Treasure disappearing after short time.

  • Kelster89
    Seafarer

    Hello fellow Thieves,

    After spending much time treasure hunting, our ship was lost from the volcano. However, we also died, resulting in a respawn on the far west side of the map. By the time we arrived at the Devils Island, our loot was gone. To add to my own in game death, I got stuck on a palm tree. My character would not respond to any movement. This in game stuck bug, led to my death and inability to recovery the loot. I suggest some sort of feature to unstuck a character, and also to add more time before floating treasure (chests, skulls, etc...) disappear. No enemy players were involved in our misfortune.

    -30 minutes to 1 hour of floating time before treasure disappears should be plenty of time to B-Line and recover, with potential outside factors (meg, kraken, storm, etc...)
    -Unstuck/crouch feature, or something.

    Great game, love your work!

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  • Arrisay
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    @kelster89
    From what I've seen, the timer for loot in water is just short enough where it's impossible to recover it if you all die, which is especially frustrating as a primarily solo player. This seems intentional by Rare and unlikely to be changed; however, there are some tactics you can use to increase your chances of recovering loot.

    1. Getting stuck in trees has been reported many times and I myself recently got stuck in an odd piece of broken ship on an island. Whether intentional or not, a fairly consistent way to get unstuck is to down a pint of grog and the ensuing drunken stumble frees you! Worked like a charm for me, so my advice is always keep your tankard full.

    2. While the timer for loot in water is incredibly short, the timer for loot on land I believe is over an hour. This tip applies most directly to the Devil's Roar (the volcano region) since a ship sinking every now and then is almost impossible to avoid unless you're extremely careful and leave every time there's tremors. I've tried this and it works: you can recover loot if you only bring loot to the ship when you're ready to leave. That way if both your crew and your ship are destroyed by a surprise eruption, you have the much longer timer (for loot on land) to come back to retrieve your loot as opposed to the 5 minutes or so it lasts in water.

  • Geobiwan
    Captain
    Insider
    Founder

    @kelster89 I also would love a "unstuck" button. It's a pretty rare occurrence, but nothing kills the fun quite like being trapped in a rock.

  • Il FENRIR ll
    Seafarer
    Insider

    @kelster89 I've ran into this problem a couple times the timer for chests and skulls to sink is about 5 minutes and merchant is 10 minutes if you spawn up wind youll miss the chests (or at least get there when they start sinking) but if its to your backs you'll make it just recycle the chests and you'll be fine. And a tip for the DR always bring planks of plenty.
    Getting stuck in the trees however is a problem unless you die that does need a fix big time

  • FreaKtmONLINE
    Ship Mate
    Insider

    @kelster89 whenever i get stuck i drink my entire tankard and the drunkness makes me get unstuck.

  • m1sterpunch
    Master
    Insider

    @arrisay Loot on land doesn't despawn for many hours. The most i've tested is about 3 but it's probably more. Loot in water was patched to float much longer over the last few updates but I haven't noticed it working. Maybe I just have bad luck.

    I think loot floating long enough to despawn should wash up on a nearby beach. It leaves more chances to recover and more chances of stumbling on someone else's stash which would be super exciting.

  • Nabberwar
    Lord
    Insider

    For me loot only floating for the limited time it does, is intentional. It isn't about recovering your own loot, its about another crews ability to take the loot they got off you for sinking you.

    For me, I'd rather have a "Kill self button" its happens too many times where I'm not actually stuck and I get teleported. These moments are frustrating when I'm trying to do a stealth play when my ship isn't even on the same island. I'd rather be in charge of determining if I am stuck.

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    Getting stuck in the geometry is a reportable bug that Rare has been fixing as they are discovered and reported, so if you get stuck, report the location to Rare via their support site!

    Love the grog trick to get unstuck.

    I knew about how long loot lasts on land, but never considered waiting to put it on board in case we got sunk. Lots of good advice in this thread!

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