Hi.
As you may know, I'm not really getting the feel of sailing in OW right now.
I understand the limitations and devs decision, I know they are doing their best, and I know it will change in the future.
What I discovered was that when I "sail" zoomed in to the deck, It feels much much better. The immersion boost was extreme!
I suggest making the "Deck view" the main view for the OW. (There could be circumstances when you can zoom out (being static could be one of those circumstances).)
Giving the option to make the sails even more transparent would be great as well.
Flattening the sea would add another step in making it feel right.
In addition to the Deck view, it would be lovely to add spy glass to the OW as the main way of spotting ships.
You would be able to get information about the ship only using the spyglass in longer ranges, by looking at them without spyglass in shorter ranges (like in battle instances).
You would be able to see the flag of the ship (with possibility to include "false" flags in the future), without having to click twice for each ship.
You would not have to click the ship (which is not really user friendly when the ship is on the horizon) and than another click to hail the ship.
Opinions?