Spawn killing

I dunno when im outmatched i use speak. I say you won guys i surrender please let me raise white. Take supplies and loot but i appreciate if i can sail on i like to finish my voyage.. 🤕 if they fail to comply i scuttle and they can fish for it 🙃

If they don't want a fair fight, I just scuttle, so they can't get all my supplies. Because I know it annoys them.

This can be a thing in arena. Which is a shame since PvP on ships can be fun. The problem is only made worse due to the fast duel gun shots. Especially if two players are running duel guns.

The solution to this can be a tricky one.

If you're getting spawnkilled you deserve to sink, they are just better 🤷

@mesoremcmplctus aint nothing wrong with spawn killing, what do you expect players to do, feed you bananas and ask, hey mate is it ok if i use the blunderbuss? can i eat a pinaple? should we repair your boat aswell?

@d4m0r3d Yes! Yes i expect to be fed Bananas the foulest of the foods with the addition of some hurtful foul mouthed comments over voice chat and absolutely no reprieve.

There is.

You spawn in different spots on the ship.
Also, you spawn back with full ammo.
As well, you could scuttle.

@mesoremcmplctus

Ways to avoid spawn killing:

1. Sail away before they are near.
2. Sail circles around them so they cannot board.
3. Defend those ladders.
4. Prevent your entire crew from dying at the same time.
5. Jump off the ship when you spawn.
6. Negotiation of a truce, strike a deal.
7. Scuttle and admit defeat.

There are some issues with spawn mechanics, but spawn killing itself isn't it.

I don't support spawn killing.
If you're not doing it for resources or a sink, you are a bad person and bad things should happen to you. (in game)

I don't like to talk. But if you'll say you want supplies I'll usually let you have them. If you wanna kill/sink tick, hey. I'm cool. Talk to me lol. I might get hardcore and try to steal a few kills first. But flatter me and pretend to lose for a minute or two lol..

Be warned, I've no fear of scuttle/quit to get away tho lol.

If they are farming you on your ship, it means they are doing what pirates do, they are plundering you. I was solo slooping the other day and managed to steal two ashen chests from two dudes on a sloop, hence they started chasing. I killed them 5-6 times each as I left my sloop sail in a general direction with no rocks, boarded them and using the flames i waited for the flames to sink them (killed each about 5-6 times).

What do you mean I can't spawn kill them ? It's a fair fight.

If a crew digs in on "Your" ship to the point you can't spawn, it is not "Your" ship anymore. - Scuttle.

I kinda disagree.

The fact they can spawnkill u means u all ready lost the advantage. U let them board u and kill u. Altho its not fun for the one dying (happens to me too).

But it happens because i lacked of failed to not let them board.
Basicly if i would be more vigilant and not let them board me there is NO way they can spawn kill me.

Dont ask for a removal if your tactic / strategic dont work. Rework / rethink your tactic / strategic to make it so u are not even in the situation of possible spawn killing.

My 2 doubloons on the matter.

@ixxolos why dont you mute voice chat. i imagine they put that on a hot key for streamers, so you could probs use it too if you dont want to have to hear trash talk

@d4m0r3d Apologies fellow Pirate that was meant as Satire an i was being rather sarcastic, lowest form of wit i know, apologies.

@scallywagmango

That's not true, when you spawn just move to the side and turn yourself into the action, it requires just a few nervous brain cells.

@sshteeve
1-No
2-Neither
3-At this point you're just not good at the game and annoyed that you cant fight back

Just kill them if they are on your ship.. spawn killing is fine if you cant kill them then you DESERVE TO SINK

@sicrobite By exploiting...

They know where the spots are and what the signs of your arrival are. This is an exploitation of the mechanics, yes?

@kasch-s-kunning
Its not an exploit its knowledge [mod edit]

@ixxolos well hey, some people on these forums mate, i just cant tell anymore

@sshteeve
Well try harder, those are just my opinions on your points if you couldn't guess

Sad pirate life indeed, just reading all the above posts and majority of them are all the same, "Spawn Killing is alright"

Frankly it isn't. The ones who say it is okay to do are the ones who never been on the end before or enough, mainly pc pirates who have better loading times then those of us with black screens.

• Yes we can scuttle.

But sometimes that can be simply avoided. Why are you spawn killing to begin with? Nobody can give me a real good answer to that question. I mean a good sure enough answer.
Because you can? Sure why not. But I can also turn my mic on and shout nasty words at a small child but that be rude and wrong, it is a game after all and you can simply mute other crews.

Few things that appear to mind when you board another ship. You can't really steal it so why even try to "commandeer" the ship? They have nothing left to steal from, so why continue killing the same pirate who has no why to fight back? Makes those pirates feel bigger about themselves "because they can do it" doesn't mean they should.

They aren't better than you if you stand by someones door waiting for them to come out and bash their heads in with a baseball bat. Cowardice is what it is. Afraid to fight like good old pirates, sword to sword, ship against ship.

• You might as well Scuttle.
  As all good things that is so far only option at this point for these types of pirates. All that time to stock up on supplies for some adventure, wasted.

I wait for the day, when consoles can Opt-out and leave pc players in there own seas. Console players as I have meant rarely if at all do this. Due to the "Black screen" loading times.
-Cheers

@burnbacon

Why are you spawn killing to begin with?

Maybe because you have holes and we're waiting for your ship to sink or the fire is slowly burning your ship into the deep of the ocean or perhaps my teammates are coming to sink you ?

They aren't better than you

Killing you over and over again while you are not able to kill me makes me better than you, its math, if i kill you 30 times and you don't that's a 30-0 and i win ...

when consoles can Opt-out and leave pc players in there own seas

Oh nvm you're one of them

@sicrobite umm no, they're [mod edit]

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@sicrobite said in Spawn killing:

@burnbacon

Why are you spawn killing to begin with?

Maybe because you have holes and we're waiting for your ship to sink or the fire is slowly burning your ship into the deep of the ocean or perhaps my teammates are coming to sink you ?

Pretty sure you know this is not why the OP made this post or what anyone is talking about here. Spawn killing to finish off a ship that is sinking is not a problem. But spawn killing, just for the fun of it, after a while, is just poor sportsmanship and against the pirate code.

They aren't better than you

Killing you over and over again while you are not able to kill me makes me better than you, its math, if i kill you 30 times and you don't that's a 30-0 and i win ...

Maybe, but it is poor sportsmanship. Especially given several factors, not the least of which is knowing where people spawn and killing them before they can even counter. That is not superior tactics, just abusing a bad system.

when consoles can Opt-out and leave pc players in there own seas

Oh nvm you're one of them

This makes me laugh. There is clear evidence that PC players do have an advantage over console players. It is just a fact. How much of an advantage depends on many factors. People that take joy in simply "winning" over others that are at a disadvantage are just sad. Now, if you create that disadvantage because of superior tactics then so be it. But bragging about, while telling someone to "get gud" knowing that even if they do you still have an advantage says a lot about a person.

@triheadedmonkey friendliest game? Then how about we do something about the people who use cheats and such to annoy other players who are trying to have a good time together. A fair fight and sticking to the pirate code is one thing, but you're community is becoming toxic and you're going to lose a lot of support for this game!