ok, i sail in real life, and i thought it would be fun to see a skill like that in runescape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are my ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sailing interface: You're out on your boat. There is an arrow showing wind direction, a square with a map, bigger than the on-screen map you normally use, and a diagram of your boat, showing damage, position of the sails, and other things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controlling your boat: When you click on the tiller or steering wheel, a small bar would show up, one side being "left" and one side being "right." You click your mouse on a spot on the bar corresponding with how far you want the rudder to steer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, if you click on any of the cleats where the rigging is controlled, you have a similar bar, that controls how much sheet you pull in or let out. If you click on a sail or a mast, you have the option to "hoist sail" or "furl sail." As your "sailing level" increases, you can control larger, faster ships with more sails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boat construction: you'll need a drydock, which would be situated in some major ports. You need wood, a saw, a hammer, nails, and cloth to make sails. As your "Sailing" level increases, you can build bigger, more luxurious ships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

uses: you would use saling for transportation, obviously. You could go wherever you wanted, but would need a dock to get on and off properly. At higher levels, you could have the option of beaching your boat, but it would have to be on sand, and there could be a random chance that you end up destroying your boat. Also, it could be loaded with cargo, that is stored on the boat, much like a bank, but you could only access it from that boat. However, it would be safe from other players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dangers: if you run into a rock, another boat, or any obstacle, your boat will sustain damage. damage can be repaired only in a drydock. If your boat takes too much damage, it is destroyed. Depending on how far out you are, how much weight you have with you, you could drown. If you wreck trying to beach it, you should survive, but you may deplete your energy. If you wreck too far out, you could drown, and swimming would take energy. Your charactar would automatically swim for shore. This would have nothing to do with a skill level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i might suggest this on the official forums, depending on the response i get here

Umm cool idea, but highly unlikely.. That would take tons of coding for jagex's employees to do.

sounds like great idea but teh movement would probly be like it is now. also maybe you could build ur own dock in ur POH? THis sounds like good idea but as greenboy said, tons of coding...

Make a quest?

 

 

 

Req:60 woodcutting

 

 

 

REAL HIGH level construction or at least 30

 

 

 

41 magic(make wind spells for propelling)

 

 

 

60 strength? For swimming/moving tiller

My only problem with this is that there's islands and various other areas that are only accessible after completing a specific quest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ability to just roam around in a boat would complicate this and you'd have to come up with some idea that prevents players from landing in these restricted areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other than that... I like the idea.