@ktingaling said in Resource barrel emote, become one with the environment !:
However, a little suggestion is that you could hide in empty barrels...
I like this idea.
Everything goes dark, but you can hear (and they can hear you too if you're not quiet).
If they suspect you, they can attack the barrel with a hitmarker giving you away. If they look into it, their inventory menu will show the reaper's mark (as well as all of your own inventory's supplies, which they can potentially grab) and they'll have to exit quickly, giving you the element of surprise; from your perspective, you'll see the darkness pull away with a bright bloom effect and you'll be looking up out of the barrel in 1st-person.
If they kill you while you're inside the barrel, you'll lose all of the supplies you were carrying, which will stay in the barrel.
Hold jump (A) to climb in; hold cancel (B) to climb out.
For balance reasons, and to maintain stealth, you will not be able to attack while in the barrel or get into one while carrying loot. In addition, it could even have a timer before automatically ejecting you (after all, it is cramped in there) forcing it to only be used for shorter scenarios (although you could climb back in). Alternatively, an auto-sound, like a cough, could occur randomly on occasion (it's cold and damp in those barrels) to add heightened risk to those who may be hiding.
Using this method to hide from sharks using floating barrels in open water or from pursuing pirates on an island could be a lot of fun.
@galactic-geek I like it !
I think emote barrel and climing inside barrels should both be a thing !
So you'd be able not only to hide inside empty barrles but if enemy doesn't see that extra barrel you can hide in your own portable one.
I seriously can't wait to laugh my buttcheeks off seeing some sneaky action with barrels
I actually don't like the idea of a barrel emote, because it would be a dead giveaway to seasoned pirates. Using what's already in place though (such as an empty barrel)? No emote required! It's balanced for all players and gives a disadvantage to the galleon, which has all of those otherwise useless barrels belowdecks.
I don't like the idea of a barrel emote, but hiding inside empty barrels that already exist in the world sounds like fun.
The way I envision this working:
The player inside the barrel would have no visibility (black screen or dimmed screen) with game audio, but would be able to peak outside by slightly lifting the barrel lid. Occupied barrels would look identical to unoccupied ones, however you'd see the lid cracked open when a player is peaking out the lid.
The player inside the barrel could rotate the lid around in order to look all around the barrel, and the crack in the lid would follow their line of sight. you could literally watch a barrel lid move around as a player is peaking around. idk sounds like an interesting addition that many players might fail to notice if in a hurry.
@galactic-geek
It' would be also viable in different spots on islands as well as an emote, and not just in those set places !
Plus give it a little bit of moving capabilities (slow movement) and it's a magnificent add to the game!
Dead giveaway ?? what does that mean ?
Disatvantage ?? it's harder to spot ? nonsense ! An extra barrel is noticible to every experienced pirate, c'mon ! (adds to the learning curve witch is extra points in my book)
@instatikz Seasoned pirates have learned where most of the typical barrels are - so, if they see 4 where there should be 3, it's a dead giveaway.
Galleons have all of those "fake" barrels on their bottom deck that the brigantine and sloop don't really have. If those ever become usable, boarders will have the advantage.
Emotes aren't generally supposed to greatly effect gameplay outside of social interaction. Your barrel emote idea would be actual interaction.
@ktingaling said in Resource barrel emote, become one with the environment !:
I think it gives the game too much a loneytunes-level..
But firing yourself out of cannons is ok?
