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[Cian]

Ok here is my disclaimer:

** I UNDERSTAND THIS IS FAR FAR AWAY FROM THE CURRENT STATE OF THE GAME OR NEAR FUTURE GOALS***

Sorry had to caps just to make sure it got read LOL.

Anyhow, are there any long term plans for the possible introduction of boats, ships, etc?

One of the things I greatly enjoyed about the original Darkfall was the ability to construct massive ships of war and have players man all the cannons ranging from 10 guns to over 60 guns.

I understand it may not fit here but would there be plans for ships of a more Midieval type?

Fishing Ship
Dhow
Galley
Gallasss
Galleon
Trading Vessel

These ships could be equipped perhaps with Catapults, Napatha Throwers, Scorpions, boarding ramps, nets for fishing, or larger cargo holds?

Can we reasonably expect that plying the seas will be more than simply a way to get around?

[Drakes821]

From the FAQ

"Question: Will there be ships?

Answer: Was asked already - we plan them in post release period."

A pretty vague answer but it seems that sometime down the road the devs want to add in ships.

[BartusPL]

Some medieval ships:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_ships

[Olloch]

I just want horses for the moment. But boats are cool I guess.

[Cian]

From the FAQ

"Question: Will there be ships?

Answer: Was asked already - we plan them in post release period."

A pretty vague answer but it seems that sometime down the road the devs want to add in ships.

Yes I realize this is the case. But I was hoping for some elaboration beyond yes.

I was wondering if they had discussed any ideas at all.

[Sensei]

Not sure how much actual sea there is in the game. There appears to be rivers and such, but hardly the room for massive sea battles.

[Deadelven]

Correct me if im wrong but is the continent not surrounded by water? mabye in a large patch one day or an expansion that water could be expanded islands added and some ocean combat/trade/whatever would happen (Archage online has a really good idea of sea trade, you have to carry large trade packs on your back and then can deposit them on the ship to sail around, since they are actual items in the world pirates can hop onto your ship and steal them if you arent carefull.)

But it will be in the future, hell ill help with the coding/modeling just to see this implemented in the game.

[Sensei]

Yes it is - but I'm guessing that there isn't a lot of room at the edges - and I've seen nasty stuff happen to people who fell off the edge of game maps

[Telakh]

The water surface is on the zero level, the game engine itself supports not only the movable objects, but even flying ones, so it should not be a big problem to create some vessels although there may be some difficulies with moving characters along the deck on a moving vessel. And no, there is noting flyable planned. =)

The thing is that sea vessels are far from real importance for dev team. There is no point to start assembling ferrari while you don't even have a dirtroad. So be patient and enjoy what we have at this point.

Seriously, nobody will change the dev plan before they create and implement all the features scheduled for the release. And that will not happen before the release
So it is quite logical that they plan all further changes for the post-release development.

[SaresITA89]

You must read the FAQ and wiki
you must read the FAQ and wiki
you must read the FAQ and wiki
you must read the FAQ and wiki
you must read the FAQ and wiki
P.S. alpha-forum is not made for these questions

[Arrakis]

Topic moved to the proper forum section.

[Thokan]

I don't know, man. Water is pretty central according to the minimap.

Just the ability to travel across water would suffice for a long time. Nothing fancy.

[Shealladh]

I don't know, man. Water is pretty central according to the minimap.

Just the ability to travel across water would suffice for a long time. Nothing fancy.

Agreed, +1

Having something simple for starters like holding onto a log and going down stream, then being able to craft a raft with say 5-10 logs...then as release nears open it up to canoes with paddles and slowly upgrade the skill to have sail and open water ships.

Either way, having a way to travel around is key atm. So a horse with some saddle bags to trade with the other towns.