New addition to the Hourglass of Fate system: Armada Battles
How it would work
When players vote to battle using the Hourglass, the war map will display a new option alongside the usual option of voting for a 1 vs 1 ship battle. This new option would put players in a 3 vs 3 battle known as a fleet battle.
By voting on this option, players will dive below the water in a similar manner to regular battles. From there two other ships would join into the queue tunnels, similar to how open crew works. Or, you could instead invite another players ship into the queue tunnel from your friend list.
While the three ships are in the queue, you would be able to interact with them while the game searches for another fleet for you to fight against.
How battles would play out
Once a battle has been found the two fleets will rise out of the water in the same area as the other fleet, identical to how battles work now. To ensure a fair fight, the fleets would be matched against another fleet of the same size/type.
This means that if we have a fleet composing of:
- One Galleon
- Two Brigantines
They would be matched up against a fleet composing of:
- One Galleon
- Two Brigantines
The battles would carry out nearly identical to how 1 vs 1 battles take place, with a few differences.
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The battle zone is significantly larger than 1 vs 1 battles
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Friendly-Fire is disabled in the fleets, meaning someone from a ship in the fleet can't damage someone or deal damage to another ship in the same fleet.
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Allegiance/Hourglass value is awarded per individual ship sunk, meaning a ship can't just sit back and let the rest of the team sink the rest of the ships for easy wins.
All in all I feel this would help add some variety to Hourglass combat.
