Thoughts on Paint

[Slamz]

Just a thought:

Different paints could be handed out for different rewards, some of them being specific to that exact ship.

* Red paint: PvP only. This exact ship has killed at least 1500 total enemy crew. Only counts actual cannon shots, not deaths due to sinking.
* Black paint: PvP only. This exact ship has sank at least 5x its own BR worth of enemy ships. So a 100 BR ship can be black after sinking (kill credit, not assist) 500 BR of enemy ships.
* White paint: PvP only. Dealt at least [I don't know] total damage to enemy sails.

"Exact ship" meaning the stat is tracked for that physical ship -- not the model. This one Surprise of yours has earned black paint but that doesn't mean you can put it on any other Surprise. When it sinks, the black paint goes with it. (Should paint follow the ship around? If someone else steals it or you sell it, does the paint stay? I'm kind of thinking it should. Nobody repainted the Black Pearl.)

Other paints could be earned as a captain, like a ship knowledge slot. The 6th knowledge unlock is actually a variety of paint schemes you can always apply to that model of ship, because you earned it via XP.

Just thinking that when/if paint actually gets here, there are some interesting things to consider other than just looting or crafting one and slapping it on and having it mean nothing.

Edited July 18, 2017 by Slamz

[Liq]

Im liking that idea, has something touchy. Similar to "HotShot" fighter captains in ww2. Probably doesnt quite for to this timeframe, but oh well it's an MMO game

[Grundal]

great idea! 

Also name the ship.

[Jean Ribault]

Hmm, maybe the ships should be on the leaderboard too, alongside its captain !

Painted ships definitely need a name then.

[Iroquois Confederacy]

But then I'd actually have to get around to naming my Surprise-class frigate...