I noticed new players being discouraged by getting chased or griefed! Here’s some pro tips from Cooters school of pirating. If you would like to attend a free seminar feel free to message me here or on Xbox! (Read comments below for sloop vs powder keg tests)
PRO TIPS!
- Sneak on their boat hide in the back of the captains cabins outside deck let them do what ever to your boat, hide back there till they take off and attack when they least expect it!! Maybe throw some chests over board during. The process.
- If you are at port and they attack your parked boat hide by the gold hoarder, ambush them and and take the booty! Then run to the bar get drunk, puke in a bucket and when they come back to get you throw puke in their face and kill them again with your sword!!! True story. Me killing them drunk is on my feed.
- Sneak on their boat take their treasure off hide it in the bushes then come back for it latter after they sink your boat.
- In a last ditch effort while being boarded by multiple people. Shoot a powder keg to blow them all up. Just so you know it takes 52 seconds for a sloop to sink with one shot of a powder keg down stairs and 1:15 before it totally sinks. So again this is a last ditch effort!! Please read comments below for a more detailed break down of kegs vs sloops!
- Sneak on their boat and look for a power keg to blow or bring one with you and blow them up.
- Try talking to them and get them to stop. If it works slay them when they went looking.
- Take their boat while they are on yours.
- Watch for some one trying to board you with a powder keg if they do blow them up before they board.
- If you are at an island and you see a ship coming in take all your treaure off your boat hide them on the island in the bushes. Find a land cannon and wait for them to arrive once they do light them up with cannon rounds. When they come to get you at the cannon slay them all. True story. If your ship sinks just go back latter and get the booty!
- One thing I haven’t done but will is load my boat up with a bunch of powder kegs and park at a port. I will hide with my sniper rifle on island and wait for a ship to come in. If they get on my boat to mess with it I’m going to nuke them hahaha
- If you are being chased by a ship drop powder a powder keg off the back and hope it will hit them and blow up.
- While being chased get them to line up behind you jump off your boat and try to grab their ladder, climb aboard and go straight for the anchor. Drop it then go try taking out as man as you can. When or if you die you will respawn back at your boat that’s way far away at this point.
- While being chased use the tall rock islands as your advantage. Go behind them till your out of sight do 180 anchor drop and wait for them to go by pick up anchor and head the other way it takes time for a galleon to turn around it will give you a head start. Then use islands to hide behind.
- While being chased by two galleons take them through a storm pull some 180 maneuvers and lose them. Latter you might find them anchored at an island and can pull up behind them drop your anchor and hit them with cannon balls and sink them. True story.
- While being chased with loot on ya. Sail by an out post jump off the boat with a chest while it’s still moving run to the gold hoarder hand in chesw. Then run back to the water grab the mermaid that pops up because your ship has sailed off to far. Then just rinse and repeat at a different outpost. You never have to stop your boat!
- If being chased drop a powder keg on the very tip of the bow turn around go in for a ram and shoot the keg just as you hit them.
- When being spawn camped when you log back in don’t immediately go for an attack run, jump around, or even jump off your boat climb back on. Be elusive blunder them at close range for the one shot kill.
- Watch your ladders if your being boarded stand at the top and blunder them in the face it could one shot them or at the very least will knock them off.
- If being chased use other boats as a distraction bring the chaser by a random boat and hope they go after them and give up on you.
- If you are alone and decide to stand your ground go out in open water crank your wheel hard to the left or right and just spin around in a circle while you focus on shooting and repairing.
- When parked at an island put sails all the way up and leave anchor up. If you see a ship coming and want to get away fast all you have to do is drop your sails and go! Much faster then pulling up anchor.
That’s a just a
sample of Cooters school of pirating if you would like to learn more I can go sailing with you and give you some pointers!!! Stay thirsty my friends!
