The Ante has been uped!

[Cockeyed Callaway]

Just left (via sinking) a battle in which three Ballona's faced a fleet of five Wasa's. At least that was how they were advertised. Turns out they were three ballona's and two wasa's versus three (human) Ballona's. The tag was intentional and well placed, the start was disastrous and unintended. As I turned to port in an attempt to rendezvous with my near-by shipmates, I received several broadsides. Normally these would amount to minimum damage, being as I have well armored sides (74.) However with the advent of new parameters to PVE, it would appear that our previously impotent opponents have found their tooth, so to speak. By the time I was favored with a full breath of wind to my stern, I was also without a starboard side and half my structure. This unfortunate state of affairs was not improved by the placement of an additional opponent well of my beam. While my crew performed in an exemplary manner, they were overwhelmed by the tasks at hand. As a matter of reference, I would suggest,in very strong terms, that captains should be aware of the NPC's new...err...a...quality of play.

 

If I may be so bold as to suggest, close tags are not as adventitious as they once were. At least not in groups.

[Draymoor]

Huh? 3 bellos vs 5 other 3rd rates and you are saying it was too hard...? Need more practice my dude. 

[Cockeyed Callaway]

8 hours ago, Draymoor said:

Huh? 3 bellos vs 5 other 3rd rates and you are saying it was too hard...? Need more practice my dude. 

Thank you sir for the clueless and ignorant rebuff. With all due respect, once you encounter the same situation, your reply may differ.

[Cockeyed Callaway]

10 hours ago, Wraith said:

Thanks for the report.  If you'd only been two players in first rates you'd have sunk them easily and without a repair.  The nature of our bass-ackwards new damage model I fear.

Yes the damage model appears to have been nudged up more then just a tad. To those of us without the sterling abilities of a Draymoor, I am only offering my above stated experience. 

[Draymoor]

1 hour ago, Cockeyed Callaway said:

Thank you sir for the clueless and ignorant rebuff. With all due respect, once you encounter the same situation, your reply may differ.

How is it clueless lol... Me and 2 of my friends took 3 5th rates vs 2 5ths, 1 4th and 1 3rd and we had no big issues. If you did, it was just bad strategy on your part. But you made it sound like the game was much tougher than it was before, which it isn't.

[Cockeyed Callaway]

1 hour ago, Draymoor said:

How is it clueless lol... Me and 2 of my friends took 3 5th rates vs 2 5ths, 1 4th and 1 3rd and we had no big issues. If you did, it was just bad strategy on your part. But you made it sound like the game was much tougher than it was before, which it isn't.

I apologize if my prose have rendered unto you the wrong impression. They were meant as a cautionary tale. One that, it would seem is lost on someone as advanced as yourself. In the future I will attach a disclaimer as to my correspondences obvious meaning, so as not to waste any more of your time.

[Draymoor]

25 minutes ago, Cockeyed Callaway said:

I apologize if my prose have rendered unto you the wrong impression. They were meant as a cautionary tale. One that, it would seem is lost on someone as advanced as yourself. In the future I will attach a disclaimer as to my correspondences obvious meaning, so as not to waste any more of your time.

Cool.