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Attacking Forts

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Gabriel_Stefan

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I'm at the quest where i need to capture greenford, and i have tried it about 5 <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> times , but i can't manage to accomplish it.

I have a Frigate, Corvet, Brigatine, and a barque in my fleet. I blast the tobacoo juice out of the fort and can get their "crew" down to 10, but their guns and "hull" remain at 32 guns and 100% dmg. What do i need to do to take this fort. ( Do i need to hit something specific?
 
When i have to free Clement from Greenford, by capturing Greenford.

I Droped the girl off at the lighthouse to make her "ground attack", but i can't damge Greenford Fort.
 
Are you playing with or without the Build 12 mod? Or, if you aren't running Build 12, are you using any other modpack?
 
To take the fort, you might want to try pressing "TAB" which will put you in first person mode, then try to aim at the fort's cannons. I think you should have enough firepower to take the fort. Do you have the difficulty level high? You might want to make sure the difficulty is at the lowest level. That might help as well...
The way taking a fort works is if you destroy enough of the fort's cannons, you will be transported to inside the fort, where you will have to fight the soldiers inside. So you should just try and destroy as many cannons as you can. Either by doing it manually, but I have always managed taking the fort while remaining in third person mode and letting the game's auto-aim take out the cannons. If you don't manage with your Frigate or Corvette, try and get a Battleship or Manowar.
 
I have kept it in both 3rd person and 1st person, but even after like 20 broadsides from a frigate not a single cannon went out!!

I'm going to try to attack another fort, to see if its just greenford thats the problem.
 
Ok i noticed something interesting, when i was attacking the Dutch fort, it actually said "Fort Cannon Exploded" but when i looked through my spy glass there was no difference?
 
Spy glass is inaccurate fer fort damage mate,try a battleship ur MOW,ye will have better luck mate. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Also, Greenford may be invulnerable if you do not specicifically say to Danielle "Let's attack _now_"--if you previously said "I need to do some things first", you will have to go back to the lighthouse and talk to her again.

Yes, the cannon displayed by the spyglass--in fact, all the stats but crew--may not be accurate at all. And even crew isn't completely accuracte: there will be some crew that recover by the time you board, some who were out of the way and couldn't be killed, and some of the townsfolk will be drafted into a militia...
 
Aim for just above the tops of the walls and towers to get a good hit on a cannon. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/boom.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":boom" border="0" alt="boom.gif" />
 
When in 1st person mode, doesn't your crosshair change when you aim correctly? as in, way above the walls?
 
Yes, actually, it does. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" /> I've found it to work, tho. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
 
Hi I'm new to the forums, but I love what the mod community is doing for this game!

I'm having the same problem too however! I'm playing on Build 12 and after I drop of the girl at the lighthouse and attack the fort it can't be defeated! I have a Lineship and a Frigate and after a dozens of broadsides not a single cannon is destroyed and the crew never drops below 10. Is it bugged or what?
 
It's not bugged, or should not be. Just aim for the tops of the walls - just over them, actually, and something that I've found to work is if you have cannon (or culverin) with the longest range so you can stay as far out of reach of the fort's cannons as possible. You need to knock out the fort's cannon before they knock you out.

BE PERSISTENT! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/boom.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":boom" border="0" alt="boom.gif" />

Something else that may help is if you have the "Landing Party" skill - and that the captain of some of your companion ships also has that skill. You can assign that ship to be a "landing party" and then you will have that much more power to help you break the fort... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
thanks for the advice! After losing a my frigate and half of me crew I finally got lucky and nailed a freaking cannon on the fort. Lol I guess I need to work on my cannon skill a lil. Well gonna reload and give it another go!
 
Excellent! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />

Nice flag! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
How destroy Greenford's Fort

1. DO NOT atack oxbay the game messes up

2. You need atleast 4-3 1st class ships etc.. Battlship. THE BEST CHOICE Man'o'war

3. Light repairs and fast repairs

4. BOMBS very important equip BOMBS

4. TALK TO DANIELLE BEFORE ATACKING. otherwise YOU WILL get shredded up.

Just sail up to the left side of the fort and "Sail to drift". Hammer the space bar (default fire cannons). Tell your other ships to atack, keep an eye on them, and when they turn to the side to fire a godam load of cannon balls, tell them to sail too drift aswell. When you get a notification that youv
blown the ****** up quickly press RETURN and select the burning fort icon. There you go. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sailr.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":sail" border="0" alt="sailr.gif" />
 
I got the same problem with that stupid fort *LOL*
Well, ill' be up to buying some battleships, and i will write back soon if it did work. Thanks for the advice, i'll be following it <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
 
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