@darthmaxor1991 Much easier yeah i do agree on that but some players might have only this which in my opinion it is better than nothing at all.

@EVA1977 yeah you're right. I had some time to think about it. I would love to roll up on a galleon that only has one player and the rest are NPC. Makes my pillaging that much easier. I'm now all for it.

@eva1977 yes I would love to spend gold on something that could actually help me

@darthmaxor1991 Well think about this, if we all agreed on the same thing the game would be awesome, but we all have different opinions we all want different things. For me I would not need this NPC crew as I almost always have friends available as do you by what you have mentioned. As I said before there are players that do not and this option that does not affect us would be great for them.

@EVA1977 I thought forums were for opinions and ideas to be agreed with, improved upon and/or rejected? I put up my opinion. My opinion is that the idea is terrible. The next person may think it's good. Whatever. Get over it. I come on here and give tips and ideas and have the same reactions. Either people like it or they don't. I don't whine about it like some snowflake. EOS.

@darthmaxor1991 As i said before its not about replacing an actual player. And for players like yourself that find reasons to dislike ideas for the sake of it look at it this way, you don't like the idea? You don't have to use it as it is optional BUT for some players this might be the best option they have.

@DetachedLamb476 @EVA1977
Is an NPC going to tell me when someone boards my ship, am I going to have an option to tell the NPC to hold my sails whilst I prepare to roll up on an island.
Where am I going to find the time to select a command in split second decision making scenarios.
Can I tell my NPC to rowboat loot to an outpost and trust that when he gets there that he can fend enemies off.
Can I trust my NPC to notify me of incoming ships?
If it can't do any of those things then I feel like it'll be just the same as getting someone that plays that doesn't have a mic, communication skills or play skills in general. Terrible idea. Sorry guys.

@caudipteryxzoui But if you see the big picture it only makes it more immersive. I get they wanted this game to be for real players only but then why do we have skellie ships? Because we asked for them, and if players that have no need for them abuse this then there will also be players that will use them just like everything else.
Any idea takes testing and our feedback for RARE to fine tune ideas which is how this game has grown.
But i have know players that will never get back in to this game because they only play solo and have no time to wait for their friends availability this can change that if implemented well.

@eva1977 I still think that asking gold for a feature like this will make it the most easily available to those who need it the least. And it's not at all within the game's spirit.

@detachedlamb476 Yes and I think this would work for a ton of solo players, now they can choose any ship and they can choose their crew.
Gold will finally have value aside from cosmetics. XD

@eva1977 ah yes or if someone leaves mid voyage and you donnt have any other players you can play with that you know but it would be hard to mimic the actions of players, because they are unpredictable. But they could be programmed as player passive skeletons.

@darthmaxor1991 See thats where you fail to see it as an option, so if you never needed them before why will you resort to them now?
It is an option for those who like the idea and those who have never had any real players assist them, not for players who don't need them.
Besides for some this might be better than nothing..

@detachedlamb476 Well What I meant is that they don't have to be deadly like those skellies that don't miss and take tons of hits to die, they can be fine tuned to allow them to be balanced with a limit of 3 per player which is basically having a crew of NPC's for those who can't play with others for whatever reasons.

@darthmaxor1991 You obviously don’t know what an NPC is. The NPC could not break the code it was written on. They are predictable and follow orders because of the written code, they are more trustworthy than actual players

@eva1977 yes if these were available to everyone it wouldn’t be overpowered because everyone would have them

When I'm not with my normal crew then i have a hard time finding decent sailors I can trust to get the job done, now you want me to trust an NPC...psshhhtt get outta here

@detachedlamb476

This is def a crutch for bad sailors. You said the lvl 30 people can’t change sails, well they’re bad sailors then, it’s their own fault. You said you play by yourself and then get attacked by a bigger pirate ship and there’s “nothing you can do” well there’s some things you could have done. Number one; raise your general awareness. If you’re not searching the horizon with your spy glass every 5 min while you have treasure, you’re asking for trouble. When you see a ship, run! When you have loot, sell it regularly or hide it on an island. In general what you’re suggesting goes directly against what the developers intended the spirit of the game to be. The whole point is that player and crew skill is what makes teams better than others, not some upgrade they purchased that makes them have an unfair advantage. And then are these ships going to respawn? That would be a “hell ducking no” from me if that’s the case. It’s one thing if you can get a big ship that doesn’t respawn and you have to buy it each time it sinks, but no permanent upgrades that aren’t available to everyone with or without gold. Just learn to solo a brig.

I say adding NPC's you can hire for assistance when playing solo because no friends are available or for whatever reason is a great idea.
They don't have to be overpowered or do everything for you but have a wheel of commands that can be used to tell them to fire cannons, to defend the ship if someone boards, to follow you or to just repair the ship.
Simple things that can assist those solo sailors that have no option but to play solo as this would allow them to enjoy a Galeon or Brigantine without the negatives of joining an open crew which is basically everyone for themselves.

@goedecke-michel what’s shocking

@goedecke-michel I reposted something and deleted it

@detachedlamb476 sagte in Larger buyable ships, ship customizations and hirable crew:

@goedecke-michel said in Larger buyable ships, ship customizations and hirable crew:

@detachedlamb476 I don't want to take it back... those ideas are still the worst I read so far, imho.
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Deserves another report

🙀 it's so shocking...

PS: above is the :scream_cat: emoji

@schwammlgott this would be available to everyone and would balance it out

There are legends that don't know how to adjust sails.

SoT is about player interaction, soft skills like communication, cartography, cooperation.

I dont see where your suggestions foster any of these core elements.

@goedecke-michel they have that to get crews to work together instead of yelling at each other