Storms at sea

Asmodron said:

Should make Davy Jones appear from time to time and send a Kraken at you. Only way to fight back at him is finding his heart buried somewhere on an outer island.

Okay mr Depp.

It would also give a bit more function for city navies with call outs of storms in certain areas

Anaria said:

We already have storms at sea which deteriorate the hull faster than normal sailing. I understand that you are talking about something rather different, and while I think it looks good on paper, it would end up being a really annoying addition to seafaring. We need more reasons to sail, and I feel like this would be a deterrent in the long run.

Are you referring to the sailable chops? I wouldn't say those are storms. They're fixed points where the wind is notoriously rough as is the seas. I would say that's more akin to sailing over a reef barrier where there's always strong wind, not a storm.
That said, yes I can see how some people might not like having storms implimented. We've had a lot of people debate back and forth about the efficacy and the flavor of every major sailing change they put in. It is pretty guaranteed some people would hate it. But I personally think it would be dynamic and fun. And as Greys said in his original post they could even be something that helped you out. Hit a storm and get strong winds to shoot you farther and faster. Sort of the opposite of when we get glassy seas and no wind.

Really? I rather enjoy it more when the wind is maxed out and the seas are "rough" currently. But then I suppose I must just be odd.

Shimi said:

Really? I rather enjoy it more when the wind is maxed out and the seas are "rough" currently. But then I suppose I must just be odd.

I assume you just mean sailing around, thus enjoying the higher wind? Sure, that's fine. But you can't hunt monsters in that weather, VII seas reduce rowing speed and ship repair down to near-zero, so even easy monsters can quickly overwhelm you with damage, and if you get stopped with entangled/ruined sails, you're literally immobile. Ship v ship is more viable since that affects both ships equally, but ship v ship combat happens so rarely that I've never personally had the opportunity to participate in it despite my interest.

Greys said:

The idea would be localized storms. Right now, an entire wind current is stormy. It would be something that shows up on the wilderness. Again, a matter of what would be feasible for them to implement. I think it would add some flavor to sailing and if we make the seas generally less rough, its a zero sum (maybe favoring smarter captains).

I'd be good with anything that lessened the odds of VII-VIII level seas in general, (not remove them, but make it more rare that the seas get to that point) but I'd still say localized storms as described would be a major code re-write with very minor effects on gameplay. If you're just sailing a trade or such, then sailing through a storm probably isn't going to matter to you at all. If you're looking to hunt or fight, that would be foolish in a storm, so you'd just actively avoid them.

Generally yes when I am out at sea it's sailing from point a to b or doing a trade @Aerek but I also go out sea monster hunting on occasion as well. I can't say I have tried hunting in current version storms. As for ship combat, I sail a cutter so I don't go out looking for it, I have however been caught by pirates on more than a few occasions at this point. I would rather a massive storm with high winds at that point then glassy seas. Without the ability to effectively fight back on a cutter you have to tuck tail and run, thus high winds are in my favor.