MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

  • PoopdekJones
    Captain
    Insider

    I just picked up a green bottle in the sea:
    "By Order Of The MERCHANT ALLIANCE ye are hereby requested to collect 3 crates in the name of Serik from North Star Seapost by official order" blah blah blah.

    Guys. Kudos on thinking to put a Message In A Bottle in the game. 10 out of 10 for style, but not so much for clever thinking.

    When I think of a message in a bottle, I think of some poor swab, marooned on a remote island in the armpit of nowhere, making a last, desperate attempt to get someone's attention to affect a rescue. So, why can't we have that? Why not make it like and escort voyage?

    1. You find a bottle: "Help! My ship has been sunk by a horrible sea monster and I'm stranded on Fool's Lagoon. I'm out of food and at my wits end! Please help!"
    2. You sail to the island and find the swab. "Thank you SO MUCH for coming to my aid! If you can return me to Galleon's Grave, I'll gladly reward you for your efforts!"
    3. Sail for the destination, taking pains to protect the swab. Success yields a suitable reward.

    Idk. I haven't given it a lot of thought- my crew is waiting for me to get back to the game. lol Cheers!

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  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    I don't think many will stick with it but I do think it would be a significant improvement for the environment.

    It would be cool to have rng meg bottle quests, essentially a bounty set for the chaos caused by a bloodthirsty meg

  • LordQulex
    Captain

    Yea, I don't see the Merchant Alliance being the type to hurl an order into the sea and hope for the best... And with Pirate's Life we know that putting an NPC on your ship is in the code someplace (he could even fire the cannon). It would be a fun add.

  • Nitroxien
    Captain
    Insider

    @wolfmanbush this is a 10/10 suggestion right here. Fixes quests in a bottle and meg spawns.

  • BBoaBrim
    Rogue

    It would be awesome if we, the players, were able to write messages and through them into the sea, just to see who responds. However, probably not a good idea as it’ll be open to abuse. 🤣

  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    @pumpa-cat said in MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE:

    It would be awesome if we, the players, were able to write messages and through them into the sea, just to see who responds. However, probably not a good idea as it’ll be open to abuse. 🤣

    I think at this point in the game's history we can make it over that hurdle.

    pet names, ship names, we've made it through

    do people use it inappropriately? sure, and people have faced the consequences for it, overall I think it's offered more QoL than created damage.

    Implement a quality filter that aims to prevent the serious inappropriate language as well as known tricks to get around it and it'll be alright.

    People can already send each other messages, type in game, we already handle all that.

    Imo it would be worth it. I enjoy just reading people's ship names, I'd definitely enjoy participating in a message in a bottle scenario

  • BBoaBrim
    Rogue

    @wolfmanbush

    Yes, it’s a bit like the treasures that players can bury and then place on that mission board thingy. I’ve done some it these. Sometimes the treasure is worthless. Other times it’s something nice. 😄

  • Ghutar
    Legend
    Insider
    Founder

    @pumpa-cat thats brlliant idea, you cloud drop it into sea to randomly spawn bottle on eny island or drop it on dry land where its stand for X time.

  • PithyRumble
    Sailor
    Insider

    JUMP HERE

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