Raising the gold cap without raising the gold cap.

[Rackat]

I love the idea. But, how would it work? If all the dig spots are available to everyone, how will the game know you want your friend Jack Sparrow to have some gold, and thus give him permission to dig up your stash? Or, even if you want your little pirate to dig up your big pirate's gold? I can see it being coded to allow you to dig up your own gold, but having others dig it up would seem problematic?

Maybe allow us to "bury our treasure", but the first person that comes along and hits Shift over the dig spot would get te gold. So, if you wanted to transfer gold, you have your buddy Jack standing there next to you so that he is the first one to try the dig spot and gets the buried treasure.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Rackat

I love the idea. But, how would it work? If all the dig spots are available to everyone, how will the game know you want your friend Jack Sparrow to have some gold, and thus give him permission to dig up your stash? Or, even if you want your little pirate to dig up your big pirate's gold? I can see it being coded to allow you to dig up your own gold, but having others dig it up would seem problematic?

Maybe allow us to "bury our treasure", but the first person that comes along and hits Shift over the dig spot would get te gold. So, if you wanted to transfer gold, you have your buddy Jack standing there next to you so that he is the first one to try the dig spot and gets the buried treasure.

They are talking about extending the amount of gold a single pirate can have Rackat my friend, not transferring gold from pirate to pirate, we can already do that in poker!!! Dont think anyone mentioned or considered it as a way of transferring gold. Just a means of holding more. This was an idea to extend the 65k max gold a pirate can have, not give them means of handing it out.. hehe.

[Rackat]

Originally Posted by OFxZeppers

They are talking about extending the amount of gold a single pirate can have Rackat my friend, not transferring gold from pirate to pirate, we can already do that in poker!!! Dont think anyone mentioned or considered it as a way of transferring gold. Just a means of holding more. This was an idea to extend the 65k max gold a pirate can have, not give them means of handing it out.. hehe.

I know.

My response is based on the fact that all dig spots are available to all pirates. How are they going to code the game so that only your pirate can access it?

If it is made so that you can allow another pirate access to your gold (as was suggested), how will it be made so that you can give permission? Or, if you want to give it to your little pirate?

Extending the gold amount by this manner is a great idea. What I was addressing was the other aspects of the idea.

Edit: ukebec already responded. That was what I was referencing. Expounding on the earlier suggestions.

[Evie]

I like the idea of a dig spot. It really is very piratey! But I have the same problem with this that I have with raising the gold cap.

What are we supposed to do with all this money??

I really have no reason to hoard more gold. I own everythign I can possibly own. There is nothing to buy, no way to use the gold to help friends (the poker thing never works for me - it always ends up going ot the wrong pirate).

So yes, while this would be a fun way to let us stash more gold, what would we really do with it?

[Dan_OB]

Originally Posted by Rackat

I know.

My response is based on the fact that all dig spots are available to all pirates. How are they going to code the game so that only your pirate can access it?

If it is made so that you can allow another pirate access to your gold (as was suggested), how will it be made so that you can give permission? Or, if you want to give it to your little pirate? ...

I think this would work much like the quests that use dig spots. If you have a quest in your journal that is relevant to that dig spot you start digging when you you hit shift. Otherwise you get a message "Nothing interesting here." Same with the buried gold if it is your gold or if you have been given a "map" (could be a code much like those used for guilds) then you can dig, otherwise you get "nothing interesting here."

I suspect that the hard part to program would be making it possible to use the dig spots for burying treasure. Once that is done, giving others permission to dig it up would probably be relatively trivial.

There are any number of ways to implement this and I think it would easier to add to the program then most of the improvements suggested for the game.

Another possibility is you could make guild activities with it, like a guild treasure hunt where a pirate buries the gold and gives participating guild members the code for it and then gives them hints as to where it is.