They fixed the ship glitch(flag ship)

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by bpg2012

Yea, it wasn't really a glitch. The reason why is because they made it where you CAN be attacked after disabling a flag-ship before they couldn't so yea way to go everyone who took advantage of this feature of not having to fear of being sunk while on a flag ship because now they can attack us while we are boarding because so many people took advantage of of the no attack thing

Ships won't attack your ship if you have boarded the flag ship. If you're still in the process of grappling, yes, they will still attack but once you're on you'll be safe from those ships until you re-board your ship.

I wasn't really a big fan of using that bug. Chasing the NPC ships down wasn't my idea of a good time. Wasted more time chasing them. Relying on tactics and strategy makes it more fair and challenging. I would rather have the enemies shoot back than to make the rep grind seem like a rep grind.

[Nautical Nattie]

I thought i would really miss that glitch, but i hadn't used it in a long time having mastered sailing and when i used it once more before the updates (for old times sake one last time) i HATED it, i had to chase the ships all over and half the time my cannons missed completely. I much prefer it when the ships focus on you when you hit them once and then your broadsides are much more accurate. Plus, it teaches you a lot about having to avoid other ships, when to speed up and slow down, when to turn etc . I'll admit my new low level pirate may find it difficult, but the game wasn't designed to have this glitch so we'll have to do it the right way and i'll be much more satisfied knowing i did it the right way too.