Toggle option for torn sails

On one hand I'd say that'd be nice! Yeah I'd love some worn seadog sails or set my sails to match my ship more. (full of holes)
On the other hand the sails as they currently are are a design choise made by someone who poured his heart into it.
The Kraken sails look awesome torn and it would lose that feeling when they were just pristine sails. The Admirals sails would lose some of it's status if they were torn because they were meant to be top of the line well kept sails.

So I'm in the middle on this.

Good Idea tho :-)

I wish sail damage was an actual mechanic in the game though, something that has an impact on the game. Imagine if each level of damage slowed the ship by a percentage, and you had a fabric resource that you could use to repair it?

@bloodybil

Yip... I have similar thoughts on Sail damage.
Maybe "Chain-Shot" is coming? ( to cause all that sail damage ).
The cut-outs at the front of vessels are for something... probably harpoons of some description. I liking the idea of a "fabric" resource, for repairs on the fly.

Another thought... & I really wish they would put this into the game.

Shipwrights

I wish there was a more practical use for them, whether it be repairing the look of your vessel (ie. remove battle scars, I rather like them myself, but would like the option). Being able to use them to swap vessels should your friends wish to jump on board in game ( ie 3 man brig.. to 4 man Galleon) without starting a new instance of the game. Any repairs to sails on the fly by us would look patch-worked, the shipwright could then for a small fee make them pristine again.

Just a few thoughts...

@bloodybil

Of course if sail damage is introduced.
We have plenty of "fabric" just sitting up in the crows nest.

Sail repair on the fly..... :)

@piratecraggy said in Toggle option for torn sails:

@bloodybil

Of course if sail damage is introduced.
We have plenty of "fabric" just sitting up in the crows nest.

Sail repair on the fly..... :)

Hehe we do!

Ever since the addition of cursed cannonballs that added an alternative type of ammo, I always wondered if we would ever have alternatives for bananas (hopefully with potential upcoming cooking feature, we will) and an alternative repair material to planks. I think the changes to the barrel system was exactly planned with resources of all kinds in mind.

@goedecke-michel said in Toggle option for torn sails:

I prefer sails taking damage in a fight. The more hits they get, the more damage they take, the slower is the ship. At any outpost, you could buy new sails.
Would add a little bit of realism to the battles at sea.

Gunpowder in the crow's nest would become a double edged-sword, if you get sniped, your sails are torn to shred.

Never made sense to me that the mast and sails were indestructible.

@goedecke-michel Chase cannons with grapeshot or chain shots like @PirateCraggy mentioned would be great timing with the new potential cannon slots we are getting at the front of ships.

Maybe I'm being a bit overly hopeful but it would be great if next update brought 3 new resources ( 1 of each type):

• Cooked food
• Grapeshot cannon ammo to damage sails
• Fabric for sails repair

I want the same sails as skellyboats for me bonecrusher set :D

@ultmateragnarok I understand what you are getting at with the sails being designed to tell a story, but with more customization (even little things like sail damage) it lets players make their own story.