In my opinion these features would greatly improve the gameplay and QoL for hourglass.
also, add a wood crate in the bottom deck of galleons.
this would help to level the playing field between those who just joined the queue for hourglass (or just voted to rematch), vs those who already have a winning streak (they tend to have 1+ crates for bottom deck).
there have been many matches where flex had to stay bucketing for longer because bilge had to run to barrels or top deck to get more wood. dissatisfying to lose certain winnable matches because of this.
if we don't vote to rematch immediately after losing (to buy a wood crate), someone in the crew tends to leave (because outpost time = good time to leave) and it takes time to recruit again (and at this stage, sometimes it's easier to just disband and move on to some other game).
Move the HG battle from the shared servers of the open sea to a closed location as in LSS, disabling the storm in the battle zone, the spawn of the electric megalodon and the intervention of other ships in the battle. This will make HG much better and the fight will be fair.
How is this an improvement? Stale fights with predictable outcomes. And it still wont be fair, still have the mass pile of cannonballs people can carry and cheaters people say happen.
