Suggestion Give explosives a trail

[Sky Kiwi]

It's really quite silly that the most powerful cannonball not only doesn't have a scary looking trail when even round shot has a trail, but it's also virtually impossible to see.

It really only works the way it is for the gunner that fires it, which was probably why it was never bothered with. But now that we have ships with explosive broadsides (both on the player and the NPC sides!) I feel this should be changed.

My suggestion for a relatively simple one would be to give it the same trail as normal cannonballs, but colour it red or something. But it doesn't matter how this is approached, I just want them to be visible and easily distinguished!

 

[OrionSenpai]

The trail could be that of smoke or that of fire.

 

[Sky Kiwi]

The trail could be that of smoke or that of fire.

Ooh I like the idea of smoke. A similar effect to firebrand/fury, but a puffy grey.

 

[Peter Goldbeard]

I was thinking of a sparkler- looking trail. Like this, but a bunch of small ones trailing the explosive:

 

[Sky Kiwi]

I was thinking of a sparkler- looking trail. Like this, but a bunch of small ones trailing the explosive:

Also an awesome idea!

I only suggested a recoloured round shot because it would be the easier for the devs to implement than creating a new one. A shrunken red or gold fury trail might be cool too. But if we can just create a new trail, let's keep the ideas rolling!

 

[Marc Swordbreaker]

We need this

 

[Morzan]

This is a good idea.

 

[Driftarr]

I love the idea of giving explosive some visible feature lol... Or just a new texture design completely lol, make it look like a pack of dynamite being shot or a small explosive barrel? Realistically would these be shot out of a cannon, no.

But we shoot lightning sooo

 

[Captain Wouter]

+1 this is something that ive wanted for a long time.

 

[Bart Stormbreaker]

I like explosives without a trail. It makes them sneaky when they fly through the air. Adds a(n) (un)pleasant surprise to ship combat.

 

[Marc Swordbreaker]

I like explosives without a trail. It makes them sneaky when they fly through the air. Adds a(n) (un)pleasant surprise to ship combat.

It's annoying when corsairs can sink you in one shot without warning.

 

[OurGangsDarkOath]

I'd like to add that explosives should look like what they're displayed as, they just look like regular round shots and it's hard to tell when my broadsides shoot them, they're suppose to look like orange tnt explosives.

 

[Morzan]

It's annoying when corsairs can sink you in one shot without warning.

lol agreed. we should at least know when we have to dodge or take cover.