What if you could build and design your own ship?
Has anyone played Crossout? That game has a fantastic system that allows players to build their own vehicles for PvP combat. You decide how to build your frame, where to put the wheels, where to place weapons, how to center your weight and how much armor you'll have. This is balanced by only allowing X amount of items to be placed on the vehicle at a certain level. Each item you add also adds weight which slows you down. Every weapon requires X amount of energy and you only have so much to work with.
What it does is it creates a very personalized vehicle that you use in PvP.
What if SoT had something similar? A player would be able to choose how many sails they have, but there is only so much room to place them. They could decide where to place their cannons and every cannon adds a significant amount of weight that slows the ship down. Want to go faster? You need more sails. Want more armor? It'll add weight.
Until you reach higher reputation levels you could only add X amount of items to your ship.
This would encourage players to level up with the factions, would personalize their ships with near infinite customization, would expand PvP tactics since ships would be highly varied, and it would reward players who build a sea worthy ship that meets their play style.
If you haven't played Crossout, check it out. It's free on the XBox store.
