A game of survival, trade and exploration in the universe of Fallen London
Pirate's Pleasure
Lashkar
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4/9/2015
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How the heck do you get this?
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Wriothesley: Call me "Risley". My first character, around midgame
Asesina Ballenas: whale killer. Alt, recently PoSI
Happy to accept most social actions; will help with menace reduction if it's reciprocated.
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SouthSea Rutherby
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4/10/2015
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Apparently Pirate's Pleasure is not a terror-reducing event; it is meant to be a place to pick up echoes for civilian ships you've seized and sent to Gaider's Mourn. It is possible, but with the current mechanics it is frustrating at best.
The idea, as it stands currently, is that you have to kill every last crew member without sinking the ship and then select the option to send the ship to Gaider's Mourn. There was also, at least at one point, a similar option to send prize ships to London if you managed to capture a pirate ship instead of a civilian one; at this point it is not clear if this feature has been removed.
There are actually several threads that have been started about this feature. I have one where I actually tested the idea extensively:http://community.failbettergames.com/topic19350-on-the-seizure-of-ships-piracy-and-privateering.aspx
My chief concern is that I don't think it should be necessary to completely obliterate a crew in order to seize a ship. Once an enemy crew reaches 50%, there should be an iron challenge that determines how much crew you lost when you attempt a boarding action. This would allow a number of previous options from the Early Access to become available again: from seizing pirate vessels, to sparing Khanate Ships for reducing suspicion, to actual legitimate piracy.
I am hoping the idea is reopened for discussion soon.
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Now the proud captain of Mr. Eaten's Revenge
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The Dark Gentleman
Posts: 188
4/10/2015
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Ha, you said 'legitimate piracy.' As in...
"This is the Royal Navy. We are coming alongside. If you are legitimate pirates, please have your current Piracy License, proof of Ship & Crew insurance, and Smuggling registration card ready..."
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The Dark Gentleman~ Social actions welcome. Menace reductions upon request. Newspaper interviews by appointment. Falconry by invitation only.
"THE HOURS FEAR THE NAMES.
THE NAMES FEAR THE LONG.
THE LONG FEAR THE KNOW.
ALL FEAR THE HOURS."
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The Dark Gentleman
Posts: 188
4/10/2015
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My apologies for the oversight, and thank you both for the reminder. The actual historical practice of legitimate piracy completely slipped my mind. I believe I'll blame it on the Monty Python-esque scene immediately conjured by my mind upon reading the phrase "legitimate piracy" while listening to a commercial for auto insurance...
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The Dark Gentleman~ Social actions welcome. Menace reductions upon request. Newspaper interviews by appointment. Falconry by invitation only.
"THE HOURS FEAR THE NAMES.
THE NAMES FEAR THE LONG.
THE LONG FEAR THE KNOW.
ALL FEAR THE HOURS."
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