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I really like the game, and that's the problem! Way too short, I played it through in less than an afternoon :-( Is there some way to replay it and have... I don't know, some changes? different trading options?
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I liked the concept, but tbh you really, really need a better tutorial. I have literally never uttered those words before.
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The "make upgrades" star achievement isn't working. I've upgraded 3 different boats to the max and it doesn't even have a green bar on the first "make upgrades 3".
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wtf did you do in the new versions? I won the game a while ago, now the Dutchman is impossible, the 3 best ships, with everything maxed, shooting dynamite and its life is still 1/6 after my 3 ships are destroyed.
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It,s not that hard to understad.
Hull directly afflicts the ship structure, meaning you wnana destroyd it. Crew and sail is AP meaning ships with lots of sail loose more AP with shoots directed to the sails, but you prolly have to finnish of the crew aswell to get bellow 15 AP,
Quickshot is randomly shoot eeeeverywhere, but this mostly hit the hull.
Ships with more ap then 30 / 45 then you should at least hit the sail then crew once to drasticly lower the ap for the enemy ships so they cant do all theire dual / trippel shots at you ;)
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For all of you who have problems: Hull - The ships healthpoints (target hull for fast kill) ||| Crew - increases your chance to "board" enemy ships (target crew if you want to increase boarding chance) ||| Sail - The health protecting your AP, the more you have the harder it gets to deplete your AP (target Sail to reduce enemy AP) ||| Cargo - The amount of cargo you can carry (different goods takes up different cargo space) ||| Damage - The Damage you are able to inflict ||||| General tips: The weakest fleet attacks first! Use a first strike to your advantage ||| You can see the "price" of cargo if you hover your mouse over a port. (small stack=cheap, big stack=expensive, no stack=normal) ||| Deplete enemy AP below critical points (for example 20->19 they can only attack with quick attack, 15->14 they are counted as destroyed) ||| Your fleet gets destroyed? Sell a ship to repair the other two, you might make enough to buy a lower ship for the last slot. || if helpful: rate up!
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Well it fixed itself after I refreshed, which was scary for me, because while I wasn't all THAT far into the game, I didn't want to lose my progress :-D.
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The game keeps switching between my ships, so that consecutive volleys I was intending to come from the same ship don't, even if the original ship had enough AP for all of them. It's convenient in the beginning when they can only fire once each anyway, but it becomes insanely annoying later. Is there a way to toggle that off?
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After a seemingly automatic battle with the big ship that I lost, my top menu disappeared, and I was no longer able to access the mute, option menu buttons, or see how much money/storage i had. I can't save either :(
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@savefile679 Crew is how you board enemy ships. If your ship has the same #of crew as the enemy ship, there is a 50% chance to board which is quite useful for ending a battle early without much losses.
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An easy way to get the ships purchased achievement stars is to downgrade your ship and re-upgrade (you don't lose money). A good way to get money earned stars is to buy and sell at the same port (you don't gain or lose money).
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Anyone else having the problem where it will sometimes skip the intro, then have it happen a ways into the game and your WP and gold are then hidden for the rest of the game? If so, how do you fix it besides starting a new game?
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Not sure if it's bugged or not, but I've done all the towns and unlocked all the achievements, have over a million gold, but still can't finish the game... still no flying dutchman
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When comparing ship info, The stats of your ship which are affected by Upgrades and Star bonuses which makes them look better than the base stats of some higher level ships. Perhaps including info on the upgrade paths of the ships in their info section?
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Fun game. You took the old concept of the local-market-based itinerant trader RPG (Dope Wars, etc.) and made it a whole lot more fun and engaging, with a back story and an overall goal. And a nautical theme, of course! Well done.
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it isnt true the weakest fleet attacks first my 2 80 health ships and one 120 ship are currently attacking second to the enemy who has 300+ health and 2 200+
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Congratulations! You just won the Drowning Dutchman Badge, See if you can earn the next badge: That Sinking Feeling... wait... what?
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Wanted more. Incusions from the navies of seafaring nations would have been nice. Spain, Portugal, England, France, ETC...
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if you cannot beat the ghost ship with the best ship fully upgraded, try click in bottom left corner on the pole and do some more upgrades
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Needs more balancing between WP and gold.
Not making any trade and only fighting, capturing and sinking ships, I've enough gold to buy and fully upgrade highest ships, but still don't have enough WP to conduct needed research to get access to these.
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the who attacks first thing can't be on which fleet is weaker, I just went second with 3x barque, all with the crew upgrade, but nothing else, vs 3x ships of the line, there's no way they can be weaker...
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I feel a little dumb... It took me 3 tries to realize I could use the stronger ammo type to defeat the ghost ship.. The only time I ever needed to was for that battle.
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Good game! I like it! As far as I'm concerned, you don't need to trade unless you're at rock bottom with money. The loot you get from other ships is much greater than just buying and selling stuff around the islands.
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Whats up with the rediculous difficulty curve? It goes from sweeping the first four islands, to not getting another one for several hours.
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hint: you can't reduce the Ghost Ship's AP, so just go for hull shots. 1 hull shot should do more damage than 2 quick shots, but you should be able to take the ship down with mostly quick shots if you're fully upgraded.
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To beat the Dutchman you need:
1. Damage, Action Points, Accuracy, and Hull extras maxed out. (Don't waste stars on the cargo upgrade.)
2. 3x Ship of the Line fully upgraded.
3. Enough money to fire dynamite every shot. (Say 250K in case of death)
4. Specifically targeting the Hull helps.
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So once the super-fleet in Port au Prince wipes me out and I don't have enough money to repair my ships or buy a single unit of rice... game over?
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if anyone cares, crew is actually really helpful. if all your crew dies, you lose the battle. they can die from cannonballs, so if you have more than you may be able to live longer and yeah. you can aim for crew, and if you kill them all and the ship remains i'm also pretty sure you salvage more.