A way to send yourself to the Ferry of the Damned

I think this idea is necessary, I've been stuck a couple of times before.
But I'd make there's like a timer on it.
So like when you activate it you have to spend like 2 minutes on the ferry or something.

Agreed completely with the OP. Another thing I’d like to add, however, is that if you are holding treasure when this happens, that the treasure spawns out away from where you were stuck. I’ve had a few instances where the treasure falls in the location you were stuck, and then there is no possible way to pick it up again. Maybe it’s not possible, but that would be nice : p

@starquest This is great. A few times i have raised this idea (admittedly not for a "self killing" mechanic though). The sheer amount of times we use and see that dagger it really should have other skin options.

Absolutely. This would allow you to get unstuck without being a mechanic people could abuse for PVP. First day in Devil's Roar I was duo slooping, we both ran off a cliff and fell into am inescapable hole on Scorched Pass. No way to brig each other out. We had to one at a time leave and reinvite each other, however as I was loading in for ages my crewmate got the pleasure of watching a volcano heat seek our ship to death from a square or so away.

I would like a "suicide button" for situation like that and for roleplay, of course. But I think will never happen...

We need this

Why not bypass the ferry of the damned and use the mermaids instead to return to the ship when you find yourself stuck? This would be faster and easier, and uses a mechanic that's already in the game. Obviously the mermaids wouldn't show up on land, but the devs could keep with the theme of the game by allowing pirates to be able to summon "mermaid powers" to return to their ship.

@madame-c I think the point was when your stuck in the rocks or in a spot you can't get out of, but the game won't respawn you on your ship. I like the idea, but I don't know if it really happens enough (maybe 3 times total for me since playing) to justify a button for this. I think its more reporting the stuck locations so it can be looked at and fixed instead.

EDIT: sorry misread your post a bit initially, as I thought you meant just going to the mermaid rather than their "power"

@muzackmann Yes, I agree with you that there's probably no justification for it. Like yourself, I recall being stuck between rocks just once. It's probably more effective to report the location so it can be fixed rather than to re-work the system so that players can respawn to their ship. And like @PersonalC0ffee mentioned, a mechanic added to become unstuck could (and probably will) be used beyond its intended purpose.

@madame-c It's what gamers do. Give them an inch and they will find God mode somehow. But at least if we keep people reporting these things then it will make it better for everybody.

this would be abused even with a cooldown. It would be like an instant mermaid.

What they need is an "unstuck" mechanic that is an emote that teleports you in a few feet of the compass direction you choose. I can't stand the mechanic that teleports you back to your ship if you trip on a rock or stub your toe. I wish they'd take that out all together.

Some great ideas and valid points! Abuse of game mechanics is definitely something that needs awareness. I feel however being on the Ferry really gives no edge especially since it takes a solid minute to respawn on the Xbox with a long black loading screen after going through the door.

Also some sort of time penalty is a good idea for choosing to go to the Ferry.

Or another mechanic as was suggested a mermaid walks up asking if you wish to return to your ship.

I feel this would be a more quality of life improvement to help those unfortunate enough to become trapped.

@k1lroyw4sh3r3 said in A way to send yourself to the Ferry of the Damned:

Or another mechanic as was suggested a mermaid walks up asking if you wish to return to your ship.

um, that's not how mermaids work...

@k1lroyw4sh3r3

Aye.. the same thing with me in the DR.
Never thought I would say this... but thankfully on both occasions the Volcano killed me.
They were both spots, I would have thought, I should have never got stuck in either, hey-ho!

I've been wedged and stuck once in the geometry but fortunately a barrel skellie came and saved me. yesterday I couldn't use X to do any action and had to kill myself to fix.

@k1lroyw4sh3r3 Not a bad idea.
There have been a couple of times I seen someone get stuck in a tree and the only way we freed them was to blow them up.

A few times we had to kill ourselves because of some order of souls bug were the skeletons wouldn't spawn, we could hear the music but no skellies. We then would kill ourselves and when we got back they would be up. Having a faster way to die would be a plus instead of having to wait to drown.