Heres my idea for PVP
there will be 4 of the book things (like in wizards101)
Ranked land battle
Practice land battle
Ranked ship battle
Practice ship battle
Overview
Land battles will be and epic battle where each player picks 4 first mates and fights on a random field. each field will be a 16 x 16 square and have different obstacles in between. it will be a best 2 out of 3 switching who goes first each time because these games seem to go a lot faster than w101 games
Ship battles
I have 2 suggestions how these can be laid out
1 everyone drives their own ship. Its a massive naval war zone where your assigned who you can board but you aren't forced to target them as an attack
2 there are as many round as the number of players each person has a different job
Driver
Cannoneer
defender
jumper
1v1 have just drivers self explained 1 round
2v2 will have a driver and a cannoneer the driver is in charge of moving the ship and firing specials while the cannoneer stands on the sides and orders his/hers first mates to fire cannons. there will have a third person shooter view and be able to move from each sides of the ship 2 rounds switch jobs after each round in result of a tie play third round
3v3 one driver 1 cannoneer 1 defender the defenders job is to be the first person in battle for when the enemy boards your ship. they also are in charge of removing status effects from your ship. 3 rounds switch jobs each time
4v4 1 driver 1 cannoneer 1 defender 1 jumper The jumpers job is to swing from a rope and get on the enemies ship. the defender is the only one who fights off the jumper and the naval battle continues till the driver hops ships If the jumper has 3 tries to get to the other ship. if all failed then they have to wait until driver hops or killed if a jumper hops and succeeds, then it show a slow mo of the swinging and all others watch so they are notified 4 rounds switch jobs every round result of a tie causes a fifth round
jumper can be changed to just all cannoneers

duelistNick on Aug 5, 2012 wrote:

This is exciting! I can't wait to see what it's like. My boat is still basically driftwood with a cannon held on by bubblegum and duct tape, but I am envisioning armadas clashing in the sky.

The idea of Team PvP that starts in broadside combat seems extremely cool.

that was probably the most hilarious thing I have ever read on the pirate101 forums.

-Dark Amber (who is still laughing very very hard)

Id like to see a PVP mode in houses (like the battle circle in the fantasy palace in W101) but instead have the ships leave the dock from your house and battle in the skyway around your island and then maybe you could board each other.

Jenna SwiftGem on Nov 2, 2012 wrote:

I'd love if you made it start with a ship combat (like when fighting in the skyways), and then the first one to get the other ship down to the Board health, you begin the real duel. Here, you could for an example, gain one talent at a time as in Wizard101, where you got 7 cards at a time.

-Magnus.

This makes a lot of sense as it answers the PvP question in a turn based game of "who goes first?" Answer: who ever boards first!

Look its simple for PvP.

You know how in wizard101 you go to the arena and see what other player's level and class, just show the pirate classes and level.

When dueling, you see the battle board and players (Up to four players at each battle) and crew (size of battle board depends on how many players they are) and same rules apply in regular battle.

Pirates and work together (2 pirates vs. 2 pirates) OR free for all (4 players fight each other)

There are practice and ranked battles.

Rewards include (For ranked battles) Gold and Arena Tickets (Arena Tickets serve the same purpose as in wizard 101)

Have any more ideas leave a reply

Silver Evan Holystone
Swashbuckler

Jester on Mar 14, 2012 wrote:

Does it exist and if not will it be added in the future?

I can see ship vs ship combat but not pirate vs pirate combat. In wizard, your player just stands in one place and casts spells and in wizard either side has a chance to go first but in pirate, its another story. In pirate you always go first (except when you get boarded) and you move your character around its like this: Say its privateer vs buccaneer, the privateer will go up and attack the buccaneer then the bucaneer will move to the privateers old spot to attack but he attacks nothing since the privateer already moved. See my point?

coolster50 on Nov 24, 2012 wrote:

I can see ship vs ship combat but not pirate vs pirate combat. In wizard, your player just stands in one place and casts spells and in wizard either side has a chance to go first but in pirate, its another story. In pirate you always go first (except when you get boarded) and you move your character around its like this: Say its privateer vs buccaneer, the privateer will go up and attack the buccaneer then the bucaneer will move to the privateers old spot to attack but he attacks nothing since the privateer already moved. See my point?

That isn't the way combat works, fortunately. Yes, when you fight the computer you go first, but the enemy has their turn as if they were first.

That probably didn't explain it very well so I'll give an example of how battles will work in PvP.
One player will go "first" (this may not be an advantage). They give orders to their units and then those orders are carried out. Next, the other player gives orders to their units and then those orders are carried out. And then it goes back to the first player. The epic abilities of your companions (Overwatch, Relentless, First Strike, etc) reset at the start of your turn.

This is the way combat works when you are fighting a computer opponent, it is just very fast at giving orders that it seems to flow straight into their turn.

aaronlightwalker on Dec 2, 2012 wrote:

I made a suggestion for a different kind of PvP in the general forum but see it was placed in the wrong area, sorry for not seeing this sooner.

As a different take on PvP, I'd like to see ship races as an alternative. And by ship races I mean somewhat like Pet Derby from Wizard101 but more like Mario Kart where you are doing three laps around a course with power ups and use of your equipped spells?

You could have different tiers with the first being Cutthroat course and then progressing in tier up to Mooshu tier? This way it could be against AI opponents as well as other players or a mix of both.

Well ya good idea and we could drive our ships like in the Skull Island course ya start in Skull Island Skyway, to Floatsam Skyway and ya could make a pit stop and repair ya ship cause in the race ya could be doing some ship battles then to Tradewind Skyway. Monquista is along the skyway windlanes and same for Valencia. Cool Ranch, Cooper's Roost, Big Sky, Tumbleweed, and Junction. Don't know about Mooshu yet but they're could be a Spiral Grand Prix and the prize would be a 12 Month Membership, All Bundles, 60,000 Crowns, MAX gold and the original Armadillo pet.

even though pvp is on you should make seperate realms so you don't have only a match at a time and put it in a lot of places like scrimshaw,flotsam,St.bonobo's alley,sivella,hamamitsu garden and Cooper's roost.
this idea is awesome and it is so cool

Sniper Rose on Dec 4, 2012 wrote:

Well ya good idea and we could drive our ships like in the Skull Island course ya start in Skull Island Skyway, to Floatsam Skyway and ya could make a pit stop and repair ya ship cause in the race ya could be doing some ship battles then to Tradewind Skyway. Monquista is along the skyway windlanes and same for Valencia. Cool Ranch, Cooper's Roost, Big Sky, Tumbleweed, and Junction. Don't know about Mooshu yet but they're could be a Spiral Grand Prix and the prize would be a 12 Month Membership, All Bundles, 60,000 Crowns, MAX gold and the original Armadillo pet.

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

Something different besides "who can beat up who?" first

Prizes are optional but I'd like to see some kind of badge or something that says you've advanced/won x number of races.

I like that. It could be useful. Buccaneers Rock!