Let pets discover hidden tuckers for crew.

I would prefer their job to be something like going over and picking up random things on islands you get close to, like those bottles in the sand or gnaw on one of the skellies leg(out of a group of them) to slightly slow it down some.

not anything pvp related and wouldnt hurt other players that came after you.

@elderterdkin said in Let pets discover hidden tuckers for crew.:

I would prefer their job to be something like going over and picking up random things on islands you get close to, like those bottles in the sand or gnaw on one of the skellies leg(out of a group of them) to slightly slow it down some.

not anything pvp related and wouldnt hurt other players that came after you.

Just because it isn't an advantage in PvP directly doesn't mean it doesn't impact other players. PvE advantages speed up that part of the gameplay loop, which means you spend less time in a vulnerable state, which in an indirect way can have an impact on PvP. This is not the only way in which it would make an impact, depending on the type of advantage we're talking about for the PvE parts of the game.

So, no, there is not a single advantageous thing that pets should do for you. Like everything else in the Emporium, it should just be a cosmetic thing that gives no real gameplay value beyond having something cool to show off.

Anything else, in a game with multiple people playing in the same pool, is pay to win. There really is no other way to slice it up.

Nope, pay 2 win

Give everyone a stinky crab as pet free and it is no p2w
but i don´t think it is necessary atm

@mdawgbacon said in Let pets discover hidden tuckers for crew.:

@redeyesith said in Let pets discover hidden tuckers for crew.:

@elderterdkin said in Let pets discover hidden tuckers for crew.:

I would prefer their job to be something like going over and picking up random things on islands you get close to, like those bottles in the sand or gnaw on one of the skellies leg(out of a group of them) to slightly slow it down some.

not anything pvp related and wouldnt hurt other players that came after you.

Just because it isn't an advantage in PvP directly doesn't mean it doesn't impact other players. PvE advantages speed up that part of the gameplay loop, which means you spend less time in a vulnerable state, which in an indirect way can have an impact on PvP. This is not the only way in which it would make an impact, depending on the type of advantage we're talking about for the PvE parts of the game.

So, no, there is not a single advantageous thing that pets should do for you. Like everything else in the Emporium, it should just be a cosmetic thing that gives no real gameplay value beyond having something cool to show off.

Anything else, in a game with multiple people playing in the same pool, is pay to win. There really is no other way to slice it up.

Would wearing really black/dark clothes be kinda pay to win cause it helps you tuck better?

No, you can get those in game without needing to do it in the Emporium, in fact you can't "Pay to Win" on these as no amount of Ancient Coins will get you these items as they are just part of the core game. Having something tied to an item that is only available in the Emporium makes it pay to win. The Emporium is directly intended to be a premium service that is based around real currency.

Yes, you can earn Ancient Coins from an Ancient Skeleton. The rate at which one can do this is not reasonable enough to consider things in the Emporium not pay to win. It is essentially unreasonable to think that a statistically significant number of players will be able to simply earn themselves a free pet. Even if they can manage it, they are forced to play at a disadvantage for a significant time compared to anyone willing to shell out the real world currency.

Things that you can only access directly by playing the game (see anything that costs Gold or Doubloons since these can't be purchased) is not a pay to win system. This is known, at best, as play to win which is never seen as much of a problem within the community.

Additionally, black clothing is really not needed to accomplish tucks. I wouldn't even say it makes it easier. I wear a few Legend items that freaking glow, and I tuck just fine on Ships. The honest reality of tucking success boils down to most Pirates not being observant of their own surroundings. This is obvious when you glow in the dark and still watch people walk by you repeatedly on their Ship.

I get it, you don't like horizontal progression and want some form of vertical progression that provides you with a direct advantage over another player to be something this game features. There is a small subset of the community that shares that opinion. However, from what I have seen, there is a much larger part of the community against this idea as well as the game developers themselves.

So, generally speaking, while this certainly applies as a "Feedback/Suggestion" it is also one that is what I would describe as unreasonable. Of course I expect further push back on this, as certain things with this game just get argued exhaustively, but I think I've said everything worth saying on my end here so I'm probably done with this thread in an effort to not keep bumping it and taking up space on the front page with something that has no real place in a game of this design style.

@mdawgbacon what NO wah NOO YOU BABOON lol
that isn’t pay to win because everyone can get it within couples hour of voyaging, I’m not even going to give you an proper meaning of pay to win, you can look that up

@mdawgbacon my Deep apologies, I’m am sorry

@budmaniak said in Let pets discover hidden tuckers for crew.:

Here's my idea. Yay or nay. As we all know, pets are cool but they are only for decoration. If we could give pets one single job, it would be the most important job, they can cross-reference who is a crew member of their owner's crew and when they come into contact with a non-crewmember or non-alliance member then they have a new behavior that notifies the rest of the crew. Maybe the monkeys start freaking out, maybe the cats start hissing, maybe the dogs think it's a new person to play with, maybe the parrots say "there's a tucker." Essentially, they could help players find tuckers on their ships.

Definitely not. Thats just a noob blanket for somebody who isnt checking their ship,

I still want a Baboon that says I are Baboon.

If you didn’t have to pay for pets this would be a great idea. The pets of other crews already lay down with me in most cases when I’m tucking so it really is a matter of how much you’re paying attention. If you didn’t have to pay for the dogs I think it would be fun for them to help you sniff out dig spots xD