The video that came out couple weeks ago was fun and all - but didn't really answer many questions.
I'll just start by asking 1..
If you are in a rowboat, and your ship is sunk... what happens?
(eg. do you have to row to the nearest shore? do you loose your rowboat if you take a mermaid back to your ship? can another ship carry you and your boat back to your ship? Where is your ship - do you have to die in order for it to respawn? or can it tell you where to go?)
@mad-jack-ketch haha.. well yes... but I was hoping for more info to bridge the gap from the delay. :)
@r3d-n1nja-82 said in Rowboats - a more full explanation?:
Where is your ship - do you have to die in order for it to respawn? or can it tell you where to go?
I guess it's safe to say that your ship will probably respawn as it does now and I doubt the rowboat will talk to you :)
@fishst1ck lol.... no talking row boats!?! Come on RARE!!
So that's what I'm curious about. Im sitting in a row boat, and my ship sinks... I continue to paddle around while my ship has respawned on an island far away. It would be nice to know where incase i'm inclined to row my way there. perhaps I have valuable treasure in my rowboat that I don't want to loose.
And if the ship does spawn while you are still in the rowboat, then it'll just be sitting there open to attacks until I decide to jump over board to drown (or talk to mermaid), and abandon my rowboat/treasure.
-dont get me wrong I'm super excited to play with these new mechanics.. just curious why there hasn't been more discussion on them.
So let's discuss!! :) (or theorize I guess)
@barnabas-seadog said in Rowboats - a more full explanation?:
I would row to an nearby island and hide my loot, leave the rowboat on the beach and take a mermaid back to your ship.
Sail back and recover loot and rowboat.
Not a bad plan, as long as there isn't a server merge.
I might be inclined to not leave the rowboat near where I stashed the loot though.
Do the rowboats have a map of any sort I wonder?
@dooby good point. I wonder how navigation works in the rowboat.
There needs to be a fun reason with some advantage of parking farther away from shore and using a rowboat. I'd hate for it to end up being a devil's claw tool and never used anywhere else.
Any speculation on how treasure is stored in the row boat? is there a limit? do they lock to certain spots in the boat (to allow for players to still sit / row without clipping through chests?
Would love to know a few answers myself. :)
But the guys who really know, sworn to....
We will just have to wait & see.....
It'll be fun to find out I'm sure once we have them.
@skullmanbeard said in Rowboats - a more full explanation?:
Im hoping a 2nd crew can jump on oars to increase speed and efficiency like other ship mechanics. But looks like a single rower
If the seat is wide enough, grab a paddle each :)
they should bring in pilot gigs and we can all have races :)
What we know so far about the Rowboats:
What else do we really need to know? If your ship sinks, why would you think things would change if you're on a Rowboat? You might be able to stash your loot somewhere, but that's it.
@letslipthedogs yea that makes sense. I wonder how many hits it can take. They should be kinda hard to hit - being so small.
One cannonball and the whole thing explodes into grab-able planks, would be hilarious. and useful in a pinch if you needed more planks!
just picture the sacrificial pirate that has to row the boat away with a single gun powder barrel. Let it rain planks!!
