vagrantprodigy Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 I just lost two high end ships due to bugs. I had my main ship (Constitution) and secondary ship (USS US). I attacked two 4th rates. I sank the first, and my secondary ship had gotten itself into trouble. I got in between them, but the companion ship wasn't retreating properly. I had to pull off to repair, but my companion ship was getting dangerously close to sinking. I re-engaged (due to the ship not retreating), and unfortunately lost my ship. I could have run clear, and wish I would have, prior to this, but I was trying to save my companion ship. Once the main ship sunk, the companion ship hadn't been hit in at least 5 minutes. It still hadn't left the battle. Upon my ship sinking, I was sent to the docks rather than aboard the second ship, and it is now showing I have neither ship. I'd like compensation for both.
Papillon Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 Unfortunately fleet ships do frequently ignore orders, in my experience it happens mostly after they begin engaging.
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 Just now, Papillon said: Unfortunately fleet ships do frequently ignore orders, in my experience it happens mostly after they begin engaging. Doesn't explain why it wouldn't exit combat, or why I would have somehow lost the second ship upon the sinking of the first. The fleet ship and enemy ship weren't even in range of each other when I sank. Getting really tired of the bugs.
Papillon Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 Can't explain ship #2 but I have had more than 1 fleet ship sink due to failure to obey. Only thing you can do is intervene like you did, and hope they begin to obey.
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, Papillon said: Can't explain ship #2 but I have had more than 1 fleet ship sink due to failure to obey. Only thing you can do is intervene like you did, and hope they begin to obey. I'd love to get some input from the admins on why the ships refuse to obey orders. I really am getting tired of losing ships, or nearly losing ships, due to bugs.
Papillon Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 Maybe we need elite fleet ship captains that obey 100% of the time.
Sneakyfinger Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 The fleet ships are not good sailors, they do dumb things. Don’t use good ships for fleet fighters, just use throwaway ships
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Sneakyfinger said: The fleet ships are not good sailors, they do dumb things. Don’t use good ships for fleet fighters, just use throwaway ships Respectfully, this isn't a good answer. And again, this doesn't explain why when I give the retreat order, and it is out of range, it doesn't leave the battle. Or why, once my initial ship has sunk, it is sailing away from the battle, and is not in range, it doesn't leave the battle.
Sneakyfinger Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 It was just an observation, and some advice. No idea why Fleet ship captains are so incompetent, or why the game is so buggy at times.
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Sneakyfinger said: It was just an observation, and some advice. No idea why Fleet ship captains are so incompetent, or why the game is so buggy at times. I know you are just trying to be helpful. Just extremely frustrated that the admins haven't been able to help once with the many bugs and issues I've encountered in the game, and that often a response takes weeks, or just never comes.
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 30 minutes ago, Intrepido said: Your ships must retreat before you leave battle. Otherwise it automatically surrenders. You should have waited a bit more until that happens, perhaps the enemy ship was still on range of bow guns or maybe in control area of influence. I had control of the second ship at the time I left the battle, which did seem odd, as I've never had that happen before. I was able to raise and lower sails on it, reassign crew, etc. No reason I shouldn't have been able to leave the battle safely.
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 16 minutes ago, Intrepido said: Reassign crew in a fleet ship? Is there a new command for that in the map interface? Sounds very weird. No, once the main ship sank, I took control of the second ship. Never seen it before either.
vagrantprodigy Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 34 minutes ago, Intrepido said: That is something new for me. About that ship, which was its status? Was it low on structure or damaged the pump? It was somewhat low, but not sinking. The pump may have had some damage, but nothing crippling.
Ink Posted September 6, 2019 Posted September 6, 2019 Captain, the fleet USS was not able to leave the battle due to Conrol range from enemy 4th rate, also to mention, the fleet ship won't be able to escape if it takes more water than it can pump out. If you leave the ongoing battle with your fleet ship inside the battle, the fleet ship will be lost. You cannot directly control the fleet ship once your ship was sank, but you can switch the camera on it by mouse buttons. Fleet ship direct control case was not reproduced. If you manage to directly control your fleet ship in a fight again, please send F11 report from the battle
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