I'd like to enjoy the battles at sea. But I found more land based stuff was fun.
In the stock game, it seemed like whenever I helped out a fellow ship in a battle with a pirate, my morale went down, and my reputation took a hit. So I stopped bothering.
Then, when pirates would attack me at sea, I would also start to loose reputation. So I started to avoid getting chased down and intercepted at sea with pirates.
Then, storms just thrashed my ship to pieces and I would usually end up sinking. So I avoided storms at all costs.
I never engaged forts, because I never seemed to make a dent. So I gave up on that too.
This was all in the stock game mind you. It ended up, me not even really caring about the sailing part, other that to enjoy a few minutes just sailing into the harbor from a farther-out-start-point from the world map.
Now, with build mod 12.1... it added a whole hell of a lot of spice to sailing. It actually eliminated (for the most part) the drops in reputation and morale and the such for doing battles for good. So I started joining in more, and enjoying sinking and taking ships and selling them for major bucks n stuff.
However, I still enjoy the land based portion of the game more. Exploring, quests, doing things, slashing down bad guys, finding loot, making money etc.
I think its a bit silly to nit pick about a teeny thing in the sailing behavior, when it doesnt add to gameplay. Still being able to turn, even when damaged, adds to gameplay, because it allows you to still play the game! Not reload a save and start over...
In the stock game, it seemed like whenever I helped out a fellow ship in a battle with a pirate, my morale went down, and my reputation took a hit. So I stopped bothering.
Then, when pirates would attack me at sea, I would also start to loose reputation. So I started to avoid getting chased down and intercepted at sea with pirates.
Then, storms just thrashed my ship to pieces and I would usually end up sinking. So I avoided storms at all costs.
I never engaged forts, because I never seemed to make a dent. So I gave up on that too.
This was all in the stock game mind you. It ended up, me not even really caring about the sailing part, other that to enjoy a few minutes just sailing into the harbor from a farther-out-start-point from the world map.
Now, with build mod 12.1... it added a whole hell of a lot of spice to sailing. It actually eliminated (for the most part) the drops in reputation and morale and the such for doing battles for good. So I started joining in more, and enjoying sinking and taking ships and selling them for major bucks n stuff.
However, I still enjoy the land based portion of the game more. Exploring, quests, doing things, slashing down bad guys, finding loot, making money etc.
I think its a bit silly to nit pick about a teeny thing in the sailing behavior, when it doesnt add to gameplay. Still being able to turn, even when damaged, adds to gameplay, because it allows you to still play the game! Not reload a save and start over...