Ghost ships need to go

[wookiewizard 4]

No, the ocean is not crowded with hordes of undead armies in spiky breathy speedboats covered in phlegm.  The sea should largely featureless, empty, and dull.  Seeing another ship should be an infrequent item of curiosity, not a guaranteed ordeal every time we leave shore.

Right now we simply have to travel about 30 seconds away from shore to see several ghost ships.  In the current state, they are unavoidable.  The current state of the game for most players seems to be "hit trees, mess with other players, or fight ghost ships."

Where's the exploration?  Where are the trade lanes?  Prior to the ghost ships, these were things.

Make the ghost ships rare and worthy of finding.  There's enough to do already without limiting what you can do to "fight ghost ships."

Suggestion: Tie ghost ship spawns to a mechanic akin to treasure maps.  They don't spawn unless you A.) have a map showing you the spawn site, and B.) actually go there, and C.) stay nearby lest they de-spawn again.

C'mon devs, you've learned these lessons.  Witness Corrupted dragons in Extinction.  This is a solved problem.

[jimgem 0]

Make the ghost ships rare and worthy of finding ..

Exactly they should be a rarity and something that you shouldd go looking for to hunt to get loot' not having to dodge one every 5 mins when out at sea' make them something worthwhile and something that we need to go hunt for and contest for..

[Sigmaris 0]

Ghost ships are shit as they are right now. went from one sector to another. right into 2 red Lvl 50 ones.

Let you guese the outcome. right my ship it the bottom of the sea.

[RyuujinZERO 122]

11 minutes ago, jimgem said:

dodge one every 5 mins when out at sea' 

You're either optimistic or lucky; closer to 30 seconds for me, usually 2-3 at a time, and given we have no way to tell if one is waiting on the far side of an area transition, it's really not worth risking sailing at all right now.

Edited December 28, 2018 by RyuujinZERO