My ship ideas for POTCO

[MacIronhawk]

Now that's an idea Basil!

I think it'd be cool to fight a fleet of enemy ships. Also, prehaps let us start our own fleets? Enemy ships will be drawn to us and the two fleet ships protecting us will help fight off the enemy ships. The gold will come from the captain. He/she will out the cargo on the ship and if you make it from one island to another, depending on how far you sail, your gold will either be doubled, trippled, etc... The more cargo you add into the ship the more enemies that will try to attack you.

Just trying to add on to your idea.

[Basil Dreadflint]

Adding some detail to my idea.

The cargo ships don't go by the standard ranking system of levels. They rank as only 4 different types.
Type one is the lowest, and is escorted by guard fleets of Sentinels, Corvettes, Bulwarks, etc, other ships of that level.
Type 2 is a little bigger, and is guarded by Marauders, Ironwalls, Centinels, etc.
Type 3 is the biggest, and is guarded by Man-O-War, Warlord, etc.
Type 4 is the Cargo Flagship, and has a mixed fleet of guard escort ships.


Each type is appropriate for the level of attackers and the plunder is also.
This way, someone with a regular frigate can still attack a cargo fleet, and get the appropriate loot. No sense having them attack a Cargo Flaghip that gives 12 Royals, when they can only carry 9 max.

If you already have some cargo plunder when you attack the Cargo ship, any royals the cargo ship gives up automatically replace any lesser plunder you may already be carrying.