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Couple of questions

utopian250

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Hi I am new here~ just started playing this for 2 weeks. Can't say this game is good... its buggy as hell but I just like playing sails and cannons!
Few things I don't quite understand I hope somebody can help me...

How do they calculate the crew salary? It keeps going up like crazy! first time I pay them its like 10k, then 30k, 60k, now its 220k! and I am having about the same number of crew. I think it has something to do with the crew experience? I know I am making enough money to pay them, but it just scares me..... as commander of the fleet I only earn 1000 as salary, and the sailor on the boat earns about the same...

And about the officer abilities.... are some of them not appliable? Like trader, watcher, pack rat, does it work if my officer have the ability? and will the effect stack if more than one have that ability? Actually come to think of it, pack rat doesn't work for me. Cargo hold is exactly the same before and after I added the ability for my character.
 
<!--quoteo(post=241950:date=Feb 29 2008, 02:12 PM:name=utopian250)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (utopian250 @ Feb 29 2008, 02:12 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=241950"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How do they calculate the crew salary? It keeps going up like crazy! first time I pay them its like 10k, then 30k, 60k, now its 220k! and I am having about the same number of crew. I think it has something to do with the crew experience? I know I am making enough money to pay them, but it just scares me..... as commander of the fleet I only earn 1000 as salary, and the sailor on the boat earns about the same...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You're on a privateer ship, not a regular navy tub. The crew are entitled to a share of any profit made by the ship, not just a pitiful 1000 salary. So, if you made 10000 by looting enemy ships, the crew will want their cut.

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->And about the officer abilities.... are some of them not appliable? Like trader, watcher, pack rat, does it work if my officer have the ability? and will the effect stack if more than one have that ability? Actually come to think of it, pack rat doesn't work for me. Cargo hold is exactly the same before and after I added the ability for my character.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It does appear that some of these only apply to you. The trading ones don't bother me too much, but it would really be nice if my navigator, who has all the perks including the one for reduced damage in storms, would actually use them. The skills whose descriptions specifically say "works with an officer assigned as ..." are probably the only ones which work with other officers. I don't know if the abilities work on an officer who is in command of a prize ship; it might be worth seeing what happens if you put that officer with "pack rat" in charge of the next ship you capture.
 
oh~ so if provided I am making the same money, my crew will cost me the same whether I have a fleet of 5 man-o-wars on full crew or a sloop on minimum crew?
 
<!--quoteo(post=242038:date=Feb 29 2008, 05:14 PM:name=utopian250)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (utopian250 @ Feb 29 2008, 05:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=242038"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->oh~ so if provided I am making the same money, my crew will cost me the same whether I have a fleet of 5 man-o-wars on full crew or a sloop on minimum crew?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->I'm not sure, but I think they want a salary <i>as well as</i> shares. But if you're making good use of your ships, the salary will be a small part of their payment. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> On the other hand, if you can't make more money with 5 men-o-war than with a single sloop, the basic salary of the combined crews of the larger ships will probably bankrupt you...

Also note that your officers will also demand both a salary and a share of the profits. Their basic salaries are shown in the character page. When an officer goes up an experience level, he comes to your cabin for a little chat next time you leave port.
 
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