It would be nice if there was an outpost somewhere that would allow players to change ship mid-game. This would allow players to add/remove players and change their ship accordingly.
I can understand why players should not be able to change ship anytime they want (one shouldn't be able to change mid-battle for example). However, I think having a designated place on the map where you can sail to and change your ship there would be a great addition without interrupting game flow.
The issue becomes one of server balance and how items are tracked.
It's hard to find hard numbers but anecdotally, while the servers are limited to 6 ships, it seems it will cap out at 20 players rather than the theoretical 24. They'd be unlikely to simply have a message telling you this though, as that would give you information about the server size and affect gameplay (e.g. tell you inadvertently that you're on a full server, so you can guess there are a lot of Brigs/Galleons)
I think it could be done though with a forced server merge - if you select a different ship, the game will move you and your crew to a new server.
While I could see them being able to transfer resources somehow, it could be very complicated if you had loot or other items on your ship - i.e. where does the game place those items on the new ship?
@realstyli where has the 20 players been confirmed? I know the 6 ship limit has been discussed, I dont remember the player count ever coming up.
@captain-coel said in An outpost to change your ship:
@realstyli where has the 20 players been confirmed? I know the 6 ship limit has been discussed, I dont remember the player count ever coming up.
It hasn't been confirmed. Hence, why I used "anecdotally". I've seen a few posts here from others (experienced players) mention it and it wasn't questioned. As I said, it's hard to find exact numbers but I've never seen a server with 6 galleons so I'm inclined to believe it (would also explain why Arena is limited to 5 crews not 6).
