Communication in alliance!

  • Chupstickzz
    Ship Mate

    We all been there, you're solo on a sloop, you have 1 maybe 2 other sloops in your alliance. Suddenly a skull fort pops up right near you. You want to tackle it, but that galleon that ganked you twice earlier is there too. If only there was a way to call in the help from your friendly sloops. How about making it possible. Make it so that in between an alliance you can communicate, how could this work? PIGEONS! Send out pigeons in between boats, so you can tell them what you plan to do, and if they would be interested.

    *they require a traveltime, something like twice the speed of the galleon.
    *extra goldsink
    *stationed in crows nest

    more idea's?

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  • xIx ZeNo xIx
    Master
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    @chupstickzz I think that sounds cool bro. Would you have to use chat wheel, text via controller or keyboard, or just use like red cards, green cards, or yellow cards to signify the type of situation? Cuz I would hope you could text eachother like messaging someone on xbox and then the pigeon takes the message and I would say that twice the speed of a gally should be a reasonable pace, it would make it seem more realistic to the vibe this game gives off. :)

  • Il FENRIR ll
    Seafarer
    Insider

    @chupstickzz i was just thinking that too when i posted >Alliance friendly fire<

  • Stundorn
    Castaway
    Insider
    Founder

    As long as i can shoot and cook them ok :-)

  • BlazeDrake100
    Marauder

    Seems like a good idea. It will definitely help with alliance communication.

  • Duke of Spire
    Ship Mate
    Insider

    I pigeon " scroll" Wheel with your location/ direction, N S E W Nw etc... And Action like "were under attack, skull fort, krakened, shrouded ghost!". And finally fun scrolls like " Your helmsman must be drunk!"

  • Chupstickzz
    Ship Mate

    @xix-zeno-xix I would suggest it making so that you send messages of any kind. Both from a wheel as self constructed, as like you're talking with chat! More like a tweet though, limited amount of characters.

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    I already have a pigeon. Its name? "Party Chat."

  • Chupstickzz
    Ship Mate

    @galactic-geek Party chat? Is that something new? or am I missing something this crucial? I can only talk to my team or people near me. Not to some other boat on the other side of the map!

  • BlazeDrake100
    Marauder

    @chupstickzz
    He's saying to make an Xbox party with your allies

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    @blazedrake100 said in Communication in alliance!:

    @chupstickzz
    He's saying to make an Xbox party with your allies

    We have a winner, folks!

    @Chupstickzz Even if you're a PC player, your account is still Xbox-Live based, so you can download the Xbox app (if you haven't already done so), and use it to start an Xbox Live party.

  • Geobiwan
    Captain
    Insider
    Founder

    @chupstickzz Love the idea, would be cool if they were stationed in the crows nest and maybe someone needs to be up there to read the message and then send a reply. (also, to all those mentioning party chat. Not everyone likes breaking immersion just so they can ask for help)

  • Duke of Spire
    Ship Mate
    Insider

    As long as we can have a hawk as a pet (to intercept and eat the pigeons) I'm down with it.😁

  • Chupstickzz
    Ship Mate

    @galactic-geek I'm not interested to be constantly adding people so i can maybe send them a message. I fly under the alliance flag at all times, and often I don't even talk to the other crews.

    @Geobiwan Ooh great idea, added it in the mainpost.

    @Duke-of-Spire I rather not, but is also an interesting point to make, should it be interceptable?

  • BlazeDrake100
    Marauder

    Maybe it will be visible and killable to intercept the message? So pets don't become pay to win

  • Chupstickzz
    Ship Mate

    @blazedrake100 I don't really want it to become a pet of some sorts. Just a resource like planks/cannonballs/banana's but instead you have to use gold for it. You can only get a couple before you got to stock up again at an outpost.
    If you send it towards someone they recieve it, and can send it back.
    You can compare it towards the postal service in world of warcraft. And not so much of a gameplay feature.

  • BlazeDrake100
    Marauder

    @chupstickzz
    I was talking about the intercept hawk idea. I hould have tagged the poster.

    I don't think that the pigeons should cost gold or be like supplies, maybe a cooldown on them

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