Add an Ice/Frozen Region to the map

  • jakkevda
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    In contradiction to the Devil's Roar, you could add a region with a frozen landscape.

    Digging treasure in frozen ground requires special equipment, eg.: gunpowder, special shovel or hamer to pound the ice before digging.
    Pirates should slide over icy land, so it would be difficult to run.
    Pirates could freeze if they don't warm by a fire or wear warm clothes or drink some Rum, you could carry a Grog chest with you?
    Islands could be hard to reach by boat unless you use an icebreaker (figurehead?), gunpowder a way trough the ice or slide over it.
    A sleigh could be used for transportation, just like the rowboat is used in the devil's roar.
    Blizzards could pop up, creating zero vissibility.
    A small story could be created about pirates who got lost and are stuck in the ice forever!
    It should have ice caves with stalactites!
    Skeletons should freeze a few seconds when you trow a bucket of water on them, so should players!
    Some regions could be reachable by crossing breakable ice, if it breaks, the player drops to death or in the water, freezing.
    The region should have a hammerhead shark!
    Maybe new animals to capture like Seals, pinguins...
    Frozen players should end up in an ice cube that could be broken by teammates to release the player from the icecube.

    All of this is very simular to last added region so it would fit perfectly into the game.

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  • kaetten

    @jakkevda Nice idea, no complains!

  • Captain Nicklas
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    @jakkevda I think that's an amazing idea. I really like the the suggestions in difficulty for the region. Hopefully someone from Rare will see this!

  • KiethBlackLion
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    I like the idea of a frozen area, maybe at the northern side of the map. Some of your suggestions, I think, might be a little too much for Rare to do and would hamper the game experience; ie players being turned into ice cubes, or having to wear warm clothes.

    Definitely would like the blizzards and maybe add some roaming icebergs.

  • Minhoca SoT
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    Just don't add Vikings, please!

  • jakkevda
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    @targasbr Yes, I agree, Vikings do NOT fit into the pirate theme at all. I saw the idea on a website and on the forum, a fan had even worked out the artwork. The artwork was great and i respect the effort he put in the designs, but i don't think it is suitable for the main idea of the game.

    Off course, if they would do it, they could create different regions with different backgrounds and atmospheres like Northmen from the north (Vikings), Something that falls under the crown from the East, a new world to the west (temples and jungle) and a dry region (dessert and savane) rich of gems and wildlife to the south with us pirates in the middle of all that. But that i a total different idea and probably not what they are reaching for.

  • jakkevda
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    @kaetten thanks!

  • jakkevda
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    @kiethblacklion Yes i know, the clothing thing is probably the least possible thing as it leans to much towards rpg stuff. The freezing inside a cube... i don't know about that, it's hard to imagine what is possible. However, just like now when you break your legs because of a cursed canon bal, you could "freeze" or delay movent for seconds from water and cold... off course not the same as freezing inside a cube but you get the idea.

  • Garbhchu
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    Oooh! Narwhals!! Giant, monstrous narwhals!

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  • jakkevda
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    @garbhchu cool!

  • Ktingaling
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    @jakkevda Awesome suggestion and well thought through :)

    Since the launch of Devils Roar, i assumed the next region would be frozen. But could not really think of any cool (see what i did there?) features..

  • jakkevda
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    @ktingaling lol, thanks.

  • Ruigtand NL
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    Well i dont like the overdone vulcano area because it reminds me of mordor and it looks depressing but i would love a beautifull white and iceblue overdone sot artic landscape i imagine it to be beautifull

  • jakkevda
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    @ruigtand-nl Yes, me too.

    *je bent nederlandstalig, heb je al een groep/club?

  • Ruigtand NL
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    @jakkevda

    Ik heb een collega waar ik soms mee speel al speelt hij heel anders.. en mn vriendin is net begonnen en moet nog ontdekken how alles werkt.. verder een paar xbox vriendjes in engels.

    Meestal vaar ik in een sloop en kijk ik of iemand van hen zin heeft om te joinen :)

    In english

    I play with dutch collegue and girlfriend and i have a couple of english xbox friends. Usually play sloop.

  • STOERTI jes7ar

    @jakkevda ye that would be awesome and would also perfectly fit into the game ... there is a guy who made also a concept for it ... frozen fangs its called.

  • jakkevda
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    @stoerti-jes7ar Yes indeed, i have seen his work. His artwork was outstanding however i disagree with his Viking Theme.

  • MaliceVanRow
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    I really like this idea. Hopefully some of this will be taken into consideration.

  • KiethBlackLion
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    @jakkevda said in Add an Ice/Frozen Region to the map:

    @kiethblacklion Yes i know, the clothing thing is probably the least possible thing as it leans to much towards rpg stuff. The freezing inside a cube... i don't know about that, it's hard to imagine what is possible. However, just like now when you break your legs because of a cursed canon bal, you could "freeze" or delay movent for seconds from water and cold... off course not the same as freezing inside a cube but you get the idea.

    A freeze cannonball would definitely add something interesting. We already have the drunk, limp and sleep cannonballs. Freezing a crew for a few moments would be...wait for it....cool.

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