[NoLinkToMe]

I thought it was quite the opposite, too easy. Your ship recharges health. Also you can claim and island and heal there. It's so easy to the point it's actually boring, I got 10 kills before I quit, never got close to dying. Hell you can even claim an island, sit there in healing-mode, while shooting down enemy ships that don't heal...

A difficulty slider is a good idea though.

[ryandrake]

Yea, the difficulty seems to hinge on whether or not you manage to capture an island. If you do, then you can heal your ship, at which point I agree with you--the game becomes super easy. If you fail to kill three enemies (prerequisite of capturing an island), then it becomes a "sail around at zero health" game.

A "difficulty" feature could just be a toggle: Start with a claimed island, or start with no claimed island.

[agravier]

There may be a bug, I captured an island with less than 3 kills (I didn't have more than 1 kill IIRC)