The Swedish Preacher

For player retention you should look to missions that award XP on top of the Battle XP, new players get stuck in a slump that is the grind. Battle XP is rewarded on DMG, assists and kills but sometimes when sailing as a group (this game is better with friends and/or clanmates and new players should find clans via a in game clan board) new players are still learning the ships and honing their in battle skill's. So maybe adding missions that players can claim to go do as a group or solo to cut the grind down a bit. This is a solution that can benefit the community as a whole. BTW I have 400 hours in game since release and I'm still grinding to Max LVL, I'm at 700 ATM, to be fair I'm not always in battle, trade missions to make money and craft ships takes up most of the time. Just a thought to consider

I've had no issue playing on steam with other games, just naval Action PVP server. This might be related to the small update that i saw this morning when I started steam.

Hey KoC, I'm sad to see you all hang it up but there are plenty of content to be had, you just have to go out and find it or make up your own, Sweden is a small nation but we work at it everyday to make it fun for all of us. I truly wish the best and if your guys would like to still play then I'll look for you in the OW.