I just got done trying to play that smuggling thing. The first trip to Martinique went fine.
The 2nd mission did not go so well. I got the mission and sailed around the island and met the smugglers. They tried to kill me, so that was normal. When I left to sail back to town I was met by 3 pirate ships. It is 1551 and I am sailing the Golden Hind, so i was outnumbered and outgunned, but luckily I went one way and they went the other way. So far so good.
I then went back to town and talked to the store keeper, and then headed to the port to chase that caravel in the Golden Hind. Riiiigggghhhht.
So when I took off I was met by those same 3 ships I had already met plus the ship I was supposed to board. It actually wasn't too bad as the fort sank them all, them being pirates ya know. The problem is that it is kinda hard to board a sunken ship, so the story ends right there.
The 2nd mission did not go so well. I got the mission and sailed around the island and met the smugglers. They tried to kill me, so that was normal. When I left to sail back to town I was met by 3 pirate ships. It is 1551 and I am sailing the Golden Hind, so i was outnumbered and outgunned, but luckily I went one way and they went the other way. So far so good.
I then went back to town and talked to the store keeper, and then headed to the port to chase that caravel in the Golden Hind. Riiiigggghhhht.
So when I took off I was met by those same 3 ships I had already met plus the ship I was supposed to board. It actually wasn't too bad as the fort sank them all, them being pirates ya know. The problem is that it is kinda hard to board a sunken ship, so the story ends right there.