They need to do something about those skeleton ships

  • Bjapnus
    Marauder
    Insider

    The skeleton ships that randomly pop up needs to be done something about, i was in a solo sloop, and i had one chase me for 3 hours non stop, it wouldnt disappear close to islands, forts, outposts. It kept nonstop spamming jigballs, if i tried to outrun it it seemd like it deployed NOS. I had tons of loot so i didnt want to scuttle or relog to get rid of it, in the end i was out of bananas, cannonballs and planks. So it sank me. Really fun mechanic Rare, especially for solo sloops. 3 hours of gameplay that yielded absolutely nothing, because of broken mechanics

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  • Schwammlgott
    Champion

    @bjapnus I also solo slooped the last days, and it was fine, just get supplies at the beginning of your session...I start voyaging just when I got at least 80 bananas/planks and 150+ cannonballs
    When you have a cursed cannonball for the anchor or the sails, use that if you don't want to fight the ships, after that you should have enough space between you and the skeletons to get away

    Edit: 3 hours hunted by a skeleton ship? I don't believe that, they leave before that

  • Bjapnus
    Marauder
    Insider

    The roaming skeleton ships gives up after a while. But the ones that comes up from the bottom of the sea never stops chasing you until they sink you or you sink them. Also at some point you run out of cannonballs when you constantly get attacked by krakens and skeleton ships

  • Hynieth
    Master
    Insider

    The roaming skeleton ships (the ones who spawn on you) are realy easy. I've solo killed plenty of them with just one keg.

    Edit: Remember the game is balanced for Co-Operative play. You're choosing the hard mode option.

  • Bjapnus
    Marauder
    Insider

    Yes ive killed plenty of them to. But atleast you can escape the kraken and meg, why shouldnt you be able to escape the ships to? Because sometimes you just run out of supplies after constant fighting.

  • ObligedSnail750

    I have attacked a couple ghost ships that as soon as I get the upper hand and they cant hit me they just dive back underwater and never come back up

  • Chronodusk
    Commander
    Insider

    You say they need to tone it down. I can't seem to find enough of them.

  • Bjapnus
    Marauder
    Insider

    What they can do is make it so you can escape them, and for the love of god please tone down the insane jigball spam.

  • Goedecke Michel
    Marauder

    I like it as it is. And you can escape them very, very easy.

  • NoFears Fun
    Master
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    @bjapnus If you had that much loot, did you have a rowboat? After initially stocking my boat, before I lay down any quests, I go out and find a row boat (and obviously continue stocking my boat). If you end up getting a situation like yours, as you are fleeing, fill the rowboat with your loot. Same thing goes for any encounter with the kraken. If after a while, you clearly are not getting away from the skelly ships, then get close to an outpost, set the ship to continue to sail, get into the rowboat and row over to the outpost. Sell, and start over. You can even store supplies from your boat into the storage on the rowboat. I generally at minimum store 10 or more bananas in the rowboat, for those close escapes.

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