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I recommend using harvestsun's strats with some addtion, after maximizing crews, max out reload speed then cannon alongside damage. slide in some speed and turn upgrade after maxing out reload speed. approach the enemy while the boat is horizontal, make contact and shoot everything, you won't lose accuracy bonus and kill the enemy faster even though you lose some treasure..
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The last boss, as g3xter mentioned, is twice as fast as you, and shoots across the entire area.
This is not hard to doge, you just juke him out and dont get touched. What is hard, is that every 1000 health or so you drop, he summons a ship to help him. This ship has 2000 health, and it is very close to your ship. This makes you go into a pirate fight every time you pass them, slowing you down, and then you, or the mini-ship will get rocked by 100 cannons. DO not follow Harvestun's guide, as it DOES not WORK on level 12. I, too have given up on the hard badge after 2 hours of trying. Closest I've gotten him to was 6k health, and by that time he had 3 mini-ships. Died because I lost all my pirates. (120 to 0 in that 4k of health.)
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They don't just shoot upward spiffydruid. You can switch direction by pressing v. I don't bother with switching directions but just make sure to have my ship tilted so that the cannons shoot in the direction I want it to when my ship is vertical.
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For those trying the hard badge, remember to, beside following harrvestsun sugestion, ALWAYS move on the oposite way of the incoming ships. It is a a lot easier to cross the fire line than outrun it. However, remember that there is a acceleration time that you must account for.
Also, if you position yourself in an almost vertical position, you can shot a very focused stream of bulets - very useful to give massive damage to ships on your same line.
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Pirates were incredibly common, which is strange considering that throughout the game hundreds die but there is always a steady supply of them available...
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(Pirate calling harbor master) "Uh, hello? Oh, yes, I would like to make a complaint, I'm a pirate, and it seems that wherever I'm going, there's always this giant square shaped seawall around me? Well, I mean I still kill a bunch of ships and whatever, but it's kind of annoying. So can you just, like, go get those seawalls down so I can kill more ships and stuff? Oh, you're calling the police and stuff to fix the thing? Oh, yay, thanks for helping me get to kill a bunch more ships."
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This game lack of space and the enemy is coming near u by seconds,more like 6 pirate ships battling with each other at Public Pool.Even i have to admit i love the games idea just.3/5
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Followed harvestsun's tactic and failed horribly at level 12.
I highly advise against this tactic. You will not be able to kill the final boss. He has 10,000 hitpoints and is about twice as fast as you. The first 10 levels are ridiculously easy. The difficulty curve is flat. 11 and 12 however aren't. They're like 3 mile high cliff on the difficulty curve. If you do not have all your weapons maxed out, your 160 pirates and 1000 hitpoints will be outnumbered by the 8 ships on the screen that have 2500 to 4000 hp and almost 200 pirates.
I gave up on the hard badge. A slap in the face after one hour of trying.
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This game is so easy untill level 10. Level 10 is really hard. Level 11 is impossible. I don't even want to SEE level 12.
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For the love of- is there ANY rhyme of reason to the cannon fire? Because I'll pull around for a broadside, and all my cannons fire on the complete opposite side. Every bloody time.
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My Goodness Only been playing for 5 minutes and I have to say. Very Fun game, I like how Ships come and you need to fight them Offf. Cannons, Crew, Upgrades. Very Good Game and One of my Favorites. Keep up the good work. Rate Up If you agree:)
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if ya have any problems with keyboards just click on the tools button on the top right, then on Internet Options then security then disable protected mode, remember to turn it back on after tho
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Grrrr, why does my ship get stuck moving? If this is an option enable on my keyboard, please let me know. The game is impossible when you are stuck doing donuts in the corner.
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A fairly easy hard badge if you know what to upgrade. And I also got a bit confused, I thought once the bar on upgrades was filled once that you couldn't upgrade it again.
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@ darkraider60 <== Harvestsun's method works quite well but on Level 3 start firing on only the Boss (3000 bonus). Levels 3 thru 9 and 10 if you are careful you do the same thing and fire only at the Boss even if it is only one cannonball and you will get the Max Bonus. I get up right alongside for boarding and since you are shooting at the biggest ship on each level your cannon shot is extremely hard to miss. .... I do not recommend these boarding tactics for levels 11 & 12. Count the total number of Pirates, cannons and hit points of each ship on levels 11 & 12. Your 120 Pirates are vastly outnumbered. .... My advice is to fight it out at a distance and trick the enemy into shooting it's own ships. This especially fun when you have two enemy ships approaching each other from opposite directions. Time your shot to arrive at the moment they are passing each other. This is a can't miss broadside. Use the agility of your ship to avoid getting hit and learn to turn on a dime. ...
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I tried harvestsun's tactic, and he was spot on with the upgrades, but to get the most money, starting level 3 to 9, shoot a very small amount of cannonballs(and hit with them) to get a 100% accuracy rating after the level. You see, starting from level 3, onwards, a 100% accuracy rating gives you more money than the 2500 gold they give when you don't shoot a thing.
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Admiral Badge Tips:
1. First of all, your upgrades: max crew, then speed, then 4 turning, then max reload and damage, and use leftovers on number of cannons. Don’t get hull upgrades.
2. Levels 1 and 2: go for the ammo saved bonus by going to the top of the screen and waiting. After that, the accuracy bonus gives more gold (shoot the boss with one ball for 100%).
3. If two ships of different speeds pass over you, you can cause friendly fire by running under the top ship's line of sight before it passes over the ship underneath.
4. Run up the sides and angle yourself nearly horizontally to shoot ships safely
5. Eventually, the final map's ships will catch up to you at the bottom. Fortunately, max speed lets you lose less men as you lead them back to the top.
6. I managed to reach the final boss ship with 131 men, which was important because that's the weakest part of that ship. It can summon help so get the help as far away as you can to kill the boss first.
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Lastly, where's my crewmen that can cut a ship in two and the other guy that can stretch his arm and just punch the ship down to the sea?
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We've been bombarding the enemy ship at point blank range for some time now, using hundreds of cannons and the strongest bombs in our time, all hitting them at precise accuracy with no margin for error, and yet their puny ships still stand.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME?!?!?!
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We've been bombarding the enemy ship at point blank range for some time now, and yet there's no report of any of the enemy's crew dying from getting hit by the cannons or debris that it makes... Guess we've been shooting marbles...
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Bloody Buccaneer Badge ( easy ~ 5 points ) You acquired this badge on Mar. 13, 2008.
Scurvy Scallowag Badge ( hard ~ 30 points ) You acquired this badge on Apr. 22, 2011.
Almost 3 years... that's not too long is it?
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Not using your cannons works well until battle 9 or 10 and you do get the 2500 gold bonus. ... You can beat the 2500 gold bonus starting on battle 3. Fire your cannons only at the Boss warship and only when you are right up tight going the same way if possible. One quick press of the key you are using for firing and you only have to fire one shot or a full broadside. Then Stop !! You have just earned an accuracy bonus running from 4000 to over 7000 gold. They don't fire back when you are in boarding position. Remember only one shot is required to get the full accuracy bonus but it must hit the enemy. I shot at a 95% accuracy in one battle and still got 6700+ gold bonus. Practise snuggling right up alongside the Boss and firing and you will love what it does for your score.
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Two ships ended up in melee combat... Pirate against his captain: "Capt'n! Their ship be sailin' backwards!" Captain: "Aye... their captain be Jack Sparrow."
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Heres a tip for the last few levels. Enemy ships have friendly fire. if you time things right you can use other ships as shields.