dogmatic

For pvp servers anyway I believe the fog of war on the map hiding all islands unless you've sailed there should be brought back from season 1.

This is pvp, if some random company sinks my boat i shouldn't be able to open my map and find their island in a tile I've never been to. 

Also makes exploring and finding an enemies island a lot more fun and exciting. Having to interact and talk to other companies if you want to find where someone is.

sigh.. its not 6 hours, they said 9/28 12am est... that would be 11 hours from now.

Be Aware.

maybe you have to invite them to company first, then merge? not sure, i just hit merge every time and it has worked  good luck.

yes, walk up to leader of other company > E > Merge....

No. They just don't tell you that they only show you the top 10 companies on the map.