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    and the funny part...?

    <!--`QuoteBegin-gothmog`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gothmog)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->hello fellows! - wheres the real fun of this game hiding? (might be i just didn't figure that out yet) :-) - why did I buy this game? thanks for some insights, pals! Where's...
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    Anyone been good enough to complete everything?

    You don't even need to sack cities...The easiest way to become #1 pirate is to get rid of the other 9. I usually try to do this fairly early in the game because it is good for promotions from all of the countries.
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    The Best Pirate Game Of All

    Port Royale and `Tropico-Pirate`'s Cove are pretty nice pirate games. They are less swashbuckling and more economic/resources games. In fact, Tropico is really more a builder game. Both are good for wasting a few hours...
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    why this game sucks as is, and needs mods like I need oxygen

    Hey, it's not for everybody. Some of us actually think spending 10.8 to 13.5 years sailing from point A to point B is great fun. Some of us even--amazingly enough--LOVE the dancing! If you want something like KOTOR, well, the sequel came out for PC just yesterday. (And yeah, I'll be...
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    Buy or Not to Buy

    The graphics of the shipboard swordfights are awesome but repetitive--only about three different scenes, plus a few added animations for when you fight big time pirates. The dancing graphics also are really nice. The large map and the graphics for the ships are pretty nice. Graphics in...
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    Baron Raymondo never go into a port

    The only times I have caught him in a tavern--twice--it was when I was already in the town and I got a clue that he was "holed up" in the same town. The first time it was a clue from a governor's daughter after a dance, and the second time it was from buying a clue from the mysterious stranger...
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    Why is my pirate always in poor health by age 40?

    I've never noticed a difference in dancing ability due to age, but when I'm playing swashbuckler, I can really notice the difference in swordfighting when I'm in poor health.
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    Hello...

    I doubt they seriously considered making it `multi-player`. It is essentially the same as the earlier version of it released in the 1980s when home computers simply didn't do multiplayer stuff. It is a great game--not much like a modern RPG but lots of adventure.
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    Anyone been good enough to complete everything?

    So it sounds like the "extra" point must be in romance, not in wealth--that is, you must have had a total of 11 even though there are only supposed to be 10 possible. I think I read on another board of somebody that got 11 points in romance. That didn't happen for me, though, even though I...
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    Anyone been good enough to complete everything?

    How can you rescue more than one daughter from the same town?
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    Got my first Ship of the Line!

    It handles pretty much like a large frigate--that is, not so great. Copper plating helps. Plus, it is surprisingly fast for such a huge thing. Most of all, it has 48 guns, so you don't really have to worry about anything except aiming them!
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    Anyone been good enough to complete everything?

    Hmmm...the 127 is a mystery to me, too. The picture first picture on the high score page shows the 127 score, but shows only 3 inca cities found... How can that be? Unless the score for accumulated wealth can go beyond 24???
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    Got my first Ship of the Line!

    My SOTL is fully upgraded now. Sometimes, ships just surrender to me without even trying to do battle... I've learned not to use round shot much--it just sinks 'em! 48 cannons!
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    dueling help

    Adding the crew to the shipboard duels really slowed down the duels for me. (This was not a bad thing...I'm not very good at it.) Moving the slider all the way to the right made the whole thing go in `slow-motion`, especially against Blackbeard. I suspect the graphics for his beard are what...
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    Anyone been good enough to complete everything?

    I've completed all of the quests and got all of the levels of promotion from each nation, but did not get the maximum number of wealth points. My score was 122, and I retired in poor health at age 42. (I think I could have kept going to acquire more wealth, but my fencing skill was getting...
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    Got my first Ship of the Line!

    Okay, they really do exist! I've been playing for a month, and this is the first time I've seen one. Most fortunately, I encountered it, (playing 1660 era) with my new young rogue who was mericlessly harassing the french, and this was the third `pirate-hunter` they sent out after him. I met...
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    duels

    Gaff. It's called a "gaff" <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> "Stick"! Landlubber! Darknight Oops. Pardon my gaffe... <img...
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    # of montalban's mercenaries, spoiler so watch it!

    Yeah, I had a similar experience on rogue level--they just outnumber you hugely no matter what. My solution was to take about 150 men in, then draw most of the natives up a hill with my bucaneers and pirates on top while sneaking my officers off around one side and up to the gate (they had to...
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    Why is my pirate always in poor health by age 40?

    <!--`QuoteBegin-pizzapirate`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pizzapirate)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I tested this.... My pirate was 50 years old with failing health. I found in memory where his age was stored and just as an experiment changed his age back to 19 years. His...
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    duels

    I find I only get the backflip or the rope trick about 1 times in 10. I'm not sure if it is random, or if it is a matter of really good timing (like the pirouettes in dancing). There are similar tricks with the "1" attack key, I think--kicking the bucket, picking up the stick, etc.
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