Port Merrick holds a SECRET 

Had a thought while watching this, (i don’t know everything so there my be features that deny this as a possibility) but I think that Cap’n is either The Pirate Lord himself, Pendragon pre blackwych or just another person in the hideout.

The way I see it the reason you'd go to port Merrick over any other port is because it's the best port in the game. Not because of any mechanical differences but because of layout. With a lot of verticality, closed hallways and arches, and tight turns as well as back doors this means that multiple crews may be using the port at once, and without being aware of each other. Which isn't really too possible with any other outpost in the game. Furthermore if you're getting chased, and want to get all the treasure off your boat quickly. Port Merrick is the best outpost in the game because Sovereigns are on a raised position, you can harpoon your loot and you only have three entrances to worry about, meaning you can defend your loot much more easily. Additionally with the height of the structures in port Merrick you can use it as a line-of-sight break with enemy ships, allowing you to employ dastardly schemes, and for the sly pirates you can use the underground waterways, and tight corridors to open up opportunity to board, tuck, and steal from larger crews. The whole point of Port Merrick is that it does everything any other port does but it's better at it.

It's not laggy on my Xbox1

No lagging on Xbox one. R u on drugs lol

FR its so lifeless itd be cool to see maybe island npcs travelling there sometimes like say deadshot charlotte was walking around the port and youd turn the crates in there instead of lone cove

@@melissalamfalusi8208 its not lifeless though. also lone cove isnt anything special

I mean they did something like it for a pirates life

In the port town in the pirates life tall tale captains of the damned that has npcs walking around which proves they can do it

At least the taverns could do with some NPCs, seems weird to not have a bustling tavern in a pirate game.

its not empty nor does it feel that way

@@pizzabeast2498 yeah it is and does

@@pizzabeast2498 no offense but it does :/

The only way in which golden sands feels empty is a lack of strolling npcs and townsfolk. Everything else is great. I think you get that “empty” feeling because the trading companies are now more spread out.

@JustWingIt yeah cause it's not as compact there's alot more empty spacd

“LIES”

“Oh no”

you cant expect ports to have a massive purpose besides tall tale spots and the castaway. theres nothing needed there. except what that cat is doing going near the pl door

@@pizzabeast2498 I like little incentives like some commodities and merchant loot selling better at certain outposts, but the game needs more than that. There should be a unique reason to go to every outpost, not just certain Tall Tales and commendations. Maybe a way to choose which outpost you spawn at, and then provide a unique buff to your pirate or ship based on which outpost you represent. Maybe something like this will be included if they add guilds? Like you can choose an outpost as a Guild Sponsor that provides something special.

Shh

yeah i run og xbox one and it runs fine

@@themutesiren5542 probably just pc bias

i play on PC (not even the greatest) and I haven't really seen drops there either?

@@benjamingiddens6758 that means falcores pc is shitty, and the clip of the xbox gameplay is now that I remember from a short I saw about goldens sands renovation, so he probably just made it laggier

@Waffle Bot Not trying to throw shade at falcore but i have the og xbox one and play on it everyday and its not like this soooooo just saying

Do you play on TV? If yes, then there is the problem, well, not a problem, but a native TV has a refresh rate of 30hz. Which means you are only ever seeing 30fps no matter how much FPS your game punches out. Also TV's have a resampled frame setting that fills in the blanks between frame drops, which although makes frames seem smoother, can also cause a lot of artifacts and image ghosting. If you plug the Xbox One into a 2k moniter, none of these things take a effect, and you see the game as it actually looks.

i expect him to join the brotherhood and the cap'n tbh and not reapers

@@Motolmang true

​@@Motolmang maybe the Dark Brethren considering they could pick him up in the Sea of The Damned and they are also outcasts or people who've been wronged.

What System? Are you Breaking NDA?!

@@infinitypirates9173 nope the guild have been teased back in December

​@@infinitypirates9173 bruh you didn't see the orb stream did you

@@infinitypirates9173 and it makes sense,port Merrick should be the only place to make guilds, because it's the biggest port

@@infinitypirates9173 Are you implying he knows something thats in insider? THEREFORE YOUR BREAKING NDA

Problem is, right now, there is actually LESS reason to go to one of these outposts simply because them being large makes it harder to sell (unless you're a captain). I always just go to sanctuary when I'm in the area because of how close the traders are to the shore. It's a double edged sword though, because if people don't go to Golden Sands, then you don't need to worry about getting attacked there, you know?

And she got that body ody ahh!

Man I had a bigger impact on saving the outpost. Meeric just stood there and drank all the rum i delivered

​@@Lurch-11 😂😂😂 fax cuz she lowky fine af

nice idea. Would be nice to see just regular NPC ships. Not just skelis

@@snazwonk2066 right!

Technically Golden Sands *did* get an adventure dedicated to it. Lost Sands is the reason this entire renovation happened!

@@samboi123 yes but the adventure wasnt lasting so it s now untrue

@@luckyplayer963 it being limited-time doesn’t falsify the fact that it had one

I'm on the original Xbox One. The frame rate has never been even remotely that bad.

I suspect the stairs atop the tavern is meant to be where the tavernkeep would sleep, given its size. It's noteworthy that, while Port Merrick is covered in emplacement locations for cannons and unmounted cannons, that topmost building is the only place that actually has properly intact cannons in it, as well. Also it might just be a part of the running joke of that being identically broken in every tavern.

theres only 1 round of drops per 1 to 2 months

Has their been any mention of man o war? I know players have wanted it for ages but can it be done?

The man o war isn't going to happen. The game just can't handle it. Also that idea would suck

for me looks like There is more lava stones in water now. Or its just my imagination?

the console did come out in 2013 what did you expect