Ship Modifications
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I have seen a lot of posts about ship upgrades to make your ship more powerful as you progress. I also have seen a lot of love and hate for those posts. so this is something I thought up to meet somewhere in the middle.
instead of using an upgrading system, they should implement a balanced modification system that allows player to buy modifications that change their ship to better suit their playstyle but these mods wouldn't be an upgrade and more of a trade off.
For example if you prefer collecting loot and avoiding conflict you could get a mod for more sails to make your ship faster but in return you would get a slower turning ship and maybe less cannon ball barrels. or if you like pvp you could get cannons with more swivel distance and top deck cannon ball barrels.
having a horizontal progression system that still allows you to play the numbers game with your ship and tune it to the perfect vessel for your playstyle while still keeping the ships reletivly balanced would really benefit the game and make it seem like a much deeper experience with more rewarding progression.