Both are vital to boarding actions, especially when you run into enemy crew that outnumbers you vastly. As far as perks go, get a hold of Musket Volley and Berserker as fast as you can.Honestly you don't need much investment in Insight, Authority or Success. No matter what your build, remember to invest in Reaction so you have some energy to fight with, and Talent to increase your skill gain. Don't get fooled by the P.I.R.A.T.E.S! acronym, bloody thing is just S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Fighting man-to-man is also (allegedly) the best way to raise your rank. You'll find better weapons as you go about, doesn't matter what your style is, it evens out eventually. If you're surrounded though, get your ass to the nearest chokepoint, failing that, try to parry more instead of blocking. The key to winning most fights is to block your opponent's regular hits, parry his heavy attacks and lay onto him once he's exhausted. It's not an elegant system but does its job well enough.

Seriously, read the fucking book you mongoloid. It clears most of the terrible game-crashers, and adds a few convenience features that don't screw the game too much. My suggestion? Ignore both, just get a hold of the Combined Mod Bugfix only version. Both are sizable upgrades to the base game, but the Combined Mod is reportedly much more stable, while the Gentlemen of Fortune has some Typical Modder drama going on. There're about two different ones out there, The Combined Mod, and the Gentlemen of Fortune mod. And then initial scramble to have a sustainable economy thing going.Īnd because starting this game and getting it going can be hard, here's a bunch of free advice: There's a whole lot of RPG in the game, from choosing your character's initial build, to being able to work for five different factions (England, Frogland, Holland, Spicland and the Pirates). On the other hand, it's an amazingly open region experience, and you can definitely see your character progress from landlubber to sea dog, master fencer etc. There are plenty of games that can be daunting to newcomers, this is one of them. Outdated graphics, indifferent writing, an emphasis on certain aspects of 'realism', absolutely obscure-ass mechanics that you discover only by playing the game and figuring shit out, quests that run the gamut from simple fedex quests(like actual Fedex jobs of delivering cargo) to utterly batshit gigs that are the equivalent of looking for a needle in the haystack fucking ink-drop in the entire goddamn Caribbean waters. By Crom, they almost did.ĭue warning, this game is as Russian as they get. Sea Dogs 4: Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships 1 is what happens if you let Russians play Sid Meier's Pirates and decide that they can do better. Because fuck it, the old threads are hella dead and this game could always use some attention.

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