User blog comment:John Foulroberts/POTCO Announces Ship Customization and New Ship/@comment-4291099-20110823112324

I do believe that the SOTL was most likely intended to be bought by players, and I still believe that perhaps one day they may release it. However, the thing is, the SOTL is ridiculously powerful, and would make things a bit unfair. ESPECIALLY in SVS. What if the spanish had ALL SOTL, and the rest were standard Warships? Not even a competition. I like how the current three ships play off of different qualities... sloop is speed, Galleon is cargo, and the Frigate is somewhere in between, built for combat. I would hope they'd make different ships that are advanced versions of these three, or something like that. For ex: Sloop's advanced version: Schooner