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Newbie ?'s

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paulsbro

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Guys - have a few newbie questions.

1) hired an officer ... he had no weapon ... in a fight, he just stood there ?
Can I give weapons from my inventory = or is it a bug
This has happened twice.

2) Finally got out of Oxbay(... running joke on PotC Tech forum) after hiring an attractive female officer who had great stats in the categories I'm lacking ... yep, got crushed in the storm ... forgot to save after hiring her .... went to a prior save and several other officers are floating around ... does the game re-spawn officers ? ... did I lose my chance to hire her

Figured out how to leave Oxbay"after" I reloaded = I'm spitting blood
I want her :)

Thanks guys !
 
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1) hired an officer ... he had no weapon ... in a fight, he just stood there ?
Can I give weapons from my inventory = or is it a bug
This has happened twice.
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An officer without a weapon? That's odd. Never had that happen before. But you can give him a weapon: Stand in front of him, press Enter and go to the Tranfer button, then confirm. Then you can give him anything you like out of your inventory.

Also: In the F2 Character menu, you can scroll to your officer using the arrow buttons on the screen and you can use the Transfer button.

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2) Finally got out of Oxbay(... running joke on PotC Tech forum) after hiring an attractive female officer who had great stats in the categories I'm lacking ... yep, got crushed in the storm ... forgot to save after hiring her .... went to a prior save and several other officers are floating around ... does the game re-spawn officers ? ... did I lose my chance to hire her
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Officers are generated randomly. You won't encounter the same officer again. You can hire any other officer, then buy the female outfit at a tailor shop and assign that outfit to your officer using the Choose Outfit button in the F2 Character menu. You can also change the officer's name by clicking the name in the F2 Character menu, the pressing Backspace, typing the new new and pressing Enter to confirm. Then you have a similar officer back again.
 
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1) hired an officer ... he had no weapon ... in a fight, he just stood there ?
Can I give weapons from my inventory = or is it a bug
This has happened twice.
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An officer without a weapon? That's odd. Never had that happen before. But you can give him a weapon: Stand in front of him, press Enter and go to the Tranfer button, then confirm. Then you can give him anything you like out of your inventory.

Also: In the F2 Character menu, you can scroll to your officer using the arrow buttons on the screen and you can use the Transfer button.

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2) Finally got out of Oxbay(... running joke on PotC Tech forum) after hiring an attractive female officer who had great stats in the categories I'm lacking ... yep, got crushed in the storm ... forgot to save after hiring her .... went to a prior save and several other officers are floating around ... does the game re-spawn officers ? ... did I lose my chance to hire her
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Officers are generated randomly. You won't encounter the same officer again. You can hire any other officer, then buy the female outfit at a tailor shop and assign that outfit to your officer using the Choose Outfit button in the F2 Character menu. You can also change the officer's name by clicking the name in the F2 Character menu, the pressing Backspace, typing the new new and pressing Enter to confirm. Then you have a similar officer back again.
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Pieter - thank you !
Darn, I blew it ... passed on 4 good officers
Copy/paste this and next time I'll be ready :)

Yes, 3 guys/officers offered their service ... had excellent melee numbers ... were about level 22-25 (?) ... great hit points ... but they had nothing on their belts etc = in a fight, they just stood there
Well, I kept all my great swords = luckikly I'm a pack rat
Will look for a tailor shop when I get off Oxbay = still there ... not pleased with my crew ... until I believe I'm overpowered vs what I'll face, I going to trek thru the jungle and level up/check the meeting area(..by the Oxbay/Greenford signs) + town for officers ... funny, lots of ladies wearing swords but only offering advice = think I upped my leadership stat to high(... at 6) and that's cutting down on the # of officers on screen etc (?) ... oh, and the "let me fix my collar" line = I know I heard that earlier, so I missed more officers because I didn't follow up ... arghhh

Looks like a redo is in order :-(
Still haven't sailed/fought = boy, I'm way behind the learning curve
Stinking manual :)

Build 12.1 is great !
Thank you for all your help.
 
1) hired an officer ... he had no weapon ... in a fight, he just stood there ?
Can I give weapons from my inventory = or is it a bug
This has happened twice.
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An officer without a weapon? That's odd. Never had that happen before. But you can give him a weapon: Stand in front of him, press Enter and go to the Tranfer button, then confirm. Then you can give him anything you like out of your inventory.

Also: In the F2 Character menu, you can scroll to your officer using the arrow buttons on the screen and you can use the Transfer button.

Joe said:
2) Finally got out of Oxbay(... running joke on PotC Tech forum) after hiring an attractive female officer who had great stats in the categories I'm lacking ... yep, got crushed in the storm ... forgot to save after hiring her .... went to a prior save and several other officers are floating around ... does the game re-spawn officers ? ... did I lose my chance to hire her
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Officers are generated randomly. You won't encounter the same officer again. You can hire any other officer, then buy the female outfit at a tailor shop and assign that outfit to your officer using the Choose Outfit button in the F2 Character menu. You can also change the officer's name by clicking the name in the F2 Character menu, the pressing Backspace, typing the new new and pressing Enter to confirm. Then you have a similar officer back again.
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Pieter .....>
* ok; my fault = sorry
I changed the ENTER key to "O" to open command menu ... because of my problems(... you know what I'm talking about), I made SHIFT my draw sword(... easier to use big keys) and didn't want to whip out my sword when trying to open a door etc = might make guards unhappy
* the F2 screen for the character has no transfer button = geez, I hope I'm not wrong there as well :) ... just skills/abilities and a choose outfit(... above salary) ... will go look for the arrows = did not see them
 
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1) hired an officer ... he had no weapon ... in a fight, he just stood there ?
Can I give weapons from my inventory = or is it a bug
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Pieter .....>
* ok; my fault = sorry
I changed the ENTER key to "O" to open command menu ... because of my problems(... you know what I'm talking about), I made SHIFT my draw sword(... easier to use big keys) and didn't want to whip out my sword when trying to open a door etc = might make guards unhappy
* the F2 screen for the character has no transfer button = geez, I hope I'm not wrong there as well :) ... just skills/abilities and a choose outfit(... above salary) ... will go look for the arrows = did not see them
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To give officer's weapons,stand in front of Officer and press Enter key.you will see a set of arrows icon,press that and inventory transfer interface will show up,don't change enter key fer any other command. For fight mode, since C key is potions I use,[V ]for draw sword, for attack,[N ]for Block ,Dodge never used it,prefer te stand toe to toe,Space bar fer fire'n pistol,with this setup being a left hander,I can draw , attack ,block when need be fire me pistol and heal quicky,bonus especialy when ye be outnumberd <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
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1) hired an officer ... he had no weapon ... in a fight, he just stood there ?
Can I give weapons from my inventory = or is it a bug
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Pieter .....>
* ok; my fault = sorry
I changed the ENTER key to "O" to open command menu ... because of my problems(... you know what I'm talking about), I made SHIFT my draw sword(... easier to use big keys) and didn't want to whip out my sword when trying to open a door etc = might make guards unhappy
* the F2 screen for the character has no transfer button = geez, I hope I'm not wrong there as well :) ... just skills/abilities and a choose outfit(... above salary) ... will go look for the arrows = did not see them
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To give officer's weapons,stand in front of Officer and press Enter key.you will see a set of arrows icon,press that and inventory transfer interface will show up,don't change enter key fer any other command. For fight mode, since C key is potions I use,[V ]for draw sword, for attack,[N ]for Block ,Dodge never used it,prefer te stand toe to toe,Space bar fer fire'n pistol,with this setup being a left hander,I can draw , attack ,block when need be fire me pistol and heal quicky,bonus especialy when ye be outnumberd <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
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Skull - appreciate the advice.
I have to juggle the keys because I have JRA(..juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) and no manual dexterity(... either hit the keys with a pen or my knuckle). So, I like to use the bigger keys for those most often/more important activities.
I did put ENTER back :)

Finally found a female officer.
But, beggars can't be choosers = I have a pic of a guy in a red hooded robe; she doesn't equip the pistol or the sword ... but, she shadow fights with the best of them :)
Sometimes I see the sword/pistol floating in the air.
Oh well, she looks good and she does actually fight/kill = I watched to make sure

Also, I see more than 8 passenger slots ?
Does Build 12.1 permit more than 8 = if I get that high, I'd have to kill off some officers if 8 is the limit
I'm up to 5 passengers = I'm guessing I'll be trading up stat-wise when new/better officers become available
 
You can have much more officers in the Build, yes. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
 
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You can have much more officers in the Build, yes. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
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Pieter - oh; good.
Makes juggling them and trading up easier.
I'm up to 8 now :)
Found my core party, now looking to round out needed categories + a few females = preferably the blonde/peach dress and brunette in burgundy dress ... hopefully they will equip weapons as it looks better
Maybe even the one with the blue vampire dress/collar :)

PotC has a nice assortment of "characters" ... even hired a guy with a hook hand and a peg leg

Thanks Pieter !
Wait till I "bombard" you with sailing questions = will be, by far, my toughest gameplay obstacle
Hopefully I can amass 4 frigates/battleships = might give me a fighting chance
Not sure what ship is best = I'm sure when I'm "blowed up good", I'll find that answer :)
 
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Not sure what ship is best = I'm sure when I'm "blowed up good", I'll find that answer :)
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Trick is not ter get yerself blowed up good <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
The maximum in the current builds is 50 officer slots.

You would go broke if you had that many hired <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> the salaries alone would put you in the poor house !LOL!
 
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The maximum in the current builds is 50 officer slots.

You would go broke if you had that many hired <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> the salaries alone would put you in the poor house !LOL!
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Skull - I have to sail first; still in Oxbay :)
I'm not looking forward to it = all the keys and I only have 1 ship ... when I have 2-4, I'll really be lost !

IncredibleHat - up to 13 officers.
I'll reduce it when I find that perfect mix of skills = will need all the help I can get once the game ramps up the difficulty
Have amassed $2,500,00 running around the jungle ... 6-9hrs a day for a week or so ... I used to read in the morning, but this game/build 12.1 has me hooked ... eating into my rest time = but it's "all good"
Trying to get and "all female crew"; or close to it.
Missing the brunette/burgundry dress; big black hair women/blue vampire dress and the amish looking orange hair woman.
That's my goal before leaving Oxbay = must have a goal :)
I have my own quests !!!
Oh, then dear god, find a tailor and dress them up = ok; 2 goals/quests

Then we'll figure out what to do = guess I'm writing my own walkthrough :)
Fun game and I really haven't done anything yet ... might not be so much fun when I'm taking a butt whooping
Maybe Pieter will add automatic weapons and real Battleships to Build 13 :)
 
There is one tailor in every town (except the towns on the new islands). Keep in mind that the availability of the skins depends on the nation of the tailor. Some skins are only available from pirate tailors for example, so you won't find them at Oxbay.

Automatic weapons and real battleships? You mean modern ones. Hmm. I'm not exactly planning on adding those. I don't care too much about historical realism, but that really doesn't fit in a pirate game. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" />
 
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