Special Mission (Periodic Refresh)

[Big Brother]

I think, that with the amount of MoWs that have been stolen and sold, that a periodic refresh of the ability to obtain a MoW through a mission should be allowed. I dont think that you should have to obtain the rank of marquess again in another country, but that you should have to complete a special NPC mission if you are already a marquess and have not already obtained a MoW.

Reasons:
1. Newer players can get MoWs, but then (almost) immediately lost to an older player.
2. If the newer player manages to retain such ship, it gives them a HUGE advantage against other players.

Benefits:
1. It balances power a little better
2. It keeps the MoW as a rare item.


For those of you who have other ideas, being similar to mine, here are a few other options that could be implemented.

We could make the MoW buildable (perhaps double the cost of the SoL in all aspects)
We could have a seasonal event that lets you get a MoW.


And for reasons of my own, I'd like to add this:

There should be a limit to the amount of MoWs one can acquire, obtain, and/or have at a time.

Perhaps 3 MoWs should be the limit.

And as for the periodic portion, a seasonal event, or mebbe once a year, one could obtain a MoW in other than battle.

[Janoh Wavewalker]

It just makes the old problem worse.
What's to prevent the players from losing those new MOW's as well?

1. It balances power a little better
2. It keeps the MoW as a rare item.

1. More MOW's means the power balance will be even more skewed, especially since they'll still be lost by the new players. Worse than that, the players who capture them in the first place will be able to make their own. And if they can't ... well, that would be unfair to them, wouldn't it?
2. MOW's do not become scarcer by ADDING more of them in the game.

Also, as a pirate, I fail to see why I should help the other side get stronger.

[Big Brother]

thus why i also suggested the limit to how many one can possess at a time.

[SSR]

MoWs lost all of their power when Voodoo storm and Call the kraken were introduced. The only thing they can be useful for is selling them. Don't you agree?

[Big Brother]

They have uses as a fighting tool. Please realize that im only trying to help, so be supportive, if you have nothing nice to say, dont say anything.

[Janoh Wavewalker]

Personally, I think the whole system needs to be reworked. Not fixed.

BTW, somewhat offtopic, when's the update? We're halfway through August.

[Big Brother]

Coming from what little experience I have with coding, revamping a game can take months, if not years to do. a "fix" is about all someone can do with a game that already has a large group of players.

PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC AND DISCUSS MY SUGGESTION.

Jeez, guys.

This is a supposed fix.

[Janoh Wavewalker]

Since the update has a lot of new things, I'd think it was on topic.

As for development, the game is fairly simple in a lot of ways. My guess the dev team is no more than two individuals with day jobs.
Any money the make from this most likely barely covers the server costs.

[Shaydo]

The problem with MoW is more than 1 in a fleet and without Voodoo or tactics it's unbeatable, 1 presents the right amount of challenge, 2 an no chance.

If there has to be any change with MoW i would revert to the suggestion i made when they first appeared on the Seas. If you lose your MoW to another player in a fair fight then the crew of the ship should ignite the powder room and break her back, cos you'd rather sink her than leave her to pirates?

This would then mean players could do a new mission string to get another one, it can be long and costly after all you did just lose your nations flag ship , and it also limits the amount any 1 player can have and the total amount in the game.

[Slindur]

I think that Shaydo is onto it here. It addresses Doom's idea about limiting them and also about helping newer players who lost it. I agree with Shaydo that if it happened, that there should be a hard and costly (but possible) way to get another one AND that it should not add to the amount of MoWs out there.