Originally Posted by Kashka_Coolwater

One thing that is hard is when you are in a slower ship than the rest of your group and they get into a battle, you can have a difficult time finding them on a map. I think you should be able to have a battle icon for your group that is obvious instead of everyone dissapearing on the map. Right now if someone takes off in the xebec the people in the Postillions end up having to sort through various sea battles to find the correct one... and often we end up having to shoot up a flare... which leads to its own problems. An icon for the group would make this much easier.

Originally Posted by Cazero

How about a bigger world with NO cloned towns?

Originally Posted by NameTry2468

Okay, I know this is 99% impossible, but is there any way you could make an interactive map for groups? Like, perhaps being able to ping/draw lines on the minimap to direct our team members around? I doubt you have the code to do that handy, so the other option would be to have a waypoints system that you can toggle. Basically, just any kind of map tool for group positioning and coordination would be great. Kind of like a Pictochat overlay on top of the map that a player can toggle on and off. Look at Guild Wars for some inspiration. It really would only be fitting for a naval combat/tactics game to have some way to do this.

ALSO! HUUUUUUGE issue! We need a way to see the map for port battles in the Ready Room. We have 15 minutes to stand around there chatting, but most of the time we have no clue what we're getting into. It's even more important here that we be able to create waypoints and draw routes on an interactive map that our groups can see. And furthermore, we have no idea which way those three doors lead!
ALSO Miniatures if you ever do implement such a system, the Ready Room! How can you have a port battle without little toy ship miniatures on the map table?!?!?

Originally Posted by The_Virus

Well I must say for a "Lab Rat" he is very creative with his writing efforts. I'm sure the new designs to the UI will be great, look forward to voicing my input

Is there going to be a walk toggle available for being in port out of AVCOM? I really hate running everywhere, and holding down the shift key to walk can get tiresome.

Originally Posted by EmpD

1. Chat Bubbles
2. Allow Players to see other ships names.
3. Movable windows such as inventory windows and economy windows to make the UI easier to use.
4. Easy one button transfer of goods between ships.
5. Dueling (ok, maybe this isn't so easy, but it's still a great idea.)
6. Make furled sails match the color of the unfurled ones. It's terrible to see your blood red sails suddenly turn white as soon they are rolled up.
7. Allow a ship to ship trading system.
8. Allow for two or more visible quickbars at once. Once you get to around Rank 20 it becomes necessary to use more than and trying to switch between them with the tiny little buttons can be a real pain in the heat of combat.
9. Allow for the option to turn of other ships in the local map. This would make it much easier to target other ports at open sea to get your heading.
10. Add some more documentation on the game system and how everything works. I have already read on a few gaming sites how steep the learning curve is. Perhaps a better in game manual or something on the website would help the game to be more successful in the long run. It would also clear up nation chat for more useful discussions. (On this topic, perhaps a "Help" channel would be a good thing to add as well.)