Hello everyone. I just got this game a couple of days ago and am liking it. Especially after playing Sea Dogs to death. But I seem to be a bit confused, especially after visiting the forums. First off, where can I find some good documentation on this game? I can't seem to find a site with any real helpful information and even gamefaq.com only has a couple of tiny walkthroughs that are mostly for the XBOX version and even contradict one another in some areas. So I guess my questions are:
1. What is a good site to download mods and walkthroughs for this game? Piratesahoy doesn't seem to have anything in their mod database... And also, after reading a thread where someone was saying you have to install several mods in the proper order to get the build 13/14/whatever working I'm even more confused. What exactly do I have to do? Also, does installing mods invalidate save game files?
2. After reading the forums and watching some gameplay videos, I see features that my game simply does not seem to have (looting corpses for example). Do mods add tons of new features or am I doing something wrong on the vanilla?
3. How exactly does smuggling work? I set up the meeting and even go at night (not sure if it matters) but I ALWAYS get caught. I've reloaded at least 2 dozen times only to fail over and over. I read one guide that said your luck didn't matter, and another that said it did. So is it even possible to suceed without getting caught with a luck skill of 1? It's quite frustrating that the only real viable option when you're caught is to reload, since even if you win the battle that nation now hates you.
4. Is there any real point to firearms aside for getting in a little extra damage at the beginning of a battle? Once they close the range, the only option I can see to get far enough away to get another shot in is to dash backwards many many times...but that takes a while. And if I use officers as meatshields, they die quickly and I usually lose at least one every battle.
5. What determines how strong opponents are while boarding? Is it directly and solely related to your crew quantity vs theirs? Or are their other factors involved such as melee skill like in Sea Dogs?
That's all I can think of right now. I'm sure most of these are covered somewhere on the forums, but half an hour of searching has only left me with a headache and more confused than when I started. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thankyou.
1. What is a good site to download mods and walkthroughs for this game? Piratesahoy doesn't seem to have anything in their mod database... And also, after reading a thread where someone was saying you have to install several mods in the proper order to get the build 13/14/whatever working I'm even more confused. What exactly do I have to do? Also, does installing mods invalidate save game files?
2. After reading the forums and watching some gameplay videos, I see features that my game simply does not seem to have (looting corpses for example). Do mods add tons of new features or am I doing something wrong on the vanilla?
3. How exactly does smuggling work? I set up the meeting and even go at night (not sure if it matters) but I ALWAYS get caught. I've reloaded at least 2 dozen times only to fail over and over. I read one guide that said your luck didn't matter, and another that said it did. So is it even possible to suceed without getting caught with a luck skill of 1? It's quite frustrating that the only real viable option when you're caught is to reload, since even if you win the battle that nation now hates you.
4. Is there any real point to firearms aside for getting in a little extra damage at the beginning of a battle? Once they close the range, the only option I can see to get far enough away to get another shot in is to dash backwards many many times...but that takes a while. And if I use officers as meatshields, they die quickly and I usually lose at least one every battle.
5. What determines how strong opponents are while boarding? Is it directly and solely related to your crew quantity vs theirs? Or are their other factors involved such as melee skill like in Sea Dogs?
That's all I can think of right now. I'm sure most of these are covered somewhere on the forums, but half an hour of searching has only left me with a headache and more confused than when I started. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thankyou.
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