New Event Type: Cannonball Run

  • Captain Arcanic
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    A truly piratical race!

    1. Poster displayed at each Outpost proclaiming the start time of today's race. NPCs all over the server talk about it too.

    2. At the designated start time, a White, cannonball shaped cloud appears over a random outpost or island. The first pirate there, finds an official NPC holding a ceremonial Golden Cannonball. Once they take it, a second, golden cannonball cloud appears over the finish outpost or island.

    3. The crew to turn in the cannonball by the designated time wins a suitably large pile of gold.

    Notes:

    • The cannonball is a physical thing. It must be carried. It floats. It glows brightly (hard to hide).
    • The ship of the crew carrying the cannonball automatically flies a glowing golden flag and a bright golden sail set.
    • Alliances gain nothing from a win, only the crew who holds the cannonball.

    Now let the mayhem begin! DO you race for the start or wait to pick off the golden crew on their way? Or do you race to the finish to try and pick them off there? Fighting other would-be cheaters along the way?

    thoughts?

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  • Bosun Rotrr
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    @captain-arcanic fantastic idea! Love it.

  • Qui3tCool
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    Neat ideas!

    I wish Rare would come up with a way for us all to vote on player ideas periodically. Then they take our ideas and would them into future Bilge Rats adventures. Could alternate community inspired ideas from the forums here with theirs. There are so many ideas that would make great homegrown adventures.

  • ClosingHare208
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    @captain-arcanic I'm sorry but this sounds a little like the hunger games

  • Captain Arcanic
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    @closinghare208 You mean that billion dollar book and movie franchise everyone loved and was so wildly successful? While I don't particularly see the resemblance, it doesn't hurt the idea.

    Since you said sorry, I'm guessing you don't like the concept. What about it in particular is off-putting?

  • ClosingHare208
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    @captain-arcanic the golden canon ball

  • O1dSchoolGamer

    @captain-arcanic Arrrrr. This idea be good. To all the scurvy that be participating... On the outpost they start from.. once the 'gun is fired', they need to push a button to be able to leave on the race. Otherwise certain pirates would have a head start. Pirates that are not entered in the race can still interfere but are not able to pick up the canonball. Ship spawns would have to be relatively close by to the action.. or at the island of the final destination.

  • Captain Arcanic
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    @o1dschoolgamer said in New Event Type: Cannonball Run:

    @captain-arcanic Arrrrr. This idea be good. To all the scurvy that be participating... On the outpost they start from.. once the 'gun is fired', they need to push a button to be able to leave on the race. Otherwise certain pirates would have a head start. Pirates that are not entered in the race can still interfere but are not able to pick up the canonball. Ship spawns would have to be relatively close by to the action.. or at the island of the final destination.

    Not really a need to "enter the race," to push any buttons, or even be present at the start of the race for that matter. Just get to the cannonball first, or steal the cannonball before it reaches the destination. Since it's a physical object that must be carried, you can't even take it with you on a mermaid or re-spawn with it somewhere else on the map. If your ship is sunk - too bad. Hope you can hang onto the cannonball until your friends get back with the ship - or cut off the pirates who took it.

    The beauty of this idea is that it doesn't require much in the way of new mechanics, a glowing cannonball, sail and flag cosmetics, a couple clouds in the sky, and a static race official at the start and end point.

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