I would love to see 8 man Gallion party options. The gallion has 8 cannons, and you still need to man the helm, adjust the sails, and repair the ship battling in open seas. So 8 men can easily have their hands full with jobs on the ship.
Think of the adventures that could happen with this!
Obviously to balance the game their would have to be special big crew servers to allow this because I know many would say this would not be fair to the slops out there.
Hate to be a Debbie Downer, but then galleons would never sink,, too many people repairing, firing cannons, repelling boarders/boarding. It'd become a long war of attrition and every fight would come down to who has the most resources, not who has the better crew. You'd have to make a larger ship with more opportunities to sink it and more responsibilities for the crew if you want 8 man boats
@toasty-gbg Don't the current servers each have less than 20 players max? If you have an 8 man galleon, you would only have 2 full galleons max. Doesn't sound like much fun. Increasing the max number would also present new and worsen current issues.
@j-husky28 said in 8 Man Gallion:
Hate to be a Debbie Downer, but then galleons would never sink,, too many people repairing, firing cannons, repelling boarders/boarding. It'd become a long war of attrition and every fight would come down to who has the most resources, not who has the better crew. You'd have to make a larger ship with more opportunities to sink it and more responsibilities for the crew if you want 8 man boats
Your right the boat mechanics would need to be adjusted so they will sink easier. But only slightly. Imagine 4 new holes in your ship for however fast you can reload a cannon. Not to mention fighting off the ones that board you.
I think the only adjustment would not limit the amount of water coming in where 2 men could infinitely nail out the water without repairing.
@toasty-gbg my vote is for 6 player crews max. But a change to the ship damage system would need to be put in so galleons aren’t unsinkable.
@marine-rookie
they have a maximum of 6 ships now, if its all 4 man-galleons that means 24 players.
i think they could go much higher (like 10-12 ships maybe), but there would be too many encounters with others then.
But i like the idea of having split server pools for big and small crews, even though i wouldn't change the existing one.
leave it as it is, but add the option for big-crew-server... where u can go with a 5-6 man galleon or have 2 sloops with 2players each as a team...
@marine-rookie said in 8 Man Gallion:
@toasty-gbg Don't the current servers each have less than 20 players max? If you have an 8 man galleon, you would only have 2 full galleons max. Doesn't sound like much fun. Increasing the max number would also present new and worsen current issues.
You did not read my full post or you would have seen that I said there were be big crew servers for this.
@j-husky28
but... what you're describing right now is the current state...
Of 2 galleons (with decent crews), the one with more supplies wins. I mean... supplies gotta be good for something, right?
But this situation hardly ever happens. There's always one evil knievel in one crew, who decides the battle one way or the other :D
And this would be same thing with more people. Maybe on 8player-crew servers, the repairs could take more time or something like that.
@twitchtv-mohky said in 8 Man Gallion:
@marine-rookie
they have a maximum of 6 ships now, if its all 4 man-galleons that means 24 players.i think they could go much higher (like 10-12 ships maybe), but there would be too many encounters with others then.
But i like the idea of having split server pools for big and small crews, even though i wouldn't change the existing one.leave it as it is, but add the option for big-crew-server... where u can go with a 5-6 man galleon or have 2 sloops with 2players each as a team...
Yes, I also like the idea of having 2 slops for a team of 4-6 that way you can be the admiral of a fleet!
@toasty-gbg I think you were the one who didn't read my friend. In your last sentence you suggested making new "special big crew servers" to accommodate the increased number per galleon. I replied saying that this would "present new and worsen current issues." Please read before you post.
@toasty-gbg said in 8 Man Gallion:
I would love to see 8 man Gallion party options. The gallion has 8 cannons, and you still need to man the helm, adjust the sails, and repair the ship battling in open seas. So 8 men can easily have their hands full with jobs on the ship.
Think of the adventures that could happen with this!Obviously to balance the game their would have to be special big crew servers to allow this because I know many would say this would not be fair to the slops out there.
This is a joke thread right? lol. 8 man galleon is way too ridiculous. 4 players max.
@marine-rookie said in 8 Man Gallion:
@toasty-gbg I think you were the one who didn't read my friend. You suggested making new "special servers" in your last sentence to accommodate the increased number per galleon. I replied saying that this would "present new and worsen current issues." Please read before you post.
Your right I'm sorry I did not see that last part, but I don't know what you mean by "worsen current issues"
