Question:

Should a trait be active when the person has no gold coins & cannons on-board or next to no crew on?

I think not, what do you guys think?

I request for a trait to be 'active' the ship needs to have requirements. (X amount of Crew on board/ X amount of cannons installed/ X amount of gold coins on hand.)

This, is kind of a tough decision honestly. I think it should depend on the trait somewhat, as some traits are rather straightforward and would be problematic to deactivate-mostly the extra ones. Extra level, extra cannons, cargo, as having these turn off, would make some new issues-are the extra benefits gone? Do they just deactivate? For some of the other traits having them turn off at a certain point would be much simpler and in some cases make sense.

For example, if a ship has no crew, but has the trait loyal crew, obviously it shouldn't work at that point.

So i would say some traits should definately have some sort of requirement and if it fails that then the trait is inactive. But others should remain active no matter what.

Can we be specific? Which traits? Loyal Crew is not activated already if the ship has no crew.

Captain Jack wrote:Can we be specific? Which traits? Loyal Crew is not activated already if the ship has no crew.

All of them essentially. However I see Melivas point, Traits would remain deactivated until a new 'captain' comes to claim.

So for example Extra Cargo/Cannons would remain active.

Loyal crew would be deactivated.

Fire Assault/Levi Assault could be deactivated if the person has not been active in the past X days.

So that farming inactives is easier?

As long as the ship has the minimum crew allowed, I see no reason for traits not to function.

Obviously Fire Assault requires cannons so that shouldn't work without minimum crew and at least 1 cannon.

I agree with DezNutz

If you do not have gold to pay a crew how loyal would they be? Daily upkeep gold comes out of on hand gold so a crews wages are part of that. As far as the cannon count shouldn’t the effectiveness of fire assault and such be based on the number of cannons? Why should a hawker with 1 cannon have the same effectiveness as a soul or mow with full cannon?or even another hawker with full load of cannons?

Also consider how can a crew of 5 (min req. to sail) be nearly as effective as a full crew?

Feniks wrote:Also consider how can a crew of 5 (min req. to sail) be nearly as effective as a full crew?

I thought min crew to sail was 15.

Feniks wrote:If you do not have gold to pay a crew how loyal would they be? Daily upkeep gold comes out of on hand gold so a crews wages are part of that. As far as the cannon count shouldn’t the effectiveness of fire assault and such be based on the number of cannons? Why should a hawker with 1 cannon have the same effectiveness as a soul or mow with full cannon?or even another hawker with full load of cannons?

+1.

My point exactly.