Almost 1200 hours in the game, I loved playing with everyone around the world, one reason I joined the EU server even though I'm from NA. Best moment I've ever had were all the surprise port battles. One in particular we were on our way when we were met by the defense force going to defend and ended up having an all out battle in the open sea. I caught on fire and rammed into an enemy ship and decided to blow up and take 'em down with me!
The game was a lot more fun in the early stages after a couple patches with drastic changes it significantly caused the game to become less enjoyable, as you can see from the current population actively playing. I have recently come back to the game in hopes that maybe they will resort to the early mechanics bringing back the majority of the player base, boy would that be awesome! I'm not saying I dislike some of the new mechanics because some I like. Anyways fair winds and following seas Captains!