Ship Lease

[Rackat]

OK, so we all know that in game you can "loan" your ships to your friends. This works particularly well for low level friends that need to sink bigger stuff or haul in more plunder. I've loaned out my ships to friends and guild mates, then went back to leveling weapons while they sailed the Caribbean. So, why not incentivize this process?

High level player that is doing nothing but weapons grinding or hanging out with friends usually does not need to sail.

Low level player that is trying to do sailing quests/make gold needs to sail.

Answer: Ship Lease

How it could work:

1. Set up a ship leasing staion next to the shipwrights on PR/Tortuga/Cuba.

2. High level players that are interested in leasing out their ships can go there to see if anyone wants to lease his/her ship.

3. Low level player approaches high level player to see about leasing a ship.

4. Low level player crews the high level player.

5. High level player launches the ship to be leased (War Frigate/Galleon/Sloop).

6. Low level player boards and takes the helm.

7. High level player then disembarks and allows the low level to crew his mates and go plundering while the high level player goes back to weapon grinding or socialising with friends.


Payoff: The player leasing the ship would get a crewmember's share of the bounty even though he was not on board.

Advantages:
Interaction between high level and low level players.
High level players get to make gold while still grinding weapons or socialising.
Low level players getthe use of a War class vessel as well as the increased cargo/gold that comes along with it.

Disadvantages/remedies:
Low level player intentionally sinks ship/leave crew, do not lease to that pirate again.
High level player has to continually repair ship/cost of ship repair is minimal with a full cargo
High level player has to continually repair ship leaving the weapon grinding area/have a friend to tp to

It costs less than 80 gold to repair, so a full cargo would offset costs.

Please feel free to improve on this idea. It may not be feasible, but it is something to think about if they implement an economy.