I like the idea of throwing another crew member, that is on you ship, into the Brig. The exact mechanics would need some thought and testing. But the concept is good.

Maybe it's as simple as having an enemy who dies on your ship go to the brig instead of visiting the Ferryman. More of a cosmetic difference really but it would feel fun to taunt enemies in your brig. Maybe the timer is a few seconds longer than the Ferryman, to make boarding riskier.

@i-am-the-law935 sagte in Throw them in the Brig:

I was thinking to myself the other day I would really like to throw enemy players in the Brig rather than just annoying players on my crew. I was thinking since we've added the revive mechanic we can add a brig mechanic too. I was thinking that if an enemy player has died on your ship you can use the revive mechanic on them to send them to the brig. Once there the player will stay in the Brig for a certain amount of time or until one of their crew members boards the ship and releases them. I feel this will actually add a certain amount of risk to boarding a ship and could turn a battle now that one ship is a player short.

That's a great idea!

But don't do it after dying, but allow players to catch boarders - that would make it difficult and wouldn't break the balance.

Also they could maybe pay ransom to get out, to avoid the timer.

I agree there should be more risk to boarding, but this is absolutely not the way to do it. This would just be unfun.

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No! Lets battle... nope, sit in the time-out box doing nothing... It isn't interesting game-play, you realize: kill them and they already have a timer that they are a man short?

I play a game to play, not to sit there and wait for timers to run out or being the damsel in distress needing to be saved.

@i-am-the-law935 said in Throw them in the Brig:

@pellahh Maybe an option for solo sloops only then?

This reminds me of another point I forgot to bring up in my previous post - what happens to a solo slooper that gets put in the enemy brig? Do they just essentially quit the game at that point? It hardly seems fair, IMO, since nobody would be coming to their rescue.

Also, because solo sloopers have a harder time than most, you'd be surprised at how crafty some can be with sneaking and ambush tactics. I think that giving the ability to them to imprison others would still tilt the game too far in the wrong direction.

Anything that just "mute" you from playing the game and trying to win a fight is a bad idea, in my opinion.
Most of the game "challenge mechanics" are already preventing you from doing one thing (most of the cursed canonballs, for exemple, are just slowing, stopping or preventing you from using an object or a ship equipment). Being able to put someone of another crew you're fighting in you brig would be a frustration nightmare.

@i-am-the-law935 Also I'm only talking like maybe 15-20 seconds longer than the time it would take to spawn back in after dying. Then you would return back to your ship

@pellahh Maybe an option for solo sloops only then?

I think thi is quite interesting to see in action but it would destroy the meta: boarding would become extremely risky, as soon as you die you're done, no one would probably take the risk to board an enemy ship anymore and I think boarding is a good part of the meta. Also it would probably be quite boring and frustrating to be stuck in an enemy brig tbh.

@i-am-the-law935 Once a pirate leaves their ship to board another, their ship is already a crewman short... There is literally no need for such a mechanic, especially since it would force 2 things to happen:

1. It forces ANOTHER crewman to leave the ship to rescue their hapless crewmate, leaving their ship even more vulnerable.
2. It forces anyone left behind on the ship to hesitate sinking the other one lest they drown their imprisoned crewmate.

Furthermore, it takes away player options simply for playing the game? No. This should not be a thing. Ever.