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Just got done with over 50 SOS, and I've got a few observations.
- I got two lockboxes, which is a far better rate than my last attempt at mass SOSes 4 years ago (0 lockboxes from over 100).
- I had TWO at the exact same latitude, 47 minutes of longitude (less than 1 degree, or about 10-12 steps) apart. I fished at EXACTLY the location of the eastern SOS, and the WEST one came up first. Three casts later brought up the one I was actually trying for.
- The last SOS was due north of the most northern spot above the Ice Dungeon, so rather than risking my still-unarmed Britannian ship in the pirate-infested seas between Jhelom and Amoeba, I used a ROWBOAT to get there. Amazingly, I didn't encounter a pirate until I sailed south from the SOS point back to land above Ice & Wrong, and somehow managed to evade the orcs despite at least one crew member spotting me.