What impresses me just as much as all the wonderful research that is going into the game is the vast amount of options that you will have in playing the game. You can play on your own if you choose or as part of a larger team. A special chat and grouping system will be implemented in the game that will greatly help in setting up team play. As mentioned earlier, you will have the option of not only taking the roles of a pirate or a naval officer but a merchant trader who profits from the dynamic economy in the trading of the many diverse goods available at towns, a bounty hunter who profits from hunting down specific individuals and so many other roles. You could decide to begin playing as a pirate but if that does not suit you, you can change your mind and become a naval officer working your way up the ranks. The freedom of choice is in your hands and you are never locked into being someone you do not want to be.