My brother and I just started playing this game two days ago so we’re very new players and are till figuring things out but we simply have no explanation whatsoever for what happened to us tonight.
In our brigantine, we got into a fight with a sloop, while also being circled by a Megalodon. Eventually we were boarded and then killed by the other players. After spawn camping us a few times, our attackers eventually left, seemingly by mermaid.
My brother and I then decided to try and fight the Megalodon just to have something to do. We were stumbling through the battle, slowly figuring it out when, after maybe 15 minutes, we heard someone over in-game voice chat say “You know you can just sail away from it right?” We were very confused as there was no one around. My brother climbed the crows nest to see if there were any nearby ships and there were not, no islands were even very close.
After a few more minutes the same person said “You know you can just shoot it with canon balls right?” Then a few moments after we heard another person say “Ooooh spooky ghost!” As if they were spectating us or were invisible and were just trying to mess with us a bit.
The next thing we hear is “Okay, we’re coming on to help, so don’t attack us.” And without there being a single ship nearby, all of a sudden, there were three players on our ship, seemingly the same who had fought us earlier. We didn’t see them climb aboard, we just turned around as there they were. They took control of the boat and sailed it to safety and helped us bucket out the water below deck. Then they asked if we were all
good and they all walked below deck. When we went to go see what they were doing, they were nowhere to be found.
Does any of what I described sound possible at all through any known cheats? Has anyone had any experiences similar to this? Luckily these players used their ability (to seemingly spectate and the appear where they choose) for good, but regardless it seems like too much power if someone decided to misuse it. Any explanation or similar experience is appreciated!