To add further variety to the ship customisation, I think variants of the current ship classes would be an excellent addition to Sea Of Thieves.
Currently, if a player or crew always chooses (or are forced to choose) the same ship class due to crew size, then there's no variety of ship style. (If someone always plays solo, they're limited to 1 ship style, in essence.)
I propose several variants of the current classes:
Sloop:
Version 1
Version 2
Brigantine:
Version 1
Version 2
Galleon:
Version 1
Version 2
Each variant would essentially be the same size and functionality as the current models, but with different styled hulls, layout, barrel positioning, map positioning etc.. You would choose this before you start your session along with your ship class.
They could be called things like "Galleon: Pirate Class" or "Sloop: Naval Class" or something along those lines.
This will add not only cosmetic variation to the game, but also boarding tactics and strategies, changes to storage etc.
