Released the Kraken! (/w pic)

  • Ciaran Righ
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    So it started on a night very much like this one, wait, never mind, it was this one, me and my illmannered crew set forth to raid a stronghold. We battled skeletons of all shapes and colors, we even battled off some equally malevolent pirates who sought to steal our booty. We triumphed over it all, cast down the bones, sundered ships, and dashed our enemies asunder. It was only with our prize in hand did I breath a sigh of relief, all that was left was to claim our booty... the easy part... or so we thought...

    The seas quickly turned black and in one brief moment the monster appeared, gripped our ship, grabbed my allies, and pulled them down into the depths... and so I sat with a pile of loot fit for a pirate legend... alone... no ship... no crew... just trapped forever with my fortune.
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  • Ciaran Righ
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    On a side note, my crew did eventually come back for me but with no map or giant skull cloud it took them a while. The best part was upon finally making it back to the outpost, chest in hand, 'Error Ethernet Cable has been unplugged', game kicks me out (Ethernet cable had not been unplugged.)

  • Capt Explodabob
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    The Kraken's cool for what it is, but man I hope there's more to it later on in the game.

  • Johnny Vain
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    I forgot to hit REC but me and 3 friends finally got on. Went to attack the skeleton fortress even sank a galley that tried to take advantage of us and killed em....got allllllll the loot from the island. soon as we left all happy and gold crazed...it was night..and I went up on crows nest and noticed were in a big black ring....kraken..10 min fight about. WE WON...saved the ship....soon as I got out of the black water and it was daytime by then.....and my mates were all in the water with the kraken....GAME CRASH. all that loot!!!!!! and I just managed to record the end of the fight, wish I could post it..its only 3 mins. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/241072420 guess that will work...not sure.
    hey, does kraken only attack you if you raid a skeleton fortress? or is it just random.

  • Ciaran Righ
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    I think it only roams the outer seas and the most common players there are the ones farming strongholds.

  • Johnny Vain
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    yea can u click that link and see if it takes u right to that video haha. yea that was my first time doing a strong hold. it took a while to clear that out. AND when I was on the boat getting ammo..i noticed black water on the other side of the island. thought nothing of it...so that kraken might move around the map randomly...we just were unlucky maybe

  • Adamas5201
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    @writerinthedark this happened to me but i was fighting the kraken when it happened.

  • Cpt Toothpick
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    I Was under the impression it was just console users that are using blunderbuss just cuz of they can hit the side of a barn with it when using a controller to aim. but why are you using it in this video, you do like 0 dmg with thoes shots except when he is 1 cm away from you. Have i missed the m**o or something that saying we are only allowed to use blunderuss, cuz I seen sooo many using it on far ranges while i nail em in the head with my gun and laugh my a*s off, and if they manage to nail me from anything other then point blank range they take like 5% dmg away from max health :P

  • Johnny Vain
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    @balbasuar what happened...the crash? I think we all crashed at same time. I guess about 1030 eastern time I'm guessing. that video actually flashes a brief shot of our loot...some of it anyways.....wonder if I can get the devs to pay us for it haha.

  • Johnny Vain
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    @cpt-toothpick yea I was using sniper rifle....and one of the guys said use the blunderbuss....it was so crazy I just grabbed it when I went down for more ammo. the blunderbuss was prob perfect for when it would wrap around the boat.

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    @johnny-vain ye when he wraps around like that blunder can be ok, but thats what the sword is there for imo =D But to each off there own, I'm just abit curious why so many using blunder, I have come up against people trying to like blunderbuss from a hole gallion ship lenght away :P

  • Cpt Toothpick
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    @cpt-toothpick Side note about Kraken, Me and my buddies did get the achivement to scare him off when according to the xbox app was only 0.4 % off the people that had it ^^ and ye i feel happy about that little achivement in an achivement ^^

  • Johnny Vain
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    @cpt-toothpick yea I wasn't sure if the sword even worked because it grabbed me off the boat first...and I shot it a few time with sniper...then went to sword and it wasn't showing that I was hitting so assumed it does no damage. I was about to say...a smart move maybe would have been to arm myself with pistol and blunder...but do they each have separate ammo? Well, it was still fun and we got out. and it didn't matter cuz we crashed anyways haha. The kraken got mad that we got away and pulled the plug on everyone.

  • oONoseyOo
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    @cpt-toothpick Blunderbuss does huge damage at close range, I usually use eye of reach, but when boarding or fighting at close range, it's a free instant kill, while it's not always the most useful, neither is my eye of reach at close range. They wouldn't make weapons just for one platform, they did a pretty good job balancing it honestly where I can't even tell who is and isn't on console. Pistol is medium range, or a good second shot to fire pared with blunderbuss, it's still not good for close range.

  • Johnny Vain
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    I'm gonna save my gold the the gatlin' gun ...haha
    also a tip. if you play, and you stream or record and you say "eh, I'm just gonna do a quick mission and quit for the night...no point in recording"........RECORD ANYWAYS. I wish you could have seen what I seen before the kraken emerged. almost 10 mins of shooting it, fixing the boat and swimming back to the boat. fight started at first of night...and ended in morning.

  • Cpt Toothpick
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    @shadow-swift12 maybe I would do great with a blunderbuss aswell, but I never got in to a fight thinking damn if only i had my blunderbuss, Usually if i see a blunderbuss I either get him with the sword, cuz if they don't kill me on the first shot they are pretty much toast, or they manage to get away and ill get my pistol up and finnish it, or otherway around. So far from around 18 gallions and 10ish sloop kills and alot more around ilands I have been killed by 1 blunderbuss. And that was when ran in to our captains cabin hid in the doorway and just as i manage to try and catch him with a stab from the sword I was locked in the animation and i missed and hit the side of the wall and he got me.

  • Cpt Toothpick
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    @johnny-vain They have seperate ammo, IF tho you get grabbed you most likly need a sword if he starts to try eat you or you can't defend youself when he closes his mouth on you.

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