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I would be fine with the skeleton ships if only they didn't have aimbot and left after awhile
I've been sitting on my boat by an island for about an hour now, and there still rapid fireing cannonball at me, like could you leave.
I'm trying to do a tall tale that has nothing to do with you,
It doesn't make the game fun it makes it dull, repetitive, and annoying, come on rare you can't honestly say that the way you invisioned this game was for the player to spend hours bailing out water while hiding from a skeleton ship that never leaves.

So to sum up my point, either remove them or heavily nerf.

Its simple...just let us outrun them if we want per normal pvp standards...anyone who wants to fight can fight..and anyone who wants to run..can run.
Either that..or put a timer on it(combined player crew or skelly crew dont fire any cannonballs within X period of time...it stops chasing)

@goedecke-michel 🤮

DON'T REMOVE THE SKELETON SHIPS!

Many times I play on my own on a Sloop, sometimes with new players with not that much experience and i love when a Skeleton Ship spawns from nowhere! It's so thrilling to fight against them because I know how to beat them, this is a lot of fun ... I know that RARE wanted to bring more life into the world, and in my eyes it was the perfect choice to do that and furthermore we have Sharks and Krakens to fill the world with life!

I like the game very much, and this random Skelly Ships are a challenging enrichment!

The one thing I would like to see changed about skelly ships is their direct port nitrous injection. They could be standing completely still and once I’m a few feet away from their ladders with a barrel of death they hit that nitrous and go from 0-60 knots in less than half a second leaving me sitting in the water holding a barrel wondering what the heck just happened.

I enjoy the frequency of the skeleton ships. Always nice to exchange broadsides without having to immediately repel boarders. Would like to see them grow tactically and not resort to fourwheeling an island or rock formation in hopes of pursuing me. Improved AI over time.

If they could at least make the ones already sailing not diving in deep water as soon as they're going to be sunk, that would be a good start.

@diinoozz we asked for the skeleton ships to roam the seas. I hope they stay.

When being chased by other sailors, just sail towards a a skeleton ship to get them to engage the other ship. You can then run away or engage with both after your chasers had to use some of their resources.

The thing is, the Players themselves should fill the world up with life, thats what i see now is filling up the world with a ton of Meglas, Krakens and Skelly Ships...this is just ashen in our eyes...

1. Kraken was something rare and should stay like this, maybe a little bit more often like it was on the beginng, but not that often like it is now.

2. Skelly Ships doesent belong there, they should stay there on this specific places, like before or the spawn rate should be decreased.

3. Meglas they belong there on a normal spawn rate like it was before.

So if RARE want to fill up the world with life, maybe they should think about new things.
For example look Zelda: Breath of the Wild, how big it is and its not fullfilled up with a lot of same things and guess what, its not boring because you have so much different things to do.

There must be a harmony, every good thing is measure!
On the last update for example the Fog was one small step to make the games atmosphere better.

I just wanna be ownest beacause its a great game, with a lot of potential.

@Galactic-Geek @MarsMayflower @SprungNickel427 @Ruigtand-NL @Genuine-Heather @NintenKid9000 @Hailsux @ENTICED-MALICE @Hooligan-WiFT @EVA1977 @D-Jaguar @Meurtrisseur @BR0CRASTINAT0R @OnTheMinute

@sprungnickel427 All sea-based PvE encounters, in addition to skele-controlled island cannons, ignore rowboats. So, if you get attacked by 1 of them while carrying a lot of loot, and either don't want to fight or can't due to limited resources, simply note the direction of the nearest outpost, move the loot onto the rowboat, drop it, and row on to freedom and riches.

Rowboats are your friends! Use them!

Please note that the kraken will ignore the rowboat, but not you entirely. If you're not careful, you can still get gobbled up and die. If you're afraid this might happen, simply mark where you are on your map table at the beginning of the attack, and sail back to the area with your fresh new ship once it's sunk (you can scuttle early instead of waiting once the loot's on the rowboat) to find your rowboat and all of the loot still there waiting for you (assuming nobody else gets there first, of course).

@ruigtand-nl

Like now i worked all day and read forum and want to play and just got online.. 14 sot friends are offline 3 friends online playing other games..

So here i go again solo against 3 krakens 5 pop up skellyboats 11 megans and a solofort.. hope i meet a fun crew i can join..

I thought voyages was the main thing with the main difficulty the enemy ships but like i see this is not the case! I hope RARE will read this.

Ok so this is not supposed or designed for solo play

I think it was designed for Crews and Solo as well...Thats why Sloop is designed for...

then please can anybody explain to me the effort put into the open crew system? Because the design argument just dont make sence with the open crew system we have :(

Sorry i dont understand that question!

@diinoozz but you're definitely in the minority.

@genuine-heather

@diinooz

@m4rt1n-2003

They make the world more "Lived in" making our seas more exiting with countless new possibilities, Yeah RNG can be annoying but its what gives the game a different experience each session.

Maybe they should add more "real" Ships on each Server to get more Life into it and let the Skelly Ships there where they was, since the 1st day they came into the Sea of Thieves World.

I disagree. The balance is close to perfect now. I love the skellie ships and the threat they add to the game. I frequently sail solo and manage just fine. No, they’re not always “convenient.” But that’s what makes them great. Unexpected threats add suspense and excitement. Besides, they usually have pretty decent loot. I don’t understand why any green-blooded pirate wouldn’t want more loot?

There are so many ways to collect Loot: Voyages, Skull Forts, Sharks, Krakens, Steal from other Ships and they could let the Skelly Ships on this specific places...I just dont feel any excitement to fight against them at random times...Dont forget that the first time the Skelly Ships came into the world we was only able to find them on this specific places and everybody was happy with that. The reason why they added them on this way is to bring more Life into the world, same with the Kraken rate, a lot of people are not happy with this and they wish it should be lower...I mean, yes, it was kind of boring on the Seas but what is more excited for you, meet real enemy Ships or Skelly Ships?...All i want to say is, maybe they should find another way to bring more life into the world.

What the OP was upset about is not the difficulty of sinking these boats, but the inconvenience they pose when you're laden with treasure, racing to an outpost, only to get accosted by these boats.

I've seen the PVE end of Kraken, Meg , Skalleons and more deal dirty tricks at the most unfortunate of times. Going back before this last update, without the increased frequency of events, without regular PVE attack, the game was boring. 5-6 boats on a server with large distance between them, made it relatively easy to evade. Little guy points his boat into the wind and waive goodbye to the FOE.

The Skalleon sails with great speed and can combo in a deadly manner if you are not prepared, resources or tactics, to deal with them.

@diinoozz You don't need either of those CCBs; they're just the easiest to use, IMO. You can alternatively use a rigging- or helmball to stop them or slow them down, or a weary-, jig-, or grogball to prevent them from repairing. In all likelihood, you're going to have at least some of these, if you're a diligent supplier (which you should be, BTW).

Like now i worked all day and read forum and want to play and just got online.. 14 sot friends are offline 3 friends online playing other games..

So here i go again solo against 3 krakens 5 pop up skellyboats 11 megans and a solofort.. hope i meet a fun crew i can join..

Ok so this is not supposed or designed for solo play then please can anybody explain to me the effort put into the open crew system? Because the design argument just dont make sence with the open crew system we have :(

@diinoozz said in REMOVE THE RANDOM SKELETON SHIPS!:

@m4rt1n-2003

They make the world more "Lived in" making our seas more exiting with countless new possibilities, Yeah RNG can be annoying but its what gives the game a different experience each session.

Maybe they should add more "real" Ships on each Server to get more Life into it and let the Skelly Ships there where they was, since the 1st day they came into the Sea of Thieves World.

I disagree. The balance is close to perfect now. I love the skellie ships and the threat they add to the game. I frequently sail solo and manage just fine. No, they’re not always “convenient.” But that’s what makes them great. Unexpected threats add suspense and excitement. Besides, they usually have pretty decent loot. I don’t understand why any green-blooded pirate wouldn’t want more loot?

@galactic-geek

1. Raise sails to half.

Ok.

2. Fire anchorball.

If you got one!

3. Circle skele-ship.

Ok.

4. Fire cannonballs 4-6x.

Ok.

5. Fire ballastball.

If you got one!

6. Watch them sink.

WOW! So Fun!

Easy!

@marsmayflower

oh, ok. rare should remove them because one person doesn't like them.

Im not the only one and i didnt say should remove them completely, just to put them back on this specific places only!
They did that because they wanted to bring more Life into the world, they also increased the spawn rate of Kraken so much that a lot of people are not happy with that, Kraken should be something special and rare...

@ruigtand-nl

@diinoozz

Yes but the same with skellyboats i like the ones sailing around but i dont like the pop ups or at least not so often.. its turning in a action wack a mole game while im trying to play a pirate game..

But its personal a lot of players like it.. i dont for me its too much i just hope the spawn rates go down a little :")

My suggestion is to bring the Skelly Ships back on this specific places only and decrease the spawn rate of the Kraken.

oh, ok. rare should remove them because one person doesn't like them.

do you really feel the majority of players feel this way? I kinda doubt it.

@diinoozz

Yes but the same with skellyboats i like the ones sailing around but i dont like the pop ups or at least not so often.. its turning in a action wack a mole game while im trying to play a pirate game..

But its personal a lot of players like it.. i dont for me its too much i just hope the spawn rates go down a little :")

@Ruigtand-NL

@jonnyman69

I work in shifts i have different times i can play which makes it difficult to have a crew to play with so often i find myself solo..
I dont like pop ups in a open world i can kill them i got the commendations etc thats no problem.
Ii think they should move free so i can try to outsail them if i have no time for kraken number 3 -.- the spawn rates are too much for my likes but i just have to fight them again..
That will make me play other games since well i no longer play this solo so i only play crew in weekends :(
But i loved playing this solo outsailing pirates

I think Kraken should be something Rare and i heard so many people saying that too...