Sid Meier's Pirates: Who here has played it yet.

[Muad'Dib]

Dipping & Unhappiness

Dipping

To get this (see picture below), the Heart Monitor has to be HUGE, the dance has to be perfect or near-perfect (1 or 2 mistakes early, never late), and lots of flourishes (the spin). Note: At the higher difficulties, your response time to her moves & your mistakes is shortened (hit those keys quickly).


Unhappiness

If you possess the Concertina, the Cook & Quartermaster, you can go many months at unhappiness before they turn mutinous.

[Kassiopeia]

Ahh, you certainly get a good look at her... tracts of land.

[DrSpike]

*Now* I get it.

[Raion]

First -- I have the game!
Second -- sail away from the Port and do not get a Letter of Marque.
Third -- why do you need the Governor's daughter, there are others?
Fourth -- with all the ship upgrades, and adding crew, and keeping them alive, and gaining experience, you should be able to keep your original ship and crew to finish a time period.
Fifth -- there are neutral cities to dispose of the loot, and if not, use the Jesuit Missionary Settlements to make peace with a Governor of a nearby city.
Sixth -- You should be able to end with your original ship upgraded and with your crew, making you the most Nortorius Pirate that ever sailed the Caribbean.
Seventh -- you can dance with your peg leg, I guess, someday, if you see fit to do that.
Eight -- use the Follow View (Chase view) of your ship, and zoom in or out all the way, with the plus and minus key of the numeric keypad.
Ninth -- you can use a laptop in the game by changing the KeyMap.ini file where the Saved games are at -- in MyDocuments -- My Games -- (folder used to install the game), the rest of the game is installed in that same folder you installed it into.
10th -- it is a Great Game, Made Better, and is total Fun, buy it, play it, live it!

The Evil Baron Raymondo should give you nightmares, and sometimes the military escorts of the other ships are carrying most of the gold. And the Treasure Fleet is in the game -- when you find it.
And quietly if you want -- go Insane or Crazy, and be a Nortorius Pirate by gaining experience for your crew and yourself, as you sail the Caribbean Sea.

Yarr!

The only thing a Pirate needs is the GOLD -- all the GOLD!
Sid and Jeff are such kidders in this game, to make it ESRB Everyone, follow the game, get the results or strike out on ye own, it is up to you!

And some players have played it for -- years!
It has a living economy you can help or hinder in an area, or areas, or if you can -- the entire map of the Caribbean.

Host the sails, and go at it!

[Kassiopeia]

Notice the focus of Threepwood's eyes. I think I'm not far off in saying they are not locked in a gaze with the lady in question.

[Raion]

And why do you need all that fancy getup anyway this game can give you?
Are ye not a Bloody Pirate to be chased down by every Nationality in the game until they are good and tired of you being a Nortorius Pirate?

Well, you decide in this game as to how to play it!

[Raion]

And the player can get the Indians to side with him and kick out the New World intruders. Easily a better game than Civilization. And have fun doing it also!
And leave the Jesuit Missionary Settlements there.
Kick them all out of the area!

YA! (rises arm to go off pirating!)
And the 3-D graphics are great!

Many ways to play this game, and much variety, afterall it is Sid Meier's first game!

And it still beats Civilization!
All that is needed is, of course, an Expansion Pack, and multi-player!

Maybe that could be done if you return your bounties to buy the game!

[War4ever]

Am i the only one who likes the ship the Pinnacle? she lacks firepower and with triple hammocks can carry 90 men i think...... i scored one of these with four upgrades on it, sold me sloop and now am faster and thus avoid alot of enemy barrages.

I too have had issues with dancing...... i managed to get the large heart, and mini hearts 3/4 of the way around but i am not sure what i am doing wrong...

key is to press the right number as soon as it flashed correct???? b/c that is what i am doing, and its easy to geuss some of the pattersn... hitting key 8 or 2 is usually what screws me up.....i am not quick enough.

so far i haven't figured out how to look for lost treasure, but i have vanquished many of the the pirates....


and i sink ships all the time....some just explode......

do any of you pick up men in the water when they jump or fall overboard??? i do it all the time.....

as for morale, sigh, on the harder levels, its tough unless you get lucky in the beginning...b/c everything is so expensive....

for awhile i was cruising in the city sneaking up and conking the guards with the lanterns on the head, now they always turn around on me when i sneak up, and well i end up doing a few months in the slammer, unless i have the cash or the lock/picks to get out.....sneaking out is easy.

my biggest complaint, is the animation scenes repeat, as does EVERYTHING that you do in this game. The concept is fun, but its not worth what most of you paid for this game IMO of course.

a buddy burned me a copy to try, and while its cute, it doesn't take long to get the hang of what you need to do.....

Whats the best specialist? I like the gunner, thank god for him, but i dont' really understand what the sail or hull guys do? I mean i know what they do, but how its worked out while your at sea and they are doing repairs ect..... i need quantative numbers people....

nice to see some people are playing though......

[Jeje2]

Originally posted by War4ever
for awhile i was cruising in the city sneaking up and conking the guards with the lanterns on the head, now they always turn around on me when i sneak up, and well i end up doing a few months in the slammer, unless i have the cash or the lock/picks to get out.....sneaking out is easy.

Don't run when coming from behind - was a nasty lesson for me...

[War4ever]

okie, i will give that a whirl...probably what i was doing wrong but never noticed before......


what i hate the most, is the long voyages...which often get interupted by the fact fresh prey come into my sights, and by the time i get to the port where the bugger is hiding, he has long gone.

or even worse, i am already at the destination, and he hasnt' arrived, and i plunder as much as i can and he never shows up?????

[Jeje2]

Originally posted by War4ever
what i hate the most, is the long voyages...which often get interupted by the fact fresh prey come into my sights, and by the time i get to the port where the bugger is hiding, he has long gone.

Nope - you have misunderstood the point.
That's the idea - It's about choices
Do you attack this or not
* Yes - some affects in one direction (cann't get in time)
* No - other effects
Closing one door - opens anothers

It's just like in real life too - you have to decide what's best for the whole picture. Accept this and you'll just love it.


And if that wasn't enough the pirate hunters will slow you down

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by War4ever
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do any of you pick up men in the water when they jump or fall overboard??? i do it all the time..... ---

How do you do that?

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie


How do you do that?

You have to move your ship over the little guy in the water. You can also pick up the barrels in the water too.

[Chemical Ollie]

What's in the barrels?

[Jeje2]

goods and gold...
iirc you got 50gold or something