No boarding sound?

  • GH0over
    Rogue

    Anyone else seem to never hear somebody else climbing onto your ship? Is there a known exploit or bug that allows people to not be heard?

    During a whole fight, multiple players kept boarding us and I never knew that they were there, but I knew they were coming because I saw them in the water. I go to repair from cannons and then i get slashed in the back or blundered and killed, and I had no idea they were there.

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  • ScallywagMango
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    This isn't a bug or an exploit. As you noticed, swimming up to a ship makes a lot of noise. By letting the ship glide to you, it creates a silent board.

  • Archangel Timmy
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    Another thing that works for KB/M is the walk key-bind that toggles the walking state for the player. This allows for walking on land, or silent swimming/boarding in water.

    Can also do this with a controller by moving the stick gently in any direction, but it can be a bit tricky to control movement.

  • KlutchxKay
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    @archangel-timmy Removing your shoes and pegleg also silences your footsteps!

  • Archangel Timmy
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    @klutchxking518 Haha, that is actually pretty funny! Didn't even think about it, but I notice my pirates footsteps all the time, especially that pegleg :D

  • Ixxolos
    Lord
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    Using ladders is not the only way to board either, grabbing the Harpoons on the front of ships from the water is silent, you can also load into an out of the cannons from the water if they are low enough as well as use the rowboat to board (this one makes the most noise).
    Maybe they were utilising these boarding tactics.

  • dyfrin
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    There is a definite splash sound as they left the water on the ladder. You can hear your own crew make the same sound.
    If the sneak or super slow movement removes it, not sure, does make sense as you slowly let the water drain off you, but I'd have to test.

  • Mc rossco
    Marauder
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    It's been happening to me more and more recently, super annoying.

  • Sir spishush
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    They could have grabbed your ladder and just hung there for a while. After you were satisfied no one was coming up the ladder and made noise of you repairing or loading a cannon they continue their ascent. No splash because they were there already. It's a possibility anyway.

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