Yesterday I was in a situation where I killed a whole crew of three on a brigantine who just did a fort and had parked next to a outpost. They had a lot of loot so I wanted to sink it there and then sell everyting to that outpost, but I had no kegs no firebombs and my ship was far. I put a fruit on there stove, but they respawned and saw it. Was there anything I could have done to sink it right there without having to smash it into a rock.
Edit: thank you for all the answers!
I haven't seen it mention yet, but always make use of their supplies if you can.
While you may not have any fire, that doesn't mean they don't. Obviously, it goes case by case. Check their barrels for fire to increase burning, but realize that fire takes a lot of time to actually be destructive to the boat. Your best case is to monopolize their food barrel to deny their ability to fight while on fire.
Also, sometimes crews will carry kegs. Make it a habit to check their crows-nest. If you are able to acquire a keg, don't just drop it immediately for a quick boom. If their is multiple, by all means drop one to add to a later chain. However, ensure to place the primary explosive in the furthest position. For a galleon this means the bottom deck towards the front. This makes players travel the furthest to plug said holes.
If it wasn't an outpost, make use of the terrain. Forts are usually great to plop holes.
Don't expect most of these to work, it usually takes quite an oblivious team to solo one up a large group. However, its low risk on your end, so have it.
I wouldn't have worried about sinking it in that situation
I would have just dropped the best of the loot and sent the ship sailing away
fort loot I'm looking to make the most for the least amount of shuffle so I'm going for bone dusts, stronghold skulls, red gems, grog chest/stronghold chest,open ashen chest stuff around that price range
no real reason to risk losing out on it all over some mid to low end loot especially for most people that aren't gonna be capable of holding down a brig with camping long enough to slowly sink it
