so I just found a skelly ship stuck on a rock. Like it beached itself. I suppose that's almost a bug?
I pulled up next to it to get my last few cursed cannonball shots for the event.
I did that, which was my only goal, but I learned two things:
For one, the peace ball effect is way too short. I hit them with that (commendation popped up and all) but they still started shooting me after like .00001 seconds. The duration is so short it's pointless, the ball might as well not exist unless the duration is buffed.
Secondly, the rate at which skelly ships can spam cursed balls is insane. After a few seconds of combat in which I got all my cursed shots off (and they shot a few regular shots that missed), they suddenly just starting hitting me with a chain of sleep curse balls. I stayed passed out from their first hole put in my ship until I was sunk.