Which upgrade is better

[Shamus The Brute]

It mostly depends on what you want to do with it. Ya, coppers are good for svs and everyone will run away from you!

I've been away from the game too long but...if you go with Copperhead for the purposes of SVS, the heavy armor will bog your ship down much in the same way that Scary Mary retains water. Ugh, I am feeling bloated now even thinking about it.

 

[Matthew Darkpain]

It's really just up to your sailing style, if your more of a defensive sailor, you want to work on defense, if you usually do more attacking than defending, you want to have attacking upgrades, if you are good at attacking and defending, you want the cargo upgrade, and if you are the person who defends and attacks by speed then you want the speed upgrade