With as many sharks as there are, I think it would be a neat mechanic to have a bucket'o'fish guts to throw in the water to attract the sharks.
Say your crew is overboard getting loot, or investigating a wreck, and suddenly Jaws shows up with his buddies. Grab your chum bucket and toss it over the opposite side of the ship as bait and holler for your mateys to hurry up and get back on deck!
Might also be useful to deter boarding attempts via swimming!
What say ye salty dogs?!
@cheesehamburger I'd reckon that chum would draw the attention of more sharks, not distract the current ones. Sharks in their current state are way too easy to kill. They need a bump in aggressiveness, speed and damage.
@ecljpse lol
It's true, though. Sharks should be something to fear. Not something to ninjapirate kite and kill...
@shadowstrider-7 While I am not disagreeing with you... I have been in fights where tons of sharks have amassed, and boy it was like the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. I have died A LOT to sharks this session.
@ecljpse good lord that analogy lol...
I agree to that. The only time I die to sharks is if I'm alone and there are 5 or more. Then it's 50/50 lol
It's still too easy to kill them. They're slow and turn like a bus, allowing you to slash at will with the sword for swift kills.
@shadowstrider-7 My deaths normally are after we sank enemy crews and were trying to recover their loot. I think the more people in the water attract more sharks.
@ecljpse I always wondered if people were attracting them or if it's the treasure. We sank a sloop with 14 chests earlier after the two man crew aboard fired upon us. There were at least 15+ sharks. We sent 1 man in after the loot while the rest of us covered with gunfire and cannonade lol
@shadowstrider-7 said in [Item Idea] Chum Bucket:
@ecljpse lol
It's true, though. Sharks should be something to fear. Not something to ninjapirate kite and kill...
I agree. NPCs in general feel underpowered and weak, you simply do not feel threatened. Atleast I don't, anyway. Different tiers of sharks would add death. Tiger sharks being more aggresive, whereas smaller sharks are less damaging. A Great White that would take a lot of shots to take down, which could one shot you. Just a handful of ways in which Rare could improve the pve.
Great idea with the throwable 'chum'. Anything that would cost gold, with use, should be implemented. More ways to spend gold can't be grumbled at.
Attracting sharks would be great for helping to recover chests after sinking a ship. The winning ship is still there which gives them an advantage. It would also help repel boarders. If they introduced some sort of meat ration to couple with the banana I could see that being usable, maybe stored in a banquet plate on the captains table or something. A chum barrel on the lower decks wouldn't look out of place either (we already have the bucket). I'd love a more consistent way to blind people like the spew bucket too.
It has potential for griefing though. Imagine having a crew member that just threw chum in the water whenever you had to swim to an island.
Still, would love to see some form of chumming in the game.
