author: Nicole J. LeBoeuf

This weekend, as usual, several islands across the English-speaking oceans are up for grabs. That's what the weekend blockade scene is all about. On the forums, only Cerulean Parley is particularly talkative about it: here's Babylon's blockade intent for Cnossos, Riding High's intent to defend Cnossos, and Dragon Quest's announcement that they're not defending Tinga from Madame Yu Jian's fleet. Meanwhile, there's a couple blockades today on Emerald and Meridian each, and an event on Meridian's Garden Cradle scheduled for noon on Sunday.

Before we scroll it down to the complete and detailed blockade schedule, let's talk a moment about the November 2015 Seal o' Piracy, before it's not November anymore.

Don't be worried that it's so late in the month. This one's easy. You get it just by...

Completing two (2) sessions of foraging.

Everything normal counts. That is, you don't earn it in the Cursed Isles, but you earn it just about any other way you get to that puzzle. You can job with a crew that's foraging for fruit, and perform your labor dutifully. You can participate enthusiastically in a couple Buried Treasure expeditions (a couple, rather than one, because generally the expo only gives you one session at the puzzle). You can even forage for empty boxes on Tuesday, when the foraging puzzle is available even to those without subscriptions or labor badges.

Now, freeplay foraging is a little tricky. Although the puzzle becomes available to those without credentials, the "Apply" button next to any "Foraging with a Crew" job offers does not. So you'll have to finagle your way aboard a ship docked at an uninhabited, unbuilt island by some other strategy. (Sending a polite request via /tell to the jobbing officer has been known to yield favorable results.) Once you do, those practice foraging sessions do indeed count toward your Seal. I have verified this with Millefleur on the Meridian Ocean.

But that's much less fun than actually foraging valuable commodities, isn't it? The subscription/badge is totally worth it, especially since you can then take foraging jobs all the time, or sign on to work a crafting job at your crew's Distilling Stall or the like. Still, good to know you can get this badge without spending money. The holiday season is coming up, after all, making spirits bright but budgets somewhat tight.

Anyway, scroll on for the blockade schedule. Have fun out there!

Standard reminders: Schedule is given in Pirate Time, or U.S. Pacific. Player flags link to Yoweb information pages; Brigand King Flags link to Yppedia Brigand King pages. BK amassed power given in parenthetical numbers, like so: (14). For more info about jobbing contacts, jobber pay, and Event Blockade battle board configuration, check the Blockade tab of your ocean's Notice Board. To get hired, apply under the Voyages tab.

Doubloon Ocean Blockades

*** Saturday, November 21 ***

12:00 p.m. - Admiral Island, Emerald Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (7)
Attacker: Qlimax

12:00 p.m. - Prolix Purlieu, Meridian Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: The Enlightened (7)
Attacker: Velt's Boiyz

12:00 p.m. - Penobscot Island, Emerald Ocean
Brigand King attack!
Defender: Adventure Time
Attacker: Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (7)

2:47 p.m. - Ansel Island, Meridian Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Sea Wolves
Defender: The Jade Empire (1)
Attacker: Cannabis Nation

*** Sunday, November 22 ***

12:00 p.m. - Garden Cradle, Meridian Ocean
Event: 7 rounds, sinking!
Hosted by: Dragon Lords

Subscription Ocean Blockades

*** Saturday, November 21 ***

12:00 p.m. - Tinga Island, Cerulean Ocean
Brigand King attack!
Defender: Dragon's Quest
Attacker: The Jade Empire (5)

5:00 p.m. - Harmattan Island, Cerulean Ocean
Brigand King attack!
Defender: Adept Warriors
Attacker: Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (3)

7:00 p.m. - Cnossos Island, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: Riding High
Attacker: Babylon