Outpost should be a safe zone

This is an issue. I will confess, I attacked a player's ship sitting in port today. Did I like it? No I did not. Why did I do it? If I did not attack them, would they attack me when I entered port? Possibly...

I like the idea of the outposts being safe zones. If nothing else, have karma bite those who do in the butt with a kraken.

I wouldn't mind seeing one or two outposts having NPC guards or something like that to DISCOURAGE combat. I don't think there should be any place on the map that is absolutely safe, though.

i definitely think there should be safe zones in outposts

if anything, this should encourage more ship combat instead of just camping in outposts

@alternativeal I agree that there needs to be more ship battles and less outpost camping. It's a hard game to balance it seems and Rare is doing what they feel is right to balance it. I've been ambushed at outposts many times and it's never fun. I've had the thoughts to make outposts safe zones too but i came to a conclusion: if outposts were safe zones people would still camp them and when they saw a ship coming sail out of the safe zone and attack you there.

This idea of ​​reputation point less for players who attack on an outpost would be a good compromise. They can do it, but they must expect to pay a certain price.

A treasure recovered by a player who has dug the ground has a certain identification number specific to the crew and if this treasure is brought back by another team at an outpost, it would be nice if the sum received is also less important than the initial value of the safe. This will also prevent campers waiting with the sniper near the tent ...

In addition, I would also be able to include outpost defense towers that, like the cannon skeletons on the islands, can then fire on boats attacking other boats near an outpost. There is nothing more frustrating to go to the outpost to return his coffers with our ship moored and that at once, other boats attack our isolated boat (often 4-player ships against small ship besides ...).
These ships that attack in this way, must have the opposite respondent and it must go through the canons of defense of the oupost who "scenario" has the right to defend against an attack!

I am to let the possibility to attack but there must be a price to pay in exchange!

Personally, I don't really care if Rare has '...discussed, and dropped...' the idea or not. This is my first run on the closed testing of the game. In every game, a safe zone is required; it's essential! And, if we want to add realism into the mix, Nassau, one of the most well known, real life, pirate havens of the seas, also followed at least some variant of fair play.
But trying to put to port on what should be a safe haven for pirates, and then getting ganked by a bunch of foul mouthed, over Red-Bulled kids... whether or not you have any treasure goes against The Code that Rare itself said it wanted people to uphold.
Like this or not, the only ones supporting the current system are either those whom have not experienced it in solo play yet, or those in 2-4 man ships stalking the solo players, the outposts or more common 'first time' islands, griefing other players, and then laughing about it.. I know, my directional headset can hear their conversations just fine. If this is how Rare supports Fair game play then maybe my money can be spent on something that doesn't feel like it caters to the bullies of the world. And so far, I've seen a lot more players in favor of a Safe Haven, rather than just a CoD griefing, spawn camping match with cannons and sabers, instead of rifles and grenades.

For those above saying things like "Yes, lets take the piracy out of a pirate game.." and similar... Has anyone said that? What? No? Okay then. Being on the open seas, glance over the shoulder, and see a 3-masted monster rolling up behind me.. I expect to be shot at, and boarded if I fail to pilot expertly. But in a place that's used to turn in quests? No.

Just consider this for a moment before you flame a witty response. 6wks go by, nothing changes. All the other stuff (missing, since this is only beta,) is released. The full game it out! But now, there is around 20-100 pirates from single new dogs on the water, to 4-manned Masters of the Oceans.
You can not tell me (given how I and others have seen beta go,) that quest turn in's will be anything more than a griefing harbor that will sink the game faster than a hungry Kraken under a floundering sloop. This isn't a outragous claim, it's just the nature of the beast. If you can't see that, then I am sorry I couldn't be more clear.