lawless region Get rid of Lawless Regions, and instead add...

[Acemore 4]

Get rid of the lawless regions and instead add multiple instances of freeports, and add an npc in the freeport town that allows you to freely switch between the instances. Make it very visible on your hud which instance of the freeport you are in, so there's no confusion incase you want to team up with friends in different instances.

Some of you might say that it defeats the purpose of a single shard. But it's the damn freeports. These are the starter learning zones where you can't build, can't claim, can't pvp and is supposed to leave soon anyway.

For instance, if you are at the North East Tropical Freeport #3 it should say so clearly on your hud, and at any time you can talk to an npc and get the choice to switch between the following:
North East Tropical Freeport #1
North East Tropical Freeport #2
North East Tropical Freeport #4

More instances are added automatically as needed to handle the number of players (and removed when not needed). Not only is this a flexible, elegant solution, but more importantly the lawless regions are now normal regions again which can be claimed and built on, which means a lot more territory for everyone!

 

Edited December 29, 2018 by Acemore

[Combo77 2]

totally agree. with instances you could replace many starter islands with more interesting ones, too.

[Tarvald 34]

I do agree, Lawless regions get in the way of Empire building. This is a good idea.

[Will Parrot 18]

When you leave a ship in freeport (lets not consider the fact that with current decay it might be a bad idea), if you have the server manage the number of instances dynamically what happens when your instance you are currently in disappears and you get moved to another instance with possibly a ship on the exact same coordinates ?

I think lawless zones should be a fix for game launch until the time freeports are less crowded and then those areas should return to normal non-freeport claimable areas. Maybe claiming flaws should be addressed but that is another issue.