Problem with Ships... Dev's Read :)

[Thealbinorhino]

Alright, after the effort to farm up your harbor and the disappointment that comes with being unable to build ships... To farming and building the shipyard up... Then 15K and 75 Wood cutting to get the skill... To the disappointment that you need an astrolabe.. To the insane amount of resources that are needed to build a ship. You build a ship and you can't even name it? Really?

If I want to name my Sloop USS Occidio then, I damn well should! I mean really why can't you put a simple option in " Hey what would you like to name your ship " " USS Occidio " and on the side of a the ship a little paint graphic goes on the ship that says " USS Occidio "... :) <3

[Winker]

Then a server crash comes along and youre ship is renamed the Ghost ship USS Occidio

[Thealbinorhino]

I'd be fine if I saw someone riding around in my ship because then all know who built it ;) <3. I'm not worried about server crashes, I play the game for fun... I had my raft for like three weeks of use everyday and nothing happened... My sloop will be fine too! My nameless vessel!

[Keno]

Your right they probably should add an option for that, it couldn't be that hard. Soo, how many resources did it take and what ship did you make :P

[SpartanRedeemer]

a fluff thread? seriously?

[Elteryne]

a fluff thread? seriously?
Substance makes people start playing a game, but fluff is what keeps them there.

[Thealbinorhino]

Sorry it's not a Roleplay thread, though try to keep on topic, this is a -VERY- simple thing to do coding wise... I don't even care if you go and make a paint graphic in your spare time AV.... :) Just figure a simple line of coding and it would make the game -that- much better.

[Sizmo]

What kind of material count are we looking at for a sloop? (or w/e you called it).

[loginserverdown]

shadowbane eventually added the ability to name created items, but at extra cost. maybe if someone MUST name a ship then it could be done at a very slightly increased cost, perhaps jsut a little extra gold and no resources charged? Or keep the current resources for a named ship, and slightly less for an unnamed ship?



just throwing out ideas, i don't even know how feasible it is. i don't craft anything, really.

[xarnthal]

As long as they don't add a painting skill for putting the name on the boat. You know damn well they'd make you wait 20 seconds to watch the paint dry.

[cheopis]

shadowbane eventually added the ability to name created items, but at extra cost. maybe if someone MUST name a ship then it could be done at a very slightly increased cost, perhaps jsut a little extra gold and no resources charged? Or keep the current resources for a named ship, and slightly less for an unnamed ship?



just throwing out ideas, i don't even know how feasible it is. i don't craft anything, really.

Meh, just create another recipe: Ship + paint = named ship.

Granted, I dunno how open ended the number of available recipes that can be addressed might be.

[mrbubbles]

yea, that would be useful for large naval battle coordination (when or if there is any) by looking at that and saying thats my ship, or thats a ship i dont recognize, blam-blam (more sounds that you would hear out of some 5 yr old kid),

[Osium]

Good thing we have astrolabes!

[darthlawyer]

Alright, after the effort to farm up your harbor and the disappointment that comes with being unable to build ships... To farming and building the shipyard up... Then 15K and 75 Wood cutting to get the skill... To the disappointment that you need an astrolabe.. To the insane amount of resources that are needed to build a ship. You build a ship and you can't even name it? Really?

If I want to name my Sloop USS Occidio then, I damn well should! I mean really why can't you put a simple option in " Hey what would you like to name your ship " " USS Occidio " and on the side of a the ship a little paint graphic goes on the ship that says " USS Occidio "... :) <3

Try using your imagination. Pretend that you are on the USS Occidio. Or the SS Minnow. Have your best friend reroll as an Ork Named Skipper.

[Branwulf]

To be honest I'd be happy if you could make a banner of some kind for your clan, which would be on ships, warhulks and perhaps cloaks worn my players and standard bearers, that would really help build and attachment to your clan and your expensive machines could be used with a sense of pride i suppose.

[Azzerhoden]

I completely agree with you on being able to name a ship.

I would also like to have the ability to name bags! I am sure there are other objects in the game name-worthy as well. I'd love to give a name to my armor, I could call it "Here today - gone tomorrow". ;)

Seriously though, being able to name objects would be a nice addition to the game.

[Damartyr]

Totally agree albino you should be able to name your ship.
Slightly off topic, is the sloop armed or no?

[Rigan Pere]

Whilst naming would be cool, its just not practical.

Devs would have way too many complaints with the obvious thing thats gunna happen, people using insulting or racist remarks as ship names.

Dont say it wouldnt happen, cos it would.

[cudofcow]

Whilst naming would be cool, its just not practical.

Devs would have way too many complaints with the obvious thing thats gunna happen, people using insulting or racist remarks as ship names.

Dont say it wouldnt happen, cos it would.

And so what if it does, people already do this with character names...whats the difference? the same EULA rules apply in those situations....i dont see your point.

[WMD-Laydin]

Whilst naming would be cool, its just not practical.

Devs would have way too many complaints with the obvious thing thats gunna happen, people using insulting or racist remarks as ship names.

Dont say it wouldnt happen, cos it would.

The USS @#$%$& $%#$%@ ?

[Acrylic_300]

You could name your ship in UO, and PotBS has custom flag designs that have to be passed by the devs.

Darkfall is a sandbox game though....so you can imagine your ship has any name you want. It can be any color you imagine also. You can even cut out a piece of paper and write the name on it and tape it to your computer screen.

This is the new generation of sandbox. Anything can happen....Anything!

[Thealbinorhino]

I'm not really into the coloring of ships but a simple banner like they use to have on ships like maybe a black flag with a red " A " on it for my guild and the USS OCCIDIO on the side....Would be amazing. Add banner skill to tailoring and require one for the ship?