Any Tips On Solo Slooping?

@burnbacon Thanks i will try these tips out.

@goldsmen Thanks for the advice. I have played with friends but usually just follow orders rather then actually leading.

It will be alright in time.

It may seem dismissive in how simple that belief is but at the core of every successful solo adventure is that belief.

The more you do something the better you will get at it.

6+ months ago I switched to controller to experience the game in a different way and to challenge myself in a different way.

Because I had no experience I could barely get by even though I have a lot of game experience. Just bucketing water was difficult for me. Pvp was difficult for me. Pve that I had vanquished thousands of times before was difficult for me. I sank over and over again just like I did when I was new.

After a few months I was getting more effective and more comfortable. After 6 months I'm just fine.

That will be you in a few months, that will be you in 6+ months. You will get the practice and you will be alright.

Think of everything as an investment in yourself, the losses, messing up, being unlucky, sinking, the good the bad and the ugly. It's all an investment in yourself and you will do very well when that pays off in the somewhat near future.

You will lose more and that's alright, I lose too. The struggle is temporary and then what you have gained will last you years.

You will learn something today and tomorrow and every day after that. That's valuable, people can't rob you of that. Carry it, implement it, you will do awesome, this is just what it takes to get there.

@wolfmanbush Thanks for the support, I am getting a little better I think but when multiple enemies spawn on me at once there's still not much I can do.

@pizzacat8555 said in Any Tips On Solo Slooping?:

@wolfmanbush Thanks for the support, I am getting a little better I think but when multiple enemies spawn on me at once there's still not much I can do.

In your situation I would keep a rowboat on me at all times.

If things go south you can throw some of your good stuff on the rowboat and either escape and pick it up or if you end up on the ferry you can just return to the spot and pick up your rowboat with the loot.

The thing about solo slooping is always have a back up plan. Solo slooping isn't a game of always winning fights pve and/or pvp so the backup plan is how people can still get stuff done.

In this case take some pressure off by having a plan to get loot out of there even if you sink. I would just move on to the next but I know people get attached to their loot so the rowboat backup plan is what makes sense.

You mentioned a skelly galleon being a big loot haul for you so with that in mind I would check out shipwrecks. With king's loot and other new shipwreck loot it's quite lucrative and easy to find/gather. You can make up your losses pretty easy with that, and you might find a bunch of fish in the barrels to sell as well.

Shipwrecks are a great point A to point B journey that can get you some gold/rep through a decent chance of good treasure and it won't be super intense as long as you sell regularly.

@wolfmanbush Thanks, i will try them out

@pizzacat8555

Also a Solo Slooper newbie as part of PS5 influx and your experience (except for the victories) sounds familiar 😁

Since beta have scoured internet for tips and tricks... PhuzzyBond's videos seem to be the best all round - serious solo slooping skills ☠️

Also plan to use the Alliance flag functionality as someone mentioned above... Only found out about it post beta...

@captainwilks said in Any Tips On Solo Slooping?:

But in direct response to your question, you can always run away from these encounters. Theres no shame in it if you have loot that you require to sell.

Don't think it's possible to outrun skeleton ships? And kraken slows you down so option is fight or rowboat?

Only going off what I've read online, so could well be wrong...

Thanks for all the tips everyone! Recently I managed to finish a skull fort and hand in by myself! (It doesn't sound like a lot but for me it was huge)

@pizzacat8555 said in Any Tips On Solo Slooping?:

Thanks for all the tips everyone! Recently I managed to finish a skull fort and hand in by myself! (It doesn't sound like a lot but for me it was huge)

Solo is a challenging way to play the game. Whether a few pieces of loot or an entire vault it's all impressive when accomplished by solos that are new, inexperienced, and figuring things out.

You are an underdog on a sea full of scurvy dogs. Hold on to that joy and sense of accomplishment, what you are doing is awesome.

@old-jumby said in Any Tips On Solo Slooping?:

@captainwilks said in Any Tips On Solo Slooping?:

But in direct response to your question, you can always run away from these encounters. Theres no shame in it if you have loot that you require to sell.

Don't think it's possible to outrun skeleton ships? And kraken slows you down so option is fight or rowboat?

Only going off what I've read online, so could well be wrong...

When I was new I use to always get sunk by the skeleton ships and hate my life when I lost all my loot. Now I just anchor my ship and keep shooting connon balls at there cannon line or raise you sails a little to decrease your speed.

If you show them skeleton ships any fear they'll sink you, but you be surprised at how capable you are if you are the first one to fire at them once you hear that musical que and your already at the cannons waiting for their ship to rise out of the water 🌊.