No way to join a Captained ship?

[Roland]

I wanna join someone else's Brig or Galleon and I can't seem to figure out how to do that.

Yesterday I chartered a brig and joined some randos, but then we had a chartered ship and couldn't use the Sovereign.

Is there a trick I'm missing or something?

[[K]entucky Sperkle ♿]

unless you use your own, its random chance whether or not you can load into an open crew with someone elses ship being captained or not

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by Roland:

I wanna join someone else's Brig or Galleon and I can't seem to figure out how to do that.

Yesterday I chartered a brig and joined some randos, but then we had a chartered ship and couldn't use the Sovereign.

Is there a trick I'm missing or something?

The only way to join a captained ship as a crewmate (and not a captain) is to have your friend captain it and join via friends list. (You can join them, or they can invite you).

If you meet someone cool ingame, they can add you as a friend and start a new session and invite you.

Its theoretically possible to join via open crew but
a.) I wouldnt recommend open crew to my worst enemy
b.) Its a crapshoot that the ship is captained.

Originally posted by Roland:

Yesterday I chartered a brig and joined some randos, but then we had a chartered ship and couldn't use the Sovereign.

Is there a trick I'm missing or something?

If you are in a captained ship and the captain leaves the session, the ship stops being captained and you cant use sovereign.

[Roland]

Originally posted by Kentucky Sperkle ♿:

unless you use your own, its random chance whether or not you can load into an open crew with someone elses ship being captained or not

Yea when I chartered one a few times I had about a 33% chance of landing in a captained. (not rigorously tested at all)

Originally posted by Bloodartist:

Its theoretically possible to join via open crew but
a.) I wouldnt recommend open crew to my worst enemy

Had a pretty fun time joining open crews all day yesterday.

The one guy I ended up riding with for a few hours kept inviting his friends who kept going afk (he was kinda guilty of it himself) and would eventually leave and the slot would get filled by a rando, and the randos were more helpful than the dude's friends.

Open crews are a whole vibe, but I highly recommend taking Jon LaJoie's masterclass before hand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v99hclktVA

if you care too much you might just get cancer and die; stress kills, so stay carefree