Ejecting a stow-away

[LaLa]

I'll just jump to a different server and try again, no biggie.

[Waterush]

I would just maroon him on padres if he's a low level if he is a high level I'd sacrifice the ship and take him down to the locker with ya

[another pirate]

From Sunrayn

Being the nice guy I am, I left my gun and TP'd to his ship in order to pilot his ship to safer waters. I TP'd back to my own ship after delivering him far, far away from where we were fighting, closer to ships of his own level.

I had someone try and steal my boat once. I just ran up to the wheel and hit shift. It kicked him off the wheel and gave me control. If it was his boat, he could just take it back from you once he realized someone else was driving it.

[Raven Night]

This is what I sugggested in my "changes" thread.

- The ability to grant someone the title of "Stowaway" or "Deckhand" on your ship should be added, as well as a "Walk the Plank" vote to get them off your ship.

Its very simple...if you are not a member of a crew you should not get a share of the loot. You also should only get XP for the damage you actually do.

If someone TP over to your ship or to you, and they are not a member of your crew, you can brand them with the title "stowaway" which they keep for 15 minutes. It is displayed over their head like "looking for crew". You can only tag players that are not part of your crew but are present on your ship as stowaways. When you do this, they do not earn any XP other than the actual damage they do, and they do not get a share of the loot. Since the tag remains over thier head for 15 minutes they will have trouble getting on another ship.

This will discourage the practice.

You can also ban someone from using the guns or taking the helm by using the "deckhand" title, or you can boot someone alltogether from your ship by initiating a "Walk the Plank" vote.

This is how the interface would work.

You click on the person and additional options show up if you own the ship.

Stowaway
Deckhand
Walk the Plank

1) As a Stowaway they get no XP except what damage they do, and get no loot as well as the other effects explained above. This tag persists for 15 minutes, even in port. This tag cannot be given to anyone that is on your crew, nor can it be given anywhere except when on your ship.

2) As a Deckhand, they cannot mount the guns or the helm for as long as they remain on the ship. They will still get XP and the loot share. This tag is removed when the player makes port.

3) If you choose Walk the Plank, a vote is started to kick the player off the ship. All crewmembers vote on it. All crew would have to vote yes, and then person would have to "walk the plank" so to speak. When the player is kicked, he goes back to his port of call, and has the jail debuff (but is not in jail of course). The problem with the current system is that you have to invite the player to the crew again to get the removal prompt. This is too time intensive, especially in a difficult battle.

[Samantha Firewalker]

I'm tired of what you guys are calling stowaways or as I refer to them, *Ship Jumpers*, getting on my ship. I recently wrote to POTC about it and this is what I said.
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This is concerning Ship Jumpers.
I am tired of people jumping on my ship without permission. There are a couple of ways they do this, and I'm sure you know what they are. They either click on your name before you launch and then wait a couple minutes and then come to you, or they sail up beside you and click on your name when they get close enough.
I have been sunk by players doing this. I may have but one other person on the ship with me and have my ship positioned so I can use a cannon and be firing at an Ironwall or other large enemy. Someone then jumps on my ship and either starts firing at another ship that then starts to attack me or grabs my wheel and starts to move my ship before I can get the wheel back from them. As I said I have been sunk like this and lost good plunders.
*** Some people may be tolerant of this behavior but, I am not.*** I think it's rude of people to do this. They don't have the courage to sail their own ship and get their own plunder. They aren't polite enough to ask if they can come aboard. This is just plain rude. I have reported a few people for doing this AND I am going to Continue to REPORT them for doing it.
You either need to make some sort of BLOCK so people cannot JUMP on another Players ships without either being on their Friends list or in the crew or Their Guild.
It is Annoying and very upsetting when they do this and I get very ****ed about it.
So, like I said I am going to keep reporting people who Jump On my ship without permission.

*** Maybe POTC will get the HINT that they need to resolve this or just keep getting complaints and reports about people that do it.***

[Angel]

Make it simple. Have on every "Would u like to go to XPerson" and on the receiving end, the person would have to approve or deny. Simple. End the jumpers all together!! It would also solve a few other issues as well

[Crazyguy36]

If you dont want someone to come to your ship just ignore them by clicking on the persons name, or person, and go to ignore. Now they cant teleport to you...but they can to your friends. Just tell your friends to ignore him also, or you'll ignore them. Problem solved.

[Samantha Firewalker]

That doesn't quite work CrazyGuy, when they sail up beside you and click on your avatar and come to you that way now does it? The Problem is NOT solved. We're NOT talking about people from our friends list, because I dont just allow every Tom, **** and Harry on my friends list. Which is a whole other subject intirely. Read these posts a little more carefully and you'll understand what the problem is.

[Crazyguy36]

Well it works for me. And I know they dont have to be on your friends list, thats why I said to click on the person. Like when they'er on your ship and then drop them off somewhere. They shouldnt be able to teleport to you, becasue they never come back to me. I know you cant block them the first time around, but after you have access to their name, you can.

[Marrrrni]

Crazyguy, you were not online yesterday when we had a stowaway on Krispy's ship. As several of the guild members were there, I am not even sure which of us he teleported to. We had just set sail, so Krispy had to turn around to evict him. After we ported, he tried to be my friend. Both Krispy and I made comments to him but they were completely ignored.

The really annoying part is that these players are often kids who can not see our chat due to the parental controls. Although I'm sure many are griefers, some might truly be kids who don't realize that they are annoying others, they just think they are having fun. It would be very helpful if there was a way for the ship's captain to evict stowaways and/or griefers.

[Samantha Firewalker]

Whatever, I'm still reporting them. Maybe they'll learn not to behave like jerks and stop boarding peoples ships without permission.

[Rose Darkpaine]

You cannot control stowaways by ignore unless they are stalking you. They can click on you before you board your ship on the docks or beach on the sly. When you are safely on your ship.. voila'..... they hit the go to button and proceed to make your life junky.

[Angel]

I saw walk the plank. Its a piraty thing to do!! Now I dont mind a stowaway, as long as they dont get rude or tell me to F Off. Plus if they ask, hey, I'll crew u!! I've had a guy on teh next ship ask if he could join, hes now a good friend on my F list. Its all in the manner it was approached.

JUMPERS NOT WELCOME!!!

[Starfury]

If someone hops onto my ship without asking I'll be annoyed. IF they can shoot straight and follow orders at which ship to target then I'm ok with it....BUT when they're launching grappling hooks at the War Frigate bearing down on me I get annoyed. I'll run to the nearest landing place and TP away.

It would be nice to have a "walk the plank" option for stowaways available for the ship's Captain.

[Crazyguy36]

Just the other day, I had people shooting at multiple things. I had a lv 35 and a lv 15 coming after me, and I took both on with out getting hit. The whole I was fighting two ships at a time, and surpisingly, I didnt get hit a single time.