@limbicfanatic
I absolutely love them for PvE!

I think they fill great roles in PvP as well. It's great enough just as a blunderbomb shooter, except gravity isn't a factor and you can't hurt crewmates.

Being a trident player feels balanced as well, you're like the classic attack mage. Hard to approach, easy to kill unless you drop the trident. It gives me an excuse to call the weapon charge MP as well!

The most interesting use that I've seen for the trident is it's ability to corral (haha like coral) enemies. Other players tend to try to stay away from the areas where bubbles are hitting, so you can get a player to change course pretty easily... especially with the level 3 charge, at that point people will definitely not be going that direction!

Imagine firing a level 3 bubble straight down a dock with an enemy carrying a piece of loot down it. More than likely, they'll jump off the dock, easy pickings in the water!

It also seems that the sound of the bubbles isn't very apparent to some players. I once fired a level 3 at a side of a building, to a spot that an enemy had just ran past. They came running back toward that spot from behind the building, only to get smashed in the face by a level 3 bubble! A great hit and a great story.

I just like firing a lvl. 3 shot and then hitting that orb with a lvl. 1 shot.

Knock a boarder off the Ship who is hanging out on the ladder by firing a Level 3 charge at the floor right by the ladder. Should knock them off and far enough away to not regrab the ladder.

I can kill a Meg before it even circles my ship with a trident, I love them. They also kill those annoying metal skeletons with 1 or 2 shots.

@limbicfanatic So after further testing, it seems a rowboat can withstand 1 full shot (lvl 3 charge), and 2 - 3 tier one shots (I fired 3 at it, but it may have begun sinking between shots 2 and 3). I didn't think about having it docked though... Perhaps the rowboat takes all the extra damage the ship should've sustained, since ships don't actually get damaged... or could be glitched... More testing is afoot!

Sidenote: I really wish a shot from the trident would put out fires... or cool off a chest of rage.

Awesome for kraken encounters👍

Mermaid statues, especially red ones in case you're solo or it's deep and a pain to shoot with canons.

They completely annihilate megs, krakens, and fort bosses.

@limbicfanatic

I can’t say for sure but I think the trident is more effective against the ocean crawlers and the sirens

@limbicfanatic I was in a PvP situation, fighting in the lower deck of an enemy brig. After clearing the enemy crew, I found a trident on the top deck. I ran to the lower deck, fully charged the trident, and awaited the reappearance of the enemy crew. As soon as one came to the lower deck, I released the fully charged projectile. In the close quarters, there’s no dodging it. I immediately followed it up with a pistol shot and dispersed of the enemy again. I didn’t think I could find an alternative use for the trident, but close quarter combat worked quite well

@AugspaCussh
Hmm... you may have a point. I'm basing that assertion on a single incident; I jokingly fired a shot at a crewmate who was standing on our docked rowboat, and it destroyed our rowboat. I assumed it was a full health rowboat (I had docked it less than 5 minutes earlier) but haven't tested it rigorously. I'll look into this.

Mark my words
I will find that pale predator and I will slay it with a trident

I tested it on a rowboat, and it stayed afloat after I fired a fully charged shot. Perhaps there are spots in the geometry that are immune to tge AoE? Or perhaps your rowboay was slightly damaged beforehand?

This requires further testing...