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Things to remember when doing close-quarters (Pirate) battle: 1, you're men are a LOT stronger than the other ships men (you can kill over 6 pirates with 1 pirate basically). 2, you have a lot more casualties if you're combating multiple ships rather than just one (try to drive away if another ship tries to help fight you). 3, doing pirate battle makes all the gold on the enemy ship stay safe, so you get more cash than shooting it from a distance and break it, losing quite a bit of cash during it.
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you should upgrade your crew to max and then other cannon upgrades, you should shoot 1ce at a ship while your boarding and then you will get 100% accuracy bonus=10k that way, only do this till lvl 10, there you should shoot the hell out of the pirate ships and board the others, that way you will have lots of cash, good to beat admiral dificulty.
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Argghh... listen you scurvy dogs. Put all your loot into men and then ship strength. You won't even need to fire a cannon until level 11. After maxing those two, invest in speed and turn speed and you are set. Argghhh!
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Protip : When using harvestsun's method, while in battle for levels 1 - 10 don't bother watching the screen. Just take your ship to the very top and leave it there. For levels 3+ get to the top, engage in combat, shoot one time at the enemy, and than just do something else. Come back in like, 2 - 5 minutes and you should have won by then.
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It is possible to kill the boss by close combat. Try to save the most men you can (I reached the boss with 132 men) and just keep your ship close to him and make sure you keep firing your cannons. I killed the boss and 3 ship that appeared while we were battling.
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Best tactic for level 12 - upgrade ship defense for last level (don't do it earlier) - first come 5 small ships, then 2 of the same, then 3 bigger ones, then 2 even bigger ones. Try to defeat all of these ships with CANNON ONLY. When the boss comes on the screen go to him STRAIGHT AWAY. Don't bother shooting him untill you are in close combat. THEN SHOOT ALL THE TIME. When the smaller boats come to help the boss boat, GO AWAY FROM THE BOSS, and kill the smaller ones with cannons (boss will shoot at you - try to get him to shoot the small boats too). When the first 2 small boats are sunk - STRAIGHT BACK AT BOSS - pirate fighting + shooting.
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Come on now, 1 lone ship against 10, then 10 more and finally another 10 more. Do you know how much lag you have to withstand when 5 of those enemy ships fire? Lower the settings didn't really help scratch when I reached lvl 11 since they didn't even rain cannonballs at me, they rained down a hell full of lag
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Another helpful tip - if you keep your ship at the top of the map, the entering enemy ships will always do a 90 degree turn away, then turn 180 degrees straight back at you - this prevents them from being able to launch a broadside of cannonballs at you, and is VERY handy. + to keep on top!
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This game definetly gets hard, but its worth a little sit down for a hour or two. Come out with a second, a campaign setting and mulitplayer setting would be neat. Or even certain types of ships you can buy. Otherwise, games a 4/5.
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Awesome game. The original on Andkon isn't as good. It doesn't tell you how many cannons are still working so you can't do a good broadside and a whole load of other information and bugs. This version however, is awesome. This is the best pirate game ever!
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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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I completly agree with harvestsun's way of playing the only thing that i want to add is that instead of getting the "no shooting" bonus after lvl 3 its better to make the 100 % accuracy bonus because its giving you more money. It is a bit tricky to push yourself into an enemy ship and shoot just a few canon balls but its still worth the try -its giving 5000 gold on lvl 5 instead 2500 with the no shot dealt. Which can make a big difference in the end.
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Ugh... yet another game that thinks I'm still pressing a key even though I've taken my finger off of it. Me: "Hey, a**hole! Stopping turning!"
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As I won Admirals setting trice now, I state this game rather easy. Its just about tactics: u can board through the first levels losing no gold. Get high accuracy bonus with firing 1 shot broad side. level 11 is a bit difficult, but you can still win if you sink everything. level12: avoid losing crew and board the boss with ~130 crew.
4/5 cause you CAN board through the first 9 levels.
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It's much better to max out all of your pirates and such. Spend time and money on improving them and not so much your cannons, because there's too much risk involved in cannon fire exchange. After you've maxed out pirates, get the best speed and armor available on the high seas. Then put your remaining gold into reload speed and cannonball damage.
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Captain's log, Three of September, Seventeen-Twelve.
The last smoking pile of what once was a ship, it seems, was more precisely a scout ship - as was the previous one. We had losses with both of them, but they were but testing us. Ahead of us larger vessels await. I write this as I see them appearing towards us, and shout to my men to read the cannons. No longer shall we venture into their ships. No, enough of that. We shall test the waters before diving, and plundering after sinking.
My room fills with the smell of brimstone as the drumming of the guns begin. No fire rips apart my men, but the same can't be said of my enemies. The first ship in the line is naught but scattered drifting wood, flaming planks and sinking cloth. It seems, however, that the valuable cargo can still be salvaged from the wreckage. I shan't write no more, I have a battle to win, riches to acquire and a badge to earn.
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The easy way to get 100% accuracy is to go into hand-to-hand combat with each levels boss ship and then broadside them.
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The game area is way too small to allow for good strategic ship movement. Guess I'll just follow the advice of everyone else and go boat-melee instead.
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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. ...