@timmypokolop said in Sailing, PvP, and PvE:
Hi, my friends and I are very new to the game, and we are wondering if we could get any tips to help us. We seem to struggle the most on:
- Parking at an island
- We often find ourselfs crashing
into an island and taking damage
or coming up way too short
Basic rules to follow: Name plate comes up - sails can start going up.
Regarding the size of the island, practice with raising the sails and keep in mind it can be more than just full and down. Use the full length of your sails to adjust speed and turn speed. Get a feel for it by just doing it often. Everyone has bumped into things, just practice no worries.
If push comes to shove, just throw the anchor down before you crash. Raise the sails and raise the anchor before you continue. Never leave the anchor down if possible. However, if you know you will crash don't drop the anchor it will actually make it more annoying, just raise those sails asap. Just take the hit and deal with it.
- PvP
- We also find ourselfs getting
sunk by other ships. We know
that this is part of the game, but
want to be able to fight back and
not loose all of our loot.
First rule of the seas: Watch the horizon. No enemy pops out of the blue so even when on the island, make sure to do a scan every so often. If you do not see them coming then you cannot decide how you want to respond and are most likely starting off in a bad spot.
Second rule of PvP, your ship is everything. On the seas it is not about how many pirates you kill, it is about who is floating at the end.
Learn to survive and keep people off your ship by guarding ladders. Understand the limits of your ship and when in doubt bailing is faster than repairing. If your ship is safe you can try and practice fighting, shooting and boarding.
Keep moving! Nothing is easier to shoot down and control than a sitting duck. You can just do half sails front facing and not worry to much about the sails.
There is also no shame in fleeing or pulling back to repair and regroup. Having them chase you can also be a benefit. Sometimes what you have is enough and you just need to run.
For just practicing fighting, Arena can be a great place to find it.
- PvE
- We have found ourselfs in
multiple occasions fighting a
megladon, or a skeleton ship.
We try our best, to try and win
to get treasures, but we find that
we always get sunk or die.
Stock Up! Before you even set sail make sure you have 100 cannonballs and 50 planks, then keep gathering while out on the seas.
For all sea creatures cannons are pretty much a must and so you need ammo. Also you can assume to be hit and need to repair.
Megan:
This is a pretty easy fight
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If you want to avoid the fight - head to land.
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If you want to fight:
- Shoot her with cannons when you have the chance.
- Shoot her with guns if you cannot use the cannon.
- When she charges hit her with the cannon if possible and make sure one of you is below deck to not fly off the ship and can repair.
Kraken:
This is a more complicated fight but not very difficult once you understand what to do.
First you defeat her by killing enough tentacles. Therefore focusing the same one by one is smart.
Second her attacks:
- Eating Pirates: Sucks you up into the mouth of a kraken tentacle and if hit or after a while will spit them up.
Avoid this by going below deck or grabbing ahold of something on the ship when you notice it is targeting you.
- Tentacle Slap: Hits your ship
Well simply repair the damage.
- Tentacle Grab: Grabs the ship and damages it.
Do not attack the tentacle that is wrapped around you, it isn't useful. Instead you have to look next to the cannons on one of the sides there will be a tentacle head and you blast it with cannonballs. It might dive down and come up the other end, just keep doing that till it lets go. Repair and bail water when needed.
The water hurts you and is really black. Keep fed and if you are stocked you should be able to defeat her. Have one person in the map area and below shooting with guns and repairing while the other cannons if you want.
Raising the sails and being still can help if you want to fight, as the water does slow you at some point you will start gaining speed and might just leave the area and fight all together. Naturally you can just sail back in if you want.
Skeleton Ships
This is basic ship on ship battle, don't be on their broadside, get them on your broadside. Anything that puts water in them is progress, be it bailing on to them or crashing into them. They are also not great sailors so being near islands and rocks makes them crash often.
You can also use kegs and have one guy board and blow them up if you have them to speed it up.
These are great ships to have some basic practice if you want to get better at fighting pirates as well.
Oh and naturally... cannonballs below the waves is water flowing into their hull. Aim at the lower end, but keep in mind killing the cannon skeletons can give you a little break in their fire. They do respawn so it is temporary.
Any tips for these interactions? We would greatly appreciate it. Also, any other tips that may be beneficial such as gettin lots of treasure would be sooo helpful.
Have a nice day!
Kindest Regards- Timmy
Hope this helps. Enjoy becoming the pirate you want to be and see you on the seas.