So here is gonna be a thread that discusses how the player can be truly unique, but at the same time done in a more simple way.
Let's start with Players.
First thing are tattoos. With tattoos, the sets we buy should have individual "pieces" and is left to Us to place these tattoos across our bodies. There should be at least 5 tattoos, or a pre-set, at a time. Same with colors of said tattoos, and maybe glowing tattoos for legendary folk.
With our swords and guns, I'll just basically think of For Honor. How there's 3 changeable pieces on said weapon. But here, probably two. Let's say, the sword blade and the sword hilt. Along with the barrel and the stock of the gun.
Clothing sets are already changeable color wise if you earn two and unlock the changeable sets.
And finally... the model itself. Let's say, we could go to the Order of Souls lady, or someo me else, and pay a LOT of gold to her in order to let US shape ourselves to be the pirate we want. That way we would FINALLY get the pirate we want.
Now for ships.
Ship customization is... bland. Completely. All the paint jobs are already set for you and rather dull. The FIRST thing that would make this be better is... Body Kits. Let's take ships put of the picture and place cars in it instead. The Ford Mustang. All the exact same. If the only difference is the pain it's not exciting at all. But, if we have different shaped hoods, bumpers, skirts, maybe added spoilers, that would very well make these cars look distinct despite being the same car. Now back to the ships. If we take body kits, we would have added Beak heads (Google them), different cabins, different sail shapes, different railings, different cannons, so I'm so forth. Basically, body kits to give the ship more flare, though the beak head could add more places to walk ok which is fine. And with that, you unlock much more cooler body kits the more you progress.
Now for the paint. Which should be easy. You would have to purchase paint kits for the hull, sails, and flag, which I will get to in a second. With the hull, you have 4 color areas. The hull, the trim, the gun deck (tho the gun ports have NO purpose) and the patterns. You could set the colors any way you want, and probably add at least two patterns in a line (probably placing too). That way, ships are further unique even though body kits are a MUST have.
Well... another must have is Custom Flags and Sail Patterns. This is probably the hardest to implement due to many reasons, such as the pirate making a rather explicit flag or banner. But, let's see how this could be fixed. I'll go to other games where you could make your own flag, but has to get the O.K from moderators receiving these flags to be approved. On the banners and flags themselves, there should be 10 slots at most, along with a background color, so about 11 slots to customize. With that, you can make ANY flag or sail you want, which would probably be more unique to you. Maybe you could even share your flag and Sail to others to help identify your fleet as well.
Effects.
This one is more of a... reward thing. Let's say we add cursed clothing and totles to the game. One would change your appearance to a skeleton burning woth green flame, and your clothes and weapons doing the same. Or another which turns your head into a chicken head, where when you get hit or die feathers go all over. Stuff like that. Which would not only be very cool but VERY REWARDING.
So, that's all I have to say about that. And good night.
