A small idea for the Lanun civ.

[Witzzard]

I got a small idea, when i played as Lanun.
I somewhat thought the pirate feeling of the Lanun could have been a bit refined.
So you only got 2 HN-ships, and only one is really different to other ships (the 10gold per destroyed ship didn't seem to make such a difference).

So maybe you could add 'pirate captains', similar to heros in FFH-Age of Ice. So after building you would got the event 'Council of Pirates', in wich you could choose between 3 great pirate captains, wich could join a ship (similar to ability of the great general) granting the ship Hidden Nationality and maybe some flavour promotion.
E.G. You choose 'Yiraen the wind magican', wich would add Hidden Nationality and the ability to cast fair winds.
Or you would choose 'Aghastan the Fencer', wich would add Hidden Nationality, and the chance to capture destroyed ships (much like a boarding crew),...
When the boat gets killed off there might be a chance to regain the pirate captain (much like you could start-over in Sid Meiers Pirate when your ship got destroyed ...)

Could be a bit of work for just one civ, but i thought i should post my idea anyway....

 

[thomas.berubeg]

i like it. (though names could/should be taken from tradition: eg blackbeard, captain kidd, davey jones, etc...)

 

[Mortenart]

Great idea. Maybe you could also have an event prompting you to find a sunken treasure ship or some kind of artefact buried on an island. I guess this could take the shape of a special feature, that would only spawn after being triggered by an event.