A use for Taverns.

[Desertwind]

I was exploring the islands today, and I thought to myself. No one really uses the Taverns. So I thought up some ideas for the Taverns.

Rumbles- Kind of like a skirmish. You go inside a Tavern but not just a tavern on any island lets say Tortuga, violence works well there yes? Then you go talk to the NPC, lets call him Shady Carl. Once talking to Shady Carl, you will be put into a skirmish like lobby, and you are randomly put on a team, you cannot change your team. After the lobby is full, 6v6 4v4 etc. It starts the rumble in a Tavern map, then you beat the rum out of each other. With the rumble comes a whole new way of fighting just for rumbles. Shady Carl will supply you with weapons and skills specific for the rumbles, and cannot be used anywhere else. Examples, chains, busted bottle, wooden plank, cane. The skills for these weapons, work along the same lines as the other schools, but these are just for the rumbles.
If you win enough rumbles, you can redeem the teeth you have knocked out from others for rewards like clothing.
Clothing Reward suggestions
- Face Bandanna, Nothing says I'm a rebel, and a tough cookie like the face bandanna.

- Bloody Arm Wraps, Looks like you have smoked one to many people across the jaw.

- Brawlers Hat, A hat for the toughest rumblers.

- Torn Captains Coat, Alas your beloved jacket was torn in the rumbles, but you had to get your point across to him somehow.

-Knocked out teeth belt, This displays the number of teeth you have knocked out of people in rumbles. Yikes! The tooth fairy would love to visit you.

And many more!



Poker- As it sounds, you take your seat at one of the poker tables, and play poker with your doubloons. It doesn't have to be poker, it could be any other kind of card game.


Other suggestions-
Dice
Drinking
Other Card games.


Thats all I really got for now. I figure it would be nice to see a use for Taverns, besides them just being a empty building. It would probably be best if the rumble one was just for Tortuga, or the main ports because the other Islands don't have a very dense amount of players.

[Hootuk Myrum]

Yes this is a fine idea, and just the latest in the "make taverns interactive" chain of ideas. I love almost every single idea that comes from the tavern improvement genre, but not ever a mention from the devs about any of them. Card games and gambling seem like no brainers to me.

Also, other types of money sinks could be implemented with offering the ability to buy things from the bartender, maybe a High Spirits turn in item for 20k or something. Or maybe other low end consumables that act like bandages but when used have an animation of taking a swig of rum or something.

The possibilities are truly limitless and I would love to know if the devs have ever thought about fleshing them out more and making them more interactive.

[CaptBarbossa93]

I like the part of different betting games in the tavern. Make some smaller games with cards or dices and let players bet with their dbs. The winner gets rich

However, the Skirmish thingy sounded complicated :/

+ Card/Dice games
- Skirmish thingy

Another thing that would be cool in the tavern is a bulletin board where players could leave announcements for some dbs. These announcements could be everything from "kill wanted players for a price" or make a private trade, and would be global and viewable in all areas.

[C G Wrangel]

Love this one, five stars!

[CJFlint]

Desertwind, hey buddy. Ive had the idea of adding gambling to the taverns in the past. I think this is a wonderful idea, you have. The taverns I always felt were pretty neat looking, but other then that...thats it. FLS did a good job giving it kind of a festive tavarn feel, other then that there is nothing to do other then leveling quests. Gambling like player vs player card games and dice games, brawling, drinking games would be asome! It would give us a reason to visit, and a nice side game other then stuff like fishing. I think it would brighten up the game, maybe make each one alttile different too, not so repetitive. Maybe even give out titles like "Lush", "Lounge Lizard" or "Card Shark" for frequent visiters too LOL. I know I would be one them!

Another Idea is the more player that show up, the louder the background ambeint audio gets.

Lets keep this thread going! WE WANT GAMBLING! WE WANT BAR FIGHTS THAT WE CAN BET ON! WE WANT MORE COLORFUL TAVERNS!

[Desertwind]

Thanks for all the replies let's not let this die. Also love all the replies keep them coming

[Tedril Goveko]

Originally Posted by CaptBarbossa93 I like the part of different betting games in the tavern. Make some smaller games with cards or dices and let players bet with their dbs. The winner gets rich However, the Skirmish thingy sounded complicated :/ + Card/Dice games - Skirmish thingy

Originally Posted by CJFlint Desertwind, hey buddy. Ive had the idea of adding gambling to the taverns in the past. I think this is a wonderful idea, you have. The taverns I always felt were pretty neat looking, but other then that...thats it. FLS did a good job giving it kind of a festive tavarn feel, other then that there is nothing to do other then leveling quests. Gambling like player vs player card games and dice games, brawling, drinking games would be asome! It would give us a reason to visit, and a nice side game other then stuff like fishing. I think it would brighten up the game, maybe make each one alttile different too, not so repetitive. Maybe even give out titles like "Lush", "Lounge Lizard" or "Card Shark" for frequent visiters too LOL. I know I would be one them! Another Idea is the more player that show up, the louder the background ambeint audio gets. Lets keep this thread going! WE WANT GAMBLING! WE WANT BAR FIGHTS THAT WE CAN BET ON! WE WANT MORE COLORFUL TAVERNS!

Unfortunately it will be unlikely they would add gambling.

SOE have already had this issue with previous games and were forced to remove gambling conmtent from them because certain countries have laws that prohibit any form of gambling, even fake gambling for virtual currency, infact there's quite a few US states with the same laws, to put gambling into the game is very dificult to achieve because of the multiple gambling laws involved. They're the same laws that come into place when you see an mmo offer a bonus to subscribers in one country and not others.

[emmanuelverdejo]

I agree with you ^^^ but the fighting idea sounds great Let's do it!

[Desertwind]

I never knew gambling was that big of a fuss to put in games YPP yohohoho puzzle pirates, had poker, spades, all that stuff.