So, I am guessing this is the appropriate place to post this. I have been having an awful time getting the Perfect Dark Achievement to unlock. I was following all the guides, hitting up a bunch of storms at night whenever we crossed paths for about 2 months now. However, the achievement never unlocked for me. I tried acquiring it solo, duo, and on galleys and brigs.
When I saw that it was a required action for the Rare 35th Anniversary event figurehead, my heart sank a little. So, my buddy ended up unlocking the achievement in a session without me, and he said he would help me get mine. We tried for about 2 hours, hopping to different servers trying to get it to unlock, but it never unlocked.
However, we were always on my ship. I typically load the game and invite my friends because I am on PC and they are on Xbox, so my game just loads faster. So, I had him start up a game, and we set sail.
We finally come across the storm at night, we enter into the storm, doing all the things I had been doing previously according to the various guides. It finally popped about 30 seconds into the storm. That was it, my ship is broken. For whatever reason, using my ship (meaning, I start the game and invite my friends) will not allow this achievement, and I suspect others, to unlock. I have to be on another player's ship.
So, if you are finding it difficult to unlock this achievement/event requirement, this may be the solution for you. Good luck.
