Captured AI Lineship Loot Pool

[Master Wobbler]

With the recent introduction of fishing, most of the players on PvE 1 US have since stopped participating in missions. 

 

This could be primarily attributed to the fact that there is a rather significant disparity in item loot to be found in battles compared to shipwrecks.

 

As a result, there are hardly any people willing to participate in missions (at least on the US nation) on the said server. 

 

My idea, which I think would revitalize high-level missions is simple: add a loot pool that is *similar* to that of shipwrecks to captured lineships. 

 

 

Why lineships in particular?

 

Most of us know that aside from a bonus that is received when sending a ship to the Admiralty, there is little point in going through all the effort to cap a lineship since they could not be kept. 

 

If such an incentive would be thrown in, it is almost certain that people would find the notion of capping a fully-armed lineship appealing given the potential rewards that could come out of it. 

 

 

What of lower level AI ships?

 

The addition of a special loot pool to lower level AI ships could potentially be problematic because it is much easier to capture them.

 

As a result, I am not at the moment proposing any changes to them. 

 

 

What particular loot should captured lineships yield?

 

Anything valuable that is lightweight like a couple of labor contracts, a set of upgrades, or a modest amount of coins should be considered as prime candidates for this loot pool.

 

However, I do think that the loot pool I am proposing should be less consistent compared to the loot pool of shipwrecks so as to not kill salvage operations altogether. 

 

 

Would this not render fishing useless?

 

This should not be the case as fishing would still be a great way to bring in some money. 

 

Fishing also requires much less involvement on the part of the player so it is technically much easier. 

Edited July 5, 2016 by Master Wobbler

[Tief N Tote]

people have gone back to missions as the bottle drop is so rare now. but i agree we need more loot in ships