(Uncommon) Ghost Fleet

[William Pitt]

Subject: (Uncommon) Ghost Fleet

Description:
Instant - Fleet
Turn Cost: 10 Turns (+ additional turns invested)

Description: Creates a duplicate of any selected fleet owned by the caster.

The card has a base duration of 24 hours. However, with every 10 turns invested 6 more hours will be added until a max 72 Hours is reached.


The ghost fleet provides two different functions if you are a pirate or trader.

PIRATES: If you hoist the Black Flag or possess less than 105 ships you'll be considered as a pirate. The ghost fleet will spawn in a port of your choice and attack a targeted players fleet as instructed.
The amount of battle the fleet can engage in per hour follows the formula: (Amount of Turns Used/10) * 2.

A 72 hour ghost fleet would be able to attack 18 times per hour.
10 turns for the first 24 hours
And 80 turns for the next 48 hours : (90/10)*2= 18



TRADERS: Anyone who is a member of a nation or owns more than 105 ships is considered a trader. Traders can assign the ghost fleet to protect their trade fleets. The ghost fleet will protect any fleet it is assigned to and mimic it's action... carrying resources/gold/immigrants. However, any attack or skirmish against the fleet the ghost fleet has to be defeated first.

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KEYNOTES:

• 105 ship was used with the assumption that a pirate has a full fleet in every port.
• The ghost fleet will be shown in both trade master and spy network reports (exact same ship names, number,fleet name and number) HOWEVER the fleet won't exist.
• Voodoo casted against a fleet under the effect of Ghost Fleet has a 50% chance of failing.

• Ghost Fleet has no crew or gun unless it's in battle, and will disappear immediately after.
• Fleet is automatically repaired every hour/half hour after its creation.
• No battle log is generated publicly (guild or port battles) and PERSONAL logs disappear for both defender and attacker when the curse expires.

• Losses incurred by the ghost fleet don't affect the pirate. Resources transported by ghost fleet don't cost the trader..
• The curse CANNOT be cancelled.
•.......open to suggestions.

[Shadowood]

So, I can make a fleet.
Steal someone's ships
The community won't know who did it
And the fleet will disappear with no chance of retaliation?

All for just 10 turns???

WHERE THE HELL DO I SIGN UP!!

[Most Lee Harmless]

So... if I 'ghost' a goldbar carrying fleet... the bars it carries cost me nothing? But I keep the coin they sell for?... Seriously?

[DezNutz]

Did Guluere make a new account?

[The Lamb]

So if I ghost 10 fleets, go to Baramas then St Martins then Tzogos and meet with a one legged man named limpy can shadow still steal my MoW?

[Shadowood]

Did Guluere make a new account?

[Leo the Conqueror]

Wait can you make a ghost of a ghost fleet? I wanna see how many ghost MoWs I can sail!

[Shadowood]

In all seriousness, Cap'n Z, thank you for contributing to the game. Don't take our comments to heart and stop suggestion ways to improve the game.

Your suggestion is a bit overpowered.

I do think some sort of "Ghost Fleet" is a great idea for the game. I would simplify this suggestion down to maybe:

Ghost Fleet
8 Turns - Instant
Active 24 hours
Cast upon any of your fleets (max 1 fleet at a time, max use 1 per 7 days)
With Ghost Fleet active, your plunder hits will be "undercover" to both the victim and on the gossip pages
Fleet listed as "Ghost Fleet" on plunder board

Something simple like this could work. Thoughts? This would allow someone to aid in a plunder undercover as long as they don't cast voodoo I suppose.
Danger would still be acquired so the attacker would need to figure out how to best hide this. (move to another port, use the hide out card, etc).

Smart players will figure out a way to know who the ghost fleet belongs to using other voodoo methods, so not sure how viable this is.

[Haron]

Great idea, Shadowood! Also, "ghost fleet" attacks should not trigger guild mate alarms.

[Haron]

Honestly, however, I fear it's still overpowered. I cast this, and 23 hours 50 minutes later I spend 400 turns plundering with this fleet. After another 10 minutes, the voodoo ends, and poof, the fleet with 600 danger is gone.