The option to change your pirate without losing the last one you played forever

  • liloji23
    Master
    Insider

    Lately I've often thought about changing my pirate to a female one, to change a bit and try out some new outfits, but theres one thing, that always stands in my way and that is not the money for the potion or something like that, its the fact that even if Im happy with my new pirate, I don't wanna lose the other pirate, that I've been playing with for the past 4 years.

    So my idea was, that you should either be able to have an all-time option to switch between a male or female pirate, or a in my mind more realistic option, to have the pirates, you played at some point saved in the selection menu every time you use a potion, so that you can switch back from a pirate that you are playing now to one you played 3 months ago.

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  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    just let people have 4 characters or 8 characters, whatever number

    they have an achievement for 15 boats lol no reason not to at this point

    lets people do challenges and events and have different looking pirates without needing alts or pirate potions

    get rid of pirate potions, give people 2 free pirates and then let them pay the buck or buck and a half for every pirate after that (would probably make more money this way)

    imo this really could expand on role playing and captaincy with all the different captained ships

  • JohnCourtier
    Captain
    Insider

    You remind me of my daughter - she also has a hard time to choose what she actually wants and persuades to keep everything.

    Anyways - I'm going to be constructive here and remind you, since you already are an Insider, you can try the male/female outfits with Insider characters. I know, it is not persistent, or connected to your main, so it is not exactly what you want, but it could be a fresh change without consequences.

    Finally - why not. Why not keeping some of those generated pirate models in stash to re-generate. It can bring some extra revenue for studio as well.

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
    Insider

    but theres one thing, that always stands in my way and that is not the money for the potion or something like that, its the fact that even if Im happy with my new pirate, I don't wanna lose the other pirate

    Well that is the price players have to pay when they "demanded" change to there look. If your not committed to losing something, your not gonna earn something.

    I don't wanna lose the other pirate, that I've been playing with for the past 4 years.

    Than...you have your answer? Don't do it.

    Quote from Dr. Facilier...
    "You got what you wanted, but you lost what you had" What you have is better than what you want.

    Quote from Mama Odie
    "They all knew what they wanted, what they wanted me to do. I told them what they needed./Dig a little deeper"
    Deep down, you have what you need, nothing new is gonna change.

  • Foambreaker
    Sailor

    @burnbacon said in The option to change your pirate without losing the last one you played forever:

    but theres one thing, that always stands in my way and that is not the money for the potion or something like that, its the fact that even if Im happy with my new pirate, I don't wanna lose the other pirate

    Well that is the price players have to pay when they "demanded" change to there look. If your not committed to losing something, your not gonna earn something.

    I don't wanna lose the other pirate, that I've been playing with for the past 4 years.

    Than...you have your answer? Don't do it.

    Quote from Dr. Facilier...
    "You got what you wanted, but you lost what you had" What you have is better than what you want.

    Quote from Mama Odie
    "They all knew what they wanted, what they wanted me to do. I told them what they needed./Dig a little deeper"
    Deep down, you have what you need, nothing new is gonna change.

    It's a game, RL is filled with "hard line" moments, games don't need to be.

    @WolfManbush "imo this really could expand on role playing and captaincy with all the different captained ships"

    EXACTLY! Add to that the different emissaries, I could easily have a different char for Reapers vs Merchants.

  • Foambreaker
    Sailor

    Just want to add that when people start to get bored in other games, they start a new char and do it all over again, which increases long term retention.

  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    @burnbacon said in The option to change your pirate without losing the last one you played forever:

    Well that is the price players have to pay when they "demanded" change to there look. If your not committed to losing something, your not gonna earn something.

    It's preference within role playing, story telling, and expression

    it's not something that requires consequences

    Some of us prefer 1 character and some prefer more

    they incentivize having 15 ships, that doesn't even make sense without offering people the opportunity to have different characters to support that change.

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