I think is would probly be good i was never sure why scrapping needed to have a cost it was already slower than using a blast pick on the craft

This is very obviously aimed at benefitting nations that frequently release their ships in the middle of the ocean to avoid losing points.

How about stop doing that instead of trying to change game mechanics because certain people are too lazy to bring their ships back to port.

ashes is correct.
But also scrapping costs to replace the actual labour behind when we had to physically scrap them. I'd argue that scrapping has been a net-negative for the server. Making it free would be rather silly.

you shouldnt be punished for scrapping ships in the middle of the ocean they make it annoying to get around + ugly you should be rewarded for cleaning them which free scrapping would do letting you bring it to port to scrap at your town for its terracotta people will release regardless both during regions and outside of them without any cooldown to repilot but currently the only thing people will do to those ships is mine out its redstone while leaving the entire hull

Maybe cheaper, like 1/3 the cost, but not free