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HatterasJack
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 Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:13 am Post subject: Beginning ships by Era and Nation (renamed topic) |
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Everytime I start a new game, it's almost always with a sloop. One time I started and the game gave me a brigantine. One other time, a brig of war. I just started a new game and this time I got a pinnace. I've been playing for , like, three years now religiously, and this "starting ship" difference has only happened these three times. So my question is:
Do you always start with a sloop and this was just a freak thing? We all know strange things sometimes happen during the game. One time I catured a French Large Frigate that was an escourt to a Spanish Treasure Gallion, and I had an attractive daughter give me a lost city map.
This is no big dilema, I was just curious......
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Roland
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| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:33 am Post subject: |
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Your initial ship varies, depending on what era and nation you choose. In 1660 you always get a sloop, but in other eras you can get a wide variety of starting ships. Here is a complete table of starting forces by era and nation.
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Nation Ship Crew Gold Food Cannon
1600
Dutch Fluyt 20 1,000 14 12
English Merchantman 50 250 12-13 12
French Sloop 40 100 13 8
Spanish Pinnace 20 500 14 8
1620
Dutch Brig 50 10 12-13 8
English Brigantine 40 10 13 10
French Barque 40 100 13 10
Spanish Pinnace 20 500 14 8
1640
Dutch Brigantine 40 10 13 10
English Sloop 40 100 13 8
French Pinnace 20 500 14 8
Spanish Mail Runner 30 250 13-14 8
1660
Dutch Sloop 40 100 13 8
English Sloop 40 100 13 8
French Sloop 40 100 13 8
Spanish Sloop 40 100 13 8
1680
Dutch Sloop of War 40 10 13 10
English Sloop of War 50 10 12-13 8
French Brigantine 50 10 12-13 8
Spanish Fast Galleon 50 10 12-13 16 |
Wherever there are two different numbers for food, the higher number applies when playing at higher difficulty levels.
This is one of several tables I've put together for my own use. I suppose I should format them all and upload them for the whole Pirates community. |
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Captain Mars
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| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:12 am Post subject: |
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I've seen that table, or one very much like it, elsewhere. It's how I knew starting as Spanish in 1640 would net me a mail runner. The Ill Wind has been terrorizing the Spanish Main ever since! |
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Roland
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| Captain Mars wrote: | | I've seen that table, or one very much like it, elsewhere. |
Yes, I have posted this table before. But it was buried several pages deep in a long thread that was mostly on a different topic, so I decided to re-post it here. |
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Captain Mars
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:06 am Post subject: |
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Oh, no criticism intended. I meant to express my appreciation of the info provided. It came in handy. |
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