My Idea for Sailing

[Davy]

I think the entire ship interface needs to be changed.

NOTE: Everything contained in this thread IS NOT what is in the game now, but rather a proposal for POTCO to consider.



Ships speed ratings:

Light Sloop: 200 speed points.
Light Galleon: 100 speed points.
Light Frigate: 150 speed points.

Mid Size Sloop: 350 speed points.
Mid Size Galleon: 200 speed points.
Mid Size Frigate: 275 speed points.

War Sloop: 500 speed points.
War Galleon: 400 speed points.
War Frigate: 450 speed points.


Here are the maneuverable ratings for each ship:

Light Sloop: 100 maneuver points.
Light Galleon: 60 maneuver points.
Light Frigate: 50 maneuver points.

Mid Size Sloop: 125 maneuver points.
Mid Size Galleon: 75 maneuver points.
Mid Size Frigate: 60 maneuver points.

War Sloop: 200 maneuver points.
War Galleon: 150 maneuver points.
War Frigate: 145 maneuver points.


Here are the hit point ratings for each ship.

Light Sloop: 10 hit points.
Light Galleon: 25 hit points.
Light Frigate: 20 hit points.

Mid Size Sloop: 50 hit points.
Mid Size Galleon: 80 hit points.
Mid Size Frigate: 80 hit points.

War Sloop: 80 hit points.
War Galleon: 120 hit points.
War Frigate: 140 hit points.


Sails have the same amount of hit points as the hulls. If a ship has 4 sails (mast poles), the amount of hit points is divided among the sails.


Cannonball hit rates:

Round Shot:

Basic single-dot does 1 hit point of damage. Every 2 skill points added do an added 1 hit point of damage.

Chain Shot: Only effective against sails.

Does same amount of damage as round shot. Each skill point added does an extra hit point of damage.

Grape Shot: Same as what it is currently, only effective against crew or the Kraken.

Firebrand:

Does same amount of damage as round shot. Has same skill point : damage ratio as chain shot. Sets a ship on fire for 20 seconds, unless it sinks. Does 1 hit point of damage for every 10 seconds a ship is on fire.

Lightning Bolt:

Does 3 hit points of damage. Every added skill point adds 1 hit point of damage to the total damage hit points.

Explosive:

Automatically sinks a ship, no matter where on the ship it hits, and no matter how many hit points of damage a ship's hull has. If the explosive hits the sails, it automatically knocks down ALL sails of that ship.

Fury:

Does 2 hit points of damage. Every skill point added does 1 extra hit point of damage.


Ships:

Basic Access members should be able to purchase any light class ship.

Light Sloop: 100 gold. Light Galleon: 200 gold. Light Frigate: 300 gold.

Unlimited Access members:

Sailing Level 5 = Access to Mid Size ships. Sloop: 1,000 gold. Galleon: 2,000 gold. Frigate: 3,000 gold.

Sailing Level 10 = War ships. War Sloop: 10,000 gold. War Galleon: 20,000 gold. War Frigate: 30,000 gold.

Sailing Level 15 = Customizable ships. Customizable ships I will not go into, the POTCO staff can figure that out.

Sailing Level 20 = All ships 10% off price.

Sailing Level 25 = All ships 25% off price.




Hope you guys like this, and most of all, I hope the POTCO staff like it!

[Chris]

i have to agree with that except price cuts i like the war being expensive bc then there arent that many out there this way not every pirate in the caribbean will sial there war frig, or gal, or sloop also i already paid my full price so if they cut i want my money back!!!

[john edgefury]

i like the current system better but the customizing of ships sounds good

[Isaiah Sailbane]

yh the customizing of ships is good
i think u should report it to the staff
=)

[AR_FiberNeoPirate]

hey, um, what do people mean by 'graphic cards?' See, your ship detail ideas reminded me of one of the ways to get on. (including more detail graphics )
but anyway, ill continue on later

[CrimsonRabbit]

You appear to favor War Galleons most of all since they seem to have faster percentage gains vs. the other ships. I like the current system, it's the only reason I pay to play. Works great for me. You didn't mention anything about the broadsides ratings...that's how I sink the majority of ships.

[Diego Birmingham]

Originally Posted by AR_FiberNeoPirate

hey, um, what do people mean by 'graphic cards?' See, your ship detail ideas reminded me of one of the ways to get on. (including more detail graphics )
but anyway, ill continue on later

Graphics cards are the chips in your computer dedicated to visual processing and output, including dedicated memory (ram). Sometimes built into the motherboard, but usually an insertable "card" that plugs into your motherboard (look at the place where you monitor connects to your computer). The chipsets on a card can be customized for different uses--gaming, playing & editing video, etc.

[League]

I have other ideas for ship interfaces. I'll make a seperate thread about those. Yours are generally good ideas though.