Ship PVP - It's Here

[Davy]

Yes, ship PVP is in POTCO now!

Though it has not been put into the game and made public yet, the staff are planning it and probably testing it. The next time you go sailing and are captaining a ship, hold down the button that has ~ and ` on it. Now you see - ship PVP is coming; soon.

[Chris]

sweet! i cant wait for ship PvP to come out

[Davy]

It's gonna be fun! My guild will be good in it. We have a lot of sailing masters and high level cannoneers. We also have a gazillion War Frigates

[Silver Beard]

Originally Posted by Davy

It's gonna be fun! My guild will be good in it. We have a lot of sailing masters and high level cannoneers. We also have a gazillion War Frigates

*coughcough* I"m on your side...remember?

[AdmiralSavvy]

Woot! Woot! Woot! That's all I can say.

[Angel]

I was told the ~ was a residue from back when the PvP still was in game play. Lets hope it is coming back, cause I would like to test it out.....And Davy, we would love to PvP you guys!!

[Thrawn33]

Sweet, just mastered the cannon. Bring it on!!!!!

[Jim Callecrash]

and if u shoot another ship it shows the name of the ship up top

[Kat Sheffield]

Originally Posted by Angel

I was told the ~ was a residue from back when the PvP still was in game play. Lets hope it is coming back, cause I would like to test it out.....And Davy, we would love to PvP you guys!!

I don't know about that one. The '~' has been my hot key to activate my mic on TeamSpeak. And I never saw that PVP menu-thingie show up before until after the April Update. So here's hoping that we're one step closer! And I'm really hoping that they do the PVP right. That ships can go one on one and that we can do fleet battles as well. Ooh, I see a whole new guild night in our futures! Although, most likely our distant future to fall in with the June update that people are talking about. But hey, that's still pretty close.

[Leon Sharkshot]

General Overview On Ship PVP:

Ship PVP? Regard myself as attending at a constant rate, for I will be. Ship PVP appears to be entertaining. Previous to this rather exhilerating installment there was no practical use for the Grapeshot Cannonball Skill and the Chainshot Cannonball Skill because the Regular Shot and Lightning Shot could execute all the operations Chainshot and Grapeshot could. Yet... they were more cost efficient. Pity I made the irrisponsible error of purchasing the Chain and Grapeshot... Regardless, at least I can justify my accidental purchase now.

The Downsides And Upsides w/ fixes:

I see some downsides to this. Soon, we could have a serious problem with "New Player Hunting" which we all know is high levels challenging low levels unfailrly. A possible fix to this is to either average out the player's notoriety when fighting, or average out the players notoriety when fighting.

The reason I'm not suggesting only sending pvp requests out to players who are your level is simple. You should be able to fight anybody you want, at any time. By no means should we limit people. Want to fight your friends? Go right ahead. No fear of losing should swell inside you. Why? Average notoriety, average skills, and average cannon and sailing level! Yaaaaaaay!

I see upsides. I'm not completely "Oh noes this will never work!". Ship PVP will add a hint more fun to the aspect of pirates of the carribean. This can allow tighter friendships to be made and more friendships to be spawned. You can practice commanding crews and become more "sail n' cannon savvy" all at the same time. I can't wait for the initialization of the system.

In Conclusion:

PVP will be an interesting add on... depending on the options, requirments and game rules. I'm anticipating a change in level designation but I can't be sure until I get more information on the aspect. I'll try to stay well informed on this but It seems we're just going to have to wait on what they're doing with Ship PVP before any final statements are made.

-Leon Sharkshot-

[Crazyguy36]

I have a high sailing, cannon, and Im a good sailer/driver. Which means Im a good asset to any pvp team. Too bad i do my best when Im alone.

[Dr. Zeppers]

I have recently noticed what appears to be new damage models on the ships. Where I was previously seeing gaping holes that you could literally see through, although I still see those occasionally, it seems I see what appears to be more of the ships framework/structure as I take them down instead of gaping blank holes. This would seem to me to be further progress towards ship/ship pvp, or maybe my systems just woke up and started showing me something they werent before.


Zeppers Lvl40
http://pirates.teamofx.us

[Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III]

All that I have seen is when you shoot a ship and their health bar appears. This does not damage the ship though. Has this happened to anyone else?

[Angel]

Yeah, however I dont remember seeing it lately though. It was once they updated it, it started happening more.

[Speedway Master]

I'd rather do Ship PVP because ships dont move back and forth as crazy as some people in PVP that makes it impossible to get a hit on.