Viper-5

I think that you should be able to transport slaves. However the Royal Navy and maybe some other nations could be against it so any ships suspected of carrying slaves could be boarded. This would make sure the game wasn't seen as championing slavery but it would still be included.

She is a very nice ship however I think the second Sovereign of the seas that was constructed with timbers from this ship would be more suited to naval action

I quite like that idea. However it might be quite easy for a large group of players to lock down one of those economic zones.

Yeah sorry I did a quick search but obviously not thorough enough.

This game has really got me interested in the age of sail and i have been reading up on it. I noticed that there seemed to be plenty of cases where ships surrendered and they were captured and then reused by the captor. So I was just thinking wether they should be some option to surrender your ship if faced with unwinnable odds. So I propose that if you surrender your ship your crew are dropped off at the nearest port. This would work if your crew could gain experience and so an experienced crew becomes quite valuable. Otherwise I can see many people fighting to the death just to spite their attackers because they can afford to replace their ship. Also since this is my first forum post so I may have done something wrong.