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Contracts and the risk of delivering them Back

AstrapDank about 1 month ago

Before i start this suggestion, i'm gonna be sincere about that i dont have a clear solution to this problem and what i'm going to suggest might be either impossible due to limitation with the plugins involved or that it might be unbalanced.
Nations is a gamemode about war, i know this; but also about economy, and how the economy shifts into a war effort that is exists on weekends and during the time space of regions, due to this most of the time isn't about war, but about working for your town, making and gathering resources, and moving them around the world. This last part is the core of this suggestion, i think that cargo ships and zeppelins are way too vulnerable to being intercepted by faster and more powerful ships, you tried to fix this problem when the armed merchantman was introduced, yet as my own personal opinion and other players around me, it isn't enough for the average CCNet player that dedicates his time on farming, grinding and making all the goods for war to exist. Contracts have lost a lot of relevance because most of the time, the risk in trying to deliver the items is too high, you might end up getting sunk, loosing your cargo and having to pay for the collateral because of not finishing the contract.
Here i start suggesting stuff, add a new status to contracts, once you sign it up, you have time to gather the resources, then you pilot your cargo ship or zeppelin and do (for example) /contracts startdeliver this gives you (for example, maybe the time depends on how far the deliver point is) 2 hours of inmunity in the ship you are piloting, giving you enough time to deliver and comeback to your town, and removing you from /contacts to prevent players wasting their time trying to hunt you down; Will this make the armed merchantman useless? I don't think so, it will still be used to move goods between towns that aren't contracts, like either pots, guns, ammo, sets, etc.
This is one idea i had, i know that Nations is about war, and in war, tracking down your enemies supply lines is a war strategy, but i dont see in real life US Naval ships sunking down Chinese ships for no reason. Thanks for reading.

Comments

Csipok_ about 1 month ago

I like the idea, tho i think after delivery, like finishing the contract the immunity should stop.

Also potions and stuff shouldnt be able to be added to buy contracts to prevent safe war supplying.
For those have to be the risk of being sunk.

They can be done in sell contracts, so the buyer moves them with risk.

So the /contracts startdelivery is a good idea, and when you delivered, you dont have immunity anymore, so your empty craft may be sunk.
But there really should be a timer too, maybe calculate maximum how much time it is to travel the farthest with a craft, and that should be the time limit for every delivery.
So people cant abuse this mechanic to fake accept contracts just to travel safely

MadeInChinaLol about 1 month ago

Bro please add this I go chased by burgerwarrior whilst doing fuel deliverys to 3 diff towns totaling 3 dubs

Ashes43 about 1 month ago

I agree that the risk of contracts is too great for many people but I disagree entirely with the reasons. The reason is the Auction House and the existence of zeppelins, not getting sunk. Getting sunk is a fact of live. Deal with it. Plan ahead.

I have been doing contracts myself for over a year. Do you know how many times I've been sunk? ONCE- and funny enough, that ONE time was because I got cocky and tried to dash past a town in the Mediterranean that had piloted warships in it, and I got exactly what you'd expect.

If you want to avoid getting sunk in contracts, plan ahead. Design or buy a good armed merchantman- they're quite hardy and can take one hell of a beating while damaging most ship types that are fast enough to catch it. Know when your enemies are online and plan accordingly. Have backup plans- allies online to defend you- check /craftlist and player list. It is remarkably easy to stay safe while doing contracts- trust me, I've done a lot of them.

To my above point, Auction House removes the need for delivering goods around the world. Even though there is a heavy tax, people are still too lazy to take the time to go someplace and buy things or deliver them, meaning contracts are just not worth it in the long run. Similarly, zeppelins serve a relatively similar function- they can travel over land quite quickly and yes, they're fragile, but if you plan ahead you can still go vast distances without issues. This means that there's no need for roads or trains or even cargo ships at times because you can just use a zeppelin. Both need to be removed and contracts can fill the gap.

ddasexypotatoo about 1 month ago

I'm sorry no. If your nation is at war with another nation, the whole point is for them to try and stop you in every way! Not just war, but trade too.

Neutral nations thrive on cargo contract because the chance of us being sunk is almost 0, the bonus you get by being in a waring nation in terms of wars, naval rewards and occupation money are offset by more challenging politics and economic strain.

This infact is one of the few ways ccnet actually does geopolitics in the right way.

Also the main reason cargo contract dwindled in numbers is because of numerous cargo company that does the bulk moving in their own private dc server

_Pigfarts about 1 month ago

Why don't ask people to protect your cargo with other ships?