Have you ever considered hitting refresh if it doesn't load? Also, have you ever thought that the problem might be on your end if it doesn't load for you, but does load for thousands of other folks?
Dead Smile: Walk around a lot during battles to raise your ap. The higher your agility, the easier it is to gain ap. Throw grenades or attack with melee weapons to raise your strength. The higher your physical shape, the easier it is to raise your strength.
I generally start with lots of agility and physical shape, because the others are more easily trained (especially intelligence traits--those can be augmented with items).
j2det--yes, ships under wind power can move backwards depending on how they used their sails. It was actually a pretty useful tactic for skilled captains of the time.
merchant mercenary grind still too long. Much less grind on the other two pairings is much better. Need to have some sort of a suicide option especially when you get stuck in walls of caves so that you don't have to reload the whole game.
Good, deep game. It'd be nice if you included a battle tutorial, though I did figure it out quickly enough. I didn't experience any of the bugs other people did--if saving's a problem, increase the cache size. 987654321, if you run out of logs, you can import for a price.
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