Minimum Boat Crew, One

[Anthony Roberts]

This is less of a suggestion, and more of a "What do you guys think?" thread. This idea is completly and utterly implementable at the moment (Assuming it's not buggish...)

So, I propose that all boats require a minimum of one person on board, for them to be able to move at all. This is to prevent a ship flying off into space, with a ghost crew. SURE, it's possible, but a ship needs to be maintained to be of any use. With no one on board, the boat will stop. Simple.

What do you guys think? Yay, or Nay?

[nitefyre]

Aye, aye, Cap'n.

[Yo_Yo]

Are ya ready kids?!?!?!?

Sounds good to me. Although I doubt you'll ever catch me on one of those damndible things.

[Nick]

Nay. They're precious to find. Like time capsules. And they can also be from far away, so maps would be a neat find.
I found a boat recently from the 700's, it was kind of neat, but I don't know where it was from.

[Slowness_Incarnate]

Agreed. Stop the boats when no one is on them.

[Chris Johnson]

Disagree - but the boats shouldn't necessarily travel on the same route

Let their travel be directed by the winds, tides (if any) and the currents

In fact I'd love to see crewed ships battling against storms or using prevailing trade winds to travel from continent to continent

In RL the shortest travel time is not the shortest distance . We already have different travel times on land due to type of road and weight carried, lets see something similar at sea .

Over to Programming Department Opps I'm in that dept - lets scrap this idea

[Bran-Muffin]

Nay. They're precious to find. Like time capsules. And they can also be from far away, so maps would be a neat find.
I found a boat recently from the 700's, it was kind of neat, but I don't know where it was from.

You say Nay but what you post should be kinda supportive, you cant dock to a moving ship. Or at least that has been my experience.

I am for the idea so... Yay!

[formerly known as hf]

I like the idea of boats having minimum crew - but it should be a minimum to control direction - if the person/people die - and the boat's got dead bodies, or not enough people - it should still move - I guess in whatever direction it was, but it shouldn't be possible to change that direction... Boats just sitting still in the water - doesn't seem right to me...

[Sunni Daez]

Had a charrie find a boat..just sitting, docked to it just off shore..had 1 dead body and maps of a different island...how interesting!!! I think if the people/person dies, the boat should continue in it's direction until it hits land...

[TatteredShoeLace]

But if the Cantr world isn't round then a boat may very well sail off into infinite lands....I like the idea of boats stopping without a crew. The sail doesn't keep it self up too long with no crew.

[Sunni Daez]

Hmmm well, maybe it is??? (round)

[Anthony Roberts]

I like the idea of boats having minimum crew - but it should be a minimum to control direction - if the person/people die - and the boat's got dead bodies, or not enough people - it should still move - I guess in whatever direction it was, but it shouldn't be possible to change that direction... Boats just sitting still in the water - doesn't seem right to me...

Personally, I would agree with this. However, it's presently not possible.

And I can't state if the world is round or not (Why? Because even -I- don't know, believe it or not.) - but what I am trying to avoid here are those few channels where a boat can sail and sail and sail, to NEVER hit land, then you WON'T EVER be able to dock on that boat (Unless: A) It flies around to the other side of the map, or: B) It falls off the edge of the map...?, or: C) It hits the edge of the map to stop.)

The point is, since you can't dock on a boat while it's moving, you'd have to wait until it hits land. Is THAT realistic? Although, I don't understand why some of you argue that "A boat sitting still isn't realistic". Sure, there are winds and tides to move the boat, but do those exist in Cantr? No.

[Edit]: To Tally, I see 6 Yays and 4 Nays. One of the Yay's is mine, by the way

[The Industriallist]

Yoiu can dock with a moving ship. At least, that's what my experimentation indicates. You just have to do it the right way.

[Anthony Roberts]

Yoiu can dock with a moving ship. At least, that's what my experimentation indicates. You just have to do it the right way.

True. There are ways. But chances are, you just won't have those lucky circumstances. The boats that you can dock on, are usually faster than the boats you can dock with. So if you're not in the right position before hand, you're screwed, really.

[The Industriallist]

Not if you're tricky. You see, you use two ships of your own, some careful steering, and lob your boarding crew onto the deck of the target. That's how to play the interception game.

Lurching away from the topic...