Conference of Monarchs:Hypnos' Cobalt notes (October 2006)

Game Design

Titans ++
make fame requirements also prohibit flags with too high a fame rating from blockading smaller islands, such as eminent flags being blocked from blockading outposts
more incentive for jobbers
for the more casual/part time gamers, what are some incentives we could add for sinkings; trophies for those on board, not just for the navigators?

put more trinkets in palace shoppe for in-flag and in-crew events
wedding cakes and other trinkets that could be displayed in a setting over than the trinket case

tourney options of mug, sword, etc. types, you shouldn't have t have one of the item in your inventory.
poker tournament idea: automated 1 time buy-in, last man standing wins, there is no re-buy
pit boss in the table- everybody can vote to boot a player
ability to name a tournament, make it a money sink so that greenies and random folk don't abuse it

have a tab for one's own ships separated from the rest of the crew's
when you are delivering a ship, have it tell you the name so you can look for it in your possibly gargantuan private fleet
a way to tell the ship's owner
ability to call up last duty report? (events, blockade prizes/bonuses, etc.) -implemented
greenies need work-why are there lower payouts for greens on board ships? (probably due to the fact that greens do not count toward ship might; this was put in blockades so people would not fill ships with trial account pirates)
have ability to lock vessel then assign officer privileges to another player -partially implemented
battle navver should see duty report -implemented
jobber whistle goes to all officers, have it toggled on or off

ability to reject an alliance proposal instead of waiting for him to take it down
add new notices in the Ahoy! tab at the BOTTOM instead of the top

one cannot tell if a pirate is male or female in the crew roster
a list of what we are currently working on, which could be modified as priorities change, and items bumped up or bumped down -Nope, the cap'n likes surprising folks
we have foils for beginners, and bots that wield foils; why are there no empty-handed barbarians on barb ships?
fort/palace dusting- if we're not going to allow it, make it so that it doesn't dust in the game
wandering hordes of zombies for rumblers

the blockades currently rely too much on players to drive them
concern that the event blockades will create an ocean united against a common event for, and will stop the conflict and competition between players
blockades are too much of a money sink if one wants islands to change hands frequently for all but the largest flags
familiars are won by the same people, and they are still too prohibitively rare. are they scaling? Many winners of multiple familiars suspected of cheats.

a way to get a response to your complaint, to know that it's being looked at
a way for pirates to know they've been complained about
more involved OMs? Maybe OMs could be ocean specific for social events; Clio's housewarming as a massive social event to meet other pirates as well as OMs was mentioned
concern with inconsistency of policy
inconsistent support on events
events take too long to hear back from; if we are relying on players to rely events, should we hire event focused OMs?
monthly socializing event with multiple OMs hanging out at once

post to specific parley forums with the meeting times and info next time
venue- could hold it in game
have a wiki list or place for people to post Y!PP issues that they want to raise