So without trying to make this sound like too much of a rant.
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*** WERE YOU THINKING!
This game mechanic is possibly the dumbest thing i have ever experienced. Somebody can fly from a zone away, naked, on a glider with an explosive barrel in there hands, and drop it on your base/tames/boats whatever.
On top of that, if they dive fast puckles/swivels cant track them, meaning there is literally no defense against this griefing method.
Why would you not make a maximum flight time while carrying an explosive barrel? 30 seconds? 45 seconds? plenty to still be viable for base defense, bombing from the SAME island etc, but not enough to have this dumb fly over a zone carrying a barrel and bomb people crap, personally i came back to atlas this season because people told me things had changed, devs had addressed most of the stupid stuff they added into the game without thinking, but honestly i cant see that at all, between this barrel bombing and submarine griefing meaning you have to turn off every single defense structure when you are not there to see the griefer makes me wonder if the devs ever actually played there own game to see what the issues were.
the submarine shit i can honestly get over, although super annonying, the barrel shit is just stupid, if you dont live on an island with a pillar your done for in this state, GG devs.
So currently the ship sizes are pretty cool, but there is a serious jump from the brig to the galleon. Lets look at schooner, max 5 cannons per side, 10 total. Brig max 6 cannons per side, 12 total. Galleon max 26 cannons per side, 52 total. seems like a huge jump, and honestly most people HATE sailing galleons, they are just too big and clunky. Can we not get a double cannon decked brig size ship? ship of the line or something? maybe like this Frigate - max 12 cannons per side, 24 total. No need to make it much different to a brig, just add an extra deck on top and raise it up a bit, same sail layout, same everything, just 1 more deck of cannons.