Got a good laugh today

[Ruthless4u]

Normally I despise mission snipers, and can't wait until they fix the issue, but in this case I will make an exception.

2 mins into a fight I seen 2 other ships join to " help " me. After several minutes of very bad maneuvers on their part I witnessed them have a head on collision, shortly after they both sank.

I checked their status to make sure they didn't escape and had them listed as sunk.

I hope the idiots learned their lesson, well maybe not. To much entertainment.

[Sir Richard Bolitho]

And you didn't tell then about the #8, LOL.

[Mansen]

Oh man... Wish I got people like that. I've had to verbally threaten a few ships who thought it'd be real clever to try and sail between me and my target... just as I let loose a volley of carronade. Makes you want to flip them right over for griefing you (And I have on occasion)

[Sir Richard Bolitho]

The worst thing is that if you hit them you get negative XP.

[Cmdr Thrudd]

I got a master and commander mission from Carlisle and it spawned the location right outside Port Royal. As can be expected I picked up a few 'helpers' in cutters. The surprise I was fighting duly sunk them in short order. It was rather amusing.

[Sir Texas Sir]

I got a master and commander mission from Carlisle and it spawned the location right outside Port Royal. As can be expected I picked up a few 'helpers' in cutters. The surprise I was fighting duly sunk them in short order. It was rather amusing.

This is why I check the ship difference ratings and numbers.  I joined a few the guys look like they have it taken care of and than left.  Than I joined a few I stuck around to help them to keep them from being sunk.   Than again not every one has played games like this before.  I'm still a noob in my book and I think I would of been tempted to joined you battle just to watch from a very very very far distance lol

[JTW]

I'm hoping this tendency will fix itself. In the first 2 hours i played this game, i entered a battle where my 3 'allies' apparently had the upper hand already, and they proceeded to shoot and sink me. I didn't know any better at the time, but since then I've realized that i were intruding. Since then I've had people intrude on my battles several times, but never in anything bigger than the Basic Cutter. However last night i was left alone in every fight i had except when i was actually in trouble and their help was needed, and in 2 other cases i had a ship come in, ask me if i needed assistance and then leave once i told them i had everything covered.
 could have had a lucky day i suppose, but I'm hoping that it's mostly the new guys who simply don't know any better who are interfering atm, and that this issue will therefore fix itself in the future. 

[poison]

It's fun when two Dutchies run in on your halfway-done English mission (on pirate side), just to run you off. Battle join timer still needs to be reduced, and I wouldn't be against restricting other nations from joining as well.

Edit: Last night I joined a neutral v pirate fight on neutral side...didn't realize pirates got missions against neutrals and players got them against pirates. I took a few shots at the pirate, then realized the neutral "players" we're sailing stupidly...Asked if they were ai, pirate said yes, and I apologized and left. I also wouldn't be against seeing neutral ports being converted into free ports, and players doing missions only against the "neutral" faction.

Edited January 26, 2016 by poison