The Caribbean Pirates is a nice feature of the game. However, I see a problem with it, and many people often complain about what I'm going to talk about. It's often IMPOSSIBLE to sail. New players on a server (or weaker players) can never make it to the other side-- unless they sail with the strongest player on their server. What usually happens however is that the top players loot anyone who tries to sail. Most people agree that this is a problem I think. To make myself clear, it renders a fun aspect of the game totally useless for most players. There is nothing wrong with getting sunk every now and then-- it's part of the game-- but getting sunk all the time is something else.
I think this aspect could be improved, and I have a suggestion. When you walk in the wild, you cannot attack everyone; you can only attack certain players, i.e. those whose level isn't too far from yours. This feature prevents strong players from attacking weaker players. It's meant to provide fair PvP battles. I think this restriction should also apply to the Caribbean Pirates. In other words, you could only attack the ships of players close to your own level (but you can always attack players with a higher level).
Example
If a player level 42 is sailing with a level 44, a player level 47 could attack them, but a level 50 could not.
Another example
If a level 44 is sailing with a level 12, a level 47 could still attack them. This is to show that you could attack ship AS LONG AS a player within a range of 3 levels from yours is in the ship. This would prevent players from finding protection by using lower level players.
I think this would render the Caribbean Pirates more interesting for most players. Moreover, it follows the game's philosophy by reusing an aspect of the game, i.e. that players cannot attack lower level players in the wild.
Please, share your opinion on the matter! Is this an issue for you? Do you agree/disagree with my suggestion? Why?
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Originally Posted by Revan
