Xantomas Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 It's international talk like a pirate day! I'm thinking NPC pirates, both as hostiles out in the world and characters you can talk to or interact with. The game may have primitive firearms and pirates would fit very well with that! You can even go further with the theme, imagine sailing a ship! Attacking or joining a pirate faction! Maybe a whole island or city of pirates and lawlessness ala Ultima's Buccaneer's Den? The possibilities are endless. So, what say ye scurvy dogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shevek Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Pirates can be great fun. You can go dozens of ways with it too. There was a comic I read a while back about Vampire Pirates (Sea of Red) - that was pretty entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitron Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 This is kind of a dumb thing to have a poll about. This is a worldbuilding decision - it should be entirely up to Obsidian. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieo Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Sure, pirates...... tweaked pirates that are nothing like our stereotypical eyepatch leg-peg ARRRR pirates. Maybe they're elves. Or fairies. The KS Collector's Edition does not include the Collector's Book. Which game hook brought you to Project Eternity and interests you the most? PE will not have co-op/multiplayer, console, or tablet support (sources): [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Write your own romance mods because there won't be any in PE. "But what is an evil? Is it like water or like a hedgehog or night or lumpy?" -(Digger) "Most o' you wanderers are but a quarter moon away from lunacy at the best o' times." -Alvanhendar (Baldur's Gate 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarog Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Yes, but not Disney's sort of pirates. Whenever I see pirates in games, they always seem to come with at a least hint of comedy. Pirates that are actually scary would be a great novelty. But I'm a sucker for anything naval in my rpgs, and gunpower tech means awesome cannons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulez Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Absolutely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Aye, I'm thinkin' I be likin' the idea o' pirates. At least for the exotic diseases if nothing else. Plus, those blackened teeth are so fetching. To be more serious, I'm definitely on board (har har) for the idea of pirates, or at least a wretched port town filled with human scum and literal scum alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintersong Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Real pirates? Could make sense if the adventure crosses seas/oceans (lake pirates?). And if piracy makes any sense in that area. http://www.cracked.c...-to-movies.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djole Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I voted no, but honestly I don't care. We don't need to nitpick every design decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tychoxi Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 people who set sail in order to pillage maritime trade routes? that would be a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descalabro Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Yes, but only in random encounters. Project Eternity: Interactive/animated or descriptive? Check my poll and vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xantomas Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Yes, serious pirates and not Disney pirates. They are basically sea-borne bandits. It's a valid point that this is the sort of thing that's certainly going to be thought of anyway without our help, but it's a pirate holiday after all ye filthy bilge rats! Pirates are fun! Arrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80Maxwell08 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 If they fit in the story maybe. From the looks of the current map pirates may fit more in a future title but as it currently looks I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xantomas Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Witcher 2's elven terrorist bandits would make excellent pirates in a different fantasy world. It speaks to the desire to not have stereotypical tree hugging fancy pants elves. Maybe this society of elves was driven out of their homes and victimized by a human nation and have taken up piracy and guerrilla war to get back at them. Pirates don't have to be a joke! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDeranged Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Voted yes but as usual I don't think "traditional" would be appropriate, no bloody eye patches and parrots please, give us hard faced desperate men who do what they must to survive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xantomas Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 If they fit in the story maybe. From the looks of the current map pirates may fit more in a future title but as it currently looks I don't think so. Well along the coast, originating from an off-map non-visitable land or island. Or maybe the pirates are based in a cove on the mainland and are powerful enough to keep themselves from being conquered and driven off. They might sail along the coast raiding villages and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccolo Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Yes, but not Disney's sort of pirates. Whenever I see pirates in games, they always seem to come with at a least hint of comedy. Pirates that are actually scary would be a great novelty. But I'm a sucker for anything naval in my rpgs, and gunpower tech means awesome cannons. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80Maxwell08 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 If they fit in the story maybe. From the looks of the current map pirates may fit more in a future title but as it currently looks I don't think so. Well along the coast, originating from an off-map non-visitable land or island. Or maybe the pirates are based in a cove on the mainland and are powerful enough to keep themselves from being conquered and driven off. They might sail along the coast raiding villages and such. If that's the case then why wouldn't they be trying to form their own city and making their own civilization instead of continuing to be pirates if they have so much power. Also if no one can stop them then chances are there wouldn't be any villages by the coast or there would be massive harbors that they would have no chance against. My problem isn't with them existing but the game doesn't look like it was designed with gameplay in large bodies of water in mind. I don't want something being forced in just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xantomas Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 If they fit in the story maybe. From the looks of the current map pirates may fit more in a future title but as it currently looks I don't think so. Well along the coast, originating from an off-map non-visitable land or island. Or maybe the pirates are based in a cove on the mainland and are powerful enough to keep themselves from being conquered and driven off. They might sail along the coast raiding villages and such. If that's the case then why wouldn't they be trying to form their own city and making their own civilization instead of continuing to be pirates if they have so much power. Also if no one can stop them then chances are there wouldn't be any villages by the coast or there would be massive harbors that they would have no chance against. My problem isn't with them existing but the game doesn't look like it was designed with gameplay in large bodies of water in mind. I don't want something being forced in just because. That's quite possible, and while I like pirates I also don't want it shoehorned in if it doesn't fit with the world Obsidian is building. This bit of concept art and the holiday today has got me thinking pirates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausir Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Only if you can marry one. Pillars of Eternity Wiki * The Vault - Fallout Wiki * Wasteland 2 Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivenus Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'd be fine with them as well as they were well-written and weren't stereotypical "yaar, maties" pirates. But it's worth noting that the map of the game they've shown so far doesn't look particularly well-suited to pirating. There's only a few islands and most of the named locations are inland. So if I had to hazard a guess... no pirates or very few. 1 "Understanding is a three-edged blade." "Vivis sperandum: Where there is life, there is hope." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfwyn Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) Pirates? Yes - if it fits into the story... Arrrr Edited September 20, 2012 by Elfwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenup Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 You mean these pirates? Yeah sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsin Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Pirates - is a definite yes! But it has to be made serious, not Johnny Depp type of pirate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yst Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Pirates aren't often done well. They're too much a caricature. Too little a meaningful social or professional category of note. Give me a seaman. Perhaps a privateer. Give me a man who thinks the way a sailor who has spent his life at sea thinks. But don't give me a pirate stereotype, based on a caricature of a small subset of sea raiders who existed for a short period in history, principally as Europeans operating in the Caribbean. That's not a grand category of history's warriors or adventurers. It's an odd little niche too much has been made of. Seamen, yes. Pirates, no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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