A pirate Island! new community hub

@magicjoe42 said in A pirate Island! new community hub:

So, I feel adding a new hub that has the following qualities, would be a great addition to the game, and it could boost the social aspect of the game, and create more player stories.

Create a new Island, where there's Parley, they way parley works, is that you aren't allowed to attack others, but I don't mean, you are unable to damage each other, I mean, if you do, the entire fort turns against you, and your crew, they sink your ship, etc.

Loot cannot be sold here, I think this one speak for itself, if we aren't able to sell loot, people will have the regular incentives to go to the regular outposts

you can purchase, voyages, captain voyages, you could even make them thematic, or perhaps better ones that you can get in outposts, you can also restock and repair your ship

Maybe some sort of negotiation table, where gameplay depth could be added to alliances, and we can set up percentage loot splits, like a big crew and a sloop do a 70%/30% split, and it could be handled by the game so players know it's fair

and there could be other incentives to get people on this island

The idea here, is to try to create a player hub with groups of people

I really like this. Reminds me of the outpost in “Rust”. I’d like to piggy back off what you’re saying and suggest maybe having this island within the respawn area. Instead of the ferry of the damned sailing through an empty space, maybe it could be docked at this island you’re talking about.

When you die in combat or your ship sinks you could hop off the ferry and go to this social area to interact with other pirates in your server and share stories of how your ship got sank.

Got this idea looking at your pfp lol

Where is that anchor...

Ok lets be fair a lot of us want an area where we could meet up with other pirates without having to worry about watching our backs.

Why not create an area off the map like the red sea but can be called sea of friends, it's not an outpost it's not inside the main map but on the side of it so it's basically an area to socialize, doesn't have to be a big area just a small tavern like scumm bar as an example but with a few things to do like swordfighting against others without actually dying and some other minigames that give you achievements.

Create a new Island, where there's Parley

How about we just bring back the arena waiting room? No island and it’s outside the adventure world. It mainly to chat with players and form crews.

@foambreaker Simple you can't die there but you can still take anyones treasures.
So it's not a safe haven for runners as it would make no sense for anyone to go to a place where you can carry items but not fight back. So it would not work for attackers either because they can take your treasure but the moment they drop it to sail their ship away you can just take it back and nothing they can do about it basically causing a stalemate of sorts.
It would mostly be a place where you go when you don't have any treasures as there is nothing you can do with them there either.
Anyways it's a concept, sure there are tons of scenarios which i might not have thought off but most likely can be determined and tweaked with player feedback as usual with live service games.

@foambreaker But that is a good idea as well as i actually like the scumm bar and rather than have it abandoned like the disney content after tall tale is completed, other uses for it are welcomed in my book.

I understand the mentality for this, and I could see them eventually adding something in the vein of the "Maiden Voyage" where it is just a "Find a shipmate" sort of thing.

However: There is a reason they turned off communication in the Arena Tavern... there are horrible people out there, and if you create a social hub where people can just chill and hang out there will be racists, sexists, homophobic, and every other type of person dredged from the pits of humanity coming to ruin it for everyone.