why is cargo so cheap?
 

The other day I was with a friend on his war galleon we killed like six skeleton ships and only got cargo crates same thing happened today I was on frigate and killed a Iron wall and a centurion only cargo crates!

i know i wish that the type of ship determined what cargo u got like lights give crates regs give treasure chests and wars give royal

that'd be sweet

I believe it varies, I also think it may depend partially on how hard it was to defeat the ship your plundering.

Seems to me even if I sink big ships... if they were easily sunk (as in previously damaged) I get lower rewards.

I had a tough go of a Spanish Blood Scourge the other day... got stuck as only remaining crewman on deck (with my lvl33 pirate). After surviving and wiping out about 5 waves of Captains, piratas, and conquistadors... I finally won. Pulled in a couple royal chests, a couple treasure chests, and some cargo to boot... was worth a bundle :)

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still hard to believe all were full health!

I think it makes a difference also how much "treasure sense" you have skilled up.

i agree i do believe we need more money i mean sinking a lvl 39 harbinger and getting 1 cargo crate come on!

the light - cargo reg- treasure and the war - royal is a good idea except u would see no war i think the odds should be alot better of getting a royal from a war than a reg but still

i still think they need a drop cargo feature where u can choose to drop some cargo

EXACTLY! We were sinking MOW left and right last night and getting cargo crates. I shot at a Bloodhound and was told by the captain to not bother because it didn't carry enough treasure. Turns out I'd got it fired up, it started firing back so Captain nailed it with broadsides and...we got a royal off of it.

I was pretty proud of myself, I was.

Where was I?

OH YEAH.

UH...made no sense.

But yeah i agree taht your loot should be based on what kind of ship u have the higher the ship the better the loot.

probably some glitch on the skele ships or its the server u were on

well we sunk a marurder and got 2 rc then later sunk a harbinger and got a cargo crate?

or just bad luck.. either way it sucks

i got royals from regs before my treasure sense is rank 4 but its just one royal and treasure or just royal
and ive gotten royal trasure and cago from light flag ships

When I was plundering with my guild, we were getting about 800-1000g per run. It was crazy :pirate6:

yeah that's what I bout average behind padres outcast and tormenta.I would like to see the drop cargo feature incorporated in the game.I was hitting some level 40 dreadnoughts yesterday and 1 paid 3 royals while another paid 1 crate?Then I turned around and hit a level 37 harbinger for a treasure chest and crate and Revenant for a royal?I don't know all these ships were full health I desailed them all and my treasure sense is maxed at 5.I think the cargo is pretty random from so many tests i have done sailing the past few weeks.At most I was able to get 10 royals on 1 trip though.The level 30 and up ships do tend to pay out more often than the smaller ships I have noticed that.