Ship Battles and Cowardice

[Edward Edgemenace]

Good post Arioch, I agree with your general conclusion about sinking, but there are several problems with what you say.

A solo captain on a war sloop that doesn't sink almost immediately is a glitcher. Invincible pirate + invincible ship + shoot cannon while sailing + shoot one of each ammo with each moust click + blinking (teleporting the ship by pausing game) + simultaneous open fire/take cover, are the solo captain's only means of survival. Now that it takes 9 seconds to go from the helm to firing a cannon, it is a bit more obvious.

The SvS quests given, several times indicate the importance of returning to your base island, not any island of your choice. Yet the glitch remains that no penalty is enforced for such cheating.

With no automatic ejection from the game after 5 ot 10 sinkings in a row, war galleons are allowed to just keep donating salvage (presumably from someone's second computer.)

The game POTCO is oriented towards group efforts, crew/public enhance that notion. But without a WALK THE PLANK feature, saboteurs rule the day.