Scoundrel of the Seas

[Catherine Ironcutter]

This could be cool.... though I like peacefully sailing. Though it does seem wrong that you can sink thousands of ships and whoever's ships you're sinking don't seem to really care one way or another.

[Robert Ironcastle]

OMG.This is one of the best updates period.And I agree with what Davy's theory says.

[Mr. Awesome]

I highly doubt that these ships are going to be player controlled, which is a good thing since it would basiclly be SvS two. Also how annoying would it be if some troll kept sinking you while you sail? I am 85% sure that is is going to be a "heat" game mechanic, where for example, the more EITC ships you sink the more Hunters they send after you, and if that is the case then TIS LOKS LIKE TEH BEST POTCO UPDATE EVAR!!1!!

EDIT: I think it is going to be something along these lines.

Hmmm... What I'm guessing is that if you defeat that ship a bunch of times that jolly roger flag will update (that flag that was waving and had different things on it every few seconds) And maybe that will show your rank on the seas and you will be able to fly the flag? Kinda like infamy ranks?

[Jamesvsthekraken]

I do hope that it's Ship Customization or something close to it. I want me some red and black sails. xD

[Catherine Ironcutter]

Also, is it just me, or is whoever's doing the video a really bad aim with a cannon?

If you look at the chat when the cutter first appears, the chat almost entirely consists of "ramming speed" and "full sail." Apparently fleeing from the cutter is a good idea

[CarribeanThunder]

I will safely assume that the Cutter Shark will most likely be an NPC ship.
1: As mentioned, the Firebrand makes an arch when fired. Her Broadside is also slow.
2: "Cutter" isn't a name choice. Yet.
3: It is shown at first at Lv50 if you look closely at the far away Cutter. The next one shown is Lv49. Navy Bastions, Tyrants/Elites, and Fleet Ships of the Lines have the Lv#9-Lv#1 level pattern, so it's likely the top Cutter Shark level will be Lv51.

But there's one thing that goes against this. Look at the speed of the ship. It's as fast as a player ship. Strange, huh?

But still, it's more than likely that this'll be an NPC ship.

[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

[Dark_Pixie]

I strongly believe that this is going to be Unlimited Access only... or at least a portion of it. It would be good to type our own ship names.

[Marry The Night]

Scoundrel of the Seas is on Test now; here are some screens: (unfortunately, no new ships, rewards, or ship customization) Note the ship of the line.

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Davy's idea reminds me of Need for Speed: Carbon, when you gain heat the longer you keep away from the police in a chase and the more cop cars you trash. As you gain more and more heat,... more cops and better cop vehicles come at you. Sounds like this could get interesting.... but what if you just want to loot for fun and don't want to have to be sunk as you're nearly sunken ship comes back into port?

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

Firebrand ammo DOES arc, you just gotta shoot far enough.

[Bubba Bunny x]

Huh kinda makes me think of the game Grand Theft Auto... With the stars representing the cops... Except on pirates its with ships

[Ofury/ Tom]

I will shed some light on this subject. The update is not ship custmization. It is not for unlimited only. It changes the way you sail totally by adding in some voices to make it more piratey and adding in Hunters. Hunters are NPC sailed ships although you will find they are extremly fast and a hard ship to defeat. As you go up in sailing rank more and more Hunters will come after you. Hunters will attack you based off of the loot you are carrying. Yes a light sloop can be attacked by a hunter. Yes I have done it :P.

[Rannulf]

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

Yes a light sloop can be attacked by a hunter. Yes I have done it :P.

I was gunning on said light sloop! It was epic! We put a few hunters down before porting.

[combatlizzy]

The more you plunder-the more your pirate flag develops-the more ships that pursue you. As for rewards-finding an open port & docking safely after being chased around the Caribbean works for me-LOL