Why does the merchant alliance steal my gold?

  • Heya! I've been dealing with the merchant alliance representatives scamming me of my gold at the start of each of my sessions, I'm not sure if it's a bug or a "feature" at this point.
    Ever since I've started playing Sea of Thieves in 2021, when buying crates from the merchant alliance, most of the time I can't claim them afterwards.

    I can only claim them 1/3 of the time and I'm unsure what I'm doing wrong. Do I need to be a certain level in merchants?
    Are the supplies I'm buying for other crews, or do I need to play with friends for it to work? (I buy and they must claim the supplies, it often works that way)

    It's entirely possible that I don't understand the feature correctly.
    If that's the case, please enlighten me on how it works so I don't waste my time and money each session (7-10K gold).

    Recently I've come across a solo player who's been able to buy infinite crates and supplies by himself and he too is very confused as to why.

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  • Imo they should have put business on hold long ago.

    It has literally never existed without major bugs that scam some players and allow major supp exploits for others.

  • If ever they don’t let you collect the crates, go to the shipwright and buy and captain supplies (cannonballs, fruit, even bait etc!) and you will then be able to collect your crate.

    Idk why this works, but it does.

  • @peteloaf777 They always tell me that they can't find the stuff they're selling, I can only get this feature to work 10% of the time nowadays...

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