Prevent the Kraken/Megalodon attack on sloops

@nwo-azcrack while I agree that is what he gets for going solo the game is intended to be played anyway the player wishes. It was just bad timing for him.

Solo slooping is a lot of fun. I still enjoy open crew galleons while most hate it.

@agent-samuraii there are times we love these moments and times we don't. Kraken is easier on a sloop. You only need to kill two tentacles. Even from below deck you could shoot your firearm at the tentacles. The big fights where we think we won't make it out are the best. Then you get to tell the tale of the unsinkable solo sloop. There are also the times we dont have much of a story to tell.

@d-jaguar

I was in permanent bail mode I know it only takes two tentacles. But I had Meggy on me as well.

@nwo-azcrack

? There’s always been solo players as far as I know? Besides I was waiting for my best friend to get online anyhow and I ended up in that mess

@d-jaguar

Yeah I’m an idiot apparently for running solo but everyone else gets a pat on the back only if they do good.

@agent-samuraii I completely understand. I was finishing an athenas with new players from open crew on a galleon. They had mics and listened well. We had a battle worn ship from many player attacks and skellie ships. Then the ink got us.
The players had never seen the Kraken and began to panic. I just talked them down and as the calmed we knocked down a tentacles, that tune that we all knew played. The pink fins rose and shadow maw decided we were her next meal. The sailors were sucked out. Luckily I never did as I was able to hit their tentacles and get them to be released. They made it back on the ship on time to bail. Only two tentacles were left and we drifted out of the ink. We wanted to go back but had 15 cannonballs remaining and the shadowmaw still circling and charging. We were fortunate to have stocked on wood.
Pistol and eyes of reach shots are how we finally killed the shadowmaw. The Kraken loot that was shining behind us had already sank. We received very little from the shadowmaw, but with new titles unlocked and a new confidence, those new players were excited.
I love these moments. It's better than watching a movie.
5 hours later that ship never sank even with a reckless crew who liked to jump off with kegs igniting them on the way down to attack other ships.

@agent-samuraii you are not an idiot for running solo. Running solo is great. We just have to constantly improvise and you are stuck on your own.

Join a discord server. Look at the looking for crew forum here and ask to join one of the many groups. When sailing solo and need help, ask. You'll fine others that will join. Or if really hurting change to open crew in hopes that someone joins in and helps. With one bailing and one firing the cannons you can do it.

From your story I think you are more frustrated than incompetent. You'll get them next time. Keep sailing solo and you'll find more solutions. You got this.

@galactic-geek said in Prevent the Kraken/Megalodon attack on sloops:

I wouldn't worry about it too much - this kind of thing (kraken+meg team-up) is actually a pretty rare occurrence. If you think that's bad, you should see the meg+kraken+cursed crew+storm+player crew that I dealt with just last week (an even rarer occurrence)! 😅

It happened, it sucks to be sure, but it's over now and is not likely to happen again anytime soon. So just move on and continue having a good time, solo or otherwise. There's no need to ask the devs to change the game for something so rare. Besides, if it didn't happen, you wouldn't have had a story to share with us, and that's what this game is all about. To quote 3-Sheets Neate, "See you on the high seas - cheers!"

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Just saying, the kraken and Meg are the easiest when you are on a sloop. I've been on a galleon where it has taken almost 20 cannon balls to get the tentacle to release my ship (when firing at the surfaced head of the tentacle), but only about 5 on a sloop. Additionally the overall bailing speed and quicker patching makes it far easier to hold them off.

How about no? When you get more experienced at the game, you'll be craving battles like that. Both the kraken and the meg are ridiculously easy on a sloop. I will grant you it's a bit harder when they both attack at once, but that's pretty rare and still perfectly winnable. First and foremost, make sure that you don't get sucked up by the tentacles, and don't get knocked overboard by the megalodon. Make those your top rules, and everything else is gravy. Bail and patch, shoot when you can. You'll win.

@agent-samuraii sailing hard mode and asking for nerfs... please get off the forum

@dadiodude said in Prevent the Kraken/Megalodon attack on sloops:

I’ve faced impossible situations on quite a few occasions. Very frustrating!!!

Impossible situations can happen but they're very, very rare. There's almost always a path to victory, or at least escape. Sometimes it takes a bit of luck and a lot of hutzpah. But the more you play, the fewer "impossible situations" you'll encounter.

I’ve seen a Meg take a bite out of a skeleton galleon but the galleon just sailed away. No idea if they can become locked in battle.

Skellie ships will fire on a megalodon, but won't pursue them. Megalodons will attack skellie ships, but I think they break off if there are no player ships around. If a skellie ship is unfortunate enough to find itself in the middle of a kraken attack, they'll fight it out. That happened tonight. We were in an intense battle with a brigantine with a skellie ship harassing both of us. The brigantine got krakened along with the skellie ship. What an epic battle. The brigantine sank. We had a whole vault full of loot to ransack, so we didn't stick around to see who won between the kraken and the skellie ship.

This game is incredible when the various elements come into play at the same time. People who want this kind of thing to end don't know what they're asking. These complex encounters are really special and unique to Sea of Thieves. Please don't wish them away.

@genuine-heather said in Prevent the Kraken/Megalodon attack on sloops:

How about no? When you get more experienced at the game, you'll be craving battles like that. Both the kraken and the meg are ridiculously easy on a sloop. I will grant you it's a bit harder when they both attack at once, but that's pretty rare and still perfectly winnable. First and foremost, make sure that you don't get sucked up by the tentacles, and don't get knocked overboard by the megalodon. Make those your top rules, and everything else is gravy. Bail and patch, shoot when you can. You'll win.

Well here’s the thing my dude, as I said, I didn’t have time to shoot AT ALL! Had holes on all sides of my sloop, I could hardly repair cuz I was taking on so much water, I barely had time to shoot the Kraken with a gun even, and my ship was permanently spinning because I had no time to put it on a straight course.

@nwo-azcrack

No? Dude I’ve been able to do countless things in a solo sloop, including evading other ships and even a Kraken or two. I was doing the anchor drop turn to get out of the ink, but then before I could raise the anchor and steer the wheel so it was straight, I got hit by the Kraken which made me take on water, then the Meg spawned and attacked.

The Megalodon can cause anywhere between 1-4 holes, and I’ve noticed if she takes damage (mostly from a cannon) she causes less holes, or if she takes damage from enough cannonballs she won’t bite at all. The Kraken, when wrapping around your ship, can cause constant damage to your sloop, and the Kraken can cause 2-3 (probably more unless I’m wrong) holes in your hull when she smacks you.

Literally I was in an impossible situation, where I was permanently fixing holes and bailing water. It’s not my fault the Kraken and Megalodon spawned for me at the same time.

Don’t hate on solo players for ending up in situations they can’t prevent.