Changing Winds

I'm still fleshing out the details, but I'm considering a random assignment of players to one of 3 factions, where each faction is either an entire fleet, or a number of fleets, or even not in a fleet but restricted to only join fleets of the same faction. This would apply to active players only -- inactive for x days would be suspended from the fleet.

I would also be looking at adding more fleet quests for bonuses, and possibly very limited opportunities to change factions, ie a monthly prize option (once per player per round)

What are your thoughts on this? Yay for initial support, with the details to be fleshed out in the Bugs and Feedback forum, or Nay for no support.

Would help shake it up a bit, would have to increase the eor prize for fleets

This is a great idea to split up opportunities to create more fleets and reinstate competition. Wars are fun if the fleets are more balanced.

"random assignment of players "

Are you talking about just putting players in fleets? Removing players from their choice of a fleet into a different fleet? Would this be for the entire round or change daily/weekly/monthly?
That would effect mid-round gold payout and eor gold payouts.
It would effect players in helping each other. Why would any player put items into a fleet or donate dubs/gold in a fleet if they might be removed the next switch period?
Will players have the option to leave a fleet at any time of their choosing?

I do agree something needs to happen as fleets are stacked. Also, fleet members that grow in levels and power often help players not in fleets as they swap items or just help.

I read this as assignment to a faction for the round...with "possibly very limited opportunities to change factions, ie a monthly prize option (once per player per round)."
Within your faction you can join a fleet or not. However, you also may interact and barter/trade with all players.
Changing everyone during the round would be chaos. lol

This is DUMB the way it's described...I think anybody should be allowed in any fleet...

If the fleet is of a certain faction then maybe the non-faction member gets less bonus from being in that fleet....
OR being in the same faction gives more bonus ...

Fleets are stagnated at this point. The game needs a way to create interest in more than 1 fleet that can compete. What would you suggest Capt. Ron?

Fleets are just an option for players.

I feel if you mess with fleets, you will only get less players playing.

Placing any type limits on the top players is not going to end well.

You could provide more daily tasks to complete.

Open up more quests to solve.

If there was a larger active staff, you could even start timed (Random) small quests for some type of reward. Something the majority of players could complete. Most likely require coding, so sounds fun but understand limits of free time to do such things. Easy to have Staff start the timed quest with an announcement, how long it will last ect (Start/End times and the reward)
Dig X number of treasures
Catch X type of fish
Sail to X number of ports and buy something from local merchants.
Prizes do not have to include gold or dubs. Bring back Royal Letter of Marque - Sealed but let them expire at the eor. Jail keys. The ability to use a quest item for so long..2 hours ect. Larger cannon balls, make up something new

YES HAGAR FACTIONS ITS TIME! Idk about the randomness or locked part but FACTIONS YES

Factions will essentially make whom are friends not be friends whilst playing.

Sure, anyone can freely associate with anyone but it avoids the crux of the main issue.

ACTIVE pirate numbers are dwindling and until a solution to that issue is solved then none of these silly propositions will go over well with the core players, that have been playing since the game went live.

This game need more pirates that participate. Many in the top 50 are barely active...as of this writing
S.O.B...15 days
Captain Bellamy...103 days
Sydgage ....11 days
NoS ....23 days
IHazNoCake...30 days
Flutterby - Gentle Wind ....67 days
Laktos The Intolerable ....12 days
NACLH20 ...23 days
Òdó ...30 days

and yet if nobody out trains them they can win stuff because of a failed model that I will rely on next round when my WMP pirate career ends....LOL

Edited by Captain Ron [13827], 25 Mar 2024 9:47:19 am