How to obtain Rare Books and Upgrades / Attacking AI Fleets
May 13, 2018 19:36:54 GMT
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Post by AeRo TR on May 13, 2018 19:36:54 GMT
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Aside from sealed bottles, you can get your Rare Skill Books and Modules by attacking AI Fleets. In my experience all AI fleets can drop good loots, but drop rate may increase with fleets containing 4th rate ships or bigger.
First things first let's look at the OW mechanics for battles.
ATTACKING THE AI FLEET :
Now we know about the open water battle mechanics, we can move on to attacking AI fleets. (we call this "the mission" from now on)
1) Select your port of operations for the mission. You have to pick a port which is out of green zone, which is in a good position, preferably away from enemy pvp players and hot pvp zones. Know where is the SQUARE FORT protecting the port. After latest patch, your AI Farming port needs to be somewhere near enemy ports, so more enemy AI ships and Fleets will be around.
2) Square Fort is our best friend. It is strong, it has 64 first rate guns to shoot enemy players when they are in range ( it won't shoot AI ships). Beware it may try shooting through you or demast you while it tries to shoot enemies
, do not stay on fire zone.
3) Now we have selected our base of operations, we know where the fort and towers are. Let's start the operation. We wait for good wind, wind will not be coming from our Square Fort. Idea is if enemy players jump in, we start running to our Fort.
4) Now let's wait just out of our port, and we scout around, look for AI (npc) fleets and also check if enemy players around. When we catch an AI Fleet near our port we will tag, make sure no enemy around.
5) We start tagging the AI fleet, do not stay close to it, stay far away in circle close to our fort.
6) We are in the battle now. Look at your watch, it is center of upper screen. Start heading and sailing to our fort, DO NOT SHOOT at AI ships. When your timer is 1:28:45 as you were not shot by enemy, and you did not shoot at enemy, in the upper screen it will write ESCAPE (exit battle), at this time we do not exit, but if enemy joined the battle we just exit, head to our port. Watch for wind direction, turn from closest heading to your port or if can not, to your square fort. You have the invisiblity when you exit a battle, you are much faster for a short duration, you will see the box on upper left screen showing your invisibilty timer.
7) When timer is 1:28:45, it means 1.15 minutes has passed, and battle is closed. No enemy has joined and AI ships will already be following you, now you turn to them and kill them.
8) Another tactic is tagging the ai next to the coast, so that AI is close to land, and will be between you and the land. We try to create the enemy join circle on the land, so enemies can not join.
9) You have to loot every ship you have killed. Any of them can be carrying the some rare loot.
10) Sink the damaged ships when the wind is good for you, so you can loot them. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PLAN YOUR KILLS, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE LOOT.
11) You can always KITE the ai ships when you are damaged, chain some of them, slow them, work on the other ships, kill one by one. If ai ship has more crew than you, do not drop your speed under 3,5 knots when enemy ship is close to you, they will instantly board you with marines and all mods.
12) Best way to quickly farm AI ships, is by BOARDING. Attempt only if you have more crew (not valid for veterans), you have some boarding mods, including marines and others. AI is very predictable, you can finish him in a very short time, losing little crew, this way it is easy to get all the loot and do farming quicker.
12) Watch for the shore, do not go to beach for sun bathing, if it happens wait for timer , 1 minutes 30 seconds, if no body attacks you, you will exit.
13) After mission, go to port, repair, unload the loot and repeat the sequence.
14) After battle you can have a good loot which may be rare books / upgrades / dubloons.
Good luck captain, until you have more experience, I recommend you doing this missions with a strong ship and with buddy who has a faster ship who can loot the sunken ai ships.
Notes:
* AI always boards you if he has more crew and your speed is equal or less than 3.5 kts. It has many marines and some boarding modes, may include barricades. Plays more aggressive on boading game, when it has more crew.
* AI can shoot from impossible angles, can have more double or charged shots than a player ship. It has crazy turn rate
* AI is laser accurate, can shoot your rudder/crew etc. from great distance. Many times, you will have red rudder when fighting against big fleets.
* Best option against AI ships, bigger ships with Lo/Wo builds, Cag/Sab as cheaper substitute. Use thickness or hp increasing mods, angle your hull around 45 degrees when you expect ai to shoot a broadside on you. When he is sniping your stern, show some side armour to trick him shooting your angled side armour.
Aside from sealed bottles, you can get your Rare Skill Books and Modules by attacking AI Fleets. In my experience all AI fleets can drop good loots, but drop rate may increase with fleets containing 4th rate ships or bigger.
First things first let's look at the OW mechanics for battles.
Reinforcement Zones ( Green Zone ) Mechanics :
When there is a battle in Green Zone, it stays open for 30 minutes for friendly players and enemies can join for 10 (2?) minutes ! If you attack an ai fleet inside greenzone, enemy players may jump in, aside from enemy players now you will have some angry AI to attack you, putting you in a very bad position. And as you have attacked the ai, you have no chance to call Reinforcement ships.
When there is a battle in Green Zone, it stays open for 30 minutes for friendly players and enemies can join for 10 (2?) minutes ! If you attack an ai fleet inside greenzone, enemy players may jump in, aside from enemy players now you will have some angry AI to attack you, putting you in a very bad position. And as you have attacked the ai, you have no chance to call Reinforcement ships.
Call Reinforcements Button: When you are being attacked (tagged) in the greenzone. You can call AI reinforcements, button is left upper side of your screen, when you press that button, AI friendly ships will be spawn to help you which are same rates of the enemy players. Do not expect them to save you, but they will help you at least. Also call HELP in nation chat. State number of enemy, enemy ship type and position of your battle, like: 2 Dutch ships, 1 endymion, 1 suprise, South West of Port Morant, in Green Zone.
Out of green zone, the battle stays open for only 1 minutes 15 seconds, so battle close at 1:28:45 (latest patch). This is good for the AI Fleet Hunter, especially if he is lonely. So we will hunt out of the green zone (reinforcement zone).
ATTACKING THE AI FLEET :
Now we know about the open water battle mechanics, we can move on to attacking AI fleets. (we call this "the mission" from now on)
1) Select your port of operations for the mission. You have to pick a port which is out of green zone, which is in a good position, preferably away from enemy pvp players and hot pvp zones. Know where is the SQUARE FORT protecting the port. After latest patch, your AI Farming port needs to be somewhere near enemy ports, so more enemy AI ships and Fleets will be around.
2) Square Fort is our best friend. It is strong, it has 64 first rate guns to shoot enemy players when they are in range ( it won't shoot AI ships). Beware it may try shooting through you or demast you while it tries to shoot enemies
, do not stay on fire zone.3) Now we have selected our base of operations, we know where the fort and towers are. Let's start the operation. We wait for good wind, wind will not be coming from our Square Fort. Idea is if enemy players jump in, we start running to our Fort.
4) Now let's wait just out of our port, and we scout around, look for AI (npc) fleets and also check if enemy players around. When we catch an AI Fleet near our port we will tag, make sure no enemy around.
5) We start tagging the AI fleet, do not stay close to it, stay far away in circle close to our fort.
6) We are in the battle now. Look at your watch, it is center of upper screen. Start heading and sailing to our fort, DO NOT SHOOT at AI ships. When your timer is 1:28:45 as you were not shot by enemy, and you did not shoot at enemy, in the upper screen it will write ESCAPE (exit battle), at this time we do not exit, but if enemy joined the battle we just exit, head to our port. Watch for wind direction, turn from closest heading to your port or if can not, to your square fort. You have the invisiblity when you exit a battle, you are much faster for a short duration, you will see the box on upper left screen showing your invisibilty timer.
7) When timer is 1:28:45, it means 1.15 minutes has passed, and battle is closed. No enemy has joined and AI ships will already be following you, now you turn to them and kill them.
8) Another tactic is tagging the ai next to the coast, so that AI is close to land, and will be between you and the land. We try to create the enemy join circle on the land, so enemies can not join.
9) You have to loot every ship you have killed. Any of them can be carrying the some rare loot.
10) Sink the damaged ships when the wind is good for you, so you can loot them. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PLAN YOUR KILLS, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE LOOT.
11) You can always KITE the ai ships when you are damaged, chain some of them, slow them, work on the other ships, kill one by one. If ai ship has more crew than you, do not drop your speed under 3,5 knots when enemy ship is close to you, they will instantly board you with marines and all mods.
12) Best way to quickly farm AI ships, is by BOARDING. Attempt only if you have more crew (not valid for veterans), you have some boarding mods, including marines and others. AI is very predictable, you can finish him in a very short time, losing little crew, this way it is easy to get all the loot and do farming quicker.
12) Watch for the shore, do not go to beach for sun bathing
, if it happens wait for timer , 1 minutes 30 seconds, if no body attacks you, you will exit.13) After mission, go to port, repair, unload the loot and repeat the sequence.
14) After battle you can have a good loot which may be rare books / upgrades / dubloons.
Good luck captain, until you have more experience, I recommend you doing this missions with a strong ship and with buddy who has a faster ship who can loot the sunken ai ships.
Notes:
* AI always boards you if he has more crew and your speed is equal or less than 3.5 kts. It has many marines and some boarding modes, may include barricades. Plays more aggressive on boading game, when it has more crew.
* AI can shoot from impossible angles, can have more double or charged shots than a player ship. It has crazy turn rate
* AI is laser accurate, can shoot your rudder/crew etc. from great distance. Many times, you will have red rudder when fighting against big fleets.
* Best option against AI ships, bigger ships with Lo/Wo builds, Cag/Sab as cheaper substitute. Use thickness or hp increasing mods, angle your hull around 45 degrees when you expect ai to shoot a broadside on you. When he is sniping your stern, show some side armour to trick him shooting your angled side armour.