I have played over 500 hours of Atlas
I understand the reason behind adding a gold price to make ships but at the same time the gold they are asking for does not match the value of the ship. 5,000 for schooner is crazy, 25,000 for a brig is insane and 50,000 for a galleon is a dream. The Drake token cost 50,000 I much rather fly around on a dragon then spend the gold on a wooden ship. It's just not equal in value. The grind to get the materials was enough for me before. I am okay with adding a gold price to ships but not this extreme. I feel like 1,000 gold for schooner 5,000 for brig and 10,000 for a galleon is still pretty expensive enough to make ships scarce but still makes the game playable.
When creating a game it is important to make the game challenging otherwise people will get bored of the game and move on but at the same time the game can not be a big enough burden to play otherwise the average person will not stick around, of course you will always have your extremist like me who have alot of time to play the game but at the same time at the end of the day it is just a video game, not a second job. Players should not have to spend 8 hours a day over a course of many days grinding gold just to get a ship big enough to sail around in.