Juggernaut Hunting

[melodizing]

I tend to see a lot of Juggernauts behind and around Padres Del Fuego. I see them around Raven's Cove now that it's on Live as well, and in just the two days that it has been out I have seen 3.

[Chimera Doll]

Aye, I have seem them around the higher level islands such as Padres, Tormenta, and Outcast. Also, Raven's Cove.

Good luck finding them mates!

[JM Ohara]

There seem to be more lately than there used to be. Not sure why, but ok.

[SEAKING23]

Originally Posted by JM Ohara

It occurs to me that I didn't tell you guys how I sail. The day I became a DW I went sailing with Jess... I'd never seen anything like it! The very next day I set out to teach myself how it was done.

I get my ship absolutely no closer than the very edge of my compass. (When sailing alone. With a crew it's different, but I'm referring to alone.) When my target is at the very edge of my compass I tag it with Thunderbolt. The instant it's turned I hammer on it's sails till they are fully stripped. The skellies reinforced masts make this harder. Yet I do manage. With the sails fully stripped I go back to the wheel, turn my ship to a perfect T with my target, and broadside it to Davy Jones. Even with skellies I have to move in close to broadside range. It's not the distance Zep, it's the ship. I've had other DW's tell me the same thing, skellies are just prone to turning even if you do fully strip the sails before they turn. I find almost every time this happens, it's a Death Omen ship. Sometimes, only sometimes, other skellies do it. So I try to avoid Death Omens.

It occurs to me that you and I have never sailed together. I'm putting this out now, come watch me in action and you'll see what I mean. My ships are always open to friends, guild, and crew. Just come see Kat O'hara. I don't say this as a matter of bragging but a statement of fact. I am absolutly one of the best sailors I've seen. Once I learned my technique, I made it a high art. With the exceptions of spawning, I have been known to sink a full hold worth of ships with not one scratch on me. In case you wonder where I sail I always ply the waters between PDF, and Kingshead. Sailing alone I hunt 35+ exclusively. Sailing with crew 30+. My prime targets are Behemoths, Colossus, and Dreadnaughts. If I can see them Juggernauts. Nothing else is worth my time. Why bother with a Warlord? I can sink them too easy. I want a challenge. I'm waiting patiently for D to put out level 50 monster big ships. Great big huge suckers like the guy in the BB. I'll tear that to shreds too.

Please note, yes, I really am that good. There are guildmates I sail with regularly who will confirm this if you think I'm just exaggerating. I am a monster sinker. It's my specialty. Why else would I be a 30 with just 2 1/2 levels to mastering both cannon and sail but my other weapons aren't but inching 15? (Secpt grenades, them things are fun!) I dunno how this turned into a can I do it, but I hope by reading my technique, those of you who have never seen it done try it. I hope you too get out there monster ship hunting. Till then I'll be out in the Hinterseas, sinking the monsters...

Not to brag, but i am to. ii am a monster with a war sloop. one of me favorite strategics is to pull along side the back, broad side, then i would turn so me other side faces them. they almost always keep going forward, so me and my gunners keep pounding it. this works the best with galleons, as they have a hard time turning. i did this will that navy flagship that sails around out cast and tormenta. i sunk it with out a scratch to me ship. what i do with me war galleon is circle my victim at a long range, and hit them with broadsides. with the war frigate, i just stop in front of them and shoot. if I'm to close for that, i will circle them, try to get a good angle for me gunners and send them to Davy's locker.my tip: always make use of your enemy's blind spots, and they cant touch you.

[Sam Daggerhound]

Originally Posted by JM Ohara

Okay, so I think I've seen more than my share of Juggernauts. In just 2 weeks I've seen, and sank 6 of them. I think I know where it hangs out. First I ran into it off Avaricia on my way to Kinghead. It respawned there and I sank the sucker again. (It was a 44 the first time and I sank it solo in my regular gallon without a scratch. No joke.) The other day I ran into it off KH again. Last night I found it off Outcast. Today I found it in Dead Man's Trough. It was a 45 this time.

Now people seem to not believe me when I say I brought down a 44 in a regular gallon cause at the time my sailing was like 13. I did do it. Today, I present the Juggernaut hunt. Yes, I went looking for it in my same gallon even though now I have a war galleon.



I took the Black Dragon



Tagged it with the very first shot



Stripped the sails



Pounded on it for a few minutes



And sent 'em to Davy Jones!
It never got a single shot off.

And I learned something. It seems to spawn off KH and Avaricia. Then it heads all the way around the edge of the world I think. As far as I can tell there is only 1 per server, but I might be wrong. I think though that it's like the Colossus Flagship. Anyway, for anyone who wants to try it, and test my theory, go for it. The Juggernauts give almost exclusive royals to me anyway. Happy hunting!!!

Cool me and my brother did the same thing with a regular Frigate, we disabled it's sails then destroyed it. When it's health was real low I used a ramming speed towards is so my brother could use an explosive, the Juggernaut was defeated seconds after I used the Ramming Speed, but after the Ramming Speed it had a clear shot at us with it's broadsides, and in those seconds, it brought our health into the red.

[JM Ohara]

Ya, all those monsters pack a major punch.

[Jim seapaine]

i found it once it sunk me... i came back and finished it off for 3 WHOLE CARGO CRATES?!

hey... whats that black thing ships fire at me?

[titanic95594]

^ I believe thats explosives. I found 2 Juggernauts in 2 days!

[Jim seapaine]

Originally Posted by titanic95594

^ I believe that's explosives. I found 2 Juggernauts in 2 days!

no fair i want explosives

[Sith kinght pirate]

i sunk 1 of them in 1 broadside pm me if u want to know how i did

[Rannulf]

Originally Posted by Sith kinght pirate

i sunk 1 of them in 1 broadside pm me if u want to know how i did

I know how ye did it mate assuming ye did not use a cheat or glitch of any kind. Why do I know? Because I have done it myself.

Here is how I did it:
I was sailing a War Galleon
I had max broadside skill set.
On cannon skills I had max round, barrage, and shrapnel.
and now the Ace in the hole!
I had the Famed Steel Ram active.

As luck would have it when I fired my broadside the hits were all critical for 1175 damage a piece. that x 18 = 21150 and that ship went down!

Now I feel there is no need to PM the way ye did it unless it involves a glitch or cheat. Please tell me I am wrong.

[Sith kinght pirate]

i did it that way using a war frigate

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

Originally Posted by Rannulf

I know how ye did it mate assuming ye did not use a cheat or glitch of any kind. Why do I know? Because I have done it myself.

Here is how I did it:
I was sailing a War Galleon
I had max broadside skill set.
On cannon skills I had max round, barrage, and shrapnel.
and now the Ace in the hole!
I had the Famed Steel Ram active.

As luck would have it when I fired my broadside the hits were all critical for 1175 damage a piece. that x 18 = 21150 and that ship went down!

Now I feel there is no need to PM the way ye did it unless it involves a glitch or cheat. Please tell me I am wrong.

Try Doing An Open Fire With That On A Treasure Fleet. Pretty Good Damage

[Captain Jason]

Aye, use open fire too.

21150 divided by 2. Add that to 21150 and it equals 31725. Not to bad either mate!

[Rannulf]

Originally Posted by Captain Jason

Aye, use open fire too.

21150 divided by 2. Add that to 21150 and it equals 31725. Not to bad either mate!

I may of used open fire too, can't remember!