Advance Course: Concerning Hostile Waters

Uncharted Waters Online

Location: Pisa Commerce Course


Quest Details:
Welcome to the Advance Maritme  Academy.
Here you will be learning many new things while still using what you have learned thus fa on a daily basis.
The first course you'll be taking is one on Hostile Waters from Instructor Maximillian. You should be able to find him waiting for you somewhere nearby the Port.


Instructor Maximillian:
First of all, "Hostile Waters" and "Safe Waters".

The seas of the world can be divided into "hostile waters" and "safe waters". You cannot be attacked by other Sailors in "safe waters", but there is the danger of attack on "hostile waters". But of course you can attack other ships in the "hostile waters".

However, in that case your Notoriety will increase, a Bounty will be put on your head, and you will be targeted by other players.

Note:
When you attack and cripple other player's ships pr receive a tribute from them, your Notoriety will increase and a bounty will be place on you. Also, your relationship with that player's Country of origin will worsen.

Instructor:
Entering Hostile waters causes a warning to be immediately issued.

Note:






When you go from safe waters to hostile waters, an alert is displayed.


Vs. Battles
Instructor:
Well, there are two types of Vs. battle. There are "Mock Battes" and "Real battles". I'll start by explaining about  Mock battles.

Mock battles - are battles that are conducted after both parties agree to participate. They can only be conducted in safe waters. Just as its name suggests nothing can be gained or lost from participating in a Mock battle. However, Mock battles are a great way to prepare for sudden attacks on you from unknown enemies or pirates.

Remember, both parties must agree to begin a Mock battle. If you want to participate in Mock battles you should display your Mock battle acceptance information.

Bounties - a bounty will be put on the head of any Voyager that attacks another Voyager. This will occur whenever a Voyager attacks another Voyager in a Vs. battle and incapacitates a ship. In other words bounties show who is a ruffian and who lives by the law. When you have a bounty on your head you'll be hunted down by other voyagers. Actually though, there are two types of bounties. There are "Privateers" who only attack people from other countries and "Pirates" who attack anyone regardless of their affiliation. Sailors with a bounty on their head will become a targets for elimination and can be attacked by other sailors even in safe waters. If you fight against anyone with a bounty then your Notoriety or emity level against other countries will not change even if you win. In fact, you will actually be rewarded depending on the strength and Notoriety of the wanted sailor you eliminate. It maybe easy to become a pirate but you must realize what fates awaits you afterwards.

I know I've been talking about hunting down the lawless out there a lot, but don't think it'll be easy to take down a pirate. Im going to teach you what you need to know to prevent being attacked out on the water. You can search for other captains in the same waters as you by name. The names of any "Privateers" will appear in orange and "Pirates" will appear in red. If you have the "Look out" skill then you can use that to see the names of ship captains that are far awat from you as well. If you use these two techniques effectively you should be able to avoid a number of pirate attacks.

Note:
To find a bounty, select "Search" from the "communications buttons" and by entering search conditions, you'll be able to find the names of bounties. Also, by using the "lookout" skill, you can learn the identity of sailors in far oof ships.

Tribute Goods
this is one way to avoid fighting with pirates. If you are attacked by pirates you can give them tribute goods and avoid fighting them altogether. However, that's not all you'll have to give up. You'll also have to give them half of all the money you are holding at the time. Plus, if you're in a fleet every member of your fleet will also have to give up half of their money in the same way. Furthermore, depending on the size of the vessel that is attacking you only certain tribute goods will suffice. The bigger the vessel the better the tribute  goods have to be.

Anyway, when you're attacked by pirates it'll be up to you to determine wether to fight or try and escape by giving them tribute goods. That's what i want you to remember the most. When you're out there sailing you have to at least expect that much to happen.

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Hope you learn something to this. :)