I took this quest again yesturday to see if there are issues with it and ended up geting the good captain the first day. Of course I sunk a man-o-war so level may have something to do with it, but I don't think I sunk more than 2-3 ships before getting him.

I haven't picked up this task but 2 members of my guild have. One has had it for 3 weeks the other 2 and no luck. We go plundering almost every night and do a lot of the flag ships and neither one of them has had any luck. One of them has been back and forth with Pirates with e-mails and no luck there they finally told her to call. Don't know if she has but when she finds out one of us will let you know.

I completed this task today after carrying it for about three weeks! Captured Captain Gentry by sinking a Man O War. FYI that it was NOT a flagship, so that's certainly not a requirement. But I had sunk DOZENS of other large Navy ships during the past few weeks, so perhaps the Man O War is the requirement, even though the text doesn't say so.

Just turned level 22, Level 16 sailing.
Hunting Navy ships for rum
(Rum for Gunner on Del Fuego, part of the Pearl crew quest, about 41% progress)
Sunk a frigate (about level 17) and scored Gentry out of the blue!
Sunk another galleon or frigate about 1 hour later and got Gentry again!!
Each time I was asked to maroon him at a wild island, which I did.

(and yes, I have sunk many, many different ships up to and including level 32)

So eventually he will pop up!

One of my guild members got Gentry (the other was not with us) and it was a Man-O-War. Ours was a flag ship but it looks like it most often is the Man-O-War that gives it to you.

Don't feel bad SP, I was a level 12 when I started the thread, 21 now and still no cap'n in sight.
EDIT: Worse part for me, POTCO won't let me drop it. The drop button is greyed out on it, but thats the only one besides the black pearl that it's done that to.

always seem to get him off of the afore mentioned man of war flagship. seems pretty consistent actually.

I seem to remember I got him off a very high level ship aswell.

I also got him off a Man-O-War when I was in someone's crew. I've had the quest for 2 weeks.

Perhaps you need to be in a crew for it to register? How many got him solo?

Toodles,

Dolnor Numbwit
Eternal Arr-bie

Heh, I guess they call it a hard quest for a reason...

I'm stuck on it too. I've destroyed endless Man-O-Wars, but no luck.

Edit: I think they updated it. It now says:

Capture Cap'n Gentry from a Navy Frigate.

2nd Edit: Yes, I got him from a level 9 light frigate. Happy hunting!

Finally caught 'im!
 

After weeks of searching, and some 14 levels of adventuring, I finally caught commander Gentry.

Had just completed the list quest, and turned level 21 (almost simultaneously), headed out to capture the main quest captain on a Frigate, found him and Commander Gentry both hanging out on a level 10 Navy Panther.

I know this is below the level 13+ specified in the quest, so I was a bit shocked. But the quest is marked as completed in the journal and I'm on my way to Shane McGreeny.

Same here! I just sunk a level 10 Navy Panther as well and captured him.

I might send in a bug report.

i have just recently finished that quest you have to sink a lvl 13 navy ship it says it in the despritcon

Ummm.. yes, I know...
 

I know it says that in the description (or at least it did- it sounds like some people are seeing a different description now without that), but I definitely got him from a Lvl 10 Navy ship. As I said in my earlier post, I was shocked, but it happened.