Rowboats (in-depth)

  • NMR6609
    Ship Mate

    I think it would be helpful to give the bigger ships and option to use a dingy or rowboat. The galleons cannot get a*s close to islands or outposts as easily as sloops. That makes it difficult to transport large amounts of loot efficiently. If we had a dingy we could put a few chests or skulls on it and bring it to a ship or island reducing the long swims back and forth from your boat to shore. To keep the sharks relevant they should also be able to sink the rowboat after a few unrepaired bites. The mechanics to get it on and off the ship and shore should also be similar to those of raiding the anchor where crewmembers could work together to push or lower the dingy into the water and put it back onto the ship

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  • cloudedmonkey
    Master
    Insider
    Founder

    Great ideas yo!
    It's in the intro video they said was supposed to have everything in the game. I whole heartedly expected Rowboats to be in the game along with the Spears lying about everywhere.
    Also would love to spend gold on/earn new paddles and paintjobs!

  • TyrantSyn

    Could also be interesting as a last ditch effort to grab your loot and try to make a run for it when your ship is going down too. Probably wouldn't have much of a chance but still could make some laughable water-cooler moments for sure.

  • MermaidMimsy
    Marauder

    Sharks should be allowed to take chunks out of the ship "Animation" so that it looks really cool and scary, I think people have to row this and you have to have two people in one to actually row it and must work together like X Y X Y X Y to go forward. If you do X X Y X X Y you will go in a circle. (Xbox controller)

  • AngryCoconut16

    @nmrawesome5 An interesting idea allowing sharks to bit the rowboat... not sure how I feel about that personally, perhaps for long journeys yes, the same as swimming, but for going from galleon to shore there should never be sharks trying to attack you... but if you go on your rowboat and row a really long distance, then yea, sharks attacking is a nice idea :)

  • AngryCoconut16

    @crescenttide Yes! Nice idea! If one person rows too much then the boat turns hahaha :D You can row by yourself too, and you will go in a straight line, but it's slower (but still faster than swimming) but two people in time can move even faster then that.

  • Moomintroll
    Master
    Insider

    I’d love rowing boats, and I’d love for the sharks to be a bit more of a threat sometimes. The sea is too safe most of the time...

  • Snail Satan

    I actually like the idea of moving cargo this way. Makes the drop off a little more interactive and would likely help drive immersion. Not to mention the dingy shenanigans that would inevitably ensue...

  • AngryCoconut16

    @moomintroll Thing is, I think more stuff will be added anyway :) there has been talk of hostile mermaids, and i'm sure new bosses will be, the sharks are a fairly big threat at the moment anyway and they hurt!!

    The kraken isn't bad but I think it should be more aggressive

  • Moomintroll
    Master
    Insider

    @angrycoconut16 Yeah, I agree - the bad mer-people should be great when they turn up, and when two sharks turn up it can get very exciting!

  • AngryCoconut16

    @moomintroll I've had three sharks at one time -.- Plus I was sunk, grabbed a gunpowder barrel and tried to approach the enemy ship, it wasn't even too far away, and BAM SHARK! So the enemies knew I was there. Damn shark ratted me out :(

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