Azurfale

As an example I used to go to harvest different woods from different regions, in the end i discovered it was easier to just bring wood from my region and trade it for the wood i wanted, saving time. edit: Also being able to trade directly with another player is a much better option than dropping everything on the ground for them to pick up.

to respond to the OP, islands might have every type of resource, but they dont have every type of every type of resource, and thats why there is player trading.

When you kill a player you could get a token in your inventory for a slave with the player you killed name and stats. A player could only give out 1 slave token every 24 hours to avoid over abuse. This way you can prove you killed them and they still get to play on as normal and not a slave.

Even if none of the players came back they have already made their money so your point is moot.

its on the 20th as far as i know

After 20.31 release I started having lag issues. I couldn't stay connected for more than 30s at a time but once I was able to starve to death and respawn things got much better. I still disconnect when logging in for the first time but after that all I am getting is small amounts of lag. edit: except when sprinting, then it really lags.

My biggest complaint about the paints, too many colours look exactly the same.

I'm torn between the two, owning an island does sound appealing but 1-2 flags per player (PVE servers) would work out better for the majority IMO. Gonna join the PTS and see what happens I guess.

If we're lucky the test server will go live on the 20th. Not sure if the wipe will happen until they are ready to launch the update which will be after the PTS.

I am not having this exact issue but similar, I log in, stay connected for about 10 seconds and the get a Timeout error. Apparantley a screenshot is too big of a file to upload here.......

Since the last patch I am unable to stay logged into NA PVE server for more than 30 seconds at a time. NA PVP server I have no problem keeping connection.

Aren't freeports no build zones?

They should make a 24hr timer between each claim flag you drop as well.

The proposed system should be fine if they make all lawless areas claimable as well.

14x14 Map with 4 island per grid is 784 islands, if all islands were claimable and a player was allowed to claim 2 islands 342 players would control the entire map. Since most grids are unclaimable it would be even less players controlling all available land.