Pretty simple but yet neet feature in my eyes. Make it so we are able to change the flag on top of the crow nest to either white (friendly) or black (not friendly).
Would make a lot of sense when meeting other ships. Possibly have a logo on the black one, which can be costumized like the sails can be.
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@datguypak0 ooooh, i like the idea.
hoisting colours that determine your objectives / stance.
And anyone "trolling" by hoisting opposite flag colours would be fine because that is what pirates did.
I love it, a very good idea!@datguypak0 What, one of these :p
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@uvg-reign I've never seen one myself but if it's in the game then you'd like to think they would make it a selectable feature.
@jayinwaves said in black/white flag:
@uvg-reign I've never seen one myself but if it's in the game then you'd like to think they would make it a selectable feature.
No doubt a custom flag option will be available in the future, in the beta's and alpha's there were different ones but it was random. But I think people have realised how long it seems to take rare to add anything to the game
@uvg-reign Custom flags would be great, but unfortunately i don't think they will come to game because of the likelihood of some people raising N**i regime swastikas and other potentially offensive flags.
With the game trying to be as PG as possible and family friendly, unfortunately i don't think they will do that.
@porkin5 But that's what pirates would do, eventually they will not trust you, but if a ship has a friendly flag raised and moves away from you as you approach, you know they are friendly.
Also:@darthplurkush said in black/white flag:
If you are friendly you point your cannons straight up I the air. If you're not friendly the cannons are shoved down at the ready.
This is something i do to show passiveness to nearby ships along with a good old play on the hurdy-gurdy as we pass, if they fire then so be it, it's part of the fun.
@jayinwaves said in black/white flag:
@uvg-reign Custom flags would be great, but unfortunately i don't think they will come to game because of the likelihood of some people raising N**i regime swastikas and other potentially offensive flags.
With the game trying to be as PG as possible and family friendly, unfortunately i don't think they will do that.
I meant being able to choose premade ones, same as the hulls,sails and figureheads are at the moment
@jayinwaves Sorry I missed your point there. If that's what Pirates do then why would they bother needing to add it? It's a mechanic that simply wouldn't work.
Players already moan about 'griefing'. They'd be up in arms if attacked and killed by somebody posing as a friendly ship. Heavens they might even be PC players!
@mubhcaeb78 I'm not really sure you see the point of this feature. It doesn't necessarily need to be game changing, It just adds something to the game. It's something pirates would use.
I don't by any means want this to be a priority over some new more important things that can be added, but I think this would make the game a bit more entertaining without much of a hassle for the developers.I do not think it should be based on intent it should be based on actions, If you go around sinking ships, killing others, etc. Then your flag turns black, (I think it should also turn your name Red, but that is a diferent discussion)
That way we can't abuse the feature it solely based on our actions (Think fables Rep system).
So as a customization request, you wish to fly different color flags.
That is something people will get behind.To have a common "belief" that guns raised, or yellow/white flag is peaceful crew, is also good, but not having it be some sort of toggle. I want to make sure we avoid people getting "more hurt" in the game by trusting in something and then being betrayed when it is something that appears to be Rare's way of marking a ship as hostile or not. Based on the number of requests for pve, we don't want to give more ways of "griefing".
I would see only a few ships ever using black flags, those looking for a fight openly, and then the "trolliest" of the pirates always picking white to extract more tears for the sea. That really only causes hurt to those who want to be left alone and see the white flag.
@darthplurkush That is good if properly managed, but I believe some games tried this and failed because players just used available symbols top create offensive imagery.
If correctly applied it could work really well so you have a good pointI prefer this idea instead of forcing people to colaborate together.
But if i would attack other ship, i would all the time put the white flag.....
@darthplurkush and to be able to move placed JR's around the flag or skulls or other (time period sensitive logos)
@rgbknights I have been thinking the same thing. You could even have bounties on these ships. If you sink on, a special chest floats up or something. That would insintivise pvpers to go after each other.
It would have to be automatic. The flag is white until you fire upon another ship and then turns black and stays that way for an amount of time. Otherwise people would lie and put the white flag to sneak.
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