Navy Treasure Fleet??
 

This is something new? I havent had participated in a navy ship invasion!

The Ship of the Line was "Navy Newcastle" while the other ships escorting it are called "Navy Elite"

First thought that EITC Expedition Fleet was to fit in a story line of carrying el patron's lost weapons. Maybe the purpose of the fleet has been changed since the introduction of the lost weapons, thus EITC and even Navy are carrying treasures now instead of weapons.

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Nice, I haven't seen or heard of this before, thanks for posting :D

I saw the logo in the files a while back, but didn't think anything of it.

How it will play a role in the storyline is beyond me, but it's no different than an EITC fleet. Stop them before they get to their destination or you lose. Exactly the same.

Personally, the navy fleet looks more... fun to me, not because it's new, but because the navy seem like a more appropriate enemy for a pirate to fight.

P.S. While there's an EITC and Navy Ship of the Line in the game, there's also one that's white flags, as in it's for players. Don't know if this means we'll get that ship or not, but it's certainly a thought.

Nice find, by the way. But I don't think doing fleets is worth it if you don't get a skull chest.

I got at least 5 royals from each ship, and only once did I not get a skull loot chest. And I did 2 and a half fleets.

Lucky you, but I've NEVER gotten a skull chest from a fleet, and I've sunk 4 so far.

EDIT: EITC:http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...Treasure_a.jpg
Navy:http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...Treasure_a.jpg
"Bandit" Logos, possible for "boss ships"(They're most likely logos for undead boss ships)
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g..._bandit_02.jpg
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g..._bandit_03.jpg
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g..._bandit_04.jpg

http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g..._bandit_01.jpg

My thoughts are that, since the eitc fleets to Raven Cove were part of the unveiling of El Patron's Lost Weapons, Disney has decided to make them a permanent part of the game. If they continued to make the EITC heading to Raven Cove for the weapons, it would cause a lot of confusion IMO. ----Just my two cents.

~~~~~~Mac

Perhaps this is leading to a stronger Navy presence in the caribbean. It's becoming more and more likely.

It sure is possible KOTC...

I knew something was up when they said NAVY fleets so I was asking me crew and guild why does it say NAVY? Soon enough there were navy ships, Navy Elites and the HMS ( His Majesty's Ship? ) Invincible. They dropped those royals and skull chests like crazy! The elite gave us FIVE royals and a skull chest, the invincible EIGHT royals and a skull chest, it was crazy! Only thing was is that the HMS ships have explosives, war gal got hit with a broadside, sunk with full health, it's POWERFUL so get distance and still I suggest getting rid of Elites to make sure you don't have any other intereferences.

Also on another note, there are new paths, which may lead to that they're coming BACK from raven cove, EITC ships could be coming back because of some new paths they put in.

well, the navy fleet i saw was coming back between cuba and isla tormenta and then going off the map.

Cool, I will have to check this out the next time that i log in. :)

I kept on getting caught up with Darkhart when these things came on. I said i would do it... but i didnt lol

I got skull chests with each ship sunk as well. I got a lost relic during my first Navy treasure fleet battle yesterday. So it looks to me, like Disney finally fixed it more appropriately.

Does only the person sailing the ship get the lost relic?

Not sure......

I fought the fleet yesterday as well.

However, I only received 5 royal chests from the two Tyrants I fought, no skull chests.

Unless Disney hates me, I'm pretty sure not all of us get a skull chest.(more likely the person that does the most damage to the ships, maybe)

Nope got one while I was using cannon, just random, my war bayonet :D

This happened yesterday and I sunk at least 3-4 times (I was in a War Galleon) before I destroyed the ship of the line. I got about 7 chests when I sunk it. It's basically like an invasion, but on the sea!

EITC fleets didn't give me squat when I went online, lol. The SOTL gave me a loot pouch (-,...,-) and that really made me mad.... I'm only doing navy from now on, I wonder if they'll be skeleton ships because both the navy and the EITC and the skels got the share, ncluding skeleton fleets later in game...

Well, the pictures I posted on the first page show the EITC and Navy flags, and four possible skeleton(called bandit) flags.

Cool, i wonder when the skeleton fleets will happen. :) :D xD

Skeletons make sense. I mean Jolly's gotta' be hauling his invasion forces somehow... and also hauling his portion of the weapons cache.

Might be interesting to combine a Skeleton Fleet - followed by an invasion of the island it was heading for.

Yes EC
They could make a mixture of the Fleets and Invasions.
The Skeleton/EITC/Navy Fleets can be headed to the island, and if they succeed, we have to fight of an Invasion with melee, hand firearms, and Land cannons to ward them off.
It will be an epic mixture. But there won't be an Invasion if said Fleet does not reach
As for the ''bandit'' logos, maybe the Scorpion claw one will come on a ship populated by Dread ScoRpions. Imagine Scorpions captaining Shi-ps of the Line LOL

What the?
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?
Maybe they will have a skeleton fleet xD.

I remember in the Release Notes on test a while back saying something about the EITC and Navy fleets sailing, yet havent seen the navy at all, not even on test.

Here are the Test Release Notes from Feb 17, 2010:

Release Notes - February 17, 2010

• New Casa de Muertos Quest on Padres del Fuego
• Expedition Fleets Set Sail - Search for and sink elusive EITC and Navy Ship of the Line fleets
• Added the ability to ignore all Guild Invites
• Pirates will no longer become Groggy after being revived. They only become Groggy when they are sent to jail
• Reduced the amount of damage cannonballs deal to player masts and sails
• The sun and stars now have the correct orientation across islands

Took them long enough to get the Navy Expedition going.

Wow, how did we miss that?

Yes, but the regular EITC and Navy don'thave their logos on too.... All of the sides got the weapons, so it's possible for future updates or soon about skeleton fleets.... that would rock!

The skeleton ships may be torn, but that doesn't mean they can put the logo on the sails. Sure they'll be torn, but it's still logos.

And a skeleton fleet is very possible. Jolly Roger and the EITC when to Ravens cove, so the fleets that were most likely to go sail to their "destination" were EITC and skeleton.

But skeleton fleets will probably be harder to fight, what with the furry and lightning.

ok my question where the heck is ravens cove im getting back into the game and im lost!!

ravens cove is not up yet we think its coming soon tho :)

ah maybe i should get on my test account more often eh? lol

Looks like they teamed up I wonder if they would all go to raven cove at the same time, that be a challenge.

You realize of course that by sinking Ships-of-the-Line, we're fueling Jolly's war effort? Maybe he'll resurrect them for his own fleet.

This sounds very logical. Maybe we'll sink some Undead HMS Victory, or an Undead EITC Leviathan - hey, you never know. Maybe they'll shoot electrical explosives - explosives that explode in an electrical storm. We all know Fury will be the Undead Firebrand - minus the burn, well, unless Disney decides to add a Spectral Burn.

As for the "always drops Loot Skull Chests" part of these Fleets, I HIGHLY doubt the "always" part of it. Some Release Notes ( That I found in Test's side of the Release Notes ) had the bit that had this statement, but to my surprise, I've NEVER gotten a Loot Skull Chest, and I've participated in countless battles - even if I sink a lot or not, or even never. And I even have a Wooden Charm ( I already have a maxed out Treasure Sense ( 5Pts. ), and the Wooden Charm gives the extra point, putting the total to 6 points ). I seem to get more Loot Containers from your average EITC Corsair than these Fleets.