with there being no cap or no way to limit claims new players cant even hope to play for if they try to steal land they will surly die from the already set up players. my recommendation is
1. make a resource upkeep be expansive so the grind is too easy to not care much right now.
2. set a hard cap limit to like 20
3. set a soft limit for level and crew size to like 2 per person.
im sure there other methods that can be used but this should help the community bring in new players and help keep the big company from claiming everything under the sun. (in terms of micro transaction games this is equivalent of keeping the new players flowing in for the wales(rich player paying to win) to inter act with be for they quit the game) lastly PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS PAY TO WIN.
