Implement camouflage

[Fidel]

Good evening,

 

I think the devs should implement camouflage on OW asap. Frigates are unbalanced compared to SOL`s and camouflage will give an important advantage specifically for solo pvp.

[TommyShelby]

WoW much? No thank you..

[Capt. Rice]

[Fidel]

I mean that the bigger the ships are the earlier they can be spotted, especially by smaller ships.

[CaptBligh]

I mean that the bigger the ships are the earlier they can be spotted, especially by smaller ships.

And so they should be.  However, I don't think the spotting mechanics are that sophisticated yet.  In theory, taller ships should see farther because their lookouts are higher, but I don't think that's true in game.

[C Blood]

Really? are you a war gaming Dev or something?

[Jean LaPointe]

Camouflage? Really? This isn't 1938.

Camouflage (Nelson's checker) was when a trader was painted like a warship so an attacker would think twice about going after it.

[Fluffy Fishy]

As much as its not exactly accurate I wouldn't mind seeing some dazzle camouflage on these ships, not in game though. Just out of a sense of it would look funky/

Edited March 18, 2016 by Fluffy Fishy

[Leviathan]

I love camouflage and design camouflage myself but it has no place in this game. Perhaps when we are able to paint ships you can choose a nice background matching Caribbean blue as a compromise 

After one of the last patches the ships do "pop" in and out of view instead of fading like they did prior. Hopefully this returns to what it was as before as it did allow larger ships to be visible sooner in a realistic way.

[Porpoise]

Or we can use plastic - transparent sails to hide the ships maybe. What do you think? And of course this should be premium content for real money. 

 

Seriously: I would like to see different paintjobs as cosmetic features, but camouflage is silly. 

Edited March 19, 2016 by Porpoise

[William Livingston Alden]

the only cammo they had was to sail unther a foreign flag until they went to combat and raised their Country flag.

[Sir Henry de Montfort]

This is the era of the "BLING"!!!! THE MORE gold & silver you put on your ship and the more colorful your ship was the more important and imposing you were. Camo... has no place in this era my friend.