Add Shallow waters / Shoals into the game?

@sharif-ali said in Add Shallow waters / Shoals into the game?:

I like this idea, could be a good opportunity for reefs/ underwater caves that you have to swim to and explore for chests and such. Could even have a new class of enemy that are exclusive to underwater caves: grotto dwelling fish men!

Great idea!

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Good thinking! ^^

I've only watched gameplay on youtube but I saw a set of rocks sticking out the waater and as a galleon chased a sloop through them, the galleon got grunded, bounced around a bit and then slid backwards into deep water again. The sloop got through fine. I think theres some in there already but not sure how many. It would be a very nice tactical option to have them dottedaround as long as they're not too frequent. You don't want to always be able to rely on them or it will be too easy for sloops.

Some of them already exist in the game. I used one to escape some unfriendly pirates with a galleon who chased me.

@inbred-chimera

Nice. I was not aware that these already exist. I fully agree that there should not be too many of those areas.

Its hard to actually notice above the water but many islands, especially the small clusters have very shallow water where you can only get so close. Actually one or two of those clusters have water between two mini islands where it looks like you could sail through but you actually can't, def a game changer when making decisions on evasion.

Hello,

I like the idea except the bit about shallows only affecting galleons even though I mostly play with sloops. I also very much like @Sharif-Ali 's idea about adding more reefs/underwater caves.

Cheers,