Ship Timer/Kraken Myth - Busted

[Captain]

Originally Posted by Vandelay

I'm fairly sure that the Kraken was NEVER on the Test server during Beta.

Maybe the rumor got started because there's a Virtual Magic Kingdom "Pirates" game where a Kraken shows up if you sit idle for too long? At least I seem to remember that.

It was there; I got sunk once. But that happens in VMK, too.

[Davy]

I am going to log on now and launch my ship and just sit there for an hour afk playing Madden on my Wii. Then I will just fight the beast myself! Hopefully they reinstated the kraken and I'm not just wasting 89 gold on ship repairs.

[Davos]

As a new player, I had no idea what the timer was for. Where is that explained ? Is it mentioned anywhere in-game ?