Cassity14
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Had a hilariously awesome encounter last night in Sea of Thieves. A skull cloud was in the distance when we loaded into the server, signaling that a raid was available, so we sailed toward it. As we approached, we saw two other galleons fighting near the skull island. One of them sank while we were still several minutes out. We made it to the island and engaged with the remaining ship. During that time, the other ship had respawned with its crew and made its way back to the island. They came near our ship and offered us a truce, saying that all they wanted was revenge. Apparently they'd been dueling with the other ship for about an hour off and on and just wanted them to die. We accepted. We had like two loot items on our ship and thus not a lot to lose.
I'd been stockpiling explosive barrels for fights like this and keeping them in our crow's nest (they can't blow up and make holes in the ship up there). As the enemy ship neared us, I grabbed a barrel and dove from the crow's nest into the water. I swam under the path of the enemy ship and grabbed the ladder on the side opposite from our ship. They were all busy looking toward my ship, so none of them saw me. I ran down into their hold, dropped the barrel, walked an appropriate distance away, and shot it. It exploded, creating four holes in their deck.
I quickly ran next to the stairs down from the hold and hid beside them. First guy comes down and doesn't notice me. I follow him and shoot him in the back with my blunderbuss. Instant kill. I see another guy using a bucket to remove water from the ship, so I wait until he runs back top side. I hide next to the stairs again and, when he appears to get more water, I shoot him. Instant kill. The ship is half full of water and sinking and I move onto the second deck. Third guy sees me and starts shooting. I use a wood column in the ship to dodge him and gun him down. The ship is gone now, so I jump off and go to shore.
I see their fourth and final guy running on the bowsprit. He jumps into the water. He's got a pistol, which is much better at a distance than my blunderbuss, so I do some bunny hopping and get in close. I shoot him once. He's still in the water. I see a shark come up behind him and the shark finishes the kill for me.
Shit like this is why I play games. I got to kill an entire enemy crew and sink their ship, all because I have a fondness for explosive barrels. We didn't even make any money from the run, as the skull disappeared while we were busy fighting other players, but it was still the most fun I've had with this damn game so far.
I've been on the fence, but this post will be the reason I end up buying the game sometime in the next week or 2.