why is cargo so cheap?

[manimal4life]

Originally Posted by Jeena

I find that the lower level you are, the better plunder you get for sinking high level ships. & I also think that having a huge crew is also really really useful.
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I agree with the huge crew part. I have been getting better plunder with larger crews lately vs 0-3 other crew mates.the lower level on bigger ships is not as true as you would think it should be because I've let lower level 5-18 notoriety players sail my ships while I cannoned and found less on the Big Ships and I tried to explain to them that's when treasure sense might play a factor.

Originally Posted by Nelly Darkpaine

I dont know... I think it also has to do with what you're sailing. Believe it or not, I got a Royal off of a Ferret AND off of a Bulwark this past week. (Had people with, we all got a laugh) and PERSONALLY, I almost NEVER get Royals off of Black Harbingers. (So I usually don't shoot em!)

Lately for me the Harbingers have been one of the ships that have paid the most royals to me.Well I own all the warships and I've tried them all out equally and seems as if my War Galleon had better finds than the War Sloop and War Frigate.Even though the War Galleon holds more cargo I only used the same cargo amount as the War Sloop to get accurate results.The War Frigate in most situations seem to have the worse outings.I've been sailing day and night everyday comparing results to come up with some type of formula.I'm going to continue researching and comparing with crews and without crews.Taking the sails off of ships vs not taking the sails off of ships.Small ships vs Big Ships and so on.I'm also going to start keeping tabs on cargo with screen shots at the end of my trips to keep records.