Bragan Benigaris

Well, as a newbie by myself some weeks ago, i have to disagree. The experience of the game would have been really watered down by a strict separation of new and experienced players. During my travels i encountered more and less shady sailors and many helpful seafarers, discussed the possibility to join a clan, got intercepted by a lucky pirate, who found a sealed bottle in my cargo hold (was a nice chat afterwards) and always found room and freedom to experiment with ships, tactics and - most important - adventures! Show me a more thrilling event, than to sneak as smuggler with your first self-build Trader Lynx into the harbour of Mortimer Town ;-) I didn't succeed, abd not because of the veterans. It were the other newbies with their basic cutters, and it was a really great hunt! :-) And all happened with several 4th and 5th grades in sight. Or my try to smuggle a trader lynx full of compass wood from an enemy harbour to a high price selling market during the latest French-Spanish-Dutch war actions during server primetime - it was all of my meager wealth into this small ship and i sweat through all of my shirt during the journey. I had until now a handful of encounters with raiding squadrons (i dont't like the term "gank") and most of time, i got away. The cargo and ships i lost were caculated risk and mostly lost by my own bravado. But without the constant threat (= thrill) of pirates and hostile raiding parties all of the game would be only half or less exciting than it is. Especially as newbie!

Or it could logged client-side before logging out you're asked, if you want to keep it....

Ahoi fellow seafarers. What about a Ships Log? It would be a nice perk for your (1st) officer. Like in real sailing trips there will be logged (with some delay) main courses and events so you can reenact your adventures in high sea. There could even be a small map, but not with a tracking, instead of with the general courses (as lines) and the points of events. Again with some delay (5 mins or so) to preserve the navigational experience. Examples: Ship Log "Lynx" ============ Skipper: Bragan Benigaris Waters: Waters around Mortimer Town Nationality: ----------------------------------------------------------------- * 0700: Left La Tortue * 0700: Set course northwest * 1200: Encounter with Pirates (Surprise,Mercury) * 1230: Managed to escape and so on Example for a map: With this perk you have a nice archive of the journeys and battles of your brave seafarer - for the historians and storytellers among us.