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[GoofyWaterCoaster]

I joined the crew my pirate name is ihavewaycutecats.

Wootastic! Thank you, and don't forget to check out the WEBSITE and FORUM

 

[ihavewaycutecats]

Wootastic! Thank you, and don't forget to check out the WEBSITE and FORUM

ok, I will do that.

 

[ihavewaycutecats]

Wow, awesome website! I think I will have to play pirates a little more, I still have no idea how to use most of the things or what to do, LOL!

 

[BobRichmond]

...Heal is the third spell you will get and I think it comes at doll lvl5. You will have poke from the start and I think you get swarm at doll lvl3...

Just a correction to my previous post:

Swarm comes at doll lvl 2 and Heal comes at doll lvl 4.

 

[taz]

Just a correction to my previous post:

Swarm comes at doll lvl 2 and Heal comes at doll lvl 4.

Yup, I found that out after you and pink helped me. Forgot to post

 

[DudeZeke#2]

I'm gonna join the dis with my second pirate. His name is William Shipmonger, and is only level 2. See y'all soon.

The Commodore

Zeke

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

I'm gonna join the dis with my second pirate. His name is William Shipmonger, and is only level 2. See y'all soon.

The Commodore

Zeke

WOOTASTIC!

 

[taz]

While unlocking new weapons, I thought what do I want to do:

1. Level up all my weapons equally
2. Level up two weapons very high
3. Level up one weapon very high
4. Other


(if 2 or 3, what weapons?)

 

[BobRichmond]

....where are the buried treasure spots in Tortuga?

...There are 4 that I can think of.
1) Starting on the dock, turn left on the land, and go along the beach almost to the end. This is where the beach comes to a point near where the first alligator shows up. There is a dig spot near the island side of the beach there.
2) Starting on the dock, turn right on the land and follow the beach to where it ends behind the boatbuilders shop. Turn left and take the path and you will come into a clearing with a few buildings, a well, and a NPC named Hendry Cutts. In front of and across some logs from Cutts is a dig spot.
3) Starting inside the walled town take the exit right next to the Faithful Bride Tavern. Just behind the tavern is a small grassy area with a dig spot.
4) Facing the wall from spot #3 (above), go to the right up a small grassy hill. At the top is a level area with a dig spot.

I just thought of another one.
5) Starting at the dock, turn left on land, and then turn right at the first opportunity. This will take you to shanty town where you will see Butcher Brown in front of his stand. Behind and to the right of his stand you will see a short grassy rise with a fence running up the right side of it. At the top of the rise beside the fence is another dig spot.

 

[DudeZeke#2]

With my experiences, (level 34) I say you want to work on the three main weapons you will use the most.
1. Cutlass
2. Doll
3. Staff

While you don't unlock the staff right away, it's great ot pull out in dangerous situations. The cutlass, you use in almsot every situation. The doll, you can run around and attack, and with life drain at level 20, you can heal yourself. After getting these to twenty, which by then you should be in your 30's, go to tormenta, preferibly with a buddy, and level up everything else. Dagger should be next, as it cna do a lot of damage quickly, then pistol, and finally nades when you can take the damage. But don't forget to level up sailing and cannons, as you will use them for quests, and for retaknig the Pearl. If you have any questions, pm me. i tested both betas, and know a fair amount about the game.

Loot hard,

The Commodore

Zeke

 

[BobRichmond]

Good points all, but I have a little different perspective.

...you want to work on the three main weapons you will use the most.
1. Cutlass
2. Doll
3. Staff...

Since you will not even get the staff till level 30 notoriety, I would put pistol #3 and staff #4. I prefer the pistol over the dagger for 3 reasons. You can attack (and attrack) enemies from a further distance with take aim (pistol lvl 4), you can back up while still shooting free ammo which gives you a little better defense, and hex eater shoot (pistol lvl 10) is wonderful to use on voodoo using undead (witchdoctors, gypsies, etc.) as it takes all their voodoo after a few shots.

...the staff ...it's great ot pull out in dangerous situations.

After getting the staff and especially after getting the Wither spell (staff lvl 4) I find it works well as a main weapon. The only times I do not use it is if there is only one enemy needed to kill, I might need to heal myself (using the dolls lvl 20 Life Drain spell), or I am leveling up.

 

[threeboysmom]

and with life drain at level 20, you can heal yourself.

Oh yes! I had no idea you could use the doll at a certain level to heal yourself! Woot!

 

[taz]

With my experiences, (level 34) I say you want to work on the three main weapons you will use the most.
1. Cutlass
2. Doll
3. Staff

While you don't unlock the staff right away, it's great ot pull out in dangerous situations. The cutlass, you use in almsot every situation. The doll, you can run around and attack, and with life drain at level 20, you can heal yourself. After getting these to twenty, which by then you should be in your 30's, go to tormenta, preferibly with a buddy, and level up everything else. Dagger should be next, as it cna do a lot of damage quickly, then pistol, and finally nades when you can take the damage. But don't forget to level up sailing and cannons, as you will use them for quests, and for retaknig the Pearl. If you have any questions, pm me. i tested both betas, and know a fair amount about the game.

Loot hard,

The Commodore

Zeke

Good points all, but I have a little different perspective.

Since you will not even get the staff till level 30 notoriety, I would put pistol #3 and staff #4. I prefer the pistol over the dagger for 3 reasons. You can attack (and attrack) enemies from a further distance with take aim (pistol lvl 4), you can back up while still shooting free ammo which gives you a little better defense, and hex eater shoot (pistol lvl 10) is wonderful to use on voodoo using undead (witchdoctors, gypsies, etc.) as it takes all their voodoo after a few shots.

After getting the staff and especially after getting the Wither spell (staff lvl 4) I find it works well as a main weapon. The only times I do not use it is if there is only one enemy needed to kill, I might need to heal myself (using the dolls lvl 20 Life Drain spell), or I am leveling up.

So I dont want to just have one really great weapon?


(Great answers though )

 

[LittleMermaidsMom]

I guess everybody has their preference when it comes to leveling weapons... here's what worked best for me (I have one pirate already maxed at level 40 an am working on another one; also some members of my first guild are working on their 3rd and 4th pirates and this is what we've found works best for us).

1. Doll - level your doll to 20 as soon as you get it, so you can unlock Life Drain and heal yourself, as Bob mentioned.

2. Either cutlass, pistol or dagger - work on leveling one of these next; my preference is dagger as you can make faster cuts than with the cutlass and you can still attack from a distance with throwing daggers. Also, the dagger unlocks some great passive skills.

3. Grenades - to me, these were the hardest weapon to level, so it's better to max these as soon as possible while you're still lower level and can get good reps from lower level enemies. This best place for this is that group of navy soldiers just inside the fort at Kingshead...stand behind the wooden fence and throw the grenades at them.. they'll come up to you, but won't be able to attack you because your behind the fence. If you do this as soon as you get your grenades, you should be able to average around 250 reps per group of soldiers - you can level here really fast! Also, grenades have awesome passive skills which will make you a lot stronger, your weapons stronger and your health greater. And if you enjoy PVP, this is a great weapon and passive skills to have; I'm rarely beat in PVP unless two level 40's gang up on me

 

[KrazyPete]

So I dont want to just have one really great weapon?

(Great answers though )

I'm probably doing it wrong but I like to level them all up pretty evenly.

It seems like there are certain situations where you might need each weapon and I don't want one of them to be weak when I need it. That said, I go to the cutlass a lot. So all of my weapons are L10 except the cutlass which is L13. I also try to unlock every skill when it's available. The only place where I get selective is in how I apply the extra skill points I get on the levels where no new skill is unlocked.

Edit: I just recently got the Grenade so it's only L4

 

[HappyGoLucky]

I don't think you are going about it wrong KrazyPete. That's how I basically leveled my weapons.

Believe me I have favorite weapons that I'll use if I'm in a bad situation, but I tried to keep all my weapons evenly leveled. The problem you'll have is if you level your favorite weapon completely to level 25 (Mastered), then if you use it you do NOT get any Rep towards your Notoriety.

Now having said that, when I first got my grenades I decided they were worthless and didn't bother with them. I had planned not leveling them at all lol. Well as my Notoriety went up, I began to think I wasn't going to get to Pirate Master without at least leveling them somewhat (plus as stated above, they have some good passive skills). (Then they added those new weapon quests after I Mastered my grenades, well that sort of changed my worry because you got Notoriety for those quests).

Also before I learned about the NOT getting any Rep after you Mastered your weapon, I had gotten my Voodoo Doll to level 24. So I stopped using it except in emergencies (healing). Now it's the only thing I haven't Mastered lol.

I'm a Pirate Master, I have all weapons Mastered (except Voodoo Doll which is close), and I've finished the Boss Battle.

Now I just twiddle my thumbs lol!

 

[threeboysmom]

I don't think you are going about it wrong KrazyPete.

I do!

But that's what's the most fun - disagreeing with Petez!

I tend to use one or two weapons the most and not bother with the rest, but he uses them all.... I keep my skill points heavy on one or two skills, but he spreads them out all over. I like the room warm, he wants it cool, LOL!

Happy, not that I want you to pick sides (haha), but I'm not sure I get the gist of your post - are you saying we SHOULD level up all our weapons at once or not? Just a little confused here

 

[DudeZeke#2]

You shoudl get every weapon to 20, jsut to be safe. At 20, you'll still get rep for them all, but they're pretty good.

 

[BobRichmond]

I'm probably doing it wrong but I like to level them all up pretty evenly...
...I also try to unlock every skill when it's available....
...The only place where I get selective is in how I apply the extra skill points I get on the levels where no new skill is unlocked...

Well basically that is how I started doing it. All of my weapons now are between lvl 18.5 and 23.5, except for my lvl 12 grenades. I had unlocked every skill as it became available, but till just recently had not applied any extra skill points. The only extra skill points I have now applied is a couple of points to the doll's Attune skill, so I could attune multiple targets and this was just to help in the Boss Battle deck fight.

So now I have staff and doll between 22-23.5, pistol at 21, cutlass at 19 (working that up recently), dagger at 18.5 (working that up now), and grenades at 12 (recently worked on that too). At lvl 36 notoriety it is very time consuming to work up anything and with grenades also costs a bit. My main way to fight at the moment is to use pistol, dagger, or grenades just to get them leveled up and only bring out the staff, doll, or pistol if I feel it is needed.

 

[HappyGoLucky]

You can level your weapons however you want to, I don't believe there is a right or wrong way.

But you should remember that when a weapon reaches level 25 (Mastered), you will NOT get any more Rep points towards your Notoriety. Which means if you want to reach Pirate Master (Notoriety Level 40), you will have to use other weapons to get those Rep points. You also get Notoriety (Rep) points doing the Pearl Quest (and Weapon Quests), but that alone is not enough to get you to Pirate Master.

So what I was trying to convey above was BEFORE I knew about the NOT getting any Rep points after a weapon was Mastered, I favored my Voodoo Doll and got it to level 24. (And because I didn't like the Grenades, I didn't plan to do anything with them but changed my mind.) AFTER I learned about the Weapon (Rep) Mastered situation, then I started working on all my weapons equally (keeping all my weapons at the same level, well except my Voodoo Doll which I had already leveled high lol).

It's a lesson I learned almost too late, so I was trying to share what I learned with others.

I kept mine equal because it was easier for me to rotate through the weapons (usually a level at a time), and not have to suffer having to do several levels later on (although that's exactly what happened with my Grenades lol, I had to suffer several levels of training to catch up to my other weapons, again trying to pass on a lesson learned lol).

So as you can see everyone has a different approach to leveling their weapons, and it appears we're still reaching Pirate Master lol.

Good Luck, and have fun!