To many peoples in the community get Mad crazy at those playing pirates in a pirates theme game ... its getting silly ...

If I had 30 chests on board and you sank me I would be mighty annoyed but also feel really stupid for keeping 30 chest on board.

I learned not to keep a stack of chests on board in the first few days of playing.

If you repeatedly sank me though, knowing I had nothing and just trying to get a rise out of me, then thats different, thats what I call being ‘toxic’.

Only encountered a crew like that twice on my way to PL, each time I just logged off and changed servers.

I am a low key PL.

There is nothing to win or loose? Loot has only cosmetic value which is zero...

If pirates want loot they can have it without a fight maybe they need to buy a new beard or something

I dont get it until they kill chickens then i get angry its not fair they cant defend in a coop :(

@stew360 The real question I have to ask is how many times did you have to come back and sail back? Did they sink you any at all? Did you sink them during this course? You leave out the majority of this session so for all we know is you kept sailing back after sinking 7 times and being the people that just don't know when to quit and abuse the attrition system. Like for real.

Give us more information.

Misery loves company. Anyone invested in this game has been on the ferry plenty. I steal, sink, shoot and slash my way through like everyone else... but try to show a little honor among thieves. I don't feel the need to continually prove myself to an overmatched opponent. I also don't get enjoyment prolonging anyone's unhappiness (spawn killing for no reason). To me, that's toxic.

People get mad when caught in a mistake of their own making. Instead of realizing the fault of their actions and adapting, it's easier to deflect the anger on to someone else.
As dyfrin said, you keep being you. Be the better pirate, don't get drawn into the conflict, and report them as needed.

That is a shame. Whether attacking or defending, the pirate code works both ways. Fight honorably, and be honorable in defeat too.

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"I'm awesome and too amazin so peeps be hurtin in da feels."

Well I just had an awesome battle with a Galleon which we had just seen take down a skull fort. They bailed for Sanctuary Outpost, tried to drop off a rowbost with the goods.

Ended up in a 10 - 15 minute battle on foot around the outpost, megakeg going off, sword fights, naval bombardments. Awesome fun. In the end I stood on the back of the boat to thank the other crew for a good battle, and the guy I was speaking to replied with "don't even start" or something, I think he must have thought I was going to be toxic but I was serious. If they only knew how many times they were miliseconds away from sinking us. They gave a really good account of themselves, I hope they had as much fun as I did.

Forts pop up every 15 minutes, but in nearly 12 months of playing that was the only battle like that I've ever had. Sometimes people can be so focussed on loot that they don't realise that the loot isn't the fun part. I don't think that was the case with these guys though, they seemed like good sports. Gentlemen, I owe you a grog the next time I see you, shall we say Sanctuary? For old times sake.

If i'm being chased for over an hour then it becomes laughable. Whether or not I have loot, that hour could have been spent voyaging / forting. So the pursuers are left with nothing but wasted time lol
If I show no interest in pvp don't chase me thinking you'll outrun me

I am a noob. I get the pirate thing, that’s the game, but when a couple or three experienced players board a solo sloop, kill you just to find you have no loot but remain on board waiting to kill you every time you respawn. Where’s the fun it that? That’s just mean and stupid (toxic if you will) and will ensure that the servers are sparsely populated by idiot trolls hoping to anger and fustrate. I would like the option of blocking players such as that and ultimately they would end up playing other misanthropes and I might finding other people who just want to enjoying gaming .

@stew360 I think it’s funny how you are mad at people getting mad. If I missed something I do apologize.

@shinten-rai said in To many peoples in the community get Mad crazy at those playing pirates in a pirates theme game ... its getting silly ...:

@stew360 The real question I have to ask is how many times did you have to come back and sail back? Did they sink you any at all? Did you sink them during this course? You leave out the majority of this session so for all we know is you kept sailing back after sinking 7 times and being the people that just don't know when to quit and abuse the attrition system. Like for real.

Give us more information.

There is no attrition system. There are people who dont give up even when outgunned and out played. We should devalue their ability? I rather applaud the sailor who doesn't give up.

Some think never giving up is silly and others think double gunning. In the end, until they find a way to stop it, it is a part of the game.

Im fine with PvP being part of this game I just cant stand when people get salty as hell because they were sunk by you when they are the ones that started the fight. Those are the kind of PvP'ers who annoy me but those types are in every online game.

Remember this post when you're chasing a brig and can't catch them!😀 We had a crew chasing us last week that were screaming obscenities from the water after trying to cannon shot towards us. We ran them all over the map for 10 minutes until our 3rd player joined then we squared them up and killed them. Then spawn killed them until they scuttled. 😀 What goes around comes around!

@stew360 I agree with the sentiment that it is a pirate game and fair call to chase and sink other players. I don't agree about the smack talking though (other than in relation to the use of truly offensive lanuage, such as the N word). Personally if someone comes after me I will smack talk them because I enjoy it and because it distracts them from what they are trying to do (to a greater or lesser extent depending on the player). Also it can be a great way of appearing more innocent than I actually am, for example I might want to be taken as a PVE player because it means the other crew is more likely to think that I am weak and vulnerable.

Welcome to the internet ;P

@d-jaguar It's easy. If you sink, you get server merged. I mean, what does it matter? It's all random anyway. Your voyages will still be on the table.

Yes, it is a good trait to not give up. But at the same time, if all you can do is just keep sailing back and make me waste my supplies until I get to the point where I am pretty much out of supplies is that really being a "skilled and worthy opponent"? No. It is not. If it takes you having to come back 8 times before I finally sink due to lack of resources while you can keep coming back with 15/15/60 plus whatever you can snag on the way, you didn't outplay or be the superior player. Then they abused the attrition system, they are being sore losers. I don't laud being a sore loser. Neither should any one.

@shinten-rai same can be said for chasing someone for 2 hours.

Everyone has their dislikes. I guess the no longer stocked ship now has to learn how to evade sea battles.

@baezzle I have days like that.

Some days it all pays off, some days nothing goes right. It's like a pirate movie where it all goes wrong for the protagonist.

Sometimes you come across crews that are just better than you, sometimes you get unlucky and PVE threats ruin your day. Sometimes all it takes is one lucky shot and you're going for a swim while your plans ground themselves on rocks.

It's the same in any multiplayer game, you win some sessions and you lose others.

The loot in this game is fascinating from a psychological perspective, it has no real value, but as humans we're hard wired to feel attachment to things that we have worked for and are hard coded not to want to lose those things, so even having a couple of foul skulls aboard raises the stakes. Like in gambling the more you put on the line the bigger the rush. Just like in gambling, when you lose it gives you a sick feeling and a sense of loss (without the RL consequences).

When you win or steal someone elses stuff it gives you a big dopamine release, which feels good.

That's what loot is, it's the ticket that gives you admission to high stakes combat. You buy the ticket (dig up loots), take the ride (try to turn it in with the threat of PVP), win some, lose some, either way the loot does its job.

Getting salty about losing loot is missing the point. The excitement is what the loot is for, the gold and reputation is your reward for not getting sunk before turning it in.