Hello Pieter!
Well, yes, I was using the M key. Always did. And you are right, when I select the map from the inventory, it is the correct map with small islands and huge distances.
Edit: But it does not show my position. (chronometer and sextant I have)
Ah ... maybe the inventory map does not show positions at all. The M-map does show position, but a wrong one because the map is scaled wrong
I was just trying OS switched on, but not using Iron Man. First I tried to travel via world map from Cuba to Turks, which worked well. Just wenn you close the new island, and leave world map, you are far away from the island and have to sail a lot manually, just as Hylie said.
2nd I tried to manually sail from Turks to Hispaniola, which also worked. It took two game days, which is usual for a trip to the next island. So Open Seas works with and without Iron man, just the M-key map needs to be fixed.
About leadership:
In the last career that I now can not load, it was well, but not overpowered. That was that french navy character, did not do any quests except pirate hunting for governors, but not excessively. I think leadership was about 5-7 when character reached level 15. I don#t think this is overpowered.
And please keep in mind that there are different styles to play this game. Not anyone would care about quests, not even escorts or merchants or pirate hunts. For example, now I play a pirate and smuggler, and he won't to anything of it. Nor will he ever pay salary, because he already signed articles.
I don't hink it is a bad things if there were more than one way to leadership (or any other skill), to not force players to do things they don't like, but to give them an alternative.
Say, is there any leadership bonus involved when on articles? Perhaps for making the crew happy by plundering and then dividing lots of booty? If not, I would suggest so ...