i’m just throwing out ideas here.
what if you could apply ship armor to your vessel. you’d be able to pay for it at the shipwright. it’d especially be useful in HG because sometimes you’d get sunk in under 30 seconds. the armor would protect your ship from holes from damage for the first few hits then it’ll fall off. the trade off is that it’ll slow down your ship. maybe add a new customization option on them.
just spit balling here
Even with a negative, this quickly becomes a "play to win" issue, where you just get upgrades for having more time on the game.
An upgrade like this only tells new players to run away instead of trying and taking a fight, because if they're slower and can't as easily take damage, why would you bother fighting if you don't have to?@belphegor1384 said in just spit balling here:
it’d especially be useful in HG because sometimes you’d get sunk in under 30 seconds.
Trying to mitigate poor matchmaking results in Hourglass is not going to save you from being sunk in 30 seconds.
This idea, like many ideas that attempt to ease frustration and make progress within skill-based situations, are short-sighted, and show the user's weakness in combat like a bunch of Christmas light.
Trying to nerf intended mechanics in the game so you don't have to improve on them is never going to go out well without a massive outcry for it.
@gallerine5582 said in just spit balling here:
Even with a negative, this quickly becomes a "play to win" issue, where you just get upgrades for having more time on the game.
An upgrade like this only tells new players to run away instead of trying and taking a fight, because if they're slower and can't as easily take damage, why would you bother fighting if you don't have to?Yeah, I don't even like that captaincy supply benefits and sovereigns were added for that reason.
@nex-stargaze no need to be a total tool, I’m fairly decent at the game. I was just sharing ideas. no need diss me
@belphegor1384 I'm not keen on it for a couple of reasons.
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New Players best defense against better crews is learning to run. If they bought the armor, they would get caught up to even faster, and most likely the armor wouldn't make up for the skill gap. This would lead to the impression, "I wasted even more of my gold."
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If it did work as you suggested, the entire battle plan of most crews would steer even harder into, "Aggressively board at all times." To bypass the armor advantage, and to get quick wins in HG matches.
It's a neat idea, but I believe it'd create more problems than it would address.
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