quote shinobi_razor

Fencing. that is definitely most useful skill, as other skills like Navigation, Gunner and Medicine you can get by acquiring a Navigator or Gunner crew member (fairly easy to do) or getting items like herbal salves which extend your life just like the medicine skill does. the other skill, the Charm one, or whatever it is, is actually really useless. all its for is it just gets you favorable by the governor's daughters easier. but its actually VERY easy to get them to like you and ask you to dances the higher rank you get. once you become an Admiral or higher, pretty much every governor's daughter in every port that you're an Admiral in will want to dance with you almost every time you come. and it really isnt like they give you very valuable info or items either. they will just tell you where an outlaw is hiding at so you can bust him and collect the bounty, or they will give you an item that you probably could have gotten from a mysterious stranger for a pretty cheap price, depending on how much gold you have.

on the other hand, you will fight (fence) enemies A LOT. any time you board an enemy ship or the enemy boards yours, attack a town with less than 100 soldiers, capture an outlaw hiding in a bar, defeat an "annoying captain" pestering a barmaid, engage a notorious pirate's ship in a battle, engage the evil Baron's ship in a battle, and so on. so this is the most useful skill, IMO.

and, sadly, no. there isnt much difference in the different kinds of swords you use, at least, none that i saw. once you acquire the "balanced swords" item, all swords seem to attack the exact same speed. i've never lost a fight before, and have used all 3 swords several times each, and have found no real difference in them. the rapier may be only a little faster, but it doesnt change much. too bad you cant use a pistol in those fights!

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Fencing. that is definitely most useful skill, as other skills like Navigation, Gunner and Medicine you can get by acquiring a Navigator or Gunner crew member (fairly easy to do) or getting items like herbal salves which extend your life just like the medicine skill does. the other skill, the Charm one, or whatever it is, is actually really useless. all its for is it just gets you favorable by the governor's daughters easier. but its actually VERY easy to get them to like you and ask you to dances the higher rank you get. once you become an Admiral or higher, pretty much every governor's daughter in every port that you're an Admiral in will want to dance with you almost every time you come. and it really isnt like they give you very valuable info or items either. they will just tell you where an outlaw is hiding at so you can bust him and collect the bounty, or they will give you an item that you probably could have gotten from a mysterious stranger for a pretty cheap price, depending on how much gold you have.

on the other hand, you will fight (fence) enemies A LOT. any time you board an enemy ship or the enemy boards yours, attack a town with less than 100 soldiers, capture an outlaw hiding in a bar, defeat an "annoying captain" pestering a barmaid, engage a notorious pirate's ship in a battle, engage the evil Baron's ship in a battle, and so on. so this is the most useful skill, IMO.

and, sadly, no. there isnt much difference in the different kinds of swords you use, at least, none that i saw. once you acquire the "balanced swords" item, all swords seem to attack the exact same speed. i've never lost a fight before, and have used all 3 swords several times each, and have found no real difference in them. the rapier may be only a little faster, but it doesnt change much. too bad you cant use a pistol in those fights!Fencing. that is definitely most useful skill, as other skills like Navigation, Gunner and Medicine you can get by acquiring a Navigator or Gunner crew member (fairly easy to do) or getting items like herbal salves which extend your life just like the medicine skill does. the other skill, the Charm one, or whatever it is, is actually really useless. all its for is it just gets you favorable by the governor's daughters easier. but its actually VERY easy to get them to like you and ask you to dances the higher rank you get. once you become an Admiral or higher, pretty much every governor's daughter in every port that you're an Admiral in will want to dance with you almost every time you come. and it really isnt like they give you very valuable info or items either. they will just tell you where an outlaw is hiding at so you can bust him and collect the bounty, or they will give you an item that you probably could have gotten from a mysterious stranger for a pretty cheap price, depending on how much gold you have.

on the other hand, you will fight (fence) enemies A LOT. any time you board an enemy ship or the enemy boards yours, attack a town with less than 100 soldiers, capture an outlaw hiding in a bar, defeat an "annoying captain" pestering a barmaid, engage a notorious pirate's ship in a battle, engage the evil Baron's ship in a battle, and so on. so this is the most useful skill, IMO.

and, sadly, no. there isnt much difference in the different kinds of swords you use, at least, none that i saw. once you acquire the "balanced swords" item, all swords seem to attack the exact same speed. i've never lost a fight before, and have used all 3 swords several times each, and have found no real difference in them. the rapier may be only a little faster, but it doesnt change much. too bad you cant use a pistol in those fights!

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quote shinobi_razor

Fencing. that is definitely most useful skill, as other skills like Navigation, Gunner and Medicine you can get by acquiring a Navigator or Gunner crew member (fairly easy to do) or getting items like herbal salves which extend your life just like the medicine skill does. the other skill, the Charm one, or whatever it is, is actually really useless. all its for is it just gets you favorable by the governor's daughters easier. but its actually VERY easy to get them to like you and ask you to dances the higher rank you get. once you become an Admiral or higher, pretty much every governor's daughter in every port that you're an Admiral in will want to dance with you almost every time you come. and it really isnt like they give you very valuable info or items either. they will just tell you where an outlaw is hiding at so you can bust him and collect the bounty, or they will give you an item that you probably could have gotten from a mysterious stranger for a pretty cheap price, depending on how much gold you have.

on the other hand, you will fight (fence) enemies A LOT. any time you board an enemy ship or the enemy boards yours, attack a town with less than 100 soldiers, capture an outlaw hiding in a bar, defeat an "annoying captain" pestering a barmaid, engage a notorious pirate's ship in a battle, engage the evil Baron's ship in a battle, and so on. so this is the most useful skill, IMO.

and, sadly, no. there isnt much difference in the different kinds of swords you use, at least, none that i saw. once you acquire the "balanced swords" item, all swords seem to attack the exact same speed. i've never lost a fight before, and have used all 3 swords several times each, and have found no real difference in them. the rapier may be only a little faster, but it doesnt change much. too bad you cant use a pistol in those fights!

Actually, there's a BIG difference. The Rapier is easily the faster blade out of all of them. The longsword is balanced, and the cutlass will block any attack, EVERYTIME YOU BLOCK. Try it with a rapier, and you'll STILL be stabbed.

The pistol is used in the beginning of battle, and it lowers the enemy's health.

The balanced swords... I think they are useless. Stick with Fencing skill, it's like the only way to play.