@galactic-geek said in [Captaincy Update - will it ever come?]
For example, let's say they release the captaincy update, where 1 person chooses the ship's name. Because he got in 1st, and chose the name, he sees himself as captain, which at a glance, makes sense since it's the captaincy update. So, he starts telling others what to do and barks orders, and punishes those who fail to listen. Meanwhile, you've got up to 3 other pirates who aren't feeling very pirate-like, are having their feelings hurt, who are unsatisfied with the game if this is how it's meant to be played, and who are starting to resent their self-imposed captain that they never even chose. As a result, nothing gets done, either because the crew decides to leave or troll the captain, or because the captain decides to grief the crew. In that scenario, an individual basically goes power-mad over naught, and ruins the experience for everyone involved, including themselves. Nobody wins. That is NOT a fun game.
That's not how captaincy would work though, it's not first person loading in becomes captain it's a pirate legend specific feature and not only that but a feature that's locked off behind more work after you hit PL (what that was meant to be we have no idea). Players joining in on this ship would be joining in on the captain's ship but that still doesn't excuse toxic behavior and should be reported if it happened. It also incentivizes players to actually grind towards PL and put in the work to become a legendary captain so they too can have their own personal ship they can bring others along on and create their own reputations. Pirate legend originally was supposed to mean something and so far it doesn't mean anything other than a title you can wear and a very minimal amount of over priced cosmetics most don't use.
So in my opinion this doesn't really alienate anyone but only gives players motivation to work towards endgame, everyone has the same route of becoming a legendary captain but only those who are willing to put in the work towards it become legendary captains. You may like the game how it is now but a lot of players feel very differently and would like to see captaincy release.
I would also like to add that captaincy, as far as I'm aware, was never meant to give the owner of the ship special permissions in terms of brigging or being the deciding vote for voyages I'm pretty sure that was something the community thought of. Captaincy, how I would want to see it, would give the legendary captain sole permission to modify and name their ship to their liking (being a very brief summary of what I want in terms of customization) and it save as a ship you can launch from the main menu.
