Herman Melville Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 It would seem to be helpful for strategic and tactical reasons to know who all owns outposts in a particular port. Would it not be possible to view such a list when you are in that port? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chijohnaok Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 To piggy back off you idea, one should definitely be able to see what ships are in port (the player names AND their ships). During the Age of Sail one could walk the wharves and see exactly which ships were in port, see what their names were, etc. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Herman, I do like the idea, but more to Chijohnaok's way of thinking "walking the wharves...". The visibility would only be available once you've docked, not from another location or an API feed. And in the spirit of the walking you'd come across information about ships that just left... Maybe adding a Officer Perk mechanic "shipmasters port log" which will show the port entry and exits of vessels from said port from the last server maintenance roll. Or a one time "Bribe Masters Port Log" function costing X-amount... Norfolk nChance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chijohnaok Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Norfolk nChance said: Herman, I do like the idea, but more to Chijohnaok's way of thinking "walking the wharves...". The visibility would only be available once you've docked, not from another location or an API feed. And in the spirit of the walking you'd come across information about ships that just left... Maybe adding a Officer Perk mechanic "shipmasters port log" which will show the port entry and exits of vessels from said port from the last server maintenance roll. Or a one time "Bribe Masters Port Log" function costing X-amount... Norfolk nChance My bold emphasis above. This I like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Melville Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Yes, I agree with "walking the wharves." That's what I meant by being "in port." If the devs concerns are "too many to list" perhaps there should be a certain limit per port on the number of outposts permitted at each port. After all, dock space had limits. Might result in players having to utilize many of the ports which are now seldom used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Herman, the list will only be from the last server cycle and that particular port. It already partly exists in API form now, I remember the earlier version of this site had the individual port traffic and time. This is a great piece of API retrieval, but in my mind stepping too far over the line. IMO http://navalports.mdb-dev.es/ I took your idea with my thoughts and did a post on STEAM page as well to see what comes up rgds Norfolk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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