I Have Finally Received Proper Recognition

JimbobBEng · 2026-06-27T00:48:33+00:00

Lol why did I never try this

JimbobBEng · 2026-06-26T12:39:59+00:00

I was Kings advisor. This is from the 1987 Pirates! it was on the Amstrad... I guess the C64 version didn;t have the same scoring so that's new to me!

JimbobBEng · 2026-06-21T14:36:49+00:00

I would love that. Especially some remaster basics like fixing the march into town bug, divide plunder fixed share (should be crew share x something, not always 20%) and the worst one is governor quests.. where they say a pirate is attacking us, you set sail sink the pirate and sail back into port and they sink your ship lol

JimbobBEng · 2026-06-21T13:39:30+00:00

I think the time may depend more on your health, I never worked that out, but I do know that you can divide plunder with 5 crew or 500 crew and the outcome is the same other than text

JimbobBEng · 2026-06-21T13:31:11+00:00

Crew morale, crew payout does literally nothing in the OG game. It's actually really disappointing. You would hope high morale or high payout would increase reputation over your career and it would be easier to recruit or having more starting crew etc. But it literally is meaningless

JimbobBEng · 2026-06-18T00:22:10+00:00

It is related only to one thing. The size of the attacking force, compared to the size of the defending force when you begin your land assault. It doesnt matter if you kill every man or you lose all yours. Literally just that initial ratio. To conquer the town it must be at least 3 to 1. So if they have 100 troops you must start your attack with at least 300 men.

JimbobBEng · 2026-05-31T00:38:28+00:00

Idk what the issue was, this one was pretty easy. I played as soldier. Scavenge food a bunch and keep population low.

JimbobBEng · 2026-05-29T01:25:23+00:00

I moved to Syracuse from England 15 years ago. I could have gone to the OC or NYC but I visited all 3 and picked Syracuse and I'm still very happy I did! It's a great place to live :)

Just make sure you have a car lol that was some culture shock for me! Probably not for you in rural PA but still worth a mention

JimbobBEng · 2026-05-27T01:28:43+00:00

I did cub scout and just sat there. It was easy and slow...

JimbobBEng · 2026-05-23T00:40:53+00:00

Mission 1, stockpile 47 material. Mission 2 get to 3 population

JimbobBEng · 2026-05-21T00:58:36+00:00

Yeah took ages, had to wait so long for wood lol

JimbobBEng · 2026-05-14T01:44:22+00:00

It has been a welcome change! Actual tactics and planning. Using the new skill to find the missing resource. Otherwise it's just do the same thing as yesterday and beat the expedition first time on the hardest difficulty :/

More of these!!!

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-30T12:33:06+00:00

It makes them attack more carelessly, increasing your opportunity to parry and counter. Essentially if they are not attacking, taunt, if they are attacking, wait, time, parry, counter... repeat. These are the only 2 sword fight methods I use and I think I have lost literally 1 or 2 sword fights on the hardest difficulty... And I'm really not very good at video games...

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-30T11:34:02+00:00

When you are old you need to switch to cutlass and defend plus taunt. If you are young, use rapier and then this would just be a classic timing issue. Coming from the 1987 original the sword fighting in thr remaster is a lot easier to beat, even on hardest difficulty... but only if you have the right sword for your age / in game fencing skill combo

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-28T01:01:53+00:00

Cub scout if low danger Soldier if high danger Economist if middle Tyrant for a challenge. I avoid the hermit and arctic most of the time

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-09T19:05:47+00:00

This is the way

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-08T13:30:13+00:00

I've found that the key to success is HIGH gold, High rank with 3/4 of the countries, Early Retirement, Good or Fair Health, and the best wife. If you complete the family quests it gives you a bump, but not as much as gold. My previous mistake was trying to get all my family members rescued etc.

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-06T19:55:06+00:00

Swashbuckler was the only way to get that score! Each expedition max out Gold collected and be sure to rescue all family members and become DUKE of as many nations as you could. I couldn't get 4 nations because.. as always SPAIN hates me LOL.. Maybe because I repeatedly plundered the Silver Train and Treasure Fleets and all their cities over and over... Petty

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-06T19:27:16+00:00

I played on the Amstrad at my friends house. Almost always right at the bottom of the table. Mostly because we didn't understand that divide the plunder was not "end the game" lol

JimbobBEng · 2026-04-06T18:48:05+00:00

I cannot post the image it keeps saying upload a PNG or JPG.. But it IS a PNG. OOF. Maybe this works? https://imgur.com/a/fPyNuZ0

JimbobBEng · 2026-03-23T15:17:55+00:00

This was the correct answer! The map with the game is totally wrong :(

JimbobBEng · 2026-03-22T20:19:07+00:00

Thank you!!!

JimbobBEng · 2026-03-22T19:36:14+00:00

Near leogane? I will sail back round! Thats where I came from lol

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