FLEET SHIPS & THE MONKEYS THAT CREW THEM

[The Ghost of Sir Edward]

Fleet ships need to be buffed, re crewed with humans or have dramatically improved command options. One of the single most annoying aggravating/infuriating elements of NA is the utter uselessness of fleet ships to do anything more than carry cargo. And before anyone uses the counter "just sail with clan mates", I'm in a clan, a Rear Admiral & rich, yet it is still almost impossible in today's NA environment to find any player in a clan or otherwise, who will escort your 3-4 Indiaman for 3-4 hours at a time.

[Fenris]

21 hours ago, No name, no flag said:

yet it is still almost impossible in today's NA environment to find any player in a clan or otherwise, who will escort your 3-4 Indiaman for 3-4 hours at a time

One of the big issues in the game, in my opinion... many many times suggestions were made to create a kind of mission or some kind of contract, which could be made by player, to hire a real escort...But yeah, unfortunately still no improvement

 

[Macjimm]

I agree that it is very difficult to find a human escort.   I've been fortunate to find an excellent escort, a few times.   But it is very rare.

The fleet AI is not competent.  Fleet ships can be trade ships while the player controls a warship and is the escort ... Or sometimes the AI fleet can target sails and allow me to escape.