New player question about soloing and crewing

[Rackat]

Once you get to higher level, I would suggest always selecting a "Quiet" server. I almost always solo, but just recently as I was trying to level up my cannons, some idiot hijacked my ship while I was on cannon and tried to sail me at a Revenant. I took the wheel and steered back to shore. As I was sailing back to shore, I typed in a message asking why he was hijacking, and when he responded "because it is fun", I hit the report function so Disney has a chat log. I just wish Disney would let us know if the people we report are banned. anyway, that's why I alsways select quiet servers....so I don't get hijacked when I am leveling my cannons.

[Diego Birmingham]

When you get some friends take the opportunity to crew up for sailing and quests. You get higher rep and a bigger hare of the sinking loot if you are Captain. When a guild mate hooked me up with some of her friends who were high level I made a couple thousand coin on each voyage.

Batholomew Watkins' quests are easy cash and even if I sink my galleon, I still get to cash in on the quests and make a profit after repairing. If you frequently find yourself on Port Royal get the Sam Seabones quest. Sam hangs out near the shipwright and pays 25 gold for killing 2 skeletons. As I frequently find myself near the cemetery when teleporting in, and the jail is also close, I just take a few extra steps to kill 2 skels and go cash in with Sam. Josie McReady in the Royal Anchor bar in PR will also give you quests that pay well These get harder as your rep increases.
The PR Gypsy & Shipwright will give you quests, but these stop after a while, but Josie & Sam keep on givin'.

You can also try gambling to make some coin but of course that's risky. Some of your quests will require you to gamble so it's always nice to have some extra money in your account.

[Kat Sheffield]

I think that it's just more fun to sail with a crew, friends if you can. Part of the enjoyment always comes from the trash talking that we do with one another in between picking off the ships here and there.

[Soul Patch The Fiesty]

Crewing and plundering is my favorite thing to do in game. I am only noterity lvl 20, but my cannon skill is 14 - my next highest skill is my doll at 9. I love to shoot cannons and get loot!

[Aliese]

Originally Posted by Rackat

Once you get to higher level, I would suggest always selecting a "Quiet" server. I almost always solo, but just recently as I was trying to level up my cannons, some idiot hijacked my ship while I was on cannon and tried to sail me at a Revenant. I took the wheel and steered back to shore. As I was sailing back to shore, I typed in a message asking why he was hijacking, and when he responded "because it is fun", I hit the report function so Disney has a chat log. I just wish Disney would let us know if the people we report are banned. anyway, that's why I alsways select quiet servers....so I don't get hijacked when I am leveling my cannons.

I have actually had more of a problem on the quiet servers, I think because those guys have learned that's where most of us who want to solo go. My first experience with it, actually, was especially bad. I was on an otherwise dead quiet server and had one sail up to me and board (first time it had ever happened to me), so I switched servers, and immediately got another. I didn't know what the proper procedure was at the time, so I would just port, but now I just tell them I want to sail alone. So far they've all left when I've said that.

Anyways, like others have said, soloing is very easy once you get the hang of it. It took me a while to figure out what I was supposed to be doing, but once I did I could take most anything out on my galleon. Even with my big ships I still avoid non-skelly frigates and anything else that can shoot forwards, though (imagine my surprise when I first tried to take on a Colossus and it shot fire forwards at me ).

[Rackat]

Originally Posted by Aliese

I have actually had more of a problem on the quiet servers, I think because those guys have learned that's where most of us who want to solo go. My first experience with it, actually, was especially bad. I was on an otherwise dead quiet server and had one sail up to me and board (first time it had ever happened to me), so I switched servers, and immediately got another. I didn't know what the proper procedure was at the time, so I would just port, but now I just tell them I want to sail alone. So far they've all left when I've said that.

Anyways, like others have said, soloing is very easy once you get the hang of it. It took me a while to figure out what I was supposed to be doing, but once I did I could take most anything out on my galleon. Even with my big ships I still avoid non-skelly frigates and anything else that can shoot forwards, though (imagine my surprise when I first tried to take on a Colossus and it shot fire forwards at me ).

Yeah, that Colossus surprised me too the first time it shot from the bow. LOL! I think it's only fair that the designers reconfigure the War Galleon to have two forward facing cannons on the forecastle.