[Require pvp to play on pvp server]

Where is it advertised a PvP only server?

3 hours ago, Flash Jack said:

When you can sit alone outside a nations capital for hours, and see dozens of people doing missions in the reinforcement zone

So you looking for PvP in  a place where game mechanics make it near impossible, and also where the player are not interested.

You created a problem where one does not exist, I would suggest  looking elsewhere and you may get a more challenging experience from it.

 

And also its a PvP enabled server, not PvP only  

[Pirates specific features before release]

Limit the crew of a pirate to 2-300 and your suggestions start to look reasonable

[Mechanics]

25 minutes ago, Bearwall said:

Make the PvP server a PvP server

Well PvP EU is PvP enabled if i'm not mistaken, but if you want PvP only maybe we could could test this new server mode with all the PvE elements removed? 

[Smuggler flag]

So you should explain the problem before offering a solution.

Here is a guide to help you

 

[Farm with friends - marks confiscation]

PvP for fun was better than PvP for marks or rewards, maybe this new way can be fixed.

[Farm with friends - marks confiscation]

1 hour ago, Peter Goldman said:

There is a player called [...] and after he gets sank, he comes back in another ship and keeps fighting. One day he lost like 6 ships during 2 hours, including Pavel.

Isn't this the type of behavior what the devs wanted? but now being called suspicious because he keeps losing.

 

[Farm with friends - marks confiscation]

So don't arrange PvP, and don't be to good.

 

[Surrender options are needed]

1 hour ago, jodgi said:

Don't you like incentives to get people to go out for pvp?

A new currency with some fancy upgrades locked behind it isn't an incentive.

2 hours ago, Landsman said:

If you are a PvE player it certainly is.

And that type of attitude is why we will never see server population go back to 2000+

[Surrender options are needed]

24 minutes ago, jodgi said:

What if you're out to get pvp marks?

Its silly to have them as a meaningful currency so lets remove them (again) and have interesting game mechanics instead

[PVP Rewards]

6 hours ago, Donjuan Dimarco said:

Then - we are still on a PvP server- and not on a PvE server.

PvP enabled, if all PvE elements were removed we would not have much of a game and even less players.  And I would also point out that PvE players provide the majority of PvP for a certain group of people

[THE SAFE SPACE]

54 minutes ago, Aegir said:

Not to mention the fact that you can progress throughout most aspects of the game without ever leaving the zone. That, if anything, is a pretty good indicator of just how shallow the game truly is.

This is what needs to be addressed, the game needs more than the 600 players it currently has. 

Safe zones are fine, but people need a reason to leave them, not make them smaller or punish people that remain in them.

[THE SAFE SPACE]

Only the lazy people hunt at capitals to catch noobs or people not interested in pvp,  quality PvP can be found elsewhere.

If you want PvP only then go play legends, otherwise learn to play on a PvP enabled server as everyone one does.

[Free towns]

You don't want to sail for a couple of hours to an area where people that have no interest in PvP reside, to do your PvP?

 

[Alts]

Every captain you see sailing around has paid for the game.  How you define them is up to you but each has a right to play how they wish.

[Reinforcement zones]

13 minutes ago, Bearwall said:

Atm everyone is going pirate just to get some PvP..

Sure the safe zone could be adjusted, but what's your reason for its removal?

 

[An answer to lack of PvP perhaps]

Quality of life features such as ship tow, extra outpost or ship slots or something other people can think of may help people find pvp, more so than the addition of an extra currency.

[Foreign clan alliances]

Sounds suspiciously like watered down alliance system

[An answer to lack of PvP perhaps]

PvP enabled server, it's optional not compulsary.

Biggest problem is lack of players.

And because it works in WoW which has a matchmaking system i believe, doesnt  mean it's a good idea in a sandbox.

[Add 3 Server Types instead of 2]

Need to start educating people that it is PvP enabled server, not PvP only.

[Preliminary discussion of the changes to conquest - clan wars are coming]

Looks good, but we all know what happens with good ideas.

[Solution for the PB timers]

Noble effort, but lets just divert resources from development and create a total of 6 servers to cater for everyone.

US, EU, Asia, Aus, Global, PvE

This is so simple and fits into the Devs vision of splitting the community even more

[Enhanced buildings]

Buildings are cheap as we only pay for labour for both construction and use.

I suggest building materials be added to the construction and upgrade of all buildings.

Bad weather should halt all production of labour at that port, no one wants to work outside in bad weather

Workers need to rest, so buildings should only operate sunrise to sunset and not at all on Sundays

We could have national bonuses as well

Britain - +10% cost 

Spain - -50% productivity (siestas)

France - 50% productivity (they always on strike)

you get the idea

 

And finally all labour hour and building resource generation would stop outside of port battle times, we wouldn't want anyone getting an advantage playing at night.

[Decentralised Economy]

Good idea as you put it, but I can imagine the dev team seeing this and then adding resources to all buildings instead of what you suggest.

[Post Wipe : Resource Rethink]

The 2 live oak ports currently available are hardly fought over often, having more will make it even less likely.  It looks more like a case of not having access to it after the wipe, either because of no more alliances or changing nation that isn't British or US so want more available.

 

[Vision of the PvE zone]

So after reading some of the posts about how awful the PvE zone will be, I thought i'd have a go and try find a reasonable solution and get some opinions.

While the PvE and PvP communities will share the map I don't want to see harsh restrictions placed on either side, some ideas where blocking trades, no contracts and even a invisible boundary you can't pass.

I get that people are concerned about alts using it as a safe area for crafting, but it really won't be much different to what it is now.  I have alts, all in the same nation and have no problems moving anything from A-B, having them in a PvE area will only save a few minutes as I won't have a need to have a look around before sailing but I would be crazy not to use this new area.  

So we need to give a reason for PvPers, Crafters, Traders and even the PvE player to leave the protected areas and enter the real world so here it is a word we all love TAX, or some form of it.

 

• Everything within protected zone has increased prices and labor hour usage compared to the rest of the map
• Crafting items and ships uses more labor hours
• Crafting items and ships uses more materials and resources
• Unique trade items, make it profitable to trade within and take goods out of the protected zone but not bring into it
• Only National Region trims available inside

Although I haven't mentioned how much more expensive it should be, I'm thinking more than 50%.

My assumption is that the average PvE player will have more wealth due to just, well doing missions and trading, and also lose less ships so the increased cost won't have a huge affect on them it will just be normal.

The Alt will still have a safe place sure but is it worth the extra time and cost.

Slim but possible that some PvE players will leave protected zones for different trims, cheaper ships and materials or even to trade.

 

So that's one way I would like to see the new PvE zone implemented, I appreciate any and all comments I have no doubt  I missed something or its not to everyones liking but i just wanted to get it written down