How bout this?: Hand "Cannon"

@biosoul-nano few typos, but im sure it can be interpreted

@biosoul-nano Creative idea, but it would require some refinement to make it into the game. Issue #1 could be what if an enemy crew takes your crew's ship, disarm your cannons and harpoons? Do they respawn? Or is that it? To the sea, they go. #2 Does it take more time to pick up? Can you still run with them? #3 It would also affect player combat and wave clearance which might be too strong to implement (for forts and bosses). Again, it's exciting, but I can't see it as something good for the game yet, especially with the possible glitches and issues that might come with it.

@og-chaos5508

1. Both combattents can disarm eachothers ships, so it mutual ground for that. It makes sence for the cannons to respawn if the ship is destroyed

2. It wont be an immideate action, so if an enemy does try to disarm a ship, you have time to stop them. Due to the idea that its a heavy weapon, i can see it slowing the user down

3. ideally, for balencing, there would be a fuse so it cant be quickfired, and the reload would proberbly be slower than a mounted cannon (Since by logic, its a rather cumbersome weapon to use)

Thank you for your attention to this idea

@biosoul-nano Is there any way to get a lost cannon back if it gets thrown off the ship? (besides from having to find one or respawning) I could see this as a significant issue for small vessels like sloops. Ships can't afford to be cannonless; that could mean doom. Say my matey board a sloop, we can't sink it, but we can cripple it. We kill both players and throw their cannons to the sea; they're on the move. They are now just an unarmed ship ripe for the sinking, whether it be by the undead, the creatures, or the plunderers.

@og-chaos5508 i can see the issue here, and besides scavenging, stealing, or scuttling, theres no real way of reobtaining the cannons in combat. Thats not to say you cant stockpile cannons, like chests, but i guess that leaves an issue of its own. In any case, if a ship loses their cannons, its really up to the players, (e.g firebombs) or fleeing from any case of combat there is.

@biosoul-nano Again, unique idea. Thank you for the delivery and clarification; I wish your post luck on the rocky seas of the forums. Maybe if it makes it to a developer, they can adapt this idea and make it into something that will work flawlessly. Happy sailing matey!

@og-chaos5508 and thank you for your feedback on the idea. I hope too that this idea may come to fruition. I wish to the best of luck in the future

This post nearly killed me lol.

Imagine tucking on a sloop and when they dont look you drop their cannons off.

I have one better. Tuck on FoF. Drop cannons in the sea when they are clearing. Ambush a naked gallion on a fort.

We also have front and back cannoning now. Would love the sandbox, but don't know about the balance of the game.

Question: can you bring one down and start pummeling the ship from the inside? Can you curseball the ship with its own cannons?

@wujuwarrior1375 seems logical. Just dont do it from the hatch, or else youd be jetesoned off the ship

@schwammlgott not that the game follows too much realism. Skeleton pirates, cursed cannonballs, this list goes on. The weight the player carries around is insane anyway. Some chests look incrediblly bulky and labourious to carry as it is

@scurvywoof considering the player isnt inside the cannon, no. I think making the hitbox smaller while carrying an OP weapon would throw this out even more

I'm thinking we take this idea and balance it a little because it seems cool.

Here is my proposal:

Every ship now has one smaller 'cannon' on the lower deck. You can pick it up and carry it like you carry anything else.

While holding it, you can't eat food, use anything (except ladders) or repair. Your speed is halved and you can't sprint.

You can now walk along and fire cannonballs, loaded by you or your friends. Cannon shots from this will not damage boat hulls. But they will deal full cannonballs damage if you hit a player. They can also launch firebombs and blunderbombs from range.

You could go further and allow you to shoot chainshots that will deal 2 points of damage to ship parts meaning at least two are needed to knock stuff down.

Also there would be no ADS like normal cannons so you have to guess where to shoot.

You could also find more of these cannons on islands.