Eye of Reach Balance, and Crow's Nest ammo cache

  • BeatBopMeatSlop
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    In my experience, I have seen no other crews using the eye of reach consistently, and I know for certain my crew never uses this longer ranged option for combat. For ship to ship sniping, the only viable use that I have found has been when in the crow's nest of your ship. This of course means a very long climb every five shots, which takes you away from vital sail-heaving and hull repairs.

    My thought/suggestion would be to add an ammo cache to the crow's nest. This, I believe, would incite many more players to use this option for combat without truly having to "rebalance" this weapon. This would also be a useful addition when taking down skeleton forts, and on shore threats seeing as, at least in my crew, we always have one person on lookout for enemy vessels, and they could add to the fun by sniping during the PvE events while still on ship.

    My crew and I truly love PvP, and I daresay we have gotten pretty good at it. We've tried to use the eye of reach, and I personally would really like to use it. But more often then not, it has proven to be detrimental to my thieving and plundering. With it's wild hip shot spread (in case you gotta get up close and personal before you can reach the trusty blunder) and excruciatingly slow reload in combat, I am sad to say I personally just use pistols 100% of the time I need a longer ranged weapon (excluding them cannons of course).

    Perhaps this is a suggestion that only suits a niche set of needs, but that's my two cents! See you guys on the seas! (hopefully when we are running voyages, and not dressed in our Crab Crew attire driven by an insatiable bloodlust!!)

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  • Capt Kanna
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    @officer-gavo I don't like the idea of having an ammo box at the crows nest simply because enemies would camp up there forever..

  • Saws n Sins
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    I thought about this earlier today. What if we had the option to take only one weapon (a gun). And the other slot would be an ammo pouch and we would get 15 total shots for whatever one gun we was carrying.

  • Damii0107
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    @saws-n-sins I'm just giving my opinion, but I'm very confident saying that Rare has already thought about this option and as it is not yet implemented into the game, that means they had some doubts about it. Plus, having the option to chose for one 15 bullet shots weapon and a ammo pouch is a sensible subject as it is such a big change that most of the players will vote against it as it will make them a bit confused.

  • William Flint
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    @saws-n-sins I'd be ok with something like this, though I think it sould be more along the lines of an extra 5 shots rather than 10. If you get 15 you effectively get to carry 3 guns which I think is a bit much. If you get 5 extra shots, you are trading one extra reload (from being able to switch to a second gun) and a bit of versatility for double the shots with a gun suited to your situation, which seems mpre balanced.

  • Drewdigon
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    @officer-gavo I feel like a Crow’s Nest Ammo chest would just lead to boarders camping the crows nest. Could you imagine being able to board someone’s ship then repeatedly shooting down at them while they are totally unable to reach you? It would just be utterly broken, especially on smaller ships like the sloop where there isn’t enough deck space to shoot up into the crows nest.

  • BeatBopMeatSlop
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    @exeternautical I had not initially considered this. While this would prove to be very annoying, I believe it would only truly be a problem for a solo sloop, or undermanned larger vessel (which, according to majority of this forum, is the incorrect way to play this game). Besides, situations like this already occur in the lower decks of ships in many combat encounters where players camp the food barrels and ammo cache. I believe a crows nest camper would actually be easier to deal with as opposed to the dreaded mid-deck mongrel, eating through your entire banana supply!

  • Pugwash9586
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    @officer-gavo I always hoped we could pick up the ammo crates and put them where we like. Maybe have it as a heavy box so two people have to carry it.

  • Archangel Timmy
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    I don't think this is necessary at all, but here is a thought in case it does come around.

    Small stationary cache (CN-Cache) in the crows nest.
    The CN-Cache has a MAX storage of 15 rounds across ALL ammo types.
    - 15 EoR | 10EoR + 5FL | 5EoR + 5FL + 5BB
    The CN-Cache defaults to empty every time a ship spawns.
    The CN-Cache will require reloading from your weapon.
    - Load at the regular ammo crate, then unload them at the CN-Cache.
    - This makes keeping it stocked important if you plan to use it.

    Campers in your CN are a possibility and this could work against them as the ammo is limited, and possibly not even usable to them.

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