The mobs that spawn on the deck are spawning at the lower deck if you are a lower level.

I set my homepoint in Selbina as i leveled to 20'sh and went back to windy, changed jobs, to level a new job at lvl 3 and died. Homepoint is Selbina. Now i took the ship twice to get back to windurst but these mobs keep popping at the lower deck and killing me which is supposed to be a safe area during the trip. Theres nobody else on the ship so nobody is pulling them to the lower deck. They spawn upstairs then suddenly pop right next to me on the lower floor.

so far its been a pugil and once a skeleton

edit** 3 times dying trying to get back to mhaura on the ship....

Unfortunately this is a known issue... The mobs aggro down to the basement, before you even load into the game. You can keep trying.. You'll eventually get a ride without them, or you can search for someone to come ride the boat with you, to kill them.

If you're on tonight, I can do that if you can't get across before then.

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Fish also don't spawn naturally, those are the result of some fisherman leaving it up intentionally or being zoned while killing it unengaged (spells). AFAIK if you're /attack'ing while the boat is supposed to dock you, the fight goes on in dark screen until you kill and then you're stuck and have to close client and reappear on the boat, on a new ride, same direction.

On topic of the fish and other fished up mobs, they are sight aggro when they should be sound.

Oh god! The other day I was fishing under Sneak with a Pugil someone else spawned on the other side of the boat thinking I was fine! I was just lucky!

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Baleful Badger

Can confirm, this happened to me when I was getting started. Was killing one of the trash thunder elementals and had exactly this happen. When the second boat ride got to the end it just looped back to the start immediately as well, without even attempting to zone me out. Eventually I gave up and warped out.

Always carry a warp scroll with you!