Greetings,

I need to know, but is it common for enemies to do critical hits that deal insane damage past Aquila? I was doing "Bob is Your Uncle", and the part where you have to fight those sharks to collect something was pure frustration. It seems so common for them to deal insane critical damage so often against a wide variety of companions (Ratbeard, El Toro, Garcia, Neko, Lucky Jack, Bonnie Anne; to give you an idea), which is frustrating because now I have too many companions wounded and I don't feel like spending top money to revive them only to have them die again. Not to mention I haven't been getting anything during this collect quest for the past 3 matches, which is even more frustrating.

Please don't tell me the cliched "try a different strategy" without actually giving me a different strategy. I've tried heavy defense, but it seems to little unless I stack one person. I tried stacking up a hold-the-line-and-repel-boarders-3 Ratbeard, but I can't risk having my other companions going up to them because of their repel boarders. I tried overwatch 3, but of course the lower accuracy wouldn't matter when the critical hits are too often. I tried the Ratbeard tank plus musketeers, but I found having to move my companions all the time to avoid the sharks targeting my Musketeers too slow, eventually taking away my forts and, well, I'm sure you can imagine. I went full out defensive and careful, didn't work out. I went full out with my dodging squad, but they get devastated with the critical hits with their low health. can go on for about 3 more different strategies. At the end, the results are always the same: Only my pirate survive.

I'm a level 70 privateer with companions that average level 67 as a whole. My equipment are purely from Bazaar (haven't farmed for better equipment yet, it seems no one is around whenever I feel like farming) with the exception of the rare, occasional gears plus the eye patch. I tend to focus on dodge, armor, will, and heath for my pirate. As for my companions, I tend to focus on health, damage, dodge, and will.

Is late game supposed to be like this? Just insane critical hits coming as often as collect quests, or is my luck purely awful in this game? Is my companions level supposed to be max when fighting them? Am I rolling the wrong talents? Am I missing something here that would greatly benefit me? Any advice will be wonderful.

Sincerely,
A Formal Player.

CherryOnTop1 on Jun 27, 2019 wrote:

Greetings,

I need to know, but is it common for enemies to do critical hits that deal insane damage past Aquila? I was doing "Bob is Your Uncle", and the part where you have to fight those sharks to collect something was pure frustration. It seems so common for them to deal insane critical damage so often against a wide variety of companions (Ratbeard, El Toro, Garcia, Neko, Lucky Jack, Bonnie Anne; to give you an idea), which is frustrating because now I have too many companions wounded and I don't feel like spending top money to revive them only to have them die again. Not to mention I haven't been getting anything during this collect quest for the past 3 matches, which is even more frustrating.

Please don't tell me the cliched "try a different strategy" without actually giving me a different strategy. I've tried heavy defense, but it seems to little unless I stack one person. I tried stacking up a hold-the-line-and-repel-boarders-3 Ratbeard, but I can't risk having my other companions going up to them because of their repel boarders. I tried overwatch 3, but of course the lower accuracy wouldn't matter when the critical hits are too often. I tried the Ratbeard tank plus musketeers, but I found having to move my companions all the time to avoid the sharks targeting my Musketeers too slow, eventually taking away my forts and, well, I'm sure you can imagine. I went full out defensive and careful, didn't work out. I went full out with my dodging squad, but they get devastated with the critical hits with their low health. can go on for about 3 more different strategies. At the end, the results are always the same: Only my pirate survive.

I'm a level 70 privateer with companions that average level 67 as a whole. My equipment are purely from Bazaar (haven't farmed for better equipment yet, it seems no one is around whenever I feel like farming) with the exception of the rare, occasional gears plus the eye patch. I tend to focus on dodge, armor, will, and heath for my pirate. As for my companions, I tend to focus on health, damage, dodge, and will.

Is late game supposed to be like this? Just insane critical hits coming as often as collect quests, or is my luck purely awful in this game? Is my companions level supposed to be max when fighting them? Am I rolling the wrong talents? Am I missing something here that would greatly benefit me? Any advice will be wonderful.

Sincerely,
A Formal Player.

CherryOnTop1, you are doing everything possible for that fight. The Cutthroat sharks in that instance do critical a lot.
The problem is that your companion's levels are too low. I would wait until your best teams are at least level 69 before attempting this quest.
When next you try this fight, don't go for the nearest ones, go around past the waterfall, then down; there is a group of sharks there by some aztecosaur ruins, this will give you a larger battleboard with time to make a defense.
Stick yourself in one corner, use Countessa's Gallant defense, use Old Scratch to boost your gunnery/big guns, ect. and plant your Presideo companion next to Countessa Argento.
Other things to try:
Use Doubloons, summons, critical boost, "push back" anything will give you an edge. If you have no doubloons, do a Moo Tower run a few times.

Good Luck!
P.S. Don't bother reviving your Presideo companion, when you turn in the quest, all wounds vanish!