I agree that some form of tailored persistent-avatar would be great, varying age, build, height, wearing of glasses and spectacles, hats, badges of rank and civilian items of clothing, would be a useful addition, not merely eye-candy, as with familiarity it'd help discriminate one player for another. This of particular use when using realistic voice attenuation, where knowing the player you wish to talk to is close-by is of practical value..
In addition, I'd like to see a few of the bunks occupied by off-watch crew, to convey a sense of the boat being cramped...
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