I think greed and overconfidence has seen more of us sunk than any other reason.
Excellent after-action report there Ducimus. Very enjoyable to read.
I'm not sure if it's always greed, though, or more of a case of 'buck-fever' when you run across something like that. I know my heart starts to pound and my palms sweat when I run across something unexpected like that, especially when you have a limited amount of time to make a decision, and it's soooo hard to decide!
Especially now with the escorts acting more agressive and determined. You
know you're going to get worked over, and it's like you want more bang for your buck so you decide to target as many as possible in exchange for that.
If I had to select one single thing out of the entire GWX package that has influenced and changed my way of playing it would have to be the escort behavior. Whereas before, when being hunted and depth-charged it was more of a 'ho-hum' attitude that felt anything
but realistic, now I get the very real feeling of danger whenever confronted with being spotted and hunted. The escorts are more aggressive, act more intelligent and cunning, and the depth charge runs are more accurate. They require cunning in return to avoid and escape.
I had to laugh seeing the merchant almost plop atop you. I mean, what
are the odds to that? I can only imagine what that must be like 'for real', with no way of looking outside like we can via external view. There you are, silently creeping away, when suddenly *BOOM* as something slams down atop you out of nowhere!
Welcome to the 'fun' Ducimus. It only gets better from here!
