So far, I just love it. I'm having so much fun every time I play! I would like to share my thoughts on all the new features, so here we go:
Wanda's quest:
It was short but I really enjoyed following the clues and reading the journals. The lab was really cool as well and I spent some time inside looking at all the things. I hope we meet Salty again!
Brigantine:
I'm still getting used to it. I like it but some things bother me a bit:
- Lamps: Inside, some of them are located right above the barrels, so it's easy to turn them off/on by mistake. Outside, it's way too dark during the night. There should be another lamp in the middle.
- Interior: It feels a bit too full so it's hard to move and fix holes. Having to jump over the bed or go around the table is a bit weird.
Other than that, I'm really enjoying it. It's fast, mobile, has a big crew and looks nice. I like the fact that you can see the brig from the top as well haha.
Skeleton ships: I love it. The music, the battle and the chaos that is going on. It really feels epic, especially when you are doing it with other ships.
My only problem with them is the cursed dancing ball. Unlike the others, it just locks you down and prevents you from doing anything. The ships can spam that cannonball over and over until you sink. You have more time to fix holes as a galleon but for smaller crews it feels too deadly.
The grog ball makes things hard but at least it doesn't just stunlock you.
I would like to add that the fights are a bit long, but maybe I just need to get better at fighting them.
Alliances: Personally, I find them great. I teamed up with so many ships already (up to 4 other ships in one battle!) and we all helped each other. Fixing other people's ships, sharing the loot and other things.
Something that I would love to have though is some kind of a communication device on our ship, that will allow us to talk to everyone in the alliance. You will have to go to it in order to speak and you can also turn it off or on.
When the event ends though, I guess it will be mostly used as a form of gold boost. People will probably just make an alliance with others and continue with whatever they were doing.
Commendations: The only "hard" ones are those that require you to be in an alliance and have the same sails. I got 2 out of 3 already. It's not hard but you do need people that can communicate. Other than that, the rest were pretty easy. You should have mentioned in one of the commendations that you recieve the scar and tattoo though, because I didn't notice I had them.
I have a small suggestion to those of you that sturggle with this event: Play with a crew that can communicate. Discord or Xbox app. You can get lucky with random crews but this will make it both easier and more fun.
And that's it! I'm really enjoying it and now I wait for the next 3 captains. Hopefully there is no gold skeleton crew haha.
