new abiltiy and stuff

[Harney]

well i was thinking after you take a colony. it does not have any guards so there shoulld be a thing to start your own army but you have to be level 20 or somthing...

a new ability would be mining and black smithing as you could make money mining rocks and smithing sword...

please use these as a base

Harney

 

[morgan terror]

i don't think that anyone will make those. besides, you can already make money off your land you get when you get promotion.

however, that smithing might be usefull to add to the buildingset mod, so you would have your own blacksmith and wouldn't have to go to town with the risk of getting caught by the guards when you're hostile with the nation on that island. you would need to supply to smithy with would for the fire though.

it would also be nice to have your own tailor shop. it would have to be supplied with linnen and silk or something like that.

just developing the idea here.

 

[Thomas the Terror]

I like the army idea, but that you need a letter of marque to get soldiers. Example:
1. just letter of marque: 2 soldiers (as bodyguard)
2. lieutenant: 4 soldiers
3. captain; 4 soldiers + lieutenant (a bit more skills + better equipment) (soldiers are like the crewmembers on shore. officers are like officers <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />)
4. admiral: 8 soldiers + 1 lieutenant + captain
5. knight: 8 soldiers +1 lieutenant + captain + 2 old guards

 

[morgan terror]

and further? there are quite a few more ranks than that. knight is about half-way.

 

[Harney]

the army thing i made up i think govorner or something should be the highest rank...

i have made a few more ideas...

buy and sell and make shops. this would be ideal for the people making money on land...

in taverns you can find people willing to gaurd the city you have taken for a very low cost a month... 1000 gold for 500 men...

an ability would be:

quick fire pistol shoot (6 pistols at a time this is good for taking firts and killing groups by your self) this takes 3 minetes to recharge...

another 1 can be a thing that changes the ramaning hp of your ship with a enemy ship. (takes 5 mins rechage)
basically swaping hp

harney

 

[morgan terror]

well, that last ability is utter unrealism. doesn't really seem like a good idea. the other one isn't very good either. that way, you could just use the ability, press g to quickly let the three minutes pass, and move on to use the ability again in the next fight. however, the fact that you can only use it twice could compensate. still, you usually don't have the oppurtunity to fire six shots after each other. either too few enemies, or too little time.

what would be the purpose of those guards? besides that, 500 men would never fit in your small settlement, and you could never fit them on the screen. sure, you sometimes get attacked by natives, but those can be easily managed by yourself or 5 regular AI people/3 with good skills. although it may be more.

the shop idea was more or less what i suggested. simply have the same guildings you would have in any town in your settlement. however, i think this would make the towns in your chosen island largely unnessesary. you could simply go to your own store all the time.