Not really an exciting story, but its a story of a crew that almost made me lose my cool.
Day started out normal. Started a sloop with my crew mate, we got the ship stocked, stopped by a fort for some Barrels. Fought a few ships here and there. Some stood there ground pretty well while others tried to run. We sank them all.
Then it happened. The sloop that caused us so much pain. We noticed that a particular sloop had been to a few islands so we thought maybe the sloop had some loot.
We get close, they actually turn to engage. We fight. Its pretty close but we are landing our shots more often and catching their ladders. They decide to make a break for it. We chase them. They do all the right things, against the wind, bobbing and weaving around islands. Keep their sails angled.
They scuttle.....what? Why? We weren't really winning and they weren't really losing.....did they really scuttle? No loot either. Okay
Go about our business as usual. Same sloop approaches us. Same deal as last time. Fights us. Again, our shots are landing better and we are catching their ladders. They decide to run away doing all the right things....then.....scuttle....?? Again?? What the hell is going on....??
This happens again for a 3rd time and at this point I'm getting frustrated. They are actually frustrating me with the way they are scuttling......
Take a deep breath. Go towards The Ancient Isle's from the Wilds. Sink a Galleon that wanted some revenge. We see another sloop. Caught them with their pants down. They try to run, get them with a great anchor ball.....as they hit us with a sleep ball. We sail RIGHT passed their ship. We must have really needed our nap. As we get up, we anchor turn. Try to cut them off. We slowly catch up to them as we keep on the sails better then they do.
We catch them. Boarding operation takes place. Things happen. Ships circling, cannons firing, players dying. I respawn to our almost sank ship. Thanks to my crew mate who got a lecture about his sillyness afterwards.
While this whole thing is going on, RAM, player 3 joins the party. "WHAT THE....NOW YOU SHOW UP!" That scuttling sloop came back and rammed us. Is firing cannons. Boarding our boat.
My crew mate finishes off the first sloop and we get ready for Scuttling Susan over here. I kill the first one but not before they drop our anchor. Their sloop in position, pelting us with cannons. My teammate comes back and gets to repairing. I hit the enemy with a peace ball and buy us some time.
Crew from sunken sloop spawn with mermaid and try to board. Kill them, get the anchor up, start going after scuttling sloop.
FINALLY GOING TO GET THAT KILL. I see them bucketing and they start to angle sails and start to sail away. We line up and start the chase. I can taste the victory in the air. Finally I'm going to sink that ship.....and then it happened......they scuttled....again......AGAIN.
I give those guys props. I actually got twitchy because of their little tactic. One eye squinty while another eye and my shoulder twitches. Good going to the both of you.
I'm not salty....I was born with this level of salt already.
