Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!samsung!crackers!cpoint!frog!jcc From: jcc@frog.UUCP (Jim Chagnon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Pirates! How do you score? Message-ID: <24206@frog.UUCP> Date: 4 Mar 91 23:37:00 GMT References: Reply-To: jcc@frog.UUCP (Jim Chagnon) Organization: CRDS Lines: 36 In article frits@duttnph.tudelft.nl (Frits Kuijlman) writes: >At the moment I am playing Pirates! again and it seems to me that it is >biased towards bothering the enemy and obtaining rank. The score seems to be tabulated by rank, wife, family members saved, amount of land, wealth, and health when you quit, not in that order. Try working for 2 countries and preying on the other 2. Always fight the Spanish, and be friendly with the dutch if Curacao is in the game (its in a good location to off-load plunder, and has decent prices). Your best gain is when the countries you work for are allied, and at war with your enemies. Trade peacefully, find family members, find buried treasure, build up your crew, till your country goes to war, then take towns for your country, as this will get you promotion and the most land. Take enemy ships and Silver trains or Treasure fleets whenever you find them. Wait till you're a Duke or close to the end of the game to look for a wife, then get the best one you can. If you lose a fight (captured, or ship sunk), your chances are severely limited. >In my current game I tried to rob etc. only the Spanish and to be >friendly to the rest. This got me a Dutch and English captaincy, but my >health got so bad that I can divide up the plunder just once again and >then I have to go into forced retirement. If you are going to lose a fight, flee. On a ship or fort, move to the right till you are off the screen, or on land, move your men off the screen. If a ship tries to sink you, you could be screwed, but try to bring your flaming, leaky hulk into boarding range. But DO NOT lose a fight in this game. >What do I have to do, besides plundering lots of enemies, to become >a rich merchant or land owner in a relatively peaceful manner? ^^^^^^^^ You can't. jcc