Captains,
Yesterday and Today, 8th and 9th of April, we deployed two hotfixes related to problems with NPC behavior in port battles and general battles.
Hotfix on 8th of April
From now on NPC in Port Battles should act properly and not run away.
Hotfix on 9th of April
Sometimes (In 2% of battles) NPC could not fight the optimal route and just tried to escape as a result. This caused issues for some players who could not finish missions as a result. We deployed a workaround today that will solve the problem for all players until the problem is fixed.
If you still encounter running NPC that sail at full speed please report it via F11 bug-reporter.