to capital then with no ship or cargo)
Some other proposals for all servers...
Small/large battles should not give gold or xp that translates to the OW. It should have its own leaderboard and have no bearing on the OW
Unify Gold
I've no idea why we have two types of gold
Captains carry their gold with them at all times, and if captured or sunk, will lose that gold
solution is to add banks at large ports to store excess gold need for your voyage... would it make you defend it ???
Crafting
Crafting notes are ONLY obtained from crafting a vessel.
e.g. Build a lynx get a crafting note for a lynx only... build four you will have enough notes to build an exceptional one..normal xp gains ranks and new BP's/ RNG Bp drops. simple
Instances
de-masted ships should not be able to turn currently you cannot disable a ship
obviously the 'Boarding Interrupted' problem needs resolving
I have more but I don't want to blow your minds, simple little changes that vastly increase the challenge.