pirate ships

[mosemister]

The ability for "Pirate" players to take captain role of the ship by force.

How?

• A none owner breaks the ship sign
• Likely a Ships Addon instead of a core feature

Balance

• A pirate can only take control if they are the only player on the ship
• A pirate can only be in survival mode
• The original owner will be notified if a loss of control occurs

Permissions

• Permission to be a pirate
• Permission to override being a pirate (aka not to be a pirate even if they have the previous permission)

[ColonelKai]

Could we make a check (maybe optional in the config) to see if the owner is online? If not, offline raidings will potentially break this system.

[mosemister]

Sounds good.

Features like this im open to discussion for major change (not that that is a huge change)

[ColonelKai]

So i am guessing intended feature is:

• Fight for a ship, if win, you may steal.

What people could abuse it with:

• Go to a port with a lot of ships in, and just steal one.

Suggestion on how to fix it:
Locks. Something i saw in a server named StarLegacy (now named to Intercosmica i believe).
Basically how it works is:
Vessel can be locked and unlocked by the owner.
Unlock is instant, but locking takes a preset amount of time (eg. 15 minutes).
If locked, the ship cannot be stolen, but at the same time, cannot be moved, so needs to be unlocked before a voyage.

This way, parked ships cannot be stolen, but a ship that is on a voyage can be intercepted & after it's crew is killed, stolen.