Mrdoomed Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 19 minutes ago, Vllad said: No offense taken! I am a perfect example of what you dislike about the game and I get it. I just don't think any game mechanic can solve players like me. Players can though. Acually you are a great player and i dont take any issue with the blood lust you get when defending your turf. I dont even mind you sailing across the sea to protect a port with raiders near. What i do hate is giving players like you the ability to teleport anywhere on the map so no matter how much i strategize and plan ahead to attack a lone ship you can teleport to my area and zip out and then wait 90 minutes or longer to kill me. Before we could teleport my friend and i was the surge of the Caymans and the brits called is the cayman pirates. We had great battles and most we fought respected how we played. We became such a thorn that 2 clans made the caymans thier permanent home and would stalk us for hours. It was freaking great cat and mouse games and eventually we had to find a secondary port to raid from. Then it became a chess match of getting them to waste thier 1 teleport that evening to come to where we where not amd then we where free to raid. Tldr if a guy like you puts in the time to sail to me and then stalk me i salute you, if you just teleport anywhere on the map i go amd camp me i say game is broken and quit. Naturally weve all quit. Its just a shame there are guys and mods who refuse to admit a player like you exists . They act like the only place you are is in kpr lol. Hats off sir if you put in the time !
Zoky Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 I had similar experience yesterday and this is video of me escaping angry birds brits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RARFpfBt66M
kovah Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 Honestly, this is the main reason I barely login anymore. I need to make sure I have 2+ hours of playtime and as a 50+ hour/week working 39 year old it's rare that I can find that. Even in my Privateer or Pickle where I can usually escape there's always another tagger waiting outside. Yay emergent gameplay! Maybe I should buy an ALT to counter-tag the repeat taggers! Lol... 1
Mrdoomed Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, kovah said: Honestly, this is the main reason I barely login anymore. I need to make sure I have 2+ hours of playtime and as a 50+ hour/week working 39 year old it's rare that I can find that. Even in my Privateer or Pickle where I can usually escape there's always another tagger waiting outside. Yay emergent gameplay! Maybe I should buy an ALT to counter-tag the repeat taggers! Lol... Perfectly said, but now we are being told that its ok because it is an exploit everyone can use lol. I quit logging in as well because if i was lucky enough to find someone to attack who didnt have his own fleet i knew I either needed 3 extra hours to run from the reveng tags or i had to sacrifice my ship. Why bother playing. This is nothing more than a port battle sim for the few people who enjoy empty port battles with broken rvr mechanics. 1
surfimp Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 1 minute ago, Mrdoomed said: This is nothing more than a port battle sim for the few people who enjoy empty port battles with broken rvr mechanics. You've been saying this for at least a week, and in that time I've made over 1M gold from capping player traders with my Privateer. So... I just don't agree. I think the privateering/pirating game is better than it has ever been, even with the revenge fleet stuff. Find a different hunting ground, they are not all created equal. 3
kovah Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, Benedict Ahhnold said: Find a different hunting ground, they are not all created equal. This is a fair point. Curious, including sailing time to and from plus battle time with no repeat taggers how much time are you spending finding and participating in these fights? I get that this game is totally a time sink across the board, I knew that when I purchased it during Early Access release. But even if I could find a battle right outside my home port and even with 0 repeat taggers a battle can last quite some time (mostly due to me not really being that good =) so I have to chose my playtime sparingly. I'm not saying I'm done logging in - I still really enjoy the game when I have time - it's just that I rarely login due to the time constraints which is admittedly probably more my own problem than the game mechanics.
surfimp Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 29 minutes ago, kovah said: This is a fair point. Curious, including sailing time to and from plus battle time with no repeat taggers how much time are you spending finding and participating in these fights? I get that this game is totally a time sink across the board, I knew that when I purchased it during Early Access release. But even if I could find a battle right outside my home port and even with 0 repeat taggers a battle can last quite some time (mostly due to me not really being that good =) so I have to chose my playtime sparingly. I'm not saying I'm done logging in - I still really enjoy the game when I have time - it's just that I rarely login due to the time constraints which is admittedly probably more my own problem than the game mechanics. The time spent patrolling really varies... sometimes I get lucky and spot someone right away, within minutes of leaving port, and other times I sail for much longer without seeing a soul. It also depends on how active the server is, which factions are operating in the area, which regions have hostility grinding and/or port battles going on, and a bunch of other variables that are hard to predict or characterize in a vacuum. Suffice to say, when the area I hunt feels "safe" for traders, based on no reports of pirate activity nearby, and the server population is good, then you'll find them out in strong numbers. Especially when the Pirates have a port battle scheduled for somewhere far away As far the combat part goes, that varies also. If the player trader is AFK (and stays AFK) then it's quick. Likewise if they choose to surrender. But if they fight, it can take 20-30 minutes or more, depending on how much of a fight they put up, how good (or bad) my initial tag was, how much cargo they're carrying (and hence how fast they can run, if they choose to run) and so forth. Overall, I'd say that unlike grinding PVE (warships and/or NPC traders), you can't really very easily put a number on finding player traders. I devote a few hours a night to playing, lately more than in the past, and I've been having a lot of fun. Last night I was completely skunked, but on the weekend I cleaned up. It sort of averages out.
Mrdoomed Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Benedict Ahhnold said: You've been saying this for at least a week, and in that time I've made over 1M gold from capping player traders with my Privateer. So... I just don't agree. I think the privateering/pirating game is better than it has ever been, even with the revenge fleet stuff. Find a different hunting ground, they are not all created equal. Don't know what to tell ya. Maybe its the servers or the time playes or the amount of time played. Either way you act like im the only one with this issue. The forums are full of examples including this freaking topic lol. And Hodo shame on you, you have admitted several times that hunting is already falling iff even for you and you play way way way way way more than me. You are a hardcore guy and you're having trouble so IMAGINE someone inbour shoes. Thanks. Edited July 11, 2017 by Mrdoomed 1
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