Pirates! gold

[Kassiopeia]

Damn it, big ships suck. They are good when boarding big vessels, but I vastly prefer a smaller and nimbler brigantine which can pepper away at the hostile ship and dodge cannonballs long enough to reduce the defender numbers so much that my crew'll have a field day, or better yet, the ship'll just strike its colours.

But then again, I always get so excited when given the opportunity of sailing on a huge flag galleon. I just can't resist it!

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
ADG, Im no expert on the subject, but (he, she, it.....has not have).

Ah, thx... I always forget all about grammar

[Spaced Cowboy]

ADG, I wouldn't have said anything, but I noticed that you do that one often.

Kassi,

Like the original, big ships are slow and ponderous.

[Kassiopeia]

Indeed they are. The only real use for them that I've found is to ferry stuff (loot or men for a sacking operation), and in that sense it's good that you can keep them out of battle in your fleet.

[Barinthus]

I have always preferred small ships over big ones. Exactly for that reason, better manuverability. It hurts when I do get hit although.

In all sea related games like Pirates! orginial, Uncharted Waters and others, I have always preferred small ones over larger ones. That's how the English navy defeated larger navies back in early days of the English naval power.

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Barinthus
I have always preferred small ships over big ones. Exactly for that reason, better manuverability. It hurts when I do get hit although.

And with the right upgrades, a small ship can be almost as strong as a big one. I have a royal sloop with the crew upgrade. It has a max crew of 187 and 20 cannons. It packs a mean punch for a ship that size.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Barinthus
I have always preferred small ships over big ones. Exactly for that reason, better manuverability. It hurts when I do get hit although.

In the original I used to take out spanish war gallons with my trusts sloop.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
ADG, I wouldn't have said anything, but I noticed that you do that one often.

I would assume so, since (as said) I always forget to check grammar when posting...

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Oerdin


In the original I used to take out spanish war gallons with my trusts sloop.

Yeah, use your mobility to stay in their dead angles and keep hitting them. Never give them a chance to hit you with a broad side.

I played Pirates a lot, first on my Amiga, then on my Mac Powerbook, until I eventually grew bored and aquired Civilization ten years ago.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Okay, I need some more help. The sword fighting for me is just pound on the 4 key and hope the other guy goes for the 1 or 7 attack, which the 4 attack pwns. There has got to be a better way, cuz this only works on the weak captains. I remember not having any trouble with the c64 version.

I do not get the dancing at all, what am I supposed to be doing??? Do I look at the arm gestures of the daughter and try to time my moves to the beat of the music???

[Arrian]

My favorite ship from the original was the Frigate, followed by the Fast Galleon.

The Frigate just plain rocked. Fast, manueverable, powerful. The Fast Galleon wasn't quite as good, but was the best you could get in the early going (favorite time period = 1560). Both could run rings around regular Galleons, whilst packing enough punch to deal with well-armed pirate hunters/pirates and having enough staying power to absord a hit.

I liked Barques and Sloops as well. I did do the 'ole take down the War Galleon with a Pinnace thing.

-Arrian

[Adagio]

When dancing you're supposed to look at her arm gestures, so when she points to the right, you press '6' and if she points to the right but slightly towards you, you press '3' (or '4' and '1' for the left)... I haven't been able to find the difference to when she wants to go backwards or forwards though...

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Adagio
When dancing you're supposed to look at her arm gestures, so when she points to the right, you press '6' and if she points to the right but slightly towards you, you press '3' (or '4' and '1' for the left)... I haven't been able to find the difference to when she wants to go backwards or forwards though...

When she wants to go toward you she acts like she is pushing you away with both hands. She does a "move away from me" gesture. When she wants to move backwards, she raises both hands in a "come toward me" gesture.

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Arrian
I did do the 'ole take down the War Galleon with a Pinnace thing.

To quote Nigel Powers, "it's not the size that matters, it's how you use it".

[Aramis]

Originally posted by The diplomat


I had lots of CTD's when I first installed the game. I removed Service Pack 2 for XP and the game worked fine.

I defragged the C drive--Pirates was all over the place.
Now the game works fine. Fun, too.