Self lowering emissary flag

Another post of someone not using the Emissary system properly.

Raising the flag is a RISK. If a Reaper V is chasing you YOU FIGHT THEM unless they are a bigger ship in which case you can run and try and sell.

You took a RISK. Don't try to remove the RISK.

Sounds like it just makes the game too easy without bringing anything beneficial to Reapers...

Oh, there's a reaper chasing you? Just break the flag and dump it in the ocean as you go around a rock so then the Reapers don't get any benefit from you and make the flag selling commendations harder.

@gameformula2828 said in Self lowering emissary flag:

We should get the ability to break our emissary flags without voting on the emissary table. When we have ann emissary flag on, and a reaper grade 5 heading, and also the outpost is far away, we will not have much time. But if we can just break our own emissary flag, we can stop reaper grade 5 from knowing where we are

You can already do that.

Scuttle.

If you don't want the risk of another player having sight of you and your ship of loot, don't raise emissary or don't stray too far away from an outpost.

How about you break their flag instead of your own one and minimise the risk that way.
But if you really intend to destroy your own flag I recommend self scuttling your ship, obviously you will need a rowboat to save what little loot and resources you might have aboard.

Remember emissary are HUGE RISK WITH HUGE REWARDS so if you can’t handle reapers or other pirates wanting your loot and flag then don’t fly them to lower your risk of being sunk

@imonlyuseful

And people thought popup reapers were bad before...

reaper grade 5 heading, and also the outpost is far away, we will not have much time.

Risk and reward.

Also, even without the flag…reapers will still know you have loot if already chasing.

Besides. People complained about able to vote down to quickly these days. When being chased

@gameformula2828 The option to lower your flag from anywhere already exists. In the crew tab select "scuttle" you will lose your emissary flag and the reaper wont know where you are. Problem solved.

I'm guessing OP was on a Sloop and the Reapers had a Brigantine. In which case, yeah, you're doomed. And that won't change until Rare rebalances the ships someone.

@cinnumann
Days at sea only counts for the forums here. You aren't talking to a noob.
@mintharp184509 has a point. You're understating how hard it is to approach a competent crew. We're not talking about the battle, we're talking about seeing you coming 5 squares away. Sure, you can use a rowboat, but no one uses those for every single encounter. If you have a reaper flag up, only someone who isn't attentive is going to get ambushed. If you have no flag, you can sail towards them behind a rock, but that strategy is hit & miss, and most of the time you're at least a square away afterward, giving them a chance to spot you.
I'm not saying that any crew can deny you a battle, just that you make it sound easy to catch and sink a competent crew (determined to avoid the battle) when it's not.

@imonlyuseful said in Self lowering emissary flag:

this is a stupid idea but, what if you could take down you flag then put it back up saving your status

You just made a bad idea even worse

@butterfinger750 right? I mean theres a system in place already. It's just flying no emissary when doing voyages.

@gameformula2828 "hey so i engaged in the risk reward system but I would really just like to have the reward without the risk exx dee"

As a reaper 5 I should have a button that sinks all emissaries too because that's fair

@capt-soul-beard What about the harpoon can grab emissary flags off an enemy ship? Would certainly help against red sea runners as you'd at least get the flag to sell.