I was doing an athena voyage with a friend and at some point he disconnected. While waiting for him to come back, I went to do a riddle (the only thing left was the riddle and another skeleton contract before getting the final map with the athena chest).
I was at the last stage of the riddle and got disconnected as well, with a message saying "network error". My internet was fine (I'm using a cable and on pc).
So yeah, all progress was gone. This is always the fear I have with this game. Not losing my loot to players, but to get disconnected for whatever reason and losing everything.
I know this has been suggested many times, but why not add a way to reconnect already? Give us 5-10 minutes to come back.
If you get disconnected, your ship will drop it's anchor and stay there until you come back. When the timer ends, the ship will scuttle. Others would be able to board your ship or destroy it in the meantime, so it can't really be abused.
It would be nice to give us a chance to get back to the game, instead of having hours of play time just be gone in an instant.
It's not the same as losing loot because you didn't bother to sell your items. In athena voyages, you don't have a choice but to play for a few hours in order to finish it.
Yes, if you play on a galleon you will have a better chance of coming back to continue. However, I heard of times where the entire crew was disconnected or not invite you back because it was a random group. Also in my story, I played with someone and we both got disconnected, it happens.
My connection is perfect and the game is very stable. I honestly can't complain about crashing since it happens so rarely.
When it does happen though, you should have a way to come back. It feels really bad crashing while doing a fort, athena or carrying a lot of loot. Once it happens, everything is lost.
