Samuel Wake

Can you explain the concept of a Cannon Bear? There aren't any platform saddles in Atlas, so the clueless part of is wondering how this works. Also, the creative part of me has images of anime bears strapped with cannons Nevermind, you meant swivel cannon and cargo saddle. I was envisioning something completely different lol

lol Also, kudos on the avatar. "I'm your huckleberry"

The concept is good. The execution isn't and the sever lack of playerbase doesn't help much either. If the map was booming with players and ships then getting to locations with alternate resources would be more difficult of a journey. But thats not the case. The DEVs are building the game for a dense population, but the game lacks population. If getting from point A in B5 to point B in D5 was your only way to get X wood and stone, yet getting there meant traversing through territory that was too difficult for you, having a vendor option would be the path to take. But right now the difficulty behind doing so just isn't there yet.

No concern, just discussion. I agree that the shop system needs work. 1400g daily upkeep is beyond ridiculous. But if you want a stronger ability to make money from shop sales, you need to control the resource. If you can't control the resource or limit it's flow...you'll never see a profit from a shop. It's on you to control the economy and steer it in a direction that favors you. It'll take time and it's not going to be easy but as you acquire wealth you acquire more strength to control things in your territory. Personally I'd like to be able setup shop on my own island. Control port access and limit resource acquisition, then basically funnel people to a shop on a section of land that I monitor and upkeep

I too am on a private server with resource boosts and I'm still going to defend my land and it's resources from pirate scum....well, other pirate scum And when the time comes that I'm ready, I'm setting sail and starting a ruckus. No way I'm just sitting idle on my island and just getting my tan on. My warship will raid what it wants or go down trying. This is literally an interactive game of Risk and I intend to play it as such.

You basically own the island the moment you claim it. Build defenses if on a PVP server. Build barriers if on a PVE server. Defend your lands and with it your resources. Thats not to say that the same resources can't be found on another island if they hunt around for it enough. But you have the ability to control what comes off your land. Build that wall Mr.Trump, yar!