And that's accounted for by the fact that each ship you sink changes your nation relations. That's the measure of your fame with specific nations.
My point exactly. Which is why I am suggesting having that change in nation relations also affect your "recognition chance" with characters and/or ships of that nation.
So what you want is something which goes up gradually with each ship you sink, and is only relevant to specific nations?
That is what I was pondering, yes. That is why I was thinking of something like this:
Code:
float GetDetectionChance(int iNation)
{
float chance = GetRMRelation(GetMainCharacter(), iNation)/REL_MIN;
if (chance < 0.0) chance = 0.0;
return chance;
}
But to be rewritten so it works better in combination of non-hostility, plus the regular fame checks.
Which is fine for merchants. Naval officers don't become famous for getting rich (unless they're caught doing it in an illegal manner
), they become famous for sinking enemy ships. Nelson didn't become famous for being rich, he became famous (and gained titles) for his military exploits.
Actually, isn't it currently the exact opposite?
Fine for Privateers and Pirates, since they can use Divide the Plunder. Doubly for Privateers, because they get land too. Naval Officers get their Salary and eventually land as well.
Merchants have the biggest disadvantage because they get ONLY their salary and have no other source of Wealth.
Which begs the question: How SHOULD merchants get Personal Wealth?
Naval officers don't become famous for getting rich (unless they're caught doing it in an illegal manner
), they become famous for sinking enemy ships. Nelson didn't become famous for being rich, he became famous (and gained titles) for his military exploits.
Indeed Naval Officers don't get Personal Wealth quickly. Not until they become a Commodore.
So definitely having a "ships sunk" addition to fame for Naval Officers only does make sense to me.
By the way, you can see how far this topic has drifted by the way neither of us has mentioned advantages for evil characters for some time. Maybe some of this should be moved to its own thread.
Indeed it has MASSIVELY drifted off-topic. But it is a very interesting discussion nonetheless and I'm glad to see we're getting some good thoughts on it.
Splitting it all into their separate topics may be more trouble than it's worth.
How about simply merging this thread with
Notice - The Way Forward | PiratesAhoy! and starting a brand new one on actual advantages for evil characters?
Because indeed we DO need that discussed too, otherwise a lot of the other ideas here don't make all that much sense.
And for sure, once our ideas managed to converge to something that makes sense, I'll try to distill it down to a clearer to-do list.
All the above is probably a bit "much" for anyone to wade through....
