Hi,
The rowboat would come in handy many times and I think would be a great addition to the game.
When parking your ship near an island / shipwreck a lot of people accidentally drop the anchor way too far away/ or forget that they were meant to stop and don't want to ajust all sails and pull the anchor back up just to edge closer to the shore - and probably end up bottoming out on the shoreline. This results in a long and dangerous swim back to the ship whilst holding an item (chest/skull etc.)
So to counter this - once youve anchored, you could release a small rowing boat from the side/rear or perhaps even from inside the ship - into the water. Then, jump in there with your pals and row it to the shore- one player could row it themselves or 2 for a little more speed. Not fast enough however that it will take damage when hitting the shore - instead it would just scrape and stop.
Now you're on the island with your crewmates - you can ditch your rowboat and fully search the island - finding Crates, Chests, Skulls, Jewels, Kegs and all the goodies, drop it all in your rowboat and when your team are ready to leave - add an action to push the boat back out into the water (like when raising the anchor / adjusting sails - if your buddies help you it could be pushed a little faster) then once its floating again you can hop back in and row back to your ship's ladder to unload quickly - without the tedious job of slowly swimming back and forth and getting your ankles bitten by Jaws and his family.
This would also be incredibly useful when doing Merchant faction missions - when you need lots of different animals / when you have some rescource crates (Wood/Bananna and Cannonball) that you want to fill up. You could just throw all your rescource/pig crates chicken coops and snake baskets into the rowboat and row it to shore - saving 20 slow and steady trips back and forth. Now, you and your buddies can stay on the island as you collect all your many animals and goodies, then quickly and safely transport them all back to your ship in one run - without your animals drowning or being Jaws' dinner!
When you reach the side of your ship you can either transfer the goods by grabbing and jumping straight for the ladder, or just leave them in there and hoist the boat back up to where it was origionally stowed.
Perhaps the rowboat could take its own individual damage when hit with cannons and could drop off your ship mid battle - so if you did leave your goods on there, the enemy could possibly scoop it up and try hoist it onto their boat. I think the rowboat opens up many new opportunities to have fun or get the job done quicker (row boat stealth attacks, fishing if its added, quick looting etc.)
This concept could be optional and available to purchase as another ship upgrade - so you can buy the rowboat as a part of the ship customisation.
I wrote this post as hadn't heard it in detail anywhere else yet despite many peopke asking for it. Seems a no-brainer for a pirate game. I thought it was a great concept and that you guys could adapt and make it a really interesting as well as adding some more immersive realism to the game.
Really loving the game guys keep up the hard work cant wait for future updates!
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