[Server problems - Gift ship]

Thank you Dev's!  A very generous gift indeed!

[19 mln vs 60 thousand - the cost of crew - moderated]

I would love to see more surrendering out of both players and NPCs.  But without the major loss of xp from the loss of the kill.   Perhaps changes to the moral system, adding it to even the ship sailing and not in the boarding screen.

 

But ultimately it is up to the captain of the vessel to surrender.   But if a NPC ship is a combat vessel it should hold out longer than a merchant vessel. 

 

Both Pirates, Privateers, and Navy Frigate captains made a fair bit of income off of capturing merchant vessels of enemy nations.  

 

I have to agree the NPCs currently fight to the death even after loosing all of their armor.  A system to award XP should be developed providing the players ships that damaged the ship a portion of the XP.  I don't want every NPC to immediately surrender every ship.  But an adjustment to the current system should be considered.