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

[Muad'Dib]

2 Million and Counting





1st Million: 18 yrs., 8 months.

2nd Million: 23 yrs., 8 months.


At this rate, I'll be 103 yrs. old if I go for 3 million.

[Muad'Dib]

2 Million and Counting (continued)

[vovan]

Looks to me like 1.5 million that one.

I wonder how long you can keep it up. Like, will you die at sea eventually, or can you keep sailing till you are virtually any age. I'd think the latter... It'd be interesting to see someone at 200 years old... Though I imagine at that point it'd be pretty hard to keep the crew happy.

Vovan

[Atragon]

Care to post a pic of your fleet?

[vovan]

Originally posted by Atragon
Care to post a pic of your fleet?

His fleet's probably not too exciting simply due to the 8-ship cap. Now, if he had kept all the ships he captured...

Vovan

[Atragon]

What I was wondering really was 'what ship(s) is/are he using to transport all that cargo?'

[Muad'Dib]

Request for Fleet Pictures

Looks to me like 1.5 million that one.

The 1.5 million in the Top 10 List represents only gold that was plundered (i.e. Ships captured or towns sacked) not ships or commodities sold.

I wonder how long you can keep it up. Like, will you die at sea eventually, or can you keep sailing till you are virtually any age. I'd think the latter... It'd be interesting to see someone at 200 years old... Though I imagine at that point it'd be pretty hard to keep the crew happy.

You can't die, so you can sail till you're any age; provided you can keep your crew happy and can keep winning swordfights.

Care to post a pic of your fleet?

Okay, here they are. (1 of 2)
And by the way, I do hate the 8 ship cap rule.

[Muad'Dib]

Fleet Pics con't

In addition to my flagship, I like to keep 2 other powerfull warships.
I'll max out my fleet, get as many upgrades as I can from nearby ports, sell cargo at top price, sell off extra ships, and repeat process.

[Grandpa Troll]

nice pics

Great information also

[Atragon]

Don't those West Inidamen slow you down some?

What happens when you take a ship now, you just have the option to sink it, or do you also have the option to keep it and ditch one of your existing ships?

[Nikolai]

If he has no space for more ships, he will have to sink new ones.

[Jeje2]

Originally posted by Atragon
Don't those West Inidamen slow you down some?

Some??? - Try stop you...
I learned to have in my fleet as falgship my ship of the line and as cargo ships one or two large frigates or frigates (with salis-uppgrade) just so that my fleet would be movable...

Else you just sat waiting for your other ships to catch you - booring.

[Dale]

I take a different line. Why bother with cargo ships? Just capture them. *shrug*

[Atragon]

Originally posted by Jeje2


Some??? - Try stop you...
I learned to have in my fleet as falgship my ship of the line and as cargo ships one or two large frigates or frigates (with salis-uppgrade) just so that my fleet would be movable...

Else you just sat waiting for your other ships to catch you - booring.

West indiamen aren't as bad as trade/treasure galleons.

[Muad'Dib]

Don't those West Inidamen slow you down some?

No, not really. I usually capture them close to a port (these two, one English & one Dutch--pictured above--were back-to-back; very unusual to see 2 different ones sailing next to each other), and then get the Cotton Sail upgrade.

What happens when you take a ship now, you just have the option to sink it, or do you also have the option to keep it and ditch one of your existing ships?

No you don't get that option. You get a message saying "Your Fleet is full." You can only take the cargo if you have the space for it.
See picture below.