Hey everyone I have a idea. I'd like to know if you guys like it. Keep in mind this is a rough idea.
So inactives, every nation has at least a couple. I don't think they delete automatically but anyway I'm getting sidetracked. What if we could put inactives ships to use. My idea is players who have not logged on for a year his ships go to a nation auction, the player still owns the ships but can be used by other active players so they don't lie around doing nothing.
This 'auction' of sorts will just be to the inactive players nation. E.g( I go inactive for over a year, my ships can only be borrowed by Australian active players. If I log back on and look at a ship being borrowed it will say on loan. I can ask for it back and there will be a transition period of say 24 hours. You could also add crew, cannons, levels and put cargo in it. This would help active players a lot and not have ships lying around. You could buy it with gold coins (maybe not credits because players normally have less credits except ones who spend money on this game) for a determinable amount of money. e.g ship of the line level 1 3,000,000 gold coins.
Let me know what you think of this idea.