The little details which count at sea...

[MacIronhawk]

Ok, I'm a big fan of pirates and one of my favorite parts about the game is sea battles.

I want to talk about the little details of being at sea, and ships, which I think would make the game better.(even if it's just a tiny bit.)

Waves
At sea the waves are... always the same? I'm sure all of us would like to see some different types of currents along the waters. Currents which may not affect gameplay much, but will test how good we are when it comes to sail. I for one want to go against the waves and see the water hit the side of my ship and actually rock it back and forth.(not just the little rocking that we have now)

Fog
Also, where's the dense fog? And I mean dense, not the fog that you see on high graphics. I'd like to see areas where fog leaves me blind for a certain amount of feet. These areas don't have to be in the game now, but sometime in the future.

Area
Is it just me, or is the Caribbean getting smaller with each new update? If anything they should be making it bigger. Don't you want to see more ocean with higher level ships, like the new higher level land enemies? And how about some rocks like the kind near the PVP islands.

I'd like to see areas were there's some scenery. I'd like to have my war frigate sail through a tunnel of rock, and when I bump it, "oops" the rock falls on my ship and does some damage to it. I actually have to sweep the rock off, too. More rocks, and perhaps areas where ships are half out of the water would be nice. Like in the first pirates movie at the beginning where there were the burning ships just floating at sea. Now that'd be fun to see why'll sailing.

Little Details during a sea battle
Why is it that any time my ship is on fire, the fire is always in the same place? And why do the masts always break the same? I'm going to be greedy and say the fire should be put in spots where the ship has taken the most damage. And holes should also be there. If I fall in one, I need to run all the way back up to the top of my ship.

The same old masts animations bore me. Again, I'd like to see the masts break on account of where the cannons hit them the most. And not only that, but fall down in different directions!

And something even more important... we need animations for the flags! Why is it that I'll go out sailing and the flags will just be still, and then move once I stop my ship, or if it gets hit by a cannon ball? That's something that would make sailing more... pretty?

Ship Customization
Same old same old. Place masts where you want them, shape the front, back, and middle of your ship the way you want it. Different types of wood for the ship as armor, different colors for the ship.(not bright and pretty, this isn't toontown.) Need to be able to place barnacles on our ship, go below deck and place cannons there and buy more storage space. We also need, of course, a captains courters. And black skull land cross bones flags. Now! I'm sure we're all tired of not having a real pirate ship!

That's just what I WANT. You guys may disagree and say some things don't need to be in the game, but I just wanted to state what I'd like to see at sea.

I've posted a few more threads, but I like to build on what I've already said.(like whirlpools at sea. Mini boss battles against skeleton generals at sea where they board your ship when you're halfway to sinking them)

I just want to see more for sailing, because this game has potential. It's the best sailing I've ever done in a game and I know it can get better. And if it can get better(which it can) there's no excuse not to make it better.(besides time... and money)

[Midhav]

Yes very true, all of this is needed! Especially waves, dense fog, and, for ships getting destroyed, the ship should actually break into pieces and left into a floating rubble...
The area of the Caribbean should be made larger. The Islands should be so far such that Devil's Anvil is only seen on the horizon from PR. I would love to also have the islands ( wild, Kings, Cuba ) and forests redesigned and see some actual weather and storms ( along with Role Playing wind ) in the game. I also have made a thread here highlighting what i wish would come in the game and anyway thank you Mac for commenting on it

[JakeTheSnake]

I agree 100% on adding rocks and stuff that give character to the ocean, but that you can't land at. I'd also love to see some islands that you could sail into like in the Black Pearl battle. There should be an island where you have to sail into a giant cave and then you can land and fight guys both on shore and on your ship.

I don't think the caribbean is getting smaller, I think the ships are getting faster, which makes it seem like everything is closer together. Tortuga looks the same distance away when I set sail from Port Royal as it always has, it just takes less time to get there.
The problem I have with making the islands farther apart is that it will take forever to get from island to island. Before you can teleport, it could take an hour just to do a quest going from Port Royal to Tortuga and back. I don't really want to spend my game time watching an island slowly get bigger as I get closer just so I can turn in some little quest. I'd rather be doing something fun. I do, however, think that the non-major islands should be a long way away. Stuff like Perdida, Tormenta, Outcast, etc. Those ones should be far away, but I doubt they'd change their locations now.

[Angel Seafish]

I think we should have ship customization, fog, waves, and our ship to crumble when it sinks. Nothing to interfere with game play like falling into the holes in the ship.