That's right your own Pirate Lair !!
I think this idea has been in the back of my mind for quite some time, but today when I came across Herman's supply cache i think that's when the idea finally became more clear. I was like, we need our own areas like this in the game.
I'm a social player as I struggle with cognitive and vision issues so there's many parts of the game I can't fully enjoy. But one of them I do enjoy and love is just casually exploring the massive open world and really having a good look at all the cool areas that the developers have made like Wanda's lab, the Tricksters lair on Sailors Bounty the Pirate Legend and the Reapers underground area and lets not forget Glitterbeards clubhouse.
So what would a Pirate's Lair in my mind look like ? It would be an extension of your Captaincy in a way, much as you get to decorate your ship with your cosmetics, trophies and trinkets your pirate lair would be the same but More. Essentially all of your stuff would be in here, some displayed neatly in certain places, the rest in crates, boxes, hanging from the ceiling, whatever really. You'd be able to custom craft your area with beds, bunks, tables cooking, benches, chairs, exterior docks, gates, lifts, masts, ladders etc. You could have a few cannons, capstans etc lying around. Maybe other ship crests from other ships you've sunk are displayed.
There's plenty of unused areas all over the world that could be used to place these lairs that wouldn't get in the way of existing tall tales, or quests. The blank mountains rocks that dot the seas, under smaller islands, underwater caves... etc anywhere really that wouldn't interfere with regular adventures. You could designate a small blank space in certain areas and have a limited forge tool to access so that you can sculpt your own personal space that way making every space unique and having their entrances in different spots and accessed in certain ways.
These would only spawn in while you are playing and other players can discover and access them too during the session. Maybe there's a secret way to unlock the lair that other players would have to solve before getting in just to make it interesting (a key nearby, playing a song, moving an object/s) ,and there would be obvious clues that a lair is close by. Might be super obvious like a cave entrance on the side of a rock with that pirates banner on it. Some might be a trap door in the ground of a small island that is buried with brush.. I dunno. Once inside you'd just look around much like you already do when you jump aboard someone else's ship and go.. ooo, ahhh. Maybe you could make your mark somewhere by carving your name into something or signing a logbook with a message. I think you should be able to store loot in your lair, as much as you want or can fit and it stays there until you take it out..... ORRR another pirate discovers your lair and loots it. (Or adds to it lol) Would be a great game for tuckers as they could follow you to your lair and then rob you as soon as you leave. (maybe don't put a reapers chest in there if you want to keep your lair a secret) I don't know how you'd solve for an overlap if there by chance was another pirate that had built a lair in the designated space. Maybe you'd have access to building 2-3 lairs max and if by chance other players in the server have built in the same space neither lair would spawn and you'd just have to move onto your other one until they leave. I dunno.
Maybe this idea is too much and silly. But I've been thinking about it all day. So now I've put it to paper and hopefully I can get on with the rest of my day. I mean, we are getting Owls. Surely we can get lairs too ;)
Thanks for listening to my GrogTalk. Till next time. yarggghhhh.
