[Little things you'd like to see]

Captain profile as well as perks with leveling.

[US servers - network outage]

I lost my ship and all upgrades when the server went down!!!! Arrrrrrr I built that with my loving hands and lots of gold. And I was winning the battle tooooooo!

[Join the British Royal Navy/Merchant Fleets - PvP 1 GB Clan Directory]

Would love to join a clan I'm on US 2 playing GB.

[[20R] Recruiting PvP 2 US (GB Faction)]

I'd love you your your fleet. i am on 2 US and GBR!

[Ships inherent characteristics.]

Well I could think of some random things that could add characteristics to ships.

 

Something like say. . .

"Higher Crows Nest: Better cannon accuracy, from less to more" (Idea being your man up there can give you a better distance to target

"Oar holes: Against wind speed bonus, some to more than some" 

"Large cannon holes: Increased cannon vertical/horizontal aiming, less to more"

"Bow Figurine: Morale bonus, less to more"

"Bow breaker: Increased ramming damage, less to more"

"Larger Triangle sails: Increased side wind speed, less to more"

 

I could probably come up with a dozen more random things. I was also thinking of officers, and the amount any given ship could have, and was looking at regular and permanent upgrades. Perhaps a ship could have a number similar to those, when built. 

I think you should be able to "see from the crows nest" and I agree these extras would be neat.

[Ships inherent characteristics.]

Teak wood type is already in the game, isn't it? Does it just have no effect?

 

 

I don't like the speed effects of different wood types. Live oak construction should maybe have a very small speed penalty because of weight, but that's it. The British builts tons of Leda-class frigates in oak, fir and teak. None of them were noticeably faster than the others, or at least no one could notice the effects of different timber type.

 

Alternate idea for Fir wood type:

-40% Ship construction labor hours

-1 Durability point

-1 Armor class

-30% OW repair kit effectiveness

Automatic Stiffness upgrade of varying quality

Automatic Acceleration upgrade

 

Live Oak wood type:

+30% repair kit cost

 

I agree.

[Little things you'd like to see]

Actual crew fighting during boarding.

[Little things you'd like to see]

A captain page where you can outfit and customize your captain and crew with names and abilities bought or won. Assigned members to posts as well as recruit new crew members. A Captain can purchase items like updated maps, compasses, handbooks, specializing in boarding, sailing speed...a parrot. You name it! This would make it more immersive.