>>10655254I do love it especially with the ship sidebuild and having 2 factions(the one major point lacking in barracuda bay imo) really captures the spirit of an old school playset.
I get why they did it the way they did(especially with barracuda bay and creator 3 in 1 ship having been released prior) but if I were to perfect it would be to make it even more of a complete standalone microcosm of the pirate theme by:
- making the "big ship" the pirate ship, the imperials get the island, the pirates get the ship(which is far more iconic than an imperial ship)
- imperials get 2 small boats to make up for the lack of major ship
- continuing the idea of balancing out the factions a bit more, swap one of the female imperials for a pirate captain
- 3 cannons on the island is overkill, with the ship now only having a pirate crew of 3 you could squeeze a canon into the ship
- if you can't have the classic monke, I'd rather not have the new monke abomination at all. add a shark and even better if you can squeeze one of those classic big octopus/krakens in the caves. Extra foes = extra conflict potential
- give the pirates a little brickbuilt raft for stealth missions or act as a lifeboat when their ship gets taken down
And there you have it, the ultimate microcosm Pirate set for infinite play.