The very first time my level 50 saw a powderkeg runner (that first day) I shot him point blank range and died. Since then, I've stayed clear of them. I agree - no sympathy for slow learners on this topic. If I do start to revive one such "victim," I usually catch myself and press ESC before they are revived.

All enemy strength, not just Jolly Roger strength, but all enemies' strength in the invasion force, is proportional to the number of pirates (players) present at the start of the invasion. That's why invasions on quiet servers are always fun - the enemies drop in a couple reasonable hits. Invasions on "ideal" (busy) servers are never fun - all of the enemies' strength is too high; even a mere witchdoctor takes multiple rank 5 hits from my level 50 pirate, to die. (Meaning: very poor rep on "ideal" servers, because you have to use the incorrect strong attacks, just to survive.)

The only recent change I see, is that there are slightly more powderkeg runners. This however, clearly was done only to offset the grotesquely stronger weapons we all now have. On a quiet server, the powderkeg runners take only 1 or 2 hits from me, to kill them.

Comparing an "ideal" (busy) server's invasion to a "quiet" server's invasion, is like comparing watermelons to tangerines.

i had alot of those kegs!! i think i have a screenie :
here it is:
its like about 10-17 kegs??

Wow! I counted 11 in each pic!

I usually stay away from invasions unless the Coven wants me to come. Invasions annoy me, and this is one of the reasons why.

Geeze Louize! 11 Keggers?!

On that note, this isn't exactly a little group either.

http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...3_15-37-20.jpg

And there were more up the beach.