Not that I was fond of any companions in PoE, but I really hated Durance. If I ever give another shot at PoE, I will probably roll a full custom party like sakichop.

I don't like the ship combat either. In fact, I don't like any of the ship based stuff. But luckily, this game is moddable, so I've made a couple of mods that let me run away from ship combat and removes the need for any ship upkeep (do I don't have to worry about food or water or my crew's morale or any of the other annoyances).

I'm enjoying the game a lot more now :biggrin: Thank the Gods for mods!

Yerp, that's indeed a weak point and annoying. At least at normal difficulty I had tons of money and ship upkeep was just about not forgetting to buy and select the ressources. A feauture that shouldn't have made it into the game.

This game came out 3 months ago.