Current News: Jan 21, '09 Recruiting Pirates

[CaptainGreenGene]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

12 War frigates with full crews, spread out on the oceans of one quiet server, won't cause any noticeable lag. It's not uncommon to see a half dozen pirate ships, just in Mariner's Reef or Boiling Bay. Now if they all launch from the same place at the exact same time...then maybe a few moments of slowness (until they disperse.)

The thought just occurred to me so that means everyone else already must have had this thought long ago, what if a mean spirited crew of pirates sailed out and sunk all the ships around the GM ships. Whats to stop some idiot from spoiling this event? In fact, whats to stop 8-10 idiots from ramming, flaming and otherwise harassing the GM's ships?

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by CaptainGreenGene

...what if a mean spirited crew of pirates sailed out and sunk all the ships around the GM ships. Whats to stop some idiot from spoiling this event?...

Speed, distance and sheer number of enemy ships. I don't care who or what tries to do that; they will fail - you can't sink them all. And your odds are not good, trying to rep-steal from a SINGLE fully-crewed war frigate...infinitesimal against a dozen.

Now, if their special surprise (from last night's software update) is a sea serpent or the Kraken, it might get a bit tricky.