Hey if you're going to be screwing around with the game how about doing something fair like adding a gold slot to the warehouse perhaps... or maybe stick a banking slot in the market or something... just something so players have a chance of keeping gold or losing gold instead of a 100% give-a-way on plunders... then smaller players might have a chance to have something to build wtih the next day....

and it'd make the plundering technology of privateering worth a little more in the end... instead of just giving away gold outside city gates... that always seemed silly... but hey what do I know its your game to change dramatically on a whim... give us a nice surprise for once would you.