Well, you can switch to convoy at the last moment if you didn't even get one plunder attempt done I think (not sure, I never even tried to plunder)

It's a game of chicken, whoever gives in first becomes food for the rest, but if you never give in, you might miss the chance to even get that one convoy...

In other news, support can be useful if one group is not dominating the server (which have all sort of problems aside from this). My server, for example, the strongest player is in another group. But out of all plunderes, that's the only one I can't beat. So if i support my mates and anyone else hits them, my support works out. (same goes for a groupmate of mine, so between the two of us, we can guard 6 which in the worst case scenario that player can only rob 3 of, so at least 3 safe supported run a day)

It would be nice if support is always somewhat useful thou...

Part of the reason you sit there for 2 hours is also because plunder is too good, so OTHER people also try to plunder over convoy most of the time, that significantly diminish the target pool and worsen the target:plunder ratio.

And of course, due to the very fact that part of the imbalance is that you can only do ONE SS convoy for free but can plunder THREE times. It would be literally better for EVERYONE if they increase free SS convoy chance, since convoyer get direct benefit while plunderer gets extra target chances. Alternatively, restriction of plundering SS would also help in similar ways.

So you see, the reason of your suffering is because it's unfair in such a way that it actually causes collateral damage to the advantaged party.

If you are so weak that you are likely to lose your plunders, given what is likely support, you shouldn't be plundering.

It's true that you can get unlucky in a day and happens to hit the ones with the ONLY support that you can't beat, but the comparison is for long term and not single day.

As such, the "you could get nothing" argument is *. Because it is not looking at averages and it can only be true from people who shouldn't be doing plunder in the first place if it is looking at averages. The very fact that people might try to plunder despite not being suited for it shows just how OP plunder is.

Fact of the matter is, people aren't *. If plunder yields less than convoy in the long run, they will just do convoy. As it were, plunder does require higher time investment, that is the single biggest negative of plunder. So if all else is equal, people would convoy. Ergo, by the very fact that people still plunder, it follows that plunder have better yield for the people who does it. And often time, it is MUCH better in order to justify the time investment.