Scoundrel of the Seas

[ruisen2000]

Originally Posted by CarribeanThunder

I1: As mentioned, the Firebrand makes an arch when fired. Her Broadside is also slow.

Hmm... Thats actually a good point. Hopefully, this will be a sailing challange, which will give lv 50 people with max fury something to "fight"

Originally Posted by Davy Fireskull

What I have in mind is something slightly different from Davy... obviously, its looking like sail/flag customization is coming, hopefully new ships, and bounty hunters. Think about it realistically for a minute. What did bounty hunters do? When a group of people (EITC, let's say) saw that a lot of their ships were being sunk or their soldiers were being killed, they would obviously want to find and kill whoever was the cause. So they send out bounty hunters. Now think about how SvS works for a moment. MOST people who SVS want to sink the ship with the highest bounty, so they can get the most gold. My idea is that as you sink ships, you will slowly start to build up a bounty from the EITC (or whichever faction you've been plundering from). As your bounty gets higher, they will start to send stronger and larger amounts of Bounty Hunters after you. If you need it put simply, you start sinking a faction's ships ---> they get upset and put a bounty on your heads. They send out some weak bounty hunters ---> they try to attack you but they aren't too powerful. You continue sinking ships and your bounty builds up even more ---> they send out even more bounty hunters after you. ---> so on. I think this will be a really cool update. I'd love to feel like the hunted rather than the hunter sometimes. This way I actually need to keep an eye out behind me.

Oh, and now that I think of it... think of all the quests that this could be used for...

I think this is the most likely. At the start, it shows the pirate sinking NPC ships, then gaining .... skulls on their flag, then getting chased. It might work the same way, as you mentioned.
I wonder if the Hunters drop nice loot..... lol After all, they are bountyhunters = lots of items