AglyBeard

You never learn you lesson: You can not force PVP on people who do not want to. And because developers catered to very vocal PVP minority, this game with so much potential, lost most of it player base. Instead of reducing Safe zones, and trying to figure out the way to push players to PVP you should ask to create some mechanics that help you find PVP oriented players for you to play with.

I notice this as well. Can i ask developers to look in to the number and variety of NPC critters. PS. Also if you can remove pesky med cannons from drop tables i will be extremely grateful . Nothing is more frustrating then maneuver your 1 rate ship to pickup the drop from dead Belonna and find useless 6pd med cannons (she does not mount 6pd cannons???). Thank you.

Only allow trade contracts between players remove player ability to purchase goods from nps stores on contract. Create an ability for user to salvige sunken ship with all its abilities and upgrades for half price of the ship in crafted materials and labor cost. Timegate it if you must. Require use of refitting kits from time to time to bring ship to its original state made of same mats and required same crafting level as original ship.

Most of the problem with PvP right now is the fear of loosing your kitted out and cannoned out ship to random encounter , accident or stupid mistake. On one hand players put countless hours to build and equip they dream ship with the best kits, modules and equipment they can find, and on another hand game need money/resources sink and crafters need an income. My proposal: Create new items 1.Ship salvage rights - when your ship sink you can craft/purchase ship salvage certificate which is ship specific and crafted by crafter who can craft original ship using portion of original recipe. 2. After every battle when you taking damage by using repair kits or even on port you are not able to fully restore your ship to original specifications. to do so you need to acquire a Ship refit process (working title) - which is required to fully restore your ship to original specifications. Ship refit is ship specific and crafted by crafter who can craft original ship ans cost portion of all mats required fro original recipe. 3. Make all cannons ,lost in battle- be lost forever or make cannon refit kits, that work the same as ship refits. Salvage process and ship refit process is time gated, take 48-72 hours for salvage and 24-48 hours for refit, which may force people toward lower level ships for a time.