Why Ships need a Boot Option

[Yulia Clearwater]

Obviously there are pirates out there who could abuse the boot system, so feel free to share your thoughts on a workaround for unwarrented booting.
Here are a few possible ideas that have already been shared on this thread:

if a pirate had been inactive, meaning not landing a shot on an enemy ship, for say 5 minutes then he or she could then be booted.

a "Blacklist" system should be added, which prevents listed players from ever joining your ship, public or not, again.

a votekick system. The captain of the ship (and only the captain) can propose to kick a player off the ship, or walk the plank, to give it a more pirate-y theme. The shipmates vote on it, and the majority vote wins. The captain won't be able to "troll" because as long as the majority of the crew is made up of sensible people, the player won't be booted off unless he is truly being a pest.

 

[Divine]

If i remember correctly, @John Foulroberts said that this will be a feature for public ships as well as svs.

 

[Mark Scurvyfox]

I can't quite recall if there was such a feature back on POTCO, I believe it existed. Am I wrong?

 

[Divine]

I can't quite recall if there was such a feature back on POTCO, I believe it existed. Am I wrong?

It existed for SVS only, but jfr said that it will probably be implemented for public ships as well.

 

[Mark Scurvyfox]

Bingo! Thanks for letting me know. Must of missed JFR's sayings

 

[Yulia Clearwater]

If i remember correctly, @John Foulroberts said that this will be a feature for public ships as well as svs.

Let's hope that it is not too far off from being implemented.

 

[Divine]

Let's hope that it is not too far off from being implemented.

If SVS is the next big update, it should be coming with it

 

[Stormtimbers]

If this was implemented, players would need to get the ship loot when kicked. This would be an absolute must if there is to be a ship boot option.

 

[Divine]

If this was implemented, players would need to get the ship loot when kicked. This would be an absolute must if there is to be a ship boot option.

Why is that? That only encourages what the pirates that don't do anything want. And it will be more efficient for them too.

 

[Davy McShot]

I hate pirates that don't keep to the code.
MAKE 'EM WALK THE PLANK! Savvy?

 

[Davy McShot]

Also, I totally agree with @divine mates.

 

[River]

Go ahead and implement it. But I think we should be careful because people could easily abuse the system.
For example you could be docking with loads of cargo then suddenly the captain boots everyone off before porting.
Maybe add a bot or something to monitor boots?

 

[Davy McShot]

SUGGESTION:
Instead of just the teleportation animation or none at all..
The player being booted hears the jack sparrow - digging music as they look down and dive into the water but as soon as they hit the water the loading screen for Tortuga/Port Royal/Whatever last teleported island they were on shows up

 

[Yulia Clearwater]

Go ahead and implement it. But I think we should be careful because people could easily abuse the system.
For example you could be docking with loads of cargo then suddenly the captain boots everyone off before porting.
Maybe add a bot or something to monitor boots?

I think a potential workaround could be if a pirate had been inactive, meaning not landing a shot on an enemy ship, for say 5 minutes then he or she could then be booted.

 

[Grey Vice]

I'd really love this for open world. I've had way too many incompetent crew members who have refused to participate or just cause mayhem by attacking 10 other ships while the rest of the crew is focusing on another one.

 

[Stormtimbers]

Why is that? That only encourages what the pirates that don't do anything want. And it will be more efficient for them too.

Because without giving them loot captains would just kick everyone before docking

 

[Divine]

Because without giving them loot captains would just kick everyone before docking

Yeah but this doesn't prevent the people that just board for loot and do nothing. Also, what gain does the captain get from doing that?

 

[Stormtimbers]

Yeah but this doesn't prevent the people that just board for loot and do nothing. Also, what gain does the captain get from doing that?

Well, I would definitely kick people despite not gaining anything. Maybe I gain fun from it?

 

[Divine]

Well, I would definitely kick people despite not gaining anything. Maybe I gain fun from it?

Hmm interesting

 

[Stormtimbers]

Hmm interesting

Trust me, there are plenty more that would do the exact same thing. Kicked players NEED to get the loot.