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[PMC]

So after poking around and watching a few more videos, I noticed that you could build ships; and the first thought that came to mind was pretty much, "Piraaaaates". My only question though is how would piracy work? Basically, once you destroy a ship how would you obtain the loot from it (is there even any loot to be taken from it)? If you can obtain loot from other ships, I think it's safe to say that I'll most likely just sail around endlessly in this game assaulting every other ship I see (that's smaller than mine of course >_>). Any information would be appreciated.



...Piraaaaates

[Entaro]

A treasure chest appears when a boat is destroyed with loot in it. The repair costs for a ship are pretty hefty though, so I really hope they balance the loot rewards. There's actual NPC pirate ships in the game too as well as some pretty badass sea monsters.

[PMC]

Sounds cool to me, if the loot ends up not being enough to pay for repairs, maybe I'll stick to killin' sea beasties and charging people ridiculous amounts of money to sail to different places (bwahah).

[Entaro]

There was also a mention about fishing boats and the possibility of trade routes operating by boat though that was just "possibility".

[PMC]

If that's true, even more of a reason for me to spend most of my time in this game out at sea. Sounds like there's good money to be made out there, just gonna need myself a crew for the cannons.

[ArcheAdmin]

Hope you pay well!

[PMC]

Yeah I plan on it, just gotta hope any ship that's destroyed has a sufficient amount of loot on it to pay off anyone who's with me.

[Cavarath]

Im still not convinced that ships will be good for anything at all.

[Cavarath]

I really dont know. Just a feeling. No facts or anything behind it.

[ArcheAdmin]

Well at least you're honest.

[PMC]

Well, if they are useless then hopefully we'll know before I blow any money I have in the game on a ship.

[Entaro]

At the very least, you'll need them to get to the other islands probably (you could swim, but chances are you'd either die of boredom or get killed by a sea creature). Also the big monsters in the ocean are the only place their loot drops, so depending on the rewards of the gear/loot, it could be very worthwhile.

Not to mention again the fishing industry. It's looking like the economy will be quite dependent on users doing these sorts of things. (farming, fishing, planting/chopping down trees, mining, etc.) It could very well be that you need to hire out some extra ships as protection for your fishing/transport vessel.

[PMC]

I hope the cannons on the ships actually do damage, I'm gonna be really disappointed if I broad-side a sea beast and it just sits there blinking at me like nothing happened. If they don't do any real damage though, I'll most likely end up just buying a fishing boat, sailing up to a larger ship, and depending on crew size, kill the owner and steal the boat.

I will find a way to be a pirate no matter what.

[Entaro]

Hehe, they do in fact do a fair bit of damage. If you sail by the coast you can even pick off mobs/players with them as their range is pretty decent. Be warned though, each cannon has it's own individual HP so you could find yourself without cannons if the aim of your opponent is good.

Also you have a plank that you can extend to either board other ships or discipline your ship mates.

[Shinaji]

At the very least bombard a castle by the coast.

[Entaro]

Just remember to play this in the background on your journeys.

[PMC]

Oh yeah, build up a crew, put'em all in my Ventrilo, and just blast that.

[Entaro]

Yeah, I can't guarantee there won't be a mutiny though...

[PMC]

But how will we ever be true pirates if we don't have that playing 24/7? Damned mutinies.