Freeports - The Clan Storage Zone

[SmanUK 2]

Dev's this need to stop, Every freeport you go to there are large group with brigs/galleons storing loads of mats, blueprints, gear and mounts away. Even do breading there with what can only be described as noah's ark ships full of mounts.  See the images below for an example of the problem

https://i.imgur.com/pHuMMcI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RHDGOmY.jpg

Only reason people should be at a freeport is ether there new and just started, group picking up a member who just joined or your there to buy crew or items from the shop.
My suggestion to the problem is give them 30 mins to an hour of protection, this give them enough time to get in, get what they want and get out. It remove the mess, server load and promote PvP by making bases more worth raiding unlike now where most the good items are in these freeports. 

[Aurthur Pendragon 0]

one thing that might be neat to change free port's is to to change from permanent protection to level based. for example when you first start the game you are safe up to lvl 25 for example then after that you arnt protected, and if you die and spawn at free port you have a 1 hour safe timer to build your ship and ships built in freport have a 2 hour protection but if it wasnt build there they have no protection 

[Kast 96]

Mega tribes storing valuables in freeports is cheesy, but they all do it. However, there are also a lot of lawless residents who anchor in freeports too because it's the only way to still have a floating ship tomorrow. Any changes to freeports need to also address the needs of lawless residents.

[krazmuze 120]

Just admit that it is a safe PVE zone and convert it to an owned instance with the same build/level permissions as single player, as they make great safety bases.  They are really only useful for generic repair mats and cannon ball factories (thanks to farmhouses they will be ready and waiting for you when you need it!), you still have to leave to get blueprint mats.    It is only fair when everybody has equal access to the protection of the islands.

Give noobs the generic public instance and they have to leave and return to own a private instance.

Edited August 4, 2020 by krazmuze