This is the thread to discuss the newest addition to the devblog, posted by isildur; Basically the idea is that as a pirate, you have to steal a naval ship inorder to get one..but once you've stolen one of these monstrosities, you are a free, open and valid target to everyone.
The pros- about this is of course that the idea of a large fleet hunting said pirate in the fashion some of us visualise, comes to life, and some big ol' chase commenses, which of course is pretty nifty.
Also it's be an effective system to punish pirates for them stealing in the first place, as with theft and inappropiate actions comes concequences, with no exception.
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The cons - In my opinion, it's pretty darn silly that as a pirate, you aren't able to be the one initiating the PVP, no matter where you are, 'cause you're a pirate after all right? I mean it makes sense to me that as a pirate you don't sit around and wait for the navy ships to amass and wait for them to fire before firing back, thats suicide.
I know if I were a pirate, if I really had to engage naval ships, I'd do so by firing at one at a time, preferrably with only that 1 ship around.
Goes for pretty much all situations - depending on how silly you are, because if you read up on combat tactics of that time, it wasn't a matter of out-smarting your opponent, it was a matter of who had the biggest ship in size and amount...it was first till much later that actual naval tactics were developed and deployed, and even the first ones were very primitive by our standard.
Opinions? Thoughts? Lets hear 'em lads!