Double-crossed by Busy Anne O'Malley
Hey everyone!
On the 20th, I had a raid incoming. Sent me offence to the haven, missed a rebuild, and got the following message after the raid:
[10:56] Cpt. Anne O'Malley: Ahoy, Captain!Ye'll be wanting to take better care of your Offensive Units, if ye ever plan to become the Scourge of the Seven Seas! Ye should be glad ye have me for a friend - I took them to your Haven's Harbor to hide during that awful attack.
I'll help keep an eye on you for 2 days. But then ye're on yer own, sailor. I have better things to do than to save yer crew all the time!
Cpt. Busy Anne O'Malley
Today on the 22nd, another attack arrived at 10:52, first a tactical unit and then a well-timed follow-up raid with the same timestamp according to the Master At Arms.
Short review: At the most conservative calculation, 10:52 - 10:56 = -00:04 minutes should have been left on that kitten-auto-haven function. But... as I'm sure you've guessed... it didn't respond this time, not for the tactical (which I might understand) but also not for the following raid.
I relied on the message, was delighted with it. So I left the screen in good faith, knowing I would likely be attacked after my offence would return from a raid. Now my 150k offence is lost and I am left with 23 experience in return. Not saving from a tactical... I considered that a possibility but unlikely. But not against the follow-up either? Why?
Explanations I can think of:
- O'Malley enjoys speaking with a split tounge. There are quite some spots where the game lies to us. Intentionally? Don't believe so.
- O'Malley figured it wasn't day (remember, she said she'd keep an eye out for 2 days...) but night - though at 9:52 UTC that's hard to argue.
- O'Malley never learned how to round her numbers. But then, when she says she will send me a ship for backup, I should really receive two or none, right?
I can take a hit without throwing the towel or resorting to spending angry money on O'Malley's mistake. But as someone in the BH chat wrote, it ruins a game experience through no fault of mine. True words. So I would much prefer some compensation. And I'm not talking about the pvp placement I couldn't up last-minute because my troops were mislead by that minxy pyrate mermaid...
As the old saying goes: A friend can betray you, but an enemy will always stay the same.
Plarium, I would like a short reply.
Fair winds and following sea, a lvl 47 on day 12... 060