pixel_player21102398 There was a time in which you just waited till they release a good fully upgradable merchant vessel every 5 levels but I think they discontinued that practice.
What? It's Merchant ships offers and they continue as usual, of course and we see a new one every 2-3 weeks. Do you even play this game? Or you don't see them because you are bellow current actual level for them (940 for the very last one).
pixel_player21102398 (Don’t buy the tier 7 ship they have now bc it will cost you so many resources to upgrade the damn thing that it won’t be worth it.
What? Worst advice ever. First of all, absence of 7-slotters will block port development. Second of all, If any vessel makes in player top-5 by capacity, it always worth to purchase and upgrade it, regarding of number of slots and player level. And lastly, Coins and Wood are very easy to come by at high levels (target audience of 7-slotters), so it's actually pretty lame to even think about them in terms "worth it" or "not worth it". Gems are another story, of course.
There was another time in which the game would drop good fully upgradable ships once it detected you were hoarding gems. (Say you had 2,000 gems that you had bought with real money) suddenly a ship would appear to get you to spend your gems.
WHAT? Again, it's Merchant ships (or few times a year - Vintage Offer). But this have nothing to do with game "detected" something. It's just business as usual and every player get these offers when PF feels like to make them, regarding how much gems is hoarded by such player.