So we just finished doing one Skeleton Crew being just 1 SLOOP the entire fight, no alliance, no nothing.
We go 4 Chests 4 Skulls and a Bunch of other Stuff
We went to the fight with like 8-9 powder barrels. 100 of each material (Cannonballs, Bananas and Planks)
It is hard? YES FOR SURE, but if you have good coordination with your teammate you can do it.
Great Experience.
Some images of the Ship after the fight:
Sorry for the quality of the images XXD
Well done on getting them down as just a sloop.
I was pretty sure it could be done without an alliance. I've not gotten to test it because another ship has turned up every time I've tried, but just judging from how many of the ships our ship had sunk and the resources we used I knew it was do-able.
Surprised that you managed it on a sloop. Ye must be skilled players.
I really like what they've done with this event. Can be done with a single ship but with high skill and tactics requirements. Much easier to do in an alliance, but nobody is locked into playing in an alliance just to get the event done.
I will say that trying to fight off the skeleton ships and another player controlled ship at the same time is very, very difficult, so if another ship shows up when you are trying the event without an alliance it might be better just to ally up (so long as they have the right sails). Ships looking to team up without the correct sails will be sunk.
@corpseq Yep, the yesterday Shores of Plenty one we actually rushed it for 2 ships with our sloop that get sunk every time they arrived, so maybe well going to try the solo next time. Once you learn how to stick to them while protecting the holes its freakingly easy with the sloop cause the cursed ship stick to you cant shoot back (and well, half the shoots of the other ship if can shoot you at all go to the other cursed ships).
@corpseq just like my voyages, I completed all 3 regions with just me and my brigantine or Galleon crew. (We did it in both ships)
https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/69348/mad-jack-ketch-and-his-crew-of-skeleton-loot-hoarders
@corpseq Good job! You forgot to mention you need a lot of luck. Doesn't matter how good you are if you will suck up 2-3 dance curse cannonballs in a row while your boat is leaking. Happens a lot.
@corpseq Great job! And here we were thinking we might have made the skeleton ships a bit too difficult :P
@zz-emerz-zz Decreasing just a bit the skeleton crew inside the ship may help, as I said before in other post, 4 skeletons using cannons + a sniper + the captain + skeletons using guns and as if it wasn't enough there's at least 8 skeletons below deck repairing their ship and they all respawn several times. I'm not complaining at all, the dlc is awesome but I'm used to play it alone so I'm a bit upset that I possibly won't get most of the commendations. I do kill one or other ship but I'll never win a battle. :/
@volantalpaca956 I agree in parts, it's a war and it's meant to be fought as one but if the game has the option to play it alone it has to have a kind of equilibrium to make it playable for everyone. What does the character equality of the game serve for if I can't even play what others can. I don't know, seems broken.
WOW ! Thanks for all the support on the post.
We for sure will keep playing the campaing and getting you posted on our researches XD.
Some of the things you have said:
We got hit like 4 - 5 times with cursed cannon balls and still managed to survive (Consecutives).
We as a team from Argentina (We are 4 players that have been playing together since launch, this particular fight were just 2 as i said before) have played the game in the first stage with 200 ping in NA servers i guess.
It will be super nice to play with like 60 50 ping but, sometimes we have to deal with 100+ ping, so we just get used to it and try to play arround the lag untill RARE make the servers better.
The fight feels super rewarding when you finished it beign in an alliance and as a DUO or SOLO.
We got almost all the commendations, even the legendaries that we are like 2 ships away from finishing it and the solo like 10 - 15 i dont really remember.
And next time i promise better pictures HAHAHA.
Hope to hear about your tales in the Seas !
@volantalpaca956 On other hand there's The Division, one of the best games I've ever played and I think a lot of games as SoT should have as guide line for a multiplayer/single player game, I think it merges the two worlds in a phenomenal way and I was never incapable of doing anything.
That's an amazing feat, awesome work!
I have a feeling as the weeks go on, we might be hearing a few more stories of solo victories against the skeletons as we figure out the strategy which works best against them :D
