You're asking for patience when the entire point of a playtime is being patient. If that patience is over-extended, don't be surprised to see criticism.
I can't even update the launcher. Like wth. I made sure I could play today. How is this even close to fair? I work 8 hours a day on second shift. 2 hours of traffic. Just once I want this game to work for me.
Tell that to the Dutch, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. They all got claims. And traders. And privateers. :p I'm just thinking that players can maybe have a flag supporting one of the nations at the time. Not like the NPCs will care.
I dunno if this is already in game since I decided to join back up during an update. But will there be or is there already an option to fly the colors of countries from the era of pirates? Flags of Spain Portugal, England, Some of the Italian City states or German ones, etc. As a history buff...