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:hmm:
this is the best i can come up with at the mo'
when the crew get fed up- instead of being forced to divide the plunder wasting 6-11 months--
allow you self to be defeated after boarding a vessel
get marooned **with your sigaling mirror or flare--**
immediately get picked up by a passing ship
instant new ship and happy crew--
no waitng time at all-
takes less time to re-equip the new ship
and you gold total remains on your history/status board just as if you'd divded up the plunder
you even seem to keep your specailists (which doesn't actually make sense but--)
i get the feeling the crew morale problem is in fact the key strategic element in the game long term--which is why finding ways round it is a major element of the gameplay??
dunno ?but the game doesn't really work well with pernamently happy crew--tried it using the trainers available on the pirates site
i think it is deliberately strange--as once un happy best i've ever managed to get them to be is content briefly--folks say get 1000 gold per crew and they'll cheer up-- but it rarely actually has any effect at all even 60,000 gold with 10 crew doesn't change morale--so it's a mystery