When Merchants or Pirates travel from port to port which is known as a Voyage, there could be so much more going on then just A-B, in the golden days of Piracy sailors came across Rouge Waves, travel further expeditions to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
At the moment there is only one route but I would like there to be a few more options, so lets say I am taking my merchant fleet Pania - Gorum it has three options: Take the normal voyage and go around the island, passing Regis. Take a slightly longer expedition and go round the other side or take the shortest route - Which it would travel upstream ( Short Lakes and such ) to get there much more quickly.
Route A - The usual Voyage, takes the average amount of time and your name gets put down at dock list ( Port Gossip ), thus being more prone to being caught by pirates. It carries a normal risk of a natural disaster to happen, such as rouge waves but not known to be as damaging as Route C.
Route B - Longer Voyage, where the original route could take 55 Mins - This would take a hour and 20 mins and you would be marked as late in docking, therefore your fleet does not get marked. ( Not on port gossip so it avoids pirates attention, if your willing to risk a bit of trade income.) This would not be prone to natural disasters however - there is a chance for it to happen.
Route C - Short Voyage - Where the original route would take 55 Mins, this one would take around 35 Mins to reach the port however, it will get marked as "on time" and thus be marked in Port Gossip and only gain 1 danger point per hour. However, the waters that the voyage goes on be known for natural disasters to happen such as Rouge Waves killing crew ( Tidal Wave such ships ), Shallow waters with rocks in or narrow streams causing the fleet to in single file.
This would add a bit more strategy into the game for both Merchants and Pirates, and have a chance to include natural disasters.
Ideas/Opinions Welcome.
Thought of it on the way home from College
- John Avery
