I don't care if this has been suggested to death(or not, I don't know), I want ships dammit! The one thing that would make my favorite game of all time even more awsome would be ships and boats of different types.
Boats can be one or two tiles big and are built as defined.
Types:
Raft: Smallest boat and uses the least wood. Can be used to trasport small amounts of supplies and dwarves.
Rowboat: A small, slow boat that can be used for tasks like fishing or dredging and can carry only a few dwarves or supplies.
Fishing Boat: Largest boat and used exclusively for fishing (any dwarf inside fishes faster than normal). This boat can carry a load of fish and supplies and a few dwarves.
Ships are coustom built by the player but can have classes depending on size and features.
Ship classes:
Barge: Large deck space with plenty of storage but little to no space for a crew.
Coast Hugggers: These small ships don't have much storage space but have enough space for a respectable crew.
Work Ships: Medium-large sized and versitile ships with quite a bit of storage space and space for a large crew. These ships can be used for many tasks such as passenger trasport, freight trasport, and possibly work duties like dredging or fishing.
Warships: Ahh warships, these monsters are armed to their crows nests with ballistas, catapults and other weapons. These ships can be anywhere from a little sloop to a monsterous galleon as long as they have weapons.
Ship Features and Requirements:
Crew Quarters: Larger ships would require crew space with bunks and dining space.
Capitan's Quarters: A capitan could be assigned to a ship and he would lead all crew assigned to it aswell. This capitan would have demands depending on the size of his vessel and it's features much like a noble.
The Hold: Without a sizeable hold a ship could not sustain a long voyage and this hold would have booze and fresh water storage, food storage, and ammo storage.
Masts and Sails(maybe): Cloth is used in the production of sails and masts must be designated.
Tell me what you think!
