Question about the Boss Battle?

[Poison elf]

There has been actually two problems like this I have always felt a problem.

As stated here going on another crew/players boss and it being completed.

Also a player dieing (generally first soldiers part) and others taking the ship on through completing his quest.

Only time I have seen some not get credit was some of the early players that got in a loop-hole that wouldn't give them credit after the updated bb came back out.

[Evie]

This has been happening a lot lately. I think it may be a new glitch.
A guildie and several friends have had to re-do their boss battles multiple times because it did not credit them. With the guildie, we tried it with her initiating it, even with her sailing it, even though that had never been important before. It took her 6 times. The time she beat it, I was head of the crew, I initiated it, and I sailed, so no, none of that appeared to have mattered.

And while I didn't mind doing it over & over, it was very frustrating for her!

So, no, usually it does not matter, but it seems that the game is not always giving credit for boss battles at the moment.