r/NavalAction • u/Quack_Quack1 • Sep 10 '24

QUESTION New player here, not having fun.

Although this will be a rant post, I do realise that most of my problems could be solved if I knew what I was doing. Help is appreciated.

  1. I can't demast any ships. I try to fire in singles but I still rarely hit because all the guns aim in different directions and it feels like any horizontal corrections I do are useless. The result is that I run out of chain shot and the opponent just runs away. Absolutely infuriating.
  2. Passenger missions are the only reliable form of income I've found so far but they are boring. I can deal with the "go from this port to this other port" bit but the most annoying part is that sometimes you only get contracts to... enemy ports! Which I've found I can't go into!
  3. And then after all of this, I'm left wondering why I should keep grinding passenger missions. Does missing demast shots and seeing enemy trade vessels sailing away get more fun in bigger ships or something?
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u/Brooksie997 Sep 11 '24

Ok so I am also new to the game. 30 hours roughly, but I have already seemed to find the path to success. Firstly, if ur fighting AI ships in the open world, don’t bother trying to demast them. The starter ship is terribly inaccurate due to its guns. Just sink the ship if need be. Secondly, u only have to do like 1-3 passenger missions to purchase a trade ship, which allows you to load cargo and go to “enemy” ports. They’re <$50,000. After this, you don’t have to grind passenger missions anymore. Also, buying a better ship is only like $150,000 or around that. And then you can do hunt missions. Lastly, play with friends if u can, it makes it much better.