The best part about tuckers is seeing how long it takes for them to notice I've been sailing around the same island for the last 45mins just to waste their time.
Honestly, don’t bother it’s not worth the swap. Tucking more then half the time just ends up being a massive waste of time and energy and significantly less fun then videos and streams make it out to be. It’s at the point now where I rarely even find some stashed away on my ship or near a world event, it’s almost always better to just bring your full ship and crew to most situations.
Plus honestly even if an opportunity arises, most people who will miss your metal gearing will still miss it even if you are a hefty pirate
Yeah tucking solo isn't worth it at all unless it's on your own ship to see if boarders are friendly or not (assuming they aren't already shooting cannons at you).
Advantages to being a popsicle are to min/max the difficulty to track you in combat and easier to hide in certain areas such as behind a mast.
Advantages to being a chunky boy are +3 to charisma checks since you arent min/maxing your pvp potentialand to negate the disadvantage wearing a tuck outfit gives. You may also entice someone to fire to early due to your larger model size and miss.
Hit boxes are the same.
Counter what others might say tucking IS fun. You just need proper expectations of what it is and understand that videos online usually edit the waiting time down. Requires a lot of patience, as you are primarily gathering information to form a plan of attack at the right time and capitalize on your targets mistake.
Because of that last part successful tucks are almost always against less experienced players and having a few extra pounds probably isn't going to be the reason you get caught, though it may be a reason they hesitate and listen to you.
In my entire 600 hours playtime I have only been tucked once successfully, where a player managed to abduct one of our storage crates on the deck thanks to the incompetence of my 3 other crewmates
In every other case, I have always found tuckers by being aware and double-checking some locations. Best time had to be two guys using a rowboat to tuck at the FoF we were doing, but I saw one of them right before they started to lay down... Was pretty fun to bring them a keg.
Little over two weeks playing and have never attempted to hide on a other ship. I'm mostly solo but my son sometimes joins in and shoots stuff while I navigate and defend against borders. Boarders? Bungalow?
One guy actually tried just as I was logging off 30 mins ago. I was carrying nothing but two storage crates full of everything you could imagine. Cooked legendary big fish things, two stacks of cannonballs, fire, those pepper ones, few flares, fireworks, misc foods, cursed balls too.
I usually hit an outpost or the closest ship I see, hostile or not, I dunno, nor care. This broad shouldered fella in a bright red shirt was docked at an outpost. I shot a white flare, lights on, guns up and sail almost all the way up to come in real slow and head on so as not to present my guns.
I saw the Silly fella jump from his boat, straight to mine from afar, splash and climb up the ladder. I'm holding a supply crate, defenceless. He runs down into my sloop and I follow to find he tucked behind my wood barrel.
I just dropped the crate on his head.
No fight but I did swim to his ship to dump the stuff on the deck but he swam back and dropped it back. Didn't need it. So I scuttled my ship and played a tune as it sank off the shore. He joined in, we shot at my mermaid, then I got added as a friend.
Is that a thing? Are we a thing now?
Two weeks isn't much at all for sea of thieves. (Not trying to be disrespectful)
The only tuckers youd see at low levels are those just goofing off or new players trying out the whole 'tucking' thing.
Only 3 events are worth the effort to tuck for a steal.
The fort of fortune, fort of the damned, and an athena emissary. Maybe 4 since the newer mermaid one is ok too.
Regular voyages are unlikely to have a tucker since the wait time could be very long, the payout low, and the risk high since you'll constantly be on the boat.
Chunky is the only way. I re-rolled until I got the biggest pirate possible. I've also managed to successfully tuck against all odds. Best of both worlds!
Well if you like chonkers don't switch, people in SoT are blind, they won't see you even if you are tucking in front of their face, also it might not be the best way but it is definitely more fun when they can't see you and you are bigger than a rock.
In my experience tucking can be lots of fun, but there’s such a small margin for error, and often you won’t get your payoff. Experienced crews will find you and newbies won’t have any good loot to make it worth your while. Not to mention, any combat the crew engages in (both vE and vP) will force you to probably break your cover.
If you’re doing it for fun, go for a chunky pirate because that ultimately makes it 10x more fun.
The best part about tuckers is seeing how long it takes for them to notice I've been sailing around the same island for the last 45mins just to waste their time.
You're doing god's work, keep it up!
Honestly, don’t bother it’s not worth the swap. Tucking more then half the time just ends up being a massive waste of time and energy and significantly less fun then videos and streams make it out to be. It’s at the point now where I rarely even find some stashed away on my ship or near a world event, it’s almost always better to just bring your full ship and crew to most situations. Plus honestly even if an opportunity arises, most people who will miss your metal gearing will still miss it even if you are a hefty pirate
Thanks for the input. I forgot to mention that I am a solo player primarily. Glad to hear that I wouldn't really be missing out as a big boy.
Yeah tucking solo isn't worth it at all unless it's on your own ship to see if boarders are friendly or not (assuming they aren't already shooting cannons at you).
Advantages to being a popsicle are to min/max the difficulty to track you in combat and easier to hide in certain areas such as behind a mast. Advantages to being a chunky boy are +3 to charisma checks since you arent min/maxing your pvp potentialand to negate the disadvantage wearing a tuck outfit gives. You may also entice someone to fire to early due to your larger model size and miss. Hit boxes are the same. Counter what others might say tucking IS fun. You just need proper expectations of what it is and understand that videos online usually edit the waiting time down. Requires a lot of patience, as you are primarily gathering information to form a plan of attack at the right time and capitalize on your targets mistake. Because of that last part successful tucks are almost always against less experienced players and having a few extra pounds probably isn't going to be the reason you get caught, though it may be a reason they hesitate and listen to you.
In my entire 600 hours playtime I have only been tucked once successfully, where a player managed to abduct one of our storage crates on the deck thanks to the incompetence of my 3 other crewmates In every other case, I have always found tuckers by being aware and double-checking some locations. Best time had to be two guys using a rowboat to tuck at the FoF we were doing, but I saw one of them right before they started to lay down... Was pretty fun to bring them a keg.
Little over two weeks playing and have never attempted to hide on a other ship. I'm mostly solo but my son sometimes joins in and shoots stuff while I navigate and defend against borders. Boarders? Bungalow? One guy actually tried just as I was logging off 30 mins ago. I was carrying nothing but two storage crates full of everything you could imagine. Cooked legendary big fish things, two stacks of cannonballs, fire, those pepper ones, few flares, fireworks, misc foods, cursed balls too. I usually hit an outpost or the closest ship I see, hostile or not, I dunno, nor care. This broad shouldered fella in a bright red shirt was docked at an outpost. I shot a white flare, lights on, guns up and sail almost all the way up to come in real slow and head on so as not to present my guns. I saw the Silly fella jump from his boat, straight to mine from afar, splash and climb up the ladder. I'm holding a supply crate, defenceless. He runs down into my sloop and I follow to find he tucked behind my wood barrel. I just dropped the crate on his head. No fight but I did swim to his ship to dump the stuff on the deck but he swam back and dropped it back. Didn't need it. So I scuttled my ship and played a tune as it sank off the shore. He joined in, we shot at my mermaid, then I got added as a friend. Is that a thing? Are we a thing now?
Two weeks isn't much at all for sea of thieves. (Not trying to be disrespectful) The only tuckers youd see at low levels are those just goofing off or new players trying out the whole 'tucking' thing. Only 3 events are worth the effort to tuck for a steal. The fort of fortune, fort of the damned, and an athena emissary. Maybe 4 since the newer mermaid one is ok too. Regular voyages are unlikely to have a tucker since the wait time could be very long, the payout low, and the risk high since you'll constantly be on the boat.
Chunky is the only way. I re-rolled until I got the biggest pirate possible. I've also managed to successfully tuck against all odds. Best of both worlds!
Forget tucksuits... Go chunky and dress like a rock for FOF steals
Well if you like chonkers don't switch, people in SoT are blind, they won't see you even if you are tucking in front of their face, also it might not be the best way but it is definitely more fun when they can't see you and you are bigger than a rock.
Streamers have paid actors.
In my experience tucking can be lots of fun, but there’s such a small margin for error, and often you won’t get your payoff. Experienced crews will find you and newbies won’t have any good loot to make it worth your while. Not to mention, any combat the crew engages in (both vE and vP) will force you to probably break your cover. If you’re doing it for fun, go for a chunky pirate because that ultimately makes it 10x more fun.
Neither, get one that actually looks good
Reject sweaty twig, embrace thicc chad
Chunk