A game of survival, trade and exploration in the universe of Fallen London
Three Suggestions Re: Ships and Stuff
ElectricPaladin
Posts: 43
2/22/2015
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It seems like a lot of people are arguing that there is no - or very little - reason to upgrade your ship unless you manage to take home a ton of echoes and go for the dreadnought or the frigate. This is, in my mind, a problem, because upgrading your ship is part of the story of a zee-captain's rising star. I have two suggestions in this matter:
1) Add a legacy that would allow you to leave your ship to a subsequent captain. This would incentivize me to improve my ship, because it would give me the possibility of starting with a significant leg up. Additionally, it would create the possibility of gradually bootstrapping my way up to a very good ship - like the dreadnought - over the course of several games.
2) Allow the player to purchase a new ship without trading in the old ship and switch - at London, of course - between the ships they have available. That would encourage purchasing specialized ships and using them for different missions. A fast ship for exploring, a big merchant vessel for trading runs, a frigate or dreadnought for fights, and so on. Trading should still be an option - and a good, much less expensive option - but I believe that this would add an interesting dimension to the game.
Relatedly, I have a final suggestion.
3) Allow players to purchase some sort of warehouse for goods and gear. It's just too frustrating, in my mind, to have to sell off everything that doesn't fit on a new ship (ie. a forward gun should I switch to the merchant ship). Additionally, some missions are simply impossible - or else extremely difficult - with a small ship's cargo capacity, but as I've already written, improving your ship is usually not worth it for other reasons. You could easily attach some significant disadvantages to the warehouse - it's expensive to buy, it occasionally gets robbed, etc. - but I think it would, likewise, increase the depth of the game.
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