11-Dec-2012 - Player-Owned Ports

[Quyneax]

Should I stay in the scythe or go to some of the lower regions to get bamboo and slate?

Do as much of the Scythe as you can, and spam bamboo to finish your last voyages if you're short on time.

 

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but if you refuse a double mission and send off one adventurer, the double mission will get replaced by a single for the other adventurer.

[Z_Berenice]

Should I stay in the scythe or go to some of the lower regions to get bamboo and slate?

Up to you. I chose to get all bamboo, powder, slate port upgrades before going any further.

[RSBDavid]

Here are my voyage logs from the past two days:

*== VOYAGE EXPORT - 1/10/2013- 19:28:34 Range[1, 16] ==*

Voy# Date	 Boat Percent Result
01.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 086% - Fail
02.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 2 - 097% - Pass
03.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 3 - 088% - Fail
04.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 094% - Fail
05.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 2 - 091% - Fail
06.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 3 - 100% - Pass
07.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 086% - Fail
08.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 2 - 097% - Pass
09.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 3 - 086% - Fail
10.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 082% - Fail
11.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 2 - 091% - Fail
12.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 3 - 085% - Pass
13.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 1 - 080% - Fail
14.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 2 - 083% - Fail
15.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 3 - 081% - Fail
16.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 2 - 099% - Fail

 

Most of my missions in the Scythe are 7-8,000 across the board or 13k+ in a single attribute. In the region before, they are still about the same. I can't get enough Cherrywood to get the hulls as the failures usually use what I do get. I am starting to dislike PoP.

[IridiumBunny]

Should I stay in the scythe or go to some of the lower regions to get bamboo and slate?

 

No matter your focus, you will continue to get voyages from lower regions. Unless you desperately want the upgrade (3rd ship for example) you will probably be better off focusing on the higher region to maximize your progress.

 

I also had days when I couldn't get to a computer for most of the day, so on those days I just did what I could then rushed lower voyages to use up the 15. I got my lower upgrades that way.

[Helical]

Does anyone know if there are any captains that cost more than 10k eventually?

[jayc3399]

I had a clan mate say the read about a 20k one but I've yet to see it in reality

[Emaxganis]

I've seen a 10k captain only once! And getting max 1 random a day.. where is my luck :(?

[Noobzy]

I've seen a 10k captain only once! And getting max 1 random a day.. where is my luck :(?

 

That is unlucky... I have seen and recruited 3 10k captains now - one I got from captain reroll when I had 12k chimes hehe. I won't complain about not getting (still not) any sea witches to recruit because I'd rather have 3 10k captains and no sea witch than the other way around. Good luck getting those 10k captains!

[Bearded Phil]

My current ship names. I have a bit of a theme.

[Urza285]

Going to have my daredevil and refurbished lodgings done in four hours. I'm pretty amazed I managed to get all the bamboo and slate for them. Now I just need to work on getting another 2.9k cherry wood for when I hit that 10k jade benchmark for the fourth ship. I might just buy all the jade upgrades I can because its so tempting...

[Emaxganis]

I've seen a 10k captain only once! And getting max 1 random a day.. where is my luck :(?

 

That is unlucky... I have seen and recruited 3 10k captains now - one I got from captain reroll when I had 12k chimes hehe. I won't complain about not getting (still not) any sea witches to recruit because I'd rather have 3 10k captains and no sea witch than the other way around. Good luck getting those 10k captains!

Shortly after this post a voyage returned with a random, which gave me a captain reroll.. and guess what captain I got :D ? haha

You will see me crying in the forums a lot from now onwards

[Noobzy]

I've seen a 10k captain only once! And getting max 1 random a day.. where is my luck :(?

 

That is unlucky... I have seen and recruited 3 10k captains now - one I got from captain reroll when I had 12k chimes hehe. I won't complain about not getting (still not) any sea witches to recruit because I'd rather have 3 10k captains and no sea witch than the other way around. Good luck getting those 10k captains!

Shortly after this post a voyage returned with a random, which gave me a captain reroll.. and guess what captain I got :D ? haha

You will see me crying in the forums a lot from now onwards

 

Nice. Hope you got one with good traits?

[toone]

Here are my voyage logs from the past two days:

*== VOYAGE EXPORT - 1/10/2013- 19:28:34 Range[1, 16] ==*

Voy# Date	 Boat Percent Result
01.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 086% - Fail
02.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 2 - 097% - Pass
03.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 3 - 088% - Fail
04.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 094% - Fail
05.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 2 - 091% - Fail
06.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 3 - 100% - Pass
07.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 086% - Fail
08.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 2 - 097% - Pass
09.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 3 - 086% - Fail
10.) 1-09-2013 - Boat 1 - 082% - Fail
11.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 2 - 091% - Fail
12.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 3 - 085% - Pass
13.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 1 - 080% - Fail
14.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 2 - 083% - Fail
15.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 3 - 081% - Fail
16.) 1-10-2013 - Boat 2 - 099% - Fail

 

Most of my missions in the Scythe are 7-8,000 across the board or 13k+ in a single attribute. In the region before, they are still about the same. I can't get enough Cherrywood to get the hulls as the failures usually use what I do get. I am starting to dislike PoP.

 

As far as I can see you are have either really bad luck or are doing something wrong. As I look to your log usually only one ship succeeds out of three. If it's not just bad luck, it also could point to mistakenly sending the wrong ship with a lower succes rate on a voyage. If you send out a ship from the shipyard menu, not from the ship menu, you usually have to select the right ship to send out. After sending out two ships, you can't go wrong anymore, so that ship has the intended succes rate, explaining the 1/3 succes rate. Then again, it could just be really bad luck.

[Emaxganis]

I've seen a 10k captain only once! And getting max 1 random a day.. where is my luck :(?

 

That is unlucky... I have seen and recruited 3 10k captains now - one I got from captain reroll when I had 12k chimes hehe. I won't complain about not getting (still not) any sea witches to recruit because I'd rather have 3 10k captains and no sea witch than the other way around. Good luck getting those 10k captains!

Shortly after this post a voyage returned with a random, which gave me a captain reroll.. and guess what captain I got :D ? haha

You will see me crying in the forums a lot from now onwards

 

Nice. Hope you got one with good traits?

I cant access now, but if I remember correctly it was improved seafaring and +1% to ship's Morale , so cant complain :P

[bojangles]

xp tomes? once a successful voyage and the reward is an xp tome, where is the tome at or does it automatically get added to the skill?

[Sy_Accursed]

xp tomes? once a successful voyage and the reward is an xp tome, where is the tome at or does it automatically get added to the skill?

 

Its automatically added to the skill associated with the adventurer who supplied it.

[Everyonedies]

xp tomes? once a successful voyage and the reward is an xp tome, where is the tome at or does it automatically get added to the skill?

 

Its automatically added to the skill associated with the adventurer who supplied it.

Automatic to the skill. Not sure if this is correct or not but i did one for the Whaler at 10K and i think when the chance for another XP tome from that Whaler it was 15K. So as you do the XP tomes they scale up??? Or are they just random like some are 10k and some are 15K maybe some 20k but just random??? Anyone know?

[Emaxganis]

xp tomes? once a successful voyage and the reward is an xp tome, where is the tome at or does it automatically get added to the skill?

 

Its automatically added to the skill associated with the adventurer who supplied it.

Automatic to the skill. Not sure if this is correct or not but i did one for the Whaler at 10K and i think when the chance for another XP tome from that Whaler it was 15K. So as you do the XP tomes they scale up??? Or are they just random like some are 10k and some are 15K maybe some 20k but just random??? Anyone know?

I havent done any XP tomes and I've seen different values of XP in different regions, so i'd assume the higher the region the better xp they give, same thing happens with trade goods

[TheLad1]

The XP tomes do seem to increase in line with the regions. I've got a joint XP voyage available at the moment that gives 2 x 25k XP & this is from Scythe.

[MTheory]

I have about 10 of each trade goods for the armor doing them whenever I see them :/

[TheLad1]

I'm really struggling to get the Trade Goods, haven't seen them as a reward for several days now. Mainly storylines, XP & increased standard rewards.

 

Hoping for better luck soon as I want to start using my scrimshaw & Sea Singer helm scrolls

[RSBDavid]

Here are my voyage logs from the past two days:

 

 

Most of my missions in the Scythe are 7-8,000 across the board or 13k+ in a single attribute. In the region before, they are still about the same. I can't get enough Cherrywood to get the hulls as the failures usually use what I do get. I am starting to dislike PoP.

 

As far as I can see you are have either really bad luck or are doing something wrong. As I look to your log usually only one ship succeeds out of three. If it's not just bad luck, it also could point to mistakenly sending the wrong ship with a lower succes rate on a voyage. If you send out a ship from the shipyard menu, not from the ship menu, you usually have to select the right ship to send out. After sending out two ships, you can't go wrong anymore, so that ship has the intended succes rate, explaining the 1/3 succes rate. Then again, it could just be really bad luck.

 

Everything is double checked and sent from the shipyard. I verify the boat ID, success rate, and results and enter it into a simple application to log it. I just think I am Bad Luck Brian of PoP.

[Platinum_Myr]

Here are my voyage logs from the past two days:

 

 

Most of my missions in the Scythe are 7-8,000 across the board or 13k+ in a single attribute. In the region before, they are still about the same. I can't get enough Cherrywood to get the hulls as the failures usually use what I do get. I am starting to dislike PoP.

 

As far as I can see you are have either really bad luck or are doing something wrong. As I look to your log usually only one ship succeeds out of three. If it's not just bad luck, it also could point to mistakenly sending the wrong ship with a lower succes rate on a voyage. If you send out a ship from the shipyard menu, not from the ship menu, you usually have to select the right ship to send out. After sending out two ships, you can't go wrong anymore, so that ship has the intended succes rate, explaining the 1/3 succes rate. Then again, it could just be really bad luck.

 

Everything is double checked and sent from the shipyard. I verify the boat ID, success rate, and results and enter it into a simple application to log it. I just think I am Bad Luck Brian of PoP.

 

What's your sample size now?

[RSBDavid]

Here are my voyage logs from the past two days:

 

 

Most of my missions in the Scythe are 7-8,000 across the board or 13k+ in a single attribute. In the region before, they are still about the same. I can't get enough Cherrywood to get the hulls as the failures usually use what I do get. I am starting to dislike PoP.

 

As far as I can see you are have either really bad luck or are doing something wrong. As I look to your log usually only one ship succeeds out of three. If it's not just bad luck, it also could point to mistakenly sending the wrong ship with a lower succes rate on a voyage. If you send out a ship from the shipyard menu, not from the ship menu, you usually have to select the right ship to send out. After sending out two ships, you can't go wrong anymore, so that ship has the intended succes rate, explaining the 1/3 succes rate. Then again, it could just be really bad luck.

 

Everything is double checked and sent from the shipyard. I verify the boat ID, success rate, and results and enter it into a simple application to log it. I just think I am Bad Luck Brian of PoP.

 

What's your sample size now?

 

20. I will track until I hit 100 in a week or so then provide a better dataset.

[Platinum_Myr]

20 isn't a very large set. I used to remember how to calculate the chance of your particular data set showing up but the statistics math for doing that has escaped my memory, and the correct term to google for some information isn't coming to mind.

 

Basically one can calculate how likely it is (given the known expected probability function) that you will achieve the results you did. 100 sets would be better. In either case two facts:

 

1) probability of each ship doesn't depend on any previous or future ships

2) it is random. You only achieve the expected result 80% success (if all ships sent at 80% listed) over the long term as a limit of approaching an infinite sample size.

 

Hence the data set you got sucks, but isn't necessarily improbable yet (sample size has to increase dramatically before you can really make that claim)