Merovingian

First I'd like to say thank you for the delivery missions. I ask long ago for something like this and I'm glad it's here. A couple of suggestion... AFK protection: This might be controversial but the fact of the matter is whether we like it or not we're going to sail AFK at longer distances. I don't think it should be too easy for the attackers when in combat, so perhaps there should be something in place like an "auto-sails" perk. When battle begins your sails raise automatically without command. It buys time and is more realistic to have your officer command sails while you as the captain are not around. Auction House: I'm curious how valuable an auction house would be at a remote location. A port battle for to win an opportunity to list rare ships for anyone to bid on. Something to think about at least.

I would like to be able to click on a player in the chat box, click Info, and see an additional line with a message that the player updates. Basically a way to broadcast without bothering people with mail, and it goes beyond the clan. Here are some examples of the messages we can leave in our info: "I'll be on vacation for 2 weeks" "lv 50 crafter" "Find me for 30% markdown on price of a Santi" "Available at 8pm EST for port battles"

I usually use the local connection out of Singapore but I'm pinging at 358ms in EU pvp1. The U.S. servers are only slightly better and doesn't change when I vpn to the U.S using PureVPN. Any suggestions on what location I should tunnel into or what protocol I should use?

Who be doin tha cryin?

I posted in the pinned section about this, but I was at the Battle Over screen when the 'connection lost' message appeared and forced me to exit. It took quite a while to capture the Surprise with my Renommee. Will I have the ship when I log back in...or at least go back to the battle over screen?

Wow. It took forever to capture that Surprise with my Renommee in the EU server. I got 'connection lost' right at the battle over screen. Will I be able to log back into that screen?

I do a lot of solo gaming so my suggestions are with that in mind but I also think this can work cooperatively as well. Mission of the day or week: When you accept a mission of the week you can enable or disable it at any time within the week. When you enable it, the mission will load with whatever is included for the mission (A certain type of ship, etc). This is a great way to not only learn about different ships early on, but also a great way to earn xp/gold. This is inspired by Tie Fighter. In the game I had certain missions and was given certain ships to perform tasks and lost them when the task was over. Escort missions, rendezvous missions, I had a particular ship with certain cannons, etc. I would also like to see delivery of goods from one port to another.

Mission of the day or week: When you accept a mission of the week you can enable or disable it at any time within the week. When you enable it, the mission will load with whatever is included for the mission (A certain type of ship, etc). This is a great way to not only learn about different ships early on, but also a great way to earn xp/gold. (This is inspired by Tie Fighter. I had certain missions and was given certain ships to perform tasks and lost them when the task was over. Escort missions, rendezvous missions, I had a particular ship with certain cannons, etc). GPS: I'm sure this has been mentioned but in open world I'd like to know where I am located on the map. I would also like the map to be interactive so that I can click on a destination and my ship auto-navigates to that location. Deliveries: If a beginner has no money, there should be another way besides combat, to earn gold. I would like to see delivery of goods from one port to another. Tips: Whenever I see the loading screen I would also like to see brief random tips of things I can do...and maybe have the option to turn it off. I have only been playing for a few days so my apologies if these suggestions have already been mentioned or is not intended...or if it's in game and I just haven't found it yet.