Eric Sailcutter
Pirate Lord
Here's an idea: have some kind of indicator that will appear when you look at public ships at a dingy that shows what type of run the captain is planning on. It could be there in the boarding privileges as an optional menu item where you could select gold, loot, ship materials, or mixed when you open your ship to the public. This would help people decide which ship to board when looking for a public ship, I'm sure we've all boarded a ship where the captain was on a different type of run than we were wanting.