Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30638561-20131214202704

Isn't the sea just the most ballstastically BORING thing in all of 303? 303 is fun, don't get me wrong, but I hate the sea. It's a flat blue grid. Wouldn't it be more interesting if they used the new water? Or at least added waves? Or even just reworking the boats?

Waves: The sea would be less boring. It would give us an incentive to build bigger boats, as the smaller ones could possibly capsize under the larger waves. Currents and tides could also make travel more fun and interesting. For instance, to add to the harshness of desert,there could be strong currents and large waves that make it harder to get in and out, and sometimes even catch somebody's boat and destroy it, stranding them on a harsh island. For instance:

''Tribe on Mainland: It's such a nice day! Let's say hi to our friends on paradise!


 * 2 people get onto a boat*

Ship Captain: Okay, we are going to reach paradise in about a minute!

Cabin Boy: Oh crap! We are stuck in the desert current!

Captain: Sail away! There's a rogue wave coming!

Mainland and Paradise tribes at home: What is happening?

Cabin Boy: We are stuck in a current and it's heading towards desert! And we don't have any farm in tools or fishing rods to survive there for long!


 * Ship gets torn apart by rogue wave, crew stuck on desert due to current*

Paradise Tribe: We are sending our best boat!

Will the castaways survive? ''

Better boats: Why are boats just for getting places? Surely we can do other things with them! What about a fishing boat? It would be a large boat, and anyone who sits in the fisherman's seat gets a tool that allows them to lower the net. It would be like fishing, affected by tapping Q and your level. The fish are pulled up physically, ranging from catches as small as 3 sardines to catches as big as a bugshark.

Fish: We need ACTUAL fish. Things that are actually in the ocean, and you can kill with a spear. This could be as simple as adding all of the fish in as mobs, but could be as advanced as giving them AI. Sardines and mackerels will flee, King crabs stay on he sea floor and attack anyone who gets too close, and sharks are huge, can swim to any place, and want to gobble anyone up.

''The Journey Continues!

Captain: Hey, boy, try to dive down and spear that crab. It'd make a good lunch.


 * A ton of fish killed with spears*

Cabin Boy: Rescue has arrived! *points at large sailboat from paradise*

Captain: We're saved!

Paradise Crew: Get on the boat!


 * All of a sudden, a bugshark that got caught in the desert current jumps out of the water and gobbles up the captain of the paradise ship*

Captain: Dammit, they smelled the fish! Get out quick!

The crew sailed back to mainland and everyone was saved. The end.  