This is my second time through cool ranch. My main complaint is the Red Sash ships. How many times do you have to fight to get what you need? I've defeated 5 ships and still can't get the information. I can understand every so often you may not get some thing..but 5 times? There is a bit unnecessary. I've noticed this a little on skull Island ship battles but it has improved. I had hoped some others would have mentioned about the red sash ships and it would have been more enjoyable the second time around.
You have to concede that so many ship battles, one after another, does get monotonous. Our goal is to continue the story line to see where it leads us. That is difficult when the game prevents you from achieving your goal.
I love the concept of this game but for me it loses it enjoyable simplicity that Wizards had offered.

Some of the drop rates can be a bit outrageous and fighting a lengthy deck battle only to see "Did not get ..... Try Again." can be discouraging.

I only board enemy vessels if I am short on gold. Otherwise I am content to blow enemy ships out of the sky and take my chances on getting what I need from the salvage drop.

At least I can score on the occasional upgraded equipment drop for my ship.