Target enemy in naval battle

[Goha 30]

Is there way to specify particular enemy for NPC crew to attack?

I approach several enemy ships which are close to each other, how to explain to NPC crew wich one to attack?

 

[Jorm 43]

Aim with Right Click?

[Goha 30]

this will allow you manually make target for one shot of selected cannons. How about "specify target for NPC crew" to use then with auto fire "V" ?

Edited February 17, 2019 by Goha

[Goha 30]

In atlas movies (strams) I've seen that ppl did soemthing and then white raget icon appear on taraget boat and NPC start shooting at it. What was that?

I have really hard time trying to make make team shooting at enemies (Solo PVE mode). Pain in the A when fighting whales - crew wont auto fire (rarely sometimes it does). 

So, how can I explain to my crew on canons/balistas what they shout be shooting at?

[Jorm 43]

Aim with Right Click, Press V? Afaik they shoot the Target when in Range/Sight

[Goha 30]

Unfortunately, they dont shoot ALWAYS. somtimes - yes. 

For ship of the damned ~50% chance

for whales it is really problem - always never. 

Ships are really easy to kill, this isnt a problem. 

Whales are real problem: crew won't auto shoot them. And manual targeting is super buggy and works really bad, you can shoot out hundreds of bolts with zero results - I mean playing solo and shooting via npc crew using left and right mouse. 

Using "V" is much-much more effective. But they wont shoot at whales, except for spme rare times. 

Question: how to force crew shooting to particular whale in auto mode (with V command). Just click V does not works usually. Mouse click with V makes no sence and does nothing else but usual mouse click and separate click  V.  How?

Edited February 17, 2019 by Goha

[Goha 30]

I've figured the answer:

1 Put crew on "C" (optional)

2 Choose battle station(s) that you want to assign on this target (unselected groups will not recieve the target)

3 Right click and hold right button pressed

4 hower over desired enemy - release right button. Upon release targeting icon will appear on enemy (for short time) and also targeting icon will appear on selected battle station(s). 

5 Do not click "V" after all, as V will switch selected battle station(s) to regime similar to "aggro" and therefore remove  chosen targeting.

6 you can choose defferent targets for different cannon groups. Or you can assign all/several groups on the same target.

 

Edited February 18, 2019 by Goha

[M3gadef 0]

Can anybody translate this to xbox format for me? Stil feel like I'm doing it wrong