I've been playing the game for barely a week and i really do enjoy most of it. But the open PVP system need to be changed.
I understand that you are supposed to be a pirate and stealing goods and raiding other ships is part of the experience. But not everyone enjoys PVP and just want to play the game for fun without having to worry about losing all the hard work they put into gathering treasure. Unable to go sell it because some better player(s) came along to kill them and steal it all.
I'm sure from a Development and technical standpoint it wouldn't be the easiest but its far from impossible to put in a system to let players who don't like PVP, or who just want to play casually, avoid PVP.
The obvious solution is Private servers. But i don't think that would be a great idea. The community would just be spread out across hundreds of private servers avoiding the need for the main servers.
Maybe use the Flags. have it to where if a player is flying a certain flag they cant be damaged or deal damage to other players and their ships. Flying this flag could also only let players who are a member of the Crew or Alliance board the ship.
This game is really amazing. With beautiful graphics, immersive game play that encourages teamwork, and so much more. Its a shame that it gets ruined by such a poor PVP mechanic.
