r/crosswind

Is anyone relatively unimpressed with Precision Builds? Even maxxing point distribution and talents, jewelry, and having a gun 1-2 levels above enemy type. It’s just not that viable and worth it over using those points for a melee focused build instead. It has its uses, especially if you cheese environment. But from a native gameplay standpoint they feel very underpowered and without being able to carry multiple guns and not reload between, it seems just.. not viable

since patch my chain shot misses 90% of the time, i can watch it clearly go through the sails and not do any damage. I have to almost hit the deck to get any sail damage. didnt see any posts about it so it seems secluded but not sure what I can do to fix it.

I've noticed on my first playthrough that instead of killing the plague Crushers, they should be used to chop down most of the trees in the cursed swamps. Literally kills them passively and you get all the good resources.

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Am I the only one who feels like my character has the agility of a rock? Every fight feels as sluggish as can be—as soon as my character gets hit, he freezes and gets pummeled by the enemies. Dodging is really slow too—I’m playing an agile pirate, not a truck.

I haven’t put many hours into the game (10-12 hours) and I’m pretty low-level, but I feel like the whole world is picking on me. Reloading a weapon takes forever, blocking more than 2–3 hits is impossible without taking damage, and half the enemies gang up on me, not to mention the random spawns during boarding.

I’m probably just not good enough, but I think making the gameplay a little more agile wouldn’t hurt, because I’m not really having fun during combat, and if it’s just about farming wood or ore, I might as well go back to Minecraft.

The naval battles, on the other hand, are very well done, but I don't see the point of boarding, since you don't gain any more resources, crew, or even ships.

So far, I've enjoyed building bases, which is pretty fun, as well as exploring—the world is quite beautiful—and a few 1v1 battles where you can adapt to the enemies' patterns.

On the other hand, as soon as you find yourself in a 1v3 or 1v4 situation, the fun is over—and I’m not even talking about the first boss, who’s listed as being beatable at level 4 but kills me in two combos.

Finally, being held back from progressing in crafting because of quests is pretty frustrating too; I'd like to upgrade my gear and level up my character without necessarily being held back by the story in an open world.

I think I'll give the game another try when it's officially released, hoping that the combat gameplay, at the very least, will be faster-paced and more fluid.

If anyone is struggling with bosses and need an extra hand, I am willing to try and help.

As said in title, I wish we could use the merchant outposts at our base to export goods as well as import them, that way we could have a passive way to earn money besides grinding Blackbeards or animal heads.

I just want to start by saying I really love this game. And then also end with that. Great job. Thank you.

I'm playing in a shared world and someone keeps using all my gunpowder. They use my iron and copper too but that's easy to farm. Sulfer has me running all over the place.

Edit: Thanks everyone, that's what I thought. I'll just make another camp and stash my gunpowder there.

Anyone think the amount of ship spawns when travelling is just absolutely immersion breaking? I'm trying to feel like I'm a pirate on the open seas, adventurous, rare, dangerous, not for the faint of heart.. and yet every sinlge time I go sailing there are like 9 boats, lets say 150+ pirates per square kilometer. More pirates than sharks in the water.

granted, I'm new, so maybe this changes later, but maybe making boat combat less frequent and more rewarding would be a welsome change. It's still hard for me (like I said I'm new, I win but only just every fight), so difficulty is fine. But the rewards are meh, and the sheer amount of buccaneers out there... crazy