Flotilla
|
This article documents a recently-released or modified feature. |
| Information is still being collected and may change rapidly. |
Flotilla map icons from left to right: Azarbad the Great, Vargas the Mad, Admiral Finius, The Widow Queen, Barnabas the Pale, Gretchen Goldfang
Below: Map showing a flotilla by Azarbad the Great and The All-Consuming Flame.
A flotilla is where a Brigand King gathers his or her fleet at a league point on an ocean. Affected league points are visible on the world chart by an icon, a different one for each King. The league point node itself changes color to red, and has an icon on it representing which King owns the flotilla.
Flotillas act as a force, and may be attacked by passing vessels in an attempt to drive the King away to a different part of the ocean. Since Kings will declare blockades against islands nearby to their current base location, attacking the flotilla is a way to help prevent the nearest island from being attacked by them.
Attacking a flotilla
Flotilla attacks may be entered via the "Attack Flotilla" button on the vessel panel.
Upon attacking a flotilla, a vessel will enter a sea battle board with a safe zone at one end, where other vessels enter and exit the board from. Flotilla battles are always sinking, and therefore sunken treasure may appear in the place of a sunken vessel. Multiple ships are able to enter the board and attack the flotilla. All player vessels are assumed to be on the same team for the purposes of 'friendly fire', that is, cannon shots do less damage to other player ships.
The King has vessels containing supplies which are marked green on the board. Attacking and sinking these vessels will drive the king away, however the King also has various other vessels roaming around protecting his supply ones.
When a player ship sinks one of the King's ships, the player ship receives a PoE reward as a bounty on the enemy. The reward can be 500-5000 PoE or higher, based on the size of the sunk ship. The bounty reward is in addition to any treasure hauled later from the wreckage. Each player on board immediately receives a portion of the bounty, wile the rest goes to the ship, as in sea battle. The bounty is split among all of the ships that contributed to sinking the enemy ship, so the bounty may sometimes appear lower than expected.
Maneuvers can also be used in flotilla battles.
Azarbad the Great's flotilla at a league point as seen from the Crow's nest.
An example of a flotilla battle with a sinking ship.
Ships seen hauling treasure from sunken ships.
Flotilla Score Board
The flotilla score board is shown above the duty report during breaks and while pausing in a puzzle in the flotilla. The Brigand King's flag is shown on the top and clicking on the + will reveal a list of Brigand King ships currently on the board.Ships in green are Supply ships (Merchant Brigs or Merchant Galleons) and red ships are War ships (Any other class of ship). Clicking on the + will show a graphic of how many ships the player team has sunk (small skull & crossbones icon) and clicking again will show the flag's ships that are currently attacking the flotilla (small ship icon).
