I may or may not have found a bug. I recently captured a ship and did not get a captain for taking it. In the past, I have gotten a captain with the ship that was plundered, and I assumed that this was still the case.

Anyone know if the rule changed or if this is a bug?

Slindur

You only get a captain if you have less than 200 captains. I assume you have now reached that limit.

Haron wrote:You only get a captain if you have less than 200 captains. I assume you have now reached that limit.

I believe that it even says this in the ''Help: Plunder''.


But yup. Probably reached 200 captains.

Zephore wrote:

Haron wrote:You only get a captain if you have less than 200 captains. I assume you have now reached that limit.

I believe that it even says this in the ''Help: Plunder''.


But yup. Probably reached 200 captains.

The question is when he plundered, did he have less than 200 captains. Having reached 200 captains and dropping below via Assassin should still entitle a player to receive the captain.

Thanks all. I am over 200 captains. I enjoyed the free captains and was hoping to get more free captains. I don't like the rule, but I didn't know the rule existed, which is why I didn't get the captain.

Slindur

I think the rule is important, Slindur. Captains get increasingly more expensive. The price of captains is, actually, the most important factor to limit the growth of traders. If it was possible for large traders to gain captains by stealing ships, then it would become much easier/cheaper for them to grow even larger. Thus, this benefit has to be limited to those who don't already have a lot of captains to make sure this "barrier" remains effective.

At least, that's my opinion.

I would love to know how many captains I would have if every plunder gave me one.

I think it would be a nice number.