Idea for Horizontal Pirate Skill Sliders

  • Captain Arcanic
    Master
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    So when I see a big brute pirate, I picture him slightly slower, but able to take a little more damage than the skinny guy with the weaselly eyes.

    I'd love the ability for all pirates to adjust their skills on a slider. Ideally this would tie into what your pirate looks like, but I don't see how we could retro that and keep it all even.

    SPEED (----------()---------) TOUGHNESS
    POWER (----------()---------) AIM

    SPEED: Your base land and water speed when NOT carrying loot.
    TOUGHNESS: How much damage you can take before you die.
    POWER: How much damage you do with the cutlass (melee weapons).
    AIM: How much damage you do with guns.

    There might be other Yin/Yang combos, but these are the ones that strike me offhand.

    It would be awesome tactics to see a brute and KNOW he was gonna dish out the hurt in hand-to-hand, so you better get Gunny to take him at range. Or to see the enemy making a run for their ship and know you had to send little N*d Swift after them before they got away with your loot.

    Thoughts?

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  • Ve111a
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    @captain-arcanic said in Idea for Horizontal Pirate Skill Sliders:

    So when I see a big brute pirate, I picture him slightly slower, but able to take a little more damage than the the skinny guy with the weaselly eyes.

    I'd love the ability for all pirates to adjust their skills on a slider. Ideally this would tie into what your pirate looks like, but I don't see how we could retro that and keep it all even.

    SPEED (----------()---------) TOUGHNESS
    POWER (----------()---------) AIM

    SPEED: Your base land and water speed when NOT carrying loot.
    TOUGHNESS: How much damage you can take before you die.
    POWER: How much damage you do with the cutlass (melee weapons).
    AIM: How much damage you do with guns.

    There might be other Yin/Yang combos, but these are the ones that strike me offhand.

    It would be awesome tactics to see a brute and KNOW he was gonna dish out the hurt in hand-to-hand, so you better get Gunny to take him at range. Or to see the enemy making a run for their ship and know you had to send little N*d Swift after them before they got away with your loot.

    Thoughts?

    They don't want this and want everyone on a level playing field.

  • Captain Arcanic
    Master
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    It would be level, because everyone would have the opportunity, and being better in one makes you worse in the opposite.

    Just like using a blunder gives you scatter but sacrifices the range of an EoR.

    Nothing here that improves with experience or time playing.

  • Captain Arcanic
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    The slider could work each time you logged on the server, and your pirate's body type could change to match! Facial features and skin color stay the same, but your girth and muscle tone change? Even your height a little. That would be fun.

    Uhh, Anyone else notice the Cap's been workin' out a lot lately?

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