[quote=MelonHead]
Skallagrim pretty much explicitly stated himself that ships were complete fluff only a short while into the OOC, I'm not entirely sure why Boerd's character was accepted at all considering it's his only way of fighting. 
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Ask LeeRoy. :p

The way I see it, the problem with the ship is not what it's capable of, it's that as long as Garret is in the ship, he's effectively isolated from the majority of the characters in the MV, which meant incredibly limited character interaction and since this isn't supposed to be "RAWRFIGHTFIGHTFIGHT!" part of the Arena, it gave another set of problem.

[quote=LeeRoy]
Not a single character can compete with your ship. Not a single person.
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This part is arguable though.