I recently started a new Free Play game with the intention of following a Privateer career path, and quickly noticed a pattern emerging. For three battles in a row, I managed to force an enemy ship to surrender, and in each instance, my only choice was to fight the enemy captain in a duel. I was easily cut down every time.
Now, obviously there are several factors at play:
But the questions remains, is it fair that "surrendered" captains should always duel you this early on?
I seem to recall this being based on reputation (please correct me if I'm wrong), but if you go to the trouble of forcing a surrender early in the game, surely death by duel is a bit harsh, at times?
And to be clear, if this were a normal boarding action and I was killed then, I would consider that my own fault, because I deliberately took that risk. With surrendered captains, it doesn't feel that way.
In addition, I'm not saying that a surrendered ship should always equal a "free win", per se. Perhaps some dialogue options to talk your way out of a duel would help, for instance.
Any thoughts on this?
Now, obviously there are several factors at play:
- I'm playing on the second-lowest difficulty
- It's early in the game, so my fencing skill isn't very high and I'm lacking a lot of abilities.
- The enemy ships were of the same Tier and around the same size as mine
- The enemy captains probably had better equipment than me
But the questions remains, is it fair that "surrendered" captains should always duel you this early on?
I seem to recall this being based on reputation (please correct me if I'm wrong), but if you go to the trouble of forcing a surrender early in the game, surely death by duel is a bit harsh, at times?
And to be clear, if this were a normal boarding action and I was killed then, I would consider that my own fault, because I deliberately took that risk. With surrendered captains, it doesn't feel that way.
In addition, I'm not saying that a surrendered ship should always equal a "free win", per se. Perhaps some dialogue options to talk your way out of a duel would help, for instance.
Any thoughts on this?