I would like to propose an idea of a carrier pigeon mechanic in the game. This would allow people to write notes and send pigeons to other ships to allow communication such as peace and/or alliances. I think this would be a wonderful addition to the game and i would appreciate if you would take this into account in the upcoming updates. (Pigeons would have a max radius of a set number of grids)
Carrier Pigeon Idea
I'd love it but I wouldn't send anything bad and I don't really get fired up about what other people say to me so it would go smooth. For some it might not go so smooth.
I would use it all the time because I defense pvp while adventuring so different forms of signaling intentions are useful for me in my play style.
Even if I had preset messages like "Peaceful. Meg hunting/voyaging/etc" "Just passing through" stuff like that would be a great resource in adventure.
It would be a lot better than cold calling people via personal messages and doing stuff like getting close enough to type/message.
Carrier pigeons would allow the space that is needed during a lot of organic encounters in adventure, to have interactions other than just fight/flight.
I have thought something to simulate message flags https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags would be a good idea. In game, I see this showing up as a short message on your captains banner when someone spyglasses you, underneath ship/guild name.
For example you could put, "Need help with skeleton thrones" or "please sell my gifts" or any number of things. Of course you could lie, and that could lead to even more fun.
I feel like this is somewhat already facilitated by white and red signal flares.
Sadly the SoT community isn't always the best when it comes to maintaining alliances and the developers have rarely given any incentive for doing so especially when one crew realizes they are more skilled than another.
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