Caniac

Other players' health will show once you equip a medkit, at least for fellow company members anyway.

I'm in the same situation as well.

Any idea if we will eventually be able to plant and grow herbs and berries?

And what happens if a company decided to claim the fountain's location and close it off? Keep in mind there is a PVE server too, so attacking said company is not always an option.

As the title saying, I think aging and death via old age does not belong in this game. Yes, as things stand now there will eventually be a mechanic in which you can raise an NPC to age 20 and then take over them, but I thought this was going to be an open world pirate game, not family simulator 2019. I realize not many may share my opinion on this, but I at least wanted to put forth the suggestion.

I think the aging dynamic is a bad idea. And as far as making it realistic, there are mythical monsters and undead sailors in this so I'm not sure that "being realistic" is a point that holds much water.

Personally I think player aging and eventual permadeath is a bad idea. I really hope the devs don't implement this system.

I'll ask the dumb question, why is there even character aging to begin with?

However you cannot spawn on a bed that is not within a land claim. And since you cannot claim land in lawless regions, and best currently you can place a bed on a raft and use that. I agree the claim system needs some serious work, but this is early access, growing pains are to be expected.