Yes i'd like that, instead of massacred crews after boardings, most ships would surrender once they had lost the battle in the upper deck. And many sailors could be recruitable from surrendered crews.Some things still seem a bit out of ballance (to me):
Crew salary: With increasing difficulty level the costs explode - beyond anything reasonable.
They are all filthy rich men! We are talking GOLD pieces here!
On the other hand, one could argue that with the life expectancy of a sailor in GoF that's not even close to what it should be ...but then, both parts are blown out of proportion.
A mariner doesn't survive the first month! (except officers 'f course). Was life/battle at sea really that insanely bloody?
I know, we have more hostie encounters than real life, but even so, this all seems a bit harsh. It's murder out there!
Maby you could introduce "wounded" status?
Personal skills are still much slower to develope than ship skills. Even if you mass-re-murder skeletons.
With that in mind - ships skills are all at 100 just around mid-game (with the exception of the repair-skill).
This is with average exp setting. Maby the average should take a bit longer, since this should represent the "recommended setting"
And one more thing: It is practically impossible to make a profit as a trader from the start. Once you have a tresurer ...sure! But solo? No way!
That tresurer has to be found and bought first and so one could argue that it is impossible to START as a trader.
Great Mod, thanks guys!
I calculated once the number of skeletons needed to increase personal skills to 100%, and it was more than 500. May be a fencing teacher somewhere could do the trick
Actually, i tried to play as a trader once without treasurer and it was easy, just doing cargo missions. But then i discovered that everytime i left port a pirate fleet was chasing me so i used to wait near the fort for them, and then i realized that picking goods from the water and boarding damaged pirate ships was a better business than trading. The game was very easy so from then on i only play as pirate, not too dificult either.