Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!hwcs!adrian From: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Pirates! How do you score? Message-ID: <2464@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Date: 6 Mar 91 14:25:26 GMT References: <24206@frog.UUCP> <1991Mar5.061156.7557@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar05.214548.14312@eecs.wsu.edu> Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk Reply-To: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 35 In article <1991Mar05.214548.14312@eecs.wsu.edu> crichard@yoda.UUCP (richardson craig s - CS500) writes: > >Practice, practice, practice... Fence defensively. Parry his attack, then >step in and bop him before he recovers. Use a longsword to get the reach >advantage, then stay out of his range and kill him with lunges. Perhaps it's a matter of preference, but I often use the rapier, especially against named opponents. The speed advantage which the lighter weapon gives you is most useful, even if it does less damage and causes battles to be longer. >And in response to the pike-and-shot questions... My favourite tactic here is simply to hide behind a swamp, lure the enemy troops into it, then run round them and into the fort with my full force. Done properly, this can get me into the fort with almost all my force intact, and most of the enemy still stuck outside. At least, that's my favourite tactic if I have to fight that way at all. If you have more men than the fort, you miss this bit and go straight to the duel with the enemy commander. Having 200+ men helps a lot in this matter! Has anyone caught the treasure fleet in the Florida Channel? You can't capture the whole fleet, like you can if it's in a port, but you might be able to hit individual galleons. If you're near a port, and the treasure fleet is in that port, you may encounter Spanish galleons - I'm assuming these are part of the treasure fleet, because every time I find a galleon flying the Spanish flag, I find the treasure fleet in the nearest port. Galleons with named pirate or pirate hunter captains don't count in the above comment. "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: adrian@uk.ac.hw.cs UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk