Pass time while sailing

I'm down

Have not really found to good of a game to play with the dice emote tbh so hope this would be better. Not sure how it would work though and if it would be too much work for too little reward.

Don't want Rare to have a massive undertaking developing this.

Fishing.

Paying attention to the sea.

Managing ship.

Pass time :p

I suggest making up your own Dice games if you have an Closed Crew you feel also would like a minigame to play.

For fast rounds try Roll a d6 and rule:
-get a 1 your marooned. (lose the round)
-get a 6 you mutiny. (kick a crewmember of your choice out of the round)
-last one in wins the round.

Have fun sailing into rocks.

I'd like to see this added, not every crew has to be paying full attention to the ship at all times, for example my own crew can set going in a direction and then everyone just get's on their phone until the wind changes or something interesting happens. As long as the game can be saved in between getting up from the playing table, I don't see why not. If your crew is lazy and you can't manage something yourself, that's for you to dispute with your crew, the game's goal is for people to have fun

Fishing.

Paying attention to the sea.

Managing ship.

Pass time :p

Meanwhile only one of those is actually "fun" the rest is a chore at best

I tend to notice travel time is more of a problem on a Sloop than a Brigantine, so maybe the Sloop is too slow?

I kEep gEtTiNg AtTaCkEd OuTtA nOwHeRe!

-you after getting attacked

I can see the Reddit posts already! "We were all below deck playing cards and got attacked out of nowhere and lost all our loot, this games sucks!"

Introducing 'idle' games, would only increase the annoyance for a lot of players, instead of paying 50% attention, they'd suddenly be on 0%.

I'm against mini games as such above. This isn't to say that I'm against the introduction of new activities. I would just prefer actual activities that contribute to the voyage not give players an excuse to leave all the sail-work to one person.

I essentially want fishing like activities. Activities that provide something to be used to accomplish in game goals. Fish provides a food item and can be sold or eaten. I want productive activities, not time wasters.

Anyone who says "we need minigames to pass the time while sailing" doesn't understand how to make the most out of sailing. You could be adjusting sails, navigating, on lookout duty, fishing and cooking, or playing music. Heck you could even cannon yourself over to small islands to fill your pockets with resources.

How about:

• keeping a proper bow watch (for ships, rocks, shipwrecks, barrels of plenty, and kegs in the water)
• jumping off to barrels, shipwrecks and islands for supplies
• keeping the sails in the wind
• practicing jump lunges
• fishing
• if truly nothing else to do, play a shanty

Too often, people seem to forget they are a ships crew

People here are acting like if you don't keep an eye out every second you're going to immediately sink. Are you telling me you've never had a voyage where you need to go to an island, you have a clear direction and you're just against the wind? No amount of "keeping sails in the wind" is going to change that.

Rocks don't just appear out of nowhere. Most of the time you can set a course and just sail and you won't hit anything. Constant wheel adjustments aren't necessary.

A lot of people are saying you should fish instead, as if that doesn't also limit your view and distract the player instead of "managing" the ship.

As far as playing a shanty goes, while enjoyable at times, it is just holding down 1 button. Not much of a time passer.

Tools not rules as the devs says. If people get sunk while playing card games below deck it's on them. And if your crew prioritises card games over managing the ship when necessary, you should pick up a better crew.