Okay so I've been thinking a bit and there may be a way to implement new ships without causing a whole balancing fiasco with the crew and such.
What if instead of adding all new ships with more crew, RARE should instead add different model ships but with the same amount of crew as Sloop or Galleon.
This'd be a good way to add bigger and better content than just new cosmetics or pet's. Let's take a quick page out of naval history books for a second. How about we replace the Sloop model with an Chinese Sampan model. Or perhaps we replace the Galleon model with a Frigate?
(Actually to be totally honest, The current Galleon model pretty much is a Frigate, isn't it?)
I believe this would be a fantastic change because it wouldn't be screwing up the balance AND it would be adding something noticeably new to the game. Not to mention, by comparison, it would be a good reason to lower the extortionate prices on ship paint jobs. (like seriously, 140,000 gold for a friggin' paint job!?)
