Today i was doing hourglass and got to a streak of 9 and on my final battle i spent 40 minutes until a galleon showed up when me and my opponent were solo fighting. Not only was this a hindrance, but it forced us to stop the fight and we teamed up to sink the gall which only took a few cannonballs and the kids scuttled. We then resumed our hourglass but then another sloop came 5 mins later. he and my opponent raised an aliiance flag and teamed up against me in the hourglass match. I eventually sunk as a sloop vs two sloops (aka 1v3) is an impossible task. I lost my streak which i spent a few hours doing and obviously lost all my value and was left with nothing. Why can't hourglass matches be in private servers so players don't have to deal with multiple ships? It is nigh impossible to win and you are utterly helpless, especially as a solo sloop. In game chat my opponent did say he just wanted to finish the fight as he had had enough but teaming is not fair and if he wanted to give up he could have scuttled. Hourglass should be a 1v1 every match otherwise one faction is destined to lose.
Hourglass Third Parties
@gclone9253 hourglass was built with the intention of allowing other ships in adventure to get involved, this won’t change. Once you keep winning, you’ll lose eventually. Thems the breaks.
@tesiccl
Yes and this is feedback to say that the design is flawed in some peoples opinion. I feel the majority people that like third parties ARE the third parties and the decision makers who clearly don't play hourglass, specifically solo hourglass.
A good 20 min back and forth turtle being interrupted by a third party is a nuisance. Yes, it's a part of the game but I feel it shouldn't be.
Lock the circle until the fight is over? Attrition DMG to the ship and players entering?
The only solution is to create it's own instance with set supplies. No bone callers, curse balls, no third parties. It would be a breath of fresh air having a competitive mode with equal starting points.
The problem is Rare has said this was intended and it's 'something Jack Sparrow' would do, which is a catch all phrase to justify not changing a broken design.
I have over 2000 solo HG matches and have only been sunk a handful of times from a third party. More of a nuisance that takes away from a good fight.
Wow.
It's like locking curses behind an activity a lot (not saying a majority but more than 2 nickles) of players don't want to do and the doubling down on it by requiring a curse for a commendation wasn't gonna cause creative thinkers to see what they could do.Not talking about cheating with outside apps.
Think outside the Shroud with your tools. It's what these guys are doing. Don't label everything creative as an exploit. Gaaaahhhhd.
Not only was this a hindrance, but it forced us to stop the fight and we teamed up to sink the gall which only took a few cannonballs and the kids scuttled. We then resumed our hourglass but then another sloop came 5 mins later. he and my opponent raised an aliiance flag and teamed up against me in the hourglass match
You pretty much did exactly what they want to happen. Allie up or sail alone. ^_^
I bet the people who are “helped” don’t complain but the second it’s the other foot, it’s a crime. XDIt’s open world. This what it meant to be. Hourglass is not a mode. It’s a tool looking for pvp. You found it, and another pvp joined. Why are you upset? You won the first round but second the tide turns on you, salt.
