爱德华肯维语录爱德华肯维语录Let’sbecompletelyhonesthere.SomeofyouadoredtheeconomicsystemnestledwithinAssassin’sCreedIII.Someofyoudidnot.And,alas,agreatmanyofyoubarelytouchedit.That’sbecause,asidefromafewfleetingmoments,AC3’srobustsystemofagriculture,manufacturingandtradingwasn’tallthatnecessarytothegame.Thegoodnews?ThatallchangesinAssassin’sCreedIVBlackhttp://’snotjustavehicleyou’reusing–it’syourbabyWhyso?BecauseofEdwardKenway’sship,theJackdaw.ThenewestAssassintojointheCreedstartsoffasapirate,andcontinuestoembracehisnauticalsidethroughoutthegame,tosuchanextentthatmanymembersofthedevteamatUbisoftMontrealhavereferredtotheshipasthe“secondmaincharacter”inthegame.“Becauseofthenavalelementofthegame,asyoutravelfromlocationtolocation,youhavetousetheJackdaw,”saysGameDirectorAshrafIsmail.“Soitwasreallyimportantforusthatyoufeellikeyou’reinthehttp://’snotjustavehicleyou’reusing–it’syourbaby.”Indeed,withtheJackdawbeingsoessentialtothegameplay,theteamputatonofeffortintohowyoucancustomizetheship,includingnavigationalupgrades,newweaponsandthecrewthemselves.“Theseareallelementsthatmadesensetousinapiratesetting,”Ismailsays,“butalsoforplayerstofeeladeeperconnectiontothecharacterthattheyareplaying.”NauticalEconomics Which,ofcourse,bringsusbacktoBlackFlag’srevampedeconomicsystem.“WewantedtheprogressionoftheJackdaw,theupgradingofit,tohavealotofvaluefortheplayersandtobethecoreelementthatdrivesyoutoexplorenewlands,”saysIsmail.Thismeansbothadeeperandasi-mp-lersystem.“Wemakeitreallycleartotheplayerswhatyouneedtoupgradeand,effectively,whereyoucangetit,”Ismailsays.“Wemadeitverytransparentwithfairlyeasyrules.”Thatputsthefunsquarelyontheactivitiesrequiredtoachieveyourgoals,ratherthanpuzzlingoutthearcaneaspectsofaninscrutableeconomicsystem.Thatsaid,Ismailpromisesthere’llbeplentytopleasethosefanswhocraveadeepereconomysystem,referringtoSidMeier’sPiratesasanexampleofthekindofdepthonhand.“Butagain,wemadethingsverytransparentandeasytounderstandabouttheeconomybecauseitisthecoredriverfortheupgrades.”Withamassi