Letter of Marque, creating a privateer force for nations

[Maha]

i have this idea to develop the nation part of the game a bit more;
it's called "letter of marque". it is not voodoo and will probably come under Law.

letter of marque
Kings and Dukes can propose players, guilds or other nations to become “enemy of the state”. When the nation approves thru voting, an event-message is posted in the tavern and - fleet specific- letters of marque are sold on a page similar to the bounty board. Players have to buy a letter for a specific fleet. Players can buy as many letters as they want. there will be no limit to the amount of letters on sale nor a specified time limit. the Duke (who declared a player, nation or guild an enemy of the state) and the king can revoke the letters at any time. the letters stay valid till the end of the day that the letters are revoked.

These fleets will only gain 1/3 of the normal danger when they attack ‘the enemy of the state’. The nation who provided the letter receives a tenth of total plunder/skirmish profit as her share. A fleet that attacks the nation that provided the letter of marque loses that letter. the 'contract' will be auto renewed as long as the letter of marque is valid.

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it's nothing fancy, a danger reducement* towards a player or a group of players at the cost of 1/10th of plunder and skirmish and an small daily fee**. the nation receives extra cash at the cost of making enemies; the 'enemy of the state' does not lose anything extra, but will be attacked more.

* less danger is gained since the danger is mostly focused on the nation that provided the letter of marque. this reduced danger gain is fleet specific and only towards the target mentioned in the letter of marque.
** the daily fee gives the right to be a privateer for that day. a player can destroy his letter(s) of marque and the 'contract' is revoked. no more fees will be charged for that letter.

(not so long ago did William one nose make a nation bounty suggestion that also mentioned letters of marque, but in a very different way. see Nation bounties, letter of marquess and other considerations

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[Mugiwara]

Lets say a nation want to(have enough vote to accept it) set raid on someone. put him on list and after that start to raid normally. its basic raid nothing different beside attackers gain just a lot less danger than defenders. isnt it would be problem to exploit it?

and about 1. 10th skirmish profit. instead of it it should be % income rate for any skirmish or plunder against enemy of state target.

and in privateer fleet and in your link they mentinoed about letter of marque. it doesnt seems much different to me honestly. less danger on attack put him list with vote and law suggestions.

in my opinion you should offer little bit more unique mechanics for that letter to let us forget other topics.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3032&hilit=letter+of+marque

[Malachi Constant]

I like the idea of this.

Need to read back through Williams post as well.

Would give nations a tool and privateers maybe something worth while on the bounties.

Call Lev on Lowe for 1m? not a chance.

100k for Assassin on Juicy? nope

I haven't watched it closely but bounties seem down or spammed with things no one would do, unless a skirmish.

[DezNutz]

Letter of Marquess has been suggested several times before.

[PhoenixKnight]

Lol! That is a new one! This topic has been coming up so much in the last year under new titles!
I recall one started by me and Another by William and there was another one as well! Now Maha refreshes it again!

[Bmw]

i've seen this idea around 20 times since i joined always thought they were good.

[Vane]

The community must be on to something!

[Maha]

Lets say a nation want to(have enough vote to accept it) set raid on someone. put him on list and after that start to raid normally. its basic raid nothing different beside attackers gain just a lot less danger than defenders. isnt it would be problem to exploit it?

and about 1. 10th skirmish profit. instead of it it should be % income rate for any skirmish or plunder against enemy of state target.

and in privateer fleet and in your link they mentinoed about letter of marque. it doesnt seems much different to me honestly. less danger on attack put him list with vote and law suggestions.

in my opinion you should offer little bit more unique mechanics for that letter to let us forget other topics.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3032&hilit=letter+of+marque

it's not my purpose to get 'my thing' implemented, but the best thing
imo this suggestion differs in that the nation does not lose treasure but gains it!
a tenth is 10% privateers pay to get less 10% profit per attack, but gain '2 attacks' for free and thus gain more profit.
And yes, this letter of Marque just asks for more voodoo to be used.
it is not so powerful against one player, we have the bountyboard for that, but a letter of Marque that gives you an edgde against Poland or Brunei, that's different.

[Grimrock Litless]

This is a common suggestion tho, I don't remember, but quite a lot of other players suggested the use of Letter of Marque.

Who else here have suggested this before?

We should compile all the suggestions and find the common things they have.

[Haron]

Lets say a nation want to(have enough vote to accept it) set raid on someone. put him on list and after that start to raid normally. its basic raid nothing different beside attackers gain just a lot less danger than defenders. isnt it would be problem to exploit it?

I agree with this. Getting 1/3 danger is really powerful. I'd probably use this a LOT. It may even be powerful enough to threaten my nation to vote for such letters, or maybe even enter a separate nation for our guild to ensure we always got such letters.