Buffs Towards Unused Deckhands

[TheoreticalExistence]

@Namaii

truly having near-instant cannons with a halved cooldown is only alright.

Yes it doesn’t save me any resources and 9 out of 10 ship encounters in this game don’t need any buffs to get through in the first place.
I’d say cannoneer was on par with shipbuilder if I had a use for it.

@Namaii

enizor is our alchemist and alchemist is already a filled role

Enizor is an enchanter, he’s an alchemist in story but he doesn’t do any alchemy.

@Namaii

overall i think the chef changes are good but you vastly underestimate/undervalue merchants

The highest quality thing that a merchant is able to sell outside of reagents is an unenchanted unmodified arcsphere.
That… isn’t useful to anybody that has gotten to the point where they have a master tier merchant.

I shouldn’t have said typically, I should have said every.

[Namaii]

@TheoreticalExistence

Enizor is an enchanter

i thought this was the deckhand role that gives you damage resistance?

[TheoreticalExistence]

He enchants things.
That is literally his only purpose as a Co-Captain beyond stats.
He does not fill an alchemist role or an enchanter role in deckhand terms.

[Namaii]

@TheoreticalExistence

The highest quality thing that a merchant is able to sell outside of reagents is an unenchanted unmodified arcsphere.
That… isn’t useful to anybody that has gotten to the point where they have a master tier merchant.

I shouldn’t have said typically, I should have said every.

it’s not always about the value or usefulness of an item, sometimes it’s convenient to just find clothing items or niche stuff. i definitely do not complain about getting sold giant clams, that’s a ton of easy decent potions. i don’t complain when i get sold gloves, i was looking for some.

[Namaii]

@TheoreticalExistence

He enchants things.

“Can be enchanted by an Alchemist to increase it’s stats”

[TheoreticalExistence]

When I say alchemist I’m obviously talking about potions get the super specific nonsense out of here holy shit.

@Namaii

it’s not always about the value or usefulness of an item

also what are you talking about it absolutely IS always about the value and usefulness of an item, what the fuck am I investing in if not something that will give me a tangible benefit, this is why nobody uses merchants.

[walksanator]

90% of the time when I buy from my merchant deckhand I can get the items from merchants at ravenna in even more bulk

[Namaii]

i was only pointing out that the named role for that was taken, but i still disagree with the merchant changes

[Namaii]

ravenna merchants dont magically sell you merchant ship/merchant deckhand items unless someone has recently sold those items to them

[Namaii]

@TheoreticalExistence

this is why nobody uses merchants.

(economy exploded due to merchants)

it’s still definitely a tangible benefit because uncommon reagents in bulk is a very nice thing to have on-demand, not to mention your merchant coming with galleons so you can quickly sell things on the go or across serverhopping

[walksanator]

the only thing deckhand merchant can sell is chest drops
the only remotely valuable things I can see our merchant selling that town NPCs dont are

• arcspheres (if you are at the stage of maxing a merchant you dont need them)
• metal scrap (or other reagents/deckhand upgrade materials, again if you are maxing a deckhand you probally allready have them)

[Namaii]

@walksanator

the only thing deckhand merchant can sell is chest drops

that’s not true but ok

[TheoreticalExistence]

They just tried to tell me that getting spiked iron gloves from a merchant was a tangible benefit even vaguely comparable to other deckhand types, including chef.
This argument is pointless.

[walksanator]

@Namaii

merchant coming with galleons

wow I am soo desperate for the 300 galeons he carries
not like I spawn in ravenna where there are mutiple NPCs with 600+ galeons in their pockets

[Namaii]

wasnt my argument whatsoever, the tangible benefit is accessible and available:

• cosmetics which could be tedious or difficult to find otherwise
• common/uncommon reagents, which could be tedious or difficult to find otherwise (see: coal)
• the occasional useful item, or items specifically good for levelling deckhand loyalty

[Namaii]

@Namaii

common/uncommon reagents, which could be tedious or difficult to find otherwise (see: coal)

in bulk, btw you aren’t buying one every 20 minutes

[TheoreticalExistence]

@Namaii

cosmetics which could be tedious or difficult to find otherwise

There is a dyer NPC in Ravenna.
There are also merchant ships.

@Namaii

common/uncommon reagents, which could be tedious or difficult to find otherwise (see: coal)

This is why I want to specialize it towards this.

@Namaii

the occasional useful item, or items specifically good for levelling deckhand loyalty

Normal merchant ships do this just as well as a merchant deckhand if not better.

[walksanator]

@Namaii

cosmetics which could be tedious or difficult to find otherwise

the tailors in every town:

@Namaii

(see: coal)

have you never broken a rock? just go to whispering caverns and go mining

@Namaii

the occasional useful item, or items specifically good for levelling deckhand loyalty

again tailors or mabey metal scrap and notebooks which albeit fair you are rolling for like 2-3 items out of then entire pool of common/uncommon items in chest

[afhnd]

All these changes are really good especially the chef ones.

[Namaii]

@TheoreticalExistence

There is a dyer NPC in Ravenna.

they dye, they don’t sell things

@TheoreticalExistence

There are also merchant ships.

which you have to go find and they have a very limited stock of items (see: convenience)

@TheoreticalExistence

Normal merchant ships do this just as well as a merchant deckhand if not better.

definitely not better