Hello,
now that the new patch hit today Thursday, it seems one does not get tickets anymore from restaurant. This means players get gold only from port assignments, which is crappy. One cannot upkeep with cap account anymore, which in my opinion reflects the point how 'playable' this game is.
2nd problem comes from the fact, cooks no more provide items and you can only create certain type of items by yourself. Now to the point: one cannot get experience emblems anymore except from using bars to buy them? One used to be able to craft them before.
I'm getting pissed of the feeling the devs here provide us: everything pays more less playable, and especially it's clear the 'gold bar' option has put everywhere to the point where only an utter idiot would use it.