SEEING SHIPS ON THE MAP AND HOW IT COULD BE BETTER

It works fine as is.

If you don't want to show on the map you can choose not to fly the reaper flag, join an emissary, or pick up the reaper chests. These are all optional. You can't show up on other map tables without opting in.

It's a much cleaner system than monitoring ship speed. Your idea would require many more updates to every other ship whenever the speed changes on any of the flagged ships, which means more network traffic, which means more lag.

@d3adst1ck i def wouldnt pretend to know how much work would go into any idea but it doesn't have to be about speed just if the sail is all the way up. like how they play a sound if you get full wind in all sails why cant they just know if the sail is 100% up whether ship is gliding to a stop or not. but again idk anything about technical side.

as far as opting in i suppose that is true. i got the impression this was supposed to take over from basically level 15 til level 75 of how you level up your stuff but i guess you could not get the bonus. i wonder how slow it would be 50 to 75.

if it turns out to not be much impact on the game i guess you could ignore it but seems like its gona be a big part of the game going forward so i think its ok to talk about how it could be altered if need be.

@supersnipper60 thats true i just wonder 2 things 1. how long does it take to become reaper V and 2. how hard will it be/how much of the game fun/content would you be forfeiting if you just didnt use it as an acceptable way around being seen.

@supersnipper60 if it takes a good while to get reaper V then i guess its ok to allow full sight and it should be up to others to take em out as the huge threat they are.

i been watching some streams too and seems harder for them as reapers to row sneak and if they do their ship is GLOWING on the map waiting to be attacked while they are off doing fun cool sneaky assassin stuff. and while it would be cool to be a evil mega force on the seas another thing i saw was a grade V reaper just attacked endlessly by regular ships til they had to leave haha. i think they should have a chance to rest, stock up and be invisible on the map if not moving as well.

its new in the end so time will tell better, just thinking out loud.

@supersnipper60 ya, or maybe its fair for them to burn bright and fight out to the end. i just still wish there was a possibility for sneaky plays for them i mean they are wearing assassin clothes! haha. also do you know if they get points for killing other reapers? if thats true they may cannibalize theirselves more often than not

@supersnipper60 @JoeShilabotnik2
I think he is concerned about murderous pirates having a gps to his location while he is on the island hunting pigs and digging chests haha. which i think is pretty fair. i dont really like the idea of ppl knowing where you are parked. even something more subtle like a marker that says how many emissaries are in each region. thatd give you an idea where they are but not exact satelite spot haha.