(Legendary) Poseidon's Fleet

[Donald Trump]

The pirate age is different and should be centered throughout the game.


"Here you can read about the short period between 1680 and 1730, when pirates were most influential in history of piracy."
http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/piracy-history/golden-age-of-piracy/

The pirates the Greek had were early, and had very little influence. Very little are known of them, making them not relevant.
Only of 8 kinds were known.

Boukris
Dicaearchus of Aetolia
Dionysius the Phocaean
Glaucetas
Panares
Ameinias the Phocian
Taphians
Teleboans

So you think that history didn't take any play during the "Age of Pirates".

The age of pirates was only 40 years. Pirates have been there, but not even CLOSE to relevant during Greek times.

[DezNutz]

Great idea DezNuts except all the voodoo you have to sacrifice is worth 100 credits and a phantom man of war fleet isn't worth that making this card not worth very much if it gets implemented, also the time is ridiculous, make it instant.

How about it just consumes 10 random rare cards in your inventory and a player must have 30 different types of rare cards or a 50 percent chance to fail?

It's a legendary voodoo, which must be crafted from a specific recipe at the witch hut (when implemented). I've reduced the costs slightly.

[DezNutz]

The age of pirates was only 40 years. Pirates have been there, but not even CLOSE to relevant during Greek times.

You are discounting that the beliefs during the age of pirates were not influenced by greek or even roman mythology. The use of Poseidon or even Neptune are legitimate connections.

[DezNutz]

Crafting cost reductions.

[not a pirate]

-1. Too OP. How about we get "Demeter's Grace" where everyone's warehouse is stocked to 1,000,000,000 of any resource they wish?

[DezNutz]

-1. Too OP. How about we get "Demeter's Grace" where everyone's warehouse is stocked to 1,000,000,000 of any resource they wish?

Ok what do you think is too much? This is a legendary card, it has time before it would even come to the game.

[not a pirate]

Hm, couple this with some voodoo and you can plunder an entire fleet without problem? I use this for an hour and plunder 3-4 MoWs in that time period. I agree with Juicy that the voodoo going in to it requires an update, but maybe change the ships too... Fully maxed level 11 SOTLs and level 10 MoWs? No thanks, I don't find pleasure in winning with a 0% chance to lose. "But it is legendary voodoo1!!1!1" Yeah, maybe too legendary.

[DezNutz]

Hm, couple this with some voodoo and you can plunder an entire fleet without problem? I use this for an hour and plunder 3-4 MoWs in that time period. I agree with Juicy that the voodoo going in to it requires an update, but maybe change the ships too... Fully maxed level 11 SOTLs and level 10 MoWs? No thanks, I don't find pleasure in winning with a 0% chance to lose. "But it is legendary voodoo1!!1!1" Yeah, maybe too legendary.

Ok, how about a limit on battles? Can't attack the same fleet more than x. Max Total Battles allowed is x.

Pirate Hunters are all level 10 & 11 SOTLs. And they can be defeated. I can tone the fleet down a little, but it should still be a powerful fleet.

[Juicypotato]

I don't think this card is over powered. It could be used as a rare card because the man of wars and ships of the line will be temporary and they'll always disappear after a certain amount of time or battles.

I say make the duration 2 hours and anytime the voodoo is cancelled or expires the fleet will disappear.

Also make this fleet have normal pg rules, turns for instant travel, treasure fleet, danger, ability to plunder and steal the ships, lose levels, although I think a 50K maximum per hit would be necessary.

Great Idea DezNuts

[Most Lee Harmless]

Yeah, and Poseidon is the god of the oceans. As well, the Kraken is a creature from greek mythology.

You can't plunder it or try to sell it off. The danger rating is only to make the fleet visible to players. It's a legendary voodoo battle fleet. I will remove the damage repair, so once it reaches zero the fleet disappears.

Although the term kraken is first found in print in Systema Naturae (Carolus Linnaeus - 1735), stories about this monster seem to date back to twelfth century Norway. These tales often refer to a creature so big that it is mistaken for an island or series of islands.
http://www.unmuseum.org/kraken.htm

Call of Kraken is allowed because Vikings (Norse) WERE the old time pirates. The Greeks WEREN'T.

Wrong. Wrong. and Wrong. NORSE, NOT GREEK. And what is the purpose of making it visible to players? What can they do? They can't run from it. Also, if you can only have the fleet for 3 hours, who will care enough to even try to get it down to zero, never the less, who WILL? Also, even if you do see retaliation, can't you just run it off to another port?

You need a history lesson : the very word 'pirate' has greek origins : piracy in the Mediteranean dates back to pre-Roman times : the Egyptian Pharoahs have written records of their conflicts with them, Alexander had to run major campaigns against them and every power in the region had a continual battle to keep their trade routes open, right up to the British in Napoleonic times having to 'chastise' Barbary Coast pirates on a regular basis. The Roman naval leader Pompey made his reputation fighting pirates, such that it gave him equal ranking with Marc Antony and Julius Ceasar in the Triumvirate. To say that the greeks had nothing to do with piracy is pure ignorance. For centuries, the trade of pirate was as much part of greek life as any other.