Customized Crew

[OriginalCamper]

I know there have been threads about it in the past but I would like to bring it up again.

One of the things I would like to see in the near future is the ability to customize my crew. I do not simply mean the outfits ( although that is something I want ). I want to be able to customize the fighting styles. I want to be able to customize the number of ranged characters that spawn with each wave. I know its an old idea, but it hasn't been posted about and I wanted to make a new thread about it to let FLS know that its still something that is wanted.

[Lone Ghost]

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[AUPilot]

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[Spinnaker Sam]

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It would be too difficult to balance and make boarding all about who has the most optimized crew.

[OriginalCamper]

I was thinking PVe but since you brought up PvP...

Yes, it would change the way boarding is done now. But, Isn't that sort of the point? The idea is that it would spice up boarding combat drastically. Instead of getting wave after wave of simpleton melee characters, you may face a crew that is just pistol packers. It would force players to think on their feet as opposed to just backing in a corner and swinging away until all of the other guys are dead.

However, barring the fully customizable crew, I would very much like to change the way my crew looks so perhaps we can agree that is mostly harmless.

[Lone Ghost]

Originally Posted by OriginalCamper I was think PVe but since you brought up PvP... Yes, it would change the way boarding is done now. But, Isn't that sort of the point? The idea is that it would spice up boarding combat drastically. Instead of getting wave after wave of simpleton melee characters, you may face a crew that is just pistol packers. It would force players to think on their feet as opposed to just backing in a corner and swinging away until all of the other guys are dead. However, barring the fully customizable crew, I would very much like to change the way my crew looks so perhaps we can agree that is mostly harmless.

I wouldn't mind actually Customizing your crew (colors,coats,etc).

But to actually Customize what type of crew you get would be sort of ruin boarding in PVP sence everyone would just get the best crew member they could.

[Hockeyluva77]

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[tarsus4x4]

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Maybe not whole crew - but at least one lieutenant per wave at least.
And difficulty is not a thing to be afraid of in this kind of game, however I don't think it will change much anyway difficulty-wise. All crew/boarding stuff in potbs is imo screwed anyway, so that would bring some fresh accent.

[Rolledback]

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As long as it was balanced. Take ETW for example, when you do a custom battle, stronger units cost more points/gold, so that way you can't have all slots filled with the best units. So in this case, if the pistol packer was strongest he would cost more points then the let's say, basic sailor npc.

[Josh_Brown]

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