Ship Spawns

Yep, This is one of the major issues that really need to get fixed.

I really hope Rare saw my suggestion of when a ship sinks the crew will go to another server and that server (The server that the ship sank in) will get open slots for more crew to join in the server.

Sending a sunk ship to a new server means that ship loses everything g it worked for, be it the raid or several voyages worth of loot. This would be far more harmful to those getting griefed. Just spawn the ship further away.

@middlexi but it's not gone, just on another ship, a ship you can still board and sink if your quick and skilled enough. Nothing is over until loot is turned in.

@middlexi that's why you spawn them further away, not at the island where they just got sunk. Otherwise, what's stopping me from stocking up a galleon, getting my crew together, and destroying anyone who dares enter my server? Where's the fun in that? People already complain that there's not enough to do, that pvp is few and far in between, now you want to limit that further by taking away the human element? No thanks. Spawn them three islands away. That grants enough time to gather the goods and get out.

@cptncuttlefish i would say zero supplies and farther away would be easier for rare. However there needs to be a downside to sinking and dying. But there isn't much if you aren't carrying loot. Let's face it most people don't fight over something when they have decent loot. You can crash your ship into the people doing the fort over and over. Sadly once they are out of boards and take a hit they go down. Then it comes to luck for their spawn and if the captain is up or will be up in a wave or two. Persistence and luck tends to win over skill.

@wickd-gamr that's understandable, but the solution isn't sending them to a brand new server. I can agreen in a reduction of supplies. It would force the crew to spend time gathering before heading out, and even weaken them when they get spawned at an island that's already been looted.

@walkedsauce0 so if I get beaten down on the street and have my wallet stolen I should move to a new state and start a new life? Cause that's what you propose.

I have the easiest solution for this. We see it in all other MMO's. the Skull Forts should be Instanced. some manner of warp or whatever needs to occur, that way it's just your team doing the fort. Then, when you complete it, you respawn somewhere, could be anywhere, but obviously not at an outpost, that would be too easy, just somewhere. That way, when you see a random ship, you have no way of knowing whether they've done a skull fort or not. Everybody is equal then.
I only add to this, that they need adjustments to party size. I know that sometimes teams like to work together, now I wouldn't mind it instancing single ships, but i would like to see a more comprehensive system that allows you to create parties of various sizes. This way, you are free to instance, let's say up to 10 players per fort, but all must arrive together, and accept the crew selections, or they instance alone.

@walkedsauce0 ok then, I'll use a video game as an example. When playing capture the flag on your favorite shooter, is the game over when the flag is taken, or when it's turned in? Should you be unable to fight to get your flag back, or do you just give up?

If this game were more like an arena type like pubg or fortnite, I would totally agree with you, but it's not. I agree something needs to be done about it, but sending a spawn point to a new server is not the way to do it.

@tank-stavin I don't agree with this, only because I've had interesting interactions when playing with other crews while doing a fort. We were the only galleon there and three sloop showed up. My trigger happy crew open fired but they overwelmed us. When we came back, we worked together with the sloop and everyone had a good time, defeating the fort quickly. Forts can go both ways, being either a pvp zone or a fun coop opprtunity.