[2021] [Gameplay]Do the 3 cannons at Archibald's island ever repair?

Hey IIAc3sII, thanks for your question about this!

I'm not actually sure if they respawn, but I'm happy to try to find out. Do you find the cannons are necessary for progress, or that gameplay is inhibited by them not respawning?

In addition, can you send me a screenshot showing the three particular cannons?

Thanks again, and I hope you have a good day in the meantime

Originally Posted by IIAc3sII
If you add cannons at certain AI traders to give some protection from pirates, but eventually they get shot down by pirates, how does it not make sense to let the cannons repair after a while??
I even searched for this on google and found that in older versions of game there were no cannons, so that means at one point you added them in to give some protection from pirates, but again, what use are they if they don't even repair and stay destroyed for the rest of the game...


No I cannot, I waited a day and then decided to remove all those savegames and go back to an older savegame where they were not destroyed yet and now i hope this won't happen again, the pirates were at war with another AI and they were fighting each other in front of Archibalds Island, the pirates then also began shooting the cannons on Archibalds Island and thats that, cannons destroyed forever it seems.

Imo, these kind of cannons at AI traders (Archibald, Isabel) should either repair after a while, or be indestructible so they cannot get destroyed in the first place.

Hey IIAc3sII,

Thank you for getting back to us and for the update, sorry to hear you wound up reverting to a previous save.

Should the same thing crop up again, please grab some screenshots and let us know!

As for your feedback regarding the AI trader's cannons, we'll pass this onto the team as something for them to consider.

And of course if there's anything else we can help with, just let us know!

Originally Posted by IIAc3sII
I already let you know, dunno why a screenshot is even needed, sound like you think I'm making this up.
Pirates and those AI cannons usually don't even attack each other, unless the pirates start attacking another ship in the cannon's range, then the cannons begin shooting the pirates, once the pirates destroy the ship they will begin shooting the cannons if they can while moving away from the cannons.
So its quite possible in some situations the pirates just destroy the cannons, at which point the cannons never come back and stay permanently destroyed...

Hey IIAc3sII,

Not at all, however when forwarding reported issues onto the game's teams the more information we have available, the better.

Screenshots and clips are also beneficial to us and the team for understanding the exact behaviour you're encountering so they can re-produce and address it.

Thank you for the update and additional information though, we'll keep an eye out for further reports of variations on this behaviour and if there is anything more we can help with, please let us know.

Thank you!