Chest of Sorrow - Too Much Water [for a Sloop]

@namekninja
Sounds like your sad. Seems like the chest is working correctly then

It's not difficult to bail out water, or to put the chest on shore when going on land, that's not a problem. It's that in combination with other situations that I've called out where it becomes a problem.

yeah, you pretty much should throw it away if you get in a serious fight with someone. steering, shooting, repairing, repelling boarders, AND dealing with that crybaby is too much for me. maybe they'll pick it up and you can sink them and retrieve it.

@onyx-wartooth Oh music makes it stop? I did not know this! Thanks for your meaningful and helpful input =)

@squallycircle7 Yeah I've started doing this when in hectic combat. Definitely better than running around like a one legged man in a butt-kicking contest.

@confusedgamer99 Does placing it in the crows nest not fill your hull with water when it cries?

@onyx-wartooth sagte in Chest of Sorrow - Too Much Water:

You can play music, it makes the chest stop crying for a bit, then itll cry again, simply play more music. Boom! Fixed your problem.

Sorry to say, but that's just a rumore...it cries for a little monent than it stops for a few minutes and repeat...we tried it all out...music doesn't work at all

@namekninja sagte in Chest of Sorrow - Too Much Water:

@confusedgamer99 Does placing it in the crows nest not fill your hull with water when it cries?

It does anyway

Yes this is an easy [PvE] game, but to be clear, I'm not saying it's breaking the game or is so difficult that it can't be handled as a solo player, I would just rather not having to run to an outpost as soon as I get one as that's a waste of time. Sure you can just leave it where you found it, but don't you want to get the achievement? Do people enjoy micro managing 2, 3 or even more sorrow's while voyaging for an extended period of time? I just hit level 45 with Gold hoarders and these are becoming more and more common in my experiences.

How about the ability to place it somewhere that it won't fill the hull? Like perhaps the bowsprit?

And I agree, the value needs to be increased.

@rockinpodunk I've tried hanging off the side ladder while holding the chest (sloop soloing) but it still filled the hull with water. I heard the SFX indicating that the hull was filling up and scrambled back up to bail. Perhaps this was changed within a recent patch?

@namekninja It doesn't work on the solo sloop. You can't put it anywhere. I have dropped the chest off the side of the sloop and the hull STILL filled up. Probably something to do with the ships footprint.

You can still hang off the ladder in a Galleon.

There are probably a couple of bug reports in there to be lodged. I haven't bothered because its been advantageous for me not to.

I always leave it when solo (unless im next to/going to an outpost next). I hate the crying, I don't mind the bailing.
Also I often play with Randos on Galleons who don't know what they are doing. So that trick is still handy there.

When I get the chance to test this next (probably sometime today) I'll get onto lodging it to Rare. Likely a bug with the Galleons ladder not being included in the ships footprint (which I recall is what they were supposed to have patched a while ago). Also that the sloops footprint is likely too large now beyond the ladder (speculation-still needs proper testing)

@stevie-the-dj Thanks for the insight regarding the differences between Galleon Vs. Sloop. And good point, forgot to mention the hull filling up when dropping the chest off the side of the sloop, I can confirm this as well.

I think that since this chest's drop rate was so low until the recent update that this hasn't bothered anyone enough to really bring up a topic of conversation. I'll be giving this some thought and logging a bug or two as well.

I'm not sure how it works with the Galleon, but it would be nice to have areas on your ship you can place the chest where it wont fill your hull, or at least drastically reduce the rate at which it fills. A nice risk Vs. reward trade off for me would be if you place it somewhere like on your bowsprit it would stop the hull from filling (or reduce the rate at which it fills) but would also allow other players to see it and encourage them to give chase and engage you.

@onyx-wartooth Well.....I just learned something new.

@iduskk So you would prefer to have your ship take on more water from these chests? Have you ever had more than one on board? Leaving them behind means you'll never get the achievement. Heading straight to the outpost as soon as you get one breaks your navigation plans and interferes when you want to go for a big haul.

Solo a sloop, get some sorrow's, see if you enjoy the experience. Perhaps the issue is that this item's attributes aren't designed for both Galleon and Sloop specifically yet. The hull of a Galleon is way bigger than a sloop and if this chest is dispensing water at the same rate regardless of what ship you have, it seems broken.

Good to know @confusedgamer99 thanks for the input!

Don't know why you're taking it so personally @avecrux.

Why even say anything at all if you don't want to read all the posts from the thread to fully understand where the frustration is coming from. Seems like you just read the title and the first sentence, got upset and decided to tell us all what you're thinking. Shouldn't be surprised though, forums are full of toxic kids. Your comment "I did not expect anyone to ask for that a very rare cursed chest should have a nerf", this is not a very rare chest to find when you are almost max level for Gold Hoarders faction. I'm close to level 50 and get them frequently.

This item is not difficult to handle when you have just one as a solo player on a Sloop, try getting 2 or 3 while trying to enjoy a good long haul.

In no way am I begging for a nerf, instead I'm simply surfacing frustrations I've experienced with this item. To reiterate, some suggested improvements / alterations I have surfaced in this thread would be to properly balance the rate at which water is being distributed from the chest depending on what size ship you have. Or being able to place it in a location where it will reduce the rate at which these chest(s) will fill your hull, such as the bowsprit.

Thanks for the suggestion @dutchconlin!

Sometimes I will stash these items on an island but have experienced situations where my client crashes and I end up not being able to reap the rewards. Server stability is sometimes still an issue, for me at least =)

@namekninja Someone has to complain about some aspect. Nothing wrong with the chest of sorrows while solo on a sloop. Just keep it pointed whatever direction you need to go (obviously check for rocks and islands ahead) and bail. It only cries for 1 minute. Never, ever leave it on the boat unattended.