[Bountyhunting]

Good idea, but once they are killed the bounty needs to be removed, otherwise they could just continiously attack the guy for the bounty. Or the bounty is put only on the top 20 players of that day, the bounty is only for one destroy or cap, and the top 20 changes each day.

Yeah the bounty would be removed on death, losing that pirates place on the leaderboard, although you could have "Biggest Bounties of all time" board recording the biggest bounties ever amassed in one life and naming the hunter who got him.

[Bountyhunting]

I'd prefer to see the bounty system be server controlled based on how notorious a pirate has become base on his actions against other players.  Every time a Pirate attacks a trader or sinks a battleship his bounty is increased...  until somebody finally sinks him and his bounty tally is reset...  All Pirates will want to be the guy with the biggest bounty and all national players will want to be the guy that finally sinks the world's most notorious Pirate.

 

Could have a couple of league tables, Top 20 Pirates with the biggest bounty and Top 20 Pirate Hunters who have claim the most rewards.

[Change the name of the Frigate to Cherubim]

"Snow" is HMS Ontario and "Brig" is USS Fair American.

 

To be honest I don't really like the names. the whole "Spotted 2 victorys and 3 constitutions to the south" just sounds horrible to me... Ships names are personal.  I'd prefer to have them named so its "First Rate(HMS Victory)" and "Frigate(USS Constitution)" sure people will still call them vics and connies but at least people will know its 'a' frigate called Constitution not just 'a' constitution.  But I'm sad like that

[Resolving the Conflict between Casual and Hard Core Players]

Like most things in life the more time and effort you put into something the quicker you get the results... I personally don't see that as a problem... I don't have much time play NA just like don't have much time to play my guitar... I don't expect to be sailing around in HMS Victory anytime soon anymore then I expect to be able to play my guitar like Jimi Hendrix anytime soon... doesn't mean I don't enjoy playing my guitar or enjoy playing NA.

 

The things we desire most are often the hardest things to get, when giving these desirable things for free they soon lose their desirability... You give everyone HMS Victory and we'll soon all get bored of large HMS Victory battles pretty quick because the HMS Victory is no longer special and large battles are the norm.

 

The goal is to make "the grind" as interesting and entertaining as possible without watering down the achievement.  Because that feeling of achievement is what gaming is all about.