I appreciate this detailed feedback post Gunder, thank you.
We will need to find ways to make this easier both for newcomers and training guilds in order to expand. Expansion is needed as the initial design of the game was for more players than now. For example, recently, due to the increasing number of players, there are fleets you can find at Plunder page. With less players, there were less to find (sic) and as you may understand, with more players, everything will be better for all.