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Someone make a surprised pikachu meme cause OP is acting surprised at having lost his base when he clearly knew the game had a 10 day decay timer.

Not the reason I was bringing it up, it's the fact that the rendering from numerous ships popping out of nowhere would cause issues. Each piece on a ship has stats, a potential color scheme, and again, configuration in how they're put on.

See above

It would also cause issues, could you imagine a schooner coming to your island in PvP and pulling out 10 galleons right then and there?

I mean, the math is simple if you really think about it. A-B(time*2 for simple math as half speed is easier to account for) Vs. A-B, B-A, A-B.

Do you have Atlas? If so, you should be aware of the annoyance of having to gather all the different types of materials needed for higher quality gear, You also need a decent amount of said materials for an entire ship to get upgraded, that and the pieces can be rather bulky, this equates to wanting a shorter travel distance for crafting the pieces and bringing them to the shipyard. And since you'd already have a place for tames, ships, shipyards and farms above ground, storing materials in the cave would just be more of an annoyance than anything really.

An animal with numbers attached to it for stats is easier to store than a ship with a plethora of configurations using just the base ship components before factoring in things like players building other structures on the decks for protection and whatnot. Not to mention the issue of crews.

You don't have the game from what I remember, so you don't have any first hand experience on what is needed to build higher quality gear.

Except this ain't Ark. No-one would have a main base in an underwater cave unless they don't have any plans to have tames, farms, or ships.

And I'm saying the reason of freeing up land isn't going to play a part in caves being added as land won't be freed up.

So what you're saying is, people are still going to need their surface ships because that's going to be the primary way of fighting, not to mention easier to replace than a high level tame. Which results in companies still needing to build on land to ensure their ships have a safe place to be parked, built and repaired.

That's gonna sink all the SotD right?

You mean the small things that hang off ships like Galleons, Brigs and Schooners and have 0 offensive capabilities?

Realist, you seem to forget that it wouldn't because of the very obvious need of a safe place to park and build ships...

Did you consider the fact that it wouldn't free up land?