Idea [Class Concept] Pirate

Yaar Haar Fiddle Di Dee
Bein' a Pirate is alright with me
Do what you want 'cause a Pirate is free
You are a Pirate

So I was bored and browsing these forums when I thought "by golly wouldn't it be fun to be a pirate!?"

So I hopped onto these forums to post this great idea of a class. Remember that numbers are numbers, and that if this class concept actually becomes popular we can discuss numbers with greater analysis.

The Pirate: A tricky sailor who is a master of land and sea. Uses a Cutlass and Hatchet in battle, and has a trusty Bottle of Ale by his side at all times.

General concepts:
+High Mobility in difficult terrain
+Tricky fighter
+Self-Buffs
-Fairly Close Range
-Not Durable
-No Steak

Attributes:

Strong Swimmer: Speed 4 while in the water and Water Breathing (like Medic). The idea is they can move slightly slower than sprinting speed when they're in water. I don't know exact numbers.

Mountain Walk: Can walk up blocks without Jumping, like a horse. Not really an essential mechanic, does not need to be implemented

Armor:
Gold Helmet, Leather Vest, Leather Pants, Golden Boots w/ Depth Strider 3

What kinds of tools an I looking to equip this fine sailor?

Cutlass
•Gold Sword w/ Sharpness 2

Hatchet
•Iron Axe w/ Sharpness 2
•Mining Fatigue while held (although I heard 1.9 will automatically make Axes swing slower so this may be unnecessary)
•Right-Click to charge throw. Exp bar fills up while charging as an indicator. When released, Axe is thrown. Every 0.5s charged increases damage by 1 (1/2 Heart) starting at 4 damage (2 hearts) at 0s and capping at 10 damage (5 hearts) and 1s stun at 3s charge. Slowness 1 while charging. Add crit particles around Pirate while charging so people know what they're doing
•Thrown Axes regenerate after 8 seconds

Ale
•Potion
•Gives a short (8 seconds maybe) buff, giving Strength, Regeneration, and Resistance or any other potion effects (remember, this is a concept)
•Produces an Empty Bottle upon consumption
•After the buff ends, nausea for 4 seconds
•Regenerates after 30 seconds

Empty Bottle
•Glass Bottle
+Causes enemy to bleed for 5 true damage (2 1/2 hearts) over 5 seconds if hit with it. Bleeding stops if healed by a Medic or Dispenser
+Alternative idea: Blinds enemy for 2 seconds. Potentially unbalanced or unfun to play against.
-Breaks upon use
-Can only have one at a time (Drinking an Ale will not give you new bottles if you already have one.

This class excels on maps with water of course, but he's no pushover on land either. Strong Swimmer allows him to quickly traverse through water, which can be an alternate route, a lake under fire by Archers, or just a river to cross. Pirates can easily swim across a lake to flank people from unexpected positions and to escape from much less agile opponents.

If Mountain Walk is something that works, then that's another way for the Pirate to stay mobile. While other classes have to jump up each block, a Pirate can just sprint up a hill without an issue.

The Cutlass and Hatchet are used in conjunction, a deadly dance of sword and axe. The Axe deals higher damage but swings slower, being a good opening move and finisher. The Sword is weaker, but strikes fast, steadily and quickly chipping away at the opponent's health. If the opponent tries to run away, a well placed Hatchet throw can remedy the situation, stunning or even killing them.

The Ale proves to be another trick up a Pirate's sleeve. Behind cover, the Pirate drinks and gains a buff that allows him to take damage, and deal some in return. However, after the little spree, the Pirate gets dizzy, giving enemies a chance to retaliate. The Ale also proves to be a Pirate's only source of healing, as he carries no Steak. Do you drink it now to heal your wounds and hope no one attacks you while you're vulnerable? Or do you wait, saving your power for when you really need it?

Finally, the Empty Bottle. With his Bottle a Pirate can apply bleeds to bulkier targets like Dwarves and Heavies, dealing damage when the Cutlass and Hatchet aren't enough to break through the armor. An Empty Bottle can also be used to slow down enemies, as the DoT bleed does a ministun.

However, the Pirate isn't very durable, especially without his Ale buff. With just Leather Armor (Except for a Gold Helmet), he will die in just a few strokes from a Heavy or a Ninja.

The Pirate is a class that's great at Cleaning up weakened enemies and Guerilla tactics. When buffed, he can plow through low-health enemies, but after his buff is over he's very vulnerable, dead in a few hits and without Steaks to participate in drawn-out battles of attrition.

I hope you guys like this idea! Feedback is always appreciated. I think the class mechanics are fairly convoluted and may be clunky and unfun in practice. A lot of the items may be annoying or straight up overpowered in-game, leading to suicidal rush gameplay. I think we might want to pick and choose the items and attributes which would be fun to play against and scrap the annoying ones. For example, Empty Bottle seems a little gimmicky and not necessary for the class to function.

I can post pictures of some of the ideas later.

Class Type: Offense

 

Thanks for the positive feedback!

Got any criticisms? I do think there's a few things I can improve. I want to create something unique but at the same time I don't want it to be so different that it messes with game balance and annoys people.

 

Okay. Got any suggestions on how I would go about doing that? It's hard to combine the Cutlass and Hatchet into one weapon because if you make the Hatchet and Cutlass one, you'll lose your weapon if you throw it. That's the main reason I wanted to give the Pirate 2 weapons. Melee combat is optimal if you use both at the same time (Alternating between both weapons depending on the situation), but you can throw your Hatchet, which will get rid of your high burst damage option and only leave you with the Sword.

Also, I did a cute mock-up of the class:

Click to view imgur album!

 

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I believe (not 100% sure) that Speed and Sprinting affect all types of movement. Since flying is affected, I figured swimming would be too. I'll test it at a certain time to figure out if it works.

 

Wow, didn't know that enchantment was in the game. What update was it added in? It's exactly what I wanted for the class.

Also, Water Breathing can be permanent. It doesn't have a purpose unless you're in Water so there's no point in turning it off when you're on land.

 

Yeah, Water Breathing should just be on at all times.

 

It doesn't have to be a Pirate, we can flavor it to be something what.

Also, instead of Speed we can just use the Depth Strider enchantment which I did not know existed until today.

 

*something else, not something what, on mobile so I can't edit it

 

Beautiful

 

Yeah. I think he meant change the player's entity render distance, which is controlled by the server. Interesting idea, but I think it'd be difficult to code in. Entity Render Distance is a single server option, and you can't control the individual entity render distance for each player.

I guess you could pull some shenanigans with invisibility or blocks, but it would be too much effort for a meh implementation of a fairly gimmicky ability that would only be useful in team games.