Merchant Vessels

I honestly don't know if this idea has been already posted by anybody else, but I thought it could be a good, stimulating feature to have every day after reset one ship spawning randomly which carries a "treasure" of goods. Just one, no way to identify it, just shoot all you can shoot because any NPC can be that ship. The loot could be recognizable by a different color of the crate left on the sea surface. This could help to get also some items which really lack a bit in the game even for ppl playing constantly and farming heavily. Items like Lead, Copper etc...bars, some serious weapon, occasionally big Diamonds (in the thousands) and gold (in the millions) loots. Like a lottery...but players have to work to win the prize. If not daily this could be a weekly thing and could be rewarding for players playing regularly and for long time with no much in return and push players not very "loyal" to the game to put a li'l more commitment in the game...by the way,just food for thought...but it could be FUN!!!!

 

good ideaa

 

It could be a very fun mini-game, forcing people to look for the merchant ship somewhere in the seas. Good idea, I support.

 

Yeah, I like it too

 

This sounds like an awesome idea! I second this!

 

sounds good

 

Great idea! I disagree about flagging the flotsam with a different color, though. Keep it unknown until the crate is opened. It would help to promote this added feature if an announcement was posted on a big prize being found, like when a guild plundering is announced.

Like "1000000 gold found in Jarisheim"

 

This idea would work well in the game and benifit Pirates with needed treasures that can be well used! Thanks for sharing this good idea with us.

 

sounds interesting

 

I like this idea. The Merchant ship should be armed and also have armed escort vessels, 3-5 escorts. The merchant vessel can have around 150k-200k hp and escort vessels around 25k-45k. They could spawn randomly in a zone or any zone 13-32, and spawn every 2-4 hours?

 

I like the idea that suggests it is a normal npc with out guards and that the treasure is unmarked. The treasure would need to be 1 special item or a randomly large amount of gold like 25k to 1 mil. The times could be that it spawns at a random time within specific time periods such as; it spawns once every 2-4 hours in all zones, but that time would not be exact every time period, nor zone. This would make it difficult for players to run the maps controlling times, like the Basks, Coleuses, Generals, and Storm Vipers. It would enable all players to have an equally random chance to get these special npc's. It would also help to promote more ships on the waters as many players would be out farming in all zones rather than just sitting at port wars all day.

 

El Diablo has some very good suggestions. especially about the timing and locations having some irregularity. I also really like the idea of a group of ships together. I have been thiinking that the concept of a school of monsters, like those found in Oasis and Dune Sea should be used in other zones and not just for monsters. It was common in the days of Spanish treasure ships for more than one ship to sail together to protect the treasure from Pirates or Privateers.

 

so what you are saying is allow noob players to earn more ds by stealing the kill from the one shooting it, sounds like the general ships of winter event re spawning. its whatever