Share your solo slooper pvp tips please

My top tip for solo slooping would usually be: find a crew! This really is a game which is best enjoyed when coupled with others (even people you don't know).

But if you insist on playing alone, then you really need to polish your skills on all ends:

• You're going to need excellent sailing in order to deny cannon sight to your opponents, while providing such for yourself.
• In between your sailing, you're going to have to find time to shoot cannons. The further you land them from, the better.
• You're going to have to decide when is the best time to follow a barrage of cannoning with shooting yourself over in order to wipe the enemy and give enough time for the holes you created to flood their ship.
• Choice of weapons is up for you to decide. Don't watch what others do/say. Chances are that you will perform much better with the loadout you're accustomed to, rather than trying to play what's currently considered "the best".
• Last but not least, pinpointing the exact spot of where you sunk your enemy, so you can loot afterwards. Solo PvP mostly means that you're going to have to leave your ship carry on, as you board the enemy to sink them. When/if you do sink them, your next challenge is to find that spot. Sometimes you will be lucky and the environment will provide enough hints to find it. Sometimes you'll have to grab your compass and open your eyes. Look for your ship or something else nearby, and check which direction it is from you. Sail to the opposite direction of that object to find your booty.

I just realized you're actually an advanced player, I started this out as if I am writing to a beginner. So you're probably aware of all these already. But yeah, there really isn't anything more anybody can tell you about solo pvp on a sloop. There's no shortcut to it, you sink people in the same way you sink them while teamed up, BUT ALONE.

The first shot should always be a firebomb cannon shot. Then rigging shot UNLESS you're going to outrun them.

If it's a sloop or even a brigantine a rigging shot can be advantage them as you leave them in your wake out of firing angle.

I'm not sure a solo sloop can really effectively do anything.

You probably need cursed balls to really pull it off. Probably the ballast ball. Pepper a lot of holes into their side so they take on good water then ballast them and hope they swamp.

You'll get to know me as the crazy Kamikaze who tries everything.

Except for successful boarding and guarding their holes there really isnt much you can do to defeat even a sloop while solo.

I want to emphasize the problem with solo is you can't really use the full compliment of cursed balls on much but a Galleon with much effect.

I've been sailing a Brigantine which is generally much faster than a sloop...and solo sloopers can 180 turn with anchor trick.

So maybe there's advantage there being slower and therefore turns tighter.

But for the most part .... I mean only thing I can think of is you can anchor them as your pass in broadside. Then do a 90 degree turn with anchor instead of 180. And fire at them into the bow or stern.

When they get underway again is when you'd raise your anchor and maneuver again.

• hit with cannon firebomb (most powerful single shot)
• hit with chain or anchor curse ball etc.
• drop anchor with quarter turn and center to give broadside to their bow or stern after you demast or anchor them.
• open good tier three holes and keep hitting with blunderbombs from cannons.
  *I forgot to mention the best shot in the game. Blunderbombs.
  *Blunderbombs will blow anyone off a hole...and blow them to ribbons too.

If you already have holed their ship then you dont need to board to protect holes. If they are disabled just park off bow at distance and hit with blunderbomb/regular shot mixes.

If the ship is small you'll keep them fairly unable to do anything. If large you'll probably blow someone off raising an anchor while keeping everyone on any ship type off the bow/stern holes.

THIS I think is about the best you can hope for in ship-to-ship.

Cursed cannonballs are the most important thing-particularly the sleepball, jigball and anchorball. If you're fortunate enough to have the jump on them or a good angle, take down the mast with chainshot. Send fire over to keep them panicking.(If you're lucky, you may also ignite a barrel once the mast has come down)

Run regular cannonballs across the waterline of their hull and then focus on hitting them at the cannons-hopfefully sending a pirate or two to the SotD.. Once they've sufficiently been peppered along the waterline, launch a sleep ball or two. Give them a bit more pepper along a mid deck if it's a galleon and then hit them with a ballast ball.

I can't overstate the importance of the ballast ball. It absolutely makes all the holes become a top priority and drowns a gally that previously had a manageable number of holes.

If you're on open water, get a feel for what kind of angle you'll turn when you set the wheel and sails a certain way. You'll want the ship to be executing turns without you being at the helm so you can focus on combat and repair. The only time you should really be going in a straight line with sails fully down is for escape or pursuit. Know that while you're making maneuvers, they are too-so hitting whoever is at the wheel can be very effective, especially if there's a chance it runs them into an object.

If you've got a comfortable escape distance and there's at least 120 seconds between when they can expect to catch you, consider jumping overboard with a handfull of food and firebombs(and a keg if you got it).