Priority is most certainly to provide casual players with other foci / other interests than only battling (though it's hell fun!) a platform to interact and to roleplay. In this clan, other "contributions" to the community or whoever will be held high, such as explorations of new territory, conversations about the interesting backgrounds of locations/events/animals, delivery missions, informations about ports, "scientific" assistance in operations etc.
Wether this will be of demand in the future depends on given gameplay mechanics. Since exploration was announced to be part of the gameplay, though not very specific, there is certain hopes that this could at least be a fun aspect to play with in the future game.
It would be interesting to hear what others would have on their mind about this.
And for the WISHES .. I dream of a game where adventures can happen and since The Royal Society will probably not have tactical duties to attend, we are totally in for that Kind of stuff, whatever this will be!