Captain Jack Truesilver
Notorious Pirate
Personally, I'd rather see Chinese junks, clippers, carracks, caravels, and/or xebecs. Maybe schooners and/or bomb vessels too. Basically, I'd like to see more ship types in general (and I know the developers would have to start from scratch for all models save for the carrack). As fun as that may be to think about, however, there is this to consider (and it applies to both ships of the line and all of the other ship classes I just listed):
With regards to ships of the line, I feel like the thing that makes them unique is that only the Navy can sail them. I doubt many pirate ships in history were ships of the line, either. They also so overpowered in the game...wouldn't the ability for us regular players to sail them (no matter how difficult it might be to attain) just render sailing incredibly boring? Where would the challenge be at that point? Would the developers have to create ships of the line for the Navy and EITC (and maybe the undead) for open sailing? Would they also have to then come up with even more powerful ship types for treasure fleets and material runs? Where do we draw the line? And what about The Goliath for the Black Pearl Boss Battle? Would that need to be upgraded to an even larger, unknown class as well?
With regards to ships of the line, I feel like the thing that makes them unique is that only the Navy can sail them. I doubt many pirate ships in history were ships of the line, either. They also so overpowered in the game...wouldn't the ability for us regular players to sail them (no matter how difficult it might be to attain) just render sailing incredibly boring? Where would the challenge be at that point? Would the developers have to create ships of the line for the Navy and EITC (and maybe the undead) for open sailing? Would they also have to then come up with even more powerful ship types for treasure fleets and material runs? Where do we draw the line? And what about The Goliath for the Black Pearl Boss Battle? Would that need to be upgraded to an even larger, unknown class as well?