RedLeg

I am creating this section to bounce around survival ideas for noobs and solo players. I struggled to keep a ship safe or even a small house overnight. On offical PvP chances are someone will have some game fun when you are not around and you will be starting from scratch everyday. But... 1. Gold and resource can be kept safe inside shipyards. You can even build a Cog but never release the ship. Inside is a safe bedpsawn and a place to keep a few things. Players will have to destroy the shipyard to get rid of you. (It took me 2 weeks as a solo player to save up for an armored dock. If anyone else has been discouraged try this method it will help get you established). Any other suggestions to help noobs survive ?

I play solo on official pvp. So i started a new character on PvP again and it took me 2 weeks to save up enough gold to buy an armored dock. That's not so bad after all and it was an extremely rewarding feeling to finally set it in place. I discovered that solo players and small companies can keep gold and other resource inside shipyards. No one blows up shipyards. They could but it would take a few thousand cannon balls so it is a very viable solution for players like me to get established. Use a sextant and sail around for sunken shipwrecks (sneaking skill makes underwater creatures ignore you). In this way we can all work at our own pace after real life stuff is taken care of. I should add that I live in rookie cove where the abusive claim tower system is not a thing. I recommend PvP if you have a family crew. It is fun and rewarding to knock out a trolling player and stuck his head in a gibbet.

There is not enough time in a day for one person to do everything. Slow motion everything.

Thankyou for addressing this issue. It is very important to retain noob players in an MMO otherwise things get stale. New players are fun. This is the trend i see in almost all posts. Everyone is more worried about how the game affects large company playstyle. Or how a large company would exploit a fix that would save thousands of noobs. #nooblivesmatter

Love this game concept. Played it non stop PvP for 2 months it has a lot to offer and explore. Modular ship blueprints are great for noobs like me. Makes it easy to have a decent ship preloaded with cannons. Great idea for solo and small companies to compete. But... all you see is Cogs everywhere. And the occasional sloop. Suggestions to make game more fun : 1. Every company should get one free small armored dock to keep a ship safe. It's easy enough to lose a ship to SOD or another pvp player at sea. I think you retain player base better if gamers can log in and game... instead of just grinding to build a new ship everyday that gets sunk while you sleep. 2. Every company should get one permanent claim tower. A permanent claim to call home. I think you retain player base better and keep new players from quitting because someone else simply places a claim tower and claims everything while you sleep. That's all. Games should be fun for everyone that buys it. Not directed towards a large company meta because face it, people are not that great and big companies are ignorant to and do not accept "settlements" on "their island" (yep... the entire island). I would love to see more of your beautiful modular ship designs sailing around but unfortunately its just not feasible for most of your player base to keep a ship like that safe while they sleep. - RedLeg - P.S. putting the create new pathfinder button right beside the bed spawn button is a really bad place. Thats why i am quitting this game until next wipe.